#2004 film

[hebuiltfive]

Just did my annual re-watch of the 2004 film. So many nostalgic feelings every time I watch that film. My God it has its flaws but it's such a feel-good movie.

And there are a few points, upon re-watching tonight, that I feel I might try and address at some point in writing. Maybe, if the muse remains for it.

At the very least, maybe I should finish up that review I was penning when I watched it last year... Hm.

Speaking of pens, Lady Penelope's costumes are still gorgeous. I don't think they'll ever not be!

[meep-meep-richie]

all he does is looking fine and *** in this movie

[stargiirl27]

I've been on a barry pepper movie marathon and genuinely? the snow walker is such a good film it's free on YouTube to anyone interested the story is pretty good

[sideshow-tornado]

Something that has always bugged me about “The Notebook”. Yeah, it’s a white house with blue shutters like she asks for, but that is not a wrap-around porch. It’s grand and over the top, whereas Allie described wanting something more charming and intimate.

[playermagic23]

Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta starrer Lakshya completes 20 years; to re-release on June 21.

Lakshya starring Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta, is a beautiful coming-of-age drama of an unfocused young man discovering his passion at a military school. The film, which received a lot of critical acclaim, completed 20 years on June 18 and along with a heartfelt post shared by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s production house Excel Entertainment, it also revealed that the film will be re-releasing in theatres this week.

 The announcement post included a trailer of the film which gives audience a glimpse into the film and it was reposted by the lead cast of the film including Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, and Amitabh Bachchan. The caption for this post read, “Come, relive the journey of a film that ignited countless dreams and inspired generations. Celebrating 20 years of Lakshya, back in cinemas on 21st June.”

[payasobabas69]

[gethighdropacidneverdie]

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[ophelialoveshandsomemen]

Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.

Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??

They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...

Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.

And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!

Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!

By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?

Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!

Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?

Alright I need to go to bed now.

[inorddinary]

behind the scenes of saw (2004), dir. james wan.

[depravedsafehaven]

We did it lads

[saw-films]

oh, yes, there will be blood.

[odetokeons]

The Substance (2024) + parallels with other horror films

Re-Animator (1985)

Saw (2004)

The Shining (1980)

Videodrome (1983)

Pearl (2022)

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Carrie (1976)

[arwen-evenstar]

Elena Anaya as Aleera in Van Helsing (2004) dir.: Stephen Sommers

[rafwci]

I wasn't going to drink today but I missed saw🕊

[popclture]

13 Going On 30 (2004)

[enterprisegurl1701]

All of this 👆🏻

If there’s one thing I like about the 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera, that would be Gerard Butler’s acting during All I Ask of You and its reprise. Yes, I know he’s singing is mediocre, but damn, I love his facial expressions during these scenes. It’s truly heartbreaking. He also looks confused in the first parts. He doesn’t understand what love is, because he doesn’t even know love to begin with.