Film

[Eoin McLove]

I just fired on Old Dads. Bit of craic. I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but I was 100% on Bill Burr's character's side throughout and wanted to punch more or less everyone else in the film 

[Emphyrio]

Had the exact same feeling!

The War of the Rohirrim - Strange choice of art style but even worse was how cheap it looked. A pity, as the story and voice acting were quite good. Would have been great if it was live action.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Brought the wee lad to the cinema to see a new animated feature called Flow. Sublime! A proper for all ages one, in that it can really be appreciated by anyone of any age. Don't know how much of a wide release it's getting, but if you get a chance I'd recommend it highly.

This ended up winning the Golden Globe for best animated film, just in case ye weren't inclined to believe little old me 

[Necro Red]

Emmanuelle Seigner? If you liked her in that then check her out in one of Polanski's slightly earlier ones too, Bitter Moon. Mental film, probably in a very different way to The Ninth Gate though (which I haven't ever seen having heard it wasn't great, added to list there now though).

I really like The Ninth Gate, nice bit of tension in it. I watched The Zone Of Interest the other night. It's pace is slow, but very good and well shot. The director has a very consistent run of movies now. I've not seen one his called Birth. Gonna have to rectify that.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Birth is a good watch, prob the most "standard" of his four feature movies, but the four together really are extremely impressive as one man's output.

[Necro Red]

Birth is a good watch, prob the most "standard" of his four feature movies, but the four together really are extremely impressive as one man's output.

class, I'll give it a watch this week. Thinking of delving into Von Trier having only watched a handful of his movies. Any fans?

[Trev]

Stuck on The Matrix last night, can't remember how long it's been since I last watched it but its held up pretty well

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Birth is a good watch, prob the most "standard" of his four feature movies, but the four together really are extremely impressive as one man's output.

class, I'll give it a watch this week. Thinking of delving into Von Trier having only watched a handful of his movies. Any fans?

Out of his less known ones, The Boss of it All is class, really funny.

[Mooncat]

Just back from Nosferatu. As Mithrandir said above its a bit thin story wise, but that's fine with me. The Dracula/ Nosferatu tale is straight forward so I expected it to live or die on the atmosphere and visuals. And it was spot on in those respects. I loved how it reverted to looking like a black and white 1920s flick for the nocturnal scenes. It was stylish without being too heavy handed. It all looked like it was shot slightly out of focus as well which added to that sense of age and decay. The vibe was perfectly creepy and crepuscular throughout. I thought it looked like the perfect black metal or funeral doom video and no doubt it'll be plundered for samples and visuals. The overall sound I thought was incredible. It was cold, minimal and barren and heightened the creepiness. Orlok's vokillz were killer too. It sounds like Sarsgard had watched a few interviews with Atilla Csihar! The accent, the voice, the slow staccato delivery... perfect. Hard to fault it really other than the lack of kangaroos. I think there might have only been one or two in the whole film.
2/10

Saw it last night at last. The whole way through I was thinking how black metal it all looked so it's funny to come back and read you thought the same 

I have slightly mixed feelings overall. The whole thing looked and felt incredible. The cinematography, sets, sound design and score were all utterly amazing. It had a dreamy/nightmarish quality throughout you could really get sucked into.

...And then get completely sucked back out of because I thought the acting was across the board terrible. A bunch of Americans chewing the absolute christ out of the scenery and failing to stick the English accent/Victorian nobility thing (why is everyone English despite the film being set in Germany?). Lily Rose Depp in particular I thought was awful in paying a loving tribute to the terrible acting of Keanu/Winona in the Coppola one (though she was actually pretty good in the possession scenes...). I'm also just not a fan of Skarsgard either. He's basically the grown up version of Jonny Depp (who I also hate), but with a touch more brooding and a touch less buffoonery.

Without giving too much away I did like the style they went with for the count bar one specific thing (the part that's actually accurate to the book funnily enough, but it just didn't look right to me). People have been praising the way he spoke, but honestly it grated on me.

Overall though I enjoyed it and would watch again just for the visuals and atmosphere. Still think the Coppola one is the best adaptation though.

[Born of Fire]

Still haven't seen Nosferatu yet so cant comment on that but just chiming in to say that Coppola's Dracula is one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever seen!

[Mooncat]

Still haven't seen Nosferatu yet so cant comment on that but just chiming in to say that Coppola's Dracula is one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever seen!

I remember it being panned a bit when it came out, but I love it now. It's so melodramatic and over the top  No way you'd see a film like that get that kind of budget nowadays.

[John Kimble]

I wouldn't go as as far as to say it's "one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever seen" but Coppola's version is pretty poor tbh. I think it looked great (at the time) but it was otherwise completely vacuous. I think I first saw it when I was about 12 so the fact it was an 18's cert probably was good enough for me at the time. Watched it again recently and it didn't hold up at all. Obviously Keanu got a bit of deserved stick for his turn but the whole cast were hamming it up.

[John Kimble]

Not a dracula adaptation obviously, but on the general theme of vampires, give me Interview with the Vampire any day. Cruise was great in it, even though the less said about Pitt the better. Looked great, and nailed the vibe and atmosphere.

[Mooncat]

Not a dracula adaptation obviously, but on the general theme of vampires, give me Interview with the Vampire any day. Cruise was great in it, even though the less said about Pitt the better. Looked great, and nailed the vibe and atmosphere.

Yeah Cruise blew him off the screen in every scene. Pitt is another guy I think can't act for shit, but he now and again gets a film that suits what he does and it comes off. IE any film where he plays a character that is smug.

Let's face it though Fright Night is the best vampire film of all time, closely followed by Near Dark   

[Mooncat]

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