I thought The Favourite was good but ultimately kind of empty. Dogtooth on the other hand is fantastic and really disturbing. Haven't seen The Lobster yet, but The Killing of a Sacred Deer is next on my list.
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In other news watching election right now as my gf has never seen it. Imo it's an underated gem. Great acting, hilarious scenes, and sucker punches throughout. Very dry humor at times but I just love it.
It's on pluto tv which I just heard about in the streaming thread. Didn't have to create an account and there's commercials, but there's a lot free tv and movies there. Gonna be checking out their horror line up later for Halloween season.
Election is a masterpiece. Probably Matthew Broderick's best film, certainly Chris Klein's, and easily in Reese Witherspoon's top 5.
Second funniest bee-sting in a movie too, after My Girl.
I can never not root for the third candidate.
"Don't vote at all!"
And her friend did her dirty. At least she had the happiest ending.
I always kind of rooted for her, and thought she got what she wanted, but never realized until now, yes, there is one happy ending to this story. Every one else's sucks. Even flick isn't the greatest of all endings.
Election is a masterpiece. Probably Matthew Broderick's best film, certainly Chris Klein's, and easily in Reese Witherspoon's top 5.
Second funniest bee-sting in a movie too, after My Girl.
I can never not root for the third candidate.
"Don't vote at all!"
And her friend did her dirty. At least she had the happiest ending.
I always kind of rooted for her, and thought she got what she wanted, but never realized until now, yes, there is one happy ending to this story. Every one else's sucks. Even flick isn't the greatest of all endings.
I like to think Flick basically became Kellyanne Conway. (She's clearly carousing with R- candidates, and of course she is, she wants power and money.)
Election is a masterpiece. Probably Matthew Broderick's best film, certainly Chris Klein's, and easily in Reese Witherspoon's top 5.
Second funniest bee-sting in a movie too, after My Girl.
I can never not root for the third candidate.
"Don't vote at all!"
And her friend did her dirty. At least she had the happiest ending.
I always kind of rooted for her, and thought she got what she wanted, but never realized until now, yes, there is one happy ending to this story. Every one else's sucks. Even flick isn't the greatest of all endings.
I like to think Flick basically became Kellyanne Conway. (She's clearly carousing with R- candidates, and of course she is, she wants power and money.)
Omg you are so right. Gonna tell my gf this when she gets back from the store. She absolutely loved the movie and I could totally see her becoming kelly anne
... I'm trying to imagine a Netflix film category that would include The Lobster and The Favourite and coming up blank. Maybe "Difficult to Categorize".
"Greek Weird", or perhaps just "Lanthimos".
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
The Favourite is probably the most mainstrem Lanthimos by a wide margin. Also his first movie that he didn't write himself, I think. It's much easier to watch than the rest of his movies.
Also Alps, the one he did after Dogtooth always seems to get overlooked.
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The Favourite is probably the most mainstrem Lanthimos by a wide margin. Also his first movie that he didn't write himself, I think. It's much easier to watch than the rest of his movies.
Also Alps, the one he did after Dogtooth always seems to get overlooked.
Looks like Dogtooth was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and The Lobster for Best Original Screenplay, two of the categories where it's easier for original, challenging, decidedly non-Academy Awards work to get an Oscars nod. Even though The Favourite was the most mainstream Lanthimos film, I was surprised to see it getting so much love from the Academy, because it's miles away from what usually gets Oscars recognition. You don't get much more anti-Oscars than Lanthimos.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
In other news watching election right now as my gf has never seen it. Imo it's an underated gem. Great acting, hilarious scenes, and sucker punches throughout. Very dry humor at times but I just love it.
It's on pluto tv which I just heard about in the streaming thread. Didn't have to create an account and there's commercials, but there's a lot free tv and movies there. Gonna be checking out their horror line up later for Halloween season.
If you do choose to register it unlocks even more channels.
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So a while back, Simon Barrett(screenwriter of You're Next and The Guest) joked about doing a contest to give away posters. I suggested that he should do a trivia contest instead.
He decided to just send me the poster anyway.
Also, bonus:
In other news watching election right now as my gf has never seen it. Imo it's an underated gem. Great acting, hilarious scenes, and sucker punches throughout. Very dry humor at times but I just love it.
It's on pluto tv which I just heard about in the streaming thread. Didn't have to create an account and there's commercials, but there's a lot free tv and movies there. Gonna be checking out their horror line up later for Halloween season.
If you do choose to register it unlocks even more channels.
I didn't even see an option to register. Really glad people pointed this app out. Noticed there's even a western channel it seemed, which my dad would love. He just dropped directv and used to watch westerns all day. I'll have to look into it
Well, my Spooktober viewing has gotten underway. Looks like Ireland is barrelling headlong into another lockdown and Hallowe'en is effectively cancelled so I've ordered a shitload of Blu-Ray's and intend to watch them all!
First on the list was Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963). I really enjoyed this. It's a simple ghost story about an anthropologist who wants to prove that ghosts exist so invites a mentally ill woman (and others) to a supposedly haunted manor. The main event is Julie Harris's performance as a woman who is desperate for something to actually happen to her, but the supporting cast (including a young Russ Tamblyn and the original Miss Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell) are fun, the sets are great and there's some excellent kinetic camerawork. There's a section near the end of the movie that had to have inspired Sam Raimi.
Next on the agenda was The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) on Disney Plus - specifically the second half, a twenty-five minute retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with songs and narration by Bing Crosby. This is a Hallowe'en classic that I've watched every year since I was a kid. It's funny, got great tunes and its Headless Horseman is legit terrifying. If you have twenty-five minutes then do yourself a favour and give it a watch.
And finally we watched Nic Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie based on Daphne du Maurier's short story. This is a strange film - the title makes it sound like B-movie schlock, and a certain element of the conclusion is b-movie schlock but really what it is is a drama, mostly set in beautiful Venice, about grieving parents trying to get over the death of their daughter - complicated when Christie runs into a blind psychic. The movie is notorious for its opening, its ending, and the love scene between Christie and Sutherland which was rumoured to be unsimulated (it's not). The most terrifying thing about this film is the standards of health and safety on Italian building sites in the 1970s (spoiler! There wasn't any!).
Amazing film! Not scary. Unsettling and kind of weird though.
Next up is Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse (2019), which I know isn't strictly speaking a horror movie but between a fresh baby and Coronavirus I never got around to seeing it and the VVitch is one of my favourite films so looking forward to it.
...huh. I never really looked at the casting for Aliens much, so TIL Vasquez was played by the same actress that played the foster mom in Terminator 2. That is a creepily impressive makeup job!
...huh. I never really looked at the casting for Aliens much, so TIL Vasquez was played by the same actress that played the foster mom in Terminator 2. That is a creepily impressive makeup job!
She's such a good actress she was on ER twice having played two different characters. When they had her in the for the second character she remarked she'd already been on once and they had no idea.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
That's kind of the premise of most revenge movies.
Like that's what Joh Wick 1 is.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
There's a korean movie called I Saw The Devil which follows what you want, in a serial killer kills a korean CIA's fiancee and the guy snaps and tortures the killer.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Check out Kill List from 2007.
Not quite what you describe, but I think you might enjoy it.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Check out Kill List from 2007.
Not quite what you describe, but I think you might enjoy it.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Don't Breathe?
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Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
Don't Breathe?
I feel like Cabin in the Woods fits that description. The monsters killing people aren't the "monsters" running the show, then end up running afoul of the actual monsters.
Sort of just monsters all the way down.
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With the 2 biggest theater chains closed indefinitely and spiraling down the drain, I think it's safe to say that the current theater model is dead. Neither Regal or AMC have the cash on hand to stay in business through the end of COVID. This isn't going to be over by the end of the year. It's probably not going to be over next year. In steps Pappa Disney and Ma Bell. If US v. Paramount is thrown out, it opens the door for the movie theater experience to be reinvented. Before Covid theme parks were Disney's #1 money maker to the tune of $26.7 billion. The closest AT&T is to that sweet sweet tourist money is a majority stake in 6 Flags. Either company could buy out one or both of the big 2 theater chains with cash on hand. AT&T and Disney both have the revenue to keep theaters (and parks) closed until COVID is done and dusted. They also have the cash to completly reinvest the theater experience wait they wait. I think it's not unlikely that we will see a Disney reengineer movie theaters into mini amusement parks. Theaters have already been going in that direction. With IMAX, RPX, rumbling seats and 3d, you could be forgiven for thinking it wasn't the plan all along. COVID just ended up being the match that lit the fire. When theaters are ready to reopen, we could see some of them emerge with that trademark "Disney Magic" and only show Disney movies.
I don't think I like where this is going either. Back in the heyday of MoviePass I was going every week. I watched movies I would have never seen otherwise and loved it. They had fancy leather recliners. I could usually pick a showing that wasn't packed. Regal was showering me in club rewards so that about every other movie I got a free popcorn. It revitalized my love for the cinema. I liked the movie theater experience. Especially since you could pick your seat and all the seats were comfy leather recliners. But now that's all gone and I'm going to miss it. At best we'll get AT&T or Disneyfied mini parks that are less about movies and more about the attractions. At worst theaters will be dead and streaming will fully take over. The next few years will at least be interesting in the movie theater business.
Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
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All the dad revenge movies are basically that.
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I believe you're going to see a strong resurgence of drive-ins and small theaters, not even the restaurant cinemas but just classy small theaters that play bigger movies instead of the arty farty movies. Nice, clean simple theaters, almost the size of the mall cinemas, 6 screen classatoriums, not 24 screen shit kicker 69Xperiences.
In general I think you're going to see a lot of mid tier movies come back too like in the 80's and early 90's, because throwing 30 milly at a movie and just making double or triple back will look good instead of 200 milly blockbusters that people were already getting sick of before this shit happened.
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Are there any horror movies where the hideous killer goes about the usual killing but then stumbles across someone worse and is himself killed? The Friday the 13th movie where Jason fights Carrie comes to mind but is there something maybe less supernatural? The last Predator movie semi-fits where a Predator is hunted and killed by an even bigger Predator.
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Better than the Annihilation bear?
In other news watching election right now as my gf has never seen it. Imo it's an underated gem. Great acting, hilarious scenes, and sucker punches throughout. Very dry humor at times but I just love it.
It's on pluto tv which I just heard about in the streaming thread. Didn't have to create an account and there's commercials, but there's a lot free tv and movies there. Gonna be checking out their horror line up later for Halloween season.
Second funniest bee-sting in a movie too, after My Girl.
I can never not root for the third candidate.
"Don't vote at all!"
And her friend did her dirty. At least she had the happiest ending.
Not to hype it up too much, but I'd be tempted to say yes?
Welp, I might watch this
I always kind of rooted for her, and thought she got what she wanted, but never realized until now, yes, there is one happy ending to this story. Every one else's sucks. Even flick isn't the greatest of all endings.
And now we're back to Adam sandler and the best bob barker performance ever.
I like to think Flick basically became Kellyanne Conway. (She's clearly carousing with R- candidates, and of course she is, she wants power and money.)
Omg you are so right. Gonna tell my gf this when she gets back from the store. She absolutely loved the movie and I could totally see her becoming kelly anne
Just watched it, it was pretty fun, thanks!
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Also Alps, the one he did after Dogtooth always seems to get overlooked.
Did any other Lanthimos films win Oscars?
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
If you do choose to register it unlocks even more channels.
He decided to just send me the poster anyway.
Also, bonus:
Wait, I just noticed what you said. Second funniest bee sting after my girl !?!? That scene made me cry as a kid
I didn't even see an option to register. Really glad people pointed this app out. Noticed there's even a western channel it seemed, which my dad would love. He just dropped directv and used to watch westerns all day. I'll have to look into it
He needs his glasses he can't see without his glasses!
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His name is Schadenfreude, dude.
Or should I say...
...deude
https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/42966696/#Comment_42966696
She's such a good actress she was on ER twice having played two different characters. When they had her in the for the second character she remarked she'd already been on once and they had no idea.
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That's kind of the premise of most revenge movies.
Like that's what Joh Wick 1 is.
pleasepaypreacher.net
There's a korean movie called I Saw The Devil which follows what you want, in a serial killer kills a korean CIA's fiancee and the guy snaps and tortures the killer.
From Dusk Till Dawn ?
Check out Kill List from 2007.
Not quite what you describe, but I think you might enjoy it.
That’s the setup for Pitch Black.
Don't Breathe?
I feel like Cabin in the Woods fits that description. The monsters killing people aren't the "monsters" running the show, then end up running afoul of the actual monsters.
Sort of just monsters all the way down.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-theatres-says-cash-resources-to-be-largely-depleted-by-end-of-2020-or-early-2021
https://www.statista.com/statistics/193140/revenue-of-the-walt-disney-company-by-operating-segment/
With the 2 biggest theater chains closed indefinitely and spiraling down the drain, I think it's safe to say that the current theater model is dead. Neither Regal or AMC have the cash on hand to stay in business through the end of COVID. This isn't going to be over by the end of the year. It's probably not going to be over next year. In steps Pappa Disney and Ma Bell. If US v. Paramount is thrown out, it opens the door for the movie theater experience to be reinvented. Before Covid theme parks were Disney's #1 money maker to the tune of $26.7 billion. The closest AT&T is to that sweet sweet tourist money is a majority stake in 6 Flags. Either company could buy out one or both of the big 2 theater chains with cash on hand. AT&T and Disney both have the revenue to keep theaters (and parks) closed until COVID is done and dusted. They also have the cash to completly reinvest the theater experience wait they wait. I think it's not unlikely that we will see a Disney reengineer movie theaters into mini amusement parks. Theaters have already been going in that direction. With IMAX, RPX, rumbling seats and 3d, you could be forgiven for thinking it wasn't the plan all along. COVID just ended up being the match that lit the fire. When theaters are ready to reopen, we could see some of them emerge with that trademark "Disney Magic" and only show Disney movies.
I don't think I like where this is going either. Back in the heyday of MoviePass I was going every week. I watched movies I would have never seen otherwise and loved it. They had fancy leather recliners. I could usually pick a showing that wasn't packed. Regal was showering me in club rewards so that about every other movie I got a free popcorn. It revitalized my love for the cinema. I liked the movie theater experience. Especially since you could pick your seat and all the seats were comfy leather recliners. But now that's all gone and I'm going to miss it. At best we'll get AT&T or Disneyfied mini parks that are less about movies and more about the attractions. At worst theaters will be dead and streaming will fully take over. The next few years will at least be interesting in the movie theater business.
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All the dad revenge movies are basically that.
In general I think you're going to see a lot of mid tier movies come back too like in the 80's and early 90's, because throwing 30 milly at a movie and just making double or triple back will look good instead of 200 milly blockbusters that people were already getting sick of before this shit happened.
You know what, You're Next totally counts.