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Isn’t an eyesore by its very nature visual?
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Visual eyesore
Last movie seen — Page 497
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Isn’t an eyesore by its very nature visual?
Indeed, though the fact that it wasn’t funny at all didn’t help.
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Isn’t an eyesore by its very nature visual?
Indeed, though the fact that it wasn’t funny at all didn’t help.
Earl has a sense of humor I don’t understand - confirmed, for the thousandth time.
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Lets add this to some of my issues with an otherwise entertaining flick.
The CGI seriously was pretty bad at some points.
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- It (1990) – 6/10
- Return to Me (2000) – 9/10
- Brainscan (1994) – 5/10
- The Rocketeer (1991) – 7/10
- The Iron Giant (1999) – 8/10
- Storm of the Century (1999) – 6/10
- City Slickers (1991) – 8/10
- Theatre of Blood (1973) – 7/10
- The Circus (1928) – 8/10
- Hudson Hawk (1991) – 7/10
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There’s probably a bizarre and confusing story behind the film, because I once rented it thinking it was the JTTCOTE remake with Emo Phillips and FX by some Star Wars alumni I had read about in Starlog years before, and it abruptly left turns into Alien From L.A. part II. Even more maddening is a creature from the Emo version is on the DVD cover but not in this cobbled together mess.
The film would be even more confusing to anyone who never saw AFLA. I presume Cannon films inexplicably had everyone except Kathy Ireland under contract for a sequel.
Hmm, never heard of these movies. I may have to check them out. Watching both trailers made me think of the live action Super Mario Bros. movie.
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- Bad Moon (1996) – 6/10
- Mickey’s Revue (1932) – 5/10
- The Raven (1963) – 7/10
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – 9/10
- The Devil’s Backbone (2001) – 8/10
- One Million Years BC (1966) – 8/10
- The Church (1989) – 5/10
- Lost Highway (1997) – 9/10
- Mr. Sardonicus (1961) – 8/10
- Mulan (1998) – 7/10
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- It (1990) – 6/10
I’ve never understood how anyone can sit through this entire series at once. The first part is okay, although even that is marred by awful and distracting flashbacks, but the second part is almost unwatchable. If Tim Curry weren’t in this, I don’t think anyone would even remember it.
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I just listened to We Hate Movies’ episode on It.
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What’s your opinion on the 1990 It?
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Never seen it.
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- It (1990) – 6/10
I’ve never understood how anyone can sit through this entire series at once. The first part is okay, although even that is marred by awful and distracting flashbacks, but the second part is almost unwatchable. If Tim Curry weren’t in this, I don’t think anyone would even remember it.
Yup.
At least the original clown looks scary though. The new one does not. Clowns are scary because it’s a grown person going over the top to look “fun for kids!”. The new one is trying to look creepy. It don’t work that way with clowns.
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- It (1990) – 6/10
I’ve never understood how anyone can sit through this entire series at once. The first part is okay, although even that is marred by awful and distracting flashbacks, but the second part is almost unwatchable. If Tim Curry weren’t in this, I don’t think anyone would even remember it.
Yup.
At least the original clown looks scary though. The new one does not. Clowns are scary because it’s a grown person going over the top to look “fun for kids!”. The new one is trying to look creepy. It don’t work that way with clowns.
He looks a lot less creepy but his actions are a lot more unsettling than Tim Curry’s. As much as I love his performance, Tim Curry is genuinely quite funny and amusing in parts of the miniseries. I thought the new clown costume looked pretty good particularly in the broad daylight scenes and the Niebolt house in the remake though. The promotional images didn’t do him justice. I still prefer the Curry costume overall though.
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I haven’t seen the new film, from the trailers and stills I’ve seen, I think the Pennywise costume looks great, but the make up looks too obviously evil, which works against what makes clowns scary.
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Yeah I don’t like the face makeup, although without spoiling it there’s a neat effect in the movie that works in the lipstick design.
To be fair to the remake though, other than in the very first chapter, Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the book was never approachable and always obviously evil to the extreme.
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I’ve never understood how anyone can sit through this entire series at once.
Watched it over two days, actually.
The first part is okay, although even that is marred by awful and distracting flashbacks, but the second part is almost unwatchable.
I don’t find it unwatchable, but yeah, it is pretty damn weak in comparison.
If Tim Curry weren’t in this, I don’t think anyone would even remember it.
Nope, not at all. Without him, you’re left with three hours of poor direction and unintentionally funny “scares” and dialogue.
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Never seen It.
Come on, Frink, I shouldn’t have had to fix this.
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To be fair to the remake though, other than in the very first chapter, Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the book was never approachable and always obviously evil to the extreme.
But, to me, that’s what normal clown make up represents!
Someone wearing “scary” clown make-up is much more approachable because it’s obviously just a gimmick to freak people out or an outward sign that you like terrible music.
Someone wearing real clown make-up… forget it. That’s an evil sumbitch and I won’t even walk that direction.
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Someone wearing “scary” clown make-up is much more approachable because it’s obviously just a gimmick to freak people out or an outward sign that you like terrible music.
ALLOL!
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Never seen It.
Come on, Frink, I shouldn’t have had to fix this.
I almost made a comment to point it out and decided it was too obvious. So thanks Ric.
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Justice League:
Having never seen any of the other DCEU movies save Wonder Woman, I expected a dumpster fire and got a movie that was just competent enough to be boring. The Flash was the only bright spot in the movie, everyone else either looked embarrassed to be there or was a pale imitation of a previous incarnation of the character.
You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
Episode 9 Rewrite, The Starlight Project (Released!) and Terminator Ultimatum,
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My sister is both a Marvel and Waititi fan so she dragged me to Ragnarok.
It’s not a bad picture but just like all the others in this seemingly unending cycle seems to exist only to overwhelm audiences with mere glimmers of life amidst the same frameworks time and time again. And with each pass the framework becomes weaker and weaker.
Apparently they based this around the idea behind the Planet Hulk storyline but the real problem is that you essentially have two movies not glued together but simply chopped in tatters and forcibly attached. The film continually stops again and again for the sake of the other plot line, or a joke or simply for a trailer moment. It never truly is allowed to build up its own steam and achieve any significance that will allow it to last longer than five minutes in the head of anyone who sees it.
It also gave me an insanely passionate desire to watch Flash Gordon with my receiver set to maximum. At the very least that film knows and admits what it is. Ragnarok cannot and will not do this.
Ultimately Ragnarok is yet another time passer that seems to swallow whole the creative person they plucked to be in charge.
2 balls out of 4.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a much better film btw.
Blade Runner: DC Laserdisc
followed by Criterion IC
I’ve been watching BR again and again trying to forget 2049. I still sadly haven’t forgotten it. However I did notice that there are some mixing differences between the international and director’s cut! (Mainly dynamic range, EQ, and the ability to hear many more details in the DC mix.)
OT.com ball rating score: Mastery of Balls.
Saving Private Ryan
I’ve never been a big fan of this at all but figured it had been long enough and had recently found the rare LD version.
It’s really quite a dull picture outside of the battle sequences.
2 balls out of four.
The Fifth Element
I always forget how enjoyable this film is, remember when watching it, and am then reminded at just how unfulfilling the story and setting winds up becoming.
I’ve made my peace with this film and enjoy it for what it is-yet can’t help but feel as if it were short of greatness.
The Pioneer rot free LD pressing is a reference disc for the format with a good ac3 track.
3.5 balls out of 4.
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