its done by the same studio (studio ghibli) as princess mononoke, etc .. but a different director.
I have the film but considering the content (very sad and moving) I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch it.
(i was the same with shindlers list)

i've never heard anything but the highest praise for it.

- whoa...It's like that??
I'll probably have to check that out just out of interest, and anything from the same company as princess mononoke would have to be pretty well done right?
I'll have a look, let you know what I thought.

try to be in a strong frame of mind .. everything i read and heard suggests its unrelentlessly depressing - but beautiful

The very interesting and rather forgotten thriller "Kansas City Confidential"

Leone's most underrated film, the excellent "A Fistful of Dynamite"

I've never got round to seeing ...Dynamite, missing every TV showing over the years.

Can it hold a candle to the Dollars trilogy?

American Gothic. I love it!!

Friday the 13th VII

I think so yes (it's better than "Fistful", which i always found as dull as "Yojimbo" for much of it's running time and it's much better than the bloated and stodgy "Once Upon a Time in America").

It's far rougher and has a larger scale (even larger than "Good, Bad", with thousands of extras) and is a much darker film.
Good performances by Steiger and Coburn though Steiger's Mexican accent can be a bit much at times.

Wonderfully eccentric Morricone score as well.

Horror fans will notice a young David Warbeck in the IRA flashbacks.
And there is another plus, it never takes Coburn's side (or gives any real view on his 'cause') about his IRA past.
As he is one of the 'hero's it's slighty synpathetic, but is a million miles away from such American, pro-IRA terroriist GARBAGE like "The Jackel".
If it never bothered me (who has no time for IRA scum) then it won't bother anyone.

And any fan of Leone will find tons of sweaty close-ups, grime, violence, personal sacrifice and black humour to enjoy.

Isnt there a incest scene in that movie ? Long time since a saw it..:)

repo man .. for the 1st time in ages ..
still a ton-o-fun.

one of those movies that looks like its about to fall apart any second, but manages to pull itself together and keep going.

Beast of Yucca Flats and Metropolis


Metropolis : Best silent movie Ive ever seen


Beast : Not great, nor as terrible as most people say.

The one i was talking about is from 1988. These 3 couples end up stranded on this island with this pyscho family. They get killed off one by one. That the jist-ish lol

Sounds unique.... :rolleyes:

"Sudden Impact" - Not as good as the 3 classic titles that came before it, and far more simplistic humour had been added and the 'hip' and cheesy attitude and dialogue had become overwhelming.
But it still has some great moments, some nice links to the other films (with Bradford Dillman from "The Enforcer" re-appearing and some nice variations on the original "Dirty Harry" music), some top violent action, and the new transfers on these look great and sound great (Harry's magnum has never sounded better!).

"The Dead Pool" is one to avoid as it's the bottom of the barrel, a moronic way for the series to go out. It should have ended here, with "Sudden Impact".

Just finished watching Joe Kid.

can somebody tell me the name of the Clint Eastwood film where at the end he rides away from a guy hanging then he shoots him down and rides off.

I can never remember the name of it which is why I haven't seen it in about 4 years.

"The Good,The Bad and The Ugly" ;)

...anyway watched "The Omen 2" again last night and what a pleasent reunion it was...:) ...very nice on location filming all true the film ..some unique killing scenes and nice acting...the story isnt as good as number 1 but a very good sequel :D

It is so Unforgiveably retarded to forget that :rolleyes:

thanks alot.

I can´t remember if it´s "Omen 1" or "Omen 2" Where the priest sees the spear cross breaks off from the church tower, and desides to stop and scream at it for 5 seconds instead of stepping aside to avoid getting nailed to the ground.
But nooooo.

That scene is SO poor but hilarious. :D

That was "The Omen"...and there is nothing bad to be said about THAT classic.

There can be penty of bad things to say about "that classic".

I just whatched half of the omen last night. And when it came to the pole scene i wasnt laughing, o my brothers, I was saying "O my thats real cool and horrorshow" I mean better to have gore then no gore at all. I mean what IF he did step to the side, nothing would happen and he would still be alive. But scince he never we got the joy of whatching him get shishcabobbed.

like what?

I'm not disagreeing with you(yet) I'm just interested to know what you don't like about it.

Except that bonkers bit with the remote controlled car carrying the bomb!

Probably signifying the end of the usually dead straight Dirty Harry series, but at the same time watching in awe at this minature motor bouncing over the streets of San Francisco in hot pursuit of Clint was great fun.

Who said it was unique?

just watched Disney's Dinosaur with my kid for the 100th time..
i must say they did a seemless job marrying the animation to the real life backgrounds... great interraction.

A lot of work went into that movie ..

Star Wars

True...I actually liked that particular scene with the spear..and that photo thing was also great.....I like those "learning sequenses" were the characteres discover more about what they are facing/up against.....
Those "Omen" movies have a lot in common with the "Final Destination" films....a supernaturale force who kills in a unique way...:)

Once Upon A Time In The West - Watched it with the commentary track.

DAMN fine!


I see no problem with that scene in "The Omen" at all. You just have to get into the film and think.

He is a holy man faced with the ultimate enemy, the coming apocalypse, he has lived in dread and fear for years. He knows what is happening when the storm lashes him.
And when he finds that even his church offers no sanctuary he is simply rooted to the spot, not just much in fear, but in defiant resignation.
He knows it's over. He knows he has been caught outside of the protective lifestyle he has led by taking the risk to warn Peck.
If he had stepped aside then lighting would have hit the brickwork where he moved to and crushed him...or whatever!
The film spends all it' time SHOWING you that your fate is determined when you are marked.

And that will never change until the very end of the final film with the destruction of Damian.

One of THE best horror films ever made.

I have to agree with freak here. a common theme in many movies is that fate is set. if he had moved away from that falling vane, SOMETHING would have impaled him. Prophecy in movies almost always sits right on the line wetween fate and self-fulfillment.

In other words, in a movie, even if the person knows something is going to happen, and takes steps to avoid it, those steps invariably are the ones that lead to the prophesied(sp?) events.

The sadly disappointing "I Bury the Living"

i always thought that the 70's was one of the greatest decades for filmmaking.. (especially for horror and action) and the end of an era...

I used to wonder why .. was it because i was first watching films then ... was it because they had more grit - more texture ...

then it hit me ... in the 70's horror films were for the most part - movies staring adults .. seasoned actors - mature themes.

In '78 Carpenter came along and showed us how things would change .. an effective, wildly successful film featuring mostly teenagers being dispatched by a madman.. which would set the pace for the next couple of decades.
Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St ...tons of others ..
The focus was on the teenage demographic.

So now we have a horror film culture that is primarily teen based.
Another major player in this was the VCR. In the past serious horror films were mostly rated R. Kids couldnt get in ..
but now with the VCR kids are seeing more horror films .. becoming more 'jaded' and ate the stuff up creating a demand .. for more teen horror films.

We all know this trend is still strong today with few exeptions.
Its the kids that pay to see films. Adults seem to find it a chore to go to the theatre, and when they rent films for the weekend ... well its generally not some grade c slasher flick.
(i'm talking average joe here - not the folks on this board)

Anyway - this is was the long way of explaining why some people love The Omen and some dont.
You'll find the latter to be young people .. who want to see young bodies in the roles, not people the age of their parents ...which is too bad.
The Omen is one of my favorite films - and i saw it when i was a kid ... but i enjoyed seeing adults being put through the paces .. it seemed far more believable to me than a bunch of sex starved teenage morons being sliced and diced in an abandoned mall.

So when i see a film like the 6th Sense, or The Others come along now, it gives me hope ..
I'm finding it tougher and tougher to enjoy films with shitty actors ..and most teens are just that ...

Not to diss the teens on the forum ... remember .. i felt the same way when i was (gasp) one of you ...

We went to see the Spongebob movie last night...We saw The Grudge a couple of nights before....Spongebob was better...lol:p

Jesus FUCKING christ!!!..... Did you make "The omen" Freak? IDONTTHINKSO!! How the hell can you know what the priest was thinking? Did you talk to him before he died? NO? GET A GRIP, for heavens sake! If you have 5 second to make a move, the last thing you would do is to stand and wait for death to hit you (Final destination). I didn´t say that "The omen" was bad. I just said that the scene with the priest was hilarious and artificial. Don´t take everything so god damn personal, Freak.

You say it´s a good scene with depht obviously, and i say it´s artificial and hilarious. Now let...it...go, dude.

The Lon Cheney Hunchback. It was awesome! Im really developing a liking for Silent films recently...

Why was i taking that 'personal'? Just because I defended i scene? Well some of us CAN think and DO think.
Some of us actually take in a film and don't just watch it like wallpaper.
Some of us can know what a character is thinking and their motivations because...WE HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION and UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MAKERS SHOW US.
And when we do...we don't jump to silly conclusions that something is 'hilarious', when it isn't.

The ONLY one who was getting personal and wetting themselves...is you.
And ONE post is hardly 'not letting go'! DUDE.

or is the fact that FILMS are actually being thought about and discussed with more than one sentence? I know how a few of you hate that.

Sorry if i did not agree with your simplistic observation of this scene (and I was not the only one either!) but there you go. YOU let it go.

Thanks for that really great bit of input though. Truly majestic in it's craftmanship. Shakespeare would be proud of you.

This evening i saw "The grudge" and i thought it was very good actually. It was clearly a blend of the first 3 Ju-on movies, but it was done with lots of skill from director Shimizu, and i enjoyed it very much, though i knew what was going to happen most of the time.
I don´t know why most of you people hated it? My guess is that you either was disappointet that all the climax in the movie stops before you see blood and gore, or because you think it misses depth and a better story. I can´t find other reasons than those two?

Now, listen up people!!

It´s about ghosts and a haunted house. That´s it. There is nothing more to it. It´s all about creeping out the audience every 5th minute, and i think Shimizu succedes yet again. At least it worked on the audience in the cinema i was in.

If you guys have another opinion about "The grudge" please let me hear it. :)

No i was just being a smartess I dont have any bad things to say about it.

I havent seen it in a while, so i cant even rememeber that much

I saw White noise last night. Me & my mom were the only ones in the theater.

How did you like it????