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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - January 31, 2026, 07:40:16 PMLester, definitely avoid the more recent STRANGERS: CHAPTER ONE, among the worst new movies I've seen the past couple years. Like the STRANGERS you reviewed, it criminally misuses a nice redhead (Madeline Petsch). 90 minutes of nothing-sandwich, then it ends on a "Cont'd" title, and indeed CHAPTER TWO came out last year and CHAPTER THREE is coming in 2026. Naturally I skipped #2 and the Letterboxd reviews acquit me. If you thought the one you just watched was a drag, imagine that story stretched to 3x's the length!
#12
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - January 31, 2026, 07:33:13 PMTHE FALL OF TROY (1911):
This is a heavily watered down version of The Iliad/Trojan War (Achilles and Hector aren't even mentioned!) and even though it's only 30 minutes, I'd still recommend watching it @ 2x speed on Youtube. But, I did think it was really interesting to watch for its insight into early 20th century filmmaking techniques. In short (and as demonstrated somewhat in BABYLON), producers didn't quite understand the concept of "effects" yet. Thus:
* The ship that the Greeks sail on? Real wooden boat, surely not "to scale", per se, yet they built it and a couple dozen guys board it and then two guys have to push it away from shore a couple yards into a small pond
and then the shot ends as presumably the boat quickly begins to sink and all the extras have to jimp off into shallow water.
* Trojan Horse? "Real"... again, less grand at scale than one would think, w/ fewer dudes inside than one presumes could overwhelm a city, but appears to be wood and on wheels...
* The walls of Troy? Front walls/gate are visible and there's a moving rampart. They're a good size and look credible from a stationary wide shot, at about 2.5-3 times the height of an extra.
But on that note...
How many Greek soldiers attacked Troy? About....... two dozen, right? That's about how many you see running up to the wall in the aforementioned wide shot, and then there's some unseen Trojans (crew) whose arms are visible tossing rocks off the top of the wall.
Okay, but how about once the Greeks are inside the walls running amok? Here's a good old-timey trick for ya' -
Film an entranceway and have your extras parade through it and offscreen. Start the smoke machine up, keep rolling, and then once the fog is blasting full-tilt, circle those extras back around for a second go. Under the cover of smoke, who's to know it's the same two dozen guys comin' around twice? They pull this trick twice in a row - two back-to-back shots!
3/5 This is one reason I watch old movies, I guess.
This is a heavily watered down version of The Iliad/Trojan War (Achilles and Hector aren't even mentioned!) and even though it's only 30 minutes, I'd still recommend watching it @ 2x speed on Youtube. But, I did think it was really interesting to watch for its insight into early 20th century filmmaking techniques. In short (and as demonstrated somewhat in BABYLON), producers didn't quite understand the concept of "effects" yet. Thus:
* The ship that the Greeks sail on? Real wooden boat, surely not "to scale", per se, yet they built it and a couple dozen guys board it and then two guys have to push it away from shore a couple yards into a small pond
and then the shot ends as presumably the boat quickly begins to sink and all the extras have to jimp off into shallow water.* Trojan Horse? "Real"... again, less grand at scale than one would think, w/ fewer dudes inside than one presumes could overwhelm a city, but appears to be wood and on wheels...
* The walls of Troy? Front walls/gate are visible and there's a moving rampart. They're a good size and look credible from a stationary wide shot, at about 2.5-3 times the height of an extra.
But on that note...How many Greek soldiers attacked Troy? About....... two dozen, right? That's about how many you see running up to the wall in the aforementioned wide shot, and then there's some unseen Trojans (crew) whose arms are visible tossing rocks off the top of the wall.
Okay, but how about once the Greeks are inside the walls running amok? Here's a good old-timey trick for ya' - Film an entranceway and have your extras parade through it and offscreen. Start the smoke machine up, keep rolling, and then once the fog is blasting full-tilt, circle those extras back around for a second go. Under the cover of smoke, who's to know it's the same two dozen guys comin' around twice?
They pull this trick twice in a row - two back-to-back shots! 3/5 This is one reason I watch old movies, I guess.
#13
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by Rev. Powell - January 31, 2026, 05:10:34 PMQuote from: indianasmith on January 31, 2026, 01:05:52 PMThat's an . . . interesting selection!
I've only seen 5, maybe 6 of these.
#14
What Was That Film? / Re: 60s SF Film Miniature Car ...
Last post by Bargle5 - January 31, 2026, 05:06:08 PMYes, very sure. The brain was a man and he had been murdered.
#15
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by claws - January 31, 2026, 04:31:17 PM
#16
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - January 31, 2026, 03:28:11 PMThe Strangers: Prey At Night (2018) - Apparently, sometimes addicts need drugs so badly, they will go to a situation in which they know they are likely to be robbed just for the chance that they'll get their fix. That is mostly what happened to me here. I remember liking the first Strangers and wanted some real state of the art horror, though I was aware this sequel had an inferior reputation. It had it's moments, but was a bit worse than the lower end of my expectations.
First of all, why even hire Christina Hendricks if she is going to be dressed like a lesbian from my mom's Unitarian church cookout? The family were so stupid they all deserved to die though ( I won't say which ones, if any, did), especially the lowly "jock" brother who is so helpless he makes Penelope Pittstop look like Rambo.
The use of 80's power ballads was a decently colorful touch and the location, a random lakeside bunch of cabins, was actually kind of neat because they could go in and out of them like a video game. Without the tie in to the first movie it's hard to imagine this would have been made, though. In true bad movie fashion, virtually nothing happens in the first half hour. generic
2.25/ 5
It did kind of scratch the itch, but so what?
First of all, why even hire Christina Hendricks if she is going to be dressed like a lesbian from my mom's Unitarian church cookout? The family were so stupid they all deserved to die though ( I won't say which ones, if any, did), especially the lowly "jock" brother who is so helpless he makes Penelope Pittstop look like Rambo.
The use of 80's power ballads was a decently colorful touch and the location, a random lakeside bunch of cabins, was actually kind of neat because they could go in and out of them like a video game. Without the tie in to the first movie it's hard to imagine this would have been made, though. In true bad movie fashion, virtually nothing happens in the first half hour. generic
2.25/ 5
It did kind of scratch the itch, but so what?
#17
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by LilCerberus - January 31, 2026, 03:23:07 PMRIP Grady Demond Wilson
#18
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by Trevor - January 31, 2026, 03:01:16 PMQuote from: indianasmith on January 31, 2026, 01:07:51 PMAnother great review for MELANIA:
"This movie is by far the worst experience I've ever had in a theater." - Abraham Lincoln
Oy 😳😆😄😀😃
#19
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Alex - January 31, 2026, 02:39:49 PMDie Another Day.
#20
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by LilCerberus - January 31, 2026, 01:09:57 PMQuote from: bob on January 30, 2026, 06:02:55 PM
Reminds me of some Japanese game show I once sat through.....