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[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by Roiffalo

The Shallows
(This review is for you, Baron!)

I actually really wanted to see this in theaters originally. I'm glad now I didn't.

I'll list the pros as I saw them: eyegasmic scenery, and a dead whale that was a prop and not CGI.

...That's it really.

The characters were forgettable and/or shark bait, which lend to the effects that were garbage. The movie had a tendency to hold our hand through out it. *our lead looking on her phone at a picture of mom in the hospital and wearing a bald cap? The audience will never figure that out as cancer, we need to establish that in a call with her dad later where his head is in a random split screen box hovering over the fucking ocean in a comical manner, meanwhile we can actually SEE him on her phone in her hand.

There was of course CGI. Again. Modern movie, it'd be naked without it. There were times it was decent, and then there were horrible CGI dolphins. *shudders*

Story wise it was... fine. And had a tolerable ending (despite the side I was rooting for losing), but it's going to really bother me that we never found out the name of the fucking beach and why her driver was so dodgy about revealing it.


Actually I take something back, there was one good actor/character:



Steven Seagull.

Ya, that's about what I thought of it. I wanted to see it at the theatre, but glad I didn't, only because it would have been a waste of extra money. It was ok. There were some suspenseful parts, but not enough. Thought the ending was unrealistic, where the rest of the film was tacitly realistic.

[Amalthea_unicorn]

Sinister
Terminator
The Strangers

[roshiq]

IT (2017)



As an adaptation of Stephen King's IT – CHAPTER ONE...this turned out quite satisfactory; Andy Muschietti & his team did a pretty good job overall. The great bunch of young actors nicely shines in their respective roles though didn't get why they switched & changed few original ideas or things about characters like Mike, Ben & Bev i.e. what's the point of making Ben as the history nerd instead of Mike without revealing anything about his family or background, particularly just moving into a new town & staying over at an Aunt's house, where he's having kind of difficult time to adjust because of an annoying cousin & aunt. Personally I loved that aspect in the miniseries which I found quite relevant for many kinds around that age passing through the similar sort of problem. And the other things that kinda bugged me were Bev's missing slingshot skills and the way they gave away the little mystery around 'the Secret admirer' thing to her so early in this phase of the story. But man...that stunning young actress (Sophia Lillis) turned out quite a catch for this movie, I'm sure she'll have some damn busy days with great prospects in coming years of her career.
Pleasantly surprised by Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise! Mostly because of my early impression about this portrayal of Pennywise wasn't much positive from what I've seen in the first teaser/trailer. Thought it was going to be somewhat cheesy but glad it turned out I was wrong. Enjoyed his every encounter with the kids...particularly the major selling point was his very first appearance & interaction with Georgie and he nailed that segment with his own charisma of portraying the fabulously creepy 'dancing clown' of Derry (btw, shocked to see that ended in gruesome fashion! I wasn't expecting at all to see such explicit & gory death scene of such a young victim!). Anyway, coming out from the reels (inside the garage) & the freezer (in Neibolt house) were another favorite parts and also that 3-scary doors part was a clever touch by Muschietti. But I wouldn't call them jump scares as I was expecting something like that to happen at those parts of the movie. Those were deliberate scares for me…and I never mind any sort of scares (jumpy or deliberate) as long as they are nicely done & entertaining like the way Muschietti filmed them here, loved them all.
The whole kid's viewpoint treatment worked so well for a change considering how most other major horror films came out in recent years. I think they can still add few more short scenes regarding how adult community was dealing with those child missing cases more elaborately while grown-up characters recalling about the old Derry in next chapter(s).
As a whole, I'd say Andy Muschietti's IT is the most entertaining horror film of 2017 so far. Excited to see who they eventually cast in the all grown-up roles for these characters.

>>: A-

Originally Posted by Roiffalo

Also I'll point it out before someone else points out that I didn't point it out; There was no werewolf for Richie. I'm disappointed (it was only 73% of the reason I went to go see it...).

lolz! but yeah..totally agree, strange why they even didn't give him a separate short segment with Pennywise for his own darkest fear?!?

mother! (2017)



‘mother!’ can be defined as Darren Aronofsky's major, bold move into the segment of avant-garde cinema which got a pretty close tie with Horror. While I referred BLACK SWAN as his love letter to Roman Polanski's psychological horror films, now I like to consider this as his own way of homage to some other maestros of cinema…from Luis Bunuel to Stanley Kubrick, along with twisted flavors of Polanski to Micahel Haneke…the inspirations were evident in this one hell of a magnificently bizarre, odd movie. With a set of nameless characters & the limited set up of a house in the middle of nowhere, Darren Aronofsky made a total allegorical film that manifest itself into multiple layers of meanings or symbolism including religion, politics, troubled conjugal life dealing with fame & personal will etc. The thing that intrigued me most was whenever I tried to reach an idea of what's it actually about, the twists and turns of events just amazed me over & over again...like Aronofsky was saying "Why so hurry, my friend? I think there's something more that you may find interesting!" At times while the first half was somewhat like a twisted Hitchcockian thriller directed by Kubrick or Haneke, the second half gradually descends into total chaos & horror which kind of reminded me of the madness of Luis Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel (1962)! At the end, you may find an answer to get a relief for a while (like it's all about God Vs Mother Earth Vs Mankind or God & Mother Earth Vs the Mankind) but that may not be the only key to unlock all the doors of confusing & mysterious stuffs happened to that house of strange chaos, triggered by "few" suspicious guests & the baffled owners.

In time, I believe this film will become a cult favorite for the ardent horror fans (at least) and can be regard as Darren Aronofsky's a matchless masterpiece which may going to inspire him to work around more closely to the horror territory in future.

>>: A

Pilgrimage (2017)



As it was all planned to watch IT & MOTHER in the theaters at the first day of release here, I was so excited that, I woke up quite early in the morning (though it was my only weekly holiday)...while the wife & my 3 yr. old daughter was sleeping, I just give it a watch just a hour before going to the theater!

Anyway, this is a quite grim & violent medieval Irish action-drama where Jon Bernthal as the mute lay-brother with a mysterious, dark past delivers another damn good Punisher-esque ruthless killer performance. Tom Holland as the youngest monk also showcase promises to doing some serious stuffs in coming days of his growing career.

>>: B+

[Bloof]

TRAIN TO BUSAN 2016


Well now I know what all the fuss was about.

[DeadbeatAtDawn]

Therapy, 2016. 6/10

[Tommy Jarvis]

Stripes: It was not bad, but other Bill Murray-flicks have aged better.

[Angra]

"The Hitmans Bodyguard" 8-9/10

Major Marquis Warren (The Hateful Eight) meets Wade (Deadpool)

As soon as Samuel and Ryan team up they carry the entire movie with humor and chemistry, which brought back lovely memories to The Last Boyscout. Even some of the crazy action scenes were hilarious.

Biggest surprise and best movie of 2017 so far, imho.



"The Book of Henry" 4/10

Slow and dull with a story that seemed to be getting nowhere until the last 20 minutes, and even that last part was like a fart in the wind.

[hammerfan]

Gaga Five Foot Two

Very interesting documentary about Lady Gaga. Honestly, I never understood all the hype about her. I didn't think she was any different from Bette Midler or Madonna back their heyday. This documentary has given me a new respect for Gaga. Seeing her in the recording studio, no filter. She has an amazing voice. And, the woman has a lot of health issues. Fibromyalgia and lupus just to name two. I probably won't ever buy her CDs, just because it's not the kind of music I like, but, like I said, I have a new-found respect for her as a person.

9/10

[Amalthea_unicorn]

The Monster Project

[DeadbeatAtDawn]

Tantrum 2: Phantom Of The Demon, 2017. 10/10




Toolbox Murders, 2004. 8/10