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I'm looking for movies that strive to depict historical settings (not necessarily historical events) with accuracy. A few anachronisms are okay, I just want them to try to be authentic. Bonus points if they're at least 2000 years in the past; double bonus points if they don't involve the Roman Empire at all. I watched Pharaoh a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it, and the novel it's based on is said to have been particularly meticulously-researched, so I'd like to see more along those lines.
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I've lately been in the mood for films with adventure and colourful settings and characters - Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghibli films, Indiana Jones, Star Wars OT, Fifth Element, stuff like that. Does anybody have some suggestions along those lines?
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Aug 9, 2014 10:52
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Bongo Bill posted:I'm looking for movies that strive to depict historical settings (not necessarily historical events) with accuracy. A few anachronisms are okay, I just want them to try to be authentic. Bonus points if they're at least 2000 years in the past; double bonus points if they don't involve the Roman Empire at all. I watched Pharaoh a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it, and the novel it's based on is said to have been particularly meticulously-researched, so I'd like to see more along those lines. I haven't done any research on the period so I don't know how accurate it is, but The Princess and the Assassin was really good, and felt realistic to me.
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Aug 9, 2014 17:38
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I've lately been in the mood for films with adventure and colourful settings and characters - Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghibli films, Indiana Jones, Star Wars OT, Fifth Element, stuff like that. Does anybody have some suggestions along those lines? The Mummy (just the first one from 1999; more of a spiritual sequel to the Indiana Jones movies than Crystal Skull was) Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Rocketeer Captain America Streets of Fire The American Astronaut and its unofficial sequel, Stingray Sam (both are in black and white, super-low budget, and weird as hell, but they're sci-fi Western adventure musicals.) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (it's not great, but I think it's entertaining anyway, especially if you're a fan of the general concept but not familiar with the comic book source material) Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Aug 10, 2014 |
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Aug 9, 2014 18:44
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I've lately been in the mood for films with adventure and colourful settings and characters - Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghibli films, Indiana Jones, Star Wars OT, Fifth Element, stuff like that. Does anybody have some suggestions along those lines? The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Big Trouble in Little China And I have to second The Rocketeer.
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Aug 10, 2014 01:56
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Finally read 1984. Which film adaptation would you recommend?
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Aug 10, 2014 07:37
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I've lately been in the mood for films with adventure and colourful settings and characters - Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghibli films, Indiana Jones, Star Wars OT, Fifth Element, stuff like that. Does anybody have some suggestions along those lines?
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Aug 10, 2014 09:22
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Armyman25 posted:Finally read 1984. I've only seen the John Hurt version; it's been a while but from what I recall, I wouldn't. Watch Brazil instead.
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Aug 10, 2014 12:31
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Speaking of book adaptations, I've got about 200 pages left in Crime & Punishment. Any particularly good adaptations out there?
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Aug 10, 2014 15:49
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I feel like watching Blade Runner again but I just remembered it has a ton of different versions out there. Which version is the "best" version of Blade Runner?
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Aug 10, 2014 19:56
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Armyman25 posted:Finally read 1984. 1956 BBC adapatation by Kneale, starring Peter Cushing.
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Aug 10, 2014 20:06
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I feel like watching Blade Runner again but I just remembered it has a ton of different versions out there. Which version is the "best" version of Blade Runner? Edit: There seem to be lots of South Korean films on Netflix - I've watched Punch already and really enjoyed it, but I also watched More Than Blue and didn't get on with its melodrama. So I guess I'd rather watch one that has elements of comedy rather than exploitative heartstring-tugging. Any recommendations? Preferably on Netflix. Chas McGill fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Aug 10, 2014 |
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Aug 10, 2014 20:19
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I feel like watching Blade Runner again but I just remembered it has a ton of different versions out there. Which version is the "best" version of Blade Runner? The only two cuts you should care choose between, assuming you are a non-diehard who doesn't watch the movie every week, are the international theatrical one and the 2007 version called "The Final Cut". The theatrical version has voice-overs, which fans dislike because it explains too much and can kill the mood. The Final Cut removed those, but it has a slightly annoying blue tint that movies use now instead of black for darkness. The Final Cut has the better ending, and was completely under Ridley Scott's vision and wasn't a rush job. Don't choose between the versions based on the ending. Go with the theatrical if you can't remember a drat thing about the film and want to hear Harrison Ford do hardboiled detective voice-over (Which I actually like, but admit it isn't good for the film). If you remember the film somewhat and haven't seen it since the 2007 The Final Cut edition, watch that.
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Aug 10, 2014 20:34
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TrixRabbi posted:Speaking of book adaptations, I've got about 200 pages left in Crime & Punishment. Any particularly good adaptations out there? Do you mean strict interpretations or general adaptions? The Machinist is a good adaptation of it.
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Aug 10, 2014 22:23
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Chas McGill posted:Edit: There seem to be lots of South Korean films on Netflix - I've watched Punch already and really enjoyed it, but I also watched More Than Blue and didn't get on with its melodrama. So I guess I'd rather watch one that has elements of comedy rather than exploitative heartstring-tugging. Any recommendations? Preferably on Netflix. I'm not sure if they're on Netflix, but I got a kick out of both Attack the Gas Station! and Save the Green Planet.
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Aug 10, 2014 23:19
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Do you mean strict interpretations or general adaptions? The Machinist is a good adaptation of it. Either/or. Although I hated The Machinist when I watched it a few years ago.
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Aug 10, 2014 23:23
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You could watch Match Point.
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Aug 11, 2014 00:15
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Aki Kaurismaki's first (?) was an adaptation and it's pretty good. Transplanted to 1983 Finland and loosely sticking to the story, very dry and spare, it's very much him but not all what he'd become at the same time (if that makes sense). Great use of music too.
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Aug 11, 2014 14:12
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Looking for films that are heavily based on Greek or Roman mythology. Not really sure exactly what I'm looking for but re-watching Hercules: The Legendary Journeys has me in the mood for something with similar elements. Also, are there any good movies out there about Vikings?
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Aug 12, 2014 19:41
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for films that are heavily based on Greek or Roman mythology. Not really sure exactly what I'm looking for but re-watching Hercules: The Legendary Journeys has me in the mood for something with similar elements. Odds are you'll hate or love Valhalla Rising, or think it's ok.
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Aug 12, 2014 19:49
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for films that are heavily based on Greek or Roman mythology. Not really sure exactly what I'm looking for but re-watching Hercules: The Legendary Journeys has me in the mood for something with similar elements. And 300. Just kidding.
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Aug 12, 2014 20:53
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Oliver Reed posted:Also, are there any good movies out there about Vikings? The Viking Sagas is far and away the best depiction of vikings on film. It blew me away when I saw it. Other titles of interest: The 13th Warrior, Mario Bava's Knives of the Avenger, Outlander.
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Aug 12, 2014 22:43
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for films that are heavily based on Greek or Roman mythology. Clash of the Titans (original, not remake, also it's a bit of a misnomer because it's about the Greek Gods, not the Titans (who were the predecessors to the Gods)) If you're open to a bit of singing, Offenbach's Orphee aux Enfers has a lot of fun with the Orpheus / Eurydice myth. Watch the version with Natalie Dessay. A sampling (with wretched audio quality and messed up aspect ratio, but it should give you an idea of whether you'd like it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6SDINpeTw  For another interpretation of the Orpheus / Eurydice myth, there's the Brazilian film Black Orpheus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053146/
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Aug 12, 2014 23:25
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So I recently saw the absolutely excellent The Long Good Friday starring the late great Bob Hoskins, with cameos from a young Pierce Brosnan and the dude who plays Bricktop as some goon. Any recommendations for good british gangster/crime flicks? I've seen Snatch and Lock Stock, so those 2 are off the table. I'm looking for something more of the time period of Long Good Friday too, and not necessarily some crazy over the top stuff but rather a well paced, interesting story like this movie.
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Aug 13, 2014 12:52
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Gozinbulx posted:So I recently saw the absolutely excellent The Long Good Friday starring the late great Bob Hoskins, with cameos from a young Pierce Brosnan and the dude who plays Bricktop as some goon. Sexy Beast has one of the best performances from Ben Kingsley and is the debut for Jonathan Glazer who did Closer and more recently Under The Skin. If you want something similar to the Guy Ritchie films then Layer Cake is probably your best bet. If you want some from the 70's then The Hit is good (it also inspired Sexy Beast as well as Soderberg's The Limey, Brit gangster films are very incestuous) If you want unconventional then Ben Wheatley's debut Down Terrace is pretty solid, Nick Roeg's Performance looks at masculinity through the lens of the 60's counterculture, 44 inch chest is probably the closest of these to the gangster tropes but is savagely vicious in a way that dispels any romantic notions of who these people are.
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Aug 13, 2014 13:27
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Iphigenia, The Trojan Women, Electra, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Jason and the Argonauts (1963). Starscream posted:The Viking Sagas is far and away the best depiction of vikings on film. It blew me away when I saw it. regulargonzalez posted:Clash of the Titans (original, not remake, also it's a bit of a misnomer because it's about the Greek Gods, not the Titans (who were the predecessors to the Gods)) Thanks guys. Some great looking stuff there, especially The Viking Sagas and that Mario Bava movie I haven't seen.
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Aug 13, 2014 13:31
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So Killer of Sheep is amazing. It reminded me so much of the neo-realist Italian films made after the war, but with this incredible sense of humour and regret. It also captures the lives of just a normal hardworking poor family in America that happen to be black. Forgive me if i'm missing some really obvious examples but i'm really hard pressed to remember any other films that actually do this. Again, maybe i'm missing something, but whenever a film wants to show 'poor' and 'black' then it seems to fall into one of these two categories; - no family unit, the protagonist beds women, not marries them, and lives to a masculinist code (which is actually contrasted against the poor but stable domesticity of the main character in KoS here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UwVQQeQbtk). - The single parent struggling to raise a kid and keep down a job (often crosses over with the previous) where all we feel is pity or sympathy. I refuse to believe that this reflects the existence of the entirety of black working class America so i'm coming to you 'Recommend Me' thread for assistance in finding a film that is as genuine, as intelligent and as conscious as Killer of Sheep in offering alternatives to the two archetypes i've mentioned about. (clarity) It seems like to be poor and black means to be perpetually in crisis in Hollywood. I'm not trying to hide the socioeconomic 'realities' of life in the US but i'd like to see a film that breaks up the tired stereotypes, or at least looks at them from a different perspective. harpomarxist fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Aug 13, 2014 |
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Aug 13, 2014 14:16
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Crooklyn.
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Aug 13, 2014 14:48
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And yeah, Killer of Sheep is a masterpiece.
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Aug 13, 2014 14:49
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Bless Their Little Hearts, Bush Mama, and more LA Rebellion stuff, Nothing But a Man,
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Aug 13, 2014 16:40
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El Graplurado posted:Bless Their Little Hearts, Bush Mama, and more LA Rebellion stuff, Nothing But a Man, Oh, I am totally on this poo poo, it all looks great. Thanks.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:09
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Nothing But a Man is SO loving GOOD. It's poor and white, but The Whole Shootin' Match makes a good companion piece.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:14
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harpomarxist posted:Sexy Beast has one of the best performances from Ben Kingsley and is the debut for Jonathan Glazer who did Closer and more recently Under The Skin. Thank you sir!
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Aug 13, 2014 20:51
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Gozinbulx posted:Thank you sir! From what I've seen that is a solid list although regarding Long Good Friday-mould stuff I would also recommend Performance and the original Get Carter. And very much emphasise The Hit, as how that doesn't even have a release here in the UK is absurd. For more recent stuff I'd recommend The General (Irish, but director John "Deliverance" Boorman is British), which is great, and Gangster No. 1, which is at least interesting. Also be aware that Guy Ritchie's success spawned a slew of knockoff trash British gangster stuff, much of it starring Danny Dyer. Avoid the hell out of them. Good British gangster films don't take themselves too seriously.
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Aug 13, 2014 21:06
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TrixRabbi posted:Speaking of book adaptations, I've got about 200 pages left in Crime & Punishment. Any particularly good adaptations out there? Pickpocket
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Aug 14, 2014 01:14
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GimpChimp posted:From what I've seen that is a solid list although regarding Long Good Friday-mould stuff I would also recommend Performance and the original Get Carter. And very much emphasise The Hit, as how that doesn't even have a release here in the UK is absurd. The General is a good pull. Brendan Gleeson *is* Cahill, way better than the Kevin Spacey version that came out around the same time. I was also thinking that Face is interesting, directed by Antonia Bird (who also did the cult favourite Ravenous) the main character is an ex socialist who decides to rob banks - it's not too deep, but different from the usual shite that came out after the Lockstock fame. Scum I guess might be considered interesting too, if only for this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0XsSDOlfo
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Aug 14, 2014 01:34
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I would pick Made In Britain over Scum, fursonally.
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Aug 14, 2014 15:30
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I would pick Made In Britain over Scum, fursonally. Yeah, or that. I was trying to keep with the Brit 'gangster' theme though rather than skinhead nihilism.
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I just saw At Berkeley and loved it and wanna see a lot more Frederick Wiseman, where should I start? In particular I liked how it immerses you deep in people's area expertise (whether as a student or professional) without tuning the language or presentation down at all for a layman viewer so preferably something with more of that. For some reason that is super fascinating to me even when the meaning goes totally over my head.
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Eggnogium posted:I just saw At Berkeley and loved it and wanna see a lot more Frederick Wiseman, where should I start? In particular I liked how it immerses you deep in people's area expertise (whether as a student or professional) without tuning the language or presentation down at all for a layman viewer so preferably something with more of that. For some reason that is super fascinating to me even when the meaning goes totally over my head. Titicut Follies and Law & Order are both excellent. So, I'm looking for movies that had political impact on the real world. The classic example is The Thin Blue Line, which got an innocent man released from prison. But there's also I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang, which helped fuel a rallying cry to abolish chain gangs altogether in the US. Any more? I remember Mark Cousins talking about a Soviet movie in The Story of Film: An Odyssey that was a massive influence on Gorbachev and helped inspire him to work towards dismantling the USSR. But I can't remember the name. (And yeah, I know the story about John Hinckley Jr and Taxi Driver) TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Aug 24, 2014 |
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