What movie did you watch last night? (20 Viewers)

[Nate Champion]

Punishment Park (1971) ⭐ 7.7 | Drama, Thriller

1h 31m | 12

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I see that thumped didn't like it but I thought it was great

Scaldy enough pulling an ancient post out of nowhere... never rewatched. Watkins' Edvard Munch film is one of the greatest art experiences I've ever encountered...watched it twice, must rewatch again. Holy god, that is something. I'd be afraid to rewatch Punishment Park though. Reckon my thoughts would roughly hold true.

Watched Hell is a City tonight. Not bad, but the Brits just don't get this crime noir fare re: 40s, 50s. Leave it to Sam Fuller, Richard Widmark and dopey Victor Mature. C'mon.

Before that - Scream 3. Takes the guessing game to new levels of pointlessness in terms of plot, but ticked over nicely.

Watched Tobe Hooper's batshit Life Force there on Saturday. A gazillion dollars was thrown at this huge flop in its day ... Too many ideas but it's certainly entertaining, and the cinematography/visuals is worth a punt alone. Some real art going on here in the lens work. Recommended 100%. Steve Railsback is the little Tommy Lee Jones That Couldn't - unlucky for sure. Hilarious cameo from Patrick Stewart too. Proper actors do stone-faced, pompous sci-fi territory, but it works... sort of.

 

[Unicron]

The Velvet Underground doc. Made me want to only listen to VU for the next couple of weeks. Though I probably won't.

 

[Cormcolash]

That new Halloween film, it was great craic, actually better than the previous one which was also good.

 

[pete]

Eternals. Hmm. Very much an attempt at an MCU movie with SERIOUS THEMES. Doesn’t entirely work to be honest but still entertaining. There’s a ridiculous bit of stunt casting in the mid credits scene that also features some of the worst cgi I’ve seen in quite a while. Barry Keoghan keeps his accent throughout, so that’s cool.

Oh and my two fellow viewers fell asleep for a good chunk of the movie.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Dune. A few things really bugged me but in general it was really good

 

[David Kronenbourg]

The Beta Test. Black comedy thriller about a sleazy film producer who accepts an invite for no strings anonymous sex with disastrous results. I thought this was great. The writer/director/actor Jim Cummings is a serious talent. He excels at hilarious portraying dudes who are on the brink of total meltdown

The Beta Test (2021) ⭐ 6.1 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

1h 33m | 12

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[xsteox]

The ninth configuration. Part of William Blatty's trilogy of film about faith, set in an asylum for damaged troops. Good, if flawed. That biker gang. Really!!!

 

[Space]

Dune. So good

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Solaris, the Tarkovsky one, it's good. I put it on a bit too late and was getting drowsy by then end. The main thing I didn't like about Dune was the incessant dramatic music all the way through with the silly martial drums (that and Duncan and that security chief guy, they seemed like they were in the wrong film). No such problems with Solaris. I was reading this morning that Tarkovsky wanted no music at all but some other guy convinced him to use it very sparingly, good job.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Vampire Circus (1972)
Still on the VHS buzz. Early 70s Hammer film, more gory, a bit of nudity & a guy in it who looks a lot like Brian May. 15 years back a mob kill the local posh vampire who has been preying on their families. He swears revenge. The village deteriorates into a disease ridden no go area where the locals can not leave. And then a weird circus arrives in town. Really good film, a few ropey effects scenes, but hey..... according to Wikipedia the director went a week over budget so hammer shut down production, gave the footage to the editor and said, make a film out of this.

 

[therealjohnny]

The ninth configuration. Part of William Blatty's trilogy of film about faith, set in an asylum for damaged troops. Good, if flawed. That biker gang. Really!!!

I couldn't get past the stageyness of it and gave up after 20 minutes or so. I might give it another go

 

[therealjohnny]

Vampire Circus (1972)
Still on the VHS buzz. Early 70s Hammer film, more gory, a bit of nudity & a guy in it who looks a lot like Brian May. 15 years back a mob kill the local posh vampire who has been preying on their families. He swears revenge. The village deteriorates into a disease ridden no go area where the locals can not leave. And then a weird circus arrives in town. Really good film, a few ropey effects scenes, but hey..... according to Wikipedia the director went a week over budget so hammer shut down production, gave the footage to the editor and said, make a film out of this.

I watched this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I was disappointed. It seems to be held in high esteem by fans but it didn't do anything for me.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Solaris, the Tarkovsky one, it's good. I put it on a bit too late and was getting drowsy by then end. The main thing I didn't like about Dune was the incessant dramatic music all the way through with the silly martial drums (that and Duncan and that security chief guy, they seemed like they were in the wrong film). No such problems with Solaris. I was reading this morning that Tarkovsky wanted no music at all but some other guy convinced him to use it very sparingly, good job.

The soundtrack was composed on a cool Soviet synthesiser that worked on light signals rather than a keyboard input. The music is etched on black glass and the machine interprets it somehow and creates weird spectral sounds out of it.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The soundtrack was composed on a cool Soviet synthesiser that worked on light signals rather than a keyboard input. The music is etched on black glass and the machine interprets it somehow and creates weird spectral sounds out of it.

Ah, the ANS. I presume you have the Coil album of the same name?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Another odd thing about the main guy in Solaris - it says on the actor's Wikipedia entry that he was from Lithuania and though he played many Russian roles for these the voice was dubbed by other actors.

 

[Anthony]

On The Rocks. A modern day take on Woody Allen by Sophia Coppolla. It was ok.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Ah, the ANS. I presume you have the Coil album of the same name?

I do indeed. I don’t particularly like it, but I have it.

 

[dudley]

Dune. So good

Really enjoyed this today, though the kids were fairly nonplussed.

Spoiler

Sneaky Hollywood trick to use pretty much all of Zendaya's footage in the trailers

 

[Space]

Really enjoyed this today, though the kids were fairly nonplussed.

Spoiler

Sneaky Hollywood trick to use pretty much all of Zendaya's footage in the trailers

yeah noticed that

 

[Cormcolash]

The main thing I didn't like about Dune was the incessant dramatic music all the way through with the silly martial drums

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