|
|
Post by rocinante on Apr 19, 2006 0:26:33 GMT 1
I used to think that I was completely desensitised when it came to cinema. I thought that I could stomach anything. I was incredibly wrong. I was so wrong that it's laughable...first came Hostel, a film that I never ever want to see....then came Final Destination 3...I felt quite ill when my brother described it to me. And I just watched a documentary on snuff films on channel 4. It's made me conclude that I am, in fact, super lightweight when it comes to cinematic extremes.
It's a sad day when one realises that they are in fact actually deeply disturbed by images that they know are fake. What's happened to me? I used to make it my mission to see every single film that had even an ounce of notoriority! Come onnnn! My favourite film's Eraserhead! A Clockwork Orange is my second favourite! Fucking hell, I once made a feature on "Extreme Cinema" that I found in Kerrang my bible!
It's all Eli Roth's fault. What I need is a film that leaves nothing to the imagination, a film with buckets of gore...yet COMPLETELY unrealistic. In short, I need Braindead!
Anyone seen Braindead? It was one of Peter Jackson's earlier offerings, circa 1992. It's more elaborate than Bad Taste, funnier than Meet the Feebles and messier than the two of them combined. At one point, blood is pumped at approximately two gallons a second. It's incredibly violent, yet it's cartoon violence! You can't possibly find it offensive!
I'm going to watch it until I get an uncontrolable urge to purchase Salo from Amazon.
(This post was in fact a very longwinded invitation for a discussion on the subject of Peter Jackson's earlier work, up to and including The Frighteners.)
|
|
|
|
Post by Tom on Apr 19, 2006 0:31:47 GMT 1
i dont think a clockwork orange is particularly shocking to be honest.
films have only managed slightly realistic gore recently i think, and its still far from perfect. which is why gory films, especially old ones, are too unrealistic to be offensive.
i still believe that the human unconscious is so fucked up that by leaving plenty to the imagination, films can be much more terrifying than ones which show all.
|
|
|
|
Post by pinkegokane on Apr 19, 2006 9:56:09 GMT 1
i still believe that the human unconscious is so fucked up that by leaving plenty to the imagination, films can be much more terrifying than ones which show all. yeah i agree. it's why i rarely watch gory films unless there's some kind of psychological element to them. i can imagine hostel being really quite scary, hence not wanting to watch it. i'm all about self preservation (except when it comes to food. then i'm just a fatty). |
|
|
|
Post by Simon on Apr 19, 2006 10:20:25 GMT 1
I'm going to watch it until I get an uncontrolable urge to purchase Salo from Amazon. I wanna watch it. Just to see if I can, like... I know I can't though...  |
|
Catie
Libertine
drunk kid catholic
Posts: 120
|
Post by Catie on Apr 19, 2006 12:08:44 GMT 1
me and rob went to see hostel, it was tame; general consensus was not enough gore.
the snuff movies program scared me a little though. i think the moral of the story is, don't be a prostitute, they seem to get all the stick.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rob on Apr 19, 2006 12:48:49 GMT 1
Anyone seen Braindead? It was one of Peter Jackson's earlier offerings, circa 1992. It's more elaborate than Bad Taste, funnier than Meet the Feebles and messier than the two of them combined. At one point, blood is pumped at approximately two gallons a second. It's incredibly violent, yet it's cartoon violence! You can't possibly find it offensive! I have seen Bad Taste but nothing else as early. I thought it was really, really boring. I bought the DVD after my cousin persuaded me, but regret it. It is almost as boring as 'Strange Things Happen at Sun Down'. I think gore is a bit pointless. I like something with shit loads of tension, unless it is the sort of tension where you want to scream "Don't go and look! Phone the police!". Things I have watched recently and have enjoyed.... Who Framed Roger Rabbit (No question mark at the end! Awful.) Richard III (Evil Ian McKellen) Riget (I still want to see loads more Lars von Trier) Apt Pupil (Evil Ian McKellen) X-men, natch (Evil Ian McKellen) Can't think of any more at the moment. EDIT: Anyone interested in a DVD of Bad Taste in exchange for a double decent whiskey? |
|
|
|
Post by rocinante on Apr 19, 2006 13:02:05 GMT 1
YES YES YES!
I'll buy you a quadruple whisky! I love that film! It has some classic dialogue...
"We're the Alien Investigation and Defence System"
"Wish we could change our name..."
"We should go up those stairs."
"Y'reckon?"
"I got a chunky bit. Aren't I lucky."
"Dereks don't run!"
Marvellous.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ben on Apr 19, 2006 13:41:36 GMT 1
Dereks don't run! classic.
Mmm, Evil Sir Ian.
"Well! I'm not made of stone...!"
|
|
elaine
When I Argue I See Shapes
Mitsy the Magnificent
Posts: 605
|
Post by elaine on Apr 19, 2006 17:09:37 GMT 1
I've seen Braindead!! and I prefered to anything else Peter Jackson has ever done (but that's not really saying much because i'm an oddity). Apparently he used two swimming pools' worth of blood in the last scene alone.. hahaha
but it did get a bit much by that point.
it also reminded my a little of chucky films, but obviously better. It's just that the funnyness mixed with gore and blood is a bit weird for me. But I think that's because I'm a girl. all boys i know love it
|
|
|
|
Post by rocinante on Apr 20, 2006 20:51:11 GMT 1
He's dismembering zombies with a lawnmower strapped to his chest and kicking the severed limbs across the room to his girlfriend, who jams them into a blender. I think it's impossible not to love.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tom on Apr 20, 2006 20:56:28 GMT 1
now that sounds like its worth watching. cant see how anyone would be scared by it though.
|
|
|
|
Post by rocinante on Apr 20, 2006 21:12:16 GMT 1
There's a freaky little zombie baby who has to be kept behind barbed wire, he's a bit scary.
|
|
