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  • jessica
    fortune favors the bold
    • Nov 5, 2007
    • 4590

    #16
    I love dark and depressing! I have the DVD--just don't have time to watch...
    Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
    Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

    To do list:
    1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
    1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;

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    • emeraldknight47
      Talkative Member
      • Jun 20, 2011
      • 5212

      #17
      Originally posted by jessica
      I love dark and depressing! I have the DVD--just don't have time to watch...
      Take the time, Jessica. You'll be glad/sad you did!
      sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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      • Nostalgiabuff
        Muddling through
        • Oct 4, 2008
        • 11424

        #18
        make sure the kids are not in the room Jessica....we made thje mistake of putting that one one as out "movie night" one weekend and had to cover their eyes several times....pretty brutal stuff with the cannibals

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        • emeraldknight47
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 20, 2011
          • 5212

          #19
          Originally posted by Nostalgiabuff
          make sure the kids are not in the room Jessica....we made thje mistake of putting that one one as out "movie night" one weekend and had to cover their eyes several times....pretty brutal stuff with the cannibals
          It is definitely NOT a film for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Also probably not the movie to choose if you're already feeling depressed. The only upside I could see to watching it in a depressed state of mind is that you could clearly see that things could be SO much worse!
          sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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          • babycyclops
            Career Member
            • Jul 9, 2010
            • 823

            #20
            Havn't read the book, but I was impressed with the film, it really struck a chord with me.
            The director John Hillcoat also made the prison movie 'Ghosts of the Civil Dead', another film that will never be nominated for feel-good movie of the week.
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts....the_Civil_Dead

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            • GaryPlaysWithDolls
              Mighty Man/Monster Maker
              • Aug 14, 2007
              • 2347

              #21
              Yeah, that is a bleak book. Beautiful in its sadness, but bleak. I was so excited that they were going to make a movie and then I've avoided seeing it. The book is so...wow. Hard to read, hard not to.

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              • jessica
                fortune favors the bold
                • Nov 5, 2007
                • 4590

                #22
                Another bleak book that was...is still so awesome is called "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski. Now THAT is the hardest and most difficult story I have ever read.
                Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
                Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

                To do list:
                1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
                1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;

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                • babycyclops
                  Career Member
                  • Jul 9, 2010
                  • 823

                  #23
                  Originally posted by jessica
                  Another bleak book that was...is still so awesome is called "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski. Now THAT is the hardest and most difficult story I have ever read.
                  Wow! You're not joking. 'The Painted Bird' had a profound effect on me when I read it. Eastern Front World War Two and Holocaust survivor literature is pretty much as heavy as it gets.

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                  • garagesale
                    Dept. of Mego Studies
                    • Aug 8, 2006
                    • 1142

                    #24
                    I taught the McCarthy's book, as well as the Joe Penhall script/John Hillcoat movie in my MFA screenwriting seminar. Immersed myself in both last summer preparing my lectures and whatnot. Strange that they filmed this in the area around Pittsburgh (not far from where we do Mego Meet), so I felt completely engulfed by this sad, sad story.

                    Amazing novel, excellent film. Check out Hillcoat's The Proposition and McCarthy's other work (Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men). Strangely uplifting for such downbeat stuff.

                    JamesD

                    http://www.libarts.uco.edu/english/adjunct/dolph/

                    THANKS!

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                    • Steeler80
                      Mayor of Strunk
                      • Jun 29, 2001
                      • 5688

                      #25
                      Like many have said, it's a hard movie to watch and even more hard not to watch. I've not yet read the book, although I've read some of McCarthy's other stuff.

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                      • emeraldknight47
                        Talkative Member
                        • Jun 20, 2011
                        • 5212

                        #26
                        For me, it's one of those movies that's now earned a permanent sticking place in my brain. I find myself thinking of various scenes at random times, as heartbreaking a movie as it was.

                        Speaking of post-holocaustal films, does anyone here remember the British either movies or mini-series called "THREADS" that was about life after a nuclear attack? It was also pretty bleak and I haven't seen it in Y-E-A-R-S, but there are still parts of it stuck in my noggin...
                        sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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                        • babycyclops
                          Career Member
                          • Jul 9, 2010
                          • 823

                          #27
                          Originally posted by emeraldknight47
                          Speaking of post-holocaustal films, does anyone here remember the British either movies or mini-series called "THREADS" that was about life after a nuclear attack? It was also pretty bleak and I haven't seen it in Y-E-A-R-S, but there are still parts of it stuck in my noggin...
                          Heck yes, I remenber Threads... especially the end scene.
                          I also watched 'The Day After' at the movies. I believe it was a made for TV movie, but it got a cinema release here. As a teenager in the 80's, nuclear war seemed an ever-present threat! Must have been much more so if you grew up in the 50's or 60's- Duck and cover!

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                          • emeraldknight47
                            Talkative Member
                            • Jun 20, 2011
                            • 5212

                            #28
                            Originally posted by babycyclops
                            Heck yes, I remenber Threads... especially the end scene.
                            I also watched 'The Day After' at the movies. I believe it was a made for TV movie, but it got a cinema release here. As a teenager in the 80's, nuclear war seemed an ever-present threat! Must have been much more so if you grew up in the 50's or 60's- Duck and cover!
                            Yeah, post-nuclear war movies were "popular" for a couple of years and I remember all the hubbub here in the States surrounding "TDA" even though over here, it was a televised film. I found it a bit disturbing---until I saw THREADS, which make TDA seem like a total lightweight. THE ROAD affected me in much the same way, even though I'm not sure what type of disaster befell them...
                            sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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                            • Thor
                              Thunder God
                              • Dec 17, 2009
                              • 679

                              #29
                              I remember admiring the father's strength as compared to the poor kid's mom.
                              sigpic


                              "I've seen things you wouldn't believe."

                              - Roy Batty

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                              • mazinz
                                Persistent Member
                                • Jul 2, 2007
                                • 2249

                                #30
                                you guys also might want to check out "No blade of Grass" here is a short copy/paste from my FaceBook account along with a link to the trailer:


                                "I just finished watching this rather brutal and unforgiving film in which I thank the Warner Bros Archive collection for remastering it, nice widescreen (2:35:1) and having it fully uncut. The film is an end of the world doomsday scenario (concerning disease) and rather violent and graphic for 1970. If your are a fan of this type of genre (or similar type films such as the Day after and Threads). I would strongly recommend this. Pretty well done and worth the watch-"

                                http://youtu.be/7wx4VA7wwqU
                                "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

                                Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"

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