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Kory wrote:
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https://film.avclub.com/blazing-saddles ... 1839370209

And now I have a hankering to watch Blazing Saddles again. Which I will do after lunch.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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https://film.avclub.com/blazing-saddles ... 1839370209

And now I have a hankering to watch Blazing Saddles again. Which I will do after lunch.
I have to wonder if John Wayne was in on the joke or not? The bigger joke that is, I've known racist people to cite it as one of their favorite movies.

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revbob wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:00am
https://film.avclub.com/blazing-saddles ... 1839370209

And now I have a hankering to watch Blazing Saddles again. Which I will do after lunch.
I have to wonder if John Wayne was in on the joke or not? The bigger joke that is, I've known racist people to cite it as one of their favorite movies.
Which is always the tricky part of satire—that the target will think it sincere and supportive. Which might make it funnier or make it tragic. There's this passage from Sarah Silverman's memoir:
One night I was at the Hollywood Improv and a famous musician from the '80s approached me with a few of his friends. I was a big fan and very excited to meet him. He said, "You are my favorite comedian! I loved Jesus Is Magic!"

I was so excited, I gushed, "Thank you so much, I'm a big fan of yours--"

"You have the best nigger jokes!"

"Well, I don't...that's not how I--"

"She's got the best nigger jokes!" he repeated to his friends.

It was pretty horrifying. It probably can best be described as what an old boyfriend would call a "mouth full of blood laughs," when a person in the audience is laughing at the wrong thing--the ugly part of the joke--the part intended for irony or insidiousness. It would be uncouth to divulge this musician's identity, though the wide-eyed earnestness with which he employed the word "nigger" leads me to believe he sees no fault in his use of it, as he sees no fault (or difference) in the way I had used it. But I will tell you that after that incident I Stopped Believin'.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 11:12am
revbob wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:00am
https://film.avclub.com/blazing-saddles ... 1839370209

And now I have a hankering to watch Blazing Saddles again. Which I will do after lunch.
I have to wonder if John Wayne was in on the joke or not? The bigger joke that is, I've known racist people to cite it as one of their favorite movies.
Which is always the tricky part of satire—that the target will think it sincere and supportive. Which might make it funnier or make it tragic. There's this passage from Sarah Silverman's memoir:
One night I was at the Hollywood Improv and a famous musician from the '80s approached me with a few of his friends. I was a big fan and very excited to meet him. He said, "You are my favorite comedian! I loved Jesus Is Magic!"

I was so excited, I gushed, "Thank you so much, I'm a big fan of yours--"

"You have the best nigger jokes!"

"Well, I don't...that's not how I--"

"She's got the best nigger jokes!" he repeated to his friends.

It was pretty horrifying. It probably can best be described as what an old boyfriend would call a "mouth full of blood laughs," when a person in the audience is laughing at the wrong thing--the ugly part of the joke--the part intended for irony or insidiousness. It would be uncouth to divulge this musician's identity, though the wide-eyed earnestness with which he employed the word "nigger" leads me to believe he sees no fault in his use of it, as he sees no fault (or difference) in the way I had used it. But I will tell you that after that incident I Stopped Believin'.
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revbob wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 11:17am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 11:12am
revbob wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2019, 10:00am
https://film.avclub.com/blazing-saddles ... 1839370209

And now I have a hankering to watch Blazing Saddles again. Which I will do after lunch.
I have to wonder if John Wayne was in on the joke or not? The bigger joke that is, I've known racist people to cite it as one of their favorite movies.
Which is always the tricky part of satire—that the target will think it sincere and supportive. Which might make it funnier or make it tragic. There's this passage from Sarah Silverman's memoir:
One night I was at the Hollywood Improv and a famous musician from the '80s approached me with a few of his friends. I was a big fan and very excited to meet him. He said, "You are my favorite comedian! I loved Jesus Is Magic!"

I was so excited, I gushed, "Thank you so much, I'm a big fan of yours--"

"You have the best nigger jokes!"

"Well, I don't...that's not how I--"

"She's got the best nigger jokes!" he repeated to his friends.

It was pretty horrifying. It probably can best be described as what an old boyfriend would call a "mouth full of blood laughs," when a person in the audience is laughing at the wrong thing--the ugly part of the joke--the part intended for irony or insidiousness. It would be uncouth to divulge this musician's identity, though the wide-eyed earnestness with which he employed the word "nigger" leads me to believe he sees no fault in his use of it, as he sees no fault (or difference) in the way I had used it. But I will tell you that after that incident I Stopped Believin'.
So it was Colin from Wire.
Can't be—he has no friends.
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Child’s Play (2019) The Chucky franchise is my all time favorite, so I avoided this in the theater, I figured if it was going to be an AI doll instead of voodoo, why even make it Chucky? Name recognition, I guess. but with apologies to Don Mancini, this remake was thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. Well, with apologies to Don Mancini, this remake was thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. Anyway, a disgruntled factory worker removes the safeguards on one particular doll, which learns violence from TV among other things, and misinterprets his child-owner’s anger as instructions to kill. The old Chucky will always be my #1, but I would watch this again.

Critters Attack (2019) Some people thought the Critters original series on Shudder was bad, at least it had a few laughs. This was god-awful. An incredibly dull babysitter and sittee foursome battle a Critters attack and the grownups don’t believe them. They also have a “good” Critter in their possession, shades of Gizmo. Dee Wallace, who was the mom in the first Critters (which was a great movie, by the way), returns, but now she’s a Sara Conners-type Critter Killer. Skip this one.

3 From Hell (2019) Rob Zombie’s third entry in the Firefly trilogy (can we call it that?) reunites the late Sid Haig (if only for a few moments), and Bill Mosley and Sherri Moon. The latter escape from prison and deal more murder and torture to innocent people, with the help of a half brother who was never mentioned until now. Dee Wallace plays a prison guard and Clint Howard is a party clown. Thumbs up for some nudity in an age where it seems to be disappearing from this type of movie, but thumbs down for CGI bullet holes. I feel House & Rejects were Rob’s only good movies, and I’m afraid I still think that. Also, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” playing over the climactic scene had been done before (Manhunter).

Nightmare Cinema (2018) Anthology movie with a wraparound featuring Mickey Roarke as a movie theater projectionist, showing the horrific future to five unlucky film goers. A slasher in the woods is not what it seems from the director of Juan of the Dead. Then, a plastic surgery nightmare directed by Joe Dante and featuring Richard Chamberlain. Next, a demon wreaks havoc in a catholic school in an extremely violent, and really good segment from the director of Midnight Meat Train. Then the 30 Days of Night director brings a story of a woman descending into madness, and finally, a teenage boy recovering from a gunshot wound in the hospital get a touch of the “sixth sense”. That one had Agent Reyes in it. The last segment as well as the wraparound is from Mick Garris. Again, the demon segment was outstanding, the Garris one was very good, and the other three were just fine. Definitely worth watching.

Us (2019) 2nd viewing, the Universal Studios maze reminded me that I wanted to see it again. Very good movie, especially the second act.

John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980) A small California fishing town with a dark secret is celebrating its centennial. 100 years ago a ship sank on its shores, and the poor drowned souls are attacking the city under the cover of a mysterious fog. Adrienne Barbeau is the overnight radio DJ and lighthouse keeper. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook and John Houseman. Jamie and Tom Atkins have a hard to believe relationship, but I’ll let it slide, this was fun. Also with Nancy Loomis (Annie from Halloween) who only seems to work in Carpenter movies.

An American Werewolf in London (1981) A delightful comedy-horror from John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers). Former Dr. Pepper pitchman David Naughton and his pal are backpacking through rural England when a beast attacks them, killing the friend and leaving Naughton in a London Hospital. He's now plagued by violent nightmares, including one with his "undead" buddy insisting that he kill himself before he turns into a wolf at the next full moon. The beautiful Jenny Agutter plays a nurse who gives him a place to stay after he checks out from the hospital. The moon finally does come up and shit does hit the fan! Clever placement of several moon-related rock n roll songs add to the fun. I particularly enjoyed seeing "The Jam" and "Sex Pistols" tagged on the outside of a phone booth. Most of the nudity comes from a fake porno movie that some of the characters attend, and Rick Baker made the fantastic transformation scene. All this, but I STILL like the Howling better!

Drag Me to Hell (2009) Sam Raimi’s silly but fun homage to Curse of the Demon, about a young banker trying to find her way out of a deadly curse cast on her by a vengeful gypsy. It’s been years since I saw this one and I had forgotten how loaded with jump scares this one was. Pretty effective, though, I think I wore out he springs on my couch!

Haunt (2019) A group of college students go to a haunted maze that much to their surprise is run by murderers. Nothing groundbreaking here, but fun and worth a watch.

Tales of Halloween (2015) Anthology with about 10 short stories from different directors relating to Halloween. Not as good as Trick ‘r Treat, but pretty fun, some segments better than others. Some of the filmmaker’s combined resumes include Repo: The Genetic Opera, Night of the Demons (remake), Big-Ass Spider, The Hills Run Red, and Grace. The more recognizable names would be Lucky McKee (May) and Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Decent). A few segments that I thought stood out included a Friday the 13th type parody, a vampire-kidnapping, and the vengeful spirit of a kid who never got to eat any candy. Familiar faces in front of the camera include Adrienne Barbeau, Dana Gould, Pollyana McIntosh, Tiffany Shepis, John Landis and Joe Dante, to name a few. Not good enough to watch every year, but this is my second.

Halloween (1978) John Carpenter’s game changing classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis as the babysitter stalked by an emotionless killer. Donald Pleasence as the obsessed psychiatrist. I believe I’ve seen at least once for every time that PJ Soles says “totally.” That’s a lot.

Halloween II (1981) Beginning the moment the first film ends, Michael Myers continues to stalk babysitter Laurie Strode in the hospital. Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis returns, and Rick Rosenthal takes the director’s reigns from Carpenter. A higher kill count highlighted by Micheal scalding a topless nurse to death in a hot tub. Arguably the best in the series besides the original.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) 10 years after the massacres from the first two films, Michael escapes and returns to Haddonfield, this time to find and kill his orphan niece, future scream queen Danielle Harris in her first role. Donald Pleasence is back as Dr Loomis, now with burn marks on his face and hands. Michael goes on a new killing spree as a new sheriff and some angry rednecks with shotguns try to stop him. The sheriff's daughter had some tremendous knockers, but we only get a tease. Most of the violence was pretty tame as well, except for a scene or two. Stupid late 80s rating board. Coulda been a bit better, but I liked the ending.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) This absurd sequel had so many things wrong with it, it ended up being kind of fun. After what appeared to be a certain death in part 4, Myers is nursed to health by a old man in a shack, but on Halloween eve the following year, Mike gets up and kills him, then resumes the search for his niece. 9 year-old Jamie (Danielle Harris) is now mute and lives in a home for sick children, where a stuttering boy who has a crush on her reads her lips to translate for everyone else. Danielle now can see through the eyes of her murderous uncle, and has seizures whenever he kills. Her new best friend is her older sister's buddy, who suddenly visits her in the children's home all the time, but explains that she's leaving her alone on Halloween because she has to fuck her boyfriend. Donald Pleasence is as over the top as he's ever been as Loomis, shaking the little girl until she agrees to cooperate in the capture of her uncle. The same trauma that made Jamie mute, suddenly makes her able to speak again without missing a beat. Add some bumbling cops and a few more stupid teens for good measure. I think I liked this at one time, but I’ll be OK if a decade passes without revisiting it. I think I feel the same about all Micheal Myers movies, I’m burnt out!
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Halloween (1978) John Carpenter’s game changing classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis as the babysitter stalked by an emotionless killer. Donald Pleasence as the obsessed psychiatrist. I believe I’ve seen at least once for every time that PJ Soles says “totally.” That’s a lot.

Halloween II (1981) Beginning the moment the first film ends, Michael Myers continues to stalk babysitter Laurie Strode in the hospital. Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis returns, and Rick Rosenthal takes the director’s reigns from Carpenter. A higher kill count highlighted by Micheal scalding a topless nurse to death in a hot tub. Arguably the best in the series besides the original.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) 10 years after the massacres from the first two films, Michael escapes and returns to Haddonfield, this time to find and kill his orphan niece, future scream queen Danielle Harris in her first role. Donald Pleasence is back as Dr Loomis, now with burn marks on his face and hands. Michael goes on a new killing spree as a new sheriff and some angry rednecks with shotguns try to stop him. The sheriff's daughter had some tremendous knockers, but we only get a tease. Most of the violence was pretty tame as well, except for a scene or two. Stupid late 80s rating board. Coulda been a bit better, but I liked the ending.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) This absurd sequel had so many things wrong with it, it ended up being kind of fun. After what appeared to be a certain death in part 4, Myers is nursed to health by a old man in a shack, but on Halloween eve the following year, Mike gets up and kills him, then resumes the search for his niece. 9 year-old Jamie (Danielle Harris) is now mute and lives in a home for sick children, where a stuttering boy who has a crush on her reads her lips to translate for everyone else. Danielle now can see through the eyes of her murderous uncle, and has seizures whenever he kills. Her new best friend is her older sister's buddy, who suddenly visits her in the children's home all the time, but explains that she's leaving her alone on Halloween because she has to fuck her boyfriend. Donald Pleasence is as over the top as he's ever been as Loomis, shaking the little girl until she agrees to cooperate in the capture of her uncle. The same trauma that made Jamie mute, suddenly makes her able to speak again without missing a beat. Add some bumbling cops and a few more stupid teens for good measure. I think I liked this at one time, but I’ll be OK if a decade passes without revisiting it. I think I feel the same about all Micheal Myers movies, I’m burnt out!
What are your thoughts on part 3? I finally watched it this weekend and liked aspects of it (particularly the final scene), but thought it wasn't terribly well executed.
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What are your thoughts on part 3? I finally watched it this weekend and liked aspects of it (particularly the final scene), but thought it wasn't terribly well executed.
I haven't seen it in ages. The electronic song/jingle is iconic though. I plan on seeing it next October for sure.
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Dr Sleep: pretty good film. Slightly better than the novel. Will be a footnote in two days. Its borrowed power comes from the literal ruins of the Overlook but that is a potent enough image to justify the film.
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I'm watching Furious 7 of the Fast and the Furious series. Michelle Rodriguez is running around in a sassy evening gown. I just muttered, "I wanna smell her sweaty tits". My wife is disgusted by me.

Additionally, it's impressive that a mentally challenged man like Vin Diesel has a film career.
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I'm watching Furious 7 of the Fast and the Furious series. Michelle Rodriguez is running around in a sassy evening gown. I just muttered, "I wanna smell her sweaty tits". My wife is disgusted by me.

Additionally, it's impressive that a mentally challenged man like Vin Diesel has a film career.
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) The Freeling family is now staying at grandma’s house in Arizona, and the evil spirit is still after the little girl, in the form of a creepy southern preacher. Zelda Rubenstein is back to help them out, and she brought the big Indian from Cuckoo’s Nest with her. The teenage daughter was never mentioned, the actress who played was murdered a few years earlier. The guy who played the creepy preacher (who reminds me of Lindsey Graham) died before it was released! There was a pretty cool effect where Craig T Nelson regurgitates a giant tequila worm which then grows bones and turns into sort of a human. There are way more bad effects than good though, and the character’s likability, especially the dad, falls off quite a bit.

The Haunting (1963) Many suspicious deaths have occurred in Hill House over the years, so anthropologist Dr Markway and a crew lease the house with intent to investigate any evidence of paranormal activity. Eleanor (Julie Harris) is among the "experts" because of a poltergeist experience she had as a child. She is socially awkward, as she has done nothing but cared for her recently deceased invalid mother her entire adult life, and welcomes a change in her life, although it becomes very clear that house is taking a specific interest in her. Also with Claire Bloom and Russ Tamblin. Haunted House classic from multiple Oscar winning director Robert Wise.

Count Dracula (1970) Christopher Lee plays Dracula for Jess Franco in his faithful adaption of Bram Stoker’s novel. Klaus Kinski is the fly-eating Renfield, Herbert Lom Professor Van Helsing and the beautiful Soledad Miranda is the ill-fated Lucy. See Dracula’s mustache and hair gradually go from white to black as he feeds. Certainly one of Franco’s best.

Kill, Baby…Kill (1966) A coroner and a cop are call into a small village to investigate a mysterious death of a young woman, but the townspeople aren’t talking. There are whispers about the ghost of a murdered child that lives in the local mansion. Very good turn-of-the-century gothic chiller from Mario Bava.

The Host (2006) A slacker dad (Kang-ho Song from Thirst) loses his daughter to a kaiju attack by a giant mutant fish, but when he finds that his daughter may still be alive and trapped in a sewer he must escape quarantine with his father and siblings to rescue her in this entertaining action/horror/comedy from Joon-ho Bong.

The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) A honeymooning couple stop by an ancient castle on the French countryside to meet the brides older cousins, her only living relatives. Or at least they were, they made it just in time for the funeral…but wait! The cousins were vampire hunters, and now bitten, they are vampires themselves. With the help of their two servant girls and an ancient vampire woman who walks though walls and pops out of grandfather clocks, they must decide whether to let the bride go, or to fulfill her vampire destiny! Loaded with nudity, psychedelic imagery and a great instrumental rock and roll soundtrack, this one gets an A+. I’d seen about a half dozen Jean Rollin movies, this is by far the best. In French with subtitles.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) Cult favorite about space alien clown who shoot their prey with popcorn and wrap the bodies in cotton candy. Great special effects highlight this delightful 80s romp, the only feature directorial credit for Steven Chiodo, who mainly has puppeteer credits, highlighted by Critters. It has all the sex set-up scenes of an 80s movie, but they all stop short at PG13! Veteran character actor John Vernon plays the angriest beat cop in the world.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) Black & White Experimental Japanese Cult fave about a man whose skin and bones mutate into metal. Very little dialog and some great imagery, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Eraserhead. Not really my bag, but I’m happy to get it off my bucket list. Only 67 minutes.
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Doctor Sleep (2019) Man, I hate to put a “classic” stamp on something until some time goes by and I have a chance to see it again, but I loved every moment of this, despite the 2 ½ hour runtime. It’s not that I’m the biggest Flanigan fan either, though I loved Hill House, he has a few movies I didn’t care for at all. There’s been many times where I felt a movie wasn’t as good as I had originally thought upon a rewatch, so we’ll see. The woman who played the main villain, she was mesmerizing. See it!

Into the Dark: Pilgrim (2019) An upper middle class family hires actors to live in their home over the Thanksgiving weekend to teach them the true meaning of family and gratitude. You guessed it, they like to kill. If you can get over the absurd premise of hiring strangers to live in your house, then it was pretty entertaining. If you can believe that then you might believe the lead girl is 17! From the director of the Collector/Collection movies.

Bride of Re-Animator (1989) Brian Yuzna, who produced Stuart Gordon’s instant classic in 1985, takes the directorial reigns in this sequel which finds Herbert West and Daniel Cain now doctors at Miskatonik eight months after the massacre, and still experimenting on cadavers. How Cain would still have anything to do with West, let alone remain his roommate and assistant is pretty tough to justify. Anyway, there’s an inspector with a dead wife that’s asking too many questions, and before too long, its mayhem again. Kathleen Kinmont, who was the busty girl in Halloween 4, is a busty girl in this too. Also with the hot foreign exchange student from Summer School. Dr. Hill’s head makes a comeback too. Loaded with body horror, a Yuzna staple. Fun, but not in the same league as the original.

Rape of the Vampire (1968) Jean Rollin’s first feature length film is really two shorter, loosely related stories. The first about four sisters who claim to be vampires in a small village and the second about a vampire queen who runs a clinic looking for a cure for vampirism. It was hard to follow the plot at times, but it had a lot of good scenes, and none of the many, many girls could keep their clothes on. It gave the impression of being modern and a period piece at the same time. Black & White, in French w. subtitles.
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Saw Knives Out on Wednesday, GREAT movie. Inventive, engaging and surprisingly funny Agatha Christie type whodunnit. Every cast member shines. I don't want to give one iota of anything away, but I'll say that the movie is also an absolutely fantastic examination of class solidarity among the wealthy and I think very easily explores the kind of terrain around class relations that some people think Joker tried to do. Top 5 movie of the year, easily.

On the other hand, we watched Bohemian Rhapsody last night after pie. Obviously great performance but I found the whole emotional core of the film being about a gay man and the heterosexual love of his life to be absolutely abhorrent. A film designed to satisfy homophobic fans of Queen AND folks who don't want Freddie Mercury's unwillingness to speak out about AIDs problematized at all. Rami Malek aside, the movie was really disappointing.
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