Film

[StoutAndAle]

Finally got to this, good craic. Nice ambiguity to it. I have California Split lined up to finish my Gouldapaloosa trilogy.

Good stuff. "Busting" is great fun as is "California Split".

Oddly enough, I found myself watching the last 90 mins or so of Altman's "M*A*S*H" on TV the other night.

[Maggot Colony]

I saw Texas Chainsaw was leaving Prime so I decided to give it a go. Fuck me, it's an absolute mess of a film. It makes the 2022 version look like a masterpiece in comparison.

[astfgyl]

Saw Backrooms last Friday. Great premise but the execution was lacking. I was enjoying the atmosphere but the appearance of the

Spoiler

fucking giant pirate

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ruined it for me.

Watched this myself last night.

Yeah it was going great up to when herself went in after them. That's where it fell asunder for me and just didn't live up to the promise at all from that point on. Really did enjoy the oddness and creepiness of the first half though

[Eoin McLove]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. They didn't hold back on the violence 

"Try anything,  you'll get cancelled, bro..."

[Carnage]

Watched Iron Lung earlier, it's not great. Grand idea for a book/novella maybe but limited enough appeal onscreen. Far too long and very amateurish, which is excusable as it was made for nothing and was essentially a Youtuber's pet project, but I'm not sure where all the acclaim comes from. Still, it was suitably weird, and hinted at ideas that weren't fully developed. Plenty of blood, as you'd imagine given the setting, though it'a not particularly gory. It disappointed in the same way that Mad God did a couple of years ago.

[The Heretic]

I thought Disclosure Day was disappointing, not enough balls and fuck me that woeful CGI

[nukeabuse]

$positions - crypto uncut gems. Coen brothers things keep going wrong to the nth degree

[Eoin McLove]

Dead Poet's Society is on d'telly.  I haven't seen it in a couple of decades or more. Timeless class.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ya, rewatched it a couple of years ago and it absolutely stands up.

Perfect Blue last night. Anime taken to be an influence on Black Swan. Couple of scenes, notably a protracted simulated rape scene, go a little overboard, but overall it's fairly class, with the descent into insanity particularly well depicted.

[blessed1]

Watched one called Phantom Of The Paradise last night. It's like a rock opera. I thought it was savage, the music was great in it too.

[Carnage]

I watched The Running Man earlier, the recent one with Glen Powell as the lead. Not very good, just a standard modern action flick with touches of the source material's satire. I read the book in my teens, so couldn't say how faithful this version is. While it's a lot less camp than the Arnie version, it's also a lot less fun and takes itself far too seriously. Josh Brolin practically twirls his moustache throughout but you can tell that he's only there for the quick buck, while the likes of Idris Elba and William H. Macy might as well not have been there at all. But sure lookit, switch yer brain off for a couple of hours and you'll be grand.

Bonus round: spot the Arnie cameo.

[ochoill]

Perfect Blue last night. Anime taken to be an influence on Black Swan. Couple of scenes, notably a protracted simulated rape scene, go a little overboard, but overall it's fairly class, with the descent into insanity particularly well depicted.

Perfect Blue is a favourite of mine, worth a rewatch if it is your first go of it, you will spot tons of stuff in it (just in terms of the story itself, little nods to what is going on and where it is all going).  Satoshi Kon's stuff is great, Paprika also recommended.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ya, Paprika is on the list: next weekend maybe.