Am I crazy or does he look a lot like a young Downey Jr.?
I thought the same thing, so maybe we're both crazy. 
Saw The Watchers. This is M Night Shamalanadingdongs daughter that directed this one. The setup is that deep in a forest in Ireland there's a small building. Several people are trapped in it because monsters come out at night, and they can't find a way out of the forest. One side of the building is glass where the monsters observe the 4 people trapped in there, but the people can't see out to see the monsters.
I like the Twilight Zone type setup, but the movie is pretty awful. They have the main character dragging around a bird cage for a fair bit of the movie. A bit too on the nose for what's going on with her and just a weird distraction. The people in the building don't ask smart questions and barely seem to try and figure out how to escape the situation.
There is a bit of a neat discovery 3/4ths of the way through the film but would have been better if they revelated that much earlier and worked off it.
The explanation for the monsters makes zero sense. According to the movie humans and the monsters worked almost hand-in-hand. So why is there barely a record of that? There's also the twist at the end which wasn't much of a twist and a final "battle" that was more the main character trying to drop logic bombs on a monster to defeat it. Just no.
I was ok watching the whole thing but can't really recommend it. I've sat through plenty of worse films, but this one isn't good.
I watched that this weekend as well and agree. The fact that it took me two days to watch the thing is pretty telling. Just meh and ended up being more background noise then anything else. The Shyamalan family needs to really try a new approach with their films. What worked before isn't working anymore.
Watched The Quiet Place: Day One yesterday and it’s my favourite of the three Quiet Place movies. It had an underlying poetry and pathos to it that made it something a bit special for me; although I can see others thinking it very rote. There was a restraint to it. They could have hit certain well worn horror beats and didn’t, which made for a better, more engaging film.
I loved that the main protagonists were:
30% Lupita Nyong'o, 30% world’s most sensible cat and 30% ineffectual Englishman.
I also watched Hundreds of Beavers which, if I described the plot, would sound like a fever dream of a survival horror movie but, to it’s eternal credit, it’s a silent comedy full of ‘Tom and Jerry’ style slapstick. I watched it in three or four separate sittings, as it can feel very repetitive, but it was a true delight.
The final season of Evil was good except for the last 3 episodes. The show got cancelled early and the last three episodes were tacked on to wrap the series up.
Watched the first four episodes of season 3 of Chucky. So far season 3 is great. The kills have been over the top in a good way.
I watched the recent film with a title that annoys me: In a Violent Nature It didn’t make sense when I first heard it and having seen the film it still didn’t make any sense. Why not ‘Of a Violent Nature’ or just ‘A Violent Nature?’
It’s a classic slasher viewed from the killer’s perspective which I thought worked brilliantly, especially at the start. There are slow parts but I found them refreshing and atmospheric. There is a recent trend, perhaps it’s always been the case to an extent, where potential victims don’t show a reasonable sense of urgency when faced with a potentially horrific death. They seem frozen between, ‘I should run like the friggin’ wind!!’ and, ‘but if I run now how’s he gonna kill me?’ They end up just standing there and waiting.
It was good over all. Worth a watch.
Edit: It was my kind of ending.
I hear there's a couple real gnarly kills in In a Violent Nature. How would you rate the gross out factor in this one, Higgledy?
Going to try to check out Talk to Me later today. There's been a bunch of hope for A24 movies over the years but I've only ever watched Hereditary. X is also on my watch list.
I really enjoyed A Quiet Place: Day One as well, but the two that have surprised me in the last few weeks have been Abigail and The First Omen. I didn't really know what to expect from either one, and I loved them both, Abigail in particular.
I hear there's a couple real gnarly kills in In a Violent Nature. How would you rate the gross out factor in this one, Higgledy?
I heard that and thought it might be a bit much for me but I didn’t think the kills were any worse than a Friday 13th say (although with better special effects.) There is one that’s quite ‘involved’ but it didn’t have me looking a way. A couple of kills are understated and I thought those were extremely well done.
Talk to me is very good.
I really enjoyed A Quiet Place: Day One as well, but the two that have surprised me in the last few weeks have been Abigail and The First Omen. I didn't really know what to expect from either one, and I loved them both, Abigail in particular. :)
I have yet to watch Abigail. It’s on my list!
I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on Abigail!
Watched Dead Space Downfall and liked it. This is a cartoon movie based on the video games. I guess it takes place before the first game. The animation okay. You can see where they cut corners. The movie is very gory as one would suspect if you played the games. The story is basic. People find a alien artifact. Artifact causes people to go crazy and unleashes monsters that changes people into monsters. I enjoyed the voice acting.
I give the movie 7 Fs out of 10. They say F a lot, its their favorite word. If you played the game I say its good watch not a must watch because it just shows you what you already know happen. If you haven't played the game but like gore I think you will like it. The lazy animation might turn some people off, Arcane this is not.
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