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fenix down posted:Vertigo, Psycho, or Rear Window. Got those three + The Birds in a set, thanks!
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Jonny Angel posted:Looking for some good horror films, but for some reason I'm not really big on a lot of the genre's greats. The classics from a few decades ago (Exorcist, original Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.) don't really hold up for me for some reason, and campier/more comedic things like Drag Me To Hell also aren't my bag. Two that I have enjoyed in recent memory were Paranormal Activity and [REC], so I guess if there are any other good faux-documentary horror films those might be up my alley. But that style isn't really necessary: mainly looking for something that's recent and has a pretty serious tone. And is good, of course. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon should be right up your alley. "The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them." One of my favourites!
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RollingBoBo posted:I've never seen a hitchcock. What should be the first one? Definitely Rear Window for me.
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What're some films that are colourful? I mean that in the sense that the cinematography draws from a vibrant pallet, perhaps a little like Survive Style 5+ which is all I can think of that fits my description right now. Film from any period is fine, but I'd like to be able to watch it in HD.
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oceanside posted:What're some films that are colourful? I mean that in the sense that the cinematography draws from a vibrant pallet, perhaps a little like Survive Style 5+ which is all I can think of that fits my description right now. Film from any period is fine, but I'd like to be able to watch it in HD. House of Flying Daggers fits the bill, if you haven't seen it already. fenix down posted:Speaking of animation, pretty much anything by Pixar or Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) would fit that description, but only a few of Miyazaki's are on blu ray. Now that I think about it, I guess kid's movies are going to be the main source for heavy use of basic colors. Well, if outright anime is okay, Mind Game and Dead Leaves are excellent, and not kids' movies. Can't believe I didn't think of Fifth Element. 
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Jul 27, 2011 14:53
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oceanside posted:What're some films that are colourful? I mean that in the sense that the cinematography draws from a vibrant pallet, perhaps a little like Survive Style 5+ which is all I can think of that fits my description right now. Film from any period is fine, but I'd like to be able to watch it in HD. Speaking of animation, pretty much anything by Pixar or Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) would fit that description, but only a few of Miyazaki's are on blu ray. Now that I think about it, I guess kid's movies are going to be the main source for heavy use of basic colors.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll definitely try and check all of them out. I agree that kids movies and animation are the main places to look for the vibrancy I'm seeking, but as far as this request goes (and I should have specified this in my original post) I'm trying to find non-animated stuff.
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oceanside posted:Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll definitely try and check all of them out. I agree that kids movies and animation are the main places to look for the vibrancy I'm seeking, but as far as this request goes (and I should have specified this in my original post) I'm trying to find non-animated stuff. I haven't seen most of those but Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam come up frequently.
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oceanside posted:What're some films that are colourful? I mean that in the sense that the cinematography draws from a vibrant pallet, perhaps a little like Survive Style 5+ which is all I can think of that fits my description right now. Film from any period is fine, but I'd like to be able to watch it in HD. The Red Shoes
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oceanside posted:What're some films that are colourful? I mean that in the sense that the cinematography draws from a vibrant pallet, perhaps a little like Survive Style 5+ which is all I can think of that fits my description right now. Film from any period is fine, but I'd like to be able to watch it in HD. Kamikaze Girls should suit. Hero's pretty famous for its use of colours too in case you haven't seen it already.
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Jul 27, 2011 17:35
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Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies.
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Airplane!, Bullets over Broadway and One, Two, Three.
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. If you're talking about films that are funny as well as insightful and thought-provoking, both of Trey Parker's most recent films--South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Team America: World Police--are exercises in brilliance. Jason Reitman's three films (Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air) are also wonderful, as well as Christopher Guest's four (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and yeah, even For Your Consideration). As far as more classic American comedies, Vacation and Groundhog Day aren't mentioned enough. Annie Hall is definitely up there, too. And you can't go wrong with Singin' in the Rain. If you meant films that were just funny, there are many long lists of those. Off the top of my head, I show all of my friends Wet Hot American Summer if they haven't seen it. Seconding Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, too.
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Any good lesser known haunted house movies? I love more atmospheric horror where the setting is as much a adversary as the monster/villian. I also love uncanny horror, the mixture of the commonplace with the strange (Vampyr is one of my all time favorites), haunted house stories are usually a good blend of the two. Edit: ProfessorClumsy posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. mkultra419 fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Jul 31, 2011 |
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Jul 31, 2011 17:18
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mkultra419 posted:Any good lesser known haunted house movies? I love more atmospheric horror where the setting is as much a adversary as the monster/villian. I also love uncanny horror, the mixture of the commonplace with the strange (Vampyr is one of my all time favorites), haunted house stories are usually a good blend of the two. I don't know how well-known any of these are, but: The Old Dark House The Haunting (1963) House (1977) Viy The Changeling Burnt Offerings Ghostwatch Hold That Ghost House on Haunted Hill (both versions are pretty good) Crowhaven Farm Don't Be Afraid of the Dark The Stone Tapes Ghost Story The Sentinel
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. Top Secret (1984) e: If that didn't convince you, the opening scene will? Hellwuzzat fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jul 31, 2011 |
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Jul 31, 2011 20:27
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ProfessorClumsy posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. American Psycho, Wag the Dog, Our Man Flint.
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I recently read Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and was wondering what would be the best Southern Gothic films to watch. I've already seen No Country for Old Men and Deliverance and I already gave Blood Simple on my to-watch list. What other titles would you suggest? The time period doesn't matter as long as the quirky, supernaturalish feeling is right.
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These Loving Eyes posted:I recently read Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and was wondering what would be the best Southern Gothic films to watch. I've already seen No Country for Old Men and Deliverance and I already gave Blood Simple on my to-watch list. What other titles would you suggest? The time period doesn't matter as long as the quirky, supernaturalish feeling is right. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte has an absolutely killer gothic mood. Fantastic, moody black-and-white cinematography and a very interesting murder mystery/haunted house story.
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These Loving Eyes posted:I recently read Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and was wondering what would be the best Southern Gothic films to watch. I've already seen No Country for Old Men and Deliverance and I already gave Blood Simple on my to-watch list. What other titles would you suggest? The time period doesn't matter as long as the quirky, supernaturalish feeling is right. Dark Waters is terrific.
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These Loving Eyes posted:I recently read Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and was wondering what would be the best Southern Gothic films to watch. I've already seen No Country for Old Men and Deliverance and I already gave Blood Simple on my to-watch list. What other titles would you suggest? The time period doesn't matter as long as the quirky, supernaturalish feeling is right. Wise Blood (adaptation of an O'Connor novel, actually) Wild at Heart George Washington
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These Loving Eyes posted:I recently read Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and was wondering what would be the best Southern Gothic films to watch. I've already seen No Country for Old Men and Deliverance and I already gave Blood Simple on my to-watch list. What other titles would you suggest? The time period doesn't matter as long as the quirky, supernaturalish feeling is right. The Liberation of LB Jones Southern Comfort Deliverance And you really should do yourself a favor and watch the Thriller episodes "Parasite Mansion" and "Pigeons from Hell."
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I don't really have any examples to go on (maybe "falling down"). But i'm looking for movies that are just plain angry and filled with rage.
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ElectricBlizzard posted:I don't really have any examples to go on (maybe "falling down"). I Stand Alone High Strung
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ElectricBlizzard posted:I don't really have any examples to go on (maybe "falling down"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRj7sTZpf7M
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What are some comparable movies to the Pegg/Frost trilogy (Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, plus whatever is on the way).
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ElectricBlizzard posted:I don't really have any examples to go on (maybe "falling down"). Rambo 4.
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ElectricBlizzard posted:I don't really have any examples to go on (maybe "falling down"). Angry Ryan Gosling coming right up. 
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Need some good creepy, unnerving atmospheric films. Things I love in no particular order: Eraserhead, Mulholland Dr 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange Nosferatu Vampyr Jacob's Ladder The Poughkeepsie Tapes Mysterious Skin Metropolis Alien Pi 28 Days Later Things I don't care for so much: The rest of the Alien series The Changeling Session 9 Silent Hill El Orfanato George A Romero movies
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Gardias posted:Need some good creepy, unnerving atmospheric films. Session 9 always gets me with the creep factor. Maybe The Cell if you're looking for something a bit hosed up.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:What are some comparable movies to the Pegg/Frost trilogy (Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, plus whatever is on the way). Repo Man The Toxic Avenger I Sell the Dead From Dusk Till Dawn Snatch Gardias posted:Need some good creepy, unnerving atmospheric films. Blue Velvet Chaser The Fly (1986) Se7en
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SneakySneaks posted:I watched Le Cercle Rouge last night and I really enjoyed it (I thought the movie had pacing problems though). I'm looking for more early heist films along the lines LCR, preferably criterion since the sale is going on right now. I loved The Friends of Eddie Coyle and Kiss Me Deadly, something with a harder edge would be great. Country of origin doesn't matter but I really haven't seen any Japanese crime films so recommendations in that category would be great. It isn't "early" (do you mean "old" here?) but my favorite heist film ever is a Gene Hackman film called HEIST. It's got a great cast (Hackman, Delroy Lindo, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell, Ricky Jay, Rebecca Pidgeon) and one of those awesome storylines where everything is planned out from the very beginning. There are some decent twists, and lots of opportunities for the director to show just how much smarter the main character (Hackman) is than the people trying to screw him over, but it doesn't get comedic or campy the way the Clooney "Ocean's" movies do. It's got a pretty hard edge to it, and it portrays thieving and fencing as serious business. Great flick. Another, older Hackman heist film worth watching is The French Connection. edit Prof. ClumsySmurf posted:Somebody recommend me some really good American comedies. Seconding the recommendation for Airplane! and Top Secret!, both of those are among my favorite comedies. You also cannot go wrong with anything by Mel Brooks. I personally am a huge fan of Leslie Nielsen, but his movies tend to be extremely campy and just flat-out goofy and slapstick, so if comedy for the sake of comedy (we're talking live-action Loony Tunes type stuff here) isn't your thing, you might avoid him. Personally, I think some of the best comedy ever put to film came from early Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. They were pretty much the kings of their heyday and you'll laugh through just about all of their movies. To get you started on these guys' best movies, I recommend: See No Evil, Hear No Evil Brewster's Millions Stir Crazy Silver Streak Haunted Honeymoon The Frisco Kid The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Young Frankenstein Planes, Trains and Automobiles Uncle Buck The Jerk Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Out-of-Towners Sgt. Bilko Mixed Nuts The Great Outdoors Armed and Dangerous Caddyshack Vacation, European Vacation, and Christmas Vacation. Skip Vegas Vacation. Fletch and Fletch Lives Funny Farm ¡Three Amigos! Spies Like Us Also, I love to recommend The Villain, because Kirk Douglas was hysterical, and not many people are aware that Arnold Schwarzenegger was in a cowboy comedy in the 70's. This movie has a strange ending to it, but it basically plays out as a live-action Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote episode. Also, a younger Ann Margret wasn't too hard on the eyes, either. Jadz fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Aug 2, 2011 |
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I recently watched the film Chungking Express and was wondering if someone could recommend films somewhat similar to it as i haven't been able to get it out of my head. I really liked the dreamlike feel of it with the stylish direction/editing along with the honesty of the slice of life relationship stuff, so maybe stuff along those lines.
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Mr Empty posted:I recently watched the film Chungking Express and was wondering if someone could recommend films somewhat similar to it as i haven't been able to get it out of my head. I really liked the dreamlike feel of it with the stylish direction/editing along with the honesty of the slice of life relationship stuff, so maybe stuff along those lines. If you haven't seen any other Wong Kar-Wai, you should give In the Mood For Love, 2046 and Days of Being Wild a shot.
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Mr Empty posted:I recently watched the film Chungking Express and was wondering if someone could recommend films somewhat similar to it as i haven't been able to get it out of my head. I really liked the dreamlike feel of it with the stylish direction/editing along with the honesty of the slice of life relationship stuff, so maybe stuff along those lines. In terms of Chinese cinema and dreaminess, I'd have to recommend Ming-liang Tsai's "Goodbye Dragon Inn". The 'relationship' is more of with a physical space but also within a cinematic experience...It'll make more sense if you see it, but the premise is basically a Japanese tourist seeing an old wu xia film in China, so it's like you're experiencing the dreaminess right along with him! Expect lingering shots of rain and people walking.
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Mr Empty posted:I recently watched the film Chungking Express and was wondering if someone could recommend films somewhat similar to it as i haven't been able to get it out of my head. I really liked the dreamlike feel of it with the stylish direction/editing along with the honesty of the slice of life relationship stuff, so maybe stuff along those lines. You might like The Last Life in the Universe. The story I suppose is a little more outlandish but it's all treated in a very subtle way and the cinematography is simply beautiful (done by Christopher Doyle).
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El Gallinero Gros posted:What are some comparable movies to the Pegg/Frost trilogy (Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, plus whatever is on the way). If you're a fan of the way that the movies are made--very careful shooting, preparation, little details that reward multiple viewings, painstaking editing--then Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will definitely be up your alley. Try watching it twice if it doesn't work the first time. Edgar Wright is the most brilliant director on the planet. I'm making my way through "Spaced," as well. But I'm also seconding this request, keeping in mind the previous suggestions in regard to your original request. Is The Toxic Avenger really in the same league--intellectually, at least--as Edgar Wright's filmmaking, or is that recommendation more of a reflection of the several undercurrents of moderate silliness in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz?
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Doctor Candiru posted:But I'm also seconding this request, keeping in mind the previous suggestions in regard to your original request. Is The Toxic Avenger really in the same league--intellectually, at least--as Edgar Wright's filmmaking, or is that recommendation more of a reflection of the several undercurrents of moderate silliness in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz?
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