I keep a movie log in my paper journal, so I figure why not keep a log online too.
This will not be a review site, sometimes just my own personal reflections that might only make since to me (this is just meant for me BTW, but if someone else follows that is great too)
For the most part I mainly watch Horror and "genre" related movies, but On-Demand services cause me to watch some ridiculous things I might not usually watch (late night...nothing is on...trying to go to sleep, put on brainless movie).
If I happen to watch a mention worthy television show I might mention that here too.
Way back before this movie came out Lionsgate was at a convention passing out free promotional items and posters. Shane and I grabbed a Bug poster as well as most of the other free crap. At some point we ended up puting it on our ceiling as a filler with intent to watch it and take it down if we didn’t like the movie (which reminds me, I need to take down that Infection poster that has been up there 2 years after seeing and hating the movie). So the movie has been out for a while now, we put off watching it due to really bad feedback (not that I normally care). So the other night I saw it was On-Demand and gave it a shot.
Ashley Judd is white trash living in a motel/efficiency apartment. She is lonley and drinks a lot. The phone keeps ringing, nobody is on the other end. She goes out to the bar one night with her friend they end up back at her place with a guy they just picked up at the bar. Her friend leaves in a hurry and left the guy behind. They just met, he is a little odd but she lets him stay the night anyway, sleeping in seperate beds. The next morning the guy is gone and her murdering/abusive ex-husband who was just released from jail was there. He beats her up a little, the odd guy returns with food, the ex leaves. The two have a conversation over breakfast. We learn she had a 6 year old son who she lost(or was kidnapped) from a grocery store 10 years prior. By this point we already know the guy is paranoid and thinks everything is a conspiracy. Over their rather depressing conversation they decide to get it on. They fuck. She tells him she like having a man around and wants him to live with her. They are in bed, he gets bit by a bug. She doesn’t see them. He says they are all over. They have a discussion about him getting bug killer the next day, she says she will call an exterminator. That sets him off, he is worried that someone will come in and see him. She accuses him of not being honest with her and being a con, he won’t tell her why he is so paranoid, they get mad at each other and he leaves, she cries hysterically in the bathroom. He comes back and through the bathroom door explains that he was in the military and the government used experimental drugs on him and there were side effects, that he escaped and went AWOL. The government was looking for him that was why the exterminater could not come. From that point on they lock themselves in this efficiency with the occasional visit from the friend or ex-husband. They have fly paper all over the place they both have rashes and scratches all over their body, scratching themselves like meth adicts. There are no bugs, this guy is crazy and he has brought the crazy out in her too. It becomes evident that she too was crazy from the begining, the phone calls were all in her head, her waiting for the call from her son that never happened. This guy just pushed her over the edge.
I love this movie and I almost want to give it a higher rating but it isn’t quite epic enough. I want to watch it again to see the subtile things that would now be obvious now that I know the outcome.
This guy works in a morgue, he has an obession with hair and whenever a girl with pretty hair ends up in the morgue he cuts it off and sells it to beauty salons for hair extensions. This one chick who was found dead inside of cargo crates filled with hair ends up at this morgue. When she arrives she is bald, but eventually her hair starts to grow. The worker takes her home, her hair continues to grow and grow. He cuts and sells her hair, the girls who recieve it as extensions end up dead. The hair is possesed by the woman who it came from. There is a whole back story going on about a girl who is apprenticing at a salon where the guy gave samples of the hair to and they tie in together.
With a lot of Japanese sometimes it is hard to tell their intent, if they are taking themselves seriously or just out to make a wacky film. During one of the final scenes it is obvious that they were just having a good time.
I actually though this was really cute and funny. Usually these types of movies are pretty standard with nothing more to offer than any other Rom-Com. Somehow this brought more, I cant’ really figure out what it brought though. This just seems different than the rest. Actually I don’t feel right calling it a Rom-Com. Oh yeah, I never realized how hot Mila Kunis was until I saw her in this.
Ash really wanted to see it so we surprised him by taking him to see it. It wasnty playing in 3D locally so we had to go to Poughkeepsie. The 3D glasses are not the paper ones with the red and blue channels anymore, they are plastic and makes everyone look like Buddy Holley. The 3D is much more effective than in the bast. The movie itself was cute and good, I think it would stand up without the gimeck.
Surprisingly a first time watch for me. I am glad I waited because if I were to have seen it when I was younger then I probably would have been bored and hated it.
I love how his cheeks get hairy when he goes Drac.
I am shocked that Ash recongnized William Marshall as King of Cartoons. Ash loved this movie by the way! How many 6 year olds do you know likes Blacula?!??!
Late night try to go to sleep pick. I am shocked I put it on since John Travolta is in it but since since Salma Hayek & her titties (not naked titties) are in it I gave it a chance.
Based on a true story that takes place in the late 40’s-early 50’s, Raymond Fernandez (Leto) responds to classified ads from desperate women, he pretends to love them then takes off with their money. He tries to do this to Martha Beck (Hayek) but she knows his dead & is on to him. They soon team up and play these women together, with Martha pretending to be his sister. The two are a couple and she becomes very jealous when he is with the other chicks. Instead of them going along with the plans Martha becomes psycho ands up killing a few of the girls. So now they are on the run for murder with John Travotals big humungoid head hunting them down.
It was a good movie, I’m glad I watched it.
Here is the real couple, Hollywood definitely prettied up the casting. You can read about Raymond & Martha and their story here.
Another first time watch for me. It was good and I think an important film to watch if you are a movie buff. The cinematography was beautiful. I think my only complaint was the what I would call in present day terms as “music video” editing, since this was made in 1969 I cant really call it that or fault it. It was kinda annoying but forgivable given the time.
This might be my favorite Jack Nicholson role ever because of this:
As I am writing this the actual date is 4/17/09. I am dating this post around the date I actually watched the movie. I forgot to write it in my journal, so I will do my best to recap what was going on, it might be a little off though.
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I usually steer way from avant garde or experimental films. I find that most of the time they annoy the shit out of me and are way to pretentious for my taste. I gave this a shot because it was only 15 or so minutes long and we were about to watch another movie so Shane wanted to watch this first.
I’m not going to pretend I like Salvador Dali. Yes, his paintings are unique and I can appreciate that but I wouldn’t hang it up in my house (even though there is a HUGE Dali poster haning up in my house thanks to Shane) I find the man himself to be intriguing though, I love how ecentric he is. I don’t know why I am even writing about him, this whole time I though this was Dali’s film and IMDB just notified me that he only wrote part of it and it was directed by someone else.
I find it hard to believe that this film was made in 1929. It is pretty fucking crazy and to think how audiences would have reacted to such a thing back then just fascinates me.
As I am writing this the actual date is 4/17/09. I am dating this post around the date I actually watched the movie. I forgot to write it in my journal, so I will do my best to recap what was going on, it might be a little off though.
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I am not a huge Bob Dylan fan, I enjoy some of his music but I could take it or leave it. I had heard that this movie was for die-hard Dylan fans and if you are not familiar with his story then you might not like it. I found that to not be true. This is a great movie and it stuck with me days after watching it (mostly Richard Gere’s Dylan scenes)
There are 6 different people playing Bob Dylans different phases or personalities and each one is amazing.
Oh yeah, this movie made me realize how much Seth Rogan and Heath Ledger look alike, some might disagree though.
As I am writing this the actual date is 4/17/09. I am dating this post around the date I actually watched the movie. I forgot to write it in my journal, so I will do my best to recap what was going on, it might be a little off though.
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This is one of those movies everyone around my age remembers watching when growing up, but for some reason I had never seen it. I don’t understand how that happened, I’ve been a genre fan ever since I was REAL little, I watched Up All Night and Monster Vision religiously and had Cinemax but somehow I missed this one.
Two sisters wake up one morning to discover everyone is gone. A comet had flown by and eradicated everything not indoors. I can’t remember how but people start turning into zombies, the few people who survived the comet are now being hunted by the zombies. The sisters end up at a radio station where they meet a truck driver, it seems like these 3 are the only ones left. They get on the airwaves in hope for help and scientist come to their rescue. Now the survivors are guinea pigs to find out how to reverse the effects.
I fell asleep somewhere after they are captured so I don’t know the outcome. I need to finish it.
Here is the real couple, Hollywood definitely prettied up the casting. You can read about Raymond & Martha and their story 
