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As I just watched Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, FINALLY, so shall you. Anyway, Sunrise is one of only a handful of silent films I've ever seen, and really, it shows that even before sound, film directors were doing some incredible things. The dissolves, fantasies, transitions, overlaps, and other techniques that I'd previously thought hadn't been done until a little later than that. And, I have to admit, I cried. It's a really standard story, very simple, with very little nuance, but Murnau's direction is so adept, and the acting is so powerful (especially Janet Gaynor; when she realizes her husband means to kill her, she makes the most soul-crushing expression  ). The only real weakness is that it drags a little, and there's a few comic bits that seem out of place (specifically the pig chase and the bit with the photographer's statue). Anyway, the new list: 1. A Clockwork Orange - Own it, but have never watched it. I don't know why. 2. Singin' in the Rain - I feel like I've seen half of it, but I can't recall how, when, or why. I love Gene Kelly, though, so I'm sure I'd love it. 4. Apocalypse Now - I saw half of it on vacation when I was 12, and then my parents came back to the hotel room, and changed the channel, deeming it inappropriate entertainment for children. 5. Jaws - I own this, too. Honestly have no excuse for not seeing this. 7. The 39 Steps - I'm a huge Hitchcock fan, but somehow this is one of my few blindspots. 8. Eraserhead - I've loved the two David Lynch films I've seen (Mulholland Dr. and The Elephant Man), and it seems like this is essential Lynch. 10. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Because The Sting is awesome. 12. Battleship Potemkin - Apparently a must-see for anyone that appreciates film. I know absolutely nothing about it except for it's Russian, silent, and apparently hugely influential. 14. Wild Strawberries - I've had some trepidation about Bergman, but that all went away when this very thread got me to watch The Seventh Seal. So this seems to be the consensus of next-most accessible. 15. The Passion of Joan of Arc - Sunrise put me in the mood for silent movie acting, and reputation holds this as the pinnacle of the form. Watched: The Seventh Seal (9.5) , Unforgiven (8.5/10), Pulp Fiction(7.75/10), This is Spinal Tap(7/10), 8 1/2 (8/10), Tokyo Story (9/10), The General (8/10), Reservoir Dogs (9/10), Paths of Glory 8.5/10, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (9/10)
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Spatula City, you get Battleship Potemkin So I'm back in this thread after quite a while, and I did manage to watch The Red Shoes about three months ago actually. It was great, of course. Even the ballet scenes worked really well and I didn't really like the ballet in, say, An American in Paris. I suppose part of it is that they actually fit into the movie rather than just being shoved in for no story reason. Somehow, in the time I wasn't posting here I managed to watch absolutely nothing else off of my list. Updated list: Stagecoach - I'm a bit lacking when it comes to westerns, or John Ford for that matter. Faust - Murnau's silent. I've seen a few other Murnaus and this one has appealed to me for a while, but the length has kept me away from it. The Brood - I love Cronenberg but this one has eluded me so far. I vitelloni - Probably the biggest Fellini that I haven't seen, so I might as well throw this in here. Lilja 4-ever - as far as I understand this is supposed to be kind of depressing. I've seen a couple of Moodysson's other movies and liked (or loved) them. Andrei Rublev - Getting some more Tarkovsky in here. L'Atalante - This is pretty well regarded, although I've seen some rather mixed opinions about it in this thread. Still, seems worth checking out. Nashville - I like Altman and this is one I've been meaning to see for a while. Viridiana - continuing to work my way through Bunuel's catalogue. Chinatown - I like Polanski and I like Jack Nicholson and I have somehow never seen this. I know it's supposed to be really good. I also know the twist but hopefully that won't make much difference. Seen - Breathless, Pink Flamingos, Do the Right Thing, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Downfall, Fitzcarraldo, Z, Spartacus, The Elephant Man, Scenes from a Marriage, Audition, Three Colors Trilogy, Stalker, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, El Topo, Belle de jour, The Piano Teacher, Apocalypse Now, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Babel, Shoot the Piano Player, La dolce vita, The Birth of a Nation, Man with a Movie Camera, L'age d'or, The Rules of the Game, Stroszek, Rosemary's Baby, Through a Glass Darkly, Bride of Frankenstein, The Thin Blue Line, Even Dwarfs Started Small, The Godfather, The Idiots, The Godfather Part II, Vivre sa vie, Stray Dog, The Haunting, Glengarry Glen Ross, Destiny, Scarlet Street, Intolerance, Band of Outsiders, Bad Education, Paris, Texas, The Red Shoes
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dotCommunism posted:Chinatown - I like Polanski and I like Jack Nicholson and I have somehow never seen this. I know it's supposed to be really good. I also know the twist but hopefully that won't make much difference. The Maltese Falcon was excellent. Lots of great actors portraying great characters. The interaction between Bogart, Lorre and Greenstreet is extraordinary. 1. It's a Wonderful Life - Seems like it might be too cheesy. 2. Tokyo Story - I think I might have a problem appreciating muted emotions in movies. I might have a hard time watching this. 3. 4. The Night of the Hunter - Actually had this for a week but never got around to watching it for some reason. 5. High and Low - Haven't seen a Kurosawa I haven't loved yet. 6. The Conformist - I wanna see the purdy pictures. 7. The Rules of the Game - Ranked as one of the very best movies of all time, I think it's a about class warfare or something. Ooooh, a war movie! 8. Schindler's List - I never go out of my way to watch Holocaust related things anymore. It's just too drat depressing. 9. Days of Heaven - It's just this and The New World now. 10. Le Samouraï - This sounds...interesting. Watched: The Seventh Seal, Moon, Barton Fink, The Thin Blue Line, Cool Hand Luke, Citizen Kane, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Goodfellas, Casablanca, City Lights, Seven Samurai, The Bicycle Thief, Do the Right Thing, The Battle of Algiers, On the Waterfront, Wild Strawberries, The Trial, Adaptation, Unforgiven, Annie Hall, The 400 Blows, Diabolique, Mulholland Dr., Dirty Harry, The 39 Steps, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, 8 1/2, Boogie Nights, A Streetcar Named Desire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The General, Pickpocket, Pulp Fiction, Amadeus, Lawrence of Arabia, Eraserhead, The Lady Vanishes, The Wild Bunch, A Clockwork Orange, Platoon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ikiru, Jules and Jim, The Asphalt Jungle, M, The Thin Red Line, Dial M for Murder, The Sting, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Exterminating Angel, A Woman Under the Influence, Singin' in the Rain, Scenes from a Marriage, Badlands, City of God, The Gold Rush, The Maltese Falcon
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AthiestDeals, watch The Conformist. It's what all the kids are doin' these days. Notorious is an incredibly solid noir flick, with a very intriguing story. I can't think of anything really to fault it for. I thought the ending was maybe a little too clean, but that's more a symptom of the era than anything else. Bergman and Grant had great chemistry together (and really, who wouldn't with either of them), and the entire supporting cast was fantastic. New List: L'Avventura I've never seen any Antonioni, but I'm finding I really like Italian film from this period. Contempt Never had any interest in Godard until recently. Intolerance I guess I just haven't gotten around to it yet? Viridiana I don't know anything about this, but the story sounds very intriguing. Pickpocket Some more Bresson for the list. Stagecoach Another one I'm fairly sure I've seen most of, because my mom keeps the western channel on in the background at all times. Sansho the Bailiff Been wanting to watch more Mizoguchi since seeing Ugetsu Playtime I'm vaguely familiar with the character of Hulot, but I've never seen any of the films. The Battle of Algiers Same with Viridiana, above. The Magnificent Ambersons I've finally found a way to watch it. Finally watched: Lawrence of Arabia, Annie Hall, Vertigo, Braveheart, Battleship Potemkin, It's a Wonderful Life, Tokyo Story, The Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, Night of the Hunter, La Grande Illusion, City Lights, The Grapes of Wrath, The General, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Dr. Strangelove, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Seven Samurai, Breathless, Apocalypse Now, The 400 Blows, The African Queen, A Fistful of Dollars, The Seventh Seal, The Rules of the Game, Andrei Rublev, The Conformist, Ugetsu, The Wild Bunch, Jules et Jim, Modern Times, L'Atalante, La Strada, Persona, Rio Bravo, Wild Strawberries, Ordet, The Apartment, North by Northwest, Greed, La Dolce Vita, Pather Panchali, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Leopard, The Mirror, Sunrise, Fanny and Alexander, The Gold Rush, Nashville, Madame de.., Ikiru, Bringing Up Baby, Au Hasard Balthazar, Amarcord, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, To Be or Not To Be, Notorious
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tokillthesunflower posted:The Battle of Algiers Same with Viridiana, above. Go with this one. So Josey Wales was a pretty good movie although it didn't quite blow me away. An enjoyable way to spend a Thursday night regardless and the social aspects of the film were excellent. A 7.5/10 leaning on the 8 side. #25 The Magnificent Seven - Might as well watch the Americanized version now. Plus I love Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. #31 Labyrinth - Is this a movie that had to be a part of your childhood to really love (such as The Goonies) or will I still enjoy it regardless? Either way, David Bowie. #37 Rebecca - A Hitchcock film I didn't really even know existed til I got into classic films. I know absolutely nothing else about this one. #49 Bowling For Columbine - I saw Sicko and it was funny, and I could use some solid political humor. #55 Wild At Heart - As if I haven't put enough Lynch on this list already. But this one has Nic Cage. #56 Mad Max - I haven't seen The Road Warrior either but I figure I should watch this one first. #59 The Killing - Slowly making my way through Kubrick and I've really neglected his early stuff. Time to fix that. #60 The Virgin Spring - I've yet to see a Bergman film that I haven't absolutely loved. #61 Punch-Drunk Love - My mom's a huge Adam Sandler fan and hated this. So I figure I'll love it. #62 Enter The Dragon - Just realized I haven't seen this. Probably should. Seen so far: Pan's Labyrinth, The Wild Bunch, The Warriors, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, American History X, Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead, The Maltese Falcon, Annie Hall, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Casablanca, M, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Godfather, The Seventh Seal, Mulholland Drive, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence Of The Lambs, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Wild Strawberries, High Fidelity, Goldfinger, The Bicycle Thief, The Thing, Bonnie And Clyde, There Will Be Blood, 8½, Spirited Away, The Big Sleep, A Fish Called Wanda, The Man Who Wasn't There, 12 Angry Men, The Elephant Man, Once Upon A Time In The West, Moon, The 400 Blows, Rosemary's Baby, City Of God, Dog Day Afternoon, Breathless, Saving Private Ryan, Network, Persona, Mean Streets, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The Rules Of The Game, The Outlaw Josey Wales
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Wooden Crosses is pretty good, but never really connected for me. I'd rather watch All Quiet on the Western Front any day. There were some BEAUTIFUL shots, though, and the cinematic technique is really advanced for '32 - there's an early mastery of sound and really nice crisp camerawork, with understated acting. TrixRabbi, nothing's really calling me on your list, but The Killing is a drat good film. New List: White Zombie I really, really need to watch this. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? I was really excited for this, then I heard it was kinda crappy. All the same, I owe it a watch. Red Riding 1974 I can't decide if this looks very good or totally lovely. New one: No Highway in the Sky I get recommended this one a lot. I Know Where I'm Going! Really gotta get to work on P&P. The Ninth Configuration I keep getting real adamant about watching this, and then it fizzles out in like ten minutes. Toto, Peppino e la malafemmina Italian comedy doesn't do it for me, but Terrence Malick of all people loves this one. Certainly worth a try. Les rendez-vous d'Anna The only one in the Chantal Akerman Eclipse set I haven't gotten around to yet. The Winning of Barbara Worth The last great silent western. I really oughta see this. The Wanderers This is apparently a really accurate look at where I'm from. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10), Vivre Sa Vie (8.5/10), The American Friend (7.5/10), The Endless Sumer (7.5/10), Yesterday Girl (7.5/10), Battleground (8/10), Two-Lane Blacktop (8/10), Chimes at Midnight (9/10), Trash Humpers (6/10), The Docks of New York (9/10), The Fallen Idol (9/10), Fires on the Plain (9/10), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (7.5/10), The Americanization of Emily (8.5/10), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (8/10), The Mirror (8.5/10), The Thin Man (8.5/10), Danger: Diabolik (7.5/10), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (7.5/10), Black God White Devil (8/10), Little Fugitive (8/10), Drunken Angel (7.5/10), Funeral Parade of Roses (9/10), How to Train Your Dragon (8/10), Across 110th Street (7.5/10), The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (8/10), The Wind (8.5), Portrait of Jennie (7/10), Primer (8/10), To Catch a Thief (8/10), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (4/10), Getrud (8.5/10), Our Hospitality (9/10), Les Diaboliques (8/10), The Awful Truth (8/10), Duel in the Sun (6.5/10), A Guy Named Joe (6/10), Quiet City (5/10), People on Sunday (8.5/10), Nothing but a Man (8.5/10), Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring (8/10), Comradship (7.5/10), Too Early, Too Late (4/10), Wooden Crosses (7.5/10)
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penismightier, random number says... White Zombie. I just finished Kramer vs. Kramer and I really liked it. Man, I love 70s movies. So many of them have this raw, visceral, emotional quality to them, especially those set in New York City. I can even see it in a wide range of films like Taxi Driver, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Annie Hall, Superfly, or Network, and this is no exception. It wasn't what I expected (that is some serious false advertising on the cover), but it was really well done. Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry, Howard Duff, and even JoBeth Williams and George Coe do their jobs well (he looked different in the three years since he did SNL). Of course, this whole movie is really a showcase for the mass of talent that is Dustin Hoffman. He sold his role and the entire film. I actually felt myself jump in the first cooking scene and when Billy gets injured and when that's subsequently used against Ted in court. It hit me like a ton of bricks when Ted got fired, even if it was easy to see coming. Some of the scenes rang a bit false, like the job interview scene, but even though I should have felt that way about the ending, I was just happy it ended the way it did. I still don't want kids, though. Caro Diario/Dear Diary: Randomly-picked movie from the "Before You Die" list. I almost left it off until I found it online. Fish Tank: (2009) I do not know a thing about this movie except that everyone who sees it apparently thinks really, really hard about it afterward. Irréversible: Netflix doesn't think I'm going to like it and I don't think I'm going to like it, but it's for an iCheckMovies award. Mishima: Pretty to look at, directed by the guy who wrote Taxi Driver, and insanely controversial in the country where it's set. Not a hard sell for me. Mon Oncle: I've never seen a Tati movie, and I'm pretty inexperienced with contemporary French cinema and films about uncles. The Natural:  I always hear the greatest things about Redford, but I haven't seen much stuff with him in it. Levinson's hit-or-miss with me.Raise the Red Lantern: Randomly-picked movie that coincides with my interest in Chinese cinema. Tampopo: Blind buy. "Japanese 'noodle Western' comedy" is easily weird enough to grab my interest. Uzak: I've never seen a Turkish film. When Harry Met Sally: Could this be... the first romantic comedy I actually like?
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CloseFriend posted:When Harry Met Sally: Could this be... the first romantic comedy I actually like? Could be! It's quite sad that Adam Sandler doesn't do more "serious" movies, cause he is pretty awesome in Punch Drunk Love. The movie is also very good and weird in the good way, with it's strange off beat soundtrack and odd characters. A funny deconstruction of romantic comedies and their manchild protagonists. Liking all PTA movies so far, There Will Be Blood still is my favorite, but then again it's There Will Be Blood and it doesn't get much better than that. (Still missing Hard Eight/Sydney) My shame list: The Lady from Shanghai How silly is Welles accent? Stray Dog Another Kurosawa Noir. History of Violence This looks...interesting. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Return of the western spot. Strangers on a Train CSI did a remake of this episode of sorts. It was terrible. Woyzeck Herzog and Kinski madness. It's a Wonderful Life Jimmy Stewart and Christmas! The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Stalag 17 William Holden was both in a German and Japanese war camp. Wonderful luck really. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. Sounds awesome really. Have seen so far: Mulholland Drive, The Departed, 2001:A Space Odyssey, M, The Trial, Vertigo, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, On the Waterfront, Magnolia, Brazil, Days of Heaven, The Shining, Throne of Blood, The Searchers, La Grand Illusion, Ladri di Biciclette, Tokyo Story, À bout de souffle, Once Upon a Time in America, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Boogie Nights, The Wild Bunch, Dial M for Murder, Network, La Dolce Vita, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Le Samouraï, Bande à Part, Solaris, Singin' in the rain, Infernal Affairs, Notorious, The Maltese Falcon, Touch of Evil, Some Like it Hot, High and Low, To Catch a Thief, Modern times, The Bad Sleep Well, In the Mood for Love, The Apartment, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Punch Drunk Love. Electronico6 fucked around with this message at 20:25 on May 13, 2011 |
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Electronico6 Stalag 17 is really great, I hope you enjoy it. The Ascent was a really wonderful film, kind of depressing but not overwhelmingly so. It's well shot and the way it just stumbles through the plot, including the ending, is kind of endearing a surprisingly well paced. The only knock against it is that I'm not sure it has the impact it should have. Still, a great film. Updated list: La grande guerra I get the feeling this is one of those overlooked classics. India Song I've read mixed things about this, but I'm intrigued by the idea. Not enough to watch it on my own however, which is where this thread comes in. Plein soleil Clément is another director from whom I've seen one magnificent film and never got around to watching any others. Un homme et une femme Don't know much about this, a romance of some sort. Muerte de un ciclista Been wanting to watch more Spanish films, this seems to be near the top of the list of the ones I haven't watched. The Red and the White One of those film's that has always been high on my watch list, but never high enough to actually watch it. The Last Seduction Neo noir of some sort, sounds like a good time. The Last Command Another silent I need to get around to. Crippled Avengers Another Kung Fu film. I've heard good things. O Lucky Man Probably would have seen this already if it wasn't 3 hours long. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10 , The Public Enemy 7.5/10 , This Sporting Life 8.5/10 , A Nightmare on Elm Street 7/10 , Sans toit ni loi 9.5/10 Tales of Hoffman 7.5/10 , The Ten Commandments 7/10 , Underworld 8.5/10 , Showgirls 7/10 , La meglio gioventù 8/10 , Vidas Secas 7/10 , The Sorrow and the Pity 9/10 , The Human Condition I 9.5/10 , Russian Ark 8.5/10 , Brighton Rock 8.5/10 , Grey Gardens 9.5/10 , The Marriage of Maria Braun 9/10 , Tampopo 7/10 , Django 8.5/10 , Ballad of Narayama 8.5/10 , Baby Face 8/10 , David Holzman's Diary 8/10 , The Seventh Victim 8/10 , The Blue Kite 9/10 , Soylent Green 8/10 , Flesh and the Devil 9.5/10 , Branded to Kill 6.5/10 , The Golem 7.5/10 , A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 9.5/10 , Ryan's Daughter 7/10 , 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 8.5/10 , Fiddler on the Roof 7/10 , American Movie 9/10 , The Longest Day 6/10 , Mephisto 9/10 , Barbarella 6/10 , Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 8.5/10 , The Room 1/10 , D.O.A. 9/10 , Cross of Iron 9.5/10 , Manila in the Claws of Neon 9.5/10 , He Who Gets Slapped 9.5/10 , Les amants du Pont-Neuf 9.5/10 , Coal Miner's Daughter 7.5/10 , You, the Living 8.5/10 , Head-On 9.5/10 , A Brighter Summer Day 8.5/10 , The White Ribbon 9/10 , The Color Purple 6/10 , Husbands 8/10 , Cabiria 5/10 , Drunken Master 8/10 , The Hawks and the Sparrows 9/10 , Offret 8/10 , El Topo 6/10 , House of Wax 8/10 , Yeelen 8.5/10 , Yesterday Girl 7.5/10 , Cleopatra 7/10 , Die freudlose Gasse 9.5/10 , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 9.5/10 , The Pawnbroker 9/10 , El Sol del membrillo 9/10 , Spione 9.5/10 , Subarnarekha 9/10 , Salt of the Earth 5/10 , Stage Door 8/10 , Altered States 8/10 , Klute 8.5/10 , American Gigolo 8/10 , Dance, Girl, Dance 9.5/10 , Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 7.5/10 Les misérables 6/10 , Paris nous appartient 8.5/10 , Romeo and Juliet 6/10 , It 9/10 , Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray 9/10 , The Ascent 9/10
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PA, have you seen Five Deadly Venoms? Crippled Avengers is a sequel to it, but like one of those Italian sequels where it doesn't really mean anything. Anyway, point is, Five Deadly Venoms is great.
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Peaceful Anarchy, you get Crippled Avengers, and following penismightier's lead, watch it as a double feature with Five Deadly Venoms if you haven't seen that. Both movies are great. What can i say about Rashomon that hasn't been said already? It wasn't so much the three differing perspectives that I loved as much as the exploration on the true nature of man. I liked the themes of weakness, cowardice and truth. In the end, does it really matter what really happened? 1) Les Diaboliques- loved Wages of Fear, I hear this is even better 2) The Asphalt Jungle- love those heist films 3) Metropolis- it's time I saw this 4) Battleship Potemkin- I've only seen silent comedies and it's time to expand my horizons. This seems like essential viewing 5) It's A Wonderful Life- always avoided it because I thought it seemed cheesy, but I keep hearing good things 6) Amelie- another newer film that everyone seems to love 7) Captain Blood- let's have some fun 8) Wild Strawberries- Bergman hasn't failed me yet 9) Sherlock Jr.- let's keep the Keaton going 10) The Furies- I want to knock some Mann off my list before I watch The Searchers Watched: Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Alien, Breathless, Forbidden Planet, Night of the Living Dead, Days of Heaven, Bonnie and Clyde, Stagecoach, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blue Velvet, Bullet in the Head, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather Part 2, The Right Stuff, The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Seventh Seal, Le Samourai, Vertigo, Le Cercle Rouge, Dog Day Afternoon, Double Indemnity, Requiem for a Dream, Singin' In The Rain, Serpico, 8 1/2, The General, Dracula, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Solaris, Brazil, City Lights, Aguirre the Wrath of God, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, The Gold Rush, The Getaway, Dawn of the Dead, The Dirty Dozen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Zodiac, Chinatown, Memories of Murder, The Insider, The Thing From Another World, The Thing, The Wrath of Khan, Pierrot Le Fou, Oldboy, All The President's Men, Army of Shadows, 2046, Frankenstein, The Battle of Algiers, The Wages of Fear, Gojira, King Kong, Sleeper, Wings of Desire, Steamboat Bill Jr., The Birds, Pan's Labyrinth, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Rashomon
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penismightier posted:PA, have you seen Five Deadly Venoms? Crippled Avengers is a sequel to it, but like one of those Italian sequels where it doesn't really mean anything. Anyway, point is, Five Deadly Venoms is great. I thought I had but apparently not. All these films having multiple similar names really throws me off. I'll try to get a hold of it.
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May 13, 2011 21:11
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:Watched: Blade Runner, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, Alien, Breathless, Forbidden Planet, Night of the Living Dead, Days of Heaven, Bonnie and Clyde, Stagecoach, Once Upon a Time in the West, Blue Velvet, Bullet in the Head, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather Part 2, The Right Stuff, The Big Sleep, My Darling Clementine, The Seventh Seal, Le Samourai, Vertigo, Le Cercle Rouge, Dog Day Afternoon, Double Indemnity, Requiem for a Dream, Singin' In The Rain, Serpico, 8 1/2, The General, Dracula, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Solaris, Brazil, City Lights, Aguirre the Wrath of God, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Planet of the Apes, 12 Monkeys, The Gold Rush, The Getaway, Dawn of the Dead, The Dirty Dozen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Zodiac, Chinatown, Memories of Murder, The Insider, The Thing From Another World, The Thing, The Wrath of Khan, Pierrot Le Fou, Oldboy, All The President's Men, Army of Shadows, 2046, Frankenstein, The Battle of Algiers, The Wages of Fear, Gojira, King Kong, Sleeper, Wings of Desire, Steamboat Bill Jr., The Birds, Pan's Labyrinth, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Rashomon drat, you've watched a bunch. Favorites/least favorites?
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May 13, 2011 21:14
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So far a few of my favorites have been (in no particular order): Army of Shadows, Once Upon A Time in the West, Pierrot le Fou, The Shining,and Alien. Only a few haven't really resonated with me or I didn't really care for- Dracula, Planet of the Apes, and (surprisingly) Serpico. I couldn't get into it, though Pacino was great. I've really appreciated the fact that this thread has made me stop procrastinating and finally watch great movies. My favorite discovery has to be Buster Keaton though. I'd never seen any of his stuff and that guy kills me. He's great. Mistletoe Donkey fucked around with this message at 22:23 on May 13, 2011 |
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May 13, 2011 22:11
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:6) Amelie- another newer film that everyone seems to love Some people claim it's overrated but I absolutely love this film. The Killing was pretty drat good. It was clear Kubrick was still developing his style but there were some magnificent shots in the film. The pacing and length was perfect and I loved all of the characters. The only thing that gets me is the ending and the fate of the money were too circumstantial and was a tad cheesy. 8/10 #25 The Magnificent Seven - Might as well watch the Americanized version now. Plus I love Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. #31 Labyrinth - Is this a movie that had to be a part of your childhood to really love (such as The Goonies) or will I still enjoy it regardless? Either way, David Bowie. #37 Rebecca - A Hitchcock film I didn't really even know existed til I got into classic films. I know absolutely nothing else about this one. #49 Bowling For Columbine - I saw Sicko and it was funny, and I could use some solid political humor. #55 Wild At Heart - As if I haven't put enough Lynch on this list already. But this one has Nic Cage. #56 Mad Max - I haven't seen The Road Warrior either but I figure I should watch this one first. #60 The Virgin Spring - I've yet to see a Bergman film that I haven't absolutely loved. #61 Punch-Drunk Love - My mom's a huge Adam Sandler fan and hated this. So I figure I'll love it. #62 Enter The Dragon - Just realized I haven't seen this. Probably should. #63 La Strada - Will be going into this completely blind. Seen so far: Pan's Labyrinth, The Wild Bunch, The Warriors, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, American History X, Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead, The Maltese Falcon, Annie Hall, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Casablanca, M, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Godfather, The Seventh Seal, Mulholland Drive, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence Of The Lambs, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Wild Strawberries, High Fidelity, Goldfinger, The Bicycle Thief, The Thing, Bonnie And Clyde, There Will Be Blood, 8½, Spirited Away, The Big Sleep, A Fish Called Wanda, The Man Who Wasn't There, 12 Angry Men, The Elephant Man, Once Upon A Time In The West, Moon, The 400 Blows, Rosemary's Baby, City Of God, Dog Day Afternoon, Breathless, Saving Private Ryan, Network, Persona, Mean Streets, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The Rules Of The Game, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Killing
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TrixRabbi posted:#61 Punch-Drunk Love - My mom's a huge Adam Sandler fan and hated this. So I figure I'll love it. It's pretty good. Didn't find Stalag 17 very good to be honest. My problem with it is that it felt too much of a comedy than an actual Spy/Sabotage/PoW movie, like it's advertised. I think Animal and Saphiro have more screen time than William Holden's character. Looking back on it I think this was a movie about about those two having wacky adventures in a PoW, while occasionally a spy movie blundered in the story. There wasn't just munch tension or suspense to the actually plot line, is William Holden a Nazi spy? Well you have to wait 10 minutes, cause Animal and Saphiro are about to enter in some crazy fun!! The Nazis themselves are all kinda fools and a bit of a clowns,(Wilder's revenger?) the sense of danger isn't quite there. The whole comedy of the movie started to get tiring after awhile and took away some of the focus from what was really happening. Maybe I just expected something like Shadow of a Doubt, but instead got the blueprints for Hogan's Heroes. Also this was the movie that got William Holden the Oscar? There was no better performance in 1953 than this one? Meh...A bit disappointed. My shame list: The Lady from Shanghai How silly is Welles accent? Stray Dog Another Kurosawa Noir. History of Violence This looks...interesting. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Return of the western spot. Strangers on a Train CSI did a remake of this episode of sorts. It was terrible. Woyzeck Herzog and Kinski madness. It's a Wonderful Life Jimmy Stewart and Christmas! The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Dog Day Afternoon/b] Need more Lumet. [b]A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. Sounds awesome really. Have seen so far: Mulholland Drive, The Departed, 2001:A Space Odyssey, M, The Trial, Vertigo, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, On the Waterfront, Magnolia, Brazil, Days of Heaven, The Shining, Throne of Blood, The Searchers, La Grand Illusion, Ladri di Biciclette, Tokyo Story, À bout de souffle, Once Upon a Time in America, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Boogie Nights, The Wild Bunch, Dial M for Murder, Network, La Dolce Vita, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Le Samouraï, Bande à Part, Solaris, Singin' in the rain, Infernal Affairs, Notorious, The Maltese Falcon, Touch of Evil, Some Like it Hot, High and Low, To Catch a Thief, Modern times, The Bad Sleep Well, In the Mood for Love, The Apartment, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Punch Drunk Love, Stalag 17.
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Electronico6, Pacino is superb in Dog Day Afternoon. I can't believe I waited so long to watch Fargo. The cinematography in the snowy locale of North Dakota was very memorable. Although it was continually obvious how deep Lundegaard was going over his head, the misguided plan was a pleasure to watch unfold through its downward-cascading stages. The characters stood out as having distinct identities within a film that effectively mixed moments of comedy and brutal violence. Definitely among my top 3 Coen brothers favorites. New list: The Killing Now the earliest Kubrick I have not seen A Face in the Crowd Made aware of this by the 'Movie of the Month' thread Pierrot le Fou I adored Army of Shadows, so this is the next Godard Serpico Continuing with the Lumet collection - a few to go after this Matewan Suspect this will be rather dry, but a good story nonetheless Blood Simple Well-regarded Coen brothers film The Grifters Yet another kind of noir Bugsy Another gangster movie with a Morricone soundtrack, and more Warren Beatty Inside Job Most recent Best Documentary, with timely subject matter Watched: Once Upon a Time in America, The Sting, MASH, Ran, The Big Sleep, Army of Shadows, On the Waterfront, Fantastic Planet, Annie Hall, Barton Fink, The 400 Blows, La Grande Illusion, Gandhi, The Hill, Manhattan, The Host, The Bicycle Thief, The Asphalt Jungle, The Insider, Bringing Out the Dead, 8½, The Abyss, The Thin Blue Line, Touch of Evil, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Wages of Fear, Paris, Texas, The Conversation, Reds, Fargo
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Speaking of Fargo, and The Killing, does anyone else think that if The Killing were made today, William h Macy would be perfect as George?
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Budhisattva, Army of Shadows is Melville, but Pierrot le Fou is my favorite Godard so far, so go with that. When We Were Kings was fantastic. I didn't know much about Ali going in, and I had no idea he was so charismatic. The best sports movies are able to frame the climactic game/fight around a larger whole, and are able to make the fight matter more than just the outcome. This documentary does that perfectly, showing just how much Ali meant to the people of Zaire and African Americans. The fight was riveting and intense too. 4.5/5 Bed and Board The continuing adventures of Antoine Doinel. Shadows More Cassavetes.. Alice I've seen a few of Svankmajer's shorts and they are interesting. Andrei Rublev On the most lists. I know nothing about this other than that it is Tarkovsky and long. The Idiots I love von Trier, but I have a feeling this won't be nearly as good as most. Safe Other Todd Haynes/Julianne Moore movie. This one sounds much better. Ordet Next up on TSPDT. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance Haneke noooooo. Recommended to me earlier in this thread. Rio Bravo Supposed to be pretty great! Winchester '73 I need some more Westerns. Not ashamed anymore: Lawrence of Arabia 4.5/5, The Battle of Algiers 2/5, Toy Story 2 3.5/5, Sherman's March 3.5/5, His Girl Friday 4/5, Last Year at Marienbad 3/5, M 4/5, Stolen Kisses 3/5, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 4/5, Lost Highway 4/5, Gates of Heaven 3/5, Downfall 4/5, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4/5, Grizzly Man 4/5, Wings of Desire 2/5, Z 3/5, A Shot in the Dark 2.5/5, Toy Story 3 4.5/5, The Fountain 4/5, Inland Empire 2/5, The Wild Bunch 4/5, Hunger 4.5/5, The Green Mile 3.5/5, The Ballad of Cable Hogue 4/5, A Woman Under the Influence 5/5, La Dolce Vita 4/5, Das Boot 4.5/5, Camera Buff 4.5/5, The Red Shoes 4.5/5, The Rules of the Game 3.5/5, Persona 4.5/5, Black Narcissus 2.5/5, The Battleship Potemkin 3.5/5, Departures 4/5, The Wages of Fear 4.5/5, Werckmeister Harmonies, 4/5, Blazing Saddles 1.5/5, Pickpocket 4/5, McCabe and Mrs. Miller 5/5, Le Cercle Rouge 4/5, Night and Fog ?/5, Opening Night 5/5, Notorious 4.5/5, Night of the Living Dead 3.5/5, Seven Chances 4/5, Faces 4/5, Europa 3/5, A Day at the Races 4/5, Three Colors: White 4.5/5, Vernon, Florida 4.5/5, Hud 3.5/5, Slacker 4.5/5, The Thing 4/5, Code Unknown 3.5/5, The Double Life of Veronique 4/5, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4/5, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 4.5/5, Sullivan's Travels 3.5/5, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 4/5, Ben-Hur 2.5/5, Mona Lisa 3/5, Brief Encounter 4/5, Laura 4/5, Beauty and the Beast 4/5, Solaris 3/5, Alphaville 4/5, Nights of Cabiria 3.5/5, Gun Crazy 4/5, Tokyo Story 3.5/5, The Piano Teacher 3.5/5, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 3.5/5, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 4/5, The Best Years of Our Lives 4.5/5, A Bittersweet Life 4.5/5, Rebecca 3.5/5, Sleuth 4.5/5, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4/5, Hearts and Minds 3/5, L'Atalante 2.5/5, The Passion of Joan of Arc 4.5/5, Far From Heaven 4/5, Children of Paradise 3.5/5, Shock Corridor 3/5, Heaven Can Wait 4/5, That Obscure Object of Desire 4.5/5, Before Sunrise 4/5, Before Sunset 5/5, When We Were Kings 4.5/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump, you get Rio Bravo. I just finished When Harry Met Sally… and I really liked it. Like Ron Howard, Rob Reiner is one of my favorite "feel-good" directors. He excels at getting the viewer to sympathize and identify with the characters and feel genuine happiness for them by the end. It was also very funny. I greatly enjoyed the running Casablanca reference. It's not quite as good as it's most direct inspiration—Annie Hall—and some of the conflicts near the end feel a bit artificial, but the ending is so cathartic and the two leads so endearing it's hard to even notice. I can see why so many of Ryan's and Crystal's later performances have been pale imitations of this, like IQ and Forget Paris. Caro Diario/Dear Diary: Randomly-picked movie from the "Before You Die" list. I almost left it off until I found it online. Fish Tank: (2009) I do not know a thing about this movie except that everyone who sees it apparently thinks really, really hard about it afterward. Irréversible: Netflix doesn't think I'm going to like it and I don't think I'm going to like it, but it's for an iCheckMovies award. Mishima: Pretty to look at, directed by the guy who wrote Taxi Driver, and insanely controversial in the country where it's set. Not a hard sell for me. Mon Oncle: I've never seen a Tati movie, and I'm pretty inexperienced with contemporary French cinema and films about uncles. The Natural: I always hear the greatest things about Redford, but I haven't seen much stuff with him in it. Levinson's hit-or-miss with me.Raise the Red Lantern: Randomly-picked movie that coincides with my interest in Chinese cinema. Tampopo: Blind buy. "Japanese 'noodle Western' comedy" is easily weird enough to grab my interest. Uzak: I've never seen a Turkish film. The White Ribbon: Probably the most recent art film that I've been told I have to see. Netflix Instant sweetens the deal.
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This is just an update. Thanks to random events I've knocked two or three films off my list. I won't be recommending for anyone, and I don't need a recommendation at this time, as I'm still assigned to Inglorious Basterds. -Forbidden Planet- This movie is ridiculously impressive. Effects are great, the music (or electro-ambiance) is trippy, the sets are insane, and the film even manages to do a fair job of bringing science along for the ride. The single facet of the film that I didn't enjoy was the awful treatment of women. I know you guys have been locked up on a ship for a while, but even hardened criminals don't leer at a guy's daughter like that. 9/10. -Raging Bull- This film has pushed me over the edge on watching macho Italian bullshit conversations. Hey look, I've picked a phrase to utter about a thousand times while I reinterpret everything going on in my life around that one concept. Ugh. The rest of Raging Bull is a great movie, but I'd be fine if I never see another macho Italian conversation. 7/10. To that end, I'll be pulling Goodfellas off my list. 10/10- Ikiru, 9/10- Lawrence of Arabia, Forbidden Planet, 8/10- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Vertigo, 7/10- Raging Bull, 6/10- The Fountain, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Brazil, Heat, North by Northwest, 4/10- Serenity, 2/10- Star Trek(2009)
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CloseFriend posted:
Now I don't you think will like this, but it's an important film for many reasons, so I choose it for you. I'm sorry. The man who shot liberty valance. So I took a break from this thread because of this film. I started to watch it and gently caress, it's got the biggest libertarian and the biggest cheesy good guy ever to grace hollywood. I don't like Wayne much, but crikey, Stewart is so bloody annoying. And this film. gently caress this film. gently caress this film until we get lots of Lee Marvin. Thank gently caress for Lee Marvin who saves us from the ignominy of watching two 50 yo has beens fumbling over a 30 yo "girl". This film punches us in the face until we get it. We get the manifest destiny. We get it. I hate this movie. I just hate it. La Dolce Vita. Well I struggled with this for a while. Didn't really enjoy the early moments and the fountain scene not really that interesting a deal. But oh boy. The second half kicked me to heaven and back. Marcello was brilliantly acted. I loved the confusion. I loved the way the bus/mother scene was filmed as a western shoot out. I loved that eventually, the corrupt modern society made marcello so immune, so distant from what he wanted, so separated from the innocent, from the child across the water, that he no longer was able to communicate. He was a beast. The leviathan. Just raw. Beautiful. So my list becomes ... Tokyo Story. Because I should. Cry of the City. Recommended Noir. L'atalante. Proto-neauveau vague apparently. Peeping Tom. Apparently it’s informed British cinema since. Days of Heaven The Malick I've yet to see. L'avventura First Antonioni. Sunrise I'd like to see more silent. City Lights Chaplin at last! The General Funny stuff. Pyscho Yeah I know.
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knees of putty posted:Pyscho Yeah I know. It spawned thousands of copycats and entire genre. None of them half as good. Liked a lot Dog Day Afternoon. Pacino is just terrific in it, which reminded me he hasn't been that terrific these days. Cazale was also great, wished he had more screen time.(Also half-prophetic movie...) The bank robbery and the fallout of it, is quite intense and not knowing the story behind it, it made all the better. And now I know where that "ATTICA! ATTICA!" quote comes from. Also found a lot of the movie funny for some reason. You can almost pass this over as a dark comedy of some sort. My shame list: The Lady from Shanghai How silly is Welles accent? Stray Dog Another Kurosawa Noir. History of Violence This looks...interesting. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Return of the western spot. Strangers on a Train CSI did a remake of this episode of sorts. It was terrible. Woyzeck Herzog and Kinski madness. It's a Wonderful Life Jimmy Stewart and Christmas! The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Double Indemnity High hopes for this one. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. Sounds awesome really. Have seen so far: Mulholland Drive, The Departed, 2001:A Space Odyssey, M, The Trial, Vertigo, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, On the Waterfront, Magnolia, Brazil, Days of Heaven, The Shining, Throne of Blood, The Searchers, La Grand Illusion, Ladri di Biciclette, Tokyo Story, À bout de souffle, Once Upon a Time in America, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Boogie Nights, The Wild Bunch, Dial M for Murder, Network, La Dolce Vita, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Le Samouraï, Bande à Part, Solaris, Singin' in the rain, Infernal Affairs, Notorious, The Maltese Falcon, Touch of Evil, Some Like it Hot, High and Low, To Catch a Thief, Modern times, The Bad Sleep Well, In the Mood for Love, The Apartment, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Punch Drunk Love, Stalag 17, Dog Day Afternoon.
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It may be spring but Electronico, you get It's A Wonderful Life. Merry Christmas. Punch-Drunk Love far exceeded my expectations. From the very beginning I was drawn in and amazed. At the start I got an almost Eraserhead-esque vibe from the film, and there was this overall feel to the film that really reminded me of Lynch's style. But all these quirky and odd aspects were done brilliantly and Anderson completely made them his own. I want to see Adam Sandler in more roles like this, and in less stuff like Grown Ups. He took his classic "manboy" character and matured him past puberty and into a midlife crisis. I was also ecstatic to find out halfway through that Phillip Seymour Hoffman shows up. For what little screen time he had he was hilarious. One of the highest marks of quality a film can have is when the director makes you feel exactly as anxious as the characters. During the scene where his sister and Lena come into the shop, while the phone is constantly ringing and the workers are dropping everything, I felt panic. I felt the character's panic and anxiousness and my mind was as racing and confused as his. I was expecting to like this film but I absolutely loved it. I'm kind of surprised it doesn't have that much notice to it. 9.5/10 #25 The Magnificent Seven - Might as well watch the Americanized version now. Plus I love Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. #31 Labyrinth - Is this a movie that had to be a part of your childhood to really love (such as The Goonies) or will I still enjoy it regardless? Either way, David Bowie. #37 Rebecca - A Hitchcock film I didn't really even know existed til I got into classic films. I know absolutely nothing else about this one. #49 Bowling For Columbine - I saw Sicko and it was funny, and I could use some solid political humor. #55 Wild At Heart - As if I haven't put enough Lynch on this list already. But this one has Nic Cage. #56 Mad Max - I haven't seen The Road Warrior either but I figure I should watch this one first. #60 The Virgin Spring - I've yet to see a Bergman film that I haven't absolutely loved. #62 Enter The Dragon - Just realized I haven't seen this. Probably should. #63 La Strada - Will be going into this completely blind. #64 Man Bites Dog - I hear this is really, really violent. Am I gonna regret putting this here? Seen so far: Pan's Labyrinth, The Wild Bunch, The Warriors, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, American History X, Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead, The Maltese Falcon, Annie Hall, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Casablanca, M, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Godfather, The Seventh Seal, Mulholland Drive, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence Of The Lambs, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Wild Strawberries, High Fidelity, Goldfinger, The Bicycle Thief, The Thing, Bonnie And Clyde, There Will Be Blood, 8½, Spirited Away, The Big Sleep, A Fish Called Wanda, The Man Who Wasn't There, 12 Angry Men, The Elephant Man, Once Upon A Time In The West, Moon, The 400 Blows, Rosemary's Baby, City Of God, Dog Day Afternoon, Breathless, Saving Private Ryan, Network, Persona, Mean Streets, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The Rules Of The Game, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Killing, Punch-Drunk Love TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 01:01 on May 15, 2011 |
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TrixRabbi, I really liked Rebecca when I saw it, I hope you enjoy it. So, I watched both Five Deadly Venoms and Crippled Avengers and enjoyed them both, though in different ways. Five Deadly Venoms builds some nice intrigue for itself which makes the fights a nice extra rather than the main course, though there's still plenty of fighting. I really liked the characterizations, though the new kid seemed awfully young for his role. Crippled Avengers is a little more on the silly side and full of fight scenes. Maybe a little too full because by the end I stopped seeing it as fighting and more like a bloody ballet, though that still had its good points. There's some really good use of sound too, even if some of it seems silly. Then again the entire premise is silly. Anyway, I think these two, in addition to the few I've seen before have finally convinced me to track down some more Shaw Brothers films. Updated list: La grande guerra I get the feeling this is one of those overlooked classics. India Song I've read mixed things about this, but I'm intrigued by the idea. Not enough to watch it on my own however, which is where this thread comes in. Plein soleil Clément is another director from whom I've seen one magnificent film and never got around to watching any others. Un homme et une femme Don't know much about this, a romance of some sort. Muerte de un ciclista Been wanting to watch more Spanish films, this seems to be near the top of the list of the ones I haven't watched. The Red and the White One of those film's that has always been high on my watch list, but never high enough to actually watch it. The Last Seduction Neo noir of some sort, sounds like a good time. The Last Command Another silent I need to get around to. O Lucky Man Probably would have seen this already if it wasn't 3 hours long. The One-Armed Swordsman This seems like the next logical choice. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10 , The Public Enemy 7.5/10 , This Sporting Life 8.5/10 , A Nightmare on Elm Street 7/10 , Sans toit ni loi 9.5/10 Tales of Hoffman 7.5/10 , The Ten Commandments 7/10 , Underworld 8.5/10 , Showgirls 7/10 , La meglio gioventù 8/10 , Vidas Secas 7/10 , The Sorrow and the Pity 9/10 , The Human Condition I 9.5/10 , Russian Ark 8.5/10 , Brighton Rock 8.5/10 , Grey Gardens 9.5/10 , The Marriage of Maria Braun 9/10 , Tampopo 7/10 , Django 8.5/10 , Ballad of Narayama 8.5/10 , Baby Face 8/10 , David Holzman's Diary 8/10 , The Seventh Victim 8/10 , The Blue Kite 9/10 , Soylent Green 8/10 , Flesh and the Devil 9.5/10 , Branded to Kill 6.5/10 , The Golem 7.5/10 , A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 9.5/10 , Ryan's Daughter 7/10 , 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 8.5/10 , Fiddler on the Roof 7/10 , American Movie 9/10 , The Longest Day 6/10 , Mephisto 9/10 , Barbarella 6/10 , Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 8.5/10 , The Room 1/10 , D.O.A. 9/10 , Cross of Iron 9.5/10 , Manila in the Claws of Neon 9.5/10 , He Who Gets Slapped 9.5/10 , Les amants du Pont-Neuf 9.5/10 , Coal Miner's Daughter 7.5/10 , You, the Living 8.5/10 , Head-On 9.5/10 , A Brighter Summer Day 8.5/10 , The White Ribbon 9/10 , The Color Purple 6/10 , Husbands 8/10 , Cabiria 5/10 , Drunken Master 8/10 , The Hawks and the Sparrows 9/10 , Offret 8/10 , El Topo 6/10 , House of Wax 8/10 , Yeelen 8.5/10 , Yesterday Girl 7.5/10 , Cleopatra 7/10 , Die freudlose Gasse 9.5/10 , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 9.5/10 , The Pawnbroker 9/10 , El Sol del membrillo 9/10 , Spione 9.5/10 , Subarnarekha 9/10 , Salt of the Earth 5/10 , Stage Door 8/10 , Altered States 8/10 , Klute 8.5/10 , American Gigolo 8/10 , Dance, Girl, Dance 9.5/10 , Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 7.5/10 Les misérables 6/10 , Paris nous appartient 8.5/10 , Romeo and Juliet 6/10 , It 9/10 , Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray 9/10 , The Ascent 9/10 , Crippled Avengers 8.5/10
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Peaceful Anarchy, watch The Last Seduction Took me a while, but I finally got around to watching The Basketball Diaries. It was a good story, one that I was definitely glad to see a happy ending to. Leonardo DiCaprio was outstanding, and I was surprised to see a bunch of actors I hadn't realized were in this one, particularly Mark Wahlberg and Michael Imperioli. 8/10 My List: Girl Who Played With Fire: Only makes sense to put this on the list now Twelve O'Clock High: I'm a fan of old war movies Night Watch: Russian fantasy, seems like an interesting movie Cronos: Another early del Toro work Three...Extremes: Asian horror intrigues me after seeing a lot of interesting ideas ruined by Hollywood Blood Work: I know it's not supposed to be among his best, but it's still Eastwood Conviction: Based on a true story that sounds like an interesting one The Crazies (1973): I didn't even realize the new one was a remake until I randomly found this one on Netflix, and George Romero is a master of his craft The Italian Job (1969): Never saw the original, but hear it's pretty good Dangerous Liasons: Not sure how much I'll like this one, but it's on one of the AFI lists, so I'll have to see it eventually Watched: Thin Blue Line 8/10, Let the Right One In 9/10, Evil Dead 2 8/10, Exit Through the Gift Shop 7/10, Hoop Dreams 9/10, The Devil's Backbone 6/10, Antichrist 3/10, Boys Don't Cry 9/10, The Producers 7/10, Malcolm X 7/10, [Rec] 10/10, The Pianist 8/10, The Virgin Suicides 5/10, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia 7/10, The Road Warrior 8/10, Winchester '73 8/10, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7/10, The Passion of Joan of Arc 5/10, Hoffa 7/10, Out of Sight 9/10, Das Boot 10/10, The Motorcycle Diaries 8/10, Rio Bravo 7/10, Arthur 7/10, A Soldier's Story 8/10, 8 1/2 7/10, The Heiress 3/10, The Cove 7/10, Brokeback Mountain 7/10, Solaris 6/10, The Informer 8/10, The King's Speech 8/10, Shadows 6/10, The Basketball Diaries 8/10
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bluefire579 posted:Night Watch: Russian fantasy, seems like an interesting movie Sounds the most interesting. The Conformist was pretty spectacular. The lighting, shadows, use of color, and camera movement combine into some of the best visuals I have seen in any movie ever. The sunlight bleeding through the trees in the forest, the leaves blowing around at the mansion, the dance hall scene-there's just so many wonderful images that stick in your mind. The story felt more serviceable than good in its own right, but the portrayal of fascism is interesting and well-done. 1. It's a Wonderful Life - Seems like it might be too cheesy. 2. Tokyo Story - I think I might have a problem appreciating muted emotions in movies. I might have a hard time watching this. 3. Some Like it Hot - Wilder is pretty great. 4. The Night of the Hunter - Actually had this for a week but never got around to watching it for some reason. 5. High and Low - Haven't seen a Kurosawa I haven't loved yet. 6. 7. The Rules of the Game - Ranked as one of the very best movies of all time, I think it's a about class warfare or something. Ooooh, a war movie! 8. Schindler's List - I never go out of my way to watch Holocaust related things anymore. It's just too drat depressing. 9. Days of Heaven - It's just this and The New World now. 10. Le Samouraï - This sounds...interesting. Watched: The Seventh Seal, Moon, Barton Fink, The Thin Blue Line, Cool Hand Luke, Citizen Kane, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Goodfellas, Casablanca, City Lights, Seven Samurai, The Bicycle Thief, Do the Right Thing, The Battle of Algiers, On the Waterfront, Wild Strawberries, The Trial, Adaptation, Unforgiven, Annie Hall, The 400 Blows, Diabolique, Mulholland Dr., Dirty Harry, The 39 Steps, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, 8 1/2, Boogie Nights, A Streetcar Named Desire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The General, Pickpocket, Pulp Fiction, Amadeus, Lawrence of Arabia, Eraserhead, The Lady Vanishes, The Wild Bunch, A Clockwork Orange, Platoon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ikiru, Jules and Jim, The Asphalt Jungle, M, The Thin Red Line, Dial M for Murder, The Sting, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Exterminating Angel, A Woman Under the Influence, Singin' in the Rain, Scenes from a Marriage, Badlands, City of God, The Gold Rush, The Maltese Falcon, The Conformist
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May 15, 2011 08:52
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Atheistdeals.com, I'll give you The Shawshank Redemption. Alot of people give it poo poo because alot of new or causal movie watchers declare it the best movie ever and it is a little sappy but overall, it is a great movie. ---------- Aguirre: The Wrath Of God - It seems like in every early Werner Herzog movie, he does some weird poo poo with animals that makes me uncomfortable and slightly brings down the movie for me. This time with the horse and the spider monkeys. That said, I think the thing I like most about them is how he throws caution to the wind. Aguirre has the amazing raft scenes. I read about how Klaus Kinski was genius in this movie but I thought he had the same issue as Jack Nicholson in The Shining. He seems batshit crazy in the beginning. Still a really strong performance. It is also interesting to see how much this movie inspired Apocalypse Now. I really want to give Fitzcarraldo another watch after watching this one. Gave it a 86/100 on Criticker. ---------- My list: The Seven Samurai: I rented this one from Blockbuster Online a few years ago. Tried to watch it at 3 in the morning and fell asleep. Thought the picture looked lovely and I decided to wait for the City Lights: I have never watched a Chaplin movie and I have heard this is his best. 8 1/2: Mix the reasons for The Seven Samurai/The Seventh Seal (It sounds lovely but "deep" movies tend to intimidate me before I force myself to sit through them.) together and you'll have the reason why I haven't watched 8 1/2 yet. Back To The Future: I think I seen part of 2 on tv (is that the one with the hoverboard scene?) but I have never felt the need to track this down. Paths Of Glory: One of the few Kubrick movies I haven't seen yet (only ones I have left are Fear And Desire, The Killing and Spartacus [which I have fallen asleep during three times now]) The Maltese Falcon: Never got around to watching it. I've seen three Bogart movies so far (Treasure Of Sierra Madre was one of the greatest films I have ever seen, In A Lonely Place I liked, Casablanca I didn't) but I have never been a big noir fan. El Topo: I was going to list The Holy Mountain but this one came first and I heard it is good to watch as a way to ease somebody into Alejandro Jodorowsky. Black Narcissus: I actually imported this from the UK way before the American Criterion Blu-Ray release. I kind of forgot about it but watching Peeping Tom reminded me how I need to get off my rear end and watch it. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid: I'm still not a big western fan but I have been steamrolling through all of the greats in this thread. Been meaning to watch this one so I could read William Goldman's Adventures In The Screen Trade. A book I have also been putting off since at the end, it has the screenplay to this movie. Solaris: I haven't seen any Andrei Tarkovsky yet. Woodstock: No excuse for this one. I own it on Blu-Ray, I've watched some of the song outtakes but I've never sat down and watched the whole thing. The runtime always make me grab a different movie over this one. Watched: The Seventh Seal (83/100), The Man With No Name Trilogy (79/100 - 80/100 - 79/100), Once Upon A Time In The West (79/100), Alien (69/100), The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (70/100 - 67/100 - 69/100), Annie Hall (79/100), Lawrence Of Arabia (92/100), Dazed And Confused (67/100), The Third Man (86/100), Aguirre: The Wrath Of War (85/100) Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 16:08 on May 15, 2011 |
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May 15, 2011 16:06
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Sporadic, watch City Lights. I'm not sure if it's Chaplin's best but I liked it a lot so you should watch it. The Last Seduction has some flaws, particularly Bill Pullman and exterior lighting, but the the scenes with Linda Fiorentino, which is about 95% of the movie, are excellent. Her character is well written and well performed, someone we can't get a full handle on all the way through the film. Even with a couple of ridiculous twists it works really well and is a lot of fun. Updated list: La grande guerra I get the feeling this is one of those overlooked classics. India Song I've read mixed things about this, but I'm intrigued by the idea. Not enough to watch it on my own however, which is where this thread comes in. Plein soleil Clément is another director from whom I've seen one magnificent film and never got around to watching any others. Un homme et une femme Don't know much about this, a romance of some sort. Muerte de un ciclista Been wanting to watch more Spanish films, this seems to be near the top of the list of the ones I haven't watched. The Red and the White One of those film's that has always been high on my watch list, but never high enough to actually watch it. The Last Command Another silent I need to get around to. O Lucky Man Probably would have seen this already if it wasn't 3 hours long. The One-Armed Swordsman This seems like the next logical choice. Mother India Three hours of Bollywood glory. Apparently this is a big loving deal in India. We shall see. For the hell of it, here's what I've seen so far: Last Tango In Paris 7.5/10 , Lola Montes 8.5/10 , First Blood 8.5/10 , Lolita 8.5/10 , The New World 8.5/10 , The Decalogue 9.5/10 , Neotpravlennoye pismo 10/10 , A Passage to India 8.5/10 , Yi-Yi 8.5/10 , The Last Emperor 7.5/10 , In a Year with 13 Moons 8.5/10 , The Big Red One 8.5/10 , Les Vampires 9.5/10 , Ballad of a Soldier 9.5/10 , Chelsea Girls 7.5/10 , Kin-Dza-Dza 9/10 , My Life as a Dog 8/10 , The Man who Fell to Earth 8/10 , Red Beard 8.5/10 , Satantango 9/10 , Napoleon 10/10 , Faces 9/10 , Godzilla 7/10, Olympia I 9.5/10 II 8.5/10 , Bad Day at Black Rock 9/10, Soy Cuba 9.5/10, Ossessione 8/10, Greed 10/10, Hoop Dreams 9.5/10, The Burmese Harp 9.5/10 , Éloge de l'amour 6.5/10 , Woodstock 7.5/10 , Die Nibelungen Siegfried 9/10 Kriemhild 8.5/10, Ceddo 10/10 , Wrath of Khan - 7/10 , Shoah 9/10 , City of Sadness 8.5/10, Fires on the Plain 9/10 , Berlin Alexanderplatz 9/10 , Heima 6.5/10 , Angels with Dirty Faces 8.5/10 , Juliet of the Spirits 7/10 Kings of the Road 8.5/10 , Farewell My Concubine 7.5/10 , Dodesukaden 10/10 , The Shootist 7/10 , Goodbye Lenin 9.5/10 , La hora de los hornos 9/10 , The Traveling Players 5/10 , Reds 9/10 , Werckmeister Harmonies 9/10 , Five Fingers of Death 8/10 , Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 9/10 , Ong-bak 7.5/10 , The Devils 8.5/10 , Nostalghia 8/10 , Killer's Kiss 8.5/10 , Koyaanisqatsi 8.5/10 , Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo 9.5/10 , The Cove 9/10 , America, America 8.5/10 , Pour la suite du monde 5/10 , Lilja 4-ever 9/10 , The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 7/10 , Burma VJ 8.5/10 , The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 8.5/10 , Europa '51 9/10 , The Killers 9/10 , The Killers 7/10 , Pursued 8.5/10 , Pelle the Conqueror 8/10 , Brink of Life 9/10 , Fear and Desire 4/10 , The Naked Spur 6/10 , Stroszek 8.5/10 , Beau Travail 8/10 , Kanal 9/10 Field of Dreams 6/10 , Mishima 7/10 , Novecento 7/10 , A Face in the Crowd 9/10 , Floating Weeds 8.5/10, Heaven's Gate 8.5/10 , Days and Nights in the Forest 9/10 The War of The Worlds 6.5/10 , Fallen Angels 9/10 , The Crucified Lovers 8.5/10 , Sanxia haoren 8.5/10 , Fantomas 8.5/10 , The Ballad of Cable Hogue 9.5/10 , <---> 6/10 , The Devil and Daniel Webster 8.5/10 , Basic Instinct 8/10, Babette's Feast 5/10 , Wuthering Heights 8/10 , The Saragossa Manuscript 9.5/10 , The Public Enemy 7.5/10 , This Sporting Life 8.5/10 , A Nightmare on Elm Street 7/10 , Sans toit ni loi 9.5/10 Tales of Hoffman 7.5/10 , The Ten Commandments 7/10 , Underworld 8.5/10 , Showgirls 7/10 , La meglio gioventù 8/10 , Vidas Secas 7/10 , The Sorrow and the Pity 9/10 , The Human Condition I 9.5/10 , Russian Ark 8.5/10 , Brighton Rock 8.5/10 , Grey Gardens 9.5/10 , The Marriage of Maria Braun 9/10 , Tampopo 7/10 , Django 8.5/10 , Ballad of Narayama 8.5/10 , Baby Face 8/10 , David Holzman's Diary 8/10 , The Seventh Victim 8/10 , The Blue Kite 9/10 , Soylent Green 8/10 , Flesh and the Devil 9.5/10 , Branded to Kill 6.5/10 , The Golem 7.5/10 , A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 9.5/10 , Ryan's Daughter 7/10 , 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 8.5/10 , Fiddler on the Roof 7/10 , American Movie 9/10 , The Longest Day 6/10 , Mephisto 9/10 , Barbarella 6/10 , Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 8.5/10 , The Room 1/10 , D.O.A. 9/10 , Cross of Iron 9.5/10 , Manila in the Claws of Neon 9.5/10 , He Who Gets Slapped 9.5/10 , Les amants du Pont-Neuf 9.5/10 , Coal Miner's Daughter 7.5/10 , You, the Living 8.5/10 , Head-On 9.5/10 , A Brighter Summer Day 8.5/10 , The White Ribbon 9/10 , The Color Purple 6/10 , Husbands 8/10 , Cabiria 5/10 , Drunken Master 8/10 , The Hawks and the Sparrows 9/10 , Offret 8/10 , El Topo 6/10 , House of Wax 8/10 , Yeelen 8.5/10 , Yesterday Girl 7.5/10 , Cleopatra 7/10 , Die freudlose Gasse 9.5/10 , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 9.5/10 , The Pawnbroker 9/10 , El Sol del membrillo 9/10 , Spione 9.5/10 , Subarnarekha 9/10 , Salt of the Earth 5/10 , Stage Door 8/10 , Altered States 8/10 , Klute 8.5/10 , American Gigolo 8/10 , Dance, Girl, Dance 9.5/10 , Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 7.5/10 Les misérables 6/10 , Paris nous appartient 8.5/10 , Romeo and Juliet 6/10 , It 9/10 , Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray 9/10 , The Ascent 9/10 , Crippled Avengers 8.5/10 , The Last Seduction 8.5/10
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:The Red and the White One of those film's that has always been high on my watch list, but never high enough to actually watch it. Time to take it off your list then! Fitzcarraldo is insane. I enjoyed that there was a disjointed feeling to much of it too, especially as our intrepid adventurers make stops here and there on the way to the iconic image of taking a ship over a mountain. The sequence with the abandoned train conductor was hilarious. "I see you've had children," Fitzcarraldo says to him. Guy is still in his uniform too which just added to it. Between him and Huerequeque there is enough comedy to go around. What impressed me most was Kinski. There is an obvious kinship between the Fitzcarraldo character and Aguirre. But here he channels a childlike dreaminess that was absent in the cold ambition of Aguirre. Really good work. Also, Claudia Cardinale  Some fat could have probably been trimmed but it's a great quixotic adventure movie. Updated list o' shame: 1) Cronos – First blind buy blu-ray. Like Del Toro’s movies a ton, I even enjoyed Blade 2 more than the rest of the series (and I think I even saw it before I knew who Del Toro was). Excited for this. 2) Easy Rider - Rented it thrice and never found the time to watch. Not for lack of interest, just didn't happen. 3) The Lives of Others - Pretty recent but everyone and their dog seems to love this movie and I just haven't put forth the effort. 4) Amadeus - I know I'll like it and I'm embarrassed I haven't watched it. 5) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - I've only seen Faces by Cassavetes and I wasn't impressed so I've been putting off a second chance. I imagine I'd like Faces more now, I think I was 18 when I saw it. 6)Blow Out - Travolta + DePalma? I am skeptical though I hear it's a lot like The Conversation, which is probably my favourite Coppola. 7) Paths of Glory – Highest in IMDB top 250 I haven’t seen 8) Salo - I'm scared. 9) Hausu – Loved the criterion artwork for it and enjoy what little Japanese horror I have seen. 10) In the Bedroom - I've owned it for years and just keep forgetting I have it. Shame be gone: Wild Strawberries, Sunset Blvd., The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Our Man in Havana, Breathless, Phenomena, Withnail & I, 12 Angry Men, The Cranes Are Flying, Fitzcarraldo.
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Ratedargh posted:4) Amadeus - I know I'll like it and I'm embarrassed I haven't watched it. The Director's cut version is not worth it. I quite enjoyed It's a Wonderful Life. It's a bit silly, and I'm not the catholic type of person(or religious for that matter) but the movie isn't about that. It got me in the mood for Christmas even though we still half a year away. Jimmy Stewart is very electric and his performance alone takes you for the ride. My shame list: The Lady from Shanghai How silly is Welles accent? Stray Dog Another Kurosawa Noir. History of Violence This looks...interesting. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Return of the western spot. Strangers on a Train CSI did a remake of this episode of sorts. It was terrible. Woyzeck Herzog and Kinski madness. Forbidden Planet My SF movie library is lacking... The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Double Indemnity High hopes for this one. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. Sounds awesome really. Have seen so far: Mulholland Drive, The Departed, 2001:A Space Odyssey, M, The Trial, Vertigo, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, On the Waterfront, Magnolia, Brazil, Days of Heaven, The Shining, Throne of Blood, The Searchers, La Grand Illusion, Ladri di Biciclette, Tokyo Story, À bout de souffle, Once Upon a Time in America, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Boogie Nights, The Wild Bunch, Dial M for Murder, Network, La Dolce Vita, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Le Samouraï, Bande à Part, Solaris, Singin' in the rain, Infernal Affairs, Notorious, The Maltese Falcon, Touch of Evil, Some Like it Hot, High and Low, To Catch a Thief, Modern times, The Bad Sleep Well, In the Mood for Love, The Apartment, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Punch Drunk Love, Stalag 17, Dog Day Afternoon, It's a Wonderful Life.
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God I loved White Zombie. I think it's my favorite Lugosi performance. He's got some real insanity in his eyes. This movie is also a great example of why I love Poverty Row - when it's done properly, like this or Detour, it proves that style and heart are what really make a movie. The camerawork is downright eerie, and there's a great early sense of the power of sound - more than any other pre-Code horror I can think of it. Just a great piece overall. The huge empty rooms and unusual transitions are amazing - it's what Dracula should have looked like. Electronico6, lots of great stuff, but I gotta go with Forbidden Planet. New List: New one: Two Thousand Maniacs! Is this any good? I wasn't thrilled with Blood Feast. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? I was really excited for this, then I heard it was kinda crappy. All the same, I owe it a watch. Red Riding 1974 I can't decide if this looks very good or totally lovely. No Highway in the Sky I get recommended this one a lot. I Know Where I'm Going! Really gotta get to work on P&P. The Ninth Configuration I keep getting real adamant about watching this, and then it fizzles out in like ten minutes. Toto, Peppino e la malafemmina Italian comedy doesn't do it for me, but Terrence Malick of all people loves this one. Certainly worth a try. Les rendez-vous d'Anna The only one in the Chantal Akerman Eclipse set I haven't gotten around to yet. The Winning of Barbara Worth The last great silent western. I really oughta see this. The Wanderers This is apparently a really accurate look at where I'm from. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10), Vivre Sa Vie (8.5/10), The American Friend (7.5/10), The Endless Sumer (7.5/10), Yesterday Girl (7.5/10), Battleground (8/10), Two-Lane Blacktop (8/10), Chimes at Midnight (9/10), Trash Humpers (6/10), The Docks of New York (9/10), The Fallen Idol (9/10), Fires on the Plain (9/10), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (7.5/10), The Americanization of Emily (8.5/10), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (8/10), The Mirror (8.5/10), The Thin Man (8.5/10), Danger: Diabolik (7.5/10), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (7.5/10), Black God White Devil (8/10), Little Fugitive (8/10), Drunken Angel (7.5/10), Funeral Parade of Roses (9/10), How to Train Your Dragon (8/10), Across 110th Street (7.5/10), The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (8/10), The Wind (8.5), Portrait of Jennie (7/10), Primer (8/10), To Catch a Thief (8/10), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (4/10), Getrud (8.5/10), Our Hospitality (9/10), Les Diaboliques (8/10), The Awful Truth (8/10), Duel in the Sun (6.5/10), A Guy Named Joe (6/10), Quiet City (5/10), People on Sunday (8.5/10), Nothing but a Man (8.5/10), Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring (8/10), Comradship (7.5/10), Too Early, Too Late (4/10), Wooden Crosses (7.5/10), White Zombie (8.5/10) penismightier fucked around with this message at 05:32 on May 16, 2011 |
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I recommend No Highway IN the Sky so I can be the last one to recommend it to you. I disappeared from this thread forever, I think mainly because people picked either the movie I was LEAST looking forward to, or the one I'd JUST added after watching the last movie. So 9 items on the list remained forevermore. Now I'll make a different list. We'll go with five non-cartoon movies from IMDB that I haven't seen, then five from TSPDT. Das Boot: Das submarine has a long goddamn runtime. Hotel Rwanda: I pretty much always had Don Cheadle and that is literally what has kept me from even considering watching this. Slumdog Millionaire: Sick of hearing about this... Into the Wild: Never heard anything about this, but sounds manly... Trainspotting: Started to watch this years ago, but I was pretty easily turned off by its goofiness and the fact that it revolved around drugs. Guess I need to watch it eventually. The Lady Eve: Was next on my "to watch" list but I was sick of the era at the time. Stalker: Tarkovskiy is very hit or miss for me, so something with this long of a runtime is scary. Manhattan: Maybe one of these days I'll see a Woody Allen movie I enjoy. McCabe & Mrs. Miller: I knew nothing about this before reading the Netflix description, but Altman + Beatty + the frontier? Sounds awesome, why haven't I seen this yet? Paisan: Rossellini movies have been depressing but technically great, so we'll see....
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Brian, at the risk of giving you the film you're least looking forward to you get to watch Hotel Rwanda. As it began I got a little nervous that Rebecca was just going to be another "Rich People Problems" movie. But instantly the dialogue grabbed me and once the darker more Hitchcock-like plot took over I really loved it. 8.5/10 #25 The Magnificent Seven - Might as well watch the Americanized version now. Plus I love Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. #31 Labyrinth - Is this a movie that had to be a part of your childhood to really love (such as The Goonies) or will I still enjoy it regardless? Either way, David Bowie. #49 Bowling For Columbine - I saw Sicko and it was funny, and I could use some solid political humor. #55 Wild At Heart - As if I haven't put enough Lynch on this list already. But this one has Nic Cage. #56 Mad Max - I haven't seen The Road Warrior either but I figure I should watch this one first. #60 The Virgin Spring - I've yet to see a Bergman film that I haven't absolutely loved. #62 Enter The Dragon - Just realized I haven't seen this. Probably should. #63 La Strada - Will be going into this completely blind. #64 Man Bites Dog - I hear this is really, really violent. Am I gonna regret putting this here? #65 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Promised a friend I'd watch this eventually. This is the first one in the series, right? Seen so far: Pan's Labyrinth, The Wild Bunch, The Warriors, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, American History X, Barton Fink, Apocalypse Now, Eraserhead, The Maltese Falcon, Annie Hall, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Casablanca, M, Seven Samurai, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Godfather, The Seventh Seal, Mulholland Drive, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence Of The Lambs, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, Wild Strawberries, High Fidelity, Goldfinger, The Bicycle Thief, The Thing, Bonnie And Clyde, There Will Be Blood, 8½, Spirited Away, The Big Sleep, A Fish Called Wanda, The Man Who Wasn't There, 12 Angry Men, The Elephant Man, Once Upon A Time In The West, Moon, The 400 Blows, Rosemary's Baby, City Of God, Dog Day Afternoon, Breathless, Saving Private Ryan, Network, Persona, Mean Streets, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The Rules Of The Game, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Killing, Punch-Drunk Love, Rebecca
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TrixRabbi, La Strada is wonderful. Rio Bravo was fantastic. It didn't do anything too fancy, it was just a simple story well told, with some great characters. The only problem I had was with Angie Dickinson. I thought she gave a good performance, but (almost) every time she was on screen the story ground to a boring halt. 4.5/5 I also saw Ordet. My personal beliefs made it difficult to relate to, but the pregnancy scene was tense, and the description of the dead baby actually made me physically nauseous. The ending was ridiculous, and very convenient for these characters who were having crises of faith. 3.5/5 Bed and Board The continuing adventures of Antoine Doinel. Shadows More Cassavetes.. Alice I've seen a few of Svankmajer's shorts and they are interesting. Andrei Rublev On the most lists. I know nothing about this other than that it is Tarkovsky and long. The Idiots I love von Trier, but I have a feeling this won't be nearly as good as most. Safe Other Todd Haynes/Julianne Moore movie. This one sounds much better. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance Haneke noooooo. Recommended to me earlier in this thread. Winchester '73 I need some more Westerns. Local Hero Picked this up at a flea market a few days ago. Don't know much about it other than that I probably won't ever watch it unless someone here makes me. L'avventura Next up on TSPDT. Not ashamed anymore: Lawrence of Arabia 4.5/5, The Battle of Algiers 2/5, Toy Story 2 3.5/5, Sherman's March 3.5/5, His Girl Friday 4/5, Last Year at Marienbad 3/5, M 4/5, Stolen Kisses 3/5, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 4/5, Lost Highway 4/5, Gates of Heaven 3/5, Downfall 4/5, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 4/5, Grizzly Man 4/5, Wings of Desire 2/5, Z 3/5, A Shot in the Dark 2.5/5, Toy Story 3 4.5/5, The Fountain 4/5, Inland Empire 2/5, The Wild Bunch 4/5, Hunger 4.5/5, The Green Mile 3.5/5, The Ballad of Cable Hogue 4/5, A Woman Under the Influence 5/5, La Dolce Vita 4/5, Das Boot 4.5/5, Camera Buff 4.5/5, The Red Shoes 4.5/5, The Rules of the Game 3.5/5, Persona 4.5/5, Black Narcissus 2.5/5, The Battleship Potemkin 3.5/5, Departures 4/5, The Wages of Fear 4.5/5, Werckmeister Harmonies, 4/5, Blazing Saddles 1.5/5, Pickpocket 4/5, McCabe and Mrs. Miller 5/5, Le Cercle Rouge 4/5, Night and Fog ?/5, Opening Night 5/5, Notorious 4.5/5, Night of the Living Dead 3.5/5, Seven Chances 4/5, Faces 4/5, Europa 3/5, A Day at the Races 4/5, Three Colors: White 4.5/5, Vernon, Florida 4.5/5, Hud 3.5/5, Slacker 4.5/5, The Thing 4/5, Code Unknown 3.5/5, The Double Life of Veronique 4/5, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4/5, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 4.5/5, Sullivan's Travels 3.5/5, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 4/5, Ben-Hur 2.5/5, Mona Lisa 3/5, Brief Encounter 4/5, Laura 4/5, Beauty and the Beast 4/5, Solaris 3/5, Alphaville 4/5, Nights of Cabiria 3.5/5, Gun Crazy 4/5, Tokyo Story 3.5/5, The Piano Teacher 3.5/5, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 3.5/5, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 4/5, The Best Years of Our Lives 4.5/5, A Bittersweet Life 4.5/5, Rebecca 3.5/5, Sleuth 4.5/5, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 4/5, Hearts and Minds 3/5, L'Atalante 2.5/5, The Passion of Joan of Arc 4.5/5, Far From Heaven 4/5, Children of Paradise 3.5/5, Shock Corridor 3/5, Heaven Can Wait 4/5, That Obscure Object of Desire 4.5/5, Before Sunrise 4/5, Before Sunset 5/5, When We Were Kings 4.5/5, Rio Bravo 4.5/5, Ordet 3.5/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:I also saw Ordet. My personal beliefs made it difficult to relate to, but the pregnancy scene was tense, and the description of the dead baby actually made me physically nauseous. The ending was ridiculous, and very convenient for these characters who were having crises of faith. 3.5/5 Nice to see someone else feels the same way about this film and the ending. The event you spoilered was the high point of the film, at that moment I thought it was pretty amazing, then it started unraveling as it got sillier and more heavy handed up to that ending.
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:Bed and Board You're almost done the series, might as well go for it. I've decided to throw my hat into the thread, and hopefully get around to the many unwatched movies I have lying around. Here's my starting list: Battleship Potemkin - No excuses Dr. Mabuse the Gambler - Lang has never let me down, but this is kinda 4 hours long The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Seen the beginning, parts of the middle, and the end. But never all the way through in one sitting. Midnight Cowboy - Never in the mood Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - I love Miyazaki but never had the guff to watch this Once Upon a Time in the West - I'm sorry Raging Bull - Never in the mood...again. The Seventh Seal - I'm so so sorry The Man who Fell to Earth / Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Cheating here, but David Bowie is the man Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - It looks beautiful, and with Glass doing the music you can't go wrong
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Waltermelon, see what you think about Once Upon a Time in the West. Pierrot Le Fou was a mixed bag for me. In broad brushstrokes, the cinematography and use of color was remarkable. Belmondo's performance as Ferdinand was energetic, and along with Karina's attitude and sex appeal, they succeeded as a pair of lovers on the run. However, I thought too many parts of the screenplay were trivial, dull, and meandering. Even though I quite liked the beginning of the movie, and the final scene was surprising, the overall film was not at impressive as Badlands. New list: The Killing Now the earliest Kubrick I have not seen A Face in the Crowd Made aware of this by the 'Movie of the Month' thread La Dolce Vita Cautiously adding this to my list after viewing 8½ - not that I didn't like it, but I wasn't blown away either Prince of the City Knocked out Serpico and continuing on with the Lumet collection Matewan Suspect this will be rather dry, but a good story nonetheless Blood Simple Well-regarded Coen brothers film The Grifters Yet another kind of noir Bugsy Another gangster movie with a Morricone soundtrack, and more Warren Beatty Inside Job Most recent Best Documentary, with timely subject matter Watched: Once Upon a Time in America, The Sting, MASH, Ran, The Big Sleep, Army of Shadows, On the Waterfront, Fantastic Planet, Annie Hall, Barton Fink, The 400 Blows, La Grande Illusion, Gandhi, The Hill, Manhattan, The Host, The Bicycle Thief, The Asphalt Jungle, The Insider, Bringing Out the Dead, 8½, The Abyss, The Thin Blue Line, Touch of Evil, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Wages of Fear, Paris, Texas, The Conversation, Reds, Fargo, Pierrot Le Fou
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Electronico6 posted:The Director's cut version is not worth it. Sadly it's the only copy (of Amadeus) I have. But I've suckered a bunch of friends into watching it with me this weekend. I've heard the extra 20 really bogs it down...it can't be that bad is it?
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Ratedargh posted:Sadly it's the only copy (of Amadeus) I have. But I've suckered a bunch of friends into watching it with me this weekend. I've heard the extra 20 really bogs it down...it can't be that bad is it? There's one particular scene that significantly alters the way you perceive a character's motivations. I don't like it and wish it wasn't there, but I don't mind all the other additions.
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