Ova anarhoidna horror komedija mi je bila pravo osvježenje za pogledati, pogotovo kada sam vidio da Dave Grohl i Foo Fightersi glume sami sebe u ovoj ludoj gore/trash horror komediji. E, pa priča ide oko toga da Foo Fightersi moraju snimiti deseti studijski album, a nemaju inspiracije. Tu uleće šef studija koji im rezervira kultni Encino da bi na miru napisali i snimili album. Ono što oni ne znaju je da u Encinu nije sve kako treba. Ovdje je već devedesetih boravio jedan bend koji je bio obećavajući, ali jedan član je opsjednut knjigom od ljudskog mesa pobio sve ostale članove. Pogađate, demon opsjedne Grohla i one počne biti opsjednut dovršenjem paklene pjesme i ubijati ostale članove benda i susjede. Kreće ludilo prepuno dobre zajebancije, gore scena na kojima bi pozavidio i ozbiljan horror i loše glume članova benda hehe. Bilo je pomalo tužno vidjeti bubnjara Taylora Hawkinsa koji je preminuo nakon što je film snimljen u ovoj ulozi. Kao što mi je najsmješniji i član bend koji se nekako najlošije snašao kao lik u filmu Pat Smear, legendarni gitarist, a Grohl je sam po sebi dobar kao glavna uloga i main man benda što je u stvarnom životu i u filmu. Završetak filma odgovara nekakvom nastavku jednog dana, a i ne mora biti. Dobra horror komedija kakvu već dugo nisam gledao.
When I watched trailers and announcements for this one, I knew this must be a good movie and I was not wrong. Christian Bale leads great actors line-up in this darkened gothic thriller. Bale plays world weary detective Augustus Landor, who is summoned by the army in West Point to investigate the series of gruesome murders. There he finds help of young cadet Edgar Allan Poe(superb Harry Melling – Dudley from Harry Potter serial) who helps him discover dark secrets and uncover the sad and grisly truth about witch hunters, rituals, talk with the dead and the ugly and sad twist at the end of the movie. Besides above mentioned, I must also highlight Gillian Anderson (agent Scully from X-Files) in eerie role of disturbed woman and also Robert Duvall as expert in occult professor Pepe. I don’t know, although this is over two hours long movie, it is not boring for one second and made in nightly darkened tone of gothic like secrets, atmosphere and mood are depressing and sad, from main character to the story itself. Movie is directed by Scott Cooper, known as director of Hostiles, Out Of The Furnace which also featured Christian Bale. Cooper is a co-writer with Louis Bayard and the script is dynamic and well crafted. Murders are grisly and gory, but done in a nice way, so if you are not into gore scenes, do not worry, you will see none of these explicitly in this movie. So, in the end, nice one, but not top of the pops.
I remember when I was a kid, my friends called me to their place to watch wrestling together. Then that was WWF Superstars and WWF Challenge on cable tv. I was immediately struck by the storylines, characters larger than life, matches, betrayals, brotherhood and sisterhood and although it is ‘only’ sports entertainment, I stick with wrestling even today and never miss ‘Monday Night Raw’ or ‘WWE Smackdown’. But I also follow AEW Wrestling who also have quality stories, great wrestling and characters. I also watch WWE NXT with younger talent coming to fold and one day get to main roster of WWE. So, when this documentary was announced on Peacock, I waited and the wait is finally over, I have watched it. This one tells the story about 50 year career and Hall of famer Ric Flair in two hours time, also known as ‘Nature Boy’ whose daughter Charlotte is nowadays WWE Women’s Smackdown champion heading into Wrestlemania season in three weeks from now. This one lets Ric tell his story in his own words mainly, from being adopted kid, to his wrestling start, being hit by lightning and surviving, also surviving plane crash, alcohol, drugs, having his son fatally overdose on drugs and his marriages and women adventures. I was left wondering how is this man even still alive after what I watched in this movie. There are touching moments of his final WWE match, his comeback from death and some of that brought moist to my eyes. I think, one day there will be biopic of his life for sure. Great one indeed. Hats off to the legend of wrestling!
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