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What are the best World War 2 movies? They can be pro or anti war, doesn't matter.
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Nov 19, 2021 19:16
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Kvlt! posted:Band of Brothers is a miniseries but its the GOAT Literally the two conditions I laid out were "World War 2" and "movie"
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Nov 19, 2021 20:04
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morestuff posted:There's a zillion different takes on WWII in film, so you might want to be a little more specific on what you're looking for. I specifically left it open in order to get as wide a variety of responses as possible. Even movies about life on the home front during the war, or civilian life in nazi Germany count. But only movies. No TV shows.
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Nov 19, 2021 21:52
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Coaaab posted:gripweed already had plenty to say about army of shadows Oh yeah, that movie was a stone cold bummer.
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Nov 20, 2021 00:51
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Roumba posted:A Bridge Too Far (1977) is a solid big-budget big-scale WWII film. It's impressive just how packed full of stars it is. Almost every role of any size will have someone you'll recognize. It's kind of the The Longest Day or Black Hawk Down of its era in that sense. A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day are two of my favorite movies. They're like a totally different genre, military procedurals. The planning and execution of a military operation with little or no extraneous character or plot or whatnot. I really wish there were more movies like that.
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Nov 21, 2021 04:30
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Thanks for the recommendations, i was putting together a list of movies to look for at Half Price Book's Black Friday sale but it turns out they aren't doing on this year so I guess I'll just loving kill myself instead.
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Nov 25, 2021 05:02
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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Dec 25, 2021 23:57
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OldSenileGuy posted:Anyone have any recommendations for movies where there’s a live performance of some kind going catastrophically wrong and everyone behind the scenes is scrambling to fix it? I’m thinking screwball comedies like Welcome Back Mr. McDonald is literally the exact movie you want.
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Jan 21, 2022 17:14
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magic cactus posted:Howdy me again. A Serious Man might not be entirely what you're after, it's about a man who thought he had done everything right and lived a good and virtuous life facing a serious of personal crises and humiliations and desperately trying to find guidance and solace in his faith. That makes it sound like a downer but it's very funny.
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Feb 7, 2022 19:49
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I loved Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, but every Pedro Almodovar movie Ive seen since has underwhelmed me. Because they aren't farces! WotVoaNB gets so much mileage out of a simple bowl of drugged gazpacho, it's a classic farce, where all the pieces are set up, an agent of chaos is introduced, and everything gets merrily cocked up in an increasingly absurd fashion. That's what I want. Tell, me what are the best farces?
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Feb 12, 2022 03:49
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for recs for obscure movies/series that depict characters going through war and how it changes them. I realize this is broad and pretty true of any war movie but I'm looking more specifically for stuff that focuses on characters changing as they fight. Mobile Suit Gundam is basically entirely about that. Shy nerdy Amuro Ray is the only one who can pilot the Gundam and protect the ship, and he is at times cocky about being the only one who can do it, resentful about having to do it, almost catatonic from the stress and trauma, and always scared and always tired. But over time he grows, he learns to deal with the burdens that have been forced on him, to rely on his crewmates, and to form emotional connections with other people, something he couldn't do before. Pretty much every Gundam series deals with that in some way. Once you finish Mobile Suit Gundam the sequel series Zeta Gundam and Victory Gundam are also significantly about characters changing as they fight. The alternate universe series Iron-Blooded Orphans is another good example, and Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise although it takes awhile to get there. If you don't want to jump into a long old anime like the original Gundam there's also Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. It's just a movie and is up on Youtube in English. It's about two dudes essentially willingly becoming less human to keep fighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm9o8fSIm6E But really, the original Mobile Suit Gundam is the one that you would want the most for the purposes you outlined
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Feb 17, 2022 00:43
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magic cactus posted:Are there any "dreamlike" or "hallucinatory" action movies out there? Other than Only God Forgives and Valhalla Rising I can't think of too many. Have you looked into Seijun Suzuki? He was a work-for hire director of Yakuza films, but eventually he got balcklisted by the studio because his movies got too weird. Like Tokyo Drifter, where the entire finale action set piece took place on this set 
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Feb 17, 2022 03:11
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Kvlt! posted:Thanks for the rec, I dig mechs so Im going to check this out! The original MSG has a full series and an abridged 3 movie version: would you reccomend watching the full series or should I just watch the 3 movies? Since you are specifically after the portrayal of characters in war, definitely the series. The movies are fine if you just want the story, but the series goes way more in depth with the characters.
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Feb 17, 2022 03:12
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tuyop posted:Looking for more genuinely hilarious and weird low budget movies, sci fi is a plus. I loved The American Astronaut and Dark Star for example. Wild Zero Zebraman Technically the first season of Lexx is four movies that were edited into episodes for TV broadcast, so the first season of Lexx
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Feb 17, 2022 23:03
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busalover posted:I need some dumb jingoist movies for the upcoming war. Think Rambo 2 or 3, but made in the last ten years. Is The Expendables any good? Idk maybe something with younger actors would be cool. Which side are you rooting for, Ukraine or Russia?
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Feb 21, 2022 22:31
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What are some good pro-Russia movies?
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Feb 22, 2022 17:39
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Kvlt! posted:Youll have to be more specific since Russia a hundred years ago is different than Russia today and that keeps going back into history forever pro-tsarist Russia, pro-Soviet Russia, pro-modern neoliberal Russia, any of it
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Feb 22, 2022 18:37
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Grave Encounters As Above, So Below Stalker, sort of. Cube, sort of
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Mar 14, 2022 04:56
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Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island.
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Mar 16, 2022 22:22
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:All of that's to say I'm looking for two suggestions. Movies that are similarly dreamlike yet startlingly realistic Southland Tales!
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Mar 30, 2022 14:06
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Speaking of which, I'd like to request recommendations for more stull like Southland Tales and Reconguista in G. Big sci-fi stories made with a very clear creative vision, full of detail, completely unafraid of confusing people, with a message or vibe the creator is desperately trying to get across to the audience. If it's widely hated or dismissed as being confusing or pretentious, that would be ideal.
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Mar 30, 2022 19:13
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Kirk Vikernes posted:I'm looking for movies like Assault on Precinct 13, Straw Dogs, Night of the Living Dead or even Green Room. Basically, people trapped and either defending themselves (or trying to escape) against intruders. I watched a movie called Siege (1981) on Shudder the other night that got me thinking about it and need to scratch that itch. Zulu might work
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Apr 25, 2022 22:37
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Zoracle Zed posted:what movies do 'extremely competent protagonist in over their head' as well as no country for old men? Primer Shin Godzilla A Serious Man Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Apr 27, 2022 04:11
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Money Plane
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Apr 27, 2022 18:03
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What are some good cult movies? I mean movies featuring cults, not movies with cult followings. Although movies about cults that also have cult followings are fine.
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Apr 27, 2022 18:23
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I should’ve been more specific, I mean proper cults. Robes, sacrifices, a nude lady tied to an altar, that whole vibe. They don’t have to be satanic, but that kind of old school satansploitation thing.
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Apr 27, 2022 21:21
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DeimosRising posted:this kind of action right yes exactly. I want movies that look like that
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Apr 27, 2022 22:03
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Tea Bone posted:The Conspiracy maybe? Ticks a few of those boxes. I got one, it's nothing like Calibre but after I showed it to a friend he literally said "That wasn't a horror movie but it felt like a horror movie and now I'm going to be jumpy all night" The fake documentary Alternative 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iXDB5kp9t8
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May 7, 2022 02:13
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Ibexaz posted:I watched The Item and it was the worst rear end piece of rear end movie I've ever seen and I need other movies that are clearly trying to ape Tarantino's style of cool characters with witty dialogue, bonus points if the writer/director in the leading role 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Employee of the Month (the Matt Dillon not the Dane Cook one) There's also one I can't remember the title of, that's trying to be Quentin Tarantino meets Fargo. About an insurance agent who tries to steal a violin, that is just absolute dogshit. Edit: Thin Ice Gripweed fucked around with this message at 23:06 on May 18, 2022 |
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May 18, 2022 22:43
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BioTech posted:Lowlife I hadn't thought of it before, but yeah First Love does have a bit of an early Tarantino vibe. But, like, better. I'm not sure if it fits the criteria exactly because its clearly not intentionally trying to ape Tarantino. It is extremely Miike. Either way, more people need to watch First love, its fantastic.
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May 19, 2022 12:52
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That old story about James Cameron writing Alien on a whiteboard and then adding a dollar sign, but instead he writes seven on the board and then adds an l
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May 26, 2022 12:58
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Tea Bone posted:I'm looking for more movies like The Man From Earth, which are essentially fantasy/sci-fi/horror bottle movies where we don't actually "see" anything fantastical, we just have to take someone's word for it. It's been a while since I watched it but I think The Brother from Another Planet qualifies
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Jun 16, 2022 13:29
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A discussion about Singular Point in the Kaiju thread has me craving movies that demand you pay attention and reward you for it. Movies where the creator is trying to get something very complex across but if you follow along you'll go "Holy poo poo!" when something happens. The only examples that I can come up with are Godzilla: Singular Point, the part in Primer where they explain what the box does, maybe the novel Blindsight and the Chinese Box moment. They don't have to be sci-fi, Those are just the ones that spring to mind at the moment.
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Mar 15, 2023 03:04
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Lampsacus posted:Well I would say Tenet but you've probably already seen it and also everybody (rightly) hates it as bro-core thinks it's smart but ain't. So I'm going to go with uhh Two Minutes into the Infinite. I have not seen it because of, yeah all the jokes about how dumb it actually was. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes sounds interesting BioTech posted:Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy does not your hold hand and expects you to pick up on a lot of subtle moments. I'll check that one out, thanks
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Mar 16, 2023 14:53
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Have you seen every episode of Columbo?
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Apr 17, 2023 02:56
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The Purge, Green Room, 10 Cloverfield Lane is one person short of your minimum and Zulu is well above your maximum but both of them have that kinda vibe. Reservoir Dogs maybe? Possibly Hellevator? I can't remember if I saw it or not so I don't remember if it fits but the description sounds right edit: oh poo poo, 2LDK! It's only two people, but they spend the entire time in a single apartment getting increasingly pissed at each other and it's so loving good. edit: The various adaptations, remakes, and ripoffs of Haunting of Hill House. And Ghost Ship. edit: Virus, Creature, Critters 3 edit: Clue Gripweed fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Apr 24, 2023 |
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Apr 24, 2023 01:38
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therattle posted:Solaris? Sunshine!
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Apr 24, 2023 15:35
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magic cactus posted:Anyone have any recs similar to vanishing point ('71 version?) Just watched it and it shot right up in the rankings in my favorites list. I've heard two lane blacktop is supposed to be similar, oddly enough what springs to mind is the shooting with Nicholson and McCabe and Mrs. Miller and maybe unforgiven as more meditative takes on genre fare. I literally just listened to a podcast about The Shooting and they kept comparing it to Vanishing Point and Two Lane Blacktop. Also Ride the Whirlwind is worth mentioning, which was filmed back to back with The Shooting.
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Apr 27, 2023 02:57
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magic cactus posted:Watched The Mask Of Zorro on a whim last night and ended up enjoying it. Looking for similar sorts of low-stakes swashbuckling\romance\adventure movies, closest I can think of would be the first two Pirates of The Caribbean films. Lupin the Third the First. And if you like that, all Lupin the Third content.
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May 1, 2023 20:41
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Timby posted:My Neighbor Totoro. Paddington. Amélie. School of Rock. Is My Neighbor Totoro anti-colonialist?
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May 13, 2023 20:43
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