Movies just watched - Theatre V1

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

Rather disturbing how relevant this movie's themes are today.

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986).

An effective, and honestly sometimes hard to watch film based around one of the most notorious serial killers to ever live. As cold and detached as the killer himself.

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Cast Away (2000).

Solid. Great performance from Tom Hanks, the stuff with him on the island was the best.

Dawn of the Dead (1978).

Definitely lived up to, if not exceeded it's reputation. And intense, scary and sometimes darkly comedic film with a surprisingly clever commentary on class and mindless consumer culture. One of the best horror movies of all time. Wish I'd watched it sooner.

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American Psycho

Objectively a very good movie, but i absolutely hated it.

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Monster High - Ghouls Rule

Man... watching a Monster High movie will completely change your perspective of an Equestria Girls movie forever. No wonder EQG beat out Monster High in sales.

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I recently watched the Netflix Death Note movie. Wew, that was... something. It's probably a key example of why American adaptions of anime series just don't work, they end up missing the point.

I'll start with the positive. L was portrayed well despite my initial doubts, the actor did a good job despite admittedly not quite looking the part most of the time. He could have used his signature white shirt and jeans more often as opposed to the hoodie. However, the actor definitely had his mannerisms down. And Willem Defoe as Ryuk was fantastic. It's such a shame he was stuck in this adaption so to say, because he really was awesome as the character in every sense. If there ever was another adaption, he would be perfect. Admittedly, his scenes were the redeeming quality of the film for me.


And now onto... everything else. The movie felt incredibly rushed. And not even rushed in the sense that they crammed too much in from the source material. Going in, I was expecting it to be a fast adaption of the first major half of the source material. That being, prior to the introduction of Near, or maybe they'd end with Light joining the Kira taskforce. That was my expectation. However, instead it went for its own story, which is okay sure, except it still did some things oddly. In an adaption sure you can bend things a bit but I still believe you have to stick with some things. Ironically, this falls more in line with what I expected Death Note to be originally, and not what the anime/manga was. When I first heard of Death Note, I thought it was going to be about morals and Light would be conflicted about killing people. In the source material, Light has no such conflictions. He sets his mind towards his goal, and while he is the main character, he is definitely the "villain" of the story. Netflix Light, however, is that wishy washy "not sure of right or wrong" character, and honestly, it doesn't work as well here. The intense battle of wits between L and Light isn't present. And then the ending, it feels like they went for such a wimpy sequel bait but at the same time gave it such a lousey solid ending.

All in all, it was not great. But now I do have a hankering to rewatch the Death Note anime.

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Apocalypse Now (1978).

"The horror. The horror."

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IT (2017)

Now, before saying what I think of the film, I haven't read the book, and I've only watched clips from the miniseries that was released in the 90s. So despite knowing the general premise of the story, I don't know how it plays out.

Anyway, this was a really welI produced and directed film. The film had a very creepy aura about it, and it was built fantastically during the 2 hours the film went for. Many of the scares were well done, and were quite creepy. I think jumpscares were done a little too much, but I don't have a major issue with it - and I understand that every horror movie seems to need them these days.

I also found the writing to be on point as well, with the main characters actually feeling like actual characters rather than 1 dimensional people that are stupid idiots. I actually found myself caring about what happens to each of these characters. It helps that each of them were pretty good actors as well. The setting was really well established, and I felt that each of the areas explored were genuine and were believable locations. To be honest, I think that all horror needs to be R rated. Not just because of gore - which can very much enhance a scene when done right, but because the film feels less tethered as a result.

Personally, I found the main villain (Pennywise) to be good. I think he could have been better, but he served the role really well and did provide some creepy scenes. However, it's not really as campy as the 90s Pennywise (which may or may not be a good thing.)

Overall, I definitely think that this movie is worth watching. The best horror experience you'd get this year, and probably one of the better movie experiences as well. It's a good thing I didn't take Pinkie to the film, otherwise she might have had nightmares!

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A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

I didn't read the book, but i found the movie incredibly good. I highly recommend it, really kind story full of good hope.

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).

A bit on the slow side, but an excellent depiction of delusions of grandeur and slow slide into madness. Recommended for film enthusiasts.