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Feb 2nd, 2012 06:49 PM | ||
Zomboid | Yeah, that guy got you good. | |
Feb 2nd, 2012 05:28 PM | ||
Grislygus | Sarcastic robot dickbag | |
Jan 19th, 2012 02:38 PM | ||
10,000 Volt Ghost | I didn't see the original to base it against. | |
Jan 19th, 2012 10:17 AM | ||
Zomboid | I did not care for it. | |
Jan 19th, 2012 09:19 AM | ||
10,000 Volt Ghost | I saw the remake in the theater to kill time because it rained the entire time we were in Boston. It wasn't bad. | |
Jan 17th, 2012 11:53 PM | ||
Zomboid | Thanks! | |
May 25th, 2009 06:52 AM | ||
Zhukov |
I really liked this film, and as someone has already said, it's less of a vampire movie, and more focused on friendship. I like to think that Oskar will eventually become an old man that hunts and kills people for Eli, before becoming too feeble to do the job and pouring acid on his face. Here's hoping they make an American remake of Slumdog Millionaire. |
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May 19th, 2009 01:34 AM | ||
Zomboid | Good Ol' American cinema. Every time there's an original movie somewhere else in the world, it NEEDS TO BE REMADE ASAP! | |
May 18th, 2009 03:41 AM | ||
Mockery |
So I finally saw this movie and, while it wasn't cheesy like a lot of modern horror flicks (which is always a good thing), I don't think it's the jaw-droppingly amazing vampire flick that so many people were saying it was when it came out. Not a bad movie or anything, just nothing I'd really bother to see again. What will be bad, however, is the remake they're apparently doing of it here in the US. I'm sure that'll be one hell of a bastardization. |
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Apr 9th, 2009 12:49 PM | ||
the Platinum Poppy |
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No but seriously. Seems like there are thousands of vampires in pop culture who can't turn into bats and aren't hurt by crucifixes and yada yada. And every time one of them pops up it has to be pointed out, like it was a very original thing to do, only it's been done a thousand times by now. And every writer who creates a vampire who can't turn into a bat or be hurt by crucifixes also seem to think that these ideas were really stupid, but seriously, if you've agreed to the possibility that someone can have eternal life and some kind of superpowers and live on blood it's not like it can ever become any less realistic than it already is by adding bat-changing etc. So I think Cassidy was carrying on a pretty tired theme there... But on the whole I loved Preacher. Despite the lack of flaming homosexual main characters. |
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Apr 8th, 2009 09:43 PM | ||
Nick | You weren't interested in Cassidy cuz he wasn't a flamin' homo, huh. | |
Apr 5th, 2009 07:11 AM | ||
the Platinum Poppy | Well, as much as I liked preacher I wasn't a fan of the vampire thing there... It's been done to death already the whole "Oh vampires don't REALLY have a problem with garlic or crucifixes"-thing... And he's another one who doesn't actually NEED to go around killing people (even if he still does time to time) which makes it far less of a curse... and it's really weird that the goth vampire he met in the "blood and whisky" special got his idea of vampires from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Considering everything we got to learn about that character it would have made more sense if he had read up on Ann Rice... | |
Apr 5th, 2009 04:12 AM | ||
Nick |
Whenever I think of vampires I think of Cassidy. |
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Apr 4th, 2009 05:56 AM | ||
the Platinum Poppy | http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2...n_subtitl.html | |
Apr 4th, 2009 05:31 AM | ||
the Platinum Poppy |
Thinking about it, there are only two vampire movies I've seen and genuinely liked, like good movies, not for their kitch value, and that's LTROI and Shadow of the Vampire. One really good thing too about LTROI is that there's no escape from the fact that vampires kill people to survive. It's not like Eli has another option, like living only on animals or fake blood or something, and it's not like she has the alternative to be some kind of vampire Dexter and live only off "bad guys" to justify the whole thing... But perfectly ordinary decent people has to be killed off to feed her. I mean, that was what made vampires scary in the first place. It doesn't make sense to make vampire movies and then remove that element... then why bother with vampires at all? |
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Apr 4th, 2009 12:24 AM | ||
90's Child |
Rock on brother, rock on. I prefer the benign fantasy-type-can-change-at-will werecreatures, but I also like the pact-with-the-devil-huge-dire-wolf ones from mythology. It takes all types ya know. Quote:
And as for Let The Right One In, it looks awesome, but I was never able to see it in theaters, and I probably don't want to buy the DVD with the lobotomized English subtitling job. I'll just have to wait until a better version of the DVD comes out. |
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Apr 3rd, 2009 04:23 PM | ||
the Platinum Poppy |
There are like tons of websites comparing Twililght and LTROI... Not surprisingly since the movies came about the same time, and both are about puppy love between a human and a vampire... Like these two: http://www.jossip.com/let-the-right-...ight-20090106/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/fre...vampire-sucks/ |
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Apr 3rd, 2009 02:27 PM | ||
the Platinum Poppy |
I saw it in cinema here, and really liked it. I didn't expect another vampire movie to be any good, but then reviews were starting to come in and everyone seemed to love it, so I got curious and went to see it. And it was great. (I checked it out at rotten tomatoes too... it had like 97-98% or so positive reviews). After this I learnt more about the story in the book it is based on... apparently, the movie follows part of the book pretty accurately, but large chunks have been cut out. So lots of things that are explained in length and detail in the book are left open to various interpretations in the movie. I think that works to the movie's advantage. I also think Oskar is a little like those kids that one day get a gun and go to the schoolyard trying to take out as many people as possible... Only difference is he doesn't kill people himself, since he doesn't have to, with his vampire buddy murdering around. |
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Apr 2nd, 2009 10:36 AM | ||
Dimnos |
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Apr 2nd, 2009 02:29 AM | ||
darkvare | werewolfs are so much more kickass than vampires | |
Apr 1st, 2009 09:20 PM | ||
kahljorn |
lol i dunno people have had hardons for vampires for a long time ;\ one time i went into a vampire chat room to see what kind of people were vampires. There was a kid who was, "da rel lestat the real 1 not da fake 1 the real lestate #1" and couldn't spell at all, which was hilarious, and then there was this pedophile lookin dude holding a baby who probably could've actually been a vampire. |
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Apr 1st, 2009 05:04 PM | ||
Dimnos | Not HERE here. | |
Apr 1st, 2009 04:42 PM | ||
Zomboid | I need that until after my Irish-themed pot-luck event | |
Apr 1st, 2009 04:28 PM | ||
Tadao | here? | |
Apr 1st, 2009 04:24 PM | ||
Dimnos | Oh Im not trying to lump them together. It just seams everyone has a hard on for vampires here recently. | |
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