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Rear Window is a really good movie. Check that out. I watched The Royal Tenenbaums and was greatly amused. I'm a sucker for dark comedies and absurdist humor and all the quirkiness just reads as absurdity to me, not as anything at all annoying or cloying. I liked how sedate the proceedings were - whenever things got emotional, it felt like like it was a natural transition rather than one of a series of plot points or story beats or highs and lows. 1) Gone With the Wind (1939) - I've seen ten minutes of it actually. 2) Union Station (1950) - It has William Holden, right? So I should probably also check it out. 3) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Another Wilder film. 4) Electra (1962) - I saw Kakogiannis' Iphigenia and loved it, so more Greek tragedy is just what the doctor ordered. 5) Zulu (1964) - Is this movie hella racist? 6) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) - Marriage! Who doesn't love it, am I right? 7) Time of the Gypsies (1988) - What is the time of the Gypsies? Is it the 80s? 8) Trust (1990) - I know nothing of this movie but I trust it will be good. 9) Magnolia (1999) - I thought I planned to keep a Paul Thomas Anderson movie on this list until I had finished them all, but at some point I didn't have any, so here's this one. 10) Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - In honor of thegloaming's post right above the post where I'm first adding this to my list, here is a movie released recently. People always pick the really new movies on my list so I'm tempting fate by seeing how long this will last. I like Kathryn Bigelow's other stuff. Deshamed: In a Lonely Place (98), The Seventh Seal (97), 2001: A Space Odyssey (97), Full Metal Jacket (96), Last Year at Marienbad (95), Seven Samurai (95), Heathers (94), Stalker (93), Lawrence of Arabia (93), There Will Be Blood (93), In the Mood for Love (93), Tokyo Story (93), The Brothers Bloom (92), Aguirre: The Wrath of God (92), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (92), Sweet Smell of Success (91), 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (91), Nostalghia (91), Play Time (91), Schindler's List (91), The Long Goodbye (91), Blue Velvet (90), Out of the Past (90), Once Upon a Time in the West (90), Ordinary People (90), 8 1/2 (89), Diabolique (89), City of God (89), Badlands (89), Das Boot (88), The Royal Tenenbaums (88), Almost Famous (88), Videodrome (88), The Exterminating Angel (87), 99 River Street (87), His Girl Friday (87), Cool Hand Luke (87), Goodfellas (87), M (86), Throne of Blood (86), High Fidelity (86), A History of Violence (86), The Maltese Falcon (85), The Big Sleep (85), Waltz with Bashir (85), Rififi (84), Female Trouble (84), Midnight Cowboy (84), Crimes and Misdemeanors (84), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (84), Touch of Evil (83), The Social Network (83), The Last King of Scotland (82), Amores Perros (82), The Lost Weekend (82), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (82), City Lights (82), Slacker (82), Vertigo (81), North by Northwest (81), Hard Eight (81), Breakfast at Tiffany's (81), Unforgiven (81), The Man Who Fell to Earth (79), Body Heat (79), Raising Arizona (77), The Lady Vanishes (72), Boyz n the Hood (76), The 400 Blows (72), The Man Who Knew Too Much (60)
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TychoCelchuuu posted:1) Gone With the Wind (1939) - I've seen ten minutes of it actually. That leaves another 228 minutes to go. My Dinner with Andre - Andre: We've all turned into robots! Wally: What's wrong with that? I kind of like it. Me: Check please! The premise is an uncommon one as nearly all of it's conversation in a restaurant. However, it veers too often into middlebrow metaphysics. Not that there's anything wrong with that subject it's just I've read and been regaled with it often enough before that it seems banal to showcase it. Even worse is that these kinds of conversations typically turn into one party lording over the other dismissively. That kind of happens here when Andre posits that everyone post-1960s has turned into a zombie. A lot of Andre's stories are borderline esoteric mumbo jumbo. Superstitious, hallucinatory, conspiratorial, mystical and eccentric are some adjectives that begin to describe his stories. After two hours it's unsurprising they haven't come to an agreement as philosophy is like a chess game with unlimited pieces. Procrastination (112 completed): #100 Departures - A newer entrant to the IMDb top 250. 12/17/13 #110 The Word AKA Ordet - It's high on the TSPDT list. 1/29/14 #114 Late Spring - Ranked highly on many lists. 2/9/14 #116 Traffic - I remember this getting a lot of hype when it came out but I forgot about watching it. 2/13/14 new #117 Prisoners - I haven't seen many newer films. 3/3/14 James Herbert Bond versus James Tiberius Kirk: Roger Ebert's Top Films 1967-2012 (36/46 completed): 1988 Mississippi Burning - Another one I haven't heard much about. 12/7/13 1980 The Black Stallion - Another equine film. 2/26/14 1978 An Unmarried Woman - I don't think I've ever read one word about this one. I've seen Jill Clayburgh before though. 2/26/14 1977 3 Women - This was on a lot of lists here at one point. 2/26/14 1976 Small Change - I haven't seen many Truffaut movies yet. 2/26/14 Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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Zogo- I'll go with 1 of the 3 movies I have even heard of on your list, Late Spring  I took a full day to digest Viridiana before attempting to voice my thoughts on it. I have to say that during the film, the vast majority of what was really going on slid under my radar. Not to say it is very subtle, it's just that it took me putting all the pieces together at the end to say A-HAH! And at that point, the whole thing came together to form one of the most pessimist movies I have seen. The movie starts off with a nun living in a convent who goes to visit her uncle, in what will be her last venture into the 'outside world'. Once she leaves the convent, everything that the nun believed in mocked and destroyed. I've heard this movie described as totally nihilist, and totally humanistic by others. I am not quite sure what to think on that, but it certainly is controversial and even offensive. I can only imagine the kind of reception this had at the time it came out. Simon of the Desert is still probably the only Bunuel film I would wholly recommend. I'm not really religious, but to watch an undeserving nun have her faith in humanity, or anything at all, be torn down for an hour and half was kind of rough. This is one mean movie. 1. Badlands - I liked Days of Heaven.. 2. Shoeshine - I really like De Sica. 3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrance - David Bowie yo 4. Easy Rider - 5. The 400 Blows - I've yet to see a 'new wave' French movie I actually enjoy watching. Maybe this will change it? 6. Eyes without a face - 7. Touch of Evil - This is an actual shameful one. 8. Aliens - Thats right... I've never seen any Alien movie beside the first.  9. Paris, Texas- 10. What have you done to Solange? - It's been a couple months since watching a giallo..This should be fixed. Seen: Rio Bravo, Days of Heaven, Hoop Dreams, The Exterminating Angel, Hopscotch, Letter Never Sent, Stagecoach(1939), I shot Jesse James, The Trial, The Wild Bunch, Man Bites Dog, The Pianist, Viridiana
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Dr Caligari, you get Badlands Thief was Michael Mann at his best. Even though, this was his debut feature, it felt like it had been made by a veteran. As this was the last of his films I hadn't seen, it was cool to see all of his style in play here in the beginning of his career. James Caan was great, just intense as hell and this was one of the better heist films I've ever seen. ) Le Deuxieme Souffle- love that Melville 2) Carlos- everyone I know who has seen this raves about it 3) It's A Mad Mad Mad World- that's a lot of mads and I hear this has been referenced a lot 4) Bringing Up Baby- I like early screwball comedies 5) Gun Crazy- mmmm 1950s noir 6) Rebel Without A Cause- I've never seen a James Dean movie 7) Stalag 17- I love all the Wilder I've seen so far 8) The Wolf Man- more Universal monsters 9) Swing Time- last musical on the AFI top 100 I haven't seen 10) A League of Their Own- I know the famous line, but that's about it. Is this any good? New List of Unshamed: The Invisible Man; Paris, Texas; Dr Strangelove, Ran, Stripes, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Throne of Blood, Touch of Evil, Blow Out, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Sound of Music, The Apartment, The Rules of the Game, The Last Picture Show, Bicycle Thieves, Manhattan, The Conversation, All That Jazz, Two Lane Blacktop, The Deer Hunter, Island of Lost Souls, Tokyo Story, Nashville, A Woman Under the Influence, The Earrings of Madame de..., Rope, The Phantom Carriage, The Magnificent Seven, Go West, Cabaret, Five Easy Pieces, To Live and Die in L.A., A Fistful of Dollars, The Nightmare Before Christmas, For A Few Dollars More, Sanjuro, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Great Dictator, Around The World In 80 Days, Our Hospitality, Rain Man, Thief
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RushJet posted:The Raid: Redemption: I've been told this movie is an explosion of awesome action and bad acting. It sounds like it could be awesome...but it also sounds like it could be bad...So I never got around to watching it. Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Rocksicles posted:Unless you speak Indonesian i don't think it's fair to judge something as subjective.
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:5) Gun Crazy- mmmm 1950s noir I had that same reaction when I saw this on your list. A great film - enjoy Gun Crazy! Taste of Cherry Yet another great film from director Abbas Kiarostami - simple and relaxed, yet it delves into various themes and reflects them back onto us. Kiarostami can do no wrong for me, along with Close-Up, Certified Copy, and Like Someone In Love. It feels like, based off the trailer, Jonathan Glazer watched this film over and over when making his new film Under the Skin w/ Scarlett Johansson behind the wheel. LIST Amour (2014.02.22) - I've had two festival opportunities squandered due to film print damage. I need to see this! Le Doulos **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - I've only watched Le Samourai which I loved.... I must consume more Melville. Eastern Promises (2014.01.02) - a newer film and one I've been meaning to watch since it came out. Holiday (2013.12.15) - the title made this choice appropriate to add now. It Happened One Night (2014.01.05) - all I know is that it's the first movie to win all 5 big Oscar categories. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Lone Star **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - heard plenty of great things, love Chris Cooper & loved his work in Sayles' earlier film Matewan. Million Dollar Baby **new** (2014.03.08) - the most recent Best Picture winner I've yet to watch. The Player (2013.12.04) - this just seems right up my alley. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (2013.11.19) - I loved Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, plus Bette Davis & Joan Crawford? Need I say more? De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), [Total:64] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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Go with Eastern Promises I just finished Badlands. Martin Sheen has the looks you think women would be attracted to, and craziness in his eyes, he was made for his part in this movie. Sissy Spaceck also did very well playing the part of someone who is firmly a submissive position, and slowly coming to reality. Really good movie, and something about how Malick films and the era makes me nostalgic and sends me back to another time. The only part that didn't seem to go with the flow of the movie was how the cops treated Kit after they caught him. Unless he is trying to say something about how the media handled murderers at the time, I felt it strange that a guy who was shooting at cops the day before is given special treatment. I also don't know if it's true or not, but I found this trivia on IMDB amusing: IMDB posted:The film's tag line ("In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people") inspired the Zodiac Killer (who'd been lying low for some years) to write a letter to the newspaper denouncing their flippant attitude to violence in society by running such an ad. 1. Make Way for Tomorrow - Everything about this movie seems like something I would like 2. Shoeshine - I really like De Sica. 3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrance - David Bowie yo 4. Easy Rider - 5. The 400 Blows - I've yet to see a 'new wave' French movie I actually enjoy watching. Maybe this will change it? 6. Eyes without a face - 7. Touch of Evil - This is an actual shameful one. 8. Aliens - Thats right... I've never seen any Alien movie beside the first. 9. Paris, Texas- 10. What have you done to Solange? - It's been a couple months since watching a giallo..This should be fixed. Seen: Rio Bravo, Days of Heaven, Hoop Dreams, The Exterminating Angel, Hopscotch, Letter Never Sent, Stagecoach(1939), I shot Jesse James, The Trial, The Wild Bunch, Man Bites Dog, The Pianist, Viridiana, Badlands e; used spoiler tags just in case Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Dr. Caligari, go watch Aliens. I just watched Triumph of the Will after putting it off forever. Goddamn, I had no idea I could be horrified and bored out of my mind simultaneously. A huge portion of the movie is an extended montage of different army/SS/SA groups marching past the camera, which I'm sure was a huge deal to 1930s Germany, but the imagery has been mined to death by now. Seeing the triumphant music attached to those images was weird, though; there's a split between shots and imagery that would later become shorthand for villainy vs a few that I've seen used for heroes in later media. The extended public apologies / loyalty oaths from the SA made me realize this was maybe two months after the Night of the Long Knives, which gave a sense of fear from the attendees that contrasts with the army-of-sycophants depiction I normally see. I also watched Total Recall, which was a bit more lighthearted. Arnold has more of a subtle performance than I've generally seen from him, despite also killing piles of dudes. That's not really a high bar though. As always with Verhoeven, the world that he creates is the highlight of it, with the general security state feel on Earth transitioning to the straight-up military dictatorship on Mars. I will say that it's aged oddly, with my roommates' general reaction to the weird intrusive walkthrough x-ray machines being "wow, that would be convenient" instead of "wow, that would be totalitarian." All in all it was generally a fun time. _________________________ My Shame List: 1) The Graduate: Know the meme, see the movie! (added 7/26/13) 2) Days of Heaven: Never seen a Malick movie. This was strongly recommended to me since I really liked Upstream Color. (added 10/27/13) 3) Rio Grande: Another Ford/Wayne western for the western slot. (added 12/7/13) 4) The Fly: The Cronenberg one. (added 1/4/14) 5) La Dolce Vita: 8 1/2 was good. How about another Fellini? (added 1/4/14) 6) Galaxy Quest: Star Trek in all but name? (added 1/4/14) 7) Chinatown: Jack Nicholson deals with some pretty screwed up stuff. That's all I know. (added 1/11/14) 8) Children of Men: Don't know much about this one. (added 2/4/14) 9) Birth of a Nation: Continuing the "know thy enemy" series. (added 3/11/14) 10) Rocky: I have no idea how I missed this one for this long. (added 3/11/14) De-Shamed (44) [Top
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Nolanar, The Graduate has been on your list the longest, and it's a super good movie. So watch that. Hell's Angels is a film I feel I would die for to see on the big screen. The aviation sequences are phenomenal, and watching them on my relatively tiny TV screen has nowhere near the impact I can imagine seeing it in a massive moviehouse would. The mix of styles was also interesting, since the film was originally intended as a silent before being converted and refilmed as sound, there are sequences that were shot silently and given a color filter (such as the famous dueling sequence). It creates a wonderful effect. And then the lovely color ballroom sequence was another nice surprise. Outside of the technical aspects, it's a story that stands on its own, although it can be a little hammy at times. But the character interactions are just as great as any of the aviation scenes. This is definitely one of those films that is officially "canon," but seems to have been forgotten by a lot of people in the film community, and deserves a reappraisal. My List: The Lady Eve (1941) - I picked up the book "Cinematic Mythmaking" by Irving Singer because it looked really good. However, the essays in it tend to focus on single films and this is one of them. I'd like to go through a few of them before I crack into the book. (Added 7/31/2013) The Beaver Trilogy (2001) - We were supposed to show this at the theater I work at with the director in person, but it got cancelled for whatever reason. Anyway, since finding out about it my interest is peaked. Technically three films in one. (Added 12/17/2013) Black Jesus (1968) - But what about Black Santa?  (Added 12/17/2013)Damnation (1988) - I've never seen a Béla Tarr film. I know Werckmeister Harmonies is the favorite, but something about this one is calling me. (Added 12/21/2013) Grey Gardens (1975) - Everything I've heard about this makes it sound absolutely insane. Gimme Shelter is one of my favorite documentaries so I should see some more stuff by the Maysles. (Added 12/24/2013) Fort Apache (1948) - The first in John Ford's Calvary trilogy. (Added 1/2/2014) All About Eve (1950) - This Eve sure is a popular one, eh? (Added 2/4/2014) King Boxer: Five Fingers of Death (1972) - Getting more into classic Kung Fu. Also, this is apparently one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies. (Added 2/7/2014) Night and Fog (1955) - Time to feel sad. (Added 2/14/2014) Playtime (1967) - Is this an alright jumping in point for Tati? (Added 3/11/2014) Watched: Harold and Maude; The Third Man; Inland Empire; Godzilla; Big Trouble In Little China; Y Tu Mamá También; Marathon Man; Hunger; A Woman Is A Woman; Black Narcissus; A Hard Day's Night; Scarface; Le Doulos; On The Waterfront; Rocky; 3 Women; Airplane!; Duck Soup; Clash of the Titans; Singin' In The Rain; The Cow; Straw Dogs; Stop Making Sense; Bad Timing; Once Upon A Time In America; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Robocop; Shane; WALL·E; The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin; The Man Who Fell To Earth; Mr. Smith Goes To Washington; Divorce Italian Style; Some Like It Hot; To Kill A Mockingbird; An American Werewolf In London; Buffalo '66; Lawrence Of Arabia; Manhattan; Cul-De-Sac; The Birth of a Nation; Braveheart; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Malcolm X; Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; The Passion of Joan of Arc; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Le Samouraï; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Marat/Sade; His Girl Friday; A Woman Under the Influence; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Rio Bravo; Triumph of the Will; Titanic; Strike; The General; Jules et Jim; Tokyo Story; Once Upon A Time In Anatolia; L'Âge d'Or; Stroszek; Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky; Faust; Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom; Frankenstein; Rebel Without a Cause; Gone with the Wind; Barry Lyndon; The Grapes of Wrath; Midnight Cowboy; My Darling Clementine; Hoop Dreams; Close-Up; Begotten; The Goddess; The Apartment; Hell's Angels (TOTAL: 79)
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This was a no-brainer for me. Enjoy it! Eastern Promises A pretty drat good thriller, and that infamous bathhouse scene I've heard so much about is completely unforgettable. A quiet yet brutal film, there's much potential to reach greatness but doesn't flesh out this world of a London-set Russian mob scene as much as it could have. Also, I can't believe this is my first Cronenberg film ever watched - I guess I'm in the right thread. LIST Amour (2014.02.22) - I've had two festival opportunities squandered due to film print damage. I need to see this! Barry Lyndon **new** (2014.03.11) - someone once told me it was boring and I should skip it... I've heard too much of the contrary ever since. Le Doulos **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - I've only watched Le Samourai which I loved - I must consume more Melville. Holiday (2013.12.15) - the title made this choice appropriate to add now. It Happened One Night (2014.01.05) - all I know is that it's the first movie to win all 5 big Oscar categories. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Lone Star **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - heard plenty of great things, love Chris Cooper & loved his work in Sayles' earlier film Matewan. Million Dollar Baby (2014.03.08) - the most recent Best Picture winner I've yet to watch. The Player (2013.12.04) - this just seems right up my alley. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (2013.11.19) - I loved Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, plus Bette Davis & Joan Crawford? Need I say more? De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), [Total:65] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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A girl I was interested in in college said Whatever Happened to Baby Jane was her favorite movie of all time. She kind of ended up being crazy though and I lost interest. So, go watch the movie and let me know if I made a huge mistake or averted disaster. Why was Time Bandits made? Who was the intended audience? Was there even an intended audience? I don't know what the answer to any of these questions are and I suspect Terry Gilliam doesn't know either. I think it was supposed to be funny in spots, but it wasn't really. If not that, some kind of adventure? The film relies on set piece after set piece without bothering to establish much of any of the motivation of the characters apart from greed. Kind of hard for me to care. This was a chore to watch, it was uncomfortable, unpleasant, and with little charm to redeem itself. On the plus side, it's becoming more and more clear just how much of Monty Python's feel comes from Gilliam being in control. The atmosphere of Time Bandits is similar to that of a Monty Python feature... but without the input of his fellow troupe, Gilliam's work seems to suffer a lot. The exception so far is 12 Monkeys, which is a tremendous film. Brazil, which I watched very early on in my quest of this thread, suffered from some of the same problems Time Bandits seemed to. At least it was original. This earns some points by deafault, Gilliam always seems to find a way to put out something you've never quite seen before. Either way, I think it'll be awhile before I bother with another one of his films. 6/10 New List 1. The Buddy Holly Story - Apparently, Gary Busey believes that the spirit of Buddy Holly possessed him during the filming of this. I'm interested. 2. *NEW* The Purple Rose of Cairo *NEW* - More Woodie! 3. The Rules of the Game - I don't know what's wrong with me. 4. Poolhouse Junkies - Looks like fun. 5. The Last Starfighter - I know nothing about this other than the bits that were referenced in Plinkett's Episode 1-3 reviews. It looks cool though! 6. Senna - Heard this about some car jesus that everyone in the world reveres outside of the USA. 7. Sherlock Jr. *NEW* - Keaton has yet to disappoint me. The General actually brought me to tears. More please. 8. Intolerable Cruelty - Continuing along with my quest to complete the Coens! I'm getting there! 9. Before Sunrise - Heard good things about the "before" trilogy, happy to start it up! 10. Pleasantville - I know it's in black and white and is some kind of period piece? I think? Seems like the less I know going in, the better. 87 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
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Chili posted:9. Before Sunrise - Heard good things about the "before" trilogy, happy to start it up! I've seen half your list but nothing was sticking out so I rolled a die and got this one. Late Spring - It has the same look as Tokyo Story. It's kind of a meditation on marriage and family life and mainly on Noriko's avoidance of marriage. The characters have subtle and reserved family problems but it's still a very calm and serene experience. Shukichi provides a lot of advice and eventually convinces Noriko to marry. He does have to resort to deception to do it however. The eternal refrain of "Young people today..." and "things have changed so much" by the old will probably never die. One thing that stuck out was the references to US culture/corporations which seemed to be a necessary passive-aggressive stance. Also watched: The Word - This is one of those films that can be paused at many instances to have something worthy of hanging on the wall. Religious concepts run all through it. One of the main points of conflict is between the two neighboring fathers who both have chips on their shoulders regarding the appropriateness of their religious beliefs. Both are caught up in their respective legacies and traditions. It really highlights the idea that each individual takes their religion in different doses and with varying amounts of pride. I think this is sometimes lost with the irreligious/secular who may be prone to characterizing adherents of XYZ religion as monolithic entities. Religious practices are extremely nuanced and constantly changing contrary to popular belief. Many characters could be mentioned but Johannes seems like the enigmatic character in all of this. At first glance he seems to be suffering from a messiah complex brought on by chronic bible recitation. He's almost comic relief as serious things are happening (mainly the arduous childbirth) he shuffles around in a near catatonic state moaning out a few bible verses before the family gets annoyed with him. He basically trolls the whole family as he's more sanctimonious (right up until the miraculous ending at least. Procrastination (114 completed): #100 Departures - A newer entrant to the IMDb top 250. 12/17/13 #116 Traffic - I remember this getting a lot of hype when it came out but I forgot about watching it. 2/13/14 #117 Prisoners - I haven't seen many newer films. 3/3/14 new #118 Reds - Had this confused with "The Big Red One" for a while. 3/13/14 James Herbert Bond versus James Tiberius Kirk: Roger Ebert's Top Films 1967-2012 (36/46 completed): 1988 Mississippi Burning - Another one I haven't heard much about. 12/7/13 1980 The Black Stallion - Another equine film. 2/26/14 1978 An Unmarried Woman - I don't think I've ever read one word about this one. I've seen Jill Clayburgh before though. 2/26/14 1977 3 Women - This was on a lot of lists here at one point. 2/26/14 1976 Small Change - I haven't seen many Truffaut movies yet. 2/26/14 new 1974 Scenes from a Marriage - I've heard the theatrical version is preferred but I'll watch the longer TV version for completionism. 3/13/14
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My one friend has been begging me to see this ever since it came out. I need to make it a higher priority myself - enjoy! What Ever Happened To Baby Jane This was pure melodrama - uncomfortable to watch at times but pretty drat fun to see Crawford & Davis go after each other for 2 hours. It had another great intro to the film as did Aldrich's other film I've seen, Kiss Me Deadly. I could see this being remade today with Meryl Streep and... maybe Cate Blanchette? Blanchette could play Blanche! It writes itself. LIST Amour (2014.02.22) - I've had two festival opportunities squandered due to film print damage. I need to see this! Barry Lyndon (2014.03.11) - someone once told me it was boring and I should skip it... I've heard too much of the contrary ever since. Le Doulos **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - I've only watched Le Samourai which I loved - I must consume more Melville. A Few Good Men **new** (2014.03.13) - I haven't been able to handle the truth until now. Holiday (2013.12.15) - the title made this choice appropriate to add now. It Happened One Night (2014.01.05) - all I know is that it's the first movie to win all 5 big Oscar categories. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Lone Star **oldest (tie)** (2013.08.06) - heard plenty of great things, love Chris Cooper & loved his work in Sayles' earlier film Matewan. Million Dollar Baby (2014.03.08) - the most recent Best Picture winner I've yet to watch. The Player (2013.12.04) - this just seems right up my alley. De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (4/5), [Total:66]
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friendo55 posted:My one friend has been begging me to see this ever since it came out. I need to make it a higher priority myself - enjoy! OK... but you didn't answer my question: A girl I was interested in in college said Whatever Happened to Baby Jane was her favorite movie of all time. She kind of ended up being crazy though and I lost interest. So, go watch the movie and let me know if I made a huge mistake or averted disaster.
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Mar 14, 2014 13:13
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Chili posted:OK... but you didn't answer my question: My apologies, it was late when I wrote that up. I think for that to be her favourite movie of all time is a bit much and may say something about her - especially if she turned out crazy anyway. But she enjoys classic cinema and there's some fantastic acting so there's that side of the coin too. But no matter whether she loved it for Blanche or Baby Jane, there's issues with both of em. I say you averted disaster.
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Mar 14, 2014 14:13
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friendo55 posted:My apologies, it was late when I wrote that up. I think for that to be her favourite movie of all time is a bit much and may say something about her - especially if she turned out crazy anyway. But she enjoys classic cinema and there's some fantastic acting so there's that side of the coin too. But no matter whether she loved it for Blanche or Baby Jane, there's issues with both of em. I say you averted disaster. Sweet. Thanks.
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That movie seems to me like the kind of movie someone would say is there favorite to make them look like they know movies, but in reality haven't seen many classic movies. While it was well made, it just seemed rather forgettable, but then again I don't have any special interest in the lead actresses. I know 'taste' is subjective , and if you are a fan of Davis or Crawford this may be a favorite, but that movie had nothing in it for me that set it above many other 'good' movies. Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Mar 14, 2014 14:51
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Dr.Caligari posted:That movie seems to me like the kind of movie someone would say is there favorite to make them look like they know movies, but in reality haven't seen many classic movies. While it was well made, it just seemed rather forgettable, but then again I don't have any special interest in the lead actresses. Yeah, that's pretty much hitting the nail on the head. The red flags were there before this was unearthed anyway...  Attack of The Clones was the best Star Wars movie, Empire was the worst.I mean, I'm hardly a Star Wars nerd, but come on.
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Mar 14, 2014 15:03
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Dr.Caligari posted:That movie seems to me like the kind of movie someone would say is there favorite to make them look like they know movies, but in reality haven't seen many classic movies. While it was well made, it just seemed rather forgettable, but then again I don't have any special interest in the lead actresses. I don't know if it's that well-known these days, though? To throw out a classic movie just to sound like they know what they're talking about, I'd expect a Casablanca or Gone With the Wind or even Annie Hall. Sounds like this girl took life lessons from Baby Jane.
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Sorry, I don't know most of the movies you listed friendo, but go with Le Doulos since it's been on your list a while As a horror fan, I felt guilty for not having watched the Alien series. After finishing the second Aliens (and second in the series I have seen), I no longer feel AS guilty, as it seems to me these are action movies that happen to take place on horror sets. I have also never seen any Predator movies, and I am assuming they are the same way? Sigourney Weaver makes a wonderful lead, of course, and the aliens themselves looks terrific, but besides that everything in the movie just seemed run of the mill and rather predictable. Maybe it's the hair styles and a few other things, but this movie feels quite '1980s'. It very well could just be that my mind associating the two since it is kind of an icon of that decade. Overall I just don't care for these type of movies, but I am sure they are awesome if you like the two genres meeting. 1. Make Way for Tomorrow - Everything about this movie seems like something I would like 2. Shoeshine - I really like De Sica. 3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrance - David Bowie yo 4. Easy Rider - 5. The 400 Blows - I've yet to see a 'new wave' French movie I actually enjoy watching. Maybe this will change it 6. Eyes without a face - 7. Touch of Evil - This is an actual shameful one. 8. La Strada - I hear it referenced a lot. 9. Paris, Texas- 10. What have you done to Solange? - It's been a couple months since watching a giallo..This should be fixed. Seen: Rio Bravo, Days of Heaven, Hoop Dreams, The Exterminating Angel, Hopscotch, Letter Never Sent, Stagecoach(1939), I shot Jesse James, The Trial, The Wild Bunch, Man Bites Dog, The Pianist, Viridiana, Badlands. Aliens Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Mar 17, 2014 |
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Mar 17, 2014 15:54
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Dr.Caligari posted:Sorry, I don't know most of the movies you listed friendo, but go with Le Doulos since it's been on your list a while Aliens essentially invented the concept of action/horror, Alien is a straight-up horror movie.
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penismightier posted:Aliens essentially invented the concept of action/horror, Alien is a straight-up horror movie. Yeah, pretty much this. As far as Predator is concerned though, it's just the straight up better action/horror flick. It's so much fun. While it isn't a big deal if you may not have seen it as a horror fan, it's worth watching anyhow.
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Oh man, no way. Predator is great but nowhere near as good as Aliens.
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penismightier posted:Oh man, no way. Predator is great but nowhere near as good as Aliens. I actually watched both movies as part of this thread. I don't know, I was really underwhelmed by Aliens, I didn't feel much of any tension and it just came across as dry. Predator felt so fresh to me and the last 30 minutes or so with the One on One stuff was some of the most exciting action I've ever seen.
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Mar 17, 2014 20:32
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Chili posted:I don't know, I was really underwhelmed by Aliens, I didn't feel much of any tension and it just came across as dry. Predator felt so fresh to me and the last 30 minutes or so with the One on One stuff was some of the most exciting action I've ever seen. Swap the titles of the movies and you've got my opinion exactly.
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Dr.Caligari posted:I have also never seen any Predator movies, and I am assuming they are the same way? Aliens and Predator have the same kind of outline. Ripley and Dutch were both betrayed in different ways. Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a presence in most of his 80s films that he kind of supersedes the genre classification or the Predator franchise itself. Predator has one of my favorite film scores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n38zz9byASY
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Both Aliens and Predator are staples of my teen years. Those VHS copies were in pretty rough shape by the time I got a DVD player.
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Chili posted:I actually watched both movies as part of this thread. I feel the same way and I imagine this be because we didn't see these movies when they were new(er). Aliens has been parodied so much I felt that I had already seen the movie without seeing it, where as all I really know about Predator is how he looks and Arnie saying "Get to the choppa". I'm sure I would have a whole new appreciation if I had seen these movies when they came out
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Dr.Caligari posted:4. Easy Rider - Try this next. Departures - I thought it was going to be 100% serious but there were plenty of moments with surprising levity. I was impressed by how they could give death such a light tone. It was an emotional roller coaster and it was emotionally taxing to go through what felt like fifteen funerals. Some of the story was telegraphed and I thought some things could've been excised but it was still powerful. One of the odd aspects was Daigo being ostracized for his profession by some of his grossed out friends and family. His mainly aloof boss made the good point that most people eat corpses on a daily basis. Procrastination (115 completed): #116 Traffic - I remember this getting a lot of hype when it came out but I forgot about watching it. 2/13/14 #117 Prisoners - I haven't seen many newer films. 3/3/14 #118 Reds - Had this confused with "The Big Red One" for a while. 3/13/14 new #119 Bad Boys (1983) - One I've been meaning to watch for a while. 3/18/14 James Herbert Bond versus James Tiberius Kirk: Roger Ebert's Top Films 1967-2012 (36/46 completed): 1988 Mississippi Burning - Another one I haven't heard much about. 12/7/13 1980 The Black Stallion - Another equine film. 2/26/14 1978 An Unmarried Woman - I don't think I've ever read one word about this one. I've seen Jill Clayburgh before though. 2/26/14 1977 3 Women - This was on a lot of lists here at one point. 2/26/14 1976 Small Change - I haven't seen many Truffaut movies yet. 2/26/14 1974 Scenes from a Marriage - I've heard the theatrical version is preferred but I'll watch the longer TV version for completionism. 3/13/14
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Dr.Caligari posted:I feel the same way and I imagine this be because we didn't see these movies when they were new(er). Aliens has been parodied so much I felt that I had already seen the movie without seeing it, where as all I really know about Predator is how he looks and Arnie saying "Get to the choppa". This is probably true. The Terminator movies have a similar thing where most people I know who saw them closer to their releases slightly prefer Terminator 2, and most people who saw them recently much prefer the first one.
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penismightier posted:This is probably true. The Terminator movies have a similar thing where most people I know who saw them closer to their releases slightly prefer Terminator 2, and most people who saw them recently much prefer the first one. This is so true. I saw T2 at least half a dozen times before I saw the first one. T2 was more tv friendly, and I think it was airing on tv as early as 1992. I remember recording it on a VHS tape.
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Chili posted:Why was Time Bandits made? Who was the intended audience? Was there even an intended audience? Time Bandits is definitely an odd film. I can't say I love it, but in a way I'm still glad it exists because it's so vastly different from anything else. Zogo posted:1974 Scenes from a Marriage - I've heard the theatrical version is preferred but I'll watch the longer TV version for completionism. 3/13/14 Try the theatrical cut first. --- City Lights There's three things I've come to expect from a silent era Chaplin film: lots of humour, a great score and a fundamentally humanist outlook. City Lights easily delivers on all three fronts. It's an extremely funny film, perhaps Chaplin's funniest, next to Modern Times. Every little vignette has at least one memorable gag and despite a running time of 90 minutes there are no repeats; every scene feels fresh and different from anything that came before it. Most comedies, even the great ones, have one or two jokes that fall flat, but I can't think of any here; every punchline works and the timing is impeccable. The boxing scene is a particular highlight, containing one long shot with three actors perfectly synchronizing their movements. It's mesmerizing to watch. Underneath all the slapstick lies a very touching story about two social outcasts coming together. Chaplin's later work is more political, but even here you can clearly see the admiration he had for the working class and his disdain of the decadent elite. He doesn't shy away from depicting harsh realities either. The Tramp is constantly being spat on by society and his only friend completely forgets about him every time he's sober. It's ironic that only a drunk man and a blind woman are able to see him for what he truly is, while everyone else judges him by his appearance. And yet even the darkest parts of City Lights are accompanied by a strong sense of optimism. It's a film completely devoid of cynicism, conveying its message that life is worth living so sincerely that it's impossible to resist. I even got a little teary-eyed during the ending, it's such a perfect closure and the best use of title cards I've seen. I couldn't imagine it working nearly as well with actual spoken dialogue. A fantastic film and Chaplin's greatest work. 1. The Trial (1962) - After watching Citizen Kane and F for Fake I need some more Orson Welles in my life and this is often cited as his best film. 2. A Streetcar named Desire (1951) - All I know about it is that it stars Marlon Brando and a woman called STELLA. 3. Shane (1953) - Slowly making my way through the classic studio westerns. 4. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - Another one from John Ford. Love the book, never seen the film. 5. Patton (1970) - With Coppola in his prime writing the script this is almost guaranteed to be great. 6. 1776 (1972) - I'm not American, but I do enjoy a good musical. 7. Scarface (1932) - I know the remake, but I've never seen the 1932 version. 8. (new) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - It's one of the recommendations in the Silent Film thread. 9. Wizards (1977) - Any Bakshi film really, but this one has the most interesting premise. 10. Ran (1985) - I'll take any opportunity to see more Kurosawa. Watched: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Great Escape (1963), Psycho (1960), Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Tangled (2010), Stagecoach (1939), City Lights (1931) Samuel Clemens fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Samuel Clemens posted:Try the theatrical cut first. I'd prefer not to do that since I'm almost done with the TV version. 
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Samuel Clemens posted:Time Bandits is definitely an odd film. I can't say I love it, but in a way I'm still glad it exists because it's so vastly different from anything else. I think this sums up exactly how I feel about Terry Gilliam on the whole. An odd man, and I don't love him, but I'm definitely glad he exists.
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There are only a handful of movies which are a '100' with me, and The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of them, so go with that. I would recommend watching it all in one setting and letting yourself become fully immersed in it.. It's really something. Easy Rider was everything I thought it was going to be, a cool, hippie road movie. Nicholson and Hopper talking UFOs around the campfire was amusing, and not surprisingly, totally believable. Not sure how I felt about the ending, I'm sure it was making a statement, but I'm not sure it was necessary. An ending shot of our protagonists riding off into the sunset (as one would have predicted), would have been fine Overall a cool movie that I'm sure was a cult hit back in the day. Just speaking on personal tastes, I would pick Two Lane Blacktop over this. 1. Make Way for Tomorrow - Everything about this movie seems like something I would like 2. Shoeshine - I really like De Sica. 3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrance - David Bowie yo 4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Never seen any Anderson and feel like I need to see what all the ruckus is about. 5. The 400 Blows - I've yet to see a 'new wave' French movie I actually enjoy watching. Maybe this will change it 6. Eyes without a face - 7. Touch of Evil - This is an actual shameful one. 8. La Strada - I hear it referenced a lot. 9. Paris, Texas- 10. What have you done to Solange? - It's been a couple months since watching a giallo..This should be fixed. Seen: Rio Bravo, Days of Heaven, Hoop Dreams, The Exterminating Angel, Hopscotch, Letter Never Sent, Stagecoach(1939), I shot Jesse James, The Trial, The Wild Bunch, Man Bites Dog, The Pianist, Viridiana, Badlands. Aliens, Easy Rider Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Mar 20, 2014 |
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Dr.Caligari posted:Easy Rider was everything I thought it was going to be, a cool, hippie road movie. Nicholson and Hopper talking UFOs around the campfire was amusing, and not surprisingly, totally believable. Not sure how I felt about the ending, I'm sure it was making a statement, but I'm not sure it was necessary. An ending shot of our protagonists riding off into the sunset (as one would have predicted), would have been fine The point of the ending is that they don't ride off into the sunset. Society won't allow them to. The entire film is about them seeking freedom (the American Dream after all), but never being able to achieve it. But they can't even sit down to have breakfast in a diner without being glared at and harassed. They will never be allowed to ride off into the sunset, and when it seems as though they actually might, they're suddenly killed, and the Captain America bike blows up in one of the least subtle metaphors I've ever seen in a film. However, you're totally right about Two-Lane Blacktop being the better film. It's like the introverted Easy Rider.
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Dr.Caligari posted:9. Paris, Texas- Next one for you. Scenes from a Marriage - For its length and subject it was competent. Give a lot of directors five hours on marriage and it might end up a giant mess. Most scenes feature Marianne and Johan talking in close-up shots and with something this length there's going to be some dry spots. With many of the couples arguments and musings you'd think they were suffering from early-onset dementia (they are lucid at some points). Johan has many long whining rants about feminism and eventually gets physically abusive in a drunken stupor. At least he's introspective at times. At many points the couple is ambivalent or in a state of limbo concerning their relationship so I found myself not caring that much about the situation myself. Overall there was just too much bickering and arguing for me to enjoy it compared to the amazing Fanny and Alexander which somehow effortlessly runs the gamut by covering so many more topics with a surprise around every corner. But really I shouldn't have even hoped for that standard again. I preferred the scenes with larger groups and would've liked to see more screen time for Bibi Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom in particular. Also watched: Prisoners - Filled with despair it doesn't really leave much to root for or hope in when all's said and done. I was reminded of Mystic River at many points. We start out with a lot of heavy-handed good family stuff which was the obvious prelude to disaster. Despite being a pretty good mystery it didn't really resonate with me as so much focuses (almost revels) on the crazy Keller Dover and his rage directed toward Alex Jones. Countless scenes show him torturing an obviously retarded kid in a variety of ways. Gun drawing, claw hammer bashing, fist punching, hot/cold water torture chamber? After Alex's face is a red pulp Keller prays to god for guidance.  After all that am I supposed to have one ounce of sympathy for this guy or the Birch family who condoned it as well?The story also relies on the cops making mistakes. Mostly hardheaded cops butting heads with angry parents and infighting. It's filled to the brim with angry cavemen. I was very confident there'd be a few surprises near the end (disillusioned religious nuts are the actual perpetrators) that tied things together. Procrastination (116 completed): #116 Traffic - I remember this getting a lot of hype when it came out but I forgot about watching it. 2/13/14 #118 Reds - Had this confused with "The Big Red One" for a while. 3/13/14 #119 Bad Boys (1983) - One I've been meaning to watch for a while. 3/18/14 new #120 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - I've never had a strong urge to see this for some reason. 3/20/14 new #121 Marathon Man - Been meaning to see this for a while. 3/20/14 James Herbert Bond versus James Tiberius Kirk: Roger Ebert's Top Films 1967-2012 (37/46 completed): 1988 Mississippi Burning - Another one I haven't heard much about. 12/7/13 1980 The Black Stallion - Another equine film. 2/26/14 1978 An Unmarried Woman - I don't think I've ever read one word about this one. I've seen Jill Clayburgh before though. 2/26/14 1977 3 Women - This was on a lot of lists here at one point. 2/26/14 1976 Small Change - I haven't seen many Truffaut movies yet. 2/26/14
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Really like this idea, I'm sure there are loads of films out there which I should have seen and haven't, so here we go: Dr. Caligari, you get Aliens (I'm ashamed to say the only one of your list I've seen...) 1. Schindler's List - Was never sure how I'd react to it, and try to avoid movies which will make me hate humanity 2. The Raid - I've been told so many times to watch this by friends and family, own it on DVD but somehow it never ends up being watched 3. Mary Poppins - The Mrs. is constantly trying to get me to watch this, however I'm an idiot and think it will take away my man-points 4. Spirited Away - According to friends, I'm missing out on a world of decent movies by avoiding Anime, this is the highest ranking Anime on the IMDB top 250, so seems a logical place to start. 5. Apocalypse Now - I play airsoft and so constantly hear people quoting this movie, but have never actually gotten round to watching it 6. Taxi Driver - I adored The Departed, Goodfellas and Shutter Island, so it seems a logical choice gently caress - took too long to write my post - Zogo, go with Bad Boys
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FearlessFoo, don't worry, you won't lose man points. See Mary Poppins. It is awesome. Just saw Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock shows why he i a first clas director. Lots of suspense, and I liked the questionable morality that was displayed by Jimmy Stewart's character. While you do root for him, it feels kind of slimy to be looking in on other people' lives. Then again, is that much different than today's reality TV. My List: Patton - George C. Scott is a very underrated actor. Was great in The Hustler and A Christmas Carol. The King's Speech - Trying to see more recent movies. The Great Dictator - Time to get back to Chaplin. Enter the Dragon - Like Errol Flynn until recently, never saw a Bruce Lee movie either. Horse Feathers - Time for another Marx Brothers movie. Despicable Me The Bad Sleep Well - Having just seen Kurosawa's version of MacBeth, his version of Hamlet is next. The King and I - 1956 version. The Wolf Man - Next in my monster movie queue. The Man Who Knew Too Much - More Hitchcock here. This will be the remake with Jimmy Stewart. 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
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