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Rewatching for the first time in a while
Saw today. Favorite film of 2023 so far
A childhood memory of seeing it on Broadway
Favorite lines/moments
The Greeks’ caution (minor spoiler)
Movies seen the most times
Top 25 horror films
S02!
S01 incredibly consistent
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Mr. Jackson,
I've loved your films from Dead/Alive to the Return of the King.
Please, please, whatever you were trying to do with The Hobbit trilogy, do the exact opposite, and I might start to feel glimmers of hope.
I'm certain reading that article won't change my views on this subgenre, so I won't bother.
Having seen 83 FF horror films, with The Blair Witch Project being the first, the circumstances likely had a lot to do with it. I've told this story here before, but not for a while: I was working at a production company, mostly in the dub room, when our sales rep, likely returning from Sundance, iirc before any hype had started, tossed a totally unlabeled VHS tape at me and said, "Check this out. They found this footage in the woods,"
Some days we worked 16 hours with hardly a break, and some days we barely had anything to do. This was one of those days, so we popped the tape in, along with blanks in the three or for other VHS decks, and hit play on the master, and dubbed as many as we could, and proceeded to watch. Best guess around lunch time.
There were usually three of us in the dub room, and it was treated the "safe haven/break room" for any staff, including some med-small to med-big name directors who would pop in to chill and shoot the shit and best guess max we had near ten watching this unusual and unnerving film at any given time. The most often asked question was "how did they cary so many batteries and tapes?" I agreed, but luckily it's easy for me to suspend disbelief, so in the middle of the day, AT WORK, in a room with various co-workers in it, I bought in to it pretty deeply. The night tent attack freaked me out pretty good, losing Josh and the climax scared the shit out of me, and more than a few coworkers.
Other favorites:
Noroi (2005)
[•REC] (2007)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - supposedly the first FF horror
all meriting 8/10
I could go on, but those are my favorites, but there have been some turkeys. Of the last 53, #'s 43-62 I rated 5/10, and 63-83 were 4/10-, with my least favorite three being:
August Underground's Mordum (2003)
Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
The Last Broadcast (1998)
All meriting a 2/2.
Every genre has its good and bad.
I remember when they started the idea of aggregated critics' reviews, and just like any other critics reviews, I agreed with some. Then time went by and Chinese money began to take over Hollywood, and the "RT Scores" became more and more predictable depending on the movie studio(s).
Now I've found that if the RT score is low and audience score is high, my odds of enjoying the movie are much higher. So c'est la vie.
IMDb is a whole different story. I've never trusted their scores.
I can't think of a genre I like/watch less than romantic comedy, well, I suppose straight romance, but I can't think of any. Anyway, I love:
Love, Actually (2003) and Ghost Town (2008).
Because it is, IMO of course. I'll be sure to post if I see one I find scarier.
It's amazing how much I love his first three films, with Unbreakable as maybe a top five to ten superhero film, and then the rest all sunk to mediocre to trash.
Dammit, it reminds me of another filmmaker that followed an identical pattern, but the name isn't coming to mind atm...
It is strongly recommended you watch the trilogy in order if you want the full story:
Unbreakable
Split
Glass
Unfortunately, imo, the second two movies are of such a lower quality, I would be perfectly happy just watching Unbreakable three times in a row.
Of course there are actors I like more/less than others, but I can't think of a single instance where that would be the only criterion for seeing a movie. I need few more reasons: director, plot, word-of-mouth, genre, etc...
I have been an IMDb member since 2000. Can't remember exactly when I started posting, but I was almost exclusive to the individual film boards, excluding the super popular/current ones, which were usually a mess full of spoilers, and was a regular at the horror board.
Here is my post history back to 2005: https://filmboards.com/user/28057/ It seems to have more saved than here, but still not 100% complete.
I have mixed feelings about fb: their format really tries to mimic the original IMDb, you can hide politics and the soapbox from your "Film & TV discussion" i.e. "New" feed, and coolest of all, you can merge your old IMDb posts/profile with your current one. Kinda fun to browse what you were talking about twenty years ago. On the down side, it's got a smaller and trollier userbase, but there are still some decent people and threads to be found. Kowalski may chime in to disagree. :D
Oh yeah, I have six people on my blocklist at fb, not due to anything they say, but it's the quantity of their posts that annoys me. If I have to scroll through more than one page made up entirely of one poster, they get blocked. While I can disagree or get annoyed by certain posters here, as long as they only post a couple times a day, I can just ignore them, so no need to blocklist them.
I find this place much more active, but alas half the posts are about politics and no way to hide them yet. I'd say I'm here six+ days/week, but only visit fb maybe a couple times a month.
I avoid cotton unless I've slacked on laundry, preferring wool or a comfy wicking blend. Cotton absorbs sweat, which creates that "aaaah" feeling at the end of the day when you peel them off your wrinkly feet. Do yourself a favor and try SmartWool or Darn Tough or really any wool/synthetic that "wicks" moisture off your feet. Will change your life, or at least your foot comfort. They also last much longer than cotton socks whose heels wear through after a few washings.
Otherwise, medium thick year round, unless I'm visiting a cold/snowy winter environment, then thick please.
I have a half drawer full of blue wool socks for jeans, and try to match with pants (trousers for those across the pond), but don't obsess on it. When I wear shorts, usually only when biking or working out, ankle height is fine, but again, I don't obsess if I'm out and have to wear boot cut or higher. Knee highs reserved for deadlift day.
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