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Post by loto on Nov 2, 2024 7:20:23 GMT
The End we start from 9/10 (Netflix)
Wasn’t expecting much, but really enjoyed this dystopian ecocide tale of a family’s fight to survive a disaster. Stellar cast and then some, but it’s never showy and Jodie Comer in particular is excellent.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 2, 2024 7:53:35 GMT
Return of the Living Dead
"Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of DYING? You know, VIOLENTLY? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to DIE?"
"SEND... MORE... COPS"
"LIVE BRAINS"
10/10, this movie is fucking great. Has been for almost 40 years now.
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Post by wunty on Nov 2, 2024 7:55:45 GMT
I just read the synopsis on Wikipedia. What the fuck did I just read?! Same. I love black comedy and horror but there are certain things that I draw the line at and that is one of them. |
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Post by retro74 on Nov 2, 2024 9:25:29 GMT
Return of the Living Dead "Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of DYING? You know, VIOLENTLY? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to DIE?" "SEND... MORE... COPS" "LIVE BRAINS" 10/10, this movie is fucking great. Has been for almost 40 years now. One of my favourites, I love the Tarman zombie The whole “send more paramedics / send more cops” exchange is iconic |
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Post by cubby on Nov 2, 2024 13:04:04 GMT
I just read the synopsis on Wikipedia. What the fuck did I just read?! Same. I love black comedy and horror but there are certain things that I draw the line at and that is one of them. It reads like the edgy shit I was pumping out at 18 when I was trying to be a Sarah Kane type playwrighter. |
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Post by wunty on Nov 2, 2024 14:09:11 GMT
Return of the Living Dead "Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of DYING? You know, VIOLENTLY? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to DIE?" "SEND... MORE... COPS" "LIVE BRAINS" 10/10, this movie is fucking great. Has been for almost 40 years now. One of my favourites, I love the Tarman zombie The whole “send more paramedics / send more cops” exchange is iconic It’s an awesome film. Watched it a few weeks back. Could actually still be my favourite zombie film. |
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Post by AccidentProne on Nov 2, 2024 14:17:50 GMT
With all the discussion about it in here, I just watched The Coffee Table too, fucking hell! Followed Molar's advice and went in blind, but kinda wish I hadn't. If I'd have read the synopsis I don't think I'd have watched it. Fuck that was dark.
It's actually a pretty good film and despite being pitch black, there is some dark, dark comedy in there. I wasn't sure I'd make it to the end though. I'd give it 7/10, but would struggle to recommend it.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 2, 2024 15:37:35 GMT
It's not much worse than your average Jam sketch
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Post by Dougs on Nov 2, 2024 15:59:23 GMT
Yeah, not watching that.
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Post by technoish on Nov 2, 2024 18:08:59 GMT
Watched Pride and Prejudice zombies. Actually pretty funny / decent! 7/10
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Post by Binky on Nov 2, 2024 18:33:23 GMT
Ok I’m going in blind to the coffee table movie. Anything else recommended on Shudder whilst I’ve got a free trial?
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Nov 2, 2024 18:40:38 GMT
Speak No EvilWell, that was a hell of a ride. Fookin' 'ell. I'm very glad they changed the ending from the original as that sounds so very fucking bleak, even if it is, weirdly, the more plausible outcome. 8/10
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Post by AccidentProne on Nov 2, 2024 19:09:49 GMT
Ok I’m going in blind to the coffee table movie. Anything else recommended on Shudder whilst I’ve got a free trial? Quite a lot of good stuff on there, recently I've enjoyed: Late Night with the Devil Revenge (earlier film from The Substance director) When Evil Lurks Speak No Evil (Danish original) MadS One Cut of the Dead Possessor In a Violent Nature |
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Post by sport✅ on Nov 2, 2024 19:28:04 GMT
I know nothing about this coffee table movie, haven't read the wiki, completely blind, but based on the FG comments, WTF?!
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Post by Binky on Nov 2, 2024 20:43:52 GMT
With all the discussion about it in here, I just watched The Coffee Table too, fucking hell! Followed Molar's advice and went in blind, but kinda wish I hadn't. If I'd have read the synopsis I don't think I'd have watched it. Fuck that was dark. It's actually a pretty good film and despite being pitch black, there is some dark, dark comedy in there. I wasn't sure I'd make it to the end though. I'd give it 7/10, but would struggle to recommend it. Fucking hell, that was something. Erm, yeah… er… 8/10 probably. I haven’t seen anything quite like it. |
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Post by addyb on Nov 2, 2024 20:49:54 GMT
The coffee table is a great film. I was just gobsmacked through most of it.
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Post by Vortex on Nov 2, 2024 20:56:20 GMT
I finally got arsed enough to watch 1917 last night. I enjoyed it & found it quite moving.
My lad walked in and announced he'd watched it twice and thought it was great. I was surprised and impressed. We watched all quiet on the western front after his war graves trip to France/Belgium and he must have watched this on his own volition.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 2, 2024 21:37:27 GMT
I am happy/sorry that I got all of you to watch the coffee table movie.
Now that you have a free Shudder subscription, go watch In a Violent Nature. You can read up about it if you want, it's not the kind of movie where spoilers really matter.
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Post by skalpadda on Nov 2, 2024 21:55:48 GMT
Psiconautas, los niños olividados, which the internet tells me is titled Birdboy: The Forgotten Children in English.
A Spanish animated film about anthropomorphic animals living on a dystopian island that's been ravaged by an industrial cataclysm. Birdboy is an outcast, struggling with (literal) inner demons and he's hunted by the police who mistakenly think he's selling drugs, but he also has a secret that might offer some hope for the future. And there's Dinky, a young mouse trying to find a way to leave the island together with her two friends. It's all very bleak, dark and horrible, but there are some glimmers of light and humanity. I liked it a lot, but it's definitely something you have to be in the mood for.
8/10
Unicorn Wars
Because I liked the above I watched this by the same director. It's a war/horror movie about militaristic, fundamentalist (teddy) bears fighting unicorns. Apart from some dark humour it's even bleaker than Psiconautas. Very much a WTF? experience. I didn't like it as much, but it's certainly interesting.
7/10
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Post by robthehermit on Nov 2, 2024 22:19:20 GMT
Dark City
It's a city and it's dark.
8/10
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Post by retro74 on Nov 2, 2024 22:24:02 GMT
Hotel Transylvania (SKY)
It’s a hotel and it’s in Transylvania.
7/10
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 2, 2024 22:26:52 GMT
The Coffee Table
It's a coffee table and it's unbreakable
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Post by dmukgr on Nov 2, 2024 22:33:09 GMT
I was going to watch The Coffee Table but chickened out going in blind with the comments here, thinking the wife will judge me too much. So I read the plot and… it sounded ok to me, and I should have trusted Molar.
I’m clearly not right in the head then.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 2, 2024 22:52:03 GMT
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Post by Lizard on Nov 2, 2024 22:54:09 GMT
Are you saying that the film itself can be used as a coffee table?
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Post by simple on Nov 2, 2024 22:55:04 GMT
Since I don’t have Shudder I read the synopsis on Wikipedia.
I can imagine it being entertaining in a bleakest farce of all time kind of way but I would never consider it being one to watch with Mrs Simple.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 2, 2024 22:59:24 GMT
One thing it doesn't mention on Wikipedia is that you see them all together at the end as Force ghosts. So there's a happy ending really. The table is still shit though |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 2, 2024 23:21:13 GMT
The Substance: Tetsuo The Iron Man as directed by a French lady.
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Post by Binky on Nov 2, 2024 23:28:51 GMT
In a Violent Nature
I can see what it was trying to do but my god was that slow and boring.
Zero tension, zero character, zero substance.
Zero.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 2, 2024 23:38:02 GMT
It's great isn't it
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