Midnight Movie Watcher: February 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

It's more comfortable for you to label me as insane.

This week I am gonna talk a little bit about my favorite serial killer movie Se7en. It is one of my favorite David Fincher movies (probably next to Fight Club) that is very dark and stylized. It follows the story of and up and coming detective and a retiring one, working together on a couple of cases that at first appear to be unrelated. They then piece together that all of the murders are related to the seven deadly sins. After five bodies are found the killer (Kevin Spacey) then turns himself in with the promise to show them the last two bodies (sins), which he dose not disappoint. Lets start off with a ton of trailers first...

Alright now back to the movie. First off this movie has an all star cast, which one of the main actors is not listed, during the opening credits (scored by a remix of Closer by Nine Inch Nails). Brad Pitt is in his rise to super stardom, Morgan Freeman is at the top of his game (as always) and Kevin Spacey is just outstanding as a psychopathic monotone killer. I mostly enjoy the look and feel of all of Fincher's movies especially this one, the look and feel to it is very dark and real. I could (although very hard to pull off) see something like this actually taking palace. Not really sure what else to say but if you have never seen this movie deffinately check it out. Here are the seven deadly sins.

And here are a couple of good scenes...

Cliff notes for the seven deadly sins.

Is this the same parking garage in Robocop?

He lets him live.

Entering the lair of a psychopath.

Detective. Detective. DETECTIVE! You're looking for me.

What's in the box?

Next week: Boogie Nights

Monday, February 16, 2009

Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?

I guess in honor of valentines day this weekend I am gonna talk about Sixteen Candles. It is one of John Hughes high school romantic comedies about a girl that only wants one thing for her sweet sixteen, and it seems like everything is standing in her way. There is a great performance from a young Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall as The Geek. I'm gonna keep this post short and sweet but first some trailers...

I really hope this movie is gonna be part of the Midnight Movie lineup.

I don't have a whole lot to say about the movie this week besides that it is great. It was a standout movie from the directorial debut of John Hughes who also wrote the script and went on to write a ton of other teen comedies. There are a ton of hilarious bits of dialog and just about every embarrassing thing that could happen to Molly Ringwald pretty much does. I did love the small role that John Cusack played and the "cameo" by his sister Joan Cusack. Not really sure what else to say other that this is a stereotypical 80's teen comedy and is a must see. Well anyways here are a couple of scenes that are notable.

Quiz?

NERDS!

Oh Sam, let me take a look at you. Fred, she's gotten her boobies.

The Geek trying to make a move...

Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?

Party Aftermath!

Proof...

No more yankie my wankie. The Donger need food.

I couldn't leave without showing you the Donger.

Happy birthday, Samantha. Make a wish.

Well, it already came true.

Next week: Se7en

Monday, February 9, 2009

...and to make a long story short...

This week I am gonna talk a little about a well known board game turned movie called Clue. Basically it's about a group of people brought to a house for a dinner party only to discover that they are all being blackmailed by the same person, Mr. Boddy. He gives them all weapons and instructs them to kill the butler, Wadsworth(Tim Curry) when he turnout the lights. When the lights turn back on Mr. Boddy is dead, the guests then spend about the next 45 minutes trying to figure out which one of them is the killer. Having said all that lets check out the trailers...

Okay seriously they need to play all these movies (the first two the third is currently playing) soon!

First off I just wanted to state that this was the first and to my knowledge the only movie to be made based on a board game. It has been about ten years since I have seen this movie and it was great to see it with a mostly full theater. My big wonder about this movie is if it would hold up and stand the test of time, and it does. I still thought that this movie was hilarious, John Landis can definitely write a good comedy. All of the fast talking dialog and running around while trying to figure out whodunnit is a great and original premise that has never been matched. I thought that eventhough the film is intentionally hillarious it does actually build a little tension while everyon is trying to figure out whodunnit. There is a decent body count in the film yet very little is actually seen. Lastly I think that the slapstick in this is done very well and not too over the top. One thing I did want to say was that when I have seen this movie I always remembered the multiple endings, but the teatrical version that I saw was only the main ending. (it left me a little disapointed) Overall I think this is a very good 80's comedy that has definatly held up fairly well, anyways here are a couple of interesting sceens to check out.

Everyone is speechless at dinner.

Yvette's cleavage is ridiculous

Implements of Destruction

Poisoned?

I didn't do it!

Who called for the singing telegram?

What's this? Another door?

Endings I didn't get.

Next week: Sixteen Candles

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.

I'm a little late with the post this week but I'll try to keep it short and sweet. I am talking this week about the third part of the Sam Rami's best trilogy, (and no its not Spider-man) The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness. The basic plot of the film is Ash(Bruce Campbell) recites a passage from the necronomicon only to be sucked into a wormhole that transports him back in time. He then goes on a quest to recover the missing necronomicon to return back to his time, only to be tortured by himself and splitting in two and fight "Evil Ash". After dispatching him and discovering the book, he then removes the necronomicon without saying Clatto Verata Nicto exactly right. Unfortunately he releases the Army of Darkness only to have an all out war. Having said that lets get to some trailers ...

Now back to the movie, I'm not really sure what to say about it. Unfortunately it isn't my favorite of the Evil Dead movies but is very enjoyable and hilarious. The dialog fits the category of its so bad its good. Earlier I called the movie Evil Dead 3 because I wish it was Actually called that even though it's not too much like the first two films. The beginning did a decent job of quickly retelling the second movie which was a retelling of the first movie. The very beginning of the movie was my favorite part, especially when Ash gets thrown down in the pit. After that I think that the movie gets a little too slapsticky. In the pit and after the monsters looked great and the effects were outstanding for the times. Sam Raimi is a genius with some of the shots he does throughout the movie, like when Ash pulls a Luke Skywalker and replaces his hand. To the ending, I did enjoy the S-Mart closing but prefer the "Alternate" or Original ending that was cut, in which Ash takes too many drops of the potion and ends up sleeping for 100 years too long. It could have set up an Evil Dead 4 easily, although I guess the video games and comic books have carried on the story fairly well. After seeing this with a large crowd I thought it made it even more enjoyable and have a new love for Army of Darkness. Anyways here are some interesting scenes ...

Necronomiconexmortis. The Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, this ancient Samarian text contained bizarre burial rights, funeral incantations, and demon resurrection passages, it was never meant for the world of the living. The book awoke something dark in the woods, something evil.