Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by nightmare_of _death

Pan's Labyrinth

What did you think?

Personally, I found it... horribly horribly overrated.

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I've been watching a few movies the past couple of days...

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I saw the original Die Hard for the FIRST TIME.



Wow. Good action movie. Bruce Willis' first real action role, AND Allan Rickman's first MAJOR roll.

Not to mention, it's a Buddy C. Jackson film. (BUDDYSEIGEACTION).

And he does it all... Barefoot.

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DAMN.

A/A+

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NEXT on my movie-watching list...

Captivity



Bad torture porn. Terrible writing. REALLY weak Big Bad.

WOW.

D-

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And, finally, last night it was...

After Hours



One of Scorsese's earlier works (post Taxi Driver but pre Goodfellas), this is an odd, absurdist take of 80s Soho art/punk culture as well as New York isolationism, alienation, and subculture.

Strange little Dantesque journey. Definitely worth a looksee if you're seeking something a little... different.

B+/A-

[alkytrio666]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

After Hours



One of Scorsese's earlier works (post Taxi Driver but pre Goodfellas), this is an odd, absurdist take of 80s Soho art/punk culture as well as New York isolationism, alienation, and subculture.

Strange little Dantesque journey. Definitely worth a looksee if you're seeking something a little... different.

B+/A-

Not one of his early works, really...but still a great movie.

[alkytrio666]

Night Nurse (1931)

Decent crime story involving a bootlegger with a heart of gold, a nurse (Barbara Stanwyck) with a driving conscience, and a really mean caretaker (a young Clark Gable).

It was a nice little pre-code flick.

[ChronoGrl]

Originally Posted by alkytrio666

Not one of his early works, really...but still a great movie.

Yeah, I realized that after hitting "Submit"... :confused: Damn forum-ing tipsy.

It was a nice little pre-code flick.

Haven't seen the film... Anything stick out as particularly being pre-code (besides the release date, of course)? As in, was it riddled with 1930s innuendo and the like? I'm amused/interested in what was considered "innuendo" and "risque" over the course of time in pop culture.

[alkytrio666]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Yeah, I realized that after hitting "Submit"... :confused: Damn forum-ing tipsy.



Haven't seen the film... Anything stick out as particularly being pre-code (besides the release date, of course)? As in, was it riddled with 1930s innuendo and the like? I'm amused/interested in what was considered "innuendo" and "risque" over the course of time in pop culture.

Cool! I'm very intruiged in pre-code film myself.

Yes, definately. The movie is littered with scenes in which Stanwyck is shown taking her stockings off in an obviously seductive way...and it's always very provocative. Interestingly enough, there is one scene in which Stanwyck and another nurse strip down down their underwear, and end up sleeping in the same bed. Throughout the movie, Barbara is constantly hit on by numerous men, but is never interested. It's a stretch, but the constant clues could add up to a possible discreet-but-still-there gay theme.

Also, Gable hits numerous women, and knocks one out cold. Plus, a drunk man attempts to assault (and most definately had rape on the mind) when Cable gives him a good whop as well.

If you're interested in seeing a great example of true pre-code film, check out Baby Face (1933), also with Barbara Stanwyck, which is available in a nice set (but expensive...consider a rental) called TCM Archives- Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1. It's a fantastic film about female power and a woman who will stop at nothing to get to the head of her business...even if it means sleeping her way to the top!

[roshiq]

Road to Perdition

>>: B+

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Angra

"The girl next door" 6/10


Damn, Dolly you've got some fucked up 2007 favorites. :eek:


And now about the movie.

I didn't find this story as cruel and disturbing as i feared for one main reason. I didn't believe it.

There was just so many things in this movie that wasn't explained, Like:

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

What was the moms problem towards the girl/girls? What was all her hatred rooted in?
Howcome she had such a twisted view on everything?
What was her childrens problem towards the girl?
Why did they happily go along with their mothers torture?
Why didn't the cop do shit the first time he droped by? He just left right away.
Why did the neighbourhood kids all enjoy watching the girl get tortured? Without a single kid telling.

END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS


Well, that was just some of the questions i could think of.

All in all an unpleasant view, but not convincing enough for the viewer to forget that it's JUST a movie...

The movie wasn't really a favorite, it was one of the best though I think. Angra?! None of those are questions that the movie failed to answer. Do you have any idea of what people are capable of doing if an authority figure is present? What easier minds to poison than a childs? Would you have told your parents? What did the cop see the first time he dropped by? Nothing, why would he do anything. Ruth's past isn't explained, but you can figure it out. It's based on a true story by the way, in case you didn't know so that should throw the unbelievable part out because the events were basically the same.

All in all I wouldn't watch it again and it wasn't a fave, it was disturbingly real
and definitely one of the best films made for 07 though.

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

All in all I wouldn't watch it again and it wasn't a fave, it was disturbingly real
and definitely one of the best films made for 07 though.

Agree.

It's a true HORROR movie.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X

The movie wasn't really a favorite, it was one of the best though I think. Angra?! None of those are questions that the movie failed to answer. Do you have any idea of what people are capable of doing if an authority figure is present? What easier minds to poison than a childs? Would you have told your parents? What did the cop see the first time he dropped by? Nothing, why would he do anything. Ruth's past isn't explained, but you can figure it out. It's based on a true story by the way, in case you didn't know so that should throw the unbelievable part out because the events were basically the same.
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..... I feel sick..


By the way, i noticed another movie has been made this year about the same case. "An American Crime". It's got good ratings.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/

That version is probably easier to digest.

[hammerfan]

The Sum of All Fears