The Start of Cemetery Season!!!!! - Page 29

Chernabog · 07-21-2007, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Screw the cemetary, I'm gonna stay home and watch these.

Polyester
Flash Gordon (the one with the Queen soundtrack that rocks to all hell)
Mommie Dearest
Coffy
Dead Alive! (Greatest Peter Jackson Film. EVER.)

in HD - it'll look and sound SWANKTACULAR...

OMG! And we just got an HD recorder, woooooot!

Ghoulish Delight · 07-22-2007, 01:26 AM

Just got back from Suspria.

Worst movie I've seen at the cemetery. Oh sure, there were some visually stunning shots, a small handful of good moments, and one good piece of music. But as a whole, it was a completely pointless piece of cinema. Entirely uninteresting.

On the plus side, the crowd was well behaved.

Prudence · 07-22-2007, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Just got back from Suspria.

Worst movie I've seen at the cemetery. Oh sure, there were some visually stunning shots, a small handful of good moments, and one good piece of music. But as a whole, it was a completely pointless piece of cinema. Entirely uninteresting.

Oh good - I'm not the only one who thinks it wasn't a particularly good movie.

€uroMeinke · 07-22-2007, 01:32 AM

That's too bad, though I guess I can feel better about missing this one

innerSpaceman · 07-22-2007, 08:00 AM

I'm up for His Girl Friday next weekend. At least cinematic quality is assured.

mousepod · 07-22-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Just got back from Suspria.

Worst movie I've seen at the cemetery. Oh sure, there were some visually stunning shots, a small handful of good moments, and one good piece of music. But as a whole, it was a completely pointless piece of cinema. Entirely uninteresting.

On the plus side, the crowd was well behaved.

I'm sorry that you didn't like Suspria. Suspiria, on the other hand, is a classic. You should check it out sometime. It's a great movie.

Chernabog · 07-22-2007, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Just got back from Suspria.

Awwww man, I am so sorry I wasn't able to make it. My (semi-date) friend who was supposed to be here at 6 got held up at work and didn't even make it here till 8:45, too late to make it to the screening. I'll make it up to you guys another time.

As far as the movie is concerned, it really is Dario Argento's masterpiece -- tho as I said before you do NOT watch Italian cinema for the plot. You watch it for the visuals, and in that regard Suspiria is quite a stunning movie. It is atmospheric and creepy, but like most Italian horror movies (from which Suspiria practically spawned a whole genre) the plots and the acting (and the ending) are not ever strong points.

The first 10 or so minutes of the movie, in particular, are amazingly well done IMHO. The death scene with the guy and his dog are pretty intense. The girl jumping into the room of barbed wire is way messed up (I'm like.... wtf is up with the barbed wire room, lol!) And the music is creeeeeeeeeepy. (and did you notice Joan Bennett of "Dark Shadows" fame as the headmistress?)

I guess some people are into the Italian horror flick and some people aren't (hey look on the bright side, at least now you can avoid some other films out there, lol). It is a different way of presenting the subject matter that for me, having seen thousands of horror movies, is visually and emotionally interesting. I think Suspiria is miles above any of the recent "torture porn" movies that have come out (or the generic "dead teenager movie"), but people seem to love those too (the "splat pack" movies are not my bucket of blood).

Of course, the other thing is that I am not sure what print they showed at the screening -- the version on DVD, or the hacked up "the small semblance plot COMPLETELY makes no sense here" version. Or perhaps my view of the movie is clouded since I first saw it alone in a darkened apartment on an overcast day. ("Night of the Living Dead" is another of those movies that I first saw alone and was freaked out by, but watching it with friends it isn't nearly the same experience). What was the reaction of other people there?

I hope you guys aren't too

at me, I know you probably went on my recommendation and then I couldn't make it at the last second.

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

That's too bad, though I guess I can feel better about missing this one

Rent it on DVD (or you can borrow it from me if you'd like). It's way more interesting than mimes playing tennis

I'm not sure if the background explanation of the movie detracts from the show though (i.e. high expectations etc.) It does have a 91% on the tomato meter tho...

Ghoulish Delight · 07-22-2007, 11:06 AM

The print was gorgeous, no idea if it was an edited down version or not (though I doubt Cinespia would do that). And like I said, it was visually amazing (loved the lobby in the girl's friend's place at the beginning so I was all set to really enjoy the film), with a few good moments (stabbing the heart, hanging, dog attack, barbed wire). But that handful of shots was entirely not worth sitting through the other 90 minutes of nothing happening for me.

Not Afraid · 07-22-2007, 11:37 AM

Oh. I'd love to see it some day. It just wasn't in the cards for us last night. Maybe I'll borrow your copy, Cherney - or invite myself over to see it on your big-ass TV.

innerSpaceman · 07-22-2007, 11:50 AM

I wanna see it, too. Let's have Susperia be a general BigAssTV showing!!

(sorry, but after Holy Moutain, Ghoulish Delight's negative review is nothing but a glowing recommendation to me!)

And I totally wanna see it with Cherny .... I'm glad I didn't experience the disappointment of his no-show at the Cemetary.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Just got back from Suspria. Worst movie I've seen at the cemetery. Oh sure, there were some visually stunning shots, a small handful of good moments, and one good piece of music. But as a whole, it was a completely pointless piece of cinema. Entirely uninteresting. On the plus side, the crowd was well behaved. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	That's too bad, though I guess I can feel better about missing this one __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm up for His Girl Friday next weekend. At least cinematic quality is assured.
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07-22-2007, 11:06 AM	#288
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The print was gorgeous, no idea if it was an edited down version or not (though I doubt Cinespia would do that). And like I said, it was visually amazing (loved the lobby in the girl's friend's place at the beginning so I was all set to really enjoy the film), with a few good moments (stabbing the heart, hanging, dog attack, barbed wire). But that handful of shots was entirely not worth sitting through the other 90 minutes of nothing happening for me. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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07-22-2007, 11:37 AM	#289
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Oh. I'd love to see it some day. It just wasn't in the cards for us last night. Maybe I'll borrow your copy, Cherney - or invite myself over to see it on your big-ass TV.
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07-22-2007, 11:50 AM	#290
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I wanna see it, too. Let's have Susperia be a general BigAssTV showing!! (sorry, but after Holy Moutain, Ghoulish Delight's negative review is nothing but a glowing recommendation to me!) And I totally wanna see it with Cherny .... I'm glad I didn't experience the disappointment of his no-show at the Cemetary.
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