This'll explain:

We watched The Martian recently and I enjoyed more than I though I would:
http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film846099.html
Didn't like the ending but the movie was quite enjoyable.

P.S: Quite offtopic but does anybody know where could I get this hoodie (or a similar one), please?


No, it's NOT the NASA logo one which EVERYONE seems to talk about.

I remember writing a comprehensive review of The Martian a while back.

Here you go:

That explains my question more than I hoped for. Thanks! And sucks for Brendan - he was a decent actor but just got unlucky.

This clip sums up SciFi original movies better than anything. That acting. That "CGI." That unlimited ammo...

lol at all the butthurt Lucas/prequel apologists coming out of the woodwork from their neckbeard fanboy nerd dungeons, keyboard warrioring hardcore like sir edgelordians from the planet PC master-race. "Worst movie ever made" they exclaimed to their PC with sweaty chubby palms flailing about their pizza grease encrusted keyboards, "fan fiction" they protested to their 4k lightbulb screens with wrapper still attached as if they were cardinal preachers reciting the sacred red & black flannel gospels of goiter.

You know, if you put the right backing track to that post, you can get a decent modern rap tune out of that post.

This is probably in response to something, but I have no idea what.

I still don't quite get the point of it, though. I assume it was motivated by the release of Rogue One. Are people already calling it the worst movie ever made? Or maybe he just expects people will, because some said that about The Force Awakens?

He's referring to the video link posted directly above his response. It's still cringey and tryhard, though, just like the people he is supposedly making fun of

What is it, ANGRY RAP??? or something. Where's Busta Rhymes?

Getting a small Tyler the Creator vibe from it, but I was also listening to Six Seconds Magic this morning.

He's mildly schizophrenic, so he can't really control his syntax all that well. But as word salads go, I've seen a lot worse.

Yeah, but the movie was not as bad as expected for me.
P.S: Any help with the hoodie, please?

Dude, it's a totally basic zip-up hoodie. Try anywhere that sells clothing?

What is this clothing you speak of?

No, it's not because of the fabric. At least, not for me.
I would like to buy something similar in Europe, please.


This one, in the spoiler:
http://www.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=2692065#p2692065

Bruiser - An unhappy guy wakes up one day with a white mask on his face. Then he starts killing people. Since George Romero made this, I guess the "social commentary" is the point, because the movie sure isn't scary or suspenseful. I couldn't relate to the main character either before or after the transformation, so nothing that happened felt like it mattered. Amateurish acting in certain scenes, too.

"Clown" worked better for me as an example of the "appearance change / behavior change" subgenre. (And also had Peter Stormare in a supporting role!)

I've seen a few recently...

The Edge of Seventeen - Pretty fun teen-type flick. Well written and with flawed, interesting characters, and it was actually funny and had several moments that made me laugh. The drama was good and the story was well told. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 - Absolute garbage. I couldn't remember much about this as I had not seen it since I was a teenager. I was better for it. This is utter trash horror with every bad old trope possible: magazine-cover-model looking leads who bicker and argue the whole time, aimless, directionless chase scenes and a lack of any good scares. Everything good about the original is squashed and muted here.

Oh, what did I watch recently...

Ben-Hur: This was pretty good, better than I expected, but not really good enough to propel it into the same strata as Gladiator or something. I haven't seen the original since I was a little kid, but for some reason I remember there being a hell of a lot more chariot racing.

The Legend of Tarzan: Again, surprisingly not complete dogshit based on the "hey let's do a totally grimdark, gritty, realistic Tarzan movie" premise. I mean the whole premise *is* still pretty stupid simply because it's difficult to sell the concept of Tarzan himself as anything other than goofy and cartoonish, so the clash of a guy swinging around on vines and the King Leopold African genocide stuff didn't exactly mesh well.

Carol: wonderfully shot movie and an interesting story, but somehow I just didn't really feel any connection to the two lead characters. This could be somehow the effect of me being spoiled by recent great TV series where we've got seasons of time to get to know and care about the characters, but for this to have really struck a nerve it would've needed that same level of character development (you know, just faster).

The Hunt: better spoiler-tag this one...

Finally got 'round to watching Arrival yesterday. The first part where they were basically trying to decipher the meaning of a Portal record was great and exciting, but... (spoiler alert):

But all-in-all, a good movie, definitely worth it.

Watched Passengers at the cinema today and while I enjoyed it it wasn't quite the movie I thought it was going to be, it was more a romantic drama than a sci-fi thriller (which the trailer had suggested it would be).

High Rise (2015)
There was a certain flavor to '70s dystopian media that seemed enamored with the gradual decay of society via its own inventions, an almost anti-consumerist stance on technological advancement that relished in its short-term nihilism as western culture changed from the Greatest Generation to the Baby Boomers. The usual themes of class warfare and the individual's reaction to such swift societal "progress" come to mind in this film based on the 1975 JG Ballard novel of the same name, with obvious political allegories abound and a unique sense of style and flare used to virtual perfection at key moments.

Dr. Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston) is a new tenant in the latest high rise apartment complex built by world-renowned architect Anthony Royal (Jeremy Irons). Upon his first meetings with his upstairs neighbor, Charlotte (Sienna Miller), and his various interactions with the other tenants throughout his daily routine, it becomes increasingly apparent that the lavish parties between the lower 30 floors and the aristocratic pageantry of the upper 10 serve as little more than distractions from the different classes having to communicate. Laing soon meets Richard Wilder (Luke Evans), a documentary filmmaker and husband to the ever-pregnant Helen (Elizabeth Moss), immediately recognizing his short temper and self-destructive tendencies, particularly when it comes to interacting with the "upper echelon" of the high rise, primarily TV news anchor Cosgrove (Peter Ferdinando) and self-absorbed businessman Pangbourne (James Purefoy). As Laing wanders about his daily life, indulging in the same excesses as those around him, he soon begins to witness the cracks starting to form. Brief power outages, explained by Royal as "the building's teething," heighten the already existing social unrest between the floors, until a birthday party for one of the Wilder's children turns into a full-on confrontation between the classes, with Richard crashing a private function in the tower's swimming pool leading to increasingly violent opposition.

Director Ben Wheatley beautifully shoots the building's descent into madness through Laing's perspective, with stylish framing/editing techniques blending brilliantly to highlight the general joviality of the building's early days and dark, primal, claustrophobic shots as the chaos unfolds. There is as much, if not more, visual storytelling on display as there are in the scripted narrative, with choice alterations of each character's attire (or lack thereof) highlighting their former and newer roles within the building, done particularly well whenever Laing interacts with Royal and the upper echelon as an almost dream-like presence permeates simple shots. In fact, you learn everything you need to know about Laing as a character in the first ten minutes of the film: he rarely allows himself to be seen not in a suit and tie, he refuses to unpack his belongings from their cardboard prisons inside his apartment, and he visibly struggles to relate to his neighbors unless sex or alcohol are in great supply. The violence is shown in a similar manner to Green Room, with the occasional graphic depiction rarely lingered on so that the shock value remains with you as a viewer. Topping this off, the performances by all of the principal cast - from Hiddleston to Miller and back again - are pitch perfect, with Luke Evans standing out due to the weight on the shoulders of Richard Wilder as a character.

There are plenty of faults to find, however. The nigh 2-hour runtime has moments where it drags and you're left wanting something, anything, to happen, but are then "treated" to more dialogue and/or montage footage of the events occurring. There seem to be several subplots left only vaguely touched, possibly delved further into in the original novel, and the climax comes from left field with characters turning against their allies without much prompting or reason. Through it all, one massive plot hole remains, the kind of that can potentially cripple whether or not the film impacts you: why does nobody leave the fucking building? Were this a Romero film, there would be hordes of the flesh-eating dead outside the doors, forcing the cast to remain inside, but several characters come and go as they please, returning each day from their jobs without even a throwaway "this is my home" comment to give them reason to.

Overall, if you're looking for some great performances and a nifty little piece of sociological critique, you can do a lot worse. High Rise at least feels like a complete film, even if the adaptation from the source material (where some of these issues may be resolved in a more fulfilling manner) leaves something to be desired. 7/10

A Christmas Horror Story - Not really very good. Very stale, toothless horror stories that, while not offensively bad, just don't do very much in the way of scaring or entertaining you at all. They're all pretty second-rate, soggy material and there are no real stand-out executions or concepts to be found. I guess there are some okay moments here and there, but even the film didn't seem to care - they're not given much due attention or weight it felt like. This was inoffensive at best and outright dull at worst.

The Thin Red Line (1998 - Terrence Malick)

WWII film about a company in the Guadalcanal campaign. One of the most harrowing films I've seen, for sure. Beautiful cinematography and score, while simultaneously portraying war as nothing other than hell and psychologically crushing.

31 - Not Rob Zombie's worst, but not as good as his first couple. I had a nitpicky issue with this one that can only be described with major spoilers.

I'll watch House of 1000 Corpses again soon to confirm it's better than this.

Lights Out - I was hoping I could say this blows away that other recent horror movie with the similarly gimmicky premise. Unfortunately it felt like it needed an extra 15 minutes (which I almost never say about this genre) to flesh things out and increase the tension more effectively. I just didn't feel like the main characters were in grave danger for some reason. The ending was kind of a letdown, too. At least there were some nice visuals.

I tried but the scene where

Cinematography and soundtrack are certainly worth something though, and I can definitely respect what the director was going for here, but still, it's just that particular moment that fucked me up a little too much. Highly recommended for all you horror buffs out there who like disorientating imagery, somewhat sensual visual and sound effects and who also have stronger nerves than I do.

Watched 'Hush' - was boring, predictable and frustrating - how can this flick have 100% on rotten tomatoes!?

Edit: Please gimme some good horror recs of the past few years.

I really liked Hush and hate some popular ones among others like You're Next or the Purge series, so take this with a grain of salt if that's your taste. It Follows, The Babadook, The Witch and Absentia are the ones I always recommend.

Apologies for the "list-post."

Some recent horror movies I liked:

Housebound - More of a horror-comedy, but I thought it was a lot of fun
Last Shift - Underwhelming finale, but interesting until then, with good atmosphere
Starry Eyes - I thought this was great, and it improved with repeat viewings; plenty of people seem to hate it though
Don't Breathe - You might find this a better example of 'home invasion' than Hush
The VVitch - Slow, arty, with at times almost incomprehensible dialogue, and I still liked it for its mood and strong ending


Recent horror movies many other people liked, even if I kinda didn't:

The Invitation
Deathgasm
Goodnight Mommy

Yeah, House of 1000 Corpses is better, and Devil's Rejects is even better.

That opening scene was just Rob Zombie going on pretentious dialogue tangent and some actor doing his best impression of crazy. And then the ensuing film was of course a clusterfuck of redneck trash dialogue starring his wife because wife, bad acting, characters nobody cares about, and terribly shot action/killing sequences. Bravo, Zombie, bravo.

Feel sorry for all the folks who funded it, at the promise of a Rob Zombie Running Man/Manhunt film I don't blame 'em but they'd surely feel bitterly disappointed.

To be honest the most memorable scene in the whole thing was that black dude taking a shit.

If that doesn't illustrate a bad movie I don't know what does.

That's been a problem with the last few RZ movies. He makes horror films whose best scenes have nothing to do with horror. I hate almost everything about his Halloween II, but I like the scene where Loomis goes on a late night talk show with Weird Al. And my favorite parts of The Lords of Salem are the radio show bits with the dumb sound effects.

Well Assassin's Creed sucked. Big fat waste of talent and money, just another empty, shallow visual effects showcase ala Marvel/DC movies. Cramming in all that historical arcanum and lore doesn't just de facto make your film deep or intriguing. Even the score was meh.

I have been tempted to watch it in the cinema but will wait for a 1080p rip to watch it at home better.

Skip Starry Eyes if you can't get into Hush. The latter is more inventive, better acted, better written, better paced, and better shot, so if you couldn't get into it then maybe skip the generic "HOLLYWOOD IZ EVILZ" thing...unless you're into stuff like Black Mirror. Then it'll probably be worthwhile for you.

All of these are "your mileage may vary" recs, but there's at least something to them, be it certain scenes or performances or even just jokes, that makes me think they're worth watching (with a quick plot synopsis and my personal rating):
Kristy (2014) - Social media-obsessed occult slashers hunt a college girl when she's alone on campus over Thanksgiving break 6/10
Night of the Living Deb (2015) - A cheery 30-something becomes one of the lone survivors of a zombie plague...and annoys the other survivors 6.5/10
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) - An Alzheimer's patient may or may not be possessed 6.5/10
Green Room (2015) - An underground punk band plays a gig at a neo-Nazi bar...and things don't go so well 8.5/10
Faults (2014) - An expert in breaking people out of cults is charged with rescuing an elderly couple's daughter, who may be more than she seems 8/10
I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016) - A teen trying to cope with his sociopathy (and fulfilling all the traits of a future serial killer) must hunt down somebody slaying his neighbors 7/10
Zombeavers (2014) - A group of college friends gather at a remote cabin only for it to be attacked by zombified beavers 6.5/10
Holidays (2016) - An anthology movie with each short tied to a holiday (NOTE: "Father's Day" alone is worth the watch) 7/10 ("Father's Day" gets a 9/10)
WolfCop (2014) - A drunken small-town sheriff gets turned into a werewolf and decides to hunt down those responsible 6.5/10
The Den (2013) - Not all webcam chat services are made equal, with some considerably more sinister than others 6.5/10
Re-Kill (2015) - Years after the zombie plague nearly wiped out humanity, a documentary crew follows a team of elite soldiers as they try to clean out infected areas 7/10

I saw The Lobster last night and what the fuck. The first part when they were in the "rehab" place was quite good, it was the best episode Black Mirror never made. Around when the incident with the dog happened the film just got needlessly cruel and fucked up and that just continued for the in the woods part of the movie. The last 30 minutes or so were fucking horrific, much scarier than pretty much any horror film I've seen. What was happening before it cut to black - just what the fuck, man. I'm not sure I liked it besides the first part, but not a movie I'll soon forget.

tbh with you I thought the concept was original and the lack of jump scares a plus, but I was so invested in the film that


I loved The Witch, great atmosphere, mood, periodization, etc. have to check out Absentia.



Yes this is next on my to watch list.