Saturday, July 2, 2016

Weekend Open Thread

Let's celebrate everything that's good about the world. Like this picture.

Congrats on another successful #Junesploitation, and thanks to all of you who actually took part! I hope you had fun. I know I did.

We now return to our regularly scheduled weekend movie discussion. Let us commence the annual Purge.

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  1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (11th viewing...I think)

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    Still got nerd chills when Rey Forced Grabbed Luke's old Saber. I love movies.

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    1. Return of the Jedi was the first movie I remember seeing in theaters. TFA was the first movie my 3 year old son (at that time) saw in theaters. He loves the universe. Kid was crying when he came home from daycare until the score boomed out of the speakers...he was all in. Popcorn and The Force Awakens makes for awesomeness (small or big kids).

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  2. Looking forward to the Podcastathon, see link below if you missed it

    http://www.fthismovie.net/2016/06/coming-soon-f-breast-cancer-18-hour.html?m=1

    I know Patrick well enough to know he is quietly working hard on filling the 18 hours up with entertainment, I am hoping it will also be available as a download too later? I know it will be a large file, I would not want to miss any of the fun, I will be listening live as much as possible

    Ps Congrats on loads of new people joining the Xtro appreciation society, the film got a 100% record from everyone who saw it enjoyed it, this makes me happy

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    1. Which is why I haven't checked "Xtro" yet. Don't want to be the one a-hole that drags down the perfect score down to 99%. ;-)

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    2. Ha! It's too much pressure now.

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    3. I'm trying to do Xtro justice and get a clean copy that's the only reason I didn't peep it, Dennis. You know we mostly share the opinions for our love of the genre!

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    4. Yep, pressure is on, I'm waiting for the first person who isent on board, I hope it is not JM or Chaybee?..

      I have faith in the film, its a kind of magic.

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  3. Finishing out the Scorsese box set with WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR and ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, neither of which I'd seen. KNOCKING is really great to watch to get a sense of who Scorsese would become, but...eeesh. Keitel rape shaming his girlfriend is awkward.

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    1. I just watched 'Who's That Knocking at My Door' two days ago as well. I thought it was pretty great for a first feature, although the whole conflict and resolution between him and his girlfriend felt weirdly rushed. But I don't know, the whole rape shaming thing is meant to be awkward right? I think it leads to a realisation for the Keitel character too, not anything specific, more just knocks him down a peg or two. Are you more saying that it was just an awkward thing for a movie to talk about, or that this movie didn't do it well?

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    2. Oh, no, I agree that the whole idea is perfectly in keeping with what the film is trying to accomplish. I just meant that it's a bit awkward to watch in 2016.

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    3. Ah yeah okay, I get you. I actually had a weird experience with that, because I just read Tess of the D'Urbevilles and they touch on some similar themes there. It's actually a bit sad how similar considering the time they are separated by. Anyway, yeah I agree it's really confronting.

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  4. Just wanted to say thank you to Bromley and F This Movie! for another hugely fun Junesploitation! I saw 51 movies (plus 4 shorts and 4 TV episodes), and even though there were some stinkers in there, I had fun all the way, writing about them and especially reading about what everyone else was watching.

    After June ended, I've mostly just recuperated in the warm embrace of the original Star Trek.

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    1. Miiko, what a great list! Basking in the achievements of the month is the sweetest part. I can't resist the urge to rip your idea off, so here's my imdb list too. Here's hoping we see some more lists like these from the other F-heads! It really puts into perspective how much stuff you saw over the course of the month.

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    2. Imperial Battleship, halt the flow of time! What a great way to start the month.

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  5. This week I finally had some time to watch movies so I watched Sisters by Brian de Palma and Body Double and History of Violence. The horror movie genre was never on my radar before but the writing on this site made me think there's cool stuff going on there. I scare easily but wanted to work up to watching The Witch, which had a great analysis.

    I liked Sisters a lot, the style and the construction of twists and turns. I liked it more in hindsight, too, when I realized how tricky it was. I felt for that guy at the end, even though he really messed those women and everything up. Ya the men weren't winners either here.

    Body Double I kinda loved for a lot of things it did and it's clear, interesting message about things not being as they appear. I LOVED the "I have my period" end scene that drove that point home. I loved the intricate staging of the mall/beach house/porn stage/and mansion scenes- so well done, and I love that kind of theatrical staging in movies, where you sense how important the set is, and sometimes even how and why they built it the way they did. I couldn't really fall asleep after watching it, though, because it's that creepiest kind of creepy in my book: sleazy-creepy.

    History of Violence was okay. I'll watch anything Viggo Mortensen is in. Someday I might want to argue that there should be more hot guys in horror movies. But I'm gonna sit on that one for a while.

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    1. History of Violence is really good, bit I liked Eastern Promises better. Plus Viggo hangs dong, which isn't something you see often in movies.

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    2. Yes. Eastern Promises was way better IMO too. Hm, I didn't remember Viggo's nude scene. I only remember it had the best sex scene...to watch when you wanna get turned OFF.

      Come to think of it, I like this director's use of sex scenes a lot to convey clear, meaningful things about the situation and characters. He's really good at that. Whereas of course I like some sex scenes, but also find most of them more like sloppy plot-drivers than revelations about the characters.

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    3. Spoilers. ¿??? The brutally violent fight in the spa...Viggo was quite naked the whole time. It speaks a lot to him as an actor that he was able to be so believable while totally naked.

      I agree, 95 percent of nudity in movies is completely gratuitous but Cronenberg is a different beast altogether. One of my favorite directors, and not because he is Canadian.

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    4. Seriously? I thought I remembered and liked that fight scene. I guess (I admit) graphic nudity isn't really my thing in movies, it ruins my fragile fantasies. So my brain probably just discarded that...anatomical reality. See, I'm so deeply skeptical about romance in real life that the only way I can have fantasies about intimacy at all is if I keep them in a very naive state...and denial, and far away in movie-land.

      Anyway. Cronenberg, yea. Thanks. Maybe I'll check his other movies out...even though they look SO SCARY, why do they have to be so scary. I guess I'll try.

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    5. I rewatched it last night, and I agree, one of the least sexy sex scenes ever. Urghhh.

      You should check out Dead Ringers, if you haven't seen it. It's not scary, but is dark and discomforting. It's a movie that speaks to me a lot perhaps because of my own personal struggles, but I think it's a brilliant movie that could be appreciated by anybody. If I remember correctly, JB said it was his favourite Cronenberg.

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    6. Thanks Paul! I'll give DR a try. Wow I've had quite a night thinking about David Cronenberg because earlier I saw a clip of James Woods' stomach open up and maybe he put a gun in there? My eyes were mostly closed. But WTF....it was so messed up. Whyyyy would anyone want to watch this (or anything in this genre, and who are you people?), I'm thinking. I'm truly curious. Soo then I read Patrick's old article on DC, and some other articles on him, aand now I'm kind of super fascinated by what he does. Patrick's article was great describing the evolution of his style and intriguing themes, which I like. I feel like maybe I don't have to watch something as terrifying as The Brood to get him (maybe I can bypass the body horror phase) but actually Videodrome sounds really cool... I don't know if I can get over my squeamishness and I dont know if I SHOULD, but, anyway, maybe one day. Thank you, guys! A new, very intriguing and very scary door has opened up in my brain! A total Alice in wonderland experience.

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  6. Nice, Meredith! Sisters is my favorite De Palma film. Do not ever watch the remake, it's woeful!

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    1. I watched it cuz it's your fav, Chaybee! :) glad I did, too.

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    2. Also, what makes it your favorite?

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    3. Hey, thanks! I think it's definitive of all of De Palma's tricks. From the beginning "fake-me-out" to the split screen and zooms at the apartment to the zoom out of the window to when we finally leave the apartment and everything starts getting stranger and stranger. The use of different editing tricks, the amazing Herrmann score and the overall vibe of it just hits all of the right notes. I still think Femme Fatale is where he go balls out and pulls no punches showing every trick in the book he has, but Sisters just feels like De Palma at his greatest to me, second being Blow Out.

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  7. I watched Green Room last night. I loved Blue Ruin and had fairly high expectations for this being that it's been getting rave reviews even showing up as #1 on people's lists for the year. Ultimately, I thought it was just fine. I wasn't blown away and the story was pretty standard. It wasn't really anything special. Being from Northern VA and growing up during the DC punk scene, seeing the Fugazi sticker and The Minor Threat T-shirt was fine, although way too obvious references. Petty complaint though as those are definitive bands of the genre, of course. Just curious what I am missing and what others who love this movie responded to? Riske, I think you said it's your #1, correct?

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    1. I'm gonna retract that petty complaint now that I think about it. That band would have that sticker and be wearing that T-shirt.

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    2. This or The Nice Guys is my #1. Probably The Nice Guys but it's close.

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    3. Let me know what you responded to in Green Room, Daniel. Both my wife and I had the same reaction which was yeah it's good, but nothing we haven't seen before.

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    4. I'm glad to see i wasn't the only one that wasn't head over heals for it Chaybee. I liked it i just had some problems with it. I'm eager to revisit it on bluray and see if I respond to it more.

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    5. I loved the incredible intensity, the great performances, and the willingness to get very dark and violent. That's getting more and more rare in a theatrical film. I don't really care if a movie doesn't have anything I've never seem before, but still I've never seen a movie about people imprisoned in a Nazi skinhead camp. Regardless of how dark it is, it was one of the most fun times I've had in a theater this year.

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    6. Fair enough and thanks for sharing. I felt about half of what you described and I guess it's all frame of reference. I'm really glad you like it though and stoked that it's being well received cause I want Jeremy to keep making films!

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    7. I think that's where Green Room really delivered too. The overall level of intensity and the willingness to set up actual stakes and then risk character lives against them. I liked Blue Ruin very much, but it seemed more typically of the indie thrillers I've seen, while this seemed more willing to take incredible risks.

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    8. I think the opposite. Blue Ruin felt really fresh and Green Room felt typical. I didn't feel much tension nor felt it took risks. Oh well, perspective.

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    9. I'm with Chaybee on this one. "Green Room" is fine (and sure to be re-assessed now that is one of Anton Yelchin's last movies) but it's no "Blue Ruin"... not even close.

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    10. I think high expectations hurt it for me. If I had seen this not hearing anything about it, I would have liked it better. I still liked it a lot. I just didn't love it.

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    11. Eh...I love it. I love Blue Ruin too. I can't even compare the two. It would be like trying to rank Tarantino movies. It's too difficult so I don't even try anymore.

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    12. I just watched it last night and I think I fall somewhere between you Chaybee and Adam/Daniel. For the first two-thirds I was like, Jeremy Saulnier you crazy sonofabitch, you've done it again! I was loving the characters, natural performances and dialogue and the building tension - it was feeling like it could be my favourite movie of the year. I still liked the last third but it felt a little standard and was good, not great. In particular I wasn't a big fan of the couple shocked/exhausted exchanges of dialogue between Poots and Yelchin (the name of my new hipster band) - they were the rare moments I felt acting happening. Fucking Macon Blair is the best thing ever though - selfishly I want him to stick to small genre films but he's more than ready for Primetime (bitch).

      So yeah, all in all, I loved it with a small "l" as opposed to my all-caps LOVE for Blue Ruin - I might like it more the next time - I'll definitely pick up the blu-ray - I find all of the VOD platforms I use run a little dark (and I hate to start messing with my calibration) so I was straining to see some key moments.

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  8. Just bought all the James Bond movies and i am working my way throught them. I have only gotten to Thunderball.

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    1. Are you not watching them in order or just skipping the ones you've seen?

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    2. Yes,i am watching them all on order. I am also listoning to James Bonding along side, which is hilarious

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    3. But Dr. No is first, not Thunderball, just a heads up.

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    4. No, i have watched Dr.No, from Russia with love, and Goldfinger so i am up to Thunderball. Sorry for the confusion.

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  9. I also watched "Dial:Help". A Ruggero Deodato film with a score by Simonetti (Goblin) about a killer phone line(!) with Charlotte Lewis (the Golden Child) as the star. It was so much fun! Ever since the Golden Child I've wanted to see her nude. Super pervy, young Chaybee right there, but now, my dream has been fulfilled :)

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    1. I think young Chaybee had good taste! "I want to see her naked...please."

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  10. Swiss Army Man

    It's fine. Nothing really groundbreaking after you get past the intitial 10 minutes then it peters out pretty quickly. You want it to get there, to be better than it is, but it never does. It adds unnecessary Indie twee and I really disliked a few moments. But overall it's sweet with a good hearted tone.

    Our Kind of Traitor

    So simple for a John Le Carre adaptation. The book is no Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as far as in depth of characters or motivations, but it's not as breazy as go to point a-b-c either. That said, it's a great adult spy thriller that I love so much because it hits all those beats of a solid geopolitical thriller. Stellan Skarsgaard kills it.

    De Palma

    Total heaven for 2 hours. Great stories. Coulda watched it for another hour. not much else to say that if you're a cinefile period you'll love it, being a De Palma fan of any kind you're just happy to see him getting attention.

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    1. Ohh, thank you for the Our Kind of Traitor review, I'm glad to hear it was good. I thought I couldn't trust anything Ewan McG. starred in these days (but I want to).

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    2. Really gotta disagree on Swiss Army, man. I think the objective of the movie was to simulate the process of human thought, and there are stretches of it where you are really kept in the dark about how long the periods of time that have passed are, whose perspective you're seeing things from, etc. The music is the way it is because you're hearing the character's internal monologue, not the score to a movie. I hear you on the twee comment, except that I think that the twee perfectly counteracts what turns out to be the acidic reality of the story's actual events.

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    3. Potential Spoilers: There are some traces of Life of Pi in this one, where the real point of the movie is what people will do mentally do to cope when reality is to much for them to handle emotionally and they're pushed to a point where they have to believe untruths simply to survive.

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    4. Ehh I'm not sure that was the point of Life of Pi. And for Swiss Army Man you're disagreeing with phantom arguments I never made haha, other than the twee thing.

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    5. I just meant disagree in that I really liked it where you didn't, not that you were saying it did/didn't make some point you disagreed with. I think its an easy to misinterpret movie with a lot of value as well as being very innovative.
      And, here's an interesting article on Life of Pi that elaborates on the idea I mentioned.

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    6. Got to see SWISS ARMY MAN today and I'm super excited to see how the conversation on the site goes as more and more of us see it. I loved it, but I definitely see it speaking (or not speaking) to lots of people in different ways.

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    7. I also think the ending, by let's say, without spoiling, "showing the boat" (think in Goonies terms) messed up a lot of interpretations people would've & could've had.

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  11. I finally caught up with Sicario last night. I wish all movies could be that good. I love where that movie works to and talk about committing to the bit.

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    1. Shame that Roger Deakins shooting "Sicario" (looks awesome, one of the few 4K Blu-ray releases I'd be interested in upgrading) is the reason why "SPECTRE" looks like shit. You know, one of that movie's way too many shortcomings.

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    2. Yeah, Sicario looks amazing, I wasn't surprised to see Deakins' name attached. If Deakins had shot Spectre, we could at least say it looked good. In saying that I don't dislike Spectre as much as everyone else, even though I know its not good Bond and not good/bad Bond.

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  12. Netflix becomes exclusive streaming home of Albert Brooks' entire directorial filmography (at least in the US). It's only seven movies, but it's rare for Netflix to get exclusive access to vintage auteur content like Brooks' films. :-D

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    1. this is awesome. I watched Modern Romance for the first time last night and loved it.

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  13. For some reason I was really itching to watch In the Heat of the Night (1967) this week. It was SO GOOD, so powerful...until the plot entirely fell apart in the second half. Guys. You can't just say "screw the story" in the second half. Blah.

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  14. I've never been a Chuck Norris fan. Still, I decided to give Chuck another chance tonight, because I really do want to like him. I watched Lone Wolf McQuade and oh man did I enjoy myself. I may have loved it. I believe I've been converted to Chuck Norris.

    Now I just want to watch Chuck Norris movies! Heath Holland, I have joined you.

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  15. Marc Maron's recent episode of WTF featured Joe Dante and John Carpenter, I couldn't help but think of Patrick. That has to be one of his ultimate director pairings. John Carpenter is such a great interview, seems like a really down to earth guy.

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  16. I also recently watched The Flight of the Concords for the first time, incredible. Now I get all the 'present' jokes. Murray Hewitt is the best.

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  17. I've seen some good stuff this weekend!

    I re-watched Casualties of War as part of my De Palma retrospective in my living room. Much better than I remember it.

    Then I watched Persistence of Vision which is a documentary about the making-of a movie that never was - The Thief and the Cobbler. It's fascinating and I'd highly recommend it for animation fans.

    I also watched a good 30 for 30 about the Orlando Magic (on Netflix). Such an overrated team but a very interesting story about a group of pretty likeable guys.

    Lastly, I saw Purge Election Year and The BFG in theaters. I think the new Purge is by far the best of the three. It's the only one that doesn't make me feel icky after watching it and it lands as a fun, political exploitation movie without wallowing in hatred and ugliness. The BFG was wonderful. There is no other movie like it out right now. It just reminded me of what a magical filmmaker Spielberg can be when he wants to. It looks great, is charming and weird and has an awesome John Williams score. It's a little talky but that didn't bother me too much. This is like the best Robert Zemeckis Image Movers movie he never made.

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    1. I was lucky enough to see the bastardized version of Cobbler, Arabian Knight, when it was playing multiplexes back in 95. It made a huge impact on me, and remained a touchstone for me as a person interested in animation from that point on. I think if you're of a certain age and love the medium, Richard Williams is an influence on you whether or not you realized it, either through this project, Roger Rabbit, or Raggedy Ann & Andy. I had been sitting on this doc for a while, and needed you to remind me it existed to put it on. It doesn't do anything spectacular as a documentary, but the story itself is fascinating to carry it. Paradoxically, I think that Cobbler may have its greatest power in the version that got released; it contains characteristics of both a great masterpiece and a cautionary tale against being overambitious, with each half of the whole exaggerating and emphasizing its opposite.

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    2. I hope to see both Purge Election Year and BFG this week, especially now that you've given your approval Adam. I was hoping BFG would be worth seeing, not that I ever would doubt Mr. Spielberg. I still haven't seen Purge: Anarchy, but I'm sure there's not a whole lot of continuity.

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    1. Drive-in double feature.
      The Purge: Election Year. Not subtle in any form from politics to religion to minority rights etc. I was expecting it to be violent for violence sake, but actually shows restraint.

      The Conjuring 2. I was getting tired at this point and the drive-in screen probably isn't the best projection for this kind of movie. Concrete wall under a few stars made it hard to see what was happening at points. That said, the movie stands on its own and kept me going until passed 2am. We get to know, and care, for these characters. The plight of the family, and especially the little girl, is expertly conveyed. The scares themselves aren't the stuff of nightmares, but the situation and how it is depicted is carried throughout. Well worth the watch.

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    2. Are you in the Atlanta area, Frank? I used to live there and would hit up the Starlight Six on the regular. Catch a double feature and then sneak over to the other side of the lot to catch a third movie without paying for it. They let you bring your own liquor in there, and those were some of my heavier drinking days, so I blacked out during more movies than I can count at that place (don't remember Splice, The Karate Kid, The A-Team, Get Him to the Greek, et al.)

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  19. Tonight's film is for you Brent (Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker) 1982 Bitch'es, lets do it

    The Brain

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    1. Damn I thought it was one of the 1982 movies Brent watched last month, it must of been before june, it's 88 sorry

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    2. I watched it in May. I've never heard anyone talk about it so I'm interested to see what you think.

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    3. I watched it last SMM -

      "Progressive for '82 addressing incest and homophobia." I thought it was pretty good.

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    4. Follow the white line if your crazy!

      The Brain 1988

      I'm one minute into the film and David Gale walks in, Dr Hill from Re-animator, were off to a good start, his speech sounds like a crazy wacky seminar at a Scientology meeting with mind control as the main agenda, sorry Tom Cruise, then the room starts shrinking and the white teddy bear is crying red blood, this is my kind of crazy, Epic callback when a prank was played using Shoe Goo! This is what Skateboarders used to use to fix holes in there trainers, damn I forgot about that product, the actual Brain itself looks like an oversized Xtro which is a good thing, Gooey, Slimey and real, practical effects always warm my heart, it's brainwaves are going to be transmitted over the airwaves through the TV kinda like Halloween 3 and start the takeover, the final reveal caught me off guard and put a big smile on my face, a nice addition to my 80s collection, you would probably need to have a thing for 80s horror to love this but if you do this is fun
      Next up is another from Brent, The Escape Artist. :)

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    5. I'm glad you enjoyed it but I totally agree you have to be into weird 80s horror to appreciate it. Now, we gotta get Elric to watch it:)

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    7. He liked Xtro and Kindred so he might like it? but I don't think its got enough of the Fantastical about it for Elric, its slightly generic in its structure, it needed more left field imagery to push it up higher, it started with the room shrinking and the white teddy bear crying blood which was superb but then it went more predictable and lost a little of its power, I want more scenes like that, Xtro has a charm because you don't know what's coming next, I could be wrong?

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    8. Xtro is a better movie. I agree but The Brain has enough moments in it to geek out to. One of his favorites is The Beyond. He freely admits a lot of that movie is pretty bad. You never know what people are going to react to.

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    9. True, I think it is worth peoples time just for the last 5 mins, it was a good call, one that slipped by me, Cheers Brent :)

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  20. Haven't had time to watch much since Junesploitation ended due to work (and also building a new computer). I'm planning on rewatching a bunch of David Lynch movies on one of my days off though.

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  21. Rewatched Ridley Scott´s Alien, now for the first time on Bluray. Such a great movie and what a pristine picture quality. I saw things there I think I even missed on the big screen.
    Then I saw Mother from Snowpiercer director Joon-ho Bong. That was a very interesting, thoughtful, sometimes funny and sometimes very touching movie with a great performance by the lead actress. Even the goofiness I often can´t stand in asian films was ok for me.

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  22. Watched Mickey Keating's Carnage Park. I liked it but it's a bit messy. Where Darling is still in my top ten of the year and it's pluses way outshine it's problems, CP has a ton of style but there are certain choices he made tonally that had me scratching my head. Still, I think it's pretty good.

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  23. Forming my shopping list for Barnes&Noble's July 50% off Criterion collection sale. Anyone have some recommendations? I'm new to their releases and I only own 12 Angry Men and Mulholland Drive from them so far.

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    1. Dude, where to begin?! I'll throw three out there for you...Tati's Playtime, Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad and Suzuki's Branded to Kill. All of these are absolutely gorgeous. But there are hundreds of criterion that are as well. I wouldn't even know where to begin!

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    2. I'm not sure, but I think you can only get Playtime as part of the Tati boxset. Some personal favorites from off the top of my head are Hausu, All That Jazz, Valerie and her Week of Wonders, The Face of Another, Crumb, Antichrist, and Rashomon, and there are countless more. One of Chaybee's perennial recommendations, Sisters, is in the collection. The great thing about the label is there's a 75% chance anything you get from them is going to be gold. If there are no specific titles you're interested in adding to your collection, though, my advice would to go with a Hulu plus subscription; it's only about 10 bucks a month, and around 80% of their catalog is streaming.

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    4. Blow Out is one of my favourites - or do a little Roeg double-feature with Don't Look Now and Walkabout.

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    5. Thanks for all of the suggestions guys! I decided to start with their bigger titles that I would like to own, but I'll be going back later in the month and I will probably pick up some of the ones you all suggested. Today I ended up buying: On the Waterfront, Night of the Hunter, Harold and Maude, The Game, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Dr. Strangelove, Videodrome, It's a Madx4 World, All That Jazz, and A Hard Day's Night.

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  24. This month is 2006 for me. I started it with The Grudge 2 for some reason. About half way through, I stabbed myself in the eyes until the pain went away. I left the movie on until the end when I decided to reach into my eye sockets and pull out my brain. Death couldn't come quick enough...

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    1. HA! I think you picked a good year, not because of quality of films, but cause you will notice how different things got from 82 to 2006.

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    2. I know there are some gems in there somewhere. Alien Autopsy is ok. I'm almost finished. Hopefully, Inland Empire will save me!

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    3. Oooh, good choice, I'll give The Grudge 2 a miss then, :) my faves would be Behind the mask, The rise of Leslie Vernon, Black Sheep, The Host, Slither and Severance.

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    4. Inland Empire might explode your brain. But possibly not in a good way, haha. It's my second favorite Lynch film I think. I really love it a lot. I find Lynch fans to be split on this one more than most of his films.

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    5. Slither is amazing, Leslie Vernon was surprisingly good and I enjoyed Severance. Black Sheep and The Host are on the list!

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    6. Inland Empire I'm curious about. Opinion is split..Chamber loves it, Patrick doesn't. As a big fan of Lynch, I should watch it and form my own opinion.

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    7. Inland Empire is a tricky one. It was shot on consumer DV cameras, with an incomplete/partially improvised script, and at 3 hours, is also Lynch's longest feature. It's his most disjointed, challenged, least visually appealing movie, but still has enough of that Lynch genius/mystique to remain frustratingly fascinating. I haven't seen it in about a decade though, so I'm long overdue for a rewatch.

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    8. Having gotten much more caught up on Damon Packard flicks since first seeing Inland, I definitely see a lot of similarity between the two, and I love Packard, so Lynch was probably just a step ahead of me yet again.

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    9. I think IE is the equivalent to De Palma's Femme Fatal; Lynch going all out using all of his tricks and even introducing new ones. Personally, I think it's absolutely visually appealing and there are so many interesting things he's doing visually that it blew my mind. But, that is one of the arguments I hear from people who don't enjoy it so you're not the only one who feels that way.

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    10. *Chaybee....not chamber..fucking autocorrect. My spelling is just fine. I swear it changes things for the worse more often than it changes things for the good.

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    11. Packard needs more love - big time! It's coming though...

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    12. I definitely should watch it. I also really want to watch the one about a old dude that drives across several states on his lawnmower. While not being a typical Lynch movie (if any of them can be called typical), I've heard nothing but praise for it.

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    13. The Straight Story is interesting because it follows Lost Highway and is smack in the middle of that and Mulholland. Just a bizarre choice in my opinion. I thought it was fine. The score, which was really well received, annoyed the hell out of me as it's played over and over. Kind took me out the movie actually.

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    14. I highly recommend taking a night and giving Inland Empire it's due. I've only seen it once but it sucked me in eventually, and had a couple of the most genuinely terrifying moments I've ever seen. They make the Mulholland Drive dumpster monster look like baby stuff.

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    15. Don't know Matt; i've seen all of Lynch's stuff (shorts/commercials/concerts/music videos excluded) and still consider the MD dumpster scene the most dread inducing thing I think I've ever seen. I'd personally only nominate that scene from Under the Skin (you know which one) as being in the competition.

      On an unrelated note related to Brent's original post, does anyone know if Sadako vs. Kayako is going to get any kind of English language release? I've been planning on doing a complete run through of both franchises for a couple years know, and doing it when SvK comes out would be ideal (even better if its during SMM!)

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