[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Tis the season of the witch
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I don't have much in the way of movies to recommend this month because most all I have been watching have been horror films. That's because I hang out with a group on a forum that tries to watch a horror film each night in October to celebrate 31 Days of Halloween. Most films I watch would not be for the faint of heart here. But one from Turq's former country of residence, Spain, is actually more of a dark comedy and called Witching and Bitching. Sounds like FFL doesn't it? But it's about a heist in Madrid and how the crooks escape to a small town and learn it is run by witches. Lots of comedy of errors. It's on Netflix WI. I decided to look into this one and discovered it was by Alex de la Iglesia, considered one of the enfant terrible directors of Spain. I'd seen one of his earlier films in English, The Oxford Murders, and loved it, so I gave this one a try. What you said about it was true, but you didn't convey how FUNNY it was, and how much of a commentary on eternal male-female stereotypes of each other it was. Iglesia has been compared (favorably) with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and now I see why. Rated SO not for Buck, and probably not for many others here. But for the twisted few, it's a real gas...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Tis the season of the witch
A lot of European horror has a dark comedy spin. US made films not so much. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, a US film, is a comedy of errors. Elmore Leonard's shtick was to show how dumb both crooks and cops could be. The same shtick works well for horror. Too much intense suspense can be a bit tiring and difficult to pull off. The Possession of MJ er The Possession of Michael King takes a dark comedic approach of a supernatural debunker which will have you laughing half the time. P2 is a 2007 Canadian film making the rounds now on Hulu and VUDU with Continuum's Rachel Nichols (as a blond) and Wes Bentley. Nichols plays an office worker who is the last to leave the building on Christmas Eve and enlists the building's security guy (Bentley) to help get her car started. Little does she know what the security guy has in mind for her. Definitely rated Not for Buck and most here. No comedic relief in this one as it is more a thriller all the way through that builds to the end. Septic Man has been added to Hulu's Huluween lineup. It was done by the folks who did Pontypool and the trailer shows it to be a horror dark comedy as Pontypool is. On 10/23/2014 07:07 AM, turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I don't have much in the way of movies to recommend this month because most all I have been watching have been horror films. That's because I hang out with a group on a forum that tries to watch a horror film each night in October to celebrate 31 Days of Halloween. Most films I watch would not be for the faint of heart here. But one from Turq's former country of residence, Spain, is actually more of a dark comedy and called Witching and Bitching. Sounds like FFL doesn't it? But it's about a heist in Madrid and how the crooks escape to a small town and learn it is run by witches. Lots of comedy of errors. It's on Netflix WI. I decided to look into this one and discovered it was by Alex de la Iglesia, considered one of the enfant terrible directors of Spain. I'd seen one of his earlier films in English, The Oxford Murders, and loved it, so I gave this one a try. What you said about it was true, but you didn't convey how FUNNY it was, and how much of a commentary on eternal male-female stereotypes of each other it was. Iglesia has been compared (favorably) with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and now I see why. Rated SO not for Buck, and probably not for many others here. But for the twisted few, it's a real gas...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Tis the season of the witch
On 10/17/2014 07:36 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Been catching Gracepoint to see what they do with it over the original, Broadchurch which played last year on BBC America. Features a lot of scenery from Ann's neck of the woods despite the New York State credit at the end. According to a member of another forum I'm on who did the special effect New York credit is there because it's being edited there and they get a tax rebate for that. It's mostly shot on Vancouver Island with some second unit done near Santa Cruz, California. The cliffs in the show are all his companies work as a special effect. It's on FOX. Since I am a TV delinquent I can't say I have watched any of the Gracepoint series but many I know have been. Most of it was shot within 15 miles of my house including the little brown church which is across the street from me. Pretty fun for the locals. Then they had a big auction of all of the movie leftovers at the Fairgrounds (this is one of the oldest fairs in Canada beginning in 1868). There was so much stuff in the way of costumes and props it was quite overwhelming, or so I heard. Cool. I don't know what kind of props and costumes they would have had since the show is pretty much modern day. I guess maybe the outfits that David Tenant and Anna Gunn wore. The problem is that the show is supposed to take place in a town on the coast of northern California. So where are the palm trees? You can find those all the way up to Eureka. The architecture is very northwest too. And those with finer eyes will realize that other foliage isn't right. I guess Bodega Bay was too expensive or nor tax breaks. Back around 1980 I had a film crew take up parking across the street from where I was living to shoot a scene in a tavern for a TV movie. They were there the whole day and the scene in the movie lasted about 5 minutes. They don't do that anymore.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Tis the season of the witch
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I don't have much in the way of movies to recommend this month because most all I have been watching have been horror films. That's because I hang out with a group on a forum that tries to watch a horror film each night in October to celebrate 31 Days of Halloween. Most films I watch would not be for the faint of heart here. But one from Turq's former country of residence, Spain, is actually more of a dark comedy and called Witching and Bitching. Sounds like FFL doesn't it? But it's about a heist in Madrid and how the crooks escape to a small town and learn it is run by witches. Lots of comedy of errors. It's on Netflix WI. Been catching Gracepoint to see what they do with it over the original, Broadchurch which played last year on BBC America. Features a lot of scenery from Ann's neck of the woods despite the New York State credit at the end. According to a member of another forum I'm on who did the special effect New York credit is there because it's being edited there and they get a tax rebate for that. It's mostly shot on Vancouver Island with some second unit done near Santa Cruz, California. The cliffs in the show are all his companies work as a special effect. It's on FOX. Since I am a TV delinquent I can't say I have watched any of the Gracepoint series but many I know have been. Most of it was shot within 15 miles of my house including the little brown church which is across the street from me. Pretty fun for the locals. Then they had a big auction of all of the movie leftovers at the Fairgrounds (this is one of the oldest fairs in Canada beginning in 1868). There was so much stuff in the way of costumes and props it was quite overwhelming, or so I heard. Finished up Intruders which was intriguing. Read that there will be no third season of Utopia ... for Brits unless maybe there is one on HBO. As for HBO it has been announced that next year (I bet in time for Game of Thrones) a cable or satellite subscription won't be needed to see shows using HBO GO. Apparently HBO viewers in Sweden already have this. Well, Happy Halloween and don't let the eBullies get ya! This year I'll be watching the parade of tricksters on my security cam.
