Movies that aren't really BAD -- but aren't very good, either - Page 7

erimir · #**151** 02-11-2020, 08:57 AM

That was about my take on Joker.

So glad that Parasite won... although I still need to see it.

So far I loved Mother and liked Okja. Snowpiercer was alright too.

Gotta find Memories of Murder and The Host so I can (pretty much) complete the Bong Joon-Ho oeuvre.

lisarea · #**152** 02-11-2020, 03:41 PM

Memories of Murder is on YouTube, supposedly.

Memories Of Murder (Full Movie) - YouTube

I can't make sure without signing on to confirm my age, but supposedly.

Ari · #**153** 02-11-2020, 06:41 PM

I shall take the hit and allow the machine to know of my click and say that yes that appears to be a 2+ hour video not geolocked in the us.

lisarea · #**154** 02-11-2020, 08:03 PM

Thank you! I would have had to go get my phone for the 2FA and I didn't feel like it.

Stormlight · #**155** 02-19-2020, 02:05 PM

The video has been removed by the user.
Very, very rude!

specious_reasons · #**156** 02-22-2020, 06:48 PM

All the Colors of the Dark

A young lady (Jane, played by Edwige Fenech) is having disturbing visions after she is injured in an accident and loses her baby. Her fiancé is a salesman and is away for long, suspicious hours. Soon a man who she thinks killed her mother is stalking her, so she goes to a Freudian psychiatrist and a Satanic cult for help. Both are probably bad ideas, although one is definitely worse.

The Satanic cult is fascinating and funny. It's definitely a product of the "Satanic Panic." It's never resolved exactly if these people have power, or if the magical reality happens in Jane's dreams. There's a vision Jane has that comes more or less true, so it's unclear.

This is a pretty decent thriller, but it wavers between being dreamlike and incomprehensible. To my more modern tastes, our heroine is particularly ineffective. She does not seem to have any sense of self-preservation, but maybe that’s only in the fantasy/dream sequences? It's hard to tell. It definitely does get old that the heroine is always scared, screaming, and stumbling.

If you can take the ending for reality, I think it comes to a decent conclusion. Overall, better than I was expecting.

The Italian print is 7 minutes longer than the version I watched, and considering that the movie I saw ends in a freeze frame, I suspect that the original ending was more dark. I want to see this extended version.

specious_reasons · #**157** 03-14-2020, 02:05 AM

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

It's mostly non-linear, but there is a story here. A man has a fetish of inserting metal objects into his body. He's not particularly sanitary about it and gets maggots in the wound. He then panics, runs out into the street and gets hit by a car. We then cut to a man, who is feeling disturbed about the accident - he was the driver.

Trying to resume his normal life, he tries to go to work on the train. At the train station, he gets attacked by a woman who seems to have metal growing over her hand. He escapes her, and stumbles... back home maybe?

Well, next we see him, he's making love to his girlfriend, and things start to go badly for him. His penis turns into a drill and soon more parts of him transform, like metal shit all over his face. Naturally, she freaks out, and he seems to get angry and kills her. He gets more and more metal growing out of him until he's confronted by the accident victim.

We learn the man and woman, instead of reporting the accident, just dumped the body. They had sex right where they left him, in case dumping the body wasn't tacky enough. Only the victim wasn’t dead, and/or transformed into something else, and vowed revenge.

There's a fight, of sorts, but the fight doesn't end up like the victim expects. The two men merge, possibly fall in love, and then venture out to corrupt the world...

Fuck, this was intense and weird. I think I have a headache after watching it. I think I'd understand it better if I rewatched it, but I have no desire to.

lisarea · #**158** 03-14-2020, 04:30 AM

Oh. Oh. I have stories I don't think I should tell, but I had to dispose of my copy after two extremely bad things happened because of it.

But I have recommended it to people who've told me to watch Marvel movies.

specious_reasons · #**159** 03-14-2020, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lisarea

Oh. Oh. I have stories I don't think I should tell, but I had to dispose of my copy after two extremely bad things happened because of it.

But I have recommended it to people who've told me to watch Marvel movies.

I saw that Matlock did *not* appreciate the movie. I can't blame him.

ceptimus · #**160** 03-15-2020, 12:00 AM

I bought a copy of Caddyshack on DVD from Ebay. I'd never seen it, saw it recommended on the Plane Savers YouTube channel, and buying the DVD was the cheapest (legal) way I could find to watch it.

Anyway, meh.

I suppose I could now list the DVD on Ebay and get most of my money back - but I probably won't bother - it only cost two pounds, including shipping.

specious_reasons · #**161** 03-16-2020, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ceptimus

I bought a copy of Caddyshack on DVD from Ebay. I'd never seen it, saw it recommended on the Plane Savers YouTube channel, and buying the DVD was the cheapest (legal) way I could find to watch it.

Anyway, meh.

I suppose I could now list the DVD on Ebay and get most of my money back - but I probably won't bother - it only cost two pounds, including shipping.

Caddyshack was inspired by Brian Doyle-Murray's caddying experience (IIRC, a pretty upscale golf course in Chicago). I think it's an essential "slobs vs. snobs" movie.

This was also steeped in the pop culture of my youth. I actually didn't see the complete movie until I was a young adult, but I knew a lot of the jokes. I think there are lots of parts of this movie that are quite funny.

However... I don't actually find a lot of Bill Murray's performance very funny, and a lot of the "classic" bits I grew up with people referencing are not very interesting to me.

JoeP · #**162** 03-19-2020, 06:45 PM

I suspect this might belong in the crappy movies thread but I haven't actually seen it.

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why, why did the cats have cgi buttholes in the first place

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Because giving them real ones would have hurt

Stormlight · #**163** 03-21-2020, 07:29 PM

The Beach Bum

What? I ... WHAT??

Stormlight · #**164** 03-21-2020, 07:30 PM

Seriously though I have no idea what the hell I just watched.

lisarea · #**165** 03-21-2020, 07:48 PM

You watched a Harmony Korine movie is what. A lot of people don't expect this sort of thing.

Stormlight · #**166** 03-21-2020, 07:54 PM

I liked Spring Breakers but this ... I have no idea. Maybe I have to watch it again. :shrug:

Edit: Actually I’m pretty sure I have to rewatch this as I have never felt so completely lost in a movie. Well apart from every Wes Anderson movie. I don’t get those either.

lisarea · #**167** 03-21-2020, 08:44 PM

I haven't seen it since it came out, so I'm trying to remember specifics, but one major takeaway I always get from his movies is that they're supposed to be like that, I think. Like, you're supposed to be kind of discombobulated and confused and not sure what you just saw or why. And that humans are strange, stupid, cruel animals.

His movies are ones where I always like them much better a day or two after I see them. Not like a bad thing, just more a delayed reaction. I think because of the disorientation maybe. I think it took me at least a week before I liked Mr. Lonely, but then I really liked it.

Stormlight · #**168** 03-21-2020, 09:03 PM

Interesting. Now I’ll definitely give it another chance.

specious_reasons · #**169** 05-04-2020, 07:16 AM

I was looking for light entertainment while washing dishes today, so I picked Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

I watched this in the theater as a teen. At the time, I was aware of the Elvira character, and had even seen her TV show a few times. Elvira is a classic character, she's a macabre beauty who has a caustic wit with a naughty streak. I remember being mildly disappointed at the time.

This time around, I got more of the jokes. I still wish it were a bit funnier - more jokes, more humor, or had a better plot, especially the 3rd act. Either one would be fine. If there were a few more jokes, I wouldn't mind the dumb main villain.

It's fun and pleasant, perfect for washing dishes.