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 Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 7:50pm |
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I just watched In The Loop. It's a political comedy with a great cast, perhaps highlighted by Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who). I'd seen it before, but I grabbed the DVD at a flea market months ago, and never got around to watching it again.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 3:38pm |
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While at my parent's house, we watched a documentary called 'Hired Gun', which profiles some session and touring musicians. The most interesting stories come from Billy Joel's drummer Liberty DeVitto, but also features many others like Rudy Sarzo, Steve Lukather, members of Alice Cooper's band, Jason Newsted, Kenny Aronoff, and Richard Patrick. A cool 90-minute Netflix watch.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 3:32pm |
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Rear Window's still on my watch list, I have it on VHS waiting to be watched.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 3:01pm |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 2:37pm |
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Absurd (1981)
Early 80s Italian horror. The story line makes little sense but it's got a great soundtrack
so I'm gonna enjoy the music. |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 9:38am |
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^don't forget Rear Window
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 9:00am |
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Have you seen any Hitchcock films? If not and you're into suspense/thrillers, I highly recommend North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder, Torn Curtain, and The 39 Steps. All 5 star masterpieces in my book.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:31am |
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I know it's a remake, I even saw the movie, just out of curiosity. Two other excellent remakes of 50s sci-fi are The Fly (1986) and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Worth watching both. |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:29am |
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I'm aware of the 1951 film. It's said to be a loose adaptation of the original story.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:18am |
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John Carpenter's version of The Thing is technically a remake itself.
The Thing is based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. (writing as Don A. Stuart). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F
This is the original film based on that story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:08am |
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the funny thing about the new "The Thing" is that the audience did not know what they are watching - a prequel or a remake? It was confusing. Myself included.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:03am |
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I ended up watching five films yesterday including all those I posted about:
Clockwise (1986) - decent comedy. I realised I'd caught the end of this film before but never seen it right through. Mars Attacks (1996) - for a parody film I actually really enjoyed this. Housebound (2014) - I thought this was very good, a twist on the 'haunted house' sub-genre. I read that they're re-making it already, and I suspect it'll be fucked up like most remakes. Z for Zachariah (2015) - a decent post-apocalyptic film that focused more on rebuilding and characters rather than trying to survive in a hostile wasteland. Enjoyed but not a film to watch more than once. Attack the Block (2011) - Pleasantly surprised by this. I always saw this film as one of those that had a really dumb title and assumed it would be the usual modern B movie rubbish but I ended up really enjoying this one.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 1:00am |
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I thought the 2011 The Thing was actually a prequel to this one rather than a remake? Or is there an actual remake I haven't heard about? And no, I don't think your're off the mark with this view. There are many modern films I really enjoy but I often find that older films, including The Thing and the other John Carpenter film I just saw, They Live, have a lot more atmosphere and charm to them. They make me want to see more eighties movies and even older ones. There's a lot of classics I've missed from all kinds of genres.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 12:53am |
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^ The remake from a little time ago sucked. Goes to show special effects can't save a movie. Too many movies look good these days but everything else is lacking (story-telling, no character development and sometimes poor acting). Just my opinion. I must just as well change my name to "grumpy old fart".
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Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 12:47am |
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It's an over 35 year old film, of course they're dated! Excellent film though, I wasn't implying that they were any kind of a detraction from it.
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Posted: 24 Feb 2018 at 5:10am |
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OMG, that hurt me really bad...
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Posted: 24 Feb 2018 at 3:33am |
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be aware that that is a parody of Independence Day mostly.
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Posted: 24 Feb 2018 at 1:47am |
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Plan for the weekend includes:
Clockwise (1986) - John Cleese film. Mars Attacks! (1996) - another sci-fi I've never seen. And on Netflix: Housebound (2014) - comedy horror that's supposed to be good. I've had it on my list for ages but Netflix suddenly started displaying that it disappears on March 1st. I hate that Netflix doesn't display that until one week to go. Amazon lets you know a whole month in advance. Z for Zachariah (2015) - another one that's suddenly expiring with little notice.
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Posted: 24 Feb 2018 at 1:42am |
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Planning to catch up on some films this weekend. Got a couple I'm interested in on Prime that expire at the end of the month.
Watched last night: John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) - never seen it before. Special effects are obviously dated now but I enjoyed this one a lot more than many modern horrors. Started with about half an hour left to go: John Carpenter's They Live (1988) - very good so far.
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Inside Metal: The L.A. Metal Scene Explodes (2016)
Part 1 of a 2-part documentary. Past and present members of Dokken, Stryper, Quiet Riot, Armored Saint, Metallica, and many more tell some stories and reminisce about the good ol' days of the early '80s Los Angeles metal boom. I didn't really learn anything new but this was a fun trip down memory lane.
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