Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

[bitewerksMTB]

" Moving the setting from Malmö/Copenhagen to Texas/Mexico sounds ridiculous"

It'd be even more ridiculous with American actors in Sweden & Denmark.

What the U.S.  producers are doing is mixing in what is actually going on down there- illegal border crossing, ultra-violent drug cartels, & possibly the work of a number of serial killers in Juarez Mexico.

The problem with the U.S. version is that they are trying to throw too much into it rather than focusing on a couple of elements.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/showbiz/the-bridge-fx

http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Juarez-report-discounts-serial-killer-1886540.php   (Damn!)

[tiny_tove]

If one has not seen the first, I recommend to wait that you could at least see 1 & 2 together. Maybe even 3rd..
1st Hobbit is like...  pretty much nothing happens! As soon as things seem to start rolling, then it stop.

This is true!

In fact we were left with we want more feeling.

There is not much war going on, at the moment mostly hide-run.

But there are several cult moments, like the stone giants fighting, the goblin caves and the meeting between Bilbo and Gollum.

Tunes got stuck in my head for days

[P-K]

Elysium.....loved District9 so i just HAD to see this. Bigger budget so bigger effect and i just love his rusty low-tech vision of earth (Elysium itself looks like a dull place). Police-droids, exoskeletons, gory violence, etc etc  .....good cinema.

[online prowler]

Wise blood (1979)
Director: John Huston.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvjLdwEBMM


Finally got around to see Carlos. TV version recently released on Criterion (which is the best). Highly recommended. Brilliantly acting, cinematography, writing and directing.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3QkM7uyF10

[Bleak Existence]

Paisan

[Dr Alex]

Some movies that I watched this month:

Lilya 4-Ever
I feel like a shit after watching this. Depressive as nothing! Really great movie.


The Machinist
Amazing paranoid thriller! Everybody should check this!


Mysterious Skin
Great and (somehow) disturbing movie. Mysterious Skin have some scenes that I never saw in some movie. Brilliant!


The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Crap movie! I'm disappointed. Bad acting, bad camera, but still great idea.


Paranoid Activity 2
I turn off my pc before end. Boring as hell!!!


This Is England
No so bad. I guess I was so tired when I watched this. I must watch it again.


The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
Possibly the most disturbing film ever made! A must see!!! A masterpiece!!


Brainscan
Back to the childhood. Funny movie! I really liked this when I was young.


The Raven
It's nice movie. I enjoyed in this one.


Chronicle
I waste hour and half of my life! Terrible!!!

[redswordwhiteplough]

Samsara by Ron Fricke. Breathtaking natural wonders, man-made monuments and sacred grounds, disgusting industrial food factories, dancing prisoners, prostitutes and japanese sex dolls. I was transfixed. Highly recommended!

[bitewerksMTB]

Catching up on 'Breaking Bad'. AMC is running a marathon up to the final episode Sunday night. It occurred to me that if the U.S. had a universal healthcare system, there would have been no 'Breaking Bad'. Not sure about anyone else but I prefer hours of entertainment over the health of people I'll never meet...

[totalblack]

Catching up on 'Breaking Bad'. AMC is running a marathon up to the final episode Sunday night. It occurred to me that if the U.S. had a universal healthcare system, there would have been no 'Breaking Bad'. Not sure about anyone else but I prefer hours of entertainment over the health of people I'll never meet...

A+

[superskum2013]

Anyone seen this one?

Melancholie der Engel. German horror anno 2009.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOfvgRwa0J8

Good film! Has some very depraved scenes (scat, vomiting etc) and beautiful cinematography. However it is quite absurd at times, and the DVD doesn't come with english subtitles, so the 2,5 hours could be a strain, if you don't understand german! Surely not everyone's cup of tea, but quite sick, authentic and artsy without being faggish. The film includes a ridiculous amount of animal snuff btw, so stay clear, if you don't like that.

watched it yesterday with my gal ............. the cinematography is ok , the OST very nice (has some stuff by David Hess too !) ........Luckily i do understand German but on the other hand ,there's really not that much of dialogue going on (except for some pseudo-intellectual BS) ....I myself , found it kinda "faggish" at times , perhaps caused by the fact that the bald lead-actor played a homosexual in Cannibal ??? and some other reasons too but i don't want to post too many "spoilers" for those who are about to watch this sooner or later...but the amount of snatch is as big (or bigger) as the amount of cock one gets exposed too , so should be bearable to all of yall out there i guess............... agree with this :

The film includes a ridiculous amount of animal snuff btw, so stay clear, if you don't like that.

... i myself was kinda offended by some "crushing" of amphibians here and there as well as the snail towards the end (when the cunt takes the scissors) , yeahyeah , i know ; i'm a dork !   ...the storyline is kinda ridicilous imo. (fe.: why don't the cunts leave when they can ? there's enough chances here and there!) but most of the acting (which is kinda good , except for the bald dude and the porn-chick imo) makes up for that ... somewhat fascinating but I'll still try and get rid of my uncut austrian (shock) DVD anyways, as i'm pretty sure it's not something i'll watch again , really , was kind of offended yesterday, by myself , that i payed 30 EUR. for it ! dammit !

[online prowler]

RESOLUTION (Horror, 2012)

Directed by: Justin Benson.



Paranoia and myth in the american backyard.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-5uBCIA94c

[vomitgore]

Anyone seen this one?

Melancholie der Engel. German horror anno 2009.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOfvgRwa0J8

Good film! Has some very depraved scenes (scat, vomiting etc) and beautiful cinematography. However it is quite absurd at times, and the DVD doesn't come with english subtitles, so the 2,5 hours could be a strain, if you don't understand german! Surely not everyone's cup of tea, but quite sick, authentic and artsy without being faggish. The film includes a ridiculous amount of animal snuff btw, so stay clear, if you don't like that.

watched it yesterday with my gal ............. the cinematography is ok , the OST very nice (has some stuff by David Hess too !) ........Luckily i do understand German but on the other hand ,there's really not that much of dialogue going on (except for some pseudo-intellectual BS) ....I myself , found it kinda "faggish" at times , perhaps caused by the fact that the bald lead-actor played a homosexual in Cannibal ??? and some other reasons too but i don't want to post too many "spoilers" for those who are about to watch this sooner or later...but the amount of snatch is as big (or bigger) as the amount of cock one gets exposed too , so should be bearable to all of yall out there i guess............... agree with this :

The film includes a ridiculous amount of animal snuff btw, so stay clear, if you don't like that.

... i myself was kinda offended by some "crushing" of amphibians here and there as well as the snail towards the end (when the cunt takes the scissors) , yeahyeah , i know ; i'm a dork !   ...the storyline is kinda ridicilous imo. (fe.: why don't the cunts leave when they can ? there's enough chances here and there!) but most of the acting (which is kinda good , except for the bald dude and the porn-chick imo) makes up for that ... somewhat fascinating but I'll still try and get rid of my uncut austrian (shock) DVD anyways, as i'm pretty sure it's not something i'll watch again , really , was kind of offended yesterday, by myself , that i payed 30 EUR. for it ! dammit !

This may be super hard to believe, but all of the animal killings are supposed to be fake. I have just recently been told that by a person very near to the director...

Fans of Dora and "Melancholie der Engel" should definetely check out "Debris Documentar", which is supposed to portray the making of Melancholie in a stylized way. Easily the most fetishistic and best film directed by him, at least in my eyes.

[Levas]

Mr. Online Prowler so is that Resolution good?

I've recently tried to watch the top 10 horror movies of 2011 according to local horror movies web.

Their top was:
10. The Human Centipede 2 = yeah, it's masterpiece. It's much better than the first one. Looking forward to the 3rd part.

9. Chillerama = watched some time ago. Don't remember. Not that bad, but nothing too special.

8. I saw the devil = good revenge movie. The guy from some security agency goes too look for his wife's killer and slowly becomes even more brutal than the killer himself. Well done. There is some nonsense here and there, but..

7. Apollo 18 = I've read various things about this so finally decided to give it a try. And it's good. The length is optimal and though I rarely enjoy that found footage stuff, this one was good. The reason why no one goes to Moon anymore is some alien life that is living there and you can see all that in this movie assembled from super duper secret tapes. The feeling of claustrophobia and loneliness is what makes this movie good.

6. The Rite = meh

5. Tucker and Dale vs Evil = stupid and funny movie. I guess I couldn't call it parody, it's just horror comedy and one of the nicer done as of lately.

4. Atrocious (I still have to see that. One more found footage stuff)

3. Cold Fish (Also on the list to be seen tomorrow or so)

2. The Woman = damn this is weird. I haven't noticed any feminist message until I've read that in some comments on imdb. it's weird in every way - acting, plot, script etc. The guy catches a woman in the woods from some tribe and brings her back home, locks in the cellar and so on. But this is not some sort of torture movie. Worth watching for its weirdness

1. Insidious = yeah, I've read that a few people almost shit their pants while watching this. I didn't (I have far more courage than them), but damn that James Wan guy is a genius! It's a pity I missed a chance to see The Conjuring in the cinemas here, but anyways. Insidious about a child who get into coma and parents need to save him from evil spirits of "The Further" - a mythical place, afterlife, hell or whatever. From the very first seconds you are grabbed by your balls and not released until the very last second. Very good. Worth the 1st place for sure. I've just seen that he is filming fast and furious 7 so it's a pity.. Unless that movie will also be about some ghost cars, playing games etc.

[online prowler]

Levas:

I enjoyed it a lot. Its not a big production, but it have some good conceptual ideas as well as the director manage to manifest an interesting atmosphere w film archetypes that haven't been mixed a lot before. Worht 90 minutes of your time.  

Can co-sign on Levas recommendations: Tucker and Dale vs Evil, I saw the devil and Cold Fish. The last one is the best in my eyes. New film by Sion out now, trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtlNKXwz_l8. Can heartedly also namedrop his flick 'GUILTY OF ROMANCE', trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1eoRLFUq0

[ConcreteMascara]

Watched Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" for the first time on Sunday. It's one of those movies I meant to watch for years, and now I'm kicking myself for not doing it sooner. The story is interesting, the acting is muted but strong, and the score and sound design are awesome. I really enjoyed the second half of the movie as parts of the "conversation" are mixed in with the score and the sound of tape machines and electronic gurgling. It was also very cool to see all the old surveillance gear used. The whole question of ethics and surveillance and all that is obviously just as relevant if not more relevant than when the movie was made too. For a movie that's almost 40 years old, it's aged really well.