The Films You Watched Thread VI: The Undiscovered Movie

[Neon Ignition]

I honestly think we'll do much better when we hit the 80's properly. There's a definite common theme with the 70's films where they are much, much slower paced and often stretch ideas well because they don't delve too deeply into them. It seems very common for them to be almost an hour in and still setting things up but also cut around things because of budget contraints. It's staggering to experience the pace of advancement especially as things are so consistent these days.

In 1978 it's Body Snatchers and just 4 years later Blade Runner released

[wakka]

Bodysnatchers is a better film than Blade Runner, though

I love the 1970s as an era of film because it’s so distinct to what came before and after. It’s not perfect - muffled dialogue and sometimes inscrutable plots mar even the good stuff, but I love how the prevailing style of the era was to avoid spoon feeding the audience. It’s all a bit verite, which is very cool.

[QualityChimp]

How I imagine [MENTION=345]Neon Ignition[/MENTION] of an evening.

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[QualityChimp]

Double-post

[Neon Ignition]

Unrealistic... where's my Lego and VR?

[QualityChimp]

Unrealistic... where's my Lego and VR?

Just out of shot in the biodome!

[Atticus]

Well, I did say I was in the mood for some silly, switch-you-brain-off Resident Evil cheeseathons and I got what I asked for with Extinction. It's like the Mad Max themed one. Very deserty. Very roady. But daft as it was I enjoyed it ... they're just what I'm in the mood for at the mo'.

Silence of the Lambs with audio commentary. This featured the voices of Hopkins, Foster, Demme, Ted Tally and an ex-fbi dude. Some interesting bits and bobs. Enjoyed hearing how Hopkins spent time developing the role bit by bit, and suggesting to Demme that he should be stood waiting for Clarice when they first meet, not sat on his bed or preoccupied with other stuff (that reveal of Lecter, stood there looking straight at the camera is incredible). The others share a few interesting titbits but the ex-fbi guy stands out the most as he darkens the waters with real serial killer facts and detail ... he also shares pretty strong opinions on punishment and stuff, but I guess you don't walk a mile in his shoes without it having an effect on your outlook. I was glad Demme made a point of singing Ted Levine's praises. He tends to get forgotten among the heavyweights but his performance is genuinely something else.

[Cassius_Smoke]

I love a good audio commentary and that's is one of my favourite movies.

[Atticus]

Fatal Attraction - Not seen this since I rented it on VHS for the rude bits. It's actually very good. Brilliantly made, bubbling and boiling and building just nicely. I was screaming internally 'what the hell are you doing man?' ... 'no Douglas, just nooooo'. But you have to suspend disbelief, or accept that some men are just like that, and behave impulsively and irrationally when presented with a bit of yankee doodle when the wife's out of town. The biggest problem for me, without sounding unkind, is why Glenn Close? His wife is wonderful. If she was played by Bella Emberg I might, just might begin to understand, but MD did a strange and bad thing ... and like the cop says, that guy has made his own bed. Really enjoyed this one. Just super tight from start to finish. Excellent thriller.

Resident Evil Afterlife - This one sees the return of Anderson directing. It also feels like the budget has been inflated. You can see it all right before you on the screen. I like the LA prison setting and the new characters bring a little something, but it's still pretty dumb, throwing things around they decide not to explain or assume you'll get it because you played all the games. But I don't watch these films for their deep narrative. I like how silly they are. They work as B movies.

[QualityChimp]

Snyder Cut sounds different to what I thought...

[Atticus]

That is different, I’ll give him that

[Neon Ignition]

Godzilla
With the latest entry coming out next week we're on a journey through the series again so the 2014 reboot was first up. I enjoyed it but I think it'll slip down my rankings just because so much of the film is focused on teasing Godzilla to the extent that now that the intrigue is multiple films behind us it means this is a pretty uneventful, if well made, movie.

I Spit On Your Grave
So, another one I've heard about a lot over the years but never actually seen. Needless to say I'll avoid the issue of detail. I mean, it's a clearly horrid little film, I think sometimes you can take a bad or notorious film and pull out something interesting at the very least but I don't think this is one of those films, it just seems to have the worst intentions all the time. The literal only interesting thing I found out is that the woman on the well known poster/DVD cover is actually Demi Moore.

[fallenangle]

I avoided I Spit On Grave for similar reasons. Sounded nasty and I'm not a fan of torture porn films in general ie. Hostel, even Saw and its ilk. At best they usually have nothing more than some well done make up and special effects but the rest requires you to be entertained just by extreme violence. I'm not, I find it boring.

Last week I sat through the whole of The Green Inferno 2013, a late entry to the cannibal holocaust 'video nasty' genre, hoping for something more than just simulated human butchery served up as entertainment. I was bored, nothing that shocked or surprised throughout, just the depiction of relentless human vileness and cruelty with no mitigation.

However, I did watch I Spit On Your Grave 2 a few years ago not expecting much but found it quite thought provoking because it actually has a moral compass. It does ask a serious question and leaves it for the viewer to decide. At what point does a victim's revenge, even against those who thoroughly reserve it, go over the line and the difference between abused and abuser become uncomfortably blurred?

[Neon Ignition]

That's the originals main issue. In effect the, though being about violence against a woman, the film is a simple revenge thriller the same as are ten a penny but the original has absolutely nothing about it in terms of filmmaking that's good and also still effectively objectifies and exploits the woman even when she's turned the tables.

[teddymeow]

Watched Pitch Perfect 2 last night.

Not as good as the first but worth it for the acapella sections. Especially the riff off with David Cross as the eccentric organiser on his scooter and the Green Bay Packers cameo.