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Maddie said:
Watched a movie called Sky, with FlakeNoir , and enjoyed it very muchly. If anyone would like to see Norman Reedus off the Walking Dead under a French production ( Smooth ) heres a sneak look at it and the link to the movie is in Flake's birthday thread.
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Maddie, thank you for the heads up! This looks like a great flick. Reedus always does it for me, so I was pretty much sold at the mention of his name. Have you seen Boondock Saints yet? I've been so swamped lately I haven't had any time to do more than pop in here for half a second if you happened to mention that somewhere else. :D
 
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Neil W said:
My thoughts when I saw it:
Amelia has a small boy who is an utter nightmare - hyperactive, somewhere on the autism scale, full of obsessive compulsive behaviour - plus she is exhausted and hasn't really processed her husband's death. A bedtime story book called The Babadook turns out, it appears, to summon a genuine nightmarish entity. Or does it? I missed this when it first came out - a genuinely scary horror film, it said, one of the best horrors for years.

Sorry, but it falls short, possibly on the basis of false advertising. It is nicely creepy, with a sense of enveloping dread, and the cast are all very good, especially young Noah Wiseman as a truly annoying little boy (but then, he's supposed to be). Had it been staged (and advertised) as a psychological thriller, then it would have been utterly successful. However, it is sold as, and turns out to be, a horror movie, in which endeavour it is considerably less successful. In particular, it promises much and delivers little, and it has a dumb resolution. Still, at least it didn't have one of those unconvincing shock endings which turns everything on its tail.

And it was so nearly really good.
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Agree. I kept thinking it was going to get better, but it just kept getting funnier. I guess it didn't help that my son and I started riffing on it as if we were hosting Mystery Science Theater 3000. We had a good time though.
 
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danie said:
The Babadook
My son and I laughed all the way through this one, and I don't think that was the film's intention. I was disappointed because this was really the first scary movie he and I watched together. Not scary at all. The kid in it was a great actor, though. I will say that. I'll show him Halloween next so he understands what horror is all about. :)
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Neil W said:
My thoughts when I saw it:
Amelia has a small boy who is an utter nightmare - hyperactive, somewhere on the autism scale, full of obsessive compulsive behaviour - plus she is exhausted and hasn't really processed her husband's death. A bedtime story book called The Babadook turns out, it appears, to summon a genuine nightmarish entity. Or does it? I missed this when it first came out - a genuinely scary horror film, it said, one of the best horrors for years.

Sorry, but it falls short, possibly on the basis of false advertising. It is nicely creepy, with a sense of enveloping dread, and the cast are all very good, especially young Noah Wiseman as a truly annoying little boy (but then, he's supposed to be). Had it been staged (and advertised) as a psychological thriller, then it would have been utterly successful. However, it is sold as, and turns out to be, a horror movie, in which endeavour it is considerably less successful. In particular, it promises much and delivers little, and it has a dumb resolution. Still, at least it didn't have one of those unconvincing shock endings which turns everything on its tail.

And it was so nearly really good.
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danie said:
Agree. I kept thinking it was going to get better, but it just kept getting funnier. I guess it didn't help that my son and I started riffing on it as if we were hosting Mystery Science Theater 3000. We had a good time though.
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I think the reason some people, including Mr. King and William Friedkin, found it scary was because the Babadook/monster is really mental illness. The mental illness was haunting/disturbing/menacing both the mother and the boy. And mental illness is real and can happen to anyone at anytime. That's scary.
 
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muskrat said:
Tim Burton's Home for Harry Potter's Mutant X-Kids, or something. Home for peculiar kid freaks stuck in a WWII time loop island thingie. And Sam Jackson ('cause he's in every movie, dontcha know). About what I expected. See the trailer, ya seen the whole movie. I kinda just drifted out, just didn't give a damn anymore. Maybe if I read the book it'd suck less, but I doubt it.

Then I ate a homemade taco with lotsa srirrrrracha. And Malt liquor. We won't talk about what happened the next morning.
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Smooth said:
Maddie, thank you for the heads up! This looks like a great flick. Reedus always does it for me, so I was pretty much sold at the mention of his name. Have you seen Boondock Saints yet? I've been so swamped lately I haven't had any time to do more than pop in here for half a second if you happened to mention that somewhere else. :D
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Youre welcome Smooth :smile: yes I checked out the Boondock Saint and was like WOW, I never seen such goodlooking vigilantes kill that many people in one movie! It was a fun watch , I enjoyed it, thank you for recommending it. :love_heart:


I watched this one last night, and you may like it too, filmed around that same time late 90s its a dark suspenseful thriller with quite a surprise! :eek: I liked it. It was up at youtube and now, its here. :smile-new: courtesy of FlakeNoir :snowman: treasure trove of birthday goodies the gift that keeps on giving. :tickled_pink:

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Sigmund said:
The Verdict

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

I guess this movie was considered good at the time but it made me cringe several times.

Paul Newman hit a woman so hard he knocked her to the ground and made her bleed. When lawyers find out a black doctor will be testifying for their opponent they snicker and smile with derision at the thought of a black doctor.

The Newman character left much to be desired, IMO.
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Good movie. It' supposed to make you cringe in those parts.
 
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danie said:
A Dog's Purpose--sweet movie. Should I get a dog? The film made me want one. :)

The Factory--serial killer takes John Cusack's kid? Oh I know you di-unt. Well-done with lots of creepiness and snow.
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Hola, bella!

I love dogs like really really love dogs but...I don't have the time to exercise and spend time with one. My BFF said a cat would be perfect for me but...don't like cats.

Ma'am, where did you watch the movies?

ETA-The factory is streaming on Netflix.
 
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Doc Creed said:
The Vanishing (1993)
I remember going to the theater for this one. While not a perfectly plotted movie I enjoyed the psychological tension and Bridge's underrated performance. The novel has one of my favorite endings of all time.
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Have you seen the original foreign one? It's much better than the one with Bridge's.
 
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