Ye Big Movie thread
#9961
Posted 15 September 2018 - 10:58 AM
So it's nearly October and one of our yearly traditions is to watch a "scary" film around Halloween. Wondering what to watch this year?
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#9962
Posted 15 September 2018 - 12:03 PM
Showgirls. Absolutely frightening.
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#9963
Posted 15 September 2018 - 01:29 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 15 September 2018 - 10:58 AM, said:
So it's nearly October and one of our yearly traditions is to watch a "scary" film around Halloween. Wondering what to watch this year?
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Probably my favorite "horror" movie of all time is The Changeling from 1980 with George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Its more psychological horror as there is no blood and guts in it to speak of. Kind of a haunted mansion type. Most people have never heard of it. I first saw it when I was about 16 and I happened to be home alone that night. It had me going so much that about halfway through, during a commercial break, I went to my friend's house to get him to come back and watch the rest with me because I wanted to finish it but couldn't do it alone. My family still wasn't home when it was over and my friend went home. I locked every door in the house when I went to bed (hey, it was the mid '80s and we didn't do so then, what can I say) and the next morning, my family asked me what what the hell had happened to cause me to do that. There are a couple of serious chill inducing scenes that are among the best I've ever experienced. I have it on DVD now and tried to get my kids to watch it when they were younger but its not exactly brimming with fast paced action so they didn't sit through the whole thing. I still love to throw it on every few Octobers.
#9964
Posted 15 September 2018 - 05:04 PM
Tsundoku, on 15 September 2018 - 12:03 PM, said:
Showgirls. Absolutely frightening.
I mean if we're going by that version of frightening then basically any film Apt has said is amazing should do the trick...
Edit: Paran I've not heard of that film I'll see if it's on Netflix in the UK!
This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 15 September 2018 - 05:04 PM
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#9965
Posted 15 September 2018 - 06:24 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 15 September 2018 - 05:04 PM, said:
Edit: Paran I've not heard of that film I'll see if it's on Netflix in the UK!
Yeah, a quick look shows Netflix US doesn't seem to have it and Amazon Prime has it on disc or pay to buy/stream I guess. I'm not surprised; I never see it on anywhere, which is why I bought the DVD. Did run across a few references to "one of the best supernatural thrillers" and "most chilling" as well as highly rated reviews, which I certainly agree with. In fact, I believe I'll be watching it myself soon. As you said, its nearly October!
#9966
Posted 15 September 2018 - 09:34 PM
I just watched Dallas Buyers Club. These films with extreme weight loss are hard to get immersed in!
Burn rubber =/= warp speed
#9967
Posted 17 September 2018 - 11:25 AM
You have GOT to be fucking kidding me:
https://www.news.com...a5ffce32d7272ed
Weren't there some rumours about this a while back? I thought that's all they were - rumours. DC's aim is getting better and better when it comes to their feet.
https://www.news.com...a5ffce32d7272ed
Weren't there some rumours about this a while back? I thought that's all they were - rumours. DC's aim is getting better and better when it comes to their feet.
"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#9968
Posted 17 September 2018 - 11:45 AM
Isn't Todd Philips a comedy director?
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#9969
#9970
Posted 17 September 2018 - 01:27 PM
paran falcon, on 15 September 2018 - 01:29 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 15 September 2018 - 10:58 AM, said:
So it's nearly October and one of our yearly traditions is to watch a "scary" film around Halloween. Wondering what to watch this year?
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Probably my favorite "horror" movie of all time is The Changeling from 1980 with George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Its more psychological horror as there is no blood and guts in it to speak of. Kind of a haunted mansion type. Most people have never heard of it. I first saw it when I was about 16 and I happened to be home alone that night. It had me going so much that about halfway through, during a commercial break, I went to my friend's house to get him to come back and watch the rest with me because I wanted to finish it but couldn't do it alone. My family still wasn't home when it was over and my friend went home. I locked every door in the house when I went to bed (hey, it was the mid '80s and we didn't do so then, what can I say) and the next morning, my family asked me what what the hell had happened to cause me to do that. There are a couple of serious chill inducing scenes that are among the best I've ever experienced. I have it on DVD now and tried to get my kids to watch it when they were younger but its not exactly brimming with fast paced action so they didn't sit through the whole thing. I still love to throw it on every few Octobers.
I can vouch for this film as well. This film scared the CRAP out of me and my sister when we were younger. I think when we watched it I was like 8 (portably shouldn't have watched it any that age). It's easily the one I suggest to people looking for scary.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#9971
Posted 17 September 2018 - 01:47 PM
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#9972
Posted 17 September 2018 - 07:07 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 15 September 2018 - 10:58 AM, said:
So it's nearly October and one of our yearly traditions is to watch a "scary" film around Halloween. Wondering what to watch this year?
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Donnie Darko, and it's Halloween-themed, too. I recommend the director's cut. (Purists say the director's cut explains too much, but having seen only that version, I can't see how the theatrical cut would be anything other than completely mystifying.)
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
#9973
Posted 17 September 2018 - 08:01 PM
It DOES explain too much!
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#9974
Posted 17 September 2018 - 08:05 PM
I love Donnie Darko so that might be a shout anyway!
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#9975
Posted 18 September 2018 - 02:04 AM
QuickTidal, on 17 September 2018 - 01:27 PM, said:
paran falcon, on 15 September 2018 - 01:29 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 15 September 2018 - 10:58 AM, said:
So it's nearly October and one of our yearly traditions is to watch a "scary" film around Halloween. Wondering what to watch this year?
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Basically neither of us particularly like horror but we do it for a bit of fun so it's never anything too disturbing (e.g. Saw) or Satanic...
So far we've watched the following: The Purge; Get Out; Woman in Black; The Crazies... That kind of thing. As you can see nothing massively terrifying or brutal but enough to get the heart racing.
All suggestions welcome.
Probably my favorite "horror" movie of all time is The Changeling from 1980 with George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. Its more psychological horror as there is no blood and guts in it to speak of. Kind of a haunted mansion type. Most people have never heard of it. I first saw it when I was about 16 and I happened to be home alone that night. It had me going so much that about halfway through, during a commercial break, I went to my friend's house to get him to come back and watch the rest with me because I wanted to finish it but couldn't do it alone. My family still wasn't home when it was over and my friend went home. I locked every door in the house when I went to bed (hey, it was the mid '80s and we didn't do so then, what can I say) and the next morning, my family asked me what what the hell had happened to cause me to do that. There are a couple of serious chill inducing scenes that are among the best I've ever experienced. I have it on DVD now and tried to get my kids to watch it when they were younger but its not exactly brimming with fast paced action so they didn't sit through the whole thing. I still love to throw it on every few Octobers.
I can vouch for this film as well. This film scared the CRAP out of me and my sister when we were younger. I think when we watched it I was like 8 (portably shouldn't have watched it any that age). It's easily the one I suggest to people looking for scary.
Glad to know someone who knows it at last!
#9976
Posted 19 September 2018 - 08:36 AM
Macros, on 17 September 2018 - 11:45 AM, said:
Isn't Todd Philips a comedy director?
To be fair, the Russo brothers were comedy directors before they were given Winter Soldier and Taika Watiti obviously got Thor: Ragnarok. It's not a disqualifying feature.
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
#9977
Posted 19 September 2018 - 12:20 PM
And Thor: Ragnarok was a flipping hilarious film.
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#9978
Posted 19 September 2018 - 12:45 PM
polishgenius, on 19 September 2018 - 08:36 AM, said:
To be also fair The Russo Brother's only directed comedy films (2 of them) before getting CAP 2, and the rest of their films...meanwhile Todd Philips also writes the moves he directs, JOKER included.
That's a significant difference.
And Tiste makes a great point that Taika made THOR 3 operate as a comedy (which is why it works to be honest), and it's hilarious as a result.
I don't think angling a Joker origin movie as a comedy is at all smart, nor do I feel that Phillips has the chops to pull of drama...
but I mean aside from all else, I LOATHE the idea of a Joker origin movie. If there is one character who will actively be HURT by having an origin....it's the Joker.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#9979
Posted 19 September 2018 - 03:33 PM
Isn't the Killing Joke meant to be the closest to a "canon" origin story for the Joker?
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
#9980
Posted 19 September 2018 - 03:40 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 19 September 2018 - 03:33 PM, said:
Isn't the Killing Joke meant to be the closest to a "canon" origin story for the Joker?
Yes, I believe that is the case. And that's a dark story to boot.
I'm glad we never got more of that, and TKJ is pretty vague.
Also, Phoenix's Joker character in the film is named Arthur Fleck.
A. Fleck
Affleck.
I mean...DC WB brass...what are you thinking?
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 19 September 2018 - 03:40 PM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon