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regulargonzalez posted:Can't believe I didn't think of them earlier, but David Lynch's weirder films are definitely a match for what you're looking for. Ranked in order of my preference: Oh, I love Lynch and he's definitely in the ballpark. I've absolutely added Hour of the Wolf to my immediate watch list so a big thanks for that.
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Greycious posted:I'm looking for fantasy/drama/adventure movies with well-made creatures and/or immersible 'worlds' Jason and the Argonauts
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Any movies worth watching that concentrate on Chinese or Japanese demons or evil spirits? I'm specifically looking for films that actually draw from (pseudo)actual mythologies instead of just creating new myths themselves. The genre doesn't have to be horror as long as the supernatural element is somehow present. Oh, and if there's any movies that do this in a non-modern day setting (e.g. 15th century China), I'd love to hear from them. Basically A Chinese Ghost Story without the comedy element would be perfect for me. I also liked Noroi even though it was set in the modern times.
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Jan 1, 2013 15:24
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These Loving Eyes posted:Any movies worth watching that concentrate on Chinese or Japanese demons or evil spirits? I'm specifically looking for films that actually draw from (pseudo)actual mythologies instead of just creating new myths themselves. The genre doesn't have to be horror as long as the supernatural element is somehow present. Oh, and if there's any movies that do this in a non-modern day setting (e.g. 15th century China), I'd love to hear from them. Basically A Chinese Ghost Story without the comedy element would be perfect for me. I also liked Noroi even though it was set in the modern times. Kwaidan is a great example of this, as is Kuroneko.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Kwaidan is a great example of this, as is Kuroneko. Thanks! Kwaidan looks exceptionally interesting, I'll see if I can find a copy somewhere. Also, I recently saw Infernal Affairs and loved it. Then I became interested in the Hong Kong cinema in general and watched Johnnie To's Election, which I liked even though it didn't blow me away like IA did. What other modern HK crime dramas I should check out?
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/243415 It's on Hulu Plus (like the rest of the entire Criterion Collection) if you're willing to bother with a free trial.
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These Loving Eyes posted:Any movies worth watching that concentrate on Chinese or Japanese demons or evil spirits? I'm specifically looking for films that actually draw from (pseudo)actual mythologies instead of just creating new myths themselves. The genre doesn't have to be horror as long as the supernatural element is somehow present. Oh, and if there's any movies that do this in a non-modern day setting (e.g. 15th century China), I'd love to hear from them. Basically A Chinese Ghost Story without the comedy element would be perfect for me. I also liked Noroi even though it was set in the modern times. A few of the vignettes in Akira Kurosawa's Dreams do this, though most are modern day.
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Jan 1, 2013 20:48
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House and The Ghost of Yotsuya.
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These Loving Eyes posted:Any movies worth watching that concentrate on Chinese or Japanese demons or evil spirits? I'm specifically looking for films that actually draw from (pseudo)actual mythologies instead of just creating new myths themselves. The genre doesn't have to be horror as long as the supernatural element is somehow present. Oh, and if there's any movies that do this in a non-modern day setting (e.g. 15th century China), I'd love to hear from them. Basically A Chinese Ghost Story without the comedy element would be perfect for me. I also liked Noroi even though it was set in the modern times. I don't know enough about Japanese mythology to know if these are based on actual myths or invented whole cloth, but Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away seem like they'd fit.
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I've become more interested in Russian cinema lately. Can anyone recommend me some stuff out of the country's better or more culturally important film output (Soviet or post-Soviet)? I've seen Battleship Potemkin (which I loved), the first Solaris (which I really liked), The Man with the Movie Camera (which just didn't connect with me for whatever reason), and The Color of Pomegranates (which I hated). I have Aelita pulled up on YouTube right now, as it happens, and I plan on watching it very soon. If it helps narrow it down any, The Master and Margarita is possibly my favorite book that I've ever read, and I'm most interested in how the films differ in mindset or worldview from western cinema (if they do).
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Jan 2, 2013 10:35
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CloseFriend posted:I've become more interested in Russian cinema lately. Can anyone recommend me some stuff out of the country's better or more culturally important film output (Soviet or post-Soviet)? I've seen Battleship Potemkin (which I loved), the first Solaris (which I really liked), The Man with the Movie Camera (which just didn't connect with me for whatever reason), and The Color of Pomegranates (which I hated). I have Aelita pulled up on YouTube right now, as it happens, and I plan on watching it very soon. Russian Ark is a perfect fit
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Recommend me a movie to watch in a double feature with Miami Connection.
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CloseFriend posted:I've become more interested in Russian cinema lately. Can anyone recommend me some stuff out of the country's better or more culturally important film output (Soviet or post-Soviet)? I've seen Battleship Potemkin (which I loved), the first Solaris (which I really liked), The Man with the Movie Camera (which just didn't connect with me for whatever reason), and The Color of Pomegranates (which I hated). I have Aelita pulled up on YouTube right now, as it happens, and I plan on watching it very soon. They are more Soviet-ish and Post-Soviet-ish than actually Russian, but I'd definitely recommend Emir Kusturica's output. Do You Remember Dolly Bell, While Father Was Away on Business, and Time of the Gypsies would all fit with the different mindset as they were made during Socialist Yugosalvia, and all are interesting to great (in that order). I haven't seen his later films in a while, but I remember liking Black Cat White Cat when I saw it.
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CloseFriend posted:I've become more interested in Russian cinema lately. Can anyone recommend me some stuff out of the country's better or more culturally important film output (Soviet or post-Soviet)? I've seen Battleship Potemkin (which I loved), the first Solaris (which I really liked), The Man with the Movie Camera (which just didn't connect with me for whatever reason), and The Color of Pomegranates (which I hated). I have Aelita pulled up on YouTube right now, as it happens, and I plan on watching it very soon.
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These Loving Eyes posted:Any movies worth watching that concentrate on Chinese or Japanese demons or evil spirits? I'm specifically looking for films that actually draw from (pseudo)actual mythologies instead of just creating new myths themselves. The genre doesn't have to be horror as long as the supernatural element is somehow present. Oh, and if there's any movies that do this in a non-modern day setting (e.g. 15th century China), I'd love to hear from them. Basically A Chinese Ghost Story without the comedy element would be perfect for me. I also liked Noroi even though it was set in the modern times. Onibaba now and forever. CloseFriend posted:I've become more interested in Russian cinema lately. Can anyone recommend me some stuff out of the country's better or more culturally important film output (Soviet or post-Soviet)? I've seen Battleship Potemkin (which I loved), the first Solaris (which I really liked), The Man with the Movie Camera (which just didn't connect with me for whatever reason), and The Color of Pomegranates (which I hated). I have Aelita pulled up on YouTube right now, as it happens, and I plan on watching it very soon. As a fellow lover of Battleship Potemkin, Strike should be next on your list as it rivals Potemkin in quality (assuming you haven't seen it yet) -- but you might as well just run through Eisenstein's filmography, honestly. Alexander Dovzhenko's Earth is also worth watching, but doesn't quite reach the heights of Eisenstein's films. Skipping forward a few decades, you have Mikhail Kalatozov's popular The Cranes Are Flying and I Am Cuba, both of which aren't personal favorites but pretty essential (and worth watching for their cinematography alone). Then of course Tarkovsky's other films, the best of which (and most similar to Solaris) is Stalker. Otherwise, many would recommend Come and See but I think it's a bit of a manipulative slog. I'd probably see it anyway, but seek the others out first. EDIT: Just now realizing how ridiculously obvious it is to call a propaganda piece "manipulative" but there it is. PDMChubby fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Jan 3, 2013 |
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I'm looking for a movie set in the American South, something in the vein of "O Brother Where Art Thou", "Big Fish", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ("Forrest Gump" also works to a somewhat lesser extent). The common thread here, as you likely picked up on, is that these movies see the setting with a sort of fairy-tale, storybook, magical realism approach. Each of those films really resonated with me and I'd love to find another one that'll give me that feeling. Other websites have generally turned up the two suggestions of "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "The Princess and the Frog". I'm not unwilling to try them, but I have my doubts. I'm wondering if either of those two are worth it, or if there are other movies like this that I'm missing.
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Pancakes by Mail posted:I'm looking for a movie set in the American South, something in the vein of "O Brother Where Art Thou", "Big Fish", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ("Forrest Gump" also works to a somewhat lesser extent). Have you seen Django Unchained?
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Pancakes by Mail posted:I'm looking for a movie set in the American South, something in the vein of "O Brother Where Art Thou", "Big Fish", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ("Forrest Gump" also works to a somewhat lesser extent). I haven't seen it (yet), but it sounds like Beasts Of The Southern Wild would be up your alley.
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Armyman25 posted:Have you seen Django Unchained? I have! Just a few days ago. Parts of it definitely scratched the same itch, but then again the tone of the movie was definitely a sharp turn from the others I've listed. I still really enjoyed the movie, but it's just not quite what I'm looking for. E: Argh, and I've seen Beasts of the Southern Wild too, meant to include that in my original post. You guys are good (and fast)!
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Try Night of the Hunter.
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edit: Well, maybe they're not the "magical realism" you're looking for, but they are good bits of Southern cinema. The original In the Heat of the Night is really good too, but don't watch the trailer, it gives away the whole movie. White Lightning is another "hicksploitation" movie filmed in the South. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xeEdOrteX0 Armyman25 fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Jan 3, 2013 |
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Pancakes by Mail posted:I'm looking for a movie set in the American South, something in the vein of "O Brother Where Art Thou", "Big Fish", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ("Forrest Gump" also works to a somewhat lesser extent). Fried Green Tomatoes stops short of magical realism territory, but it does treat its setting almost as lovingly as Specter in Big Fish. I'd recommend Fried Green Tomatoes for that reason. Read the book as well; the two complement each other uncannily.
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I'd like to watch some awesome Kung-fu movies. My favorites are probably 36th Chamber of the Shaolin, Drunken Master and Kung-fu Hustle.
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Kikka posted:I'd like to watch some awesome Kung-fu movies. My favorites are probably 36th Chamber of the Shaolin, Drunken Master and Kung-fu Hustle. Wing Chun.
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Kikka posted:I'd like to watch some awesome Kung-fu movies. My favorites are probably 36th Chamber of the Shaolin, Drunken Master and Kung-fu Hustle.
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Seconding Master of Flying Guillotine, as it's probably my favorite martial arts movie. Only tangentially related, but the One Armed Swordsman series is also really, really good in my opinion. Give those a gander. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061597/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064265/ Edit: Looks like the original One Armed Swordsman is on Youtube in segments, so check that out. The next in line, New One Armed Swordsman wasn't so good and the bridge scene at the end takes forever but it has moments. Ape Agitator fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Jan 6, 2013 |
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Jan 6, 2013 20:51
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Kikka posted:I'd like to watch some awesome Kung-fu movies. Five Elemental Ninjas Return of the Deadly Blade Legendary Weapons of China all three of those are crazy, absurd and awesome. If you even remotely enjoy Flying Guillotine, you'll like those as well.
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Jack Does Jihad posted:Five Elemental Ninjas Awesome I saw those titles and I immediately knew I might have found the movie I have been looking for, forever. No one was ever able to help me in the movie thread. Thank you!! MAJOR STRYkER posted:The second one might be a little bit harder: It was an old jap ninja flick or something. The two scenes I remember are is the main dude is fighting on a wooden plank type bridge and ninjas on opisite sides on water skis try to catch him in a net. Later on after defeating those ninjas he comes to a different area where ninjas are popping up out of the sand. Our main hero ends up with a bladed pogo stick and goes hopping around killing ninjas under the sand.
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CloseFriend posted:
Thanks for this, and for everyone else who pitched in for recommendations!
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Kikka posted:I'd like to watch some awesome Kung-fu movies. My favorites are probably 36th Chamber of the Shaolin, Drunken Master and Kung-fu Hustle. Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a great Shaw Brothers film that you'll probably like if you liked 36th Chamber. Five Deadly Venoms has been recommended by others and is great fun. If you want something gonzo like KFH, maybe Sister Street Fighter because it's pure crazy from start to finish. :NSFW: due to brief boob flash and violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAIlNgwQoLs
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I've been tasked with finding feel-good action/comedy movies. Red and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were successful. Martial arts movies or anything with really graphic violence are probably not OK, unfortunately. Any suggestions? Edit: Man, this request seems generic. Sorry if it's really obvious, I mostly watch horror/thriller flicks and I'm terrible at choosing family friendly stuff. Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Jan 12, 2013 |
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Jan 12, 2013 19:30
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Red is dripping in graphic violence. Like 80 people die in that movie. But whatever: Tango and Cash (warning: I am the only one who likes this movie) The Fifth Element The Adventures of Robin Hood Willow Rush Hour Rush Hour 2 Never, ever Rush Hour 3 Demolition Man The Avengers
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Fruits of the sea posted:I've been tasked with finding feel-good action/comedy movies. Red and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were successful. Martial arts movies or anything with really graphic violence are probably not OK, unfortunately. Any suggestions? If you liked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, try The Last Boy Scout and The Long Kiss Goodnight, both from the same writer, Shane Black. They all have SOME violence and lots of bad language, but then again, so did KKBB. The first Beverly Hills Cop is also a great action-comedy, but again, Eddie Murphy curses a lot, and there is a brief scene at a strip club. I was one of the few people who liked The Losers, which came out the same year as The A-Team, The Expendables, and Red, and got lost in the crowd due to not having as many A-list stars, but it's a great action movie with lots of comic relief from Chris Evans and villain Jason Patric, and the comic books that inspired it are even better. Guy Ritchie's first two movies, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, are both crime-comedies that go easy on heavy graphic violence. They both star Jason Statham before he started churning out generic B-grade action movies, and Snatch has an all-star cast including Brad Pitt. I'd also add in Con Air and Face/Off, back-to-back action movies with Nicolas Cage and lots of other familiar faces. Sure, they're violent, but not drenched in blood or full of disturbing torture scenes. There's plenty of comedic moments in both of them as well. Big Bad Voodoo Lou fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jan 12, 2013 |
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Fruits of the sea posted:I've been tasked with finding feel-good action/comedy movies. Red and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were successful. Martial arts movies or anything with really graphic violence are probably not OK, unfortunately. Any suggestions? Fast Five was the best action movie of 2011, no cursing and not too graphic with it's violence.
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Fruits of the sea posted:I've been tasked with finding feel-good action/comedy movies. Red and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were successful. Martial arts movies or anything with really graphic violence are probably not OK, unfortunately. Any suggestions? Big Trouble in Little China.
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Thanks, that gives me a lot to work with!TychoCelchuuu posted:Red is dripping in graphic violence. Like 80 people die in that movie. Yeah I don't really get it either, but I guess it strikes a lighthearted tone despite all the mayhem. Most of the onscreen deaths were CG explosions or random mooks falling down in the background. I don't mind violence myself, but this is for a weekly movie night thing with my parents. Finding something that won't either traumatize my mom or put her to sleep is unexpectedly hard. 
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I realize this is probably far too broad, and I apologize in advance for that, but I'm pining for some modern British movies after having watched Attack The Block. Anything set in post-2000 Britain that isn't in the countryside goes. Bonus points if it's about crime or youth culture, but not a must. vvvv TV shows are also good, Thanks. Trier fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Jan 13, 2013 |
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Trier posted:I realize this is probably far too broad, and I apologize in advance for that, but I'm pining for some modern British movies after having watched Attack The Block. If TV shows are OK too, Misfits is exactly what you are looking for.
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Trier posted:I realize this is probably far too broad, and I apologize in advance for that, but I'm pining for some modern British movies after having watched Attack The Block. There is also Bend it like Beckham.
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