Topic: 50 Flix in 2009 (Read 26712 times)

pbsaurus · « **Reply #50 on:** February 27, 2009, 03:38:28 PM »

Dead and Breakfast is my favortie zombie musical.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #51 on:** February 27, 2009, 05:41:10 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on February 27, 2009, 03:38:28 PM

Dead and Breakfast is my favortie zombie musical.

I picked that up at Blockbuster this afternoon. I'm pretty psyched to see it.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #52 on:** February 28, 2009, 04:47:29 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on February 26, 2009, 03:03:19 AM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)

20. The Quick and the Undead (*)

Watching my dog take a dump is more entertaining than The Quick and the Undead. Cool concept...awful, awful execution.

21. Zombi 3 (**)

It's Fulci, and there are a few minor gross-out moments, but still...skip this one and watch its predecessor.

22. Dead and Breakfast (***)

I'm usually not too thrilled with horror-comedies, but Dead and Breakfast wasn't all that bad. There are some cool scenes, and the humor generally works pretty well.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #53 on:** March 01, 2009, 01:48:19 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on February 28, 2009, 04:47:29 AM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)

23. Judge Dredd (*)

Christ.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #54 on:** March 02, 2009, 12:16:47 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 01, 2009, 01:48:19 AM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)
23. Judge Dredd (*)

24. Troll (***)

Compared to some of the shit I've been watching lately, this was downright refreshing. I haven't seen it since I was eight or nine, so the notable cast was a surprise. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sonny Bono, June Lockhart, Frank Welker, Boxy from the original Battlestar Galactica...wow. I'm gonna watch its unrelated, nauseating sequel today...Troll 2. Pray for me.

25. 20 Million Miles to Earth (****)

Harryhausen FTW! Apparently he recently worked with producers to make a colorized version, the way he wanted it to be seen in 1957 but couldn't due to budget reasons. They didn't do a half-bad job.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #55 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:59:22 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 02, 2009, 12:16:47 PM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)
23. Judge Dredd (*)
24. Troll (***)
25. 20 Million Miles to Earth (****)

26. Troll 2 (**)

It gets an extra star for making me laugh hysterically at the (beyond) horrible acting and effects. Bonus: I no longer fear death.

27. The Incredible Shrinking Man (****)

For a '50s sci-fi flicks, the effects were pretty damned inventive. Nice action, and the story is actually pretty compelling.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #56 on:** March 03, 2009, 07:23:16 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on February 24, 2009, 06:58:56 PM

1. Hot Fuzz-1/2/09
2. Hackers-1/9/09
3. Taladega Nights-1/17/09
4. Hostel-1/27/09 (AM)
5. American Psycho 2--1/27/09 (PM)
6. Blood Diner--1/31/09
7. The Descent--2/12/09
8. Paranoid Park--2/14/09
9. Encino Man--2/21/09 Wease the Juice!

10. Saw III--2/28/09

HeavyJay · « **Reply #57 on:** March 04, 2009, 03:00:25 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 03, 2009, 12:59:22 PM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)
23. Judge Dredd (*)
24. Troll (***)
25. 20 Million Miles to Earth (****)
26. Troll 2 (**)
27. The Incredible Shrinking Man (****)

28. Scanners (***)

I thought it would be a lot gorier than it was, and it seems like there were a lot of half-developed ideas.

29. Dark City (***)

Stylish, but it drags like my dog's ass on the rug.

30. Tarantula (****)

Directed by Jack Arnold, who also did The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and It Came from Outer Space. Good stuff.

Min · « **Reply #58 on:** March 04, 2009, 03:29:50 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2009, 04:05:09 PM

1. Step Brothers (***)
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (***)
3. An Inconvenient Truth. (***)
4. Schindler's List (*****)
5. The Devil Wears Prada (***)
6. Ratatouille (***)
7. A Time to Kill (****)
8. The Princess Bride (*****)
9. John Adams - III, IV and V (****)

10. Spiderman 3 (***) - Meh

HeavyJay · « **Reply #59 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:08:28 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 04, 2009, 03:00:25 PM

28. Scanners (***)
29. Dark City (***)
30. Tarantula (****)

31. Tremors (****)

I've seen the shitty sequels countless times on cable, but it occurred to me that I'd never seen the original the whole way through. I was impressed.

32. Superman Returns (*)

Lame. Supes and Lois were incredibly bland, and Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olson were overly cartoonish. Also, I thought they'd play a little bit more with the idea of how the world would react to the return of Superman after five years' absence, but apparently not.

33. Dark Crystal (**)

Very bizarre. The puppetry was great, but the voice acting sucked for the most part, most of the characters were annoying, and the story was pretty dull. I'm curious as to why this movie has such a huge fanbase.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #60 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:25:29 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 05, 2009, 02:08:28 PM

31. Tremors (****)

I've seen the shitty sequels countless times on cable, but it occurred to me that I'd never seen the original the whole way through. I was impressed.

I love the original. I don't acknowledge the sequels.

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33. Dark Crystal (**)

Very bizarre. The puppetry was great, but the voice acting sucked for the most part, most of the characters were annoying, and the story was pretty dull. I'm curious as to why this movie has such a huge fanbase.

I can answer that with one word: Nostalgia. Lots of people about my age saw Dark Crystal in the theater when they were in about 4th grade. It was a landmark movie for the fantasy genre (at the time), so lots of us look back on it fondly. I own it on DVD, and while it doesn't stand up to many others made since, the puppetry is really still astounding, and it weathers the years well.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #61 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:39:27 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on March 05, 2009, 02:25:29 PM

I can answer that with one word: Nostalgia. Lots of people about my age saw Dark Crystal in the theater when they were in about 4th grade. It was a landmark movie for the fantasy genre (at the time), so lots of us look back on it fondly. I own it on DVD, and while it doesn't stand up to many others made since, the puppetry is really still astounding, and it weathers the years well.

I guess that's true, but it still seemed like a much-rehashed fantasy plot. Then again, I love Batman Forever due to the nostalgia factor.

Fourth grade in '82...you make me feel like such a young'n.

Discounting Labyrinth because I still haven't managed to see it, I think The Muppet Movie is probably my favourite of Henson's films. It's the one that sticks out in my mind the most...Kermit sitting in the swamp, strumming a banjo and singing "Rainbow Connection." Great stuff.

Growing up, Jim Henson's movies and TV specials were in non-stop syndication, and I loved them all. I remember being four or five and hearing my dad say to me "You know, he died a few years ago." I was floored.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #62 on:** March 05, 2009, 04:45:20 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on March 03, 2009, 07:23:16 PM

1. Hot Fuzz-1/2/09
2. Hackers-1/9/09
3. Taladega Nights-1/17/09
4. Hostel-1/27/09 (AM)
5. American Psycho 2--1/27/09 (PM)
6. Blood Diner--1/31/09
7. The Descent--2/12/09
8. Paranoid Park--2/14/09
9. Encino Man--2/21/09 Wease the Juice!
10. Saw III--2/28/09

11. Drive Thru--3/4/09

Demosthenes · « **Reply #63 on:** March 05, 2009, 05:46:38 PM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 05, 2009, 02:39:27 PM

I guess that's true, but it still seemed like a much-rehashed fantasy plot. Then again, I love Batman Forever due to the nostalgia factor.

Fourth grade in '82...you make me feel like such a young'n.

Discounting Labyrinth because I still haven't managed to see it...

If you were disappointed by the cheese factor in Dark Crystal, I suspect you won't like Labyrinth much at all then...

HeavyJay · « **Reply #64 on:** March 06, 2009, 07:35:50 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 05, 2009, 02:08:28 PM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)
23. Judge Dredd (*)
24. Troll (***)
25. 20 Million Miles to Earth (****)
26. Troll 2 (**)
27. The Incredible Shrinking Man (****)
28. Scanners (***)
29. Dark City (***)
30. Tarantula (****)
31. Tremors (****)
32. Superman Returns (*)
33. Dark Crystal (**)

34. The Exorcist (*****)

What can I say? It's a classic. It creeps me out every single time I watch it.

35. Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (*)

Lousy dialogue, plot, direction, acting, SFX, score...I could go on.

36. Hot Fuzz (***)

Nothing spectacular, but pretty funny and quotable.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #65 on:** March 08, 2009, 11:09:41 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 06, 2009, 07:35:50 AM

1. Haute Tension (**)
2. Alien Nation (****)
3. 88 Minutes (*)
4. Gwoemul (English: The Host) (**)
5. Audition (***)
6. The Stranger (****)
7. Where the Sidewalk Ends (****)
8. Mongol (**)
9. Zoo (*)
10. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (***)
11. My Name Is Bruce (****)
12. Bad Taste (***)
13. Maniac Cop (**)
14. Halloween (*****)
15. Re-Animator (****)
16. Boxing Helena (*)
17. The Dead Next Door (****)
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (*)
19. Quarantine (****)
20. The Quick and the Undead (*)
21. Zombi 3 (**)
22. Dead and Breakfast (***)
23. Judge Dredd (*)
24. Troll (***)
25. 20 Million Miles to Earth (****)
26. Troll 2 (**)
27. The Incredible Shrinking Man (****)
28. Scanners (***)
29. Dark City (***)
30. Tarantula (****)
31. Tremors (****)
32. Superman Returns (*)
33. Dark Crystal (**)
34. The Exorcist (*****)
35. Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (*)
36. Hot Fuzz (***)

37. Let the Right One In (****)

Strange Swedish vampire flick. If you remove the vampire elements, it's just a coming-of-age film. Lots of cool shots and dialogue. I'd watch it again.

38. Splinter (*)

FilmSchoolRejects called this the best horror film of 2008. They steered me wrong. There were one or two neat scenes, but they weren't enough to make up for the horrible dialogue, acting and plot.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #66 on:** March 09, 2009, 04:43:42 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on March 05, 2009, 04:45:20 PM

1. Hot Fuzz-1/2/09
2. Hackers-1/9/09
3. Taladega Nights-1/17/09
4. Hostel-1/27/09 (AM)
5. American Psycho 2--1/27/09 (PM)
6. Blood Diner--1/31/09
7. The Descent--2/12/09
8. Paranoid Park--2/14/09
9. Encino Man--2/21/09 Wease the Juice!
10. Saw III--2/28/09
11. Drive Thru--3/4/09

12. Tamara--3/5/09
13. Idiocracy--3/7/09
14. Napolean Dynamite--3/7/09

Min · « **Reply #67 on:** March 09, 2009, 04:48:48 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2009, 04:05:09 PM

1. Step Brothers (***)
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (***)
3. An Inconvenient Truth. (***)
4. Schindler's List (*****)
5. The Devil Wears Prada (***)
6. Ratatouille (***)
7. A Time to Kill (****)
8. The Princess Bride (*****)
9. John Adams - III, IV and V (****)
10. Spiderman 3 (***)

11. Rain Man (****)

Scheherazade · « **Reply #68 on:** March 11, 2009, 01:51:34 PM »

Quote from: ihatecliches on January 03, 2009, 10:54:55 PM

1. Pineapple Express (****)
2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (****)
3. Horton Hears a Who (****)

4. Mary Reilly (**)
5. Portrait of a Lady (****)
6. Feast (***)
7. Saved! (***)
8. Employee of the Month (**)
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshal (**)
10. Burn After Reading (*****)
11. Now You Know (****)
12. The Libertine (*****)
13. Tropic Thunder (**)
14. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky (*)

HeavyJay · « **Reply #69 on:** March 12, 2009, 10:56:33 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on March 08, 2009, 11:09:41 AM

34. The Exorcist (*****)
35. Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (*)
36. Hot Fuzz (***)
37. Let the Right One In (****)
38. Splinter (*)

39. Seed (*)

Jesus, that same FilmSchoolRejects article screwed me again. I should have known better than to watch an Uwe Boll film, no matter who said it was good.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #70 on:** March 13, 2009, 07:03:53 PM »

Quote from: ihatecliches on March 11, 2009, 01:51:34 PM

4. Mary Reilly (**)
5. Portrait of a Lady (****)
6. Feast (***)
7. Saved! (***)
8. Employee of the Month (**)
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshal (**)
10. Burn After Reading (*****)
11. Now You Know (****)
12. The Libertine (*****)
13. Tropic Thunder (**)
14. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky (*)

15. Next (****)

I wasn't expecting much from Next, mostly because I love Nicholas Cage but continue to be disappointed in the majority of his films since ConAir. Imagine how surprised I was to realize it was actually a pretty good flick - and I'm not just saying that because the last Cage film I watched was the Wicker Man.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #71 on:** March 16, 2009, 06:16:16 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on March 09, 2009, 04:43:42 PM

1. Hot Fuzz-1/2/09
2. Hackers-1/9/09
3. Taladega Nights-1/17/09
4. Hostel-1/27/09 (AM)
5. American Psycho 2--1/27/09 (PM)
6. Blood Diner--1/31/09
7. The Descent--2/12/09
8. Paranoid Park--2/14/09
9. Encino Man--2/21/09 Wease the Juice!
10. Saw III--2/28/09
11. Drive Thru--3/4/09
12. Tamara--3/5/09
13. Idiocracy--3/7/09
14. Napolean Dynamite--3/7/09

15. Batman The Movie--3/14/09

Scheherazade · « **Reply #72 on:** March 16, 2009, 06:17:50 PM »

Quote from: ihatecliches on March 13, 2009, 07:03:53 PM

15. Next (****)

16. Larry The Cable Guy: Health inspector (***)

Wasn't expecting much...I was surprised at how funny I found it.

Min · « **Reply #73 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:41:59 AM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2009, 04:05:09 PM

1. Step Brothers (***)
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (***)
3. An Inconvenient Truth. (***)
4. Schindler's List (*****)
5. The Devil Wears Prada (***)
6. Ratatouille (***)
7. A Time to Kill (****)
8. The Princess Bride (*****)
9. John Adams - III, IV and V (****)
10. Spiderman 3 (***)
11. Rain Man (****)

12. Bull Durham (***)
13. Fracture (***) I expected a more spectacular ending for all the build up. The beginning was way better than the end. Question contains spoiler: Upon finding out the Billy Burke was having an affair with the victim, wouldn't they have checked his gun??

pbsaurus · « **Reply #74 on:** March 23, 2009, 05:40:25 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on March 16, 2009, 06:16:16 PM

1. Hot Fuzz-1/2/09
2. Hackers-1/9/09
3. Taladega Nights-1/17/09
4. Hostel-1/27/09 (AM)
5. American Psycho 2--1/27/09 (PM)
6. Blood Diner--1/31/09
7. The Descent--2/12/09
8. Paranoid Park--2/14/09
9. Encino Man--2/21/09 Wease the Juice!
10. Saw III--2/28/09
11. Drive Thru--3/4/09
12. Tamara--3/5/09
13. Idiocracy--3/7/09
14. Napolean Dynamite--3/7/09
15. Batman The Movie--3/14/09

16. Trapped Ashes--3/21/09

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