@zupertramp Yeah he was in The Rover. You should check out those other films, I can recommend them (although I've not seen the last 2). Good Times might not be an easy watch though for some, but i found it more bearable than something like Uncut Gems.
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@JohnnyShoulder I've been planning on watching The Lighthouse and The Devil All the Time, it's really just a matter of time, but I'll add those others to my ever growing queue as well.
I've also been recommended High Life but I wasn't too sure about that one.
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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I think it was Pattinson’s first major gig. He became Edward shortly thereafter.
The teen heartthrob role of Cedric in Harry Potter, followed by becoming Edward where he [apparently ... don’t know since I’ve never spent 2 seconds on Twilight] doubled down on being the heart’s desire for every teenage girl, it had the makings of becoming typecast but it appears that to his credit he was able to escape that and take on a variety of roles.
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@Th3solution@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ah ok. I have seen the HP films and aware that RP was in them but not well versed in all the lingo or recall his character. I watched them all quite close together one Xmas period a few years back. They were OK, but I have no desire to watch them again. Not seen any of the Twilight movies either, and have no desire to ever watch those.
Oh and Sol the image you posted is not working for me, it is coming up 'image not found.'
Yeah, Hufflepuff is the silliest name ever and literally the most spare and forgettable of all 4 Hogwarts houses.
It’s also humorous that if a person doesn’t know the HP universe then I can see how the terms do sound like the ramblings of a madman - Hufflepuff, Dumbledore, Slytherin, Muggle... 😂 It’s all gibberish.
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So Black Widow’s been bumped to May 2021, a full year after it was originally scheduled. Crazy times. Still not sure I really give a toss though, I’d have rather they brought back Mockingbird from the SHIELD show 😛
@nessisonett Honestly I'm not a huge Marvel movie fan but I am really looking forward to Black Widow. Still, a delay won't kill me. Nothing could smart like the Netflix cancellation of Daredevil anyway.
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@Wavey84 Suspiria is brilliant, love both the movie and the crazy good soundtrack. I did enjoy the remake but it’s a different sort of movie and I appreciated different aspects.
@Wavey84 Yeah, the remake was sort of post-ironic to be honest, it revelled in the silliness that is seen in a lot of classic giallo movies. One movie that I never see discussed but is actually pretty good is Eyes of Laura Mars, the only proper American movie done in the classic giallo style I can name. It was John Carpenter’s first movie he wrote which probably explains the Italian influences I’ve heard Halloween has, a movie I really need to watch and so will probably do that this Halloween!
I've intended to watch Martyrs and Inside for years, but just never got around to it. I'm really slacking on my French New Wave stuff.
I can respect preferring A Nightmare on Elm Street. Lovely surrealistic imagery, wonderfully paced, and probably my favorite genre slasher overall (Halloween doesn't really count, since it effectively established the predominant standards of the genre). I think my favorite sequel in that series was Wes Craven's New Nightmare, which brought back the series' edge and also helped pave the way for Scream with its fixation on meta horror.
I've never been able to get into the italian horror/thriller films I've watched. I checked out a few of Argento's giallo films (Deep Red and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, I believe) and was bored to death. They're well-constructed films, and I respect the director's influence on cinema, but they're not fun watches, IMO.
I've also watched a few Lucio Fulci films, and... I don't understand what people see in his work. The Beyond was one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life, and I couldn't even make it through all of City of the Living Dead. His gore effects are gross, but hardly convincing or impressive, especially compared to films like Dawn/Day of the Living Dead, which employed the amazing talents of Tom Savini to spectacular effect.
Do you watch Japanese horror cinema at all? In terms of atmosphere and thematic elegance, I've yet to watch a horror film as excellent as Kiyoshi Kurosawa's apocalyptic ghost story Pulse. In terms of pure imagery, I really took to the insane, layered Suicide Club.
As for horror-comedy, I think my favorite film has always been, and will likely always be, Return of the Living Dead. It's an awesome mix of absurdity, quippy dialogue, and some surprisingly disturbing imagery. Although some traditional zombie fans hate it for normalizing the idea that zombies only want to eat the brain of their victims. 😂
@Ralizah Have you seen many Cronenberg movies? Scanners and Videodrome are two of my favourite ‘horror’ movies despite not traditionally being lumped in with your Halloweens and Nightmare on Elm Streets and the like.
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