Vic Sage

apparently, FX is doing a series based on the movie: https://www.slashfilm.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-trailer-official/https://www.slashfilm.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-trailer-official/

yes, because those movies are really funny. Mockumentaries don't have to be appreciated ironically; they can be really good, like SPINAL TAP, and some of the other Chris Guest films. The characters lack self-awareness, but the humor is real. But SHADOWS is just tedious. The joke is really in the concept more than the execution, whereas the Guest mockumentaries are equally funny in their execution as they are in their conception.

I agree that the mundanity (?) was intentional, but that didn't make it any easier for me to sit through. It's like campy stuff that is intentionally bad is still bad. Some people like such movies ironically (my son loves THE ROOM, for example, and the entire oeuvre of Neil Breen, the Ed Wood of contemporary filmmakers). But I tend not to like things ironically.

I loved it, too, but sometimes it felt to me like I was watching a 3-D movie without the glasses.

bored the crap out of me.

Edgy MD wrote: Vic Sage wrote: depending on how you define horror, you could also include JAWS (1975) and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991). No horror film has won BEST PICTURE ... Well, The Silence of the Lambs won. You don't really have to stretch any definitions to file it under horror at all. And it not only won best picture, but became only the third film to sweep all five major categories. In my view, serial killer movies can be regarded as thrillers, or action films, or mysteries, or suspense films, but not necessarily horror films, unless the psychopath in question has some sort of supernatural aspect, quality or dimension. I understand that many definitions of the horror genre include non-supernatural thrillers about serial killing psychopaths, but I happen to disagree. There is a reason that works in the horror genre in every media are generally grouped together with SF and Fantasy, rather than suspense, or mystery, or thrillers. If the only criteria for "horror" is a work that intends to scare you, then that could include half the films ever made, and when a definition is that broad, it fails to be useful. What distinguishes a work of horror from any other that might put its protagonist in mortal danger, or uses some similar narrative device to evoke fear in the viewer, is the supernatural element. For example, many point to PSYCHO as the first (or at least most influential) slasher/horror film. I disagree. Until that point, Hitchcock was the "master of suspense," not horror, and he reached his apotheosis with PSYCHO. But for Hitch's horror film, you have to look to THE BIRDS, which offers a terrifying vision of a small town enduring a protracted and organized attack by birds for no reason, implying some unnatural situation in which birds can think and coordinate and seek vengeance for a crime only they are aware of. If all it takes to be a horror film is an attempt to induce fear or dread, then just about every film Hitch ever made was a horror film, and he should be rechristened "the master of horror" rather than suspense. Under the supernatural definition then, if you consider the shark in JAWS or Hannibal Lechter in SILENCE to have a quasi-supernatural dimension, rather than being merely a realistically depicted shark or psychopath (and I can see an argument for that), then its HORROR. If not, they could be considered suspense, or thrillers, or actioners, or even dramas, rather than examples of the horror genre.

Emily Blunt won SAG best supporting actress award for her performance in A Quiet Place and wasn't even nominated by the Academy. While blockbuster superhero films are getting recognized, "horror" movies are still waiting for a chance. Later supermovies have 1 nomination for best picture...That's for BLACK PANTHER this year. While i totally agree that horror films have been woefully underrepresented, particularly in best picture category, they have waaaay more best picture nominations than superhero movies, with THE EXORCIST (1973), GHOST (1990), SIXTH SENSE (1999) and GET OUT (2017), and, depending on how you define horror, you could also include JAWS (1975) and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991). No horror film has won BEST PICTURE, but there have been 60 horror films nominated for oscars in other categories (compares to about 26 superhero films), and 16 have won Oscars (compared to 4). i do think Emily Blunt got screwed for A QUIET PLACE, and that horror films got particularly overlooked this year, when i would include in my own top 10 not only A QUIET PLACE, but ANNIHILATION (which could be categorized as SF instead), and HEREDITARY. I liked BIRD BOX, too.

I have no interest in any of them (other than BP, which I've seen). I guess, eventually, I'll catch BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY and A STAR IS BORN on cable/Netflix (or a plane), because my wife wants to see them. Maybe VICE, too. But the others sound duller than dishwater.

I've seen virtually none of these films, except BLACK PANTHER, MARY POPPINS, RBG, and most of the visual effects and animated feature nominees.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, DEATH OF STALIN and A QUIET PLACE got screwed by the Oscar nominators this year.

Here is the full list of 2019 Oscar nominations: Best Picture: “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “The Favourite” “Green Book” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity's Gate” Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” Lead Actress: Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma” Glenn Close, “The Wife” Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born” Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman” Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born” Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Sam Rockwell, “Vice” Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, “Vice” Marina de Tavira, “Roma” Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” Emma Stone, “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite” Director: Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War” Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite” Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” Adam McKay, “Vice” Animated Feature: “Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird “Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson “Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Animated Short: “Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine “Bao,” Domee Shi “Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall “One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas “Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez Adapted Screenplay: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Joel Coen , Ethan Coen “BlacKkKlansman,” Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins “A Star Is Born,” Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters Original Screenplay: “The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara “First Reformed,” Paul Schrader “Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón “Vice,” Adam McKay Cinematography: “Cold War,” Lukasz Zal “The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan “Never Look Away,” Caleb Deschanel “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón “A Star Is Born,” Matthew Libatique Best Documentary Feature: “Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross “Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu “Of Fathers and Sons,” Talal Derki “RBG,” Betsy West, Julie Cohen Best Documentary Short Subject: “Black Sheep,” Ed Perkins “End Game,” Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman “Lifeboat,” Skye Fitzgerald “A Night at the Garden,” Marshall Curry “Period. End of Sentence.,” Rayka Zehtabchi Best Live Action Short Film: “Detainment,” Vincent Lambe “Fauve,” Jeremy Comte “Marguerite,” Marianne Farley “Mother,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen “Skin,” Guy Nattiv Best Foreign Language Film: “Capernaum” (Lebanon) “Cold War” (Poland) “Never Look Away” (Germany) “Roma” (Mexico) “Shoplifters” (Japan) Film Editing: “BlacKkKlansman,” Barry Alexander Brown “Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Ottman “Green Book,” Patrick J. Don Vito “The Favourite,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis “Vice,” Hank Corwin Sound Editing: “Black Panther,” Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker “Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Warhurst “First Man,” Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan “A Quiet Place,” Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl “Roma,” Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay Sound Mixing: “Black Panther” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “First Man” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” Production Design: “Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler “First Man,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas “The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton “Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre, Gordon Sim “Roma,” Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez Original Score: “BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard “Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell “Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat “Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman Original Song: “All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA “I'll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch Makeup and Hair: “Border” “Mary Queen of Scots” “Vice” Costume Design: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Mary Zophres “Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter “The Favourite,” Sandy Powell “Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell “Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne Visual Effects: “Avengers: Infinity War” “Christopher Robin” “First Man” “Ready Player One” “Solo: A Star Wars Story

Took you long enough, dude.

I see fewer and fewer new films every year, so my top 10 is pretty meager. my top 10, alphabetically: Annihilation Aquaman Black Panther Death of Stalin Herditary ISle of Dogs A Quiet Place Sorry to Bother You Spiderverse Vice honorable mentions: Avengers:IW, Mary Poppins Returns,They'll Love Me When I'm Dead I also saw: Alpha Antman & Wasp Bird Box Christopher Robin Crazy Rich Asians Deadpool2 First Man Incredibles2 Juliet, Naked Oceans 8 Other Side of the Wind Outlaw King Pacific Rim Uprising The Predator RBG Rampage Ready Player One Red Sparrow Solo Tag Tomb Raider Venom Won't You Be My Neighbor? still planning to see: Anna & the Apocalypse Ballad of Buster Scruggs Bohemian Rhapsody Bumblebee Creed II Halloween Mission Impossible: Fallout Ralph Breaks Internet Sisters Brothers Stan & Ollie A Star is Born Widows other movies getting "best of" buzz: At eternity's gate Beautiful Boy Ben is Back Blackkklansman Blindspotting Boy Erased Can you ever forgive me 8th grade The Favourite First Reformed Green Book If Beale St could talk Leave No Trace Mary Queen of Scots Roma Shoplifters The Wife You Were Never Really Here

It may be A taxi driver, but it's not THE taxi driver.

Blackhawks were military heroes, but not SUPERheroes.

I'm splitting the difference.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I didn't know that! I thought it was a theatrical release in Australia. yes, it was theatrically released in a few countries, but not in the U.S.

it initially premiered on TV. I only listed theatrical features.

As it turns out, THOR and IRON MAN 3 did make the top 30 (at 28 and 25, respectively), but not top 20, with GHOST RIDER finishing near the bottom (45).

Based on my custom logarithms, here is the proper ranking of all 50 theatrically released Marvel movies to date: LOGAN BLACK PANTHER IRON MAN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY THOR 3: Ragnorak CAPTAIN AMERICA III: Civil War DEADPOOL SPIDER-MAN 2 AVENGERS CAPTAIN AMERICA II: Winter Soldier X-MEN: Days Of Future Past SPIDER-MAN: Homecoming SPIDER-MAN DR. STRANGE X-MEN II: x-men united X-MEN: 1st Class BLADE Avengers III: Infinity War DEADPOOL II GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, vol. 2 X-MEN CAPTAIN AMERICA: First Avenger ANT-MAN & the WASP ANT-MAN IRON MAN 3 AVENGERS II: Age Of Ultron AMAZING SPIDER-MAN THOR IRON MAN 2 INCREDIBLE HULK (08) THOR 2: Dark World WOLVERINE, the SPIDER-MAN 3 BLADE II X-MEN: Apocalypse X-MEN III: The last stand AMAZING SPIDER-MAN II X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE DAREDEVIL PUNISHER HULK (03) FANTASTIC FOUR II: rise of the silver surfer FANTASTIC FOUR (05) BLADE III: Trinity GHOST RIDER PUNISHER WAR ZONE ELEKTRA HOWARD THE DUCK GHOST RIDER II: spirit of vengeance FANTASTIC 4 (2015)

metirish wrote: I am no expert on the MCU but this list seems wrong to me , makes for some interesting banter in the comments section though https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/15/the-20-best-marvel-films-ranked moronic list. Ghost Rider? Thor 1? Iron Man 3? They don't even make a top 30 list.

There are some really funny stories about what went wrong with this movie. The primary thing that went wrong was that they decided to make it.

if the film isn't successful, it will be ironic that the most popular use of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in a movie won't be in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody".

BUDDY HOLLY STORY STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON SID & NANCY THE RUNAWAYS and the best one... THIS IS SPINAL TAP AND lets not forget KISS VS THE PHANTOM

Did you appreciate its utter lack of unicorns?