Movie opinions.

Svengoolie 3 · June 22, 2018, 05:14:26 AM

The green slime was more entertaining than Avatar.

Svengoolie 3 · June 22, 2018, 05:15:29 AM

Star trek the motion picture was better than most give it credit for.

RCMerchant · June 22, 2018, 10:19:42 AM

This whole board is about movie opinions.

Why is it on "off topic?" That's actually on topic.
So I'm a nitpicker.

RCMerchant · June 22, 2018, 10:33:27 AM

PS.
I agree about the GREEN SLIME.
I thought STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE was a bore fest. And I love STAR TREK- the 60's show.
the GREEN SLIME was better than the first Star Trek movie. It tried to be 2001: Part 2 and failed big time.
Shatner didn't scream or overact-where's the fun in that?

Alex · June 22, 2018, 11:14:25 AM

I remember watching Star Trek: The (Slow) Motion Picture in the cinema as a kid. Not a fan.

RCMerchant · June 22, 2018, 11:30:18 AM

Quote from: Dark Alex on June 22, 2018, 11:14:25 AM
I remember watching Star Trek: The (Slow) Motion Picture in the cinema as a kid. Not a fan.

It tries to deal with the concept of God- and is just....dull. Brain dead slow. Not a good movie. Bad movie. Not in a BAD movie way. I would rather watch JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET.

Svengoolie 3 · June 22, 2018, 06:46:37 PM

STTMP tried to bring a grand epic scale to SF we hadn't seen since movies like forbidden planet and 2001. Remember the huge krell machine?

The V'Ger was meant to create a sense of huge, awesome scale.

The production was riddled with problems, like the original v'ger model being accidentally destroyed, that hurt the finished product. But still at least it wasn't one shootout and explosion after another.

Gene Worm · June 23, 2018, 12:24:14 PM

"Humanoids of the Deep" is a vulgar insult to bad monster movies, and I don't get why people like it.

"The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" is actually a pretty funny parody of old bad movies. The dialog, the acting, and the puppets are supposed to be bad, which is the joke that I think a lot of people seem to miss.

"Sharknado" was a fairly amusing concept, but got stale after about the third movie.

Alex · June 23, 2018, 06:08:43 PM

ST:T(S)MP came out not long after 2001 and the ending was very much inspired by it. They just failed to match it.

indianasmith · June 23, 2018, 10:15:22 PM

1998's Oscars were the biggest ripoff ever. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE as Best Picture?
Over SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and ELIZABETH?

Ridiculous!

Allhallowsday · June 24, 2018, 01:19:01 AM

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) is as good as Hollywood got.

GERMANIA ANNO ZERO (1948) may be the most important film ever made.

LA DOLCE VITA (1960) might be the greatest film ever made.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) is as good as nostalgia can possibly get.

The two greatest American Musical films were made in the 1970s: CABARET (1972) and ALL THAT JAZZ (1979).

The greatest bad movie ever made is CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962).

The most influential bad movie ever made is LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972).

Of all the Horror films, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) is by far the best.

Svengoolie 3 · June 24, 2018, 06:15:28 AM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2018, 01:19:01 AM

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) is as good as nostalgia can possibly get.

if you like nostalgic films try to find "Zone troopers", a lovingly make tribute to the scifi of the 30's and 40's, when it was mostly pulp magazines and known now to true fhans as "The Gernsback era". It has bug eyes aliens, rockets with bell nozzles and rakish fins, ray guns and lots of dead nazis.

Allhallowsday · June 25, 2018, 03:40:29 PM

Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on June 24, 2018, 06:15:28 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2018, 01:19:01 AM
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) is as good as nostalgia can possibly get.
if you like nostalgic films try to find "Zone troopers", a lovingly make tribute to the scifi of the 30's and 40's, when it was mostly pulp magazines and known now to true fhans as "The Gernsback era". It has bug eyes aliens, rockets with bell nozzles and rakish fins, ray guns and lots of dead nazis.

Nope. I'd like to see ZONE TROOPERS, though.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is an exercise in nostalgia by mocking all of those FRANKENSTEIN movies it's nostalgic for. Perfection.

RCMerchant · June 25, 2018, 09:14:21 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2018, 01:19:01 AM

Of all the Horror films, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) is by far the best.

That's a BOLD statement, my friend.
I mean, better than the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN or KING KONG?

I'm not disagreeing, mind you- I think it's the best horror film of the 70's, but all time? Man, that's hard to pick just one.
(But even in the 70's there was the EXORCIST and ..... (cof cof) -DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT )

Allhallowsday · June 25, 2018, 10:03:21 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 25, 2018, 09:14:21 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2018, 01:19:01 AM

Of all the Horror films, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) is by far the best.
That's a BOLD statement, my friend.
I mean, better than the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN or KING KONG?

I'm not disagreeing, mind you- I think it's the best horror film of the 70's, but all time? Man, that's hard to pick just one.
(But even in the 70's there was the EXORCIST and ..... (cof cof) -DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT )

Are we talking HORROR or another topic? I definitely would choose either KING KONG or BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN as more watchable... even ENDLESSLY WATCHABLE.

But... HORROR. Those movies don't intimidate me. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE intimidates me. It's still scary. I've seen the cruel, the gross, the revolting, the disturbing, the painful, but TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is the only film that was relentless. It's like a trap that doesn't kill the mouse, only makes it suffer.

If a HORROR fan has not seen TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, that fan does not yet know how great HORROR can be.