Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[The_Return]

Rear Window [1954]


I've been trying to brush up on my Hitchcock lately, and this here is another classic from the master.

First off, Hitchcock really shows his genius as director in how the film is presented. Almost solely from the view of a wheelchair bound Jimmy Stewart, we watch the lives of the various characters unfold before his eyes.

Hitch plays with morality here, which I think was another high point of the film. Stewart's speech about ethics really emphasizes this point.

The acting is great, but with star power like this, that goes without saying. Grace Kelly is simply stunning, Stewart plays the everyman to perfection, Thelma Ritter is great comic relief, and the various residents of the apartments were great as well.

The plot is pretty straight-forward, but very well-written nonetheless. Great tension, lots of laughs, a cool ending...awesome. It did go on more than necessary in some places, but nothing major.

Put simply this is a great film, I really enjoyed it.

8/10

[Dante'sInferno]

Clerks

[newb]

I just watched "Running Scared" and I loved it. The whole movie takes place in 18 hours and it grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go.
It reminded me to some extent of "After Hours"[ without the humour] or "Into The Night". Everything that could go wrong does. I wasn't to keen on


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the happy hollywood ending.....but other than that, a fun ride.


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[bwind22]

Netherworld

Hmmm.... This wasn't the worst Full Moon film out there, but it's still far from being anything close to a good film. The plot doesn't make much sense but there were a few cool scenes of gore. The acting was pretty bad. I feel pretty secure in saying that you could skip this one and you wouldn't be missing out on much.

D



The Scorned

This is that movie all the reality stars were filming during the season of the show 'Kill Reality'. It was a bit more R-Rated than I was expecting, but for the most part it sucked. Johnny Fairplay has a few good one-liners and Ethan Zohn seemed like he might actually have an iota of acting ability, but other than those two, the cast sucked! One suprising thing though was that three or four of the reality star females got naked in this movie. All in all, the script was really weak & when you throw in a lot of terrible CGI mixed with primarily bad acting, you've got yourself one crappy movie. This movie would probably only appeal to the die-hard fans of reality television and thats about it.

D+

[_____V_____]

Uzumaki

Not sure how many out there have seen this japanese flick...but I m recommending it with all I got. Its another excellent asian offering into the world of horror. Nice and original story, and the special effects are really good. Complete entertainer, excellent value for money. I m gonna purchase it soon.

[AnnieMiller]

Originally posted by hammerfan
Merlin's Apprentice with Sam Neill

It sucked. I didn't even make it through the whole movie. It was very slow and did not hold my attention at all. I don't need non-stop action in a movie, but at least keep the story interesting!

Think I managed about half an hour - it was total dross

[hammerfan]

Originally posted by AnnieMiller
Think I managed about half an hour - it was total dross

I think that's about how long I lasted, too. The first one was sooooooo much better!

[Dante'sInferno]

Spiderman 2,watching it right now.

[Yeti.13]

Originally posted by _____V_____
Uzumaki

Not sure how many out there have seen this japanese flick...but I m recommending it with all I got. Its another excellent asian offering into the world of horror. Nice and original story, and the special effects are really good. Complete entertainer, excellent value for money. I m gonna purchase it soon.

I would have to agree, excellent film and very weird.

[Angra]

Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith
Amityville horror (2005)
Bubba ho-tep
Lord of the rings - Return of the king (Ext. ed.)