What are we watching now?

[Jynx]

Old Man and Severance in the queue now. Sorry, Penny.

Why is queue such a fucked up word? Is there a more fucked up word in the English
language than queue?

Necrophilia?

 

[State of Epicicity]

We just watched The Good Neighbor. That was a clever script. I thought the directing was okay, the acting by James Caan was great as always, and the kids were okay. I thought the kids were lacking character or any really compelling feel, which weakened the film because they're given so much screen time. It was worth seeing, but it felt overall like a good tv episode, not a great film.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Last night we watched The Lost Boys. It's probably the millionth time I've seen it, and it never stops being awesome and funny. "My own brother, a god-damned shit sucking vampire. Oh, you wait till Mom finds out!" Kiefer Sutherland said at one point that, for all the work he's done, this is the performance that people bring up the most, and it's the one where he's on screen the most with the fewest number of lines!

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Lots of horror movies. Tons and tons of horror movies. I tend to watch a lot of horror anyways, as I have been a fan since I was a kid, but my girlfriend and I have been watching a ton the past two months because it is Halloween season.

 

[Aelred]

Territory - an Aussie show derivative of Yellowstone and Succession. The drone camera work over the land is stunning, but I'll wait and see with the show and characters.

 

[State of Epicicity]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. God, I love that film; it is the epitome of counter culture. I only wish the audio engineering were less painful!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Thought I commented in here about it but I didn't? They did a great job overall. Burton is great and Keaton is one of my all time faves. I had worries/concerns on this but it turned out pretty good.

Watched the new Deadpool/Wolverine flick as well. It was fine and had some funny moments but I think I have hit my limit with the Ryan Reynolds SchtickTM. He's a little too high on his own fumes at this point.

 

[laxu]

Started watching Like A Dragon: Yakuza, based on the Yakuza video games.

A few episodes in, I think they have done a great job with the aesthetic but missed the mark on what makes the Yakuza games special. The Yakuza games are one of my all time favorites because they combine a usually very convoluted, dead serious yakuza main plot with side quests that range from heartfelt to hilarious.

The TV show basically focuses only on the main plot of Yakuza 1, while putting too much time into fleshing out the past of the characters when none of that is important. As far as actor choices, they have a pretty solid Nishiki and a good Majima who has some of the crazy down. Kiryu as the main character I'm not totally sold on, but he's growing on me.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Just saw Christine for the second time. This to me is John Carpenter in his prime, and just as good is Keith Gordon, whose acting is so goddamn good I forgot I was watching a horror movie. I loved just about everything about this film.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[TSJMajesty]

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

Uh, I don't see any connections at all.

Maaaybeee..., if I was tripping, or really high, I might think The Great Gig In The Sky works pretty well with the tornado scene.

Ok, the cash register starts just as the color comes in, so I suppose...

NO. I don't suppose anything. Somebody was at a house party, everybody was passing around the bong, the Wizard of Oz was on the TV, and DSOTM was on the stereo, and Spicolli was like DUDE!! CHECK IT OUT! WOW!! FREAKY!!

 

[State of Epicicity]

We just finished The Dark Half from 1993.

I think young Timothy Hutton is incredible, but somewhere he became a bad actor. In 1990 he was in Q&A, one of the best movies ever, and only three years later he gives two of the most ridiculous performances I've ever seen in The Dark Half. George A. Romero is a shit director in this, and every part of it is garbage, with the exception of Rutunya Alda's death scene, where she does a disturbingly good job.

Romero must be an inverse Midas, turning what he touches to shit, including previously good actors.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

We just finished The Dark Half from 1993.

I think young Timothy Hutton is incredible, but somewhere he became a bad actor. In 1990 he was in Q&A, one of the best movies ever, and only three years later he gives two of the most ridiculous performances I've ever seen in The Dark Half. George A. Romero is a shit director in this, and every part of it is garbage, with the exception of Rutunya Alda's death scene, where she does a disturbingly good job.

Romero must be an inverse Midas, turning what he touches to shit, including previously good actors.

Lol wow.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Maxxxine. Very surprised at this. The idea of a Ti West film is usually better than the reality. Generally speaking. X was fine but Mia Goth is just plain weird to watch. As such; I didn't bother with Pearl. Maxxxine was an awesome blend of 80s aesthetic and giallo and I thought it was great. Definitely recommend.

 

[spawnofthesith]

If you liked x and maxxine pearl is worth watching imo

 

[State of Epicicity]

Last night we watched They Drive By Night from 1940. I love this film so much. George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, and An Sheridan are great, but really, it's the overall moxie and personality that gets you. And to me it's randomly brutal. We had seen this once years ago when we were first discovering these actors, but Man, it kills me that George Raft's career didn't go where it should have. My wife loves Each Dawn I Die with him and James Cagney, but I barely remember it. That's coming up soon for sure.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Tonight we watched True Romance, and that film is amazing because of how insanely unpredictable it is, that you have some of the best and coolest moments in film that come out of nowhere. I don't care about Christian Slater or Patricia Arquette, but they are both perfect in this, and Slater really takes on the tough guy feel like a duck to water. But seeing Dennis Hopper vs Christopher Walken is always amazing, no matter how many times I've seen this film. I think it may be the case that Walken is only truly great when he plays a tough guy, like in At Close Range, e.g., but when he plays a regular guy he sucks, like in Communion.

This thing is impeccably shot, and the directing is fantastic. Tom Sizemore is at his cocaine best, and James Gandolfini is so unique and original in his henchmen role. I could go on.

And of course, Gary Oldman is completely amazing as he always was in the 90s. This film is just a special piece of work.

 

[JiveTurkey]

If you liked x and maxxine pearl is worth watching imo

The timeframe of Pearl and the creepy ass actress is generally what put me off of it. I might have to give it a watch.

Tonight we watched True Romance, and that film is amazing because of how insanely unpredictable it is, that you have some of the best and coolest moments in film that come out of nowhere. I don't care about Christian Slater or Patricia Arquette, but they are both perfect in this, and Slater really takes on the tough guy feel like a duck to water. But seeing Dennis Hopper vs Christopher Walken is always amazing, no matter how many times I've seen this film. I think it may be the case that Walken is only truly great when he plays a tough guy, like in At Close Range, e.g., but when he plays a regular guy he sucks, like in Communion.

This thing is impeccably shot, and the directing is fantastic. Tom Sizemore is at his cocaine best, and James Gandolfini is so unique and original in his henchmen role. I could go on.

And of course, Gary Oldman is completely amazing as he always was in the 90s. This film is just a special piece of work.

Absolute masterpiece

 

[joebloggs]

Lioness.

 

[laxu]

We've been watching the 2nd season of Rings of Power. It moves faster than the first season, but it does feel like you could cut the dialogue in half without making any difference in what is being said.