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^ only watched it once, then back to the rental shop it went--  and yes Streep continues to amaze with her depth and cultural knowledge
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The Thing   (2011)

In a strange blend of prelude with remake, this version of the John Carpenter classic (itself a reinterpretation of the '50s B-movie) is at times a quite competent horror flick with the isolation and nervousness of Carpenter's masterpiece, and other times an almost comic spoof of the story.  The first hour is rather good as the background hinted at in the 1982 film is fully explored, but as our leading lady scientist (paralleling the Kurt Russell role) quickly surmises what's happening, things begin to fall into student film territory resembling Carpenter's lesser work - such as Prince of Darkness - more than anything close to John Carpenter's The Thing.  Disappointing, but then you can't improve on genius.
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Rope. 

Hitchcock

Loved it.
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We watched that teeny vampire film the other night, Twilight.

Aside from the almost hilarious "angst ridden", moody male lead, we quite enjoyed it.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ only watched it once, then back to the rental shop it went--  and yes Streep continues to amaze with her depth and cultural knowledge



Oh, the rental days of my youth. Charming memories.
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Believe it or not I remember when people actually rented VCRs.  No joke.  Sad, really.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Believe it or not I remember when people actually rented VCRs.  No joke.  Sad, really.

Same here. The video (and, latterly, DVD) rental business boomed for a few short years, and is now as dead a business model on the high street as you can think of.
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Yep,that and TV rental. I was the people that rented a VCR.
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I think I rented a Nintendo once.
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Last week or so:

Simon del Desierto by Buñuel
La Jetée by Chris Maker
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Zabriskie Point 
La Vallee
El Angel Exterminador
El Topo


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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

We watched that teeny vampire film the other night, Twilight.

Aside from the almost hilarious "angst ridden", moody male lead, we quite enjoyed it.
Though ridiculous, there are so many much much worse movies around.... 
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

The Thing   (2011)

In a strange blend of prelude with remake, this version of the John Carpenter classic (itself a reinterpretation of the '50s B-movie) is at times a quite competent horror flick with the isolation and nervousness of Carpenter's masterpiece, and other times an almost comic spoof of the story.  The first hour is rather good as the background hinted at in the 1982 film is fully explored, but as our leading lady scientist (paralleling the Kurt Russell role) quickly surmises what's happening, things begin to fall into student film territory resembling Carpenter's lesser work - such as Prince of Darkness - more than anything close to John Carpenter's The Thing.  Disappointing, but then you can't improve on genius.


Have you watched The Thing From Outer Space? I watched it like two years ago and it surprised me enormously. But then I watched Carpenter's movie and was blown away. Quite a horror masterpiece. I'm sure this new one ranks below the two? 
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^ The Thing From Another World  ?    Yeah the 2011 version isn't as good as either that or the Carpenter, as dry as the 1951 one is
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^You are right. I don't know where the hell dis I get the "outer space" from, maybe Ed Wood's masterpiece?

By the way, I've watched (and own) the three Ed Wood's masterpieces, Plan 9, Glen or Glenda, and Bride of the Monster (which is the only one that tries to be a movie ). They are too great to be true. Only Robot Monster comes close. Oh the magic of really atrocious masterpieces of awfulness...
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love (hate) RM; they actually used to play it on TV, for real, once and awhile on Sats when I was a kid.. I take it you've seen Ed Wood ?
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Just watched Quadrophenia.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

love (hate) RM; they actually used to play it on TV, for real, once and awhile on Sats when I was a kid.. I take it you've seen Ed Wood ?
Yes. It's without a doubt Tim Burton's best movie (one of the few I can easily stomach alongside Batman) and one of the few movies where Johny Depp doesn't get on my nerves (I used to like him much more). Landau's Lugosi is brilliant, and so is the entire characterisation of the movie. But once you watch Glen Or Glenda (this one specially because Plan 9 is so famous it's almost cliche now) and you see the utterly magnificent scene/collage/thing where there is some amazingly awful sort of Freudian/devlish analysis of Glen/Glenda's head, you just thank heavens for the existenc of Ed Wood.

Please, Robot Monster is too amazing. The scene with the Robot's monologue is just too much art for me: "I cannot, yet I must.  How do you calculate that?!  At what point on the graph do ‘must’ and ‘cannot’ meet?  Yet I must!  But I cannot.”
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Moon

Sam Rockwell in a remarkable one-man performance as the only inhabitant of a mining operation on the Moon.  With his only companion a Hal-like robotic who takes care of him (voiced by Kevin Spacey) and just two weeks left of a three-year contract until he returns to Earth, things begin to get progressively stranger.  Full of sci-fi & sci-fact mainstays as Silent Running, 2001, and the original Solaris, Moon examines loneliness, time, loss, the nature of being human, and packs a powerful emotional wallop.   One of the best films of 2009.
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Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

I've been checking out Netflix's "Visually Striking Psychological Thriller" section recently. 
Netflix has a lot of good thrillers.my favorites are
'tell no one
exam
the lady vanishes
equus
from dusk till dark
Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.


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I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. Great popcorn movie. There was a time when they made good pure entertainment movies.
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