Shadow of the Vampire was on IFC last night

[Orrex]

This is one of my all-time favorite films, with top notch performances all around (well, Carey Elwes is a bit weak in spots, but okay).

And Comcast's on-screen info-blurb gives it two and a half stars.

:wtf:

They give I Am Legend three stars, for pity's sake.


Who the heck do I have to stomp to correct this gross miscarriage of cinematic justice?

[DarkTirade]

1. Was that the one with the Green Goblin playing Max Schrek?

With great hamminess comes great responsibility. :) That was a damned interesting movie though. And Malkovich, as usual, was creepy as hell.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. that was a good movie. and who cares anymore about the star

system. for chrissakes they only give Jeremiah Johnson 3 stars and that is a 4 star movie if ever there was one.

[Orrex]

5. I don't use it when choosing which films to watch, but it's nice to have one's impressions confirmed

Fear and Loathing is IMO every bit as solid as anything else that Terry Gilliam has done, yet it gets one and a half stars.

Weekend at Bernies 2, in contrast, gets two stars.

[azmouse]

3. I love that movie.

It's perfect for Halloween.

[Orrex]

4. Yes indeed!

The sequence in which Orlock critiques Dracula is--all by itself--a better vampire movie than any other film of the past few decades. It gets to the essential anguish and loneliness of the vampire far better than any of the "romantic" treatments of the genre.

[mitchum]

6. I found it interesting that Dafoe and Malkovich had each other's usual...

hairdo in that movie.
Malkovich sported the fop flop
and Dafoe was bald