DVD Purchases and Rentals

[FatalTragedy]

After seeing the trailer for Trick 'r Treat I was forced to catch up on a movie bearing a similar title, Trick Or Treat. That was awesome.

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I have a strange desire to see that Lost Boys sequel, I can't explain it.

I dunno. I'm intruiged myself. This may come off as blasphemy in some quarters, but I'm not a fan of the original. I thought it was underwritten with plastic characterizations. It was all pop and flash with no meat. I never understood the phenomenal success of the film, especially since I felt the vampire flick which was released within a year or two of LB -Fright Night - was far superior. So, from my perspective at least, there's nothing to be lost by watching the sequel.

[GeneralCinema]

I have a strange desire to see that Lost Boys sequel, I can't explain it.

I dunno. I'm intruiged myself. This may come off as blasphemy in some quarters, but I'm not a fan of the original. I thought it was underwritten with plastic characterizations. It was all pop and flash with no meat. I never understood the phenomenal success of the film, especially since I felt the vampire flick which was released within a year or two of LB -Fright Night - was far superior. So, from my perspective at least, there's nothing to be lost by watching the sequel.

There are very few vampire movies that Fright Night isn't superior to.  My favorite vampire movie is Dracula.  The 1931 version.  Yeah, I know that Bram Stoker's Dracula is holy ground in these parts and I'm stepping on LOTS of toes here, but I honestly think that while Gary Oldman was a FANTASTIC Dracula, he pales in comparison to Bela Lugosi.

I'm not putting down Bram Stoker's Dracula in any way, but I think the best part of the movie is where he's fucking Lucy in the garden.  It's a REALLY hot sex scene and Sadie Frost is amazingly hot in that movie.

[BQueen]

After seeing the trailer for Trick 'r Treat I was forced to catch up on a movie bearing a similar title, Trick Or Treat. That was awesome.

Trick or Treat is indeed, awesome.

[GiveMeGore]

Rented Harold & Kumar 2. Pretty damn good sequel. Really funny....   wouldnt put it anywhere near any of the recent Apatow comedies, but very entertaining.

Saw Step Brothers for the 2nd time. Can't recommend enough.

Borrowed Triloquest. From the same maker of Leprachaun. Buddy told me it was awful so I doubt I'll watch it anytime soon.

[GeneralCinema]

Not a purchase/rental, but I just watched House of 9.  I had it DVR'd since May and just finally got around to watching it.  My review is already submitted.  I don't recommend it.

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Just picked up Tobe Hooper's reimagining of Toolbox Murders on dvd for $4.00 (Blockbuster was having a clearance deal). Good, solid horror flick. Not a genre defining film or anything, but surprisingly effective and well worth the investment.

[GiveMeGore]

Just picked up Tobe Hooper's reimagining of Toolbox Murders on dvd for $4.00 (Blockbuster was having a clearance deal). Good, solid horror flick. Not a genre defining film or anything, but surprisingly effective and well worth the investment.

Yup. Definately think it's one of the most underrated remakes. The sequence at the beggining is creepy as shit. The 2nd act can be a little slow but definately a really solid flick.

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Just picked up Tobe Hooper's reimagining of Toolbox Murders on dvd for $4.00 (Blockbuster was having a clearance deal). Good, solid horror flick. Not a genre defining film or anything, but surprisingly effective and well worth the investment.

Yup. Definately think it's one of the most underrated remakes. The sequence at the beggining is creepy as shit. The 2nd act can be a little slow but definately a really solid flick.

I took the time to watch the deleted/extended scenes on the special features menu and I have to say, I hope we get a full-on unrated version of this movie on dvd. I thought the film was pretty damned gory as an R rated flick, but damn, man, the stuff that was excised for that R rating would have made this a gorehound classic.  The extended drill scene would have made Lucio Fulci proud.

[GeneralCinema]

What should I be more embarrassed about?

The fact that I have Yor, Hunter From the Future DVR'd or the fact that I'm actually copying it to DVD?

[Doomsday]

I've been on a real warrior kick lately.  Conan, 300, Samurai Jack, Rambo, God of War.....

rented:
Street Kings - not bad
Good Morning Vietnam - not as funny as it was 15 years ago, but good to revisit

rented, haven't watched:
Hamburger Hill
Yakuza Papers v1

finally watched:
Lost Boys II - not bad for a direct-to-dvd release.  Good blood in parts.  Holywater balloons fired from a potato gun?  I LOL'd at a couple parts.
John Adams v1- great.  Hope it's accurate. 

bought:
Braveheart (se)
Invasion (not the remake, not the series, but that indy flick that came out a while back)
Rambo 4
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles - I'm hopelessly hooked on the Terminator saga

received as a gift:
Zombie Nation
Zombie Town
... they look quality

[MamaMeka]

I recently got an iPhone 3G and the first movie I synched into my phone was A Clockwork Orange. I know I'm late but that movie rocked! I thought the opening scene with the accompanied score set the scene for the rest of the movie. You immediately knew what kind of movie you were getting yourself into. The dialouge was almost poetic in parts. I liked the way he kept saying "ultraviolence",  "in-out", and "right-right". Really solid flick that left me unsure of how I felt towards the main character. BTW who knew creepy Malcolm McDowell was a hottie back in the day!

[b0bo]

A little late on Clockwork Orange indeed. I had seen it at the ripe old age of 11 and it has been one of my top 5 movies since.

[GeneralCinema]

A little late on Clockwork Orange indeed. I had seen it at the ripe old age of 11 and it has been one of my top 5 movies since.

I still haven't seen it yet. <hangs head in shame>

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A little late on Clockwork Orange indeed. I had seen it at the ripe old age of 11 and it has been one of my top 5 movies since.

I'm there with you, ES. I was fortunate enough to see that flick in a theater for a midnight showing on the cult film circuit back in the mid 80's when they still had such events every weekend in West Palm Beach. Every Saturday night for about ten years the AMC Cross County 8 would suspend their regular film set and exhibit various cult films.  They called it AMC's Midnight Madness. Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead and Repo Man rubbed elbows with A Clockwork Orange , The Rocky Horror Picture Show , and the animated flicks Wizards and  Heavy Metal on a regular basis. Something mainstream and current (but with a bizarre slant) would inevitably show up on the bill as well..like in '84 when Gremlins  played for about eight weeks. The line up changed all of the time, but it was always fascinating. Some weeks NOTLD would be gone and Eraserhead would play. Wizards would be replaced with one of Ralph Bakshi's other animated films like Lord of the Rings or Fritz the Cat, etc, etc.

I was a little older than you when I saw ACWO(I think I was 15) at that theater and - as was the case with pretty much all of the teenagers there- I was definitely stoned out of my gourd. Good times, man, good times. When the AMC Midnight Madness ended, a small piece of me died. One day I hope to have a small theater of my own which will only open on weekends and do the very same thing.