Hmm, was almost positive I mentioned Westworld t’other night, but can’t find it (even goggled it).
Classic roboflick, and watching Yul Brynner trash-talking Richard Benjamin was a hoot!
I saw The Frighteners (1996).
It was mediocre, which is strange.
I like Michael J. Fox, I like some Peter Jackson films, and I like most movies produced by Robert Zemeckis.
It seemed like the film makers were more interested in showing off special effects than anything else.
And many of the special effects do not look very good in 2019.
I did like parts of the movie, and I did like the last half hour, but overall it could have been much better.
“American Woman”
About a woman who disappears and how the family around reacts to it. Watchable movie, nothing extraordinary, a bit slow at times.
I saw Soylent Green for the first time this weekend. All the recent media talk about lab-grown meat had me curious.
Bugger. I just watched “Monolith” (2016), when I actually wanted to get “Monolith” (1993).
Wasn’t bad, but the first half of the movie, all I could do was roll my eyes and snark, “What a dumbass…”.
EVERYTHING she did was wrong, and just like those dimwits in “The Bunnyman”, I wanted her to pay for her stoopitity.
Decent end, even if a stretch. Kinda like The Knight Rider makes an SUV…
Jeeez.
I remember when Soylent Green came out.
Weird then. Not much better now. Made you think.
I was in 30’s. married with 3 kids and just emigrated to Aust the prev yr.
Oh, boy. I actually watched “Clownado”. Not to be confused with Clamato.
’Though come to think about it, I think most of the budget was blown on latex and tomato-juice. Maybe Clamato for all I know.
Anyway, think of “Sharknado”, but with clowns. Evil clowns. Killer clowns (not to be confused with Killer Klowns).
Worst wooden acting and dialogue I’ve experienced in a long time, but still enjoyable, as it didn’t take itself seriously. The Clown Leader looked Tommy Wiseau in clown makeup, all the actors seemed to have Tourettes given the dialogue, and I have no idea how/why a midget clown could (or should) just pop out of an Evil Clown who was just killed.
And yes, there’s a black Elvis impersonator, too.
Bad, bad, bad, but actually fits in the “so bad it’s good” category.
I saw Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).
It was okay for a low-budget film.
I was expecting something as good as the Evil Dead series, but it wasn't that amazing.
Parts of it were good, but there wasn't much action in Bubba Ho-Tep.
It scores points for being something different, however.
It definitely wasn’t an action movie. In fact, the first time I saw it, I wasn’t crazy about it, but each time I rewatched it, I just liked it better and better. It’s subtle.
The way they treat oldsters, like babies and otherwise just forgotten and neglected (feed’n’water ’em, and wait for ’em to die off) was pretty hard-hitting. Bruce’s portrayal as Elvis/Sebastian was excellent, and you could almost picture what Elvis would be running through his head if he ended up like Sebastian. And watching E/S flip out at the nurse and threaten to wrap his walker around her head if she treated him like a baby ever again was priceless.
Even quotes like, “If only I’d treated Priscilla right… If I could’ve told my daughter I loved her… Always the questions, never the answers. Always the hopes… never the fulfillments.”. Whoa.
His roommate’s daughter just casually throwing out all the pictures and his Purple Heart, talk about a sucker-punch in the gut.
It’s pretty slow-moving, almost seems to drag in parts, but the bittersweet ending just works, the score is excellent, even haunting, and it just seems to grow on you each new time you watch it.
Give it a while to sink in, then watch it again. Trust me on this.
All is well.
The movie is certainly off-beat and memorable, but it's too slow for my taste.
My sister likes Bruce Campbell, so she might watch it sooner or later.
But even when I tell her that I love a movie, she doesn't always watch it.
I tell you, my sister and niece watch way more movies than I do.
I'm lucky if I watch a few per week.
They'll watch several per day many times.
Just a quick sampler of the soundtrack…
Watched “Capricorn One” last night. Man, I missed that movie. A full 2hrs long, and worth it.
And you get to see OJ not kill someone!
I saw Eraserhead the other day… have heard so much about that movie i just had too see it… what a weird movie lol… i still dont understand even half of it that baby is so scary haha… o well…
I saw Eraserhead not too long ago.
It's pretty weird, but I liked it.
Watched “Galaxina” last night.
So bad, but some funny spots, quite lol-worthy. I couldn’t even do it justice trying to describe it. No black Elvis impersonators, but it did have Avery Schreiber as the captain of the ship, and a rock-eating monster. ’Nuff said. Well, there was a bad Spock impersonator, if that counts. And the baby Lizard Creature (credited as “Monster from Egg”) was actually cute.
Main reason I got it was to find out more about Dorothy Stratten. Tragic story…
My gal and I saw Angel Has Fallen and it was a decent successor to the previous two.
Chris
I have a feeling you’d really enjoy Space Station 76
Words fail to describe what an absolute scumbag Paul Snider was.
Sounds… complicated :smiling_imp: , but I’m looking for a copy now, tnx!
Yep. I’d wish him dead, but too late. 
Strange but True
Interesting movie about a pregnant girl and the drama around how it came about. Drama/thriller, not a comedy.
Low Tide
I liked it because it was a good movie about friendship, adventure, a hidden treasure and youth/teenagers.