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01-03-2011, 07:15 PM | #8961 (permalink) |
Ba and Be.
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Let's cut to the chase. I like B movies. You expect nothing from them but a mildly diverting 90 minutes. They don't cost a huge amount (in the grand scheme of film making), they are formulaic and appeal to my sense of nostalgia having grown up in the 80's video era where you ended up watching some absolute cracking films and some utter piles of crap because there was no internet then and most of those films didn't have a hope in hell of being on the T.V. I understand B movies and forgive them for their faults because they are not trying to be anything else but late night beer viewing. Sometimes though they can be something a little more than that. After all George Clooney and Billy Bob Thornton both began in B movies and have made some decent films as actors and directors (not always of course) so to dismiss B movies entirely as a film fan is folly to me and then a little film pops up like this and you are glad that you are still a B movie fan. Dolph Lundgren is a wooden actor and has made some terrible films in the past but now and again he can make a good movie and this is certainly one of them. Wrote and directed by himself, it's a tale very much in the Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter territory and is well directed, moody with decent cinematography and performances and this why I love B movies. Every now and again you see a little gem that stands out from the crowd and makes me feel glad that I have the time and patience to explore the little films and it only cost me £1 Sorry about the lengthy post but I just like to chat about movies lol
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01-03-2011, 07:25 PM | #8963 (permalink) |
Justifiable Idiocracy
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Texas
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After all these years I finally saw Blow. Enjoyed it and thought Johnny Depp was awsome in it. The ending well sad but most true stories are. Especially when dealing with the topic at hand. Great up and downs throughout the movie though.
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01-04-2011, 03:48 AM | #8965 (permalink) | |
VICTORY SCREEEEEEECH
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while there's people out there badmouthing this movie, i thought it was alright. plot/story wise it was kind of a mess, and it gets really mean-spirited towards Ben Stiller's character a bit too much for my tastes, but it had enough laughs and i liked the characters enough that i could forgive it. really, i'd tell people to avoid this unless they like really dumb comedies with fart jokes and slapstick, and if you're a fan of the previous two movies. wish i went to the other theater and paid only half of what i did, though. :/
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01-04-2011, 09:41 PM | #8968 (permalink) |
Registered Jimmy Rustler
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I can understand Stiller doing these movies still, but wtf is De Niro doing in these pieces of crap for. I mean the guy is one of the most renown actors ever...
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01-04-2011, 10:32 PM | #8969 (permalink) |
Bigger and Better
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The Crazies (1973) Oh dear...so disappointing. I can watch some bad horror movies, but this was just terrible. The blood scenes looked like a 5 year old sprayed the actors with red finger paint...and speaking of the actors, could they have been any worse? The concept was good, but geez it was so boring to watch. I loved all the "..of the Dead" movies, and would still love to check out more Romero, but I can't see myself watching this one again. Dare I say, the remake with Timothy Olyphant made for a much better viewing.
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