Recently Watched Films

Re-watch. Giallo serial killer movie. A must for fans of the genre. 

Pretty good, but for me also not up there with Anderson's best ones. Bill Murray is wasted in a cameo only role. 

Bleak as fuck. Yet oddly captivating. Not much really happens, yet it still manages to be absorbing. I must be going through a kind of cinematic maturing because there's no way in hell I'd have put up with something like this less than a year ago, much less feel so engrossed by it. 

I definitely wouldn't want to watch it on a day I felt really down though. This is among the most depressing films I've ever seen. 

Carpenter's is the true classic version, one of my all time favourite movies, but the original holds up really well. As they are very different takes on the story as well they're very easy to double feature like this without feeling like you're treading the same ground again. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6402468/

Albeit the Italian cut, though when something is branded as the Argento cut that's a selling point for me. Plus it has music from Goblin like Argento's often do. Apparently it has a few bits cut from the movie though. I honestly wasn't blown away by the movie, perhaps because it's one of those films that is so hyped that it can't possible live up to expectations, but I was entertained, especially as it went on. I rarely rate zombie films higher than 4/5 though (my only 5's are both zomedies), so that still puts this on the upper end of the genre for me. 

Mixed feelings. A good and watchable thriller, but I don't see it being one to revisit. There are zero sympathetic characters in the movie, so it's also hard to feel invested in anyone coming out on top. The two kids serve as de facto protagonists by virtue of everyone else being much worse, and they're basically a couple of stupid little pricks who run away from home and have the 'genius' idea to steal a seemingly abandoned police car. It also has quite the non-ending. 

I think that exhausts the Wes Anderson films currently available to stream. I enjoyed both but Fantastic Mr. Fox may just be a masterpiece. Think I've actually seen at least a bit of this movie before actually. Too many scenes just felt too familiar. 

Re-watches:

I say re-watch, but not a single scene of this movie felt familiar to me. I wanted to see it again because it didn't make an impression the first time and it has a decent rep, but I'm now wondering if the movie I watched before was actually a different film.  Either way this was much better than the original 2.5 stars I gave it. 

Second watch and still don't get it. Good movie, but I don't get it.

The epic. I can't quite bring myself to give it five stars though. I just can't help feeling that this one could have been slightly trimmed down from it's close to 3.5 hour runtime. 

Yer usual Troma fare - unapologetically tacky and low budget, a bit silly and a bit sexy, and continuity and a coherent story are suggestions rather than necessities.

Forgot to add, this features music by Clive Burr. I had to double check, but yes, it was by the former Iron Maiden drummer.

Thought this was pretty good. Cage on fine form as well.