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fenix down posted:If you're asking me to explain the recs, I was just throwing out movies that start out somewhat normal but proceed to get goofy and violent in a self-aware fashion. Crank 2 started out looking like a normal sequel but halfway through they decided to see how far off the rails they could take the movie. Making it both goofy and violent, and it couldn't have had a more self aware ending than what it did. I haven't seen many movies that let its audience know in no uncertain terms "gently caress you, this is your ending, like it or not". Its bizarre but I loved it. Mouser.. fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Aug 3, 2011 |
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This AMC marathon has got me in the mood for mob movies. I am a huge fan of: Godfather I and II Goodfellas Casino Carlito's Way Once Upon A Time In America Mean Streets Untouchables Donnie Brasco A Bronx Tale Also love Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos, of course. I recently saw "Mad Dog and Glory", which was pretty disappointing considering the two lead actors are De Niro and Bill Murray. Any recommendations?
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escape artist posted:This AMC marathon has got me in the mood for mob movies. King of New York, The Departed and Find Me Guilty
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escape artist posted:This AMC marathon has got me in the mood for mob movies. The Departed: Scorsese having some fun with his gangster-film mode, if you haven't seen it already. Not his most artistically credible work, but definitely one of the most entertaining. City of God: absolutely fantastic Brazilian film about the descent of Rio de Janeiro's dirt-poor favelas into drug baron warzones, seen through a generation of young slum kids from the 1960s to 70s, many of whom become notorious outlaws. I realise the prospect of subtitles turn some people off but this is a great production that matches brutal realism in the characters and plot with imaginative, energetic direction and soundtracking. Animal Kingdom: understated, off-key Australian film inspired by real events in Melbourne gang history, about a teenage boy taken under the wing of his extended family, who also happen to be an unnervingly tight-knit clan of bankrobbers whom the police are hellbent on annihilating. Miller's Crossing is the Coen brothers' charming, irreverent take on the gangster genre with Gabriel Byrne as a relentlessly wiseass Irish mob consigliere who manipulates the hell out of a rapidly escalating gang war to his own ends. Mesrine, Parts 1 & 2: French double bill biopic with Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine, a charismatic, stunningly arrogant outlaw whose exploits in bank robbing, prison-breaking, police-taunting, and all-around badassery across two continents put Dillinger to shame.
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Anyone have a good reconditions for romantic comedies that are like (500) days of summer or Easy A? I'm getting tried of the typical rom com and need a change.
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Aug 7, 2011 02:55
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GimpChimp posted:Animal Kingdom: understated, off-key Australian film inspired by real events in Melbourne gang history, about a teenage boy taken under the wing of his extended family, who also happen to be an unnervingly tight-knit clan of bankrobbers whom the police are hellbent on annihilating. Also recommending. It's very intense yet understated. It's also the only Australian film I've actually liked so far.
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BIZORT posted:Also recommending. It's very intense yet understated. It's also the only Australian film I've actually liked so far. Have you not seen Van Diemen's Land, or do you just not like it? Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to check this out.
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23 Skidoo posted:Have you not seen Van Diemen's Land, or do you just not like it? I come across Australian films that are about "Australia's most notorious criminal" and they always seem to be about someone new (Chopper, Ned Kelly, that Underbelly show, another one that escapes me at the moment) but no, I haven't seen it. I'll give it a shot if that's a recommendation
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BIZORT posted:I come across Australian films that are about "Australia's most notorious criminal" and they always seem to be about someone new (Chopper, Ned Kelly, that Underbelly show, another one that escapes me at the moment) but no, I haven't seen it. I'll give it a shot if that's a recommendation It is. It's an incredibly brutal film, and I love it to bits.
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Would anyone mind recommending me sci-fi movies that are terrible at the science part. I just watched this island earth and in it there's a ridiculous scene where three scientists hide behind a small metal slab so that an alien listening in can't hear them, you can see bits of it in the clip below starting at one minute in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR6KL8t-DWs I'm hoping there are more daffy sci-fi movies that make mistakes like that, thanks.
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screenwritersblues posted:Anyone have a good reconditions for romantic comedies that are like (500) days of summer or Easy A? I'm getting tried of the typical rom com and need a change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtU7ERJ3cTw
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diphenhydramine posted:Would anyone mind recommending me sci-fi movies that are terrible at the science part. I just watched this island earth and in it there's a ridiculous scene where three scientists hide behind a small metal slab so that an alien listening in can't hear them, you can see bits of it in the clip below starting at one minute in. LXG has a scene where they are trying to stop a series of explosions by setting of another explosion at the center of the first explosion.
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Ugh, I wish I could contribute to the thread more and not just pop in asking for recommendation, but well, here I am again. First, please recommend me some movies in which the main scenery is either urban decayish or ghost townish. I also love the quirky, remote smalltown feel à la Twin Peaks. Movies that have come close are: Identity (nice setting, lovely thriller) The Pledge (Loved this one) Insomnia Badlands Easy Rider Winter's Bone I asked this a while back before but got only a few replies that really didn't fit the bill. Secondly, are there any good space dramas / thrillers? I love especially those in which the isolation in vast darkness is strongly present. Bonus points if it has beautiful scenes where people either stare or float into space. Some movies I've seen: 2001: A Space Odyssey Alien Sunshine (good for two thirds of the movie, then went into poo poo) Moon Pandorum (crap) Event Horizon (nostalgic crap)
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These Loving Eyes posted:Ugh, I wish I could contribute to the thread more and not just pop in asking for recommendation, but well, here I am again. For the small almost ghost town setting I really enjoyed Red Hill It has a Western movie atmosphere and I'll admit a couple of moments where you will chuckle at the townfolks idiocy but nothing that should ruin the movie for you. For staring into space, again I recommend Silent Running which a majority of those titles you listed drew inspiration from.
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These Loving Eyes posted:First, please recommend me some movies in which the main scenery is either urban decayish or ghost townish. I also love the quirky, remote smalltown feel à la Twin Peaks. The Hole (Ming-liang Tsai) Eraserhead The Trial Damnation Werckmeister Harmonies Satantango The Bothersome Man Woman in the Dunes Blue Velvet The Wicker Man
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As far as mostly-abandoned ghost towns, I have an obscene amount of love for Last Man Standing, the Western/gangster movie update of Dashiell Hammett's novella Red Harvest, previously adapted as Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars. Set in a dusty Texas border town during Prohibition, the movie stars Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, and William Sanderson (you know him from Blade Runner, or as E.B. Farnum in Deadwood) as a crazy coot of a bartender. Lots of cool suits, hats, tommy guns, and even Judd Apatow's hot wife Leslie Mann as a prostitute. For a horror option, Silent Hill is set in a super-creepy dying rural town that transforms into what I always envisioned hell to look like.
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Thanks for the recommendations so far! I've already seen quite a few of them (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Wicker Man and Silent Hill) and I'm not in the mood for Béla Tarr. I put Silent Running, Red Hill and The Bothersome Man on my watchlist. The latter has actually piqued my interest before but I couldn't find a copy of it back then.
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I've been on a Hardbodies 1&2, Andy Sidaris type kick lately. Any suggestions in that department of cheesy 80's/90's tit flicks? The more unintentional humor, bizarre fashion choices, and bad line readings the better.
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Here's some that have played on the cable Drive-In channel, they're not worth renting even if you could find them. Maybe at some old shop that still stocks VHS. The Beach Girls (1982) Screwballs (1983) Summer Job (1989) Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Aug 13, 2011 |
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Aug 13, 2011 19:47
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Slightly different request. Recommend me a movie to "listen" to. I have an assignment for class where I have to listen to a movie without the aid of the screen. The goal is to study the sound design. We are to write specifically about a particular scene, 3-15 minutes. I have 5.1, if that affects your consideration. proton fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Aug 13, 2011 |
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proton posted:Slightly different request. Derek Jarman's Blue. 
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Mouser.. posted:I haven't seen many movies that let its audience know in no uncertain terms "gently caress you, this is your ending, like it or not". Its bizarre but I loved it. Best ending ever.
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Looking for two different kinds of recommendations... 1. Any good recent animated(CGI) films. The last one I saw was Finding Nemo for reference. I thought I might try Kung Fu Panda(is that any good?) Anything else like that I should look into? 2. Thriller/Drama/Horror Films where "the bad guy/antagonist wins". I realize that's kind of a spoiler since I'll know how any movie recommended basically ends but that's pretty much the only way I can describe what I'm looking for. Skeleton Key is a pretty decent example of this just off the top of my head. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Aug 14, 2011 |
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-Blackadder- posted:Looking for two different kids on recommendations... 1. Wall-E, Up, and Toy Story 3 are all incredible -- easily my favorite Pixar movies, and their most recent three (up until this summer's Cars 2). 2. Check out Angel Heart, Spoorloos (aka the original Dutch version of The Vanishing), Twin Peaks (yes, the entire TV series, which is only one short excellent season and one full-length season with ups and downs), The Thing, Session 9, Silent Hill (kind of), the Dawn of the Dead remake (and probably countless other horror movies), and while some would argue, I think Chinatown definitely counts. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Aug 14, 2011 |
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proton posted:Slightly different request. The Do-Luong Bridge scene in Apocalypse Now!
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DONT DO IT posted:Anyone have recommendations for a good dystopian film? Something comparable to Children of Men, Blade Runner, or The Road. Foreign, english, whatever. Threads is about the aftermath of a nuclear bomb going off in the UK. The whole film is on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQo0BQM3OlQ
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-Blackadder- posted:Looking for two different kinds of recommendations... 1. I really liked Rango, but mostly for the unique animation and art style, rather than the story. It also fits the bill for another post in this thread asking for colourful movies. Even though it's 100% 3D CGI, it was never released "in 3D" because 3D glasses would have dulled the colour. If you just want to see another Finding Nemo though, anything else by Pixar won't disappoint, they kind of set the standard. Try "Up" or "Ratatouille"
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-Blackadder- posted:Looking for two different kinds of recommendations... Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was excellent, and filled with jokes that adults will get more than children. Monkey posted:If you just want to see another Finding Nemo though, anything else by Pixar won't disappoint, they kind of set the standard. Try "Up" or "Ratatouille" Can't make this statement anymore after Cars 2. Mouser.. fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Aug 14, 2011 |
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Aug 14, 2011 18:12
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proton posted:Slightly different request. The Conversation.
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proton posted:Slightly different request. I feel like Signs would be good for this.
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codyclarke posted:I've been on a Hardbodies 1&2, Andy Sidaris type kick lately. Any suggestions in that department of cheesy 80's/90's tit flicks? The more unintentional humor, bizarre fashion choices, and bad line readings the better. You've seen Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Do or Die and Hard Hunted right? Most of his early stuff is pretty amusing. But I think something way more off-beat, like Samurai Cop, is a little more up your alley. That's all I can think to recommend besides the only three Sidaris films I've seen.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:You've seen Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Do or Die and Hard Hunted right? Most of his early stuff is pretty amusing. But I think something way more off-beat, like Samurai Cop, is a little more up your alley. That's all I can think to recommend besides the only three Sidaris films I've seen. Yeah, I have the 12-movie Andy Sidaris set that sells for like five bucks on Amazon. Never heard of Samurai Cop, I'll check it out!
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Dancing Potato posted:The Conversation. I don't know why I haven't seen this. Looking forward to it. I ended up using Alien for the assignment.
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Can someone recommend me some hilariously bad movies? Preferably movies that try to be serious but just end up being unintentional comedies. edit: The Core is a good example g0lbez fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Aug 16, 2011 |
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g0lbez posted:Can someone recommend me some hilariously bad movies? Preferably movies that try to be serious but just end up being unintentional comedies. Eighties fantasy films are great for this. Krull, Dragonslayer, maybe The Magic Sword - it has the same feel to it although it's from a few decades earlier.
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Can someone recommend me some good family films. By that i mean well made films about family relationships, not Jim Carrey comedies.
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Recommend me classic detective movies with noir sensibilities. I'm interested in stuff from any era, but I especially want to find great stuff from around the 40's. I know noir is much bigger than detective stories but those are my faves. Witty, cynical, hard-drinking detectives would be ideal. I absoultely love The Big Sleep, Murder, My Sweet and The Maltese Falcon. Give me more! Thermos H Christ fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Aug 16, 2011 |
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Thermos H Christ posted:Recommend me classic detective movies with noir sensibilities. I'm interested in stuff from any era, but I especially want to find great stuff from around the 40's. I know noir is much bigger than detective stories but those are my faves. Witty, cynical, hard-drinking detectives would be ideal. The Sleeping City Nocturne The Big Combo
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Mr Empty posted:Can someone recommend me some good family films. By that i mean well made films about family relationships, not Jim Carrey comedies. East of Eden
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Mr Empty posted:Can someone recommend me some good family films. By that i mean well made films about family relationships, not Jim Carrey comedies. Fanny and Alexander The Godfather The Tree of Life Pather Panchali Five Easy Pieces The Incredibles Summer Hours Paris, Texas The Royal Tenenbaums Yi Yi
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