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Title: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on July 11, 2007, 00:34:22
Mine

1-The Shawshank Redemption - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ooF2UIgZfc
2-Contact
3-Scarface - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbeRqvhZnY
4-Lolita - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zi_u4j4Ew
5-The people vs Larry Flint
6-The English Patient
7-The Departed
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Janko on July 12, 2007, 16:58:06
WHY SEVEN?!

OK, JUST THE ONES I CAN THINK OF IN TEN SECONDS TIME:

1) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (REINER)
2) CLERKS (SMITH)
3) DAY OF THE DEAD (ROMERO)
4) CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (DEODATO)
5) NIGHT ON EARTH (JARMUSCH)
6) TAJVANSKA KANASTA (OBSCURE SERBIAN MOVIE)
7) SE7EN (FINCHER) (AH, WHY NOT...)


OK, IT WAS 20 SECONDS!

THIST LISTS ALWAYS MAKE ME CRAZY!

:-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Lady on July 12, 2007, 19:16:29
1- Edward Scissorhands (dark, sad and beautiful! :roll:)
2- Meet Joe Black (wonderful soundtrack, too!)
3- Interview With The Vampire (gothic/romantic, as I like it! :-D)

4- Matrix (excellent movie!)
5- Willie Wonka (J.Depp was great in that role!)
6- The Silence Of The Innocents (Anthony Hopkins is the best!)
7- The Nightmare Before Christmas (so funny!!! :-D)

It's easy to see that TIM BURTON is my favourite  movie-director! ;)
 
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on July 12, 2007, 21:04:41
Quote from: Janko on July 12, 2007, 16:58:06
WHY SEVEN?!

i was going to ask the same. and since seven is a strange number, i have decided to cheat! :-P
anyway, some favorite ones for me:

sacrifice (andrei tarkovski)
+ other movies by tarkovski. he's maybe The Director that ever impressed me the most.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001789/

fanny och alexander (ingmar bergman) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083922/

dead man (jim jarmusch)
i used to love it but it's been long since i saw it, i should watch it again to find out how i'd feel about it today.

'dead man (jim jarmusch)
("Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later than night, you were lying, looking up at the ceiling, and the water in your head was not dissimilar from the landscape, and you think to yourself, "Why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?")

'der himmel über berlin' (wim wenders)  (that hollywood remake they did later was awful! :S)

le mystere de picasso (henri-georges clouzot) 
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/m/mystery-of-picasso.shtml

das boot (the original, uncut version) (wolfgang petersen)
alien (ridley scott)
jeremiah johnson (sydney pollack)
the machinist (brad anderson) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/
butch cassidy & the sundance kid (george roy hill)
ice storm (ang lee)
rumble fish (fr.f.coppola)
lost in translation (sofia coppola)
the duellists (ridley scott)
remains of the day (james ivory)

+many films based on screenplays written by david mamet, some films by m. night shyamalan, robert altman, aki kaurismäki, francois truffaut, others...

was that seven?  :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on July 12, 2007, 21:13:04
oh, and this spanish movie that i once saw from TV but didn't tape it or write down the information about who directed it and then i've never been able to find it again anywhere. anyway, it was about this painter, the film was about him painting this small fruit-tree out in the garden. the whole film was filmed there in the garden, while he was painting and while various people came to visit him and sit by him and watch him work and discuss with him all things possible. and all the while you watched the painting getting a little bit more ready and finished, bit by bit.
and ok i know it might sound a bit boring when told like that but honestly, it was one of the best movies i ever saw, amazing...
and yet i have no idea how to find it!  :?
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on July 13, 2007, 00:25:33
Right... this is a real hard thing to do! But here goes!
1. Dragonslyer
2. Blade Runner
3. Legend
4. Dark Crystal/Labyrinth - (this is a bit of a cheat including the two here!)
5. Marie Antoinette
6. Close Encounter's Of The Thrid Kind
7. Starship Troopers - (which I really believe is a very under-rated film! It's pure genius!!)

I wish you hadn't restricted it to just 7! As you can see I cheated anyway! I should mention here, (as this is the appropriate place to do so) I really love anything by Tim Burton & Ridley Scott... I didn't include a Burton film, as I love them all equally and thus I couldn't decide which to include in the list!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: strange_day on July 13, 2007, 03:23:13
1. Charlie and the Chocolate factory (both versions)
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Lost In Translation
4. Fight Club
5. Drop Dead Fred
6. Young Frankenstein
7. Everything you wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)

As you can see, slightly twisted, but hey who cares?!..... ive left so many out aswell.

I love Tim Burtons stuff, even though theres only one in there. His directing and the way he makes films look is just genius

And Gene Wilder has to be one of the best actors ever!

The soundtracks in most of those are great aswell  8)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: crowbi_wan on July 13, 2007, 06:22:25
Top 20

Pulp Fiction
Scarface
Momento
Better Off Dead
Suicide Kings
The Breakfast Club
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Clerks
Chasing Amy
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Mallrats
Goodfellas
Reservoir Dogs
Braveheart
Rounders
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
This is Spinal Tap
40 Year-Old Virgin
The Godfather
Billy Madison

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Steve on July 13, 2007, 12:14:48
Seven's a wierd number to pick :?
I'll list mine, but if I go over or under 7, I apologise
Jaws
Star Wars (all of them....that count as 1?  I guess not)
Alien
Rocky Horror Picture Show (better on stage though)
Team America (World Police)
Trainspotting
Clerks (I'm not even supposed to be working today....)
Interview with a vampire
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/wolfinsane/3dddafd2baac02965ef4ef2a6382321a1.gif)
Trains Planes & Automobiles
Apocolypse Now (in fact almost anything with helicopters in. They are awesome with the surround sound)
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Shaun Of The Dead

Might come back for more later  :)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: billee on July 13, 2007, 13:26:09
ok here's my 7 . difficult to only pick 7 though.

Artificial Intelligence
The Green Mile
What Dreams May Come
The Crow - the first one
The Naked Gun --- all of them I know cheating
V For Vendetta
Gothika
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Steve on July 13, 2007, 13:46:20
Quote from: billee on July 13, 2007, 13:26:09

Gothika

Oh yes.
This was one of the 1st movies I watched when I got my AV system set up & it scared me.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: splitmilk34 on July 13, 2007, 16:20:38
The Departed
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
Lost in Translation
Saving Private Ryan
Shaun of the Dead
Office Space
Children of Men

and the list goes on and on...
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: dsanchez on July 13, 2007, 18:03:30
Strange no-one mention "Lolita". This movie is a MUST

(http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/movie/large/Lolita_1997(french).jpg)

Really, worth to take a look!

David.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: dsanchez on July 13, 2007, 18:27:55
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:


Marika, you should take a look to Lolita. The music is also absolutely awesome, and sad. Really an awesome movie.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:41:28
Quote from: dsanchez on July 13, 2007, 18:27:55
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:


Marika, you should take a look to Lolita. The music is also absolutely awesome, and sad. Really an awesome movie.

if you mean the stanley kubrick version (and not that remake), then yes i've seen it.
kubrick is good but that one's maybe not my favorite from him (sorry :smth001).
dr. strangelove, 2001 space odyssey and barry lyndon (underrated!) are the ones i like maybe more.
also, eyes wide shot had the most excellent music design, one of the best :!: but not the best movie in all, maybe.

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: dsanchez on July 13, 2007, 18:55:27
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:41:28
Quote from: dsanchez on July 13, 2007, 18:27:55
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:


Marika, you should take a look to Lolita. The music is also absolutely awesome, and sad. Really an awesome movie.

if you mean the stanley kubrick version (and not that remake), then yes i've seen it.
kubrick is good but that one's maybe not my favorite from him (sorry :smth001).
dr. strangelove, 2001 space odyssey and barry lyndon (underrated!) are the ones i like maybe more.
also, eyes wide shot had the most excellent music design, one of the best :!: but not the best movie in all, maybe.

Not, I do not mean the Kubrick version, I mean the remake. The music is by Enio Morricone.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: crowbi_wan on July 13, 2007, 20:18:26
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:



Oh, I'd mention his name if we were listing our least favorite movies.   
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Lady on July 13, 2007, 21:15:48
About "interview with the vampire" I found this video with the amazing song "shy" by sonata arctica...it's perfect for the movie! :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSBg7VVkIjo
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 23:12:35
Quote from: crowbi_wan on July 13, 2007, 20:18:26
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:



Oh, I'd mention his name if we were listing our least favorite movies.   

:smth087
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Steve on July 14, 2007, 17:23:20
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!
(how could i forgot him! :smth011)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

:!:


Good point.
Have to add Wild at Heart.
Also need to chuck into the mix
Pump Up The Volume & all the Austin Powers films  :D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: j on July 15, 2007, 03:34:05
I'm a bit late on this one....and in no particular order

Saw
Saw II
Saw III
Hostel
Hostel 2
My Blue Heaven
The Jerk
Old School
Children of the Corn
Braveheart
Kingpin
Animal House
Night of 1000 Corpses
Devils Rejects
Spaceballs
In The Name Of the Father
Fahrenheit 9/11
Goodfellas
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the remake....I know the guy that played Leatherface)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: hush on July 17, 2007, 02:37:29
1. Labyrinth.
2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
3. The Man Who Fell To Earth.
4. Requiem For A Dream.
5. Dracula. (With Gary Oldman)
6. Edward Scissor-hands.
7. Donnie Darko.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: crowbi_wan on July 17, 2007, 07:47:24
Quote from: j on July 15, 2007, 03:34:05
Hostel 2

Really?  I haven't seen this yet and am not sure about it.  I thought the first half of the first movie was great, how they got the victims and all.  Once it came to the torture it was all pretty much just a bunch of gross stuff for the sake of shock value.  Does part two have any sort of story to it.  Even if it's just for half of the movie?
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Steve on July 17, 2007, 08:21:06
How about House of Wax.
Utter tripe, but a "must watch" just to see that brain donor Paris Hilton getting greased. :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Janko on July 17, 2007, 23:37:00
Quote from: crowbi_wan on July 17, 2007, 07:47:24
Quote from: j on July 15, 2007, 03:34:05
Hostel 2

Really?  I haven't seen this yet and am not sure about it.  I thought the first half of the first movie was great, how they got the victims and all.  Once it came to the torture it was all pretty much just a bunch of gross stuff for the sake of shock value.  Does part two have any sort of story to it.  Even if it's just for half of the movie?


STORY?
A MINDLES VIOLNCE!

I LOVE THE MOVIE!
WATCH OUT FOR RUGGERO DEODATO EXTENDED CAMEO!

:smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Sussex on July 26, 2007, 12:08:50
These are my magnificent seven : :smth023

1) Scarface
2) Castaway
3) Dancer in the Dark (Bjork is so lovely)
4) Donnie Brasco
5) Whats Eating Gilbert's Grape
6) Forest Gump
7) Pendekar Bujang Lapuk
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on July 26, 2007, 18:04:19
In no order... and from work, so I can't see my movies, at the moment...

Vertigo
The Warriors
True Romance
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars, Ep. IV
Night of the Hunter
Zombie


Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on July 26, 2007, 18:05:47
Although, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (aw mention of the remake, above), may very well worm its way onto the list, as well. Not sure what it would replace, however. Maybe Zombie...
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on July 26, 2007, 18:07:42
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 13, 2007, 18:12:01
no but i think it's really strange that no-one mentions david lynch!

Dammit... Blue Velvet is another favorite, too.

I suck at making lists.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: bluewater on July 26, 2007, 21:24:38

I'm not a movie freak but have a taste for stanley kubrick, dario argento and david cronenberg and mostly watch horror and scifi movies.

1) barry lyndon
2) 2001 space odyssey
3) phantom of the opera (joel schumacher)
4) kingdom of heaven (ridley scott)
5) edward scissorhands
6) the good, the bad and the ugly
7) amadeus

or a list of "bad" movies

8) texas chainsaw massacre
9) plan 9 from outer space
10) the stendhal syndrome
11) phenomena

and david cronenberg...

12) spider
13) crash
14) existenz
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: CureCrusader on October 07, 2007, 06:51:26
In order of bestness:
  1)Little Miss Sunshine   :-D
  2)The Pink Panther  :D
  3)Lord of the Rings The Two Towers  :D
  4)Star Wars (Ep.VI)  :D
  5)The Bourne Supremacy  :D
  6)Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon  :D
  7)Monty Python and the Holy Grail  :D

My next three choices would've been:
  8)Predator  :D
  9)The 300 Spartans   :D
  10)Minority report   :D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Cure Freak on October 07, 2007, 17:15:46
hard to pick just seven. well, here goes and in no particular order.
1. PI
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3. Matrix
4. Psycho
5. Star Wars (the original)
6. Edward Scissorhands
7.Seven Samurai

And Steve, love the Interview With A Vampire clip.
Brad Pitt looked so sexy in that movie. And, I'm not a Brad Pitt fan.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on October 07, 2007, 18:44:35
The Blind Swordsman "ZATOICHI"   (Takeshi Kitano films :smth023- this one is good comedy-cute)

Love Vampyre movies, god so many but love B.Stokers   "Dracula"   ~because it has D. Galas voice in it, and romantic.

Shawshank redemption

5th Element  ~(alot of good sci fi movies aswell.)

love the original~  "Rocky Horror P.show"  always a man in make up (but w cock)   :smth045

Fight Club ~love the philosophy

Good Will Hunting                           

                                                                            (So many more but i love these ones.)


And how could i forget Q.Tarrentino  (just hope spelt it right this time, off to bed- Byes4now)     
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: [labyrinth] on October 07, 2007, 20:24:27
Quote from: ROGUE on October 07, 2007, 18:44:35
Q.Tarrentino       

Quentin TARANTINO!

;)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Cure on October 07, 2007, 20:39:51
Control (saw it some hrs ago, yeah!!)
Matrix I
Matrix II
Matrix III
Wind that shakes the barley
Edward Scissorhands
Saw II
Contact
GATTACA
24h party ppl
This Is England
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Cure Freak on October 07, 2007, 23:09:00
Quote from: [labyrinth] on October 07, 2007, 20:24:27
Quote from: ROGUE on October 07, 2007, 18:44:35
Q.Tarrentino       

Quentin TARANTINO!

;)
Love both Kill Bill Movies.
Saw Grindhouse last month. It was good.  very rauchy.

ROGUe@ I love vampire movies also. Love Bram Stoker's Dracula. If you excluded the poor acting of Reeves and Ryder. It was a really goos movie. I especially, love the woman's dresses.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: psichonaut on October 07, 2007, 23:46:53
The Crow(part 1)
Lord of the rings
The Wall
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Trainspotting
Scarface
once upon a time in America (i don't know whether the title is right, but the translation from italian is right)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on October 08, 2007, 05:20:20
Quote from: Cure on October 07, 2007, 20:39:51
Control (saw it some hrs ago, yeah!!)
Matrix I
Matrix II
Matrix III
Wind that shakes the barley
Edward Scissorhands
Saw II
Contact
GATTACA
24h party ppl
This Is England


I loved Gattica!!It would be in my top 7...hmmm..

1. Amadeus
2. Rob Roy..(My love Liam Neeson in this) :-D
3. The Last Emperor
4. Beetlejuice.. (the part where they get possessed and sing that song around table cracks me up)
5.Life is Beautiful
6. Schindler's List
7.Saving Private Ryan

:smth020
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 06:29:13
Hmmm.  Why only the "top 7" fav's??  Does this mean of ALL TIME???  This is a tough one because there are sooooo many, good ones, eh?  Well here goes it:

1)  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I also like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp ~ Oops, I cheated that's two! LOL!)

2)  The Wizard of Oz ~ favorate from childhood 'till now!  Brings back such good memories!

3)  Untamed Heart ~ Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez... One of my favorite lines from a movie is in this one from Rosie Perez (with her annoying voice) "You are like wet sand in my underwear".

4) Pump Up The Volume ~ another one with Christian Slater.  I remember seeing this and thinking WOW!  What a kick-ass concept!  I immediately bought the sound track b/c it was so unbelievable.  Hate to admit ~ this is how I got into The Pixies!!

5) Good Fellas ~ Awesome gangster, maffia movie!  Some of my favorite actors are in this one: Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert DiNiro!!  (I'm part Italian on my dad's side - although you'd NEVER know by looking at me!!)  Favorite line from this movie, "Funny how? I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"  ~~  I LOVE this one!

6) The Breakfast Club ~ Classic, classic movie!!  In highschool, one of my best friends and I used to get shitfaced and sit in her family room late at night watching this movie.  We would see who could recite the most lines.  I think we both knew the whole movie by heart!

7)  True Romance ~ Another Christian Slater movie!  Just love this one - reminds me of happy times when I was in my 20's and carefree.  A friend introduced me to it and I was hooked!!  LOL ~ Love Brad Pitt's role in this one! 

OK! This is just absolutely ridiculous!  To only name 7 is IMPOSSIBLE!  There are so many other "top" movies to list... it should be "top 20 movies" or "top 7 love, horror, action, drama, etc, movie"!!  Oh well ~ I tried.

:)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on October 08, 2007, 06:36:39
Quote from: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 06:29:13

1)  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I also like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp ~ Oops, I cheated that's two! LOL!)

2)  The Wizard of Oz ~ favorate from childhood 'till now!  Brings back such good memories!



6) The Breakfast Club ~ Classic, classic movie!!  In highschool, one of my best friends and I used to get shitfaced and sit in her family room late at night watching this movie.  We would see who could recite the most lines.  I think we both knew the whole movie by heart!

:)



I also Love these classics... But now I will have to change my list... there are more than 7... yeah can't it be the top 20 ??
:smth023

:smth020
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 06:57:13
I know, right?  It's impossible!! :smth014 (This is me arguing with myself about what my top 7 movies are!  LOL)  I know... I need psychiatric help!   :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on October 08, 2007, 07:44:48
Quote from: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 06:57:13
I know, right?  It's impossible!! :smth014 (This is me arguing with myself about what my top 7 movies are!  LOL)  I know... I need psychiatric help!   :-D

take my word for it, psychiatrists don't help you at all.. if it was so, then I wouldn't still be seeing one after 4 years... I think THEY need help!! :smth017 :smth076

:smth020
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 07:54:15
I think you're right!  They just want to buy a new car, new house, whatever!! :smth012
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on October 08, 2007, 16:52:22
Psychiatrists can give you drugs... it's the psychologists that are the real racketeers!

I'm only kidding, of course. I must say, however, sometimes it is nice to have someone who's paid to listen to you vent / think out loud, and be able to objectively point out fallacies in your reasoning, or subtle but destructive or counterproductive thinking.

And this is coming from someone who's scoffed at the practice for a long time, knowing a few people who went into therapy, and came out convinced that they had no problems, and that everyone else was the problem. Or who ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became full-time "victims" with no responsibility for their thoughts and actions.

I guess my point is that sometimes an external perspective is nice, as long as you are open to it, and use it well (take it into consideration, evaluate it, don't take it as the "word of god"). And besides, you pay them to listen to you, no matter what you say.

I have no shame in saying that I see someone every couple of weeks, and it's mainly to "think out loud" and reason some things out / get a perspective on things that I don't want to drag into time spent with my friends/girlfriend.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on October 08, 2007, 16:56:37
Quote from: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 06:29:13
7)  True Romance ~ Another Christian Slater movie!  Just love this one - reminds me of happy times when I was in my 20's and carefree.  A friend introduced me to it and I was hooked!!  LOL ~ Love Brad Pitt's role in this one! 

One of my favorites. Action, comedy, romance, over-the-top violence, Gary Oldman dies... It has everything.

I only mention Gary Oldman dying as a game that I sometimes play (since we're on the topic of film) when I'm bored somewhere, and I'm not near a computer, book or music, I run through all of the movies I've seen and try to figure out who's died more in the movies: Gary Oldman or Steve Buscemi...

Also makes for a great conversation while drinking with friends...

(I never write it down, or look anything up, as that ruins the fun of thinking/remembering/etc).
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 18:22:08
 :smth023 I'm glad someone else appreciates this one!! I do truly love it because it has a little bit of everything.  Now I really want to watch it again ~ haven't seen it in a while!!

Oh, and I love the game idea!  Gary Oldman and Steve Buscemi are probably pretty close in number of times they bite it in a movie!  LOL.  Do animations count?? Trying to remember if Buscemi's character, Randall, dies or not in Monsters, Inc.  I should ask my 4 yr old ~ he'd probably know!  :D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: rjl on October 08, 2007, 18:33:49
Steve Buscemi also dies in his TV appearances. The Sopranos and Homicide spring to mind... But yes, it's fun to either compare the two, death for death, or even better, to think of movies where they DON'T die.

(For Buscemi, it always gets me that he's the one who doesn't die in Reservoir Dogs, of all people. And I don't think that's a total coincidence, given what kind of mega film-nerd Quentin Tarantino is...)

I can't think of any other actor who comes close to either one of them.

If I were ever going to make a movie, I'd want Steve Buscemi in it as a cameo... Not in the movie itself, but rather to jump in during the credits (where they sometimes include footage), just to get shot in the head.

As a tribute to his many, many, many big-screen deaths.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on October 08, 2007, 20:09:23
Top 7? I am a movie fanatic! My life is devoted to movies and music!

Right now, 7 of my favorites (not my SEVEN FAVORITES, just 7 OF my favorites)
1. Halloween Series
2. The Goonies
3. Terminator
4. Nightmare On Elm Street
5. Better Off Dead
6. Lost Boys
7. Labyrinth

They alternate alot, sometimes I'll go on a binge and not watch a certain movie for a long time, and then I'll go back and watch it over and over again.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: silversand on October 08, 2007, 22:50:20
1. All Monty Python films
2. The sixth Sense
3. Trainspotting
4. Brazil
5. Night on Earth
6. Down by Law
7. Lost in Translation


These are at the moment but it will change, because i have more films i like very much :)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on October 09, 2007, 07:38:06
Quote from: Cure Freak on October 07, 2007, 23:09:00
Quote from: [labyrinth] on October 07, 2007, 20:24:27
Quote from: ROGUE on October 07, 2007, 18:44:35
Q.Tarrentino       

Quentin TARANTINO!

;)
Love both Kill Bill Movies.
Saw Grindhouse last month. It was good.  very rauchy.

ROGUe@ I love vampire movies also. Love Bram Stoker's Dracula. If you excluded the poor acting of Reeves and Ryder. It was a really goos movie. I especially, love the woman's dresses.

Yes i know, crappy acting but everything else i love, and the scenery- The blood-**** chicks, and wow the dresses.
Love that girl that dies, after being with 'Dracula', when she comes back to life, with a little girl in tow. And spews up a bucket (or 2) of blood.  :lol:

Reminds me I love 'Texas chain saw massacre' aswell, havent seen that one for awhile,
Love Saw, although haven't seen the following ones.
Lost in translation- seen that a few times- very adorable.
yes "lost boys" too.  :smth023

so many i know, but still for the moment 'The Blind Swordsman, ZATOICHI' - got dvd going to watch it, again, tonight, then i have a new list next time. but its a beautiful movie. :smth051
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: CureCrusader on October 09, 2007, 08:00:24
Quote from: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 18:22:08
:smth023 I'm glad someone else appreciates this one!! I do truly love it because it has a little bit of everything.  Now I really want to watch it again ~ haven't seen it in a while!!

Oh, and I love the game idea!  Gary Oldman and Steve Buscemi are probably pretty close in number of times they bite it in a movie!  LOL.  Do animations count?? Trying to remember if Buscemi's character, Randall, dies or not in Monsters, Inc.  I should ask my 4 yr old ~ he'd probably know!  :D

I don't think Randall dies, he just gets sent through one of the doors to a caravan somwhere...

:rocker
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on October 09, 2007, 08:02:21
Quote from: CureCrusader on October 09, 2007, 08:00:24
Quote from: LuvURobert on October 08, 2007, 18:22:08
:smth023 I'm glad someone else appreciates this one!! I do truly love it because it has a little bit of everything.  Now I really want to watch it again ~ haven't seen it in a while!!

Oh, and I love the game idea!  Gary Oldman and Steve Buscemi are probably pretty close in number of times they bite it in a movie!  LOL.  Do animations count?? Trying to remember if Buscemi's character, Randall, dies or not in Monsters, Inc.  I should ask my 4 yr old ~ he'd probably know!  :D

I don't think Randall dies, he just gets sent through one of the doors to a caravan somwhere...

:rocker

KILL THE RANDALL  :lol:
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 09, 2007, 17:48:05
I don't think Randall dies, he just gets sent through one of the doors to a caravan somwhere...

:rocker

Oh, I think you're right!  Think we only see sillouettes of him being beaten with a club or something 'cuz they think he's a gator (or something like that)!!   :smth045
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 09, 2007, 17:50:27
KILL THE RANDALL  :lol:


Yes... Bad, bad, Randall!  He should be beaten severely and put in the naughty corner!  :smth075 :smth021 :smth036 :smth038
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on October 10, 2007, 03:43:26
Sorry, I have to say I DO NOT like Quentin Tarantino. I haven't enjoyed any of his films, they're just pure nonsensical violence, IMO. And they're filthy!

No flaming, I don't need that. I just plain don't like his films. Not my style.

Now Tim Burton, he's got a very odd and quirky style, and I actually really like his films. Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, he's so diverse yet so recognisable in style...everything he does is like a piece of art to me, the exagerrated way of life portrayed in his films is mesmorizing. It's like how I view the world in my dreams, twisted, slightly off...

Sam Raimi, the masterful king of low budget, intentionally campy horror films...I love him too. Great comedic slapstick style, I can recognise a few similarities in directing style between Spiderman and Evil Dead...the way he uses the camera itself as a special effect, the way he exaggerates human emotions and action sequences...

I'm sorry, I am in love with the filmmaking process.

Anyway, sorry for being annoying.

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: LuvURobert on October 10, 2007, 04:08:27
Hi, Carnage Visor.  No need to apologize for stating your opinion.  :D  I like Tarantino, but not everyone has to.  So that's all good!  Burton is definitely "quirky" in an eccentric kind of way and definitely gets a thumbs up :smth023 for his work!!  I had no idea how many movies he's done until I checked on the web!  Amazing!

And for Raimi - my brother introduced me to him a long time ago with the Evil Dead movies.  I love Army of Darkness with Bruce Campbell!  It totally cracks me up with the corny dialogue and slapstick humor... "give me some sugar, baby"!

:rocker 
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: AlluivialL on October 10, 2007, 11:12:36
I don't think I will put them in order, simply because I don't have an absolute favorite movie.

American History X
Empire Of The Sun
Star Wars
Edward Scissorhands
Mars Attacks!
A Clockwork Orange
Munich
Fight Club
A.I.
Donnie Darko
Beatlejuice
The Labyrinth
The Crow
The Lost Boys


only 7 more than I was supposed to put..lol, sorry.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on October 16, 2007, 23:00:12
Has anyone seen these?

Dragon Slayer
Watership Down
StarMan
LadyHawke

I think I may have already put my two pence worth into the mix about my fav.s! But I wondered if anyone else has a soft spot (like me) for these films?  
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on October 17, 2007, 02:03:13
Ohh loved 'Watership Down"- had a dramatic effect on me as a youngster, with big wig  :smth023

Glad 'Supernatural' is back on t.v. - blood and misery comforts my own at the moment. and like the music like Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC last episode. but usually older cooler music, although ac/dc's cool.

But at the moment a cant focus on a film., or think of any favourites today yet,
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: psichonaut on October 17, 2007, 09:51:34
LadyHawck is the only i know (in Italy the titles are always different from the original versions)...but i liked it
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on October 17, 2007, 09:55:08
Is Lady Hawk the movie with Michelle Pfiffer, and she is a hawk during the day (human at nite) and inlove with a wolf (who is man during the day)and wolf at night.

And they only get a glimpse of each other a dusk time, both as human, beautiful movie.  :smth049 but always have to leave each other due to animal changes (nite and day)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on October 17, 2007, 12:07:00
Quote from: ROGUE on October 17, 2007, 09:55:08
Is Lady Hawk the movie with Michelle Pfiffer, and she is a hawk during the day (human at nite) and inlove with a wolf (who is man during the day)and wolf at night.

And they only get a glimpse of each other a dusk time, both as human, beautiful movie.  :smth049 but always have to leave each other due to animal changes (nite and day)


hey yes! I remember that movie, it used to be a favourite, I just forgot all about it. I t is really quality movie.! :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Hero on October 18, 2007, 14:38:52
Mine change too much really but right now i think...

1. Memoires of a Geisha
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Secret Window
4. Walk the Line
5. Monty Python movies :-D
6. Aladdin/Alice in wonderland - I can't choose which there both fab!
7. Labyrinth
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Meddy on November 10, 2007, 03:16:57
1.)Interview with the Vampire
2.)American History X
3.)Stigmata
4.)Natural Born Killers
5.)300
6.)LadyHawk
7.)Immortal Beloved
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: melly on November 14, 2007, 10:02:16
In no particular order;
                       Donny Darko; just intruiged me
                       Wolf Creek; scared the poop out of me
                       Braveheart; gotta love the "mooning"
                       Sixth Sense; very, very clever
                       The Ring; more hair standing on end stuff
                       Lord Of The Rings (all of them); magical..I want that horse!
                       Brokeback Mountain; sad.. forbidden love
Of course there are many more, but there's 7 that came to mind...
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: CureCrusader on November 14, 2007, 10:10:54
Quote from: melly on November 14, 2007, 10:02:16
  Braveheart; gotta love the "mooning"

Yeah, funny!  :-D :-D

Quote from: melly on November 14, 2007, 10:02:16
 Lord Of The Rings (all of them); magical..I want that horse!

Which horse? Do you mean Gandalf's horse? (he is called Shadowfax)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: melly on November 14, 2007, 10:16:43
YES!!!  Shadowfax, that's it..I had forgotton his name... used to have a horse...bloody knocked kneed baldy faced wild eyed type -laughing- Ahh..to have Shadowfax...Thanks!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 14, 2007, 22:05:49
What do you think it is that brings us to Labyrinth? What about it attracts us fans? Is there one similarity in ourselves that draws us to this fantastic film?

Or simply a coincidence...

I think it has something more to it than that...

Sorry if I'm blabbering on or anything... ;)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 14, 2007, 22:57:14
Quote from: Carnage Visor on November 14, 2007, 22:05:49
What do you think it is that brings us to Labyrinth? What about it attracts us fans? Is there one similarity in ourselves that draws us to this fantastic film?

Or simply a coincidence...

I think it has something more to it than that...

Sorry if I'm blabbering on or anything... ;)

A-ha! (and by the way I was a HUGE fan of A-ha when I was a wee little thing!) Here is my two pence/cents worth on this Labyrinth 'thing'.

I reckon people love this film so much as it has great characters in it, great songs sung by Mr Bowie (and what Bowie fan isn't a fan of this film!!) and a really good story to tell with really creative sets.

It is one of the first films, I believe, that Children and Adults could watch together and enjoy (however my 'youth' may prove me wrong on this, as I'm sure there are other films that fit this bill... that were before my time at least!)

I really have to mention the brillant Hoggle! What a creation that guy is!! Jim Henson (his son Brian, did Hoggle's voice and some of the animatronics on Hoggle - watch the special features on the DVD!!!) did a FAB job with this film. And Brian Froud for his creative drawings that lead to the creatures being what they are in the film! I'm only sorry that the Jim Henson Company no longer 'seems' to be doing anything. I think the last thing the company did was the Vogons in the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy movie. And they did a good job of that! (That film is in regular use in my household at present to!).

For me, when I first saw this film, (I was in my early teens I think... LOL it was a while ago!) I fell in love with the whole idea of David Bowie (whom looks so SEXY in this film! His hair do and make-up are to die for I reckon!!) being the Goblin King and him falling in love with me - not Sarah! And pathetically I still swoon when he sings the song "I can't live within you"... towards the end! I find it really does something to me internally! Hmm, thats sounds rather odd me thinks!

(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s206/CherryRedBoots/Music%20Film%20Photos/Jareth.jpg)

So I think I have said enough on this now! I'm feeling slightly exposed! Oh, and before I forget, Dark Crystal! For me, I watch one, then the other... I'm so sad on these two films! I can virtually say the films word for word... I watch them so bloody much!

As far as LadyHawke goes... another film that has romance that is so desperate!! I have to admit here that on occasion I have had tears in my eyes when the scene comes up where Isabeau (the Hawk, and played by Michelle Pfeiffer) and Navarre (the Wolf, played by Rutger Hauer) are in the pit and get to see a glimpse of each other before changing. Rutger plays this part so well! Hmm, I'm in a daydream now! I would also like to send people to Blade Runner for another brilliant performance by Mr Hauer!

(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s206/CherryRedBoots/Music%20Film%20Photos/Nav_Isa1.jpg)

Look there are so many GREAT films out there... and I'm glad I have somewhere like here to show my appreciation for them! I'm also glad that most of you seem to like the same films as me! Its so COOL (for want of a better word) to be able to come on here and type about them! I don't have anyone close to me that has the same taste as me - in anything! I'm very isolated... so to be able to share my passion of The Cure, and these films we are discussing in here (and other things too)... Is really really NICE!

Oh and you thought you were blabbering on Carnage!!!! ;) :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 14, 2007, 23:36:02
Another 'group' of films I wanted to discuss: Harry Potter.

Whom here has them? watches them? and reads the books?. My fella is MAD about these books/films, and I reckon he could go on the Einstein Factor (Australian TV Show) and win with his knowledge of the books/films! He's nearly 40 I might add!!!

I'm not such a big fan (more by default due to my fella more than anything). I want to have a **** about the films, if I may! Please feel free to add anything!

If you watch them... what do find most irritating about them? I find that with the latest one (Order Of The Pheonix) they changed things... there is no continuity between any of the films! My main example is the Dementors! The original 'look' in Prisoner Of Azkaban (No. 3) was brilliant! I'd never seen anything like it, and I thought the way they did it was really fresh and original. But then to my absolute horror, someone decided that the original look was no longer any good (I suspect budgetary issues here to be frank!) for this next film, and they used some horrid CGI 'thing'... I have not as yet been able to watch the special features of the 5th film as my copy is a ripped one, so I'm not sure if there is any reasoning given.

I'm really pissed off with the way these films have been made. It is sub-standard to be honest! The amount of money they've made from them - you'd think they'd put a bit more time and effort in to them. I really blame time for it however. The kids are all growing up, so they have a time frame to get the films made in... which puts pressure on the film makers to get things done quickly. And the films suffer as a result.

I have loads of other issues with all of the films... but before I continue, does anyone else feel the same as me over these films! Or am I just being a tad to picky? (being picky is what I do best!)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 14, 2007, 23:45:04
I agree with all of that, and Labyrinth remains one of my most favorite films...and Jennifer Connelly is a total babe in it as well, reguardless of the fact that she's a bit...out there... (Awe, who am I kidding, I find that sexy too...)  ;)

Harry Potter is a thrill ride for me, and whereas I do not read the books, the movies really take me on a journey I wish I could actually be on...and I always had a crush on Hermoine... :oops: lol

As for Ladyhawke, I prefer Princess Bride when it comes to fantasy romance films...that movie is quite a goody!


I know what you mean about Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, I love them both too!  :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 15, 2007, 00:09:56
Ah :lol: Carnage... you have a Hermoine crush hey! I have to be frank here and say I think she is a fairly bad actress. But then thats my opinion! And who cares what I think right!!

Yeah I agree with you on Jennifer - When I saw her doing photo shoots for that film she was in with... ?  :lol: I've forgotten which film now! Anyway, She looked FAR to thin, and I was quite shocked by it. But I agree with you in that she is a tad strange these days. But I like strange, as long as it's not a wanky strange or strange for the sake of being so!

LMFAO I have Princess Bride too! I like Mr Cary Elwes in it - hmm, he's soooo good lookin'(thats a slight reference to a Seinfeld moment!). Yep that is def. another GOOD film! LOL, cliffs of insanity! hehehehe

Also compliments to you on your Kate Bush image signature thingymebob! Have you got her latest LP at all? I don't and haven't had the chance or funds to get it. I was wondering what it's like... Whats your fav. K. Bush song? Mine is Hammer Horror! - sorry I no this is off topic! :oops:
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on November 17, 2007, 11:18:52
i seriously have to edit my list...

i don't really watch any TV and i'm terminally behind in keeping up with what's going on in movies too. i find movies like i find music/new bands: i never follow the news, i never pay attention up things when hey are "hot" and new and "a thing of today".
i always find everything very late, years after they've been made...

anyway, lately i've become totally captivated by animated movies by Hayao Miyazaki. i know it's old news but it was all new to me,  and i've found these movies to be among the best films i've honestly come across for years.
they all put the hollywood animations (whether computer animated or not) so completely into shame - the storylines and storytelling, the characters, the imagery, the atmosphere - everything really! the storytelling is somehow so unforced and natural, compared to all those sold-out/marketed-to-death kind of products by disney or pixar or all the others. :roll:
i've always loved good animations but i've grown so tired of the main stream of animated feature films that i almost gave up completely a few years ago. but here i found true magic of imagination again: the feeling like if you were not wtaching someone else's vision but reading a very good book and imagining it all yourself, in your own mind's eye (that's always a good sign in movies!).

Totoro is simply amazing!  :shock:

(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1212/miyazaki450kl4.jpg)

and the "cat buss" in Totoro - you should have seen me as i was literally shouting "whoooaaa!" when i saw it and every time it appeared on the screen, that was somehow the most amazing creature/invention i had seen for the longest time.

(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1446/10nekobusmeisatsuki4ce2.th.jpg) (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10nekobusmeisatsuki4ce2.jpg)

but one really needs to see it in action, a still drawing won't do it any real justice...


Howl's Moving Castle was the first one i watched, and it's really one of my favorite movies now too.
a fantastic story about a young girl who gets transformed into the body of a 80-year old woman: she looks like an old hag but but she's still a young girl in everything she thinks, she does, she feels - the contradiction is really wonderfully portraited in the movie.

(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2422/howlsmovingcastlevl3.th.jpg) (http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=howlsmovingcastlevl3.jpg)

:rocker
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 17, 2007, 20:36:10
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 15, 2007, 00:09:56
Also compliments to you on your Kate Bush image signature thingymebob! Have you got her latest LP at all? I don't and haven't had the chance or funds to get it. I was wondering what it's like... Whats your fav. K. Bush song? Mine is Hammer Horror! - sorry I no this is off topic! :oops:[/color]

I'd have to say something between "Wuthering Heights", "The Wedding List", and "Sat In Your Lap"...But then again there are others I listen to more...

Thanks for the compliment! And yes, Jennifer looked a tad bit thin and haggardly last time I saw a photo, but then on Vanity Fair she looks great...the magic of photoshop!  ;)  :P
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 18, 2007, 01:52:46
Quote from: japanesebaby on November 17, 2007, 11:18:52
Howl's Moving Castle was the first one i watched, and it's really one of my favorite movies now too.

Ah, you have reminded me of a film I wanted to see but missed - ebay here I come! I also tried to tape "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello" off of Tele - but we had a blackout during... bloody typical :evil:!!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 18, 2007, 09:19:28
Yey i got really excited reading this, thanks ~Cherry Red~ and Japanese Baby ~  I    l o v e   the cat bus- I saw that in Japan while eating dinner one night in a restaurant,
On the big screen without english but have always wanted to see it again, and without English, it was simply great, and the story didnt miss a beat via language interpretations.   :smth051
And i had good company with me, and i couldnt stop looking over my friends shoulder to the big screen, beautiful amazing story.!! By the end of dinner i was totally entranced and told friend
to turn around, he didnt, so i just kept watching... was that good !!

Also love BladeRunner, which i would just love to see also, aswell as LadyHawk- Long to see these both asap.   :rocker

Really love Harry Potter aswell, i think its always the best fantasy to have these powers and a place to feel welcome and channel the dark and light~
.. EEW just love it, takes me back to when anything was(/is?) possible- childhood years, Its great to read them so much more, and especially for kids now to grow that imagination,
instead of the platter like selection television gives, And takes away.   :shock:

I havent seen Labyrinth- another to add to the list-
When i am at the video (dvd) library i go blank, I have to take a list this time....for sure. :smth023

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on November 18, 2007, 10:00:02
YES the Astor  cinema in St.Kilda  (more arthouse than mainstrem) was showing Miyazaki films,  like Howl's moving castle etc.. they often play these , but I can't get there.. they often show these in a sort of cult-viewing , special screenings that are like a film festival!!  :smth023

As for LABYRINTH..  love this film, I've seen it a few times, wonderful, but not for awhile.. I love DAVID BOWIE!!

you can tell I just worked out only now, how to change size of fonts!!  :-D :P :D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Hero on November 18, 2007, 11:45:17
Harry Potter films hmmm....
Well personaly i don't like them, i think the actors are a bit crap and i think its also because i read all the books first and they are soo much better. They missed to much out of the films for me and changed it too much. I think the casting is soo wrong for so many characters although Helena Bonham Carter is PERFECT for Bellatrix as is the girl who played luna however they changed luna a bit. I still watch them though.
I think it just depends if you read the book or watch the film first.
I watched the da vinci code before i read the book and i much prefer the film but the only film that i think matches up to the book even though its changed still is Lord Of The Rings which is just amazing.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on November 18, 2007, 12:42:37
.... watch out here comes the CAT BUS !!!  :smth026

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbutBhkrrZk


(and a SPOILER alert to those who do prefer watching movies in their entirity and hate seeing indiviual scenes taken out of context. anyway it's not a spoiler storyline wise.)

i think especially this scene is just superb, in several ways. one of my all time favorite movies scenes for sure!


i really do love the sense of magic in this film, the way all these fantastic creatures are presented in this movie. because they don't take the easy way out and make them all cuddly and cute (like they always do in all these disney/pixar movies  :roll:). instead, it's all something a bit frightening... i think they really managed to captured the imaginary world of a child very precisely: because you remember when you were a kid, there were things you sort of loved and which you very really drawn into but which you also feared at the same time... that's what i really love in this movie, it captures the feeling on strangeness perfectly. it's not trying to make these creatures cute and cozy and somehow "understandable", to make them as aprt of "this world". they are portraited as they truly are: creatures from another world.
and that's what makes the magic so real: you can believe in it because it's not faked. it's not trying to explain the fantastic, it simply portraits it as it is. and you can believe in it because it's so familiar to you, you recognize it from your own childhood... that tingling feeling of being very excited and afraid at the same time...
great filmmaking!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: robiola on November 18, 2007, 12:58:49
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 14, 2007, 23:36:02
...Harry Potter... I want to have a **** about the films, if I may! Please feel free to add anything!
I think the main problem, as you say, is time, not only in the sense that they have to rush things because the actors are growing up, but in the sense that if they had to do justice to the detailed universe of the books and all the subplots, character development, etc., the movies would have to be at least 5 hours long! The movies just skip from main event to main event, and all the little things in between that IMO make the books great get left out.
It's true that the fact that the directors change all the time sacrifices continuity, but I don't mind, I kind of like seeing different interpretations of the HP universe!
One more thing -- I could go on, but I'm trying to control myself! -- they chose the actors when they were just kids, and though some grew up to be respectable actors with a moidcum of skill, others.....well.... should probably look into a career change after the Potter series is over. I won't name names!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 19, 2007, 10:42:38
Quote from: robiola on November 18, 2007, 12:58:49
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 14, 2007, 23:36:02
...Harry Potter... I want to have a **** about the films, if I may! Please feel free to add anything!
I think the main problem, as you say, is time, not only in the sense that they have to rush things because the actors are growing up, but in the sense that if they had to do justice to the detailed universe of the books and all the subplots, character development, etc., the movies would have to be at least 5 hours long! The movies just skip from main event to main event, and all the little things in between that IMO make the books great get left out.
It's true that the fact that the directors change all the time sacrifices continuity, but I don't mind, I kind of like seeing different interpretations of the HP universe!
One more thing -- I could go on, but I'm trying to control myself! -- they chose the actors when they were just kids, and though some grew up to be respectable actors with a moidcum of skill, others.....well.... should probably look into a career change after the Potter series is over. I won't name names!!


well - 'nuff said really!! ;)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 19, 2007, 18:16:47
Quote from: japanesebaby on November 18, 2007, 12:42:37
.... watch out here comes the CAT BUS !!!  :smth026

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbutBhkrrZk


(and a SPOILER alert to those who do prefer watching movies in their entirity and hate seeing indiviual scenes taken out of context. anyway it's not a spoiler storyline wise.)

Thats great, that scene seeing it now, is so like my possum (i know, ahh the possum again  :roll: ) but just the claws, the fat belly and casual and confident scratch, eyes straight forward.
Much smaller than me, but also frightening and fascinating., couldnt believe how much it looks like her.

I saw 'Tales of Earthsea' last night, by Miyazaki's son Goro (his first time as director), and apparently Miyazaki wanted to make this film himself but wasnt aloud to 20yrs ago-
his son was inspired after working at Ghibli studio and managing it. Also after being by his fathers side and learning Everything.  His father didnt support the idea, so the story behind
the story- was also fascinating,   i watched the making of. . aswell   which came with the rental- Too much detail to go into but these are all inspired by Lord of the rings, etc. (why he couldnt
-senior Miyazaki-refer to 'earthsea' and other links, but still inspired by them all the while, in all his animation) apparently.-

I really enjoyed the movie and at the end was so beautiful.
Dont want to give anything away- So i hope that was understandable- Iam tired  :oops:

I agree it is better to read Harry Potter books rather than the movies, but i also watched the movies after reading the first 2 books, and they werent as good (books much better).

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: lordsquidy13 on November 20, 2007, 23:10:39
1.Aliens
2.The Sandlot
3.Artificial Intelligence
4.Jaws II
5.Scream
6.Alice, Sweet Alice (Reminds Me of Charlotte Sometimes)
7.Alien
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on November 21, 2007, 08:57:24
Quote from: ROGUE on November 19, 2007, 18:16:47
I saw 'Tales of Earthsea' last night, by Miyazaki's son Goro (his first time as director), and apparently Miyazaki wanted to make this film himself but wasnt aloud to 20yrs ago-
his son was inspired after working at Ghibli studio and managing it. Also after being by his fathers side and learning Everything.  His father didnt support the idea, so the story behind
the story- was also fascinating,   i watched the making of. . aswell   which came with the rental- Too much detail to go into but these are all inspired by Lord of the rings, etc. (why he couldnt
-senior Miyazaki-refer to 'earthsea' and other links, but still inspired by them all the while, in all his animation)

i also went to see Tales of Earthsea - i've always been a big fan of writer Ursula LeGuin, she's truly one of the finest writers alive imo. and i'm not a fantasy fan in particular, it's ot that at all. i simply love her use of language, her way to write and the themes she explores in her books behind the facade of fantasy so to speak.
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

i was very unhappy with the way that five different 'earthsea' books very messed up and molded into one story in the goro miyazaki production: it was a complete mess, story wise. :oops: and i found it unforgivable since the original storylines by leGuin should really be worth a LOT more effort. they should have just made a film out of the first book or something, not to mess it all up.  :smth011
i heard LeGuin herself was disappointed with the result too. she only ever gave green light for the movi because she was told that Hayao will direct himself - so she was let down there. and then the messy script... oh well.
it's a shame because i had really high hopes for the Ghibli studios production! they could have (they should have!) made a marvellous production out of it instead...
and it was especially disappointing because the scifi channel had already totally murdered leGuin's earrthsea books with their embarrassing tv movie/miniseries production a few years back. i remember LeGuin herself was very angry about that one, she was completely stabbed in the back there already - and now it happened again, with the same books... too bad! :oops: :oops:


and Earthsea....being a more or less good link to Harry Potter: well, anyone who loves those books, don't get mad at me... but i never understood what was so amazing about harry potter books. i tried reading one of them once because everyone was going on and on about how wonderful and original they were - but i could only ever find it all pretty ordinary. i mean, the same themes (even the same 'school of wizards' themes) have been explored by other writers before so it's not really innovative, i only get a feeling of plagiarism many times.... sorry. and i think other writers have written better stories out of the same theme, also write better in general. leGuin is one that comes to mind. her Earthsea books beat harry potter 100-0 anytime. and ok, they are not exactly similar or even trying to be similar. but still, there are enough similarities for me and when put side by side, harry potter doesn't stand a chance. and there are other books/other writers too, with a lot more better stuff/sories/language/power of imagination than rowling's.
sorry, just my opinion of course...


the only harry potter movie i ever went to see was 'the prisoner of azkaban' (or something like that). the sole reason i bothered was because Gary Oldman (one of my favorite actors) was aboard. he had not been making movies for years and years... so i was really interested to see him on the screen again. what comes to oldman, i wasn't disappointed. he was fine, as always. but as the rest of the movie, i found it to be pretty typical and rather uninspiring.

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on November 21, 2007, 09:24:18
Quote from: ROGUE on November 19, 2007, 18:16:47
I saw 'Tales of Earthsea' last night, by Miyazaki's son Goro (his first time as director), and apparently Miyazaki wanted to make this film himself but wasnt aloud to 20yrs ago-
his son was inspired after working at Ghibli studio and managing it. Also after being by his fathers side and learning Everything.  His father didnt support the idea, so the story behind
the story- was also fascinating,   i watched the making of. . aswell   which came with the rental- Too much detail to go into but these are all inspired by Lord of the rings, etc. (why he couldnt
-senior Miyazaki-refer to 'earthsea' and other links, but still inspired by them all the while, in all his animation)

like said, the father miyazaki was originally supposed to direct 'Earthsea'. LeGuin didn't want to give out the movie rights but after seeing 'Totoro', she was convinced that hayao will make a good movie out of her book(s). then after this and that and lots of fuss, the project was suddenly given to the son miyazaki, without leGuin's permission.

i'm not sure what you mean by saying " Too much detail to go into but these are all inspired by Lord of the rings, etc."
too much detail for what?
and especially, inspired by tolkien: well, i think it's easily said that pretty much all fantasy books are "inspired by lord of the rings" - but are they really? i mean it's easy to connect them because of the obviously similar surface and because of the fantasy setting, but what's underneath it? any good book - and also any good fantasy book - has something underneath. for a good writer the settings/genre is actually irrelevant - the importance is what's underneath it. there's so much completely useless fantasy literature these days, which doesn't have anything else in it than the surface. all these 'dragonslayer' series and whatever - it's total nonsense to be honest. it's something completely disposable and the writers have nothing to say.
yet tolkien is an excellent writer. leguin is an excellent writer. and surely the realm of fantasy ties them together, yes. but otherwise, the way they are focused/the way the themes are worked/the things that really inspired these two writers to sit down and write, those are really different with both of them. i dare to say i'm quite convinced about it.
after reading both books, tolkien's and leguin's (several times), i don't think 'Earthsea' books are in especially in dept to tolkien but really stand out as their own. tolkien was exploring the history of an entire world, the history of peoples and languages, and the classic" aspects of good and evil so to speak. leguin's approach is rather different in many ways. the surface might seem the same (because the settings is that of a fantasy world), but leguin is a lot more interested in the individual, the microcosmos of the story. and also, she's mostly really into observing how different sort of societies/society structures work/are built/how the societies interact, keep together or collapse. it could be said that leguin is a lot more topical and even more political writer. and through this, she's not shy of trying to mirror our world, the problems and wrongs of our world through the fantasy societies she's invented. - whereas tolkien never really was into that. tolkien clearly stated that he hated all kinds of allegories and he hated it that people tried to interpret his books as being some kind of allegories of our world, mostly allegories of the world war II.

so to say 'earthsea' was inspired to write because of tolkien? well leguin's certainly read the books and knows them well. but i think she's sourced her initial inspiration more from elsewhere than from other fantasy books.:!:
it's interetsing to read her own comments: she's atually said that she doesn't really like the fantasy just for the sake of it, but that she only sets her stories into a fantasy world because she's noticed it is a wonderful way to detach it from the present, to observe the themes free from the connotations to this world. so it's a way to try and observe the themes (whatever they were) sort of outside this society, this world. it's also a possibility to try and observe different society models, kind of a way to explore the "what if" aspects that one cannot reach within realistic genres. for instance, she's written a book about a planet where all inhabitants are humans like us but hermaphrodites - so the question there is: how would such a society work? how would it be different from ours? what kind of psychology would that involve?
i think this is all very different from what tolkie was aiming at.

sorry if i sound like i'm ranting, not my intention. but i do think that serious writers can really use fantasy settings in a really imaginable and interesting way and that there are a lot of ways to eplore it - if the writer has the skill for it! so not everything is "inspired by tolkien" just because it includes a few dragons or wizards etc.  ;)


**edit:

but if tolkien and leguin really do have something in common (and i think they do), then it's the underlying theme of death.
the more you read tolkien, the more you become aware of that he's writing about death, the fear of death, the unexplainablity (is there such a word? ;P) of death. the impossibility of escaping it. and most of all, the different reactions that we take under the awareness of mortality. whether we accept it or whether we still try to find all kinds of futile attemps to escape. i suppose all of tolkien's books are like series of observations about all this.
and if you read leguin, you'll find the theme of death too: the third 'Earthsea' book (which was also used a lot as the basis for the story in the miyazaki film) is very clearly about what happens if we deny the fact that we will die and there's no way to escape it.
i think that is the similarity between them. yet even this theme is worked out/explored in a very different way.

(sorry for a long rant....)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on November 21, 2007, 14:19:26
Very interesting topic about the different writers. I tell you this.. I have never read a Harry Potter book. I have however, read Tolkein and Ursula Le Guin.
It is a well known fact that both writers have "inspired" other writers in their own fantasy writing.. introducing, shall we say, to another legion of worlds.
Tolkien, I have to admit, stands alone. A contemporary of C.S.Lewis..( Chronicles of Narnia) were friends, different takes on their own worlds. They basically tried to "outdo" each other in their novels, with a different take on christianity, God and good vs.evil. BOTH great writers.
They both have their unique style, without taking from the other.
I have read that Ursula le Guin was unhappy with the movie version of the book, The Earthsea Quartet, but, that's pretty normal with writers, isn't it?
Most movies I have seen, after I have read the book, do no justice to the book, or respect the writer's main objective or reader's perspective. The movies are rarely as good as the book. Cinematics cannot fit yours and the writer's entire imagination into 2 hours!! impossible!! They cahnge and distort, alter and trim parts out and ultimately left with a hollywood version of a classical tale, like cutting Homer down to a few pages.. it doesn't really express what the writer wanted to relay.
Anyway, i might be rambling on here, so.. I guess ..I just stop here.. sore fingers!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Meddy on November 22, 2007, 03:31:47
I totally agree about movies and books.  However, I personally believe that Interview w/ the Vampire movie was definetly better than the book; and I enjoy Anne Rice's books but the movie was so much better.  Speaking of movies that don't do justice to books, I thought the Mists of Avalon was okay, but a poor rendition Ms Bradley's books.  The only good thing about that movie was Angelica Houston.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 23, 2007, 19:42:29
Reply to Japanesebaby~ Yes was a shame that H.Miyazaki had promised LeGuin that he would do the animation and direct it himself, and she trusted ONLY him to do the job, So also was a pity he didnt do it 20yrs ago, but at the time he felt he was also too old to take it on~ ? So not sure what happened there, Only the outcome.  :roll:
~edit* Actually LeGuin said she'd be happy for Ghibli to do the movie, as she was impressed with H.Miyazaki's work. And at the time he said he was "too old" to start on the venture. ~Anyway dont want to de-rail topic.
Thanks for your interest on my post  :smth023 *

All in all, as a individual story, enduring a lonely evening with me, I found it comforting (Tales of EarthSea), But i didnt have any massive expectations (other than visuals, animation, atmosphere and being H's son).
  But often movies are not true to form- compared to their books who made them.
Put it this way ~i prefer the cat bus and "Totoros neighbor", much more pure, effortless and natural atmosphere and sounds.  :smth050

"too much to go into detail" ~ I said because i was tired and couldnt write all that was in the "making of tales of earthsea" dvd.  And the previous topic replies i wrote was directly related to what   'the making of  "tales of earthsea"  had said-  it was fresh on my mind, and there you go.
:smth023

Re: Harry Potter books, i Really liked the first two, but agree with you on the repeditive form, I have seen the other ones on movie, and wasnt very original, I like that sort of theme, but it was repeditive after the first one or two, all the same.
I like them also that it gets kids reading, but i couldnt find the urge to read any more of the same/similar format myself. I mean god why couldnt the Harry potter kids go on a camp or something? always the same old, same old.. in some ways it was charming, but too much is just too much. I get bored easily aswell, i was watching and hoping but ahh nothing new.  :smth011 But i do really love the moving portraits on the walls  :lol: never get tired of looking at those lol.

  ~edit* Really cant wait to see   "LadyHawk"   looked for it in library but not there.
Also i like, (as an old time fav)   "American Werewolf in London"   think its a cracker  :lol:
                                Also Love   "Alien"   another favourite of my massive list.   ~funny how it always changes.
                                 I bought    "Edward Scissor Hands"   think i will watch that this evening, also luv "Cry Baby" cant wait to see "Barber Shop"- umm whatever its called~you know the one. YEY  :smth023

ENJOY  :smth050

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 25, 2007, 05:25:35
I'm not a book reader... :(

As my brother said stubbornly the other day:

"I don't like books...You have to read them to know what the hell's going on!"

I like to read, I just don't have the patience most of the time what with my AD/HD... :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on November 25, 2007, 09:12:11
Quote from: ROGUE on November 23, 2007, 19:42:29
Re: Harry Potter books [...]
I like them also that it gets kids reading, but i couldnt find the urge to read any more of the same/similar format myself. I mean god why couldnt the Harry potter kids go on a camp or something? always the same old, same old.. in some ways it was charming, but too much is just too much.

i agree it's good if it gets kids reading but sometimes i have a feeling it only teaches some of them to be very selective readers (i.e. only reading the same old potter books again and again and when picking up a new book only choosing similar stuff to it) then it's really not worth much. there's so much to read, so many books out there... so why restrict yourself into one genre?
it's always a shame if (young) people start picking up things of interest because of the surface/genre only: they read one fantasy book and they like it and then they think "i liked this book > this was a fantasy book = fantasy books are great!". it's the same as if: "squirrel has a pair of ears > my friend joe has a pair of ears = my friend joe is a squirrel!!"  :roll:

(heh yes all those potter nerds, they should go and join the boy/girl scouts or something :P).
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 25, 2007, 14:52:48
Yeh hehehe thats it, get those little germ-o-phobics into the natural bush setting, play with mud, have campfires,
but dont forget your ventilator, mobile phone, ipod, sunscreen, hats, protective wear.....ahhhh fluck it, aint the same as the
old days.... thats for sure, Its all too soft these days...  :smth075  -well some are...   :smth100 not all.

When i was young girls werent aloud in Scouts  :cry: only girl-guides and i just thought that was pox, i wanted to play in mud,
and climb trees, not learn how to be a house wife !!  Do kids do this anymore, play outside ?   Yes I feel old.  :roll:  but wanted to get that out.
?  :smth017

Anyway i agree !! So many great books out there, I really love sci-fi mostly, but not the 'bug eye monster' books. Love the old
sci-fi, have a collection from the 70's - really cool.

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 28, 2007, 04:01:31
Chatting about books is slightly leaning off topic - well not slightly, it is off topic! BUT - I wondered if anyone has read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books? I've been trying to get a hold of a 1st edition print for ages. As all the ones I find have cover-art that has been taken from the 2005 movie. I remember watching the TV series when I was a youngster, and when the movie came out I went along to see it... didn't think much of it, but bought the DVD anyway (as you do in this consumer-ist life we lead) and now I'm a huge fan and watch the film quite alot! In recent months I've been surfing/google-ing HHGTTG and it is really amazing just how much stuff is out there! Who knew hey?!? Anyway, what do you out there think of the film as oppossed to say the books/TV series?.

(I really love the pig like animal in the TV series that encourages you to eat it!)  
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on November 28, 2007, 05:45:54
~CherryRed~   I have Douglas Adams' The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Trilogy of Four. It is a Picador publication. Having a look , it was first published in 1979 by Pan Books.(that was the first book), the next ones were published in 1980,1982 and 1984, respectively, all by Pan. A good site that I often use to get rare books, and hard to get editions is www.abebooks.com
I hope this helps you.  :smth023  happy reading!


~edit~.. just checked abebooks for the edition you were looking for, there are quite e few that have the 1st edition. just type in author, title.. then scroll down to the 1979 Pan editions... !
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 28, 2007, 22:16:03
I agree, we are shifting too-far off-topic, why don't we go back to talking about movies and start a book thread?  :smth023

That sounds like a fab idea to me... :D

*I'd start it myself, but I'm admittingly not as good as some of you at that whole thing!  :)


There's this really good movie, has anyone seen it? It's called "ED WOOD" and it's a Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp in the lead role, a very great combo if you ask me.

The film is a satirical look on 1950s sci-fi director Edward Wood, who made some of the most awful movies and thought the world of them. It's a great inspirational, yet hilarious film, and Ed's outlook on life is always optomistic in the film, no matter what happens.

You gotta love a Tim Burton film!  :rocker

P.S. sorry about the annoying colors, I'm experimenting a bit... ;)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Janko on November 28, 2007, 22:35:01
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 28, 2007, 04:01:31
I wondered if anyone has read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books?  


IT'S ONLY ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN...
HIGHLY RECOMENDED!

:smth023 :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 29, 2007, 15:05:12
C V ~ havent heard of "Edward Wood", must have look, love T.Burton films indeed.    :smth045 reminds me of the name Edward Wood Wood., . .
        Like the sounds of it.-the film that is.


I love "THHGTo The Planet" great book, havent seen movie, another one on the list, and a t.v. series, cool.  :D




edit~ yes!   :smth050  thats what its called Sweeny Todd~ cant wait to see that one.  :smth023  luv the preview to it, (another thred)

         WOW Alice In Wonderland, thats perfect  :shock:
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Hero on November 29, 2007, 15:32:10
Carnage Visor ~ I have Ed Wood! Its really fantastic, I love Tim Burton/Johnny Depp films too. I think Sleepy Hollow is the best one followed by Edward Scissorhands.
Sweeney Todd looks like its gonna be great and i just heard Tim Burtons making Alice in Wonderland!!!!!! :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 30, 2007, 07:52:08
Quote from: scatcat on November 28, 2007, 05:45:54
~CherryRed~   I have Douglas Adams' The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Trilogy of Four. It is a Picador publication. Having a look , it was first published in 1979 by Pan Books.(that was the first book), the next ones were published in 1980,1982 and 1984, respectively, all by Pan. A good site that I often use to get rare books, and hard to get editions is www.abebooks.com
I hope this helps you.  :smth023  happy reading!


~edit~.. just checked abebooks for the edition you were looking for, there are quite e few that have the 1st edition. just type in author, title.. then scroll down to the 1979 Pan editions... !

A-ha! Brilliant, Cheers very much... there goes the credit card again! hehehehe
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 30, 2007, 07:58:51
TIM BURTON doing Alice In Wonderland *skips around the room* I can't wait to see that! LOL, I wonder what role Mr Depp will take?!

I have a huge soft spot for Edward Scissorhands, Mr Depp really tugs at something inside.

Has he won an oscar yet? And if not, why the hell not!!

Has anyone watched the BEE movie that Jerry Seinfeld is apart of? I'm not sure if I should bother spending the cash at the cinema, or wait for it to circulate through the not so legal channels - (Oh, come on, you all do it ;)!)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: robiola on November 30, 2007, 14:51:36
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on November 30, 2007, 07:58:51

I have a huge soft spot for Edward Scissorhands, Mr Depp really tugs at something inside.

Has he won an oscar yet? And if not, why the hell not!!

He would certainly get my vote... Maybe he's a little too unconventional (is that a word or did I make it up? I'm forgetting my English).
Did you ever see "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" with Johnny and a very young DiCaprio?
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: scatcat on November 30, 2007, 16:17:34
oh yes... What's Eating Gilbert Grape!! great film.. AND I HAVE yet to comment on Edward Scissorhands.. Tim Burton films .....
I love JohnnyDepp!! Secret Window I love.. (I may have mentioned that one before??) :smth060 :smth049 :smth049 :smth049

not a DiCaprio fan, although  he was ok in The Man With The Iron Mask, and the later one.. Blood Diamonds.. I think he pulled the Africaaner(?) accent off perfectly!

This is a tough subject.. It would be great if we could have the top 7 movies in different categories, like comedy, drama, etc.. but still too hard to finalise the list...  :smth011
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: robiola on November 30, 2007, 17:32:43
Quote from: scatcat on November 30, 2007, 16:17:34
not a DiCaprio fan, although  he was ok in The Man With The Iron Mask, and the later one.. Blood Diamonds.. I think he pulled the Africaaner(?) accent off perfectly!

I'm not much of a DiCaprio fan either, but I think he was just great in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". During one of his scenes I remember I just started sobbing in the movie theatre. I don't understand the fuss about him being a sex-symbol -- he just doesn't do it for me -- but I think he's talented.
Now Johnny --  that's quite another story.... He's talented and impossibly sexy. :smth007

I can't come up with a favorite movie list either -- too many to choose from!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on November 30, 2007, 17:58:32
Quote from: robiola on November 30, 2007, 17:32:43
I'm not much of a DiCaprio fan either, but I think he was just great in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". During one of his scenes I remember I just started sobbing in the movie theatre. I don't understand the fuss about him being a sex-symbol -- he just doesn't do it for me -- but I think he's talented.
Now Johnny --  that's quite another story.... He's talented and impossibly sexy. :smth007

I know DiCaprio, eww only if you like them skinny, small and feminine. Maybe if he was female, joking, sort of.   :smth017
But love Johnny, even if he still speaks with that pirate slurr, love him  :smth060
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Hero on November 30, 2007, 18:04:54
Quote from: scatcat on November 30, 2007, 16:17:34
I love JohnnyDepp!! Secret Window I love.. (I may have mentioned that one before??) :smth060 :smth049 :smth049 :smth049

Wow i love Secret Window too! "you stole my story!!"
I love the bit with the screwdriver..its a bit sick but i really love it.
I love Johnny Depp but not as much as i used to, i love Noel Fielding now :smth049
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: melly on December 01, 2007, 03:06:50
Watched that 300 movie last night, you know, about the Spartans.. I am undecided if I like it or not, which is unusual for me, it's either love or despise when it comes to films.. Hmm.. Rather blood thirsty, but there was something oddly intruiging about the film..*scratching head*...

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Meddy on December 01, 2007, 23:55:04
OMG!  I absolutely loved 300!  I am not one for violent movies and the likes, but I thought the computer generation was fantastic.  I ditched out of work the day it was released at the theaters, and it was well worth it.  I totally agree that it's one of those movies you either love or you don't.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on December 02, 2007, 03:16:06
I haven't seen 300, and I can't really remember why I stayed away from it - is it to do with Romans? I find the 'hollywood' take on 'history' to be VERY ANNOYING. After I watched Troy, I've decided to keep away from 'em! (Although in that films favour, I must say that jump/stab move that Brad Pitt does is really COOL!). I'm thinking I will have to see Beowulf for the pure genius in the animation... I just watched the trailers (and the restricted ones too!) and I'm keen to go to the movies right now!

In fact, bugger this... I'm off!!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: melly on December 02, 2007, 04:27:11
Quote from: ~*CherryRed*~ on December 02, 2007, 03:16:06
I haven't seen 300, and I can't really remember why I stayed away from it - is it to do with Romans? I find the 'hollywood' take on 'history' to be VERY ANNOYING. After I watched Troy, I've decided to keep away from 'em! (Although in that films favour, I must say that jump/stab move that Brad Pitt does is really COOL!). I'm thinking I will have to see Beowulf for the pure genius in the animation... I just watched the trailers (and the restricted ones too!) and I'm keen to go to the movies right now!

In fact, bugger this... I'm off!!!

300 is about the Spartans ( which regularly gets shouted,, we are SPARTANS!!) and their fight against the Persians... nothing like Troy, nothing at all.... maybe watch it, see what you think..it's different!!

Hope you enjoyed the movies too!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on December 02, 2007, 15:30:58
I watched "Heavy Metal 2000" last night which was an animation movie, very graphic sexually and with alot of violence :smth067, made from the point of view
of feminism, it seamed. :smth072 That mostly had little clothes on and big boobs. (actually all the women were like that- maybe men mostly made it after all)
  Was on t.v. late at night, and was strangely captivating. Set in space, somewhere ?   :shock:

at the end had a song, that sounded like Billy Idol- sure enough it was.  Must be a new song, sounded older and i had never heard it.

But i wouldnt go out and hire it, sadly alot better than anything i seen on commercial t.v. for a long time, :smth011      boring-get me to the DVD library fast. this entry sucked !!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Lady on December 06, 2007, 11:35:09
Yesterday disintegration and I saw "1408".....wow, it's so scary and full of suspance!!! :shock:
Very good movie!!! :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: disintegration on December 06, 2007, 11:39:26
Quote from: Lady on December 06, 2007, 11:35:09
Yesterday disintegration and I saw "1408".....wow, it's so scary and full of suspance!!! :shock:
Very good movie!!! :smth023
Stephen King!  :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ROGUE on December 06, 2007, 13:17:14

1408 ` nice and spookey  :shock:  :smth023
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on December 13, 2007, 21:53:18
Well I saw Beowulf. I LOVED IT!

I would recommend everyone to see it. But keep your remembrances of the poem at the door. As with all 'hollywood' things it doesn't follow it to the letter. If that is at all possible anyway really - and you'll no what I mean if you've read Beowulf. I have to admit, I read it years ago, so my memory of it is slightly hazy anyway! I found the CGI's really really good. They put alot of detail into it, for example you could see hairs on Beowulf's nose! And using the system of spots on the actors faces, so the computer can read the shape and movement, really worked well in my opinion. I thought maybe using John Malkovich was an odd choice. But he seems to be popping up in the strangest places anyway! I liked the way Grendel and his mother spoke to each other. And as I can't recall how the poem ends, I'm not sure if they have left an op. for another film or not. I think I will have to pull out my book of Beowulf and attempt another read! The website for the film is really good also!
http://www.beowulfmovie.com/ (http://www.beowulfmovie.com/)

One complaint (and I always managed to find at least one!) I have is that they never showed Beowulf's manhood, if you know what I mean. And I always find this extremely irritating in films. They never have a problem with the female form, but as far as men go - LOL you'll hardly ever get to see a willy! Not that I'm fussed either way. But in Beowulf, I found the way they hid him away, really took away from the moment and turned it into something comical. It reminded me of that Austin powers bit, when Liz Hurley used things like fruit to hide Mike Myer's 'down there area'! And I really think if they had've just relaxed and let Beowulf be seen nude, the flow would've been far better. Also, as I'm female I did find Beowulf highly attractive, and I did want to see him naked! Hehehehe!

We saw the trailer for 1408 before Beowulf started. That will be my next film I think. The trailer really hooked me in! And Stephen King hardly ever disappoints! PLus you guys in here have confirmed that it really is creepy..... COOL! :smth047 /color]
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: melly on December 14, 2007, 01:53:49
CherryRed...  I didn't even know there was a Beowulf book!! Thoroughly enjoyed the dvd though, as stated already...such amazing technology!!
and YES 1408 is BRILLIANT!!!  makes the hair on your arms and on the back of the neck stand upright..love it!! There is also a "message" in the story...consequences....
Although when we turned the dvd off, ready for  :smth015, and the house was in darkness, the night time noises seemed a little more disturbing than usual...!   :shock:   Stephen King just knows how to make your nerves jingle!!  :smth037

this DEFINATELY goes on to my top 7 list!!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Lady on December 15, 2007, 12:26:08
Quote from: scatcat on November 30, 2007, 16:17:34
oh yes... What's Eating Gilbert Grape!! great film.. AND I HAVE yet to comment on Edward Scissorhands.. Tim Burton films .....
I love JohnnyDepp!! Secret Window I love.. (I may have mentioned that one before??) :smth060 :smth049 :smth049 :smth049
Tim Burton is great!!!!He's the best!!! I love all his movies!!!!!!!! :smth023 :smth049 :-D
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on December 17, 2007, 22:40:47
Quote from: melly on December 14, 2007, 01:53:49
CherryRed...  I didn't even know there was a Beowulf book!! Thoroughly enjoyed the dvd though, as stated already...such amazing technology!!
and YES 1408 is BRILLIANT!!!  makes the hair on your arms and on the back of the neck stand upright..love it!! There is also a "message" in the story...consequences....
Although when we turned the dvd off, ready for  :smth015, and the house was in darkness, the night time noises seemed a little more disturbing than usual...!   :shock:   Stephen King just knows how to make your nerves jingle!!  :smth037

this DEFINATELY goes on to my top 7 list!!

Hehehehehe, I have since gone back to the Cinema and seen 1408. (they love my money there!)
WOW! It has been literally AGES since I have seen a film and not been able to find ANYTHING to complain about! I have this (bad?) habit, where I can find fault in everything! I guess I fancy myself as some sort of low grade critic! (for example, in Beowulf the not showing his willy, really annoyed me!) It has been such a long time (for me anyway) for a film to actually scare me, and although I wasn't terrified (as I'm an adult, apparently!), I was on tender hooks for the majority of it! Which is really good for a change. Not many films have 'that' these days! Viva La S. King!!

I saw the shorts for 'I am Legend' with Will Smith, and that looks like another 'zombie' movie, with the lone surviver trying to make it through every night and find others survivors etc... which has been done to death, so I might bypass that one. Also I saw the shorts for a film by the 'Lost' man JJ Abrams. It's called Cloverfield, and is a monster flick from what I can gather! I started to watch Lost, but got so fed up with them never getting to the point of it all, that I gave up on it. I also had the same 'issue' with Twin Peaks! LOL, remember Twin Peaks everyone? (circa 1990, for you young'uns!!!). Anyway, the shorts were very annoying with the quick cut editing. So I'm not sure if that one will be any good either. I might have to ask you guys to go see it for me! Be my early screening process, weed out the crap for me! hehehehe.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Meddy on December 19, 2007, 03:16:41
I just saw I Am Legend with Will Smith this past Saturday.  I wasn't sure what to expect, however, I do have to say I was rather impressed.  I think he did a fantastic job in one of the major scenes, and I have to say that I teared up because I could completely feel his pain.  The medical concepts and ideas are rather interesting and it really makes you think.  And for those of you who haven't seen it.  They aren't really zombies.  Oooh, goosebumps.  I just may have to go and see it again...I recommend it, if you are a person who enjoys finding the actual meaning behind movies. :smth001
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on December 19, 2007, 21:52:16
My friend just got me a present today, I opened it at school during Advisory (Home Room)


It was "CUJO" by Stephen King!!!

I was surprised, he was acting like a total jackass the day before because I opted to watching Tim Burton's "NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS" at school instead of "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"...he had brought the latter in to show the class, but it was so wimpy and dated that I could hardly take it.

I figured since the big X-MAS was coming up, we should watch something with Holiday flair that also had cool animated characters in a gothic setting, and I thought there was nothing better than good old Jack Skellington to do the trick!

Unfortunately he took it to offense and told me I was a horrible friend and I was ruining his life...um...you figure that one out!  :?

Ugh...I hate Shakespear... :roll:
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: ~*CherryRed*~ on December 20, 2007, 02:40:36
Quote from: Meddy on December 19, 2007, 03:16:41
I just saw I Am Legend with Will Smith this past Saturday.  I wasn't sure what to expect, however, I do have to say I was rather impressed.  I think he did a fantastic job in one of the major scenes, and I have to say that I teared up because I could completely feel his pain.  The medical concepts and ideas are rather interesting and it really makes you think.  And for those of you who haven't seen it.  They aren't really zombies.  Oooh, goosebumps.  I just may have to go and see it again...I recommend it, if you are a person who enjoys finding the actual meaning behind movies. :smth001

Hmm, maybe I should give it a go then hey?!
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Meddy on December 20, 2007, 03:29:17
I don't want to give away too much info on the movie but part of the concept is, we (humans) try so hard to conquer what is thrown at as.  We try because we believe that the "good" that we are doing out weighs the consequences; and the way they go about it and the example they use is huge!  And that is all that I am saying.
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: mint car on December 20, 2007, 20:46:56
Dancer In The Dark - with Bjork in lead  8) Fantastic movie (or musical) with Bjork singing  :)
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: Carnage Visor on December 20, 2007, 23:18:31
Anybody ever heard/read about the film MIRRORMASK?

I was suggested it because I love surrealism and Labyrinth, and my therapist said it's basically like a sequel to Labyrinth. From what I saw it looks cool, but what do you think?
Title: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on January 03, 2009, 14:21:38

I've decided to put my recomendations or movies you must see in 2009.

It is my Top 10:

The Wolf Man
State Of Play
Angels & Demons
Seven Pounds
Public Enemies
2012
Friday The 13th
Gran Torino
Hamlet 2
The International

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (for kids (and parents))
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (for kids (and parents))
Fantastic Mr Fox (for kids (and parents))
A Christmas Carol 3D (for kids (and parents))
Where The Wild Things Are (for kids (and parents))

Waiting for yours recommendation  :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 05, 2009, 23:02:29
Quote from: wish-man on January 03, 2009, 14:21:38

I've decided to put my recomendations or movies you must see in 2009.

It is my Top 10:

The Wolf Man
State Of Play
Angels & Demons
Seven Pounds
Public Enemies
2012
Friday The 13th
Gran Torino
Hamlet 2
The International

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (for kids (and parents))
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (for kids (and parents))
Fantastic Mr Fox (for kids (and parents))
A Christmas Carol 3D (for kids (and parents))
Where The Wild Things Are (for kids (and parents))

Waiting for yours recommendation  :smth023


how can you recommend a movie if u haven't seen it yet?
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on January 05, 2009, 23:06:30
I saw some trailers.
I know actors who acting in a films.
I read descriptions.

It is enough, isnt it?  :roll:

Soon I'll post another top of movies I recomend you to watch...  :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 06, 2009, 22:44:37
Quote from: wish-man on January 05, 2009, 23:06:30
I saw some trailers.
I know actors who acting in a films.
I read descriptions.

It is enough, isnt it?  :roll:

Soon I'll post another top of movies I recomend you to watch...  :smth023


that's not enough at all. even great great actors or great great directors make a mistake. you should at least wait until u see it and then present your subjective opinion. I would never recommend a movie even if it got 5/5 in all magazines until i see it by myself :D.

er, maybe i'm a bit picky
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on January 07, 2009, 00:45:32
Quote from: alt.end on January 06, 2009, 22:44:37
that's not enough at all. even great great actors or great great directors make a mistake. you should at least wait until u see it and then present your subjective opinion. I would never recommend a movie even if it got 5/5 in all magazines until i see it by myself :D.

er, maybe i'm a bit picky

Ok, it will never repeats again, sir!  :-D
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 08, 2009, 02:03:15
Quote from: wish-man on January 07, 2009, 00:45:32
Quote from: alt.end on January 06, 2009, 22:44:37
that's not enough at all. even great great actors or great great directors make a mistake. you should at least wait until u see it and then present your subjective opinion. I would never recommend a movie even if it got 5/5 in all magazines until i see it by myself :D.

er, maybe i'm a bit picky

Ok, it will never repeats again, sir!  :-D

good boy!  :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 08, 2009, 02:05:44
and what i would recommend is:
Wrestler, Yes Man, Slumdog Millionare, The curious case of Benjamin Button.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on January 11, 2009, 12:53:53
My top seven, without specific ranking should (or could) be:

Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
Mississippi Burning
Little Miss Sunshine (this film didn´t work so good the second time I saw it, the surprise at the end is so strong. brilliant soundtrack by DeVotchKa)
What´s Eating Gilbert Grape
Perfume, The Story of A Murderer (Never thought that they could do such a great film of that brilliant book)
Vampire´s Kiss (Most of my friends thinks that this is one of the worst movies ever made but I just love it)

Four (new) movies that I must see this year:

The Road (My favorite book by Cormac McCarthy filmed, starred by Viggo Mortensen)
Valhalla Rising (Viking myths with Mads Mikkelsen as the starr)
Shutter Island (another great book but this time from Dennis Lehane´s pen. Leonardo DiCaprio starrs. I do hesitate a bit though since the huge surprise of the very last page of that book is already reveald to me as a reader of the book)
Public Enemies (Of course I must see Mr Depp as John Dillinger)

Must put on a few others...

Lovers on the Bridge
Mars Attacks (just love it)
Lost in Translation
From Hell
Matrix I
Once Upon a Time in America
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Broadway Danny Rose
Hannah and Her Sisters
Radio Days...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 12, 2009, 01:53:41
Pulp Fiction - 5/5
Ed Wood 5/5
Mississippi Burning - haven't seen
Little Miss Sunshine - 4/5
What´s Eating Gilbert Grape - haven't seen
Perfume, The Story of A Murderer - only read the book
Vampire´s Kiss - never heard of it

The Road - never heard of it
Valhalla Rising - never heard of it
Shutter Island - curious to see
Public Enemies - curious to see

Lovers on the Bridge - never heard of it
Mars Attacks - 4/5
Lost in Translation - 5/5
From Hell - 4/5
Matrix - 5/5
Once Upon a Time in America 5/5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5/5
Broadway Danny Rose - haven't seen
Hannah and Her Sisters - haven't seen
Radio Days - never heard of it.

Thanks for nice tips.

I look forward to see The Revolutionary Roads, The Reader, new Frank Miller movie, Australia, new Harry Potter movie...

Everybody should see: Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Sin City, X-men trilogy, all Stanley Kubrick movies, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Lemony Snicket with Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind, 21 grams, Talk to her...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on January 16, 2009, 17:42:13
Quote from: alt.end on January 08, 2009, 02:05:44
and what i would recommend is:
Wrestler

i'm really looking forward in seeing this. it's great to see mickey rourke back on his feet.

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thewrestler/


talking about all-time favorite movies, always loved this one:
rumble fish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086216/) by francis ford coppola.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q43pBePLum4&fmt=18



Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on January 18, 2009, 00:24:02
Quote from: japanesebaby on January 16, 2009, 17:42:13
Quote from: alt.end on January 08, 2009, 02:05:44
and what i would recommend is:
Wrestler

i'm really looking forward in seeing this. it's great to see mickey rourke back on his feet.

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thewrestler/


talking about all-time favorite movies, always loved this one:
rumble fish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086216/) by francis ford coppola.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q43pBePLum4&fmt=18





rumble fish has an absolutely amazing soundtrack! and godfather I,II are one of my favourite movies of all times. and so is Dracula.
his daughter is an interesting director, too.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on January 18, 2009, 20:56:12
Quote from: alt.end on January 18, 2009, 00:24:02
and so is Dracula.
his daughter is an interesting director, too.

I didn´t know Draculas daughter was into directing  :roll:
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on February 01, 2009, 21:01:19
i meant coppola's daughter...
Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: lostflower4 on February 03, 2009, 21:02:02
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 12, 2007, 21:13:04
oh, and this spanish movie that i once saw from TV but didn't tape it or write down the information about who directed it and then i've never been able to find it again anywhere. anyway, it was about this painter, the film was about him painting this small fruit-tree out in the garden. the whole film was filmed there in the garden, while he was painting and while various people came to visit him and sit by him and watch him work and discuss with him all things possible. and all the while you watched the painting getting a little bit more ready and finished, bit by bit.
and ok i know it might sound a bit boring when told like that but honestly, it was one of the best movies i ever saw, amazing...
and yet i have no idea how to find it!  :?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105438

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_/ai_66306830


:?:
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on February 13, 2009, 00:36:35
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/)

(http://deadhours.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/vicky_cristina_barcelona.jpg)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on February 13, 2009, 11:58:53
(http://laberint.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/hero-yimou.jpg)

HERO (directed by zhang yimou, 2002)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/


one of the most beautiful movies i've ever seen, in terms of cinematography and use of color alone. amazingly beautiful work, really. stills  don't give justice to it, you need to see it. and, it's not just some sword fight eye-candy,but has a great story too, with a great cast.

even if you were not into "wu xia" movies, i'd recommend watching this for it's sheer beauty.
here's a clip from the amazing lake fight scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2ul001z34

"autumn leaf duel": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8tMp1qUszE



actually, yimou is a great drama director. i've liked his work a lot ever since i saw "raise the red lanter" (1991) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/

Title: Re: Your top 7 movies
Post by: japanesebaby on February 15, 2009, 12:59:47
(sorry, i missed noticing this last time)

Quote from: lostflower4 on February 03, 2009, 21:02:02
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 12, 2007, 21:13:04
oh, and this spanish movie that i once saw from TV but didn't tape it or write down the information about who directed it and then i've never been able to find it again anywhere. anyway, it was about this painter, the film was about him painting this small fruit-tree out in the garden. the whole film was filmed there in the garden, while he was painting and while various people came to visit him and sit by him and watch him work and discuss with him all things possible. and all the while you watched the painting getting a little bit more ready and finished, bit by bit.
and ok i know it might sound a bit boring when told like that but honestly, it was one of the best movies i ever saw, amazing...
and yet i have no idea how to find it!  :?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105438

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_/ai_66306830


:?:

:D
hey that's the one - thanks a million!  :smth023
(i need to start hunting down the dvd version now...)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on February 25, 2009, 22:06:16
Frost/Nixon   - wow, 9/10!
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on February 27, 2009, 13:37:30
Quote from: alt.end on January 08, 2009, 02:05:44
and what i would recommend is:
Wrestler

i went to see this some time ago and it's a really good film, worth your money.

i admit i haven't seen sean penn on 'milk' but i think they could have given the oscar to rourke. but hey, it's only the oscars.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on March 01, 2009, 00:18:26
I just watched "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" again today and I have to say that that´s a nice flick. Sort of a low budget version of "Train Spotting" which is another, even nicer flick.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on April 01, 2009, 18:33:38
from the newer movies you should definitely watch milk and slumdog millionaire!!! both are very authentic and interesting as well as touching. i cried in both movies they just get very close to you...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on April 01, 2009, 21:10:08
looking forward to the new hayao miyazaki film, 'ponyo on a cliff', finally getting a theater release around here soon (hopefully?):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876563/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponyo_on_a_Cliff

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Ponyo.jpg/200px-Ponyo.jpg)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on June 13, 2009, 09:00:31
has anybody seen this yet?

coraline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0&fmt=18)

it's stop-motion animation filmed in 3D.
based on a book by neil gaiman, directed by henry selick ('nightmare before christmas') - should sound pretty good?

(http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/CoralinePoster.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on July 03, 2009, 14:05:48
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 13, 2009, 09:00:31
has anybody seen this yet?

coraline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0&fmt=18)

it's stop-motion animation filmed in 3D.
based on a book by neil gaiman, directed by henry selick ('nightmare before christmas') - should sound pretty good?

(http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/CoralinePoster.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/



oh yeah, i've heard about this and wanted to see it long time ago. is it on dvd already?
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on July 04, 2009, 09:04:07
Quote from: alt.end on July 03, 2009, 14:05:48
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 13, 2009, 09:00:31
has anybody seen this yet?

coraline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0&fmt=18)

it's stop-motion animation filmed in 3D.
based on a book by neil gaiman, directed by henry selick ('nightmare before christmas') - should sound pretty good?

(http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/CoralinePoster.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/



oh yeah, i've heard about this and wanted to see it long time ago. is it on dvd already?

no it only just came to the theaters a while time ago, it's a pretty new movie.

anyway, i went to see it a while ago. it's pretty good. the story is a quite classic fairytale like story - some might like that, some might say it's bit too easy to guess how it turns out in the end then. but well, a lot of movies are like that anyway.  and there are worse stories than this for sure. and besides, it's meant to be a fairytale anyway.
at first it was a bit funny to sit with those silly goggles on, but you forget you're wearing them pretty soon. i think the 3D was a good idea here. it does give the fantastic world here extra depth. in general i did like the art/visual design/the look of the movie a lot.
recommended :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on July 04, 2009, 16:01:26
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 13, 2009, 09:00:31
has anybody seen this yet?

coraline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0&fmt=18)

it's stop-motion animation filmed in 3D.
based on a book by neil gaiman, directed by henry selick ('nightmare before christmas') - should sound pretty good?

(http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/CoralinePoster.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/



it still takes about a month to come out in germany, but I am definitely going to see it.

i absolutely love the trailer and the style  of the visualization. and anyway if jb says it's good that's quit a lot ;)as you usually tend to be a good observer and really write what you think without sugaring the truth!

have you seen 'corpse bride' ?
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on July 06, 2009, 00:28:03
i've seen Corpse Bride, enjoyed it very much, although some songs could be shorter  :roll:
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on July 06, 2009, 17:19:22
thanks for a nice comment alwaysprayingfor RAIN  :)
i haven't seen corpse bride, i know about though. maybe i should check it out.

ps. @alt.end: no songs/singing on coraline which i thought was a plus (i'm not a big fan of musicals).
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on July 06, 2009, 18:19:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 06, 2009, 17:19:22
i haven't seen corpse bride, i know about though. maybe i should check it out.

You should absolutely watch Corpse Bride and I´m quite sure that You will enjoy it. Ít´s a bittersweet story about what matters in existance.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on July 07, 2009, 11:44:46
Quote from: fiction on July 06, 2009, 18:19:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on July 06, 2009, 17:19:22
i haven't seen corpse bride, i know about though. maybe i should check it out.

You should absolutely watch Corpse Bride and I´m quite sure that You will enjoy it. Ít´s a bittersweet story about what matters in existance.

i really enjoyed it, too. thanks for the comment. my friends and family said it was 'weird'... i agree on that but for me that's something positive.

Quote from: japanesebaby on July 06, 2009, 17:19:22
ps. @alt.end: no songs/singing on coraline which i thought was a plus (i'm not a big fan of musicals).

i do like musicals, i just don't think that it fits the genre pretty well, so the non singing is great :)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on July 19, 2009, 00:01:10
this should be interesting:

moon (directed by duncan jones) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIexG8179K8)

(http://twitchfilm.net/site/images/uploads/moon-onesheet.jpg)

it's gotten really good reviews and has done well on several indipendent movie festivals, including sundance. most recently in edinburgh:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jun/29/moon-edinburgh-awards-duncan-jones

ps. movie/music trivia: duncan jones' father is david bowie.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on July 31, 2009, 12:44:29
Changeling (2008)




One of the best movies I have ever seen. A must.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824747/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on July 31, 2009, 14:42:43
Quote from: dsanchez on July 31, 2009, 12:44:29
Changeling (2008)
One of the best movies I have ever seen. A must.

yeah, good movie! seen it in Winter  :D
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: crowbi_wan on August 01, 2009, 06:49:56
American History X.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DxADSNFFy6s/SQ5_bR8DeeI/AAAAAAAAGbk/baVK45gEqWU/s320/american+history+x.jpg)

I've been on a bit of an Edward Norton kick lately and hadn't seen this one in a while.  A really powerful film.  Check it out if you haven't already done so.  Or, if you're like me and hadn't seen it in some time, do yourself a favor and give it another go.  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/  190,573 voters can't be wrong.

Watch the trailer here: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1773535513/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on August 01, 2009, 08:31:18
Quote from: crowbi_wan on August 01, 2009, 06:49:56
I've been on a bit of an Edward Norton kick lately and hadn't seen this one in a while.  A really powerful film.  Check it out if you haven't already done so.  Or, if you're like me and hadn't seen it in some time, do yourself a favor and give it another go.

Yeah, another great movie!  :smth023  :-D

The International (2009)


(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6751/theinternationalpreviewft1.jpg)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mDi49Qj1xk

IMDb: 6.6/10  17,043 votes

Nice movie of 2009. Just seen it yesterday night... Nothing special, just usual Thriller  ;)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on August 02, 2009, 11:44:46
Quote from: crowbi_wan on August 01, 2009, 06:49:56
American History X.

A good one, and this movie has one of the most brutal murder scenes I have ever seen.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on August 02, 2009, 11:47:42
The Good Shepherd (2006)

One of the best movies I have ever seen. 9 points from 10 in my opinion, a terrific movie, spy, dramma... and excellent direction by De Niro, terrific acting, a MUST




Warning: the movie is about 2h40 and is for people who likes complex movies, with many stories and situations going on. Is not the kind of movie where the facts are very easy to understand. There are also historic events as the Bay of Pigs invasion.

A MUST guys, a MUST.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: crowbi_wan on August 02, 2009, 16:20:57
Quote from: dsanchez on August 02, 2009, 11:44:46
Quote from: crowbi_wan on August 01, 2009, 06:49:56
American History X.

A good one, and this movie has one of the most brutal murder scenes I have ever seen.

The stomping on the sidewalk?  Yeah, that was pretty disturbing, as was the rape scene, and much of the dialogue in the first 2/3 of the movie. 
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: crowbi_wan on August 02, 2009, 16:24:26
Quote from: dsanchez on August 02, 2009, 11:47:42
The Good Shepherd (2006)

Already watched this one back when it was in the theater.  Good story, cast, directing.  I believe this one is on my Netflix queue for another viewing. 
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on August 02, 2009, 21:34:15
Quote from: crowbi_wan on August 02, 2009, 16:20:57
The stomping on the sidewalk?

Most memorizing moment IMO  :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKbuivN51A
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: M on August 02, 2009, 21:59:31
I just saw this movie called The Swimmer, it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen, it's absolutely horrible really! The whole plot is like Burt Lancaster swimming in pools and every now and then he meets a woman and say something like "Marigolds? This time of the year?" or "Here's to sugar on strawberries! "   :-D :smth044
                         
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIegoQAayFs
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: kingofsorrow on August 09, 2009, 08:50:05
the crow
300
red cliff
casshern
equilibrium
veer zaara
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: jbud1980 on August 09, 2009, 18:21:37
i told myself i wouldn't reply to this thread because from age 17-20 i worked at blockbuster video and had enough of people asking this same question, lol

oh well, that was a while ago...

Action: Jurassic Park
Horror: Candyman/The Descent
Comedy: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Drama:  Requiem for a Dream/Forrest Gump
Adventure: The Goonies
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
Funny stuff in theaters or on DVD soon:

Zack And Miri Make a Porno
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Observe and Report
Hangover
The Road (in October)

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: wish-man on August 20, 2009, 19:24:37
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
Zack And Miri Make a Porno

Yeah, nice comedy  :-D
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on August 20, 2009, 20:06:13
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
Funny stuff in theaters or on DVD soon:

Zack And Miri Make a Porno
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Observe and Report
Hangover
The Road (in October)



i definitely want to see inglorious basterds.

you know i am german and I'm interested in what tarantino made of this topic. it's still hard for germans, but i think it's time to get over it...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
Quote from: alwaysprayingforRAIN on August 20, 2009, 20:06:13
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
Funny stuff in theaters or on DVD soon:

Zack And Miri Make a Porno
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Observe and Report
Hangover
The Road (in October)



i definitely want to see inglorious basterds.

i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect. but i'm very interested to see christoph waltz's performance in any case.

district 9 sounds pretty interesting too.

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on September 01, 2009, 19:38:57
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
Quote from: alwaysprayingforRAIN on August 20, 2009, 20:06:13
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
Funny stuff in theaters or on DVD soon:

Zack And Miri Make a Porno
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Observe and Report
Hangover
The Road (in October)



i definitely want to see inglorious basterds.

i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect. but i'm very interested to see christoph waltz's performance in any case.

district 9 sounds pretty interesting too.



my parents already saw it and said it was pretty brutal but an amazing movie and an outstanding performance by christopher waltz :)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on September 01, 2009, 20:23:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect.

Yeah, Kill Bill was really a downtrip. I slept through most of part one and decided it to be one of the worst flicks I ever saw. But then my girlfriend at the time (who was a big fan of KB) begged me to see part two aswell and somehow it cleared the picture of KB #1 somewhat, but still I think it´s a poor film.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on September 02, 2009, 07:13:41
Quote from: fiction on September 01, 2009, 20:23:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect.

Yeah, Kill Bill was really a downtrip. I slept through most of part one and decided it to be one of the worst flicks I ever saw. But then my girlfriend at the time (who was a big fan of KB) begged me to see part two aswell and somehow it cleared the picture of KB #1 somewhat, but still I think it´s a poor film.

funny to hear that, because i used to have a friend who absolutely adored kill bill, made me come to see part two in the theater in the opening day.
actually i thought part1 was somehow bearable , it was part2 where i fell asleep (especially the final scenes where the protagonist finally meets bill). to me it was a complete let down.
i think it was a bad idea to split the movie in two parts and release them separately. it would have been better if some material had been cut and everything put into one single movie.
but still i think it wouldn't have been really that good.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: crowbi_wan on September 02, 2009, 20:15:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 02, 2009, 07:13:41
Quote from: fiction on September 01, 2009, 20:23:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect.

Yeah, Kill Bill was really a downtrip. I slept through most of part one and decided it to be one of the worst flicks I ever saw. But then my girlfriend at the time (who was a big fan of KB) begged me to see part two aswell and somehow it cleared the picture of KB #1 somewhat, but still I think it´s a poor film.

funny to hear that, because i used to have a friend who absolutely adored kill bill, made me come to see part two in the theater in the opening day.
actually i thought part1 was somehow bearable , it was part2 where i fell asleep (especially the final scenes where the protagonist finally meets bill). to me it was a complete let down.
i think it was a bad idea to split the movie in two parts and release them separately. it would have been better if some material had been cut and everything put into one single movie.
but still i think it wouldn't have been really that good.

I saw the Bastards recently.  Not Taratino's best work, but how do you top Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs?  It's certainly better than his latest films.  Christopher Waltz is the real star of the movie, easily stealing the spotlight away from Pitt.  Wonderful performance there as the "Jew Hunter".  He's sure to be nominated for an Oscar.       
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Spiritinthesky on October 30, 2009, 16:06:05
Scent of A Woman - Al Pacino and, Chris O'Donnell from 1992. Al Pacino with his portrayal of the blind Colonel Slade is just brilliant.

And The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman from 2007.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: fiction on October 30, 2009, 23:17:12
Quote from: crowbi_wan on September 02, 2009, 20:15:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 02, 2009, 07:13:41
Quote from: fiction on September 01, 2009, 20:23:36
Quote from: japanesebaby on September 01, 2009, 18:13:43
i'm curious too. i was kind of disappointed with kill bill, so i don't know what to expect.

Yeah, Kill Bill was really a downtrip. I slept through most of part one and decided it to be one of the worst flicks I ever saw. But then my girlfriend at the time (who was a big fan of KB) begged me to see part two aswell and somehow it cleared the picture of KB #1 somewhat, but still I think it´s a poor film.

funny to hear that, because i used to have a friend who absolutely adored kill bill, made me come to see part two in the theater in the opening day.
actually i thought part1 was somehow bearable , it was part2 where i fell asleep (especially the final scenes where the protagonist finally meets bill). to me it was a complete let down.
i think it was a bad idea to split the movie in two parts and release them separately. it would have been better if some material had been cut and everything put into one single movie.
but still i think it wouldn't have been really that good.

I saw the Bastards recently.  Not Taratino's best work, but how do you top Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs?  It's certainly better than his latest films.  Christopher Waltz is the real star of the movie, easily stealing the spotlight away from Pitt.  Wonderful performance there as the "Jew Hunter".  He's sure to be nominated for an Oscar.       

I´ll guess You mean BastErds, because Inglorious BastArds is the Italian warflick from 1977 that Tarantino thinks so high of. The original flick, from where he gets the idea is a very violent film (giving the premisses of the late 70´s) but it has got an incredible set of requisite and the shootings of the sceneries are very impressive. As an overall verdict I could easilly say that The Inglorious Bastards from 1977 is one of the best flicks I´ve seen about the second world war and it is easilly understandeble that Tarantino wanted to do a version of his own, given the truth that he really liked this film when he saw it.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on January 06, 2010, 20:41:33
(http://movies.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/avatar-movie-poster.jpg)

for such a big hollywood production, i was really positively surprised by this. i liked the environmental/racial themes in brought up. it made cutting (or should i say gunning) down trees and destroying the natural environmental look really stupid  - which it how it should look like too.
i wish people going to see this movie would also learn from it, see the parallels to our world.

not to mention it is really visually stunning. the creatures seem very real, the glowing nighttime forest with that huge gas giant hanging overhead just makes you wish you could be there.
the flying sequences were awesome, very well done (with most other CGI i've seen so far, trying to make the movement of wings look natural usually fails).
CGI has really made huge progress in just a few years.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: japanesebaby on June 15, 2010, 18:54:01
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
District 9
that was a good one.


not really a recommendation.... anyway:
i recently went to see the new robin hood movie by ridley scott.

'Robin Hood' Trailer 2 HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcDeNo6KUs#ws)

i'm really pretty disappointed, i expected so much more from scott. he's always been an interesting director, his very first film 'the duellists' is still one of my favorites. but this one's really not worth it.

i think russel crowe was a totally wrong person for the leading role in robin hood. the script could have been sort of interesting but it wasted all the good ingredients. especially the supporting roles didn't get any room to develop, all "the merry men" hardly even noticed.
the only good thing in the film was cate blanchett.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: skellington on June 15, 2010, 20:11:28
I just re-watched "What About Bob?" to get into a summer mood :-D This movie  always seems to crack me up. Here is one of my favourite clips from the movie
Son of a Bitchin Bob! (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJsvXjF4EHc#ws)  :smth043
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: alt.end on August 06, 2010, 23:45:06
Quote from: japanesebaby on June 15, 2010, 18:54:01
Quote from: Janko on August 19, 2009, 20:28:50
District 9
that was a good one.


not really a recommendation.... anyway:
i recently went to see the new robin hood movie by ridley scott.

'Robin Hood' Trailer 2 HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcDeNo6KUs#ws)

i'm really pretty disappointed, i expected so much more from scott. he's always been an interesting director, his very first film 'the duellists' is still one of my favorites. but this one's really not worth it.

i think russel crowe was a totally wrong person for the leading role in robin hood. the script could have been sort of interesting but it wasted all the good ingredients. especially the supporting roles didn't get any room to develop, all "the merry men" hardly even noticed.
the only good thing in the film was cate blanchett.


i only watched the trailer and this is exactly what i thought about the movie: scott disappointing again, russel's ordinary performance, no challenge and no point making this.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on January 15, 2012, 17:46:18
Awesome movie, watch it if you get the chance!

Lost Highway Theatrical Trailer (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGvjnqSKF8&feature=related#ws)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on June 26, 2012, 09:26:56
Excellent movie. Five stars.

Heat - Pacino And De Niro Restaurant Scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTNNjRuqbE#)
Vincent: So you never wanted a regular type life?
Neil: What the f*ck is that? Barbeques and ballgames?

:P
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: BiscuityBoyle on March 30, 2016, 17:05:18
Repulsion

Brand upon The Brain

The Adjuster

Pink Flamingos

The Big Lebowski

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

Damsels in Distress

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zP9JLSghD4#)

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCGetB0OX4g#)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on April 01, 2016, 12:04:51
One I enjoyed recently was
"Midnight Special":
http://youtu.be/oVgxxdu-gJc (http://youtu.be/oVgxxdu-gJc)
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on April 02, 2016, 10:41:02
Melancholia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxD78kM36xg
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: MeltingMan on April 03, 2016, 08:42:59
A selection with no specific order:

The Last Emperor, Fanny och Alexander, Chinatown, Les Orgueilleux,
Shock (1946 film), Dragonwyck (1946), Pit and the Pendulum (1961), John Carpenter's The Fog,
La notte, Never Cry Wolf, Runaway Train,...


Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on November 13, 2016, 21:49:49
Just finished watching "Detachment" wow! what a movie. An inspirational, brilliant movie. Must see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7lBleOF9Pw

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683526/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on August 27, 2018, 13:38:36
Was recently talking with some colleagues about this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU29VfayDMw
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: helloimageifonly on August 29, 2018, 10:52:12
I recently enjoyed the Visconti movie 'Rocco e suoi fratelli' wich means 'Rocco and his brothers'. It is quite long but never boring, on the contrary does the story keeps getting better towards the ending. Raw images that give a notion about the life at the time for most of the common people. Lots of drama wich I like in movies and the magnificent Alain Delon and Annie Girardot!

https://youtu.be/4mA2Dz0FIoY

ps: How is a video to be embedded? It doesn't seem to work (or I can not do it).
Thx 

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: helloimageifonly on August 29, 2018, 10:54:31
Quote from: dsanchez on August 27, 2018, 13:38:36
Was recently talking with some colleagues about this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU29VfayDMw

Yes this is a wonderful and funny movie! Now I want to watch it again. Thx for mentioning it!
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on August 29, 2018, 23:10:41
Quote from: helloimageifonly on August 29, 2018, 10:52:12
https://youtu.be/4mA2Dz0FIoY
ps: How is a video to be embedded? It doesn't seem to work (or I can not do it).

embeded videos from youtube must have the format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoid

this format is the standard if you copy/paste the URL from your laptop/desktop PC (not mobile). so in your case, placing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mA2Dz0FIoY
should work ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mA2Dz0FIoY
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 01, 2018, 10:51:06
I'd like to recommend this one (saw it in cinema, soon out on dvd and bluray)!
Anne Clark documentary:
https://www.goodmovies.de/content_detail.php?cid=16647&caid=81&genre&b
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on September 04, 2018, 21:40:13
My favorite movie - ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB3S9bIaco

If you didn't watch it yet - what are you waiting for?
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 09, 2018, 10:55:28
Last night I woke up and couldn't fall asleep again, then I remembered that one of my fave movies was on and I switched on the telly... (first time I saw it many years ago, was a time when I didn't sleep well - the main character in this movie is sleepless and gets into a weird and dangerous story at the airport late one night)! It still is a fun movie to watch late at night...
A little description from wiki:
Quote
Into the Night is a 1985 American comedy-thriller film directed by John Landis, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film has a large number of cameo appearances made by various filmmakers and directors, including Landis himself.
I want to add, one of the "cameos" is Mr David Bowie.  :cool
Plus Carl Perkins, David Cronenberg, Don Siegel, Roger Vadim, Paul Mazursky... etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocj8ceZPM9Q

Another one of my faves for sleepless nights, is of course "Insomnia" (good thriller, great landscape shots):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIAVt91Eu9o
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: dsanchez on September 14, 2018, 13:32:27
The last movie from Kubrick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoTNVSArKxM
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on November 13, 2018, 15:31:02
Today I'd like to recommend a documentary I recently re-watched. Don't let yourself be fooled by the finished movie, which is a "train wreck", because the documentary about the original director (and script-writer) being fired by the film company is a hilarious and fascinating tale!  :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y_wLNe15x0

A few years ago I met Richard Stanley (near Montsegur, where he lived), I thought he was an interesting and bright person with lots of knowledge about all kinds of things. He's spent the last 20 years making some documentaries, a few short movies and also exploring the mysteries around Montsegur. Now it seems he'll finally be able to direct a feature film again (I'll keep my fingers crossed).  :smth023
https://ew.com/movies/2018/09/13/richard-stanley-the-color-out-of-space/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on May 07, 2019, 11:28:37
"Destroyer" (watched it in a small cinema last night, original language), found it was very good, dark and a bit confusing (different time settings, in the end you'll understand it all). Nicole Kidman is doing a great job here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHaLUoiWZU
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on April 30, 2020, 11:37:10
Due to a posting in the "currently listening" topic, I was reminded of this documentary, which I enjoyed some time ago:

https://www.rumblethemovie.com/home

Quote...tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now,
missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence.

Featuring music icons
CHARLEY PATTON, MILDRED BAILEY, LINK WRAY, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE, JIMI HENDRIX,
JESSE ED DAVIS, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, REDBONE, RANDY CASTILLO, TABOO

RUMBLE shows how these talented Native musicians
helped shape the soundtracks of our lives.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: BiscuityBoyle on May 04, 2020, 17:22:49
Apropos of documentaries, this is worth seeing

Quote from: undefinedwe are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 09, 2020, 10:36:34
Not many new movies coming to the cinema right now, but this one did and I liked it (it is complicated though... )!
Description from imdb is pretty apt:
QuoteArmed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.


The title (and names in the movie) refers to something called the "Sator square":

Quote"Tenet" is the middle word of the "Sator Square" (also called the "Rotas Square"), a sequence of Latin words creating a palindrome sentence. It was first found on stone squares in the remains of Pompeii and later discovered in other places around Europe and the Middle East. It goes as follows:

"SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS"
https://www.rereleasenews.com/2020/01/10/tenet-title-explained/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: SueC on September 10, 2020, 01:37:48
Brett just went to see that same film with his parents at the cinema when he was in Perth (assigned seating, lots of gaps) and really liked it too, and says it was great to see a non-white lead for a change in a mainstream American movie.

The last movie I watched (borrowed from library) is a documentary worth recommending:


At the moment, also from the library, we're watching Tony Robinson's Coast to Coast - no trailer for this, incredible scenery and we'd love to do this walk; 14 days should do it - honestly, if we had a TARDIS and a farmsitter we'd be off like a flash and the dog would love it too.  It's walking from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire, across the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.  This would be something ancestral for Brett as well.

One funny thing we noticed on this one (we've watched the first two parts to date) is that so far, most of the people featured have looked unhealthy (candidates for diabetes and heart disease) - very weird for a hiking documentary - and nobody has been shown to eat anything healthy yet - now there's a correlation.  Tony Robinson started off eating a Scotch Egg for breakfast, and for lunch as well.   :1f635:  A Scotch Egg is a boiled egg (so far, so good) wrapped in greasy sausage meat, and then crumbed and deep-fried.  :1f632:  This is exactly the kind of thing The Two Fat Ladies used to cook up on their show, which we watched with macabre fascination and yet never found anything featuring on it that we'd actually want to eat ourselves...

Not a fresh fruit or vegetable in sight, so far - if you're going to eat a Scotch Egg, at least have some F&V to accompany it...  :1f636:
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 19, 2020, 10:03:54
One to re-watch soon:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/goodfellas-30th-anniversary-martin-scorsese-robert-de-niro-joe-pesci-gangster-film-b465779.html
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: SueC on September 22, 2020, 14:24:00
That Yeats poem Before The World Was Made reminded me of an equally spine-tingling film that's little known but one of the best things I ever saw in my whole life:


...back story is that as a boy, the main protagonist lost his best friend to a presumed drowning, and when he returns briefly to the town as an adult, he rescues a stranger from drowning in the same river, and then things get spooky and complicated... but it's a very, very beautiful film...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: SueC on October 24, 2020, 01:50:42
We watched this last night and it's excellent:


Wonderful lovable lead character, great story - and at the same time, really hits you in the face with the ideas about gender roles we're still not entirely rid of...
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on May 07, 2021, 13:36:47
"The Fisher King" (directed by Terry Gilliam), 30 years old, still a crazy, but also very entertaining film:

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: SueC on August 09, 2021, 03:09:36
I missed that post, @Ulrich - and that movie - looks good!  :cool

We did catch this Terry Gilliam film and highly recommend it, did you see that one?


Also Brett loves Twelve Monkeys, which I've not seen yet.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on August 18, 2021, 16:20:02
I watched this on tv last weekend and it was hilarious (based on a true story, incredible as it sounds)!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005151/


@Sue - I haven't seen Tideland yet.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 16, 2021, 09:09:59
Reminiscence, not a bad movie at all:


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3272066/
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Post by: SueC on September 16, 2021, 11:42:53
Really gorgeous film we came across by chance. Highly recommended. ♥

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: SueC on October 17, 2021, 03:55:25
We saw this a couple of nights ago and thought it was excellent.


I think they need to show the first half hour to all 15-year-olds in Health Education classes, to start a conversation on what consent looks like, and doesn't look like, and why you should take another person's no seriously, whether to sex, drugs, alcohol or anything else, and why it's not OK to take advantage of people just because you can, or to then pretend it's all their fault. Also to talk about the culture of misogyny and "boys will be boys" which is corrosive for males and females alike (though of course, boys are far less likely to get raped, or to have their complaints ignored, and boys are still far more likely statistically to get the benefit of the doubt, and to get promotions at work regardless of objective ability).

Carey Mulligan was, of course, Sally Sparrow in the classic Dr Who story Blink - this is 15 years later and she's riveting in this. We both gave the film an A+ but also both think it lacked representation of decent males, who do actually exist - though you could argue that in some circles it's rare to bump into one, and also that the film was already really long without adding more subplots.

Watch it and talk about it.  :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on November 18, 2021, 09:27:50
Went to the cinema, after a recommendation by a friend. Imagine my surprise when I sat there and who walks in? Same friend, obviously watching the movie for a 2nd time! :1f62e:
There were only few people in (and with distance), but my mate didn't notice my shouting and waving, so I chatted with him outside after the movie.


It starts off rather tame, but soon there is a "nightmarish" element, which becomes full-on "horror" towards the end of the movie. Visually, it was very well done, of course the music from the sixties helps along the "nostalgia" part. (Btw, in a "modern" scene, there's also a song by Siouxsie & the Banshees, which works well.) The "sound design" is near-perfect too.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9639470/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on January 10, 2022, 17:18:22
Old, but very good:
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on April 03, 2022, 10:03:29
"The Last Of The Mohicans" (directed by Michael Mann) - back in '92 when it hit the cinemas, I wasn't too interested and didn't watch it (the "western" genre seemed pretty dead at the time), but nowadays I really like this movie, based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper of course.

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Iri on April 04, 2022, 02:40:54
Grosse Point Blank
Starwars V. The Empire Strikes Back
Seven Samurai
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Clerks
Ruben and Ed
Eraserhead
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on April 10, 2022, 10:32:29
Well I watched this one because of Taylor Sheridan (he who wrote "Sicario" and "Hell or high water" plus he wrote and directed "Wind River") and I enjoyed it!

"Those who wish me dead" (for unfathomable reasons, the German distributor re-named it "They want me dead"!)

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on October 13, 2022, 10:29:16
Went to the cinema again, mainly because they were screening the original language version:
"Don't worry darling" (directed by Olivia Wilde, who's also one of the actors), I enjoyed it.

It seems like a heavenly town these people live in, but soon it's becoming clear, there is a secret and a dark story behind the perfect surface...

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on January 09, 2023, 15:14:47
"The Banshees of Inisherin".
I haven't even watched it yet, but it's by the director who made "In Bruges" and "Three Billboards...", it's got to be good (trailer is very promising)!

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on February 20, 2023, 09:54:50
"Holy Spider"
Impressive movie, sadly based on true events which happened in 2001-2002.


Article:
https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/zahra-amir-ebrahimi-holy-spider-iran-government-denmark-1235385208/
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on June 11, 2023, 18:39:36
While I'm looking forward to the new "Indiana Jones" movie (hopefully better than #4), there is a real (sad) story behind some of the older movies:

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/indiana-joness-real-life-nazi-opponents/

QuoteIn the first in the series, 1981's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Dr Indiana Jones was racing the likes of Gestapo agent Arnold Toht to recover the Ark of the Covenant, the chest containing the Ten Commandments. Eight years later, in part three, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, the object of desire was that very old favourite the Holy Grail, and among those on its trail was the double-dealing Dr Elsa Schneider. And in number five, which premiered in Cannes on May 18, the superannuated Indiana Jones is chasing Jürgen Voller in search of a missing piece of the titular Dial of Destiny.

Like the crystal skulls of the unloved fourth film, the dial is based on reality. Discovered in a shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek device dating back to the first or second century BC that tracked the astronomical positions of planets in order to predict eclipses and other celestial phenomena.  ...

Yet what the first and third Jones movies get right is that there really were Third Reich archaeologists dedicated to finding sacred relics. This Nazi quirk was brought to the attention of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the creators of Indiana Jones, by Philip Kaufman, who also co-wrote Raiders. ...

As a man obsessed with myths and the occult, Himmler was just the right person to occupy the head office at the Ahnenerbe. It was in this capacity that Himmler formed a close relationship with Otto Rahn, a charismatic archaeologist who'd dedicated his life to locating the Holy Grail. Himmler was similarly obsessed with the Grail story, and had created a special "Grail room" at an SS base in a Westphalian castle, where he put a rock crystal in the place where he felt sure the Grail itself would soon sit.

Rahn, Himmler and the Grail are three subjects that have long interested Richard Stanley, the South African film director and modern-day Grail scholar. "For me, Otto Rahn was the original man in black, the spook in the black fedora and black coat," explains the man who made films including Hardware and Color Out Of Space.

"Trying to penetrate who Rahn really was is tricky. What we do know is that, at school, he loved the Arthurian myths, in particular the story of Parsifal, who dedicates his life to finding the Holy Grail. After he left school, Rahn became increasingly obsessed with discovering the Grail; the mythical object that could make him whole again, which would heal the wounded and ease the world's pain; the lost link between man and God."

It's all good, exciting stuff and it completely took over Rahn's imagination. Hoping that a book about what he'd discovered might provide funds for further exploration, Rahn penned The Crusade Against The Grail in 1933. Rather than filling his depleted coffers, the tome caught the attention of the Nazi high command. So it was that Otto Rahn was summoned to Berlin in 1935 for a meeting with his number one fan, Heinrich Himmler.

"At least initially, we can imagine Otto Rahn and Heinrich Himmler being on the same page," explains Stanley who, in addition to his other credits, is also the author of Shadow Of The Grail – Magic And Mystery At Montsegur. ...

Alas, Otto Rahn's time in Himmler's good graces proved short. As Richard Stanley writes, "The truth of the matter is that Rahn had Jewish blood through his mother. A second problem was that he was gay."

Compromised by his situation and his inability to locate the Grail, Rahn's punishment took the form of a stint guarding a concentration camp. Chastened by what he saw there, he resigned from the SS in 1939. Shortly afterwards he was found on an Austrian mountainside, frozen to death.
...

Which brings us back to why the makers of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny decided to bring back villainous Nazis one more time.
"They're as much a part of the character of Indiana Jones as every other element we're familiar with," says the film's director, James Mangold. "But also I think there are a million ways it's just relevant even to our world today, whether they're called one thing or another, these things don't die away. These groups have kind of dreams of order and of the old days and are trying to return to them. So I felt like it was both familiar and relevant."
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Post by: Ulrich on July 04, 2023, 10:21:56
Well I watched the new "Indiana Jones" last night and it was quite fun to watch. The "action" is "over the top" (as in "ironical") as usual. The "chemistry" between Harrison Ford & sidekick Phoebe Waller-Bridge looks alright, they were having fun it seems. The storyline isn't too important, like a James Bond movie it moves from NY to Tangier to Sicily (among others). I wasn't too happy with the ending (last 10 minutes or so). Same with the beginning: much as it was nice to see a younger Indy in the first 20 minutes, it partly began to look like a computer game...

However on the whole, it made me think: if you take the four previous movies and put them into a mixer, what comes out will be Indiana Jones #5!  :lol:

https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/180899.html

Quote1. Over-The-Top-Pulp: In ,,Indiana Jones 5" wird niemand im Kühlschrank mit einer Atombombe in den Himmel geschossen! James Mangold präsentiert – mit Ausnahme des Finales - ein durch und durch klassisches Globetrotter-Abenteuer mit ausladenden Actionsequenzen Unter anderem darf Indiana Jones während der Mondastronauten-Willkommensparade einen auf John Wick machen und auf einem Pferd durch Manhattan galoppieren. Allerdings schleicht sich so mitunter auch die ein oder andere Länge ein – der überraschende Gastauftritt eines oscarnominierten Superstars als alter Taucher-Kumpel von Indy wird etwas weitestgehend verschenkt.

2. Sidekick: Helena Shaw ist ein sehr viel bessere Sparrings-Partnerin für Indiana Jones, als der von Shia LaBeouf verkörperte Mutt Williams im Vorgänger war. Der ,,Fleabag"-Star kann Harrison Ford im trockenen Oneliner-Schlagabtausch spielend das Wasser reichen – weiß aber auch, wann sie lieber dem Titelhelden die Bühne überlassen sollte.

3. CGI-Animationen: Gerade die 24-jährige Verjüngung von Harrison Ford in der ersten halben Stunde ist ganz hervorragend geglückt. Später gibt es hier und da auch mal weniger gelungene Effekte, etwa bei den künstlichen beschleunigten Aufnahmen einer TucTuc-Verfolgungsjagd. Insgesamt aber sieht man das gewaltige Budget, das in die Produktion geflossen ist (wobei jedem klar sein sollte, dass man bei Action-Szenen mit einem 80-jährigen Hauptdarsteller etwas mehr tricksen musste - das liegt in der Natur der Sache).
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on August 16, 2023, 16:57:40
I did not feel like the (nearly) 3 hours I spent watching were wasted.  :)

Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on September 06, 2023, 17:22:01
About "Fire Walk With Me", the "Twin Peaks" movie (which was/is on again in a few cinemas this month):

QuoteDavid Lynch has made a lot of great movies, but "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me," might be his best. It's a prequel to his hit TV show "Twin Peaks," one that follows Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) around throughout the final week of her life. After two seasons of hearing about Laura in the past tense, this movie reminded us of something most murder mystery shows tend to lose sight of: that the victim was a real person with a full life, not just a mystery to be solved.
Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/983776/david-lynch-has-always-loved-fire-walk-with-me-even-when-nobody-else-did/

https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-at-30-538544/
QuoteLynch's films have many themes, but Lynch does not get enough credit for making his films incredibly sad.

The tinge of melancholy is the driving force behind the iconic pilot episode for 'Twin Peaks', and the film version is permanently tinged in a blue hue of emptiness.

There is barely any levity to be found in the film, and in the case of any other film, the lack of levity and wit makes a film an enduring slog, but here the sheer depression permeating through the film is a propulsive force.

The cut released in cinemas clocked in at 2 hours 15, but over 45 minutes were left on the cutting room floor to make the film flow better.

In 2014, these deleted scenes were released as part of the 'Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces' boxset.

'Fire Walk With Me' is anchored by a powerhouse performance from Sheryl Lee, and is one of the finest pieces of acting in the Lynch filmography.

It is easy to see why 'Fire Walk With Me' was a critical and commercial bomb - the film was too radical for audiences to appreciate.

By bringing the world of 'Twin Peaks' to the big screen, viewers were able to see another side of the town that they hadn't before.

Got to admit, I was never 100% satisfied with the movie... but it is a trip of its own.
There are weak points (not always "in line" with what happened or was alluded in the series), however there are strong scenes as well.

(Of course, when it comes to "continuity", Twin Peaks co-writer and co-creator Mark Frost was missing! He was only credited as a co-producer or something...)

What always bugged me, was the late summer sun and green grass & trees (the last days in the life of Laura Palmer were supposed to be in late February in the northern part of the U.S.!):
(https://www.slashfilm.com/img/gallery/david-lynch-has-always-loved-fire-walk-with-me-even-when-nobody-else-did/intro-1661697358.webp)

Nevertheless, the film is a piece of art in its own right and Sheryl Lee's performance is top-notch. :smth023
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on October 25, 2023, 09:53:19
Only days ago, I'd wondered what the creator of "Mr Robot" might do next - and here comes along this news article!

https://bgr.com/entertainment/netflixs-trailer-for-leave-the-world-behind-is-an-unsettling-look-at-our-possible-future/

QuoteLeave The World Behind follows the story of a family whose lives are upended after a devastating cyberattack throws their world into chaos. The film features a packed cast including Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, and Myha'la.

"A family's (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) vacation is upended when two strangers (Mahershala Ali and Myha'la) arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world."

As someone who absolutely loved Mr. Robot, I'm excited for this film. It has the same intense feeling as the series, and Esmail did a fantastic job in that show of telling a story equally focused on technology and the people who use it. It appears he is attempting to do the same with this film, and with this cast, it has all of the markings of an intense, well-acted, and impactful story.

Leave The World Behind will premiere in select theaters in November before its debut on Netflix on Friday, December 8th.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on November 15, 2023, 09:23:35
I really liked this movie (currently on cinema screens), the title kinda gives away what it's about. It's almost old-fashioned in a "silence of the Lambs" way...

(I don't really recommend the trailer, because it spoilers a bit much!)


https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/273946.html
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on February 22, 2024, 10:31:19
I'm looking forward to "Dune part 2", this review is very promising:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/dune-part-two-review-timothee-chalame-zendaya/

QuoteWhen was the last time a $190m blockbuster was this stately, this sinister – and this content to not explain a single aspect of itself, but instead simply allow the viewer to grab what they can and intuit the rest?

The answer may well be 2021, when Villeneuve's first Dune film was released – and proved popular enough to secure this sequel, yet still felt a little under-appreciated. Part Two picks up exactly where its predecessor left off, immediately dunking the audience back in by the ankles.
Title: Re: Your Top Movies & Recommendations
Post by: Ulrich on March 05, 2024, 10:55:25
And another article about "Dune", but this time the old version (1984):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/david-lynch-dune-mess-or-misunderstood-masterpiece/

QuoteLynch disavowed Dune – it's the one movie he wishes he had never made. He wasn't alone: Dune was regarded as a baroque disaster for years: unintelligible and absurd.

But as the second half of Denis Villeneuve's slicker, sleeker take on the Herbert novel dominates the global box office, it is fair to say that the 1984 movie is no longer perceived as a disaster for the ages. Many have a sneaking fondness for it, blemishes and all. These include its star Kyle MacLachlan, who plays the Timothée Chalamet role of boy prophet Paul Atreides. "I look at it as a flawed gem," he told IndieWire in 2020. "It's stunning in so many ways."

Lynch never got over not having final cut. He had pushed for a three-hour run-time. Dino De Laurentis, mindful of the realities of the cinema business, insisted on two hours, and the movie that reached the screen in a truncated 137 minutes. It's widely regarded as incomprehensible to those coming fresh to Herbert's intricate universe. Still, Dune 1984 remains singular – only Lynch could have made it. 

I saw this back in the day (when we still had a cinema in this town) and liked it. I had no idea who Lynch was or what critics said, I just saw the trailer and decided to watch this sci-fi movie!  :cool