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get shooky this 'tober for the 2026 shrieksltronic ultimate link fest LAZY_TITLE ya fav fearsome content while ampi and fleetmouse argue about stuff like if jacobs ladder was actually ever good. who will be the zilty queen of screams?! |
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its controversial but was jacobs ladder actually good? |
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I saw ot twice at the cinema at the time, I thought it was good then. I'd have to watch it again. I think I used to have the Maurice Jarre soundtrack. I will revisit it all for the spooky season. |
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it is flattering but also hilarious that on your death-bed I will be your last word your last thought |
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i think jacob's ladder is not bad but not great, maybe i'd like it more now or maybe i'd be very bored by it watch takashi ito's instead or |
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nice |
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yeah im gonna watch it again and see what i think. after liking it a lot years ago i rewatched it in 2020 and found it a bit annoying... BUT i was a little distracted trying to make a paper mache skeleton at the time |
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do you have pictures of the paper mache skelle |
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ill try and find it |
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these are cool. have some tea and a scone and enjoy these britty tv shorts |
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i watched jacobs ladder today. enjoyable atmos and scenery and most of it looks pretty handsome. some interesting moments and mood but wouldnt go as far as calling it tension. typical 'is he crazy or is there more to it' sort of plot pace with developments that slowly and predictably paint the picture. body horror flashups and shudderhead moments would have been more fresh in 1990 but still fine. there are problems tho. its overly soppy in a way that you could probably only achieve by taking the damaged veteran cliches and artlessly mixing that with ghost all along/was all a dream routines. culkin as the angel kid looks wack specially whenever paired up with tim robbins corny facial dramatics. lot of horrors can have bad choices for child actors but the way he looks is so out of place with the overall visual tone. tim robbins is annoying thruout and helps to undermine the main character who is given a pretty flat script and doesnt really have much range or expand as a character. the whole thing serves itself like a quest to discover personal truths while opening up into larger conspiracy. it fails to be an adequate thriller on both scores cos the personal discovery bit is just 'ya feel bad after war and ur sons dead' most of which we pick up early on. the military conspiracy promised to unfold as the movie plays out but actually doesnt and the whole thing is just explained in a dialogue drop in the last 15 min by a character we hardly get to know. i think if it didnt have the fleshy stuff and a few twitchy francis bacon bits it wouldnt have been popular |
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