Jeepers Creepers & Jeepers Creepers 2
I like the first film quite a bit. The creeper is never over-exposed (always in shadows), and for a majority of the film you don't really get to see much of him (a far-away shot, a shot of a certain body part, etc...) which adds to the fear the Creeper emits. What you imagine in your mind is always more frightening that what you see on film. Director's need to learn this. There are also a handful of good suspenseful scenes. I thought the introductory scenes were very well done, as were the scenes in which the police are trailing them, and the scene in which they visit the cat lady.

In the 2nd film, and in the ending of the first, they try and make the Creeper technical. An artist, if you will... he listens to records, he fashions weapons complete with engravings and high-detail... etc. This just took me out of it. If he gets 23 days to eat every 23 years, I wouldn't spend a good 15 of those days carving beautifully constructed daggers out of bone. I would much prefer very crude weapons, or none at all.

The 2nd has some equally great scenes (mainly... the creeper attacking them whilst in the bus, at night) However... the 2nd film's negatives far outweigh it's positives...

The biggest thing which ruined the film for me, is that the director felt the need to visualize his fantasies. This was done in the first film, just a tad. You had the camera glorifying Darry's body quite a bit, and you had the brother and sister pee scene.

The second one ramps it up. Three cheerleaders (what a team...) and a bus full of shirtless, sweaty, muscular jocks. Singing a song with the lyric "COCK." Then you have them sunbathing on the top of the bus, and two full-on scenes of group piss parties. One scene which depicts a player fully uncloth, piss on another's shoes, while talking about homosexuality. You also have a deleted scene in which one player speaks about "jacking."

It's all done very blatantly... And if you aren't aware, the director is a convicted pedophile. My guess is he prefers males over females, and has a watersports fetish.

Not only does the above ruin the film... but you have a fucking idiotic character (Scottie) who I disliked so much that I refuse to watch any other film that he acts in (I just can't look at him without wanting to punch the screen.) He whines, he's racist, he's homophobic, and he's MR. I run the show. He's just idiotic and I hate him. Plus he looks like a knob.

The film is also packed with too much Izzy or Isn't He, and Token White Boy speeches. WE GET THE POINT.

Plus the whole action aspect of it kinda... well, yeah...

Don't bother with the 2nd.

Psycho.....



No need for a review, if you havnt seen Psycho(the orginal) get the fuck out.

How funny... I'm on a Hitchcock kick. Just found the Vanity Fair photoshoot where they photographed classic scenes with modern stars. Using Jodie Foster / The Birds as my desktop now. I really need to find that Masterpiece boxset...

I'm absolutely dying to see Rear Window.

Dead Floor and The CampusHouse.com
(from the film fest link)

Bordello of Blood

Anybody know if Ritual is on par with this one and Demon Knight?

The General (1926)
Keaton's best picture. Hilarious in every which way, and absolutely one of the greatest of all American comedies.

The Lost Weekend (1945)
Terrifying. Wilder's visual portrayel of heavy alcoholism is so starkly believable and disturbingly effective it's unbelievable.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

>>: B+


Sleuth (2007)
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>>: B


Flight of the Innocent (1992)

>>: B


Silk (2007)

>>: C

i love this one.
ray milland's performance is amazing (he won an oscar for it, didn't he?)

especially watching this and then x: the man with the x-ray eyes or the premature burial or something.

great stuff.:cool:

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb.

-The Descent With Director/ Crew Commentary.
-American Psycho.
-The Blair Witch Project.
-A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Yep, and yep. Truly one of the greatest of all time.

Spiral

Adam Green does a 180 degree turn from the hack n slash fun of Hatchet in this tight and rather gripping psychological thriller. The acting is great (especially from Chuck's Zachary Levi) the jazz score is cool and the story is engaging. The reviews are calling it Hitchcockian, but it's really closer to the work of Lucky McKee/Angela Bettis - it's almost like Roman. I really liked it, but some hated it.

8/10

I'm dying to see Spiral, like I've mentioned before.

This upcoming Friday... taking a little road-trip with a few friends. Two hours away to a town with a theatre that actually has taste. There Will Be Blood. I can't wait.

I don't think I'm going to be able to take Spiral seriously, I watched the trailer and the only thing that kept echoing in my head was "Sit... on... my... face!"

finally saw gone baby gone.

8/10

The Thin Red Line. I'm not that into war movies but it was amazing.
Cry Baby. Much like Rocky Horror Picture Show, so bad it's good.
Friday the 13th 1-3 as part of a 3 day marathon on tv last night.
Friday the 13th 4-6 tonight.

^ I assume you watched the F13ths on SCREAM, hm?
I noticed they had a little marathon going on.

Just finished Amelie... a favourite.

The Ringer - 9/10

just because it was freaking hilarious! me and some friends were watching it and we were laughing the whole time. most of it wasn't even about the movie.

Vertigo (1958)

After twenty-five viewings it never loses any of its chills or exhileration.

My Name Is Modesty (2004)

>>: C-


The Hunted (2003)

>>: B-

haha yes I did and i love amelie. good choice.

The Descent With Director/ Cast Commentary.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare With Commentary.

Ganja & Hess – Gave up after about 20 minutes of watching and 20 minutes of fast forwarding. Most boring vampire movie ever.

Sam

The Godfather
The Godfather part II ~ finally, after all this time, I have seen it. And I loved it even more than the first. Excellent.

fat girl and at midnight i'll take your soul.

Across the Universe

What a glorious train-wreck of a motion picture. The camera, choreography and lighting are second to none. Every image, every detail is sumptuous.

Too bad everything else is completely hollow. The story is laughably stupid. There is no character growth or even an enjoyable story arc. The central conceit of the film as pantomime of Beatles songs fails inherently because it's the songs you know by heart all sung and performed by people you couldn't care less about.

I can't say I hate it, because it was sooooo visually striking and at points it almost feels like a parody of a Broadway musical, so I'm torn about a proper rating. But I can say unequivocally that is you want a modern, trippy reinvention of the Beatles catalog, go see Cirque Du Soleil's LOVE, it's fantastic and trippy and authentically beautiful in a way that Across the Universe cannot be.

6/10

The Truman Show.
Watching Michael Clayton tonight... heard very good things about this one... but... watched the trailer and I have to say, very underwhelmed. I'm hoping the strong words were right.

I'm still dying to see it. I'll probably go rent it tonight.

Posted twice... Sorry!
Comp is being stupid.

The Invasion.

Not bad. I'm not going to do a huge review.

Kind of a repeat, but unique enough that I liked it.
The end was way too slow for the majority of the movie.
Instead of an unwind, it was more of a plunge.


7/10





Across the Universe

And as a huge Beatles fan, I liked Across the Universe's new sound on an old take, but missed the authentic music.
I had a Beatles binge afterwards.
Good thing I have a bunch of The Beatles vinyl. :p
If not for the story line, which I agree was laughable at most parts, then the cinematography and the like was extraordinary.
The part on the Detroit Riots did really touch me though.
That black boy in Let It Be has an amazing voice!
And the Harmony in Sun King (Because) was amazing.

I say 8/10

Saw 4.
The Fog with commentary.

Just watched my first snuff film, it was titled Passion of the Christ. Now I can see why people were all "praise Jesus!" and whatnot after the film, but to me.... it was just torture porn, I see no point in this movie. All it does is make jews look like assholes. 5/10.

Rush Hour Two

Awakening (Zombie Night 2) - very few highlights, but they looked like they had fun making it.

Severance - I dare say brilliance. The Brits are back!

Near Dark (1987)

This movie is really freaking cool! I had never seen it before; I'd rank it up among the great vampire movies.

dawn of the dead (1978).

obviously, there's nothing to say about this one.

Wayne's World

Definitely one of my favorite vampire films. :)


And tonight we watched.....
The Wild Bunch
The Maltese Falcon

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
Vertigo.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets - meh.
There Will Be Blood - alrite
Ratatouille - ...
The first 2 Alien films - Superb
A Clockwork Orange - Masterpiece
Saw 3 and 4 - brilliant but some part of me thinks it should've stopped at 3.