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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 3rd Wk of April: Great Indie Horror SPLINTER, Swingers, Vamps, Readers and more!!!
Hey folks, Harry here with another week’s releases of our favorite medium of films we get to take home! Interesting week – really can’t say enough great things about the first film on the list. Very surprising little film. As always the pictures and the titles take you to Amazon where you can learn more or possibly purchase the item thus giving a portion of that price to support this very column. And… helping the economy in general which is of course our duty as the pistons of commerce! Be a piston! And enjoy the column! If you can! Yes, I’m hopped up on caffeine!
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
SPLINTER
This is the top release of the week for me. Here’s a film that I didn’t catch until this release and you know… when I’m sitting at home alone, and I pick a film out of the stacks by my desk… sometimes it comes with no anticipation. The only thing about this DVD that raised an eyebrow was the company… MAGNET. Recently I’ve recommended their releases of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and DONKEY PUNCH… and I love both of those films – and historically… MAGNET has been batting a hundred.
So I put this little horror film in – and what I got was a no holds barred scare fest. If you’re following me on Twitter, you might recall me kinda losing my shit a bit during this movie. At one point, I believe the intelligent reaction of “FUCK FUCK FUCK” escaped my keyboard. This is an indie horror film that will get to you. Now – what sort of horror is it? It involves the reanimation of dead tissue. But in a way you’ve never seen before. The ‘what the fuck’ factor is high. The “COOL” factor is very high. I love the science of the film – and how it comes to play, but it also has the themes of isolation, internal conflict and desperate actions – which I loved in the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. And the end is… well, you should check this out. This is an exciting, scary and wonderful small horror film with big ambitions and the filmmakers are to be watched closely. They nailed this one!
THE READER
First off – this isn’t, by any means, a bad film. It is quite good. And the performances by Winslet and Fiennes are of the quality that you would hope for. HOWEVER, the ire that came at this film came from the notion that it deserved to be considered as one of the top 5 films of 2008 instead of multiple superior films, by just about all accounts. However, that anger should be reserved squarely on the heads of the Academy – not this film. It’s an excellent film – with a truly Academy Award winning level performance from Kate Winslet – who is great here. It is definitely worth taking a look at.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Blu Ray)
Here’s the 300 minutes BBC adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE! It’s not as handsome or as concise as the feature version, but it was a very handsome production and a wonderful adaptation. For lovers of the original novel, many that I know feel this is their favorite adaptation – and frankly while I can’t agree – as an adaptation it is undeniably more complete. The visual quality here is the best I’ve seen this look. So if you’re a fan, this is well worth it.
THE SPIRIT (Blu Ray)
Aha… the much maligned adaptation of Will Eisner’s THE SPIRIT by Frank Miller. I was a moderate supporter of the film upon first viewing, but I didn’t go back at the theaters. I didn’t really have anyone to go see it with, most everyone I know despised it. But I sat here and re-watched the film on Blu-Ray and liked it even more. Miller had the audacity to go High Camp with his adaptation. Very near to Looney Tunes levels. This is very much a film that I feel will find a niche on home video. I watched after I saw the upcoming SIN CITY Blu-Ray – and my feeling was that Frank was actually doing something fairly radical. He decided to actually go with the comedy and camp that was actually in Eisner’s material. To actually throw in the kitchen sink and the crazy whacked out visuals that Eisner created from graphite and ink. I also found myself thinking about the fact that Miller and Eisner spent a good deal of time with each other and as a fan of the medium he looked over some of Will’s originals – and found the beauty of Eisner’s own ink work. I think the mistake was in ever putting any color into it – which called into play his own SIN CITY, and not Eisner’s rather colorful comics. Black & White or Technicolor was the route to go. At least that’s my take.
MEAN GIRLS (Blu Ray)
Yes, it’s Lindsay Lohan. But it is also MEAN GIRLS – and MEAN GIRLS is a lot of fun. This was before Lindsay went stark raving Lohan. Here’s the girl she was before. She’s sweet and this film is her high water mark in terms of her own special cuteness. There’s actually a degree of sadness in watching this.
SLAUGHTER HIGH
God, I forgot how deliriously awful yet funny this film was. This is not a mediocre film, it’s not TROLL 2 bad, but it is jogging not far behind… and like TROLL 2 it is hilarious in the way it wallows in ineptitude. If you’re a fan of bad fun cinema – this is one to endure repeatedly in the company of friends.
MY BEST FRIEND’S A VAMPIRE
Unlike the above flick – I recommend this with no caveats of quality. This is a snap shot of my High School times (saw this my Junior year) and came long before the Vampire in High School movement became the sole ownership of a gal named Buffy. But this is the most fun this subject matter has been dealt on film. Very much a forgotten fun film!
ANNA KARENINA
For me, the definitive version of ANNA KARENINA starred Greta Garbo in the title role with Fredric March. However, when this disc came with the lovely Claire Bloom and a crazy young Sean Connery – I was very curious. Claire is lovely, but she is no Garbo, nor is she Vivien Leigh. And the whole thing is a bit unfair because this was a BBC production – so didn’t have the budget for the lavish flair that these other versions which had more time, more money and frankly much more talent. This isn’t particularly strong, but I find it fascinating to watch young Connery in anything. He grew so much after this. The next year he became Bond.
AMERICAN SWING
Contrary to the deceptive title – I was shocked to find this was not a film about playground equipment in America – but rather the seedy den of sin that could only fester in the upper West Side of New York called PLATO’S RETREAT where something called SWINGERS came to… God, I can’t believe I’m typing it. But… they came to forni… Forni… I mean, they came to FUCK! Admission was a $35 fee – and you came to fuck, be fucked and to watch fucking. I’m laughing and fooling – because as a card carrying pervert – I know of the legendary PLATO’S RETREAT – it was a sponsor of that MIDNIGHT BLUE show about all things adult that aired on some crazed network broadcast in New York. But this is a fascinating documentary on that particular period of free love New York style that existed in the years prior to AIDS changing quite a bit. But frankly – not much has changed – these kinds of clubs have actually grown in America. We’re a pretty deviant society behind closed doors, just outwardly shut in. For those curious about sexual history in this country – this documentary definitely is worth a watch!
8 MILE (Blu Ray)
A far better film than I was expecting, but then I shouldn’t be surprised by any Curtis Hanson film… even if it did star Eminem. Whatever happened to him? Wasn’t he bigger than Wonder Bread for a while? The photography on this film is pretty amazing on Blu-Ray and the sound is definitely as bombastic as I remember in the theater. But I don’t know if I’ll ever have a call to watch it again.
THE LAST KISS (Blu Ray)
I like Zach Braff – and I really like this film. Maybe its just how much of a crush I had on Jacinda Barrett and in particular Rachel (pant pant) Bilson! She’s just well, really damn cute and adorable. The film was a remake of an Italian flick that I haven’t seen, but I don’t feel this was watered down material. Instead it comes across fairly honest about MEN – and isn’t a chick flick as much as a dude flick about relationships and how many guys are wired.
MR SUPERINVISIBLE
It is pretty shit quality unfortunately, but its the only way to see the film. Other than the rare 35mm screening you could enjoy at the Alamo Drafthouse and like establishments once in a blue moon. But I really enjoy this film, quirky and bizarre don’t even cover it. But what else would you expect from Anthony Dawson, right?
That’s it for this week’s releases – but I wanted to be sure to alert you to a special edition that’s coming up that is actually a Limited Edition that some of you will want to go ahead and Pre-Order to make sure you get it.
T2 Complete Collector’s Set (ENDOSKULL) Limited Edition Blu-Ray
First and foremost – you’re picking this up for that awesome Terminator head with light up LEDs. If you’re like me, you have that Jack Skellington Bust edition of NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – and you need an off setting Terminator skull to off set it. Well Lionsgate is going to make sure some of you get that chance. This is basically the same BLU RAY which will be hitting May 19th – which is going to look and sound fantastic, but all those other discs are essentially the DVD extras and features that you’ve probably bought before – so you have to ask yourself – do you want the same old extras from all those editions, along with the new extras from the new Blu Ray and the Terminator head to store them all in – OR would you rather keep your $116.99?
Next week we’ll be looking at CAPRICA, THE WRESTLER, FROST/NIXON, X-MEN TRILOGY (Blu), SIN CITY (Blu), HELLRAISER Box set(Blu), NOTORIOUS, FREAKAZOID season 2, WAGES OF FEAR (Blu), THE BURROWERS, TINY TOONs, THE ARRIVAL (Blu), ARCTIC TALE (Blu), I DISMEMBER MAMA, KIKE LIKE ME and more.
So I put this little horror film in – and what I got was a no holds barred scare fest. If you’re following me on Twitter, you might recall me kinda losing my shit a bit during this movie. At one point, I believe the intelligent reaction of “FUCK FUCK FUCK” escaped my keyboard. This is an indie horror film that will get to you. Now – what sort of horror is it? It involves the reanimation of dead tissue. But in a way you’ve never seen before. The ‘what the fuck’ factor is high. The “COOL” factor is very high. I love the science of the film – and how it comes to play, but it also has the themes of isolation, internal conflict and desperate actions – which I loved in the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. And the end is… well, you should check this out. This is an exciting, scary and wonderful small horror film with big ambitions and the filmmakers are to be watched closely. They nailed this one!
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What a piece of predictable crap! He hasn't made anything good or original since 'Stan', but now he is just a parody of himself. I'm sure his next single will be about how much he hates his mother and loves his daughter.
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Haven't watched it yet. (But this applies to pretty much 300 other DVDs in my collection. I'm a bargain whore [No, not someone who is fuckable for a few bucks. I just love to buy cheap DVDs of movies that I haven'T seen before, instead of renting them.])
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HUGGBEES!!!
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I suppose I could fork out some more dough in this tough economic climate for a Terminator Head. After all, how else can I impress the Ladies?
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Now that is some freaking funny ass shit.
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First off, i think Mean Girls is when Lindsay looked her hottest, nice long curly red hair, great little body (hopefully still natural) and she was just adorably doable. Now as for Twitter, Harry actually took time out while watching his movie to post there? The movie couldn't have been that good or is he just obsessed? I personally dont get the point of Twitter, isnt that what social sites like Facebook are for, to update people on your life? I mean a whole site dedicated to "updates"? strange.
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and yes, it seems he's still all about spoofing/insulting celebrities he hates. i guess the 4-5yrs he was away wasn't enough to change him.
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But I see my Future Shop flyer advertising the blu-ray for like $25 bucks and I just think people must be nuts to pay that. If you don't already own the standard def you can get it for less than $6.
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I enjoyed that movie even though Sam Jackson chewed the scenery like there was no tomorrow. Sure, it wasn't Dark Knight or Sin City, but it was entertaining. I would love to see the Eva Mendes ass shot on Blu-Ray...ha
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Deserves an apology for that review. Frank Miller never "found the beauty of Eisner’s own ink work." He just made it look like Sin City. What we saw was his ego - not Will Eisner's creation. But I guess since Eisner's dead, Frank Miller's the only guy around for Harry to suck up to....
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Apr 14, 2009 7:13:08 AM CDT
The Spirit was just a movie made for a very small audience
by spandau belly
Harry's right about it just being a bunch of goofy gags stacked end to end. And I have to say, I found the silly cartoony humour amusing, but most people want a movie that kinda builds to something (myself included).
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and still no "T2 sucks"/"James Cameron" is god debate?
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fuck
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I LOVE The Spirit.
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of Anna Karenina from 2000 is the most faithful English adaptation of the novel.
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I know the DVD cover says "Uncut" but I heard that this was the R rated version. Any truth to that?
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Harry... I'm wondring if you actually wanted say, 'they are batting a thousand'.
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then bring on the TINY TOONS to get that not so creepy feeling out. wait strike that reverse it
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no Slaughter High crap! we want Martin Landau and Jack Palace fighting against the grandfather of Predator!
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Fuck you harry you ignorant fuck. I specifically emailed you on their asshattedness on the let teh right one in. Fuck you.
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thos eidiots who bought let the right one in with your refferal link and now have a 19.99 coaster.
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logicalnoise01 is upset lol!
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The reason I still think harry would actually give a shit is starting to fade far far a away.
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what's wrong with Let the Right One In? I watched the blu-ray as a rental and dug on it. Not a vampire fan? (and when I ask that, let me be clear...wether you do or do not like Twilight, those aren't vampires...they're vampussies. They're watered down, neutered vampires that even the metrosexual Dracula from Blade Trinity would laugh at!)
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Have to agree with Bouncy X on this one. I can't imagine wanting to update my online status for something during a movie. Surely that's like calling someone on a cell phone during a movie so you can tell your friend about a part you're watching? Surely it shows that the movie isn't holding your attention? (I'll stop calling you Shirley now)
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teh subs are borked magnet changed teh subs from the theactrical version and they are just terrible. think blade runner redubbed with bobcat goldwait's voice.
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http://tinyurl.com/dd7c3m
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I had to download the screener to show friends because teh subs on teh offical disk are fucking stupid.
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Yes finally Modoc and Nora {cecila peck} as the goddess she is on DvD,I love this movie.
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Apr 14, 2009 9:13:34 AM CDT
splinter...lower those expectations and you'll enjoy it
by midnightxpress
Let me say thay Splinter is an enjoyable low budget monster movie. But you really shouldn't go into it thinking it's gonna change your world or that it's any better than 7/10. It's enjoyable no doubt but that's with no expectations. After reading Harry's very positive review, you might be expecting something more than the film is. Especially if you don't watch a lot of low(ish) budget fare.
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I heard very good reviews of this when this came out, as a great return of the "creature horror" film. What is weird is that the SciFi Channel premiered this about a month ago on a Saturday night with no attention or fanfare.
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No love for Special?????? I mean you guys only got the first blurb in the trailer. Also Timecrimes is MAGNET, but yeah I saw it over a week ago as well and it wasn't that memorable, but the short film on the disc was pretty cool.
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But I love it cause it has Lohan right when her tits and ass were perfect! How could she lose those tits-
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Leave it to a blimy blimy Brit to film a decent movie in Oklahoma. Also I loved the stacking of Choc beer all over the gas station.
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Add Christina Ricci and Jennifer Connely to that group of gals who had the perfect set of tits- and then lost them..shame on you girls
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it was her choice, she didn't lose her tits and frankly I think she looks great.
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I just CAN. NOT. WAIT. to see all those camera phone pics of nerd living rooms, equipped with 40" plasmas, a wall of unopened Blu-Rays (none of which are less than 6 months old) and that stupid fucking T2 endo-skeleton bust collecting dust on the coffee/end table. You shut-ins get all the bitches.
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Off setting things usually do off set, yes, as always well put.
Incidentally, I can't wait for a year from now when no one is using Twatter anymore. You'll check somoene's feed and it'll be like a ghost town. Fucking ridiculous waste of time that will lead, ultimately, only to more traffic accidents. -
just before the new sequel, esp after the inferior low budget BluRays that came out a year ago. This and some other recent releases have shown Lionsgate to be just another greedy bunch of motherfuckers.
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It has none of the feel-good fodder, none of the romantic gushiness, that pervades chick flicks. Neither does it have the weepy sentimentality of the more serious chick flick offerings. Rather, THE LAST KISS is straight drama - raw and painful. Yes, it's "honest about men". It's also honest about women - honest about PEOPLE, old and young.
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at least her large boobs balanced out her huge baloonish head, which looks ridiculous on her, what?, 5"1' frame?
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Super awesome. it's from japan i think
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Its been a while since I've seen it. All I remember is Braff practically living on his wife/girlfriends front porch, and that men are dicks. Did I miss anything?
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...including the point that NOT all men are dicks, as Tom Wilkinson's character demonstrated.
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The Spirit sounds like it was meant for DVD. I bet the visuals look killer on BluRay. Harry, does the movie make for a good drinking game?
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What I would also like to see is a BluRay, or at least a decent anamorphic transfer of Sorcerer. What amazing cinematography that film had. I remember reading once that Stephen King listed it as a guilty pleasure movie.
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I had no idea the film was going to be so hot! Great sex scenes. And good film, too, very richly textured. I'm surprised Harry doesn't have more to say about it. Actually, he has nothing to say about it, other than that the performances are good. Winslet earned her Oscar for this one. Personally, I liked REVOLUTIONARY ROAD better as a film but I think her performance in THE READER was the more accomplished. It's a more complex character.
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Weelllll Tom Wilkinson WAS the "older,wiser" voice of reason, even though his marriage was crumbling also.
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...SORCERER. Absolutely love that flick. Maybe King calls it a "guilty pleasure". To me, it's just a pleasure - a worthy remake of WAGES OF FEAR. They're both amazing on their own terms.
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Hmm... Just type Jennifer Ehle into yahoo's image search with the family filter off and see how Miss Ehle is the complete antithesis of Keira Knightley. In more ways than two!
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She has denied that she had a reduction. its another case of the missing titties...perhaps she can do something about her now- Very noticable Five Head!!!
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Proves that all the digital in the world can't beat busting your ass filming in the jungle. Is this available anywhere on video?
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I think I'll just ahve to periodically say it.
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Apr 14, 2009 11:19:58 AM CDT
The "Stuck in a Convenience Store" Horror Genre is played out.
by squashua
After subjecting her to "The Mist", "Splinter" and "Alien Raiders", my woman refuses to watch any more of these.
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But can't you give credit where credit is due? 8 MILE succeeded not in spite of, but BECAUSE of Eminem. He was the heart and soul of the movie. He did a wonderful job bringing to life a remarkably talented, yet destitute, young character. Not to mention that every time he opened his mouth to rap, the movie sprung to life. It rocketed to a whole other level. Curtis Hanson milked Eminem's genius, and it worked wonders. Very inspiring film.
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Too lazy to write a real blog, too short an attention span to sit through a movie without telling your virtual friends you just farted or ate a blue M&M...
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He basically spent the past decade destroying all the goodwill he had built up over his career. From shite like The Dark Knight Strikes Back (utter wank) to his All-Star Batman and Robin run (more wank) to his dreadful take on The Spirit (fapp fapp fapp). The days of Batman: Year One, Ronin, Daredevil, Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns are long gone. Frank disappeared up his own arse. P.S. 8 Mile is awesome.
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We know you don't play or like sports Harry, but if Magnet was batting a hundred that would only be 1 out of 10 and thus quite a shitty track record. Also, I equally hated Magnet as much as you logicalnoise01 for their subtitle f-up of LTROI, but they announced late last month that they are re-releasing it on blu-ray and dvd with the theatrical subtitles so they are on my better side again (though they didn't say how long it would take and there isn't an exchange program so that does suck).
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Exactly how I saw it upon reflection. My brother asked me how it was and I said "it's like a live-action Bugs Bunny cartoon". While I did enjoy it for what it was, I also disliked it for what it could have been (much like how I felt about Passchendaele). While I saw glimpses of Eisner's Spirit in the film, for the most part it was Frank Miller's take on the character. His movie had the tone of the '60s Batman show and the look of a Sin City rip-off; I would have preferred a film with the look of Dick Tracy and the tone of Brick.However, Miller did get a few things right. I found the first scene between the young Denny and Sand Saref, sitting on the stoop, to be a perfectly-executed Eisner moment.
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I actually liked the movie a lot. As Harry points out, it had a high camp factor, often reminding me of the Batman TV show. One scene that I found particularly hilarious, and totally over the top non-PC, was the Nazi sequence. It seemed to come out of nowhere, and to be completely unrelated to the plot, but Scarlett was just so dammed hot in her Nazi garb. The movie worked for me, not having read the source material, which is not unusual for adapted works. I read Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger before I saw the films, and all I could think about was what was missing, and even though I enjoyed the movies, I probably would have enjoyed them more if I had never read the book. Conversely, I saw Hunt for Red October before I read the book, and loved it unconditionally. That being said, reading my complete Watchmen hardcover (such a bargain at $40.00) I am amazed at how true to the source material Watchmen was.
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I know that and you know what they did it in teh most snotty asinine way possible. they claime dtheir subs were more accurate which is a blatant lie. and tehir leaked memo explained that only snotty bloggers actually cared and they'll get over it. I'm mad at harry because he didn't fart a bubble on this and still just sucks their cocks. I paid 20 bucks for the offical dvd and harry got some of that. I refuse to spend another 20 bucks on magnet's wet fart of a reissue.
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...shows that Connery would've made a perfect Howard Hughes.
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Even with the flagrant unapologetic camp factor, I can't see enjoying this vapid and horribly flawed film. It was simply awful in every way.
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..movies. The end. Anything worth seeing is worth seeing right. Of course some movies need to be seen chemically impaired to be seen correctly...but that's a different story.
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Then forget The Sprit and watch Batman & Robin again. Or Batman Forever. From a camp standpoint, those two are way above The Spirit. And like all good camp they've got some subversive, hidden stuff going on in them (Joel Schumacher, much as I hate him, did manage to turn a mainstream franchise into a fetish film. That's got to take some kind of horrible, mad genius).
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Where's your promised review of Red Cliff 2 (the best film of 2008)?
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Red Cliff 1 or 2? Because Red Cliff 2 came out this year, not only here but in China as well.Regardless, glad to see a brother appreciating a new classic.
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"Mr. Weinstein I have a Frank Miller on line one for you....hello?....Mr. Weinstein??...hello???..."
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I agree with everyone calling Harry out for twittering during a movie he supposedly enjoyed. Must've been really scary & absorbing if it gave you time to take breaks to text.
I was so happy when my town started a 21 and over theater, so I wouldn't have to see rows of kids texting in front of me. But Harry's a grown man. For shame, sir. For shame! (I know he was at home while he was doing it and not in the theater - but still...) -
Ha! You're right! That almost makes it worth it....
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Thanks for the info!
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Honestly, Twitter is the biggest "only marketing types and marketing victims buy into it" load of hype I've ever fucking seen. The last load of shit this big was fucking POGZ.
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Fucking kill yourself Harry.
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My brain hurts.
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...than sign up to RECEIVE twitters. It's just a bunch of people milling aimlessly around the rec-room of the Assisted Living Facility of Life...mumbling to themselves.
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...joke's on me.
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is one of the most fascinating of all actor journeys, save for Arnold Schwarzenneger. this gruff lowly hard toiler to become an icon of the 60s is damn right inspirational.
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(which sounds as offputting as every time he mentions how his 300 pound (or whatever it is) frame "giggled" like a schoolgirl. It's not very becoming.
Aaaaanyway what the fuck is it with you guys getting upset over Harry doing this. You all obviously missed the posts (it may have even been a DVD column) where he says he always has movies on while he works/posts and so on. This is really no different. He's like a kid wandering in and out of the loungeroom while a DVD happens to be on. Or he's like one of those annoying snotty fucks always checking (clue: the movie's finishing time is printed on the fucking ticket - or it is where I am anyway) or answering their fucking phones during a flick. Take your pick. Anyway THAT is how he "watches" so many films a week.
And yes fuck Magnet for their "NO EXCHANGE PROGRAM" bullshit. I got the BD, loved it so much I THEN saw it at the cinema (yes much better translation although still some crucial mistakes and I'm not Swedish either) too. They're not getting another cent from me.
And I bet all the Termy fans that bought the previous collectors editions of the Tskull for 400 bucks are pissed!
Public service announcement: THIS T2 HAS NOT BEEN REMASTERED. N-O-T. Apparently they might do it for the 2011 anniversary release which is coming according to Van Ling though. If King Cameron has time between eyeball fucking. So a better one's coming. I wonder if they'll hide Robert Patrick's willie with fx the way they were supposed to originally... -
Apr 14, 2009 2:48:09 PM CDT
eminems new song is awful!! but you know what?
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
the marshall mathers lp and the eminem show are still two amazing albums. THEN HE FOLLOWED IT UP WITH ENCORE AKA SHIT ON A CD. this new album better be good. he shouldve stopped with the jokey first singles after "without me" the last good one.
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than the sub. Of course there's the shitty animé voice acting though. Ya can't win really.
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You know it's true.
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Apr 14, 2009 2:51:45 PM CDT
and i heard the spirit is awful but the bluray is great
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
but thats not enough for me to buy a crap movie. *cough* spider-man 3 *cough*
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and I know I will seethe, because that movie made NO SENSE AT ALL. Global warming is creating verdant paradises above the arctic circle and yet no one thinks this is a bit strange? Bendy-legged aliens disguising themselves by hiding in Mardi Gras parades? Some guy is able to build a radio telescope array out of digital dishes? He's alerted to their presence by a signal from space, except they've obviously been here for decades anyway? Oh fuck I'll stop.
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Apr 14, 2009 2:54:35 PM CDT
im also debating wheter to buy 8 mile on bluray
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
or comedies or drama in general.
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Just with rap instead of boxing.
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Fuck guilty pleasure. Sorcerer is a classic.
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The only thing that came out this week I'm interested in. Nice to finally get a good quality Version of the show, and not be stuck with crappy VHS rips in shitty ASF format. It has no extras unfortunatly, but I'm ok with that.
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kind of a slow week, but I'll definately check out Splinter.
Sorry Harry, but HD or not, The Spirit was just awful and is a perfect example of how low Frank Miller's standards have fallen. Just a big messy and frankly, a BORING film.
The Last Kiss... how I hate this movie.. not that its not well made or acted, I just hold a grudge because this film is the WORST date film OF ALL TIME! Guys, Do...Not... watch this film w/ your wife/gf. It will end with er looking at you and saying "I bet you'd do that too" and then you'll go to bed depressed and sex-less :\ -
And why the fuck do you advertise Tivo as your handle? The 1138 I understand.
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Like I give a fuck what someone ekse is doing right now. Oh, so you're watching a movie right now? So fucking what? Who gives a fuck? You're fucking your girlfriend right now? Well, congratulations. Thanks for sharing your incredibly interesting life with us!..................................................................................................NOT!
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Terrible. Visually it was beautiful. Everything else was total garbage.
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Safe to say, we have gone past the subcultural ' shock and awe ' that Eminem was thought to have represented. In the time of blogs, Youtube, 4Chan, Twitter, and this very page, with everyone practically able to make their celebrity hatred known to the world in all creative ways and BE HEARD, the sort of act he's on has lost its novelty needed to merit our attention. There's more wit, ascerbic humour and vitriol in the Baleback, than most of his work combined. Consider society as having ' moved on ' P.S. And if this guy is really serious about mounting a fucking ' comeback ', then he should at least have something else interesting to say, besides ' those bitches on the TV bother me, and I wanna fuck 'em '. ( The current state of pop culture is a massive failure. Why won't he go rip into that whole faggy Twilight/Indie Hipster/Emo/Hannah Montana twaddle, instead of Ellen ' Boring ' Degeneres ? Dude has lost his shit. )
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That's what a remake should be. And the Sorcerer gag in the Mr. Plow episode of The Simpsons was priceless.
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and then they hit a touchdown. I guess you were in the AV club while the other boys were playing sports, eh?
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I dunno what Twitter is... but seemed like the thing to say.
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Actually USE Twitter? Like sit around and read shit other people TWIT? Facebook should sue. Oh and POGZ were the shit.
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Maybe it is because I walked out into the parking lot and saw a bunch of white guys free styling while some beats played out of their car with the trunk open. And this was in Countecticut.
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Harry, t'es juste un gros dégueulasse de pédophile attardé. Tu mérite rien que de te faire déchirer les couilles par un berger allemand.
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Even amongst the "debauchery" and "deviance" of Plato's Retreat, priggish American morality popped up with the refusal to accept male homosexuality. Funny how America's "mainstream" porn industry is obsessed with big cocks but terrified of man-on-man fuck-action. Calling all hypocrites.
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From the official blog of the production of THE EXPENDABLES: so today I heard Sly say, in an understated way, he was about to do the stunt of his life. Hmmm…sounded pretty cool. I’ve seen some pretty big action dudes do some pretty tricky stunts (no disrespect to the incredible guys who risk life and limb by doing dangerous stunts for a living) so it takes a lot to impress me. well today you can color me impressed…a lot…for real…by Sly. The freakin guy is fearless and pretty much ageless. No matter how I describe what I watched him do - 6 times - it won’t even be close to conveying what it was - a classic old school mano a mano takedown. Keep in mind there were no mats on the ground and Sly was basically bareback - no pads except for on his knees - as he dove, rolled, flipped, growled and punched his way through the scene ending with him breaking a neck. Oh and did I mention the sweltering heat and the hard dusty ground he kept slamming his body into? Sly was bleeding and bruised but after watching the last take he turned around and said “that’s how you teach the children.” Then he set up the next shot while the medics tried to stop the bleeding and clean the dirt and stones out of his arm. I LOVE ACTION MOVIES!!!!
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Nothing to wet myself over. Good. Not a classic. I enjoyed the Spirit too, it made me laugh...and that's good enough for me.
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please shut the fuck up about your vendetta over the LTROI subtitles, talk about annoying as fuck
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feel this is their favorite adaptation – and frankly while I can’t agree – as an adaptation it is undeniably more complete." Uh-huh, you read "Pride and Prejudice". Pretty convincing.
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Apr 15, 2009 5:21:43 AM CDT
Harry probably read the Cliffs Notes version of Pride & Prejudic
by mr_incredible
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just because he's illiterate. It's not his fault. We have a pretty crappy school system in this country.
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Apr 15, 2009 7:13:40 AM CDT
Splinter doubters...a royal fuck you..its a great little film
by quantize
definitely worth owning..i actually think it will become a classic, because it's the one thing the thousands of other low budget horrors are not : EFFECTIVE
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and said so (and WHY), you're getting very close to the line where people are going to defend them because YOU are becoming more annoying than Harry about it, and about as creative as FuckMichaelBay. Which defeats the whole purpose.
We agree they're screwing us, but don't torpedo yourself dude.
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Quantize,
one low budget "classic" I've been meaning to watch forever but always put off for some reason, was the First Friday the 13th. Everything I've ever read about it has said what a low-budget trailblazer it was. And after finally watching it all these years later, it seems budget has fuck-all to do with whether it's good or not. It DOES have all the elements to make it as good as Halloween (and even THAT one had Donald Pleasance stand behind a bush for the best part of an hour), but the pacing, dialogue, writing and direction (apart from the Hitchcock ripping near the end) were all shee-it. I know there was too much hype to live up to after all these years but Jesus, what a disappointment. It's not even the bullshit TBer thing about it being 'real' enough. I can dig some camp, and if any movie could make a pun that way it was this movie! But nope, pretty shit. Glad I didn't shell out for the misframed Blu-ray... Camp Crystal Lame.
Now to check out Rambo (4)- can it live up to the hype (wife and kids are away & I'm catching up on manly films)?... -
And I still love Exorcist 3. I mean nothing's gonna match 1, but George C Scott and Brad Dourif were great in that thing.
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would be for me to just stop using AICN and never buy a magnet DVD again but honstly I feel Harry is blatantly ignoring teh subject in hopes that he continues to get free screeners from them. I agree, there's no point to continuing this here since he likely never reads talkbacks after a couple hours of posting his "reviews"
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I had called Amazon.com and explained to them the discrepancy with the subtitles on "Let the Right One In". The person I spoke with said that even though i had opened the package, I could still get a full refund....**How could I know the subtitles were wrong if I hadn't opened it** was his reasoning! (And this was still within the 30 days of purchase). He listed the reason as "Product is not as described on website". I mailed the DVD back, at no cost, on April 10th. I just got confirmation today that I received a full refund! Take that Magnet and Magnolia Home Entertainment!!!! Somehow I don't think that Magnolia will tell Amazon.com that they won't be getting their money back or giving them a substitution for purchasing their horribly subtitled DVD of LTROI!!!!! If you bought LTROI from Amazon and are not satisfied with the subtitles, you might want to call them to see if you can get your money back on it!!!
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In my earlier comments, I did not mean to imply that I put The Spirit in the "so bad it's good" category. I actually thought the movie was good, I thought that it worked, in its own weird silly way. The visual look was fascinating, and the performances ranged from serviceable to excellent. Jackson overacting is more interesting to me than the best that most actors put out. Maybe it had something to do with how badly panned the film was. Sometimes when you go to a movie with really low expectations you can enjoy it despite its flaws. That being said, I certainly won't be plunking down $25.00 for the blu-ray, and won't even put it on my Netflix list, which I just reduced from 4 at a time to 1, because of the ridiculous new surcharge for blu-ray. It is complete bullshit. You have to wait forever for a fucking blu-ray to come in anyway, because they don't buy enough. And blu-rays don't cost that much more than dvd anyway. I did the numbers, and with the number of blu-rays I actually watch in a month, getting one from Netflix and 5 HD on demand from FIOS will cost the same. Since the wait on some blu-ray is so long, they are actually on premimum movie channels before I ever get them from Netflix. This new surcharge sucks.
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Horribly obnoxious and annoying. In 140 characters, or less.
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and the strangers/adversaries trapped in the more outrageous Feast, it felt a little been there-done that with not much different. The creature was original (if you don't recall the DNA creature in Leviathan), but shown in such herky jerky manner, that you only got hints of its design.
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It took this long for "Splinter" to make its way to DVD? Did they spend a lot of time on the extras or something? I thought it would be rushed to DVD as soon as it was out of theaters. Great flick, BTW.
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It's like a stage play. A community theater stage play. They went for serious but if it finds a cult following it will be as camp, sadly.
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What I find odder still is that Splinter aired on the SciFi Channel about two months ago on a Saturday night pretty much unannounced.
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Still nothing to freak out over, but it's a much more effective movie, and it's more original than Splinter. Splinter's plot has been done a billon times over. Even the monster...was taken right from The Thing. Like I said, not bad at all, but nothing spectacular. Alien Raiders, despite the shit title isn't a new concept either, but it's done in a completely new way. I enjoyed it more.
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LAID TO REST! some of the most original kills ever! Chrome Skull is a badass!
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or was that a body double? nah, can't be.But regardless, it looked very refined in 1080p.
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Fuck, where's the amazon link?
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then your woman is an idiot...pick any setup for any movie and you can see it repeated endlessly..
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Apr 16, 2009 3:56:46 AM CDT
Eva's arse and Scarlett's boobs were the only good reason
by white_vader
I saw this at the cinema. And I paid the price. The nazi scene where Sam Jackson drones on at 11 for the whole thing illustrates concisely (and yet, somehow interminably) why Sin City worked as a film because of RR's direction, not Miller's.
I also saw Ghost Rider because of Eva's arse. Paid that time too. Saw both for free, but paid dearly if you know what I mean. What else can those women's jiggly bits make me endure?
Can someone rip those "good" parts (the t&a) from the blu-rays for me please? Thank you. -
I admit, that handle had me snickering like a nine-year-old.
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Back in 2000, EW asked "Is Eminem the Elvis Presley of today?" Uh, no.
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they just sent me the press release stating that their subs were superior and all that shit. My reply:
Thanks for your generic exact copy of your press release regarding this matter however. Your opinion that your subtitles are more accurate is an insulting lie. During a scene featuring the character Hakan, he his about to be captured red handed at the scene of a crime. He prepares to disfigure himself with acid but before doing so utters his companion’s name “Eli” . Your English “correct” subtitles translate this as “I’m trapped” as in you completely mistranslated a name or blatantly used dumbed down inaccurate subtitles to avoid some minor licensing fee. Your own English redubbing of the movie follows the theatrical subtitles exactly. You had only malicious intent in mind when arrangingf or new cheaply produced subtitles in this release. Your dishonesty on this matter is noted as will this instance of terrible customer service. I intend on posting a compressive post detailing your company’s dishonest policy on film distribution in every web article that allows comments and features a Magnet release. I’ve started this practice on the popular film news sites Aint it cool news and slash film. You can find my posts usually under the screen name logicalnoise. Until your company faces it’s actions and rectifies my loss of 20 dollars I intend on pushing this matter as publically as possible.
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Because he can't make up any reasons to discredit your arguments. Wether it be about the batting a hundred fiasco or Magnets fuck up, he has no valid response, hence he will keep his mouth shut. King of the geeks indeed.
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he'll mention like it's no big thing, like watching a illegal presentation of star wars ep 2. No it's cool I myself didn't steal some one else did. Or in this case, no it's cool I never admitted to watching teh original pressing of LTROI so I can't be held responsible for letting people know that magnet screwed up and they should probably replace the disk since well you know it's defective. If I hadn't bought through his referral I wouldn't make such a big deal here. I don't hold harry responsible for the fuck up but his silence is a sign of acceptance that magnet is somehow right in this matter.
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Where did the "cool" go in "Ain't it cool?"
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It's not an easy argument to defend so Harry won't even try. Every time I see him defend himself on this website it's against a stupid argument from a nitwit. But these are actually valid points, so he'll continue to not respond as if he's above the talkbacks. For someone who claims to be so steadfast in his opinions he sure doesn't seem to want to defend them...unless it's easy of course. Very cowardice.
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not a baseball fan, harry are ya?
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Anyone else catch the recent episode of CSI he directed? It was the one with the wrestlers that was on a few weeks ago. You'd think a geek site might make mention of it, maybe in their TV section?
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Not a reader of the whole talkback, are ya?
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Goddamn those fucking swingers took eroticism to an all time low.
That doc (American Swingers)Is another reason for hating the 70's.(and talk about bad grooming)I'm no prude by any means, but the shit that went down all of the sudden made one night stands classy.Oh, and the moral of this story is... no, not that shit about the wages of sin is death,but pay your mother fucking taxes!!At the end of the day, AS proved that ppl are no different than the other Animals..but I do okaaayyy. XD -
And Splinter is a piece of shit movie. People are so easily satisfied with horror movies these days. And what the fuck happened to Jill Wagner? She used to be hot.
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