What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[saltysam]

both NOEMS & F13 have dated... imo NOEMS more..loved the film back in the day now..meh...F13 crazy Ralph,Kevin Bacon,the intitial kill....sean s. cunigham hm.. but it's a better film.

[gasteropod]

both NOEMS & F13 have dated... imo NOEMS more..loved the film back in the day now..meh...F13 crazy Ralph,Kevin Bacon,the intitial kill....sean s. cunigham hm.. but it's a better film.

But with Elm Street there's creativity and humour, Friday the 13th just doesn't really have anything interesting about it, it's like an inferior version of Bay of Blood.

[saltysam]

it stole from Bay Of Blood yep,but it's still a very well put together movie on a low budget..NOES i took my future wife to see at he Odeon back in the day..scary back in the 80's but certain scenes are now pretty laughable.

[Markgway]

For me the original NIGHTMARE (despite its flaws) is far superior to FRIDAY.

Although I prefer any of the FRIDAY series to BAY OF BLOOD.

[gasteropod]

Friday the 13th Part 2 - 2/5

Pretty much a repeat of the first film, but this time with Jason.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge: 3/5

Decent sequel that tries something a little different.

[HungFist]

Thriller - A Cruel Picture (1973-Sweden) *
It would take a thesis to discuss all the ways in which this repellent exploitation movie is bad.

The ending is great

[Markgway]

The ending is great

Really? Which part? The ridiculous slooooooooow motion shootings or the bit with the horse and the noose?

[Markgway]

Kill List (2011-UK) *½

Familiar, very violent British thriller (think lots of 'fucks' and 'cunts' as well as omnipresent aggression) turns into a total WTF? horror job with Wicker Man rejects. Ludicrous and senseless. Don't waste your time, you'll be angry you did.

[HungFist]

The ending is great

Really? Which part? The ridiculous slooooooooow motion shootings or the bit with the horse and the noose?

Horse.

Kill List (2011-UK) *½

Familiar, very violent British thriller (think lots of 'fucks' and 'cunts' as well as omnipresent aggression) turns into a total WTF? horror job with Wicker Man rejects. Ludicrous and senseless. Don't waste your time, you'll be angry you did.

One of the best films of 2011, except for the ending which is too predictable, especially with if you've seen A Serbian Film

[Markgway]

Horse.

What was so great about that part?
You don't even see the result (ironic after so much exploitation).

One of the best films of 2011, except for the ending which is too predictable, especially with if you've seen A Serbian Film

I haven't seen that film and likely never will.
I'm shocked at your very positive assessment of Kill List.
2011 must've been a real shitty year.
The film doesn't make any sense and I laughed out loud at the ending it was so ridiculous.

[HungFist]

Horse.

What was so great about that part?

I can't give a detailed explanation because I saw (and sold) the film like 5 or 6 years ago, but I recall it just being really stylish, beautiful and cruel at the same time.

2011 must've been a real shitty year.

Best of 2011 would look something like this

1. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn) *****
2. Henge (Hajime Ohata) ****½
3. Bellflower (Evan Glodell) ****
4. Kill List (Ben Wheatley) ****
5. Tokyo Drifter (Tetsuaki Matsue) ****

[luckystars]

I didn't rate Drive nearly as high as that. A lot of people do though

[luckystars]

I didn't rate Drive nearly as high as that. A lot of people do though

Off the top (films that actually made an impact on me, nothing like an 'all time great'

8/10
Trishna
Source Code
Tree of Life

7.5/10
The Artist
Drive

Still waiting to see
The Skin I Live In
Underdog Knight 2
The Flowers of War
WU XIA - will metrodome hurry up and release this damn film!!!

[Shingster]

I'm shocked at your very positive assessment of Kill List.

So I take it you chose this film at random and never noticed it was something of a cult hit with a plethora of positive critical responses?

I'm not lambasting your opinion on the film (personally I thought it was good but over-rated), but surely if there's anything shocking in this thread it's the fact you're still wasting your time seeking out cruel and exploitative movies like Thriller and Kill List that anyone who's ever paid attention to your opinions on these boards know you were never going like! Why do you do it to yourself Mark?

[grim_tales]

I recieved Wu Xia the other day, not seen it yet

[luckystars]

I recieved Wu Xia the other day, not seen it yet

Shit I'll pop round! You're only 20mins from me

[Markgway]

So I take it you chose this film at random and never noticed it was something of a cult hit with a plethora of positive critical responses?

It was on TV so I thought I'd give it a chance.

I'm not lambasting your opinion on the film (personally I thought it was good but over-rated), but surely if there's anything shocking in this thread it's the fact you're still wasting your time seeking out cruel and exploitative movies like Thriller and Kill List that anyone who's ever paid attention to your opinions on these boards know you were never going like! Why do you do it to yourself Mark?

How can I know if I'll like these films before I see them? I didn't dislike 'Kill List' because it was exploitative (which it didn't strike me as to be honest) but because it make no sense and wasted my time on an ill-thought-out 'shock' climax. The only way I could know that is by watching it. 'Thriller' I knew only as a cult revenge movie and it sounded decent. The regular hardcore inserts during rape scenes pretty much told me what the filmmakers were aiming for.

[Markgway]

Midnight in Paris (2011-France-Spain-USA) ***

Charming whimsical fantasy. Pretentious but insightful and resonant. Owen Wilson is a fine proxy for Woody Allen.

[gasteropod]

because it make no sense and wasted my time on an ill-thought-out 'shock' climax.

The whole film was built around it, perhaps you weren't paying attention?!

[Markgway]

The whole film was built around it, perhaps you weren't paying attention?!

That must be it...

[Shingster]

gastero is right, there are clues as to what direction it's going in peppered throughout. I deliberately avoided all reviews because I'd heard it was the type of film to watch cold and I don't recall being the least bit surprised by the way it ended because it had a mood and certain moments of foreshadowing setting it up.

Oh and you could have posted that you were thinking of checking out Thriller: A Cruel Picture and me and Hung would have told you right away you wouldn't like it!

[gasteropod]

Friday the 13th Part III - 0.5/5

Annoying gimmicky 3D shots, kills repeated from the previous films, Jason is now inexplicably bald, clearly visible boom mic, woman showering by lackadaisically wiping water over her body, false scares that completely fail because we've just cut away from Jason in a completely different location, idiot characters with nothing interesting to say, just absolute garbage. How Markgway can prefer this to Bay of Blood is beyond me, and I'm not even a fan of that film.

[Markgway]

gastero is right, there are clues as to what direction it's going in peppered throughout. I deliberately avoided all reviews because I'd heard it was the type of film to watch cold and I don't recall being the least bit surprised by the way it ended because it had a mood and certain moments of foreshadowing setting it up.

Of course I knew that the film was heading toward horror... it wasn't exactly subtle (the marking on the mirror, the blood oath on the contract...). But what I expect is the story to have some purpose. I detest this lazy 'well we'll leave it up to the viewer to fill in the blanks' trend which neatly gets the writers out of making sense of their plot. They took a typical geezer fackin' an' shootin' crime thriller, peppered it with references to the occult, then stuck on the end of The Wicker Man. The end of that film is shocking... I LOL'd at the end of this one.

1. Who were the cult and what were they trying to achieve?
2. Why was JAY chosen?
3. Was the wife SHEL in on it - if not why does she smile at the end?
4. Did GAL meet FIONA before accepting the job - if so how could the cult know JAY would accept?
5. Who were the people on "THE KILL LIST" and why did they matter to the cult?

Oh and you could have posted that you were thinking of checking out Thriller: A Cruel Picture and me and Hung would have told you right away you wouldn't like it!

You can never truly predict what someone will like.

[Markgway]

How Markgway can prefer this to Bay of Blood is beyond me, and I'm not even a fan of that film.

Lol... well, yeah, both films are poor. The FRIDAY series actually got more watchable as it went on, slicker, more creative. JASON LIVES is the only one I would call good.

[gasteropod]

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - 3/5

The best so far - the direction is better, the kills are better, and the characters are worth watching for once. Crispin Glover's crazy dancing and Corey Feldman's bald head = LOL.