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oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. anything by neil labute or david mamet, eg in the company of men, your friends and neighbors, the spanish prisoner, or house of games
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I'm looking for a good comedy. We watched "I Love You, Man" yesterday and we both liked a lot (she's been calling me Jobin throughout the day) and it would be nice to find something that is funny/cute but also something a guy can appreciate. I'm pretty ignorant about recent movies so there might be something recent and popular that might fit what I need but I probably don't know about it.
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I don't watch a lot of recent movies either but Tropic Thunder is the only recent one I've seen that I thought was pretty funny. Hmm, maybe it's not cute exactly...
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Nov 27, 2009 22:19
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baw posted:I'm looking for a good comedy. We watched "I Love You, Man" yesterday and we both liked a lot (she's been calling me Jobin throughout the day) and it would be nice to find something that is funny/cute but also something a guy can appreciate. Seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Most of the Apatow crew's stuff will fit the bill, but that's far and away my favorite.
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Nov 27, 2009 22:26
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penismightier posted:Seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Most of the Apatow crew's stuff will fit the bill, but that's far and away my favorite. I read some reviews and it seems exactly what we were looking for. Thanks! baw fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Nov 27, 2009 |
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Nov 27, 2009 22:59
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In addition to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, try The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, 500 Days of Summer, Away We Go, and Role Models. Definitely not Tropic Thunder.
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Nov 27, 2009 23:01
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Steve Yun posted:Recommend me some movies that make good use of surround sound. The Matrix and Terminator 2 both do things like that in the big shootout scenes.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Please recommend some neo-noir thrillers where the hero is completely out of his element with the odds horribly against him, and the more he finds out and the deeper he digs, the more hosed he is. I love it when these take a supernatural or just plain weird turn, or any kind of supernatural or horror/noir hybrids at all. So far I have enjoyed Angel Heart, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, Constantine, Oldboy, Lost Highway, and Twin Peaks (the series and the Fire Walk With Me movie). Not a lot of neo-noir that comes to mind that you probably haven't already seen Memento, but I'm sure you've seen that. Sin City would fit the bill perfectly (especially Marve's story arc) but I bet you've seen it. For similar themes but without the noir, Serpent and the Rainbow maybe. The Game. oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. Others: Tape, In the Company of Men, The Shape of Things
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oceanside posted:I'm looking for movies with quite a heavy focus on dialogue. They don't necessarily have to be entirely dialogue without much action (although I did enjoy 12 Angry Men). I suppose Pulp Fiction would be the best example because of the exchanges between the characters, Reservoir Dogs is another example too. 'night Mother, if you can find it - it's only on VHS. Mother and daughter have a little talk...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27night,_Mother
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Can someone recommend me films that use natural light exclusively? I've already seen as many Dogme films as I can obtain, so I'm looking for some besides those. They can be of any genre, or even be terrible movies, as I'm just interested in the natural light aspect.
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Dec 2, 2009 21:14
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codyclarke posted:Can someone recommend me films that use natural light exclusively? I've already seen as many Dogme films as I can obtain, so I'm looking for some besides those. They can be of any genre, or even be terrible movies, as I'm just interested in the natural light aspect. There's a spate of period pieces that were big on natural light - Amadeus was shot all natural and I'm pretty sure but not positive The Duellists used it heavily as well. The Big One is Barry Lyndon, of course: NASA-designed lenses to shoot in candlelight, suckas. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1240799/barry_lyndon_seducing_without_words/
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penismightier posted:There's a spate of period pieces that were big on natural light - Amadeus was shot all natural and I'm pretty sure but not positive The Duellists used it heavily as well. The Big One is Barry Lyndon, of course: Wow, I don't know how I never knew that Barry Lyndon used natural light! I'll check that out ASAP. Thank you for all your suggestions.
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Dec 2, 2009 23:38
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Barry Lyndon only used natural light in that one scene. Most of it is lit normally just dimmer to try to mimic natural light.
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I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? I'm having a hard time thinking of specific examples of what I mean - Audition did the slow burn build up really well and Dark City (the director's cut at least with the awful expository monologue cut out) was good at letting you know things were weird without telling you precisely how. Am I describing what I mean properly?
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? Jacob's Ladder and, to a lesser extent, The Machinist would both fit that criteria quite snugly.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Jacob's Ladder and, to a lesser extent, The Machinist would both fit that criteria quite snugly. drat, you're right, I'd forgotten those, which is weird since they're two of my favorite movies. I've seen them already, though. 
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I'm looking for films that skew religion but not in a cruel way - Sort of something that recognises the flaws of religion but is still able to view it in a good light. I guess Dogma is the best example of the sort of thing I'm looking for. Any ideas?
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Monty Python's The Life of Brian is another great example. It's respectful toward Christ himself, but thoroughly lampoons the way religious symbols, messages, and miracles are manufactured. And then it's still funny as hell.
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Jay Dub posted:Monty Python's The Life of Brian is another great example. It's respectful toward Christ himself, but thoroughly lampoons the way religious symbols, messages, and miracles are manufactured. And then it's still funny as hell. This is probably the best possible answer, but I'll also add Twist of Faith. It's a documentary and there's nothing funny about it, but it's both critical and supportive of religion.
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Jay Dub posted:Monty Python's The Life of Brian is another great example. It's respectful toward Christ himself, but thoroughly lampoons the way religious symbols, messages, and miracles are manufactured. And then it's still funny as hell. Definitely. The incredible irony is that even as a farce it's both more inspiring and arguably true to Jesus' message than most actual serious, pro-religious films about the life of Jesus.
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? Audition is the perfect movie for this, fits your definition to a T. Don't read anything about it before watching it. e: There's two Auditions, one is a korean rom-com, that's not the right one. Get the Japanese film, directed by Takashi Miike
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm having a hard time thinking of specific examples of what I mean - Audition did the slow burn build up really well regulargonzalez posted:Audition is the perfect movie for this, fits your definition to a T. Don't read anything about it before watching it. 
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...of SCIENCE! posted:whoops
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regulargonzalez posted:Audition is the perfect movie for this, fits your definition to a T. Don't read anything about it before watching it. Miike is really, really good at this. His Masters in Horror piece is profoundly hosed up, but it's not a slow burn. My all-time favorite for the kind of movie you described is I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noe. Don't read anything about it, or you'll miss all the fun. This movie stayed with me for WEEKS after seeing it.
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? Try David Lynch's Lost Highway and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, although you probably won't appreciate the latter if you haven't watched the entire series. However, the series has quite a bit of building creepy weirdness to it too. Also, David Mamet's House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner aren't creepy, but they sure do build up to big, hosed-up surprises.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, although you probably won't appreciate the latter if you haven't watched the entire series. However, the series has quite a bit of building creepy weirdness to it too. Yeah, honestly, watch Twin Peaks (the show). I'm guessing you'll like it a lot based on your description. It's basically like one really long movie.
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? Don't Look Now and Repulsion are two classics with really hosed up atmosphere. Don't read anything about them before you see them, though. Also, seconding Twin Peaks and Lost Highway and would like to add Mulholland Dr..
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Seconding Repulsion, that movie freaked me out. I was surprised that I found it as creepy as I did, it really got to me. One of the best thrillers I've ever seen.
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The Japanese film Kairo (aka Pulse) did this pretty well too. It wasn't what I was expecting from the film but definitely made me think.
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MonkeeKong posted:Don't Look Now and Repulsion are two classics with really hosed up atmosphere. Don't read anything about them before you see them, though. Watching both of these films in one night may cause actual mental trauma. They're both incredible too. This is a spot on recommendation.Repulsion was recently released on Blu-Ray too, and the crispness of this version seems to add even more to it. To add another few recommendations - Michael Haneke's Caché might fit the bill, as it does a sort of creepy slow burn. An even closer fit would be a film that Haneke wrote but didn't direct called The Moor's Head, which I believe might be exactly what you're looking for. The first couple of acts are really slow, to the point that it loses some people, but by the end it's a really disturbing and tragic story (some of the scenes will be burned into your mind forever I bet). The problem with this film is that it's rather hard to actually find.
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Thanks for all the recommendations! I watched Repulsion and I Stand Alone last night and loved them both to death.
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Attorney at Funk posted:I'm looking for movies that gradually build a really creepy atmosphere/setting/characters. Movies that drop scattered hints that Something Is Not Quite Right that grow more frequent that leaves the realization of the full scope of how hosed up it is until the end of the film or even until reflection upon the film afterwards. Can someone help me out? Try the original Japanese version of Ring, the whole "something wrong" thing is spelled out for you early on but it's still amazing at building up the tension. There's also an anime (adapted from a light novel I think) called Perfect Blue which is really creepy too and really focuses on the main character's life goes into a total nosedive.
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Can anyone recommend me movies that deal with memory and "sense of self", like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Dollhouse the tv series (it's not great but it does explore the idea of copying/implanting/replacing memories pretty thoroughly).
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Nichololas posted:Can anyone recommend me movies that deal with memory and "sense of self", like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Dollhouse the tv series (it's not great but it does explore the idea of copying/implanting/replacing memories pretty thoroughly). Man Without a Past is a dry comedy about amnesia. Hilarious and touching movie. Unknown White Male is a serious documentary about the same subject, but there has been some discrepancy on it, with many claiming it to be a hoax. Lost the TV series deals with memory pretty heavily throughout the entire series, with back stories shaping characters in the present, as well as revealing motives. Spider is a Cronenberg movie about a psychotic haunted by his past and slowly remembering details from his childhood.
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As a Cronenberg fan, Spider sounds awesome, thanks! I'll see if I can find that and Man Without a Past then.
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Seconding Man Without a Past. I love how it handles amnesia in a very matter-of-fact manner. Alain Resnais deals with memory frequently in his work. Most notably (and effectively) in Last Year at Marienbad, but also in Je T'aime Je T'aime, Muriel, Hiroshima Mon Amour, and Providence. Some others worth checking out: After Life Distant Voices, Still Lives La Jetee Solaris (both versions) The Mirror Synecdoche, New York Johnny Got His Gun 3 Women
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MonkeeKong posted:Don't Look Now Yep, this perfectly fits the description. It's the very definition of a "thumbscrews slooooooowly tightening" film and is deeply unsettling because of it. I'd heard great things about it for years and years before I ever got round to watching it and it didn't disappoint.
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Nichololas posted:Can anyone recommend me movies that deal with memory and "sense of self", like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Dollhouse the tv series (it's not great but it does explore the idea of copying/implanting/replacing memories pretty thoroughly). You might want to check out Moon, although memory is really only a part of it in that film. It does deal very much with "sense of self" though.
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Can anyone recommend me some "way out of the ordinary" kind of scifi ala Videodrome?
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