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Aaah ok...shows how observant I am - not hahaha !
I wasn't planning on going to see it anyway,too many mixed reviews,mainly negative.
It will be on SKY by November'ish,so I will catch it then .
Action packed fun.
Very interesting post! I'm a huge fan of the Universal Horrors of the '30's and '40's along with the Hammers so I'm a bit unsure of how I feel about this new Dark Universe.
2004's Van Helsing may have incorporated the classic characters, but strangely, The Monster Squad, I actually felt was more true in spirit and look to those films.
Just based on the clips, I do think the new Mummy has a classic look. With the gray bandages, she looks pretty cool. I hope whatever they do with Bride of Frankenstein, the Frankenstein Monster, the Wolf Man, etc doesn't deviate too far from Jack Pierce's iconic images. Some tweaking would be fine though. Pierce modified the make ups from film to film.
I really hope they don't make the Frankenstein Monster a comical green. It's a little known fact there was very little green in Pierce's greasepaint: mostly gray with blue/green highlights for black and white film. Now I'm being a real fanboy. Still I'm as passionate about these characters as I am about Bond.
"The world shall hear from me again..."
The purpose of the scene wasn't for entertainment, but to prove a point of symbolic sacrifice. I hope you also promise never to eat burgers or any form of meat again, knowing that the animal that gave you the opportunity was killed and exploited for cash money by a company who served it up to be shoved down your throat.
I also hope you'll forever boycott Thunderball for the sharks that got hurt in the shooting and You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever for the trauma caused to the little kitties.
I read the animal was going to be slaughtered anyway by the locals- the company just set up to film it. Still, I can't watch it again because of the scene... or Southern Comfort because of the pig... reality takes me out of fictional cinematic narrative. Just like real graphic sex in a mainstream movie. It becomes about the documentation...
I don't get the puritan-like outrage over stuff like this, to be frank. The film is depicting a reality, and not in a way that is for the sake of itself, and to shock audiences. Coppola was playing with theme and symbolism, and knew what he was doing; it's never in his nature to do something just to do it. It's not the job of the film to portray a fictional world, but instead a slightly surreal take on our own reality. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable, as it actually happens all the time in "our world."
Slaughter is a cornerstone of industry, and every time you have pork or meat, you support the practice of just what you see in the movies that you can't stand to watch. Perhaps it's easy to block out how you got that burger in front of you as you eat it in a diner, but it doesn't change the fact that an animal in full health and peak of life was killed to feed your face. I just see some hypocrisy there from some, unless they're playing the vegetarian card to try and save face.
The sex thing doesn't bother me either, for similar reasons. I can't stand the backlash to the expression of sexuality in film, when violence is given free reign. Any sexual acts depicted are acts that, like the slaughter of animals, are a reality and are heavily practiced by various cultures. If we can take in images of people being blown away in a hail of bullets or getting hacked to pieces (which audiences of the day seem to love), then I think it's fair game to show simulations of oral sex and other parts of the sexual experience along with it. Some many complain about film approaching porn too closely, but you could say the same for movies' depiction of violence approaching too closely to snuff films, or footage of war where people are being killed in front of us. There comes a point where the reality of something depicted feels too real, and that upsets some people. But you can't allow it one way and not the other, where violence is glorious and sex is too much.
Like the outrage over the slight sight of Eva Green's beautiful breasts on a Sin City poster, when nobody made any mention of the intensely graphic murders that happen throughout the film? ;)
"We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "f@#$" on their airplanes because it's obscene!"
In a way the film is commenting on the kind of people who justify the violence imposed on humans but draw the line at animal murder. Are the soldiers of war and animals of Vietnam not the same when it comes to their use as tools exploited by others for outside gain? If anything the death and barbarism that meets humans is even worse, as we are conscious beings that can sense death coming, and because he have a consciousness and free will that is overwritten by another, it's all the more upsetting and cruel. When cows get walked to slaughter, they're oblivious, but humans know exactly when their end is near. Not excusing either acts, just saying that we should be just as upset about human murder as animal death.
Hence my comments about hypocrisy.
As the girl in Jurassic Park said, I happen to be a vegetarian... ;)
You would have to be, to get away with the argument you're making. ;)
I can't WAIT until cloned meat... no full animal, just cells grown. And it will be crazy profitable so it WILL replace animal slaughter. Then I might have a hamburger again (it's been almost exactly 40 years since my last one).
Quite enjoyed this. It's way too long and isn't as clever as it thinks it is. But acting is all top notch, the sets and photography incredible and it has some very memorable sequences.
By the end it turns into something like a big budget Hammer horror film which is no bad thing!
Brutal dentist scene not for the squeamish!
Good review. I'll see it one more time in the theatre, myself.
Oh man, I can't believe this film was a BO bomb. I love it so much! Raquel Castro is cute like you wouldn't believe and Affleck is pretty good too. There's tears and there's laughter and, granted, also a few scenes during which Affleck and Liv Tyler discuss certain aspects of the nocturnal life of grown-ups, which is pretty uncommon in a film that is mostly going after that bitter-sweet rom-com feeling. But hey, it's vintage Smith, and I love every second of it. A heart-warming film. Full of clichés, but like ice cream with extra syrup and a hot chilli-pepper buried inside, JERSEY GIRL hits all my soft spots. I love Kevin Smith for delivering this movie, even if the rest of the world doesn't.
CLERKS II
Another great little film from Smith. Seriously, while CLERKS was a good way to start a career, CLERKS II has better jokes and better overall acting to offer. It's good to be back with Randal and Dante, Jay and Silent Bob, and with newcomers Elias, Emma and Becky. As usual, you need to be in the Kev Smith boat in order to enjoy even five minutes of this film but I am and I do, yes sir!
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Look, critics can go to hell. This film is comedy gold. Sure, you can't be too prudish or 'christian' about the whole thing; Kevin Smith uses up the entire glossary of the kamasutra of gonzo porn. In that sense, it takes some nerve to watch this film; this thing is unsafe for work. Unsafe, unclean, inappropriate for work, people! But if you dig Seth Rogen, Justin Long, Elizabeth Banks, perhaps even real-life pornstars Tracy Lords and Katie Morgan, you might have a good time with this naughty and funny little film. I don't care if critics and audiences alike are easily shocked. Yes, this film delivers it all. So? I'm laughing. Funny, if incredibly boundless, film, but definitely not suited for the easily offended.
One of my favorite Sherlock Holmes films. I'm a bit biased, though as I love Hammer films, Cushing and Lee.
It's a good one. All of those Cushing/Lee Hammer flicks are great. I watched The Curse of Frankenstein not too long ago, and more recently The Mummy for obvious reasons.
They make such a good 7 hour film together
I love The Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula. The Hammer version of The Mummy is my favorite. George (Mr Somerset, Mr Somerset) Pastell is great. I hope to see the new version of The Mummy.