What is the best recent movie you’ve seen.

[Doc Holliday]

The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
I love a good western so i figured i’d watch this one which was directed by & stars Viggo Mortensen. The movie received very good reviews by the critics & moviegoers. It’s what i’d describe as being a smart western & it involves frequent switching back between two timelines. The present & the past. It co-stars Vicky Krieps & Solly Mcloud. Although it’s a slow-moving movie i enjoyed it. It involves love, rape & revenge. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Hit Man (2024)
Watched this movie yesterday & loved it tremendously. Very good acting performances by all of the actors especially main actor Glen Powell. Adria Arjona is also great & very sexy as the female lead. Very good script. Now i know why the fans & critics alike have been raving about this movie. I absolute loved it! I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

I went to see Nosferatu a few days ago and I was pretty impressed, I assumed that it was a remake of the 70s one directed by Werner Herzog (which is still my favorite adaptation), but it was a remake of the 1920's film.

 

[Johnny test]

A bit out of topic maybe but it could interest some of you
There's a huge community of Star Wars online who didn't like the latest versions of the original trilogy and decided to hunt for original 35 mm copies of the 1st three movies all over the world to create new HD versions of those.
It's not for everyone since picture quality is often inferior to the latest 4k versions but the movies were not modified so they are the closest versions to what was available in theaters in 1977/1980 and 1983.
I can't obviously post links to this forum in here but if you're interested PM me.

 

[Doc Holliday]

A bit out of topic maybe but it could interest some of you
There's a huge community of Star Wars online who didn't like the latest versions of the original trilogy and decided to hunt for original 35 mm copies of the 1st three movies all over the world to create new HD versions of those.
It's not for everyone since picture quality is often inferior to the latest 4k versions but the movies were not modified so they are the closest versions to what was available in theaters in 1977/1980 and 1983.
I can't obviously post links to this forum in here but if you're interested PM me.

I’ve never been much of a Star Wars fan. As a matter of fact i’ve only seen the first movie. I own the first 4 movies in blue ray yet have never even opened them yet. One day i will. Anyways when i was a kid i used to own my own Super 8 movie camera & projector. I sometimes would make my own movies with friends of mine. I remember even doing a remake of Rocky! Lol. Anyways i also began purchasing several Super 8 movies & one of them was Star Wars. It was actually how i ended up watching Star Wars for the first time. I still have all my Super 8 movies.

 

[Johnny test]

Yesterday i (re)watched Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, so yeah it's not particularly new but i had a different perspective on this one.
The first time i watched it was on the 1st release in 2001 and i was interested but i had mixed feelings about it, i was living in France at the time and i wasn't particularly affected by Jeunet's vision of Paris.
Jeunet directed this movie after his "US periode" when he went to Hollywood to direct "Alien Resurrection" and then came back to France, so his vision of the city was full of nostalgia and i didn't really get that at the time.
Now that i live in Montreal and that i'm older probably watching this movie affects me in a different way.

 

[Johnny test]

Watched this strange movie a few days ago Disappearance at Clifton Hill, not a bad movie, small canadian production, i think it's partly financed by CBC so, not a blockbuster you can imagine.
It's not exceptional but not as bad as you'd think based on the low rating on IMDB (5.5).
It starts as some kind of crime story but that part isn't as important as the characters, so i can understand it may be a disappointment for some viewers.
As i said the focus is more on the main character her history and the relationship with her family.... don't want to reveal too much.
So clearly not the movie of the year but if you have an hour and a half to kill it may be a good choice.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

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Yesterday i (re)watched Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, so yeah it's not particularly new but i had a different perspective on this one.
The first time i watched it was on the 1st release in 2001 and i was interested but i had mixed feelings about it, i was living in France at the time and i wasn't particularly affected by Jeunet's vision of Paris.
Jeunet directed this movie after his "US periode" when he went to Hollywood to direct "Alien Resurrection" and then came back to France, so his vision of the city was full of nostalgia and i didn't really get that at the time.
Now that i live in Montreal and that i'm older probably watching this movie affects me in a different way.

I really liked The city of lost children.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

i am a sci fi lover have a huge personal collection if you liked that, here is a few you might enjoy
Delicatessen 1991 ‧ Comedy/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 39m
12 Monkeys 1995 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 2h 9m
Existenz 1999 ‧ Sci-fi/Horror ‧ 1h 37m
The Fifth Element 1997 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 2h 6m
Jacob's Ladder 1990 ‧ Horror/Mystery ‧ 1h 53m
Run Lola Run 1998 ‧ Thriller/Action
Donnie Darko 2001 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 53m ( this is a classic)
A Boy and His Dog 1975 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 31m (another classic starring Don Johnston when he was a unknown)

I've seen all of those
Existenz is actually one of my favorite david cronenberg movie

 

[Johnny test]

I went to see Nosferatu a few days ago and I was pretty impressed, I assumed that it was a remake of the 70s one directed by Werner Herzog (which is still my favorite adaptation), but it was a remake of the 1920's film.

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

 

[Meta not Meta]

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

I was planning on seeing the new Nosferatu today ... maybe tomorrow.

What was the first vampire film? Maybe a now lost film with Theda Bara from the 1910s, whom I was reading about recently. She was one of the movies first sex symbols, maybe the original 'femme fatale,' or 'heartless vixen,' as the term would have known back then.

Anyway, one of her earliest hits was 'A Fool There Was', which was based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling poem, “The Vampire.” Hence, the term 'Vamp' ... a term she popularized.

Apparently, as this vamp, or evil seductress, of the film, she lures and then drives to ruin a young New York lawyer whose socially prominent wife had made the mistake of snubbing her. It's said that her final line, uttered to her defeated prey, became legendary:

“Kiss me, my fool!”

 

[Lunaseraphim]

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

I think there was one before that, you're right! Murnau's version is pretty impressive for that time period

 

[Lunaseraphim]

I was planning on seeing the new Nosferatu today ... maybe tomorrow.

What was the first vampire film? Maybe a now lost film with Theda Bara from the 1910s, whom I was reading about recently. She was one of the movies first sex symbols, maybe the original 'femme fatale,' or 'heartless vixen,' as the term would have known back then.

Anyway, one of her earliest hits was 'A Fool There Was', which was based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling poem, “The Vampire.” Hence, the term 'Vamp' ... a term she popularized.

Apparently, as this vamp, or evil seductress, of the film, she lures and then drives to ruin a young New York lawyer whose socially prominent wife had made the mistake of snubbing her. It's said that her final line, uttered to her defeated prey, became legendary:

“Kiss me, my fool!”

Not sure how reliable this is

Gothic horror (involving vampires among other things) was present since the beginning of cinema.

 

[Johnny test]

Since all of those movies are lost it's really hard to know what's right and what's urban legend but Nosferatu was not the 1st vampire movie but the 1st (well maybe not the 1st apparently ) Dracula adaptation and since they didn't have the right to the novel they titled it Nosferatu, even if Murnau's version is different from the book, some characters are clearly inspired by the book. Never been a big fan of the book in fact

 

[Lunaseraphim]

Yes it's also so highly referenced in pop culture that it gets old, but I actually really enjoyed Nosferatu. It's very aesthetically pleasing too. But honestly I've always been a fan of movies set in different eras. One very interesting movie I saw a couple years ago is called Benedetta, it's set in the 17th century and also a horror film

 

[Johnny test]

It is really the same story

Not exactly, The Coppola movie from the 90s is probably the closest adaptation of the book, (that may explain the title of the movie), others are slightly or completely different, the Hammer movies for example are miles away from the original book. But that's probably the coolest fact, every movie brought something new to the whole myth.
I'm probably biased on this cause i watched them when i was a kid but Christopher Lee is still the ultimate Dracula in my mind.

 

[Meta not Meta]

Hammer, did someone mention Hammer!

It's not in the schedule yet, but later in the year CineClub Film Society is putting on a 16 mm screening of Taste the Blood of Dracula at a local church. The movie itself is partly set in an abandoned church so it's kinda appropriate, I guess.

Sacrilege, I know ... but my favorite Hammer Dracula has always been the second one, the one Lee's not in, but it does have Cushing, The Brides of Dracula. Probably for Terence Fisher's direction and its many now iconic scenes. An underrated gem is Kiss of the Vampire from a few years later.

Of more recent vampire films my favorite is undoubtedly the unusually affecting, quasi-realist Let the Right One In ... even it's American remake, Let Me In, is pretty good. I'm also rather partial to the highly heterodox Only Lovers Left Alive.

The Cinémathèque Québécoise here in Montreal did a fairly comprehensive survey of the history of horror two summers ago, with about a hundred screenings, including several vampire films. We're so lucky to have CQ .... in fact they just did a 35 mm screening of Silence of the Lambs on Saturday, a copy rescued from a dumpster in England, would you believe it.

 

[Workingman]

I went to see the new Nosferatu. 2.5 hours flew by and it didn't feel like it. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen if you're gonna see it.

 

[EagerBeaver]

The only Dracula or Vampire movies which interested me were the ones which tackled the actual science of Vampirism. The one I recall liking most, the name of which escapes me, focused on a Dracula which needed human blood as sustenance and grew increasingly weak without it. This Dracula was portrayed more as a heroin addict- he didn't like having to kill, but did so to sustain himself as he grew weaker and weaker. You kind of felt sorry for him.

What disappoints me is that none of these movies grapple with finding a solution for the Vampirism problem, other than killing the Vampire. There is no need to kill the Vampire if an alternate to blood is discovered that will sustain the vampire. It is possible to distill the nutrients in the blood, so that the vampire can be nourished without having to kill anyone. Yet the movies do not look into these practical, non-violent and non-dramatic methods of solving the problem.

 

[Workingman]

The only Dracula or Vampire movies which interested me were the ones which tackled the actual science of Vampirism. The one I recall liking most, the name of which escapes me, focused on a Dracula which needed human blood as sustenance and grew increasingly weak without it. This Dracula was portrayed more as a heroin addict- he didn't like having to kill, but did so to sustain himself as he grew weaker and weaker. You kind of felt sorry for him.

What disappoints me is that none of these movies grapple with finding a solution for the Vampirism problem, other than killing the Vampire. There is no need to kill the Vampire if an alternate to blood is discovered that will sustain the vampire. It is possible to distill the nutrients in the blood, so that the vampire can be nourished without having to kill anyone. Yet the movies do not look into these practical, non-violent and non-dramatic methods of solving the problem.

You should watch Thirst made by Park Chan-wook. It's Korean and it's an amazing vampire flick.