Tag: Haiku
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Daily Prompt
What’s your favorite cartoon?
Scooby Do was the one that popped to mind. Been a fan of it for many years and it was always one I loved to watch as a kid.
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Haiku: Cat TV
4 bright yellow eyes
Watching behind the clear glass
Hunting with their mind
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Review and Haiku: Good Boy
I enjoyed this one. Told from a dog’s point of view. I am not sure I have seen a ghost story from that angle and it was more than a gimmick to put butts in seats. It actually worked and kept my attention the whole time.
Highlight for sure was the dog. Indy was so good in his role that at times I forgot I was watching a dog. He sold it. Not sure how they got him to do the things he did.
It also didn’t overstay its welcome. Just shy of 1 hour and 13 minutes and to me that’s a perfect length for a movie like this. If you get a chance check it out. There’s lots of good creepy stuff that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Haiku: Death Tide
Inspired by the song Pacific Grim from this album. If you like extreme metal then check out Cattle Decapatation. Are you a fan? Drop me a comment with your favorite song.
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Movie Review and Haiku: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Not much to say about this one. It worked and sort of didn’t but if you can vibe with it, which I did, then it’s a good time at the movies. It’s not for everyone, probably not for 99% of the population, but that 1% is going to enjoy it as I did because I am a big fan of well made B-Movies.
Plus there’s plenty of gore for gore hounds and Gunnar Hanson is in it. He played Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie. Bonus points for that.
Also liked the noir aspect too with the detective doing voice overs like Bogie when he played Sam Spade. Highlight of the movie for me.
Do you enjoy B-Movies? Let me know your favorite.
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Review and Haiku: Frankenstein (2025)
One word sums up this whole movie – Beautiful. This movie looked amazing from the sets to the lighting to the costumes to the colors to the shadows – simply beautiful to look at and to see. Eye candy from start to finish and it’s one of my favorites of 2025, up there with Sinners and Weapons for great movies I’ve seen this year.
I was afraid having Netflix put this out and to be the engine behind the machine, so to speak, would be a death curse for it. Thankfully it wasn’t because that has happened many times before. So much so that when I see Netflix original I’m hesitant, but in Guillermo del Toro I trust and will continue to trust because his direction is amazing and captivating. His shot selections and the way he moves and weaves the camera throughout these scenes in this movie and these landscapes and the way he holds the tension and the suspense just by using that camera like only a pro can do – loved that aspect of Frankenstein and the story too, which Del Toro adapted for the screen. I was gripped by the story and the conflict the whole time and felt strong emotions and feelings for all these characters on screen.
Oscar Isaac did an amazing job in the lead role, very convincing as Victor Frankenstein. You felt his pain, you felt his torment, you felt his joy, you felt his passion, you felt his struggles. He did an amazing job in that role. Mia Goth, strong as she always is in whatever she does, but for me, the true star in this movie, the person that had the heaviest load to bare – Jacob Elordi – who played Frankenstein’s monster. He put so much heart and soul and emotion into this character that I found myself rooting for him most of the time throughout the movie. I felt all of his compassion and sorrow and grief and everything else this monster endured because Jacob nailed it and if he hadn’t this movie wouldn’t be the movie it is. Kudos to him for stepping up to that challenge and the rest of the cast was solid too. No complaints in that department. Might be some Oscar buzz for this one next year. It wouldn’t surprise me.
Moving beyond direction, story, and acting, the effects are top notch. Money went into this one because the effects worked. There might have been a few wonky CGI animal moments but that’s not really an issue. Doesn’t condemn the movie because when effects were needed they always looked great. Especially liked the look of the monster in this one. Very human like but also very monstrous at the same time. It could almost blend in with society but there was enough off about it that it couldn’t. That led to a lot of great moments throughout this film.
Score was also powerful and strong. Some decent gore at times too and on and on it goes. Needless to say, goodness abounds in this film and I will probably give this one another watch sometime soon.
Have you seen Frankenstein? Let me know your thoughts about it.
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Review and Haiku: Thunderbolts
Spoilers so proceed with caution.
This movie got one thing truly right. The ending. Up until that end I was kind of mid on the movie. I liked it and was enjoying it, as much as I enjoy any of these later Marvel movies that have become formulaic. Not to say that there hasn’t been some good ones as of late, but you kind of know what to expect when you watch one. Good guy must overcome his or her demons, bad guy or girl develops a bad guy or girl plot, good guy or girl punches said bad guy or girl while CGI things go boom and good guy or girl mostly wins with a few blemishes when it’s all said and done.
Thunderbolts, however, didn’t follow the traditional route, this movie didn’t fall into an endless CGI filled battle where’s it hard to see what’s got on half the time and it pushed us, the audience, into a psychological nightmare thriller. That went into the dream space and into people’s nightmares and explored those inner demons that haunt us all. I was floored when Sentry turned into that black mass and started turning not only people but the entire city of New York into this dark hellscape filled with shadows and demons. And Sentry looked particularly creepy at this time. When he went to his dark side. He went to his dark side. Covered in black from head to toe with these beady little red eyes that was the only thing with light in his entire face – just creepy stuff. Straight out of a horror movie and I liked how the Thunderbolts had to go into this dream world and fight their way through it. Enjoyed that a lot and seeing one of these movies truly embrace the dark side was great. I didn’t expect it and it helped to elevate this movie, for me personally, from something kind of mid and typical to one of the better movies I have seen in this MCU run of movies.
What say you? Did you enjoy Thunderbolts? Did you not? Tired of the MCU or not? I am kind of tired of it but I still have a minimal interest in it and probably only Spiderman will get my theater money from here forward, but I will continue to check them out when they drop on Disney.
See it or hear it here:
YouTube Horror Channel: Disembodied Screams
Podcast: Disembodied Screams
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