Just watched The Mansion of Madness. It was a good movie, but coming from the director of Alucarda, I was expecting a bit more. I wouldn't even consider this a horror movie. It's more funny than anything else, with a lot of incidental music that reminded me of Loony Toons. On the whole, it recalled Masque of the Red Death (with Vincent Price), but not as good.

Watched Meeting Evil with Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson. Fucking awesome. Probably my new favorite Samuel L. Jackson character. Also watched Cabin in the Woods. Wasn't that impressed. Need to watch it again. I think it got too hyped up.

I can't decide if I want to watch The Cabin in the Woods... half the reactions i've seen say it's total dog shit and the other half say it's good, including some friends... but the trailer looks like shit to me.

I think modern horror movies are garbage for the most part as well as anything that is supposedly a horror movie that uses a bunch of CG... should I bother or should I just watch The Stuff for the ten thousandth time instead?

Well, put it this way, the first half is kind of confusing, then . I saw it in theaters with my friend(both big horror fans). We didnt hate it, but its at least something different. I downloaded it for a friend and Ill eventually watch it again.

Ill post a summary here: . I didnt give away everything or the ending, but if you read that and hate it, then you wont like the ending, partly because it gets more "ridiculous". Then again, the whole movie is.

Ridiculous I'm ok with and your brief summary was enough to intrigue me... definitely a different approach, though I can see where some people have said that they rip off plot points from other films. I hate knowing anything about what's going to happen in a movie before seeing it which is why I generally hate watching trailers these days... they show you the whole fucking movie... and your summary was probably too much info for me honestly (my fault for reading it) but the concept seems good enough to at least warrant a dollar rental from the redbox down the street.

A couple questions though...

It doesn't RIP-OFF anything. It pays blatant homage, and part of the fun is picking up on what they're referencing. The monsters are fucking cool looking too, no Super 8 crap.

Just watch the fucking movie and decide for yourself?

Saw the new Jake Gyllenhaal (sp?) movie End of Watch over the weekend. It was pretty good; story is weak at times, but it keeps you entertained. But the swearing was just terrible. And not a "swearing is naughty", conservative parent kind of terrible, but in a "used so fucking much it was painful" kind of way.

All the Mexican gangbangers in the movie use fuck like they're 12-year-olds who just learned what cursing is, and they just HAVE to use it as often as possible. (Actual dialouge includes gems like "You fuckin' guys fuckin' do good, you fuckin' do this [ambush a cop], I'll fuckin' treat you fuckin' right. You fuckin' feel me? You fuckin' feel me?") The overuse was comical at first, but by the end of the movie it's just plain annoying.

Cabin in the Woods was fun, my wife and I got almost instantly the references of the first half, then goes pretty well IMO. Worth watching.

Nice, just what I needed to hear, thanks dude.


Don't like to waste my time, especially since I don't have much time for movie watching anyway, and being the extremely picky person I am when it comes to horror movies (I can probably count the big budget horror films made after 2000 I like on one hand) I wanted to ensure that I wouldn't be wasting my time watching something that I wasn't going to like in the first place... but I'll make sure to not ask for opinions on movies in The Movie Thread going forward... should probably not ask for recommendations in the Recommendation forum either huh?

I'm a horror freak too and I completely agree that this decade hasn't really had too many great ones, but Cabin is one of my favourites. Though, in all honesty, it's not really a horror movie.

That was the other thing I heard that kinda threw me off since it seemed like that's what it was being marketed as. I'll definitely check it out though.

The marketing campaign makes perfect sense when you take into account the fact that the humour is mainly aimed at horror fans.

I loved Cabin. I'm a fan of most Joss Whedon things I've seen (although I'm half expecting someone to take away my nerd badge when I say that I've never watched Firefly or Serenity), so this one I quite liked. When it's funny, it's darkly humorous. When it's violent, good grief is this movie gory. And the surprise cameo at the end completely caught me off guard.

Naw, man, it's just, when you start getting into a big discussion about it and keep going 'hmmm...tell me more' it just seems weird. But then again I almost never use the rec forum or ask for other peoples' opinions in here either. I like to be surprised.

I'm gonna do a review for Cabin in the Woods this weekend finally. It's time.

The last 20 or so minutes has cgi, but it kind of had to be. That part was so much fun that I didnt mind the cgi at all. Im just glad they didnt release it in 3d, since it wouldve been converted 3d, which is pretty much useless.

The slasher film stuff throughout most of the movie though is all practical. Then once it switches to the underground area that's when the violence becomes CG, but as the above said it was kinda necessary. There are practical effects thrown in there near the end too.

I gotcha, I probably should have phrased my question to be something like "I like old gory horror movies that don't use CG, should I bother with Cabin in the Woods?" Which would have given me all I needed to know without finding out anything specific about the film which, like I said before, bums me out.

Also, didn't mean my reply to come of as "dick-ish" at it sounds when I re-read it now so sorry if that's the impression it gave, just being sarcastic

Just watched the new Paranormal Activity 4 trailer and it's really looking recycled. Ill probably skip it if its pg-13, which it's looking like it.

I didn't find this to be that uncommon when I worked in a video store. It was divided at times. Some people the less you said and more confidently the more they wanted to see it. Then others had to know the ins and outs to work up to seeing anything. Typically they didn't pick it that day either.

While, I have a share of favorites from after 2000, I have to admit at least you're honest. There are a number of people that will see a film anyway with arms crossed. Not to mention go out and pass the word how much they didn't like it even more than going in.

I haven't written an actual review in a while. But I did this mini writeup not far back when I seen "The Flowers of War" (2011). I thought it was both a haunting and heartfelt film that took on questions of conscience and self-sacrifice regarding the Nanking Massacre in pre-World War II China. Essentially a greedy mortician (Bale), overprivileged prostitutes, along with convent girls--oblivious to the true horrors of war--get thrown together at a church as the Japanese army encroaches the city. Nice to see a vivid and dramatic take with a spine over the two exploitation films that introduced me to the subject.

I did do a long summary of a film fest I attended near me but it's for mostly hard to find films at this point. "Foodie" was my favorite though: an original and hilarious short involving a friend that attempts to help another who's stressed and claims he's randomly vomiting whole, ready-to-eat foods to the other's disbelief.

Just wondering why you think it would be pg-13? The others were all R and I haven't read anything about it being otherwise. Haven't seen the trailer yet, loading it now (insanely slow internet).

I'm looking forward to that Sinister flick that's coming out in 2 weeks. An R-rated horror movie that doesn't seem to revolve around gore? It might have a chance...

It just looks to me like its aimed at the teenage crowd(teen cast, use the Kinect gimmick). The main reason they were rated R was for Language, so they could say a few Shits and Fuck once.

I definitely agree that it's aimed at a younger crowd... I still highly doubt it will be be pg-13 though. I was reading that the rating should come out soon (this month) so we'll know soon enough. I will probably see it either way. By no means were any of the other movies "good", but I still liked them. Good/bad/whatever, they did scared me for a minute. I didn't have high expectations for the others, don't for this one either so I shouldn't be let down.

A workprint was screened at a festival and it sounds really disappointing, to say the least. One of the new scares is , which sounds totally laughable. So far, the only thing that sound good is the ending, which .

I know those movies were bad but... Really? As a self-employed computer repairman I'm honestly more scared when I get a call from someone asking me to tell them how to turn on their computer. I shit you not. It's happened more than once.

Aliens- pretty much one of my all time favorite movies. It has such a perfect atmosphere of lo fi but high budget and some of the coolest special effects ive seen that are not CGI (i.e. the aliens themselves). From the immence amount of slaughter that happens to the main characters to the final scene where ripply battles the queen alien and "get away from her you bitch!" this movie owns. Vasquez rules. I think Sergeant Al Apone looks exactly like Avery Johnson of Halo (the videogame). Hudson, who's always freaking out when something bad happens is hilarious. All the characters have sort of over the top swaggerish attitudes (besides Corpral Hicks).

The new movie Prometheus is pretty good, but a far cry from it's predecessors.

Ill be watching Aliens for years to come.

I recently watched a bunch of movies.

The Burbs: This movie was just strange and disappointing. The story of these suburban families who get together through mutual distrust for strange new arrivals in the neighbourhood. I'd heard good things about it but for me it just fell flat. I laughed maybe twice at the escalation and increasing absurdity, and the twist at the end wasn't really necessary, though I can see what they were going for. It's a sad day for a movie when a young Corey Feldman is the most entertaining thing about it.

Rounders: Entertaining movie. Every actor shines in it. Edward Norton is perfect as the deadbeat friend, Malkovitch sounds and looks very cool as the Russian shark (his particular diction lending itself well to the accent) even John Turturro, in a pretty small role, gets things moving. I found the character arcs believable and interesting, and the pace brisk. See it if you don't mind a movie that's 80% about poker.

The Legend of Drunken Master: Jackie Chan, the man is a legend. As is expected, he does some pretty crazy stunts in this movie. Jumping from heights, getting burned, flipping through windows. The fight choreography is great as usual from him, incorporating comedy and his environment into it as is his trademark. The translation, as with most of these movies, is over the top and sometimes strange while still remaining somewhat smooth. It's a story you expect from him, protect artifacts from evil businessmen.

Rumble in the Bronx: Another Chan movie, most of what I said above applies to this one too, with some more entertaining locals, better character development, and even crazier stunts. The montage of Chan hurting himself a bunch of times during the credits was a nice touch.

Crank 2: Stupid movie. Not even pretty entertaining. Tries hard to be quirky and simultaneously gritty while having a lame sense of humour. Stupid over the top. Just stupid. Even the first one was better, while still sucking considerably. There are better ways to hurt yourself than watch this movie.

Dr.Strangelove: I've somehow managed to spend all these years without seeing this movie while loving Kubrick's other works. I was looking for some new comedies that had slipped me by when I noticed that this was frequently listed as the number one comedy of all time, so I had to see it. While I wouldn't agree with that assessment (as the movie is very much a slow burn, dark form of humour with few genuine belly laughs. More like ''that's clever'' kind of chuckles.) I love the crazy of the general who instigates the whole thing and his preoccupation with ''precious fluids''. Peter Sellers is great in this, I hadn't even realized he also played the president until I IMDB'ed it. He assumes three different characters with a world of difference between them. Who knew a legendary comedy could be made out of cold war tensions?

I should watch Jackie Chan movies with English dubbing more often.

Everything from the 90's onwards has typical, kind of funny, okay dubbing (except the prisoner, which is made nonsensical by the dub.) But his old stuff, like that movie being from the 70's is mostly hilarious.

Watched a bunch of movies lately. Here are a couple of them.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Nice family drama starring Johnny Depp and Di Caprio. Living in a small town, Depp has take care of his family after his father's suicide consisting of tow sisters, an obese mother who hasn't gone out of the house since her husband's death and soon to be 18 retarded bro (Di Caprio). Very entertaining and a feel good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Of Mice and Men
Has a similar feeling to the previous film except this one is rather tragic. A ranch worker (Gary Sinise) must keep his co-worker and retarded friend (John Malkovich) out of trouble especially when the owner's son's lonely hot wife (Sherilyn Fenn) is looking to fuck anyone she can. I actually wanted to watch this movie because of Fenn. I had a huge celebrity crush on her when I watched Twin Peaks. Didn't expect the movie to be so good

oh what the.... that isn't a "scare". Hopefully there is more to it than that. I was interested in the new plot at the end of the 3rd so hopefully that is touched on more.

Where did you read that btw?

That's a shame, after 3 I thought it was going to become a decent series.

Heresy, the first Crank was a surprising amount of fun. I thought for sure I would hate it but I couldn't take my eyes off it. I haven't seen the second but I won't hear one cross word about Crank.

I thought it was going to turn into something interesting too, but its looking like "we're going to recycle and make a filler movie because we can".

I just watched Dredd..badass movie.

I won't either. Don't listen to him, you should definitely watch the second. Just as much fun and over the top as the first.

I tried watching Crank in the silly, over the top action flick mindset, but it felt more like a retarded juvenile macho fantasy, honestly.
It was probably the "no means yes" rape scene.