baumer Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 There's a few of us who have formed a what's app group and every once in a while, movies are recommended by one or more of the group members. Recently, @Telemachos tricked @CJohn and myself into watching Hard to Be a God. Cjohn still hasn't done it yet but I had the misfortune of watching all 3 hours of it. Tele has recommended a few more to me as well. In return, I have sent him (by mail) a few movies. They are Last House on the Left (1972), I Spit on your Grave (2010), My Bloody Valentine, (1981), Extreme Prejudice, Indian Summer and Porky's 1 and 2. He is to watch those as well. This is a thread for all of us to keep track of when we have watched these films and our reactions to them. @CJohn still owes us a viewing of HTBaG and Tele has recommended me a few others as well. This will be an on going thread. If there are films that you guys would like to recommend as well, feel free. But it cannot be a list of 10 or 20 films. You can recommend one and then it's up to the other members to watch it. This isn't a thread like some of the other threads we've had here. Tele....you're move. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 My Hard to be a God view is coming... soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 I will pray for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, CJohn said: My Hard to be a God view is coming... soon. You've said that for months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 12 minutes ago, Telemachos said: You've said that for months. As long as the payoff is the best it can be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted February 22, 2017 Community Manager Share Posted February 22, 2017 Based on what I've learned, it's a good thing @Telemachos never tricked me into watching Hard to be a God. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Here's a really cool cast shot of Indian Summer. Terrific cast From top left to right: Matt Craven Kimberly Williams Kevin Pollak Julie Warner Vincent Spano Bill Paxton Diane Lane Alan Arkin Elizabeth Perkins Sam Raimi Indian Summer is absolutely one of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 By "few of us" you mean mod staff. Elitism! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 i recommend hunt for the wilderpeople 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just now, AABATTERY said: i recommend hunt for the wilderpeople GODDAMMIT DOUBLE-A 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 7 minutes ago, Telemachos said: GODDAMMIT DOUBLE-A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted February 22, 2017 Community Manager Share Posted February 22, 2017 2 hours ago, 4815162342 said: By "few of us" you mean mod staff. Elitism! @MrPink and @Jay Hollywood are a part of the WhatsApp group as well. Trust me, no real elitism here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 So is @SchumacherFTW....in fact he was the first member along with me and Tele 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 54 minutes ago, AABATTERY said: Not a Wilderpeople gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 15 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: Not a Wilderpeople gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 29 minutes ago, Water Bottle said: @MrPink and @Jay Hollywood are a part of the WhatsApp group as well. Trust me, no real elitism here. Insert @Spaghetti by the Sea's face emoji. @CJohn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 How many Korean films can I recommend at a time? I'll just mention JSA because it is great. Oh and would be good to see if people consider Bad Guy to be cinematic art or misogynistic awfulness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 7 hours ago, baumer said: So is @SchumacherFTW....in fact he was the first member along with me and Tele It's been a fun year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Yesterday I received a mysterious package, addressed to "Jonathan Wick" from a "Mr. Anderson". So I just popped LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT into the Bluray player. @baumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Okay, so I just finished. It's a film very much of its time. I can see how it was both very influential and why it was extreme and shocking for the time. Not only is the violence a lot grimier and nastier and explicit than most American films of the era, the movie also goes out of its way to show all authority figures as either pompous or incompetent boobs, whereas the youth are either naive innocents to be ruthlessly exploited, or are already so involved in vile evil that there's no hope for them. And, of course, it also shows that violence is systemic, barbaric, and bubbling right underneath the surface of "civility". It feels like a movie made by a bunch of twenty-somethings angry and scared at their world. That being said, to the jaded eye of anyone who's watched their share of 80s and 90s horror films, it simply won't have the same effect that it did back then. I found myself watching mainly for historical significance than being horrified or truly disgusted -- at least in terms of graphic violence. The movie's still effective in those moments because it's so casual in how it depicts the violence, and how seamy, degrading, and nasty the actions depicted are. I can't say I'm a huge fan of it -- something like TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is a far more visceral experience for me -- but I can certainly acknowledge its place in the history of the genre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...