Paedantic Basterd

Re: Alien

I hadn't actually SEEN it until last year, and going into it on the airplane, I figured pop culture had spoiled most of it for me. I knew about the chestburster, I knew about the xenomorph.

I was not prepared for the face-hugger. Easily the worst / greatest creation in the entire film. So glad that it doesn't get talked about enough or it would've been ruined for me too. That thing is absolute nightmare fuel.

EDIT: I also want to add that Alien touched on something REALLY important in horror movies, which is to NEVER show too much of the monster. The instant you can see the thing well-lit, you can see the charade. Alien tried to only show you flashes of the Xenomorph and was better for it, because your imagination did the rest of the work. James Cameron's (spits) Aliens shows you far too much of the creatures and offers you no new horrors. You get sensitized to them. Speaking of "you should never show us too much of the monster or things enter Hokeytown":

And the last thing I watched was It. $2 well spent, but I don't think I need to see it twice. Superb child acting, though.

Chula Vista

Amen. Couldn't agree more.

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Frownland

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Well this was crazy as ****. This borrows a lot of the more bizarre elements from directors like Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Jodorowsky, and E. Elias Merhige (as in: Begotten) and filters it through an LSD and memory soaked filter. Very feverish while maintaining a bizarro ambience. It doesn't always work, but the scenes where it does succeed are some of the most intense and viscerally psychedelic ones I've ever seen. It's a pretty crazy trip, I don't think I could handle it if I was on hallucinogens tbh. 8/10







^That driving screen was put on the screen right before Shabazz Palaces came on.

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The Batlord

^^^

I don't know what the **** that is but it sounds awesome.

I'm not the biggest fan of the alien design compared to the first movie tbh. It's basically the same thing except they added a bunch of ridges to their heads that made the design look a tad too busy. That sleek, shiny, penis head from Alien did not need to be tampered with.

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Chula Vista

So are you pro or con circumcision?

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Justthefacts

I've been on a Guillermo Del Toro kick lately. Last night I watched Pan's Labyrinth for the 9th time, and I plan on watching Crimson Peak later tonight, never seen that one. & his latest film about the chick that falls in love with the creature from the black lagoon looks seriously brilliant. Have yet to see Cronos as well.

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Akai

Same, did Blade 2, Pans and Hellboy 1&2 last week

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MicShazam

Probably the best movie I've seen in the teen-comedy genre. Not that I actually like any other movie of this sort, but even so, I really did like this one quite a bit. Spirited acting, funny lines and it also managed to avoid some of the more tedious clichés.
I only watched because my younger brother - who is an even bigger film nerd than I am - insisted that it was actually better than you'd think. Solid movie, for what it is.

Chula Vista

In my queu. Thanks for the solid rec.

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Akai

+1

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