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XlupoldX

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Comment by XlupoldX
on THE ART LAIR - VI

June 12th 2008 11:29
*Runs to DVD player and watches first death in 30 Days of night*

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Comment by XlupoldX
on THE ART LAIR - VI

June 2nd 2008 07:18
*grins* not yet. . .I checked. .

Just to whet your appetite. . . [url]Really Long Link[/url]

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Comment by XlupoldX
on Catacombs

June 2nd 2008 01:30
I saw her in Wristcutters. . . . I really liked it, but then again it did have Tom Waits in it and I am a girl with a deep and dirty love of quirky indie movies.

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Comment by XlupoldX
on THE ART LAIR - VI

June 2nd 2008 01:23
Sadly lacking in Ben Templesmith. . . .*pouts*

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Comment by XlupoldX
on Debate Battle! GRAPHIC VIOLENCE: Gratuitous or necessary evil?

June 2nd 2008 01:21
No. . . .Irreversible is yet another film that I have swithered back and forward over the last few years and that due to the incredibly graphic rape scene, more than anything else. I have heard and read so many rave reviews for it, but of course, being me with my experiences and new found squeamish side, I don;t know if I would be able to handle it. I watched Baise Moi on the recommendation because it was made by two womaen who said it would appeal to women who loved Texas Chainsaw Masscre and hardcore punk (which is pretty much me in a nutshell) and it just left me cold. . .it evoked no reaction from me whatsoever. The rape scene was quite brutal and there weer some very inovative violent set peices, but the rape in that seemed so dissaffected and pointless. . .

So I guess I shall swither on with Irreversible and maybe one day when I feel like I have a big old set of balls and am ready to sit through something that will evoke REAL negative emotions, I'll watch it.

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Comment by XlupoldX
on 1st Annual Hall of Infamy - 2008: THE CONTENDERS

June 2nd 2008 01:13
Oh, don't get me wrong. . . .I am more than aware of the nationality of the makers of 28 Weeks later, I was meaning more the American presence? True, if something like that to happen the American would come in with their own unique form of "aid", but at the same time being that I am Canadian that grew up in the UK. .and is now back in Canada. . I just felt that the prenece of the "big Heroes" of the Americans was almost done to make the film appeal more to the American audience, something that is done with great frequency in remakes and sequels to pretty much all the "foreign" films I have ever loved. (See Dark Water, The Departed, The Ring. . .et all)

The only things I remeber from Hostel Are Miike and the ridiculous scene where the "hero" cuts the asian girl's eye off. . . .SUCH a poor film. . how I loathe thee Eli Roth. . .

I totally get your point about the demographic of those who have actually seen Audition and you have already got your review of it here. . .I wonder if there is anything else we can do of raising people's awareness of it?

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Comment by XlupoldX
on Day of the Dead (2008)

May 30th 2008 08:58
I have this terrible affliction, it means I have to watch every zombie movie I can find a copy of. This little steaming nugget straight from the bowels of the chemically dead was the last recent zombie movie I have had the bad fortune to see. I could have stopped it at any point, I could have switched the computer off and slid in the DVD of Romero's Day of the Dead to make myself feel better. . but, no, because I have this sick and incurable affliction I watched all the way to the very, very bitter end. .and yes I have a great deal of bitterness and resentment as a result.

It was just awful, there weren't any redeeming features to this piece of artistically bankrupt drivel, no amusing moments of splatter or gore, no characters I had an intense connect or loathing for. . .absolutely nothing. Add a gawdawful racial stereotype to the mix of and insipid script and some of the worst zombie make up design I have ever seen and you have one hell of a bloated and reeking turkey.

The worst thing about the whole experience. . .I am never getting those minutes of my life back. . .and I SO very badly want them back to do something more constructive with my life, like descaling the teapot or repeatedly poking myself in the eye with a dull pencil. . .it’s a sickness I tell you, a sickness.

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Comment by XlupoldX
on Debate Battle! GRAPHIC VIOLENCE: Gratuitous or necessary evil?

May 30th 2008 08:10
Graphic violence is a topic that has me switching sides at an alarming rate. Growing up a horror fanatic is an odd thing for a very girly little girl. I was blessed with very forward thinking parents that had the confidence and knowledge that I was bright enough to be able to differentiate between fantasy and reality. This is the kid that watched Alien at the drive in with her parents when she couldn't have been any older than six. . .but then again this is also the same kid that would belt out the lyrics for Frank N Furter's titular "Sweet Transvestite" at an even younger age in the back seat of the family car.

I would watch all manner of horror films in the company of my parents and then have great hours long conversations about the plot and what we used to call "the juicy parts". I would literally cheer when I could find copies of Fangoria and spend hours staring at the blood soaked images trying to figure out exactly how these horrendous things were so convincingly created. I went through a huge phase in my preteens to early twenties where I was an unashamed gorehound, the more visceral, tortuous and just out and out nasty a film was, the more I would love it. My first viewings of the Herschell Gordon Lewis classics Blood Feast, The Wizard of Gore and 2000 Maniacs was like discovering my very own blood drenched holy trinity.

But something very odd has begun to happen to me . . .as an adult (apparently when you are in your thirties you are technically a grown up. . .) I have found my stomach for graphic violence and its partner in crime, gore, is really stating to shrink. The word "squeamish" didn’t appear in my vocabulary to describe my reactions until the past couple of years.

I have actively avoided films because they know they contain explicit scenes that would just leave me feeling queasy and thus not entertained. . .and I'm sure doing that has meant I have lost out on some damned good movies. My most recent film that I'm swinging back and forward on is the French Frontier(s) and yet I am actively seeking out Inside which I know will have me writhing in my seat.

The crux of it all (after a rather long winded babble) is graphic violence and gore will always have a very valid part in cinema, it evokes a plethora of emotions and thoughts from the human animal that we can "enjoy" in the relative safety of knowing the atrocities we are viewing are all pretend. I fully believe that with the world we live in where there are very real instances of this kind of violence towards human beings we need to be able to feel that fear and revulsion in a "safe" environment, be able to watch something truly horrendous and then come out into the daylight with a big , daft grin on our face because we "survived" it.

The only real problem I have with violence and gore is if it has no relevance to plot, this is why rather than shock and offend me, Hostel just made me roll my eyes and ask "Why did I bother?" and on the flipside, why Severance had me both cringing and cheering. If its done with an ounce of intelligence and isn't PURELY there to shock (Because, if I really wanted to be shocked by violence I can just switch on my telly and watch the evening news) or grossout tactics aren’t there to make up for a shoddy plot (Again, I want to be grossed out I’ll watch me some real live surgery footage) . . .but lets be honest just HOW awesome was that scene in the very poor Silent Hill movie when Pyramidhead did the old flesh wrench?

Okay. . I'll be quiet now.

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Comment by XlupoldX
on 1st Annual Hall of Infamy - 2008: THE CONTENDERS

May 30th 2008 07:15
Sure, you can call me X if that does it for you, most other places people have gone for Lup. . but hey, I'm not a fussy gal. Whatever makes you happy!!

See. . I just can't agree with you on the 28 Days/Weeks Later thing. . I adore the Danny Boyle/Cillian Murphy/Christopher Eccleston feast that it was and the second one seemed far too Americanised for me, although the scene with Robert Carlyle all "raged" out in the underground was absoulutely beautiful. The whole immunity to the virus with its links to heterochromia just wasn't executed clearly enough for me. . . . .and again the whole heavy handed American presence in it made me cover my face a few times during the screening, to hide my muttering, cursing and spitting.

I've just recently watched "Doomsday" and personally I thought it freaking rocked! It has suffered ALOT of really mixed reviews and comparisons to other movies, the legendary Mad Max being the most frequently cited, but I had a riproaring time with it and yes, Ms Mitra is nothing short of stunning in it. Other Marshall stalwarts appear in it too, Darren Morfitt (Spooney in Dog Soldiers), Emma Cleasby (Megan in Dog Soldiers) and of course my personal crush, Sean Pertwee. . . .meow. .

And damned straight Audition would have been there if you had included it in your list. Takeshi Miike has produced some of the biggest headf*@ks known to mankind and relying on your own imagination to figure out and fill in the gaps is what makes his horror offerings so successful in their scare tacticts. . .and he was the ONLY thing in Hostel that made me feel like the admission price wasn;t a complete waste of money.


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Comment by XlupoldX
on 1st Annual Hall of Infamy - 2008: THE CONTENDERS

May 30th 2008 04:42
And you expect to choose only [five from that list? You bad man. . .that is like choosing between children. .abliet very evil and dark children, but children nonetheless.

And. . you included 28 Weeks Later and not 28 Days Later *Sniffles* . . . . .how could you?

Okay. . lets see if I can pick out five from that powerhouse of a list. . .

1 point : Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2 points : Wolf Creek
3 points : Dog Soldiers
4 points : The Thing
5 points : The Descent

I know, I know. . .two Neil Marshal flicks. . .but the man is the British saving grace of horror. . and I love both movies with a deep and dirty passion. . .bad girl.

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