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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? It's not bad. It's just makes it longer than it's needed. Can bog down the movie in some places.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:On a related note, I hate that you can't get the original cut of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly on Blu-Ray http://www.amazon.it/Buono-Brutto-Cattivo-Aldo-Giuffre/dp/B003IVI0GE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1305659901&sr=1-2-fkmr0
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Kull the Conqueror posted: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. You mean Stanzi taking her clothes off for Salieri?
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Yeah. I mean, what I love about the film is how Salieri is undeniably petty and vengeful, doing bad things because he's bitter, but there's still room to empathize with his character not only through the amusing nature of his antics, but because his frustration with life is borne of things completely out of his control. His eventual betrayal of God and his pious principles is a lot more engaging when he merely takes out everything on Mozart himself, not the innocent Stanzi. It shifts the tone of the entire picture, I don't like it as much, and I'm bummed it's the version I'm stuck with on bluray.
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Budhisattva posted:Blood Simple Well-regarded Coen brothers film I liked it. Clearly influenced There Will be Blood. This thread got away from me, so I'm gonna start over. New List: 1. The Crazies (1973)- I enjoyed the more recent remake and I typically enjoy older Romero stuff, so this should be a gimmie. 2. Garden State - I always thought this would be a quick and easy movie that I might enjoy. 3. Any of the Star Trek films - Are there any in particular that I should see? 4. Die Hard - I dunno...it slipped through somehow. 5. The Fly(original and remake) -Never really got around to either of them. The fact I am such a nerd for this genre of film only deepens my shame. 6. Barton Fink - One of the few Coen bros. movies I haven't seen. 7. Raging Bull - I'm adding this because I just saw Taxi Driver and I want more Paul Schrader. 8. Rear Window - I heard it compared to Disturbia once which kinda turned me off. 9. Memento - I put it off because I heard it was complicated and hard to follow. 10. Eyes Wide Shut - It's next on my list of Kubrick movies. No longer ashamed: Taxi Driver (4.5,5), Casablanca (2.5/5), The Godfather (4/5), The Good the Bad and the Ugly(4.5/5), 12 Angry Men(4.5/5), The Godfather, part II (3.5/5),
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Treebeh, go watch Memento. Don't worry; it makes sense in context. I just finished Irréversible and I'm not entirely sure how to articulate my thoughts. In short, I respected it, but I couldn't bring myself to say I liked it. It's so abjectly unpleasant and gut-wrenching to watch that all I could think about was how much I wanted to turn it off. I understand it was intentional—this film is to nausea what L'Avventura is to ennui—but I still disliked the overall picture. Ebert's point about the revenge preceding the act, thereby forcing the viewer to evaluate the revenge as a separate thing, was valid. Even so, that was the only decision the movie made that I agree with. The ever-rotating camera, the constant unpleasant noise, and the heavy use of strobes, combined with the storytelling structure—the first half being horrifying to the point of gratuity in its unwillingness to cut away, the second half being boring, mundane, ill-defined in the characters' motivations, and anticlimactic—came together to make a movie that I agree is important, but extremely far from enjoyable. 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. 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. Splendor in the Grass: I have seen zero films by America's Tattletale, Elia Kazan. 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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Splendor in the Grass is the only one of those I've seen, but I dislike Natalie Wood very much, so I would not subject you to her awfulness. Watch The Natural, Redford owns. aaanyway, Battleship Potemkin is really the sort of film I'd rather be watching in film school, so the professor could point out the techniques. There's some seriously impressive editing, and the Odessa steps sequence is justly famous, but it's really more of a history piece than anything I could like, dislike, or be lukewarm about. (*/10) 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. 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. 16. City Lights I have never seen any Chaplin. For some reason I've always thought it would be boring, though I have no evidence of this. 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), Battleship Potemkin (*/10) * - Unrateable
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Spatula City posted:5. Jaws - I own this, too. Honestly have no excuse for not seeing this. Probably the movie I seen most times in my life. Forbidden Planet was quite good. Feels a bit old at some times and some of the actors are not that good, but it's still a nice movie and a science fiction classic with a very interesting concept. Old Gene really did plunder this movie to get the basis of Star Trek, it feels just like an old Star Trek episode, only made 10 years before Star Trek. Also the poster is a lie. 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. The French Connection Only know the car chase scene. 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, Forbidden Planet.
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Electronico6 I give you Double Indemnity. I really want to give you that Scorsese doc but I think it'll be more interesting if you've seen a bunch of these other movies. The Red and the White is ok, but I never got into it. I guess the point is to show the confusion and general chaos of war but I just didn't fins it that effective. If having no characters or plot or even a wider perspective was what it was trying to do then I guess it succeeded, but just getting dumped into unexplained scene after unexplained scene was kind of tedious, especially since none of the scenes were particularly memorable on their own. It was well shot though. I dunno, I feel like I'm missing something here. 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 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. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Sounds interesting, need to see more Czech new wave. 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 , The Red and the White 7/10
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Peaceful Anarchy posted: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. Go with this one. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - I thought that this was 3 hours long but apparently they added both versions runtime together for that amount because it actually comes in at 94 minutes. I got it in my head that this was going to be a light, airy romance story but it was more of a horror story for the first half hour and then again toward the end. The film went by pretty fast and some of the effects were excellent for their time. This is one where it's clearly a shame that most of the original source material has long been lost or destroyed. My list was being overrun by cartoons so I watched a couple of them as well. I liked the Ratatouille story. CGI was impressive. I can say it's my second favorite kids movie revolving around rats. First being The Secret of NIMH. How to Train Your Dragon was OK but the story seemed too familiar and predictable. I would've enjoyed this one if I was really young I imagine. And actually some of the CGI seemed amateurish. The CGI beards on the vikings looked like bad video game animation from some game I would've played on my PC years ago. IMDb list: NEW #85 Black Swan - Newer film that I've heard some buzz about. I almost saw it in the theaters and it's now out on DVD and off the "short wait" for Netflix. Finally the last film of the IMDb top 100. I'm guessing some new movie gets upvoted right before I see this as has happened the last few times I've been on the cusp of greatness. 5/18/11 #112 The King's Speech - Now out on DVD. New best picture. I saw some clips of it on the Academy Awards show. 4/27/11 #129 Witness for the Prosecution - I've liked every Billy Wilder movie thus far. I don't know anything about this. (added 1/7/11) #167 Finding Nemo - Saw some of this on TV and it seemed decent. 4/2/11 #170 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Is this similar to Snatch? 4/23/11 #171 The Secret in Their Eyes - Recently acclaimed foreign movie I heard about on TV. 5/2/11 #172 The Best Years of Our Lives - One of 25 films to win 7+ Oscars. 4/23/11 The Bourne Identity - Technically not on the top 250 but I need to watch this before The Bourne Ultimatum (which is currently #173). 4/7/11 NEW #182 Diabolique - I was supposed to watch this ~5 years ago and forgot about it. 5/18/11 NEW #183 Gandhi - I believe this was the first movie I added to the Netflix queue when I got that service. Then I added another 300+ movies and this vanished somewhere into ether. 5/18/11
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Zogo, you get Black Swan because it is great. India Song gets better after the first 20 minutes when the occasional music kicks in to complement the visuals, and better still after an hour when things begin to make some kind of sense, but it's still a pretty dull and ineffective film. Starting with the positives, the aforementioned music is really good and the visuals are really nice, the languid but consistently present camerawork and framing do a lot to create an air of detached mystery. Unfortunately the rest did absolutely nothing for me. There's a kind of rambling poetry to the narration, but it's not a style that appeals to me, a mix of dialogue and description that tries to complement what's on screen but rarely succeeds. There's also very little I got out of it other than a) It's hot in India, b) love affairs are complicated, c) colonial politics is complicated. None of these ideas are explored in much detail though, so as a viewer I was just drifting around trying to find something to hold on to. Strangely enough I actually feel like it's something I might like more if I actually read the play, not because I suspect there's more content but because reading the fragments of conversation would probably be more engaging than hearing the voices speak it. Updated list: La grande guerra I get the feeling this is one of those overlooked classics. 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 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. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Sounds interesting, need to see more Czech new wave. An Angel At My Table Only 3 movies left in the TSPDT top 500, this is one of them. 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 , The Red and the White 7/10 , India Song 6/10
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Mother India Three hours of Bollywood glory. Apparently this is a big loving deal in India. We shall see. I've can't pronounce half the names of the movies on your list, much less have I seen them. This one sounds the most interesting, so I hope it lives up to it. Finally got around to watching Dancer in the Dark. I don't know why people find it so depressing. Okay, well that's not true, I know why, but I just don't know why people let it affect them so much. I found it an interesting story, but I found Selma a bit...odd. Bjork did a good job in the movie and I liked how candid the performances were. The over all story didn't leave me weeping because she made her decision. It was a poo poo situation but she knew every second what would happen if she chose the way she chose. I don't know if I would call her sacrifice noble or necessary. I almost felt it was a bit selfish. Kind of like when someone does something nice just so they can get compliments. I don't know. I'm probably really jaded, but the movie was good, I just don't think it was great. Here's my updated list: 1. Barton Fink - I'm actually a pretty big fan of the Coen Brothers so how this got away from me, I don't know. 2. The Usual Suspects. I've never seen this movie, but I do know how it ends, and since it's one of those that the ending is a surprise, I feel that watching the movie would be moot. 3. Metropolis. I've never seen a silent film, at least not in it's entirety. This will be something new to experience. 4. The Seventh Seal. Have not one clue what this movie is about, who's in it, or who directs it, but it keeps popping up in everyone elses lists and the reviews people come back with are good, so I'm adding it. 5. The Deer Hunter. Don't know a lot about this one, just that it has a young Christopher Walken in it and there is an intense Russian roulette scene. But I hear it's good, so I'm adding it to the list. 6. The Kite Runner. I've heard nothing but amazement over this movie, but I really don't like the Middle East wars and I think this would just make me unable to appreciate the movie? I hope I'm wrong. 7. Lawrence of Arabia. Never even really heard much about this movie. I know it's a classic, but up until this thread, I never thought it was something I had to see. Here's hoping it's as good as everyone says it is and worth the time to watch it. 8. Grosse Point Blank This movie I've tried to watch, but always got distracted. I have a feeling it's going to be hard to keep concentrating on, but I want to finish it. Plus, I like John Cussack. 9. Rabbit Proof Fence. My dad has been trying to get me to see this one since he saw it, saying it's fantastic. Just never got around to it. 10. It Happened One Night. Heard it's a very good early romantic comedy? Also, I've only ever seen Mr. Gable in Gone With the Wind, so it would be nice to have more exposure to his other movies. Finished movies: Die Hard; Dr. Strangelove.; Chinatown; Citizen Kane; There Will Be Blood; Do The Right Thing; The Graduate; Rocky; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; A Streetcar Named Desire; Apocalypse Now; Children of a Lesser God; City of God; The Pianist; The Red Shoes; Eraserhead; Vertigo; Raging Bull; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Tombstone; Seven Samurai; 8 1/2; Dance in the Dark Bodnoirbabe fucked around with this message at 05:48 on May 19, 2011 |
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Bodnoirbabe posted:... Even knowing how it ends, the viewer gets sucked into the story being told, and you start to forget what you think you know. I've watched the movie three times over the years, just because it's a really fun ride.
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May 19, 2011 06:10
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No Highway in the Sky is great. I have a fondness for plane movies from this era (I blame Fate is the Hunter. So good.), and this one is smarter and faster paced than most. Jimmy Stewart once again proves himself one of the all-time greats, as I cannot imagine any other actor making his role work. Also pretty cool to see what airports looked like in 1951. Glynis Johns looks exactly like Jane Wyman and sounds exactly like Jean Arthur. Bodnoirbabe, Lawrence of Arabia. Along with Casablanca, it basically defines "must see." New List: 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. New one: Naked City Been watching, and ADORING, the TV show. 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), No Highway in the Sky (8/10)
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Trashcan Mike posted:Even knowing how it ends, the viewer gets sucked into the story being told, and you start to forget what you think you know. I've watched the movie three times over the years, just because it's a really fun ride. Good to know, but I'm starting to think that one is never going to get picked. That one and Grosse Point Blank have been on my list since the very beginning when I started this last June or July. I'm tempted to just move them off the list on my next turn.
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penismightier, you get The Wanderers Amelie was the perfect movie for a sunny day. I really enjoyed how lighthearted and playful it was. Very breezy, it seemed to take great joy in all the little things in life. I also enjoyed how all of Paris seemed to be a character. It was just a great time. 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) Lady Vengeance- hear this is better than Old Boy 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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Mistletoe Donkey posted:8) Wild Strawberries- Bergman hasn't failed me yet You will love this. The Shawshank Redemption was great. Sure, it's really cliched and sappy at times (or all the time), but it's just executed so well. Robbins and Freemen are excellent, they really carry the film. 1. It's a Wonderful Life - Seems like it might be too cheesy. Has been on list the longest. 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, The Shawshank Redemption
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Atheistdeals.com posted:5. High and Low - Haven't seen a Kurosawa I haven't loved yet. And you will love this one also. From watching Once Upon a Time in the West I now have a new found respect of Charles Bronson. Truly an excellent movie. 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 The Wild Bunch - Replace a western with a western, this ones got lots of shooting in it right? 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 Watched: Once upon a time in the West 5/5
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Waltermelon, I don't want to give you two Leone's in a row, so you get The Seventh Seal, which is amazing. At first I wasn't really feeling La Strada. And really, it's the last half hour that completely changed my view on the film. I like it better than 8 1/2 and the ending was brilliantly heart-renching and it surprised me. #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. #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? #66 The Conversation - This is supposed to be right after Apocalypse Now and The Godfather for Coppola's best so let's have at it. 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, La Strada
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TrixRabbi posted:#64 Man Bites Dog - I hear this is really, really violent. It's not. I mean, there's a lot of violence, but it's not a bloody movie.
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penismightier posted:It's not. I mean, there's a lot of violence, but it's not a bloody movie. But it is a bloody brilliant movie.
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penismightier posted:It's not. I mean, there's a lot of violence, but it's not a bloody movie. So no ultra-gore? As long as people aren't leaking blood and organs every other scene then it should be no problem. It sounds like a really interesting movie, but I've heard it pumped up as this really disturbing film.
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TrixRabbi posted:So no ultra-gore? As long as people aren't leaking blood and organs every other scene then it should be no problem. It sounds like a really interesting movie, but I've heard it pumped up as this really disturbing film. A film can be disturbing without pumping out buckets of gore. While I wouldn't call Man Bites Dog one of the more disturbing movies I've seen, it definitely takes things a bit further than many audiences are comfortable with.
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TrixRabbi, enjoy Mad Max Wild Strawberries was emotionally gut wrenching. Bergman really knows how to hit you in places you didn't know existed. I do appreciate the note of optimism it leaves you with. I'm sure I'll get even more out of it on rewatch. Just brilliant. 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) Lady Vengeance- hear this is better than Old Boy 7) Captain Blood- let's have some fun 8) Pale Flower- this looks interesting 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, Amelie, Wild Strawberries
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Mistletoe Donkey, Les Diaboliques is neither better nor worse than Wages of Fear, just a different form of great. Mother India is quite a film, far from perfect, but with more than enough to be worth watching. The story is a long and mostly interesting tale of a family with a debt hanging over them for their entire lives, with moments of joy and devastation spread throughout the film and an incredible climax that's almost worthy of the 3 hour wait. Despite pacing issues it's pretty good, though Ray and Ghatak have spoiled me which made the social commentary aspect feel rather simplistic. There are also a bunch of musical numbers which I didn't mind, some were good others bland, but nothing terrible. The most impressive aspect, to me, were the visuals. While the quality isn't always there, the artistry most certainly is. There are some really striking compositions and perspectives that seem to be influenced by early soviet cinema. Not perfect but definitely worth watching if you want to know about Indian cinema. Updated list: La grande guerra I get the feeling this is one of those overlooked classics. 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 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. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Sounds interesting, need to see more Czech new wave. An Angel At My Table Only 3 movies left in the TSPDT top 500, this is one of them. Lagaan One of the big ones from contemporary Bollywood. Why is it 4 drat hours though? 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The Mirror marks my third Tarkovsky (after Stalker and Solyaris). I like his style, he's painterly and very tactile, using colors and the camera very carefully. The greens and blues of The Mirror are almost unbearably lovely at times, and there are parts of the film that rest solely on them, on looking very, very good. He creates, at all times, a sense of dream state, sometimes with fluid slow motion. Even in black and white the state is not suspended, and in fact one of the film's best, possibly most memorable sequences is in grainy monochrome. While it never makes perfect sense, and often exists in memory, The Mirror is nevertheless emotionally logical. There are so many sequences that function perfectly from beginning to end that any of them could be plucked from their reels and played as a short film, but they're linked together in a way that seems entirely natural, organic even. Kino's DVD is pretty subpar. The visual quality isn't distractingly bad, but it looks overall like a really good laserdisc (the black and white scenes often shimmer purple and green). What's really aggravating is the subtitles, which sometimes seem overly simplified, almost lazy, and there's not a conversation that goes by in which entire sentences simply aren't transcribed. It's like they decided to cut everything that wasn't pertinent to the plot. A typical conversation might go: "blah blah blah... [no subtitle] ...blah blah blah" [Where were you born?] "blah blah blah... [no subtitle] ...blah Moscow blah blah blah" [Moscow] The only criticism I have of the film itself is simply that parts of the film really feel their age. Many of the newsreels feel sort of tedious and redundant, a distraction from the film itself, which is otherwise almost flawless. 9.5/10 edit: some screencaps (spoilers, kinda)         SHAAAAAAME 1) Howards End - I'm going to watch every Criterion Blu-Ray, dammit, no matter how boring they look. 2) The Straight Story - The only Lynch film I haven't seen. 3) All About Eve - Well, Netflix doesn't have the Blu-Ray, but it's next on TSPDT and I've heard good things. 4) Secret Honor - I love Robert Altman and I love Richard Nixon (as a subject), and I've heard endless good things about this. 5) Lawrence Of Arabia - I was going to wait for the Blu-Ray but everyone's been loving it in this thread, so what the hell. 6) Vivre sa vie - Replacing a new-wave with a new-wave, this is another meant-to-never-saw. Great that it's on Blu now. I think I skipped this one for A Woman Is A Woman when they were doing a Godard retrospective at SIFF. 7) Baraka - Put it on Netflix queue after seeing Koyaanisqatsi, never got it up to the top three because half of my dogged devotion to Koyetc is the Philip Glass score and the theme about industrialization. But apparently it's like mindblowingly cool or something I dunno. 8) On The Waterfront - I'm really not even sure what this is about. 9) Dial M For Murder - Well, heck, let's make this the Hitchcock spot. 10) Through A Glass Darkly - Bergman catch-up time. The first of a "trilogy" (not really). Apparently it's about some people on an island, but isn't that what every Bergman film is about? I guess this spot is reserved for more Bergmans. Jules et Jim 6/10, Saving Private Ryan 9.5/10, Fitzcarraldo 9/10, The 39 Steps 7/10, Notorious 7/10, Run Lola Run 8/10, Downfall 7.5/10, The Searchers 7.5/10, Tokyo Story 7/10, Gone With The Wind 10/10, Touch Of Evil 9.5/10, Ikiru 7.5/10, The Apartment 7/10, Bicycle Thieves 7/10, Moon 7/10, The Color Purple 7.5/10. The French Connection9.5/10, The Leopard 8/10, Yojimbo 8.5/10, Sanjuro 8/10, Das Boot8.5/10, The Conformist 8/10, Breathless 9/10, Where The Wild Things Are7.5/10, Vertigo 9/10, Raging Bull 10/10, Ordet 7/10, City Of God 9/10, The Wages Of Fear 9/10, Aguirre, The Wrath Of God 9/10, The Mirror 9.5/10 (total: 30) Peaceful Anarchy, you get An Angel At My Table. Magic Hate Ball fucked around with this message at 09:47 on May 20, 2011 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:8) On The Waterfront - I'm really not even sure what this is about. All the better. The style of Blood Simple is a precursor to later Coen Brothers films. Some of the shots are similar to what would later be seen in Fargo. The notion of people getting way over their heads in criminal matters is another consistent theme in their work. As the events cascade further downward, the interactions between the characters becomes very intense, in an expression of irony because the real sequence of events is only known to the viewer. I would say Blood Simple is mid-to-upper tier Coen Brothers. Great overall film, and a fitting soundtrack. 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 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, Blood Simple
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Budhisattva, go with The Killing. Bed and Board was disappointing. The first half was amusing, with Antoine's odd jobs and all the weird characters in his apartment complex, but once the Japanese girl showed up it lost most of its charm. 2.5/5 I also watched Alice. It works well as a series of creative set pieces and interesting character creations, but it was also rambling and without much focus to tie it all together. 3.5/5 Shadows More Cassavetes.. 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. Au Revoir Les Enfants Don't know much about it, but I've really liked what little Malle I've seen. Amarcord More Fellini I'm missing. 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, Bed and Board 2.5/5, Alice 3.5/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump, I haven't seen any of the movies on your list. I guess I'll give you The Idiots since I believe it was the first Dogma 95 movie. Sounds interesting. ---------- City Lights - This was my first Chaplin film and the first silent film I haven't had the overwhelming urge to go to sleep during. The first scene almost put me off (I didn't find it that funny and the copy I had had weird, almost buzzing, noise for the people giving the speech at the beginning which made me wonder if the whole movie had it [it didn't]) but it sucked me in. Funny, charming and surprisingly deep. Although I was surprised at how effeminate Charlie Chaplin acted during certain parts of the movie. Gave it a 88/100 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 The Great Dictator: I guess I'll make this my Charlie Chaplin slot until I run through the movies I have of his. 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), City Lights (88/100) Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 23:13 on May 20, 2011 |
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Sporadic posted: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]) One of my favorites. High and Low - Kurosawa can do a modern crime story just as well as a samurai film it seems. I loved it. The first half is a gripping, suspenseful struggle of one man who must choose between keeping his rich, comfortable life and saving the actual life of the child of one of his workers. Mifune is excellent as the ransom target, actually the acting from everyone is great. In the second half the film switches focus while still maintaining a good pace. The police investigation was really well executed, and it builds momentum nicely until it reaches the very end. The ending itself is amazing. It's a fairly long movie but I never felt like it was dragging along at any point. 1. It's a Wonderful Life - Seems like it might be too cheesy. Has been on list the longest. 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. 6. The Graduate - I can't really get excited to watch this for some reason. 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, The Shawshank Redemption, High and Low
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Atheistdeals.com posted:1. It's a Wonderful Life - Seems like it might be too cheesy. Well it is quite cheesy. But Jimmy Stewart is just to great to pass it up. Enjoyed a lot Double Indemnity and, to me, it lived up to it's hype. Which was quite refreshing after Stalag 17 which I found massively disappointing. Great dialog, something that was present in other Wilder movies though it was to expect, but in this Wilder and Chandler were on top of their game. It's just so dark, charming and witty it's a real taste for the ears. Though found the narration by MacMurray to be slightly off for some reason. The rest of the movie is excellent and all actors do their jobs perfect, it was just the narration that didn't hit me as right.Loved the attention to the lil' details, like the lighting and all that. And the wig too! I'll put it up there with The Apartment in my Wilder ranking, not that I seen many but whatever. 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. The French Connection Only know the car chase scene. The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Gojira Seen Gamera courtesy of MST3K, the remake but never the original. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. 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, Forbidden Planet, Double Indemnity.
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Electronico6 posted:Gojira Seen Gamera courtesy of MST3K, the remake but never the original. Go with this one. Black Swan was interesting at times but I think I found myself laughing too much at things that weren't supposed to be funny (every time she starts to morph). The whole cast had good performances. The ending scenes kind of reminded me of the ending of Fight Club. Coming to a new realization or revelation. IMDb list: #112 The King's Speech - Now out on DVD. New best picture. I saw some clips of it on the Academy Awards show. 4/27/11 #129 Witness for the Prosecution - I've liked every Billy Wilder movie thus far. I don't know anything about this. (added 1/7/11) #167 Finding Nemo - Saw some of this on TV and it seemed decent. 4/2/11 #170 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Is this similar to Snatch? 4/23/11 #171 The Secret in Their Eyes - Recently acclaimed foreign movie I heard about on TV. 5/2/11 #172 The Best Years of Our Lives - One of 25 films to win 7+ Oscars. 4/23/11 The Bourne Identity - Technically not on the top 250 but I need to watch this before The Bourne Ultimatum (which is currently #173). 4/7/11 #182 Diabolique - I was supposed to watch this ~5 years ago and forgot about it. 5/18/11 #183 Gandhi - I believe this was the first movie I added to the Netflix queue when I got that service. Then I added another 300+ movies and this vanished somewhere into ether. 5/18/11 #185 My Neighbor Totoro - Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away were both remarkable so my expectations are high. 5/21/11  :
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The Wanderers is AWESOME. I might overstate it a bit for local pride, but it's just way too much goddamn fun. It's the best greaser movie I've ever seen - light years ahead of poo poo like Lords of Flatbush. It's beautifully shot, with one beautiful nighttime shot in particular that reminded me of that year's Warriors. Any movie with a Dion and the Belmonts soundtrack already has my support. Linda Manx as a Bronx street tough is HILARIOUS. I'm also reasonably sure that the final gang battle was an inspiration on that 20 minute battle in the middle of Ran. Zogo, hit up Diabolique. New List: 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. Naked City Been watching, and ADORING, the TV show. 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. New one: Barfly I'm a big Bukowski fan which, actually, is why I keep avoiding this. 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), No Highway in the Sky (8/10), The Wanderers (8.5/10) penismightier fucked around with this message at 02:13 on May 22, 2011 |
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penismightier posted: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. I'm in the same boat with this one and I'd like to hear what you think of it. Amadeus was incredible. Sure it was the (slightly) maligned director's cut but being unaware of what was added specifically I found it to be a very enjoyable film. The costumes, set pieces and overall visuals were terrific. I usually don't take much of a notice to costuming but here it was such an integral aspect to the story, it became its own character along with the score, which is handled very nicely. I also like how it's more of a movie about Salieri but it's called Amadeus. It's a fitting title for a movie where that character is constantly overshadowed by someone he deems unworthy of the talent he possesses. 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) Black Narcissus – I have never seen a Powell/Pressburger joint. 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, Amadeus.
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Ratedargh posted:7) Paths of Glory – Highest in IMDB top 250 I haven’t seen You get this one. Gojira was a fun movie. Yeah it's toy cars(toy boat! toy boat!), model cities and a guy in a monster suit, but I found myself going along side the ride and enjoying the spectacle. I was surprised how little of the actual monster is in the movie, I guess this could either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what your expectations are.(I'm somewhere down in the middle) While the special effects of the movie, might be extremely dated, the core and message of the movie still holds up today. It may be a bit hammered in at the end, but it's still true, the horrors of nuclear warfare and all that. The movie is very real and serious about it's message to the point you forget you watching a man in a silly monster suit, stomping toy cars. Which begs the question why isn't this movie in the 1000 movie list of TSPDT? The only other Godzilla stuff I seen was the two MST3K movies, the awful American remake and two Godzilla movies I seen when I was a kid. I think they were Godzilla vs Mothra(I remember being a giant moth in it...) and one with a dragon with 3 heads. What other Godzilla movies are worth checking out? 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. The French Connection Only know the car chase scene. The Night of the Hunter Don't know much about it, other than "It's a golden age classic". Star Trek: Motion Picture Love the TV show(Both the original and TNG) but never found the patience to watch the movies. Even the ones that are suppose to be good. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Martin Scorsese talks about cinema for 4 hours. 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, Forbidden Planet, Double Indemnity, Gojira.
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Electronico6, I'd love to hear your opinions of Woyzeck. Downfall was a bit of a disappointment. On the whole I found it only mildly interesting, with the first hour and a half downright boring (which is NOT a descriptor I tend to use). The last hour got better, asking interesting questions about the individual feelings of the Nazi soldiers. The demonstration of life-ending commitment to the great madman was kind of interesting. Kind of. I felt like this was a movie made for WWII buffs, which I am not. Historically accurate? Fantastic... I just don't care all that much. The thing I admired most about it was the performance by Ganz. But then again, Hitler is a pretty naturally compelling character so I don't know exactly how much credit should go to Ganz. 70/100 New list: Cinema Paradiso - I know very little about this. The Great Dictator - I began watching this on TCM a long time ago and had to stop for some reason. I liked what I saw, and I really enjoy Chaplin. The Apartment - I've seen two Wilder films and I love them both. So I'm sure I'll like this too. On the Waterfront - I like Marlon Brando, so I have no hesitation to see this. Grave of the Fireflies - Another highly praised anime I have not seen. Cool Hand Luke - Looks good. Anxious to check it out. Witness for the Prosecution - I know nothing about this one. It Happened One Night - Clark Gable and Frank Capra? How can I go wrong? Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - One of my favorite films ever is Nosferatu, yet it remains the only Murnau film I've seen. The Grapes of Wrath - Sounds great. It's just never been on my radar. Watched (scores out of 100): 12 Angry Men(96) All About Eve(85) Spirited Away(85) Once Upon a Time in the West(95) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(85) The Bridge on the River Kwai(94) Touch of Evil(89) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(93) Princess Mononoke(72) Life is Beautiful(91) Ran(92) Das Boot(92) Downfall(70)
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caiman, watch It Happened One Night, it's just simply magical.  Jaws, to my surprise and delight, is not so much a horror film about a killer shark as it is a character piece that happens to be punctuated occasionally by shark attacks. And the second half of the film is just so well executed, in terms of the logistics, writing, and acting. I like how both of the shark "experts" failed to take down the shark, and only a frantic, crazy improvisation by Brody stopped it. Roy Scheider is simply terrific in this film, and my favorite scene from him is where he's eating his dinner (or rather, not) and moving his hands around nervously, and he suddenly realizes his younger son is imitating all of his hand movements. 9/10 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. 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. 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. 16. City Lights I have never seen any Chaplin. For some reason I've always thought it would be boring, though I have no evidence of this. 17. Stagecoach - I was initially skeptical of John Wayne's ability, and convinced I wouldn't like any of his movies, but after seeing The Searchers, Rio Bravo, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I realized this was dumb. 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), Battleship Potemkin (*/10), Jaws (9/10) * - Unrateable
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May 22, 2011 19:00
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Spatula City posted:my favorite scene from him is where he's eating his dinner (or rather, not) and moving his hands around nervously, and he suddenly realizes his younger son is imitating all of his hand movements. Aw man, isn't that wonderful? I also love the part where his wife is escorting him to the dock. "I packed your spare glasses, and that stuff for your nose."
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Electronico6 posted:What other Godzilla movies are worth checking out? Godzilla vs. Hedorah is amazing
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