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Post by StevePulaski on Dec 6, 2009 10:55:02 GMT -5
Nice review NP. Different style, I like it.
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Post by nopersonality on Dec 7, 2009 3:40:20 GMT -5
Yeah, as you can see... I got some time and rewatched it.
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Post by StevePulaski on Dec 7, 2009 6:23:19 GMT -5
Im gonna try this weekend. I dont wanna miss my chance.
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Post by nopersonality on May 27, 2010 17:52:16 GMT -5
Coming soon, and exclusive to the Steve-the-Movie-Man boards... A series of mini-reviews of horror films. A guide for the genre. A who's-who and what's-what.
Expect (and I hope I'll be able to swing it) one article per day from June 'til / to the end of September. That's at least 120 movies. Let's add an extra 5 to the total. 125 movies for you to consider (or to make sure you don't consider) for this upcoming Halloween season.
The terror begins June 1st.
Are you excited?
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Post by StevePulaski on May 28, 2010 6:39:41 GMT -5
HELL YEAH! This will be "the epic moment" of The Steve Pulaski Message Board. I'm stoked man. I hope you keep your promise and do one everyday.
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Post by nopersonality on May 28, 2010 7:08:41 GMT -5
Oh, I'll screw up a couple of times. It's bound to happen. Wednesdays and Sundays are hard days to get the computer to myself. Since one of my roommates has those days off and takes this whole room. Usually just to watch crap like C.S.I. Miami which - let the world know - I hate and that distracts me terribly. I could put headphones on but they mostly just amplify the sound of the TV. But I will do my best. Maybe even double-up and do two on the day before or after to make up for it. Unless something happens to my computer, the 125 movies is a sure quota.
Now, on to the format. I'm aiming for 2 or 3 paragraphs, max. But they'll be as packed as I can make them. And one photograph from the film rather than a pic of the DVD cover / poster. Together, it won't really make a Book. More like a newsletter or leaflet. But it will be a good definitive NP look at the genre and several facets of it. Here's an example of the layout / what it will look like:
With review underneath.
Each movie will belong to a kind of chapter, specific to the movie and its' themes. And there will at least 125 chapters. And if I can swing 2 extra per week - that would be at least 25 extra reviews. This might even well-up to 150 movies. We'll see how it goes. 1 a day will not be hard as in - if I get the time and space. Each time I go online I type enough material to fill at least 3 to almost 4 of my lengthy Movies from Hell spotlights. So, you can count on the content. I just have to be sly about managing my schedule. Either way, there will be 125 chapters. Guaranteed.
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Post by StevePulaski on May 28, 2010 22:30:39 GMT -5
(ABOUT Cheerleader Camp)
Sounds like shit, saw it at Big Lots a while back for $3.00. Avoided it and glad.
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Post by nopersonality on May 29, 2010 4:55:34 GMT -5
I should have known when USA showed it, I think, on their Up All Night show... They were always big fans of Revenge of the Nerds type stuff. And when I say "type stuff," I mean the inbred 4th cousin thrice-removed and then disowned for being a shame to the already in poor repute family.
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Post by StevePulaski on May 29, 2010 10:14:18 GMT -5
Chapter 133: The Kindest Cut Ichi the Killer(2001 / director: Takashi Miike) ★★★ Takashi Miike is the single most exciting thing in New-Millennium horror, bar none. His insane parades of ultra-violence, gore, gross-out, and psycho style recall (and seek to overshadow) the glory days of Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, and Dario Argento like they were just kids playing around with cameras. Though he most likely inspired countless hacks to try and match his brutality with worthless garbage like Saw and Hostel: Part II, Miike (like Wes Craven wasn't responsible for the wave of copycat teen slashers that proliferated after Scream in the 90's) is not responsible for the substance in his films being clouded by the sensationalism of the violence (Americans are the ones making a big deal of it). Asian horror has never been pure before and so neither is this film, a street war gangster film (on the outside) that really knows how to wind you up (the Ichi character, within the movie's universe, becomes an infamous enigma only to have his reputation for leaving whole roomfuls of people in pieces to be mistaken for a sadistic act). The tension is highly diluted through quirky characters, silly CGI, and an irresistably fast pace (which is appreciated after the slower, more head-scratching moments of The Happiness of the Katakuris) until it nearly becomes a farce. If anything, this is a relief. Because - like rape - we really don't need to feel torture to understand that it is bad; though you'll definitely feel something here, I admit to being fairly immune to it. Though, again, that may be because this isn't hardcore realism. Miike is the true creator of the modern torture horror subgenre (so he uses this film to unload dozens of philosophical observations about the meaning of it in relation to several characters). With that in mind, I only hope this is as nasty as it gets (I've only seen 3 Miike films). Because, this is damn nasty. Ichi is filled to the brim with clever deceptions (this approach seems to be Asia's bread and butter in the genre). At worst, this goes a little too far into misogyny at times. After the woman is punched in the face 4-5 times in a row, in closeup, I have to say: we get the point already! But honestly, the movie's playing field is more than fair since an untold number of men are placed on the chopping block. The movie has many remarkable qualities. Most of all that it allows us to find the nastiest character to also be its' most beautiful and vulnerable (it doesn't make us feel for him exactly, instead I think it gives us something to relate to) while the obvious, sympathetic underdog becomes a kind of joke. I always got it but still, everything he does is in spite of himself. Good times. My uncle got this movie for his birthday and we both watched it. I love it and was like begging for more. My uncle tells me it's why Im so strange now. |
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Post by StevePulaski on May 30, 2010 21:35:10 GMT -5
Lol, I remember Snoop Dogg's movie Bones from years back.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 5, 2010 13:58:00 GMT -5
Why dont you put the Chapters in numerical order?
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Post by nopersonality on Jun 5, 2010 18:37:44 GMT -5
Because the movies are chosen at random, based on how much time I have to write them (and how much time it would take to write about the subject the movie's based on), access (for example, I needed Netflix for a couple so far), and whether I think I need to rewatch them or not so that they're fresh enough in my mind.
Basically... because it's easier this way for now.
If I tried to review the movies in a certain order (numerical or chronilogical), there would be chaos. Not to mention, I have so many more 80's movies in the queue of chapters and I want to spread them out better.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 5, 2010 21:26:41 GMT -5
But why can't you put Chapter 1, then Chapter 2, then Chapter 3? That doesn't seem more confusing.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 8, 2010 10:24:18 GMT -5
If it'll make you feel better - when this is over, I'll reorganize it.  Thank you NP. You're the best. |
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 12, 2010 10:58:11 GMT -5
Do you think you can add Joy Ride to The Book of Horror?
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