tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post5017808985587091648..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 162. The Seventh Victim (1943)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-33953122300567911612013-11-08T16:21:38.672-05:002013-11-08T16:21:38.672-05:00Thanks for sharing. I also give special considerat...Thanks for sharing. I also give special consideration to movies that may be expiring from any streaming services. When I first started the BOOK, I didn't have DVR, so I took to recording a lot of things onto VHS tapes, which I kept...just in case.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-57980603777595432952013-11-08T16:00:05.616-05:002013-11-08T16:00:05.616-05:00Yeah, this one's pretty forgettable. I doubt I...Yeah, this one's pretty forgettable. I doubt I'll remember much about it a year from now.<br /><br />My system to determine what to watch next is kind of a geeky Rube Goldberg contraption of a spreadsheet that weighs a number of factors and priorities. I try to balance getting movies from Netflix, the library, the DVR, and YouTube. I try to prioritize watching Blu-Rays over other formats, but within any given format, I'd choose the oldest movie available to at the time. I am also constantly trying to get movies onto my DVR, so sometimes I have to focus on watching those to make room for others that will be coming in. And if I have something from the library that is due back soon or a film is leaving Netflix streaming, it will get special consideration. The end result is a complex formula that tells me what should be next.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548134220080000201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-40330103894182106492013-11-07T09:07:42.643-05:002013-11-07T09:07:42.643-05:00As time has gone by, I seem to have forgotten most...As time has gone by, I seem to have forgotten most of the bullet points of this one, which means a '6.5' is WAY too high....<br /><br />I'd be interested to know the method in which you determine what to watch next...Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-39058255525231521172013-11-07T05:19:55.090-05:002013-11-07T05:19:55.090-05:00Val Lewton was a strike out for me. I happened to ...Val Lewton was a strike out for me. I happened to watch Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Seventh Victim all in the last week (it wasn't planned - I recorded them them from TCM recently and the system I use to determine what to watch next had them all close together), and none of them did much for me. I agree that this one was the best of the bunch, though. I liked the noir-ish cinematography, and the clue-following plot. But the cult at the end of the clues wasn't really all that menacing, and I never came to care for any of the characters, so I wasn't invested in the story. Another gripe is that the romance angle didn't work at all, and didn't add to the story, either. I didn't see anything in the acting or subtext that indicated Gregory was developing feelings for Mary; it was just stated in the dialogue and I couldn't really figure out why he felt that way. I had the same issue with the other Lewton movies: the romance was stated rather than shown, and I never saw a good indication why the characters would fall in love in the first place. Add in that horror isn't my favorite genre anyway, and you have three movies that aren't for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548134220080000201noreply@blogger.com