Stupid Cults...

Jassmine(SO) · Post by **Jassmine(SO)** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:20 pm

Howdy Y'all

Does Star Wars count as a cult film??? I saw it when it first came out, many moons ago and I didn't really think all that much of it at the time. Having rewatched it... Dunno why

I still didn't care for it all that much. I am not an "epic" type movie person, I suppose.

*Hugs & Love*

Eloise Goth · Post by **Eloise Goth** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:51 pm

I'm with you on star wars, Jassmine...the same goes for star trek too.

Alexandra · Post by **Alexandra** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:26 pm

no stone pelting from here beauty!

Curly(SO) · Post by **Curly(SO)** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:39 am

Beauty, there is not a garbage throwing smilie so you can have this instead....

(I have been waiting for an opportunity to use that!)
Love

Curly(SO)

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:31 pm

Cult movie I didn't like: "The Blair Witch Project" The promotion surrounding the film: the website, the ads, the stick figures; all that was neat. The movie itself was rather "Blah".

After more than ten years, I still have not seen "Reservoir Dogs". Everyone swears it's a great movie, and I love all the actors in it, but I've never gotten 'round to seeing it.

I didn't like "Pulp Fiction" at first, but it's grown on me. "Kill Bill" on the other hand, is something I've loved since the first frame. Sure, it's cheesy in places. It's supposed to be. I just wish that Tarantino would stop jawing about making "Kill Bill, Vol. 3" in 15 years and just make the oft-mentioned but never produced "Vega Brothers" picture.

One of my favorite movies of the last few years is Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai". It's about a hitman (played by Forrest Whitaker) who lives by the code of bushido. He gets tangled up in the bad business of some Mafiosi. The soundtrack was done by The RZA (who also collaborated with Tarantino on "Kill Bill"). It's not for everybody. Coincidentally, this movie recently appeared in the "2 DVDs for $11" bin at WalMart.

Aislin · Post by **Aislin** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:48 am

Thank you JAYE,

"The Blair Witch Project" sucked way too much money out of my wallett. To say I was not impressed is to join all the things said so far about "Rocky Horror Picture show", Easy Rider, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction.

Eloise Goth said:

I'm with you on star wars, Jassmine...the same goes for star trek too.

Sorry kiddo but I disagree. Both film sets are science fiction run amok. I have paid to see both and have video collections of both. The real deal here may be what cinematic oratory have you liked? where can we find common ground? I have a feeling it will not be the DaDA caper..

Eloise Goth · Post by **Eloise Goth** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:01 am

when it comes to likes in the cinema, stuff like 'scarface' the first 2 godfather movies,goodfellas, apocalypse now and hamburger hill float my boat.

Lorna · Post by **Lorna** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:54 pm

Okay, I'm going to say it at the possible risk of getting my pretty little butt ostracized from this forum...

but I just have to say it (I really hope I don't offend anyone too badly) but it's just eating away at my insides...

I CAN'T STAND Lord Of The Rings.

It truly escapes me. I just don't get it.

I hated having to read The Hobbitt in high school, and hated letting friends drag me to see all three of the movies during which I had to fight to stay awake.

My apologies to every LOTR fan in the forum but I just had to say it. ))))))

Eloise Goth · Post by **Eloise Goth** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:58 pm

Alexandra · Post by **Alexandra** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:43 am

Lorna, I'm with you on "Lord of the Rings".

"Blair Witch" succeed not because of the film itself but because of the hype generated on the net before the film was released. The producers of the film created all the(false) rumors about the film themselves and kept feeding the frenzy. This was pure marketing genius! The film was just so-so.

Curly(SO) · Post by **Curly(SO)** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:24 am

I liked Blair Witch Project.

CJ · Post by CJ » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:39 am

Hi all,

Well, I'm a huge cult film fan (call me "Psychotronic CJ")!

Oddly (or maybe not), I seem to put more emphasis on favorite cult directors than I do on films. Auteur cinema, to me, is such, regardless of whether we're talking about Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 or François Truffaut's À bout de souffle. They're both intensely personal visions, whether or not anyone finds anything of even remote value in the one or in the other.

Favorite directors:

Sam Raimi (from Evil Dead to Darkman to the Spider-Mans);
Quentin Tarrantino (from Reservoir Dogs to the Kill Bills);
Ed Wood (need I elaborate?);
Kevin Smith (from Clerks to Dogma to Chasing Amy);
Roger Corman (the self-proclaimed king of exploitation movies);
Robert Rodriguez (anything by Robert Rodriguez--and the DVD bonus materials on Once Upon A Time In Mexico are alone worth the price of admission!);
David Lynch (from Eraserhead to Mulholland Dr.);
David Cronenberg (the Canuck who gave us Rabid, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, Crash, Existenz, and Spider, amongst others);
Tim Burton (a Goth filmmaker, if there ever was one!);
The Coen brothers (I was hooked the very first time I saw the opening shot in Blood Simple);
Sam Peckinpah (master of the slo-mo death scene);
Jonathan Demme (Swimming to Cambodia, Silence of the Lambs)
Steven Spielberg (master of the blockbuster that thinks it's a cult film).

Favorite "cult" actors:

Steve Buschemi
John Turturro
Christopher Walken
Mickey Rourke
Bruce Campbell (Bubba Ho-Tep has to be seen to be believed!)
Frances McDormand
Juliette Lewis
Michael Ironside (although he seems to have gone mainstream, lately)

To stay on topic, though, there are very few cult films I saw that disappointed me. Oliver Stone's Natural-Born Killers springs to mind. A meditation on violence and the media? No, a meditation on long-windedness and artsy bloodshed. The Ring is another (although the far superior Ringu was very effective). The Blair Witch Project left me unmoved (although I'll agree with Alexandra: we have to give these kids credit for what they've accomplished with just a few bucks and a cheap cam). Anyway, I try to go easy on criticism--I've never been in a director's shoes, so I don't really know what's involved in getting a film from a mere thought to a theater screen. I just appreciate being entertained.

Good thread, Eloise!

Love,
CJ

Eloise Goth · Post by **Eloise Goth** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:35 am

thankies, CJ....and by the way, I agree with you about Tim Burton, Christopher Walken and Steve Buschemi!

Alexandra · Post by **Alexandra** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:49 am

CJ wrote: Anyway, I try to go easy on criticism--I've never been in a director's shoes, so I don't really know what's involved in getting a film from a mere thought to a theater screen.

Then I've just the movie for you: Living in Oblivion, starring, yep, thats right, none other than Steve Buschemi, as a frustrated director trying to shoot a movie. I guarantee the first 30 minutes of this film will be remembered by you for years to come! An excellent film about movie making -- better than the more widely recognized movie about making movies Day for Night.

side note: I think Frances McDormand is the best actress period, cult or no cult. IMO she did her best in Wonder Boys, which by the way had a TG character playing a minor role.

Eloise Goth · Post by **Eloise Goth** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:12 pm

moving into the world of television, can someone please tell me whats so funny about Seinfeld?