Rate The Last Movie You Saw.

**Tommy** · 03-21-2016 02:17 PM

I was amused by The Peanuts Movie. (3/4)

I also saw Bone Tomahawk over the weekend just not in the theater. Holy shit (!). (3/4)

**mtdman** · 03-21-2016 06:43 PM

Saw The Witch last week, thought it was interesting but overall dull. Not very scary or thrilling. But an interesting concept.

Saw The 10 Commandments at the theater yesterday. Love that movie, was a cool experience seeing it on the big screen.

**Still Servant** · 03-22-2016 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Bev Vincent

I saw 10 Cloverfield Lane this weekend -- I'm glad I knew absolutely nothing about it going in. That's the best way to enjoy this creepy and compelling and surprising little film.

Luckily, that was easier to do with this film than most. The trailer didn't drop until Super Bowl. I wish more movies would take this stealth approach. The guy next to me was complaining that it was nothing like the original film. Thankfully, I knew enough about the film to know it was going to be completely different than Cloverfield.

Favorite film of the year so far for me.

**Heather19** · 03-23-2016 05:35 AM

I would love it if all movies did that. Maybe just release teaser trailers instead. Full trailers these days give away too much info, and sometimes can quite often spoil a movie. But I'm one of those people that likes to know absolutely nothing going into a film.

**webstar1000** · 03-23-2016 05:40 AM

VERY SADDENED by the critics reviews of the new Superman V Batman movie... hoping to hear feedback here soon!

**Tommy** · 03-23-2016 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by Heather19

I would love it if all movies did that. Maybe just release teaser trailers instead. Full trailers these days give away too much info, and sometimes can quite often spoil a movie. But I'm one of those people that likes to know absolutely nothing going into a film.

Hitchcock would film all new material for his trailers. Horror movies in particular these days are done a great disservice by the overly-informative trailers the studios put out for them.

**Heather19** · 03-23-2016 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Tommy

Originally Posted by Heather19

I would love it if all movies did that. Maybe just release teaser trailers instead. Full trailers these days give away too much info, and sometimes can quite often spoil a movie. But I'm one of those people that likes to know absolutely nothing going into a film.

Hitchcock would film all new material for his trailers. Horror movies in particular these days are done a great disservice by the overly-informative trailers the studios put out for them.

They definitely are. They give all the good scares away in the trailer. But then I have seen other horror films, like PA 3, where they had scenes in the trailer that weren't even in the movie. I didn't know Hitchcock had done that. I'll have to go watch some of them.

**Tommy** · 03-23-2016 07:53 AM

Here's one for Psycho...

Psycho Trailer

**mae** · 03-23-2016 07:55 AM

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

**Tommy** · 03-23-2016 08:01 AM

It looks like most of them do actually have some footage of the film itself but he would film new footage, mainly of him explaining or narrating over the footage for the trailer itself for a lot of them.

**Tommy** · 03-23-2016 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by pablo

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

I would play!

**Tommy** · 03-23-2016 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by Tommy

Originally Posted by pablo

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

I would play!

One of my favs...

The Shining Trailer

Sorry I won't derail the thread further.

**Heather19** · 03-23-2016 09:14 AM

That Shining trailer is awesome, gives nothing away, but you get a sense of dread with it.

**Ricky** · 03-23-2016 02:03 PM

I would also enjoy a trailer tournament (but it might be hard to keep it biased in judging the trailer and not the movie). Plus, it'd take a lot less time for me to watch everything since it'd be trailers and not whole movies.

**allasorte** · 03-23-2016 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by pablo

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

300 comes to mind. Nine Inch Nails music and it looked amazing. I did enjoy it, but it wasn't amazing for me, especially a second time through.

**fernandito** · 03-23-2016 03:18 PM

The Prometheus trailer was amazing.

The movie.. not so much.

**Heather19** · 03-23-2016 03:23 PM

That first Cloverfield trailer that got released is one of my favorites.

**Mattrick** · 03-23-2016 10:56 PM

I almost left the theatre when the XMen Apocalypse trailer came on to me. Its Xmen? Apocalypse is in it? Don't need to know or see anything else...but Jennifer Lawrence didn't let me leave.

10 Cloverfield Lane kicked ass like I knew it would. Loved how the opening bit was filmed...some clever shots and edits. Give me silent images to score all day! What makes it so good is how Winstead is the conduit, we never know more than she does...this is the quintessential quality I try to bring to my writing. Knowing only what characters know keeps the audience in the moment, lets them build their own tension through their own imagined horrors. Ignorance is the most terrifying thing when fear spurs up...once you know what something is (like most horrors do with needless exposition which almost always humanises the spooky ghost and makes it less scary) chances are you won't be afraid of it...the not knowing is the scary part.

Now I have to watch Cloverfield for the twentieth time.

5/5

**Shannon** · 03-24-2016 12:27 AM

The Prestige is one of the trailers that stands out for me.

**divemaster** · 03-24-2016 12:54 AM

The trailer for Ju-on really creeped me out. As did the movie itself.

**mae** · 03-24-2016 01:06 AM

We have this thread to discuss a potential trailer tournament: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...ext-tournament

As we're currently running the music tournament it might be a bit much right now, but down the road it could be a fun exercise.

**Still Servant** · 03-25-2016 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by pablo

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

One thing at a time, Pablo

Are you getting commission from these tournaments or something. Just messing with you.

**mae** · 03-25-2016 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Still Servant

Originally Posted by pablo

We should have a Best Trailer of All Time tourney happen sometime

One thing at a time, Pablo

Are you getting commission from these tournaments or something. Just messing with you.

I wouldn't run it. Fuck that.

**Shannon** · 03-25-2016 10:47 PM

Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice: 3.444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444445 (which, in turn, makes it 3.5, which in turn, makes it a 4, but BARELY)

Notes:

Spoiler:

- It didn't have to be two and a half hours long. For me, the first two-thirds were bland, and mostly unnecessary. That being said, the last third/half hour/forty-five minutes --whenever the B/S fight started, until the end-- was excellent.
- Man, was this movie too dark for anyone else? Not dark in tone, but dark in color. I remember seeing scenes from the trailer and thinking, "See, I knew it was too dark, this scene is MUCH brighter in the trailer." It felt like I watched a cam copy that was too dark. Dark dark dark, too dark.
- So, Batman REALLY doesn't have a problem killing/shooting people/exploding vehicles/airjumping the Batmobile into the back of another vehicle WHERE HE SEES PEOPLE ARE?
- I feel like Lois Lane was so naked that we didn't have to see any nipple to call it nudity, lol.
- Those Justice League cameos were unnecessarily and unNEEDingly shoehorned in in the worst way possible. Video files on a computer? Come on ... And that Aquaman one sucked. Oh, and the Cyborg one sucked too.
- Future Flash was interesting, but I felt there was something a little off about it.
- SO glad that Doomsday developed his boney appearance. When he first came out and was cave troll smooth, I was incredibly disappointed.
- When Doomsday started bursting electricity, I had the same feeling in the pit of my stomach as when I saw what they bastards did to Deadpool in Wolverine Origins.
- I am an unabashed lover of Ben Affleck. Great actor, even better director. The guy can almost (looking at you, Gigli) do no wrong. With that preface, I thought he was fucking fantastic as Batman.
- I am also an unabashed hater of Jesse Eisenberg. The Social Network is one of my favorite movies, and he was damn good as Zuckerberg, but I hate him in everything else. Including this. He fucking sucked. His Lex was 100% annoying.
- I really like how a lot of the scenes from the trailers were of a completely different context when seen in the movie. I think they did this on purpose, and it worked.
- Wonder Woman is a badass. She did more damage to Doomsday than anyone else.
- Lasso/Kryptonite gas bomb/Kryptonite spear through the heart was a great ending.

It all comes down to the movie length and how bloated and self-indulgent the first two thirds were. Could have been a solid four out of five for me, but it barely (BARELY) squeeked by thanks to the final act.

**Merlin1958** · 03-26-2016 02:33 PM

I just saw "In the Heart of the Sea" and was pleasantly surprised. I give it a 4 out of 5. I like how they wove the, Melville angle into the story.

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