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Trier posted:I've been looking for ages for some sort of genuinely intelligent space-based sci-fi movie. Any recommendations? 2001 was great but a bit too arthouse for me, Solyaris was decent, Sunshine was perfect up until you-know-what and then it was horrible. Moon. You might also like the more recent American adaptation of Solaris. I didn't, but probably just because it wasn't very faithful to the novel.
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Criminal Minded posted:Who's got LA crime films for me? Drive has me in the mood. I'm familiar with Mann and Tarantino's stuff, The Driver, To Live and Die in LA, the Terminator movies, Training Day, Chinatown, L.A. Confidential...I know I need to see Night Moves, but what else? Definitely The Shield (it stayed awesome throughout seven seasons), Street Kings, Dark Blue, and The Black Dahlia (not nearly as good as L.A. Confidential, but a still stylish period piece).
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Moon. Also seen Soderbergh's remake of Solyaris, it was just a worse version of the movie I had already seen. Thanks though
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Criminal Minded posted:Who's got LA crime films for me? Drive has me in the mood. I'm familiar with Mann and Tarantino's stuff, The Driver, To Live and Die in LA, the Terminator movies, Training Day, Chinatown, L.A. Confidential...I know I need to see Night Moves, but what else? I apologise for how scattershot this is but I expect you've seen a few of them so: Sunset Boulevard, Point Blank, The Long Goodbye, The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1978 edit is better; RIP Ben Gazzara, incidentally), Barton Fink, The Player, Menace II Society, Get Shorty, Lost Highway, Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, The Limey.
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Feb 4, 2012 17:07
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Trier posted:Seen Moon, it was good. Thought it lacked some direction, though, it didn't really seem like it knew what it wanted to do with it's time on my screen. Try Ikarie XB-1.
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quote:Trier posted: Silent Running is interesting, thoughtful, and takes place in space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0 If you can get past the 1970s effects and obvious attempt from Disney to grab some Star Wars fans, you could watch The Black Hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzUJJKDa558 And if you want to sort of 'cleanse the palate' and watch unique science fiction in space like you've never seen before, check out the zany antics and songs of the zero-budget The American Astronaut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uujG1ADn2zk
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penismightier posted:Try Ikarie XB-1. Thanks pen, I started to check it out and ended up watching the entire movie. Love the futuristic music - and dancing. A lot of thought and ideas went into that script back in 1963. Figures it's based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem, who also wrote Solaris.
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Trier posted:I've been looking for ages for some sort of genuinely intelligent space-based sci-fi movie. Any recommendations? 2001 was great but a bit too arthouse for me, Solyaris was decent, Sunshine was perfect up until you-know-what and then it was horrible. It sounds as if you will genuinely enjoy 2010.
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Steve Yun posted:HEAT. The reverb of gunshots bouncing off skyscrapers is wonderful. The entire street is like a giant echo chamber.
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fenix down posted:Thanks! I'm thinking Two-Lane Blacktop might be a good pick as well, with all the drag racing. Super Speedway has phenomenal sound. It really is just an hour of the Andretti's tuning a formula 1 and then taking it out for test drives/mock race but it makes full use of all of the surround speakers when it hits the track and sounds just stunning. Try and find the DVD of Grand Prix as well just for the sound in the race scenes.
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Any suggestions for a "Dudes night" movie? I'm thinking action or a comedy. As much as I love the Big Lebowski I do not want to watch it again for like 5-10 years.
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foodfight posted:Any suggestions for a "Dudes night" movie? I'm thinking action or a comedy. As much as I love the Big Lebowski I do not want to watch it again for like 5-10 years. Crank/Crank 2 double feature.
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foodfight posted:Any suggestions for a "Dudes night" movie? I'm thinking action or a comedy. As much as I love the Big Lebowski I do not want to watch it again for like 5-10 years. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102984/ Possibly the greatest movie of all time. or Drive Angry
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How about Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans? I haven't seen it but based on what I've heard, it sounds pretty suitable.
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This will be strangely specific, but I love movies featuring an ensemble cast that has intertwining (to some degree) storylines and there's some big kind of catharsis at the end. In other words, movies like Magnolia. I have no idea what to call this but everyone I talk to seems to know what I'm talking about. Does anyone know other films like this?
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DetoxP posted:This will be strangely specific, but I love movies featuring an ensemble cast that has intertwining (to some degree) storylines and there's some big kind of catharsis at the end. In other words, movies like Magnolia. I have no idea what to call this but everyone I talk to seems to know what I'm talking about. Does anyone know other films like this? You can always try some Altman movies like Short Cuts or Nashville.
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Or Altman's very underrated "A Wedding", which is on Netflix Streaming.
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morestuff posted:You can always try some Altman movies like Short Cuts or Nashville. I might be in the minority, but Gosford Park is still my favorite Altman film. I think it is on streaming (netflix and amazon prime). Agatha Christie meets The Rules of the Game meets Altman's 70s fuckoff sensibility. It was also written by Julian Fellows, if you are a Downton Abbey fan. A Wedding is also a nice pick. Nashville is never a bad idea. Short Cuts might not be the best starting place for Altman, though. I like the movie, but even I get put off by some of its pacing issues. Not sure if I would ever recommend it as an Altman starting point. Voodoofly fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Feb 16, 2012 |
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DetoxP posted:This will be strangely specific, but I love movies featuring an ensemble cast that has intertwining (to some degree) storylines and there's some big kind of catharsis at the end. In other words, movies like Magnolia. I have no idea what to call this but everyone I talk to seems to know what I'm talking about. Does anyone know other films like this? Some call it Hyperlink and that link has a nice little list of them. Enjoy. 
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Some call it Hyperlink and that link has a nice little list of them. Enjoy. Amazing. Thank you. This list also reminds me of how Crash might be my biggest divide between "how much I thought I'd like the film" and "how much I actually liked the film" And thanks to everyone else too, I've never gotten around to watching Altman but apparently he's my kind of director.
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Altman's the obvious pick for good reason, but don't sleep on Exotica or The Three Colors Trilogy either! Also, that style suits a few mysteries like Murder by Death and Murder On The Orient Express.
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foodfight posted:Any suggestions for a "Dudes night" movie? I'm thinking action or a comedy. As much as I love the Big Lebowski I do not want to watch it again for like 5-10 years. Dabanng, its an Indian movie. Sort of like Hot Fuzz meets Black Dynamite.
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Suggestions of great thrillers? Preferably supernatural and/or psychological. Stuff like The Others, Momento, The Machinist and Shutter Island are all great. Any similar recommendations? Would see The Woman in Black but it's not playing nearby. Not crime thrillers or murder mysteries. Should mention I've also seen and loved Fight Club and Se7en. rizuhbull fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Feb 19, 2012 |
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rizuhbull posted:Suggestions of great thrillers? Preferably supernatural and/or psychological. Stuff like The Others, Momento, The Machinist and Shutter Island are all great. Any similar recommendations? Would see The Woman in Black but it's not playing nearby. Not crime thrillers or murder mysteries. Zodiac and The Game (both by David Fincher, who made Fight Club and Se7en), The Prestige and Following (both by Christopher Nolan, who made Memento), Identity, and Session 9, to start with.
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rizuhbull posted:Suggestions of great thrillers? Preferably supernatural and/or psychological. Stuff like The Others, Momento, The Machinist and Shutter Island are all great. Any similar recommendations? Would see The Woman in Black but it's not playing nearby. Not crime thrillers or murder mysteries. Southern Comfort, Kontroll and Near Dark. Southern Comfort is a thriller about some guys fighting rednecks in a swamp that's a metaphor for the Vietnam war or something, directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors, Deadwood, Producer on all the good Alien movies). Kontroll is about ticket collectors who live in the Budapest subway system and a bunch of random things that happen to them. Its sort of like Scott Pilgrim meets Taxi Driver. Near Dark is a vampire/western by the director of The Hurt Locker that has a lot of the hallmarks of a good thriller, although I wouldn't call it a straight thriller (I wouldn't call The Others a straight thriller either though).
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Reccomend me some insane sci-fi anime. I'm not really a big fan of anime shows or comics, but I love stuff like Akria, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli stuff. But I'm specifically looking for cool sci-fi. Most recently I saw Redline and I loving loved it. The crazier, more whacked out and sci-fi-er the better.
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Perfect Blue's by Satoshi Kon, the same guy who did Paprika and the Paranoia Agent tv series, I'd highly recommend it. Those are the only three things I've seen by Kon, but if they're any indication anything in his catalogue would be worth checking out.
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electricsugar posted:Reccomend me some insane sci-fi anime. I'm not really a big fan of anime shows or comics, but I love stuff like Akria, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli stuff. But I'm specifically looking for cool sci-fi. Dead Leaves. Watch a trailer first, you'll either be really excited to see it or violently repulsed; I don't think a middle ground exists.
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rizuhbull posted:Suggestions of great thrillers? Preferably supernatural and/or psychological. Stuff like The Others, Momento, The Machinist and Shutter Island are all great. Any similar recommendations? Would see The Woman in Black but it's not playing nearby. Not crime thrillers or murder mysteries. I think you might really enjoy The Conversation. It's got that same slowly- drawing-you-in quality that Memento and The Machinist have, plus a degree of 'is this real?' quality that you seem to appreciate in your thrillers. Plus, it's just awesome. You might like Vertigo too. Also, The Innocents is probably right up your street if you enjoyed The Others.
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electricsugar posted:Reccomend me some insane sci-fi anime. I'm not really a big fan of anime shows or comics, but I love stuff like Akria, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli stuff. But I'm specifically looking for cool sci-fi. If you're willing to give shows a shot, you might get a kick out of Gurren Lagaan. Definitely has a lot of crazy whacked out sci-fi stuff!
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electricsugar posted:Reccomend me some insane sci-fi anime. I'm not really a big fan of anime shows or comics, but I love stuff like Akria, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli stuff. But I'm specifically looking for cool sci-fi.
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electricsugar posted:Reccomend me some insane sci-fi anime. I'm not really a big fan of anime shows or comics, but I love stuff like Akria, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell, Studio Ghibli stuff. But I'm specifically looking for cool sci-fi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoto_Shinkai Best current Japanese Sci-Fi director. Also try Heat Guy J which is a Police/Sci-Fi show that has a lot of homage and tribute to classic anime. But specifically a lot of classic hosed up Sci Fi stuff like Akira. I don't know if I would go with Gurren Lagann. Its very "anime" and while it does make fun of Anime in general, you sort of need to know what its making fun of pretty intimately to get a lot of enjoyment out of it. I would however recommend Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. FMA:B is an adaptation of the comic book, on which the original Anime is only loosely based. Its a very good show with a lot of really awesome animation. Things get pretty loving trippy, dudes get dismembered, things transform into evil towering fleshbeasts, terrible evil science is unleashed upon the world, its quality stuff. If you're fine with remakes of classic literature. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo is really good. Its a retelling that's set in space, uses a crazy animation style and (I say this as a huge Dumas fan) changes the ending to make it much better than the original. Its a very slow burn compared to most out there Sci-Fi anime, but once it gets going it really shines.
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After watching Psycho, Rope, and Strangers on a Train recently, I was thinking that the killers are all quite young. What are some other films that fit into this category? Clockwork Orange and Dirty Harry immediately jump to mind, but I'm sure there are plenty more.
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fenix down posted:After watching Psycho, Rope, and Strangers on a Train recently, I was thinking that the killers are all quite young. What are some other films that fit into this category? Clockwork Orange and Dirty Harry immediately jump to mind, but I'm sure there are plenty more. Peeping Tom is what comes to mind for me first. There's also the killer children sub genre, with The Omen, Orphan, Village of the Damned, etc.
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fenix down posted:After watching Psycho, Rope, and Strangers on a Train recently, I was thinking that the killers are all quite young. What are some other films that fit into this category? Clockwork Orange and Dirty Harry immediately jump to mind, but I'm sure there are plenty more. Natural Born Killers?
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Ah yes, need to watch Natural Born Killers again. morestuff posted:Peeping Tom is what comes to mind for me first. There's also the killer children sub genre, with The Omen, Orphan, Village of the Damned, etc.
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Malick's Badlands, too.
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fenix down posted:After watching Psycho, Rope, and Strangers on a Train recently, I was thinking that the killers are all quite young. What are some other films that fit into this category? Clockwork Orange and Dirty Harry immediately jump to mind, but I'm sure there are plenty more.
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Just did a rewatch of I Am Legend, and I love the first two acts of that film (as well as the original ending sequence) to death. It's a fantastic exploration of grief, isolation, and guilt- can anyone recommend some post-apocalyptic movies that hit some of the same thematic notes? The Road is one I've seen that would definitely qualify... what else is out there that's got the same feel?
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