I love the horror movie rules.
I also love the first Scream flick.
I hear ya, I think his early films were a lot of fun. It’s kinda sad what became of his career and health. While not the unbelievable disaster that was Bela Lugosi’s career and health problems, it was still a shame in both cases considering the earlier films they gave us and how enduring they actually are.
All of these films greatly enriched my childhood and I have fond memories of making popcorn (the old fashioned way) and watching them on Creature Feature until about 2am with my father (who was a huge classic horror / sci fi fan).
Holy shit. I just watched Godzilla vs. Monster Zero.
I just saw Godzilla dance. My life is complete.
Have you seen that flick, SteyrAUG?
(I’m reasonably sure that you own all the Godzilla flicks…)
I understand the plot structure, and the Bond films are not nearly as guilty, but it can get tiresome. We get it, you’re ruthless. We got the point when you unveiled your plot to blow up the world. Feeding you girlfriend/secretary to sharks is not necessary to drive the point home.
I don’t blame movies for real actions, and I do not believe in the made up “war on women”, yet I do believe that our male society has changed in perspective to violence towards women.
Maybe I’m old fashion or just a stick in the mud, but I don’t even find the constant “dead hooker” jokes funny in the least.
It is sad, and people like to think this is a new thing with celebrities. I’ve read that Chaney really drew on his severe alcoholism to portray the pain of Larry Talbot dealing with changing into the Wolfman by night. It’s almost a sad metaphor for his real life.
I’ve seen it, I probably have it on DVD.
Just remember, feminism teaches us they are our equals. Maybe what we need is war movies where modern women are stepping on land mines or sacrificing themselves to save the platoon or mission.
Yep and you’re not the first to make that observation. Colin Clive also had the same problems with alcohol and died in his 30s.
Here’s one that’s going to knock your socks off:
I believe the “true” story of King Kong is how society of the 1930’s could not accept a black man being with a white woman.
I think the attempt to “humanize” Kong by making what is basically a story of unrequited love was an effort by the film makers to nudge a little societal change by allegory.
You could actually feel sorry for King Kong over the course of the movie. I think in some not so subtle ways the film makers were trying to get people to not be so prejudiced against interracial unions.
And that would make sense because Kong would have a giant wang that Fay Wray knows will wreck her girlie parts.
:sarcastic:
Seriously, with every “ape theme” film everyone tries to suggest it is actually about “race.” This is especially true of the Planet of the Apes series of films (I’m guessing the Orangutangs were portraying orange black people, or maybe Indians), when in actuality the original film was more about evolution than race issues.
And one can pretty much read anything into a film, recently I watched a documentary where Stephen King claimed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers was about fear of “McCarthyism” when it is more than obvious the film was about fear of “Communism.” Ironically “The Manchurian Candidate” which was about the “communist threat” was really more a film about the dangers of McCarthyism as well.
And I’ve read some truly silly ideas like Last House on the Left being a protest film about the brutality of the Vietnam war and how the executed victim was meant to allude to the famous execution photo from the war. Seems like a stretch to me and if that is really what they were going for it went over a lot of heads.
So you can suggest all flying saucer movies are actually based upon fear of Soviet technology like Sputnik and all monkey movies are “race by proxy” films, but sometimes it’s really just about flying saucers and islands full of dinosaurs and giant apes. And as much as I enjoy an intelligent film that makes you think, sometimes you just need to eat the popcorn and enjoy the movie.
Oh, of course. I’m suggesting what the film makers might have intended, not what an audience member should take from it.
In this case given what I know about Cooper (who had a lot in common with the other Cooper) I’m inclined to think it was a safari film to a uncharted land of dinosaurs and a great ape which he captures and brings home as the greatest trophy ever.
I think one has to watch Chang, to get a complete appreciation for King Kong.