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Okay, I came back from Christmas Bloody Christmas...

I walked out on it. Joe Begos has that distinct honor reserved for only maybe 1-2 other movies. Is it unwatchable? No. Is it bad? Well, here's the thing: your mileage may vary. Watching it reminded me of one aspect of the director's previous film Bliss that I forgot about and disliked about that movie in that the main character is very unlikable. I was able to stick with Bliss because I was curious where it was going and the carnage was fantastic. Bloody Christmas does not have that distinction.

There's hipsters evvvvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyywwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeerrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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The director himself has a hipster look. As seen here:


I like his taste in movies. And Bliss had it's share of hipsters but this movie went way over the top with it. It seemed like it was all an excuse for the director to hire his friends. In addition, and why I dwell on this so much, the characters are even more unlikable then in Bliss. I wanted all of them to die and the movie commits the sin of making our characters stupid out of plot convenience. The gore is alright but kind of simple and not amazing. The gore consists mostly of decapitations. I give it brownie points for killing a kid but the death was largely off camera.

If you yourself are a hipster and/or don't mind them @The Cunting Death then you might like this but I don't know. But god almighty was I disappointed.
 
BrunoMattei said:
Okay, I came back from Christmas Bloody Christmas...

I walked out on it. Joe Begos has that distinct honor reserved for only maybe 1-2 other movies. Is it unwatchable? No. Is it bad? Well, here's the thing: your mileage may vary. Watching it reminded me of one aspect of the director's previous film Bliss that I forgot about and disliked about that movie in that the main character is very unlikable. I was able to stick with Bliss because I was curious where it was going and the carnage was fantastic. Bloody Christmas does not have that distinction.

There's hipsters evvvvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyywwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeerrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
e

The director himself has a hipster look. As seen here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vVChLTjhIPY
I like his taste in movies. And Bliss had it's share of hipsters but this movie went way over the top with it. It seemed like it was all an excuse for the director to hire his friends. In addition, and why I dwell on this so much, the characters are even more unlikable then in Bliss. I wanted all of them to die and the movie commits the sin of making our characters stupid out of plot convenience. The gore is alright but kind of simple and not amazing. The gore consists mostly of decapitations. I give it brownie points for killing a kid but the death was largely off camera.

If you yourself are a hipster and/or don't mind them @The Cunting Death then you might like this but I don't know. But god almighty was I disappointed.
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I was really hoping for Christmas Terminator.
 
BrunoMattei said:
Okay, I came back from Christmas Bloody Christmas...

I walked out on it. Joe Begos has that distinct honor reserved for only maybe 1-2 other movies. Is it unwatchable? No. Is it bad? Well, here's the thing: your mileage may vary. Watching it reminded me of one aspect of the director's previous film Bliss that I forgot about and disliked about that movie in that the main character is very unlikable. I was able to stick with Bliss because I was curious where it was going and the carnage was fantastic. Bloody Christmas does not have that distinction.

There's hipsters evvvvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyywwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeerrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
e

The director himself has a hipster look. As seen here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vVChLTjhIPY
I like his taste in movies. And Bliss had it's share of hipsters but this movie went way over the top with it. It seemed like it was all an excuse for the director to hire his friends. In addition, and why I dwell on this so much, the characters are even more unlikable then in Bliss. I wanted all of them to die and the movie commits the sin of making our characters stupid out of plot convenience. The gore is alright but kind of simple and not amazing. The gore consists mostly of decapitations. I give it brownie points for killing a kid but the death was largely off camera.

If you yourself are a hipster and/or don't mind them @The Cunting Death then you might like this but I don't know. But god almighty was I disappointed.
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So I just finished Christmas Bloody Christmas. Very mild non-specific spoilers ahead.

I can see why you called them hipsters, but to me those people were just typical metal scenesters. I definitely agree that the movie had zero, literally zero, likeable characters. Nobody to root for, even as Robot Santa butchers (and boy does he fucking butcher) his way through the cast, you still don't feel the need to root for anybody.

Personally I liked it. Not as good as I had hoped it would be, but still a lot of fun. The soundtrack rules too. The final act felt a lot like an homage to Hardware or Death Machine. Contrary to what you said @BrunoMattei there weren't that many decapitations at all. Like 2 maybe? At what point did you walk out?

The biggest beef besides the annoying cast and a lot of the dialogue (imagine writing a character who says Alien Covenant is better than Alien, or that Blair Witch 2 is better than the first? Right then I wanted her to be killed) for me was how the small town didn't actually feel like a real place. It's a small town, there's like 6 police total, yet they all act as if they don't know the main character at all. She's fleeing a massacre covered in blood, in a police car, and they pull her over, arrest her, don't listen to anything she says and act like SHE murdered people. In a small town, everybody knows everybody, especially the fucking local cops. That pissed me off. It was like a purposeful attempt to make the cops seem like belligerent retards.

Besides that, lots of practical effects. Fingers being chopped off, the pick end of the fire axe being smashed into faces, actual explosions, some gunfire. For me it served its purpose.
 
Cistern Rumbler said:
Personally I liked it. Not as good as I had hoped it would be, but still a lot of fun. The soundtrack rules too. The final act felt a lot like an homage to Hardware or Death Machine. Contrary to what you said @BrunoMattei there weren't that many decapitations at all. Like 2 maybe? At what point did you walk out?
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I walked out right after she runs over the santa bot and a hipster cop arrests her. At that point I was in pure "fuck it" mode.

Again, I wouldn't say it's the worst movie ever. But the characters are holy fuck levels of unlikable.
 
The Fair Lady said:
Saw Smile last night and liked it, though I also liked It Follows so I guess that was to be expected. My only criticisms are that it was a little too padded and the cliché demon voice they used for the thing was dumb.
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I refuse to watch that movie because it gives off strong vibes of retarded snapchat filters and creepypasta nonsense
 
BrunoMattei said:
I walked out right after she runs over the santa bot and a hipster cop arrests her. At that point I was in pure "fuck it" mode.

Again, I wouldn't say it's the worst movie ever. But the characters are holy fuck levels of unlikable.
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Terrible time to walk out. The carnage of the final act is probably the best part of the film.

Also "hipster cop"? That was Jeremy Gardner, the director/star of The Battery, After Midnight etc.

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Tbf he wasn't Vice in the movie though, just a small town officer. The sheriff also had long hair (and handlebars). My point is just that Jeremy Gardner always looks like that, he's a sweaty Floridian longhair.

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Who Invited Them (2022) a couple throws a house party, and two guests linger on far past when it's time for them to go.

I might have a soft spot for Ryan Hansen, but overall I thought his performance (and the guy from 13 Reasons Why) really elevated that movie. It might have been somewhat predictable but throws enough swerves to keep you guessing (and guessing wrong).

It's not the greatest, but it's definitely worth a watch with full attention 8.5/10

The ending I thought was great because honestly I'm not sure at all if the husband ends up just dying and it's his dying hallucination, the couple killed the cop at the entrance and snuck back in to wait for them, or he's just suffering from PTSD and it's all in his head... or his wife is fucking with him for some reason. That last minute or so was fucking awesome. If they did sneak back in, is the wife fine with them being there? Did she go crazy? Strikes the perfect balance of open-ended and discomforting AF
 
I saw this ages ago on my uncle's satellite TV setup (he had one of those HUGE old dishes that got you everything from foreign programming to stations that showed marathons of fucking Sky King), and I finally got around to watching it with adult eyes.
Yea, it's Dawn of the Dead with the serial numbers (poorly) filed off.

But at the same time, it's pretty much the best Resident Evil movie out there. Way better than the "official" stuff.
 
BrunoMattei said:
Internet War Criminal watches 13 Reasons Why. Let's point and laugh.
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Never watched the show, was pleasantly surprised with his performance and that's his biggest credit on IMDB so how the fuck else am I supposed to describe him, say he "Preppy Guy #1 in We Are Your Friends"?

Cistern Rumbler said:
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It's not the greatest doesn't mean that it's not shit, or that it's not even great, it's just not a classic or a must-watch
 
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