I'll start with The Thing. I don’t get why this is considered a 10/10 classic. The effects are out of this world and the premise is good but I don’t care about any of these characters, nor do I think they do a great job on keeping you paranoid (outside of the testing scene which is great). It’s a fine movie but not a pillar of horror that fans make it out to be.
>>220488917>Among Us: The Movie
>>220488917What do you think about the other two films in Carpenter's apocalypse trilogy?
>>220488917>all these things that fans love about the movie are great and I agree with them but I still don't think it's good
The psychologist was a fucking lying enablerIf the little girl really was Paimon and wanted her to get killed, why'd he refuse so hard to go to the party? The mom didn't feel guilty at all about it. She blamed the son regardless.You expect me to believe the cult just wandered around their house the entire time without being detected?tl;dr Fuck that dumbass family, they deserved what they got
The thing is a boring, overrated pile of crap
>>220489040Prince of Darkness is midIn the Mouth of Madness is good
>>220488917>I don’t care about any of these charactersIt's a team of researchers, what were you expecting, a wacky, quirky bunch? They're believable, they feel like real people that could be in this situation. They work perfectly for the movie's purpose.>nor do I think they do a great job on keeping you paranoidI think the exact opposite
>>220488917The Thing is an 8/10 movie largely boosted by music and atmosphere. I also love Kurt and Keith David.
>>220488917>doesn't care about Wilford Brimley You deserve your diabeetus.
thats cool. you dont have to like everything. i personally love it
>>220488917>I don’t get why this is considered a 10/10 classic.>I don’t care about any of these characters, nor do I think they do a great job on keeping you paranoidThis is definitely a "you" problem. Stop being a faggot and this problem will go away.You were obviously trying to get a discussion started about the movie and you failed tremendously. Bad job.
>>220488917Some of the effects are good, others look jank as fuck like the chest mouth. I'm not sure why it gets jerked off so hard vs. something like The Fly as far as practical effects go.
>>220488917>The ThingCompletely agree. Watched it once, found it mostly forgettable. Very solid craft and compelling setting, but sadly nothing else sticks.
>>220488917Now for the hot take...Modern film is amazing. Love it, love it, love it. The level of scale the medium has reached is almost unbelievable. Take recent pictures like Avatar and Dune, for example: Alien worlds portrayed with photorealistic detail and for hours upon hours at a time (per movie). There isn't a single epic of the past that can keep up with that.
Lord of the rings is overhyped mega boring slop. No I will not elaborate.
>>220489071>tl;dr Fuck that dumbass family, they deserved what they gotI don't think anybody's disagreeing with you there, other than redditors.
>>220488917The Thing is just a comfy movie. OP is a souless slav.
Capeshit is awful including the dark night. The hand drawn backround of the original pinnochio is some of the greatest artistic work ever. Sinners is crap. Alien is boring. Mission impossible is ruined by its sequels bourne is unwatchable
>>220490507You're not wrong.
>>220488917HEAT is a boring movie with half ass dialogue and weak romantic side plots. And the shoot out scene was mid at best
>>220490496Recent Mad Max is a great example of that too: vibrant, fantastical worlds on a whole different level. The amount, dynamicity, and severity of carnage that those movies deal with make you feel like you're watching a production from the 1920s shot in another world.
>>220490916True. Collateral is also shit. Mann became great when he switched to full digital.
>>220491012Don’t know if it’s in the same category, but Killing Me Softly is one incredibly boring
Darth Vader being Luke's father is a dumb, unnecessary subplot and his redemption is executed horribly.
Movie standards in the past were much lower. That is the truth. They were much lower for productions (behind the scenes conduct), they had worse writing (people back then weren't already bored out of their minds by bog-standard shit), and the main element that blinds people to their relative mediocrity (other than pure nostalgia) is the use of film over digital. Actors were also uglier (male and female).
>>220491077Never finished that one.
Apocalypse Now and The Godfather are mediocre.
what a bunch of gay retards in here
>>220491083The only great Star Wars movies are ANH and RotS.
>>220488917Halloween's still his best.I like Escape from NY better than the Thing.
>>220488917Halloween 3 is still bad and always was.it doesn't have anything to do with Michael Myers not being in it.
The Thing is a worse movie than Prometheus. Prometheus gets carried by stunning, sleek visuals, a great cast of actors embodying engaging characters, a memorable soundtrack, and a much more challenging premise (what if God rejected us?).
>>220488978This comment and mindset is peak zoomercore thoughbeit
>>220488917OP here. I'm trans btw if that matters.
>>220490046>>220491258>>220491589>>220491682>muh zoomers>muh trannies>muh faggots Did someone post >muh pajeetsyet? You people are so braindead, I can only wish for you to get sucked into a black hole and disappear forever.
>>220488917there are no sympathetic characters in the horror genre. They exist to be killed by supernatural forces, monsters, or suicide.
>>220491732Does this mean me calling you slavic was right?
>>220491732i said gay retard, which is a specific thing other than calling them a faggot, but now here you are being a faggot too.
>>220488917Because you didn t understand it. A shape shifter try to infect another country after having destroyed it previous host. The people from the destroyed country try to save the new targeted country from the shape shifter but are killed by the american during WWII. Then the jew destroyed america. You see ? It s from the same director as "They live".
The enemy is a freakish concept an unstoppable biological Force anyone with a concept of what they were up against knew that they had already failed.But funny enough in the book it has a happy ending not as detailed as I would have expected it to be usually the book is better than the movie but in the case of this the movie was actually better than the book
>>220490496some modern movies are amazing but avatar and dune suck, terrible examples, you have shit taste
>>220490916I didnt want to admit to myself when i last saw it, but yes its pretty mid. I thought for sure it would be better in a great looking theater, but it didn't help
>>220490496they show you what you want what you need.also what you want is gay.
>>220489081>>220490507>>220490916These are not takes, that's just chinless contrarianism.
>>220488917Your post seems to indicate that you were probably hyped up for this movie by people you knew and let down when it wasn't a 10/10 movie for you. I think its an easy 8/10 movie as a fan of it. I think its a classic but would never say its flawless or nearly flawless and a must-see movie. But it ain't for everyone, just thunk its funny I agree with most of what you say.My hot take may be that I don't like Harrison Ford in either Star Wars or Indiana Jones roles. Something about his acting and characters annoy me. He seems more likeable in interviews and such so I don't think its his personality but more so his acting. I don't get it.
>>220488917Its a 10/10 horror classic, when you consider its weighed up against slop like Jason or Nightmare On Elm Street it should make sense
>>220490339>found it mostly forgettablepost a movie that is unforgettable. Possibly in the same genre
>>220490496>>220490977The literal opposite of what you said is trueall about them is awful
>>220491153>>220491549Lmao, literally the opposite
I watched it three days ago, I feel it managed to keep me more engaged, invested and entertained than any other recent horror film in the last at least 5 years...I've been watching lately old films I either never finished or watched at all and so far most are better than new ones... most recent film that got me somewhat engage was "Color out of space" but the epilepsy triggering visuals kinda ticked me off
>>220488917Jar Jar Binks is lame.There, I said it.
>>220489087>Prince of Darkness is midYou shut your whore mouth
>>220490555Slav here. The Thing is great. The Godfather is overrated as hell, especially in lieu of Coppola's latest outing.
>>220489087>>220494814I can acknowledge that Prince of Darkness is probably the "worst" of the three but that doesn't stop it from being my favorite.
>>220488917Along with all that, the characters are intelligent and make rational decisions to figure things out. It doesn't have any 'stupid' characters that do stupid things to keep the plot moving.The characters were all flesh out also. They each had a unique personality and identity, you get to know them through out the movie.Not being able to feel or relate to any of the characters is strictly a you problem.I said my piece.
>>220492906Have you considered taking my dick in your mouth?
>>220488917>this monster could assimilate you entirely>preys on you while you're alone>okay guys lets split up every 10 minsi just watched this for the first time yesterday. effects were absolutely amazing but honestly it's hard to take this shit seriously when the characters act so retarded. the literal premise is a creature that could assimilate you entirely yet these fuckers cant go 10 seconds without separating. half the movie wouldn't happen if they just actually stuck together and the entire movie wouldnt happen if that guy's shooting didnt suck colossal ass in the beginning
>>220490977>watching a movie made after 1999ISHYGDDT
>>220488917Martin Scorsese isn't a very good director.
>>220497124Yeah it's like none of the characters read the script before they got infected.
>>220488917more like John CRAPenter!
>>220497962hey buddy thats enough of that
films peaked in the 90's and early 2000's. the reason for this is that before that time in the 80's but more so in the 70's and before the level of special effects and other enhancements that came about. consequently it should mean that films in the 2010's and 2020's are better. but thats not the case either. since the rise of CGI really has affected how movies just feel. I believe all those real sets and real special effects are actually physical and real, just tricks the mind better than watching CGI slop. with that being said i also look down on people that pretend that black and white films or films from the bygone era of the 50's are something that can be passed up on, and you wouldn't really miss much. it also doesn't make you a true kino king watching old obscure films when most films during that golden age of the 90's and 00's were so meta that ignoring people that only like films has to be some level of retardation in itself. I'm also not just saying that these films were better because it was before woke or when i grew up and were all just connected to our pasts. its really is the best decades in the over 100 years of film history.and i will not apologize that you think i need to watch old slop to be a true cinema expert. that also doesn't mean that we cant have good movies anymore. no that's not it at all. i just feel like they need to make them like the use and limit CGI and stop being woke faggots. people most affected? zoomers who think their new movies are cool and old fags coping.roger ebert died just in time to witness the best but miss the gay shit.
>>220497962More like Jim NIGGERFAGGOT! Hahahahaha!
I don’t think that Marvel movies are all they’re cracked up to be. There’s too many of them.
Rob Zombie's Halloween 1 and 2 are better than the original.
>>220488917Parasite was hot garbage, not funny and boring, the performances were ok I guess. I thought it was just the critics that liked it but according to rotten tomatoes people did too. Just baffling
>>220494848>The Godfather is overrated as hellBased bratan, it's just a good movie nothing great
>>220488917>>220489081>>220490339>>220490916>>220491549>>220498506None of you deserve to live………………….….none of you.
>>220497932>read the scriptits not even that. if its understood that the creature preys on when ur alone and assimilates you why the fuck would you constantly split up? movie is good but alone basically ruins it for me
>>220488917Everyone in this thread is a nigger
>>220488917>I dont care about any of these charactersI dont know what more you really need, sappy moments where the characters talk about their feelings, or their wife and kids at home? Each character has a distinct personality and defined purpose both at the research facility and in the group dynamic. You also get very subtle hints at how the characters feel about eachother as things start to ramp up. Thank god they didnt overdo it with schmaltzy moments where characters talk about their hopes and dreams when they get back home because its literally irrelevant. Less is more for horror movies like this.>they dont do a good job at making you paranoid.Hard disagree. The way the characters slowly turn on eachother and have to constantly find new ways to prove eachothers identity is very well done. The film constantly throws new info at you and subtle editing techniques to make you wonder who is the thing at any given time with multiple red herrings throughout the movie. Thats only something you can enjoy on first viewing, but subsequent watches where you know how it ends its still fun to peace together the timeline of when each person turns into the thing and side from Fuchs's death (due to deleted scenes) the movie does a pretty good job of planning all that out in the background without explaining or even showing it to the viewer.
>>220498349What the fuck?
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>>220488917I saw The Thing for the first time earlier this year and I don't think it's overrated at all, it's properly rated and pure kino. It stood the test of time, in my opinion.
>>220488917Imagine ridley Scott’s alien but actually good
>>220492812Filtered.
Hot for /tv/ (but not that hot in general)>Sinners was great (despite being a bit goofy) and is possibly the coolest take on vampires in history>the Shield pilot is not goodHot in general>LotR is not rewatchable and is a slog; it's also painfully overrated (has shit costumes, Frodo is shit and annoying, has a million weird and unpleasant scenes like Galadriel tripping out)>all the Psycho sequels are good in their own way>Lords of Chaos is a fantastic film>Herzog's fiction films suck ass on a technical level, and you have to want to be very kind to him to describe them as anything but shoddy (they have other qualities tho)>there is 0 reason to pay any attention to anything Scorcesse, Carpenter, Scott or Fincher are making or saying nowadays
>>220493357You don't have eyes to see.
>>220501085>has shit costumes, Frodo is shit and annoyingTrue.>has a million weird and unpleasant scenes like Galadriel tripping outNot true.
>>220497903>ISHYGDDTSorry, anon. Not all of us died in 1998.
>>220491153>Actors were also uglier (male and female)This is the argument (You) seriously want to make in a time when Hollywood is shoving nasty mutts like Zendaya down our throat and is replacing a character played by Brad Pitt (Achilles) with a scrawny pooner midget?
>>220501329>Not true.That part is subjective experience so it's normal that we don't see it the same. I view a lot of it like that, especially the many "difficult conversation" or "character monologuing in a serious voice" ones. So it might not be true for you but it's definitely true for me.
>>220489071The logistics of Heriditary are beyond absurd. It works better if you treat is as black comedy tbqh. It's silly, but pretty fun at times.
>>220501470Zendaya looks fine. Elliot Page plays Elpenor. >>220501487The Galadriel scene in question is by far one of the best scenes in that entire trilogy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0-C8TMl0M4
>>220501550>The Galadriel scene in question is by far one of the best scenes in that entire trilogy.More power to you if you enjoy it. I'd rather watch gore than see it again. It makes me cringe.
>>220489071Well the cult are the ones who have to do it. If paimon makes it happens he could do it without the ritual.
>>220501623He made a bunch of other shit happen
>>220501085>Lords of Chaos is a fantastic filmI like it okay. Only seen it once, though. Varg definitely deserved the humiliation ritual. Honestly, the whole retarded Black Metal scene should be mocked way more. Clownish people.
>>220501663Probably for shits and giggles.
>>220489040Love both of them, especially mouth of madness
>>220488917Zach cragger is the only new big director that cares about making actual horror movies
That animal Blundetto is a good character and carries the whole season.
>>220502870same
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>>220489046Fucking this you don't have an actual point OP.
>>220503070SO TRUELOVE ME SOME BLUNDETTO
>>220488917Look at me I'm OP:>Jurassic park was an amazing movie with mind blowing special effects at the time but I didn't think they were as good as people make them out to be. I mean yeah the tyrannosaurus scenes were and still are amazing and the velocoraptors were genre defining sure, but really they just weren't as good as people think. Just to be clear, Jurassic Park is the best movie ever made, I fully agree, but it's just not as good as people say.
>>220490507Tolkien was a hack who pilfered every good idea from Germanic/Norse religion/folklore/myth.
>>220498129Pretty much this
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>>220498129>zoomers who think their new movies are coolThey are.
