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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Sci-Fi Slot: Ex Machina: Everyone so far has told me it’s really good, pensive sci-fi, but it’s also long. I was given Throne of Blood by X-Ray Pecs and I loved it. What a great Macbeth adaptation! Toshiru Mifune is just a delight to watch. It's amazing how far he can go with his facial expressions and his running around while still being utterly convincing. Overall this just edges the Welles and Polanski as my fav Macbeth. The creepy Japanese witch imagery and the sorta stilted old noh theatre influences really work well in a cool and creepy way. Man with a Movie Camera - Often shows up on lists of great films and everything about how it was made and how that's incorporated into the film sounds really interesting. American Psycho - Thought the book was great. Movie's supposed to be real good too, if a bit different. Thief - Other Mann movies I've seen were good, need to watch this one. Nightcrawler - Didn't manage to see this in the cinema last year, but everything about it seems extremely my poo poo. Chungking Express - I've only seen ''in the mood for love'' from Wong and I should change that. Strange Days - Picked this up at a thrift store a year or so back and I've been close to watching it about a dozen times. Spider - Went to a big Cronenberg exhibition last year and I've slowly been going through all his films. This one is next. Elephant - I wonder what the chances are that this will be tragically relevant due to current events when it gets picked. Watched: The Night of the Hunter, F for Fake, Throne of Blood
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GMEEOORH, I'm picking for you again, so go with something very different and watch American Psycho. I was given Tremors, which was awesome. Not much flashy or fancy here, not much deep thematic material, but you get goofy horror about giant worms in spades. Perfection is a great setting, and everyone in it has their own unique bits of character, and the friendship between Bacon and Ward is well-developed. The script and editing are tight, and give the film constant forward momentum. The Graboid effects are great, and watching all the different ways the filmmakers play with the giant worms premise is a hell of a lot of fun. Highly recommended for anyone hoping to scratch a creature feature itch. My list (sorted by time on my list, with longest at the top): 1) A Zed & Two Noughts - The only Greenaway I've seen is the excellent The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, and this one comes highly recommended 2) Under The Skin - ScarJo is something something sci-fi/horror? CineD raves about it, so I might as well watch it. 3) High Plains Drifter - More westerns, with the first Eastwood directed. Just jealous it's the Beastie Boys. 4) Nashville - Nonsense... this is an election year. 5) Serpico - How does Charlie Kelly compare to the Al Pacino/Sidney Lumet classic? NEW 6) Near Dark - Often regarded as one of the best vampire films, and I like the other work I've seen from Bigelow Unshamed: Royal Tenenbaums, 8 1/2, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Pan's Labyrinth, Schindler's List, The Holy Mountain, Boogie Nights, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Exorcist, Days of Heaven, Inland Empire, The Hidden Fortress, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, The Seventh Seal, Manhunter, Lolita, The Last Temptation of Christ, Sunset Boulevard, Once Upon a Time in the West, Suspiria, North by Northwest, Alien3, Badlands, Stagecoach, The Manchurian Candidate, L.A. Confidential, My Darling Clementine, Bringing Out the Dead, Starman, The Rules of the Game, Frankenstein, Malcolm X, Zardoz, Antichrist, The Sound of Music, Thief, Prisoners, Paris Texas, The Descent, El Topo, Adaptation., The Game, Tremors
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X-Ray Pecs you should watch Near Dark. Excellent music, frightening vampires. Watched Ex Machina. Was good, if not a bit predictable. Ultimately a story that's been told time and time again. I prefer Her when it comes to AI love stories because while seemingly human, the AI in Her is much more than just a human in a phone. Ava really was just a human in a robot body and I feel like the movie should have gone down much stranger roads. Really dug the Jurassic Park homage though. Horror Slot: Suspiria: This looks so cool, and weird horror is the best. Action Slot: 300. Fascist propaganda or biting satire? How can I tell without having seen it? Western Slot: Pale Rider. Clint Eastwood, presumably pale, on a horse? Probably good??? War Movie Slot: Thin Red Line. Will it teach me that war is….bad? Comedy Slot: 22 Jump Street. The first one was hilarious, this probably is too. Classic Slot: Citizen Kane. I heard it’s the Citizen Kane of movies so it must be good. Contemporary Artsy Slot: Tree of Life. Is it the biblical or biological metaphor that’s referenced? Does it matter? Older Artsy Slot: Solaris (Tarkovski version): Loved the book, can’t go wrong with the movie then, right? NEW Sci-Fi Slot: Elysium: Loved District 9 and Chappie, and blunt but heartfelt political messages are endearing. Previously: Ex Machina married but discreet fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Picking for IM_DA_DECIDER: you should definitely watch Solaris. My list 1. Yojimbo: I enjoy the Kurosawa I've seen but never got round to this, yet. 2. Lost Highway: Never had someone push me to watch this despite enjoying Lynch. 3. Inside Out: I don't really go for computer animated films, but everyone said this was great? 4. The Revenant: Looked like suffering-porn and obvious Oscar Bait from trailers, but again people say it was good? 5. Aguirre, the Wrath of God: The only Herzog I've seen is his documentary on Tibetan Buddhism. 6. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: For similar reasons as above. 7. In The Mood For Love: I enjoyed Chungking Express but never felt the push to check this out yet despite the acclaim. 8. Mad Max: Loved Fury Road, not really tried any of the other films of the series.
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^Watch Aguirre. On Blu-Ray if that's a viable option. I used to do this, but fell off. So I'm back with a new list. Theming all 5 of my slots. 1) [2015 Slot] Beasts of No Nation (2015) - Idris Elba is one of my favorite actors and I've heard very good things about this film. 2) [Giallo Slot] All the Colors of the Dark (1972) - I really liked The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, also directed by Sergio Martino, and this one comes highly recommended by people on Letterboxd. 3) [Silent Slot] The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Prior to like a week or two ago, I'd never seen a silent feature in my life. I've watched Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari so far, looking to continue to expand my silent horizons. 4) [Exploitation Slot] Black Caesar (1973) - Blaxploitation is one of my biggest guilty pleasures. Can't go wrong with a Fred Williamson joint, far as I can tell. 5) [Sci-Fi Slot] Stalker (1979) - Why I've never seen this one, I truly don't know.
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boom boom boom posted:Seriously, 50 goddamn minutes with only a single gulling. That's a long time to think about how fake rear screen projection looks.  boom boom boom posted:Also, all the blood looked like red paint When I saw it on VHS years ago it looked like ketchup. Jeff Wiiver posted:5) [Sci-Fi Slot] Stalker (1979) - Why I've never seen this one, I truly don't know. You haven't been here in a long time. Indecent Proposal - Would you sell your wife for a one night tryst with Donald Trump or Bill Clinton for $$$ONE MILLION$$$ American dollars? That's the dilemma Woody Harrelson's character faces here. After going through a recession and then losing a ton of $$$ through insane gambling he's left with the option of selling out to a conniving businessman and making a mockery of his marriage. Robert Redford plays the relentless billionaire stalker who will not give up until Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) is his very own. Hardly close to the worst picture of the year but it has some issues: -A spasmodic prologue. -Clunky dual narration. -Magical fix/clean slate ending that makes Redford into the benevolent billionaire. -Three extremely predictable turns. -The premise is kind of a punch line. However, it is funny at times. Particularly the scenes involving the seedy lawyer. Also watched: Fantastic Four - Kind of a cross between Explorers, Stargate and Primer. This is a unique one for a disillusioned generation fed up with boilerplate superheroes. It takes prima donnas (similar to the ones in The Avengers (2012)) and inserts them into a more honest story. It's more like they're antiheroes or postmodern superheroes. Brash, vainglorious, selfish "superheroes" cynically being used as military weapons? It's obvious why it was harshly panned. -It could've used more craftsmanship in the beginning segments. -The horrific transformation of the five characters into mutants and their scenes debuting their powers were memorable. Procrastination (208 completed): #202 Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 - This one keeps jumping on and off the IMDb 250. 11/5/15 #204 Manila in the Claws of Light - Heard this was good. 12/8/15 #208 Queen - IMDb CCL. 1/14/16 #209 The Hour of the Furnaces AKA La hora de los hornos - There are around a dozen films I've recommended ITT to someone that I haven't seen. This is one of them. 2/4/16 #213 Dersu Uzala - Something about a hunter. 3/16/16 new #214 Woodstock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok9941BTzVg 4/3/16 new #215 Flatliners - More of that procrastination. 4/3/16 James Bond versus Godzilla: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep - Godzilla wants Red Lobster for dinner. 3/16/16 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (27/39 completed): 1992 Shining Through - Something about WWII. 11/30/15 1990 Ghosts Can't Do It - Can't do what? 2/24/16
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Zogo, I was recently assigned Dersu Uzala, which I really liked. That is your next movie. Avatar was a very interesting film. The plot was very predictable. I said I heard it was like Dances With Wolves, Star Trek Insurrection and Pocahontas, and it was. However this predictability was more than offset by the visuals and effects. Pandora felt like a real place. I also really liked the mysticism of the Na'avi. It kind of reminded me of the mysticism of the early Star Wars movies, before the midi-chlorians. Not every mystery or strange occurrence needs to be explained. In fact, i find it more appealing when there are some things that are unexplained. My List: Wall Street - Greed is good, I hear. The Gangs of New York - Don't know much about this movie. Faust - Looking forward to another Murnau film. Reds - Don't know much about this movie. A Day at the Races - More Marx Brothers madness, please. The Cat Returns - Need to see some more Studio Ghibli. Sequel to Whisper of the Heart Dodesukaden - Starting to run out of Kurosawa films. What a great director. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - This is one of my grandmothers favorite movies. I haven't seen it yet. House of Wax - I've never seen a Vincent Price picture (except for Edward Scissorhands) Dial M For Murder - More Hitchcock here. 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, Modern Times, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Red Beard, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Cars, Cool Hand Luke, The Public Enemy, Time Bandits, Adaptation, The Producers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gone With The Wind, My Fair Lady, City Lights, A Christmas Carol(1951), Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, West Side Story, Caddyshack, My Neighbor Totoro, Throne of Blood, The Phantom of the Opera, Yellow Submarine, Little Caesar, The Third Man, The Godfather, Persepolis, The Godfather Part II, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Invisible Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Beautiful Mind, The Kid, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gold Rush, Metropolis, Rear Window, Enter the Dragon, Horse Feathers, The Great Dictator, Despicable Me, The Bad Sleep Well, The Wolf Man, Nosferatu, Patton, Howl's Moving Castle, The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Kiki's Delivery Service, The King's Speech, Grave of the Fireflies, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, The Graduate, Whisper of the Heart, The 39 Steps, Ran, Notorious, True Grit, North By Northwest, Rope, Dersu Uzala, Vertigo, Avatar
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My only real problem with Avatar was that Jake Sully was a terrible person. The whole time he's stringing along the Navi because he wants to "earn their trust," and of course the whole thing blows up when the marines invade. He should have told the truth from the beginning, and his not doing so made it impossible for me to like him, which killed my enjoyment of the movie.
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Goddamn I hate Avatar. Dmitri Russkie watch Gangs of New York. I saw parts of it a while ago and those parts were very enjoyable. Watched Solaris. Having read the book I expected a very slow and pensive movie and got just that. Concentrates on the psychological aspect of the book at the expense of the philosophical sci-fi. The latter is probably much better suited for the written form, as the long descriptions of the living ocean wouldn't really translate well. What the movie really suffers from is the lack of resources. The scenes on Earth are gorgeously shot, but the space station looks like a set from the old Star Trek series. I can see why this was remade as it would probably benefit greatly from improved special effects/production design. That being said, I did enjoy the movie even though I would recommend the book over it. The ending was surprisingly and unexpectedly creepy. NEW Older Artsy Slot:The Holy Mountain. El Topo was really good so I have high expectations. Previously: Solaris NEW Thriller Slot: Basic Instinct I remember this being treated like a serious movie, but it's a Verhoeven Hollywood movie, so I have my doubts. Horror Slot: Suspiria: This looks so cool, and weird horror is the best. Action Slot: 300. Fascist propaganda or biting satire? How can I tell without having seen it? Western Slot: Pale Rider. Clint Eastwood, presumably pale, on a horse? Probably good??? War Movie Slot: Thin Red Line. Will it teach me that war is….bad? Comedy Slot: 22 Jump Street. The first one was hilarious, this probably is too. Classic Slot: Citizen Kane. I heard it’s the Citizen Kane of movies so it must be good. Contemporary Artsy Slot: Tree of Life. Is it the biblical or biological metaphor that’s referenced? Does it matter? Sci-Fi Slot: Elysium: Loved District 9 and Chappie, and blunt but heartfelt political messages are endearing. Previously: Ex Machina married but discreet fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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IM_DA_DECIDER watch The Tree of Life. It's a mix of wandering imagery and family drama I enjoyed a lot.Zogo posted:Try [Wild Strawberries] next.  B La Dolce Vita - It's long and I didn't love La Strada. L'Age d'Or - I've skipped all the French Bunuels. Wings of Desire - This movie shares blame for that Goo Goo Dolls song. The Killing - I haven't seen much Kubrick. The Passion of Joan of Arc - I need to see more silent films that aren't from Germany. Chinatown - Haven't seen any Polanksi but Knife In The Water. Aguirre, the Wrath of God - I need to see a scripted Herzog film. Diabolique - People allege it is better than Diabolik. City of God - Highest unseen movie on the IMDB 250 I have lying around. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Working my way through every extended reference from The Simpsons. Psycho A, Raging Bull C, Brazil D, Nosferatu B, Leaving Las Vegas C, Rashomon C, Onibaba C, The Tree of Life A, Casablanca B, Castle In The Sky C, Goodfellas B, Nashville B, Stagecoach A, Wild Strawberries B UltimoDragonQuest fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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UltimoDragonQuest watch Aguirre. Mostly because I want to see how long I can go in this thread just telling people to watch that film. I watched Stalker on Zogo's recommendation. What a trip. I loved the way that all of the scenes outside the zone were shot in a monochrome similar to something you'd see in a silent film. The languidly paced shots even echoed the standard static shots you'd see in a 1920s effort. Then suddenly the camera would start moving. Very unsettling effect. Then they got on the trolley to go into the zone, and the film almost puts you to sleep with the pitter-patter of the tracks. Suddenly, the film is in color and you're in the zone and you're not even quite sure how you got there. Some of the philosophizing went over my head, but I was tickled by the discussions on art and people's desires. The locations they shot at look absolutely incredible and can be viewed in a whole new light when taking into account that various members of the cast and crew ultimately died of different cancers, likely due to their exposure to chemicals and radiation when making this film. 1) [2015 Slot] Beasts of No Nation (2015) - Idris Elba is one of my favorite actors and I've heard very good things about this film. 2) [Giallo Slot] All the Colors of the Dark (1972) - I really liked The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, also directed by Sergio Martino, and this one comes highly recommended by people on Letterboxd. 3) [Silent Slot] The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Prior to like a week or two ago, I'd never seen a silent feature in my life. I've watched Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari so far, looking to continue to expand my silent horizons. 4) [Exploitation Slot] Black Caesar (1973) - Blaxploitation is one of my biggest guilty pleasures. Can't go wrong with a Fred Williamson joint, far as I can tell. 5) [Sci-Fi Slot] The Thing from Another World (1951) - Carpenter's remake is one of my top 5 films of all time.
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Jeff Wiiver, Black Caesar is a fun one. Try it out. I've always liked Star Wars, but I've never been a superfan. Growing up I had no real connection or fascination or love for the movies or characters, it was simply another fun series to enjoy. When The Phantom Menace came out in 1999 I was still in elementary school and quite simply I never saw it. My parents didn't take me, I didn't see it with any friends. I never watched it. By the time Attack of the Clones came out all anyone could talk about was how horrible, how blasphemous it was. So I took their word for it, learned everything I did through pop culture and that Weird Al American Pie parody, and was content to never see any of the prequels. Seventeen years later, with a strong new movie and another one that looks pretty good coming up soon, it was probably time I caught up with the rest of western civilization. So all this time later, with people ripping at each other's throats over this movie and a filmmaker shot down in disgrace, how was it? It sucks. Oh my god does it suck. Anybody trying to claim it's a lost classic or even just "not that bad" is in deep denial because it is loving garbage. A failure on every front imaginable from the script to the acting down to the horrid lighting. I expected something dumb, I didn't realize I'd be getting incompetence. It's not fun, it's not epic, it's not even interesting. It's a non-entity with the aesthetics of a Disney Channel movie. Emotionless characters, wafer-thin plot that never coheres, and despicably racist. Why did it have to get racist? I couldn't tell you. The Darth Maul battle is a shining light in an otherwise joyless affair. But I have no mercy for this movie or George Lucas and no respect for it's defenders. It is trash plain and simple. Not all is grim. I watched Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, which is a drat good giallo with an Edgar Allan Poe influence. At times the ferocity between husband and wife feels like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The editing relies on cutting that feels like your being stabbed. Great fun, grimy and morally corrupt. I'd be down for more Sergio Martino in the future. My List: The Avenging Conscience (1914) - Griffith's last film before The Birth of a Nation. (Added 2/15/2015) Flooding with Love for the Kid (2010) - A guy adapted First Blood (yes, as in Rambo) and filmed it in his 220 square foot New York apartment on a budget of $96 with a cast consisting of himself in every role. It's apparently really good. (Added 9/27/2015) The Life of Juanita Castro (1965) - An Andy Warhol deep cut. Several actresses sit cramped in a room all facing the same direction enacting a drama about the Castros and Che Guevera during the Cuban revolution. I really dig Warhol's minimalist factory films. (Added 11/1/2015) The Hour of the Furnaces (1968) - A sprawling 260 minute documentary that is thankfully broken up into three parts. However, while little plot description exists beyond "a unique film exploration of a nation's soul" it's supposedly one of the tentpoles of radical activist 60s filmmaking. (Added 11/5/2015) The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - It's man. (Added 12/12/2015) Soylent Green (1973) - It's people. (Added 12/19/2015) Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989) - Don't wear it out.  (Added 2/5/2016)Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966) - Mary Ellen Bute's underground, feature length adaptation of Joyce's inscrutable novel. I've never even tried to read it, but I'll give the movie a shot. (Added 4/1/2016) Street Trash (1987) - I'll stop the world and melt for you. (Added 4/9/2016) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) - Classic Mary Pickford, aka my bae. <3 <3 <3 (Added 4/9/2016) Watched: Fort Apache; Damnation; Ran; Ordet; Purple Rain; Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages; Napoléon; Yi Yi; Faces; The Blood of a Poet; The War Room; Sanjuro; The Testament of Dr. Mabuse; Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key; Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (TOTAL: 15)
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TrixRabbi posted:It sucks. Oh my god does it suck. Anybody trying to claim it's a lost classic or even just "not that bad" is in deep denial because it is loving garbage. Mind that when I said it's not that bad, I meant compared to Episode II and III.
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Mind that when I said it's not that bad, I meant compared to Episode II and III. Hahaha. I'm going to watch them but I gotta give it some time. I'm still reeling from this goddamn thing. Also, I want to throw it out there again that Your Vice is a Locked Room... is dope as gently caress and ALSO Kubrick stole the All Work and No Play thing in The Shining from it.
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Mind that when I said it's not that bad, I meant compared to Episode II and III. That's a strange opinion. Most people would say that III was the best of a non-that-good trilogy. I vs. II is an endless battle- I think TPM was the worst, others say AotC was worse.
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TrixRabbi posted:Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key You didn't even have to put a review after this, I'd watch it entirely based on the title.
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TrixRabbi posted:Hahaha. I'm going to watch them but I gotta give it some time. I'm still reeling from this goddamn thing. Well the one good thing to come from going through Phantom Menace and hating is that you can now fully enjoy Mr. Plinket's dissection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I've probably watched his star wars reviews 4 or 5 times now.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:You didn't even have to put a review after this, I'd watch it entirely based on the title. At least 3/4s of the movies I watch, or put on my list, are going solely off how cool the title is.
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TrixRabbi posted:At least 3/4s of the movies I watch, or put on my list, are going solely off how cool the title is. check out A Colt is my Passport
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TrixRabbi, I haven't seen any on your list, so I'm giving you the one that's been on it for the longest, Flooding with Love for the Kid. I was given Near Dark. I knew going in that it was going to be weird, but not quite that weird. It's not weird in a bugshit-crazy way, but it's got a weird vibe, seeing how it's a neo-Western horror romance. That said, I really liked it. The off-kilter vibe comes from the intentional clashing of very grounded mise en scene and dream-like quality because of the editing and a fantastic Tangerine Dream score. This disconnect works in the film's advantage, making everything feel slightly off in a way that keeps you on edge, and really builds in the kill scenes. The acting is also great, with Bill Paxton especially turning in a top-notch performance. The romance between the two leads is well-done, especially for how short a timeframe their relationship is supposed to be in. Overall, I highly recommend it if you're looking for a weird, but still great, horror movie. My list (sorted by time on my list, with longest at the top): 1) A Zed & Two Noughts - The only Greenaway I've seen is the excellent The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, and this one comes highly recommended 2) Under The Skin - ScarJo is something something sci-fi/horror? CineD raves about it, so I might as well watch it. 3) High Plains Drifter - More westerns, with the first Eastwood directed. Just jealous it's the Beastie Boys. 4) Nashville - Nonsense... this is an election year. 5) Serpico - How does Charlie Kelly compare to the Al Pacino/Sidney Lumet classic? NEW 6) Frailty - Bill Paxton's directorial debut film, and it's apparently a wild one. Unshamed: Royal Tenenbaums, 8 1/2, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Pan's Labyrinth, Schindler's List, The Holy Mountain, Boogie Nights, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Exorcist, Days of Heaven, Inland Empire, The Hidden Fortress, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, The Seventh Seal, Manhunter, Lolita, The Last Temptation of Christ, Sunset Boulevard, Once Upon a Time in the West, Suspiria, North by Northwest, Alien3, Badlands, Stagecoach, The Manchurian Candidate, L.A. Confidential, My Darling Clementine, Bringing Out the Dead, Starman, The Rules of the Game, Frankenstein, Malcolm X, Zardoz, Antichrist, The Sound of Music, Thief, Prisoners, Paris Texas, The Descent, El Topo, Adaptation., The Game, Tremors, Near Dark
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X-Ray Pecs, watch Nashville. Anywho, I watched Day for Night and loved everything about it. Seriously. This is the movie - and I know it's not a contest, and doesn't need to be a one or the other sort of thing - that solidified that I'm more of a Truffaut guy than Godard guy. I like the playfulness he brings to his work. Even when Godard is playful, is work is kind of mired with misanthropy. This is fine, but it's also kind of exhausting. And I love Pierrot le Fou and Contempt among others. Truffaut seems to make movies with a sparkle in his eye and a reverence for the power of his medium. Never has this been more clear than in Day for Night, which is pretty literally a love letter to movie making. In all its messy glory, the magic of the movies is alive and real. It's got a Rules of the Game vibe, which gets appropriately name-dropped. And sue me, I love how it props up the magic of movies - even bad ones. It's engaging and fun and another example of why Truffaut is a master of the craft. Very diverse in his style. I haven't seen too many of his films, but I can safely say they have all been wildly different. LIST O SHAME 1)Walkabout - Another from the outback. I know next to nothing about it, but cover art intrigued me. 2) Code Unknown - More Haneke. I love Juliette Binoche, too. Know nothing about it, but bought it blind when Criterion released it. 3) Children of Paradise - I've put it off because it's so long. I imagine it's fantastic, but it's been difficult to motivate myself to watch it. 4) Cobra Verde - This Herzog/Kinski box set won't watch itself! 5) Beauty and the Beast - The Cocteau version. I've only ever seen the Disney movie. This is supposed to be great, right? 6) State of Siege - I loved Z and really liked Missing. What else has Costa Gavras got to offer? 7) Song of the Sea - Irish animation I've wanted to see since it was released. Just got added to Netflix! 8) Tangerine - Been on a number of best of 2015 lists. 9) The Verdict - Paul Newman as a lawyer...it's all I know...it's all I need to know. 10) La Silence de La Mer - Jean Pierre Melville is excellent. I've liked everything I've seen. 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, On the Waterfront, Grave of the Fireflies, Rebecca, The Sweet Hereafter, Peeping Tom, Drunken Angel, Duck Soup, Key Largo, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lady From Shanghai, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, Safety Last!, King Kong, Anatomy of a Murder, In a Lonely Place, Safe, Bad Day at Black Rock, The General, The Magnificent Ambersons, Five Easy Pieces, Porco Rosso, Mystery Train, Rififi, The King of Comedy, The Straight Story, The Kid, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carlos, Onibaba, It Happened One Night, Sherlock Jr., Lone Star, Foreign Correspondent, The Last Detail, Young Mr. Lincoln, Rope, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, The Man Who Laughs, Husbands and Wives, Reds, Sweet Smell of Success, Shadow of a Doubt, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The African Queen, The Lower Depths, Frankenstein, Broadcast News, La Strada, The Last Laugh, Stagecoach, Alexander Nevsky, Don't Look Now, Fish Tank, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Days of Heaven, The Killer, Nosferatu, The Naked Kiss, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Jules et Jim, Mon Oncle, Howl's Moving Castle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Night at the Opera, Berberian Sound Studio, The Natural, Kwaidan, The Color of Money, Fanny and Alexander, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, The Passenger, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Goonies, Z, Ashes and Diamonds, L'Atalante, All Quiet on the Western Front, L'Age D'Or, The Earrings of Madame De..., La Notte, Europa, World on a Wire, Andrei Rublev, Dersu Uzala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Brewster McCloud, Blast of Silence, Ordet, Bringing Up Baby, Pather Panchali, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bride of Frankenstein, Three Colors: White, Three Colors: Red, Kuroneko, A Hard Day's Night, Marketa Lazarova, Tootsie, George Washington, Marnie,Amour,Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Duke of Burgundy, Volver, Day for Night(TOTAL: 183) Ratedargh fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Apr 11, 2016 |
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Apr 11, 2016 04:02
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Ratedargh, you should pick a movie for me.
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Ooops, my bad. Didn't refresh. Watch Nashville!
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TrixRabbi posted:At least 3/4s of the movies I watch, or put on my list, are going solely off how cool the title is. At least 3/4s of the movies on your list seem made up to me. Surname Viet Given Name Nam? Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake? Flooding with Love for the Kid? Little Lord Fauntleroy? Where do you hear about these lesser-known ones? Some have less than 100 votes on IMDb.com Ratedargh posted:I haven't seen too many of his films, but I can safely say they have all been wildly different. My favorite from him is Small Change: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074152/
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Zogo posted:At least 3/4s of the movies on your list seem made up to me. Internet.
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proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnVmzsGRXI
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Argh, not familiar with your list so picking something with Paul Newman in it is probably my best recourse. Lady and the Tramp was a nice one. Disney brought their A-Game with the direction on this. The camera angles giving us a limited but not standard head-cut-off perception off the humans, the masterful animation of Lady as a puppy pulls at your heart perfectly, and the voice acting gives all of the dogs good dimensions. It’s got its problems, of course, the racist song was definitely a little cringe inducing and some of thick accents were heavy handed. It also never really decides if it’s a musical or not. It starts off with a medley of songs, and then lets enough time pass between songs that when they resurface it’s a touch jarring. All in all, this feels a lot like a film where Disney really started to fall into a groove, if it were to make Lady and the Tramp today, and put their current stank on it, it would probably be a masterpiece. Still really good though. 8.5/10 Also got around to watching The Informant! which was a good bit of fun. Damon seems to have a knack for picking movies where he ends up having to carry the whole thing, which he certainly does well here. Kept me guessing and even the supporting cast was really strong. I may be one of the few people who finds the whole thing just incredibly sad, but I work with kids with mental health issues and Damon’s character is clearly troubled. Helped me find the movie meaningful but made it a little harder for me to enjoy. 8.5/10 1. Blue Ruin - Don't know much about this, heard it's exciting and it's a recent film I missed. 2. Memories of Murder - An Every Frame a Painting pick. Looks really gripping and well done. 3. Certified Copy - Heard about this director for the first time from this thread a few pages back. Let's see how it goes! 4. We Need To Talk About Kevin- Chili needs to see a film about Kevin? 5. *NEW*F For Fake *NEW* – I think I’ve seen enough Orson Welles at this point to merit giving this one a go. 6. *NEW* Metropolis *NEW* – Hitler pick. 7. Ordinary People - I'm keeping the number 7 slot open for movies that my mom picks for me. After I talked with her about how much I liked Kramer vs. Kramer, this was her next pick for me. 8. Deconstructing Harry - More Woody please! 9. Beasts Of The Southern Wild - All I know is that the kid is supposed to be great. 10. *NEW* Good Morning, Vietnam *NEW* - My understanding is that this is somewhat overrated but it's never boring watching Robin Williams. 124 Total De-Shamed! Yojimbo 7.5/10, Aliens 6.5/10, Brazil 8/10, Cool Hand Luke 9.5/10, 28 Days Later 6/10, Predator 8.5/10, 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 How to Train Your Dragon 6.5/10, There Will Be Blood 8/10, Manhattan 7/10, Rashomon 8.5/10, Unforgiven 8.5/10 The Third Man 9.5/10, Requiem For A Dream 4/10, Charade 5.5/10, Sunset Blvd. 8/10 , Badlands 6.5/10, Dead Man 8.5/10, On The Waterfront 9/10, Mad Max 6/10, Singin' In The Rain 9.5/10, Sleeper 7.5/10, Enter The Dragon 6.5/10, The Hustler 8/10 , The Town 9/10, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 5.5/10, Boogie Nights 7.5/10, Hanna 8.5/10, The Conversation 7.5/10, Serpico 8/10, Hoop Dreams 9/10, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 8/10, Blood Simple 7.5/10, Roman Holiday 8.5/10, Miller's Crossing 8/10, M 7.5/10, Moonrise Kingdom 6.5/10, Rope 7/10, Tiny Furniture 1/10, On The Town 5.5/10, Gosford Park 5.5/10, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, 8.5/10, City Lights 8.5/10, The Exorcist 6.5/10, California Split 7/10, Aguirre, The Wrath Of God 8/10, Following 8/10, The General 10/10, Barton Fink 8.5/10, Tombstone 8/10, The Hudsucker Proxy 9/10, Love Actually 6.5, La Dolce Vita 7/10, Chop Shop 9.5/10, Duck Soup 6/10, When Harry Met Sally 8/10, Tokyo Story 7/10, Kelly's Heroes 8/10, The Thing 8.5/10, Lost In Translation 9.5/10, Anchorman 6.5/10, Mulholland Dr. 8.5/10, Rebecca9/10, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans 7/10, Steamboat Bill Jr. 9/10, Double Indemnity 9/10, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum 6.5/10, The Man Who Wasn't There 8.10, Synecdoche, NY 10/10 , Leaving Las Vegas 9/10, The Hidden Fortress 8.5/10, Magnificent Seven 8/10, Dear Zachary -/10, The Fly 9/10, Time Bandits 6/10, Before Sunrise 6.5, The Buddy Holly Story 7/10, Pleasantville 7/10, The Rules of the Game 6/10, Senna 7.5/10, Kiki's Delivery Service 8/10, Gojira 9/10, The Blues Brothers 5/10, Notorious 7/10, Little Shop of Horrors 9/10 , The Last Starfighter 7/10, Rebel Without A Cause 8.5/10, Sherlock Jr. 7.5/10, Intolerable Cruelty, 9/10, The Ladykillers 9/10, Spring Breakers 7.5/10, Touch of Evil 8/10, The Purple Rose of Cairo, 9/10, My Cousin Vinny 7/10, Galaxy Quest 8/10, First Blood, 9/10, Arsenic and Old Lace, 7/10, Mad Max 2, 9/10, The Raid: Redemption, 8/10, Kramer vs. Kramer 9.5/10, Nightcrawler 10/10, Frank 9/10, Strangers On A Train 8/10 , Wild Strawberries 7.5/10, They Came Together 5.5/10, The Squid and the Whale, 10/10, Poolhall Junkies 1/10, Citizenfour 10/10, The 400 Blows 9.5/10, Event Horizon 2/10, Ashes and Diamonds, 8/10 Defending Your Life 9/10, The Informant! 8.5/10 The Lady and the Tramp 8.5/10 Chili fucked around with this message at 22:17 on May 14, 2016 |
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Chili watch Memories of Murder. One of my all-time favorites. I watched Black Caesar and liked it well enough. I felt like Tommy's rise to power was slightly glossed over and over-montaged, and the James Brown soundtrack was not nearly as good (or funky) as I was expecting. The film does have some very well composed shots, however. I especially liked the scene in the beginning where young Tommy visits the corrupt cop. As he's at the door, he is seen through the bars of the stairwell, foreshadowing his imminent beating and arrest. There are also some really remarkable shots at the very end when Tommy is staggering around Harlem with a gunshot wound in his gut. Overall much more socially conscious than your average blaxploitation flick, and also seems to mirror Hollywood films closer (makes sense, considering its a remake of Little Caesar). Williamson was good, as he always seems to be. Overall a pretty strong watch. A few frames I found interesting:    1) [2015 Slot] Beasts of No Nation (2015) - Idris Elba is one of my favorite actors and I've heard very good things about this film. 2) [Giallo Slot] All the Colors of the Dark (1972) - I really liked The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, also directed by Sergio Martino, and this one comes highly recommended by people on Letterboxd. 3) [Silent Slot] The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Prior to like a week or two ago, I'd never seen a silent feature in my life. I've watched Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari so far, looking to continue to expand my silent horizons. 4) [Exploitation Slot] Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) - I've been reading up on "pinku" films and Japanese exploitation in general. I love exploitation and Asian cinema, so I'm sure I'll enjoy them when they cross paths. 5) [Sci-Fi Slot] The Thing from Another World (1951) - Carpenter's remake is one of my top 5 films of all time.
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Jeff Wiiver posted:
I'm a big fan of this and I hope you are, too. The Verdict was a bit of a let down. The prestige of Sidney Lumet and Paul Newman had me very excited, but it fell flat. It's like a slightly better A Civil Action, which was't very good, either. I can't quite nail it down, but I think much of my disdain stems from the judge and in general how the odds are stacked against Frank (Newman). It felt far too theatrical. From the word go, the judge is apparently in the defense's pockets and everything Frank does is shot down. This makes the end shrug of a verdict in his favor almost make no sense, though it does show that a jury can't just strike testimony from the record. This is not to say it's a bad movie, just an unremarkable one. Newman is excellent and the role of cynical drunken lawyer who has an awakening through a horrible injustice is a solid role. He gives it appropriate depth and raises the stakes. It'd be easy to believe he's in it for the glory or the money but Newman is able to imbue it with a tortured honesty suggesting he truly believes he's performing a righteous task, even if his odds aren't good. Despite this, the film's reputation had my expectations higher than they should have been. It's a fine film sold as a classic of its time. LIST O SHAME 1)Walkabout - Another from the outback. I know next to nothing about it, but cover art intrigued me. 2) Code Unknown - More Haneke. I love Juliette Binoche, too. Know nothing about it, but bought it blind when Criterion released it. 3) Children of Paradise - I've put it off because it's so long. I imagine it's fantastic, but it's been difficult to motivate myself to watch it. 4) Cobra Verde - This Herzog/Kinski box set won't watch itself! 5) Beauty and the Beast - The Cocteau version. I've only ever seen the Disney movie. This is supposed to be great, right? 6) State of Siege - I loved Z and really liked Missing. What else has Costa Gavras got to offer? 7) Song of the Sea - Irish animation I've wanted to see since it was released. Just got added to Netflix! 8) Tangerine - Been on a number of best of 2015 lists. 9) Dressed to Kill - De Palma thriller with Michael Caine. I haven't seen enough De Palma. 10) La Silence de La Mer - Jean Pierre Melville is excellent. I've liked everything I've seen. 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, On the Waterfront, Grave of the Fireflies, Rebecca, The Sweet Hereafter, Peeping Tom, Drunken Angel, Duck Soup, Key Largo, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lady From Shanghai, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, Safety Last!, King Kong, Anatomy of a Murder, In a Lonely Place, Safe, Bad Day at Black Rock, The General, The Magnificent Ambersons, Five Easy Pieces, Porco Rosso, Mystery Train, Rififi, The King of Comedy, The Straight Story, The Kid, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carlos, Onibaba, It Happened One Night, Sherlock Jr., Lone Star, Foreign Correspondent, The Last Detail, Young Mr. Lincoln, Rope, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, The Man Who Laughs, Husbands and Wives, Reds, Sweet Smell of Success, Shadow of a Doubt, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The African Queen, The Lower Depths, Frankenstein, Broadcast News, La Strada, The Last Laugh, Stagecoach, Alexander Nevsky, Don't Look Now, Fish Tank, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Days of Heaven, The Killer, Nosferatu, The Naked Kiss, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Jules et Jim, Mon Oncle, Howl's Moving Castle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Night at the Opera, Berberian Sound Studio, The Natural, Kwaidan, The Color of Money, Fanny and Alexander, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, The Passenger, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Goonies, Z, Ashes and Diamonds, L'Atalante, All Quiet on the Western Front, L'Age D'Or, The Earrings of Madame De..., La Notte, Europa, World on a Wire, Andrei Rublev, Dersu Uzala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Brewster McCloud, Blast of Silence, Ordet, Bringing Up Baby, Pather Panchali, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bride of Frankenstein, Three Colors: White, Three Colors: Red, Kuroneko, A Hard Day's Night, Marketa Lazarova, Tootsie, George Washington, Marnie,Amour,Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Duke of Burgundy, Volver, Day for Night, The Verdict(TOTAL: 184)
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Its been a long time since i've been on here so I am just going to start a new list since I have seen a good amount of the films on my old list. Im excited to get back into this! First off for Ratedargh I choose you to watch State of Siege! Watched it a bit back and really enjoyed it. Have fun! My List: 1.The Double Life of Veronique - Have really enjoyed what i've seen from Kieslowski so far and hear this is one of his best. No idea why I've been putting it off 2.Rules of the Game - Always see this one come up in best film lists. Not to mention I own it and have yet to watch. 3.Akira - Seems to be universally regarded as one of the best anime movies which is a genre I am in the dark about. Would like to get into them though. 4.To Live And Die in LA - Love Friedkin and this one seems dark and gritty 5.Bone Tomahawk - Seems brutal and I dig Kurt Russel 6.The Lobster - Loved Dogtooth and this one seems interesting 7.Mirror - Really enjoy Tarkovsky but have never finished any of his films. Shame on me 8.Pather Panchali - Never seen any films by Ray. Figure i'd start here 9.The Trial - Surrealist Welles film staring Anthony Perkins? Sounds awesome 10.All The Presidents Men - Just saw Spotlight and loved it, was told I should catch this one too
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TrixRabbi posted:Internet. I was hoping you had some obscure underground movie list. 
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Wyllt, go with The Double Life of Veronique. Kieslowski's my favourite director so I feel duty bound to pick him (plus it's my second favourite of his)  It took me a long-rear end time to get round to watching Shawshank. I was kinda trepidatious, in fact. IMDB's list is filled with so much corny or overblown (or both!) bullshit that I was worried it would be the epitome of that. Fortunately, that's far from the whole story: sure, the score is way too overblown, and the direction can get too Hollywood sentimental, but for the most part it's just a wonderful story, really well told. King and Darabont found some rich thematic veins to mine: fraternity, integrity and hope are all beautifully evoked. And as much as the narration feels dated, the fact it's Morgan Freeman in expectedly superb form softens that. Once the escape starts, Roger Deakins turns on the style: the combination of shape and darkness he uses is astonishing. It was a wonderful surprise too, as I had no idea it contained anything so jaw-dropping... but I guess that's my fault for second-guessing one of the greats. The scene with Mozart playing over the loudspeaker to the prison was the real highlight for me. Pure cinema: surveying everything and everyone coming to a standstill to enjoy this one cathartic moment of bliss amongst a life of often brutal captivity. Really, the only reason I never fell truly in love with Shawshank is there weren't enough similarly transcendent moments. But it is, no question, still a very, very good film. 7.5/10 During my several-month-long hiatus from this thread I also caught a couple of others from my list: A Fistful of Dollars, while beautifully set and shot, I felt little emotional resonance here. Especially with Yojimbo as my favourite Kurosawa, the Man With No Name felt significantly less engaging than Mifune's Sanjuro, whose playful manner worked with the conniving, double-crossing nature far better for me. 6/10 The Godfather Part II, which didn't quite take root like the first part. The Vito half is wonderful -- the genesis of this archetype, and the American dream being simultaneously realised and bastardised -- and the split narrative works wonderfully, but too much of the early Michael stuff felt underwhelming relative to that which followed. Nonetheless, the crescendo towards this climax, with this cruelty having completely corrupted Michael and alienated him from near-everyone not from the family was terrific. 7.5/10 Tokyo Story - Seen a few Kurosawas and plenty of recent Japanese cinema, but no other pre-90s director Ordet - Very, very intrigued by what little I've heard La strada - 8½ was pretty spectacular, but my only Fellini Raging Bull - Scorsese's yet another big blind spot Cries and Whispers - Been a while since I watched Bergman. Seen the big three The General - LOVED the two Keatons I've seen so far Nanook of the North - I love documentaries, and this is the highest one on Sight and Sound's list of the greatest ever that I've not seen (except for Shoah, which is too long to book in here, need to find a ton of time to dedicate to something like that) The Godfather Part III - Let's finish the trilogy up, eh? One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Uh, it's One Flew Over Chungking Express - Been wanting to see this for a while De-shamed: Spirited Away (8.5/10), Vertigo (7/10), A Fistful of Dollars (6/10), The Godfather Part II (7.5/10), The Shawshank Redemption (7.5/10) | [Total: 5]
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Chili posted:I may be one of the few people who finds the whole thing just incredibly sad, but I work with kids with mental health issues and Damon’s character is clearly troubled. Helped me find the movie meaningful but made it a little harder for me to enjoy. That's definitely the aim of the film, you start out like "haha what a goofball" but then you start feeling sorry for him and it becomes kind of a really sad story.
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Allyn posted:
Hope you enjoy it! Children of Paradise First thing I immediately noticed..... all those thousands of extras crowded yet standing out on the Boulevard du Crime. This is 1945, there are no computer effects... holy cow! This certainly falls under the "they don't make movies like this anymore" category. What follows is a constantly engaging narrative of intertwining romances & methods of seduction towards the love interest Garance (Arletty), who seems to love everyone and cannot say no to anything or anyone she cares for. It took me over 3 months to see it, even after it was chosen in this thread - see it now and don't hestitate! LIST American Hustle (2015.10.19) - I'll replace Fincher's 'Dragon Tattoo with another lengthy modern film I'll never watch... unless I'm forced to here. American Movie (2016.01.01) - I'll add a documentary to start the new year off, and it's one I've been meaning to see for years. Farewell My Concubine **NEW** (2016.04.13) - replacing with another long, foreign film that I won't watch unless told to here. The Fountain (2015.07.12) - I've noticed this come up way too many times, plus a good friend telling me to watch it for years now. Gilda (2015.11.27) - I'll replace an early Rita Hayworth film with her most iconic. Leaving Las Vegas (2015.10.18) - I claim to be a big Nic Cage supporter, yet his Oscar-winner remains a blindspot. How shameful, right? Mister Roberts (2015.10.24) - James Cagney, Henry Fonda, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon ..... Why I haven't watched this yet is beyond me. Rope **NEW** (2016.04.13) - classic Hitchcock .... how have I not watched this yet? That Obscure Object of Desire **OLDEST** (2015.04.07) - this seems way too interesting and way too important to have not seen by now. Warrior (2016.01.17) - another IMDB Top 250 entry I've yet to watch... I'm glad I've waited as a Hardy/Edgerton film means more now. De-shamed Pt2: True Romance (4/5), The Right Stuff (3/5), Syndromes And A Century (4/5), Still Life (3/5), My Cousin Vinny (2.5/5), Doctor Zhivago (3.5/5), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5/5), Peeping Tom (4/5), Shadow of a Doubt (4.5/5), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4.5/5), Only Angels Have Wings (4/5), Umberto D (4/5), Anatomy of a Murder (4.5/5), Only God Forgives (1.5/5), Missing (3.5/5), Howl's Moving Castle (4.5/5), Rio Bravo (4/5), Cloud Atlas (3.5/5), Children of Paradise (4/5), [Total:119] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Friendo, it was a hard choice but I'll let you knock off That Obscure Object of Desire. It's an excellent film which I've only seen once, years ago, and really should watch again. Flooding with Love for the Kid is one of the most interesting treatises on the way we interpret and reinvent art that I've seen. Made for $95.51, the movie is a remake of First Blood, going back to the original novel, shot by one man entirely in his 220 square foot studio apartment in New York City. Writer, director, editor, make-up artist, designer, star Zachary Oberzan has said he's had a fascination with the Rambo character since childhood and that making the film was a personal passion project - something he did after being sick and tired of having Hollywood big shots block the doors from letting him make his art. What Oberzan proves is that all you need to make a great film is passion and talent - the resources are immaterial. Most of the money went to DV Cam tapes, the rest went to prop guns and a single green beret (it was imperative that everything else in the film already exist inside the apartment. He uses a dead rat he found one day). Within minutes we truly believe the story. Even with Oberzan's stunted acting and jarring demo effects he somehow sells the characters beyond simple gestures, but with the sheriff and with Rambo he gets to their souls. He clearly understands what makes them tick, what their flaws and fears are, why they act the way they do, and he has great sympathy and love for each of them. In many ways, the concept also heightens the sense of loneliness felt by the men at the center of the story. Oberzan has no qualms about using editing to appear in the same shot with himself, but when Rambo is alone in the woods or the sheriff in shadows at his desk, we feel the atmosphere of a single, tiny apartment and the lone occupant enacting this wild play by himself. The world closes in on them even as Oberzan expands the space of his apartment to feel vast and sprawling. I'll say that it's too long, probably should have capped off at 75 minutes (it runs 107) but the dedication to adapting the novel as closely as possible is admirable enough. There have been similar efforts made in the past, but none hit the perfect line between insanity and ingenuity as this. Zogo posted:I was hoping you had some obscure underground movie list. I make good use of Criticker's Remembered Films feature to keep track of movies I see mentioned and usually when I'm picking films for this list I draw from there. It's as close to a master list as I have but generally I pick up on stuff from digging around, paying attention, searching movie sites for the stuff that sticks out to me or taking notes when I read film books. Honestly, there's a whole ton of canonical works I still haven't seen but I just got bored of drawing from the same old lists that are all identical. I'm more interested right now in turning over rocks. Anything in particular you're looking for? My List: The Avenging Conscience (1914) - Griffith's last film before The Birth of a Nation. (Added 2/15/2015) The Life of Juanita Castro (1965) - An Andy Warhol deep cut. Several actresses sit cramped in a room all facing the same direction enacting a drama about the Castros and Che Guevera during the Cuban revolution. I really dig Warhol's minimalist factory films. (Added 11/1/2015) The Hour of the Furnaces (1968) - A sprawling 260 minute documentary that is thankfully broken up into three parts. However, while little plot description exists beyond "a unique film exploration of a nation's soul" it's supposedly one of the tentpoles of radical activist 60s filmmaking. (Added 11/5/2015) The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - It's man. (Added 12/12/2015) Soylent Green (1973) - It's people. (Added 12/19/2015) Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989) - Don't wear it out. (Added 2/5/2016)Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966) - Mary Ellen Bute's underground, feature length adaptation of Joyce's inscrutable novel. I've never even tried to read it, but I'll give the movie a shot. (Added 4/1/2016) Street Trash (1987) - I'll stop the world and melt for you. (Added 4/9/2016) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) - Classic Mary Pickford, aka my bae. <3 <3 <3 (Added 4/9/2016) The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) - I've been meaning to watch this for years. Black revolutionary plays Uncle Tom to get access to the CIA. I need this kind of incensed, inflammatory filmmaking this election cycle. (Added 4/14/2016) Watched: Fort Apache; Damnation; Ran; Ordet; Purple Rain; Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages; Napoléon; Yi Yi; Faces; The Blood of a Poet; The War Room; Sanjuro; The Testament of Dr. Mabuse; Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key; Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace; Flooding with Love for the Kid (TOTAL: 16)
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TrixRabbi posted:I'm more interested right now in turning over rocks. Anything in particular you're looking for? I get that feeling too. Nothing too specific but the more eclectic and obscure the better. Your list has been dominating here lately in that regard. I've been watching more movies based on novels so realizing something like Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake exists is intriguing.
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Apr 15, 2016 06:25
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Zogo posted:I get that feeling too. Jonathan Rosenbaum's essential films list is actually a really good mixture of the underground and mainstream classics. It spans from the 1890s to today (he just released an update to add some newer releases). 366 Weird Movies is a good resource for weird stuff. Parker Tyler, J. Hoberman, Jonas Mekas are all critics worth exploring. But here's my Criticker To-Watch list. Just stuff that I've come across over the past few years that I plan to get around to some day or the next. All the scores are predictions of what it thinks I'll rate them. http://imgur.com/a/pFDkp TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Apr 15, 2016 16:34
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TrixRabbi posted:Soylent Green (1973) - It's people. (Added 12/19/2015) The only one I've seen of yours. Dersu Uzala - A group of swarthy Russian soldiers are surveying parts of Siberia ~1902 and they end up meeting a talented Nanai hunter/tracker named DERSU UZALA who is able to help them complete their mission. He uses his broken Russian dialect, backwaters logic and animistic sentiments to great effect. For long stretches it feels like you're watching a real documentary. There's little titillation, BS or frills so it has a certain authenticity. Most of the struggles the men go through are very basic and small and this demonstrates how cityfolk meet their demise amidst the actual wilderness. Where it also shines is that it shows a lot of ordinary moments and the frailties of the hero. And then follows DERSU until his death. So if you're in the mood for a big Hollywood adventure look elsewhere or watch one of those faux survival shows like Survivor or Naked and Afraid. Procrastination (209 completed): #202 Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 - This one keeps jumping on and off the IMDb 250. 11/5/15 #204 Manila in the Claws of Light - Heard this was good. 12/8/15 #208 Queen - IMDb CCL. 1/14/16 #209 The Hour of the Furnaces AKA La hora de los hornos - There are around a dozen films I've recommended ITT to someone that I haven't seen. This is one of them. 2/4/16 #214 Woodstock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok9941BTzVg 4/3/16 #215 Flatliners - More of that procrastination. 4/3/16 new #216 Desperately Seeking Susan - I've seen the music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iW3lcpK5M Now I can watch the film. 4/15/16 James Bond versus Godzilla: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep - Godzilla wants Red Lobster for dinner. 3/16/16 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (27/39 completed): 1992 Shining Through - Something about WWII. 11/30/15 1990 Ghosts Can't Do It - Can't do what? 2/24/16 TrixRabbi posted:Jonathan Rosenbaum's essential films list is actually a really good mixture of the underground and mainstream classics. It spans from the 1890s to today (he just released an update to add some newer releases). 366 Weird Movies is a good resource for weird stuff. Parker Tyler, J. Hoberman, Jonas Mekas are all critics worth exploring. I'll check all this out.
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Apr 16, 2016 05:39
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Zogo posted:
I love this movie so much. There's something hypnotic about the whole thing and it's really beautiful despite the poor transfers that are currently available. I hope so dearly that Criterion gets the rights for this soon. It deserves a proper edition.
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Ratedargh posted:I love this movie so much. There's something hypnotic about the whole thing and it's really beautiful despite the poor transfers that are currently available. I hope so dearly that Criterion gets the rights for this soon. It deserves a proper edition. Yea, we probably watched the same year 2000 KINO DVD. Definitely one of the lower quality things I've seen recently. All kinds of film print issues throughout. And I hear there's some rare three hour version of the film floating around somewhere.
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