The opening title card said it all "you will see no resemblance to the men and women of the press of today." Ain't that fucking the truth! More so now than then. Reporters ain't shit now. I've seen this on my Top American Films of All-Time and Before 1976 lists on letterboxd for a while and now I saw it on Paramount+ so said why not? Hildy's pinstrip suit and hat are so awesome! Wonder what color it is?
The comedy is fast paced and rapid fire like you think of 1940s comedies of being. It's almost comforting like watching Dick van Dyke or something just relaxing and calming. But how is Hildy a girlboss while marring a insurance man? That's like if she married some Wall Street man or something it ain't any better than before. Anyway the movie pacing was amazing I wasn't bored at any point and it was funny throughout the run time. I can see why Quentin Tarantino put this in his top 11 list. Also the Mayor and the Sheriff are asshats. And all the actors did their thing in this wonderful picture.
One of the most fun and awesome blockbusters of the 2010s. Extra half star for Jack Black's performance in this. This is equal to the original in my opinion.
I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.
Young Chakotay is such a bad actor. Great doctor episode tho.
One of the best kids shows ever made!
This just makes me want a remake of the 80s show or at least something like that. Also great Megatron design! I love the mix of 3D and 2D animation, it's subtle but there for effects and stuff.
A great action movie, but if the language was changed people could easily mistake this for an MCU movie. The effects are amazing and very colorful and exciting, definitely a spectacle akin to Avatar or Infinity War/Endgame!
I love the songs and the score, the guitar is amazing. I hope they release the score for this movie. Overall this is a great movie for an action movie kinda vibe, you'll love it if you like Marvel movies or action in general.
Harry's brother is so fucking annoying, I don't believe in violence but that kid is so annoying and rude and spoiled.
Another one for Godzilla Day 2022 and I'm not counting midnight as the end as I got up later last night so it's still Godzilla Day for me at least!
Best romcom. When her lesbian friends hated on her for being Bi that was crazy.
A wildly innovative and entertaining horror film that smartly parodies the satanic panic moment. I'd like to think this is what those old farts thought was happening to kids when they listened to Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, Judas Priest, or Ozzy. The metal music in the movie was actually kick ass not gonna lie, even the innocent power ballad. Shout-out King Kobra for the music in the film. The score while not the best suited for this movie admittedly, it is still very good; I love the synth-style strings and stuff, reminds me of Castlevania music, SoulCalibur, or Advanced Wars a little. John Martin did a wonderful job as the teacher in this too!
"SHUT UP PRISCILLA!!" Yeah, tell that bitch off how dare she call the students inbreds! Very campy, plenty of boobs and plenty of blood and metal, so it's a 8/10 for me!
Renfield looks like John Belushi. Acting is so bad sounds like they barely acted before or spoke English at all. And it isn't dubbed they are actually saying it in English I think. Music is kinda cool like a RPG game when you at a town or something resting. And did his wife give him the fucking salute when he left? Germany c'mon man it's 1979. At least the colors are cool, not too bold and bright but not too dark and colorless. And why when he said Dracula's castle that everyone looked at him like a soap opera or comedy bruh 3.8 my ass. If this was made in 2018 or something I bet you it'd be rated 3.1 or something. The shots are cool I guess but still kinda boring.
The shots, the color, and the quality are great especially for the time without digital 8k cameras and stuff. But the acting and the weird pacing is such a shame, only Nosferatu himself got any good acting at least physical acting not voice, but everyone else is like a b-movie actor or c-movie actor or something. And the clocks are cool. If this movie was silent maybe it would be way better. The choir music reminds me of Zelda :3
It appears that I'm watching the English version, idk if that means dubbed or they spoke actual English on set but I'll put the voice acting aside, hopefully on a rewatch I can see the original German version. The colors are very vivid especially in the third act, the best one so far. Maybe I was harsh on the acting but it is based on a silent German film from 1922 and that is based on a 1890s book so it's probably meant to be that way in a creepy way and not a bad acting way? Also it's German and the only other German movie I've seen is the original and Vampyr so maybe that's just how acting is there or something.
Invented the slasher troupes of the 80s and 90s especially the wild and unique kills, it might be the first to do that and popularize it. Same director who made Porky's and A Christmas Story but this is his highest rated. Jess is so cute too but has a weird British accent bc she's British in real life. Thank this movie for all the B-movie horror that you know and love.
"Don't try anything or you're canceled brah" - Gen Z when a serial killer attacks.
Nice Terminator 2 moment when the girl from the first is awesome and gets all badass to get some revenge.
Second film of Peacock's Halloween movies presented by Jamie Lee Curtis and it has many great movies on there. This came out the same year as Dracula and is in the same cinematic universe. I think people like this better is bc there's no "outdated" effects like in Dracula but I personally liked Dracula more. Boris was great in this but like superhero movies from the 70s to the 2000s, the great horror actors got typecast and only got roles like or similar to their famous one, very sad when that happens to actors and actresses.
A very amazing movie for something this old, figured I would be bored or something. There's not a whole lot of action but action movies weren't a thing until like decades later so it's not a negative, being one of if not the first horror sound picture, at least the most popular of the first wave, it's pretty great. Bela is great in this and I had no idea Van Helsing was in this or the original book, I thought he was the comic character; Also the Lego Batman director is making a solo Renfield movie so I'm hype for that. Also why doesn't Van Helsing have a trench coat or a cool hat and why isn't he Wolverine, lmaoooo. Helen is also very hot and such a queen! Bela is also a king too! If he was alive today and the same age I bet all the ladies and men would be in love with him like RDJ or Leo Dicapo.
If the rubber bats make you rate this like less than 3 and a half stars bc it's not real bats or looks "cringe", that's cringe itself. People who complain about the bats the same who complain about marvel movies being "99% fake" like bruh all movies are fake unless it's a documentary, like if a book was fantasy would you say it's bad because it's not real? This has been my adhd review of 1931's Dracula thank you for reading my review of the movie that makes up 20% of this review and the other 80% about marvel and Van Helsing.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer! Just as good and enjoyable as the original! The jokes were always just as good especially the rock slide one. And omg Brian Posehn is in this? Talk about legend! Also the super human torch was so awesome and definitely would kick most villain's ass. Galactus will always be my favorite major avengers threat villian but I wish we got to see him not as a eldritch smog or got more of him. Guess the sequels that could've happened would maybe included him more? Maybe the third mcu saga will be about Galactus?
Best unconventional promotion of a theme park ride!
The humans got worse, I don't necessarily mean just acting wise, they just became assholes, they killed Ratchet for crying out loud, "my sister got killed in Chicago, you'll get no sympathy from me." What the Fuck? Who cares! The whole planet coulda got wiped out or even as low as the city, but go off I guess. I hate humans who say that shit in any sci-fi or superhero-type shit. Like okay, fuck you since you rather everyone die than someone you knew or family; like I would be grateful that other people got to live and not fucking turn into slaves or just outright killed. Like I get having everything be roses and flowers and shit would be boring but like jeez, at least the last three movies had human characters, I mean human-like in that they aren't just stuck in their ways and stuff. But maybe people would act this way in real life. I do like the idea though, not gonna lie. But still makes me mad how they get treated.
Mark Wahlberg's and Jack Reynor's characters are the only sane ones, everyone else is a paranoid asshat. If anyone needs to get pissed on like in the first movie, it would be the CIA guys, like jeez. T.J. Miller is great, as always. And where is Sam in all of this? Like I get they or he himself might not have wanted to be in any more of these movies but still, just feels incomplete. Also, love Oreo-Bot, he's so cool! One of the Dinobots made the Godzilla sound and it was cool!
The music acts carried this episode.
The Ghost of Christmas Future is smoking a blunt bruh :sob:
Attack on titan meets gundam meets Godzilla! Very good but not the best but for a 3D anime movie it's top tier stuff. Great for fans of sci fi or post-apocalyptic movies, but Godzilla fans might miss some of the fun of it.
My second A24 film, very funny and colorful, very 80s indeed. And it has Jerry from Rick and Morty, Chance the Rapper, and Zazie Beetz!
I believe this is my first Asian horror movie, y'all in Asia are talented at horror god damn :sob::sob::sob:
This movie is funny, like modern day funny. The effects are similar to today's meme edits and shitposts. It's one of those stay in a haunted house/reading of will type movies, you think it wouldn't be that popular of a genre but it really is common, especially from the 20s to the 60s it seemed every 10th movie was one of these Old Dark House type movies. Also, it's kept my attention which isn't rare for a hour long movie, but it's rare for a silent film. Aren't the Hollywood girls of the 50s and earlier so gorgeous? I think so at least. :asterisk_symbol:in a gangster accent:asterisk_symbol: You know those dames were some beautiful broads!
You can't tell me that the Looney Tunes and Disney creators weren't high out their minds making all these shorts back in the day.
The first two acts were very slow but the last one was pretty awesome especially the staircase scene. My third George C. Scott movie. The more I watch of the two the more I think Michael Douglas could remake or stand-in for George.
I wish I had seen that Tubi had this as well, Eminem is my favorite artists so to have started 2023 with him would've been better. The documentary is kinda meh though.
I had to add this to TMDB so it would be on here and Trakt.tv. It's super fast to do so remember to add any obscure stuff like documentaries and stuff. Also, I know this isn't a flashy first movie for 2023 but Ice Cube is one of my favorite rappers so I feel he deserves the honor. I also enjoy nostalgic documentaries from the mid 90s to the mid 2000s. Also, it features a lot of early 90s rappers so if there is anyone you recognize that I didn't add to the TMDB base, be sure to add it or at least leave a comment here.
Filled with plenty of crowd banter of the man himself. It's like a Wikipedia page of Cube but with music and images and videos added in. Not bad for a small-budget documentary in 2004. The weird selection 1/3rd the way through where it just plays songs while listing albums and songs and collabs he has done was kinda a weird choice.
It then goes into the ghostwriter accusations against Ice Cube by Kam, the supposed writer of Cube's raps. It also says that Cube sent members of Da Lench Mob to record buzzing artists small and big, live to use for their album's styles and raps. But my understanding is that Raw Footage from 2008 is the second-best Cube album personally, and it was way after Kam broke off from Cube's label and broke their friendship off.
The documentary then goes into Cube's movie career. I haven't watched any of his movies besides Anaconda so I can't give much input. But at the end when he interviews people about Ice Cube, I love when one of the girls says bye and turns around and he records her ass :rofl:. Also, the last one with the probable crackhead was funny.
What the fuck is Obi-Wan's problem ??
