he liked watchmen, so...

Seriously though I usually find him spot on, best movie reviewer on this forum imo.

Did not think about Pulp Fiction. Hell, I could go on a Tarantino soundtrack binge.

Other bad movies I enjoyed: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, This Means War, Wrath of the Titans, John Carter. =)

My Awkward Sexual Adventure - worth a watch. it's not great, but it's easy to watch and fairly humourous. The gf is way hotter than the stripper imo.

ONCE AGAIN... if I had a nickle for every time a movie didn't do justice to a book I would be a rich man.

Watchmen isn't unique, and I think it stands apart as a superhero(?) movie.

There is not doing justice and totally missing the point. It's as if they took the novel The Road and made a rom-com.

Clovis,

I don't know if I've just been blind to criticisms such as yours, but these are great points.

You clearly have not seen Last House on the Left or watched an Argento movie when he gets too Goblin-happy.


No it isn't. It's a complex song that can be interpreted many ways, and some of those ways involve the complexity of relationships, submission etc. Some of the lyrics do evoke Samson and Delilah, I will grant you, but that's not what it's all about. Cohen would call you an idiot if you said 'it's about a biblical traitor' to his face.


That's not to say I thought it was a good choice for that scene, because it felt cheap, as did the scene.


However, you are wrong two ways on the particular point you were making.

I also like Clovis, apart from his offhand attitude to horror movies and how he doesn't like them, and if he does like one, it can't be a horror movie per se because he likes it

Guys that dismiss horror movies are usually terrible, literally-minded people that lack imagination and the ability to suspend reality in my experience

Good points. I certainly didn't mean to suggest Hallelujah was just about Delilah. I've been obsessed with Cohen for 20 years including organizing one of the few academic conferences about his work. None of his work is about one thing.

But it's certainly not about a cheap use of the title in a sexual context.

I like some horror.

Eg
Silence of the lambs
The decent
Psycho


I just loathe torture porn and jump scares which comprise a very large part of modern horror.

Well we kind of agree.

Watch last house on the left to experience how a ridiculous jokey song after a gut-wrenching set of scenes involving the abuse and destruction of innocents makes you want to throw the TV through a window.

Don't watch Last House on the Left.

Seriously, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

There are many horror movies that do not fall into that camp, but a huuuuuge majority of them do, I grant you. I loathe torture porn too, but jump scares don't bother me, as long as there's some talent and other stuff with it.

Recent one I would recommend: Kill List.

I have to admit that I have a fondness for the original Kicka$$ movie... now:

There is virtually no chance at all that sequel is worthwhile.

And I wish everyone would stop calling The Silence of The Lambs "horror."

I just watched Jack Reacher and it was really good, maybe 8 of 10 or something. Basically I didnt want it to end because Rosamund Pike's tits looked so awesome. Compared to nude scenes she has done she has probably gotten some plastic into those bad boys.

If we are talking about watchable 'horror' films, then 1408 deserves a mention, very entertaining film IMO.

I liked it too.

Maybe it's not a slasher but it has elements that makes it horror: fear, deranged bad guy, creepy basement, mutilation, mystery, suspense. How is it not a horror film?

It certainly seems more a suspense thriller to me.

Is Salo a horror film? Eraserhead? Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer?

Nah.

Eraserhead is aids in film format. I think I am gonna go watch Watchmen now just cause you named that ****ty film (Eraserhead)

I think Silence is a fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm variety. Certainly not a horror film, and if DB doesn't like Suspiria because of Goblin then I'm shocked.