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[Marco]

The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:





It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head


Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:





It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head


Marco.

Horrible film, saw it on channel four a year or so ago, yuck. It was like a car crash one shouldn't look but one does. The inner plot does raise it above similar films but, getting there is a very nasty journey.



Regards Neil

[Spectral Morn]

Great stuff that..... now "Carry on Screaming" from 1966 with the delectable Fenella Fielding and new to carry on's , Albert Steptoe in drag, Harry H. Corbett. One of the better ones this, and has the gag, "Frying Tonight"

The only one I really like, and enjoy watching.


Regards Neil

[Marco]

Horrible film, saw it on channel four a year or so ago, yuck. It was like a car crash one shouldn't look but one does. The inner plot does raise it above similar films but, getting there is a very nasty journey.

You've just sold it to me, Neil!

Marco.

[Macca]

'Stand Up Guys'

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin are ageing mobsters approaching the end of the line. Sounds like it should be a classic - a sort of geriatric 'Mean Streets' - but ends up as less than the sum of its parts. A buddy movie like this really needs some great dialogue from a Mamet or a Tarantino but it isn't on offer and the film can't decide if it is a comedy or a serious character piece. The glossy production kills the mood, as does the upbeat and intrusive soundtrack. Watchable for the performances, which are excellent, but that's about it. A massive lost opportunity.

[Spectral Morn]

You've just sold it to me, Neil!

Marco.

I hate films with gratuitous violence and torture films like this and others, which seem to be only interested in shocking the watcher aren't for me but Martyrs does have a few interesting elements but I wouldn't want to see it again.


Regards Neil

[Marco]

I hate films with gratuitous violence and torture films like this and others, which seem to be only interested in shocking the watcher

Thing is, I watch them because, when the violence kicks in, I find it FUNNY [extremely twisted mind]

I replay the goriest bits (sometimes two or three times, so that I can capture the full image properly inside my head), and then have a right good giggle!!

Another one I fancy is Inside:



Looks like there may be a few 'interesting bits' in there....

Marco.

[struth]

Ive never been into gore. Especially for gore's sake. Much prefer a well made film or a bawdy comedy like carry ons...I understand where your coming from though. My son used to love that stuff too

[Marco]

Yes, there's got to be a decent story, too. It's not so much the gore I like, but the psychologically disturbing parts of the story that are responsible for creating it. Essentially, it's how sometimes innocuous everyday situations are portrayed in a deeply macabre/nightmare-inducing way - and I love that.

For example, next time I'm alone on an underground train at night (if it ever happens), I'll be thinking about 'The Midnight Meat Train'.... *That* is the scary bit. The gore itself, for me (as it's not real), is just pure comedy.

Marco.

[spm]

Just watched the first episode of Narcos on Netflix, very promising.