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stickyfngrdboy posted:We actually watched Del Toro's Don't be Afraid of the Dark recently Del Toro is the producer of this film and a contributor to adapting the screenplay from the original made-for-TV version. He's not the director of this film. I just wanted to put that out there because the advertisements for this film were hilarious in how hard they tried to pass a remake of a made-for-TV movie (and a loving GREAT one at that) by a green director as Del Toro's latest project.
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InfiniteZero posted:made-for-TV movie (and a loving GREAT one at that) I'd love to get your thoughts on it, because it never worked for me. I love '70s TV horror as a rule, but I've never thought this deserved the praise it gets over, say, Crowhaven Farm, The Dead Don't Die, or A Cold Night's Death.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:We actually watched Del Toro's Don't be Afraid of the Dark recently, and she quite liked it, complaining only that it wasn't creepy enough. My wife was terrified! I think Devil's Backbone may well be one she will enjoy, having read the IMDB entry. Thanks for your help, really appreciate it. caiman posted:Also check out The Changeling with George C. Scott.
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Okay, I would like to make a request. I've been thinking back to the time that I watched that Robert Redford movie The Last Castle, and flawed though it was I bloody adore the way the pre-prepared battle plan is put into action towards the end. That sense of preparation, and then action, was exhilarating. I'd like to find more films, or even just scenes, that have leaders barking orders and putting cool plans into effect. I guess the closest other example I could think of off the top of my head would be any of several scenes in Zulu. This will probably weight towards war films (I'm fine with that) but anything from any genre would be welcomed. Whatcha got for me goons?
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Parkingtigers posted:Okay, I would like to make a request. I've been thinking back to the time that I watched that Robert Redford movie The Last Castle, and flawed though it was I bloody adore the way the pre-prepared battle plan is put into action towards the end. That sense of preparation, and then action, was exhilarating. Also, do you mean by "action" a battle sequence or just a plan going into effect? If it's the latter, have you considered heist flicks scratching that itch? kuddles fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Apr 19, 2012 |
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Although the preparation part is minimal, there's several scenes like that in Band of Brothers.
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Band of Brothers is awesome, and does come very close at times. Kuddles, I've seen nearly all those films (and I'll certainly check out the ones I missed), and while good suggestions they aren't quite what I'm looking for. I should clarify as I don't think I was specific enough. I enjoyed the pre-prepared plan in The Last Castle so much because I only got to learn of it at the moment it was put into action. Not being privy to the planning made what happened much more involving. But yes, any heist movies or similar that might work would also be grand. I think I might be hunting a mythical unicorn on this one and I apologise if I'm a bit vague in what I want. The original of The Italian Job also comes close. Actually, very close, so films like that could work very well.
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Parkingtigers, you might want to check out the TV show Leverage, then. That's actually kind of the premise of the show. (You actually learn of the plan AFTER it was put in action, not during, which still might fit.) Can't think of heist movies that fit that other than the obvious ones. (Heist, The Sting, Nine Queens, the new Oceans 11) kuddles fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Apr 19, 2012 |
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Oh now that sounds interesting. I'm very out of touch when it comes to television as I don't have a TV and wait to hear lots of good buzz about a show before I go and hunt it down. Never heard of this at all, so I'll definitely hunt this down.
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penismightier posted:I'd love to get your thoughts on it, because it never worked for me. I love '70s TV horror as a rule, but I've never thought this deserved the praise it gets over, say, Crowhaven Farm, The Dead Don't Die, or A Cold Night's Death. Not 70s, but have you seen 1982's Don't Go To Sleep? It might be my favorite tv horror.
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So I've started a Film Society at my college, and our first screening is going to be in a couple weeks on May 2nd. However, we're having trouble deciding on our first film, since we need to make an impression with it. We're trying to find something that's accessible, fun, and decently well known, without being alienating. For example we considered The Big Lebowski but one of our advisers felt it was too much of a guy movie and thought we should aim for something more neutral demographic wise. The Godfather was thrown out as well for being too long (even though we thought it was the perfect choice, try to get college students to come to a 3 hour film in the middle of the week). Casablanca was an option, but we don't want people to think the club is going to be just about old black and white classics. At some point over the course of the club's screenings we'll definitely show these, but we need something to appropriately establish it first. Right now we're leaning towards O Brother, Where Art Thou. It's not too old, but not too recent. It's fun, enjoyable, and fairly well known amongst the type of crowd we hope to attract. It's also a great film. Although we were toying around with other options too, but I think the only one that came close was Annie Hall. I feel fine with O Brother, but I feel like there's a better choice we can't figure out. Maybe I'm just over thinking it. Anybody have any suggestions?
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Go with West Side Story or Singing in the Rain. They are fun movies, especially when you watch them in a crowd. They are pretty neutral demographically. They are classics without being black and white classics, and there is a decent chance a lot of people will never have seen them despite recognizing the name. They also have a pretty high success rate. People might not love them, but very few people don't enjoy them.
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TrixRabbi posted:So I've started a Film Society at my college, and our first screening is going to be in a couple weeks on May 2nd. However, we're having trouble deciding on our first film, since we need to make an impression with it. We're trying to find something that's accessible, fun, and decently well known, without being alienating.
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I think you nailed it, O Brother is a perfect first film to go with. Anything with an extreme of anything would be a bad first choice, as you need to start neutral and then go off on every tangent. Nothing else listed so far is as good a film as what you have picked. All good choices for future weeks, but O Brother is a grand place to start. Sounds like you have the right kind of taste to be running a film society. If you are having a discussion about the film afterwards, there is so much to work with with that film too. Good luck dude.
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My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen.
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen. Well first thing to come to mind is "Der Krieger und die Kaiserin". After this it's a bit more tricky but maybe could try "Der Tunnel" or "Das Boot" even (yes they are both depressing!).
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen. Some relatively accessible German films: Goodbye, Lenin - comedy/coming of age Mostly Martha - romantic comedy Der Baader Meinhof Komplex - historical drama Anatomie - a mediocre, but kind of fun, horror movie Some half-German/half-English movies: Bagdad Cafe Schultze Gets The Blues If you feel like branching out into more depressing/abstract (but still great) movies, there's stuff like Wings of Desire, Alice in the Cities, Revanche, The White Ribbon, The Edukators, Downfall, Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Tin Drum, Werner Herzog's early movies, other stuff by Wim Wenders, etc., etc. morestuff fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Apr 23, 2012 |
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen. The Tunnel is perfect for you
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Great suggestions, thanks. Schultze Gets the Blues looks awesome.
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I'm looking for some recommendations for scary movies that have come out in the last ten years or so. There's one movie in particular that I've enjoyed quite a bit, but can't for the life of me remember what the hell it was; hopefully I'll see it recommended as well as some other good ones. Here's the main criteria though, I don't like gore stuff (like Saw), and I absolutely hate loud noises and stuff jumping at the screen to scare you (90% of scary movies). I think a good scary movie relies almost entirely on the mood and atmosphere to create a creepy feeling - or at least that's what I like. Some movies that I liked that did this are Shutter Island, Paranormal Activity, and The Shining. Thanks guys.
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Rekkit posted:I'm looking for some recommendations for scary movies that have come out in the last ten years or so. There's one movie in particular that I've enjoyed quite a bit, but can't for the life of me remember what the hell it was; hopefully I'll see it recommended as well as some other good ones. House of the Devil might be up your alley.
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen. Die Welle is worth a look, interesting movie about fascism from a modern German perspective.
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Rekkit posted:I'm looking for some recommendations for scary movies that have come out in the last ten years or so. There's one movie in particular that I've enjoyed quite a bit, but can't for the life of me remember what the hell it was; hopefully I'll see it recommended as well as some other good ones. Silent Hill has some gore and some jump scares, but it conveys an atmosphere of creeping dread and doom like nothing else. Also The Thing (which has gore but also amazing creepy atmosphere), Cube (which has a bit of gore), and Session 9 (which probably has a jump scare or two).
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Luigi's Discount Porn Bin posted:My girlfriend and I have one night each week where we speak German with each other and watch German films, but the well is starting to run dry. So I'm looking for some good German language films, preferably ones that aren't really depressing or obscure - more along the lines of Lola Rennt than Das Leben Der Anderen. Just to add to the others, Aimee Und Jaguar is worth a rental. Wasn't as good as I had hoped, but still enjoyable, it's about a German lesbian in love with a Jew in WWII.
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Im Juli is a really fun, light German-Turkish (Fatih Akin) romantic comedy
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Can anyone recommend me some dark, atmospheric, modern low fantasy films, a bit like Lukyanenko's Night Watch trilogy (I tried to watch the movies, but it felt like they missed the point of the books).
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The Mutato posted:Can anyone recommend me some dark, atmospheric, modern low fantasy films, a bit like Lukyanenko's Night Watch trilogy (I tried to watch the movies, but it felt like they missed the point of the books). Underworld movies or Blade I guess.
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Rekkit posted:I'm looking for some recommendations for scary movies that have come out in the last ten years or so. I really hated Paranormal Activity but I know what you mean, "1408" is one I liked, "The number 23" maybe, or "The Others" .
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The Mutato posted:Can anyone recommend me some dark, atmospheric, modern low fantasy films, a bit like Lukyanenko's Night Watch trilogy (I tried to watch the movies, but it felt like they missed the point of the books). And my criticker pulls up these possibilities: Donnie Darko, The Fall, Ink, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, Let the Right One In, Coraline, Pan's Labyrinth, Enter the Void, MirrorMask, I Am Legend.
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RizieN posted:Can anyone recommend some kind of film with some hosed up imagery like Begotten, preferably with some freaky scene where you're not entirely sure of what you're looking at but you know its either scary as hell, brutal as hell, or freaky as hell. The older and lesser known the movie is the better. Bonus points if it's public domain. Gonna do one repost....Anyone got anything for me?
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RizieN posted:Gonna do one repost....Anyone got anything for me? I haven't seen Begotten, but you can always try Eraserhead.
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Yea I've seen Eraserhead (I love David Lynch), so some more in the same realm would be pretty awesome. I wish there were more David Lynch's doing projects.
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Ever seen Tetsuo: The Iron Man? If not, give that a whirl.
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kuddles posted:While we are on the topic, I watched The House Of The Devil last weekend and it kind of unnerved me for most of the way through.
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kuddles posted:Reposting this from previously because I think it got buried. Recommend me some classic horror films, folks! I recommended this to someone on the last page with a similar request: The Changeling.
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kuddles posted:Reposting this from previously because I think it got buried. Recommend me some classic horror films, folks! The original Omen trilogy still stands up pretty well. Night of the Demon (cut by 10 minutes an released as Curse of the Demon in the US) is a little gem from 1957 that is one of my favourites. And if you haven't seen it, The Exorcist is every bit as good as its reputation says it is. I waited years to watch that, and my only regret is that I didn't watch it at night with the lights off.
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Dead of Night is another one and features probably the first "evil ventriloquist's dummy" film segment ever.
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kuddles posted:Reposting this from previously because I think it got buried. Recommend me some classic horror films, folks! What do you mean by "classic"? I can't remember if it's been recommended or not, but I think you'd like The Haunting, from 1963. I also second The Changeling, and you could also try out Cat People, The Leopard Man, Poltergeist and The Thing. Maybe also try Five Millions Years to Earth (aka Quatermass and the Pit) and Carnival of Souls, if you don't mind them getting a little campy. I'd be hesitant to recommend more, especially when it consists of stuff like Suspiria or The Beyond, which isn't a spectacularly well-made film, and is kinda zombie nonsense during most of it, but it genuinely conveys a sense of apocalyptic/Lovecraftian other worldliness in it's final act that I still remember it. Granted, I don't know how many of these you'll actually find "scary." I tend to watch these movies more for the atmosphere than to be scared, but all the ones I listed are good in my opinion, and you should atleast watch them to say you've seen them. I really think you'll enjoy The Haunting, The Changeling and The Thing the most, though.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:and you could also try out Cat People, The Leopard Man, Since we're talking Val Lewton, I'll throw The Body Snatcher out there too.
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