the sorcerers

Yesterday I watched King Kong (1933), Re-Animator, Silence of the Lambs, and The Sting (one of my all time favorties).

It was a good movie day.

Got a Blockbuster near ya? I rented it from there

Yeah, I looked. Surpsingly, our Blockbuster is going out of bussiness. Something about investing too much on their online rentals. Anyways, looks like I might have to be getting used to a new rental store or invest in some online deals myself. Any recc. on Canadian online rentals?

Today I watched:

Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog's documentary about Timothy Treadwell. If you don't know, Treadwell was a... researcher, of sorts... who lived with wild grizzly bears for thirteen summers. In the end, a bear killed and ate him, and his girlfriend. Using Treadwell's own footage (the man obsessively recorded himself) Herzog paints a compelling picture of a deeply disturbed man. Highly recommended. 9/10

Bloodline, a rather interesting slasher flick. The big twist at the ending was a nice touch, but it won't come as too much of a surprise. 6/10

The 1973 film "Don't Look in the Basement". It was cheesy and amateurish with horrible acting. However if you are into B or Z horror flicks you should check it out....it might help if you are drinking.

LOTR 3

Saw a few decent ones this last weekend....
"I Spit On Your Grave"
"Last House On The Left"
"Zombie" uncut
"Fantasic 4"
"War Of The Worlds" (and damn if that 11 year old Dakota Fanning gives a brilliant performance!)

Others that were either okay or for laughs....
"Amittyville 2 & 3"
"I Drink Your Blood"

Others that were just God awful....
"Flesh For The Beast"
"Virgin Among The Living Dead"
"Prophecy 4 & 5"

@ "I Spit On Your Grave"
Couldn't watch it, just like parts of Cannibal Holocuast. The rape scenes are far too horrific in their own sense. Couldn't live with myself if I did watch them >_<

I just finished The Descent. Here's what I blogged about it:
"Note to self; Don't ever FUCKING go into a cave. This movie, even temporary, has made me afraid of the dark. I have lived to see a true horror movie, and it's one of the best. I walked into this hearing only good things, but I was not enthusiatic about viewing it - that quickly changed. It's a genious film, and I'm guessing my heart stopped about 9 times, and I swore outloud just as much as the characters did. Wow. The special effects were top-notch, and the 'monster' wasn't CGI! Props to that, it was SO well done - every detail. Looked so real. The gore was also very well done, though it wasn't the main focus. It was a film that might confuse you, as it's underground in a dark cave, incoherent surroundings - some of the frames were impossible to see because it was engulfed in pure black. Atmosphere though, that's what it was. The frames you couldn't see anything in, you weren't meant to. Definately watch it, The Cave is just an american rip-off. Why are all good horror movies foriegn? Because Hollywood has discovered horror, and cheerleading schoolgirls have become it's biggest fan."

Star Wars 3