Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 146

y’all made me remember how I have quite a few blind spots with Carpenter’s filmography. so now I’m watching Dark Star

 

Dark Star - 6.5/10

 

people get mad at me when I say Hocus Pocus is bad

 

But you're right

 

Hocus Pocus especially sucks

 

Hocus Pocus is very good

 

I didn’t see it until I was 30 and absolutely hated it.

 

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

 

Hocus Pocus is... not great.

 

The opening shot, any of the scenes in the town during the day, the trick or treating scenes and the Halloween party are all pretty immaculate fall ~vibes~ that many other films (especially in the days of soundstages replacing actual locations) fail to capture. Plus the three witches are fun and the effects on the zombie are too!

 

Also I've forever had a thing for a girl in a sweater thanks to that movie.

 

Everyone hyped it up as the best Halloween movie, so when my wife showed it to me for the first time last year, I was let down. It’s a fine kids made for TV movie I guess.

 

How dare you, it was a theatrical release.

 

What this?

 

I rewatched Hocus Pocus a couple years ago and it is for sure not good.

 

An ultra-cheap documentary about a U.S. town that absolutely loves Halloween. It's just a nice little watch!

 

Michael Clayton - I put off watching this for too long. It absolutely lives up to the hype.

 

Aliens (1986) - finally dipping my toes into James Cameron. A genre departure from the first movie from sci-fi horror to sci-fi action but the way he wrote/shot the army characters shifted the tone too far towards cheesy. Lets see what Fincher does next.

Close-up (1990) - In its own way like an Iranian F is for Fake. It had a very unique way to tell its story that unfolds and blends with reality.

Asteroid City (2023) - Very funny, kind of a mess that manages to pulls it together at the end. Watched it with mum, she said it was too weird.

 

Aliens is a 10/10 smdh, I watch that one once a year

 

American Moon - 6/10
Exhaustingly well-researched, at times unbearably smug. It's a 3.5 hour moon landing hoax doc, so...your mileage may vary lol

Creature From the Black Lagoon - 7.5/10
It's not perfect, but it's exactly what it should be: 80 minutes of shirtless hunks and practical effects creature violence.

 

Creature from where?

 

Love Creature. Perfect split between '50s monster flick and more serious well-crafted sci-fi.

 

I'm so pumped for spooky season. The minute October hits I have Tarantula, The Wasp Woman and I Married a Monster from Outer Space queued up. Give me the all the monster flicks!

 

Don’t forget Hubie Halloween

 

Elemental - 9/10
I feel like I watched a different movie than everyone else. A Pixar romantic comedy with interesting characters. The animation is amazing and the ending was one of the best I’ve seen in a while.