Agree withVal Lewton comments ..nicely done on a limited budget ..disagree with saucermen ..their heads are brussel spouts ( miniature cabbages if you like) trust me I lived in Brussels for 2 years ..Alan
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 2:45 PM S Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: > Even if some of this stuff is well crafted I don't care. Never saw the > various Halloween and Nightmare on elm street or any of it. Life is full > of senseless killing and violence and real fear without watching it in a > movie. That doesn't mean I like frothy musicals. > But Frankenstein's monster and Dracula and the Wolfman are not usually in > your neighborhood. Lewton's horror films are darker than the Universals, > yes, but here's where you can truly appreciate "well crafted" as well as > superb acting which I very much doubt "Saw" has. > On the subject of films you don't want to see, I'll add the ones where > animals are killed. Recently watched The Yearling for the first time > without knowing the end. Still upset over it and I can understand why > people hated Jane Wyman after seeing it. So no Old Yeller or even > Thomasina though the cat comes back and I love Patrick Mcgoohan. Invariably > you open your eyes at exactly the wrong moment. > > Sue, I only went to Star Wars to see Peter Cushing but wound up > appreciating the music and the inspired wonder of the rest of it. (Not an > admirer of the sequels) > > Greg, the only musicals I can stand are watching Fred Astaire dance, The > Music Man, 1776 and - sorry - Chicago. It's on the icky side and I don't > feel that Renee Zellweger deserved all those plaudits. But Catherine > Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah were terrific. Richard Gere wasn't bad (Jerry > Orbach outshines him totally but Gere is still watchable) Actually love > some of the songs though not the lyrics. > > Dave, I fell asleep, too. Same movie. My friends were teed off. > > Scott, I had high hopes for Fantasia but now am indifferent. It's spoiled > listening to the music in it forever. I wouldn't mind actually squinting > enough to be able to recognize Bela in Night on Bald Mountain but that's > about it. > > Glenn, Salo sounds like the kind of film my husband would watch to upset > me. > > Kirby and Chris, Amen to no more CGI or superheroes! > > Tom, I've never seen Schindler's List, either. > > The Saucermen don't look like brussel sprouts. Very cool movie paper and > a fun film which my beloved horror host, Dr. Cadaverino showed on Nightmare > Theatre many years ago. > > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 11:41 AM Alan Heimann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some of those movies saw/ hostile are well crafted and watchable though >> I’m less inclined to travel to Slovakia lol..I watched a movie that my >> oldest son suggested some time ago ( I don’t remember which one)but it was >> incredibly violent with the violence being gratuitous..I asked him what >> would attract you to watch that (he’s a periodontist and apparently his >> work is stressful ) he said dad sometimes you just need to watch mindless >> violence ..hope I don’t get to that point >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 8:41 AM chris.b.johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I know that no one here knows me but I love the Saw movies. Jigsaw was a >>> p.o.s. but that's because it had every bad cop movie cliche imaginable. As >>> an aside, I also love the Hostel movies and Italian cannibal movies. >>> >>> Chris Johnson >>> >>> >>> >>> Powered by Cricket Wireless >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> >>> Date: 1/14/22 12:43 AM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Silent hills, please >>> >>> Colin - >>> >>> Excellent decision. And to keep you on the straight and narrow I saw the >>> first SAW much to my chagrin. A complete and utter waste of precious life. >>> >>> Also to Scott - >>> >>> - in regard to MANK. Ditto. Was back East when it came out and looking >>> for a movie to watch with Mom. We settled on MANK. Seemed like a natural. I >>> love Gary Oldman and movies about Show Business. About 20 minutes in we >>> looked at each other and said, "This stinks!'' Not long after my brother >>> asked us if we watched it. Apparently he enjoyed it very much. His thumbs >>> up was not enough for me to give it a second try. >>> >>> Glenn >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 9:30 PM Colin Hunter <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I know they’re popular and have made a great deal of money but I have >>>> zero desire to watch any of the Saw movies. All the reviews I’ve read (even >>>> the positive ones) make these movies sound repulsive. On second thoughts, >>>> I’ll change my statement from “zero desire to watch” to "highly positive >>>> desire not to watch." >>>> >>>> Based on Glenn’s post I’ve add Salò to my never-watch list. >>>> >>>> Colin Hunter >>>> >>>> > On Jan 12, 2022, at 6:31 AM, Tommy Barr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Is there a film that you have made a decision that you never want to >>>> see, in the cinema , TV or any medium, even if the reason may be completely >>>> illogical? 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