Which films have you seen lately? Vol. 21: Now in CinemaScope!
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It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I think The Exorcist II is still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Saw Five Nights at Freddys (2023)
A love letter to every kid a bit creeped out by the Chuck-e-Cheese animatronics 30 years ago.
Also, a video game movie based off the hit game series that started in 2014.
Smoothly done.
It needed an R rating to become a horror movie, but it was toned down to PG13 to go for the big money and sequels instead.
Entertaining I'd say.
6.9/10
A love letter to every kid a bit creeped out by the Chuck-e-Cheese animatronics 30 years ago.
Also, a video game movie based off the hit game series that started in 2014.
Smoothly done.
It needed an R rating to become a horror movie, but it was toned down to PG13 to go for the big money and sequels instead.
Entertaining I'd say.
6.9/10
Five Nights at Freddys has an interesting concept, but I just don't think they did anything interesting with it. The protagonist was rather dull and passive as well. But it's doing bank at the box office, so we'll likely get sequels.
As for the most creepy film, if you're looking for a horrific film that will stay in you head forever, look no further than Pier Paulo Pasolini's Saló.
Actually, just don't watch it. Trust me.
As for the most creepy film, if you're looking for a horrific film that will stay in you head forever, look no further than Pier Paulo Pasolini's Saló.
Actually, just don't watch it. Trust me.
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The Burial (2023) is pretty good. Legal drama with Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jurnee Smollett. My attention was flagging a little towards the end - 126 min - but I think that's about me more than the movie. Foxx has had a good year, incidentally, with this and They Cloned Tyrone, which I also liked.
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As for the most creepy film, if you're looking for a horrific film that will stay in you head forever, look no further than Pier Paulo Pasolini's Saló.
Actually, just don't watch it. Trust me.
While Salo is interesting it still was just breaking boundaries of main stream - like a truck I admit - while Singapore Sling, A Serbian Film & Tetsuo I & II for example are movies that Hugh Grant really would not have participated in and if Bunuel's Andalusian dog is a bit too much those should prolly be avoided.
The Satan Bug
Excellent book, crappy movie and still I don't want a remake of it.
Klaus Hergersheimer
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well, I WAS going to see Dune Part 2 this weekend but I found out (too late) that it was pushed way back.
Saló and A Serbian Film shares a sentiment from the filmmakers, in so that they declared that the depravity and perversity depicted in their films, represents Fascism and civil war in their respective native countries, Italy and the former Yugoslavia. I never finished the latter though (have no intention to) and I don't know about the other ones you mention.
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Yeah, those weren't recommendations 
I have watched A Serbian Film. It's not a good movie, but I don't think it was trying to be - more of a commentary on (whether a valid commentary or not) Serbia being sidelined and in the shadows.
I wouldn't call it creepy, though. It goes for shocking. Holy Blood, on the other hand, has two very creepy moments, and one of them is, imho, pretty unique in its power. It's not a good movie either, since after the first 20-30 minutes it doesn't have anything more to offer, but this shouldn't matter when you already showed so memorable a scene.
Then again, I never managed to watch all of The Human Centipede. It just felt disgusting for the sake of being disgusting, not having anything to say
I wouldn't call it creepy, though. It goes for shocking. Holy Blood, on the other hand, has two very creepy moments, and one of them is, imho, pretty unique in its power. It's not a good movie either, since after the first 20-30 minutes it doesn't have anything more to offer, but this shouldn't matter when you already showed so memorable a scene.
Then again, I never managed to watch all of The Human Centipede. It just felt disgusting for the sake of being disgusting, not having anything to say
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Yup, none of those I mentioned are actually good but adjectives describing them varies - disturbing would be my umbrella term here but it's something like if one thinks Benny Hill was obscene then don't go to Frankie Boyle live. Metrics for creepy/shocking etc varies a lot.
Trying to watch Vindicta (not sure how much I can take).
Always a bad sign when a guy in a burning vehicle says to himself "I've got to get out of here". Similar to "they're eating her, and then they're going to eat me. Omg!"
Always a bad sign when a guy in a burning vehicle says to himself "I've got to get out of here". Similar to "they're eating her, and then they're going to eat me. Omg!"
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I think I've seen her in a couple things. Jupiter's Legacy is the one I remember. She was pretty good in that, but it was a superhero story, and a mid-table one at that, so I don't know if it would be worth your time. Her character was like "what if Supergirl was in Less Than Zero"*, which I found intriguing. The disaffected, "celebutante" daughter of wealthy celebrities, like Paris Hilton if her parents were Superman and Wonder Woman. But it didn't really go anywhere. She was a supporting character and the series got canceled after one season.
* Is Euphoria today's Less Than Zero? I haven't seen that. Jupiter's Legacy wasn't nearly as explicit as Euphoria reputedly is, so maybe Less Than Zero is a better analogy just for that reason.
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A Haunting in Venice - The 3rd (and last?) of the modern Hercule Poirot movies. Hollywood does seem to like trilogies. I liked that it sprinkled clues to the final mystery throughout the film. Not every murder mystery does that, instead just dumping everything in the final reveal. But it relied way too heavily on jump scares to make it 'scary'. I'd say it's about as good as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.
It helps that she looks amazing
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Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda to be adapted into a live-action film
Work on the project has been ongoing for a decade, according to Nintendo executive
Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game The Legend of Zelda, the Japanese company behind the Super Mario franchise said Wednesday.The film, with financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment as well as its own investment, will be directed by Wes Ball, the American director of the upcoming Planet of the Apes film. It's being co-produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., which is behind the live-action Spider-Man films and headed by Avi Arad.
The move highlights Kyoto-based Nintendo's strategy to leverage various aspects of its business, including theme parks, merchandising and movies, to boost machine and software sales, and vice versa.
That strategy has met success. Its animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, released earlier this year, has raked in more than $1.3 billion US and drew nearly 170 million people worldwide.
President Shuntaro Furukawa, briefing reporters online, said the company was pleased with the success of the Super Mario animation film, the first movie of which Nintendo was a direct producer.
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"I realize there are so many Zelda fans, and we cannot betray their expectations. That is a big hurdle. But we are ready," said Miyamoto.
Hopes that movie will benefit from game's popularity
Nintendo reported Tuesday an 18 per cent rise in net profit for its first fiscal half, totalling nearly 271.3 billion yen ($1.8 billion US), up from 230 billion yen a year earlier.Nintendo officials said the success of the Super Mario film has translated into bigger sales for its Switch machines, as well as for game software with Super Mario themes.
The Super Mario Bros. Wonder game software, on sale since last month, has been selling at a record brisk pace, they said, totaling 4.3 million games sold in just two weeks.
The latest Zelda game called Tears of the Kingdom, has been selling well, and Nintendo is hoping the planned movie will benefit from the popularity of the game, which stars a hero and a princess fighting against evil.
The Switch machine, already in its seventh year after its debut, is still doing well in sales, according to Nintendo.
Nintendo is banking on having more people come in contact with its intellectual property through official stores, including pop-ups, theme parks and special events, and now movies.
In the U.S., Nintendo World has opened in Universal Studios in Hollywood, and the company is planning another in Orlando. The area for the park it already has in Japan will grow next year to include a section devoted to Donkey Kong, another Nintendo character, officials said.
Nintendo is also opening a museum devoted to its history and legacy in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto in March next year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-legend-of-zelda-film-1.7022056
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