Nightmare on Elm St 2: Freddy's Revenge.
Sucked just as much as it did the first time.
Sucked just as much as it did the first time.
Latest Movie That You Watched!
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Zoolander 2 - extremely silly but very funny.
Dad's Army - well-loved characters worn by different actors: they fit well.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - both Austen and Zombie elements played straight-faced. Somehow it works.
Dad's Army - well-loved characters worn by different actors: they fit well.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - both Austen and Zombie elements played straight-faced. Somehow it works.
Black Mass
Very disappointing. I am intimately familiar with the book it was based on. The movie didn't do the book justice. I heard a lot about all of the stuff in the movie growing up. Most of it was all over the news up here. Additionally, my dad grew up in South Boston and was about the same age as John Connolly and a lot of the dirtbags the movie was based on. My dad was also on the Boston PD for 40 yrs. and had first hand knowledge of a lot of what was in the book / movie. We had some in depth discussions about the book when it came out. He said it was accurate but didn't truly relay how much of a scumbag Bulger and his cronies really were.
The movie was even more watered down. It had your typical lousy attempts at Boston accents. Johnny Depp was awful as Bulger. The other roles were horribly miscast as well. Plot was weak and left out most of the more interesting parts of the book. Glad I saw it On Demand and didn't waste money going to the theater to see it when it was released. If my Dad were still alive to have watched the movie I can just see him yelling at the screen and wondering aloud what the heck happened between the book and the film.
This whole ugly Bulger mess was a huge black eye for the FBI. The basically let Bulger do whatever he wanted in exchange for crappy intel. He was at large for 15 years because the FBI really didn't want to find him. The only real useful info they got from him was about the Angulo crime family. They were basically a part of the Gambino family in New York. When Gerry got busted the power seat of the New England mafia shifted from the North End in Boston back to the Patriarca family in Providence, RI. That cleared the way for Bulger to basically run wild in Boston with no rivals strong enough to keep him in check.
Fun fact- I could see the excavation crews digging up the bodies of Bulger's victims along the Neponset River from the building I worked in back in the late 90's / early 2000's. We could see the back-hoes, news crews, tents covering the excavation areas, state police choppers, and all the other craziness. We didn't know what was going on over there until the news stories broke about it being a potential mob burial ground. Learned later that Kevin Weeks gave up the body locations in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Very disappointing. I am intimately familiar with the book it was based on. The movie didn't do the book justice. I heard a lot about all of the stuff in the movie growing up. Most of it was all over the news up here. Additionally, my dad grew up in South Boston and was about the same age as John Connolly and a lot of the dirtbags the movie was based on. My dad was also on the Boston PD for 40 yrs. and had first hand knowledge of a lot of what was in the book / movie. We had some in depth discussions about the book when it came out. He said it was accurate but didn't truly relay how much of a scumbag Bulger and his cronies really were.
The movie was even more watered down. It had your typical lousy attempts at Boston accents. Johnny Depp was awful as Bulger. The other roles were horribly miscast as well. Plot was weak and left out most of the more interesting parts of the book. Glad I saw it On Demand and didn't waste money going to the theater to see it when it was released. If my Dad were still alive to have watched the movie I can just see him yelling at the screen and wondering aloud what the heck happened between the book and the film.
This whole ugly Bulger mess was a huge black eye for the FBI. The basically let Bulger do whatever he wanted in exchange for crappy intel. He was at large for 15 years because the FBI really didn't want to find him. The only real useful info they got from him was about the Angulo crime family. They were basically a part of the Gambino family in New York. When Gerry got busted the power seat of the New England mafia shifted from the North End in Boston back to the Patriarca family in Providence, RI. That cleared the way for Bulger to basically run wild in Boston with no rivals strong enough to keep him in check.
Fun fact- I could see the excavation crews digging up the bodies of Bulger's victims along the Neponset River from the building I worked in back in the late 90's / early 2000's. We could see the back-hoes, news crews, tents covering the excavation areas, state police choppers, and all the other craziness. We didn't know what was going on over there until the news stories broke about it being a potential mob burial ground. Learned later that Kevin Weeks gave up the body locations in exchange for a lighter sentence.
The House That Dripped Blood
Entertaining, if a bit campy, British horror anthology form 1970. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliot, John Pertwee (father of Sean) and Ingrid Pitt were in it. I'd never seen it before. I liked it.
Entertaining, if a bit campy, British horror anthology form 1970. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliot, John Pertwee (father of Sean) and Ingrid Pitt were in it. I'd never seen it before. I liked it.
Dawn of the Planet with some Apes.
Dug it. Ceasar's my favorite monkey man--like a simian Bruce Lee.
Dug it. Ceasar's my favorite monkey man--like a simian Bruce Lee.
Go spell check yer mama.
Are you saying that I misspelled Ceasar?
I like them, too, because they carry an attitude of real worth, they insist on getting as much bang for the buck as possible when there obviously weren't that all that many bucks, or pounds, there.Love this one! The British anthology horror films are so fun
You misspelled ranch dressing.
Rock Star
Finally saw this all the way through today on Netflix. I've seen bits and pieces over the years. Basically, the movie is a loose telling of the story of Tim "Ripper" Owens. He was the singer of a Judas Priest tribute band that was hired to replace Rob Halford when he let the band for a while. I liked it.
Didn't know that the tune Stand Up was a Sammy Hagar song \w/.
Finally saw this all the way through today on Netflix. I've seen bits and pieces over the years. Basically, the movie is a loose telling of the story of Tim "Ripper" Owens. He was the singer of a Judas Priest tribute band that was hired to replace Rob Halford when he let the band for a while. I liked it.
Didn't know that the tune Stand Up was a Sammy Hagar song \w/.
Gaspar Noe's "Love".
(See my post in Random Thoughts)
(See my post in Random Thoughts)
Latest Movie That You Watched!
A Walk Among the Tombstones. Liam Neeson in a movie the category of which Hollywood seems enjoying exploiting: The Equalizer, Jack Reacher, John Wick, Taken. It's revenge and redemption, two not-incompatible play friends, working their angst out on the world's devils, mobsters, and Russians. Guaranteed apoplexic for gun-haters.
A Walk Among the Tombstones. Liam Neeson in a movie the category of which Hollywood seems enjoying exploiting: The Equalizer, Jack Reacher, John Wick, Taken. It's revenge and redemption, two not-incompatible play friends, working their angst out on the world's devils, mobsters, and Russians. Guaranteed apoplexic for gun-haters.
The Wonder Boys. Hey, this was pretty good. Might have to seek out the novel. Never read any Michael Chabon, but I'd read this.
And a re-watch:
House of 1,000 Corpses. Didn't care for this the first time around, not as much as Devil's Rejects, but got a real kick out of it this time. Like a carnival ride through a kitschy horror nightmare. Love Sid Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Shari Moon's 'moon' (derf), but still think Rob Zombie's dialogue sucks. Give it 3 out of five corpses.
And a re-watch:
House of 1,000 Corpses. Didn't care for this the first time around, not as much as Devil's Rejects, but got a real kick out of it this time. Like a carnival ride through a kitschy horror nightmare. Love Sid Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Shari Moon's 'moon' (derf), but still think Rob Zombie's dialogue sucks. Give it 3 out of five corpses.
I've personally determined that three factors must be firmly in place for a movie to be a good movie; they are: 1) Good direction; 2) Good acting; 3) Good writing. Imho, without all three of those (lighting, editing, costumes, various kinds of effects, are not required, though they are handy) all movies are failures in terms of art.
Deadpool,
Have to admit I was impressed.
]Stayed true to comic book flow
(INOP)
Have to admit I was impressed.
]Stayed true to comic book flow
(INOP)
I like Rob's original films. The Lords of Salem is one trippy horror film.