Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[joshaube]

Sleepaway Camp; *****/*****

SCARE FACTOR: 3/5
Has some tense moments, and the ending is a real shocker. I'm counting "twists" into the scare factor, because it pretty much causes your heart to jump like any scary scene would. I think twists are a lot better then scares anywho.

COMEDY FACTOR: 0/5
You might laugh at the 80's style, but nothing in the film is expecially funny. Not on purpose, at least.

BLOOD & GORE: 2/5
It had some nice kills that looked fairly realistic, but not as much gore or blood as what some slashers have. Fairly tame in this department if you're used to hardcore stuff. What it offers is still good, though.

NUDITY & TA: 5/5
A whole lot of shirtless boys, and a full frontal shot - even. Nothing from the ladies, except for a skimpy bathing-suit shot from the nasty-ass Judy.
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HOLY BUTMUNCHING RACOONS! And here I was all along saying how bad slashers usually are. I take that back, twofold! Unlike other slashers, mainly Friday the 13th, this doesn't get boring fast. Actually, it manages to stay interesting all the way through. Baaah, I'm blown away by the ending >_< I need to recollect my thoughts. I got tinglies from the moment she said "Peter", and then it was followed by the best shot in the entire movie. Baaah! Ok, ok... so the entire movie was fairly interesting, a nice summer camp romp with a few killings here and there. But unlike other slashers, there is something BESIDES killing. There is a story, and a slight romance building up. Speaking of that romance, I couldn't help but smile very widely when Angela first spoke to the boy. from that moment onwards, I rather liked Angela. She made me happy, and all those nasty campers who made fun of her just pissed me off royally. Ok, so... yeah >_< this is incoherent. The effects were good, for the deaths that is - some of the best I have seen, or at least better then those in Friday the 13th. I was expecially impressed by the still-boiling skin, and the bee-attack victims. How the bubbles still popped actively on his face, and how utterly nasty those bee stings looked. I was glad the entire movie wasn't a string of murders, very happy. If it was that, I would have gotten bored - fast. Like I said before. The acting was subpar, and sometimes felt like a school production the way certain lines were delivered. And did anyone notice how homoerotic this film was? There was barely any female skin at all, but a whole lot of man. Yes, a whole lot. I think we saw every camper minus their shirts, except for the muscular councellor, but he wore revealing things anyway. So yeah, I'd reccomend this film. If you love slashers, or hate them - this might be a film that changes your mind. I'm not sure if I should go ahead and watch the sequels, heard they were bad... and I don't want to ruin my fond memory of this title.

Next up in the marathon - Dead Birds :)

[persuasian70]

Oldboy 9/10 - Great movie!!! Makes me proud that the country where I was born is responsible for this film. The acting is excellent and the story is engrossing.

Shopgirl 7.5/10 - Good movie, but the one problem I had with it is the casting of Steve Martin as Ray. I thought the movie would have been more effective with someone else. Claire Danes shines in the movie, and Jason Swartzman is on top of his game playing the clueless male who betters himself.

An American Haunting 6.5/10 - It was a decent film. Solid acting from Rachel Hurd Wood as the girl being tormented. Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek have done better work but are good. Not bad and Not great. I would wait for the discount theatres or DVD to watch it.

[mothermold]

Originally posted by persuasian70
Oldboy 9/10 - Great movie!!! Makes me proud that the country where I was born is responsible for this film. The acting is excellent and the story is engrossing.

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This film is legend.....you just get out of prison or something?:p :p :D

[scouse mac]

Terminator

[Amalthea]

Tom Sawyer (2000) 8 / 10

[joshaube]

Dead Birds; */*****

SCARE FACTOR: 2/5
It had the atmosphere down, but nothing else really. Any quick cuts and jump scenes they had tried to use failed ultimately, as I did not jump once - nor did either of my parents. The makeup took away from the "frightening imagery" and made it look plain silly. The monster was well crafted, however, so I gave it a 2.

COMEDY FACTOR: 0/5
It was serious throughout, with no splashes of humour anywhere to be found, unless you laugh easily at some snide comments they make. Or at the laughable script and dailogue.

BLOOD & GORE: 3/5
In the bank robbery scene, there was some good shots of gore, but it was rather cheesy. The wounds and further shots looked half decent, and the victim tied to the floor - when her gut busted open - I was very pleased with that. Looked well crafted.

NUDITY & TA: 1/5
A shirtless guy who needs to tan better. Dark face and pasty body doesn't go to well for sex appeal. Oh, and there is some pathetic moaning going on.
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So, hm... what we all said in unison after watching it pretty much summed things up - "dumb". It had a fairly boring opening, but did get more interesting as the plot proceeded. The main faults were in the script. Very bad dailogue, their trip was drug out far too long with fade-ins and outs, and the character's reactions to things weren't all that swell either. "Oh, must be a wild boar." Mhm. The whole story felt cheesy. I'm not into unrealistic horror, unless of course it has a decent explanation and things connect well. Uh, this didn't. It seemed like the backstory was thrown in for the hell of it, and the writer just wanted to get on with the "scares".

The scares sucked, too. There were some "Jesus!" moments, but it was more said for the sake of it, and not the-shock-it-out-of-you kind. Such as "JESUS!" and you throw yourself backward into the couch. Yeah, ok, that was a lame explanation, but whatever.

The acting was... egh... alright? Nothing good, not exactly terrible, just... meh. It's a period story, and the actors fell out of chracter a few times. I remember in the beginning while riding to the house, a certain character had a sort of way to his speech, and then suddenly it was gone for a whole sentance only to return again shortly. And again for continuity, there are some rather bad errors. They are walking up to the house, it's pure light, and they get in - pitch black. I could buy it if the sun was starting to set, but... no. It doesn't take you 3-4 hours to walk through the cornfields.

There was one thing I liked, sort of the message. If it WAS intended to be the message or I'm just trying to make it up for a reason to give this movie one star. The title Dead Birds has no revelence to the actual plot, and people may wonder why it's called that. If you recall when the guy steps on the dead bird just before entering the house, the girl doesn't really respond except for "let's get that blood out of you before it gets infected." Along with the ending, where the creature (the man) is shot, and the chasees just continue like nothings wrong. Perhaps it's a message as if "We're all just dead birds. People step on us and no one cares. You can be stepped on too, easily". That's what I got out of it, and for that it deserves a star.

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If someone could explain why it seems people like this a lot, I would gladly listen and perhaps reconsider the movie. Maybe I missed something...

[dark thoughts]

I just saw Vampires Los Muertoes. I have to say that i was impressed with Bon Jovi's acting.

[cheebacheeba]

The Ultimate Avengers "movie".
I've seen a few people rip into this film, and I don't really agree with them...I've actually read "the ultimates" entire series (and actually, every single thing from marvels ultimate universe...it's all pretty good source material IMO), and I think this was a pretty damn good effort. Sure, elements were added...some taken away...but I think mainly that was so they could cohesively put a storyline together in a limited "movie length" time. All the integral plot elements were there, though not neccessarily in the same order, I don't think it mattered...the storyline flowed.
The hulk fight was prety badass.
I couldn't help but thinking at the end that it definately has sequal potential...I mean, the plot of the movie only covered about a third of the first ultimates series (theyre 13 issues into their second series now), they could definately make more...I for one, hope that they do...the ultimate universe is a refreshing spin on some of these well known characters, I don't think they suffered from it at all. I'd love to see the introduction of hawkeye the assassin, the black widows betrayal of Stark (oops), quicksilver, scarlet witch, not to mention giant man going apeshit and near killing his wife...it's a pretty dark storyline, and they could definately put further work into it...not to mention, ultimate x-men would be the shit.

Anyways...I liked it...

[dark thoughts]

I'd LOVE to see them do the Ultimates X-men!

[mothermold]

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