| |
| Author |
Message |
|
|
dfulce
|
 Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:35 am |
 |
|
 Undead
Joined: Jun 16, 2007Posts: 127 |
Just came back from watching the Oscars at the Angelika theatre, Great to see the legend ROGER CORMAN there, finally getting his respect.....I'm still waiting for Roger's name to be announced for this years show ! And what about that great horror film tribute ? I would have liked to see some more horror actors in the clips, NO footage of Price, Cushing, Lee. Lorre, Carradine, etc..... Do horror film fans really love faceless aka masked monsters THAT much ??? Maybe I'm just too old now to really get it. Oh, by the way, I won two week-end passes to this years show !!!! BAD ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
|
Top
|
  |
|
|
|
jmk051
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:33 am |
|
|
Dead
Joined: Mar 8, 2010Posts: 6 |
I just want to know when movies like Twilight and Sixth Sense became horror movies??? Aside from The Shining and Friday the 13th, did they even show a horror movie clip??
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:59 am |
|
|
 TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
Don't get me started. Twilight, Sixth Sense, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, tcm the next generation? wtf...were was the real horror? They put more screen time for scream then night of the living dead. The ring? C'mon really....you want new horror put the amazing Dawn of the Dead remake in there or at least the 1st Saw. They should have consulted someone who knew horror before putting that together. I came up with so many movies last night that needed to be in there.
Good for Corman but you know who should get a Honorary Oscar? George Romero
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
REJECT666
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:08 am |
|
|
 Undead
Joined: Apr 26, 2007Posts: 150Location: KANSAS |
Not all horror but not bad considering I'm surprised they aknowlledged it at all.
Jaws, NMOES, Exorcist, Bram Strokers Dracula, Psycho, Poltergeist, Amittyville Horror, Shinning, Scream, Hellraiser, Friday the 13th, Saw, Silence of the Lambs, Halloween, Leprechaun, Child's Play, TCM, Rosemarry's Baby, Misery, Mommie Dearest, Nosferatu, Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, From Dusk til Dawn, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, Birds, NOTLD, ROTLD, both Little Shop of Horrors, the Ring, Marathon Man, Aliens, Edward Scissorhands, 6th Sense, Paranormal Activity, Carrie, the Blob, Blair Witch Project
_________________
" I AM THE DEVIL, AND I'M HERE TO DO THE DEVIL'S WORK!" |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:19 am |
|
|
TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
like you said, i'm glad it was acknowledged but I would like to know who set it up cause man...I think they just pulled the movies off the netflix top 25 list....
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
REJECT666
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:35 am |
|
|
Undead
Joined: Apr 26, 2007Posts: 150Location: KANSAS |
It was also nice to see Bob Murawski co-owner of GRINDHOUSE RELEASING - win the Oscar for best Editor. For those unfamiliar we can thank Murawski for Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, I Drink Your Blood, The Beyond, Cat In the Brain, and Pieces getting decent dvd releases. Not to mention putting Evil Dead back in theatres this spring.
_________________
" I AM THE DEVIL, AND I'M HERE TO DO THE DEVIL'S WORK!" |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:47 am |
|
|
TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
REJECT666 wrote: It was also nice to see Bob Murawski co-owner of GRINDHOUSE RELEASING - win the Oscar for best Editor. For those unfamiliar we can thank Murawski for Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, I Drink Your Blood, The Beyond, Cat In the Brain, and Pieces getting decent dvd releases. Not to mention putting Evil Dead back in theatres this spring.
Fuck yeah...not to mention being the editior for Army of Darkness....
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
deadeyes
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:01 pm |
|
|
 Deadite
Joined: Oct 12, 2007Posts: 351Location: McKinney, Tx |
I thought the tribute was really cool but like everyone else, I wondered why they used some of the movies they did. ESPECIALLY......Fucking Twilight. That is not a horor movie. There is nothing scary about a bunch of gay ass sparkling vampires and CGI werewolves!!!
_________________
Jimmy
I'm not the devil, I just look like him |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Fala
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:38 pm |
|
|
 Tangent Queen
Joined: Feb 22, 2007Posts: 1599Location: Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, MO |
I'm not getting my panties in a knot over the segment. Here's why:
~I don't think that it was a GREAT tribute, but hell, it's about time they did a nod to horror...besides, they didn't HAVE to do it. There wasn't even a horror film in any of the top categories this year anyway.
~To be honest, the whole segment didn't fit, and they could have cut it (AND that DUMB-ASS "dance troupe" thing) so that I wasn't falling over when they skidded into home plate around MIDNIGHT.
I would have liked them to flesh it out more and have added it to another year's Oscars, hopefully one that (soon) has a horror movie in the runnings.
On another note, for those who were wondering where the true horrorwas...it was seeing that "Precious" chick in that tent-sized blue dress. I had to check and see that she wasn't supposed to be Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...they could have just rolled her to the Juicing Room... 
We just kept yelling, "The 'Blueberry' is on again!!!" everytime they showed her...
_________________
A Devil by birth, an angel by choice...sometimes. |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Fala
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:53 pm |
|
|
Tangent Queen
Joined: Feb 22, 2007Posts: 1599Location: Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, MO |
On a separate note (hence the 'separate' post, 'cause I'm all smart like that) is that I am SO glad that THE HURT LOCKER won Best Picture and Director over that piece of crap, eye-candy, CGI-dripping, blue lizardfest AVATAR.
It just goes to show that no matter what you have for special effects, you can't go wrong with a great human interest, realism-based movie. 
_________________
A Devil by birth, an angel by choice...sometimes. |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:17 pm |
|
|
TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
I'm so tired of Avatar. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good. I wasn't impressed with the visuals, they were good but not extraordinary. Cameron just marches around like some hitler knockoff making people scared to be honest. Thanks to that damn movie now every decent movie is going to ruined by trying to come out as 3D
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Dave
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:51 am |
|
|
 Deadite
Joined: Jan 18, 2009Posts: 347Location: Toronto, Iglooland |
Fala wrote: On another note, for those who were wondering where the true horrorwas...it was seeing that "Precious" chick in that tent-sized blue dress. I had to check and see that she wasn't supposed to be Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...they could have just rolled her to the Juicing Room... We just kept yelling, "The 'Blueberry' is on again!!!" everytime they showed her...
lol! I personally was happy to see Grimace win his first Oscar. It couldn't have been easy being stuck in Ronald McDonald's shadow all these years.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Dave
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:00 am |
|
|
Deadite
Joined: Jan 18, 2009Posts: 347Location: Toronto, Iglooland |
NOTLD67 wrote: I'm so tired of Avatar. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good. I wasn't impressed with the visuals, they were good but not extraordinary. Cameron just marches around like some hitler knockoff making people scared to be honest. Thanks to that damn movie now every decent movie is going to ruined by trying to come out as 3D
Yep. I loved Avatar, but it's waaayyyyy overhyped, and too many people kiss Cameron's ass. I've loved all of his movies that I've seen, but he's by no means 'king of the world'. I think the only reason why he's so highly regarded by Hollywood is because he can turn a dollar into 100 million dollars just like that.
I'm still torn on this whole 3D thing. I loved it when I saw Avatar and The Final Destination, but I suspect more unnecessary movies will incorporate it, just to try to have that edge, and it will become very annoying.
And I'm also glad Hurt Locker got best picture. That movie rocked. I wish I had actually watched the Oscars, just to see the look on Cameron's face when he realized just how bad he got smoked by his ex-wife. She's deserved this kind of recognition ever since Strange Days and Near Dark.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Loyd Cryer
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:24 pm |
|
|
 Head Honcho
Joined: Feb 14, 2007Posts: 2026Location: Fort Worth |
dfulce wrote: Oh, by the way, I won two week-end passes to this years show !!!! BAD ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome!
_________________
Welcome to my Frightmare...... |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:05 pm |
|
|
TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
Oscar's don't ever get it right anyway...So many things I can point out...the fact that Shakespeare in Love won best picture over Life is Beautiful and Saving Private Ryan back at the 1999 show could get 3 pages of words out of me so I won't start on the 15-20 examples I have.
I'll just say Quentin Tarantino is one of the most under appreciated directors out there. He make's movies too good for the general public and the academy. I was happy to see basterds given some credit this year, Hurt Locker was good as a whole and deserved to win, Still I think Basterd's was a close 2nd. I actually feel the script for basterds was better written then Hurt Locker and that it should have won for original screenplay. Going back in time The fact that Kill Bill Volume 1 got no nominations back in the oscars 2004 boggled my mind. That movie is one of the best films of the last 20 years. Hell Seabiscuit was nominated for best picture over it...yes..the damn horse movie
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Dave
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:17 pm |
|
|
Deadite
Joined: Jan 18, 2009Posts: 347Location: Toronto, Iglooland |
NOTLD67 wrote: Oscar's don't ever get it right anyway...So many things I can point out...the fact that Shakespeare in Love won best picture over Life is Beautiful and Saving Private Ryan back at the 1999 show could get 3 pages of words out of me so I won't start on the 15-20 examples I have.
I'll just say Quentin Tarantino is one of the most under appreciated directors out there. He make's movies too good for the general public and the academy. I was happy to see basterds given some credit this year, Hurt Locker was good as a whole and deserved to win, Still I think Basterd's was a close 2nd. I actually feel the script for basterds was better written then Hurt Locker and that it should have won for original screenplay. Going back in time The fact that Kill Bill Volume 1 got no nominations back in the oscars 2004 boggled my mind. That movie is one of the best films of the last 20 years. Hell Seabiscuit was nominated for best picture over it...yes..the damn horse movie
I agree on Saving Private Ryan and Kill Bill (at least with Volume 2), those 2 movies got screwed so bad by the Academy. I remember being so pissed that Jackie Brown only got 1 nomination.
I wasn't a big fan of Basterds at all, but I like that QT is getting Academy recognition.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
ValFreya
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:49 am |
|
|
 Frightmaker
Joined: Mar 29, 2007Posts: 1616Location: The graveyard of dreams |
Well the Oscars had a somewhat connection to horror. Kathryn Bigelow (and it was her night) DID direct the gem called "Near Dark" So hopefully now that people know her name will look up and watch her body of work and see that awesome directors can direct awesome horror movies as well.
_________________
Yonic....its girl parts. |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
Charles Does
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:01 pm |
|
|
TFW Travel Coordinator
Joined: Feb 19, 2007Posts: 2110Location: Arlington/Fort Worth,Texas |
She also did Point Break.... which, once you can get past Reeves giving us some of the worse acting ever, is a fun movie!
_________________
Smoking Cigarettes...Watchin Captain Kangaroo
"Yeah. That's a good movie....I made that movie! Far out!"
Tobe Hooper referring to Lifeforce in 2009 |
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
All times are UTC - 6 hours
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
|
 | |
