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Schmeev posted:2. The Great Escape - As far as break out movies go, I hear this is a particularly excellent one. Also, I understand Steve McQueen is a pretty cool dude. 3 Women certainly lived up to its title. The camera constantly frames trios of women, even when only two of them are physically present. The concept of 'the third wheel' keeps coming up in my mind: there's the ethereal Willie in contrast to the more earthy Millie & Pinky; Millie chatting away while Doris & Alcira have their own conversations; and Millie & Pinky & a mirror casting either one's reflection, a ghost, some other aspect of their personality. Even when there's one woman, a pane of glass casts a double reflection, implicating the fleshy being as the imposter. Shelley Duvall is phenomenal as Millie, a woman built of women's catalogs and magazines, a tragically hilarious figure who can never understand how disdainfully other people regard her. When I saw her ex-roommate for the first time, I realized that she must have been the Millie to Millie's Pinky, if that makes sense. Sissy Spacek is equally wonderful as the bizarre, practically extraterrestrial Pinky, a childish waif who inadvertently annoys her hero Millie until circumstances lead to a personality change that allows her to beat Millie at her own social game. This is also still an Altman film, which means wonderfully odd bit characters, my favorite ones being Mr. and Mrs. Rose ("What's wrong with her?" "Shh. You'll wake her up."). And the movie from the dream sequence on just gets stranger and stranger until it ends on a bewildering yet appropriate note. Such a delightfully odd movie. Ace in the Hole - Vicious Billy Wilder satire? Sign me up! An Autumn Afternoon - I've burned through nearly all of the single Ozu releases, as well as the Silent and Late Ozu boxsets. Let's finish up what I have (until I inevitably buy that combo-pack of The Only Son/There Was a Father). Cutter's Way - A critic I enjoy reading said this was his favorite film of the 80s. I probably won't agree with him, but it's obscurity intrigues me and hey, Jeff Bridges. La Dolce Vita - I guess this is one of the two big Fellinis I have to see, so I'll just put this here. The Magnificent Ambersons - Welles is always worth a watch, even if compromised. My Dinner with Andre - I blind-bought this before the Community episode.  Persona - Maybe I should've seen this before 3 Women  Rashomon - I really haven't seen much of major Kurosawa. The Thin Red Line - I'll have technically seen all of Malick's features once I see this. Wooden Crosses - I blind-bought the Bernard Eclipse set on the basis that this obscure French film about WWI was some kind of hidden gem. Now, I'll be motivated to see if this was true or not. Shameless: Days of Heaven, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Sansho the Bailiff, Ikiru, L'Avventura
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a radii hike posted:Ace in the Hole - Vicious Billy Wilder satire? Sign me up! Let's go with this one. Casino is way too similar to Goodfellas for it's own good. I still think it's a great movie, but the story just hits too many of the same notes, and not in the perfect rhythm that Goodfellas has. I don't even really have anything to complain about, besides the fact that maybe Scorsese loves The Rolling Stones a little too much. But there is a lot to like - the pacing for a 3 hour film is great, the performances are excellent, and the soundtrack is (mostly) killer. And I just liked seeing the old mob-run Las Vegas, a setting that I would like to see again in other movies. Or maybe a future Vegas, with Strip promoterbots shoving escort holograms in your cyberface. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: It Happened One Night - Might as well put another Capra film here. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Rififi - Heist films are pretty cool. 1960s: Army of Shadows - All I know about this is that it's bleak. Really bleak, apparently. 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while, maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: Time of the Gypsies - One of my highest PSIs on Criticker but I never really see it talked about much. 1990s: 2000s: The Pianist - Next on the IMDb top 250. L'Atalante - Next highest on the They Shoot Pictures list. Watched/Criticker Tier: The Seventh Seal 10, Moon 8, Barton Fink 10, The Thin Blue Line 9, Cool Hand Luke 9, Citizen Kane 10, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10, Rear Window 10, North by Northwest 9, Goodfellas 10, Casablanca 10, City Lights 8, Seven Samurai 10, Bicycle Thieves 9, Do the Right Thing 10, The Battle of Algiers 9, On the Waterfront 7, Wild Strawberries 10, The Trial 10, Adaptation 9, Unforgiven 10, Annie Hall 9, The 400 Blows 9, Diabolique 8, Mulholland Dr. 10, Dirty Harry 5, The 39 Steps 8, Aguirre: The Wrath of God 10, 8 1/2 9, Boogie Nights 9, A Streetcar Named Desire 7, Raiders of the Lost Ark 10, The General 9, Pickpocket 7, Pulp Fiction 10, Amadeus 10, Lawrence of Arabia 10, Eraserhead 8, The Lady Vanishes 8, The Wild Bunch 8, A Clockwork Orange 7, Platoon 7, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 9, Ikiru 10, Jules and Jim 10, The Asphalt Jungle 8, M 9, The Thin Red Line 9, Dial M for Murder 9, The Sting 8, Once Upon a Time in the West 9, The Exterminating Angel 9, A Woman Under the Influence 10, Singin' in the Rain 9, Scenes From a Marriage 10, Badlands 8, City of God 10, The Gold Rush 7, The Maltese Falcon 9, The Conformist 9, The Shawshank Redemption 8, High and Low 10, It's a Wonderful Life 7, Days of Heaven 9, Le Samourai 6, The Night of the Hunter 10, Metropolis 10, The New World 10, Persona 8, Manhattan 9, Some Like It Hot 7, The Rules of the Game 10, Nights of Cabiria 7, The Graduate 10, Pather Panchali 10, Punch-Drunk Love 9, Grand Illusion 8, The Hustler 8, The Great Escape 8, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7, Memento 9, Forbidden Planet 7, Stagecoach 7, The Usual Suspects 6, The Big Sleep 8, Modern Times 7, Tokyo Story 9, Seven 9, The Searchers 6, The Battleship Potemkin 6, Videodrome 8, Léon: The Professional 6, American History X 4, The Grapes of Wrath 7, The Wages of Fear 9, Bonnie and Clyde 6, Mean Streets 8, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8, American Beauty 6, The Great Dictator 7, Children of Paradise 10, La Dolce Vita 4, The Deer Hunter 8, Ben-Hur 5, Magnolia 9, Rushmore 10, MASH 4, Spirited Away 8, The Cranes Are Flying 9, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 7, Sunrise 9, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 6, The Lives of Others 8, Casino 8 (Total: 114)
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Atheistdeals, I really hope you don't hate Naked. Johnny is one of the most interesting characters I've seen. I really wanted to like Life of Brian, but I just didn't find it very funny. The main thing that turned me off most of the jokes is that they often try too hard to clue the audience in that it's supposed to be funny. For example, I thought Caesar's voice was really funny, but then every time he talked the other characters would laugh and make fun of him, and ask him to repeat himself. I get that it's funny, I don't want the characters to find it funny as well. 2/5 Kes Don't know anything about this. Still Life Next on TSPDT's 21st Century list. Don't know anything about it. The Wind That Shakes the Barley Another recent Palme d'Or winner. Cabaret On the most iCM lists. Also next on the AFI list. ehh. The Freshman Only seen Safety Last! from Lloyd. Cookie's Fortune Another hidden Altman gem? Raise The Red Lantern I haven't seen too much Chinese cinema. The Mirror Next on TSPDT. I'm going to love one of these Tarkovskys eventually! A Man Escaped Want to keep up with the Filmspotting Bresson marathon. La Haine I hear this is good. Don't know anything about it. 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, Nosferatu 3.5/5, Sweet Smell of Success 4/5, Stalker 4/5, Days of Heaven 4.5/5, The Apostle 3.5/5, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 3.5/5, Shane 3.5/5, The World of Apu 4.5/5, 3 Women 5/5, Do The Right Thing 5/5, A Short Film About Killing 3/5, Au Hasard Balthazar 4.5/5, Withnail & I 3.5/5, Le Trou 4.5/5, The Conformist 3.5/5, West Side Story 2.5/5, Titanic 3/5, Taste of Cherry 4/5, Underground 5/5, Life of Brian 2/5
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Finally showed my girlfriend Robocop. She's still processing everything in the film and how it connects to today, and I'm really gaining a new appreciation for the character. I still haven't seen Alien/Aliens and I think we're gonna do a marathon of them soon. Are the others worth watching?
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:I get that it's funny, I don't want the characters to find it funny as well. 2/5 But...wouldn't that be disingenuous? He has a funny speech impediment, of course they're going to find it funny. Part of the joke isn't just his impediment, it's their reaction to it. Do you also hate it when comics crack up at their own jokes? Jefferoo posted:Finally showed my girlfriend Robocop. She's still processing everything in the film and how it connects to today, and I'm really gaining a new appreciation for the character. You really need to read the OP of this thread, or even just glance at the page you posted on to realize that you don't get how this thread works. We want you to participate, but there is a structure here. Get a list together and we can start you on the right foot!
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Bodnoirbabe posted:But...wouldn't that be disingenuous? He has a funny speech impediment, of course they're going to find it funny. Part of the joke isn't just his impediment, it's their reaction to it. Do you also hate it when comics crack up at their own jokes? So all comedies should have laugh tracks, or else they're being disingenuous? I've never once heard someone complain that a comedy was unbelievable because the characters weren't laughing at their own jokes. It's different when a comic laughs at his own joke, or when a sketch group starts to giggle. In that case it's the actors laughing, not the characters, and their enjoyment of the material can make you enjoy it more.
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:La Haine It was the MOTM a while ago. There's a memorable scene involving a bathroom. Duck Soup - I found some moments funny but overall it was a little too silly for me. I think I identified most with the lemonade vendor who kept getting annoyed and angered by the brothers. also watched: Mary and Max - This has been on my list for a really long time. Overall I thought it had too much narration. It was strange at times but I found a lot of it mildly funny. My favorite parts involved Max reading Mary's letters and repeatedly becoming extremely anxious over some innocuous statement or question. IMDb list: #247 3 Idiots - Read some reviews but that's all. 1/17/12 #256 Before Sunrise - Relatively recent and I haven't even heard of it. 12/29/11 Academy Award for Best Picture: 1985 Out of Africa - Can't say I know anything about it. 12/29/11 1980 Ordinary People - Heard of it but haven't seen it. 2/1/12 1968 Oliver! - I'm a little familiar with the story. 2/7/12 1967 In the Heat of the Night - I remember the TV series vaguely. Not sure if it's related to the film at all. 2/10/12 1966 A Man for All Seasons - Know nothing about this one. 2/14/12 Procrastination list: The Prowler - Heard this was an overlooked classic slasher film. Zito directed Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (which is my favorite of the series). The poster is  too. 2/15/12new Akira - This looks interesting. I don't know why I keep putting it off. 2/17/12 new Less Than Zero - I saw some of this movie on TV when I was ~5 years old and now it's nearly 25 years later and it's been buried in my head all these years to watch the whole thing. 2/17/12 Zogo fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Feb 18, 2012 |
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Zogo posted:new Akira - This looks interesting. I don't know why I keep putting it off. 2/17/12 I hope you like your assignment... Because I hated almost every second of Naked. I didn't find it especially clever or poignant. Instead I thought it was unbearably misanthropic and inconsistent. There are some interesting moments in the middle where Johnny is wandering around talking to lonely people, but after that it goes right back to being an awful train wreck. While this might among the most unpleasant films that I've ever seen (only Saw 6 could possibly beat it), I don't regret at least giving it a chance. I just couldn't stand it. Oh well. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: It Happened One Night - Might as well put another Capra film here. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Rififi - Heist films are pretty cool. 1960s: Army of Shadows - All I know about this is that it's bleak. Really bleak, apparently. 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while, maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: Time of the Gypsies - One of my highest PSIs on Criticker but I never really see it talked about much. 1990s: 2000s: The Pianist - Next on the IMDb top 250. L'Atalante - Next highest on the They Shoot Pictures list. Watched/Criticker Tier: The Seventh Seal 10, Moon 8, Barton Fink 10, The Thin Blue Line 9, Cool Hand Luke 9, Citizen Kane 10, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10, Rear Window 10, North by Northwest 9, Goodfellas 10, Casablanca 10, City Lights 8, Seven Samurai 10, Bicycle Thieves 9, Do the Right Thing 10, The Battle of Algiers 9, On the Waterfront 7, Wild Strawberries 10, The Trial 10, Adaptation 9, Unforgiven 10, Annie Hall 9, The 400 Blows 9, Diabolique 8, Mulholland Dr. 10, Dirty Harry 5, The 39 Steps 8, Aguirre: The Wrath of God 10, 8 1/2 9, Boogie Nights 9, A Streetcar Named Desire 7, Raiders of the Lost Ark 10, The General 9, Pickpocket 7, Pulp Fiction 10, Amadeus 10, Lawrence of Arabia 10, Eraserhead 8, The Lady Vanishes 8, The Wild Bunch 8, A Clockwork Orange 7, Platoon 7, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 9, Ikiru 10, Jules and Jim 10, The Asphalt Jungle 8, M 9, The Thin Red Line 9, Dial M for Murder 9, The Sting 8, Once Upon a Time in the West 9, The Exterminating Angel 9, A Woman Under the Influence 10, Singin' in the Rain 9, Scenes From a Marriage 10, Badlands 8, City of God 10, The Gold Rush 7, The Maltese Falcon 9, The Conformist 9, The Shawshank Redemption 8, High and Low 10, It's a Wonderful Life 7, Days of Heaven 9, Le Samourai 6, The Night of the Hunter 10, Metropolis 10, The New World 10, Persona 8, Manhattan 9, Some Like It Hot 7, The Rules of the Game 10, Nights of Cabiria 7, The Graduate 10, Pather Panchali 10, Punch-Drunk Love 9, Grand Illusion 8, The Hustler 8, The Great Escape 8, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7, Memento 9, Forbidden Planet 7, Stagecoach 7, The Usual Suspects 6, The Big Sleep 8, Modern Times 7, Tokyo Story 9, Seven 9, The Searchers 6, The Battleship Potemkin 6, Videodrome 8, Léon: The Professional 6, American History X 4, The Grapes of Wrath 7, The Wages of Fear 9, Bonnie and Clyde 6, Mean Streets 8, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8, American Beauty 6, The Great Dictator 7, Children of Paradise 10, La Dolce Vita 4, The Deer Hunter 8, Ben-Hur 5, Magnolia 9, Rushmore 10, MASH 4, Spirited Away 8, The Cranes Are Flying 9, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 7, Sunrise 9, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 6, The Lives of Others 8, Casino 8, Naked 1 (Total: 115)
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:I really wanted to like Life of Brian, but I just didn't find it very funny. The main thing that turned me off most of the jokes is that they often try too hard to clue the audience in that it's supposed to be funny. For example, I thought Caesar's voice was really funny, but then every time he talked the other characters would laugh and make fun of him, and ask him to repeat himself. I get that it's funny, I don't want the characters to find it funny as well. 2/5 It was Pilate, not Caesar. Furthermore, I don't think the fact that he spoke funny was the entire joke. Just laughing at someone for having a speech impediment isn't funny, just cruel. I'd say the humor comes from how uncomfortable the soldiers are. They all know he speaks strangely, but they also know he's their superior, so they're trying their best not to laugh. Cleese's centurion tries gently to hint that he shouldn't talk to the crowd because they'll laugh at him, but he can't bring himself to outright say it. The pinnacle of that joke came when Biggus Dickus runs out to help Pilate with the crowd, but he has a lisp of his own, and you see Cleese get a look of horror on his face. Anyway, I'm sure you've got your reasons, but Brian is my favorite Python movie.
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Given how well-researched the Pythons usually were I'm sure it's some kind of historical joke as well, or maybe a parody of I, Claudius. There's all sorts of that in Life Of Brian. And call me a child but "She's called Incontinentia...Incontinentia Buttocks" is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:And call me a child but "She's called Incontinentia...Incontinentia Buttocks" is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Seeing this in the theater in its initial release, this was the huge roar-out-loud belly laugh of the film. It's the way the joke is paced right up until the moment he says this that makes it perfect.
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Sideways and The Shawshank Redemption are on my desk. Gah, I need to watch them.
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JudeMaverick posted:Sideways and The Shawshank Redemption are on my desk. Make yourself a list and join the fun.
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I don't think Glengarry Glen Ross had any rapes (is this something Mamet is known for?). It did have a number of melodramatic monologues. Scorsese can do no wrong. The Aviator is drat near perfect. I don't know much about the real Howard Hughes, but I liked getting to know DiCaprio's version. He was a troubled man, but very principled and a genius at what he did. I assumed the story would show him engaged in sleazy behavior and corruption, but he stuck to his guns the whole way through. I really felt for his struggles with OCD- I have OCD myself, though not nearly as severe, but I knew exactly how he was feeling. Who would have thought the Titanic kid would be such a good actor? His relationship with Katharine Hepburn was the best part of the movie- they were tough on each other and tender at the same time. Baldwin and Alda made good villains, but they weren't pure evil- they were sympathetic characters in their own rights. Plus there were those long shots that Scorsese does so well. My only question was who were the other women in his life? He started a relationship with someone named Ava- Gardner, I guess? Then he "hired" a fifteen year old girl, but it wasn't really made clear what for- I think she was an escort, but I don't think he had sex with her, or did he? It could have been a little clearer, but it's a minor flaw, or maybe I just missed it. Rating: 4/4 24. The Great Dictator- I think this Chaplin kid may be going somewhere. Maybe I should take a look at one of his movies. 26. Battleship Potemkin- I have no idea what this is about- is it Russian, I think? I don't know, but it's on so many best of all time lists that I figure I should put it on mine. 27. Gattaca- Another on the embarrassingly long "owned but not watched" list. This is sci-fi, I think having something to do when genetic engineering? I was thinking maybe it was a prison, but that's Attica. As you can see, I'm mostly blind on this one. 28. Sophie's Choice- I really have no idea what this is, but I've seen it referenced a lot lately. I'm not sure why, but I figure there must be a reason. 29. Gandhi- Bald Ben Kingsley takes on the British Empire. P.S. Ben Kingsley is British. Sure, why not. 30. Platoon- "Hey, dad, I made a Vietnam movie, too!" "That's nice, Charlie." "Ah, screw you! I'm gonna go snort coke off a hooker's rear end." Also the Green Goblin is in this. 36. My Dinner with Andre- This stars Wallace Shawn. I liked the movie where he kidnapped princesses with Andre, but he died in that one... I assume this is a prequel? 37. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- The fall's gonna kill you, and something about the Bolivian Army in the end. That's all I know about this one. William Goldman talked about writing this in the introduction to Princess Bride- sounded good.38. Easy Rider- I think this is about Jack Nicholson getting high? Well, I know it's the forefront of the American New Wave/Indie movement, so I'm sure it's worth seeing. 39. Rocky- Sports movies are so formulaic that, while this one may have been good for its time, I have trouble believing it holds up this much later. Well, I'm not expecting Raging Bull. Give me some schmaltzy inspiration and decent fight scenes, and I guess I'll be satisfied. Okay, tell me what I’m watching! Shame relieved: The Godfather: 3.5/4, The Godfather Part II: 4/4, Taxi Driver: 4/4, Casablanca: 4/4, Duck Soup: 2/4, Pulp Fiction: 4/4, Barton Fink: 3.5/4, Annie Hall:3/4, Rashomon: 4/4, Blade Runner: 3.5/4, Chinatown: 4/4, Nashville: 3.5/4, Goodfellas: 4/4, The Seven Samurai: 4/4, Superman: 2/4, The Exorcist: 3/4, A Face in the Crowd: 3.5/4, The Seventh Seal: 2.5/4, Treasure of the Sierra Madre: 3.5/4, Apocalypse Now: 4/4, 2001: A Space Odyssey: 2.5/4, The Deer Hunter: 3/4, Schindler's List: 4/4, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: 3/4, Young Frankenstein: 3.5/4, Yojimbo: 3.5/4, Brazil: 3.5/4, Hamlet: 4/4, The Aviator: 4/4 Jurgan fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Feb 19, 2012 |
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Jurgan posted:I don't think Glengarry Glen Ross had any rapes (is this something Lumet is known for?). It did have a number of melodramatic monologues. No, that was just a dumb comment based on the previous film in that spot: Naked, which had a lot of rape scenes.
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Jurgan- You get "Rocky", I hope this one takes you by surprise. Spartacus: Fantastic movie. The scope of the film was just amazing, the story was great, the acting was great, and the action was fantastic. Really enjoyed this one a whole lot. My new list: 1. Dial M for Murder: I'm a big Hitchcock fan, but never saw this one. 2. The Lives of Others: I have never heard of it before, but it appears to have a high rating on IMDB. 3. The Hustler: More Paul Newman 4. City Lights: More Chaplin 5. Some Like It Hot: More Billy Wilder 6. Gandhi: Never got around to it 7. In Bruges: I know nothing about this, but it seems to be highly rated. 8. The Deer Hunter: Just never saw it 9. Ben Hur: Another long epic I'm afraid of 10. The Wages of Fear: I liked Diabolique, but know nothing about this. Already watched: Jaws, Scenes From a Marriage, The Searchers, Fanny and Alexander, Sawdust and Tinsel, Stagecoach, Silence of the Lambs, Modern Times, Do the Right Thing, Schindler's List, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Magnolia, La Strada, Die Hard, Persona, Aliens, The Great Escape, Cool Hand Luke, 400 Blows, Lawrence of Arabia, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Network, The Great Dictator, The Elephant Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Amadeus, The Big Sleep, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Killing, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 8 1/2, Rosemary's Baby, Exorcist, All About Eve, The Apartment, Barry Lyndon, Spartacus
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zandert33 posted:3. The Hustler: Watch it! Finally seeing this movie after it being recommended to me several years prior was the main reason I joined this thread. It's not a perfect movie, and often melodramatic iirc, but it's really good. Paul Newman is fabulous in it. I saw Schindler's List. It was very good. I was surprised to read that Spielberg actually got some heat for this movie, since it is about a small amount of Jews who survived instead of the millions who died. I feel like that argument implies that Schindler's story isn't worth telling, which I don't think is valid. It might also be a kneejerk reaction to the fact that Spielberg directed the movie. And hey, maybe the movie is kitsch to someone who survived the holocaust or someone for whom the holocaust is more personal. Not for me. This movie terrified me with its depiction of the holocaust. The fact that there were still people doing good things, people finding ways to survive, doesn't cheapen the holocaust to me. Spielberg included a lot of scenes to ensure that this movie wasn't meant to lighten the blow of the holocaust. Senseless murders, a trip to Auschwitz, children hiding in outhouses, burning corpses... the backdrop of this movie is one of the largest atrocities (if not the largest) ever committed by man and I don't think Spielberg was pulling punches. If Schindler had been in every scene, and the movie was really just about Schindler, it wouldn't have been great. There's a lot to think about with this film. I liked it a lot. Updated list of shame: 1.) New!The Color Purple. Keeping Spielberg on the list. 2.) Citizen Kane. Lauded by so many as one of the best movies ever, I've only ever seen snippets of it. "Rosebud" and the gif of Orson Welles clapping are really the only things I know about this movie. 3.) Full Metal Jacket. My next Kubrick film. I've seen Dr. Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining so I figure Full Metal Jacket is good to be next. I know it's a war movie, I'm 90% sure that it's about Vietnam. I often get this movie confused with Apocalypse Now. 4.) Casablanca. A classic favorite and I don't think I've ever seen a minute of it. Something about a war, a piano, and a hill of beans. The hill of beans might have been from Gone With the Wind, which I've also never seen, someone says hill of beans in one of those movies. 5.) North by Northwest. I don't think I've ever seen a Hitchcock movie all the way through and I've always wanted to. I don't know the plot of this movie but I'm pretty sure it involves Mount Rushmore at some point. 6.) The Incredibles. This is the only non-Cars Pixar movie I've never seen. When it was new I was in a phase where I thought family movies were stupid. Pixar proved me wrong a few years later but I have yet to remedy this. 7.) The Godfather Part III. Now, I don't expect this movie to be great, just because of all the poo poo people have talked about it. That being said, I put it on the list anyway, because I've been meaning to watch it for so long. The first two Godfather movies are two of my favorite movies of all time, so I figure I need to bite the bullet and go through with this. 8.) Sixth Sense. I know the plot, I know the twist, I know all that stuff. I've never seen a lick of this movie or any other M. Night movie. I hear this is his best one, so I'd like to see it. I'm just not big on horror movies. 9.) To Kill a Mockingbird. I read the book in middle school, and we might have even watched the movie but I don't remember it so I'm putting it on the list. I'm familiar with the story, and AFI lists this as their #1 courtroom drama. 10.) Magnolia. The only PTA movie I've seen is Punch Drunk Love, and that was a long time ago. This movie comes highly recommended. List of shameless: Seven Samurai (4.5/5), Goodfellas(4/5), Reservoir Dogs(5/5), Yojimbo(3.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (5/5), A Clockwork Orange (4/5), Raging Bull(5/5), Schindler's List (4.5/5) vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv I'll consider changing my list after I watch my next movie... but I want to watch both of them, so they'll both be on there eventually. Seaniqua fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Feb 20, 2012 |
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Seaniqua posted:10.) Magnolia. The only PTA movie I've seen is Punch Drunk Love, and that was a long time ago. This movie comes highly recommended.
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Seaniqua posted:2.) Citizen Kane. Lauded by so many as one of the best movies ever, I've only ever seen snippets of it. "Rosebud" and the gif of Orson Welles clapping are really the only things I know about this movie. Anyway, for my task, I watched Barry Lyndon, and I definitely wowed. I can't say I'm a huge fan of 18th century costume dramas, but Kubrick knocked another one out of the park with it. It's an extremely beautiful, pristine, graceful, and elegant film. The locations and sets are continually surprising in scope and design. Also I really loved the soundtrack. 1. Anatomy of a Murder - I like Preminger's Laura and The Man with the Golden Arm, and Jimmy Stewart rules. 2. Band of Outsiders - I don't know what this is about, but I like Godard's avant garde approach to just about any topic. 3. Breaking the Waves - Isn't this Lars von Trier's first film? I like that guy's movies. 4. Closely Watched Trains - I'm not sure what it's about, I assume there's a train involved. It's on the Time 100 Movies list so it must be good. 5. Mulholland Dr - Lynch fascinates me, I've seen Eraserhead, Dune, and Blue Velvet, and they were all extremely creative and unique, weirdness notwithstanding. 6. Kind Hearts and Coronets - I don't know anything about this one either, but it does seem to show up frequently in great movies lists. 7. Pather Panchali - I haven't seen any Satyajit Ray films, but I read once that he influenced Wes Anderson, which is a huge draw for me. 8. Solaris - If it's anything like Stalker (one of my favorite movies) I'm sure I'll enjoy it. 9. The Crowd - Supposed to be one of the best silent films. Also directed by a king, but I'm not sure which country he ran. 10. Wings of Desire - The synopsis sounds really promising. Plus, a black and white film made in 1987 really piques my interest.
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fenix down, check out Mulholland Dr.. The Driver was a very cool movie. Anyone that enjoyed Drive owes it to themselves to check this one out. Quite a few scenes were direct influences, especially the first car chase scene. A fun movie, and one can really sense Walter Hill's pulpy style coming alive here. 3/4 Updated list! 1. Mandabi - I've enjoyed all the Ousmane Sembene I've watched, and this one's on instant queue. 2. Hour of the Wolf - Loved The Seventh Seal and Persona, so I think it's about time for some more Bergman. 3. Maniac! - I've heard this is a slasher classic, and I find Joe Spinell to be one of the creepiest actors ever. 4. Matinee - As a William Castle fan, this sounds right up my alley. 5. Butch Cassidy and the Sunday Kid - Watched The Sting a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Paul Newman and Robert Redford can't be beat! 6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - Always been interested in this. 7. Alice - I'm always down for a spin on Alice In Wonderland. Little Otik was okay, but this looks like it focuses more on the stop motion element. 8. Barfly - I've enjoyed the Bukowski that I've read, and it's been sitting on my hard drive for a while. 9. 42nd Street - I haven't seen any Busby Berkeley, and this seems like a good place to start. 10.
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csidle posted:Really? That's far less universally lauded than some of his other stuff. I'd recommend you start out with Boogie Nights, rather than this one. I don't know about that. I personally prefer Boogie Nights, but They Shoot Pictures, Don't They lists Hard Eight, Magnolia & Punch-Drunk Love as Highly Recommended and Boogie Nights & There Will Be Blood as Recommended. In any case, every movie he's made is worth seeing.
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morestuff posted:I don't know about that. I personally prefer Boogie Nights, but They Shoot Pictures, Don't They lists Hard Eight, Magnolia & Punch-Drunk Love as Highly Recommended and Boogie Nights & There Will Be Blood as Recommended. TSPDT also lists Fight Club as a "Dud". The ratings on there are separate from the Top 1000 as they're just the opinions of the people who put the site together. They're still worth considering, but I've run into times where I completely disagree with what they rated a film. That said, I've seen every PTA film except for Hard Eight, and I'd personally vote for going for Boogie Nights or There Will Be Blood next, but Magnolia is still great and worth watching.
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csidle posted:Really? That's far less universally lauded than some of his other stuff. I'd recommend you start out with Boogie Nights, rather than this one. You are wrong. Magnolia is his best film, with There Will be Blood a close second. TSPDT has them as: 552 Boogie Nights 1997 599 There Will Be Blood 2007 679 Magnolia 1999 766 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 The differences between those places is minimal in terms of their point system, certainly not "far less universally lauded."
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Am I in the minority to say that Punch-Drunk Love is his best? Dammit, all this PTA talk just makes me even more impatient for The Master.
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I find Boogie Nights is a good introduction to PTA. It's more commercially known. Once you've got them with that, move right into Magnolia, There Will Be Blood and the on to Punch Drunk Love. Haven't seen Hard Eight. That's just my recommended viewing order for someone who's new to PTA and in no way reflects which is my favorite (it's Magnolia).
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The Princess Bride I really liked this and I wish there were more films like it. It's a bit like Die Hard in its take on a genre - classic but fresh without being ridiculous or over-friendly. On one hand I'm not totally convinced it needs the "Columbo's Reading Rainbow" framing but it's hard to imagine the Princess Bride story on its own, maybe because it's woven in so cleverly and informs the strange, modern aspects of the story. And what can I say about the story, besides that it's just about everything anyone could want from a story like it (the soundtrack had the air of a Casio keyboard but that just comes with the 80s). Some of it's a little flippant (the lightning sand) and some of it's surprisingly dark but it all balances out thanks to the generally light air - this is a "story", so we can forgive its weaknesses. The cast is great, the script is quotable, the cinematography ranges from budgety to gorgeous. A very short ninety minutes. 9/10 SHAAAAAAME 1) Au revoir les enfants - I watched like fifteen minutes of this and then turned it off. I don't remember why. It's good, apparently. 2) Hiroshima mon amour - I was perplexed by but really loved Last Year At Marienbad. I'm not really sure what this is about but it's the most interesting-looking movie next on TSPDT. 3) L'Atalante - I honestly don't know anything about this but man, number 14 on TSPDT must mean something. 4) I Know Where I'm Going! - gently caress me, I've rented this like four times and for some reason I never watch it, which is retarded because I love Powell and Pressburger. 5) Safety Last! - That's probably not a great idea, I hope Harold Lloyd has insurance. 6) Vivre sa vie - Replacing a new-wave with a new-wave, this is another meant-to-never-saw. Great that it's on Blu now. I think I skipped this one for A Woman Is A Woman when they were doing a Godard retrospective at SIFF. 7) Baraka - Put it on Netflix queue after seeing Koyaanisqatsi, never got it up to the top three because half of my dogged devotion to Koyetc is the Philip Glass score and the theme about industrialization. But apparently it's like mindblowingly cool or something I dunno. 8) Bringing Up Baby - My film professor told me to watch this once and I didn't for some reason. Apparently it has Cary Grant and a baby tiger? 9) City Lights - Can't go wrong with Charlie Chaplin, except sometimes. 10) The Magic Flute - This has been in my Netflix since I was like 13. I love this opera and I love Ingmar Bergman. Jules et Jim 6/10, Saving Private Ryan 9.5/10, Fitzcarraldo 9/10, The 39 Steps 7/10, Notorious 7/10, Run Lola Run 8/10, Downfall 7.5/10, The Searchers 7.5/10, Tokyo Story 7/10, Gone With The Wind 10/10, Touch Of Evil 9.5/10, Ikiru 7.5/10, The Apartment 7/10, Bicycle Thieves 7/10, Moon 7/10, The Color Purple 7.5/10. The French Connection9.5/10, The Leopard 8/10, Yojimbo 8.5/10, Sanjuro 8/10, Das Boot8.5/10, The Conformist 8/10, Breathless 9/10, Where The Wild Things Are7.5/10, Vertigo 9/10, Raging Bull 10/10, Ordet 7/10, City Of God 9/10, The Wages Of Fear 9/10, Aguirre, The Wrath Of God 9/10, The Mirror 9.5/10, Through A Glass Darkly 10/10, On The Waterfront 6/10, The Straight Story 9/10, Lawrence Of Arabia 8.5/10, Dial M For Murder, 8/10 Winter Light 10/10, The Silence 9/10, Badlands 8/10, The Wrong Man 7/10, In The Mood For Love 9.5/10, Secret Honor 10/10, Gosford Park 10/10, Viridiana 7.5/10, The Exterminating Angel 9/10, Seven Samurai 10/10, Rashomon 9/10, The Godfather: Part II 10/10, La Dolce Vita 10/10, The Princess Bride 9/10 (total: 48) melvinthemopboy3 - Alice (I assume you mean the Jan Svankmajer version)
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Did you ever see Stardust? It was a movie based on a Neil Gaiman book- it came out a few years ago, and many people (myself included) compare in to The Princess Bride. Anyway, I thought it was really good. Make special note of the most... unusual Robert DeNiro performance ever.
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I love Stardust. There are few films I wish were longer but that, Princess Bride, and The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen could all use an extra five minutes. Stardust is wonderfully inventive, though, one of the most satisfyingly creative fantasy films I've ever seen.
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Magic Hate Ball: Bringing Up Baby  It's a leopard, not a tiger. It's just an enjoyable film. I can only think of a few right now. 1.Taxi Driver- I've heard raves reviews about this movie but just haven't come across it. Sounds like it would be a good movie to curl up with one evening. 2. 2001:A space Odyssey- Same reason as the above. 3. The Warriors- I think this looks like a good movie, but just haven't gone out of my way to find it really. 4.Se7en- I used to be really squeamish so I couldn't handle this film, but I love thriller/horror now so I should be good.
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Toriori posted:3. The Warriors- I think this looks like a good movie, but just haven't gone out of my way to find it really. I watched Mulholland Drive, boy howdy it was ridiculous...ly awesome! A masterpiece of bizarro cinema. It's got all the psycho-noir elements of Blue Velvet, and heaps of interesting strangeness, without going all the way into grotesquery like Eraserhead (which I'm not a fan of). Anyway, good stuff, I couldn't peel my eyes away from the screen. 1. Anatomy of a Murder - I like Preminger's Laura and The Man with the Golden Arm, and Jimmy Stewart rules. 2. Band of Outsiders - I don't know what this is about, but I like Godard's avant garde approach to just about any topic. 3. Breaking the Waves - Isn't this Lars von Trier's first film? I like that guy's movies. 4. Closely Watched Trains - I'm not sure what it's about, I assume there's a train involved. It's on the Time 100 Movies list so it must be good. 5. Beauty and the Beast (1946) - I've seen and loved the cartoon and the ballet, so why haven't I gotten around to this highly-lauded version? 6. Kind Hearts and Coronets - I don't know anything about this one either, but it does seem to show up frequently in great movies lists. 7. Pather Panchali - I haven't seen any Satyajit Ray films, but I read once that he influenced Wes Anderson, which is a huge draw for me. 8. Solaris - I like Tarkovsky's Stalker and just about anything sci-fi, it's about time I got around to this. 9. The Crowd - Supposed to be one of the best silent films. Also directed by a king, but I'm not sure which country he ran. 10. Wings of Desire - The synopsis sounds really promising. Plus, a black and white film made in 1987 really piques my interest.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Princess Bride That's actually how it is in the book, so it's keeping pretty faithful to the source material, which just makes the movie all the better. However, having actually read Stardust...I do not like the movie. I don't DISLIKE it, but it just does not live up to the book, especially Robert De Niro's part. It really pissed me off what they did to his character.
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fenix down posted:7. Pather Panchali - I haven't seen any Satyajit Ray films, but I read once that he influenced Wes Anderson, which is a huge draw for me. Watch this one. Akira - This was very cool. I liked the style and the story. It has sci-fi elements I've seen elsewhere (kind of a cross between Scanners, Mad Max and a few others) but on the whole it still felt like a fresh story. The three child psychics reminded me of Minority Report and the "precogs." IMDb list: #247 3 Idiots - Read some reviews but that's all. 1/17/12 #256 Before Sunrise - Relatively recent and I haven't even heard of it. 12/29/11 Academy Award for Best Picture: 1985 Out of Africa - Can't say I know anything about it. 12/29/11 1980 Ordinary People - Heard of it but haven't seen it. 2/1/12 1968 Oliver! - I'm a little familiar with the story. 2/7/12 1967 In the Heat of the Night - I remember the TV series vaguely. Not sure if it's related to the film at all. 2/10/12 1966 A Man for All Seasons - Know nothing about this one. 2/14/12 Procrastination list: The Prowler - Heard this was an overlooked classic slasher film. Zito directed Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (which is my favorite of the series). The poster is too. 2/15/12Less Than Zero - I saw some of this movie on TV when I was ~5 years old and now it's nearly 25 years later and it's been buried in my head all these years to watch the whole thing. 2/17/12 new Pink Floyd The Wall - Another one that looks interesting that I keep bypassing. 2/20/12
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fenix down posted:I watched Mulholland Drive, boy howdy it was ridiculous...ly awesome! A masterpiece of bizarro cinema. It's got all the psycho-noir elements of Blue Velvet, and heaps of interesting strangeness, without going all the way into grotesquery like Eraserhead (which I'm not a fan of). Anyway, good stuff, I couldn't peel my eyes away from the screen. Mulholland Drive is one of the finest modernist films ever made, I don't think I'll ever tire of connecting the dots between the dream and the reality sequences.
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Zogo posted:1985 Out of Africa - Can't say I know anything about it. 12/29/11 Sunset Boulevard. Masterpiece. Gloria Swansons performance is just absolute genius. It's touchingly over-the-top as she still clings to the aesthetics of old and it works perfectly playing up against Joe's down-to-earth modern Hollywood-writer. So, so much to love about this: Her descent down the stairs, monkey funeral, the cinematography, the gothic setting of the old Hollyood mansion. Touching, brilliant and the casting is perfection. Von Stroheim as the butler? That's inspired. Can't wait for my next Wilder. 1. 12 Angry Men - This has been on my to-do list for so long. I love courtroom dramas and for some reason I've never seen af Sidney Lumet movie. 2. Manhattan - I've only seen Annie Hall out of Woodys 70's-ouevre, and I absolutely adore it, so I guess Manhattan's the next logical step. 3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - I need to see more iconic westerns. 4. Rope - The premise and the execution sounds very interesting, and I've been out of the Hitchcock loop for years now, so maybe Rope will rekindle my interest in Hitch. 5. The Treasure of Sierra Madre - I love Bogie and Huston, but never got around to this. 6. The Apartment - Might be my most shameful entry, since... it'll be my first Billy Wilder. 7. The Night of the Hunter - Every still from this looks menacing, but I've just never gotten around to it. 8. Double Indemnity - Been meaning to get more in to classic film noir. I've seen The Maltese Falcon and the amazing and strange Detour (which I really loved). 9. Paths of Glory- I've never seen a 50's Kubrick. 10. Singin' in the Rain - If you don't know a whole lot about musicals, why not start with the most iconic of the genre?
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Where are you guys watching Pather Panchali and the other Ray films? I've never been able to find them in years of looking but you guys list it like it's available in Red Box.
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Brian Fellows posted:Where are you guys watching Pather Panchali and the other Ray films? I've never been able to find them in years of looking but you guys list it like it's available in Red Box. If you live in Europe or have an all region DvD player: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apu-Trilogy-DVD-Smaran-Ghosal/dp/B00007JGHS/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1329846175&sr=1-1 Electronico6 fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Feb 21, 2012 |
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Feb 21, 2012 18:44
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Brian Fellows posted:Where are you guys watching Pather Panchali and the other Ray films? I've never been able to find them in years of looking but you guys list it like it's available in Red Box. Also available on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF7TlxUUFsA
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Brian Fellows posted:Where are you guys watching Pather Panchali and the other Ray films? I've never been able to find them in years of looking but you guys list it like it's available in Red Box.
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thomas kingo posted:6. The Apartment - Might be my most shameful entry, since... it'll be my first Billy Wilder. Your list is awesome, you're going to have a lot of fun getting through it. It's been a while since I did this, the last film picked for me was The 400 Blows (I did watch a few others on my list so have replaced them) and I finally tracked down a copy at my library & watched it. What a gem of a flick, really funny & with a lot of heart. Even without knowing much about it I could tell that it was semi-autobiographical, the picture is jam-packed with lovely little truths about life as an adolescent & it's superbly directed and acted. 1. Intolerence (1916, D.W. Griffith) Intolerence is like the automatic "important American silent" choice after Birth of a Nation which I find too disagreeable to sit through. Never seen a D.W. Griffith feature & considering how important he was to the medium of cinema I'm very much shamed by that. 4. Gone With the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) It's a massive film, I'm very aware of the amount of money & effort that went into it. I'm keen to see the results of the production on screen but not so much the prejudiced idea I have in my head of sitting about for 3 hours watching an old love story that's probably been through the wringer more times than your great grannies knickers. I just need a little push & this will be in my DVD player. 22. Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, Benjamin Christensen) Seems a very interesting film, some creepy screen-caps have been about all I know of it's imagery but it's definitely strange to me that a film about the history of witchcraft was made at this time. 25. La Grande Illusion (1937, Jean Renoir) I'm not quite sure what to expect but I have my hands on a copy & just need the excuse to throw it into my DVD player. 27. Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock) Yet another Hitchcock, still got a hell of a lot to get through. 28. The Wages of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot) It definetly sounds different, anyway. Not seen enough foreign-language films especially from this era. 30. Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder) I love pretty much everything Billy Wilder has touched but yet to see this one (which is probably his most famous - hence the shame). 31. Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Nicolas Ray) It's the man Brando on a motorbike and wearing a gay hat, that's about all I know about it. 32. Manhattan (1979, Woody Allen) I've been working my way through most of Woody Allen's films since last year, loving them all. 33. MASH (1970, Robert Altman) I remember not really liking that the TV show was on Comedy Central all the time instead of Fresh Prince, then it got even worse when it was on a legit copy of my special edition Batman Begins DVD instead of Batman Begins - and it was too late to return it. But yeah, it has a lot to make up for. No More Shame: 7. Rashômon - 8/10, 3. The 39 Steps - 8/10, 9. The Killing - 9/10, 6. Citizen Kane - 8/10, 11. Godzilla - 7/10, 8. A Streetcar Named Desire - 9/10, 5. The Grapes of Wrath - 9/10, 13. The Passion of Joan of Arc - 8/10, 17. Stagecoach - 7/10, 19. Sullivan's Travels - 5/10, 12. Un Chien Andalou - 8/10, 21. It Happened One Night - 6/10, 10. Ben-Hur - 4/10, 18. The Public Enemy - 6/10, 23. La Strada - 7/10, 20. The Thin Man - 7/10, 15. Shadow of a Doubt - 8/10, 24. The Red Shoes - 8/10, 26. The Lady from Shanghai - 7/10, 14. Battleship Potemkin - 8/10, 16. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - 7/10, 2. Destiny - 7/10, 29. The 400 Blows - 8/10. The Hausu Usher fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Feb 21, 2012 |
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BisonDollah posted:4. Gone With the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) This has been on your list for a while. Out of Africa - Reminded me of Gone with the Wind set in Africa. Also had elements of The Ghost and the Darkness and The English Patient. The film focuses a lot on the relationship between Karen, Denys and Bror. I didn't get into it that much (there's probably 10+ scenes of Denys visiting the farm repeatedly and it becomes very repetitive). They have a few semi-interesting discussions on marriage. There's many other characters that pop up in the film but there are such huge gaps between their appearances that they feel like strangers. Two main events that were probably supposed to evoke feelings out of viewers kind of fell flat: the farm fire and Denys' plane crash. Overall, I found it lacking the passion of The English Patient, lacking the compelling story and struggle of Gone with the Wind and lacking the lion action of The Ghost and the Darkness. IMDb list: #247 3 Idiots - Read some reviews but that's all. 1/17/12 #256 Before Sunrise - Relatively recent and I haven't even heard of it. 12/29/11 Academy Award for Best Picture: 1980 Ordinary People - Heard of it but haven't seen it. 2/1/12 1968 Oliver! - I'm a little familiar with the story. 2/7/12 1967 In the Heat of the Night - I remember the TV series vaguely. Not sure if it's related to the film at all. 2/10/12 1966 A Man for All Seasons - Know nothing about this one. 2/14/12 Procrastination list: The Prowler - Heard this was an overlooked classic slasher film. Zito directed Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (which is my favorite of the series). The poster is too. 2/15/12Less Than Zero - I saw some of this movie on TV when I was ~5 years old and now it's nearly 25 years later and it's been buried in my head all these years to watch the whole thing. 2/17/12 Pink Floyd The Wall - Another one that looks interesting. 2/20/12 new About Schmidt - Heard this was worth seeing. 2/21/12 Brian Fellows posted:Where are you guys watching Pather Panchali and the other Ray films? I've never been able to find them in years of looking but you guys list it like it's available in Red Box. Netflix has the vast majority of what I'm looking for but when that fails the local library also has tens of thousands of films. Zogo fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Feb 22, 2012 |
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