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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. The entire SAW franchise.
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Dec 28, 2023 20:10
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. All That Jazz
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Dec 28, 2023 20:28
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Xiahou Dun posted:Timecrimes is legit quite solid. Just a cute little time travel movie that’s actually well written for a change. That's funny. I thought the same. My wife is Mexican and speaks Spanish and when I pitched it to her I too called it Los ChronoCrimenes (which sounded way cooler to my gringo rear end) and she looked at me and said "The Time Crimes? That's a silly name for a movie." so I suspect it only hits different if you're not very fluent in Spanish. We enjoyed the movie though.
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Dec 28, 2023 20:37
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Kvlt! posted:is this an abbreviation? All i can find is a martial arts action movie about a fighting tournament Had a bad movie night with friends a while ago and we ended up watching that. Was surprised that it was a pretty goofy fun time. Dumb as rocks, but agreeably so.
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Dec 28, 2023 20:45
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:That's funny. I thought the same. My wife is Mexican and speaks Spanish and when I pitched it to her I too called it Los ChronoCrimenes (which sounded way cooler to my gringo rear end) and she looked at me and said "The Time Crimes? That's a silly name for a movie." so I suspect it only hits different if you're not very fluent in Spanish. We enjoyed the movie though. That brings up a different but interesting point. English-language movie titles that are nouns often drop the article. It's not The Fight Club, it's Fight Club. Taxi Driver, not The Taxi Driver or A Taxi Driver. And sometimes the article is included. The Wrestler, not Wrestler. There's a subtle but significant qualitative difference between the two. Is this only a thing in English? And doesn't it seem like Wrestler would still work, just with a mildly different flavor, but The Fight Club or The Taxi Driver would be hugely worse choices?
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Dec 28, 2023 20:54
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. The Sea Inside (incredible film) Philadelphia Get Low
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Dec 28, 2023 21:31
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regulargonzalez posted:That brings up a different but interesting point. English-language movie titles that are nouns often drop the article. It's not The Fight Club, it's Fight Club. Taxi Driver, not The Taxi Driver or A Taxi Driver. And sometimes the article is included. The Wrestler, not Wrestler. There's a subtle but significant qualitative difference between the two. English, like many Germanic languages, lets you drop the article in ways that other languages can’t. Like French really doesn’t like doing that. Dropping the article gives it kind of default, neutral neither definite nor indefinite in English, but the equivalent in French just sounds like you aren’t a native speaker. But also encoding definiteness via semi-mandatory articles is common in the big languages of Western Europe, but not actually that common across languages. The vaaaaaaast majority of languages have no equivalent of “a(n” and “the”, and the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romansch, etc.) didn’t have them until relatively recently* : Latin (the ancestor of all Romance languages, hence the name) had no such thing and they developed from words that meant “this/that” or “one”. And if we’re in Chinese or Japanese (or Thai or Russian or…) you just can’t translate that. In as much as they even give a poo poo about definiteness, it’s really minor and subtle and technical. Like plural pronouns in Japanese, Chinese and Korean are all obligatorily definite, but you basically need to be a specialist on those topics to ever know that, it’s entirely opaque even to native speakers. Also, thanks, Megaman’s Jockstrap. I almost had a bit explaining that I meant it sounds better in English and no one should trust my all-but nonexistent knowledge of Spanish, but failed to. I like being kept honest. *i.e. several hundred years to about a thousand, which is like a year ago in historical linguistics.
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Dec 28, 2023 21:38
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. Milk Diary of a Country Priest Million Dollar Baby Harakiri Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Dec 29, 2023 |
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Dec 29, 2023 06:33
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Don't forget The Night Comes For Us, it's even in the title Also In Bruges
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. The Green Knight
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Dec 29, 2023 13:16
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford nails the facing down of inevitable death in a fascinating way.
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Dec 29, 2023 14:56
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Almost forgot, it would be a bit flip to mention Jesus movies, but the silent The Passion of Joan of Arc is practically a must-see for this.
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Dec 29, 2023 16:17
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. The Edge with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin.
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. 25th Hour.
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Dec 30, 2023 10:25
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. Crank 1&2
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Dec 31, 2023 02:29
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trevorreznik posted:Crank 1&2 if you liked those, you might also have a good time with Hardcore Henry, but YMMV
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Dec 31, 2023 16:39
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. Facing death by their own hand? Evil Dead 2 Idle Hands
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Dec 31, 2023 17:18
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Oslo, August 31. Excellent film. (Joachim Trier is best Trier)
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United 93
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thanks everyone, lots of great suggestions gonna start working my way thru em!!
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Bongo Bill posted:The Green Knight second this, absolutely gorgeous movie
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I'm making a list of the greatest popular movies that I've never seen. My list so far is very male-dominated. What are some of the best, famous movies starring women that I should watch? Right now I've got: Fargo Lady Bird Movies along these lines that I've already watched: Alien(s) Amelie Black Swan Kill Bill The Silence of the Lambs The Sound of Music For comparison purposes, this is the rest of my list. Remember, this is not a list of the greatest movies ever, it's the most acclaimed movies that I haven't seen: The Shawshank Redemption Goodfellas No Country For Old Men There Will Be Blood Do The Right Thing Lawrence of Arabia Schindler's List The Usual Suspects Gladiator Leon The Professional Master and Commander Das Boot Natural Born Killers
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Jan 17, 2024 00:48
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You could probably just pick from any Best Actress list of any year - are you interested in having the roles present the women in any specific way? There's a million classic roles with Katherine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Ingrid Bergman, Deborah Kerr, Audrey Hepburn etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Stars just pick the top film for the top 25 on this list and you're going to get a heck of a sampling. trevorreznik fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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How’s about: Thelma & Louise Muriel’s Wedding 9 to 5 A Woman Under the Influence Foxy Brown
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trevorreznik posted:You could probably just pick from any Best Actress list of any year - are you interested in having the roles present the women in any specific way? It's not about the performance itself, more the overall quality of the movie. And I'd rather not sort through 100 years of Best Actress winners. ynohtna posted:How’s about : Good suggestions, thanks!
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Terms of Endearment and Broadcast News
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Chamale posted:I'm making a list of the greatest popular movies that I've never seen. My list so far is very male-dominated. What are some of the best, famous movies starring women that I should watch? Right now I've got: Sunset Boulevard
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Jan 17, 2024 01:28
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A couple more: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is a masterpiece and topped the most recent Sight and Sound poll. Support the Girls is drat near perfect in every way
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Babette’s Feast Ghost in the Shell Irma Vep Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
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Chamale posted:It's not about the performance itself, more the overall quality of the movie. And I'd rather not sort through 100 years of Best Actress winners. Gotcha Double Indemnity Roman Holiday In the Mood for Love Black Narcissus The Lion in Winter Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (the most interesting movie on this list) Three Colors: Blue One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (my favorite female performance) Barbarella (an all time great comic book adaptation) trevorreznik fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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Chamale posted:It's not about the performance itself, more the overall quality of the movie. And I'd rather not sort through 100 years of Best Actress winners. The Double life of Véronique Three Colors Red Carol TAR L'Avventura La Notte L'Eclisse Red Desert Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Persona The Birds Rules of the Game Gaius Marius fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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Jan 17, 2024 02:52
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Titane Run Lola Run Licorice Pizza Haywire Irma Vep The House of Yes Atomic Blonde But I'm A Cheerleader Bound Blue is the Warmest Color Teeth
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Jan 17, 2024 03:30
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Thread regulars knew this was coming : The Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility. The Piano. Rosemary’s Baby Suspiria* A Strestcar Named Desire Sophie’s Choice Nell Misery Erin Brakovich Gone Girl *the original or the remake. Which one you prefer is a personality test more than a matter of judgement.
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Jan 17, 2024 03:39
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This leans more toward the best/acclaimed rather than popular, but you seemed game. Daisies: mandatory if you have ever enjoyed Adult Swim type programming Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (one of the 2 leads is male, but still) Cléo from 5 to 7 Celine and Julie Go Boating (warning: I didn't adore it and it's probably an acquired taste, but it is as woman-centric as Daisies or really anything) The Passion of Joan of Arc: silent, has what's been called the best acting in film ever, this by a woman in the 1920s. The actress did essentially nothing else on film and on the strength of this alone became a one-name star, Falconetti. ynohtna posted:A Woman Under the Influence Very much this.
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Jan 17, 2024 04:06
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Céline and Julie is great. Great movie to throw on and chill to.
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I saw Persona on one of the lists,, gotta say as a nice double feature: Swimming Pool
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Some from the popular side of the aisle: The Scarlet Empress: I love this one because it is bonkers in all the right ways without even being an art film. All About Eve: pair this one with Sunset Boulevard. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: no warranties express or implied on quality, but this was important enough to get a miniseries about its making.
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