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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 01:30:06 AM

That was certainly an inspiration, although, so Wikipedia informs me, this happened earlier than the mid-19C setting of the movie as suggested by the style.

I think the setting was mainly chosen for esthetic reasons , much like is done in opera, when you set, say a Wagner opera in 1920s Chicago. In this movie it does work in a sense, because it creates a Thomas Hardyesque atmosphere.

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day

Last post by LilCerberus - July 13, 2026, 10:43:54 PM

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Good Movies / Re: Citizen Vigilante (2026)

Last post by WingedSerpent - July 13, 2026, 08:52:42 PM

LOL! I honestly hate neither AITD nor HOTD - I've seen worse! And I like BLOODRAYNE!    The DUNGEON SIEGE movie he made (whatever it was called, something something "King") was totally lifeless, though, and remaking BLOODRAYNE only w/ a plus-plus-sized actress yet changing nothing else about it (BLUBBERELLA) was a... peculiar choice. Of course I made an even more peculiar choice when I watched it! 

I've seen all 3 Bloodrayne movies. Even got the reviews for them in the fan review section.

I'll say this about Blubberella.  It could have worked. Doing an action movie parody with a...let's say  a heroine with a non traditional action movie body type isn't the worst idea I've ever heard.

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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by WingedSerpent - July 13, 2026, 08:48:39 PM

Supergirl (2026)
Not bad. Nowhere near as bad as some are making it out to be. 

I had no idea about how "some" were making it out to be, nor about its poor box office.
I haven't had 3 hours to go to the drive-in and watch it, but I'd been excited and am bummed that much of the spin is anti-DC (not a novel thing), anti-Gunn (unsurprising), and anti-female (the stalest $#!t ever).

I really don't think it should have bombed like it did.  And yes, the criticisms made by a certain type of online personality have gotten even more annoying and bothersome at this point.   

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Press Releases and Film News / Re: RIP Sir Sam Neill

Last post by WingedSerpent - July 13, 2026, 08:46:06 PM

This was so sad to see.He's been in my favorite movies of all time.
R.I.P. Sam Neill. You will be missed.

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Bad Movies / Re: Recent Movie Purchases, pa...

Last post by zombie no.one - July 13, 2026, 06:01:22 PM

>>>politically astute, pitch-black satire."<<<

This bit makes me  .

don't really know what they mean there, and I doubt much or any of it will even register with me anyway...

just gimme some guy saying "gArBaGe dAy!!" and I'm good

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...

Last post by M.10rda - July 13, 2026, 04:56:48 PM

Ohhhh San Neill... 

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Bad Movies / Re: Recent Movie Purchases, pa...

Last post by M.10rda - July 13, 2026, 04:55:59 PM

>>>politically astute, pitch-black satire."<<<

This bit makes me  .

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...

Last post by lester1/2jr - July 13, 2026, 04:00:44 PM

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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by Alex - July 13, 2026, 03:18:14 PM

Harvest (2024)

After Minions and Monsters, I thought it was time for something more artsy, so I picked this one. Apparently the novel it was based on, got to the shortlist of the Booker Prize in 2013, and I am willing to believe that it s more interesting than the movie. However I haven't been as baffled by what a movie is wanting to say (if anything) since Barbie. It keeps making points and then undercutting them, while leaving much unnecessarily unexplained.

A small Scottish village, barely scraping together an existence, comes in the possession of a new landlord, who wants to turn the people out and give the ground over to sheep for wool production.
According to Wikipedia set in the early modern period with the transition of feudalism to capitalism, yet the material culture is that of the mid 19thC. The henchmen wear bowler hats, for one thing.

It has some interesting points to make, but the whole thing is painfully slow. This is one of those movies where people do mundane things (like lighting a pipe) in realtime for no good reason. Most shots are twice as long as they could be. It takes about an hour before the main problem of the movie (ie the arrival of the new landlord) happens. Even then there is no narrative tension. The two main protagonists do not take any action and simply let things happen. The main character does call out people on their inaction, although he himself does not act and seems to think action is futile. I can see why the director made this choice, but it doesn't make the movie any easier to sit through. It is hard to care for any of these people.
So, some good ideas, wonderfully filmed (at times it feels like you're in a painting by Ford Maddox Brown), but ultimately too boring to recommend

Sounds like he'd have been better framing it as a modern representation of the Highland Clearances.