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I'm doing that very thing right now! Only thing I was wrong about is that Dylan Walsh is fine!
General tip: if people in a movie shoot men in gorilla suits with a laser, and Tim Curry is there, it might be a bit self-aware...! ;)
I take it you meant Walsh might have been taking it too seriously? He's certainly not playing it like Curry and the others. But him and Laura Linney give the film a little balance, I think.
I don't know if it tops the couple in the tent from the unrated cut of Jason Goes To Hell, but it's close.
That was my favorite kill from the series as a kid; it's brutal but made even more painful considering he's right around the corner, just out of reach of safety, getting his skull caved in.
Right now I'm rewatching LA Confidential, which I haven't seen in... one year. I still find it as entertaining as I did 25 years ago.
I do enjoy more recent movies as well, but they are generally relatively small scale things, historical or biographies, like The Founder, The Program, The Death of Stalin or I Tonya.
You sound like my dad, lol. That's a good thing. Controversial opinion of my own: I still enjoy Kevin Spacey as an actor, dispute his questionable problems recently. He never bores me, unlike certain actors today.
I still enjoy Spacey's early performances, although I'm not a fan of him as a person. I also think American Beauty is overrated and while there's nothing wrong with the movie per se or the performances in it, I don't understand how it got so hyped at the time.
It'll always be the sleeping bag kill for me in terms of favourites, but those two are damn awesome gory kills. The liquid nitrogen head slam in Jason X is close behind, too.
It does be on UK TV a fair bit, so people obviously enjoy watching it.
To be fair to myself, I was just referencing Rotten Tomatoes' audience score and its IMDB rating when I said general audiences. But I clearly have to revisit Congo. As both a Crichton fan and a fan of adventure movies that don't take themselves too seriously, I'm sure I'll love it.
Those are all among the best. I can only add
I agree Bava's films had style and flair, I love Bava. Maybe I did not explain myself clearly, I meant to say Bava's BoB is miles ahead of the F13 films that I think took inspiration from it, even though I can definitely appreciate some of the F13 films for what they are.
- Adrianne (drowned in liquid nitrogen (?), and head smashed against table)
- Stoney (stabbed through the chest, then the machete is pulled the rest of the way through his back, blade first)
- Azreal (back broken over Jasons knee, then tossed aside like a bag of rubbish)
- Sven (neck broken slowly)
The Three Stooges Movie (2012) Is A MISUNDERSTOOD MASTERPIECE.
Sure, The Plot Might Be A Little All Over The Place, And Some Jokes Are Just Plain Awful (I'm Seeing You, Baby Pee Fight), But Overall, You Can See They Made It With All The Best Intentions And It's Still An Enjoyable Movie If You've Seen The Original Shorts.
RANK: 7/10
A Little Bit Meh, But It's Still Good.
And UberJason. You can't go wrong with UberJason. But hey, my favorite of the bunch is still FvJ. 😃
We'll change that, if it's the last post I make. ;)
Both films rank among the best in their respective series.
And I might even prefer the 1990 remake as well, with a much better-written Barbara and, as a film score enthusiast, an original score, and a very good one at that.
@MajorDSmythe
You have explained why I love FvJ so much. It is a Freddy film, indeed, with Jason co-starring in it. It also has some of the best acting teens, a great score and just a lot of fun. 😊
I enjoyed Land of the Dead as well, but I think years of exaggerated praise for Romero's (very minor) social commentary went to his head, and that whole movie is just heavy-handed allegory. But hey, Dennis Hopper picks his nose and says "Zombies, man. Freak me out," so it's not bad at all. :))
That must be why I enjoy it. I find Freddy much more compelling to watch than Jason. But in this film, even Jason becomes more interesting to me because of the contrast between him and Freddy. Silent and somber vs. clownish and talkative. The two characters work very well together.
Also, going by Freddy Krueger alone, Robert Englund is one hell of an actor. (Actually, I also enjoyed his brief role as Robert Englund in New Nightmare. I should also watch Urban Legend, now that I think about it.)
I was going to say this exactly. FvJ is a fun flick, but I see it as a good Nightmare on Elm Street and not a very good Friday the 13th. It definitely leans more into Freddy’s style, and the whole business about Jason being paralyzed by the sight of some water leaking from the ceiling is truly perplexing given all the times we've seen the character straight up go into a lake. But despite the fact this is really Freddy's film, the cornfield rave is still a pretty epic Jason scene.
You know, I go back and forth on all three of those as far as which is my fave. But for a while now it's been Night of the Living Dead. The 90s remake directed by Savini with Tony Todd and a much better Barbara (played by Laura Dern's stunt double in Jurassic Park) is definitely solid. Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is pretty good too for a more modern take.
The dialogue does the cast no favors, and they're very much divided into obvious good guys and bad guys. But the music is chilling, and the zombie effects are leagues ahead of Night and Dawn. I'd say Day is the one where Romero got the horror aspect the most right.
Another fun one with a very 90s cast!
I have never seen the Snyder remake, it’s on my watchlist though. I hear there’s also one for Day, but that one doesn’t get great reviews.
I quite like Last Summer too, even though it’s not a masterpiece, but the atmosphere is great.