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SuperSurfer · 21 January, 2012, 02:07:17 AM

Quote from: The Cosh on 20 January, 2012, 06:07:52 PM
The Herzog/Kinski set is well worth it.

Cheers, I will look out for it.

Quote from: Beaky Smoochies on 20 January, 2012, 04:47:22 AM
Has Aguirre: Wrath of God ever been screened on British or Irish telly...?

I have only seen it once and that was on British tv.

Gonk · 21 January, 2012, 06:57:09 AM

Why did I feel sorry for the grotesque brainbug alien at the end of Starship Troopers

Keef Monkey · 21 January, 2012, 03:42:15 PM

Super, which despite everyone I know referring to it as 'that thing that's like Kick Ass' couldn't really have been any more different to Kick Ass. It's a pretty dark movie, and not really the knockabout comedy that all the marketing positioned it as. That's not a bad thing though, as it's still really good in it's own disturbing way (and dare I say it I like it a lot more than Kick Ass), and the only times it missed a step for me was when it occasionally did play up the comedy elements and fell a bit flat.

It reminded me a lot of a movie I saw a while back called Special, which seems to be so unknown that I wonder if I made it up. A guy takes part in a trial of a new anti-depressant and starts to feel that he has powers and decides to fight crime. It's a similar 'real life superhero' idea but again very dark, was pretty powerful and handled the mental illness angle incredibly well. Shame it didn't make a mark, as it's better than Super or Kick Ass in my eyes.

Durendal · 21 January, 2012, 04:37:09 PM

War Horse
More like 'Spielberg Continues to Hate on Germans'.
It's difficult to watch a movie where one of the main characters talks like the Wurzels or believe that a farmer would buy a racing horse to plough fields which is like buying an Ariel Atom instead of a combine harvester.
You would enjoy this movie if you are either a: american or b: one of those weird horsey people who thinks that horses are awesome and not just dog food or super glue.

Love Exposure
I don't even know where to begin.
It's a four hour long movie involving.. religion, ninja upskirt photography, love-obsession, crossdressing, lesbians, cults, general japanese bat-shit craziness and penis amputation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fxa5NuVrqU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Exposure

It's pretty much the greatest movie ever

Ghastly McNasty · 21 January, 2012, 04:45:14 PM

Love Exposure trailer looks good. Might have to get me a piece of that action.

Started to watch Conan the Barbarian last night. Made it in about 20 mins before boredom. Maybe i'm just too old for sword and sorcery films!?

Durendal · 21 January, 2012, 05:01:02 PM

I picked up Norwegian Ninja from HMV a couple of weeks ago too. I was expecting a shitty b-movie with an awesome name but it's really good.
It's a fictional account of the life of a Norwegian politician who was convicted of treason in the 80's for passing state secrets to the russians and iraqis.
In the film he's tasked by the king of Norway to lead a secret ninja force to save the country during the cold war using stealth, kung-fu, no-budget scale models and many ninja movie tropes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNVjI9bJIk

Gonk · 21 January, 2012, 06:04:50 PM

Watched another classic Spielberg film that never fails brings a tear to the eye "E.T". Ahh.. kids and aliens...so cute.

Not as enjoyable as "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", John Williams' film score is as much part of the movie as the special effects.

radiator · 21 January, 2012, 06:06:21 PM

Best Worst Movie - a documentary about the fabled 'worst film of all time' Troll II, made by the former child star of said film.

It's a great piece of work. Evidently everyone - with one or two exceptions - who worked on Troll II is absolutely nuts, which leads to scenes that are at times funny, painful and bleak.

SmallBlueThing · 21 January, 2012, 06:16:04 PM

I saw Troll II when it originally came to vhs rental, sometime in the mid nineties, and at the time had it pegged as the worst film id ever seen. It annoys me somewhat that enough people obviously agreed with me foer it to become a 'cult classic', as its now become a boring and cliched answer to that particular question. I cant remember anything about it now, except a thereas a kitchen table in it, and have no intention of ever seeing it again, but i hope someone makes a worse film soon so i can name that instead.

SBT

Keef Monkey · 21 January, 2012, 06:49:00 PM

Troll 2 is an incredible movie, just heroically bad! I was really big on the first movie as a kid mind you, was pretty shocking to see Troll 2 is in no way related seemingly.

Been keeping an eye out for Best Worst Movie for a while but it doesn't seem to be out here (certainly lovefilm and amazon don't seem to have heard of it), although it does appear Troll 2 has a blu-ray release which I'm sure adds a lot to the experience.

ICONIC_TM · 21 January, 2012, 07:00:12 PM

Tonight's TV viewing is a toss up between

South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut 10.15 5Star

The Abyss 11.30 channel 4

UFOs the Secret Evidence 11.55 More 4

Underworld Evolution (Again) 12.50 Film 4

Oh Choices Choices Choices?

radiator · 21 January, 2012, 07:06:33 PM

QuoteTroll 2 is an incredible movie, just heroically bad! I was really big on the first movie as a kid mind you, was pretty shocking to see Troll 2 is in no way related seemingly.

Been keeping an eye out for Best Worst Movie for a while but it doesn't seem to be out here (certainly lovefilm and amazon don't seem to have heard of it), although it does appear Troll 2 has a blu-ray release which I'm sure adds a lot to the experience.

I was posting about The Room earlier in the thread - have you seen that Keef? Not normally a fan of self-conciously watching 'bad' movies but that one's an absolute riot (if you can get past the first 15 minutes, which is essentially a bad soft porn film).

Best Worst Movie doesn't seem to be available on R2 DVD.

I've never seen Troll II, but vivdly remember the (entirely unrelated) original Troll. The scene of the Troll turning that bloke into a plant with his magic ring haunted me as a kid.

QuoteIt annoys me somewhat that enough people obviously agreed with me foer it to become a 'cult classic', as its now become a boring and cliched answer to that particular question.

How is it possible to be so snobby and elitist about Troll II, of all things?

Gonk · 21 January, 2012, 09:37:34 PM

I know of a film made in 1970 that had a kitchen table in it ,and someone turning into a plant and that was called "The Grandmother", by David Lynch. Maybe he influenced this Troll film?

ICONIC_TM · 21 January, 2012, 10:29:53 PM

The scene of the Troll turning that bloke into a plant
with his magic ring haunted me as a kid!

The Quatermass Experiment did the same to me,
Freaky cactus space man!

Keef Monkey · 22 January, 2012, 11:08:57 AM

Quote from: radiator on 21 January, 2012, 07:06:33 PM
I was posting about The Room earlier in the thread - have you seen that Keef? Not normally a fan of self-conciously watching 'bad' movies but that one's an absolute riot (if you can get past the first 15 minutes, which is essentially a bad soft porn film).

Hehe, never seen it but I did have someone else tell me to watch it recently too. They said it's got such a cult following that the director now does Q&A screenings. A friend had gone to one and said the director has done a bit of a back-pedal on seeing how much of a reputation it has, and now claims that it's deliberately bad. My friend says on watching the movie there's no doubt whatsoever that isn't the case. Morbid curiosity dictates I must see this movie now!

Edit: Searching for The Room on Amazon, the 'Customers who viewed this also viewed...' list is made up of Troll 2 and Battlefield Earth, which I guess cements it's place in bad movie history.