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[dholliday]

Double up on Kill Bill.

Tarantino's finest work.

 

[get-your-coat-on]

Saw they're bringing back The Thing to cinemas next month to celebrate it's 40th Anniversary.

Obviously had to watch it. Still an absolute stormer of a film. Hate to sound cliché, but they really don't make horror/sci fi like that anymore. Defo in my top 10.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Looks like Peter doesn't like the decision

A great Cannes goes pear-shaped giving the Palme d’Or to Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette

www.theguardian.com

 

[Terrarian]

I watched The Last Duel yesterday, good film written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both in it as well, Damon a main character, it has Jodie Comer in as well as and directed by Ridley Scott, worth a watch .

 

[YMJ]

Operation mincemeat
Good film

 

[Rita_Poon]

Saw they're bringing back The Thing to cinemas next month to celebrate it's 40th Anniversary.

Obviously had to watch it. Still an absolute stormer of a film. Hate to sound cliché, but they really don't make horror/sci fi like that anymore. Defo in my top 10.

John Carpenter has made some belters.

 

[get-your-coat-on]

John Carpenter has made some belters.

Absolutely, even his really cheesy ones like Ghosts of Mars. Guilty pleasure that one.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Absolutely, even his really cheesy ones like Ghosts of Mars. Guilty pleasure that one.

He did a lot of his own music composing, although they stink of the 70s/80s theyre all the better for it. Iconic. A number one!

 

[dholliday]

Hate to sound cliché, but they really don't make horror/sci fi like that anymore.

It's the practical fx that make those films special even 40 years later. CGI just doesn't cut it. See also 1986's The Fly, The Howling, American Werewolf in London, The Cage, Critters, Gremlins and many more.

well-made Practical FX are tangible...you can sense they're really there. With CGI i just feel like i'm watching a cartoon or computer-game cut-scene...not necessarily bad, can even be very good and effective. But practical-fx is where the really masterful work is done.


Another reason why these moody 80's creature-horror films are superior is pacing, dialogue, music and characters. Modern movies pack a ton of relationship baggage into the characters, have overblown formulaic orchestral scores, cringy shouty unlikeable dialogue and rush through scenes.

He did a lot of his own music composing, although they stink of the 70s/80s theyre all the better for it. Iconic. A number one!

i'm a sucker for 70's synth musik...i wish more modern films used electronic scores.

 

[Rita_Poon]

It's the practical fx that make those films special even 40 years later. CGI just doesn't cut it. See also 1986's The Fly, The Howling, American Werewolf in London, The Cage, Critters, Gremlins and many more.

well-made Practical FX are tangible...you can sense they're really there. With CGI i just feel like i'm watching a cartoon or computer-game cut-scene...not necessarily bad, can even be very good and effective. But practical-fx is where the really masterful work is done.


Another reason why these moody 80's creature-horror films are superior is pacing, dialogue, music and characters. Modern movies pack a ton of relationship baggage into the characters, have overblown formulaic orchestral scores, cringy shouty unlikeable dialogue and rush through scenes.



i'm a sucker for 70's synth musik...i wish more modern films used electronic scores.

Had to name check Jim Henson for star wars, empire and jedi and of course Labyrinth.

 

[dholliday]

Had to name check Jim Henson for star wars, empire and jedi and of course Labyrinth.

Yoda looked great, much prefer puppet yoda to the computer-graphic one.

But Labyrinth was a little too puppety, looks like a kids' bedroom at times lol

 

[Rita_Poon]

Yoda looked great, much prefer puppet yoda to the computer-graphic one.

But Labyrinth was a little too puppety, looks like a kids' bedroom at times lol

It was a kids bedroom in part

 

[The_Riddler]

Wild Things.

Still a guilty pleasure.

 

[cahill 17]

Wild Things.

Still a guilty pleasure.

Great err lesbian scene lol,it is a decent film

 

[BNJ1878]

Saw they're bringing back The Thing to cinemas next month to celebrate it's 40th Anniversary.

Obviously had to watch it. Still an absolute stormer of a film. Hate to sound cliché, but they really don't make horror/sci fi like that anymore. Defo in my top 10.

Saw on the TV guide this was coming up.

Absolutely fuming when I sat down and it was the remake