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Post by J-Man Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:24 am

silversurfer19 wrote:I'm a massive Raimi fan and this ticked every box of what a classic Raimi movie should be. Absolutely brilliant, hilarious and terrifying throughout.

I agree completely! Such an awesome film. Everybody I mention this film to either haven't heard of it, or just ignored it amongst all the blockbuster hype, until I mention that it's basically Evil Day 4 (as in quality b-grade humour with legitimate scares), then they all want to see it. It's such a great movie, haven't laughed or been jumped like that in a movie in forever (and doing those two things seconds apart only made the movie that much better).

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Post by silversurfer19 Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:33 am

Check out Dead Snow if you can, a Norwegian movie which was played at the NZ International Film Fest . It is definitely in the Raimi genre of comedy horror. The whole audience laughed their asses off all the way through.
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Post by NSpan Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:15 am

A's
Drag Me To Hell
Watchmen
I Love You, Man
Moon

B's
Up

C's
Tetro
Terminator Salvation
Star Trek
Sunshine Cleaning
Coraline
Tokyo!

D's
The Hangover
Wolverine
Friday the 13th

F's
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

i'm pretty confident those "A's" will remain in my top 10 for the year even with oscar season coming up... the rest: meh, we'll see

gonna try and catch Basterds and Mystery Team this weekend


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Post by geezer9687 Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:49 pm

Surfer, you have to take 3 of those films out of consideration when we say that movies this year haven't been that great, because over here they came out last year, so we don't really count them. Just a thought.
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Post by BanksIsDaFuture Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:10 am

1. Up
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Hangover
4. District 9
5. Star Trek
6. Harry Potter 6
7. Taken
8. Fast & Furious
9. Monsters vs. Aliens
10. Knowing
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Post by BarcaRulz Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:44 am

Buscemi wrote:Fanboys was better than I expected. I expected 90 minutes of overused cliches of fanboys but instead it actually was rather funny. The best part was easily William Shatner's cameo.

Just watched it, and I agree with you on both counts. 8.5/10, was really great except for some moments which I assume had something to do with the many re-shoots. The Kevin Smith cameo was awesome as well. Very Happy
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Post by transformers2 Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:48 am

I think 09 has been good was 08 better yes but 09 has been solid.
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Post by silversurfer19 Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:14 am

geezer9687 wrote:Surfer, you have to take 3 of those films out of consideration when we say that movies this year haven't been that great, because over here they came out last year, so we don't really count them. Just a thought.

I'm not going by US release dates, I'm going by what I have seen in the cinema. In the same respect, I could probably ask a few of you to remove Taken because it was released last year in most countries other than the US.

Even then though, my favourite movies which have been released in the US this year are still a pretty sizeable number. Certainly more than last year anyway. I could add Star Trek, Inglorious Basterds, Broken Embraces, I Love You Man , Sunshine Cleaning and In The Loop without a hesitation, while I fully expect to be blown away by Moon and Ponyo when I get to see them. Not to mention the vast number of movies I am still very excited about which are still to be released this year too.
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Post by becs Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:47 pm

I would also point out the fact that, the majority of the films we collectively found to be excellent in 2008 came out in the 2nd half of the year. So my opinion is that the year has yet to shake out as far as quality goes.
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Post by W Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:46 pm

becs wrote:I would also point out the fact that, the majority of the films we collectively found to be excellent in 2008 came out in the 2nd half of the year. So my opinion is that the year has yet to shake out as far as quality goes.

I thought the same thing. I looked at my 2008 list again and in my top 12 (10's and 9's rated) there are exactly half (6) that came out in the last third of the year. Of those other six, I caught 4 of them on DVD later... So, at this point last year, the only films that I rated in the 9 or 10 catagory were The Dark Knight and Wall-E. With 6 9-10 rated films so far this year, I think its turning out decent, though I haven't found a 10 yet.
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Post by Buscemi Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:53 pm

I've rated 12 films so far with three and a half stars or higher. The most that I have probably rated high in a year would be 19.
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Post by transformers2 Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:09 pm

becs wrote:I would also point out the fact that, the majority of the films we collectively found to be excellent in 2008 came out in the 2nd half of the year. So my opinion is that the year has yet to shake out as far as quality goes.


True but maybe its just me i dont have much faith in the next 4 months there a few films that intrigue me but i dont think anything will skyrocket to the top of my list. Hopefully i'm wrong and there is some great films about to be released that will surprise me
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Post by silversurfer19 Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:46 am

W wrote:. With six 9-10 rated films so far this year, I think its turning out decent, though I haven't found a 10 yet.

Yet I notice you haven't watched Up or Drag Me To Hell yet.

And I have a feeling I may find another 5 or 6 movies break my top ten of the year in the coming months. With Where The Wild Things Are, Moon, Ponyo, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, The Lovely Bones and possibly A Serious Man and (500) Days Of Summer all looking promising.
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Post by W Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:10 am

silversurfer19 wrote:
W wrote:. With six 9-10 rated films so far this year, I think its turning out decent, though I haven't found a 10 yet.

Yet I notice you haven't watched Up or Drag Me To Hell yet.

And I have a feeling I may find another 5 or 6 movies break my top ten of the year in the coming months. With Where The Wild Things Are, Moon, Ponyo, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, The Lovely Bones and possibly A Serious Man and (500) Days Of Summer all looking promising.

Yeah, I'm sure Up will make at the very least a 9. Not sure about Drag Me, though. It looks good, but I won't know if its 7 good or 10 good until I actually sit down and watch it.
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Post by silversurfer19 Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:22 am

If you are a fan of the Evil Dead trilogy (or just that style of horror, even) I'm sure it will hit the top end. It more than matched what I hoped it would be.
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Post by BarcaRulz Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:30 am

silversurfer19 wrote:If you are a fan of the Evil Dead trilogy (or just that style of horror, even) I'm sure it will hit the top end. It more than matched what I hoped it would be.

Agreed. I loved every minute of it. Even my brother who scoffed at the trailer (cause he is a dick) liked it alot. It was a real crowd favorite. Pretty much the best you could hope for with a comedy/horror.
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Post by Shrykespeare Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:06 pm

Here's my list:

10
Star Trek

9
District 9
GI Joe
Monsters vs. Aliens
The International

8
Inglourious Basterds
Julie & Julia
I Love You, Man
Angels & Demons
Taken
Watchmen
Harry Potter 6
Push
Up

7
State of Play
Transformers 2
Ice Age 3
Wolverine
12 Rounds
Duplicity
Fast & Furious

6
Bride Wars
Race to Witch Mountain
Terminator 4
Taking of Pelham 123
The Great Buck Howard
The Soloist
Paul Blart: Mall Cop

5
Underworld 3
Coraline
Inkheart

4
Public Enemies
Notorious
Killshot

3
Knowing
Street Fighter
The Ugly Truth

2
The Uninvited
Obsessed
The Unborn
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Post by Donte77 Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:15 pm

silversurfer19 wrote:If you are a fan of the Evil Dead trilogy (or just that style of horror, even) I'm sure it will hit the top end. It more than matched what I hoped it would be.

A good friend of mine is a HUGE Evil Dead fan and he didn't like Drag Me to Hell. He said is was almost Raimi but watered down to be PG-13.
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Post by NSpan Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:45 am

Donte77 wrote:
silversurfer19 wrote:If you are a fan of the Evil Dead trilogy (or just that style of horror, even) I'm sure it will hit the top end. It more than matched what I hoped it would be.

A good friend of mine is a HUGE Evil Dead fan and he didn't like Drag Me to Hell. He said is was almost Raimi but watered down to be PG-13.
i respectfully disagree with your buddy.

yes, it's PG13... but when compared to previous Evil Dead installments, i don't think it's "watered down" at all.. if anything, the rating system itself has become much more lax in the last couple decades.. if i'm not mistaken, Evil Dead 2 was originally rated X...
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Post by Donte77 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:01 am

Granted, he does seem to have an inherent hatred of PG 13 horror movies.

To his detriment he also didn't think Quarantine was that impressive.

I am hoping to watch Drag Me to Hell soon now that I have been reminded of its existance.
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Post by Buscemi Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:04 am

Honestly, I think Drag Me To Hell works even with the PG-13 rating. It is a film driven more on its script and its scares rather than gore.
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Post by undeadmonkey Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:46 am

lol, whats with the 'watered down' conversations?
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Post by silversurfer19 Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:34 am

Drag Me To Hell scared the shit out of me, and I loved it, but not because of the gore. You can have 100 Saw's and Hostel's which throw the gore at you, but just because its Rated R doesn't make it scary, and certainly doesn't make it good.

The scares in Drag Me To Hell were exactly the type of scares you got in the Evil Dead trilogy, that creeping tension followed by the most over the top scares. It's one of the most fun horror movies in years, and honestly who goes to see a horror movie which isn't fun?

Anyway, I also agree that the rating system does seem to have dropped its standards lately, as I'm sure a movie like Drag Me To Hell would have been rated R only a decade ago, but more and more movies are getting away with the rating probably for profit sake. Shame it didn't help Drag Me To Hell. Also, if you like that kind of horror, but maybe do want a little more gore then maybe you should try and check out Dead Snow, a norwegian Nazi Zombie movie. Absolutely hilarious, and with some very over the top gory cliches which are ramped up to the max.
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