Movie Viewing List 2009

[theantijoss]

Updated October 12, 2009 - HORRORWATCH 2009!

I keep saying I'm going to keep a list of movies I watch, and so... voila! The second list is the long-awaited HORRORWATCH 2009 list, born from recommendations and top 100 lists discussed in this post and this post.

* Twilight

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Horror recommendations

[insanity_speaks]

I may know a few things about horror movies...I once heard this genre existed :p So let me make some recommendations of movies that are amazing

Ok, this first one is more of a kung fu movie than anything but it has some great cheesy gore that any horror fan will love

Riki Oh, The Story of Riki
Ichi the Killer
Drag Me To Hell (should still be in the theaters)
Dead Hate The Living
Fido
Day of the Dead remake (I enjoyed it more than I thought I would)
The Convent
Poultreygeist Night of the Chicken Dead (cheesy Troma movie at its finest)
One Missed Call (original Japanese version)
Sleepaway Camp trilogy

These movies should give you some good scares, some good gore in a couple of them, and some just tons of fun.

Re: Horror recommendations

[insanity_speaks]

They are both Japanese and Ichi is from the same director as Audition....though Riki is more of an insanely fun kung fu movie with crazy death scenes. :)

Re: Horror recommendations

[theantijoss]

Oy, I keep losing this stupid post! Brief recap:

Yay! I love horror recs, added them to the list! A million thank yous!

J-Horror TERRIFIES ME. I'm still recovering from Audition.

I LOVE Troma! I don't think I've seen that one.

Is Day of the Dead the one with the mall, or is that Dawn of the Dead?

Thanks again!

[frozenproduce]

Can I add you?
Read through some of your posts, liked it.
Love 100 movie lists, still haven't posted mine but I'm going to.

I'm glad that you don't think Sweeney Todd was the best musical movie to ever grace this planet. I walked out of the theatre with everyone saying how great it was and I was just kind of "ehhh, it was okay."
Secretly think they are all biased because omg it's Johnny Depp.

[theantijoss]

Oh, sure, please feel free! My journal is a weird mishmash of politics, geekery, general insanity, whining, and LOLCats. Hope you enjoy! *G*

I do think Johnny is one of the great actors of the generation (he's only a few years older than me, so I'll say MY generation), but that doesn't mean the parts he plays or the movies they're in are always fantastic. Sweeny Todd didn't totally suck eggs, but it certainly wasn't the amazing, dark musical oddity I expected it to be. Even with Alan Rickman (who I generally adore) and Helena Bonham Carter, who will forever be forgiven anything because of fight club.

It should have been SO much better! So yeah, I'm with you on the meh. I mean, shouldn't it have been creepy? It wasn't even creepy. The stupid play is creepy!

Heh. Sorry, I do go on. To much coffee today, I expect. *G*

[theantijoss]

Oh, did I like Big Eden! I'm sure I've seen it before but I can't believe I would have forgotten its adorableness! (Unless, of course, I saw it during more, er... smokey times, if you know what I mean? *G*)

At the end of Hancock, I was left all... WTF? That's IT? It's like half the movie was missing or something -- or like, the middle third, maybe. Very strange.

[timeofnoreply]

Hi, you have absolutely no idea who in the hell I am. XD (I found you through a True Blood community, actually.) Could I suggest a movie to add to your LGBTQ film list?

Aimee and Jaguar. It's in German, but hey, subtitles do exist for those of us unfamiliar with the language. The story centers on a Nazi housewife in Berlin who falls in love with an underground-Jewish woman. It's really fabulous and poignant, and based on a true story, no less.

[theantijoss]

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. :D I'm always happy to see new TB people -- or film buffs! Thank you for the rec, I'll definitely add it to my list. I don't mind foreign movies. I actually have a bunch of them on my shelf, including Run Lola Run and The Princess and the Warrior, which are both German.

Thanks again. Don't be a stranger!

General Movie Recommendation

[darkslayerfaith]

You gotta watch The Ugly Truth it is so damn funny I actually started crying twice I was laughing so much.

Re: General Movie Recommendation

[theantijoss]

Really? OMG I'm so glad to hear that, because I adore Gerry Butler, and I was thinking about acquiring it, but all I've read is how horrible and sexist it is. Not that this has really stopped me before, and... *flails* GERRY!

Thanks, hon!