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I usually do find black/dark comedies funny. But not this one.

That's not to say it wasn't a really good movie - it was. Just not funny. Like, at all.

VA - We have seen more than a couple movies classified as "comedy" and found nothing funny about them, dark or otherwise.

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4.5 out of 5

Raimi churns out a really enjoyable thriller, numerous twists and turns you don't see coming, and avoids many of the obvious tropes one might expect. Characteristic Raimi bits of comedy and body-horror fit well and don't detract from the story.

Normally don't care for "one/two people stuck in X location and have to survive Y event/thing" movies, but this one really lands well.

We watched Bugonia on Netflix.
Holy shit.

Billed as a "black comedy", but I didn't see anything worth laughing about, unless you enjoy laughing at tortured minds and mental illness.

But it was an absolutely captivating movie. I have barely ever been so focused on what was happening. The writing and acting were outstanding. It deserves every accolade it got.

I can see several directions the ending could have gone in, all of them potentially interesting in their own way.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

4.5 of 5

Manages to hit all the key notes of good horror films from ambient creepiness to jump scares to body horror.

If you are a horror movie fan, you will most likely enjoy it.

Wurthering Heights: 2.5 out of 5.

Visually impressive, well acted, yet stretches the term "poetic license" to it's limits.

Got close to needing to be named "Inspired by Wurthering Heights."

We Bury The Dead: 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

Decent "zombie" flick, taglines and trailers are misleading. Mixed feelings over the ending, but otherwise not bad.

Yes it is the umpteenth redo of The Most Dangerous Game. But an interesting take on it.

I like many had to read The Most Dangerous Game in high school. The only things I specifically remember are "I recommend moccasins. They leave the poorest trail." and the guy's dog being killed by a tiger trap.

The Apex is an old story. Been done dozens of times.

First published as "The Most Dangerous Game" in 1924. The first film was made in 1932. Probably the most famous is the movie "Predator."

All that aside, I though it was well done.

I love "The Dead Don't Die". It has a great cast and is very funny, in a solemn way.

Also watched it, but alone. The Mrs said she wasn't interested from the trailer alone. I enjoyed it though.

We saw Apex tonight. Really enjoyed it. Taron Edegar does a magnificent job of playing a psycho.

Not exactly a movie that would encourage single women to want to vacation in Australia though.

Not that recent, but "The Dead Don't Die".

What a fucking weird and funny movie. The wife and I really liked it.

"Mercy". Starring Chris Pratt was a pleasant surprise. I checked it out on my latest coast-to-coast flight.

Just finished APEX last night. I found it less of an acrophobia trigger than other movies, including FALL (2022), or scenes from MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (2011), EVEREST (2015), and that space-walk scene from 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT (1984). I've yet to watch VERTIGO (1958).

It’s fun isn’t it? Odd that you can do that but not heights. Maybe it’s situational?

I discovered that I suck at rappelling coming down from a zip line platform. The big problem for me was spiders. It was in a Mexican jungle. We all have our phobias.

but surprisingly i have gone zip-lining a few times

Are you alluding to the exhibition hotel in the “meat packing” district? People “meat pack” against the panes and the dock workers watch.

GGMM - "Heh. Chances are she'd say something like that about something you take for granted."

While I'm sure that is true, that particular DIL is pretty damn fearless. Maybe electricity or something else unknown to her, but nothing commonly thought to be a usual phobia. Some I like better than others for various reasons of course, but I will say all my boys chose well and I have a great bunch of DILs.

I grew up in Coronado, Dad was Navy. Never had a problem riding over the bridge. But once I started driving, that bridge scared the snot out of me. I’d rather drive around through Imperial Beach. But still drove over it for the time savings.

"I don’t think people would do well with Batman staring in the windows several floors up."

Or Batgirl...? I had several women on the payroll.

You might be surprised at what has been seen and heard from both sides of a window hundreds of feet above the ground.

FF: The people outside the window 500' above the ground often can't hear a damn thing going on inside and due to window tinting, depending on the lighting, they often can't see inside. People inside can hear every little sound and see everything on the outside of the window.

"I have a DIL who has done that very thing annually for nearly a decade. FOOK DAT !!!!!"

Heh. Chances are she'd say something like that about something you take for granted.

When my kids were young, they spent time wall climbing at the gym while I worked out. My daughter still prefers climbing a wall to rocks or mountains, but she's done all three pretty regularly.

Fun Fact: Her dad is so afraid of heights that he can't go near windows above the 10th floor.

So you and Kitten both have crews on scaffolds?

I don’t think people would do well with Batman staring in the windows several floors up.

There's an engineering firm that inspects the exterior of tall buildings and does a detailed report for repairs/maintenance items to be addressed. They do this by rappelling down and literally swinging from side to side to review every square foot of each elevation. This is faster and far cheaper than renting/setting up/moving a suspended scaffold.

The inspectors dress like Spiderman.

My crews (on scaffolds) were more like Batman on a Batstage (with utility belts full of wonderful toys) addressing the damage done by Mr. Freeze and the Rainman.

I don't like driving across bridges.

Coronado bridge? No structure over you? 300 feet to the water?

I'll do it. But I hate it...