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The Golem: How He Came into the World

Let's face it, when we're talking about silent expressionist German horror, there's some stiff competition to be had. For instance, if co-writer Henrik Galeen were to be remembered for just one film, it'd certainly be Nosferatu. The point being, if I'm less than glowing in my comments on this movie, you can consider it praising with faint damnation.

Obviously, with Hans Poelzig contributing to the art direction and Karl Freund one of the cinematographers, it's a visual stunner.

Paul Wegener looks great in the Golem make-up, and his facial expressions (surprisingly demonstrative for a face of clay) have tremendous impact; he is at times rather frightening. Unfortunately, the Golem is not a very rich or nuanced character, really more of a personification of a community's gestalt than an entity per se. Alas, the movie gives very little attention to the community as a whole, and so the Golem's significance is not explored to nearly its full potential.

Most of the suporting cast is fairly unremarkable, except for Ernst Deutsch's unforgettable interpretation of the rash and lustful Famulus. Deutsch's eyes were made for the silent screen.

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TCM2 is supposed to be a comedy film.

TCM is an amazing, gritty, terrifying film.

The remakes are garbage.

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Prometheus - I finally watched my BD that I got for Xmas and I was kind of worried at first that I was not going to find it as good as I did in theaters. Fortunately, I loved it even more. In fact, I never realized how many references there were to Lawrence of Arabia until now (since I watched the movie for the first time a few weeks ago). I still think this movie is awesome and the people that did not like it just did not get it.

Oh, I also watched the deleted scenes and I definitely think there were a few that should have been in the movie. Some of them, I can see why they were removed, as a few either contradict later scenes or were pointless. However, the scene between the captain and Vickers should have been in there, along with the added dialog between David and the Engineer (along with the last two altered scenes).

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Samurai Rebellion

If you go in expecting action, you'll be disappointed - it's an intense drama that saves all physical violence for the blood-soaked climax. Great film. Directed by the fellow who did Kwaidan; should really try seeing more of his films!

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Just re watched the 1977 Rankin Bass "The Hobbit" animated film. I thought they messed up a couple of the Dwarf names (Owencer & Gloincer)?? But it turns out Gandalf is supposed to be saying Oin (sir) & Gloin (sir) (like Mr.) but he said them so fast for the longest time I thought it was a mistake .

At any rate both Rankin Bass films (Hobbit & Return of the King) are long overdue on Blu-Ray. I hope they come out soon. (Hint hint WB...)

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Trollhunter

This movie surprised me. I finally got to see it years later, but I remember the stir it created. It was a nice film that was humorous at times. It made me want to visit Norway due to how beautiful the place is.

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Jaws (1975) - a new Alamo Drafthouse opened up about 30 minutes away and has been showing this all week. Finally got to go tonight and it was fantastic! Never seen it at the theater until now. It was a digital screening of the new restoration and it looked pretty awesome. There were a few scenes where the picture quality took a noticeable hit but I believe these were the scenes that they had trouble finding decent sources for the restoration. Overall it was really fun seeing it on a huge screen where the incredible cinematography could really shine. And to make it even better, the new theater was really nice and as an opening promotion, the tickets were only $3 and food was half price!

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