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I'm not even sure how to rate it. This is a movie that only Troma and Lloyd can make. It is disgusting and funny and just breaking every taboo there is.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Pitch Perfect 2, 2015 - ★★
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I really liked Pitch Perfect. It was a fun movie with great music and lots of fun. Went into Pitch Perfect 2 wanting to like it. "People hate sequels. It can't be that bad." ... yes it can.
It's kind of ironic that the story of the movie is that original work is good and that it's not all about redoing the same thing over and over, but in the end Pitch Perfect 2 is the same story, just worse.
The movie starts off with them not being allowed to tour and not being allowed to cast new singers, which is followed by them having a few more gigs and casting a new singer.
I just didn't have any fun, even though some of the music numbers weren't bad, in the end this was a bad movie, and it was lacking the heart of the first one. 2 out of 5 stars.
Phenomena, 1985 - ★★★★
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In the depths of Amazon I found Phenomena by Dario Argento. I have to admit I didn't know much about it, or really anything, but I wanted to finally see an Argento flick, finally a real Giallo. And I have to say if every giallo is like this then it might become one of my favorite subgenres.
This movie is weird. But weird in a good way. Things happen, but they don't happen like you are used to in American movies.
Also this has probably one of the best soundtracks ever. I finally understand all the hype about Goblin. They are awesome.
Last but not least, while it's boring in some parts, the last 20 minutes are the greatest thing ever put to film. Maybe I'm exaggerating but it was really a great ending.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 2016
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Watched this right after Pride and Prejudice.
Didn't ad any of the scenes I imagined Zombies in.
But in the end it was fun, nothing great, nothing bad. I had fun during it.
Pride & Prejudice, 2005
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Finally got to see this ... in preparation for watching Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. And all the way through I imagined what it look like with Zombies.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Passengers, 2016 - ★★★ (contains spoilers)
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This review may contain spoilers.
Visually a good movie, it was fun. But the whole plot is creepy and I feel like the happy end, of living together on a space station with the guy who ruined your chance on a normal life just feels wrong, I don't care that her best friend hopes she finds the one true love.
Eraserhead, 1977 - ★★★★★
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It’s David Lynch’s 71st birthday today. So I think it’s time to celebrate. How do you celebrate one of the greatest surrealists of all time? By watching his movies. So I decided to rewatch Eraserhead.
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Ludo, 2015
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So this is like ... a dark version of Jumanji?
I have no idea what I just watched. It was visually stunning to the end. Else I don't know what happened.
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My Challenge Rejects
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I tried many challenges since I've started letterboxd. And usually, I failed. So this year I'm doing a list of the movies I didn't watch in my challenges. My goal is just to finally watch these movies that waited to be watched forever.
Wish me Luck!
- Top Hat
- The Godfather: Part II
- Love Exposure
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Spirited Away
- The Quatermass Xperiment
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Only Lovers Left Alive
- A Chinese Ghost Story
- Barbarella
...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Spaceballs, 1987 - ★★★★
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I've seen this movie before I saw Star Wars. I saw this movie before I even understood most of it. So there is probably a bit of nostalgia speaking when I say that I loved this movie.
Instead of the more recent parody movies like the Starving Games or Meet the Spartans, this movie is just as funny if you have never seen a movie before, even though it is constantly referencing star wars and lots of other movies.
Lord Helmet is a clear parody of Darth Vader, but he is funny enough that you like the character without knowing Star Wars, because it's a giant helmet, and because Rick Morainis is a god.
Pizza the Hutt is funny because he is a parody of Jabba the Hut while being a play on Pizza Hut, but even if you're like 6 year old me and never heard of either of these, you still think it's funny cause he is a giant mountain of talking pizza.
That's what works throughout this movie. And I love it. Those are the reason I'm staying with my initial rating of 4 stars while adding a like.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
The Comedy of Terrors, 1963 - ★★★½
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Everyone in this movie delivers an A+ comedy performance. As the front runners of course Vincent Price and Peter Lorre who are just a great comedic duo, playinf off each other perfectly, Price the asshole and Lorre the nice guy.
Also a great performance by Boris Karloff as an old man, Joyce Jameson as the singing wife and Basil Rathbone as the unkillable Landlord. Even Joe E. Brown in his small scene is funny.
It's all really silly, but lots of fun, especially if you like any of these actors (and who doesn't). With this and The Raven, 1963 was certainly the best year for star studded horror comedies.
I'm rating this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Snuff Movie, 2005 - ★★
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Wow this was a rollercoaster of emotions. Switching between "Oh god this is terrible" and "oh wow this is impressive" with stops at "that doesn't make any sense" and "that's a genius idea".
It starts off as a terrible period piece, then we cut to an inventive part set in the 70s before going to modern times and the movie really starting.
Now that 70s scene closely resembles the Sharon Tate murder by the manson family which I find a little tasteless, especially since the rest of the movie is about reenacting that once again.
Also there is an excessive use of nudity, lots of which is just there with no reason and unnecessary. On the other hand this is about a snuff film so maybe the director wanted to say something about voyeurism.
After around 50 minutes the movie takes a turn and becomes actually interesting and kind of crazy. There is lots of gore and while it's cheaply made it still looks very realistic for the most part.
Also there are so many twists and turns in the last half it's kinda too much almost.
I feel the director wanted to tell us something with this movie, which I like. But still, the first half was just boringness sprinkled with too much nudity and weird creepieness (not the one you want in a horror movie), but I enjoyed parts of it and the overall idea as well.
I'm rating this movie 2 out of 5 stars.
Escape from Tomorrow, 2013 - ★★½
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I respect what they tried to make. A no budget production filmed in Disneyland.
I really liked the first half. We didn't know anything and some parts were genuinly creepy. After some things are revealed and some weird stuff happens, it just goes too far out there for me, at some point I wasn't really able to follow the plot anymore.
Also some scenes were clearly shot in a studio in front of a green screen.
In the end it is a highly ambitious, no-budget effort. It's not gonna win any oscars, it's not crazy good and to be honest, if it wasn't for the gimmick it would already be forgotten. That being said, sometimes a gimmick helps, and in the end I still enjoyed this and did not hate it. I'm rating it 2.5 out of 5 stars and a like.
Monday, January 2, 2017
The Lobster, 2015 - ★★★★
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Again the author and director of Dogtooth manages to deeply disturb me more than once in not even 2 hours.
The lobster is a beautiful yet disturbing story about love.
You start off thinking this is at first a normal hotel, very fast you think "okay, this is a crazy hotel" before you realize that it is not a crazy hotel but actually a crazy world.
The acting was good by all actors, especially Colin Farrell who I almost didn't recognize.
And it was not only the world around the characters that was crazy, but also the characters themselves. And not just in their behavior but also in the way they talk, move, everything.
It all gave this movie a creepy feeling that I quite enjoyed. I'd actually love to find out more about this world, or would have enjoyed being there even longer.
It is a really astonishing movie with one of the most original ideas in recent memory. I'm rating it 4 out of 5 stars and a like.
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