What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Toy Revolver]

i don't enjoy these retro films - i think they're boring unless you're really stoned and i haven't smoked weed in a minute

but i bet back when they came out going to the theater or the drive-in to see these films must've been an absolute blast

all of them have really cool premises that are much more interesting than our comic book super hero fetish big money is mired in today

but after all the violence that started in earnest in the 70's there's no looking back for me and going to the movies today with assigned seating and all that all the three times too long on average thing - the last movie i saw in the theater was hereditary but i might go see Cocaine Bear that looks fun

[Psy-Fi]

i don't enjoy these retro films - i think they're boring unless you're really stoned and i haven't smoked weed in a minute

but i bet back when they came out going to the theater or the drive-in to see these films must've been an absolute blast

all of them have really cool premises that are much more interesting than our comic book super hero fetish big money is mired in today

but after all the violence that started in earnest in the 70's there's no looking back for me and going to the movies today with assigned seating and all that all the three times too long on average thing - the last movie i saw in the theater was hereditary but i might go see Cocaine Bear that looks fun

Definitely helps to be high when you're watching some of those old horror or sci-fi flicks.

I've only been to a movie theater twice in the past 23 years. I used to go probably 2 or 3 times a month from the mid 70's through the late 90's but I just lost interest in seeing movies in theaters.

[Psy-Fi]

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

A British sci-fi flick about several strange, unexplained fatal accidents which occur in the area of a resort hotel on the fictional Mount Trollenberg in Switzerland. A mysterious, stationary, radioactive cloud has been observed hanging about on the south side of the mountain and an observatory professor and a UN troubleshooter think there might be a link to the cloud and the deadly accidents.

[Toy Revolver]

does it show that flying eye with tentacles killing people because if it does it needs an imax 3D remake

[Guybrush]

Oh man, that looks kinda cool in a Lovecraftish way.

[Psy-Fi]

Get Outta' Town (1960)

Low-budget crime drama about a small-time career criminal who returns to his hometown to arrange a funeral and pay his respects after hearing about his brother's accidental death. It's not long before he figures there's more to the official story than has been reported and goes looking for revenge.

[Janszoon]

That sounds a lot like Get Carter.

[robhr]

The Northman.

Was excellent.

[Janszoon]

The Banshees of Inisherin
I love In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri so I had high hopes and this movie really delivered. The scenery was gorgeous, the acting was top-notch, and the screenplay was fantastic. I fecking loved it. Martin McDonagh is brilliant.

[Psy-Fi]

The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

B&W German crime thriller by Fritz Lang in what was to be his final film. Quite interesting and entertaining but it wasn't until the 90 minute mark, close to the end of the film, that the rather confusing plot was revealed in it's entirety and everything came together and I was able to understand it fully. Still enjoyed it, though.

I liked the Spanish poster the best, so I thought I'd post it here instead of the German one.

 

[Guybrush]

The Banshees of Inisherin
I love In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri so I had high hopes and this movie really delivered. The scenery was gorgeous, the acting was top-notch, and the screenplay was fantastic. I fecking loved it. Martin McDonagh is brilliant.

^Nice, been wanting to see that one 🙂 Finally Colin Farrell plays in something seemingly worth watching again.



I saw Naked Lunch, adapted to the screen by Cronenberg. I never read Burrough's book, but quite liked the movie. I would rank it slightly lower than Videodrome, Crash, Dead Ringers etc. but it's mainly because the story lacks drive. It's like it all takes place in a dream and everything is symbolic and metaphorical, but it's difficult to understand what for. I guess it's all taking place in his fantasy or is a metaphor for struggles in his subconscious? Is it actually about the process of creative writing or something, perhaps Burrough's method? I don't yet know and in my confusion, I felt like some of the scenes lack punch/weight as a result. It's probably much better if you've read the book or on a second viewing when you know what to look for.

It's still rather enjoyable and weird. Peter Weller does a marvellous job as this coldly charming writer protagonist with piercing blue eyes, hooked on cockroach powder and other weird.. and hallucinating that his typewriter is a giant bug. That's always gonna be fun.

[Toy Revolver]

i didn't like that movie

i read that book and couldn't understand it at all

some books i didn't understand were still fun but that one was just a chore for me

not saying it's not great though just that it's beyond my lexile limit

[Psy-Fi]

Common Law Wife (1961)

Another early 60's low-budget film from the state of Texas. This time it's an exploitation flick about a rich, dirty old man and his younger girlfriend who's starting to look a bit too old for his sexual taste. He wants to kick her out of his mansion and bring in his much younger niece to satisfy his desires. His girlfriend gets angry when he asks her to leave and she visits a lawyer who tells her that according to Texas law, even though they weren't formally married, they are considered to be in a "common law" marriage and are husband and wife. She returns home, tells him their legal situation and refuses to leave. Meanwhile, the niece wants to get at his money, so she won't have to work as a stripper anymore. The niece goes to the sheriff (her former boyfriend who happens to be married to her sister) and starts up an affair with him to try to manipulate him into helping her get at her uncle's money. When that doesn't work, she turns to a childhood friend (a bootlegger with a violent streak) to try to get him to help her fulfill her devious plan.

[Guybrush]

I saw The Brood.



It was the last movie on my Cronenberg watch/rewatch-list, which is a little sad. I quite enjoyed going through his movies, this one included even if it's not his best one.

The Brood is Cronenberg's big feature debut. To my joy, it had Oliver Reed in a supporting role as a psychiatrist whose psychotherapy has the power to make difficult feelings manifest physically, as f.ex. rashes or ulcers. I won't spoil anymore, but it's a fun horror movie even if it isn't all that scary.

[Janszoon]

It's probably been 25 years since I saw that movie, but I remember enjoying it. I remember it being somewhat more "normal" than his later movies, despite the fact that the premise is still fairly bizarre.