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Bodnoirbabe watch Sunset Boulevard. Modern Times - I thought it was brilliant up until The Tramp leaves the jail for the first time, but nothing else after that really worked for me. I can't help but feel a little disappointed even though the rest of the film isn't that bad at all. 1. The Battleship Potemkin - I don't really have any interest in watching this but it's ranked pretty drat high on the They Shoot Pictures list. 2. Tokyo Story - I think I might have a problem appreciating muted emotions in movies. I might have a hard time watching this. 3. The Lives of Others - Could it be even better than The Conversation? Not that it has to be. 4. Mean Streets - Love Scorsese, but I've heard people say that this is too similar to Taxi Driver but not nearly as good. That's okay, even if it isn't half as good as Taxi Driver it'll still be a pretty great film. 5. The Searchers - Generally considered the best Ford western. 6. Videodrome - I am intrigued. 7. Seven - Saw the ending on TV and didn't realize what it was in time, oh well. I should probably watch the rest of it. 8. 9. La Dolce Vita - Another Fellini film. 10. The Grapes of Wrath - Here's the grapes, and here's the WRATH! *smash*. 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, Bicycle Thieves, 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, It's a Wonderful Life, Days of Heaven, Le Samourai, The Night of the Hunter, Metropolis, The New World, Persona, Manhattan, Some Like It Hot, The Rules of the Game, Nights of Cabiria, The Graduate, Pather Panchali, Punch-Drunk Love, Grand Illusion, The Hustler, The Great Escape, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Memento, Forbidden Planet, Stagecoach, The Usual Suspects, The Big Sleep, Modern Times (Total: 86)
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Atheistdeals.com, try Tokyo Story. Just finished Greed. I can't imagine it going for ten hours, four was more than enough to develop the characters and hammer the themes again and again (and again). The film works with it's time, though, and it's certainly a singular work on its subject--much like Intolerance, though told on a more personal level. It takes a while but it does get emotional and even exciting. It's a basic film, but it does well what it sets out to do. List: 1. La Notte - Love L'avventura, would like to get through the trilogy 2. Andrei Rublev - The last of the TSPDT Top 50, Tarkovsky's rough 3. Stranger Than Paradise - Haven't seen a Jarmusch 4. The Blue Angel - Haven't seen a von Sternberg 5. The Conformist - I know very little about this 6. Sweet Smell of Success - I've overlooked it, sounds great though 7. Ninotchka - Need more Lubitsch 8. Dogville - Hate Antichrist, love Dancer in the Dark, think Lars von Trier is an insufferable poo poo; let's do this 9. Top Hat - Swing Time was enjoyable, but it's the only classic musical I've seen 10. The King of Comedy - Got some Scorsese holes Films I've Watched: Dawn of the Dead - 3.5/5; Adaptation - 4.5/5; Sullivan's Travels - 3.5/5; Touch of Evil - 4/5; Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/5; Boogie Nights - 3.5/5; Almost Famous - 4.5/5; Hiroshima Mon Amour - 4/5; City of God - 4/5; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 3.5/5; Brazil - 5/5; Sunset Boulevard - 3.5/5; The Conversation - 3/5; Trainspotting - 3/5; L.A. Confidential - 4/5; Napoléon - 4/5; The Green Mile - 3/5; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 3/5; Léon: The Professional - 2.5/5; Sideways - 2.5/5; MASH - 4/5; The Philadelphia Story - 3.5/5; Three Colors: Blue - 5/5; Night and Fog - 3/5; Das Boot - 4/5; Three Colors: White - 4.5/5; Red River - 4.5/5; Le Samourai - 4/5; Fitzcarraldo - 4/5; Greed - 4/5
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PDMChubby, I think if Greed went on for 10 hours we'd actually get to see more of the peripheral characters and some more diversity in the depictions of greed. You get Sweet Smell of Success to kick off Noir-vember. Cyrano de Bergerac was so much better than I could have expected. Just found the play is public domain so it's going on my Kindle. There's a Shakespearean quality to the wordplay, but the French flows much more nicely to my ear and the delivery here is excellent, particularly from Depardieu. The story's pretty cliché by this point, but it works regardless because of the fantastic banter that brings it to life. Updated list: Possession Not sure why I have this on my need to see list actually. Maybe someone here recommended it? Seems like it could be brilliant or terrible. Seven Beauties Never seen a Lina Wertmüller, this one seems to be the most highly regarded, though if anyone think I should watch Love and Anarchy or The Seduction of Mimi instead I'm fine with that. Twenty-Four Eyes Never seen a Kinoshita film. Seems like the place to start. The Singing Detective Another mini series. Fits in with this noir thing I've been doing. The Limey Another one I've seen but can't remember anything about. Atanarjuat Been curious about this since it first came out, but 3 hours seems way too long. La belle noiseuse If it weren't 4 hours I would have seen it already. I've been meaning to put it on my list for a year but thought I'd get around to it on my own. After the Wedding I've had this lying around for a while. Don't know much about it. Silver Lode Mr. Scorsese spoiled this movie's ending for me. I was hoping I'd forget but that's not going to happen. The American Friend Neo-noir for Noir-vember 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 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PA, watch The American Friend for Noir-vember. For some reason I had confused The Class with The Wave, and I was wondering when they were all going to turn into Nazis. I'm glad they didn't, because The Class was a wonderful depiction of the extreme difficulties in teaching troubled teenagers. It's not a documentary, but the teacher is played by a real teacher, and the students by real students. The realism truly shines through. Even though the students are meant to be acting, if you get that many kids in a room together and let them improvise, their real personalities and truth are going to come out, and their reactions to the scene are genuine. I was fully invested in the educator's dilemmas, and questioning their teaching and disciplinary strategies right along with them. If a student is being overly disruptive in class, should he be expelled? They know that this will truly harm the student, but it will also benefit the others. This class is a place for them to grow and become more mature. Expelling this student will take that important learning away from him. The French teacher ends up always talking about maturity and respect and social interaction, while very little French is actually taught. I watched the scene where he gets upset and insults the students with dread, knowing that he was undoing much of what he had taught them so far. It really made me want to rewatch season 4 of The Wire, as the themes are almost identical. 5/5. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance Haneke noooooo. Recommended to me earlier in this thread. A Short Film About Killing I'm having trouble motivating myself to finish The Decalogue, even though I've liked what I've seen before. Kes Don't know anything about this. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Heard a lot about this, I feel like I'll love it or hate it. Still Life Next on TSPDT's 21st Century list. Don't know anything about it. Intolerance Next on TSPDT. UGH I don't think I'll like this one. The World of Apu Got to finish up the trilogy. Stalker I'm excited to see this, even if I haven't been thrilled with Tarkovsky in the past. Nosferatu On the most iCM lists. The Wind That Shakes the Barley Another recent Palme d'Or winner. 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TenSpades, Intolerance is more enjoyable than you may expect. Sweet Smell of Success was absolute brilliance. Aside from the snappy writing and equally magnificent performances of Curtis and Lancaster, the film just has a great feel. The urban environment isn't barren and seedy as one might expect; it's bright and bustling (at least up until the end), and yet the film is as moody as one could hope. There are pleasant flourishes--bursts of lively jazz music and creeping darkness and shadow when it's appropriate--all which give the film a unique quality while still remaining thrilling and grounded in it's story. Perfectly crafted. List: 1. La Notte - Love L'avventura, would like to get through the trilogy 2. Andrei Rublev - The last of the TSPDT Top 50, Tarkovsky's rough 3. Stranger Than Paradise - Haven't seen a Jarmusch 4. The Blue Angel - Haven't seen a von Sternberg 5. The Conformist - I know very little about this 6. Rififi - I'm down 7. Ninotchka - Need more Lubitsch 8. Dogville - Hate Antichrist, love Dancer in the Dark, think Lars von Trier is an insufferable poo poo; let's do this 9. Top Hat - Swing Time was enjoyable, but it's the only classic musical I've seen 10. The King of Comedy - Got some Scorsese holes Films I've Watched: Dawn of the Dead - 3.5/5; Adaptation - 4.5/5; Sullivan's Travels - 3.5/5; Touch of Evil - 4/5; Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/5; Boogie Nights - 3.5/5; Almost Famous - 4.5/5; Hiroshima Mon Amour - 4/5; City of God - 4/5; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 3.5/5; Brazil - 5/5; Sunset Boulevard - 4.5/5; The Conversation - 3/5; Trainspotting - 3/5; L.A. Confidential - 4/5; Napoléon - 4/5; The Green Mile - 3/5; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 3/5; Léon: The Professional - 2.5/5; Sideways - 2.5/5; MASH - 4.5/5; The Philadelphia Story - 3.5/5; Three Colors: Blue - 5/5; Night and Fog - 3/5; Das Boot - 4/5; Three Colors: White - 4.5/5; Red River - 4.5/5; Le Samourai - 4/5; Fitzcarraldo - 4/5; Greed - 4/5; Sweet Smell of Success - 5/5
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PDMChubby posted:3. Stranger Than Paradise - Haven't seen a Jarmusch It's not my favourite Jarmusch (whom I love) but it's worth a watch. I'm still wrapping my mind around Tree of Life though it's not as obtuse as some of my friends said. It's divisive among those I know, between loving it and actively loathing it. Besides the imagery of creation and the religious/loss of faith themes it's a coming of age story of a child coming to grips with his own limitations and powerlessness to do what he wants. The childhood imagery was very effective, evoking memories from my own young life; half-remembered snippets of me running around the first house I lived in and the growing knowledge that my parents are as human as I am are shared by Jack. The pursuit of meaning in our own lives is something I connect with. Wondering if there is any specific purpose or if we're creating our own is a mystery unanswered by the film but the question is posed. Adult Jack is lost in a sea of his own creation, never fully deciding on how he's supposed to fit into the world and is haunted by the loss of his brother. We all face these moments of uncertainty, pain and glimpses of bliss and the next day we wake up and face it again. The movie is beautiful and uncomfortable, uncertain. I think it's worth another look...probably several. Sometimes it's more important to ask questions than to be provided with a concrete answer. LIST O' SHAME: 1) The Last Detail - Swearing sailors sounds superb. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3)Young Frankenstein - I have seen Mel Brooks' Silent Movie but not this... 4) Bronson - Just saw Drive, loved it, must see more by Refn. 5) Black Moon - Drawn in by various cover art for years. No idea what it's about. 6)Precious – Most recent BP nominee I haven’t seen. 7)Life is Beautiful – Highest in IMDB top 250 I haven’t seen 8)The Rules of the Game - It's so highly regarded and yet I know nothing about it. 9)Shotgun Stories - Don't know anything about this but I'm highly anticipating Take Shelter and would like to see this first. 10)Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Love Oldboy and have never gotten around to seeing the rest of the Vengeance trilogy. 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, Paths of Glory, Blow Out, Cronos, Hausu, City Lights, Easy Rider, The Lives of Others, Salo, In the Bedroom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Cars, Brand Upon the Brain!, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Point Blank, Cool Hand Luke, 127 Hours, Black Narcissus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sting, A Woman is a Woman, Life of Brian, Last Picture Show, The Company of Wolves, Tree of Life Ratedargh fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Nov 6, 2011 |
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Ratedargh, you get... Young Frankenstein - I have seen Mel Brooks' Silent Movie but not this... It's awesome, not my favorite Mel Brook's film (that honor goes to The Producers), but it is certainly a good one. Peter Boyle is a lot of fun and Gene Wilder is wonderful as always. You'll enjoy it. My New List 1. How To Train Your Dragon I avoided this mainly due to being a Pixar loyalist, but it may be nice to step out of my comfort zone a bit. Also, the girlfriend wants to see it, so that’ll be fun. 2. Dr. Strangelove I know it's kind of a big deal that I haven't seen this but I can sort of justify it as just never really finding Kubrick all that accessible. Also, this is another one of those movies that I watched in my childhood and didn't really take to. 3. The Night of the Hunter Seems to be a favorite around here. Generally, I find noir hard to grasp. I'm willing to give the genre another good try though. 4. Raging Bull I've only recently began enjoying Scorsese's work. I'm still sorta lukewarm on De Niro. I loved him in Taxi Driver and Deer Hunter but I've been severely underwhelmed by pretty much everything else I've seen him in. 5. Unforgiven Not a whole to say about this other than it’s high up on my flickchart list of movies I haven’t seen. I really don’t like Hackman but I’ve heard he’s good in this so maybe this will turn my opinion around. 6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind I just saw Super 8 and it made really want to go back and watch more of the old school Spielberg stuff. I hear this doesn't really hold a candle to ET and Jaws, but I want to give it a shot anyhow. 7. Badlands Haven't seen any Malick yet, and the trailer for the Tree of Life looked really god drat good. I'd like to be exposed to something of his before I check out Tree of Life. 8. The Bicycle Thief Yeah yeah... I'm sorry world, I haven't seen it yet. I know, I'm a shitbag. Again, I've heard nothing but good things and I know it's a huge classic. 9. Manhattan My first Woody pick was one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve gotten out of this thread, I’ve heard Manhattan is one of his best, definitely looking forward to this one. 10. *NEW* Ikiru *NEW* I've tried to finish this 2 times. Each time, I got further into it, and I genuinely loved what I've seen. Things got in the way both times, I don't really remember what or how. Anyway, with this thread's support, I'm sure I'll finish and love the drat thing. De-Shamed Yojimbo 7.5/10, Aliens 6.5/10, Brazil 8/10, Cool Hand Luke 9/10, 28 Days Later 6/10, Predator 8/10, Blade Runner 7.5/10,Crimes and Misdemeanors 9/10, Vertigo 7/10, Being There 7.5/10, Psycho 10/10, Apocalypse Now 7.5/10, Citizen Kane 8.5/10 Chili fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Nov 6, 2011 |
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Chili posted:I'm still sorta lukewarm on De Niro. I loved him in Taxi Driver and Deer Hunter but I've been severely underwhelmed by pretty much everything else I've seen him in. What else have you seen him in?
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Chili watch Strangelove, also give us a review of Kane.  The American Friend Sometimes you get a movie where styles clash and it makes a masterpiece, sometimes you get a disaster, but most of the time you get something like this, a big old mess with a lot of interesting pieces that don't quite fit together. Maybe this is partly due to preconceived notions of what the Ripley character should be like, but Hopper's performance is all over the place. His character feels entirely tacked on, a way to connect Ganz' Zimmermann to the criminal element. Ganz gives an excellent performance and if the film fully committed to making him the centre it would help. As it is we get moods and reactions but not much insight, particularly into the major turning points in the film. The two clashing styles are the rather action oriented plot and Wenders' desire to slow things down, give lots of pretty shots and establish characters emotionally. Both aspects are well done but they didn't connect. Writing all this I realize I actually don't know why the film didn't work because the contrast in styles should fit the film very well thematically. Guess I'll have to give it another shot some day. Updated list: Possession Not sure why I have this on my need to see list actually. Maybe someone here recommended it? Seems like it could be brilliant or terrible. Seven Beauties Never seen a Lina Wertmüller, this one seems to be the most highly regarded, though if anyone think I should watch Love and Anarchy or The Seduction of Mimi instead I'm fine with that. Twenty-Four Eyes Never seen a Kinoshita film. Seems like the place to start. The Singing Detective Another mini series. Fits in with this noir thing I've been doing. The Limey Another one I've seen but can't remember anything about. Atanarjuat Been curious about this since it first came out, but 3 hours seems way too long. La belle noiseuse If it weren't 4 hours I would have seen it already. I've been meaning to put it on my list for a year but thought I'd get around to it on my own. After the Wedding I've had this lying around for a while. Don't know much about it. Silver Lode Mr. Scorsese spoiled this movie's ending for me. I was hoping I'd forget but that's not going to happen. Beat The Devil Noir comedy or something? I'm not really sure. 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 , Mother India 8/10 , An Angel At My Table 8.5/10 , Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 9/10 , O Lucky Man 9/10 , The Andromeda Strain 8.5/10 , The Thing with Two Heads 6/10 , The One-Armed Swordsman 8/10 , La grande guerra 9/10 ,Vamos a matar, compañeros 8.5/10 , Muerte de un ciclista 9.5/10 , Un homme et une femme 10/10 , Plein soleil 8.5/10 , By The Law 9.5/10 , Porgy and Bess 6/10 , Humanity and Paper Balloons 9/10 , Fat Girl 8.5/10 , Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 5/10 , Zulu 6/10 , The Jazz Singer 8/10 , Blue 8.5/10 , Zero Kelvin 8/10 , Un coeur en hiver 9/10 , Yama no oto 9/10, Highlander 3/10 , Lagaan 8.5/10 , The Warriors 8/10 , Être et avoir 9/10 , Punishment Park 7/10 , Traffic 8/10 , The Year of Living Dangerously 7.5/10 , Tetsuo 7/10 , The Last Command 8.5/10 , Perceval le Gallois 8/10 , Pale Flower 7/10 , Riget 7.5/10 , The Wind Will Carry Us 8/10 , I Live in Fear 7.5/10 , Red Angel 8.5/10 , The Unbearable Lightness of Being 5/10 , Twelve O'Clock High 7/10 , The Godfather: Part III 6.5/10 , The Bridges of Madison County 3/10 , The Host 8.5/10 , A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) 8/10 , The Muppet Movie 6/10 , The Only Son 7/10 , Blackmail 8.5/10 , Cyrano de Bergerac 9/10 , The American Friend 7/10 Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Nov 7, 2011 |
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Nov 7, 2011 02:33
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Chili watch Strangelove, also give us a review of Kane. Sorry about that, I actually had this thing already written up in Word, I just forgot to paste it into SALR. Anyway: Alrighty, Citizen Kane is complete, and now I can feel a little bit better about myself. Not gonna lie, the movie started off slow for me. I appreciated that way it was trying to tell its story, but it wasn’t meshing me with me so much. As the film went on however, I became more engrossed. The story telling became more engaging and interesting and the presentation, from the booming echoes and the truly excellent use of space in Xanadu , really contrasted the earlier more confined nature of the film (Inquirer offices, and Alexander’s apartment). Unfortuantely, I already knew what “Rosebud” was, but it didn’t really matter, and if anything, it enhanced my viewing of the film. I love so much how the scales just kept on getting bigger and bigger. I was more able to appreciate exactly where the story was going as I already knew the ending. The funny thing to me, is that while the movie doesn’t feel dated in the least, it feels an awful lot like if it were released today, it would be pretty overlooked and just would not be that big of a deal. Not really a comment on how I felt about the film, just an aside. Anyway, it really was good. Before the last half hour or so I was pretty much planning on giving this a lukewarm review, but after having seen the whole thing, it’s really hard for me to find much of any fault with the film. 8.5/10 Chili fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Nov 7, 2011 |
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Nov 7, 2011 04:16
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Chili posted:The funny thing to me, is that while the movie doesn’t feel dated in the least, it feels an awful lot like if it were released today, it would be pretty overlooked and just would not be that big of a deal. Not really a comment on how I felt about the film, just an aside. That's because of so much of what made it extraordinary has been totally absorbed into the DNA of film. It's a film worth reading about, because it only gets more amazing the more you know about it (even though the first twenty minutes are totally boring). filmsite.org posted:More importantly, the innovative, bold film is an acknowledged milestone in the development of cinematic technique, although it 'shared' some of its techniques from Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) and other earlier films. It uses film as an art form to energetically communicate and display a non-static view of life. Its components brought together the following aspects:
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Nov 7, 2011 04:30
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As far as what I’ve seen De Niro in… these are going to be very broad and sweeping reviews, a lot of which are based on my limited memory. Taxi Driver – Like I said, this would be my exception to the rule. God is he wonderful in this Deer Hunter – Another one of his really good ones Brazil – Eh, thought he was meh in it. The role was better than him. Untouchables – Wasn’t very inspired. Midnight Run – Same thing, just sort of a bland performance, could’ve been played by anyone. Goodfellas – I think he’s just overshadowed here by pretty much everything else. Casino – Meh, his character just didn’t interest me, didn’t feel new and I didn’t care. Heat – Pretty much the same as Casino, I was way more interested in Pacino Jackie Brown – He was just “too tough” I don’t know the film felt better and more subtle than him Analyze This – Yick Meet the ____ = This may be one of my least favorite franchises ever. The first movie in the series I think is what ultimately made me decide that I “didn’t like De Niro” Stardust – Whatever, he was fine. The role was big and crazy and I think the surprise of seeing him was made it work. Extras – I was severely let down by his role in extras. It may be the fault of Gervais and Merchant, but I can’t believe that they wrote such perfection for all of their other big celebrities and phoned it in for De Niro, he didn’t have a lot to work with, but gently caress it, I’m gonna blame him anyway. The long and the short of it is, I’m a Pacino guy ( I firmly believe that everyone is a De Niro person or a Pacino person). I just dig him a lot more, Pacino just seems like a genuinely crazy person and De Niro just bores me a lot. I’m sure I’m wrong about a lot of this, but again, a lot of my “reviews” are based on very limited memory of films I didn’t find all that enjoyable in the first place.
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Nov 7, 2011 04:54
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Well, I guess no one can say you never gave him a shot. I feel like I'm always recommending the movie Chinese Coffee, but if you haven't seen it yet, as a Pacino man, you'd like it.
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Nov 7, 2011 05:02
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Chili posted:As far as what I’ve seen De Niro in… these are going to be very broad and sweeping reviews, a lot of which are based on my limited memory. Have you seen Cape Fear and/or The King of Comedy? Those are actually two of my favorites of his (I've seen most of your list).
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Nov 7, 2011 05:16
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Peaceful Anarchy watch Beat the Devil. Tokyo Story: While I usually enjoy films that are more...bombastic, it was easy for me to become immersed in this one family's affairs. There are some good, reserved performances on display here. I think I only noticed the camera move once, but I was impressed by how much Ozu captures with such simple set-ups. 1. The Battleship Potemkin - I don't really have any interest in watching this but it's ranked pretty drat high on the They Shoot Pictures list. 2. 3. The Lives of Others - Could it be even better than The Conversation? Not that it has to be. 4. Mean Streets - Love Scorsese, but I've heard people say that this is too similar to Taxi Driver but not nearly as good. That's okay, even if it isn't half as good as Taxi Driver it'll still be a pretty great film. 5. The Searchers - Generally considered the best Ford western. 6. Videodrome - I am intrigued. 7. Seven - Saw the ending on TV and didn't realize what it was in time, oh well. I should probably watch the rest of it. 8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Politics, corrupt you say? That's what I think this film is about, anyway. 9. La Dolce Vita - Another Fellini film. 10. The Grapes of Wrath - Here's the grapes, and here's the WRATH! *smash*. 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, Bicycle Thieves, 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, It's a Wonderful Life, Days of Heaven, Le Samourai, The Night of the Hunter, Metropolis, The New World, Persona, Manhattan, Some Like It Hot, The Rules of the Game, Nights of Cabiria, The Graduate, Pather Panchali, Punch-Drunk Love, Grand Illusion, The Hustler, The Great Escape, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Memento, Forbidden Planet, Stagecoach, The Usual Suspects, The Big Sleep, Modern Times, Tokyo Story (Total: 87)
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Nov 7, 2011 11:13
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Zogo, no those are the only deniro flicks I've seen. Pen, I'll make that the next movie on my list. Though I've heard that serpico is also a priority.
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Nov 7, 2011 15:34
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Atheistdeals.com posted:7. Seven - Saw the ending on TV and didn't realize what it was in time, oh well. I should probably watch the rest of it. You have to see Seven. It is an amazingly disturbing film and everyone is superb in it, especially Kevin Spacey. I've recently found myself with a lot of free time, so I thought I'd restart my list since I had a lot of fun doing this the first time. I've actually seen some of the films from my last list, so I've updated accordingly. Scarface- No good reason why I've never seen this movie. *shrug* When Harry Met Sally...- One of the classic rom coms. All my girlfriends try to get me to watch this movie and I never do. It doesn't help that I'm not a big fan of Billy Crystal or Meg Ryan. Seven Samurai- One of my husband's favorite films. I even bought the special edition DVD for him. Just never wanted to sit down and watch it, even though I love every other samurai film I've ever seen (mostly the Zaitoichi series). My Neighbor Totoro- I have some friends that are Japanophiles and they love this film. I also enjoyed Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, so I don't know why I haven't seen this yet. Natural Born Killers- I'm not a big fan of Oliver Stone, and I've heard that this film is just violent for violence's sake, so it's never appealed to me on any level. I do like Woody Harrelson though. The Goonies- I can't remember if I saw this when I was little and don't remember it or I just plain haven't seen it at all. All my friends are always like "Hey guys!" and such and I don't get it... Reservoir Dogs- I'm not a Tarantino fan by any means, but I have seen most of his movies because he uses actors that I like. I tried to watch this once and don't remember why I didn't finish it. (I will say after seeing Inglorious Basterds, Tarantino has grown on me.) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)- Another sci-fi classic that I need to watch. The African Queen- Watching Bogart in Casablanca was amazing. This is another one of his greats. It's A Wonderful Life- I guess I've always preferred watching "A Christmas Story"? I like Jimmy Stewart though. Watched: Casablanca 10/10, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 10/10, Rear Window 5/10, Rocky 10/10
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Nov 8, 2011 02:53
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Skutter posted:
Yeah, watch this posthaste. Young Frankenstein was really good even though some of the jokes, as I find with most Mel Brooks, comes off as obvious and forced. The cast is golden, though (especially Marty Feldman) and the few lame duck jokes are saved by the rest of the movie. Wilder, when he goes crazy and angry in spurts, is fantastic. The Bride of Frankenstein sequence is hilarious. I also watched Life is Beautiful which was good, endearing and touching almost despite Benigni's obnoxiousness. It's odd, he is irritating but the character is such an eternal optimist just for his son's sake that it's never too much. LIST O SHAME 1) The Last Detail - Swearing sailors sounds superb. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3) Deconstructing Harry - Hey Woody Allen, it's been a while. 4) Bronson - Just saw Drive, loved it, must see more by Refn. 5) Black Moon - Drawn in by various cover art for years. No idea what it's about. 6)Precious – Most recent BP nominee I haven’t seen. 7)Cinema Paradiso – Highest in IMDB top 250 I haven’t seen 8)The Rules of the Game - It's so highly regarded and yet I know nothing about it. 9)Shotgun Stories - Don't know anything about this but I'm highly anticipating Take Shelter and would like to see this first. 10)Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Love Oldboy and have never gotten around to seeing the rest of the Vengeance trilogy. 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, Paths of Glory, Blow Out, Cronos, Hausu, City Lights, Easy Rider, The Lives of Others, Salo, In the Bedroom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Cars, Brand Upon the Brain!, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Point Blank, Cool Hand Luke, 127 Hours, Black Narcissus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sting, A Woman is a Woman, Life of Brian, Last Picture Show, The Company of Wolves, Tree of Life, Life is Beautiful, Young Frankenstein Ratedargh fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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Nov 8, 2011 03:45
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Ratedargh posted:7)Cinema Paradiso – Highest in IMDB top 250 I haven’t seen It has some faults but it's still pretty good. I saw the theatrical version. After watching that version and reading what was added into the extended cut I think I'd still prefer the theatrical. Sleuth - The first 45 minutes were tedious but then the reveal I expected started to unfold and it reminded me a little of the "Something To Tide You Over" segment of Creepshow. Then, things took a humorous turn in more than one way that I didn't see coming and that's what makes the film special. Some may find all the twists and turns annoying however. They really are two psychos in their own way and own right. IMDb list: #195 Mary and Max - Never heard of it. I just looked it up and it's about clay people. Hopefully it lives up to Gumby's standard. 6/22/11 #219 Howl's Moving Castle - I liked Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke but My Neighbor Totoro was a little too childish for me. 8/25/11 #223 Let the Right One In - Newer release about vampires. Hopefully better than the Twilight saga. 8/6/11 #239 Shutter Island - Looked like a run-of-the-mill mystery. 10/12/11 #240 Patton - I've seen the opening shot and heard the speech before but nothing else. The opening seemed kind of ridiculous. 10/19/11 #241 Ip Man - This has been getting some good reviews. Thought it was some IT film when I first saw the title. 10/27/11 #243 Stalker - Watched Andrei Rublev a while ago and it was challenging. Been meaning to watch Solaris as well. 10/27/11 #244 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - Haven't seen too many Korean films. 10/27/11 #246 Monsters, Inc. - I recall that this had lackluster reviews so seeing it on the top 250 is a surprise. 11/1/11 new #247 Tokyo Story - Ranked extremely high on many lists. This is somewhat shameful. 11/7/11
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Nov 8, 2011 05:52
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Ratedargh posted:Young Frankenstein review... You botched a spoiler tag there.
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The Wisdom of Crocodiles is pretty good, but not great. It's got a Highlander kinda feel to it, in an odd way. Jude Law is terrific and practically hypnotic at times. Overall though it's fairly slight, falling into the heavy-handed Anne Rice-ish traps of a lot of these vampire movies, like The Hunger and all that. Sidenote, the sentence "I've run out of elastoplasts, so I'm going to go to the chemist's." is the most English sentence of all time. Zogo, watch Patton, you magnificent bastard. New list: Mike's Murder I don't know enough '80s dramas, and I heard this is a hidden classic crime movie. But the same person who told me that said the same about 8 Million Ways to Die, which is dick. Beware of a Holy Whore Cult Fassbinder hit? Hana-bi I like Kitano. Billy Liar I own it in that 10 Year of Rialto set, but it just ain't gonna happen without a push. Cairo Station I know nothing about it, except FFD really loves it. My Brother's Wedding So there's a director's cut that's like a half hour shorter? Which should I see? new: To Be or Not to Be Lubitsch hasn't let me down yet. The Blue Angel I don't know much about this. Montenegro or Sweet Movie I loved WR and the Eclipse set, but I've avoided Sweet Movie because I heard it sucks and Montenegro because the poster is crap. 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), My Son My Son What Have Ye Done (7/10), Our Town (9/10), The Winning of Barbara Worth (8/10), Red Riding 1974 (7/10), Grand Hotel (8/10), Rapt (8/10), The Champ (7/10), Red Beard (8.5/10), Rendez-vous d'Anna (8/10), Two Thousand Maniacs! (7/10), The Old Dark House (7.5/10), The Tarnished Angels (8/10), Ordet (9/10), Pigs and Battleships (8/10), The Naked City (8/10), The Ninth Configuration (4/10), Sling Blade (8.5/10), Le Trou (8.5/10), I Know Where I'm Going! (7.5/10), The Hangover (7.5/10), Body Heat (7.5/10), Night Moves (8.5/10), The Earrings of Madame De... (8/10), Toto, Peppino, e la Mallafemmina (7/10), Short Cuts (9/10), The Mystery of Picasso (8/10), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (6.5/10) Total: 117 Best: All That Heaven Allows Worst: Harold and Maude penismightier fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Nov 8, 2011 |
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Chili posted:You botched a spoiler tag there. Thank ye.
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penismightier, watch To Be or Not To Be, because its going on my list eventually too. Intolerance is the kind of film I would much rather read about than actually watch. I get how important and influential it is, but the actual viewing experience is a bit bloated. Unlike silent comedies, I find it difficult to enjoy silent dramas. 3/5 Also watched 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance since it's been on my list forever. Definitely the least interesting and, somehow, the most frustrating Haneke I've seen. We are given 71 scenes with various unconnected characters, and we are kept emotionally distant from them, just as they are from each other. Like his later film, Code Unknown, this seems to be his response to the "everything is connected" type films, before that sub-genre even became popular. Here, nothing is connected, and everything that happens really is a Chronology of Chance. 2.5/5 A Short Film About Killing I'm having trouble motivating myself to finish The Decalogue, even though I've liked what I've seen before. Kes Don't know anything about this. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Heard a lot about this, I feel like I'll love it or hate it. Still Life Next on TSPDT's 21st Century list. Don't know anything about it. The World of Apu Got to finish up the trilogy. Stalker I'm excited to see this, even if I haven't been thrilled with Tarkovsky in the past. Nosferatu On the most iCM lists. The Wind That Shakes the Barley Another recent Palme d'Or winner. Au Hasard Balthazar Next on TSPDT. The Holy Mountain Let's see how weird Jodorowsky really is. 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, Idioterne 4.5/5, L'avventura 2/5, Au Revoir Les Enfants 4.5/5 Amarcord 3.5/5, A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2.5/5, Princess Mononoke 2/5, Tender Mercies 4/5, Ran 5/5, Witness for the Prosecution 4.5/5, Winchester '73 4/5, Local Hero 3.5/5, Fanny and Alexander 5/5, Diabolique 3/5, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 3.5/5, Ugetsu 4/5, Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1.5/5, Syndromes and a Century 4/5, Smiles of a Summer Night 4/5, Shadows 2.5/5, Umberto D. 3.5/5, Naked 5/5, Andrei Rublev 2/5, A Matter of Life and Death 4.5/5, I Am Cuba 4/5, A Zed and Two Noughts 5/5, The Belly of an Architect 3/5, Videodrome 4/5, Picnic at Hanging Rock 3/5, 2046 4.5/5, Fallen Angels 4/5, Schizopolis 4/5, Blind Chance 2.5/5, The Grapes of Wrath 4/5, Ace in the Hole 4.5/5, Safe 4/5, Woman in the Dunes 5/5, Scarface 4.5/5, The Man who Shot Liberty Valance 4/5, Ghost World 3.5/5, Contempt 3.5/5, The Magnificent Ambersons 4/5, Fantastic Planet 3.5/5, The Kid 3.5/5, Santa Sangre 4/5, Pather Panchali 4/5, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 4.5/5, Aparajito 4.5/5, Tout Va Bien 3.5/5, A Face in the Crowd 4.5/5, The Class 5/5, Intolerance 3/5, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 2.5/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:Intolerance is the kind of film I would much rather read about than actually watch. I get how important and influential it is, but the actual viewing experience is a bit bloated. Unlike silent comedies, I find it difficult to enjoy silent dramas. 3/5 Try Sjostrom or von Sternberg, their stuff has aged much more gracefully. Griffith is at his best when he's doing something, like, 90 minutes or less. It's like how Stephen King is twice as good when he's writing short stories.
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TenSpades, go with The Holy Mountain Rififi was excellent. I'm loving all these French tough guy films and each one seems to be better than the last. The heist in this one is edge of your seat suspense and everything is just put together tremendously. I'm loving all of these films. 1) Last Year at Marienbad- everything I hear about this intrigues me 2) The Asphalt Jungle- love those heist films 3) Waltz with Bashir- I hear this is great 4) Once Upon A Time In America- finishing up the "big" Leone films 5) Le Doulos- Bring on the French crime films, I'm loving them 6) Love and Death- I'm trying to fill in my Woody Allen holes 7) Captain Blood- let's have some fun 8) Pale Flower- this looks interesting 9) His Girl Friday- catching up on my older comedies 10) Winchester '73- let's watch some more Anthony Mann 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, Les Diaboliques, The Furies, It's A Wonderful Life, Network, Metropolis, Lady Vengeance, Sherlock Jr., The 400 Blows, High and Low, Carrie, The Iron Giant, M, Modern Times, Duck Soup, The Battleship Potemkin, The Leopard, Rififi
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To Be or Not to Be rules so much. Lubitsch is such a pro. I love these wartime movies that were aware they lived in historic times, like The Mortal Storm. What a great loving time. I could watch Jack Benny freak out all day. Mistletoe Donkey, watch the hell out of Winchester '73. New list: Mike's Murder I don't know enough '80s dramas, and I heard this is a hidden classic crime movie. But the same person who told me that said the same about 8 Million Ways to Die, which is dick. Beware of a Holy Whore Cult Fassbinder hit? Hana-bi I like Kitano. Billy Liar I own it in that 10 Year of Rialto set, but it just ain't gonna happen without a push. Cairo Station I know nothing about it, except FFD really loves it. My Brother's Wedding So there's a director's cut that's like a half hour shorter? Which should I see? new: The Structure of Crystals This looks fantastic, but somehow I can't get myself to sit down for it. The Blue Angel I don't know much about this. Montenegro or Sweet Movie I loved WR and the Eclipse set, but I've avoided Sweet Movie because I heard it sucks and Montenegro because the poster is crap. 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), My Son My Son What Have Ye Done (7/10), Our Town (9/10), The Winning of Barbara Worth (8/10), Red Riding 1974 (7/10), Grand Hotel (8/10), Rapt (8/10), The Champ (7/10), Red Beard (8.5/10), Rendez-vous d'Anna (8/10), Two Thousand Maniacs! (7/10), The Old Dark House (7.5/10), The Tarnished Angels (8/10), Ordet (9/10), Pigs and Battleships (8/10), The Naked City (8/10), The Ninth Configuration (4/10), Sling Blade (8.5/10), Le Trou (8.5/10), I Know Where I'm Going! (7.5/10), The Hangover (7.5/10), Body Heat (7.5/10), Night Moves (8.5/10), The Earrings of Madame De... (8/10), Toto, Peppino, e la Malafemmina (7/10), Short Cuts (9/10), The Mystery of Picasso (8/10), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (6.5/10), To Be or Not to Be (9/10) Total: 118 Best: All That Heaven Allows Worst: Harold and Maude penismightier fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Nov 9, 2011 |
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penismightier posted:Barfly I'm a big Bukowski fan which, actually, is why I keep avoiding this. Can't avoid it forever. Bram Stoker's Dracula looked nice and the castle scenes with The Shame List: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Looks insane. Carlos the Jackal It's quite long. 330 minutes long. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me She's dead, wrapped in plastic. Hamlet The Branagh version. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Love the shorts, never got around to this one for some reason. Gangs of New York Only Scorsese I haven't watched from his 00's output. Mesrine: Killer Instinct/Public Enemy No.1 The Long Good Friday English gangsters featuring Super Mario. Have watched so far 20 movies: Barton Fink, Sweet Smell of Success, The 400 Blows, Rocky, Videodrome, Charade, The Double Life of Veronique, Ace in the Hole, Easy Rider, Dark City, Gosford Park, Seven, Hard Boiled, Mystic River, The Magnificent Ambersons, Midnight Cowboy, A Serious Man, A Hard Day's Night, Manhattan, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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Electronico6 posted:Hamlet The Branagh version. This. It is beautiful and a really accurate rendition of the play. I am not a fan of the "updated" versions of Hamlet. Fanny and Alexander... Wow, what a trip. I found myself wanting the film to end in the last 45 minutes, but overall this is an amazing film. I don't know if I understood what happened to the bishop. Did Alexander will it to happen? (8/10) 1. Dawn of the Dead The original and supposed classic. I am not a horror fan, so I kind of avoid them like the plague. 3. Spartacus blah, blah, blah, krubik, blah, blah, blah 5. The Great Escape Something about this movie just turns me off and I don't know what. 7. The Bridge on the River Kwai Another one that is on all the lists that I just don't care about. 8. Tout Va Bien Goddard is hit or miss with me. I always want to watch it but chicken out. 9. Mad Max I don't know what order the Mad Max movies go in, but I haven't seen any of them. 10. Kramer vs Kramer As a child of divorce, how exciting can this film be? Watched: Mad Max(5/10), The Conversation(8/10), Tombstone(4/10), Diabolique (7/10), The Last Picture Show (8.5/10) Fanny and Alexander (8/10)
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York_M_Chan posted:1. Dawn of the Dead The original and supposed classic. I am not a horror fan, so I kind of avoid them like the plague. Watch this one. Patton - The opening shot of this film has to be kryptonite to pacifists. The focal point of the film is on the General himself more than anything else. He is pretty much insane and has to be one of the most pro-war characters I've seen in a film. I liked the long shots of advancing tanks and infantry during the main tank battle. For all the war films I've seen this had some things that felt new. [about his pistol grips] Patton: They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol. IMDb list: #195 Mary and Max - Never heard of it. I just looked it up and it's about clay people. Hopefully it lives up to Gumby's standard. 6/22/11 #219 Howl's Moving Castle - I liked Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke but My Neighbor Totoro was a little too childish for me. 8/25/11 #223 Let the Right One In - Newer release about vampires. Hopefully better than the Twilight saga. 8/6/11 #239 Shutter Island - Looked like a run-of-the-mill mystery. 10/12/11 #241 Ip Man - This has been getting some good reviews. Thought it was some IT film when I first saw the title. 10/27/11 #243 Stalker - Watched Andrei Rublev a while ago and it was challenging. Been meaning to watch Solaris as well. 10/27/11 #244 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - Haven't seen too many Korean films. 10/27/11 #246 Monsters, Inc. - I recall that this had lackluster reviews so seeing it on the top 250 is a surprise. 11/1/11 #247 Tokyo Story - Ranked extremely high on many lists. This is somewhat shameful. 11/7/11 new Elite Squad - Not on the list but the sequel is. Never heard of it. 11/9/11
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Zogo posted:He is pretty much insane and has to be one of the most pro-war characters I've seen in a film. That aspect of his personality is pretty spot-on. Patton's 3rd Army took more land in less time than any other military unit in history. The Germans were scared shitless of him, and if he wasn't such a colossal prick, he could've been the greatest hero of the war. He's an interesting read, he feels like he came out of the Civil War mold alongside Grant and Sherman - massive personality flaws offset by an insatiable love of combat.
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Zogo posted:It's good news to me that they don't appear in all the films. I actually liked the openings, because they were slightly different each time. It showed Harry's growth by showing him taking less of their poo poo in each successive book. By the last one he actually has earned Dudley's respect, which is a crowning moment of awesome, character-wise.
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Zogo, you get Tokyo Story Winchester '73 was just pure western goodness. I liked the idea of following the gun as it changed hands and Stewart was actually a pretty depressing character. I was entertained the whole time. I've liked both the Mann westerns I've seen so far. 1) Last Year at Marienbad- everything I hear about this intrigues me 2) The Asphalt Jungle- love those heist films 3) Waltz with Bashir- I hear this is great 4) Once Upon A Time In America- finishing up the "big" Leone films 5) Le Doulos- Bring on the French crime films, I'm loving them 6) Love and Death- I'm trying to fill in my Woody Allen holes 7) Captain Blood- let's have some fun 8) Pale Flower- this looks interesting 9) His Girl Friday- catching up on my older comedies 10) The Searchers- because it's time 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, Les Diaboliques, The Furies, It's A Wonderful Life, Network, Metropolis, Lady Vengeance, Sherlock Jr., The 400 Blows, High and Low, Carrie, The Iron Giant, M, Modern Times, Duck Soup, The Battleship Potemkin, The Leopard, Rififi, Winchester '73
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:2) The Asphalt Jungle- love those heist films Then you'll love this. I watched Seven and I really liked it a lot. Usually being very formulaic is a bad thing, but Pitt and Freeman turn their potentially tired characters into interesting men, and watching their relationship develop throughout the film is very interesting. The setting is seemingly made up of every bad aspect of every city all thrown together, making for interesting dark, decaying interiors. It reminded me a lot of Blade Runner in a few ways. Overall, a well executed thriller. 1. The Battleship Potemkin - I don't really have any interest in watching this but it's ranked pretty drat high on the They Shoot Pictures list. 2. Time of the Gypsies - One of my highest PSIs on Criticker but I never really see it talked about much. 3. The Lives of Others - Could it be even better than The Conversation? Not that it has to be. 4. Mean Streets - Love Scorsese, but I've heard people say that this is too similar to Taxi Driver but not nearly as good. That's okay, even if it isn't half as good as Taxi Driver it'll still be a pretty great film. 5. The Searchers - Generally considered the best Ford western. 6. Videodrome - I am intrigued. 7. 8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Politics, corrupt you say? That's what I think this film is about, anyway. 9. La Dolce Vita - Another Fellini film. 10. The Grapes of Wrath - Here's the grapes, and here's the WRATH! *smash*. 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, Bicycle Thieves, 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, It's a Wonderful Life, Days of Heaven, Le Samourai, The Night of the Hunter, Metropolis, The New World, Persona, Manhattan, Some Like It Hot, The Rules of the Game, Nights of Cabiria, The Graduate, Pather Panchali, Punch-Drunk Love, Grand Illusion, The Hustler, The Great Escape, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Memento, Forbidden Planet, Stagecoach, The Usual Suspects, The Big Sleep, Modern Times, Tokyo Story, Seven (Total: 88)
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Atheistdeals.com posted:5. The Searchers Get to it. The Hustler was something else. I initially thought this was going to be two hours of Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason playing pool, so I was pleasantly surprised when the pool didn't actually feature that much. The dialogue was amazing, and the plot way more depressing than I thought it would be. The acting from Paul Newman and Patrick Gleason was perfectly aggressive and slick, respectively, but whenever Piper Laurie was on screen I only had eyes for her. Amazing performance, and I'm really impressed by how that storyline was handled. Need to see: 1. Trafic - I've seen Mr Hulot's Holiday and Playtime, but never this. My grandma's a big fan of Tati, so I really should. 2. 2001 A Space Odyssey - I've seen this, but it was too long ago to remember. Time for a rewatch. 3. Dark City - Just realized that I've never seen this. 4. Fantastic Planet - Some really beautiful animation and a score by Alain Goraguer. Sounds amazing. 5. The Departed - I caught a few minutes of this on tv and it just didn't seem like my thing. 6. The Draughtman's Contract - Enjoyed both The Cook, the Thief etc. and Drowning by Numbers, so this is the next Greenaway I need to see. 7. Punch Drunk Love - This and Hard Eight are the only P T Anderson movies I haven't seen. 8. The Apartment - Hardly know anything about it, just heard it recommended everywhere. 9. The Night of the Hunter - I don't know about this, it seems silly. It's on a ton of lists on ICM, though. 10. A Streetcar Named Desire - I started watching this, but halfway through I managed to slice my palm open with a fruit knife and had to leave to get stitches. Now I just associate it with bad memories. Have seen: Chinatown, North By Northwest, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Persona, Easy Rider, Casablanca, City of God, Predator, Modern Times, Amadeus, Hoop Dreams, The Hustler MIDWIFE CRISIS fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Nov 10, 2011 |
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Admiral Goodenough, The Apartment is wonderful. "Goodbye to The Holy Mountain! Real life awaits us!" This is also what I was feeling by the end of the film. The symbolism varies between annoyingly obtuse and glaringly obvious, but in the end this film is best viewed as just a series of weird images. The scenes keep getting weirder and weirder too, until the end, when it seemed that Jodorowsky sort of ran out of ideas and couldn't think of how to end it. He wanted to get back to real life too. 4/5 A Short Film About Killing I'm having trouble motivating myself to finish The Decalogue, even though I've liked what I've seen before. Kes Don't know anything about this. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Heard a lot about this, I feel like I'll love it or hate it. Still Life Next on TSPDT's 21st Century list. Don't know anything about it. The World of Apu Got to finish up the trilogy. Stalker I'm excited to see this, even if I haven't been thrilled with Tarkovsky in the past. Nosferatu On the most iCM lists. The Wind That Shakes the Barley Another recent Palme d'Or winner. Au Hasard Balthazar Next on TSPDT. Sweet Smell of Success I've heard many good things. 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, Idioterne 4.5/5, L'avventura 2/5, Au Revoir Les Enfants 4.5/5 Amarcord 3.5/5, A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2.5/5, Princess Mononoke 2/5, Tender Mercies 4/5, Ran 5/5, Witness for the Prosecution 4.5/5, Winchester '73 4/5, Local Hero 3.5/5, Fanny and Alexander 5/5, Diabolique 3/5, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 3.5/5, Ugetsu 4/5, Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1.5/5, Syndromes and a Century 4/5, Smiles of a Summer Night 4/5, Shadows 2.5/5, Umberto D. 3.5/5, Naked 5/5, Andrei Rublev 2/5, A Matter of Life and Death 4.5/5, I Am Cuba 4/5, A Zed and Two Noughts 5/5, The Belly of an Architect 3/5, Videodrome 4/5, Picnic at Hanging Rock 3/5, 2046 4.5/5, Fallen Angels 4/5, Schizopolis 4/5, Blind Chance 2.5/5, The Grapes of Wrath 4/5, Ace in the Hole 4.5/5, Safe 4/5, Woman in the Dunes 5/5, Scarface 4.5/5, The Man who Shot Liberty Valance 4/5, Ghost World 3.5/5, Contempt 3.5/5, The Magnificent Ambersons 4/5, Fantastic Planet 3.5/5, The Kid 3.5/5, Santa Sangre 4/5, Pather Panchali 4/5, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 4.5/5, Aparajito 4.5/5, Tout Va Bien 3.5/5, A Face in the Crowd 4.5/5, The Class 5/5, Intolerance 3/5, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 2.5/5, The Holy Mountain 4/5
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TenSpades, I hope you enjoy Nosferatu. Stranger Than Paradise could have been better and it could have been worse. It definitely feels amateurish at times, but that can be forgiven with a great film; unfortunately I don't think this was a great film. It's simple and understated, and it's interesting to watch the characters interact even if none of them are particularly interesting in and of themselves. It's certainly evident how it shaped independent cinema, but one wishes there were much more meat to the film. List: 1. La Notte - Love L'avventura, would like to get through the trilogy 2. Andrei Rublev - The last of the TSPDT Top 50, Tarkovsky's rough 3. The Big Parade - Might as well keep putting up silents 4. The Blue Angel - Haven't seen a von Sternberg 5. The Conformist - I know very little about this 6. Rififi - I'm down 7. Ninotchka - Need more Lubitsch 8. Dogville - Hate Antichrist, love Dancer in the Dark, think Lars von Trier is an insufferable poo poo; let's do this 9. Top Hat - Swing Time was enjoyable, but it's the only classic musical I've seen 10. The King of Comedy - Got some Scorsese holes Films I've Watched: Dawn of the Dead - 3.5/5; Adaptation - 4.5/5; Sullivan's Travels - 3.5/5; Touch of Evil - 4/5; Once Upon a Time in the West - 4/5; Boogie Nights - 3.5/5; Almost Famous - 4.5/5; Hiroshima Mon Amour - 4/5; City of God - 4/5; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - 3.5/5; Brazil - 5/5; Sunset Boulevard - 4.5/5; The Conversation - 3/5; Trainspotting - 3/5; L.A. Confidential - 4/5; Napoléon - 4/5; The Green Mile - 3/5; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 3/5; Léon: The Professional - 2.5/5; Sideways - 2.5/5; MASH - 4.5/5; The Philadelphia Story - 3.5/5; Three Colors: Blue - 5/5; Night and Fog - 3/5; Das Boot - 4/5; Three Colors: White - 4.5/5; Red River - 4.5/5; Le Samourai - 4/5; Fitzcarraldo - 4/5; Greed - 4/5; Sweet Smell of Success - 5/5; Stranger Than Paradise - 3/5
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PDM, go with Top Hat, it sounds great. I watched The Apartment, and between this and The Hustler I'm having my preconceptions of early 60's-movies as carefree and trivial shot down. I mean, it starts out light-hearted enough, and then all of a sudden suicide attempt.  Like in The Hustler, it was refreshing to see the female love interest get enough screen-time and character development to transcend from the usual secondary-character status. The handling of sex in the film was also refreshingly frank. One of the most fascinating things was the way Mr Sheldrake, an outwardly respectable man, was shown to be a true villain by the disrespectful and downright cruel way he treated women. Great movie, and great handling of serious topics while keeping the mood light.Need to see: 1. Trafic - I've seen Mr Hulot's Holiday and Playtime, but never this. My grandma's a big fan of Tati, so I should. 2. 2001 - A Space Odyssey - I've seen this before, but I was twelve. Time for a rewatch. 3. Dark City - Looks interesting. Ebert likes it. 4. Fantastic Planet - Some really beautiful animation and a score by Alain Goraguer. Sounds amazing. 5. The Departed - I caught a few minutes of this on tv and it just didn't seem like my thing. 6. The Draughtman's Contract - Enjoyed both The Cook, the Thief etc. and Drowning by Numbers, so this is the next Greenaway I need to see. 7. Punch Drunk Love - This and Hard Eight are the only P T Anderson movies I haven't seen. 8. Pleasantville - Jay Dub posted this in the Ultimate Recommendation thread, but I'm not sure. Tobey Maguire? 9. The Night of the Hunter - I don't know about this, it seems silly. It's on a ton of lists on ICM, though. 10. A Streetcar Named Desire - I started watching this, but halfway through I managed to slice my palm open with a fruit knife and had to leave to get stitches. Now I just associate it with bad memories. Have seen: Chinatown, North By Northwest, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Persona, Easy Rider, Casablanca, City of God, Predator, Modern Times, Amadeus, Hoop Dreams, The Hustler, The Apartment
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Admiral Goodenough posted:I watched The Apartment, and between this and The Hustler I'm having my preconceptions of early 60's-movies as carefree and trivial shot down. Try The Pawnbroker. What a downer.
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Admiral Goodenough, I want to see a reaction to Punch Drunk Love. Beat the Devil was quite a disappointment. It's not terrible, but everyone seems to be acting in a different movie, the pacing is uneven and so is the writing. I can't even put up a decent critique because even though I just finished watching it so little of it sticks in my mind. Jennifer Jones was pretty fun to watch, probably the only person in the film with any kind of energy and who balances being funny while also taking the films dramatic turns at face value. Bogart seems to sleepwalk through the film, delivering the occasional good line and then fading back to average. The rest of the supporting cast has different ideas and while some are entertaining hardly any of it fits together. Oh, well. Updated list: Possession Not sure why I have this on my need to see list actually. Maybe someone here recommended it? Seems like it could be brilliant or terrible. Seven Beauties Never seen a Lina Wertmüller, this one seems to be the most highly regarded, though if anyone think I should watch Love and Anarchy or The Seduction of Mimi instead I'm fine with that. Twenty-Four Eyes Never seen a Kinoshita film. Seems like the place to start. The Singing Detective Another mini series. Fits in with this noir thing I've been doing. The Limey Another one I've seen but can't remember anything about. Atanarjuat Been curious about this since it first came out, but 3 hours seems way too long. La belle noiseuse If it weren't 4 hours I would have seen it already. I've been meaning to put it on my list for a year but thought I'd get around to it on my own. After the Wedding I've had this lying around for a while. Don't know much about it. Silver Lode Mr. Scorsese spoiled this movie's ending for me. I was hoping I'd forget but that's not going to happen. Portrait of Jennie Want to see more Jennifer Jones. 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 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Peaceful Anarchy posted:Beat the Devil was quite a disappointment. It's not terrible, but everyone seems to be acting in a different movie, the pacing is uneven and so is the writing. I can't even put up a decent critique because even though I just finished watching it so little of it sticks in my mind. Jennifer Jones was pretty fun to watch, probably the only person in the film with any kind of energy and who balances being funny while also taking the films dramatic turns at face value. Bogart seems to sleepwalk through the film, delivering the occasional good line and then fading back to average. The rest of the supporting cast has different ideas and while some are entertaining hardly any of it fits together. Oh, well. This makes me happy to hear. Not that I'm glad you didn't enjoy it, but more that I saw it lately and was left pretty bored with it all. I know lots of people love it as this noir satire, but it didn't work as comedy or noir for me. Makes me feel better that it's not just me.
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