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4 RING SHRIMP posted:I posted this in the "What should I watch streaming" thread, but I think it's maybe more suited here since I'm down to pay to play The Aviator, until Hughes' descent into absolute nutter, gives you a sense of awe at how great he was. Kind of the Elon Musk of his time. The Right Stuff might qualify.
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Origami Dali posted:Are there any good movies that take place in a monastery? Preferably a Middle Ages period piece. I know there are plenty about nuns/convents, but few about monks. Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky might fit the bill. It's loosely based on the early 15th century Russian Orthodox monk and icon painter and really fleshes out what life might have been like in a hopelessly oppressed pre-Tsardom medieval Russia.
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I'm looking for fantasies I've never seen. "Fantasy" is pretty broad, but I'm hoping for titles that capture the sort of 1980s imaginative fever that followed Star Wars. Stuff like Tron, Legend, Innerspace, Dragonslayer, The Last Starfighter, and Krull all seem to be in this vein.
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Looking for recommendations for anime. Specifically more adult-oriented sci-fi or horror. I've seen Ghost in the Shell. Aside from that and a handful of the Studio Ghibli movies (which I love), my exposure to anime has been low. I'd really like to step away from Ghibli, though.
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Spatulater bro! posted:Looking for recommendations for anime. Specifically more adult-oriented sci-fi or horror. I've seen Ghost in the Shell. Aside from that and a handful of the Studio Ghibli movies (which I love), my exposure to anime has been low. I'd really like to step away from Ghibli, though. Sounds like you're looking for Satoshi Kon, Paprika or Perfect Blue would be good places to start.
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Nov 19, 2016 16:55
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Spatulater bro! posted:Looking for recommendations for anime. Specifically more adult-oriented sci-fi or horror. I've seen Ghost in the Shell. Aside from that and a handful of the Studio Ghibli movies (which I love), my exposure to anime has been low. I'd really like to step away from Ghibli, though. The anime recommendation thread can give you more specialist answers, but Legend of the Galactic Heroes is the best serious sci-fi out there. Think Game of Thrones/House of Cards but in space, made in the 80s. Horror, you definitely need to see Paranoia Agent. Higurashi is also a great horror series, though its main cast are all children.
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Nov 19, 2016 18:11
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Spatulater bro! posted:Looking for recommendations for anime. Specifically more adult-oriented sci-fi or horror. I've seen Ghost in the Shell. Aside from that and a handful of the Studio Ghibli movies (which I love), my exposure to anime has been low. I'd really like to step away from Ghibli, though. Akira is a staple.
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Nov 19, 2016 18:17
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Spatulater bro! posted:Looking for recommendations for anime. Specifically more adult-oriented sci-fi or horror. I've seen Ghost in the Shell. Aside from that and a handful of the Studio Ghibli movies (which I love), my exposure to anime has been low. I'd really like to step away from Ghibli, though. Besides Satoshi Kon, probably the best director for the sort of thing you're asking for is Masaaki Yuasa. Literally everything with him as the top-billed director is good to excellent. There's no other anime director I'd say that of and possibly no director period, he's that consistent. For horror, you want Kemonozume in particular. It's a love story about a young man and a shapeshifting cannibal lizard woman. Beyond that, you should watch Evangelion. It's overtly "anime" in a way that the above directors' works aren't, but if you can't get over that there's tons of wonderful stuff you'll miss out on. If you want to steer away from television shows and stick with movies: watch Akira, Dead Leaves, Redline, Mind Game.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:13
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Thanks guys. I'm filling up my Netflix queue.
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Nov 21, 2016 06:05
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Thirsty Girl posted:I'm looking for fantasies I've never seen. "Fantasy" is pretty broad, but I'm hoping for titles that capture the sort of 1980s imaginative fever that followed Star Wars. Stuff like Tron, Legend, Innerspace, Dragonslayer, The Last Starfighter, and Krull all seem to be in this vein.
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Thirsty Girl posted:I'm looking for fantasies I've never seen. "Fantasy" is pretty broad, but I'm hoping for titles that capture the sort of 1980s imaginative fever that followed Star Wars. Stuff like Tron, Legend, Innerspace, Dragonslayer, The Last Starfighter, and Krull all seem to be in this vein. Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen
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All three of those are great.
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The Beastmaster also fits well with the 80s fantasy movies. It is a bit cheesy but that is what sword and sorcery is about. It's cheesy but fun a lot like Conan.
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I have seen the following movies that have the following characteristics: low budget, sci-fi-ish to do with alternate dimensions and time travel: - Timecrimes - Time Lapse - Coherence - Triangle - Primer - Predestination Is there anything else in this vein that's actually good? I've considered Upstream Color but figured it's probably not really my thing. e: for some reason even though they're mostly unrelated even though they show up on lists - I've seen Enemy, and don't really want to see The Double. bewilderment fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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If you have Netflix, Arq might be your speed.
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bewilderment posted:I have seen the following movies that have the following characteristics: low budget, sci-fi-ish to do with alternate dimensions and time travel: ARQ is the same sorta thing but tbh I thought it was gash. Then again I thought Time Lapse was terrible too so if you liked that ARQ might still be worth a shot. There are a couple of short films well worth seeing: La Jetée (which was the basis for 12 Monkeys, which I haven't seen but you could probably add in too, although it obv had a higher budget) and World of Tomorrow. Edge of Tomorrow and Source Code are both tight but also much higher budgets than those low-key things, obv. I'd also throw out Another Earth, a bit of a wildcard. No time travel or alternative dimensions, but about the possibility of other versions of yourself. It's also pure indie, low budget stuff.
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Nov 24, 2016 15:40
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In that vein, I liked I Origins, might not be everyone's cup of tea but there's some good loving with the viewer in that movie. Also, the movie would be in my opinion infinitely better with Iwan Rheon instead of Michael Pitt.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:08
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bewilderment posted:I have seen the following movies that have the following characteristics: low budget, sci-fi-ish to do with alternate dimensions and time travel: Parallels, with Constance Wu. It feels like a pilot because it was made as one, but then released as a movie. I don't know if it's on Netflix anymore, but I enjoyed it. Also Another Earth, and possibly 400 Days will meet your needs.
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orange sky posted:In that vein, I liked I Origins, might not be everyone's cup of tea but there's some good loving with the viewer in that movie. Did u watch the trailer before watching the movie because I actually did and it completely spoils the movie. Like everything.
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Ulio posted:Did u watch the trailer before watching the movie because I actually did and it completely spoils the movie. Like everything. Aahaha holy poo poo just watched it, it's true. I never watch any trailers before watching movies, it's kind of a rule in the house. A lot of times this happens. That being said, going into this movie not knowing anything about it was excellent.
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bewilderment posted:I have seen the following movies that have the following characteristics: low budget, sci-fi-ish to do with alternate dimensions and time travel: There's a moody indie film called Nobody that I think came out in 2007. It's certainly flawed, but different.
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Pelikan posted:The Name of the Rose (1986) springs to mind, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery and Christian Slater are both excellent in it and it manages to be both narratively and philosophically engaging at once. God Hole posted:Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky might fit the bill. It's loosely based on the early 15th century Russian Orthodox monk and icon painter and really fleshes out what life might have been like in a hopelessly oppressed pre-Tsardom medieval Russia. It's been a little while, but thanks for these recommendations, they were exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.
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Allyn posted:ARQ is the same sorta thing but tbh I thought it was gash. Then again I thought Time Lapse was terrible too so if you liked that ARQ might still be worth a shot... Edge of Tomorrow and Source Code are both tight but also much higher budgets than those low-key things, obv.
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Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far).
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There are a ton of those either made during or set in the Great Depression. Check out Make Way for Tomorrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo (a bit more light-hearted), The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, Wild Boys of the Road, or I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. Roemer's Nothing But a Man is excellent as well and illustrates the interrelation between race and class. If you want something a bit more recent, you could try Matewan or the original Rocky.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). Not in English but the Dardennes brothers, Two Days, One Night is a particular must see. Pretty much everything by Ken Loach. Every hood film ever made -- Do the Right Thing is probably the standout. Fish Tank, Nebraska, Magic Mike, A Woman Under the Influence... They aren't strictly dramas but you could even throw Chaplin's Modern Times and City Lights in there -- they definitely have an aspect of class to them. Hopefully there's something worthwhile in amongst that lot 
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). City of God is sort of a must see if you haven't. edit- Just noticed the preference for English, sorry.
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Fresh, Dope, and American Honey are a few that jump immediately to mind that haven't been mentioned.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). Well Grave of the Fireflies I guess? Is there a dub? I saw it subtitled.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). The first one I thought of is Midnight Cowboy.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). The Wire is basically 5 seasons of this, but especially the 2nd and 4th.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far).
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far). My Own Private Idaho probably qualifies, especially in the tangential middle portion.
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Thanks, guys; more than enough to keep me busy for now. Thank you to Allyn and Power of Pecota in particular--you gave me some stuff I've never even heard of.
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Oliver Reed posted:Looking for drama films centered around poor characters/poverty/etc.. Not necessarily about trying to overcome it, but certainly the lack of money being important to the story in some way. English suggestions preferred (as I've found multiple lists of foreign-language films that fit the bill so far).
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Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for things like Into the Wild, Wildlike, Wild (lol), Easy Rider, Happy People. Basically like some Americana wanderlust/living off the grid. Something you watch where you're like "drat id love to drive cross country in a camper van and go to the national parkS" or "I just want to live a little off the grid but not necessarily like a complete maniac". Basically just want to escape city living for a bit.
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for things like Into the Wild, Wildlike, Wild (lol), Easy Rider, Happy People. Basically like some Americana wanderlust/living off the grid. Something you watch where you're like "drat id love to drive cross country in a camper van and go to the national parkS" or "I just want to live a little off the grid but not necessarily like a complete maniac". Basically just want to escape city living for a bit. Into the Wilderness, if you're alright with documentaries. They just follow a guy who moved up to the Alaskan wilderness as he builds himself a cabin and tools to hunt with and similar. There are two parts, one of which is on YouTube. (I think it's the second, from the introduction, but it's been a while since I saw them and I'm not certain.) They're very soothing, almost like watching some home improvement show set in a Bob Ross painting
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for things like Into the Wild, Wildlike, Wild (lol), Easy Rider, Happy People. Basically like some Americana wanderlust/living off the grid. Something you watch where you're like "drat id love to drive cross country in a camper van and go to the national parkS" or "I just want to live a little off the grid but not necessarily like a complete maniac". Basically just want to escape city living for a bit. Wanderlust, the David Wain comedy starring Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, and Justin Theroux. It's exactly what you want. Not the most consistent movie, but it has a stacked cast of hilarious people (and Jennifer Aniston), and some decent laughs along the way.
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Not the most straight-forward request but I'm looking for movies featuring veteran actors as sort of mentors/guides to younger talent. Examples would be: Robert Shaw in Jaws as a veteran fisherman working with Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss Sean Connery in The Untouchables as a veteran cop who helps Kevin Costner Alec Guinness as a mentor to Mark Hamill in A New Hope Those are the best examples I can think of; essentially great actors past their prime 'coaching' young stars. Oliver Reed fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jan 3, 2017 |
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He doesn't really coach anybody in character, but I really liked Robert Forster's presence in Jackie Brown. It felt like he was giving lessons to the entire cast. Training Day is a perverse version of that relationship.
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