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Dracula: we're engaged

Van Helsing: IN COMBAT

Dracula (1958) Dir: Terence Fisher

Sleep Well, Mr. Harker.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/11/horror-of-dracula-1958/

http://horrorfreaknews.com/horror-dracula-1958-review

http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/31-nights-of-dractober-horror-of-dracula-1958/

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/462320/

http://hollywoodmetal.com/2014/11/20/film-review-horror-dracula-1958/

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There’s a reason the terms “polymath” and “Renaissance man” exist. Why a person can become a “legend”. 

THIS GREAT MAN, THIS AMAZING HUMAN BEING, WAS ONE.

LotR Trivia: Sir Christopher Lee had met Tolkien once, and even received Tolkien’s blessing to play Gandalf (he actually did, in a way-- Lee’s voice was mixed with McKellen’s when the Trio meet the White Wizard). He also read the books every year. 

RIP Christopher Lee

The Wicker Man, 1973, dir. Robin Hardy

horror of dracula 1958 // girlfriend by avril lavigne

Where Hugo, I Go...

Rewatched for the umpteenth time, the lovely film, Hugo (2011). If you haven't seen it, nor read the book by Brian Selznick upon which it is based, please consider a look and a read.

We rewatch films for a variety of reasons, just as we often do for books. Always something new and different to see, to hear, to learn, to experience.

But that wasn't why I put this film on the blog. With the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes, now more than ever, the Martin Scorsese directed piece seems relevant. Here we have the young orphan, Hugo Cabret, living in the train station and maintaining the clocks; the timepieces that make the trains, and presumably society, run on time. Those horological machines are human made and what time represents in the lives of humans is a constant tick tock, tick tock. With every beat of our heart, every breath taken, time passes.

Hugo senses this, as does his young friend, Isabelle. At one point in the film, Isabelle questions the future and what her purpose in life is to be. Hugo thinks for a moment and remarks:

"I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too."

And during their conversation, Hugo also states:

"Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do… Maybe it's the same with people. If you lose your purpose… it's like you're broken."

Turning that scene over in my mind and thinking about the plot (w/o spoiling too much, it is a wonderful homage to humans and art and film and history and human connections) and the ongoing strikes...but...

How is it that we humans have so readily turned the machines into the masters and the humans who created them into the extra parts?

This marvelous film would be nothing without the humans who dreamed and created and built and moved and loved it into being along with the original work upon which it was based. The humans aren't broken, the system is. The studios/corporations must recognize the labor that gives purpose to our lives and place the technology in the place wherein it serves the greater good before time runs out.

I could contemplate this film and its themes for a long time, it is a real gem to view and think about in the context of the past, the present, and the future. Hats off to all involved.

Christopher Lee. Coming from the dead

13.01.24

#Mira-Marathon | Star Wars

Film Name: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002); Production Studios: Lucasfilm, Mestiere Cinema, Recce & Production Services; Director by: George Lucas; Screenwriter: George Lucas, Jonathan Hales; Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson; Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure; Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes;

The movie "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" tells the exciting story of young Anakin Skywalker in a space action movie. Impressive effects, interesting plot and memorable characters. Themes of love, loss and temptations of the dark side of the Force.

My rating:

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Well that's the question here, noble or the animalistic.

I as an enthusiast of animalistic prefer rather the beautifully dirty.

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The bloody mortal created by ancient stardust

There is nothing better after a warm summer night walk than to have pleasure together on a bench.

Count dracula in the shape of the beast

I once had a beast, he always wanted to fuck my leg but that's another topic.

Oh yes before I forget, spectators are also welcome.

But they should like it!

What Nina probably thinks now: the poor lusie I should support her and come out of my hiding place and lick the big dog's balls!

Nonsense certainly her imagination is even worse!

Phwoor.

Lemme just

*drops it on your dash like a cat bringing you a dead mouse*

dododooo

Mycroft threatening Watson’s life for giving him unsolicited medical advice.

Looks like he does indeed deserve to superiorly look down on us

"Les villains, si vous voulez, les héros maléfiques, si vous voulez... J'ai toujours essayé à mettre quelque chose dedans de la tristesse. Inattendue, toujours. Il faut- il faut absolument que le public soit un peu, heu... bouleversé. "Ah! Je n'attendais pas ça avec ce monsieur."

— Sir Christopher Lee, 2001 Bolero interview on Monte Carlo TMC, with Denise Fabre.

(gifs by @david-talks-sw)

I’d watch it.

“He seemed to have expert knowledge of exactly the sort of noise they make, and so I didn’t push the subject any further…” - Peter Jackson