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OK, so I've got the weakness, as discussed. This is for folks to recommend any B they think is worth seeing, T&A and violence is encouraged but also ones that turn out to be suprisingly deep. Like Bubba Ho-Tep.

So, seen or on the list:

Bubba Ho-Tep
Machete
Grindhouse
From Dusk Till Dawn
Hobo With A Shotgun

Do I need to watch the earlier films in the series to enjoy watching Army of Darkness ? And is it good ? I know it's a cult movie, but then a number of shitty movies have acquired a cult status, for one reason or another.

As an indication of my tastes, I've really enjoyed watching Braindead.

AoD is technically a direct sequel to Evil Dead 2. Evil Dead 2 however, is not a sequel but rather a weird remake, and you don't need to see the first one to 'get' #2 and 3.

For that matter you don't need to see #2 to 'get' #3, but it's still entertaining.

army of darkness is amazing and stands alone really well

Yeah, you don't, ED2 is far better then 1, and omits the fucked up tree rape.

From Dusk till Dawn
yes
I watched that having never heard of it, which is the best way for that film
I recommend it to everyone but I can't explain why (because explaining beforehand would ruin the film)

Aaron, have you watched My Name is Bruce?

No, bruce campbell?

Planet Terror and Piranha (2010) are good ones.

Bruce Campbell plays himself when a town in southern Oregon kidnaps him to help them fight an evil chinese deity who is killing them off.

Sold.

Watch Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. It's about hicks being mistaken as killers. It's the only movie that actually makes hicks charming and likable.

Hobo with a Shotgun is a fucked up movie.

In a good or a bad way ?

in all ways

Oxymoron wrote:In a good or a bad way ?

I enjoyed it, but I can't see my self watching it again. It's too fucked up. I don't know much about exploitation films from the 70s and shit, so I don't know exactly what it was trying to do. Mimic them?

ditto it was a awsomeng movie but i probably wouldn't watch it again the experience was very visceral

Negative Knub wrote:

Oxymoron wrote:In a good or a bad way ?

I enjoyed it, but I can't see my self watching it again. It's too fucked up. I don't know much about exploitation films from the 70s and shit, so I don't know exactly what it was trying to do. Mimic them?

I'm not sure either. When violence is the system, only violence is the answer?

I see a guy forced to abandon his dream to tear down the system that's made his dream impossible, and to make life better for someone he cares about.

Remember that Hobos entire reason for wanting to start a lawn care business was to bring a little joy to people's lives by cleaning things up. So they might realize that life shouldn't have to be about just survival.

That sound interesting.

You can thank Rutger Hauer for injecting that stuff, he felt the movie lacked some essential emotion and humanity, or so I hear.

It's still an extremely brutal film, complete with mangled penis.

Jesus, Death Proof was awful. Legitimately terrible, the cars were the best part. Well Stuntman Mike getting a roundhouse from Zoe Bell was pretty good.

Aaron wrote:Jesus, Death Proof was awful. Legitimately terrible, the cars were the best part. Well Stuntman Mike getting a roundhouse from Zoe Bell was pretty good.

It's Tarantino. It's destined to be awful.

However, I liked the first half but completely hated the second. I hate it so much that I call the entire movie shit. I recall people saying positive things about the stunt work. It's bad. Very bad. The repetitiveness of that chick holding on to the hood was dreadfully boring.

Planet Terror is vastly superior.

Yeah the first part is better, with at least some depth to the characters.