Cinema Review

In response to: "Into The Psyche of a Broken Man…revisiting John Landis’ Into The Night " 849 days old
by Joreg [Visitor]

Hi

In Spain have a cinema factory; look www.parral.info or www.parral.soy.es more…

In response to: "The failures of the British Film Industry since 1945" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

They recently changed the tax laws which has made it even worse now for films to get funded in the UK. more…

In response to: "City Of God (2002)" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

It's a very good film from a relatively new source (i also recomend Bus 174, another great braziliann film) but i dont see any connection to Pulp Fiction whatsoever.

As for being the best of 2003 or 2004, there are many films i preferred over it (too many to list here at least) more…

In response to: "Documenting the Horror Genre" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

There are obvious connections between Black Christmas and Haloween, but the later film is undoubtedly greater. BC set down many of the standard clichés and rules of the new genre, whereas Haloween added new psychological depth to antagonist and protagonist alike. I dont think Carpenter has surpassed Haloween in quality since, although The Thing and more…

In response to: "The Hills Have Eyes - Representation of the male in the new and original versions" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

I've only seen Craven's masterful original. I avoided the new one on account of everyone whose opinion i respected telling me it sucked bigtime.

It's one thing to talk about changes from the original narrative, but it has to be born in mind that the original film was simply a rip-off of Craven's earlier film, Last House On The Left. Cr more…

In response to: "Are mainstream movies becoming more violent?" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Maybe mainstream movies are becoming more violent, but movies as a whole are not. The most violent, sickest, depraved stuff is still the 1980s wave of eurotrash/exploiation films coming out of Italy (mainly) and Greece (occasionally) plusa some great ones from Germany (checky out Nekromantik and Schramm for seriously sick) more…

In response to: "Are mainstream movies becoming more violent?" 919 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

I quite enjoyed Hostel , despite having to shut my eyes a couple of times - It's well made , suspenseful and shocking , and one can reassure oneself that 'it's only a movie' however I agree entirely that marketing movies as ' the sickest , nastiest , most disturbing yet ' is genuinely disturbing in iteslf -
Obviously there are young males w more…

In response to: "City Of God (2002)" 927 days old
by MrStrange [Member]

It compares well. It has the hard-edge and ruthless tone of British gangster films such as The Long Good Friday, Get Carter, and more recently Dead Man's Shoes and The Football Factory. It's comparisons to Tarantino's Pulp Fiction are more in City Of God's style than anything else, yet the Brazilian film do more…

In response to: "City Of God (2002)" 927 days old
by discobod [Member]

i ordered this film only yesterday from amazon rental on a recommendation of a brazilian friend of mine

how does it compare to other films of its genre? more…