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Treebeh posted:Eyes Wide Shut You can't go wrong with a Kubrick -----------------------------------------  I last watched Fitzcarraldo and boy oh boy did I love it. I came into it knowing only very little about the boat (just that it happens in the film) but I was floored by how tense it was. The whole movie sort of held its breath as the cables and ropes went taut, loved it. I don't really want to spoil anymore but if you haven't seen the movie I'd recommend watching it. I'll definitely start putting more Herzog on my list. New list: 1.Dr. Strangelove - I might've watched a bit of it, and it was such a perfect example of absurdity, don't know why I never finished it. 2.Metropolis - A classic I haven't watched 3.Augirre, the Wrath of God - Herzog. 4.Unforgiven - Best Western? 5.Dogville - I'm a fan of Lars Von Trier, this is supposed to be a great one. 6.The King's Speech - Missed it during the last Oscar season. 7.Citizen Kane - gently caress this movie. 8.Chopper - Australian violent prisoner biopic starring Eric Bana. 9.The Evil Dead - Something about a boomstick. Finished: Brazil, Fitzcarraldo
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High and Low - Very interesting movie. Loved the moral dilemma Gondo goes through here.The scenes in his living room were very well done. Mifune was great as always. Bit slow in the 2nd half but still very enjoyable. My List: A Christmas Carol(1951) - This is the 1951 version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge. I've heard it is as good as the George C. Scott version, which I liked. Best In Show - Lots of people have said that this movie is hysterical, and I could use a good comedy now. Modern Times - I've never seen a silent movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Loved Newman and Redford in the Sting, so I am looking forward to seeing this. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - Only Monty Python movie I've seen is The Holy Grail. I am very interested in seeing the other ones. Cars - This and Cars2 are the only Pixar movies that I haven't seen. Kagemusha - My next Kurosawa film. My Fair Lady - I'm going to stick with musicals in this spot. Frankenstein - Now that I've seen Dracula, this seems to be the natural next pick. The Public Enemy - Never saw any James Cagney film. 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 Neutron Bandit, while I'm tempted to recommend Unforgiven since I love Eastwood, I have to select Citizen Kane. Orson Welles is great in that movie. Make sure to listen to Roger Ebert's commentary if you can.
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Dmitri Russkie posted:Best In Show - Lots of people have said that this movie is hysterical, and I could use a good comedy now. quote:Modern Times - I've never seen a silent movie.
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Kim Ji-woon's A Bittersweet Life and The Good the Bad and the Weird are two of my favorites of the decade. The lavish, operatic violence of the latter amazes me, and so does the seething small-scale passion of the former. In I Saw the Devil, Ji-woon seems to be trying to unite these styles. It's probably the least effective of the three films, but it's an interesting failure with some excellent moments. It's pretty ballsy in the way it ends the initial chase film in like forty-five minutes (but in fairness The Chaser did that first), and it has two pitch-perfect performances from its leads. Lee Byung-hun, who's one of my favorites, does a great job as usual in his downward slide. That first scene of him singing to his girlfriend in the bathroom is genuinely touching. But the Korean revenge thriller is a genre with high expectations, and by those standards this one's on cruise control. It never hits the sidewinding madness of The Chaser, or the tragicomic heartbreak of Memories of Murder or even the graceful style of the totally overrated Oldboy. It's a dark and grotesquely violent film, and a careful crafted and deeply talented one, but one that sort of doesn't lead anywhere. It's basically the Korean equivalent of Casino. Dmitri Russkie, Frankenstein is a wonderful film and the best part is that its two immediate sequels (Bride and Son of Frankenstein) are just as good, so if you like it, make sure to check em out! New list: The Man from Nowhere Doesn't have Lee Byung-hun, but whaddaya gonna do. The Darjeeling Limited I have never enjoyed a Wes Anderson movie, but I feel obligated to watch them. Deep Red Two hour version or hour and a half version? Advise and Consent Somehow I always thought this and The Americanization of Emily were the same movie. Little Man, What Now? or Man's Castle I went through a big Borzage phase, but someone I couldn't get back into him after. I need a push to remember how much I love him. My Brother's Wedding So there's a director's cut that's like a half hour shorter? Which should I see? Outrage Ida Lupino fascinates me. Apocalypto This is good, right? Montenegro or Sweet Movie I loved WR and the Eclipse set, but I've avoided Sweet Movie because I heard it sucks and Montenegro because the poster is crap. Szerelem This looks fantastic, but somehow I can't get myself to sit down for it. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10), Vivre Sa Vie (8.5/10), The American Friend (7.5/10), The Endless Sumer (7.5/10), Yesterday Girl (7.5/10), Battleground (8/10), Two-Lane Blacktop (8/10), Chimes at Midnight (9/10), Trash Humpers (6/10), The Docks of New York (9/10), The Fallen Idol (9/10), Fires on the Plain (9/10), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (7.5/10), The Americanization of Emily (8.5/10), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (8/10), The Mirror (8.5/10), The Thin Man (8.5/10), Danger: Diabolik (7.5/10), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (7.5/10), Black God White Devil (8/10), Little Fugitive (8/10), Drunken Angel (7.5/10), Funeral Parade of Roses (9/10), How to Train Your Dragon (8/10), Across 110th Street (7.5/10), The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (8/10), The Wind (8.5), Portrait of Jennie (7/10), Primer (8/10), To Catch a Thief (8/10), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (4/10), Getrud (8.5/10), Our Hospitality (9/10), Les Diaboliques (8/10), The Awful Truth (8/10), Duel in the Sun (6.5/10), A Guy Named Joe (6/10), Quiet City (5/10), People on Sunday (8.5/10), Nothing but a Man (8.5/10), Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring (8/10), Comradship (7.5/10), Too Early, Too Late (4/10), Wooden Crosses (7.5/10), White Zombie (8.5/10), No Highway in the Sky (8/10), The Wanderers (8.5/10), My Son My Son What Have Ye Done (7/10), Our Town (9/10), The Winning of Barbara Worth (8/10), Red Riding 1974 (7/10), Grand Hotel (8/10), Rapt (8/10), The Champ (7/10), Red Beard (8.5/10), Rendez-vous d'Anna (8/10), Two Thousand Maniacs! 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penismightier, check out Advise and Consent Tried this thread awhile ago.. Think I'll start a fresh list Tree of Life - People are really divided on this one. Days of Heaven blew me away, so I have a good feeling about this The Big Sleep - Watched it until I had to leave the house. I'm always hesitant about starting movies from the start Tora Tora Tora - One of my Dad's favorite films. On the Waterfront - Got this from the recommendation thread. Brando Brando Brando Dogtooth - Seems very interesting. Most likely a crazy movie from the things heard Dead Poets Society - On the DVR. Will it change a part of my life? I hope so Easy Rider - This movie sounds right up my alley. Looking forward to this one the most. What's Eating Gilbert Grape - No idea what it's about. All I know is that it has two young actors that went on to be even more famous Rashomon - At my town's library. If it is any good I'll read the book Any Kenneth Anger film - Would like to try out short films.
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bleeding pebbles posted:Tried this thread awhile ago.. Think I'll start a fresh list Did you watch Seven Samurai? Tell us something about it.
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bleeding pebbles posted:On the Waterfront - Got this from the recommendation thread. Brando Brando Brando Brando! Wild at Heart is a quite the fun ride, and at some times quite the strange one. It's tame on the weird, compared to other Lynch films, but it has it's surreal touches and Lynch still manages to create moments that shock and stick with you. Cage and Laura Dern make a great and lovable couple, while William Dafoe manages to be even more creepier than usual. gently caress you Bobby Peru and your horrible teeth. Anyway really liked it, excellent fun. HAME: Richard III Long Live King McKellen! Letter from an Unknown Woman Going in blind on this one. L'Âge d'or Not really knowing where to start with Luis Buñuel, I'll go from the beginning.(I watched Un Chien Andalou) The Dead The last film John Huston made. Mr. Hulot's Holiday Keeping up with the physical comedy hour. The Apu Trilogy Might as well start Satyajit Ray with these three. Shame SHAME! (The Ingmar Begman one) Samurai Rebellion Want to watch more Kobayashi before getting around to The Human Condition. Hausu No drinking games. Cobra Verde More Kinski+Herzog insanity. Have watched so far 56 movies: Barton Fink, Sweet Smell of Success, The 400 Blows, Rocky, Videodrome, Charade, The Double Life of Veronique, Ace in the Hole, Easy Rider, Dark City, Gosford Park, Seven, Hard Boiled, Mystic River, The Magnificent Ambersons, Midnight Cowboy, A Serious Man, A Hard Day's Night, Manhattan, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hamlet, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The New World, Carlos, Blood Simple, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gangs of New York, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Burn After Reading, Mesrine:Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy nrº1, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Wild Strawberries, Repulsion, The Long Good Friday, Island of Lost Souls, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom, Beauty and the Beast, Zodiac, After Hours, Nights of Cabiria, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Encounters at the End of the World, The Cameraman, Hard Eight, The Purple Rose of Cairo, My Darling Clementine, The Virgin Spring, Dodes'ka-den, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Chimes at Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Wild at Heart.
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Electronico6 posted:Hausu No drinking games. Watching this sober will make you think that you're high. Spirited Away was a very fun watch, with some really memorable images. The plot is far from unique, but the imaginative characters and locations more than make up for it. It didn't really pack much of an emotional punch, though. 1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - Next highest on the They Shoot Pictures list. 2. Time of the Gypsies - One of my highest PSIs on Criticker but I never really see it talked about much. 3. The Lives of Others - I see this compared to The Conversation a lot, which I loved. 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Maybe now I'll actually get the millions of references to this in other media. 5. The Cranes Are Flying - I am definitely looking forward to this one. 6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford? I'm already sold. 7. 8. It Happened One Night - Might as well put another Capra film here. 9. Casino - I saw this a looooooooong time ago and all I remember is a mannequin getting assassinated and I believe a watermelon is smashed with something metal at some point. 10. The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. Watched/Criticker Tier: The Seventh Seal 10, Moon 8, Barton Fink 10, The Thin Blue Line 9, Cool Hand Luke 9, Citizen Kane 10, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10, Rear Window 10, North by Northwest 9, Goodfellas 10, Casablanca 10, City Lights 8, Seven Samurai 10, Bicycle Thieves 9, Do the Right Thing 10, The Battle of Algiers 9, On the Waterfront 7, Wild Strawberries 10, The Trial 10, Adaptation 9, Unforgiven 10, Annie Hall 9, The 400 Blows 9, Diabolique 8, Mulholland Dr. 10, Dirty Harry 5, The 39 Steps 8, Aguirre: The Wrath of God 10, 8 1/2 9, Boogie Nights 9, A Streetcar Named Desire 7, Raiders of the Lost Ark 10, The General 9, Pickpocket 7, Pulp Fiction 10, Amadeus 10, Lawrence of Arabia 10, Eraserhead 8, The Lady Vanishes 8, The Wild Bunch 8, A Clockwork Orange 7, Platoon 7, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 9, Ikiru 10, Jules and Jim 10, The Asphalt Jungle 8, M 9, The Thin Red Line 9, Dial M for Murder 9, The Sting 8, Once Upon a Time in the West 9, The Exterminating Angel 9, A Woman Under the Influence 10, Singin' in the Rain 9, Scenes From a Marriage 10, Badlands 8, City of God 10, The Gold Rush 7, The Maltese Falcon 9, The Conformist 9, The Shawshank Redemption 8, High and Low 10, It's a Wonderful Life 7, Days of Heaven 9, Le Samourai 6, The Night of the Hunter 10, Metropolis 10, The New World 10, Persona 8, Manhattan 9, Some Like It Hot 7, The Rules of the Game 10, Nights of Cabiria 7, The Graduate 10, Pather Panchali 10, Punch-Drunk Love 9, Grand Illusion 8, The Hustler 8, The Great Escape 8, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7, Memento 9, Forbidden Planet 7, Stagecoach 7, The Usual Suspects 6, The Big Sleep 8, Modern Times 7, Tokyo Story 9, Seven 9, The Searchers 6, The Battleship Potemkin 6, Videodrome 8, Léon: The Professional 6, American History X 4, The Grapes of Wrath 7, The Wages of Fear 9, Bonnie and Clyde 6, Mean Streets 8, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8, American Beauty 6, The Great Dictator 7, Children of Paradise 10, La Dolce Vita 4, The Deer Hunter 8, Ben-Hur 5, Magnolia 9, Rushmore 10, MASH 4, Spirited Away 8 (Total: 108) Atheistdeals.com fucked around with this message at 12:26 on Jan 27, 2012 |
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Atheistdeals.com posted:5. The Cranes Are Flying - I am definitely looking forward to this one. Streetcar Named Desire: of course it was great. I knew it would be, and I'm not sure why I never got around to it. I've seen some of the obscure Kazan, yet not his most famous work. Vivian Leigh's descent was a wonder, and of course nothing even needs to be said about Brando. I didn't connect to the story as personally as I did On the Waterfront though. Still, 8/10. My own list: The Crying Game - I haven't been living under a rock, so I already know the twist... but I should see it at some point. I like Stephen Rea a lot. East of Eden - I just haven't gotten to it. No particular reason why. NEW! Fail-Safe - Looks great and I love Lumet. Even read his book. Again, not sure why I haven't seen this. Gigi - Same. I love Leslie Caron and Vincente Minnelli is one of my favorite directors. Gilda - I hear she does some cool poo poo with her hair. Godzilla - Not all that into monster movies, but this is a classic and supposedly very different from the schlocky remakes/sequels. The Life of Emile Zola - Just haven't gotten to it. I've never read any Zola. The Public Enemy - One of the few of the genre I haven't seen, even though it's probably the most famous example. Three Colors: White - Kind of stupid since it's the middle film of the trilogy, though they're not really connected. I loved Blue, I thought Red was so/so. A Woman Under the Influence - I'm very love/hate with Cassavettes, and I have to be extremely in the mood for him. And when I am, so far I've picked shorter films. Watched so far: Streetcar Named Desire - 8/10
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Do it! Metropolis is pretty wonderful. I watched the complete Blu-Ray edition and the fully restored bits are pristine. The found scenes are grainy but without them the story would presumably be much more disjointed. There are a few minor story points that don't work (specifically when Maria and Freder reunite during the flood and decide to make out for a second. I don't know, it's an instance where I doubt they'd be taking their time no matter how relieved they were to see one another). But overall it's incredible to look at, the dystopian depiction of the future is always a treat, and every main character has a ton to do; no one is wasted. Hopefully one day the whole thing can be restored entirely. It's not a dealbreaker because it's remarkable that a film from 1927 can look as good as this does for the majority of the runtime. LIST O SHAME: 1) The Last Detail - Swearing sailors sounds superb. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3)Long Goodbye - Altman + Chandler = winning combo...right? 4)Island of Lost Souls - Old, seemingly wacky (I haven't seen it, how would I know?), horrorish movie about Dr. Moreau. It's gotta be better than the Brando monstrosity. 5) Black Moon - Drawn in by various cover art for years. No idea what it's about. 6) Carlos - Will likely watch this in segments...don't have five hours to kill too often. 7) Mystery Train - Only Jarmusch I haven't seen. 8) The Apartment - Back with the IMDB list. 9) Che - Long but it's Soderbergh and Del Toro so I expect to like it. 10) Revanche - German revenge movie on Criterion? Sign me up. 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 (TOTAL: 61) Ratedargh fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jan 27, 2012 |
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Ratedargh posted:9) Che - Long but it's Soderbergh and Del Toro so I expect to like it. I watched the first part of this (it was divided into two parts on Netflix) during a long doctor's visit on my laptop and I loved it. Still meaning to finish the second part. Enjoy! Desiato posted:Seaniqua you get the incredible classic Lawrence of Arabia Incredible classic is right, holy poo poo. This is one of the few "epic" movies I've seen that pretty obviously earns that title. It's rare that a 216 minute movie really uses all of its time well (full disclosure: I made popcorn during intermission). This is the first movie I've ever seen with Peter O'Toole in it and he really did blow me away. I don't know how accurate to life his Lawrence was, but he played it in an impressively nuanced way. Most of the characters around him were impressed by his demeanor and character and I felt right there with them. He was sort of an enigma and I bought it. The cinematography and score were also top notch, and the script was intelligently written. On the cinematography note, I've seen a lot of movies that take place in deserts, but in this movie the cinematography practically made the desert a character by itself. It matched the grand scale of the movie really well. This is probably the best shot "desert" movie I've ever seen. Updated list of shame: 1.) Schindler's List. This is a movie I've always meant to watch but I don't think I've ever seen it on TV or anything. I assume it's pretty depressing and sometimes it's hard to get people excited to watch something like that. I expect to like this movie. 2.) Citizen Kane. Lauded by so many as one of the best movies ever, I've only ever seen snippets of it. "Rosebud" and the gif of Orson Welles clapping are really the only things I know about this movie. 3.) A Clockwork Orange. I remember my dad telling me about this movie when I was young and it scared the poo poo out of me. At least that's how I remember it. There are a handful of Kubrick movies I need to see but I think this will be the next one I watch. 4.) Casablanca. A classic favorite and I don't think I've ever seen a minute of it. Something about a war, a piano, and a hill of beans. The hill of beans might have been from Gone With the Wind, which I've also never seen, someone says hill of beans in one of those movies. 5.) North by Northwest. I don't think I've ever seen a Hitchcock movie all the way through and I've always wanted to. I don't know the plot of this movie but I'm pretty sure it involves Mount Rushmore at some point. 6.) The Incredibles. This is the only non-Cars Pixar movie I've never seen. When it was new I was in a phase where I thought family movies were stupid. Pixar proved me wrong a few years later but I have yet to remedy this. 7.) The Godfather Part III. Now, I don't expect this movie to be great, just because of all the poo poo people have talked about it. That being said, I put it on the list anyway, because I've been meaning to watch it for so long. The first two Godfather movies are two of my favorite movies of all time, so I figure I need to bite the bullet and go through with this. 8.) Sixth Sense. I know the plot, I know the twist, I know all that stuff. I've never seen a lick of this movie or any other M. Night movie. I hear this is his best one, so I'd like to see it. I'm just not big on horror movies. 9.) New! To Kill a Mockingbird. I read the book in middle school, and we might have even watched the movie but I don't remember it so I'm putting it on the list. I'm familiar with the story, and AFI lists this as their #1 courtroom drama. 10.) Magnolia. The only PTA movie I've seen is Punch Drunk Love, and that was a long time ago. This movie comes highly recommended. List of shameless: Seven Samurai (4.5/5), Goodfellas(4/5), Reservoir Dogs(5/5), Yojimbo(3.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (5/5)
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Seaniqua posted:3.) A Clockwork Orange. I remember my dad telling me about this movie when I was young and it scared the poo poo out of me. At least that's how I remember it. There are a handful of Kubrick movies I need to see but I think this will be the next one I watch. Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well. I watched Hausu twice to make sure I didn't had some sort of Syd Barret psychedelic trip and dreamed of this film. I'm still not totally sure, but I think i'm sure that it's the best film I got to watch thanks to this thread. Calling it a film doesn't even cover it, it's a totally bonkers experience from the start till the end. Right from the animated credits you can tell that it's going to something different. Loved the nonsensical energy and creativity that abounds in each frame of Hausu, it never stops surprising you and always comes up with even more bizarre and peculiar set pieces. And it has everything! It's funny, scary, creepy, sad, great cinematography, crazy soudntrack, singing cats, hungry pianos, dancing skeletons, kung fu, a girl named Kung Fu, bananas... Despite all the seemingly crazy randomness, Hausu is quite coherent in it's post-war feelings, a lot of bitterness, sadness and melancholia of having loved ones taken in a way only Japan could put it. Also something about feminism! To put it bluntly, Hausu was awesome and can't wait to see it again. Just perfect. SHAME: Richard III Long Live King McKellen! Letter from an Unknown Woman Going in blind on this one. L'Âge d'or Not really knowing where to start with Luis Buñuel, I'll go from the beginning.(I watched Un Chien Andalou) The Dead The last film John Huston made. Mr. Hulot's Holiday Keeping up with the physical comedy hour. The Apu Trilogy Might as well start Satyajit Ray with these three. Shame SHAME! (The Ingmar Begman one) Samurai Rebellion Want to watch more Kobayashi before getting around to The Human Condition. Cobra Verde More Kinski+Herzog insanity. Dersu Uzala Kurosawa goes Soviet. Have watched so far 57 movies: Barton Fink, Sweet Smell of Success, The 400 Blows, Rocky, Videodrome, Charade, The Double Life of Veronique, Ace in the Hole, Easy Rider, Dark City, Gosford Park, Seven, Hard Boiled, Mystic River, The Magnificent Ambersons, Midnight Cowboy, A Serious Man, A Hard Day's Night, Manhattan, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hamlet, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The New World, Carlos, Blood Simple, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gangs of New York, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Burn After Reading, Mesrine:Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy nrº1, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Wild Strawberries, Repulsion, The Long Good Friday, Island of Lost Souls, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom, Beauty and the Beast, Zodiac, After Hours, Nights of Cabiria, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Encounters at the End of the World, The Cameraman, Hard Eight, The Purple Rose of Cairo, My Darling Clementine, The Virgin Spring, Dodes'ka-den, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Chimes at Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Wild at Heart, Hausu.
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Ratedargh posted:Godzilla
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robix smash posted:
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Electronico6 posted:Letter from an Unknown Woman Going in blind on this one. Ratedargh posted:Finish the trilogy! You owe me. Three Colors: White - Starting the trilogy with a film as good as Blue maybe wasn't the best thing for the expectations of White and Red. Red had its moments, but they were almost all visual delights, not story delights. White is kind of the opposite. It's story is better on the whole than Red, but there is nothing visually exciting about the film. It takes a little too long to get started and then takes forever to end, but the middle part up until the hotel room the morning after the funeral was great. 7/10 My own list: NEW! Children of Paradise - No reason, no excuse. It's the lowest entrant on the TSFDT top 1000 list that I haven't seen (#36). Of course I've seen some of the clips (like the mime clip), but it's not it's not a twist like The Crying Game or anything. The Crying Game - Speaking of... I haven't been living under a rock, so I already know the twist... but I should see it at some point. I like Stephen Rea a lot. East of Eden - I just haven't gotten to it. No particular reason why. Fail-Safe - Looks great and I love Lumet. Even read his book. Again, not sure why I haven't seen this. Gigi - Same. I love Leslie Caron and Vincente Minnelli is one of my favorite directors. Gilda - I hear she does some cool poo poo with her hair. Godzilla - Not all that into monster movies, but this is a classic and supposedly very different from the schlocky remakes/sequels. ON HOLD FOR NOW. The Life of Emile Zola - Just haven't gotten to it. I've never read any Zola. The Public Enemy - One of the few of the genre I haven't seen, even though it's probably the most famous example. A Woman Under the Influence - I'm very love/hate with Cassavettes, and I have to be extremely in the mood for him. And when I am, so far I've picked shorter films. Watched so far: Streetcar Named Desire - 8/10; The Three Colors: White - 7/10 robix smash fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Jan 28, 2012 |
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robix smash posted:Fail-Safe - Looks great and I love Lumet. Even read his book. Again, not sure why I haven't seen this. McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Yuuuup, Deadwood owes a lot to this movie. Like Nashville, there are a multitude of characters that are able to establish themselves in what little screentime is given to them; unlike that later masterpiece, the titular characters do take up a lot more of the focus. McCabe remains himself throughout the film: crude, inarticulate, desperate, and therefore sympathetic. Yet our perception of him constantly shifts: from a big shot gambler that arrives & eventually expands Presbytarian Church to a shrinking violet when confronted with a real threat to finally a reluctant hero when faced with his own mortality. I had read that the ending was absolutely devastating, which it certainly is (McCabe dead in the howling snow, Constance catatonic in a hazy opium den), though I'd argue that it's somewhat balanced out by the juxtaposition of the entire community banding together to triumphantly put out the church fire, a community not possible without McCabe & Mrs. Miller's partnership; though the town does ignores McCabe's heroism (I'm surprised he actually killed all three of them, this being a revisionist western and all), the fact that it remains after his death will be his legacy. Maybe that's just romantic wishing on my part, but dammit, the film inspires such feelings. And there's the grainy cinematography & naturalistic lighting that captures the antiquated nature of an old frontier town, an anti-corporatist message typical of the 70s, the evocative use of Leonard Cohen. Absolutely a gem. 3 Women - More Altman that's available to me, hooray Ace in the Hole - Vicious Billy Wilder satire? Sign me up! L'Avventura - I love L'Eclisse, so let's see the film that made Antonioni a force in world cinema. An Autumn Afternoon - I've burned through nearly all of the single Ozu releases, as well as the Silent and Late Ozu boxsets. Let's finish up what I have (until I inevitably buy that combo-pack of The Only Son/There Was a Father). Cutter's Way - A critic I enjoy reading said this was his favorite film of the 80s. I probably won't agree with him, but it's obscurity intrigues me and hey, Jeff Bridges. The Magnificent Ambersons - Welles is always worth a watch, even if compromised. My Dinner with Andre - I blind-bought this before the Community episode.  Sansho the Bailiff - Ugetsu was gorgeous but left me a bit cold, so let's see what this does. The Thin Red Line - I'll have technically seen all of Malick's features once I see this. Wooden Crosses - I blind-bought the Bernard Eclipse set on the basis that this obscure French film about WWI was some kind of hidden gem. Now, I'll be motivated to see if this was true or not. Shameless: Days of Heaven
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a radii hike, watch Sansho the Bailiff. It has an even greater emotional punch than Ugestu. The Big Sleep - Often times I'm turned off by convoluted plots, but here I felt half the fun of the movie was the challenge of keeping up with the story through the quick-churning dialog. And what fantastic dialog it is. I know nobody actually talks this way in real life, but damned if it isn't incredibly fun. Bogart was born to deliver lines like this and here he does it as well as ever. His is not an especially complex character, but he fits the noir style of this film to a T. 89/100 My new list: I'm still going by the IMDB top 250, but considering how much it favors hyped up new releases, I've decided to ignore movies made in the last ten years. This will also help prevent me from being forced to watch new stuff that I was really dreading. Sorry Hary Potter! Cinema Paradiso - I know very little about this. On the Waterfront - I like Brando so I have no hesitation to watch this. Witness for the Prosecution - I know nothing about this. Ben-Hur - I'll be honest, I'm not looking forward to this one very much. Looks a tad hokey from what I've seen, and it's very long. The Best Years of Our Lives - The only Wyler film I've seen is The Collector and I didn't much care for it, but I have a feeling this is going to be much better. La Strada - I've seen a couple Fellini movies and loved both of them. Anxious to watch this. Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf - Should I be? Fanny and Alexander - This is definitely my most shameful currently on my list. I own the DVD, I love Bergman, and I even started watching it once and got side tracked. Someone please make me watch this. A Streetcar Named Desire - Will this be as good as the Simpsons musical version? Rocky - Yeah that's right, I've never seen Rocky. Sue me. EDIT: I just watched The Night of the Hunter, so I'll modify my list slightly. Spatulater bro! fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jan 30, 2012 |
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caiman posted:The Big Sleep - Often times I'm turned off by convoluted plots, but here I felt half the fun of the movie was the challenge of keeping up with the story through the quick-churning dialog. And what fantastic dialog it is. I know nobody actually talks this way in real life, but damned if it isn't incredibly fun. Bogart was born to deliver lines like this and here he does it as well as ever. His is not an especially complex character, but he fits the noir style of this film to a T. 89/100 
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a radii hike posted:Bookstore Girl is one of my favorite bit characters in a movie ever. I was half expecting her to turn up again later on. I guess she was there mainly to let us know that Bogart's character gets mad pussy.
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Like Anatomy of a Murder (my fourth movie from this thread!), Advise and Consent showcases Otto Preminger's uncanny ability to make long, understated films that challenge the Hays Code in a very classy way. It's not as good as Anatomy, though the ensemble is better. I was expecting a Fonda-thon and instead I got a big slice of decadent Charles Laughton pie with a Burgess Meredith drizzle. Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, and Gene Tierney also put on a solid show. It's impossible to look away from Tierney, and she gets my favorite scene in the film when she explains the US Congress to foreign dignitaries. Also a nice short appearance from Larry Tucker, playing the same role he played in Blast of Silence (Big Ralph). Sidenote - this poster is totally inappropriate for this film, but totally gorgeous:  Caiman, I'm gonna hit you with Rocky soon enough, but for now, let's enjoy the magnificent Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? New list: The Man from Nowhere Doesn't have Lee Byung-hun, but whaddaya gonna do. The Darjeeling Limited I have never enjoyed a Wes Anderson movie, but I feel obligated to watch them. Deep Red Two hour version or hour and a half version? new: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes I don't... Little Man, What Now? or Man's Castle I went through a big Borzage phase, but someone I couldn't get back into him after. I need a push to remember how much I love him. My Brother's Wedding So there's a director's cut that's like a half hour shorter? Which should I see? Outrage Ida Lupino fascinates me. Apocalypto This is good, right? Montenegro or Sweet Movie I loved WR and the Eclipse set, but I've avoided Sweet Movie because I heard it sucks and Montenegro because the poster is crap. Szerelem This looks fantastic, but somehow I can't get myself to sit down for it. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10), Vivre Sa Vie (8.5/10), The American Friend (7.5/10), The Endless Sumer (7.5/10), Yesterday Girl (7.5/10), Battleground (8/10), Two-Lane Blacktop (8/10), Chimes at Midnight (9/10), Trash Humpers (6/10), The Docks of New York (9/10), The Fallen Idol (9/10), Fires on the Plain (9/10), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (7.5/10), The Americanization of Emily (8.5/10), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (8/10), The Mirror (8.5/10), The Thin Man (8.5/10), Danger: Diabolik (7.5/10), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (7.5/10), Black God White Devil (8/10), Little Fugitive (8/10), Drunken Angel (7.5/10), Funeral Parade of Roses (9/10), How to Train Your Dragon (8/10), Across 110th Street (7.5/10), The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (8/10), The Wind (8.5), Portrait of Jennie (7/10), Primer (8/10), To Catch a Thief (8/10), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (4/10), Getrud (8.5/10), Our Hospitality (9/10), Les Diaboliques (8/10), The Awful Truth (8/10), Duel in the Sun (6.5/10), A Guy Named Joe (6/10), Quiet City (5/10), People on Sunday (8.5/10), Nothing but a Man (8.5/10), Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring (8/10), Comradship (7.5/10), Too Early, Too Late (4/10), Wooden Crosses (7.5/10), White Zombie (8.5/10), No Highway in the Sky (8/10), The Wanderers (8.5/10), My Son My Son What Have Ye Done (7/10), Our Town (9/10), The Winning of Barbara Worth (8/10), Red Riding 1974 (7/10), Grand Hotel (8/10), Rapt (8/10), The Champ (7/10), Red Beard (8.5/10), Rendez-vous d'Anna (8/10), Two Thousand Maniacs! (7/10), The Old Dark House (7.5/10), The Tarnished Angels (8/10), Ordet (9/10), Pigs and Battleships (8/10), The Naked City (8/10), The Ninth Configuration (4/10), Sling Blade (8.5/10), Le Trou (8.5/10), I Know Where I'm Going! (7.5/10), The Hangover (7.5/10), Body Heat (7.5/10), Night Moves (8.5/10), The Earrings of Madame De... (8/10), Toto, Peppino, e la Malafemmina (7/10), Short Cuts (9/10), The Mystery of Picasso (8/10), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (6.5/10), To Be or Not to Be (9/10), Barfly (5.5/10), Billy Liar (8/10), Hana-bi (7.5/10), The Fighter (8/10), Cop Land (8/10), Cairo Station (8.5/10), Beware of a Holy Whore (8/10) That Obscure Object of Desire (8.5/10), The Structure of Crystals (8.5/10), Farewell, My Lovely (8/10), The Blue Angel (7.5.10), Amadeus (8/10), A Time to Love and a Time to Die (8.5/10), Mike's Murder (8/10), I Saw the Devil (7/10), Advise and Consent (8/10) Total: 134 Best: All That Heaven Allows Worst: Harold and Maude
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penismightier I looked up most of the movies on your list and Little Man, What Now? seems the most interesting to me. The Cranes Are Flying is a rather beautiful and touching film. The camerawork is very impressive, particularly when the camera is gliding through huge crowds, capturing the expressions of dozens of people who feel like they all have their own story that could be just as interesting as Veronica's. On that note, I really appreciated seeing the effects of the war from an everyday woman's point of view, as melodramatic as it is. Man, 1957 was a really good year for movies. 1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - Next highest on the They Shoot Pictures list. 2. Time of the Gypsies - One of my highest PSIs on Criticker but I never really see it talked about much. 3. The Lives of Others - I see this compared to The Conversation a lot, which I loved. 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Maybe now I'll actually get the millions of references to this in other media. 5. 6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford? I'm already sold. 7. The Pianist - Next on the IMDb top 250. 8. It Happened One Night - Might as well put another Capra film here. 9. Casino - I saw this a looooooooong time ago and all I remember is a mannequin getting assassinated and I believe a watermelon is smashed with something metal at some point. 10. The Best Years of Our Lives - This sounds pretty interesting, I suppose. Watched/Criticker Tier: The Seventh Seal 10, Moon 8, Barton Fink 10, The Thin Blue Line 9, Cool Hand Luke 9, Citizen Kane 10, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 10, Rear Window 10, North by Northwest 9, Goodfellas 10, Casablanca 10, City Lights 8, Seven Samurai 10, Bicycle Thieves 9, Do the Right Thing 10, The Battle of Algiers 9, On the Waterfront 7, Wild Strawberries 10, The Trial 10, Adaptation 9, Unforgiven 10, Annie Hall 9, The 400 Blows 9, Diabolique 8, Mulholland Dr. 10, Dirty Harry 5, The 39 Steps 8, Aguirre: The Wrath of God 10, 8 1/2 9, Boogie Nights 9, A Streetcar Named Desire 7, Raiders of the Lost Ark 10, The General 9, Pickpocket 7, Pulp Fiction 10, Amadeus 10, Lawrence of Arabia 10, Eraserhead 8, The Lady Vanishes 8, The Wild Bunch 8, A Clockwork Orange 7, Platoon 7, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 9, Ikiru 10, Jules and Jim 10, The Asphalt Jungle 8, M 9, The Thin Red Line 9, Dial M for Murder 9, The Sting 8, Once Upon a Time in the West 9, The Exterminating Angel 9, A Woman Under the Influence 10, Singin' in the Rain 9, Scenes From a Marriage 10, Badlands 8, City of God 10, The Gold Rush 7, The Maltese Falcon 9, The Conformist 9, The Shawshank Redemption 8, High and Low 10, It's a Wonderful Life 7, Days of Heaven 9, Le Samourai 6, The Night of the Hunter 10, Metropolis 10, The New World 10, Persona 8, Manhattan 9, Some Like It Hot 7, The Rules of the Game 10, Nights of Cabiria 7, The Graduate 10, Pather Panchali 10, Punch-Drunk Love 9, Grand Illusion 8, The Hustler 8, The Great Escape 8, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7, Memento 9, Forbidden Planet 7, Stagecoach 7, The Usual Suspects 6, The Big Sleep 8, Modern Times 7, Tokyo Story 9, Seven 9, The Searchers 6, The Battleship Potemkin 6, Videodrome 8, Léon: The Professional 6, American History X 4, The Grapes of Wrath 7, The Wages of Fear 9, Bonnie and Clyde 6, Mean Streets 8, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 8, American Beauty 6, The Great Dictator 7, Children of Paradise 10, La Dolce Vita 4, The Deer Hunter 8, Ben-Hur 5, Magnolia 9, Rushmore 10, MASH 4, Spirited Away 8, The Cranes Are Flying 9 (Total: 109)
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Okay, I'm in!Atheistdeals.com posted:4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Maybe now I'll actually get the millions of references to this in other media. I think you'll both enjoy this and be glad you now get all the references in various media and repetitive quotes from annoying friends. Although I'm not sure it's possible for it to quite live up to years of hype. Me: Sideways - I've always heard good things about this and love Paul Giamatti, but having known pretentious California wine snobs all my life, the subject matter actually deters me from watching this rather than motivating me. Sunshine - Love Danny Boyle, love sci-fi, not sure how well they mix, just never got around to watching it. Adaption - One of many DVDs I've just had around forever and never bothered to watch. Roger and Me - It's popular to trash Michael Moore on SA Forums. I think he can be manipulative in his presentation of subjects, but on the whole I think he's a skilled and entertaining filmmaker, and I've always wanted to see the film where he made his bones, just hadn't gotten around to it. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! - I don't think I've seen any of Almodovar, this might be a good place to start? Y Tu Mama Tambien - Had started watching this a couple of times, liked it but just hadn't made it through. Un Chien Andalou - legendary surrealist stuff that I just haven't gotten around to watching. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - One of the most famous films of early cinema. Crazy set design, zombies, perhaps the earliest "horror" film - why haven't I watched this yet? Irreversible - I have a hard time stomaching a lot of cruelty. Though I've heard really good things about this, what I've read suggests it might not be my cup of tea.
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Zwabu, go with Cabinet of Dr. Caligari On The Waterfront was great. Movies with main characters that aren't exactly smart such as Travis Bickle and Rocky I've always had a soft spot for. When it was revealed that Terry was in love with the victim's sister, it didn't seem right because the idea of it seemed like a love-at-first-sight situation. Yet, the fact that Terry felt bad for her because he was responsible for the victim's outcome in a way, ended up tying into the movie for a pretty good love theme. I really enjoyed how Marlon Brando's character Terry was a nice mix on being a bit dim and at the same time he is caught in the middle of trying to find out his personal views of what is right and what is wrong. When it ended I found it to be a bit underwhelming at first, but after a while it seemed to affect me in a much more emotional way after playing it over through my head. I was not expecting any that. Overall, On The Waterfront is an interesting movie that mixes the themes of the rough life on the waterfront, a man questioning his moralities, and the willpower he had to get through it all. All those aspects put together makes On The Waterfront all the classic it is said to be. Tree of Life - People are really divided on this one. Days of Heaven blew me away, so I have a good feeling about this The Big Sleep - Watched it until I had to leave the house. I'm always hesitant about starting movies from the start Tora Tora Tora - One of my Dad's favorite films. The Red Shoes - I read that it is a favorite film of Brian De Palma and Martin Scorsese. I'm not sure if this is in color or not. Dogtooth - Seems very interesting. Most likely a crazy movie from the things heard Dead Poets Society - On the DVR. Will it change a part of my life? I hope so Easy Rider - This movie sounds right up my alley. Looking forward to this one the most. What's Eating Gilbert Grape - No idea what it's about. All I know is that it has two young actors that went on to be even more famous Rashomon - At my town's library. If it is any good I'll read the book Any Kenneth Anger film - Would like to try out short films. Watched: On the Waterfront (5/6) Peaceful Anarchy posted:Did you watch Seven Samurai? Tell us something about it. No, I am planning watching it on my birthday next week. I'll absolutely get back to you on Seven Samurai awhile after I watch it. I can safely say that this thread really inspired me to write reviews. The process of writing a review for a movie seems almost mandatory to me now, in a really gratifying way. I could use room for some improvements, but that should be a given for anyone. Thanks thread! bleeding pebbles fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jan 30, 2012 |
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Zwabu posted:Okay, I'm in! Please watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1CC7h_JLE
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bleeding pebbles, as much as I love the chemistry and insane plot of The Big Sleep, your assignment is What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which is an underappreciated gem; sweet and touching and funny and DiCaprio is mind-blowingly good. 1. Rules of the Game - I love French cinema in general but somehow have never seen any Renoir. 2. Querelle - I don't think I've seen any Fassbinder, and I'm interested in queer cinema; I was going to watch this with my housemate but he moved before I got a chance to. 3. Bringing Out The Dead - One of the handful of Scorsese films I haven't seen; I haven't heard much about it but it has Nic Cage so why not. 4. The Aviator - Again, a Scorcese I haven't seen; it looked like a pretty typical big Hollywood biopic and I didn't realize it was Scorcese until recently. 5. Grey Gardens - Looks like it could be an interesting documentary, I don't know much about it except for the basic premise. 6. 3 Women - I love Altman and this is about the only high-profile Altman film on my to-watch list. 7. The Woman In The Window - The only Hollywood-era Fritz Lang film I've seen is Scarlet Street, which I enjoyed, and this sounds like more of the same (in a good way) 8. The 400 Blows - I watched this in high school French class, which was probably the worst possible setting to appreciate it, it didn't make much of an impression and deserves another go. 9. A Dangerous Method - This sounds like such weird territory for a Cronenberg film. 10. The Night Porter - Kinky and emotionally dark, this sounds right up my alley.
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Binary Logic posted:Please watch this: HAHAHA so perfect for this thread. bleeding pebbles, I'm always so glad when someone has watched "On The Waterfront" or "Streetcar" or both. It's utterly impossible to understand what the big deal about Brando was, why he's such an icon of cinema without having seen these. Especially if you're only familiar with him through "The Godfather", "Apocalypse Now" or whatever. Then you see those films and it's a revelation. Like being shot through the forehead with a diamond bullet!
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h_double posted:1. Rules of the Game - I love French cinema in general but somehow have never seen any Renoir. Possibly the best movie I've seen because of this thread. I hope you enjoy. I watched part 1 of Che on Friday. I thought it was good but also fed the mythology of Guevara as a superhuman despite the fact that he had severe asthma (a fact I was unaware of and is exceptionally depicted). I was hoping for a more objective look but there seemed to be a gleaming shine on him. It was so well photographed and performed, though, that the lack of insight into Che's behaviour and the slight celebration of him is somewhat forgiven. It's completely forgiven after part 2. The second part should have been subtitled "futility" instead of "Guerilla." From the first minutes there's a sense of dread that was absent or, at least, subdued in the first part. The gleam in the first part is nothing more than his own ego believing he is capable of revolution anywhere he pleases. It worked in Cuba, it can work in Bolivia. He meets suspicion, harsh conditions and a more resilient army...or he has a much smaller corps to draw from himself. It's funny, after watching part one I waited a few days before watching part two. I made the assumption that the two easily would stand alone despite being about one man. I was wrong, partially. While you could certainly watch one without the other (though the second would benefit from some knowledge of the preceding events), to get a greater picture you need the whole. Those around him are faceless (Franka Potente's literally gets eaten by a piranha...not shown) and in many cases are given no depth and are interchangeable. I couldn't keep track of all his subordinates...but I guess that's the point in a way. They're all part of the collective machine charging for the same goals (achievable in part one...not so much in part two). Ambitious film from Soderbergh, which is probably his best looking movie to date. He seems to be turning into the next Woody Allen in terms of prolific filmmaking. He hasn't gone a year without releasing a movie since 1997. Hopefully he doesn't retire like he's been saying he would. LIST O SHAME: 1) The Last Detail - Swearing sailors sounds superb. 2) Five Easy Pieces - Going to keep watching the America Lost and Found Box Set. 3) Long Goodbye - Altman + Chandler = winning combo...right? 4) Island of Lost Souls - Old, seemingly wacky (I haven't seen it, how would I know?), horrorish movie about Dr. Moreau. It's gotta be better than the Brando monstrosity. 5) Black Moon - Drawn in by various cover art for years. No idea what it's about. 6) Carlos - Will likely watch this in segments...don't have five hours to kill too often. 7) Mystery Train - Only Jarmusch I haven't seen. 8) The Apartment - Back with the IMDB list. 9) Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages - Silent doc about witchcraft. Been meaning to see this for years. 10) Revanche - German revenge movie on Criterion? Sign me up. 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 (TOTAL: 62)
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Ratedargh posted:I watched part 1 of Che on Friday. I thought it was good but also fed the mythology of Guevara as a superhuman despite the fact that he had severe asthma (a fact I was unaware of and is exceptionally depicted). I was hoping for a more objective look but there seemed to be a gleaming shine on him. It was so well photographed and performed, though, that the lack of insight into Che's behaviour and the slight celebration of him is somewhat forgiven. If you haven't already seen it and are interested in the topic of Che Guevara, you might want to watch "The Motorcycle Diaries" which is entirely concerned with one formative event in his life, a motorcycle trip taken by him and a mate as medical students across South America. It gives a fairly good picture of how these events shaped the young man's political outlook. It's on Netflix Instant Watch and has been for some time.
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It's a shame Little Man, What Now? has such an aggressively idiotic title, because the film itself is classic Borzage. He had a rare gift for making films in which the very structure of the world may be against our heroes, but we still believe in the basic decency and dignity of man. It has his best characters since Lazybones - Johann's first boss is this big bearded schemer who's straight out of Dickens. He's a riot. What's really fascinating, though, and deeply tragic and disturbing, is that it's a film about the German economic collapse made in 1934. The specter of Nazism hangs heavily over the whole thing, and it's really eerie because Hitler is basically the nation's response to the question: "little man, what now?" Ratedargh, try Island of Lost Souls on for size, and just for yourself if it's wacky! New list: The Man from Nowhere Doesn't have Lee Byung-hun, but whaddaya gonna do. The Darjeeling Limited I have never enjoyed a Wes Anderson movie, but I feel obligated to watch them. Deep Red Two hour version or hour and a half version? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes I don't... Man's Castle Borzage crazy. My Brother's Wedding So there's a director's cut that's like a half hour shorter? Which should I see? Outrage Ida Lupino fascinates me. Apocalypto This is good, right? Montenegro or Sweet Movie I loved WR and the Eclipse set, but I've avoided Sweet Movie because I heard it sucks and Montenegro because the poster is crap. Szerelem This looks fantastic, but somehow I can't get myself to sit down for it. Finished from this thread: Au Hasard Balthazar (8/10), In the Mood for Love (8.5/10), La Dolce Vita (6.5/10), Anatomy of Murder (9/10), The Grand Illusion (9/10), Ben-Hur (8.5/10), Gone with the Wind (9/10), Black Orpheus (8/10), The Departed (4/10), Midnight Cowboy (5/10), The Red Shoes (9.5/10), Harvey (8.5/10), M. Hulot's Holiday (7.5/10), Trouble in Paradise (8/10), Ugetsu Monogatari (8/10), All That Heaven Allows (9.5/10), Blow-Up (8/10), If... (8/10), The Bad & The Beautiful (7.5/10). Autumn Sonata (9/10), Harold and Maude (3.5/10), L'Atalante (8/10), Anticipation of the Night (8.5/10), Cleo from 5 to 7 (8/10), Wavelength (7/10), Saddle the Wind (7/10), Partie de campagne (7.5/10), My Neighbor Totoro (7/10), Shadows (8/10), Odd Man Out (8/10), Don't Look Now (8/10), Dead Ringers (7.5/10), Written on the Wind (8.5/10), My Winnipeg (8/10), On Dangerous Ground (8.5/10), The King of Comedy (8.5/10), Berlin Express (7/10), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (8.5/10), 3 Women (8.5/10). Harakiri (9.5/10), Zelig (7.5/10), Veronika Voss (7.5/10), Late Spring (8/10), Soldier of Orange (7/10), Vivre Sa Vie (8.5/10), The American Friend (7.5/10), The Endless Sumer (7.5/10), Yesterday Girl (7.5/10), Battleground (8/10), Two-Lane Blacktop (8/10), Chimes at Midnight (9/10), Trash Humpers (6/10), The Docks of New York (9/10), The Fallen Idol (9/10), Fires on the Plain (9/10), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (7.5/10), The Americanization of Emily (8.5/10), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (8/10), The Mirror (8.5/10), The Thin Man (8.5/10), Danger: Diabolik (7.5/10), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (7.5/10), Black God White Devil (8/10), Little Fugitive (8/10), Drunken Angel (7.5/10), Funeral Parade of Roses (9/10), How to Train Your Dragon (8/10), Across 110th Street (7.5/10), The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (8/10), The Wind (8.5), Portrait of Jennie (7/10), Primer (8/10), To Catch a Thief (8/10), The Fantastic Mr. Fox (4/10), Getrud (8.5/10), Our Hospitality (9/10), Les Diaboliques (8/10), The Awful Truth (8/10), Duel in the Sun (6.5/10), A Guy Named Joe (6/10), Quiet City (5/10), People on Sunday (8.5/10), Nothing but a Man (8.5/10), Spring Summer Winter Fall and Spring (8/10), Comradship (7.5/10), Too Early, Too Late (4/10), Wooden Crosses (7.5/10), White Zombie (8.5/10), No Highway in the Sky (8/10), The Wanderers (8.5/10), My Son My Son What Have Ye Done (7/10), Our Town (9/10), The Winning of Barbara Worth (8/10), Red Riding 1974 (7/10), Grand Hotel (8/10), Rapt (8/10), The Champ (7/10), Red Beard (8.5/10), Rendez-vous d'Anna (8/10), Two Thousand Maniacs! (7/10), The Old Dark House (7.5/10), The Tarnished Angels (8/10), Ordet (9/10), Pigs and Battleships (8/10), The Naked City (8/10), The Ninth Configuration (4/10), Sling Blade (8.5/10), Le Trou (8.5/10), I Know Where I'm Going! (7.5/10), The Hangover (7.5/10), Body Heat (7.5/10), Night Moves (8.5/10), The Earrings of Madame De... (8/10), Toto, Peppino, e la Malafemmina (7/10), Short Cuts (9/10), The Mystery of Picasso (8/10), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (6.5/10), To Be or Not to Be (9/10), Barfly (5.5/10), Billy Liar (8/10), Hana-bi (7.5/10), The Fighter (8/10), Cop Land (8/10), Cairo Station (8.5/10), Beware of a Holy Whore (8/10) That Obscure Object of Desire (8.5/10), The Structure of Crystals (8.5/10), Farewell, My Lovely (8/10), The Blue Angel (7.5.10), Amadeus (8/10), A Time to Love and a Time to Die (8.5/10), Mike's Murder (8/10), I Saw the Devil (7/10), Advise and Consent (8/10), Little Man, What Now? (8.5/10) Total: 135 Best: All That Heaven Allows Worst: Harold and Maude
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I just watched Rules of the Game, very impressive! I was surprised how much the style reminded of Altman -- both the busy ensemble scenes, and obviously Gosford Park was in good part modeled after "Rules". This is an ambitious and sophisticated movie, especially for 1939, between the technical aspects and the breadth & scope of the narrative. None of the characters are especially likeable (Octave comes closest) but the key players all have poignant and compelling vulnerabilities. And the party scene was amazing! So much freewheeling energy and merriment and ugly drama bouncing around, it feels very authentic, a strong sense of "yeah I've been to that party" (albeit with less firearms involved).
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h_double posted:I just watched Rules of the Game, very impressive! I was surprised how much the style reminded of Altman -- both the busy ensemble scenes, and obviously Gosford Park was in good part modeled after "Rules". This is an ambitious and sophisticated movie, especially for 1939, between the technical aspects and the breadth & scope of the narrative. None of the characters are especially likeable (Octave comes closest) but the key players all have poignant and compelling vulnerabilities. And the party scene was amazing! So much freewheeling energy and merriment and ugly drama bouncing around, it feels very authentic, a strong sense of "yeah I've been to that party" (albeit with less firearms involved). Have you seen the rules for this game?
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Jan 31, 2012 02:36
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TenSpadesBeTrump posted:Have you seen the rules for this game? I have! However, penismightier beat me to making a recommendation for Ratedargh while I was posting my review of "Rules", and I haven't seen anything on penismightier's list. I didn't want to scrap my review, nor see anybody get skipped. h_double fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Jan 31, 2012 |
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Jan 31, 2012 03:09
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h_double posted:I have! However, penismightier beat me to making a recommendation for Ratedargh while I was posting my review of "Rules", and I haven't seen anything on penismightier's list. I didn't want to scrap my review, nor see anybody get skipped. You still post your list and pick for him even if you haven't seen anything. Here I'll make it easy - give him Deep Red.
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Jan 31, 2012 03:17
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Okeydoke; penismightier, your movie is Outrage, which I haven't seen, but I'm curious about myself. UPDATED LIST: 1. Fallen Angel - I'm not sure I've seen any Preminger other than Laura, which is one of my favorite noirs, so this sounds like a good next step. 2. Querelle - I don't think I've seen any Fassbinder, and I'm interested in queer cinema; I was going to watch this with my housemate but he moved before I got a chance to. 3. Bringing Out The Dead - One of the handful of Scorsese films I haven't seen; I haven't heard much about it but it has Nic Cage so why not. 4. The Aviator - Again, a Scorcese I haven't seen; it looked like a pretty typical big Hollywood biopic and I didn't realize it was Scorcese until recently. 5. Grey Gardens - Looks like it could be an interesting documentary, I don't know much about it except for the basic premise. 6. 3 Women - I love Altman and this is about the only high-profile Altman film on my to-watch list. 7. The Woman In The Window - The only Hollywood-era Fritz Lang film I've seen is Scarlet Street, which I enjoyed, and this sounds like more of the same (in a good way) 8. The 400 Blows - I watched this in high school French class, which was probably the worst possible setting to appreciate it, it didn't make much of an impression and deserves another go. 9. A Dangerous Method - This sounds like such weird territory for a Cronenberg film. 10. The Night Porter - Kinky and emotionally dark, this sounds right up my alley. WATCHED: Rules of the Game
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Jan 31, 2012 03:30
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Freud is weird territory for Cronenberg? I haven't seen it yet but if you ask me this is Cronenberg going full circle. Unrelated but I knocked Y Tu Mama Tambien off my list, excellent film. I'll try and get to Marathon Man by the end of the week and post my reviews for both.
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TrixRabbi posted:Freud is weird territory for Cronenberg? I haven't seen it yet but if you ask me this is Cronenberg going full circle. Well, not Freud so much as the historical / romantic aspects of it.
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Jan 31, 2012 03:42
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h_double posted:Well, not Freud so much as the historical / romantic aspects of it. Nah, he's been there too.
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Jan 31, 2012 04:08
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h_double posted:I have! However, penismightier beat me to making a recommendation for Ratedargh while I was posting my review of "Rules", and I haven't seen anything on penismightier's list. I didn't want to scrap my review, nor see anybody get skipped. Don't be a wuss, just pick something. The guy who picked my last movie hadn't seen any of them either, he just picked the one he thought looked best.
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Jan 31, 2012 05:38
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penismightier posted:Don't be a wuss, just pick something. The guy who picked my last movie hadn't seen any of them either, he just picked the one he thought looked best. I did pick something!
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h_double posted:I did pick something! Ha, my bad! I had that unsent message sitting forever. Sorry.
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