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M. Night Shyamalan recommended Rebecca (1940) in Movies (curated)
Greg Kinnear recommended Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in Movies (curated)
Alice Rohrwacher recommended La Cienaga (2001) in Movies (curated)
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Not Another Teen Movie (2001) in Movies
Jul 3, 2021
Both Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie have a lot to answer for in regards to avalanche of actual pure shit that followed in terms of parody movies. The 00s were just full of them. It was a dark time.
However, NATM does a pretty decent job in pointing out all the ridiculousness that comes with this particular sub genre, and its brand of offbeat humour ranges from outright slapstick, to subtle throwaway lines. The cast are quite aware at how silly this film is, and the committent to the whole piece is admirable enough.
It might be low brow, but it weirdly works, and as such, NATM reamains an under appreciated, silly comedy, that has been tarnished by the same brush applied to absolute piss like Meet the Spartans.
However, NATM does a pretty decent job in pointing out all the ridiculousness that comes with this particular sub genre, and its brand of offbeat humour ranges from outright slapstick, to subtle throwaway lines. The cast are quite aware at how silly this film is, and the committent to the whole piece is admirable enough.
It might be low brow, but it weirdly works, and as such, NATM reamains an under appreciated, silly comedy, that has been tarnished by the same brush applied to absolute piss like Meet the Spartans.
Bo Burnham recommended One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) in Movies (curated)
Sarah (7798 KP) rated In the Tall Grass (2019) in Movies
Oct 5, 2019
Just bizarre
I love a good Stephen King story and while I haven’t read the novella this film is based on, I’m not convinced about this adaptation as it’s just plain old weird.
I won’t say a lot because of spoilers, but there are some aspects of this film that are quite good but for me they were spoilt by the fact that this is just set in tall grass, and that’s not scary or particularly suspenseful. The cast are mostly good but it gets a bit hammy at times and the sheer craziness of some of the scenes just makes it all a bit ridiculous. There are some good ideas in this, it’s just a shame it’s spoilt by a lot of bonkers goings on and a rather lacklustre setting.
I won’t say a lot because of spoilers, but there are some aspects of this film that are quite good but for me they were spoilt by the fact that this is just set in tall grass, and that’s not scary or particularly suspenseful. The cast are mostly good but it gets a bit hammy at times and the sheer craziness of some of the scenes just makes it all a bit ridiculous. There are some good ideas in this, it’s just a shame it’s spoilt by a lot of bonkers goings on and a rather lacklustre setting.
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Malignant (2021) in Movies
Oct 29, 2021 (Updated Nov 2, 2021)
I really enjoyed Malignant and its craziness, it slowly grows as the film progresses and once you are halfway through you start getting to the point where you get some real bat-sh*t crazy stuff as the film goes all out with the action and plenty of ass-kickings!
This is a movie that is not going to be for everyone, but I really enjoyed the escapism, it’s not really that scary as I would have hoped and it tries to use those jump scares to put you on the edge of your nerves, there is some good use of the special effects such as the killer appearing with subtle camera movements or the likes of curtains blowing to revel them there one minute and not the next.
This is a movie that is not going to be for everyone, but I really enjoyed the escapism, it’s not really that scary as I would have hoped and it tries to use those jump scares to put you on the edge of your nerves, there is some good use of the special effects such as the killer appearing with subtle camera movements or the likes of curtains blowing to revel them there one minute and not the next.