tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post116233396051239043..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: SpookypixBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-65162183193009951432021-03-01T04:40:11.289-05:002021-03-01T04:40:11.289-05:00Do you need an urgent loan of any kind? Loans to l...Do you need an urgent loan of any kind? Loans to liquidate debts or need to loan to improve your business have you been rejected by any other banks and financial institutions? Do you need a loan or a mortgage? This is the place to look, we are here to solve all your financial problems. We borrow money for the public. Need financial help with a bad credit in need of money. To pay for a commercial Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242961664912712828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162583894289879332006-11-03T14:58:00.000-05:002006-11-03T14:58:00.000-05:00Thanks, Jared; that one was actually my fault, and...Thanks, Jared; that one was actually my fault, and it's fixed.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162578427977765862006-11-03T13:27:00.000-05:002006-11-03T13:27:00.000-05:00Would like to point out to Walter, who mentions Gu...Would like to point out to Walter, who mentions Gunner Palace in his review of "This Film Is Not Yet Rated", that Gunner Palace received a PG-13 as its final rating for theatrical release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162568828872517702006-11-03T10:47:00.000-05:002006-11-03T10:47:00.000-05:00I guess I like Lord of the Rings more than you, bu...I guess I like Lord of the Rings more than you, but yeah I've always kind of complained that it's too communal of an experience.<BR/><BR/>When did that become a bad thing? Some guy sees the "eastern" forces on elephants as racist, some other guy sees it as a commentary on racism. To each his own. Fuck, we need films like King Kong, the 200 mil. blockbusters done talented filmmakers. We need guys Hollow Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027400445729272871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162534515508714362006-11-03T01:15:00.000-05:002006-11-03T01:15:00.000-05:00That's really what I'm mourning: the move from scu...<I>That's really what I'm mourning: the move from scurrilous and slaphappy to safe and "archetypal".</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, that I can understand what you're saying then. <BR/><BR/>I guess I like <I>Lord of the Rings</I> more than you, but yeah I've always kind of complained that it's too communal of an experience. I remember even the white supremacist organization Stormfront.org adopting it as an Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162528265480332772006-11-02T23:31:00.000-05:002006-11-02T23:31:00.000-05:00And as for the issue of what is "mainstream": I be...And as for the issue of what is "mainstream": I believe that the operative word in my initial screed is "blockbuster", not "mainstream". And <I>Jackass</I> and <I>TCM:Beginning</I> don't qualify- they're not expensive enough, they go for a smaller cut of the audience (<I>Jackass'</I> gross notwithstanding), and are generally more corrosive than, say, <I>LOTR</I> or <I>Spider-Man</I>. These last tmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162521045214639842006-11-02T21:30:00.000-05:002006-11-02T21:30:00.000-05:00I have nothing against mainstream blockbusters- af...I have nothing against mainstream blockbusters- after all, I was the guy who came out for <I>The Chronicles of Riddick</I>. But mainstream blockbusters are only good for certain things, and I felt Raimi and Jackson picked up the slack they left. Now that they've been tamed, I feel something has been lost. It's like Gus Van Sant doing <I>Good Will Hunting</I>- anybody could have made it, whereas <tmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162508144695827142006-11-02T17:55:00.000-05:002006-11-02T17:55:00.000-05:00If anyone's interested in owning a legit copy of J...If anyone's interested in owning a legit copy of Jack Arnold's <I>The Incredible Shrinking Man</I> on DVD, Universal has released it--for the first time in widescreen, which finally allows the hard-matted creature effects to be seen in full--as part of a box set ("The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection", which also includes <I>Tarantula</I>, <I>Monster on the Campus</I>, <I>The Mole People</I>, Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162499671489914872006-11-02T15:34:00.000-05:002006-11-02T15:34:00.000-05:00Oh geeze, Talladega Nights; if this be pointed soc...Oh geeze, <I>Talladega Nights</I>; if this be pointed social satire I want out. Ferrell can be funny once and awhile, be he and Adam McKay don't have a clue about what satire is, let alone how to do it. Easy pokes at rednecks is not anything that hasn't been done a million times before, most recently by "rednecks" themselves (<I>Blue Collar Comedy Tour</I>), all that's being satirized anymore areJames Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162495255724207962006-11-02T14:20:00.000-05:002006-11-02T14:20:00.000-05:00Yes, "Talladega Nights" is a satire of the dumb/se...Yes, "Talladega Nights" is a satire of the dumb/sexist/gleefully ignorant Southern American male who enjoys NASCAR and the rah-rah music of Toby Keith. I get that, but its' attempts at drama, or anything remotely resembling it, aren't credible. Now, does a comedy need to have dramatically credible moments? No. But, if it makes an attempt at crafting one or more, then it better work to set that mimo70https://www.blogger.com/profile/06082044952402272275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162448713280805302006-11-02T01:25:00.000-05:002006-11-02T01:25:00.000-05:00Blah Hoover! I think this underground/overground b...Blah Hoover! I think this underground/overground business is nonsense, popularity with mainstream audiences or the lack thereof should never be a virtue in and onto itself. That is the path to madness. <BR/><BR/>One of the things I love about this year's <I>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning</I> and <I>Jackass 2</I> is nobody knows what the fuck they are. In one a beautiful girl gets Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162444582506419342006-11-02T00:16:00.000-05:002006-11-02T00:16:00.000-05:00I'll say this for the Raimi/Jackson debate: both o...I'll say this for the Raimi/Jackson debate: both of them were way more interesting before they sold out and started making pious epics. The whole point of Jackson and Raimi were that they delivered the seedy underbelly that mainstream blockbusters lived to deny- so for them to turn around and become part of the system they once mocked was for me, beyond betrayal. <I>King Kong</I> was nice, but tmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162442931672499632006-11-01T23:48:00.000-05:002006-11-01T23:48:00.000-05:00I almost kind of hate Suspiria, I think it's prett...<I>I almost kind of hate Suspiria, I think it's pretty and empty; and the sucky dubbing makes it hard to watch (might have something to do with why I have a hard time getting into Fellini too). Is there something wrong with me?</I><BR/><BR/>Don't agree with the Fellini assessment, but I'm not much a fan of Suspiria either. Like <I>Opera</I> a lot more, I think I appreciate the little bit of Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162441249878563332006-11-01T23:20:00.000-05:002006-11-01T23:20:00.000-05:00For the record: I also give Claire Denis' The Intr...For the record: I also give Claire Denis' <I>The Intruder</I> four stars in the latest annual. I may be hard, but some people just got it, and Claire's one of them.tmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162437074773037822006-11-01T22:11:00.000-05:002006-11-01T22:11:00.000-05:00YES! Scream 2 owns! I watched all 3 back to back s...YES! Scream 2 owns! I watched all 3 back to back seeing them for the first time and was blown away by that one in particular, I thought it was a slicker and less smug execution of a similar concept to the first film, and the violence is better. It's just a more professional film.<BR/><BR/>What's the point in making lists? With horror films I enjoy them good or bad largely on their own merits. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162435603278707222006-11-01T21:46:00.000-05:002006-11-01T21:46:00.000-05:00Yeah, I like It's a Wonderful Life much more than ...Yeah, I like <I>It's a Wonderful Life</I> much more than <I>Talladega Nights</I> also, but I agree that the latter has merit as satire, if possibly an easy one.<BR/><BR/>Travis is pretty damn tough anywho, I have only seen him give four star ratings to two films to date: <I>Russian Ark</I> and <I>The Tales of Hoffman</I>. He called Alan Clarke the greatest British director since Hitchcock or Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162427428256394582006-11-01T19:30:00.000-05:002006-11-01T19:30:00.000-05:00I realize that they were reviewed by two different...<I>I realize that they were reviewed by two different people, but as a site, to suggest that TN is anything but a goofy, feather weight comedy with not a single dramatically credible scene in it is ridiculous.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think so, man - I think you're misreading TN through and through. It's a pretty smart picture, breaking down that apathetic meathead-ism that roars for its masculine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162421808321295482006-11-01T17:56:00.000-05:002006-11-01T17:56:00.000-05:00I'm a big fan of your site and have had little rea...I'm a big fan of your site and have had little reason to complain, but "It's A Wonderful Life" gets 3 stars while you gave 3 and a 1/2 to "Talladega Nights"?!? <BR/><BR/>I realize that they were reviewed by two different people, but as a site, to suggest that TN is anything but a goofy, feather weight comedy with not a single dramatically credible scene in it is ridiculous. <BR/><BR/>On the othermimo70https://www.blogger.com/profile/06082044952402272275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162398113664243602006-11-01T11:21:00.001-05:002006-11-01T11:21:00.001-05:00But mostly I love this film because, to me, it rep...But mostly I love this film because, to me, it represents the 70s in all its glory. This film is <I>Psycho</I>'s soiled underpants. I hate <I>Psycho</I>. I hate <I>Carrie</I>. I hate <I>Shining</I>. This film takes a giant dump on the usual Hitchcock-ian artifice of most horror films, including the remake, and so I love it.Hollow Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027400445729272871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162398085941663292006-11-01T11:21:00.000-05:002006-11-01T11:21:00.000-05:00Heard today on NPR that France has all but killed ...Heard today on NPR that France has all but killed Halloween. They've only celebrated it for a decade and have done away with it now because they view it as an orgy of American-style consumption. <BR/><BR/>I'd want to move there is only they weren't so rude and I wasn't so American.JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162395774889223232006-11-01T10:42:00.000-05:002006-11-01T10:42:00.000-05:00Forgot to mention Sally's fascination for zebra wa...Forgot to mention Sally's fascination for zebra wallpaper. If my deconstruction is correct, then Franklin's "sister" Sally, i.e. a representation of his feminine less-chainsawy self can not be heard from the ground-level of the house (she is on the floor above, Jungians again) while she tells her boyfriend about her childhood fascination for zebras, an early indication of his dual personality. <Hollow Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027400445729272871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162394921226777522006-11-01T10:28:00.000-05:002006-11-01T10:28:00.000-05:00In no order:Halloween, Evil Dead 2, Dawn of the De...In no order:<BR/><BR/><I>Halloween, Evil Dead 2, Dawn of the Dead</I> (I also liked the recent remake), <I>Jaws, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</I> (the Spencer Tracy version.)<BR/><BR/>On the lighter side we have: <I>Shaun of the Dead, The Frighteners, Ghostbusters, Night of the Creeps, Young Frankenstein, Re-Animator</I><BR/><BR/>So much to choose from, eh?James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162393742165963832006-11-01T10:09:00.000-05:002006-11-01T10:09:00.000-05:00I had the distinct pleasure of watching the origin...I had the distinct pleasure of watching the original <I>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</I> yesterday on Scream for the first time and it went straight to top of my favorite horror films of all time. I FUCKIN' LOVED IT! Anyone who says the remake is better than the original is an alien to me. I don't think this one's coming down soon either because Ir eally don't find horror films usually this Hollow Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027400445729272871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162374713588389952006-11-01T04:51:00.000-05:002006-11-01T04:51:00.000-05:00Saw IV had to happen - I theorise that based on th...Saw IV had to happen - I theorise that based on the current Hollywood model of profit over artistry, most of the current popular franchises - Spider-Man, X-Men, Saw - will end up with sequels with double digits, just because they've got guarenteed audiences (look at X-3, cinematic diarrhea that morons flocked to in droves) and are guarenteed money makers compared to funding the next Lodge Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1162367348306025962006-11-01T02:49:00.000-05:002006-11-01T02:49:00.000-05:00I dunno, Dave, I was fortunate enough to grow up i...I dunno, Dave, I was fortunate enough to grow up in an atheistic household, but <I>The Exorcist</I> still does it for me. I think what got to me was the fear of metamorphosis--not to mention I find it much easier to suspend my disbelief of the Devil than of God, since there's something profoundly human about Old Scratch.<BR/><BR/><I>Exorcist III</I>, though, is an underrated pleasure. Something Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.com