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melvinthemopboy3 posted:I do enjoy Dancer in the Dark (well, maybe "enjoy" isn't the right word...) but that's not really what I'm talking about here. I guess I'll be more specific. I'd like to see more movies that blend dark subject matter with over the top, Broadway-style musical numbers. Chicago is just what you want. It's about a married woman who goes to jail for murdering her illicit lover, and the media circus of a trial that follows. She's a shallow, nasty, horrible person, but her sleazy lawyer manipulates her and the media and turns her into a celebrity. It's set in the 1920s, but the storyline is just as relevant today, in this age of ridiculous wannabe celebrities who are famous for being famous, sensational media coverage of scandals, and criminal trials being presented as entertainment (like OJ and Casey Anthony). Plus, the songs are great and the musical numbers are incredibly well-staged and directed, and Catherine Zeta-Jones is smokin' hot. Also, Little Shop of Horrors. It's a musical comedy, but based on an old horror movie from the '50s. Rick Moranis plays a nerdy botanist who finds a man-eating plant from outer space, and starts killing people to feed to it in his attempt to woo a beautiful, troubled woman with an abusive dentist boyfriend. It's hilarious, the songs are great, the cast is AWESOME, and the subject matter is suitably dark, especially once you realize the protagonist is actually the villain. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Jun 26, 2011 |
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I'm looking for cheesy 80s horror movies that are starting to become self aware without devolving entirely into Troma territory. The parent generation to the Scream series if you will. Preferably with big 80s hair and 80s soundtrack. Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, Fright Night, Night of the Comet, that kind of thing. I thought Hobo with a Shotgun succeded partly in recreating that kind of feeling.
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Herr R. posted:I'm looking for cheesy 80s horror movies that are starting to become self aware without devolving entirely into Troma territory. The parent generation to the Scream series if you will. Preferably with big 80s hair and 80s soundtrack. Chopping Mall From Beyond Demons Stage Fright There are boatloads, but those are the first that come to mind. And I really like every one of those.
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Jun 26, 2011 18:40
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out.
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Don't even bother with Demons, just skip right ahead to Demons 2, which might be the most absurd horror film of the 80's.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Don't even bother with Demons, just skip right ahead to Demons 2, which might be the most absurd horror film of the 80's. Demons 2 doesn't have a guy riding a motorcycle in a movie theater while holding a samurai sword. Demons is the better movie, but they're pretty even. Demons also has a better soundtrack, in my opinion.
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Jun 27, 2011 03:22
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Demons does have a better soundtrack.
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I haven't gone through all this thread, so sorry if it has already been asked, but I'm looking for some non-Malick movies that break the traditional narrative structure. Either stuff like The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life where it's more a series of vignettes tied together, or even stuff that takes the typical story arch and deviates from it.
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Okay, I love found footage horror movies. Rec, Quarantine, Noroi: the Curse, stuff like that. Are there any other really good ones I should see? Last one I saw was the Last Exorcism which I also really liked.
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Cannibal Holocaust, Paranormal Activity, Incident at Lake County, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Home Movie (cannot be stressed enough) and The Last Broadcast are a good start.
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Jun 27, 2011 04:46
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There are several documentaries that use actual private/home videos to reconstruct horrific stories. Capturing the Friedmans, Dear Zachary or Grizzly Man for example.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Cannibal Holocaust, Paranormal Activity, Incident at Lake County, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Home Movie (cannot be stressed enough) and The Last Broadcast are a good start. I got to see Cannibal Holocaust in theaters, actually. Half the crowd left once the gory poo poo started happening. Paranormal activity literally put me to sleep though. I'll check out Home Movie and Last Broadcast though, thanks!
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crime fighting hog posted:Okay, I love found footage horror movies. Rec, Quarantine, Noroi: the Curse, stuff like that. Are there any other really good ones I should see? Last one I saw was the Last Exorcism which I also really liked. Troll Hunter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEo7H9tqSM
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TrixRabbi posted:I haven't gone through all this thread, so sorry if it has already been asked, but I'm looking for some non-Malick movies that break the traditional narrative structure. Either stuff like The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life where it's more a series of vignettes tied together, or even stuff that takes the typical story arch and deviates from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA2IpUTZkls Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jun 27, 2011 |
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Alhazred posted:The only one I can think of is the John Adams miniseries. Oh man I can't recommend this enough. Paul Giamatti was SO GODDAMN GOOD. There's a whole slew of this kind of stuff from the History Channel, which may not be quite what you're looking for, but they were pretty excellent when I watched them. If you go that route, I recommend having a look at Founding Fathers, The Revolution and, while it goes way beyond just the revolution, I also recommend topping this off with America The Story of Us.
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Can anyone recommend me a good documentary on the Amazon rainforest?
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I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? Here are some I've really enjoyed: Convicts 4 (Ben Gazzara rules) Le Trou (Loved this one) Shawshank Redemption (Classic, a re-watch) Green Mile (Another re-watch. Love this one) Lock Up (Cheesy but fun) Breath (the Kim KI-Duk one) and I just got A Man Escaped from Netflix, watching that one soon.
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? The Great Escape Face/Off (the prison sequence is relatively short, but awesome) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? Some ideas: A Prophet (good recent crime movie) Bronson (great central performance by Tom Hardy) Hunger (much more reflective than the above) Cool Hand Luke (a classic) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (batshit insane) The Rock (I like it, it rules)
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? I LOVE The Life of David Gale and The Chamber. edit: I suppose they're a little more "lawyer" or "investigation" type movies than "prison" but still great! Jadz fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Two more classics are Papillion with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman and Billy Wilder's Stalag 17.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Cannibal Holocaust, Paranormal Activity, Incident at Lake County, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Home Movie (cannot be stressed enough) and The Last Broadcast are a good start. Just watched Home Movie and I am officially disturbed out of sleep. God loving damnit...
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? Escape From Alcatraz is pretty exciting!
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Thanks for the recommendations! Some of I've seen before, some I've meant to see for a while.
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TrixRabbi posted:I haven't gone through all this thread, so sorry if it has already been asked, but I'm looking for some non-Malick movies that break the traditional narrative structure. Either stuff like The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life where it's more a series of vignettes tied together, or even stuff that takes the typical story arch and deviates from it. If you're up for foreign language films, a couple excellent examples come to mind: Fellini's "Amarcord" (wonderful, wonderful film about his childhood hometown) and "The Phantom of Liberty" (possibly some offensive stuff there, depending on your sensibilities). Oh, and there's also "Rashomon," in which the principal characters testify in court about a rape/murder, the point being that each person tells a very different story about the crime.
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TrixRabbi posted:I haven't gone through all this thread, so sorry if it has already been asked, but I'm looking for some non-Malick movies that break the traditional narrative structure. Either stuff like The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life where it's more a series of vignettes tied together, or even stuff that takes the typical story arch and deviates from it. Try Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror.
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I feel like I'm running out of films that looked interesting by their Netflix descriptions and would like some recommendations if anyone has some. I love dark comedies, insular films, sometimes depressing, anything involving counterculture, and drugs don't hurt. Some favorites of mine: World's Greatest Dad Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (seen all of Kaufman's work) Easy Rider Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (my favorite bad movie of all time) Happiness (seen all of Todd Solondz's stuff and love it all except for Welcome to the Dollhouse) Lost in Translation Into the Wild Black Swan Thanks!
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BIZORT posted:I feel like I'm running out of films that looked interesting by their Netflix descriptions and would like some recommendations if anyone has some. I love dark comedies, insular films, sometimes depressing, anything involving counterculture, and drugs don't hurt. Some favorites of mine: Stranger Than Fiction and Wristcutters: A Love Story. You'll love them both!
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BIZORT posted:I feel like I'm running out of films that looked interesting by their Netflix descriptions and would like some recommendations if anyone has some. I love dark comedies, insular films, sometimes depressing, anything involving counterculture, and drugs don't hurt. Some favorites of mine: In Bruges has everything you want except the counterculture. But there's a midget!
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BIZORT posted:I feel like I'm running out of films that looked interesting by their Netflix descriptions and would like some recommendations if anyone has some. I love dark comedies, insular films, sometimes depressing, anything involving counterculture, and drugs don't hurt. Some favorites of mine: Most of those movies aren't about counterculture at all (and in Happiness' case, the point is that it explicitly ISN'T about counterculture), but I like all of those movies. Here are some recs Drugstore Cowboy Trainspotting Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans Broken Flowers Enter the Void (maybe)
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BIZORT posted:I feel like I'm running out of films that looked interesting by their Netflix descriptions and would like some recommendations if anyone has some. I love dark comedies, insular films, sometimes depressing, anything involving counterculture, and drugs don't hurt. Some favorites of mine: Just some random picks: Counter-culture: Two-Lane Blacktop, Repo Man, Blow-Up, Dirty Harry (counter-counter-culture) Dark comedies: Fargo/Barton Fink/Any Cohen Brothers movie, The Apartment,
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a prison movie kick lately. Any recommendations? There's Against the Wall which is a movie about the Attica starring Sam Jackson.
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Recommend me a some-what modern to modern comedy. A real good one. I've seen most of the popular ones like : Role Models Hangover Wedding Crashers etc,
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Brace posted:Recommend me a some-what modern to modern comedy. A real good one. I've seen most of the popular ones like : The Brothers Solomon is my favorite screwball comedy. It's sort of like Dumb and Dumber but for social retards. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a loving funny film that bombed at the box office for whatever reason, just as my first recommendation did. A more obscure one that I found to be really funny but a bit more offbeat and possibly not what you're looking for is The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down. It's shot like a parody How-To guide to being a hipster and taking drugs in the LA scene and, from what I remember, evolves into a bit more like an actual movie but it's still a fun watch.
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Brace posted:Recommend me a some-what modern to modern comedy. A real good one. I've seen most of the popular ones like : Walk Hard and Step Brothers are probably my favorite comedies of the last several years, and they both happen to star John C. Reilly. Walk Hard is brilliant if you're into rock and roll and its history at all, or if you've seen Walk the Line and similar super-serious Oscar bait musician biopics. The original songs are drat good too. And Step Brothers is just sophomoric hilarity all the way through. The commentary track on the DVD is even great, since it's an improvised musical commentary sung by Reilly and Will Ferrell. Other than that, I've enjoyed most of the Judd Apatow family of comedies: The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up (which he wrote, produced, and directed) and the recent Bridesmaids and Superbad (which he produced). I disliked Funny People due to hating Adam Sandler and most of the unlikeable characters, and didn't care for Forgetting Sarah Marshall due to hating Russell Brand. I also really enjoyed I Love You, Man, starring three of my favorite comic actors: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, and the beautiful and talented Rashida Jones. Apatow himself didn't have anything to do with it, but it stars people who work with him all the time, and it "feels" more like one of his movies than the disappointing and depressing Funny People, which Apatow actually wrote and directed. Oh, don't forget Hot Rod. It bombed during its short theatrical run, but it has found an audience on DVD, and needs to find a bigger audience. Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, the great Ian McShane, and all kinds of insanity ensue. If you're willing to watch TV comedies instead of movies, I implore you to try Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, Party Down, and at least seasons 2 and 3 of The Office (the best years of the American version). For animated shows, I'm very partial to The Venture Bros. and Archer, both of which are reference-heavy, geeky, awesome, hilarious fun. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Jul 1, 2011 |
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I just got a BluRay player for my 1080p TV (yea, i know i'm slow) so i've been buying/Netflix'ing movies with lots of eye candy (special effects/CGI/etc.) to see what BR is all about. Recently I've watched Sunshine (loved it except for the last 1/3rd where it became some kind of murder mystery in space), Inception, Watchmen, and of course Avatar. I've seen all but Sunshine before, but these are the kind of movies that have tons of eye candy to look at as well as being pretty good films all around. Suggest away.
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Sci Fi stuff would probably be cool to see on Blu Ray. The Fifth Element, Blade Runner, the newer Star Trek movie, Transformers. Just about any movie looks great on Blu Ray, though. I think the classics even look amazing
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chomper posted:I just got a BluRay player for my 1080p TV (yea, i know i'm slow) so i've been buying/Netflix'ing movies with lots of eye candy (special effects/CGI/etc.) to see what BR is all about. edit: Oh yeah and Apocalypse Now. fenix down fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Jul 1, 2011 |
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