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Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:13 pm

Nick Bryant wrote:I was gonna say the same thing actually, Teri and Felicity deffo look the best! Dana looks really dreamy to me.

maybe she was bored

universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:22 pm

We should send her George, he should entertain her!

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:09 am

Beast_enchantment wrote:I've gone diva mad tonight!
Ya'll seen Sigourney Weaver in Snow White: A Tale of Terror? Now that is a true diva performance!

Yes it is. Also, that movie has what all other fairy tales sincerely need but lack - blood, zombies, more blood, tons of murder, even more blood, a Gilmore Girl being terrorized and cut up with a shard of glass, and a dead baby.

universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:18 am

^

Won't someone please think of the children!!!

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:01 am

Nick Bryant wrote:^ Won't someone please think of the children!!!

Only if we can abort them pre-maturely.

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:32 am

Lazario wrote:
Beast_enchantment wrote:I've gone diva mad tonight!
Ya'll seen Sigourney Weaver in Snow White: A Tale of Terror? Now that is a true diva performance!
Yes it is. Also, that movie has what all other fairy tales sincerely need but lack - blood, zombies, more blood, tons of murder, even more blood, a Gilmore Girl being terrorized and cut up with a shard of glass, and a dead baby.

Ha! So true!

more people need to see this movie. My fav Weaver performance

She's so deliciously wicked.
I agree that it portrays a more faithful adaptation to the Grimm brother's true intent, which was to horrify. And this film achieves just that! -

and it has a touch of incest and attempted rape, too

Nicky, watch the trailer:

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BEST LINE: "You're quite alive for a silly little wench who's been rotting in the ground"

- looove it!

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:55 am

Beast_enchantment wrote:
Lazario wrote: Yes it is. Also, that movie has what all other fairy tales sincerely need but lack - blood, zombies, more blood, tons of murder, even more blood, a Gilmore Girl being terrorized and cut up with a shard of glass, and a dead baby.
Ha! So true! more people need to see this movie. My fav Weaver performance She's so deliciously wicked.
I agree that it portrays a more faithful adaptation to the Grimm brother's true intent, which was to horrify. And this film achieves just that! -

and it has a touch of incest and attempted rape, too

Actually- I was just being superficial. I really think the movie is too mainstream and dramatic. I wanted something a lot more horror-oriented. This is definitely thriller, drama, suspense. And the graphicness of the violence and such sort of makes it feel like a more female version of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (which was also too mainstream and adventuristic). It could have been even darker.

But you nailed it on Sigourney Weaver. She did a great job. And the trailer is pretty good. They just need to take out the big adventure-film stuff in the 2nd half. I should have paid attention to that before I bought the DVD. But the beginning of the trailer is really moody.

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:24 pm

Lazario wrote: Actually- I was just being superficial. I really think the movie is too mainstream and dramatic. I wanted something a lot more horror-oriented. This is definitely thriller, drama, suspense. And the graphicness of the violence and such sort of makes it feel like a more female version of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (which was also too mainstream and adventuristic). It could have been even darker.

But you nailed it on Sigourney Weaver. She did a great job. And the trailer is pretty good. They just need to take out the big adventure-film stuff in the 2nd half. I should have paid attention to that before I bought the DVD. But the beginning of the trailer is really moody.

Well tbh i don't see how it could get darker. It has so many elements that so many other horror movies don't even touch upon! What more are you looking for? a snuff film?!

anyway...

just found this classic gem!

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Why do I always get visions of nuns when I hear this?

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:52 am

Freaking love that song- I always thought it was done by En Vogue before I downloaded it from WinMX many years ago (maybe 2004). Because it really doesn't sound like the vocalist from "Everybody Dance" (Now), you know that song?

My favorite C+C track though, naturally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_1VLHUFw4

Beast_enchantment wrote:
Lazario wrote:Actually- I was just being superficial. I really think the movie is too mainstream and dramatic. I wanted something a lot more horror-oriented. This is definitely thriller, drama, suspense. And the graphicness of the violence and such sort of makes it feel like a more female version of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (which was also too mainstream and adventuristic). It could have been even darker.
Well tbh i don't see how it could get darker.

You don't? (what- you've never seen Happy Tree Friends?)

For a drama, it couldn't have been any darker. But I was honestly hoping for - not a drama.

Take out the idea of hope. Take out the notion of a happy ending. It's obvious watching this that it will have a happy ending. It plays like an adventure film with a couple horror undertones. Darker? Pull the adventure underneath and bring up the horror. Slow things down. I don't know that I want the Dwarfs to definitely be nastier to her. They could keep the Dwarfs only slightly curmudgeoned and I wouldn't care. The kinder, the dopier the victim-pool is, often the more mean the villains are. The music definitely needed help as well. Too string-heavy. Too sappy. And we see the Queen as too emotionally vulnerable, which tells us from the beginning that she's going down. And they really did that so that Sigourney would do the movie. A little too dramatic. It has an effect on the malice.

Beast_enchantment wrote:It has so many elements that so many other horror movies don't even touch upon! What more are you looking for? a snuff film?!

Well horror films have a horror tone. Are you thinking (have to ask, since I can't read your mind) that adventure films, dramas, and thrillers are darker than horror films? (Granted, even The Color Purple is darker than most of the empty-headed b.s. that passes for horror these days)

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:36 pm

Lazario wrote:Freaking love that song- I always thought it was done by En Vogue before I downloaded it from WinMX many years ago (maybe 2004). Because it really doesn't sound like the vocalist from "Everybody Dance" (Now), you know that song?

My favorite C+C track though, naturally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_1VLHUFw4

Beast_enchantment wrote: Well tbh i don't see how it could get darker.
You don't? (what- you've never seen Happy Tree Friends?)

For a drama, it couldn't have been any darker. But I was honestly hoping for - not a drama.

Take out the idea of hope. Take out the notion of a happy ending. It's obvious watching this that it will have a happy ending. It plays like an adventure film with a couple horror undertones. Darker? Pull the adventure underneath and bring up the horror. Slow things down. I don't know that I want the Dwarfs to definitely be nastier to her. They could keep the Dwarfs only slightly curmudgeoned and I wouldn't care. The kinder, the dopier the victim-pool is, often the more mean the villains are. The music definitely needed help as well. Too string-heavy. Too sappy. And we see the Queen as too emotionally vulnerable, which tells us from the beginning that she's going down. And they really did that so that Sigourney would do the movie. A little too dramatic. It has an effect on the malice.

Beast_enchantment wrote:It has so many elements that so many other horror movies don't even touch upon! What more are you looking for? a snuff film?!
Well horror films have a horror tone. Are you thinking (have to ask, since I can't read your mind) that adventure films, dramas, and thrillers are darker than horror films? (Granted, even The Color Purple is darker than most of the empty-headed b.s. that passes for horror these days)

Well afterall it is a fairytale, Lazzy.

It's good that they portrayed the dark side of the Brothers Grimm tale, but you've got to get the balance right. It has to have a happy ending otherwise you take away from the origin. You've got to be gruesome while being authentic. Have Claudia succeed in killing Snow White and you can hardly call it Snow White, can you?
Anyway I loves the film to bits, mainly because of it's bravery to go where no other film has gone before with a fairytale - back to the true intention, which was to scare. And I think it achieves that very successfully.

and I love the soundtrack! John Ottman did a fantastic job in reemphasizing the themes of the movie as well as the gothic era.

on a lighter note,

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This will live on forever!

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:41 am

Beast_enchantment wrote:Well afterall it is a fairytale, Lazzy.

Is it? Good, then we both noticed.

Suspiria and Carrie were horror movies with numerous fairy-tale connections in terms of story, and they couldn't be more dark. Proving that- it doesn't matter what your inspiration is. It's what your cinematic ambitions are. The reason A Tale of Terror isn't as dark as you think it is is because they wanted it to be an adventure. All things considered, it's a thriller. That's why it could have been darker.

Take it from a horror expert.

Beast_enchantment wrote:It's good that they portrayed the dark side of the Brothers Grimm tale, but you've got to get the balance right. It has to have a happy ending otherwise you take away from the origin. You've got to be gruesome while being authentic. Have Claudia succeed in killing Snow White and you can hardly call it Snow White, can you?

Yeah. But I'm all-for raping the origin of a story as much as possible. I do not believe in Literal or Exact Translations of Literature and Folklore. I think it partially stifles and does a disservice to Imagination. (Though, I'm told Roman Polanski wanted Rosemary's Baby to be exactly like the book, so it was and that's his best film- but then, there aren't that many Roman Polanski's out there)

Oh, and I also didn't tell the filmmakers they had to ever call it "Snow White." I'd still have seen the movie knowing the plot was similar. I think you'll find most people wanted to see it because it starred Sigourney Weaver.

Beast_enchantment wrote:on a lighter note

What? You think we have to wait 'til Halloween to start talking darkness and horror? Guess I'm getting a little antsy. Being overenthusiastic. But I'm going to be gone from here most of October (and I was banned last year in October, so I have overcompensating to do), I'll only post in 1 thread the whole month long.

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This will live on forever!

Good clip (not one of my favorites from the show, but still good). Amazing show.

Anyone else catch the song they were singing at the beginning? I believe it's "Hotel California." I don't know the song well, but my parents were huge Classic Rock fans and so are Patsy and Ed(w)ina. Which is the funniest thing about the show. I doubt many of the show's gay fanbase listen to much of The Eagles or The Animals (who did "We've Got to Get Out of This Place" and "House of the Rising Sun" - which you hear in The Last Shout and the 6th episode of Season/Series 1: Birthday).

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:23 pm

Flanger-Hanger wrote:Anyone older than me=old

That's how teens think, right? Including this teen who hardly thinks 25 year old movies are old.

I don't think 30 year old movies are old!

And goodness gracious I'm quoting something on page 2. I really must have nothing to do!

Oooh! It rhymed!

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:25 pm

Night of the Living Dead feels pretty old to me.

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:59 pm

This thread isn't as wacky as it should be!

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universALLove · Post by **universALLove** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:14 pm

Beast_enchantment wrote:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfNfQixs8yA&hl ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qfNfQixs8yA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

I LOVE that part

My sister and my cousin do a really good job of that scene

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:45 pm

Nick Bryant wrote:
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I LOVE that part

My sister and my cousin do a really good job of that scene

Ha classic movie!! I was gonna post the "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" segment but it'll probably be removed!

"Creature of the Night"

Beast_enchantment · Post by **Beast_enchantment** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:39 pm

which version:

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or...

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I'm inclined to go with Di's - for that awesome bridge alone!

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