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I still need to see the new Hobbit film, but I just don't have the time to go to the movies with my current school schedule

 

/and none of my friends like Lord of the Rings so I would have to go alone lmao

 

And it is bloody expensive. At least over her. The prices for a single ticket's insane.

 

Dog Soldiers - Often talked about as the best modern werewolf film and one of the best werewolf films ever. Well, I disagree. At least about the last part of that. Doesn't come close to the classics. But this is a completely different film as well. The werewolfs looks great. Big, ugly, hairly and brutal fuckers. This isn't a film made to scare you and give you nightmares. This isn't that type of horror. This is macho action horror that won't make anyone shiver in fright, it's the type of film that makes your balls sweaty out of badassery and brutality.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - I finally got around to watching this. I like the first one a lot despite it flaws, so I was really looking forward to this. It's full of surprises, both positive and negative.

 

On the positive side it was way better visually than the first one. The first one looked awful for the majority of it. It looked fake, unnatural and plastic. Shockingly bad to be honest. But they improved a lot on this film. Things looks less plastic, less fake and less unnatural, and that is something I appreciate. It wasn't perfect, but hella lot better. The landscapes were on a whole other level here.

And NECROMANCER, NECROMANCER and NECROMANCER!!! Gandalf VS Necromancer won this film. Jesus christ, that was well executed.

 

On the negative side I thought Jackson & co rushed it a bit here and there. The meeting with Beorn should've been longer, as should the walk through Mirkwood.

And the romance between Tauriel and Kili should've been dropped. It was a mess and didn't fit in very well. I liked Tauriel as a character, though. And Evangeline Lilly have NEVER been better... or prettier for that matter. That was great!

 

Also, I am not at all sure about how I feel about them dropping the epic adventure in favor of fast paced action, with no space to beathe. Because I did miss the epicness of the first film, and I did miss the adventure as well. I didn't dislike the action one bit, it's just that I missed the adventure hella lot. Just by adding a but to the scenes with Beorn could've changed all of this

 

The scenes with Bilbo and Smaug were great. Almost on par with riddles in the dark. That's pretty impressive.

 

But all in all it was a great film and I am really lookinf forward to The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Gonna be great!

I regret buying 97% of my collection. Not because I don't like the music, but because I don't give a flying fuck about CDs anymore. The only CDs I care about are those released by my favourite bands that doesn't exist on another format or is impossible to get a hold off (without paying a months salary) and those I've bought because I collect and want every release by. The rest doesn't mean shit. Gonna try to sell most of it.

It's very weird, especially when you've got a big back catalogue and plenty to choose from. Just change it once a while. It's healthy. But even if you don't have a big back catalogue, it shouldn't be hard to throw in a cover song now and then just to mix it up a bit, as you say.

That's a bit up and down. I've seen bands with huge catalogs blending old and new perfectly, while others makes the mistakes of playing mostly new. That's sadly a common mistake among bands, both old and new ones. Another mistake, as I like to call it, is bands playing the same on every tour. I hate it when bands don't change their set list one bit between tours. If a band doesn't have anything new to play, just make a few changes now and then, will ya. It can't be that hard, can it?

 

It's been four years since their debut already and finally the Tumultuous Teutonic Templar Thrashers Jaldaboath are back with a new album. Heard a couple of songs and it doesn't seem to be nearly as hilariously bad as the debut EP and debut album. They were never good, but their two first albums are hilarious and works really well with some fine company and too much beer. They seem to have lost some of it. Still catchy and bad enough, though. The chorus are hilarious.

Check it out! What a film. I'll have to watch it again next week. It was such an amazing experience, and the way the film's shot, man. It's shot in a way that makes it almost pornographic. I've only seen it once, so I will have to watch it several times, but I'm almost certain that this is one of the 5 best films since the 90's, and a masterpiece.

 

Berberian Sound Studio sure isn't for everyone, but I loved it. Not a giallo per se, but still they've managed to capture that giallo feeling. Same with Amer. Both great films.

 

Speaking about giallo, Yellow is one of my most anticipated films ever. I don't think I've ever had this high expectations for a film made after the 80's. Maybe The Call of Cthulhu, but that's it. A 30 min neo-giallo that's supossed to be insanely good. It's only had a few selected screenings at some film festivals since 2012, and has yet to be released on VHS and DVD. I found out about it after reading about modern giallos and then saw the films' poster, then I ordered the soundtrack within a minute. I've not seen the trailer yet as I do not watch trailers, but since I saw the films poster I've been obsessed with it. I really cannot wait till I get to see this film. Feels like I've been waiting for ten years already.

 

Lars and the Real Girl - Charming drama comedy with a good story, some hilarious moments and a superb Ryan Gosling. Good film.

Isn't the guy with the pink hair the guy who tried to imitate that one Dir en grey member? Awful band too.

I am well aware of that, but one can still manage without it, something which a billion vocalists have proven through the years. I doubt all these early extreme metal vocalists did any form of training (just to take an examle), and many of those are still going strong today, 20-25 years after they started growling/whatever. Over the years I am sure a lot of them picked up tricks here and there, but I wouldn't call that training.

 

My point though, which obviously got a bit lost or didn't come through earlier, is that you don't need any kind of training to become a great vocalist or not to damage your vocal chords. Yeah, getting damage to your vocal chords happens to people without any kind of training, but it also happens to vocalists with training, both amateur training and formal, professional training. It wasn't any more to it than that.

 

 

And a lot of artists didn't have a clue to what they were doing when they started out, and a lot of them released albums that today are regarded as classics. Legendary Hellhammer and Sepultura are a few that comes to mind. Hellhammer barely knew which way to hold their instruments, and it was sloppy as fuck, and Sepultura didn't even bother tuning their guitars properly for Morbid Visions, which is regarded as a masteriece. You don't always need to know how to play your instruments very good, or sing well. It all comes down to the music being played to be honest.

well, unclean vocals needn't to train? lmfao

 

Do they? As far as I know they didn't have any training in the 80's when they started with growls and harsh vocals. I feel pretty confident that the likes of Quorthon, Scott Carlson, Lee Dorrian, Stevo, Chris Reifert and so on didn't have any training. I'm sure they just wrote some fast music and went to their  rehearsel place and started screaming their guts out.

 

Or is this "unclean" you guys are speaking of soemthing new? Or a different type of screaming? I've never heard about it so I might have missed that. I just thought it was something that included "screaming/shouting/growling/shrieking/whatever".

just like I dislike use of autotune but many oshare kei bands use much autotune, so I don't like oshare kei.

 

I'll never get things like this. You dislike every single oshare kei bands because some uses autotune? That doesn't make sense. One can use autotune tastefully, so you don't have to sound like T-Pain or anything and go full retard with the whole shit.

 

 

I don't mind growling or harsh vocals (never heard harsh vocals in any VK band though) as long as it fits the music. That's the only thing I care about. It needs to fit the music. And in the VK scene there's good growlers and bad growlers, just like in the rest of the music scene in the world.

 

And I don't get the whole "they shouldn't growl because they don't have the training" thing that some have said in this thread. One needs training to growl and use harsh vocals? When did someone need any training to do this shit?

^ Yeah, I love his movies too... I kinda even enjoyed the Halloween remakes because of their different atmosphere (compared to the originals). And yes, more horror from him would be definitely welcome.  1000 Corpses and Rejects are among my favorite horror flicks probably, and Lords didn't disappoint either.

 

I think Rob took a shit down his own leg with the Halloween remake, and the sequel. He removed one of the most important things about the original Halloween - the mysticism (not sure if this is the right word. mystic?). I think he failed so hard. There was no need to show the full past of Michael Myers. But after he's finished with the past, it's basically a scene for scene remake, just without the atmosphere and great acting of the original.

 

Despicable Me 2 - Decent films that's on par with the first one. The plot's lacking a bit compared to the first one which had a way better plot, but this on the other hand is a lot more charming and sweet, which works very well.

 

This Is the End - Hilarious film, despite the bad CGI. Great cast including James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, to mention "a few", and they all play "themself". A few good parodies of films such as Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and Mad Max as well.

 

Rihanna's AWFUL!

 

 

Red Nights aka Les Nuits Rouges du Bourreau de Jade - This French-Hong Kong-Belgian neo-giallo are, without a single doubt in my beautiful mind, one of the best and most stunning films the last 23 years. I call it a neo-giallo because it has a lot of giallo in it, such as the leather gloves, trench coat and the use of strong colors, using a lot of red and blue filters.

 

Someone will scream "style over substance" at this film, but I disagree. The plot are there, and it's good, without being anything very special or mind blwing. But the visuals are just amazing. Gorgeous! Some of the best I have ever seen. Stylish as fuck!

 

There are some violence and those scenes look great. Violent and grotesque. Really well done, except for one, but I believe that to be a tribute to the classic giallos.

 

The actors are doing well, especially the leads Frédérique Bel and Carrie Ng are amazing here.

 

I'll recommend this to fans of giallos and Only God Forgives.

 

Wait? So it's just that one horrible song?

The Lords of Salem are one of the most underrated films the past 10 years or so. Great atmosphere, bizarre as fuck and weird. I'm diggin' what Rob is doing with his films. He doen't give a fuck about anything or any rules, he just does what he feels like. Ok, not his Halloween remakes. They're both awful. But House, The Devil... and The Lords... are all amazing. Not sure what to think of his upcomming film, Broad Street Bullies, though. It's a sports flick. Which can be cool of course, but I still want him to do more horror.

I can appreciate good or just fitting lyrics, but it's not important at all. I enjoy plenty of bands with awful lyrics.

The Tingler - Another great film by William Castle, and this time with another great gimmick. The film stops, some guy starts talking and you hear people screaming, then a few selected chairs in the cinema will start vibrating. It must have been amazing to experience this in real life. It sounds so amazing!

 

Anyway, this is as I've already said, another great film by Castle. A campy horror film with an amazing Vincent Price in the lead role. It's over the top and cheesy as fuck, but it works so very, very well. It's shot in black and white but there is a few scenes where it's used color, and that's something that makes this a lot better than what it would've been without.

 

 

That was AMAZING!

I love watching films in general, but horror are my main genre for sure. I don't care if it's from the 20's, 60's or 00's or whatever, if it's european, american or asian or whatever, if it's gothic, slashers or psychological or whatever, if it'c a-, b-, c- films or whatever - I just can't get enough of horror.

By the way, gais, what's your top 10 of 2013? I will come back with a small list later on.

 

These are my top films (not in order):

 

Stoker
The Lords of Salem
The Last Stand
Only God Forgives
Evil Dead
The Conjuring

These are my favourites, but I have yet to watch a lot of films that I'm sure will impress me a lot. Films such as Yellow, Snowpiercer, Kaze tachinu, Kaguyahime no monogatari, The Giant Spider, Sledge, They Die By Dawn and You're Next among others are films that could challenge for a spot in my top 10. Hard to say. But I am sure both Yellow and Snowpiercer will make it on my top 10 list. Well, if Yellow comes before I die, that is. Shouldn't really be calling it a 2013 film either as it hasn't been relead yet. Only got some selected screenings in 2012 and 2013 for immortals. We mortals have to continue our waiting. God damn!

I'm really looking forward to seeing "You're Next." Looks great!

It's Kind of a Funny Story - Decent dama komedy about a teen who's suicidal... or, thinks he is at least. There's nothing new or very exciting here, but it was OK anyway. Lots of charm.

 

The Hamiltons - What do you get when yu mix bad drama and bad horror? A realy bad film, such as The Hamiltons. What a disaster of a film. Nothing good about this at all.

Things have changed a lot through the years. An EP doesn't have to have this many songs or that much playtime. An EP can have everything from 1 to 45 songs, and be everything from 5 to 75 minutes long.

 

The same goes for albums. You'll inf short-as-fuck albums as well. "Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood" anyone? Full lenght, but less than 15 minutes long... or short. Whatever.

The Purge - Home invasion horror with a great concept but that falls through due to its weak script. It never becomes anything but a mediocre film at best.

 

Near Dark - I saw this film 7-8 years ago and thought it was brilliant, so when my girlfriend suggested this yesterday I was thrilled. But woah, what a disappointment. This hasn't stand the test of time. It's not bad, just not very good either. Both the story and charachters becomes a bit too weak. It lacks punch. It lacks something interesting.  I hate when this happens.

 

Strait-Jacket - Horror film by the master of gimmicks, William Castle, with a script by Robert Bloch, the man who wrote Psycho. Great film that's up there with Castle's Homicidal. It has a feel of Psycho, but it's not at all a copy or anything. Great suspense, great characters, great dialog and a Joan Crawford who's phenomenal!

 

 

Lucy Harbin took an axe, gave her husband forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave his girlfriend forty one.

 

Hell yeah! Do watch, kis, right after you watched Psycho and Homicidal.

Another great episode, and a surprisingly lighthearted episode as well. They're walking new paths with this season.

The Family - This is a crime comedy by Luc Besson with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. What a big disappointment this was. When Luc focuses on violent gangster crime he does really well, but every single time he gets close to comedy he fails and so goes the film. Awesome, awful, awesome, awful and so on. It's a shame because I really expected a good film here.

 

The Conjuring - One of the most hyped horrorilms the past 10 years, and a film that I've had really high hopes for for such a long time. Not because of the hype, but because of James Wan, who's got several great films in his filmography. And every single time he makes a horror film you can see that this guy doesn't just love horror films, he KNOWS and UNDESTANDS the genre. He knows what hororfilms are all about, and that's why he's one of the most promising directors in the genre at the moment.

 

The Conjuring are easily one of the most unoriginal films I've seen in a long time, but does that matter? No, not when it's done as good and effective as this. The whole film, including the atmosphere, reeks f the 70's, and as a massive horor fan that is never anything but a bonus, and the set designs looks amazing. Great, just great!

 

A bit sceptical to a sequel and spin-off, but as long as James Wan makes it I will have faith in them both.