The Last Movie You Watched? ver.2.0

#1685

My two cents on the series:
Alien - I prefer Director’s cut, but also theatrical release is great - 100%

Aliens - I prefer Theatrical release over Director’s cut (I don’t like added scenes with colonists etc) My least favorite of the four films and I could go on and on why I dislike some things in it. - 70%

Alien3 - Prefer Director’s cut over TR. Boring? Not in my book - 100%

Alien Ressurection - Prefer TR over DC, although the latter has a nice scene with Eifel tower. - 80%

Prometheus - Not sure if DC exists. I’m not content with several aspects of this movie but still I consider it great cosmic horror. 80%

Alien Covenant - A disappointment. 60%

Plus some additions:

Alien vs Predator - Great creatures and fights between them, if nothing else. 60%

AvP Requiem - 40%

#1686

A3 did the same thing Alien did without being as good. Did anyone really care about the prisoners subplots? After Charles Dance’s death (who was btw brilliantly casted and was the best about the movie) it was only dull. They killed off Hicks which was the most stupid to do, nowadays they would call it “subverting your expectations”. Also originally it was meant to be another action packed movie with Hicks and Ripley fighting Aliens but they changed it to this depressing stuff. Even Fincher himself does not like the movie though it is still well directed.

#1687

not sure, if I wanted to see that again

so what, these are not lighthearted movies

sure, I did, same as I cared about subplots in the original and other sequels

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#1688

For all the Hicks fans, there is an audiobook version of Alien 3 featuring Michael Biehn.

#1689

It’s a better movie than the third, directed by Fincher (no less), but I still rank the second, Aliens, a bit higher. But yes, this is a very enjoyable flick.

#1690

You have the point here. The atmosphere is pretty damn dark, darkest of them all. Well done. I somewhat liked the movie till the Charles Dance’s death, then it ran out of ideas and I could not cheer for any character. BTW: How noone ever believes Ripley about the alien? Isn’t it a bit peculiar that noone is willing to believe there exists another life form in the entire universe?

#1691

I watched Casablanca maybe for maybe the third time or so, last time decades ago, and I find it well played and directed, but with a not so interestering story. The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon definitely entertain me more among Bogart movies, and so do to a lesser degree To Have And Have Not.
I seldom use the term “overrated” but it may fit Casablanca IMO. I would rate it a strong 6 or weak 7/10.

#1692

That goes for many films. The now classic film It’s a Wonderful Life unremarkably came and went at the box office but was years later picked up by tv stations around Christmas only because its copyright wasn’t renewed and could be broadcast over and over with no royalties.

#1693

I think I have only watched it once many many years ago but I recall it was televised nearly every christmas also in Sweden. I have a only vague slightly positive memory of it.

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#1694

The second version released on the discs is not an DC, but only some kind of alternative version. Means that in that case the theatrical version is still the DC.

#1695

There is no Director’s Cut, and never will be. But the Assembly Cut is well worth watching.

#1696

yeah, then I mean that one which has different opening credits and added scene in the end - wouldn’t mind that scene in the end on Earth, but the opening credits scene is just horrible

#1697

sure, forgot, that was called Assembly cut, which is a great improvement, yes

#1698

Fools’ Paradise

#1699

It’s been a while for me here, but here’s some of what I’ve enjoyed the past couple months

Italia a Mano Armata (Italy: Armed and Dangerous/Special Cop in Action) (1976) ****

La Comtesse Noire (The Night Countess/Female Vampire) (1973) ****1/2

Il Miele del Diavolo (The Devil’s Honey) (1986) ****1/2

The Big Clock (1948) *****

La Donna del Lago (The Woman in the Lake/The Possessed) (1965) ****1/2

Bedlam (1946) ****

Le Foto Proibite di una Signora per Bene (The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion) (1970) ****1/2

#1700

I watched Joe Rogan’s podcast with Dan Aykroyd, which was great and JR recommended two movies about Bigfoot/Sasquatch to Dan - Primal Rage and Willowcreek. I decided to give it a go too.

Primal Rage - I don’t know what I was expecting, but Joe being so enthusiastic about it, I would say I expected a lot. Good monster, otherwise quite lame. 40% I’ll pass on the second movie.

I also thought I revisit Ghostbusters, the whole talk with Dan Aykroyd just left me fully charged for it. I turned it off after 20 minutes, realizing I never really cared about Ghostbusters. :grin:

I watched Joe Rogan’s podcast with Rob Zombie, which was great although I know jackshit about Rob besides that he made some horror movies of I’d seen two many years ago. I decided to rewatch The House Of 1000 Corpses. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I probably shouldn’t search for miracles amongs the genre I don’t care about.

#1701

Never seen Primal Rage but I found Willow Creek - directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, no less - to be deadly dull and, like most Bigfoot movies, a complete letdown. Best Bigfoot movie imho is Exists (Sánchez, 2014), from one of the co-creators of The Blair Witch Project (Myrick/Sánchez, 1999).

Possibly Rob’s worst movie imho, and that includes Halloween II (2009) upon which even Rob himself doesn’t seem especially keen. The Devil’s Rejects (2005) and The Lords of Salem (2013) are both well worth checking out though, if you haven’t already. :+1:

#1702

Joe Rogan said guy is a genius :grin:

yeah, wanted to check this out

I’m not a fan even of Carpenter’s original, so I excluded this

never heard of it, will check

#1703

Last 10 again:

  1. Hançer: Zagor kara bela 4/10
  2. Zinneman: High Noon 8/10
  3. Hançer: Zagor kara korsan’in hazineleri 3/10
  4. Kassila: Komisario Palmun erehdys 10/10
  5. Aslan: Zagor 4/10
  6. Oguz: Seytan tirnagi 4/10
  7. Blystone: Blockheads 10/10
  8. Wells & Bullhorn: Phallus in Wonderland 8/10
  9. Argento: Tenebre (cinema) 8/10
  10. Anderson: Inherent Vice 7/10
#1704

Easy Rider (Hopper, 1969) - 4/5