That movie you just watched

[Medic_wheat]

Going to se the new Tom cruse movie edge of tomorrow today with the wife.

Why do I feel like this movies best parts where already shown on the trailers and I am going to walk away thinking this should have been a rental......


Ok ok think positive thoughts.  Positive thoughts. 


But at the same time has Tim crus even done a better then decent/average sci if movie? 


Maybe I should just watch Malifacent instead.

[esteban]

Watched 28 Weeks Later last night. Better than I expected for a sequel from a B+ movie. The music is a real highpoint. Been listening to composer John Murphy nonstop now:

I liked both films. There's a particular film from the 80's that I thought the sequel borrowed from...I'll have to find the title. You might like it (more, even, since it's not particularly popular...but it should be, considering the rebirth of Zombie stuff).

[Medic_wheat]

Okay just finished watching Malifacent.

My wife loved it and wth the teaser that seems to sugest a kive action Cinderella movie next year she is estatic.

I for one was disappointed and board.

The ending was entirely to easy to guess. Infact every major plot point was telegraphed from the start it felt.

The theif who would be king never seemed to learn anything and was a thoroughly unlikable character with no redeem uhhng wqualities.

Which made Malifacent well she had nobe if the grandiose she had in the original animated movie.

I wouldnt even give this a rental.

Maybe I wasnt the target audience but I had hoped this would have been something both parents and children could have enjoyed instead it felt like something a 12 year old would love and thats it

[NightWolve]

But at the same time has Tim crus even done a better then decent/average sci if movie? 

Yeah, I think so. I loved Oblivion, it was the 2nd movie the "Tron: Legacy" director did. I watched it many times to boot. The other SciFi movies he did are Minority Report and Vanilla Sky (which is actually SciFi as is later revealed). Now, I dunno how well VS did in the theaters, but I'm sure MR did well, it had Steven Spielberg attached to it after all (director). While I don't like MR as much as Oblivion, it's still a pretty solid SciFi action/adventure movie well worth watching and poses the interesting, age old question about how much liberty should we sacrifice in the name of security/crime-fighting.

[Tatsujin]

just watched "street smart "
and
"the house on carroll street"

[roflmao]

Currently watching 'World War Z" on Netflix.  I saw it awhile back and liked it.  I've since read the book, and while this is NOTHING like the book, it's still a fun zombie romp. (I don't know how they'd turn that book into a decent movie) The book is very recommended.  I couldn't put it down.

[MrFulci]

Most recently, Romancing the Stone, on Blu-ray. It looked nice, it's been a long time since I've seen the movie.

Now, I'm getting ready to watch, "Top of the Heap". It just recently had it's first official DVD release.

After that, "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker". Also first time on DVD.

[Mzo]

Just watched Days of Future Past.

Nothing made me angry.  That's a pretty big compliment for a comic book movie.

[esteban]

Most recently, Romancing the Stone, on Blu-ray. It looked nice, it's been a long time since I've seen the movie.

Now, I'm getting ready to watch, "Top of the Heap". It just recently had it's first official DVD release.

After that, "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker". Also first time on DVD.

.

Romancing the Stone. I haven't seen that since it was in the theaters. Ha!

Jewel of the Nile is in your future. It is not worth your time, but it's the same formula....

[MrFulci]

Most recently, Romancing the Stone, on Blu-ray. It looked nice, it's been a long time since I've seen the movie.

Now, I'm getting ready to watch, "Top of the Heap". It just recently had it's first official DVD release.

After that, "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker". Also first time on DVD.

.

Romancing the Stone. I haven't seen that since it was in the theaters. Ha!

Jewel of the Nile is in your future. It is not worth your time, but it's the same formula....

Eventually, I'll get around to Jewel of the Nile, it's been a long time for that one, also.. But not anytime in the near future. The Blu-ray for RTS was cheap, so I picked it up. The, "Little Mule" was fun.


Anyway, another to add here;

- 48 hrs.

[Double Ugly]

Currently watching 'World War Z" on Netflix.  I saw it awhile back and liked it.  I've since read the book, and while this is NOTHING like the book, it's still a fun zombie romp. (I don't know how they'd turn that book into a decent movie) The book is very recommended.  I couldn't put it down.

Just finished this. It was good but didn't bring anything new to the zombie genre.

[DeshDildo]

Currently watching 'World War Z" on Netflix.  I saw it awhile back and liked it.  I've since read the book, and while this is NOTHING like the book, it's still a fun zombie romp. (I don't know how they'd turn that book into a decent movie) The book is very recommended.  I couldn't put it down.

Just finished this. It was good but didn't bring anything new to the zombie genre.

Other than the fact that zombies can run and climb.   This movie was cool but not amazing.

[esteban]

Currently watching 'World War Z" on Netflix.  I saw it awhile back and liked it.  I've since read the book, and while this is NOTHING like the book, it's still a fun zombie romp. (I don't know how they'd turn that book into a decent movie) The book is very recommended.  I couldn't put it down.

Just finished this. It was good but didn't bring anything new to the zombie genre.

Other than the fact that zombies can run and climb.   This movie was cool but not amazing.

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

[Psycho Punch]

Currently watching 'World War Z" on Netflix.  I saw it awhile back and liked it.  I've since read the book, and while this is NOTHING like the book, it's still a fun zombie romp. (I don't know how they'd turn that book into a decent movie) The book is very recommended.  I couldn't put it down.

Just finished this. It was good but didn't bring anything new to the zombie genre.

Other than the fact that zombies can run and climb.   This movie was cool but not amazing.

[Psycho Punch]

eh just realized this movie was referenced in this page's 1st post. But anyway athletic zombies are nothing new I assure you.

[HailingTheThings]

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

?

[MrFulci]

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

?

The Italian zombie movie with the crazy fast zombies is Nightmare City. It has the ending in the amusement park.

[MrFulci]

People here talking about zombie movies, and nothing new being brought to the table, etc.

I saw Days of Darkness on DVD years ago. it thought that was Good and different for a recent zombie film. It's nothing big budget, has a small amount of humor, but I liked it for being something different.

[SplatterTrigger]

I was able to squeeze in another viewing of Akira over the weekend.

[esteban]

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

?

The Italian zombie movie with the crazy fast zombies is Nightmare City. It has the ending in the amusement park.

.

Hell yes! I gotta watch that again.

Next you'll be able to help me with an Australian/New Zealand film about the end of the world ("Night of the Comet"/"Day of the Triffids"-esque) where a few folks are just trying to survive and a large paramilitary group consolidated a lot of power/control (a problem for our protagonists) and secures a stronghold in a mansion with huge, lush green lawns. Floodlights are triggered whenever anything steps foot on the vast lawn.

"The Day After"?

Something like that....

[MrFulci]

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

?

The Italian zombie movie with the crazy fast zombies is Nightmare City. It has the ending in the amusement park.

.

Hell yes! I gotta watch that again.

Next you'll be able to help me with an Australian/New Zealand film about the end of the world ("Night of the Comet"/"Day of the Triffids"-esque) where a few folks are just trying to survive and a large paramilitary group consolidated a lot of power/control (a problem for our protagonists) and secures a stronghold in a mansion with huge, lush green lawns. Floodlights are triggered whenever anything steps foot on the vast lawn.

"The Day After"?

Something like that....

If you mention the film's possible decade, I could help.

Day After, probably not.

Threads, that's a UK film, but that doesn't have a scene like that, that I know of.

Australia, there is that movie, On the Beach...

I think the movie you're looking for may be Every Blade of Grass. It's a UK film.

Also, along those lines, Miracle Mile is pretty good.


edited to add; 28 Days later has a similar setting near the end.

[jeffhlewis]

Finally saw the Lego Movie. Not as epic as I was hoping for but still pretty damn good for kid's fare.

[Medic_wheat]

Finally saw the Lego Movie. Not as epic as I was hoping for but still pretty damn good for kid's fare.

But everything is awsome


What is there not to love about this film?


Ill be honest I did enjoy this movie

Until my friends kid watched it on repeat for three days straight.

My crashing on the couch/living room didnt help


I feel asleep and woke up to this movie during the weekend I hungout at his house

If only he had cable. Or had I remembered to bring my hard drive of movies I could have browken up the kid movie fest

[esteban]

No, there is at least one classic Italian zombie film where they are running and fully agile. I gotta look at my VHS tapes to find the title.

Anyway, it is awesome when a hackneyed formula is flipped upside down or tweaked. Great scenes where protagonists are trying to race away in vehicles and zombies just run alongside on the road.

I recall black faces/hands on these zombies, if that rings a bell. I haven't seen it in 25 years. Ha.

?

The Italian zombie movie with the crazy fast zombies is Nightmare City. It has the ending in the amusement park.

.

Hell yes! I gotta watch that again.

Next you'll be able to help me with an Australian/New Zealand film about the end of the world ("Night of the Comet"/"Day of the Triffids"-esque) where a few folks are just trying to survive and a large paramilitary group consolidated a lot of power/control (a problem for our protagonists) and secures a stronghold in a mansion with huge, lush green lawns. Floodlights are triggered whenever anything steps foot on the vast lawn.

"The Day After"?

Something like that....

If you mention the film's possible decade, I could help.

Day After, probably not.

Threads, that's a UK film, but that doesn't have a scene like that, that I know of.

Australia, there is that movie, On the Beach...

I think the movie you're looking for may be Every Blade of Grass. It's a UK film.

Also, along those lines, Miracle Mile is pretty good.


edited to add; 28 Days later has a similar setting near the end.

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It's an 80's film (mid-80's)

I've seen Threads (I liked it) back in high school.

Miracle Mile is awesome. Cult classic, as far as I am concerned. I eventually lived in LA area (I'm from NJ originally), so I loved seeing all the movie locations/references for films in general, but especially stuff like Miracle Mile.

I HAVE THE TANGERINE DREAM SOUNDTRACK. But that's because I have been electronic music junkie since I was a kid. Tangerine Dream are not offering anything too groundbreaking, but I still dig it.

The clamshell VHS tape and packaging I remember from video store makes me want to say it was distributed by Warner in the US.

I gotta figure this out!

UPDATE: The Quiet Earth (!!!!) now, I may have been blending in some things from other films, but I can't wait to rewatch it.

[MrFulci]

This Quiet Earth is a good one, though I last watched the movie about 10 years ago. I should give it another viewing, sometime.

In TQE, I don't recall the flood lights and such that you mentioned, but No Blade of Grass and 28 Days later have some similarities to what you described.

Oh, Idaho Transfer, which is stuck in Public Domain Hell (No good legitimate release) is another good one, similar to what you mentioned.

Back to This Quiet Earth. What I recall about the movie, is there is a lot of exploring early on, then the love triangle, then the ending.

Esteban, I'm glad you figured out the title. If you mentioned 80s, I may have figured it out. But now that you've mentioned the title, I think in the next week or so I'll watch it again, it's been long enough.

[esteban]

Fulci, I'm absolutely going to rewatch all these films. It's been so long. 

[Tatsujin]

The Hit. very cool Terence Stamp movie

[MrFulci]

The Hit. very cool Terence Stamp movie

I saw that soon after Criterion released it. I recall it being decent, I can't recall too many details offhand, other than the river, and the van, ending in the field/hills.

The Last Run pops into my mind when I think about The Hit. I almost got the two confused. It has George C Scott in it. Tatsujin, if you've never seen that one, give it a go, it's pretty good.

[Medic_wheat]

Just saw Wolf Children.


It was pretty good even if it was geared more towards the female demographic.....

[HailingTheThings]

It was pretty good even if it was geared more towards the female demographic.....

It's cool, we're all girls here.

[Medic_wheat]

It was pretty good even if it was geared more towards the female demographic.....

It's cool, we're all girls here.

Want me to make a women out of you?


Oh yeah I went there.          And now I am very confused by my own statements.

[HailingTheThings]

Want me to make a women out of you? Oh yeah, I went there. And now I am very confused by my own statements.

Fixed. And.. you couldn't even if you tried your hardest.

[Tatsujin]

Link - kinda strange but good movie with elisabeth shue and terence stamp.

[MrFulci]

Link - kinda strange but good movie with elisabeth shue and terence stamp.

Link is a movie, where I thought it was decent when I saw it on VHS, then years later on DVD when I saw it again I thought a bit less of it. It's been about 10 years since I last saw it, so sometime I should watch it again. It was a bit creepy at times. Scenes that stick out with me are the cliff and the ending.

[Sparky]

Watched with my kids " How To Train Your Dragon 2" just go watch it, better then the first and Dreamworks does it right, a movie for kids and adults. Just a great flick.

[TheClash603]

Sunset Boulevard -  It is amazing a movie made 60+ years can feel as fresh as it does and have so much edge.  I am on a pre-1960s movie kick.

[Tatsujin]

watch the rope

it's 1948 but feels like 60s/70s.

[TheClash603]

watch the rope

it's 1948 but feels like 60s/70s.

I love Hitchcock and never saw this one.  I will have to check it out!

[Jordan]

Supercop and Ever After. Jacki Chan is always fun though this one was by no means his best. Ever After is a romance most of ya'll would probably not be interested in watching though there are some funny parts.

[MrFulci]

watch the rope

it's 1948 but feels like 60s/70s.

I love Hitchcock and never saw this one.  I will have to check it out!

It's decent, It may not make it in my top 10 favorite Hitchcock films, but it's interesting how the movie look like it was all done in 1 take.

[MrFulci]

- Unhinged (1982)

- The Demon (1978) -  I haven't seen this in almost 10 years, the USA had a DVD release in 2004. Good stuff, a man's former girlfriend dumps his 3 kids on him due to not receiving enough support money from him. it still packs a bit of a punch.

[FiftyQuid]

Brought my 3 and 5 year old to their first movie at the theatre.  We all saw How To Train A Dragon 2.  MUCH better than the first one!  Great kids movie.  Both kids enjoyed it and so did my wife and I.

[esteban]

Watched with my kids " How To Train Your Dragon 2" just go watch it, better then the first and Dreamworks does it right, a movie for kids and adults. Just a great flick.

I loved the first film so I find it hard to believe the second film could actually be better. 

Sunset Boulevard -  It is amazing a movie made 60+ years can feel as fresh as it does and have so much edge.  I am on a pre-1960s movie kick.

Great film. Something tells me you would love watching all the film noir and film noir-esque stuff.

I can also recommend non-noir stuff that you might like (The Thin Man films are fun if you can get old-timey. Myrna Loy is beautiful and is able to speak her mind and has lots of great moments. Refreshing, sharp, rapid dialogue makes it "modern"—a similar formula is used in His Girl Friday which is amazingly fresh/modern with the dialogue and performances. Amazing).

His Girl Friday is the one to choose if you only watch one. Absolute classic.

watch the rope

it's 1948 but feels like 60s/70s.

I love Hitchcock and never saw this one.  I will have to check it out!

So many great Hitchcock films. I had a hilarious set of Hitchcock films on VHS—hilarious because the films were introduced by a washed-up, intoxicated, overly dramatic __________ who was reading the Teleprompt as best he could.

[TheClash603]

Esteban, you ever go to Film Forum?

The recently had a good Hitchcock file event.

[esteban]

Esteban, you ever go to Film Forum?

The recently had a good Hitchcock file event.

I was a member years ago! I went all the time. This was in the 90's before I had kids and I,  my wife and my friends went into NYC all the time.

The seats weren't comfortable or roomy (not back then, anyway), but it was fun as hell. 

[TheClash603]

Esteban, you ever go to Film Forum?

The recently had a good Hitchcock file event.

I was a member years ago! I went all the time. This was in the 90's before I had kids and I,  my wife and my friends went into NYC all the time.

The seats weren't comfortable or roomy (not back then, anyway), but it was fun as hell. 

Best movie theater popcorn in town too.  That is one thing I miss about NYC and I always try to stop when I have a week there for work.

[HailingTheThings]

Recently watched "Spawn" on Blu Ray. o.m.g.

Saw this opening day when I was younger, remembered loving it. I still do in a way, but its really bad.

[wallzter]

Just got back from seeing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Thought it was alright but liked Rise better.  Even tho it starred James Franco. Also saw Transformers last week....... Sucked!

[Medic_wheat]

Just got back from seeing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Thought it was alright but liked Rise better.  Even tho it starred James Franco. Also saw Transformers last week....... Sucked!

I plan to see it tomorrow with friends and the wife.

[HailingTheThings]

Just got back from seeing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Thought it was alright but liked Rise better.  Even tho it starred James Franco. Also saw Transformers last week....... Sucked!

James Franco. lol