Movies you've recently watched

[Oexmelin]

I had never heard of him before the films came out. Is he infamous in France?

Don't know about France, but here (Montréal) he is.

[lustindarkness]

Apocalypse Now Redux. No need to comment.

[The Brain]

Apocalypse Now Redux. No need to comment.

Indeed. Is the non-crappy original version even available on DVD?

[Eddie Teach]

Live and Let Die. Greatest boat chase scene ever imo.

[Octavian]

Back to the future part II and III.

Part II's view of 2015 was... interesting

[Syt]

Finally got me the DVD of Adam's Apples, one of the best, darkest, evilest comedies I've ever seen.

[Josephus]

Saw Inglorious Basterds.

Great fun. Was a bit disappointed at the lack of gore. I was expecting a bigger bloodbath than we ended up getting.

Oh...and did anybody notice the historical inaccuracies? 

[Habbaku]

Oh...and did anybody notice the historical inaccuracies? 

The movie was close enough to be a documentary.  Which inaccuracies are you referring to?

[Cerr]

Oh...and did anybody notice the historical inaccuracies? 

The movie was close enough to be a documentary.  Which inaccuracies are you referring to?

[Syt]

Dead Snow

A couple of Norwegian med students shack up in the snowy mountains of Norwegia to spend time, I guess, preparing for the gruelling exams ahead. Hillarity ensues when they are attacked by an undead unit of Einsatzgruppen, led by SS-Standartenführer Herzog (he's constantly referred to as Oberst, which is equivalent, but of course, inaccurate).

The Pros:
Wehrmacht/Waffen-SS zombies. Well, not really zombies in the Romero sense. They are fast, powerful, and show remnants of intelligence and are pretty good in hand to hand combat, even using knives (but no guns, although they have them). Their commander is also rather intelligent. They are more the restless, vengeful undead, but that was fine with me. The movie featured some nice humor in a few scenes. Combat was generally fun as we don't get to see brawls with undead too often (The Mummy springs to mind). Overall, the action was done very well. Some interesting imagery (like breaking out from beneath an avalanche, copying how zombies usually appear; or ego perspective of someone getting their guts torn out). Beautiful Norwegian wintery landscape shots.

The Cons:
The characters. They are the typically clichéed bunch of people, including the by now inevitable horror movie nerd. However, none of them really gets fleshed out much, except in the literal sense, so you have a hard time caring for any of them (which is why I prefer zombie movies that feature a few focal characters instead of starting with seven or eight that are given equal weight). The plot had numerous holes you could drive a jet ski through.

Overall, it's a movie that'll leave you sorely disappointed in the plot department but rewards you with nice imagery of undead carnage. The horde of undead (again, I find zombie is a misnomer here) rising from the snow was pretty cool; as a whole the movie only survives thanks to its visuals. 6.5 self amputated arms out of 10.

[Josephus]

Oh...and did anybody notice the historical inaccuracies? 

The movie was close enough to be a documentary.  Which inaccuracies are you referring to?

Come on. Everybody knows you can't scalp a head with a regular army issue knife. There aren't enough serated blades on those. Geeez.

Everything else was fairly accurate though.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Apocalypse Now Redux. No need to comment.

Indeed. Is the non-crappy original version even available on DVD?

widely. & reasonably priced even.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Watched "London To Brighton." Grim as fuck movie about a hooker and the young girl she tries to save from bad men (geezers)... Both London and Brighton seem like desolate sad places in this film. super predictable ending kinda ruins it, despite the fact they don't wrap it all up in a neat little conclusion.

5.9 hookers who won't give a discount despite the fact they look like they've been tenderized by Vinnie Jones outta 10

[BuddhaRhubarb]

oh watched the Watchmen related "Tales Of The Black Freighter, Under The Hood" dvd. It was OK... I don't think they need to incorporate these bits into the film... much better as extra features. They are perfect in the comic but I think may slow the film down terribly.

[Malthus]

Saw Inglorious Basterds. I thought it was great. Some of the scenes were truly outstanding.

Warning, spoilers ahead:





The best:

- the shootout in the celler bar. I loved the fact that it was over in a couple of seconds. It gave a great feeling of realism.

- The scene where Shosanna is getting ready to exact her revenge to the strains of Cat People (Putting Out Fire). Just perfect. 

- Obviously, the scene in the theatre when her home-made reel interrupts the show.