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Chili posted:3. The Night of the Hunter Yes, watch this. Army of Shadows was great. It is a bleak and hopeless story, with dull gray/blue winter colors and sad music - it was almost too much for me at times. Thankfully, the characters are very strong and the constant tension really kept me invested in the Resistance's struggle to survive. The camera movements, framing and lighting are all top-notch as well. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: King Kong - I've seen the very flawed Peter Jackson version, but not the original. Time to change that. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Ugetsu - Sansho the Baliff was equally amazing and depressing, I hope I like this one just as much. 1960s: 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while, maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: Das Boot - I've been on a submarine. I expect that this movie will be fairly claustrophobic. 1990s: Raise the Red Lantern - I think I'll be getting a lot of movies from the 90s if I stick with this decade format. 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, Glengarry Glen Ross 9, Rififi 8, It Happened One Night 6, Time of the Gypsies 9, Being John Malkovich 9, Army of Shadows 8(Total: 121)
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I feel bad having to say that Bonnie And Clyde underwhelmed me, but it did. It feels like a lame American attempt at replicating the French New-Wave, losing all the freshness in the process (when Godard was shown the final cut of the film he said "Great! Now let's go make Bonnie and Clyde."). At the same time I don't want to be too hard on it because I know how limiting the studio system still was, this isn't quite the wild-and-crazy films of the early 70s. It does a lot really well but Arthur Penn often seems afraid to bring it all up close, he constantly distances the camera and audience and puts us in an observer position, which tames things a bit, but then there are moments when everything's right up in your face that are really effective and I wish there had been more of that. This kind of film demands that uncomfortable closeness, but I suppose in that day and age that's about as close as most films got. This film probably pushed an awful lot of boundaries, even with its stodgy, heavy cinematography and blocking. I'd love to see a new version by someone like Richard Ayoade, who could bring a whole lot of life to the story. Also, the blu-ray is total crap. Blown highlights, crushed, flabby blacks, lots of oily DNR and edge-enhancement. Everyone looks like they're about to explode with acne. 6.5/10 shame shame shame shame has a has a has a kind of mystery 1) Faces - I'm afraid, John. 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) Andrei Rublev - I'm Russian, I like long stories. 8) Les Enfants du paradis - It's long and old and French and I hated Port of Shadows but gently caress it, bring on the poetic realism. 9) L'Avventura - I've only seen one Antonioni film and I didn't care for it, but here it is on the TSPDT list. 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, Bringing Up Baby 7/10, City Lights 9/10, Baraka 7/10, Au revior les enfants 8/10, Bonnie And Clyde 6.5 (total: 53) Atheistdeals.com - Virginia Woolf
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Magic Hate Ball posted: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. I recall liking this, check it out. Resuming my participation after a long time away. Saw 42nd Street as requested long ago, really enjoyed it (along with the other Busby Berkley musicals I watched alongside it). Lots of fun, uses film as a medium in a way most modern movie musicals don't, great sense of Depression-era America. Also watched Melvin and Howard for something I'm writing about Jonathan Demme, absolutely adored it. It's a really sprawling slice of Americana packed into 90 minutes with those great Demme touches (warmth, fluid cinematography, quirk without being overbearing, great use of music, sense that supporting characters could hijack the movie). Updated list: 1. Taste of Cherry- really loved Certified Copy, would like to check out more Kiarostami. 2. Silent era: The Big Parade- I own it on video, so watching would be easy, but… 3. 1930s: The Thin Man- I've heard nothing but great things/exasperation that I haven't checked this out. 4. 1940s: Mildred Pierce- I loved Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood, couldn’t stand Yankee Doodle Dandy, and feel that I need to see more Michael Curtiz. How about this supposed masterpiece that Todd Haynes is remaking for HBO with Kate Winslet. Also: I’ve never seen a Joan Crawford film. 5. 1950s: The Bad and the Beautiful- Another cynical melodrama about showbiz? Sounds good. 6. 1960s: The Umbrellas of Cherbourgh- Love musicals, so why not check out a French New Wave one? 7. 1970s: Cabaret/All That Jazz- I’ve heard that Fosse made some pretty good musicals. I like me some musicals. 8. 1980s: Matewan- really loved Lone Star, otherwise unfamiliar with John Sayles. 9. 1990s: Kundun- I never had much interest, but, well, it is Scorsese, and my library has a copy, so why not? 10. 2000s: Talk to Her- I’ve only seen one of Almodovar’s films, Volver, and I liked that very much. I’ve heard universally terrific things about this one. Finally seen: The Searchers (A), Pather Panchali (B+), The Sting (A-), Ran (A), The Great Dictator (A-), Fitzcarraldo (A), Badlands (A), Time Bandits (A-), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A), The Apartment (A), The Last Waltz (A-), City Lights (A), Modern Times (A), Broken Blossoms (B), The Gold Rush (A-), The General (A-), Grave of the Fireflies (A), Red River (A), Koyaanisqatsi (B), American Graffiti (A), The Kingdom (B), Adventures of Robin Hood (A-), La Dolce Vita (A), Sherlock Jr. (B+), Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (A-), In the Mood for Love (A-), Hoop Dreams (A), Swimming to Cambodia (A-), The Purple Rose of Cairo (A), The Right Stuff (A), Orpheus (B+), The Manchurian Candidate (A-), Little Caesar (B+), The Battle of Algiers (A-), Yi Yi (A), Shane (A), All About Eve (B-), Cries and Whispers (A), Prizzi’s Honor (B+), I am a Fugitive on a Chain Gang (A-), 42nd Street (B+), Melvin and Howard (A)
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meanmikhail, go with Taste of Cherry. The Mirror was the best Tarkovsky I've seen so far, although definitely the most difficult. The shot of the wind blowing through the tall grass gave me chills. I understand hardly anything of what was happening, but it stands alongside the Thai Joe films (Uncle Boonmee being an obvious parallel) where strong emotions and memories are the driving factor. 4/5 I also watched Swing Time. The dancing didn't interest me at all (just not my thing), and the plot certainly left a lot to be desired. The great Victor Moore was good to see though. 2.5/5 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. 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. A Man Escaped Want to keep up with the Filmspotting Bresson marathon. Killer of Sheep Don't know anything about it. All that Heaven Allows Need to see this now after Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Greed Next on TSPDT. Sophie's Choice Why is this on the AFI list? 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, La Haine 4.5/5, L'age d'Or 2.5/5, Kes 4.5/5, Cabaret 3/5, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 4.5/5, The Mirror 4/5, Swing Time 2.5/5
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:
Well you're falling behind, this was several weeks ago! I really liked Tokyo Story. It's quiet (maybe too quiet at times) but with reason. There are a lot of unspoken issues at the heart of the family at the centre of the film. Somewhere the dynamic shifted and the children have grown resentful of their parents. While specifics aren't readily available (except for father's former drinking) the damage was done. Of course, the surface suggestion is that the children simply grew into their own and no longer needed any kind of contact. While certainly they have their own lives, family can still be a rewarding enterprise. It's a sad film that I never found dull. It's compelling without any action. I will definitely be on board for more Ozu. LIST O SHAME: 1) The Last Detail - Hated Being There, but I should give Ashby another shot. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3) Anatomy of a Murder - The poster, the cast, and yet I've only just heard of it. 4) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Haven't seen this or the one from the 50s. Want to start with this one because I've seen the clip of Sutherland pointing and screaming too many times without seeing the source. 5) The Sweet Hereafter - Third time the charm with Egoyan? I didn't like Speaking Parts at all and I only mildly liked Felicia's Journey. 6) Carlos - Will likely watch this in segments...don't have five hours to kill too often. 7) Mystery Train - Only Jarmusch I haven't seen. 8) On the Waterfront - Highest on IMDB top 250 I haven't seen. 9) Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages - Silent doc about witchcraft. Been meaning to see this for years. 10)Chungking Express - Filmspotting did a 1994 retrospective and this was in both top 5s. 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, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story (TOTAL: 73)
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Ratedargh, I nominate Chungking Express! A Fistful of Dollars, was pretty plain awesome. No two ways about it. The story, shamelessly borrowed from Yojimbo, doesn't get any points for originality or dialogue and the characters are pretty one-dimentional, but the script isn't where this movie shines. Leone's flamboyant direction, beautiful cinematography and kinetic editing really make this film just a sheer pleasure to watch. It's short, sweet, fast-paced and fun. Performances are so-so. Clint is awesome, as always. What impressed me the most about this film was the soundtrack from Morricone. How loving awesome is this score? Honestly. It sets the tone for the film just perfectly and I feel like the movie just couldn't work without it. Though I'm not a huge fan of westerns, I have to say I really enjoyed this one. My shame: 1. Rashomon - I have mixed feelings about Kurosawa but I know this is supposed to be one of his best 2. Fallen Angels - I'm a huge Wong Kar Wai fan, and currently living in Hong Kong so why not? 3. New Amadeus - Have wanted to watch this for ages and I love classical music. 4. City Lights - Never seen a Chaplin film . Yeah, I know. 5. Paths of Glory - Have seen all of Kubrick's "main" films but never seen an early Kubrick film. 6. The Exterminating Angel - Never seen a Bunel before. 7. The Hudsucker Proxy - I am a massive Coen Bros. fan and I love all their stuff to death. This is the only one left I haven't seen. 8. Rope - Love Hitchcock but for some reason have never seen this. 9. Scanners - I've heard its not great but my intense love for Cronenberg keeps calling me back. 10. Dr. Zhivago - A true classic that I would really like to watch sometime. Shameless: The Seven Samurai, The Graduate, The Conversation, A Fistful of Dollars electricsugar fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Mar 21, 2012 |
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electricsugar posted:5. Paths of Glory - Have seen all of Kubrick's "main" films but never seen an early Kubrick film. My Dinner with André is just two dudes shooting the poo poo about their recent experiences and whatever philosophies of life they've drawn from them. And this germ of an idea just bursts & branches out towards the infinity of the human consciousness; it's really quite remarkable once you realize how the conversation began. The ending perfectly encapsulates the exhiliration and bewilderment of hanging around both these people for nearly two hours. All That Heaven Allows - I love what I've seen of Fassbinder, and he loved Sirk, so I wanna see what that's all about. 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 Element of Crime - Early Trier, go go go. The Magnificent Ambersons - Welles is always worth a watch, even if compromised. The Thin Red Line - I'll have technically seen all of Malick's features once I see this. Throne of Blood - Well, I really enjoy Ran, so on with the Shakespeare + Kurosawa. 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, 3 Women, Ace in the Hole, Rashomon
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Here, it's been a while but I really liked this. I prefer 8 1/2, but this is still terrific. Chungking Express is the perfect blend of style and story. The characters are engaging from the get go. The camerawork is frenetic in places and straightforward elsewhere. It doesn't let you get settled, similarly to how the two recently dumped cops must have felt. This will be one I force my friends to sit down and watch as I can see myself getting even more out of it through sharing it. LIST O SHAME 1) The Last Detail - Hated Being There, but I should give Ashby another shot. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3) Anatomy of a Murder - The poster, the cast, and yet I've only just heard of it. 4) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Haven't seen this or the one from the 50s. Want to start with this one because I've seen the clip of Sutherland pointing and screaming too many times without seeing the source. 5) The Sweet Hereafter - Third time the charm with Egoyan? I didn't like Speaking Parts at all and I only mildly liked Felicia's Journey. 6) Carlos - Will likely watch this in segments...don't have five hours to kill too often. 7) Mystery Train - Only Jarmusch I haven't seen. 8) On the Waterfront - Highest on IMDB top 250 I haven't seen. 9) Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages - Silent doc about witchcraft. Been meaning to see this for years. 10) This is Spinal Tap - This hurt to type. I should have seen this ages ago. 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, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story, Chungking Express (TOTAL: 74)
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Ratedargh posted:10) This is Spinal Tap - This hurt to type. I should have seen this ages ago. Something something going to 11. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was fantastic. The dialogue is spectacular, it just flows from one screaming rant to a quiet monologue and then back to the ranting again and again. The four actors are all great in their roles, especially Taylor and Burton. What surprised me most about this film is it's striking cinematography. The framing, lighting, shadows and use of close-ups really make this a great looking movie, instead of just a boring flatly filmed play. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: King Kong - I've seen the very flawed Peter Jackson version, but not the original. Time to change that. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Ugetsu - Sansho the Baliff was equally amazing and depressing, I hope I like this one just as much. 1960s: 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while, maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: Das Boot - I've been on a submarine. I expect that this movie will be fairly claustrophobic. 1990s: Raise the Red Lantern - I think I'll be getting a lot of movies from the 90s if I stick with this decade format. 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, Glengarry Glen Ross 9, Rififi 8, It Happened One Night 6, Time of the Gypsies 9, Being John Malkovich 9, Army of Shadows 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 10 (Total: 122)
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Zzzzz… huh, what? I’m awake, I’m awake! Sorry, I just zoned out for a minute while watching music videos of guys driving through the desert while classic rock played. In other words, Easy Rider was a pretty boring movie. The main problem was that there really wasn’t any real conflict. We had two guys driving around looking at scenery and doing drugs. When they talked, they sounded almost exactly the same and rarely disagreed on anything. Apparently this won an Oscar for its screenplay, but I barely remember any of it. The movie got a little better when Nicholson showed up, because he had a somewhat different personality, and the conversation where they talk about UFO’s was pretty good, but it still just felt like killing time. Then, towards the end, they met up with some townies who didn’t like their long hair, and so we finally got some conflict, but it was almost over before it began. Then they killed George abruptly, but what was the point? It’s because The Man is scared of your freedom, man! Yeah, sure. So let’s have a long scene of quick cutting between weird imagery, I guess to symbolize a drug trip, or maybe just to make the movie more arty. Then a couple rednecks shoot them for no reason and the movie’s finally over. The scenery was nice, and the characters had some good lines, but I just didn’t see any real movie there. It seemed like a lot of attempts to be shocking laid on top of a hollow core. I found very little interesting in this movie, and I have to conclude the only reason it’s so well-remembered is for its shock value. No doubt on-screen drug use was a big deal at the time, but I’d like a story to go with it. Rating: 1.5/4 Atheistdeals, I'm adding Midnight Cowboy to my list, so why not take it off yours? 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. 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.41. Get Carter- Michael Caine is equally awesome whether he's working with Batman or the Muppets. So there's a movie where he personally beats the poo poo out of gangsters? Nice. 42. The Pink Panther- Based on Dr. Strangelove alone I feel safe saying Peter Sellers is a genius. Yet somehow I've never gotten around to watching any of these. 43. 3 Women- My first Altman was pretty good, let's see some more. 44. Lethal Weapon- More 80's action. I imagine this is sort of like Die Hard, or maybe Die Hard 3 since it's a buddy cop movie. I don't really know anything about it, though. 45. Midnight Cowboy- When I take a movie off my list, I like to replace it with a similar one. So let's have another weird late sixties counterculture movie. Hope I'm not disappointed by this one. 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, Rocky: 3.5/4, Gandhi: 3.5/4, City Lights: 4/4, Battleship Potemkin: 3.5/4, Predator: 3/4, Easy Rider: 1.5/4
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Jurgan posted: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. Still deals with a lot of very relevant topics considering the recent Afghanistan news (Sgt. Bales). addendum to Pink Floyd The Wall: I listened to the full Wall album by Pink Floyd..I wish I had done this before seeing the film..would've cemented the music into my head better. I'm amazed I've never heard this "In The Flesh" track on the radio before. Brilliant scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivN8cjWfewc 3 Idiots - I've seen most of the concepts of this film in other films before but it has some novelty since it's half English and half Hindi and in a different culture. Tackles a wide range of subjects. Comedy, mystery, serious issues, the tone of the film was all over the place. I found the scenes with Rancho challenging the professors to be humorous. Whoever wrote this script must've been in tune with internet folklore as I recall reading the "rearrange the pile of exams" and the "space pen vs. pencil" joke before. I don't think it had to be nearly three hours long. The Pia marriage angle could've been removed completely..I felt it was lazy writing. After the two hour mark it begins retreading the same issues over and over. How many times do we have to hear about another student who succumbed to the pressures of school with suicide? PS birth on a table tennis table facilitated by a vacuum cleaner?  IMDb list: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - It's been a few months. Might be time for another one of these. 2/28/12 #147 Warrior - MMA Drama doesn't look too appealing or enticing. I did follow the UFC casually when it was first created back in the 90s but then they started adding gloves and other rules and I lost interest quickly. 2/23/12 new #244 Come and See - Something about WWII. 3/22/12 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 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. 2/15/12About Schmidt - Heard this was worth seeing. 2/21/12 A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Spielberg collaborates with Kubrick? 3/8/12 Alien³ - I've seen parts of this but not the whole thing. Alien is a masterpiece and Aliens will probably stand the test of time as well. 3/15/12 Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Zogo posted:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - It's been a few months. Might be time for another one of these. 2/28/12 Hope you like! Finished La Dolce Vita just a bit ago. I found it interesting as a character study. Marcello is not a sympathetic person, but you can see how sad he is inside. He is very unhappy with his life but doesn't know how or where to make changes because changing anything may mean giving up what he thinks is what he wants. I liked the movie for the most part. It was definitely easier to digest than 8 1/2, so I probably should have seen this first. All in all, a very good film that gives me a better appreciation and understanding of Fellini. My updated list: 1. Philadelphia Story - Another movie I have no idea about, but it keeps getting recommended in this thread. 2. Mad Max. Here's something interesting. I didn't know this was three movies. I thought they were all one movie. So if this isn't the first one, let me know and I'll watch the first one instead. 3. The 3 Faces of Eve. If I'm not mistaken, this is about a woman with multiple personalities, yes? 4. Tokyo Story. Another I know nothing about but it's been recommended and loved over and over in this thread. 5. Platoon. I get the feeling this is a wannabee Apocalypse Now. I hope it stands on it's own. 6. The Kite Runner. I've heard nothing but amazement over this movie, but I really don't like the Middle East wars and I think this would just make me unable to appreciate the movie? I hope I'm wrong. 7. The Bicycle Thief. Another movie I've never heard of until this thread. I hope it's as good as some have reported. 8. The Apartment No idea what it's about, but from what I've seen other people say, it's a comedy? 9. Rabbit Proof Fence. My dad has been trying to get me to see this one since he saw it, saying it's fantastic. Just never got around to it. 10. The Lives of Others. This looked interesting when I saw the previews when it first came out, but I've never gotten around to seeing it. I hope it really is as good as others make it out to be. Finished movies: Die Hard; Dr. Strangelove.; Chinatown; Citizen Kane; There Will Be Blood; Do The Right Thing; The Graduate; Rocky; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; A Streetcar Named Desire; Apocalypse Now; Children of a Lesser God; City of God; The Pianist; The Red Shoes; Eraserhead; Vertigo; Raging Bull; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Tombstone; Seven Samurai; 8 1/2; Dancer in the Dark; Lawrence of Arabia; Metropolis; It happened One Night; Bonnie and Clyde; The Seventh Seal; Singing in the Rain; Barton Fink; Sunset Boulevard; The Gold Rush; The Deer Hunter; My Neighbor Totoro; The Crying Game; Unforgiven; La Dolce Vita Bodnoirbabe fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Zogo posted:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - It's been a few months. Might be time for another one of these. 2/28/12 I think it's the weakest of the series, but you do have to watch them in order. The next one is my personal favorite.
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Bodnoirbabe, go with The Apartment A Man Escaped was great. By far the most entertaining and thrilling Bresson I've seen. I liked that it had a completely singular focus. Every scene, every line of dialogue was related to Fontaine's escape. This helped put us in his mindset, as it was surely the only thing he could think about. As far as French prison escape movies go, Le Trou is still the best, but this one comes very close. 4.5/5 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. 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. Killer of Sheep Don't know anything about it. All that Heaven Allows Need to see this now after Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Greed Next on TSPDT. Sophie's Choice Why is this on the AFI list? Gandhi On the most iCM lists. 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, La Haine 4.5/5, L'age d'Or 2.5/5, Kes 4.5/5, Cabaret 3/5, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 4.5/5, The Mirror 4/5, Swing Time 2.5/5, A Man Escaped 4.5/5
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Kagemusha - Kurosawa continues to impress me. Solid story with great visuals and music. The story of how an impersonator can assume another persons life was impressive. Also saw Best In Show. Was as funny as I heard. Fred Willard was especially funny. A look in the lives of people who take dog shows a little too seriously. My List: A Christmas Carol(1951) - This is the 1951 version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge. I've heard it is as good as the George C. Scott version, which I liked. Adaptation - Heard alot about this movie. Modern Times - I've never seen a Chaplin movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Loved Newman and Redford in the Sting, so I am looking forward to seeing this. Monty Python's The Life of Brian - Last Monty Python movie that I haven't seen.. Cars - This and Cars2 are the only Pixar movies that I haven't seen. Red Beard - My next Kurosawa film. My Fair Lady - I'm going to stick with musicals in this spot. The Phantom of the Opera - Next in my monster movie queue. The Public Enemy - Never saw any James Cagney film. Movies Seen: Seven Samurai, Dune, Singin' in the Rain, Animal Crackers, Once Upon a Time in the West, Amadeus, Double Indemnity, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 12 Angry Men, Ed Wood, Sunset Boulevard, The Dark Knight, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Brazil, Rashomon, Yojimbo, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, M, Duck Soup, The Princess and the Frog, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Dracula, It's a Wonderful Life, Lawrence of Arabia, Ikiru, High and Low, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kagemusha, Best In Show TenSpadesBeTrump, haven't seen any on your list but I will pick Gandhi
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Dmitri Russkie posted:Modern Times - I've never seen a Chaplin movie. Well that ends now. Finished Taste of Cherry today. Glad I saw Certified Copy first, as it gave me some idea as to what Kiarostami's rhythms were like. I love how he frames his characters to accentuate their isolation (and these amateur actors are phenomenal). The "life is precious" storyline isn't unique, but it's all very delicately and superbly wrought by Kiarostami and friends. Not sure I know what purpose the final five minutes serve, but I understand Kiarostami likes blurring the lines between reality and fiction, so I'll have to revisit this after I check out a few more of his films. Updated list: 1. Anything by Krzysztof Kieslowski- I have seen nothing by this guy, and I've heard that he was one of the finest directors of his time. So what's it gonna be? The Decalogue? The Double Life of Veronique? Trois Coleurs? 2. Silent era: The Big Parade- I own it on video, so watching would be easy, but… 3. 1930s: The Thin Man- I've heard nothing but great things/exasperation that I haven't checked this out. 4. 1940s: Mildred Pierce- I loved Casablanca and The Adventures of Robin Hood, couldn’t stand Yankee Doodle Dandy, and feel that I need to see more Michael Curtiz. How about this supposed masterpiece that Todd Haynes is remaking for HBO with Kate Winslet. Also: I’ve never seen a Joan Crawford film. 5. 1950s: The Bad and the Beautiful- Another cynical melodrama about showbiz? Sounds good. 6. 1960s: The Umbrellas of Cherbourgh- Love musicals, so why not check out a French New Wave one? 7. 1970s: Cabaret/All That Jazz- I’ve heard that Fosse made some pretty good musicals. I like me some musicals. 8. 1980s: Matewan- really loved Lone Star, otherwise unfamiliar with John Sayles. 9. 1990s: Kundun- I never had much interest, but, well, it is Scorsese, and my library has a copy, so why not? 10. 2000s: Talk to Her- I’ve only seen one of Almodovar’s films, Volver, and I liked that very much. I’ve heard universally terrific things about this one. Finally seen: The Searchers (A), Pather Panchali (B+), The Sting (A-), Ran (A), The Great Dictator (A-), Fitzcarraldo (A), Badlands (A), Time Bandits (A-), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A), The Apartment (A), The Last Waltz (A-), City Lights (A), Modern Times (A), Broken Blossoms (B), The Gold Rush (A-), The General (A-), Grave of the Fireflies (A), Red River (A), Koyaanisqatsi (B), American Graffiti (A), The Kingdom (B), Adventures of Robin Hood (A-), La Dolce Vita (A), Sherlock Jr. (B+), Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (A-), In the Mood for Love (A-), Hoop Dreams (A), Swimming to Cambodia (A-), The Purple Rose of Cairo (A), The Right Stuff (A), Orpheus (B+), The Manchurian Candidate (A-), Little Caesar (B+), The Battle of Algiers (A-), Yi Yi (A), Shane (A), All About Eve (B-), Cries and Whispers (A), Prizzi’s Honor (B+), I am a Fugitive on a Chain Gang (A-), 42nd Street (B+), Melvin and Howard (A), Taste of Cherry (A-)
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meanmikhail posted:2. Silent era: The Big Parade- I own it on video, so watching would be easy, but… This thread has given me an appreciation for silent films. I hope it does that for you as well! Finished The Apartment and absolutely loved it. I didn't really know at all what it was about, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was a romantic comedy. Jack Lemmon was really amazing, and Shirley Maclaine was beautiful and very good. I was completely not expecting such dramatics out of what appeared to be a light-hearted film, but the entire attempted suicide was very well done. I guess I have this notion that older romantic movies have a tendency to be cutesy so I was pleasantly surprised to see such seriousness happening. Anyhow, the movie was fantastic, probably one of the better films this thread has forced me to watch! My updated list: 1. Philadelphia Story - Another movie I have no idea about, but it keeps getting recommended in this thread. 2. Mad Max. Here's something interesting. I didn't know this was three movies. I thought they were all one movie. So if this isn't the first one, let me know and I'll watch the first one instead. 3. The 3 Faces of Eve. If I'm not mistaken, this is about a woman with multiple personalities, yes? 4. Tokyo Story. Another I know nothing about but it's been recommended and loved over and over in this thread. 5. Platoon. I get the feeling this is a wannabee Apocalypse Now. I hope it stands on it's own. 6. The Kite Runner. I've heard nothing but amazement over this movie, but I really don't like the Middle East wars and I think this would just make me unable to appreciate the movie? I hope I'm wrong. 7. The Bicycle Thief. Another movie I've never heard of until this thread. I hope it's as good as some have reported. 8. Duck Soup My dad actually showed me almost all of the Marx Bros films when I was about 7. I don't remember them too well, just that they were funny. I figure I need to revisit them, especially now that I can appreciate the razor wit. 9. Rabbit Proof Fence. My dad has been trying to get me to see this one since he saw it, saying it's fantastic. Just never got around to it. 10. The Lives of Others. This looked interesting when I saw the previews when it first came out, but I've never gotten around to seeing it. I hope it really is as good as others make it out to be. Finished movies: Die Hard; Dr. Strangelove.; Chinatown; Citizen Kane; There Will Be Blood; Do The Right Thing; The Graduate; Rocky; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; A Streetcar Named Desire; Apocalypse Now; Children of a Lesser God; City of God; The Pianist; The Red Shoes; Eraserhead; Vertigo; Raging Bull; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Tombstone; Seven Samurai; 8 1/2; Dancer in the Dark; Lawrence of Arabia; Metropolis; It happened One Night; Bonnie and Clyde; The Seventh Seal; Singing in the Rain; Barton Fink; Sunset Boulevard; The Gold Rush; The Deer Hunter; My Neighbor Totoro; The Crying Game; Unforgiven; La Dolce Vita; The Apartment Bodnoirbabe fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Mar 24, 2012 |
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Bodnoirbabe, Rabbit Proof Fence has been on your list forever. So time to watch that. It's actually a pretty good movie. So I wasn't really expecting to like Scarface that much, but it was a lot better than I thought it would be. It's shot wonderfully, and Pacino does a great job. It kind of drags a lot though. I'm really amazed at the glorification this movie gets from the Gangsta Rap community because Tony Montana is just the most miserable person. He's a little insecure guy who tries to make up for being short and bad with women by putting up a tough guy persona, when he gets success he becomes intensely paranoid, can't even trust his best friend, his wife hates him, he's a shambling drug addict, and to top it all off he wants to gently caress his sister. The movie lays it's moral on harder than Metropolis, yet people still glorify it. Anyway, pretty good movie. Don't know if I'll ever watch it again though. My List: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin - Got this as a blind buy, mostly because The RZA praised it. It's been sitting around for a few months now. Clash of the Titans - The original 1981 film. Another one that I dug out of the bargain bin and have left sitting around. The Cow - Watched a Dariush Mehrjui film in my Film & Gender class last semester and have been wanting to check out some of his other stuff. This seems interesting. On The Waterfront - I should really expand my Brando horizons. I'm not too familiar with his early roles. 3 Women - I watched Nashville not too long ago and I'd like to see some more Altman. Duck Soup - I have not actually seen anything by the Marx Brothers. Ever. Le Doulos - Watched Le Cercle Rouge and loved it. Buffalo '66 - From what I've read about Vincent Gallo he seems like a bit of an rear end. But I've never seen a film by him and maybe he'll impress me. Cul-De-Sac - I can never not be reminded that he's a rapist, but dammit, Polanski knows how to make a film. This one sounds pretty good. Shane - I know this comes highly recommended from a certain someone in this thread. Watched: Harold and Maude; The Third Man; Inland Empire; Gojira; Big Trouble In Little China; Y Tu Mamá También; Marathon Man; Hunger; A Woman Is A Woman; Black Narcissus; A Hard Day's Night; Scarface
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Watch On The Waterfront to see nine million actors doing an amazing job. In addition to Karl Malden, the worst actor ever, doing...something. Pather Panchali was an impressive look into another culture that easily could be applied to any culture. The choice to show everything through the eyes of Apu was pretty genius since very little of the story really drove through him at all. 1. Das Boot- Next highest non-cartoon IMDB top 250 I haven't seen, 100% due to the length of the movie. I think I even had it in my house from Netflix at one point before sending it back. 2. The Exerminating Angel- Bunuel that I haven't seen yet. Man it's easy to watch Criterion movies thanks to Hulu. 3. Letter from an Unknown Woman- This is now the "highly rated movies I thought were impossible to see, but it turns out they're on loving YouTube" slot. 4. The Last Picture Show- Working my way through America Lost and Found set. Not loving the movies so much but I am far more impressed with Jack Nicholson than I was before 5. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead- MODERN Lumet. 6. Giant- James Dean movie I haven't seen. 7. Gomorrah- Italian crime movie that's apparently looking good. 8. Kiss Me Deadly- Criterion noir of some sort. 9. Made in USA- Godard. You know, I may have seen this one, I just get it confused with a couple of other misc. Godards laying around. I get a free "pick something else on my list" if I start watching and have already seen it. 10. Ride with the Devil- No idea. Watched (this time): The Lady Eve, Raising Arizona, The Truman Show, Pather Panchali
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Brian Fellows posted:8. Kiss Me Deadly- Criterion noir of some sort. It's quite the nasty one.(In a good way) Day for Night was really great. A delightful comedy and huge loveletter to cinema and the art of making films. Quite fun to see what goes on behind the camera, the personal turmoils of the crew, the bizarre characters(like the prop guy) and the whole social and collaborative spirit. Something magical about it all. Maybe at some points it goes overboard with it's referencing other films and artists, like when the veteran(?) director gets his "Starting Book Kit to Film Watching and Understanding now with more Bergman!", but Truffaut is quite honest about it all, hard to stay upset about it. Really great and very fun. SHAME: The Dead The last film John Huston made. Leningrad Cowboys Go America Road trip! The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock remakes Alfred Hitchcock. The Seven Year Itch The one with Marilyn Monroe and a subway grate. Minority Report Never finished watching this one for some odd reason. Smiles of a Summer Night A comedy by Ingmar Bergman? Even Dwarfs Started Small Dwarf size Herzog madness. Match Point A more recent(7 years old recent) Woody Allen. Madadayo The Final Kurosawa. Far From Heaven Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore team up to homage 1950's melodrama. Have watched so far 80 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, Hamlet, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The New World, Carlos, Blood Simple, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gangs of New York, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Burn After Reading, Mesrine:Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy nrº1, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Wild Strawberries, Repulsion, The Long Good Friday, Island of Lost Souls, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom, Beauty and the Beast, Zodiac, After Hours, Nights of Cabiria, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Encounters at the End of the World, The Cameraman, Hard Eight, The Purple Rose of Cairo, My Darling Clementine, The Virgin Spring, Dodes'ka-den, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Chimes at Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Wild at Heart, Hausu, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Shame, Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu, Cobra Verde, Richard III, L'Âge d'or, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Age of Innocence, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Dersu Uzala, Samurai Rebellion, Shoot the Piano Player, The Red Shoes, The Wages of Fear, Rushmore, Short Cuts, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bringing out the Dead, All That Heaven Allows, The Hudsucker Proxy, Day for Night.
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Electronico6 posted:
This one surprised me, far more serious than I was used to from Allen. This is Spinal Tap was a lot drier than I anticipated. It was amusing more than laugh-out-loud funny. In that end I was kind of disappointed because I expected to be rolling the whole way. I still liked it quite a bit, especially the small scene with Fred Willard and the Stonehenge debacle. The songs were really funny and had the most consistent surface laughs. I suspect I'll like it more upon repeated viewings as it seems like a quoteable film that gets better with age. Rob Reiner bugs me, but thankfully he's barely there. LIST O SHAME 1) The Last Detail - Hated Being There, but I should give Ashby another shot. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3) Anatomy of a Murder - The poster, the cast, and yet I've only just heard of it. 4) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Haven't seen this or the one from the 50s. Want to start with this one because I've seen the clip of Sutherland pointing and screaming too many times without seeing the source. 5) The Sweet Hereafter - Third time the charm with Egoyan? I didn't like Speaking Parts at all and I only mildly liked Felicia's Journey. 6) Carlos - Will likely watch this in segments...don't have five hours to kill too often. 7) Mystery Train - Only Jarmusch I haven't seen. 8) On the Waterfront - Highest on IMDB top 250 I haven't seen. 9) Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages - Silent doc about witchcraft. Been meaning to see this for years. 10) Drunken Angel - More Kurosawa 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, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story, Chungking Express, This is Spinal Tap(TOTAL: 75)
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Ratedargh posted:8) On the Waterfront - Highest on IMDB top 250 I haven't seen. Classic and all that stuff. Match Point was quite good, but I was left with the impression that I had saw this film already and done much better by Woody Allen himself. The Dostoevsky reference right at the start told me pretty much where the film would go and what note it would end on, the slow build-up to that point works really well, but then that feeling of deja-vu creeps in and I just sort of tuned out. Not sure if that the film's fault. But not to be overly negative, Allen does toy with your expectations, especially when luck comes into play, and it pays off in a very funny, if darkly way. Also Scarlett Johansson. SHAME: The Dead The last film John Huston made. Leningrad Cowboys Go America Road trip! The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock remakes Alfred Hitchcock. The Seven Year Itch The one with Marilyn Monroe and a subway grate. Minority Report Never finished watching this one for some odd reason. Smiles of a Summer Night A comedy by Ingmar Bergman? Even Dwarfs Started Small Dwarf size Herzog madness. Madadayo The Final Kurosawa. Far From Heaven Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore team up to homage 1950's melodrama. The Road goes ever on and on Have watched so far 81 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, Hamlet, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The New World, Carlos, Blood Simple, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gangs of New York, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Burn After Reading, Mesrine:Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy nrº1, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Wild Strawberries, Repulsion, The Long Good Friday, Island of Lost Souls, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom, Beauty and the Beast, Zodiac, After Hours, Nights of Cabiria, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Encounters at the End of the World, The Cameraman, Hard Eight, The Purple Rose of Cairo, My Darling Clementine, The Virgin Spring, Dodes'ka-den, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Chimes at Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Wild at Heart, Hausu, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Shame, Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu, Cobra Verde, Richard III, L'Âge d'or, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Age of Innocence, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Dersu Uzala, Samurai Rebellion, Shoot the Piano Player, The Red Shoes, The Wages of Fear, Rushmore, Short Cuts, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bringing out the Dead, All That Heaven Allows, The Hudsucker Proxy, Day for Night, Match Point.
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Electronico6, watch Even Dwarfs Started Small and enjoy one of cinema's great oddities. La Strada - Giulietta Masina plays a character with a similar plight to hers in Nights of Cabiria, only here she's much more child like and much less worldly. Fellini really has a way with making us feel for every character we see, even the most despicable. I never thought I'd feel for Quinn's character, but things turned around in the last five minutes and all sorts of mixed emotions came flooding in. Very impressive. I still like Night of Cabiria better, but this was pretty darn great. 88/100 List: Cinema Paradiso - I know very little about this. On the Waterfront - I like Brando so I have no hesitation to watch this. Witness for the Prosecution - I know nothing about this. Ben-Hur - I'll be honest, I'm not looking forward to this one very much. Looks a tad hokey from what I've seen, and it's very long. The Best Years of Our Lives - The only Wyler film I've seen is The Collector and I didn't much care for it, but I have a feeling this is going to be much better. Fanny and Alexander - This is definitely my most shameful currently on my list. I own the DVD, I love Bergman, and I even started watching it once and got side tracked. Someone please make me watch this. A Streetcar Named Desire - Will this be as good as the Simpsons musical version? Rocky - Yeah that's right, I've never seen Rocky. Sue me. All Quiet on the Western Front - Looks good. Harakiri - I've never seen a Kobayashi.
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caiman posted:Fanny and Alexander - This is definitely my most shameful currently on my list. I own the DVD, I love Bergman, and I even started watching it once and got side tracked. Someone please make me watch this. Watch this. Midnight Cowboy - There are a lot of strange elements that don't always work, but the relationship at the heart of the film is really well done. Voight and Hoffman are excellent. I just wish the fantasy/dream stuff was handled better or removed, it felt mostly unnecessary and distracting. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: King Kong - I've seen the very flawed Peter Jackson version, but not the original. Time to change that. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Ugetsu - Sansho the Baliff was equally amazing and depressing, I hope I like this one just as much. 1960s: 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while. Maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: Das Boot - I've been on a submarine. I expect that this movie will be fairly claustrophobic. 1990s: Raise the Red Lantern - Sometimes I'll put a movie on here that I know nothing about. This is one of them. 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, Glengarry Glen Ross 9, Rififi 8, It Happened One Night 6, Time of the Gypsies 9, Being John Malkovich 9, Army of Shadows 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 10, Midnight Cowboy 8 (Total: 123)
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Atheistdeals, go with Das Boot. Gandhi was a fairly boring, generic biopic. It didn't do much beyond resting on it's subject matter and star performance from Kingsley. Attenborough added some epic scope through the amount of extras and the length of time it covers, but it did nothing to not make this feel like a 3 hour slog through beats of Gandhi's life. If nothing else, it taught me more about what he was fighting for and why. 3/5 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. 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. Killer of Sheep Don't know anything about it. All that Heaven Allows Need to see this now after Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Greed Next on TSPDT. Sophie's Choice Why is this on the AFI list? Husbands Haven't had a Cassavetes on here in a while. This will be my belated Gazzara memorial movie. 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, La Haine 4.5/5, L'age d'Or 2.5/5, Kes 4.5/5, Cabaret 3/5, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 4.5/5, The Mirror 4/5, Swing Time 2.5/5, A Man Escaped 4.5/5, Gandhi 3/5
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TenSpades, I'll give you The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Rashomon was very good and stranger than I expected. It was an examination of truth, virtue, and humanity that was surprisingly subtle at times. It was a harsh examination that had room for more optimistic views. The setting of Rashomon was excellent. There's something evocative about a story being told in an abandoned temple(I think it was a temple) and the story of how the spirit of Rashomon fled before the presence of humans was interesting. It connected with how the abandoned temple still managed to stand as a shelter against the storm and how the monk maintained his belief in humanity despite all the evidence to the contrary. And the variation of a story and the idea of stories within stories was well presented. It's obvious that the woodcutter was probably the most honest of the 4 (one of the characters mentions only 3 stories, maybe they discounted the medium) but even he can't be completely honest because he probably stole the dagger. 1. Gone With the Wind Another frequently referenced classic I haven't managed to see. 2. Spartacus I'm a fan of war epics and a fan of Kubrick, but I haven't had an extra three hours when I'm in the mindset to watch it. 3.Ikiru More Kurosawa. 4. The Big Sleep Humphrey Bogart. 5. The Phantom of the Opera I like Lon Chaney's movies but haven't gotten to see this, despite it being iconic. 6. Nosferatu Same. Iconic horror movie I instantly recognize but haven't seen. 7. Cinema Paradiso Namesake of the forum, all I know. 8. Blue Velvet More Lynch. 9. Solaris I love sci-fi and I've heard this mentioned a couple times. 10. Space Balls Big Mel Brooks fan and an even bigger Star Wars fan. Even I don't know how I've missed this one. Bo Berry fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Mar 28, 2012 |
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Bo Berry, Nosferatu is a masterpiece. I'm a sucker for silent horror, and its just about as good as it gets. Fanny & Alexander (theatrical) - Never have I been so disappointed that a movie had to end. These characters are exceptionally watchable. I wasn't just interested in them, I cared about them. The ruckus family gatherings, the quiet moments of self-reflection, seeing the confusing world through the eyes of imaginative children - I loved it all. I also loved the inclusion of both ultra realistic elements, such as discussions of old age and mortality, and of fantasy/mystical/supernatural elements. Not to mention the whole thing was an absolute treat for the eye. I've seen quite a few Bergman films and this ranks right up near the top. I'm so, SO ready to watch the extended version. 94/100 List: Cinema Paradiso - I know very little about this. On the Waterfront - I like Brando so I have no hesitation to watch this. Witness for the Prosecution - I know nothing about this. Ben-Hur - I'll be honest, I'm not looking forward to this one very much. Looks a tad hokey from what I've seen, and it's very long. The Best Years of Our Lives - The only Wyler film I've seen is The Collector and I didn't much care for it, but I have a feeling this is going to be much better. A Streetcar Named Desire - Will this be as good as the Simpsons musical version? Rocky - Yeah that's right, I've never seen Rocky. Sue me. All Quiet on the Western Front - Looks good. Harakiri - I've never seen a Kobayashi. Roman Holiday - Another Wyler film. There must be something about this guy.
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On the Waterfront - I like Brando so I have no hesitation to watch this. I'm giving this to you because you need to see it... as do I (I'm currently adding it to my list as my newest addition!) Night of the Hunter complete. This was one of those movies that I enjoyed a lot but would be hard pressed to explain why. I can definitely say that the eerie qualities in the presentation and Mitchum's performance were operating on levels hardly seen in films today. I ended up reading some reviews on the film to see if there was anything I could agree with as far as what made this film special. Again, I knew it was there, I was gripped from pretty much moment one, but I needed some help. I think Ebert pretty much nailed it: Roger Ebert posted:"And how well it has survived its period. Many films from the mid-1950s, even the good ones, seem somewhat dated now, but by setting his story in an invented movie world outside conventional realism, Laughton gave it a timelessness. Yes, the movie takes place in a small town on the banks of a river. But the town looks as artificial as a Christmas card scene, the family's house with its strange angles inside and out looks too small to live in, and the river becomes a set so obviously artificial it could have been built for a completely stylized studio film like "Kwaidan" (1964). That's really spot on for me. It was remarkable just how current this movie felt and I think the setting and the presentation of it had a lot to do with it. It was a special film, I dug a lot of it. My small criticisms would be that at times, some of the acting wasn't terribly convincing. Also, where the gently caress were the police most of the time? I get that those are small gripes and especially the latter would ruin the movie. So yeah, still awesome. 8.5/10 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. Rashomon Kurosawa hasn't let me down yet, and I doubt this will. Looks awesome, and I'm excited to see it. 3. *NEW* On the Waterfront *NEW* Need to know why he could've been a contender. 4. Requiem for a Dream I'll be perfectly honest... I don't want to see this. I don't like gritty drug stuff and this movie seems way too intense for my liking. I felt uncomfortable enough with The Wrestler and from what I understand it's leagues behind Aronofsky's "finest offering". If you pick this movie for me, I expect that you will also send me a PM with your phone number, so that I may call you, in terror, at 4 in the morning every night for weeks after I watch it. 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. Roman Holiday Loved what I saw of this. Hepburn is cute as hell and this really just seems like a barrel of fun. 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. Serpico Kind of lovely that I consider myself a Pacino man and I haven't seen this yet. 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. There Will Be Blood Trailer looked awesome, I've only heard good things, I'm interested. 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, Dr. Strangelove 7/10, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 8.5/10, The Bicycle Thief 7/10, Raging Bull 8/10, Ikiru 10/10, Terminator 2: Judgement Day 7/10, The Night of the Hunter 8.5/10 Chili fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Chili, I couldn't be more happy to nominate for you one of my all time favorite films: There Will Be Blood. An absolute masterpiece IMHO, get ready for one of the best performances to ever grace the screen. Paths of Glory was excellent. Kubrick's absolutely stunning photography is front and centre here. Every single shot is beautifully composed and lighted. The stark, high-contrast lighting in this film sets the mood perfectly and just wonderfully frames some of the films most intense scenes. I really loved the scene where the solider confronts his superior after watching him murder his friend with a grenade. That shot with the lightbulb burning away between them...just perfection. Also the tracking shot of Dax walking through the trenches before the assault on the Ant Hill. It's chaotic and hellish but the camerawork is so smooth and hypnotic. Wonderful film all around. My shame: 1. Rashomon - I have mixed feelings about Kurosawa but I know this is supposed to be one of his best 2. Fallen Angels - I'm a huge Wong Kar Wai fan, and currently living in Hong Kong so why not? 3. Amadeus - Have wanted to watch this for ages and I love classical music. 4. City Lights - Never seen a Chaplin film . Yeah, I know. 5. New M - I think Metropolis is one of the best things I've ever seen. Fritz Lang + Peter Lorre how can this be anything but incredible? 6. The Exterminating Angel - Never seen a Bunel before. 7. The Hudsucker Proxy - I am a massive Coen Bros. fan and I love all their stuff to death. This is the only one left I haven't seen. 8. Rope - Love Hitchcock but for some reason have never seen this. 9. Scanners - I've heard its not great but my intense love for Cronenberg keeps calling me back. 10. Dr. Zhivago - A true classic that I would really like to watch sometime. Shameless: The Seven Samurai, The Graduate, The Conversation, A Fistful of Dollars, Paths of Glory electricsugar fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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M was the first movie I checked out when I got Netflix. It's terrific- you'll never hear "In the Hall of the Mountain King" the same way again. Platoon was pretty good. I don’t really have much to say about it. It was pretty straightforward, not too deep, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Dafoe was the best thing in the movie, although I’m always happy to see Keith David show up. So I’ve now seen most of the major Vietnam movies through this thread (with one exception- see the bottom of my list- are there any others?). Rating: 3.5/4 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. 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.41. Get Carter- Michael Caine is equally awesome whether he's working with Batman or the Muppets. So there's a movie where he personally beats the poo poo out of gangsters? Nice. 42. The Pink Panther- Based on Dr. Strangelove alone I feel safe saying Peter Sellers is a genius. Yet somehow I've never gotten around to watching any of these. 43. 3 Women- My first Altman was pretty good, let's see some more. 44. Lethal Weapon- More 80's action. I imagine this is sort of like Die Hard, or maybe Die Hard 3 since it's a buddy cop movie. I don't really know anything about it, though. 45. Midnight Cowboy- When I take a movie off my list, I like to replace it with a similar one. So let's have another weird late sixties counterculture movie. Hope I'm not disappointed by this one. 46. Full Metal Jacket- I'm trying to figure out if I'm a fan of Kubrick. Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite movies, but it was the first of his I saw, and none of the others have been as impressive. Still, this one is pretty significant culturally, and I can see R. Lee Ermey's tedious shtick back when it was still fresh. 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, Rocky: 3.5/4, Gandhi: 3.5/4, City Lights: 4/4, Battleship Potemkin: 3.5/4, Predator: 3/4, Easy Rider: 1.5/4, Platoon: 3.5/4
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Hello, SHAMEFUL thread. I am throwing my hat into the mix. I have a big ol' spreadsheet of movies to watch and I've mostly just picked the oldest movies except I left some Hitchcock, Keaton, and Chaplin off the list so they don't clog it all up. But before we get to that, Jurgan, you should check out Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's like a buddy cop movie with robbers instead of cops! Also it's beautiful and funny and exciting. My list: M (1931) - Metropolis was pretty amazing and apparently this one is too. City Lights (1931) - I watched The Gold Rush a few weeks ago and I couldn't stop laughing, so I imagine hitting Chaplin's classics is a good idea. 99 River Street (1943) - This sounds like a nice noir, but you know how it is: there are a million noir movies, and there's always another to watch. In a Lonely Place (1950) - It has Humphrey Bogart, right? So I should probably check it out. Union Station (1950) - It has William Holden, right? So I should probably also check it out. Seven Samurai (1954) - One of the many Kurosawa films I haven't seen, and one of the ones that everyone talks about. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - How can anyone know too much?! That's ridiculous. The Seventh Seal (1957) - One of the many Bergman films I haven't seen, and one of the ones that everyone talks about. What is it about films with "Seven" in the title? Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - A classic. All I know about it is that it has a Mickey Rooney doing a racist portrayal of an Asian person. The Exterminating Angel (1962) - Bunuel! All I've seen of his is The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeouise, and that was a lot of fun. Deshamed: Nothing so far
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TychoCelchuuu posted:The Seventh Seal (1957) - One of the many Bergman films I haven't seen, and one of the ones that everyone talks about. What is it about films with "Seven" in the title? Start with this one. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - I liked it and the good things outweighed the bad. I wouldn't have minded the yule ball being excised. It still seems off that no matter how many times Harry Potter saves the day and the school he gets respect for about ten seconds then all the kids go back to wearing "Potter stinks" buttons and the professors treat him like a five year old. This comes up in every film and gets more ridiculous each time. This time he went toe-to-toe with Voldemort and survived. I'm about to turn into Rodney Dangerfield on his behalf ("I don't get no respect!") I do have a few questions for those who've read the books. Are the death eaters more powerful than any of the good wizards? It confused me that no one really fought back during that Quidditch world cup. I'm not sure why Harry Potter didn't blast them. Is there a reason that Voldemort has no nose or is that just artistic license in the film? PS I'm glad that we finally got a film without that dullard surrogate family. Didn't know that Robert Pattinson was in this either. also watched: About Schmidt - This was pretty good. The letters written to Ndugu and narrated by Nicholson made-up the best scenes. I liked the way whatever Schmidt said in the letters exploded in his face in the following scenes. The story revolves around the letters and without them I think this would be very ordinary film without much to offer. IMDb list: #147 Warrior - MMA Drama doesn't look too appealing or enticing. I did follow the UFC casually when it was first created back in the 90s but then they started adding gloves and other rules and I lost interest quickly. 2/23/12 #245 Come and See - Something about WWII. 3/22/12 new #246 High and Low - This will be my sixth Kurosawa film. 3/29/12 new Three Colors: White - First film was a little depressing but the character of Julie really stood out. 3/29/12 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 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. 2/15/12A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Spielberg collaborates with Kubrick? 3/8/12 Alien³ - I've seen parts of this but not the whole thing. Alien is a masterpiece and Aliens will probably stand the test of time as well. 3/15/12 caiman posted:Never have I been so disappointed that a movie had to end...I'm so, SO ready to watch the extended version. 94/100 You will have the same reaction. "Why is this movie only 5.2 hours long? It could be 7."  Jurgan posted:So I’ve now seen most of the major Vietnam movies through this thread (with one exception- see the bottom of my list- are there any others?). Have you seen these ones? Born on the Fourth of July Hamburger Hill Hearts and Minds We Were Soldiers
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Zogo posted:new #246 High and Low - This will be my sixth Kurosawa film. 3/29/12 It's one of his best. As for Harry Potter, everyone was drunk and caught by surprise during the Death Eater attack, they are not really all that good. Voldemort is suppose to look like that, to give him snake like appearance. Cause snakes are evil. Even Dwarfs Started Small was weird, and awesome. 90 minutes of rebellious dwarfes, sticking it up to the man or maybe not it doesn't matter, as it goes on and on, the "rebels" become more and more chaotic and self-destructive. Then it ends with a dwarf laughing at a camel for three minutes. It's gloriously weird. There's probably some sort of allegory going on about freedom or something in those lines, though the bizarre and chaotic nature of the film is worth it's time alone, just enjoy the madness. Curiously enough, the out of time isolated setting, and the B&W cinematography, reminded me of Bela Tarr. The camera movements, though not as rigid or long as Tarr, contributed to that too. SHAME: The Dead The last film John Huston made. Leningrad Cowboys Go America Road trip! The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock remakes Alfred Hitchcock. The Seven Year Itch The one with Marilyn Monroe and a subway grate. Minority Report Never finished watching this one for some odd reason. Smiles of a Summer Night A comedy by Ingmar Bergman? Madadayo The Final Kurosawa. Far From Heaven Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore team up to homage 1950's melodrama. The Road goes ever on and on Have watched so far 82 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, Hamlet, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The New World, Carlos, Blood Simple, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gangs of New York, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Burn After Reading, Mesrine:Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy nrº1, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Wild Strawberries, Repulsion, The Long Good Friday, Island of Lost Souls, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom, Beauty and the Beast, Zodiac, After Hours, Nights of Cabiria, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Encounters at the End of the World, The Cameraman, Hard Eight, The Purple Rose of Cairo, My Darling Clementine, The Virgin Spring, Dodes'ka-den, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Chimes at Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Wild at Heart, Hausu, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Shame, Pather Panchali, Aparajito, World of Apu, Cobra Verde, Richard III, L'Âge d'or, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Age of Innocence, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Dersu Uzala, Samurai Rebellion, Shoot the Piano Player, The Red Shoes, The Wages of Fear, Rushmore, Short Cuts, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bringing out the Dead, All That Heaven Allows, The Hudsucker Proxy, Day for Night, Match Point, Even Dwarfs Started Small.
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Electronico6 posted:Even Dwarfs Started Small was weird, and awesome. 90 minutes of rebellious dwarfes, sticking it up to the man or maybe not it doesn't matter, as it goes on and on, the "rebels" become more and more chaotic and self-destructive. Then it ends with a dwarf laughing at a camel for three minutes. It's gloriously weird. There's probably some sort of allegory going on about freedom or something in those lines, though the bizarre and chaotic nature of the film is worth it's time alone, just enjoy the madness. Curiously enough, the out of time isolated setting, and the B&W cinematography, reminded me of Bela Tarr. The camera movements, though not as rigid or long as Tarr, contributed to that too. Very glad you liked it. "Gloriously weird" is a great way to describe it. My review was very similar to yours: "An allegory about imprisonment and the savage nature of humans when given total freedom? I guess. But more ostensibly the movie is demented, bizarre, and uncompromisingly honest. Like these little people are spilling their souls for Herzog and the audience. The movie is disturbing in a way I've never experienced before. There is something deeply disconcerting about watching Hombre standing and chuckling at a kneeling camel for three minutes. It strikes a chord in me that has never been struck." Herzog has a way of making me look through the performances and think about the people I'm looking at on a more real-world level. He does it expertly with Bruno S. in The Enigma of Kasper Hauser (watching it, I don't know if I'm sad for Kasper or for Bruno), and he does it in Even Dwarfs Started Small. Watching the little guys running, laughing, throwing chickens, chasing moving cars; I'm constantly thinking about the little actors themselves and the hell Herzog is putting them through. This sort of thing goes right along with Herzog's tendency to blend fiction with non-fiction. His films are a strange hybrid of drama and real life, and I love it.
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Zogo posted:I do have a few questions for those who've read the books. Are the death eaters more powerful than any of the good wizards? It confused me that no one really fought back during that Quidditch world cup. I'm not sure why Harry Potter didn't blast them. Is there a reason that Voldemort has no nose or is that just artistic license in the film? Sure: The Death Eaters are not necessarily more powerful than any other wizard. Their status as Death Eaters pretty much means that they are aligned with Voldemort, and not much else. They do act with a certain amount of confidence however, because hey, they got Voldemort on their side. As far as why no one helped out at the Quidditch World Cup, just think about it as an act of terrorism that could occur in our world. Everyone goes out to see a sporting event and many parents take their young kids, the home team wins so people get trashed. As soon as the terrorists sweep into the camp, "fighting back" is probably less attractive of an idea than just blowing out of dodge. Voldemort not having a normal nose is in fact canon, he basically becomes more snakelike in his new carnation. You'll learn a bit more about this as the movies progress, but to sum it up without giving much away, he's been through a lot and his current appearance is a reflection of that turmoil and the evil that lies within. Chili fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Mar 30, 2012 |
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Electronico6 you get Madadayo, it's always strange and bittersweet watching the final film of a great director. Tokyo Twilight is another classic by Ozu. I know what to expect from Ozu, a director that loves to stick with films about realistic, understated family dramas while underneath he fills them with such strong feelings of melancholy, regret and ultimately change. The themes of generational divide and the lasting effects of the war permeated through nearly all his films, yet they never become tired. Only a few great directors leave me in such a pensive mood upon finishing their films and never as consistently as Ozu. Tokyo Twilight is definitely the darkest of his films, dealing with harder issues not common to other Ozu films, but the themes remain the same. I'm fairly sure some scenes towards the end will forever stick with me: the estranged mother waiting to be seen off at the train station by a daughter that never arrives. The father (as he is in several other Ozu's) left in an empty house to his own devices at the end after his only remaining daughter confides she will make a second attempt at her failing marriage. Like all of Ozu's films the cinematography is simple, unique yet never boring, his regulars charmingly fill their roles as if stepping into a comfortable pair of shoes and the script is straightforward yet subtly stretches far beyond it's humble shell. My highest recommendation. LIST OF SHAME: 1.3 Women: Need to see more Altman! 2.Melancholia: Interested in Lars von Trier's latest 3.Three Colors: Red: Completing the trilogy 4.*OLDEST*Cul-de-sac: Wasn't the biggest fan of Repulsion, hoping to get a better feel for early Polanski. 5.Mother: Continuing with South Korean films. 6.*NEW*Ugetsu More classic Japanese cinema! 7.Three Outlaw Samurai: 60s Samurai films...just something about them. 8.The Goddess: More Satyajit Ray. 9.Les Cousins: Claude Chabrol's next film after Le Beau Serge. 10.Y Tu Mama Tambien: Children of Men is awesome, time to finish off Alfonso Cuaron's films 23 Watched: Masculin Feminin, Les Diaboliques, The World of Apu, Stalag 17, Wings of Desire, Island of Lost Souls, Dogville, Wages of Fear, The Phantom Carriage, I am Cuba, Twilight Samurai, Andrei Rublev, Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Orpheus, Three Colors: Blue, Mean Streets, Fanny and Alexander, Three Colors: White, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Conversation, Le Beau Serge, Memories of a Murder, Tokyo Twilight Desiato fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Mar 31, 2012 |
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Desiato posted:3.Three Colors: Red: Completing the trilogy Finishhh itttt. Das Boot was amazing. It's 3 1/2 hours long and manages to stay tense the whole way through. It also does a good job humanizing the German sailors. They're on the wrong side of the war, but they're still depicted as being normal and flawed human beings. Rooting for the Germans to survive felt pretty weird, especially since this came out the same year as Raiders of the Lost Ark. 1920s: The Last Laugh - Murnau won me over with Sunrise, I look forward to seeing more of his movies. 1930s: King Kong - I've seen the very flawed Peter Jackson version, but not the original. Time to change that. 1940s: The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. 1950s: Ugetsu - Sansho the Baliff was equally amazing and depressing, I hope I like this one just as much. 1960s: Viridiana - I loved The Exterminating Angel, so I'm looking forward to this. 1970s: Cries and Whispers - I haven't been emotionally destroyed by a movie in a while. Maybe this can do it for me. 1980s: 1990s: Raise the Red Lantern - Sometimes I'll put a movie on here that I know nothing about. This is one of them. 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, Glengarry Glen Ross 9, Rififi 8, It Happened One Night 6, Time of the Gypsies 9, Being John Malkovich 9, Army of Shadows 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 10, Midnight Cowboy 8, Das Boot 10 (Total: 124)
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Hiroshima mon amour I almost don't want to say anything about this film because seeing it only once isn't adequate to make judgement or even form an opinion. Much like as he did with Last Year At Marienbad Resnais almost totally rejects traditional narrative form in the interest of diving into the rocky breakers of memory where everything kind of crashes together. Besides being an exploration of things past, it's about loss, heartbreak, and war, and Resnais and his screenwriter blend all four subjects in a way that makes one spring from the next. The Man and the Woman have both lost something as a result of the war - the Man his family due to the bombing of Hiroshima, the Woman her love, or ability to love, and yet both are forgetting these tragedies in the joy of one another, even as they are afraid, or long, to keep it going. It's not as heavily oblique as Last Year At Marienbad but it's not as fluid, either (though what it loses in fluidity it makes up in comprehensiveness). I don't claim to understand it yet but I can't it had a gut impact in me. I give it an uncertain 8/10 shame shame shame shame has a has a has a kind of mystery 1) Faces - I'm afraid, John. 2) Lost In Translation - I saw Somewhere and was moderately impressed but I never saw this. 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) Andrei Rublev - I'm Russian, I like long stories. 8) Les Enfants du paradis - It's long and old and French and I hated Port of Shadows but gently caress it, bring on the poetic realism. 9) L'Avventura - I've only seen one Antonioni film and I didn't care for it, but here it is on the TSPDT list. 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, Bringing Up Baby 7/10, City Lights 9/10, Baraka 7/10, Au revior les enfants 8/10, Bonnie And Clyde 6.5, Hiroshima mon amour 8/10 (total: 54) Atheistdeals.com, have a hootin' good time with Cries and Whispers
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Magic Hate Ball, I like you, so I'm not going to inflict l'Avventura on you. Instead, you get… Lost in Translation! After a long time away, I finally watched Fish Tank. I'm not sure what to think of it. I have to admit that Arnold made some very novel choices with color, using cold colors for when Mia dances alone and warm colors elsewhere. She made the setting feel appropriately bleak and oppressive, even in the wide-open outdoor scenes. I thought the film was a very interesting look at the process by which juvenile delinquents are "made," as it were. I agree with critics' near-universal praise of Jarvis' performance (for which she had considerable real-life experience) and David Denby's comparison to The 400 Blows. Bull Durham: I find Kevin Costner strangely charming in his inept douchebaggery, but I've only seen a few of his films. Cinema Paradiso: I don't know much about it, but it appears to celebrate cinema as an art form, which is good enough for me! The Color of Pomegranates: The only Soviet films I've seen are Solaris, Man with a Movie Camera, and The Battleship Potemkin. Although I believe this film's still fairly well known, I feel like I should see something at least a little more esoteric than those three. Dead Man: It's the only Jarmusch film I've tried watching. I didn't make it all the way through. It deserves another chance. Kiss of the Spider Woman: Julia Carpenter's such a badass! I'm so excited about seeing this movie where Spider-Woman takes on such foes as Doc Ock and… This isn't what I think it is, is it? La Notte: As I've said, I hated Blow-Up, and I don't like l'Avventura, but I still feel like I should give Antonioni more of a chance. I'm not gonna lie; the idea of watching another Antonioni film puts a pit in my stomach. Mon Oncle: I watched M. Hulot's Holiday recently and I greatly enjoyed it. I haven't seen anything else with Hulot and I'm pretty inexperienced with films about uncles. Moonstruck: It's been too long since the last time I saw Nicolas Cage act the gently caress out of something new. Raise the Red Lantern: Randomly-picked movie that coincides with my interest in Chinese cinema. Uzak:  I've never seen a Turkish film.
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Zogo posted:Have you seen these ones? I probably should see Born on... though as I understand, that's more about coming back from war than the war itself (which isn't a bad thing). We Were Soldiers, though, seems too recent to be considered essential and doesn't really have universal acclaim that I'm aware of. I could be wrong about that, but I've never heard people rave about it that much. I don't think I've ever heard of the others. I think I saw Cinema Paradiso a long time ago, but I don't remember much. It was pretty good, though. Give it a shot, CloseFriend. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is pretty much a perfect movie. That’s not to say it’s the best movie ever, just that there’s no way I can see it being improved. The story is pretty simple, but the characters are so expertly realized that they come alive. There’s the main two, of course (three if you count Etta), but the bit characters are just as lively. The marshal haranguing the crowd to get a posse started was great, as was Woodcock the train conductor. The wilderness scenery is beautiful as well. In the end, though, Newman and Redford are the focus, and they’re charming and funny the whole way through. Butch trying to rob a bank with a Mexican language cheat sheet was laugh out loud funny, as was the “fall gonna kill you” line, even though I already knew it. I’d easily recommend this to anyone. Rating: 4/4 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. 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? 41. Get Carter- Michael Caine is equally awesome whether he's working with Batman or the Muppets. So there's a movie where he personally beats the poo poo out of gangsters? Nice. 42. The Pink Panther- Based on Dr. Strangelove alone I feel safe saying Peter Sellers is a genius. Yet somehow I've never gotten around to watching any of these. 43. 3 Women- My first Altman was pretty good, let's see some more. 44. Lethal Weapon- More 80's action. I imagine this is sort of like Die Hard, or maybe Die Hard 3 since it's a buddy cop movie. I don't really know anything about it, though. 45. Midnight Cowboy- When I take a movie off my list, I like to replace it with a similar one. So let's have another weird late sixties counterculture movie. Hope I'm not disappointed by this one. 46. Full Metal Jacket- I'm trying to figure out if I'm a fan of Kubrick. Dr. Strangelove is one of my favorite movies, but it was the first of his I saw, and none of the others have been as impressive. Still, this one is pretty significant culturally, and I can see R. Lee Ermey's tedious shtick back when it was still fresh. 47. Ikiru- Been too long without a Kurosawa. Let's fix that. 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, Rocky: 3.5/4, Gandhi: 3.5/4, City Lights: 4/4, Battleship Potemkin: 3.5/4, Predator: 3/4, Easy Rider: 1.5/4, Platoon: 3.5/4, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: 4/4
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