 Re Triangle (warning Spoilers)
#3548 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/26 04:54:56
wow nitin that is a good point, the amount of bodies at that point doesn't really make sense, yet at the time (and still now) I think that single frame of all the bodies - "she always goes here to die, she never realizes it until she sees herself dead" - even the differing levels of decay and flesh tones in the bodies - that was one of the most effective frames in horror I've seen in the last few years, counting other more explicitly horror type movies like the descent, altered, antichrist, etc.
 Forgetting Sarah Marshall
#3549 posted by Zwiffle on 2010/10/26 05:36:37
Maybe it's partly because I've never had this type of situation happen to me, but I just didn't find this movie funny at all really, and it just seemed to drag on and on. Pretty FORGETTABLE (FUCKING LOL) if you ask me.
 Yep
#3550 posted by nitin on 2010/10/26 06:36:56
great scene it was. The movie as a whole is a lot more satsifying than most horror thrillers. The vibe was very neatly pulled off.
 FSM
#3551 posted by nitin on 2010/10/26 06:38:06
I found it moderately funny, which is more than I can say for most Hollywood 'comedies'. I thought it was about Hangover funny.
 Nitin
I think you're mixing up Aeolus and Sisyphos. Aeolus is the god of the winds in greek mythology, if I'm not confused.
 Sleepy
#3553 posted by nitin on 2010/10/26 07:12:52
my greek mythology is rusty so using the help of wiki, I was indeed mixing them up.
Sisyphus was the son of (the first) Aeolus.
 To Be A Giant Nerd
#3554 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/26 08:11:06
I thought it was Sisyphus who fit that scenario, but I don't know Greek myth really so I wouldn't know. That said, this entire idea (if Triangle indeed uses it) of infinitely trying to perform the same task - was used by Phillip K Dick in "A Little Something For Us Tempunauts," the story which was selected as last, final, in a 600+ page anthology of the best horror stories ever called THE DARK DESCENT. Now I found lots to disagree with in the selection, classification and etc criteria, but having this type of idea - manifested in that exact shot from triangle - the idea that the laws of physics can fuck you in a way you can't even understand - that, is horrifying.
#3555 posted by metlslime on 2010/10/26 08:43:59
now i'm curious... but there's like 50 movies names Triangle on imdb... can you guys tell me which one you're talking about?
 Heh
#3556 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/26 08:50:31
 The One
with melissa george!
 Tronyn
#3558 posted by nitin on 2010/10/26 12:04:10
yeah see my post, Sisyphus was the boulder pusher :)
But he was the son of Aeolus (so the link is still there).
 Back To The FAILture
#3559 posted by Zwiffle on 2010/10/28 22:46:14
 BTW
#3560 posted by Zwiffle on 2010/10/28 22:48:39
Is anyone here on Criticker?
 Walking Dead
#3561 posted by negke on 2010/10/29 23:46:34
TV series. First episode is a bit like 28 Days Later with a slight L4D vibe. The guy even met the horde at the end. Will watch more, perhaps it's like that British zombie mini series - gory fun, more serious though. The lawn zombie looked cool.
 First Of All
#3562 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/30 09:23:42
THE WIRE - jesus, I had previously had DEADWOOD and CARNIVALE as favourites - amazing as they are - yet the tragedy of the wire is so much more potent since it is the tragedy happening right the fuck now due to, basically, American ignorance. Jesus. Second of all started watching BREAKING BAD and found it hilarious. Some parts sad, some parts interesting, but mostly a funny take on the ridiculous situation.
 In The Words Of Omar
#3563 posted by nitin on 2010/10/30 09:32:55
In-deeed.
 Omar
is one of the best TV characters of all time.
 Haha
#3565 posted by DaZ on 2010/10/30 15:39:53
Agreed!
He is fantastic, as are 90% of the characters in that series.
Go watch Treme and Generation Kill also, both are made by the same crew that did The Wire. I know nonentity keeps mentioning it but he has good reason :)
 Treme
Tried to get into it, but it didn't work for me. Enjoyed Gen. Kill immensily though.
 Hmm
#3567 posted by nonentity on 2010/10/30 20:00:02
It was 'cos gen kill wasn't about black people right? Damn racist!
 Who
Me?
 Hehe
#3569 posted by nitin on 2010/10/31 02:48:25
good call :)
 Good Recent Horror Movies (say Last 5-10 Years)
#3570 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/31 07:06:50
off the top of my head I'd say Antichrist (possibly the best horror movie since The Shining), Let The Right One In (swedish vampire thing, subtitles), Altered (best take on the "gray aliens" ever filmed), The Descent (for some reason the heroine's memory of her son's birthday party is the creepiest shit), I thought the original Hostel was decent if you read into it the "shock therapy" capitalism of post-Soviet eastern Europe, I'm sure I'm forgetting many, but actually good (disturbing in an artisticaly defensible way) horror movies (as opposed to "torture porn sequel 15") are hard to find.
looking for reccomendations, if anyone has any.
 Oh Yeah
#3571 posted by Tronyn on 2010/10/31 07:13:25
The Ring that was pretty good, the tv scene was so fucked up, the idea of shit that just does not make sense, is awesome.
 Horror
I also found "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and "The Fourth Kind" very creepy.
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