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OldSenileGuy posted:After getting my tits blown off by Max Max, I'm trying to make a list of the best R-rated action films of the 21st century. I suppose they technically don't have to be R-rated, but saying "R-rated action film" is the best way to convey the type of movie I'm looking for. So far I have: Planet Terror has a horror theme to it but definitely fits the bill. The Taken movies are PG-13 but can get pretty gritty/violent. Shooter with Mark Wahlberg? Maybe the Kick-rear end movies?
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OldSenileGuy posted:After getting my tits blown off by Max Max, I'm trying to make a list of the best R-rated action films of the 21st century. I suppose they technically don't have to be R-rated, but saying "R-rated action film" is the best way to convey the type of movie I'm looking for. So far I have: Shoot 'em Up Give 'em Hell Malone Death Proof (It has some absolutely stunning car gags) Bad Boys II
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May 18, 2015 22:17
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HP Hovercraft posted:As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is probably my favorite film of all time. If you can get your hands on a copy it's essential to watch all 5 hours in one sitting, believe me it's worth it. I hope it does for you what it did for me. I finally got around to this yesterday. For someone who writes as much as I do, words failed me at the end. I was basically just enjoying myself, then got hit with this huge wave of catharsis around the "life goes on" montage - I think somewhere around the 4/5 mark. I'm going to have to be more thorough when I write about it later this week, but it seems As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty did for me what Tree of Life did for a lot of other people.
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May 18, 2015 22:24
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OldSenileGuy posted:After getting my tits blown off by Max Max, I'm trying to make a list of the best R-rated action films of the 21st century. I suppose they technically don't have to be R-rated, but saying "R-rated action film" is the best way to convey the type of movie I'm looking for. So far I have: 13 Assassins
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May 19, 2015 15:09
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Allyn posted:Y'all have served me well so far, so another request: films about either people encountering their doppelgangers, or encountering a second version of themselves (whether through time travel or other means). Ones I've seen include The Double Life of Veronique, Enemy, The Double, Moon, Another Earth, Interstellar, Primer, Triangle, Timecrimes... that kinda thing. That's just about everything I've seen which uses this trope I think, so anything not listed, no matter how famous, would be welcome It sort of meets your criterion in a different way, but since it's one of my top three favorite movies, I'll add Love Letter (directed by Shunji Iwai). Kvlt! posted:What are some movies that are about people being haunted by ghosts? Not in a horror sense, more of a "character haunted by his past/ghosts" type thing. When this was brought up again I realized it might be worth pointing out the obvious: Bringing Out the Dead which is probably exactly like Rescue Me. I feel it's one of Scorsese's underappreciated films.
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May 19, 2015 16:58
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Allyn posted:Y'all have served me well so far, so another request: films about either people encountering their doppelgangers, or encountering a second version of themselves (whether through time travel or other means). Ones I've seen include The Double Life of Veronique, Enemy, The Double, Moon, Another Earth, Interstellar, Primer, Triangle, Timecrimes... that kinda thing. That's just about everything I've seen which uses this trope I think, so anything not listed, no matter how famous, would be welcome Lake Mungo.
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May 19, 2015 17:20
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Kangra posted:When this was brought up again I realized it might be worth pointing out the obvious: Bringing Out the Dead which is probably exactly like Rescue Me. I feel it's one of Scorsese's underappreciated films. Totally agree with this. It goes from projecting light through the windows to create a church stained glass effect during Cage's moments of peace, to boisterous comedy from Ving Rhames playin' Jesus to I Be Bangin', it's all perfect. I get why people might be thrown off by the massive tonal shifts but it's the exact sort of movie I would have expected a remorseful Scorsese to make after he first kicked the cocaine habit, not years later.
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May 19, 2015 19:36
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What are some of the darker superhero movies? Think The Crow, The Punisher, or maybe Nolan's Batman series.
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May 22, 2015 01:36
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Kvlt! posted:What are some of the darker superhero movies? Think The Crow, The Punisher, or maybe Nolan's Batman series. The Netflix Daredevil series should be dark enough for you, and definitely parts of the first two seasons of Arrow (although it also descends into angsty melodrama). If you want to talk "comic book adaptations" rather than just "superheroes," definitely Dredd and Sin City (haven't seen the sequel). A History of Violence and Road to Perdition are both very dark and based on graphic novels.
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May 22, 2015 05:14
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Kvlt! posted:What are some of the darker superhero movies? Think The Crow, The Punisher, or maybe Nolan's Batman series.
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May 22, 2015 05:42
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Defendor
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May 22, 2015 15:23
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Kvlt! posted:What are some of the darker superhero movies? Think The Crow, The Punisher, or maybe Nolan's Batman series. Chronicle
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May 22, 2015 22:51
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Can someone recommend me some good John Waters stuff? I've only seen Pink Flamingos (which I liked).
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Yaws posted:Can someone recommend me some good John Waters stuff? I've only seen Pink Flamingos (which I liked). Serial Mom, Cry-Baby and Pecker.
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May 23, 2015 00:17
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Serial Mom, Cry-Baby and Pecker. Thanks. Have you seen any of his early stuff?
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May 23, 2015 00:25
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Yaws posted:Thanks. Have you seen any of his early stuff? Yeah. The best of those is Female Trouble.
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May 23, 2015 00:28
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Yaws posted:Can someone recommend me some good John Waters stuff? I've only seen Pink Flamingos (which I liked). Polyester is pretty good. (E: his one man show This Filthy World is also great) Can anyone recommend a really good movie about Jack The Ripper? Best one I've seen would probably be Murder By Decree.
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May 23, 2015 03:02
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Yaws posted:Can someone recommend me some good John Waters stuff? I've only seen Pink Flamingos (which I liked). Hairspray is a classic, the original, haven't heard good things about the musical remake. I liked Cecil B. Demented quite a bit too.
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May 23, 2015 03:38
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A Dirty Shame is batshit crazy.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:Polyester is pretty good. (E: his one man show This Filthy World is also great) Time After Time, and the incredibly badass TV mini Jack The Ripper, starring Michael Caine, Jane Seymour, Armand Assante (for some reason).
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May 23, 2015 04:19
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If I were to watch one, and only one, Elvis movie, which one should it be?
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Jun 1, 2015 23:57
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regulargonzalez posted:If I were to watch one, and only one, Elvis movie, which one should it be? 3000 Miles to Graceland.
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johntfs posted:3000 Miles to Graceland. Or the TV movie, also starring Kurt Russell, directed by John Carpenter.
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Jun 2, 2015 01:52
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anyone here watch The Thing by John Carpenter? it was a good movie. so good in fact i even enjoyed other movies like it. 30 Days of Night and Cabin Fever to be specific. Can you recommend anything else like it??? thanks
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I'm a big fan of the fan-remade movie collages (for lack of a better term) Star Wars Uncut and Our Robocop Remake. Are there any other similarly remade classic action movies out there?
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Jun 2, 2015 04:06
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regulargonzalez posted:If I were to watch one, and only one, Elvis movie, which one should it be? Bubba-Ho-Tep
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:I'm a big fan of the fan-remade movie collages (for lack of a better term) Star Wars Uncut and Our Robocop Remake. Are there any other similarly remade classic action movies out there? It is not exactly what you're asking for, but if you're interested in that, you may also enjoy Live Action Toy Story.
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Bongo Bill? Minor aside, have you used that name for a while? ...but is it art?
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Zesty Mordant posted:Bongo Bill? Minor aside, have you used that name for a while? Yes. We can surely solve the mystery of where you know me from, but you don't have Platinum and it would be rude to clog up this very important thread.
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So I got a free pass to the multiplex because my Mad Max showing started 20 minutes late. What other summer movies are shaping up to be any good?
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I've heard good things about Poltergeist. I'm probably going to wait on a rental, but if I were able to see it for free I would be right there.
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Speleothing posted:So I got a free pass to the multiplex because my Mad Max showing started 20 minutes late. I recommend you see Mad Max again 
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Dr.Caligari posted:I've heard good things about Poltergeist. I'm probably going to wait on a rental, but if I were able to see it for free I would be right there. To me at least Poltergeist was a disaster. I wouldn't see it, even if it was free. Go watch the original instead. You'll have a better time!
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Vorik posted:anyone here watch The Thing by John Carpenter? it was a good movie. so good in fact i even enjoyed other movies like it. 30 Days of Night and Cabin Fever to be specific. Can you recommend anything else like it??? thanks Prince of darkness?
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I've recently watched Videodrome and the first 5 Nightmare on Elm Street films and am looking for some more stuff like that. I guess specifically subversive, body-horror type films. For some reason those movies really get under my skin like nothing else can, and I really enjoy that.
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srypher posted:I've recently watched Videodrome and the first 5 Nightmare on Elm Street films and am looking for some more stuff like that. I guess specifically subversive, body-horror type films. For some reason those movies really get under my skin like nothing else can, and I really enjoy that. More Cronenberg, of course, but also Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Eyes Without a Face.
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srypher posted:I've recently watched Videodrome and the first 5 Nightmare on Elm Street films and am looking for some more stuff like that. I guess specifically subversive, body-horror type films. For some reason those movies really get under my skin like nothing else can, and I really enjoy that. Yeah, more Cronenberg... also Society, Slither, Splinter, the Hellraiser movies... and if you're going to binge on Cronenberg, make sure you watch Rick and Morty after. edit: Oh, and watch Tusk, lol. monkey fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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srypher posted:I've recently watched Videodrome and the first 5 Nightmare on Elm Street films and am looking for some more stuff like that. I guess specifically subversive, body-horror type films. For some reason those movies really get under my skin like nothing else can, and I really enjoy that. Nightbreed and the first two Hellraiser films should be on the top of the list. Then eXistenz and The Fly.
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Speleothing posted:So I got a free pass to the multiplex because my Mad Max showing started 20 minutes late. The films I'm looking forward to are: Jurassic World, Inside Out, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Fantastic Four, and Man from UNCLE. There's also Terminator and Ant Man if that's your thing.
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Kvlt! posted:To me at least Poltergeist was a disaster. I wouldn't see it, even if it was free. Go watch the original instead. You'll have a better time! Oh, yeah, for sure. The original rocks. I'm a fan of Sam Rockwell, so I will try the remake, even with no/low expectations
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