Last Seen Contemporary Movie

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Revisited.

Fantastic, as usual. The ending gets me everytime.


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I'm gonna have to rewatch that one. Didn't like it the first time I saw it but its one of a few movies I've been thinking about giving a second chance. Might make a thread out of it

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Do you think it affects you differently now that you're a father?

Very much. Still cannot get over that sinking feeling deep inside the gut, despite the film being over about 4 hours back.

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Very much. Still cannot get over that sinking feeling deep inside the gut, despite the film being over about 4 hours back.

I remember urgeok saying the same thing, that's why I asked.

[Geordie9]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Revisited.

Fantastic, as usual. The ending gets me everytime.


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I prefer the ending from the film rather than the book

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

I remember urgeok saying the same thing, that's why I asked.

It's a real bitch of a cinematic ending, specially for parents.

[metternich1815]

I have seen all of these recently for the first time:

Red State (2011): 8.5/10

Alien Abduction (2014): 8/10

The Exorcist III (1991): 9/10 A special note on this one. I really loved it, I am sure many will disagree, but I felt this film was superior to the first one. Early in the film, there is a perfect balance between humor and tension. Later, the film switches to almost perfect tension. Both George C Scott and Brad Dourif are brilliant. I love their talks in the cell. If you have not seen this, I highly recommend it. Very underrated.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

Terminator III: Rise of the Machines (2003) - significantly better than I thought it would be! Lots of action and Arnold is great. The only problem is the enemy terminator (Kristanna Loken) overplays the unfeeling robot bit. Overall, though: recommended.

I enjoyed Terminator 3. The street chase scene with the giant crane truck is fantastic (on the big screen). Term3 is gonna lose some on a small screen.

Originally Posted by The Villain

Really didn't like that one. Too much comedy and tongue in cheek references.

Ya, I didn't think the tongue in cheek references worked either. The humor in Term2 worked without taking you out of the suspension of disbelief, and as effective here. I still thought it was interesting, exciting and fun.

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I agree, I really enjoyed this one as well. Far superior to the disaster that was Terminator: Salvation.

I did like Term3 better than Salvation. I don't know if they were going for a Road Warriors feel... but the seeming lack of focus until the very end really grated on me.

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I have seen all of these recently for the first time:

Red State (2011): 8.5/10

Alien Abduction (2014): 8/10

The Exorcist III (1991): 9/10 A special note on this one. I really loved it, I am sure many will disagree, but I felt this film was superior to the first one. Early in the film, there is a perfect balance between humor and tension. Later, the film switches to almost perfect tension. Both George C Scott and Brad Dourif are brilliant. I love their talks in the cell. If you have not seen this, I highly recommend it. Very underrated.

I saw Exorcist 3 a few months ago for the first time. I thought it was decent and fairly engaging. The last half, especially the ending, struck me as a bit hokey/goofy.

It was a little too lose in it's demonology... like the 'demon' making 'strange things' happen at the church, when the possessed man is no where near it, and not much of an association to it... just seemed like a cheap 'weird spooky' thing to throw in. And then the ending with the people blob thing sinking into the floor... didn't have coherence to me, so it came off goofy.

Superior to The Exorcist... I really don't think 3 was even close to being as sharp, coherent and viscerally scary was the original. When's the last time you saw the original? The spinal tap, psychiatrists, the Regan/Karras chats and on... I haven't seen any similar film do it better. It's still feels modern to me.

[metternich1815]

Originally Posted by Sculpt

I saw Exorcist 3 a few months ago for the first time. I thought it was decent and fairly engaging. The last half, especially the ending, struck me as a bit hokey/goofy.

It was a little too lose in it's demonology... like the 'demon' making 'strange things' happen at the church, when the possessed man is no where near it, and not much of an association to it... just seemed like a cheap 'weird spooky' thing to throw in. And then the ending with the people blob thing sinking into the floor... didn't have coherence to me, so it came off goofy.

Superior to The Exorcist... I really don't think 3 was even close to being as sharp, coherent and viscerally scary was the original. When's the last time you saw the original? The spinal tap, psychiatrists, the Regan/Karras chats and on... I haven't seen any similar film do it better. It's still feels modern to me.

I will be honest, the original Exorcist never clicked with me. It dragged on too long and just did not have any tension, in my opinion. It may be technically great, but I have always considered it overrated. I do agree that the ending was not well executed in III, while it was very well executed in the original.

That aspect did not really bother me, I think that it gave the film a certain surreal feeling. Plus, it gave a feeling of unpredictability, which was really useful in terms of tension.

I disagree on that, I felt it was very coherent and the confusing nature of the film really added to the experience. I do not have an exact time, but it was not that long ago. In all honesty, I have tried several times to watch it and get what do many others have raved about, I just don't. I feel it has a technical brilliance, but I just do not see the same thing as others. As for scariness, there were many times in III that I was quite terrified, something I never felt in the original. This has nothing to do with the age of the film, by the way, as both the original House of Usher and The Haunting acheived a similar effect in me.

[Baron Von Marlon]

Blood Glacier (aka Blutgletscher) (2013)
I was pleasantly surprised by this one.
It's obviously inspired by The Thing, I loved the setting (there isn't enough horror set in cold mountains), the creatures are ok considering the probably low budget, script wasn't perfect but certainly not bad.
Ofcourse there's a bit of typical horror logic, cliché situations, characters and plot lines but overal this movie's worth watching.

The acting was so and so but I only had the dubbed version available.
Probably had something to do with it.

Originally Posted by _____V_____

It's a real bitch of a cinematic ending, specially for parents.

I wish more movies would end like this or like Seven.
If an ending is smart and shocking I'm usually more pleased than when I see an average/cliché ending.
If the movie's already good an ending like that can bring the whole thing to another level.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon

Blood Glacier (aka Blutgletscher) (2013)

Ofcourse there's a bit of typical horror logic, cliché situations, characters and plot lines but overal this movie's worth watching.

The dubbed old lady was just god awful. Hard to tell if it was just the character or the person dubbing it who was to blame. Just couldn't stand her.

The rest was alright. A pretty good watch.