Last Seen Contemporary Movie

[Angra]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

To be honest the Neon Demon is the only NWR movie I've seen.

Considering it's his first horror movie you are forgiven.

[TheBossInTheWall]

Pontypool 2008

I did not get around to the film because the title made me think it was a film about angry kids in the UK in the 80s. Not exactly sure why. And not that is a bad thing, but did not realize it was a horror flic. Anyway...

6/10

[Giganticface]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

The Neon Demon (2016)

Director Nicolas Winding Refn returns to the big screen with his lesbian cannibal necrophiliac thriller The Neon Demon that got one of Cannes infamous "boos" (which realistically means nothing). There's also this whole thing about the modeling industry too. Elle Fanning plays Jesse, a 16 year old aspiring model in LA, gets signed by an agency for her natural beauty and youth. However, as she quickly rises through the ranks, other models start to become jealous and will stop at nothing to steal her beauty and youth in a world that's literally eat or be eaten. Refn can certainly stage some elaborate visuals because the entire movie is eye candy. There's a color scheme reminiscent of Suspiria, some hypnotically beautiful visual set pieces all put alongside an awesome 80's-style synth score. Refn makes a clear distinction from the high society of the modeling industry and Jesse's real life living in a run-down motel with a sleazy owner. While the modeling world has all the fantastic visuals, the real world is portrayed in a gritty way that shows that living the high life in LA might not really be as great as one might think. The actual plot is difficult to follow at points since the story sometimes takes a backseat to the visuals, but it's interesting enough and even pretty disturbing at times that it'll keep you engaged. There's a slew of crazy scenes involving cannibalism and necrophilia that more hardcore viewers might enjoy, just don't go in expecting another Cannibal Holocaust. The disturbing parts are more subtle and slow than your usual gorefest. The ending especially will either shock you or infuriate you. The Neon Demon is going to divide its audience based on if they're willing to stomach the more difficult scenes, but it's a visually stunning, often disturbing and poignant satire of the modeling industry in Los Angeles.

7/10

The Shallows (2016)

It's been a pretty dismal summer movie season with more unwanted sequels than one could imagine (who really wanted Now You See Me 2?), so it's a bit of a breath of fresh air when a fun and simple shark thriller rolls into theaters, and a surprisingly decent one at that. The Shallows is about Nancy, played by Blake Lively, a med school student and recreational surfer who travels to a secluded beach in Mexico where her late mother once surfed when she was a baby. Her alone time is ruined when she gets too far from the shore and a shark attacks her, forcing her to take refuge on a rock. Stranded two hundred yards from the shore, Nancy has to outwit the shark and try to get back to her dad and sister before becoming shark bait. In a year filled with pretentious sequels coming 15 years too late, watching a good old-fashioned non-pretentious thriller will come to a relief to many. It never takes itself too seriously, although never venturing into camp territory, and it stays suspenseful for its brief 87 minute running time. There's even a little bit of good gore thrown in there too. The Shallows is more of a survival thriller than Blake Lively vs. The Shark, so it's more suspenseful than brutal and intense. Luckily, Blake Lively gives a great performance as Nancy, a resourceful and insanely likable heroine. She's the only face on screen for about 80 minutes of the film, so it's good that she made her presence likable. The Shallows is a pure popcorn thriller: suspensful, taut and fun.

7/10

Saw The Shallows yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. 7.5/10

Hoping to see Neon Demon soon. I've found NWR enthralling and challenging (almost too challenging) since Valhalla Rising. The last two were easier to digest. I have a feeling in I'm going to miss Ryan Gosling though.

[roshiq]

Generation Z aka The ReZort (2015)



>>: B-

[FryeDwight]

TWO EVIL EYES (1991). Had heard this was going to be four Poe stories with Carpenter and Cronenberg joining Argento and Romero, but things did not work out. Too bad as I really wanted to like this more, but dragging out two Poe stories into almost two hours is really two...er...too much. Not even the Corman flicks had this much padding. Enjoyed the Romero one pretty much, but Argento's still has me feeling he is a dazzling stylist, but his films just leave me cold. **1/2

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by TheBossInTheWall

Pontypool 2008

I did not get around to the film because the title made me think it was a film about angry kids in the UK in the 80s. Not exactly sure why. And not that is a bad thing, but did not realize it was a horror flic. Anyway...

6/10

Pontypool has a nifty premise, and sounds and looks good, but it just doesn't go anywhere passed the 1st quarter opening premise. Story needed a lot more development.

[Baron Von Marlon]

Green Room (2015)
Meh...
Well made, acting was decent enough but the story was too weak.
Didn't take long before I quit caring about the characters and what would happen.

[DeadbeatAtDawn]

Green Room, 2016. 6/10



Very underwhelming. Yes, it had brutal violence. Patrick Stewart was good. He wasn't in it much. I didn't give a fuck about any of band members. It wasn't a wasteful watch but I thought it would have been different.

[roshiq]

Green Room (2015)



In response to a decent start of a brutal captivity tale, the ending turned out quite simple & less dramatic!

>>: B

[Smeg Head1]

Ha! It looks like we all watched Green Room last night!

I've been looking forward to this one but it was not what I expected.

Intelligently written, 'human' characters rather than character tropes, well acted and generally well made. Unfortunately it didn't really go anywhere interesting.
7/10

RIP Anton Yelchin