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Just finished Irréversible (2002) about thirty minutes ago. I pretty much knew most of what there was to know coming in, so it didn't have the shock value it could have had if I'd known nothing about it. The camera work made some scenes, especially the sex club scene, hard to understand, but besides that, it was a pretty cool way to make the movie. The beat-down in the club was intensely brutal, and I actually thought it was a 'worse' scene then the rap scene. Also, I thought Marcus, Alex's boyfriend, was pretty much an idiot, and I connected a lot more to Pierre. Overall, I liked the movie, but I con only really give it a 7/10.

Yeah, I watched The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) yesterday, and while I have mostly mixed feelings, I liked it overall.

For one thing, I really liked Tobey Maguire's performance of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the thee Raimi movies. While I won't say I liked Garfield's performance more, he put up a better fight then I thought he would. However, I never felt Garfield's Parker ever came as close to being as shy as Maguire's Parker, and shyness is a staple of the Peter Parker character. And don't even make me think of Garfield's stupid hair...

I'll end this way. The Amazing Spider-Man is a better movie then Spider-Man (2002), but not better then Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Today, I learned that "Stuck in the Middle with You" is not a Beatles song. Shit.

Anyway, I do actually have something that comes to mind for this thread, and that'd be the great boat scene from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). The acting on Wilder's part still freaks me out, and the whole climax of "they're certainly no showing any SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING" is just amazingly frightening, and I'm not surprised some stations cut that bit out when airing the movie. 

The one that recently struck me the most was in Reservoir Dogs, when Mr. Blonde tortures the cop with a straight razor. Nothing prepared me for this, and his cold hearted glee while dancing and cutting the poor dude to a Beatles song left me breathless and mortified for the duration of the scene.

I've seen that movie a fairish amount of times, and I could swear that the song is "Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheels. In fact, I don't think there are any songs by The Beatles in that movie at all, as far as I can remember.

Been a while since I've posted. Sucks.

Anyway, I just watched The Juror (1996), and while I only watched it for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an actor I love, I have to say I enjoyed the movie, even though it seemed kind of weak in some spots. Incidentally, of course, Gordon-Levitt was only a kid in the movie, so that cut down a lot of potential enjoyment.

I only own two consoles, a PS2 (3 of them, actually, one of which is the original big one) and an original X-Box. I suppose a computer could also count for PC games. So three, which is a bloody shame, as I really want a PS3. Not because I think it's better then a 360, but because there are some games I want that have only come out on the PS3, and there's no reason to get both consoles, especially when I don't even have the money for one!

Just watched Secrecy (2008), an artful hands-off documentary about the nature of government secrets and how that relates to us, the citizens. I call it hands-off because we never saw those who did the interviews. All it was were clips of interviews with some video, images, ect. playing while they were talking. With that, however, I loved the movie. My favorite parts were the ones where they talked to Neal Katyal and Charles Swift, the lawyers for the defendant in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. On a side-note, Swift reminded me a lot of Al Franken, one of the better Senators currently serving.

They talked about a lot, mostly in a non-biased view, though I thought it was obvious that the people opposing the government's right to keep certain things secret were portrayed more positively, which suits me just fine, as they're the people I agreed with. When our government tortures, kills, lies to us, it's hard to feel sympathy for those people who support keeping things classified even when there's no real confidential information contained within. Personally, they need to do a follow-up movie regarding Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, our drone warfare, and other related matters. People really need to know and think about these stuff, and I feel they don't. I'd give this movie a 9/10.

Just finished watching Scream 3 (2000). Of course, I've seen it before, but that was years ago, and I didn't even remember who the killer was until it was revealed. I have to say that I just love the Scream movies. I didn't expect to really enjoy Scream 3, but it still had a good amount of wit, humor, and a meta-sense throughout the whole movie. Probably has something to do with the fact that Wes Craven was directing it. In so many horror film series, there're multiple directors. Seems rare to find a series by just one director. Anyway, I love all the characters from the film, and it was a fun romp, so I have to rate it 8/10.

Not a bad thread idea.

I don't have a TV right now, as I'm at college, but when I get back home I plan on catching up on NCIS, Criminal Minds, Doctor Who, and The Big Bang Theory. Also, while it just ended, I have to finish the last 10 episodes of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, which is a bloody excellent adaptation of the original show.

Works for me. Looks like a fun site with interesting people. Happy to be here.

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Six posts in and then I think about maybe introducing myself... *sigh*

Anyway, hi, I'm FanofAllHorror, but my real name's James. Not much to say about myself. I'm currently in college, though not doing too well, and I love horror movies, along with other stuff, so I thought I'd join the site. I'm not very particular in what I watch, so I end up watching a lot of random movies, including some horror, old and new. Anyway, that's about it. Any questions, ask. Seems like a cool place here.

Few stand-ups get me in tears laughing, so I might try that out sometime.

Anyway, I've seen five non-horror movies since I last posted, but as this says most recent, I'll stick with that.

Just watched No Code of Conduct (1998), and I liked it more than I thought I would. For one, I'm a sucker for action movies, even if they really suck, and while I don't think this movie was that bad, it certainly wouldn't win any awards. For another, while one of the main characters was Charlie Sheen, called 'Charles Sheen' in the credits, lol, Martin Sheen was also in the movie, and I love that guy's acting. Loved him in The West Wing and I loved him in this movie. This movie also had the best explosion I've ever seen in a movie at the end.

However, the movies overall just wasn't good. It used the most annoying way to cut from scene to scene I've ever seen in a movie. It reminded me of the 60's Batman show, it was that bad. [Not dissing on that show, by the way. I love Batman and that show in all it's corny glory.] They had a sub-plot with Charlie and his wife, and that never really got resolved. Anyway, I'd give it a 6/10. I'd almost give it a 7, but it just fell short.

Since Netflix seems to be accepted here, I'm currently four episodes into Le chevalier D'Eon, a 2006 anime that takes place in 1700's France. As it's only 24 episodes long, I'll pace myself through the series, though it has built up the mystery/conspiracy well even just four episodes in. Though it does have actual magic in it, that hasn't taken away from any of the very interesting main characters.

I've only watched one anime besides this, and that was the absolutely amazing Monster, which, at 74 episodes long, was a great watch.

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I'm not positive this counts as a movie, per se, as it's just a stand-up comedy thing, but I watched Dana Gould: Let Me Put My Thoughts in You. (2009).

As stand-up comedies go, it was okay. Some of his jokes were long in telling and short in an interesting punch-line, as it is. He did have some funny jokes, but most of the jokes were just bland, and nothing really notable was said. I notice that most of these can be either really funny or really terrible, depending on the comic, but this one was really in the middle. Unlike other stand-ups, I wouldn't watch it again, but I've seen worse *cough Gilbert Gottfried cough*. As it was, I'd give it a 5/10.

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Last one for the night/morning.

Just finished La tumba de los muertos vivientes [aka The Treasure of the Living Dead / Oasis of the Zombies] (1982), and wow. That movie had some of the worst editing I have ever seen in a movie. It was dreadful. As for the movie itself, it wasn't much better. I did like two of the main characters, the son of the guy who was killed in the beginning, and the guy with the glasses who was the first to die out of the main four, but besides them, I didn't really like anyone else. The plot had potential, and if the movie was remade with better editing, a better script, better actors, better score, I might actually like it. Plus, I saw a dubbed version, and I HATE dubbed movies. I'd read sub-titles and watch a movie in it's original language any day. Anyway, I'd give the movie a 3/10, as there were some parts I liked.