You know Matt, I don't know if anyone's said this before, but your editing is really well done. You switch shots just enough to be interesting but not annoying. The overlays are great and the sound is spot on. You've captured the basement feel without the cable access feel that could easily come with it. You should be proud of your self. These shows really are superbly done.
I just watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Halloween weekend for the first time since highschool and was surprised to see Barry Bostwick plays Brad. Thumb kisses all around!
I have to say 'Modern Times' is in my top 10 favourite films. Yes the practical effects are mesmerising and the sets are remarkable, but it's got so much heart to it and I feel that Chaplin isn't trying so hard. The laughter and the emotion comes so easy on that occasion.
I've always been a fan of BlameSociety, ever since you guys did shorts on Channel 101. Throughout the years, your creativity has been a bright point on RU-vid. Recently I started to watch Welcome To The Basement & notice what a fantastic show this is. I actually started to watch from the beginning & this has given me a real insight on some films I would have ever imagine checking out. Thank you for allowing me to experience the joy of these movies with you.
I watched A Trip to the Moon several months ago, and was extremely impressed by it. It's kind of mind-boggling to see what they managed to pull off over a hundred years ago. Plus, it's got wizard scientists and lizard-crab aliens. What's not to love?
The choice of having both of you do the synopsis of The Immigrant together was a fun change of pace. Thanks for the Wayne art retrospective, as it not only led to great scenes, it led to fantastic games - to attempt imagining what a movie would look like with a different mind at the helm (Kubrick's Viva Las Vegas, Bergman's Anchorman, etc.) With the end of the season, I'd like to thank Welcome to the Basement for broadening my perspective on movies. I watched very few before stumbling upon this show, and your analysis, insightful while still being entertaining, has allowed me to be more observant the two times I've been to the theater this holiday season. I'm not exactly a cinephile yet, but my horizons have been broadened, and for that I thank everyone involved with this show. Here's to many more seasons of the silver screen and the ol' Leather Couch.
Speaking of Steve Coogan, he starred in a comedy called Hamlet 2, and it is one of the best attempts to capture how being a Drama student feels that I have ever seen. As drama nerds yourselves, its mandatory viewing! all of the comedy, and sadness, and fighting and for lack of a better word, Drama of being in a production. Its obviously a labour of love. and it features my favourite film quote of all time: "My life is a parody of a tragedy"
This remains my favorite show on youtube. Thank you guys for doing what you do. I'm going to spend the break watching every movie featured in season three. Cheers.
I have seen every episode since the very beginning! So in honor of you guys I have decided to watch and review 60 movies in 2015! Keep up the good work!
Thank you for another year of fun in the basement. Still patiently (yet constantly) waiting to see that Kagemusha viewing/discussion, and I hope you will watch/discuss it soon. See you next year!
The only episode I have not seen is The Descent, which I purposely avoided as I still haven't seen the film but mean to. I suppose I'll have to do that mid-January. I also appreciate how you mentioned Stu just one last time. He helped make the show so much funnier. Thanks for Season 3!
Hey guys, thanks for another year of this awesome show, hope everyone had fun with movies over Christmas, I did a marathon of the 8 Howling movies myself mainly for amusement cause I like bad movies sometimes. Also glad you talked about 'Sorcerer', I saw it first time this year and loved it, it is a great remake. Look forward to Season 4 throughout 2015. Have a happy new year everyone.
As a serial re-watcher of these videos, I mostly just click on the related videos to get from one to the next, and Wild Angels is NEVER over there. I don't know if that's WHY it has less views, or if that's BECAUSE it has less views, but I just thought I'd let you know.
My favorite movie that I saw in 2014 is Dr.Strangelove. I'm so upset that I never saw it sooner. I freaking loved it. It's one of my top 10 favorites now.
I don't think that there is any other youtube channel that puts so much effort into making great videos. I've said it many times before, but you guys deserve 10x the subscribers you have for all of that work!
Matt I had the same that "everything looks different afterwards" feeling after Birdman as well. It was the first movie to affect me in that way in years.
Wow! "A Trip to the Moon" looks amazing! As a filmmaker I can see how much work doing a film like that was back in the day! Now we have things like the Adobe Creative Cloud and can do stuff with relative ease. They had to create fx frame by frame...amazing to think about. I see lots of "A Trip to the Moon"s in the related videos...gonna go watch it after this. Thanks for reviewing it! I may never have seen it if not for you guys :)
Since you talked about ONCE, how about Begin Again? I though the performances were spectacular(Keira really just made you fall in love with her, and Ruffalo really brings it) and really left you feeling with a sense that anything was possible. Love the show guys and keep it up!!
Happy new year guys, and I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I have a film for your "seen it" section: have you guys seen "The Bone Collector" starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie? It's a very entertaining forensic murder mystery film with some great performances. My father (a retired police investigator and sergeant) and I have always enjoyed watching it together.
For the Seen It segment : Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind, by Miyazaki. It s one of his first movie for his own studio, Ghibli, and also one of my favorite movie from this japanese director, certainly the most original post apocalyptic movie, and also the first movie where i noticed every ''villains" had their motiviations and good intention, it has the main themes of the whole Miyazaki filmography : flying stuffs, ecology, strong and independant characters. You guys said your first long japanese animation feature was Akira, well you should watch also whole Otomo filmography but you should really continue with Miyazaki, "the Japanese Walt Disney".
really love this program/channel. I don't watch scary things, and you guys make it tolerable to know about those flicks that I don't watch. if that makes sense.
Life altering movie: PORKY'S! I laughed so hard during the "tallywhacker" scene, I suffered lack of oxygen to my brain that altered my progress as a human being. I am now in a perpetual state of (mentally) being a fifth grader. Why it never got an Oscar, I'll never know. HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
ようこそ！(yokoso) Japanese for "welcome" Glad to see Matt's a fan of Ikiru ---also recommend another of my favourite films set in Japan: "the Yakuza" 1974 dir. Sydney Pollack starring Robert Mitchum
First of all I'd like to say I am a massive fan of the show. Secondly, have you guys seen The Raid? In incredible action movie with awesome fight scenes... And no romantic sub plot!
Here's a Seen It for you guys, have you watched "Rush"? It stars Chris Helmworth and Daniel Bruhl as James Hunt and Niki Lauda respectively in the height of their rivalry in the 70's Formula one scene.
Another great season guys! Can't wait to see what is in store for 2015. I would love to hear what you guys think about the debacle surrounding The Interview.
I also watched Alan Partridge and thoroughly enjoyed, I watched all other Alan Partridge shows but that's probably because I'm in the UK. However I think it was called Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa but maybe that's just me, my crazy Scottish mind kicking in. I also want to recommend American Idiots because it is flat out horrible and I know you'll enjoy it!
Hey guys! Great episode, but I've got a "Scene it?" for you! When I was a kid my dad got me hooked into old movies, and one of my favorites is "The Great Race." The comedy duo of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis is great, and Natalie Wood is the icing on the cake. If you've seen it, what do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
How about "The Name of The Rose" with Sean Connery and a very young Christian Slater? This film was my first exposure to Ron Pearlman as well when I first saw it on VHS back in the day. Have you seen it?
Nope. Haven't missed a single minute of a single one. I didn't even miss the original trailer for this series that debuted on Blame Society's channel before the series started. Thumb this up if you are in the same awesome boat, so that Matt and Craig can see how many of us there are.
Love the show. Speaking of Chaplin, have you seen Chaplin's short The Adventurer? It's not so highly touted, but it's the first I saw, and others I've seen since haven't seemed as good to me. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I know you've watched all Kubrick movies, but could you talk about A Clockwork Orange. It's a great movie that even though very dark feels very lighthearted.
Hey Matt & Craig, i think you should check out The Double if you haven't yet. Richard Ayoade wrote and directed an adaption of the Dostoevsky novella and it has Jesse Eisenburg giving really subtle performances. I think the setting is also really weird. You should check it out. It's on Netflix so you have no excuses.
You thought The Wolfman was disappointing? Gotta understand the times and the horror movies back then and Universal's history of horror films before the Wolfman.
I recently acquired both the novel and film versions of The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep ( the ones starring Humphrey Bogart). While normally I would read the book first, I'm worried it could diminish the experience of the movies knowing most of the plot beforehand as they are considered among the best films ever made. What would you advise I do?
Have you seen Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me? I thought it was a lot more surreal than the TV show, maybe because it was more of a David Lynch production. While much reviled on release, I didn't find it to be as bad as they say. What are your thoughts?
I don't remember if you guys have said you have seen this film but since you guys are huge Michael Shannon fans have you guys seen "The Iceman" one of my favorite films that stars Michael Shannon.
I've actually never been a big Charlie Chaplin fan either. There's just something about him I never really liked and when I heard the way he treated his son on a movie set, berating him in front of the cast and crew, it kind of confirmed why I don't like him. I'm much more of a Buster Keaton fan. For Scene It, have you guys ever seen Legends of the Fall? It is my least favorite movie and I'd love to hear your opinions on it. Way too melodramatic for me.
Craig's not a big Chaplin fan? What about The Great Dictator? I was fortunate enough to be able to visit with Chaplin's daughter and granddaughter (remember her from game of thrones?) back at my college's film fest. Great people with some neato stories.
