What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Ingrid]

Spencer. It’s Black Swan, but using Diana as Nina. As a piece about a woman’s descent into madness, it’s fine. As a movie about the hypothetical last Christmas Diana spent before she and Charles separated? I said “what the fuck?” a lot. I don’t even really quite understand how Kristen Stewart god an Oscar nom for this. The costumes were fucking spot on, though.

[BillyG]

Spencer. It’s Black Swan, but using Diana as Nina. As a piece about a woman’s descent into madness, it’s fine. As a movie about the hypothetical last Christmas Diana spent before she and Charles separated? I said “what the fuck?” a lot. I don’t even really quite understand how Kristen Stewart god an Oscar nom for this. The costumes were fucking spot on, though.

We watched it this weekend too and it completely flew out of my memory when I walked away. It's a bit interesting, but it just feels weird? Like, I remember zero reports of Diana having a fucking total breakdown like this. It felt like a weird exploitative jerk off fantasy the director and writer had.

[Ingrid]

Exactly. It’s a fever dream.

[Abraham Smashington]

I bought this for Lesley cause she loves this shit. Hope she likes it.

[Abraham Smashington]

and then it showed up on Hulu the next day....womp womp

[Anderson]

and then it showed up on Hulu the next day....womp womp

Yeah, everything Neon is going to Hulu for awhile.

My views on Spencer vary day to day, but Kristin Stewart is a great actress.

[Matt]

I keep hearing it's an IRON LADY situation: fantastic central performance, bad film.

[BillyG]

Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface Fights Gentrification

It was not a "good" movie, but I did get 90 minutes of fun from it. I cannot help but laugh and smile at a bunch of Austin young money gentrifiers buying a small town to "get away from the crime" (lol Austin is crime ridden?) and then bussing in more Austin young money to auction off buildings and turn it into a tech bro paradise. Basically, they wanted to make hill country Marfa. Instead Leatherface fucking kills EVERYONE and it rules. Light spoilers but it's fucking Texas Chainsaw: The goddamn SCHOOL SHOOTING PTSD SUBPLOT. Holy shit what a choice.

[FilmNerdJamie]

It's so Goddamn bad. A flaming hot piece of shit with extra stinky lines.

[Anderson]

I fucking loved the new TCM. Should have watched my screener when I had the chance early.

[Anderson]

the little chick looks like Mash/Harold and Maude era Bud Cort.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Sally is the Laurie Strode of Halloween (2018). If she was a royal dumbfuck.

That was a choice.

[BillyG]

the little chick looks like Mash/Harold and Maude era Bud Cort.

YES.

[Abraham Smashington]

Texas Chainsaw was amazing. I mean it's dumb as hell but I don't care. I loved watching everyone one of those jackasses die. It's not the worst thing in the world. I'd put this about 3rd in line for TCM flicks if I was ranking them. the 71 mins FLEW by, yeah Sally is dumb but whatever we all knew what was going to happen here. That first kill was brutal. The gore in this was great.

[Timothy225]

We watched TCM last night with the in-laws (their choice, my niece is getting into horror films now, so...). The kills were terrific (the very last one was brutal to see and kind of stuck with me awhile), and I get where Bill was coming from with the "young money investors" plot vs. old somewhat ghost town residents. I was more annoyed at how fucking stupid most of the characters were and that they HAD to be written that way in order for this movie to work.

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Best parts were my brother-in-law losing his mind when the bus scene kicked in - he kept wondering why they didn't just rush Leatherface and overpower him. Sure, some of 'em would die anyway, but they still had the numbers to take down a guy in his 70s/80s and do some real damage to him. Also, my sister-in-law covering my niece's eyes during some of the more gruesome stuff, but the kid still peeked through and got into the carnage.

This film is stupid as hell, the classic TCM homages are bolted on a plot that's pretty generic for a horror film, the telegraphing of who was going to die (called the last survivor the moment they appeared on screen) and it lacked a lot of the tension that made the very first TCM flick work so well, but as a group experience, it was a hoot.