Slumber Party Massacre II
Not bad. Killer was cringe though.
I liked when the redhead took her top off and........... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Yeah lol.The part where the chick has the giant zit is funny. That's all I really remember lol, that and the guitar drill
I watched First Blood for the first time on account of Rambo coming to MK11. For an action film from the 80s it was alright.
A lot more serious and dark than the later over the top Rambo films.
First Blood is great, it's an actual film. Seems like you had different expectations, which is understandable. All the sequels are mindless crap though.
I just watched Enola Holmes....
What a waste of talent - good actors, good acting but for something that has a Holmes name on it and clearly banks on Sherlock appeal, this is a pure disappointment. The mysteries are solved on the fly, there is no tension really. I get that this is more of a young adult thing but the message is hammered like a gun to your head.
Look, I get that this movie is about a young woman finding her place in the world, but the way it's positioned as if oppression of the 19th century is a good lesson for girls today is just way over the top. Let's also add that Enola is clearly a Mary Sue which wouldn't be a problem as Sherlock is one as well in his stories but there needs to be at least a semblance of challenge. Add to this the usual all men are dumb or malicious or effeminate - can't have any toxic masculinity here - pointless narration and some bad CGI it just doesn't gel. I mean Dr Who did badass women detectives in victorian times better and that says something.
I really dig Days of Heaven
Very few movies are able to soothe and unnerve you at the same time quite like this
Cienmatography is just breathtaking. I often feel the need to shower after watching this. Like Cries and Whispers or something lol
9/10
@hariseldon
Solid choice.. For me, Days of Heaven really is one of those movies that feels like I'm watching a painting or something. The cinematography is that on point throughout, and the storytelling is top notch.
I don't know if you or your wife felt unsettled by the movie at all. Something about it always gets to me. That's really any movie that takes place on a farm. Probably watched Children of the Corn one too many times growing up.
I think it's the part with all the locusts and fire which gets me. Very effective. Glad you had fun.
I preferred part 1 myself.
Some basics, all 7s.
Borat (2006, Prime) 7/10
Equal parts hilarious and cringy, but uneven. Afterwards, I went back and watched some of the in-character interviews Sacha Baron Cohen did with late-night talk show hosts around the time of release, and those are funnier than the movie itself. My mustache still tastes of your testes.
Being John Malkovich (1999, Netflix US) 7/10
Felt like checking out more Charlie Kaufman after the bizarro I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Clever.
Borat had hilarious parts throughout, but I couldn't give it a higher score because I was cringing too much. Which was the intended effect--he wanted to make the people watching it uncomfortable. I've heard people say they can't watch things like Curb Your Enthusiasm because it's too cringy / uncomfortable, but Curb is absolutely nothing, cringe-wise, compared to Borat. I literally had to take a 30-minute cringe break in the middle of the movie, then come back to it to finish it.Honestly I loved Borat - I guess it was a product of its time but it’s just brilliant fun.
What scene made you take a 30 minute cringe break in Borat?Borat had hilarious parts throughout, but I couldn't give it a higher score because I was cringing too much. Which was the intended effect--he wanted to make the people watching it uncomfortable. I've heard people say they can't watch things like Curb Your Enthusiasm because it's too cringy / uncomfortable, but Curb is absolutely nothing, cringe-wise, compared to Borat. I literally had to take a 30-minute cringe break in the middle of the movie, then come back to it to finish it.
And Death of Stalin was solid. A little slow in parts, but also tons of hilarious scenes.
Nothing in particular, but about an hour into watching it, I was like, "This is really funny, but I'll finish it tomorrow, I'm drained from feeling so bad for these people." Then half an hour later I suddenly felt refreshed and felt like laughing some more, so I finished it..What scene made you take a 30 minute cringe break in Borat?
Seems a little excessive
Nothing in particular, but about an hour into watching it, I was like, "This is really funny, but I'll finish it tomorrow, I'm drained from feeling so bad for these people." Then half an hour later I suddenly felt refreshed and felt like laughing some more, so I finished it..
Critics are useless. The wife keeps making me watch Mark Kermode on BBC breakfast do film reviews and honestly he’s so infected by the mind virus that every fucking sentence is woke - if a film is by a black lesbian with actors who have never acted before it’s going to get praise but if it’s too white and male he’s going to hate it. Utterly pointless.The Invisible Man with that Mad Men chick is...not good.
Critics have failed me again.
Doing another full watch through of the MCU, got to Ant-Man last night. This really is one of the most fun MCU movies, love it.
Is it played as a straight comedy or sorta like a self aware hybrid like Guardians?