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Caught a movie on tv called "Rich in Love" and watched most of it since it starred Eames from Law and Order: CI, and two Twin Peaks actors, Kyle McLachlan and Piper Laurie. It at least wasn't terrible...

The Cheap Detective was on this morning, and I prefer Murder by Death better.

Originally Posted by Nifty_Shark Whoever recommended Fay Grim to me. I hated it. I found it very hard to finish.

did you watch Henry Foole 1st? If you didn't, no wonder you hated Faye Grim as it would have no context at all.

But good lord that overcoat she was wearing in France... so yum.

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue Just wrapping up The Thing (2011), completely and utterly terrible. The first thing that struck me right off the bat is that this is supposed to be a re-boot/prequel of the original, right? It even says as much that it takes place in 1982 at the very beginning. The thing that bothers me right away though is that it doesn't look even close to taking place in 1982. It's those little things that start to take you out of a movie. Clothes, hairstyles, props, nothing looks like early-80s. Now, on to the plot itself. It might as well just be a straight re-make of The Thing. It gives a little bit more backstory, as hamfisted as that might be handled, but there's some scenes that they just seemingly straight up remade for this one. No creativity involved here. Now, on to the biggest failing of this movie. As a serious horror movie it falls into the sad category of being absolutely hilarious in certain parts. For one, during a giant melee toward the end as the "human monster" comes at one of the guys it jumps on top of him and then starts moving its mutant/human head next to the other human's head which really just comes across as the alien/mutant trying to snuggle with the human. Really, really laughable . Now secondly, and this comes across as a little more technical execution, but the mutant/aliens themselves are just plain laughable. The effect of seeing this huge tenticle-y monster with a CGIed human head on it just doesn't work. It just comes across as laughable rather than serious, let alone scary.

I had quite a few problems with that movie too. First and foremost, I didn't feel any attachment at all to any of the characters. One thing that killed it was that Halvorson was some tacked on "villain" that didn't work at all. His character was too predictable and unnecessary.

The other HUGE problem I had was that they tried to throw it back to Carpenter's by putting in some reimagined scenes that happened in Carpenter's version. I can suspend my disbelief so much, but you're trying to tell me the same exact things happened twice on a continent that has a couple hundred[?] people on it over the course of a few days? It was cheap.

I won't go more in depth because then I'm getting into the spoiler zone, but that movie was horribly mediocre.

Watched Jason and the Argonauts last night. Still kicks ass.

Originally Posted by Vulgarism I had quite a few problems with that movie too. First and foremost, I didn't feel any attachment at all to any of the characters.

I didn't have any for the original's characters either though. Kurt Russell was kinda cool, of course. And other than that I just thought of oatmeal, diabeetus, and chasing Tom Cruise whenever Wilfred Brimley was onscreen.

Originally Posted by crunchb3rry I didn't have any for the original's characters either though. Kurt Russell was kinda cool, of course. And other than that I just thought of oatmeal, diabeetus, and chasing Tom Cruise whenever Wilfred Brimley was onscreen.

damn you now im going to have that in my head anytime i watch that movie lol. i love that movie though and the game on ps2 was amazing shit. makes me want to watch some horror movies or something ive seen some interesting titles on netflix but man alot of those zombie movies on there never fail to disappoint.

Originally Posted by Vulgarism The other HUGE problem I had was that they tried to throw it back to Carpenter's by putting in some reimagined scenes that happened in Carpenter's version. I can suspend my disbelief so much, but you're trying to tell me the same exact things happened twice on a continent that has a couple hundred[?] people on it over the course of a few days? It was cheap.

See, that's what I was getting at about the movie blurring the lines between prequel and re-make/reboot. They more or less just recreated a bunch of scenes of the original with a slightly different overall story, pretty unoriginal.

Hugo.

Really enjoyed it. Just a charming movie about the magic of movies.

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Originally Posted by lokizz damn you now im going to have that in my head anytime i watch that movie lol. i love that movie though and the game on ps2 was amazing shit. makes me want to watch some horror movies or something ive seen some interesting titles on netflix but man alot of those zombie movies on there never fail to disappoint.

I really wanted to play that PS2 game. Totally skipped over it back then, but everytime I read a "awesome scary games you need to play" article, that game is always in there. Might ebay it, but it'll probably just go right into the dreaded backlog.

Originally Posted by nasum did you watch Henry Foole 1st? If you didn't, no wonder you hated Faye Grim as it would have no context at all. But good lord that overcoat she was wearing in France... so yum.

Ugh... But I still feel it should stand on its own. If Henry Fool pops up on Netflix I'll give it a shot and let you know if it changes my mind about Fay Grim. For now it just comes off as an under budgeted movie that bit off way more than it could chew.

As for the dress. It was very nice indeed. The phone placement made me chuckle.

Originally Posted by crunchb3rry I really wanted to play that PS2 game. Totally skipped over it back then, but everytime I read a "awesome scary games you need to play" article, that game is always in there. Might ebay it, but it'll probably just go right into the dreaded backlog.

its worth playing the ending sucked but the overall game had the perfect amount of terror and fear in it.

Originally Posted by Golden Idol While you guys are stuck on the crappy Thing prequel, I'm heading to see 21 Jump Street tonight at the midnight showing. I'll let you know how it is. Been hearing good things.

Congratulations.

Originally Posted by Golden Idol While you guys are stuck on the crappy Thing prequel, I'm heading to see 21 Jump Street tonight at the midnight showing. I'll let you know how it is. Been hearing good things.

at least youll have the theater to yourself.

If it was anyone other than Jonah Hill I would see it.

Originally Posted by Golden Idol Theater was packed. Flick was hilarious. W T F

Did you find the commercials funny for 21 Jump Street? I change the channel, leave the room, or turn the TV off when they come on.

I think it looks funny. I'll be seeing it tomorrow.

Not like there's really anything else out.

Originally Posted by Necrozilla Did you find the commercials funny for 21 Jump Street? I change the channel, leave the room, or turn the TV off when they come on.

Is this really how you react to a trailer? Also, are you a person?

I watched "To Hell And Back Again", not nearly as good as "Restrepo", but worth an instant stream.

Originally Posted by Jesus_S_Preston Is this really how you react to a trailer? Also, are you a person?

This is the first time I recall doing all that, but these commercials are on a media blitz which just looks like a cash grab on this Jonah Hill mania [that also baffles me] with forced comedy using a rejected script from the early 90's with undercovers in school or whatever it is. And the title just makes no sense to top it off.