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Dmitri, keep on that anime kick and go watch some Nausicaa! Great movie. Intolerable Cruelty was OK. I guess this was the Coen's take on the screwball comedy that ends in romance, and while it had some good bits (how could you not like Cedric, the old lawyer, or Heinz the Baron Krauss von Espy?) I'm not sure it really gels. Too tidy a happy ending, maybe? Updated! List! 1. Shane - Another supposed classic off the AFI 100 list 2. The Man with the Golden Arm - Sinatra is said to be incredible here. 3. An American In Paris - Let's try another musical  Gershwin though.4. Casino - Yes, the Scorsese movie. I've seen a few clips but never the whole thing. 5. Scarface The Pacino version. 6. The Conformist Another film brought up having amazing cinematography, done by Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, crapload of others.) 7. El Cid - Another historical epic I haven't seen. 8. The Guns of Navarone One of those classic WW2 movies with a cavalcade of stars. 9. A Man for All Seasons Man-crushes on Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, and Orson Welles. 10. NEW Duel Always heard this Spielberg movie was good. AFI meter: 69 IMDB 250 meter: 152 Oscar winners: 47 Movies watched: City Lights, Some Like It Hot, Annie Hall, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dollars Trilogy, Bottle Rocket, Bonnie and Clyde, To Kill a Mockingbird, All About Eve, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The French Connection, To Catch a Thief, Infernal Affairs, The Aviator, The Best Years of Our Lives, Midnight Cowboy, The General, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Philadelphia Story, The Lion in Winter, The Duellists, Ben-Hur, Seven Samurai, Rocky, Kill Bill, 8 1/2, La Strada, Kundun, The Exorcist, Dog Day Afternoon, Anatomy of a Murder, Amarcord, Inframan, A Place in the Sun, Assault on Precinct 13, The Wicker Man, Spartacus, Death Proof, Days of Heaven, The Ladykillers (2014), Birdman, Intolerable Cruelty
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Go for the Bertolucci. Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a good time. It probably helped that I had really tempered my expectations as I was convinced I wouldn't respond well to it on account of not having seen it as a child. But, even though I'm 30 I was able to find quite a bit of enjoyment in it, particularly with Gene Wilder's Wonka (who is incredible here and in everything I've seen of him) and the Charlie character...even if he is a fairly familiar type. Charlie's the noble peasant on his quest to a better place...a place with a lot of chocolate. When it's funny, it's excellent, which is fairly often. The problems come from many of the scenes leading up to the reveal of Wonka, specifically the opening sequence introducing us to the candy shop. The scene just hasn't aged well, and the shopkeep is just a bit too enthusiastic about the kids in his candy store. Okay, it probably doesn't really come off that badly but I was chuckling for reasons unintended by the film. Also, most of the songs didn't work for me. Fun at times, but it's my fundamental problem with musicals in general...I hate it when people suddenly spring into song and dance routines like when Grandpa Joe starts dancing and singing "I've got a golden ticket." These are my personal taste blocks, though, and I wouldn't begrudge anyone who legitimately loved these sequences. The psychedelia was great, too. It really built the world of the factory as a special place. Weird, wonderful, and insane. Wilder's Wonka is kind of tragically lonely...and completely off his rocker, and it is a lot of fun, if a little sad at the same time. It helps connect him with Charlie as far as their character traits are concerned, as the other four children are way too far on the other side. The only trait Wonka really shares with them is his own self-absorption. As for a con, the parents of those kids were often shrill and panicky so quickly. I get it that Wonka's factory is a big reality shaker, but within two seconds, they're screaming at him. It's decent commentary about entitlement, I suppose, but when characters are so annoying they impede the enjoyment...perhaps it's time to rethink how it's being played. TL:DR - Somewhat mixed, but overall I enjoyed it and would recommend it despite its flaws. LIST O SHAME: 1920s - Pandora's Box (1928) - Know next to nothing about it except a former co-worker was fascinated by it. 1930s - Bride of Frankenstein (1935)- One of the first sequels better than the original? 1940s - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - Later Chaplin, I've heard mixed things. 1950s - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - "Can't you hear me yell-a? You're putting me through hell-a. Stell-a. STELLA!!!" 1960s - Kuroneko (1968) - Japanese ghost stories are right up my alley. 1970s - Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Picked it up as part of last summer's B&N Criterion sale. Heard good to great things. 1980s - Cobra Verde (1987) - Time to watch more of my Herzog/Kinski box set I bought ages ago. 1990s - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Saw a trailer for this when I was in high school. Thought it looked lame. I've since grown up a tad and have liked what I've seen from Mike Leigh (Happy Go-Lucky and Naked) 2000 and up - George Washington (2000) - The only film by David Gordon Green I have seen is Pineapple Express. Apparently his early films are nothing like that. Slight edit...I've since seen Prince Avalanche and liked it a ton. Bonus/Random - Three Colors Trilogy: White and Red - I've seen Blue, but it was a long time ago. It's about time I saw the rest. SHAME BE GONE:Wild Strawberries, Sunset Blvd., The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Our Man in Havana, Breathless, Phenomena, Withnail & I, 12 Angry Men, The Cranes Are Flying, Fitzcarraldo, Amadeus, Paths of Glory, Blow Out, Cronos, Hausu, City Lights, Easy Rider, The Lives of Others, Salo, In the Bedroom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Cars, Brand Upon the Brain!, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Point Blank, Cool Hand Luke, 127 Hours, Black Narcissus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sting, A Woman is a Woman, Life of Brian, Last Picture Show, The Company of Wolves, Tree of Life, Life is Beautiful, Young Frankenstein, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story, Chungking Express, This is Spinal Tap, On the Waterfront, Grave of the Fireflies, Rebecca, The Sweet Hereafter, Peeping Tom, Drunken Angel, Duck Soup, Key Largo, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lady From Shanghai, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, Safety Last!, King Kong, Anatomy of a Murder, In a Lonely Place, Safe, Bad Day at Black Rock, The General, The Magnificent Ambersons, Five Easy Pieces, Porco Rosso, Mystery Train, Rififi, The King of Comedy, The Straight Story, The Kid, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carlos, Onibaba, It Happened One Night, Sherlock Jr., Lone Star, Foreign Correspondent, The Last Detail, Young Mr. Lincoln, Rope, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, The Man Who Laughs, Husbands and Wives, Reds, Sweet Smell of Success, Shadow of a Doubt, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The African Queen, The Lower Depths, Frankenstein, Broadcast News, La Strada, The Last Laugh, Stagecoach, Alexander Nevsky, Don't Look Now, Fish Tank, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Days of Heaven, The Killer, Nosferatu, The Naked Kiss, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Jules et Jim, Mon Oncle, Howl's Moving Castle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Night at the Opera, Berberian Sound Studio, The Natural, Kwaidan, The Color of Money, Fanny and Alexander, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, The Passenger, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Goonies, Z, Ashes and Diamonds, L'Atalante, All Quiet on the Western Front, L'Age D'Or, The Earrings of Madame De..., La Notte, Europa, World on a Wire, Andrei Rublev, Dersu Uzala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Brewster McCloud, Blast of Silence, Ordet, Bringing Up Baby, Pather Panchali, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (TOTAL: 167) Ratedargh fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Mar 22, 2015 |
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Ratedargh, you get A Streetcar Named Desire. It'll be on my list at some point, too. Shane was quite good. It was definitely a straight-up classic-style western, without much of the self-criticism of the genre found in later films like Unforgiven. It worked for the most part if you accept the schmaltz, with the exception of that fuckin' kid, who is just too drat naive and saccharine. Still, even though he got a hell of a lot of screen time, the better aspects make up for how annoying he could get. The family/community aspect was nice - rather than just grown men posturing and killing each other, it's like people actually live there. I guess that's a pretty typical aspect of classic westerns, though, with the white hat defending the town and all. The scene leading into the final gunfight was great: "I've heard you're a low-down Yankee liar" had great delivery. RIP penismightier's old avatar. Updated list! 1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 2. Eyes Wide Shut  NEW! - adore Kubrick but haven't gotten around to this yet.3. La Grande Bellezza - more Italian cinema, this one obviously more recent. I meant to see it when it was out in Germany last year but never managed to. 4. Bringing Out the Dead - another missing Scorsese, and the premise sounds cool. 5. Battleship Potemkin - I'm a trash person who hasn't seen this. 6. Come and See - HUNDU THE BEAST GOD told me to. 7. The Maltese Falcon - missing classic, not much of an anecdote here. 8. Akira - heard good things, was always interested but just haven't seen it yet. 9. City Lights - I've only seen scattered bits of Chaplin. 10. Stalker - never seen a Tarkovsky film. Already watched: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Upstream Color, The King of Comedy, Ikiru, Grease, Barton Fink, La Strada, Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Hard Eight, The Night of the Hunter, Miller's Crossing, Shane.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:
I love your list, and while this might not be my favourite there, I think this is Scorsese's most underrated movie. It received unfair criticisims comparing it to Taxi Driver (Ambulance Driver, hurr hurr) and I think it deserves better. I was really entertained by A Streetcar Named Desire. It's a classic melodrama and it goes really dark with its character study of Blanche. I knew, though, from the opening moments that I was going to like it. Even if I couldn't get "A Streetcar Named Marge" out of my head entirely, I was still able to connect pretty well. I also now see all the comparisons Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine got, but this is better. The performances are excellent. Brando is in top form as Stanley with a short fuse. His instincts are sometimes right, but the way he approaches them is so far off base that any reason he may have is moot. And I really like Vivien Leigh here. Some complain about her, as I've perused some capsule reviews, but I thought her bombastic showiness was full of purpose. She is hiding something, and she's trying to protect herself from it and the people around her. She's also kind of broken, but those moments when her facade breaks and the lines of reality peak through are just fantastic. I also really enjoyed the staginess to it. There was an interesting vibe how it felt like it was on location but also on an elaborate soundstage at the same time. Really good movie. LIST O SHAME: 1920s - Pandora's Box (1928) - Know next to nothing about it except a former co-worker was fascinated by it. 1930s - Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - One of the first sequels better than the original? 1940s - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - Later Chaplin, I've heard mixed things. 1950s - Nights of Cabiria (1957) - I'm pretty impressed by the Fellini I've seen, and I hear this is among his best. 1960s - Kuroneko (1968) - Japanese ghost stories are right up my alley. 1970s - Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Picked it up as part of last summer's B&N Criterion sale. Heard good to great things. 1980s - Cobra Verde (1987) - Time to watch more of my Herzog/Kinski box set I bought ages ago. 1990s - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Saw a trailer for this when I was in high school. Thought it looked lame. I've since grown up a tad and have liked what I've seen from Mike Leigh (Happy Go-Lucky and Naked) 2000 and up - George Washington (2000) - The only film by David Gordon Green I have seen is Pineapple Express. Apparently his early films are nothing like that. Slight edit...I've since seen Prince Avalanche and liked it a ton. Bonus/Random - Three Colors Trilogy: White and Red - I've seen Blue, but it was a long time ago. It's about time I saw the rest. SHAME BE GONE:Wild Strawberries, Sunset Blvd., The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Our Man in Havana, Breathless, Phenomena, Withnail & I, 12 Angry Men, The Cranes Are Flying, Fitzcarraldo, Amadeus, Paths of Glory, Blow Out, Cronos, Hausu, City Lights, Easy Rider, The Lives of Others, Salo, In the Bedroom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Cars, Brand Upon the Brain!, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Point Blank, Cool Hand Luke, 127 Hours, Black Narcissus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sting, A Woman is a Woman, Life of Brian, Last Picture Show, The Company of Wolves, Tree of Life, Life is Beautiful, Young Frankenstein, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story, Chungking Express, This is Spinal Tap, On the Waterfront, Grave of the Fireflies, Rebecca, The Sweet Hereafter, Peeping Tom, Drunken Angel, Duck Soup, Key Largo, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lady From Shanghai, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, Safety Last!, King Kong, Anatomy of a Murder, In a Lonely Place, Safe, Bad Day at Black Rock, The General, The Magnificent Ambersons, Five Easy Pieces, Porco Rosso, Mystery Train, Rififi, The King of Comedy, The Straight Story, The Kid, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carlos, Onibaba, It Happened One Night, Sherlock Jr., Lone Star, Foreign Correspondent, The Last Detail, Young Mr. Lincoln, Rope, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, The Man Who Laughs, Husbands and Wives, Reds, Sweet Smell of Success, Shadow of a Doubt, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The African Queen, The Lower Depths, Frankenstein, Broadcast News, La Strada, The Last Laugh, Stagecoach, Alexander Nevsky, Don't Look Now, Fish Tank, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Days of Heaven, The Killer, Nosferatu, The Naked Kiss, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Jules et Jim, Mon Oncle, Howl's Moving Castle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Night at the Opera, Berberian Sound Studio, The Natural, Kwaidan, The Color of Money, Fanny and Alexander, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, The Passenger, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Goonies, Z, Ashes and Diamonds, L'Atalante, All Quiet on the Western Front, L'Age D'Or, The Earrings of Madame De..., La Notte, Europa, World on a Wire, Andrei Rublev, Dersu Uzala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Brewster McCloud, Blast of Silence, Ordet, Bringing Up Baby, Pather Panchali, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, A Streetcar Named Desire (TOTAL: 168)
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Ratedargh posted:1930s - Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - One of the first sequels better than the original? One of the earlier films that I regard as still being truly funny. Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are kind of like Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of the same film. Mothra vs. Godzilla - While still dated when viewed with year 2015 eyes, the effects in each successive film are getting a little more polished so I'm beginning to wish I could watch and hear Godzilla go to work on the big screen. This is fourth film in the series and the attempts by the Japanese military to repel and thwart Godzilla for a FOURTH time are hilariously insane. They should be trying to appease it at this point. It brings to mind the chorus of the eponymous song by Blue Öyster Cult: "History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men Godzilla" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXaDKvterM There's a lot of plot about greedy businessmen and land developers that I won't go into but the force of nature (Godzilla) once again awakens out of the dirt and this time they try to electrocute Godzilla using 30,000,000 volts of electrical arc lightning. It doesn't work. The fight between Mothra (and later the larvae Mothras) was kind of lackluster. Procrastination (169 completed): #156 Land Tax AKA Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - The Wrath of (Aamir) Khan continues on the IMDb top 250. 10/13/14 #165 Black Cat, White Cat - A cat film that's been lurking around the IMDb 250. 12/13/14 #170 The Bandit - Another newcomer to the IMDb top 250. 1/16/15 #172 I Remember AKA Amarcord - A selection from the TSPDT top 100. 1/24/15 #174 Jade - Basic Instinct 1.5? 2/13/15 James Bond versus Godzilla: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (6/37 completed) 2011 Jack and Jill - Adam Sandler and Al Pacino = star power. 2/25/15 2008 The Love Guru - Mike Myers converts to Hinduism. 3/13/15 2007 I Know Who Killed Me - I've never seen a Lindsay Lohan movie. 3/13/15 2006 Basic Instinct 2 - I saw the first one many years ago. 3/20/15 new 2005 Dirty Love - Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra = 3.5 rating on IMDb. 3/25/15
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Zogo posted:#165 Black Cat, White Cat - A cat film that's been lurking around the IMDb 250. 12/13/14 You get another movie that'll be on my list at some point. Bringing Out the Dead was an odd movie and I liked it a lot. Its sleep-deprived vibe was fun and effective at letting the daydreams/bad memories coming to the surface make sense for the film. Nic Cage's default setting is kinda sleepy but he has an intense craziness that he can show simmering under the surface that is perfect for the role of a burned-out EMT. John Goodman's affability, Ving Rhames's seedy religiousness, and Tom Sizemore's outright violent psychopathy are all great foils for him in their own ways. Really strong film. Updated list! 1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 2. Eyes Wide Shut - I adore Kubrick but haven't gotten around to this yet. 3. La Grande Bellezza - more Italian cinema, this one obviously more recent. I meant to see it when it was out in Germany last year but never managed to. 4. Aguirre, The Wrath of God NEW! - I love what Herzog I've seen (just Grizzly Man and Rescue Dawn so far) but I know I'm missing essential poo poo. This is one example.5. Battleship Potemkin - I'm a trash person who hasn't seen this. 6. Come and See - HUNDU THE BEAST GOD told me to. 7. The Maltese Falcon - missing classic, not much of an anecdote here. 8. Akira - I've heard good things, was always interested but just haven't seen it yet. 9. City Lights - I've only seen scattered bits of Chaplin. 10. Stalker - I've never seen a Tarkovsky film. Already watched: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Upstream Color, The King of Comedy, Ikiru, Grease, Barton Fink, La Strada, Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Hard Eight, The Night of the Hunter, Miller's Crossing, Shane, Bringing Out the Dead
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Mahlertov, start your Tarkovsky with Stalker Well, Bringing Out the Dead was a fever dream of a movie. Almost, a spiritual successor to Taxi Driver, it manages to portray New York even seedier than that movie did. Cage was built for this kind of role. Quieter Cage is always better Cage, but with his craziness just simmering under the surface. I would say this is up there with his best work. The real star though is New York. The city just seems itself like a victim needing to be rescued. I wouldn't put this in top tier Scorsese, but just one notch below his best, which still is better than a lot of directors could hope for. my new list: 1) Monsieur Hulot's Holiday - picked up the Tati boxset and I hear this is one of his best 2) Youth of the Beast- branching deeper into Japanese cinema 3) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life- last of the Python films I haven't seen 4) Che- fascinated by what Soderbergh can bring to this 5) Swing Time- holdover from my last list, never seen an Astaire musical 6) Seven Chances- i don't need a reason for more Buster Keaton 7) The Godfather 3- I guess I need to finish the trilogy, this can't possibly top the first two 8) The Naked Spur- finishing up my essential westerns 9) Sunrise, A Tale of Two Humans- this is supposed to be pretty groundbreaking 10) Jules and Jim- more Truffaut and supposedly influential on the New Hollywood movement New List of Unshamed: The Red Shoes, The Third Man, Bringing Out the Dead
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:Mahlertov, start your Tarkovsky with Stalker Will do! And it looks like we had similar reactions to Bringing Out the Dead 
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Mistletoe Donkey posted:
I really liked this, but it wasn't until I let it sit for a bit in my mind that I really appreciated it. It didn't have that initial impact, but it grew in estimation quite a bit. Bride of Frankenstein was a bit better than the first, and I think it's entirely attributable to the way it's shot. It is sharp, with a ton of quick cuts and tilted angles that it adds a genuine sense of unease. The goofiness goes a bit overboard for my taste (but I love Young Frankenstein, so what are ya gonna do?) so I think I'd have liked it more if it played things straight a bit more. Pretorius' insanity is great, though the scene with his miniature human creations is iffy. I think it was interesting, but a little too silly. I'm not saying it needs to cut all of its comedy out, but the ratio of silliness to horror is too off balance. Though, it is a story about awakening the dead with lightning...so maybe silly is the order of the day. I guess I just feel movies like Re-Animator were able to merge the funny and the grotesque a bit more effectively for me. Still, this was very good with no real filler (on account of being only 74 minutes). Definitely worth the watch. LIST O SHAME: 1920s - Pandora's Box (1928) - Know next to nothing about it except a former co-worker was fascinated by it. 1930s - Earth (1930) - A Russian silent I haven't seen. Pretty high on the TSPDT top 1000. 1940s - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - Later Chaplin, I've heard mixed things. 1950s - Nights of Cabiria (1957) - I'm pretty impressed by the Fellini I've seen, and I hear this is among his best. 1960s - Kuroneko (1968) - Japanese ghost stories are right up my alley. 1970s - Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Picked it up as part of last summer's B&N Criterion sale. Heard good to great things. 1980s - Cobra Verde (1987) - Time to watch more of my Herzog/Kinski box set I bought ages ago. 1990s - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Saw a trailer for this when I was in high school. Thought it looked lame. I've since grown up a tad and have liked what I've seen from Mike Leigh (Happy Go-Lucky and Naked) 2000 and up - George Washington (2000) - The only film by David Gordon Green I have seen is Pineapple Express. Apparently his early films are nothing like that. Slight edit...I've since seen Prince Avalanche and liked it a ton. Bonus/Random - Three Colors Trilogy: White and Red - I've seen Blue, but it was a long time ago. It's about time I saw the rest. SHAME BE GONE:Wild Strawberries, Sunset Blvd., The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Our Man in Havana, Breathless, Phenomena, Withnail & I, 12 Angry Men, The Cranes Are Flying, Fitzcarraldo, Amadeus, Paths of Glory, Blow Out, Cronos, Hausu, City Lights, Easy Rider, The Lives of Others, Salo, In the Bedroom, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Cars, Brand Upon the Brain!, The Great Dictator, Double Indemnity, Point Blank, Cool Hand Luke, 127 Hours, Black Narcissus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Sting, A Woman is a Woman, Life of Brian, Last Picture Show, The Company of Wolves, Tree of Life, Life is Beautiful, Young Frankenstein, Cinema Paradiso, Some Like it Hot, Shotgun Stories, Singin' in the Rain, Precious, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Rules of the Game, Frost/Nixon, All About Eve, Bronson, The Searchers, Bicycle Thieves, American Graffiti, A Christmas Story, The Phantom Carriage, The Changeling, Repulsion, Kagemusha, Irreversible, The Virgin Spring, The Red Shoes, Deconstructing Harry, Metropolis, Che, The Island of Lost Souls, Revanche, Black Moon, Stalker, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Apartment, All About My Mother, Tokyo Story, Chungking Express, This is Spinal Tap, On the Waterfront, Grave of the Fireflies, Rebecca, The Sweet Hereafter, Peeping Tom, Drunken Angel, Duck Soup, Key Largo, Witness for the Prosecution, The Lady From Shanghai, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, Safety Last!, King Kong, Anatomy of a Murder, In a Lonely Place, Safe, Bad Day at Black Rock, The General, The Magnificent Ambersons, Five Easy Pieces, Porco Rosso, Mystery Train, Rififi, The King of Comedy, The Straight Story, The Kid, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carlos, Onibaba, It Happened One Night, Sherlock Jr., Lone Star, Foreign Correspondent, The Last Detail, Young Mr. Lincoln, Rope, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, The Man Who Laughs, Husbands and Wives, Reds, Sweet Smell of Success, Shadow of a Doubt, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The African Queen, The Lower Depths, Frankenstein, Broadcast News, La Strada, The Last Laugh, Stagecoach, Alexander Nevsky, Don't Look Now, Fish Tank, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Days of Heaven, The Killer, Nosferatu, The Naked Kiss, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Jules et Jim, Mon Oncle, Howl's Moving Castle, Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Night at the Opera, Berberian Sound Studio, The Natural, Kwaidan, The Color of Money, Fanny and Alexander, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, The Passenger, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Goonies, Z, Ashes and Diamonds, L'Atalante, All Quiet on the Western Front, L'Age D'Or, The Earrings of Madame De..., La Notte, Europa, World on a Wire, Andrei Rublev, Dersu Uzala, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Brewster McCloud, Blast of Silence, Ordet, Bringing Up Baby, Pather Panchali, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bride of Frankenstein (TOTAL: 169)
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Will do! And it looks like we had similar reactions to Bringing Out the Dead It's a pretty great movie, which is probably why  I saw it in theaters and it was quite the experience.
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Ratedargh posted:
Do I give you both to watch? These films are all a must-watch, so I do choose both - if that's not allowed, I say White first and the Red for whoever's next. Killer of Sheep This is one of those films you always hear so much about on various lists yet nobody in close circles seems to have watched it. Maybe because it's received a release 30 years after it's completion in 1977 due to rights to the music used, that critics are now pouring their love over this new discovery. Nonetheless it's a loose story of a struggling American family as the father Stan, working in a slaughterhouse, finds joy in the little things - and in turn, made me reflect on what's truly important as well. The story felt real because the acting was real, played largely by unknown actors. The music throughout was perfect for the tone, and there were some great shots too, particularly the everyday happenings in the streets. LIST Ace in the Hole (2014.10.13) - I'm a huge Wilder fan and having now blind-bought the blu-ray, I can finally watch it. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (2014.06.29) - This has had enough praise and appeared on enough lists that I feel I need to see it. I know nothing about it. The Innocents (2014.06.16) - with Criterion announcing it's release today, it's about time I get the dust off my DVD copy and finally watch it. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) **oldest** - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Millennium Actress (2014.10.20) - I was able to pick this up from a local video store today for $2.50.. time to finally watch a Satoshi Kon film! Only Angels Have Wings (2015.03.31) **NEW** - highly respected film directed by Howard Hawks - a versatile yet overlooked director who I've barely scratched the surface of... Still Life (2015.03.08) - director Jia Zhangke has been a blind spot for so long now, and luckily I found this back when Blockbusters were still around. It's long overdue. Syndromes and a Century (2015.03.08) - another director who is a blindspot, and I believe it was FitFortDanga who had praised this film long ago & stuck with me. Tape (2014.10.13) - I shall continue my quest to finish the Linklater filmography. The Wind Will Carry Us (2014.09.23) - more Kiarostami, please! De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (4/5), Le Doulos (4.5/5), Million Dollar Baby (3/5), Akira (5/5), Lone Star (3/5), Barry Lyndon (2.5/5), Dr. Strangelove (5/5), Leon the Professional (3/5), Arsenic and Old Lace (4/5), The Searchers (2/5), Playtime (4/5), Star Wars: Episode III (3.5/5), The Player (3.5/5), A Few Good Men (3.5/5), Murder on the Orient Express (3/5), The Deer Hunter (4.5/5), Amour (4.5/5), School of Rock (3.5/5), Holiday (5/5), Harakiri (4.5/5), Band of Outsiders (4/5), Charulata (4/5), The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (2/5), Killer of Sheep (3.5/5), [Total:89]
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friendo55 posted:Killer of Sheep Check out Burnett's My Brother's Wedding, which was his follow-up. It would rival Killer of Sheep if it weren't for the acting, but it's totally worth a go if you dig that style.
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TrixRabbi posted:Check out Burnett's My Brother's Wedding, which was his follow-up. It would rival Killer of Sheep if it weren't for the acting, but it's totally worth a go if you dig that style. The DVD I picked up years back, in a bargain bin, actually has both films in a double-pack. I definitely want to check that out too.
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friendo, you get Ace in the Hole because Wilder is awesome Maybe it was the mood I was in, but Monsieur Hulot's Holiday didn't grab me like Jour de Fete did. While I loved Tat's first film, this one left me a little cold. It was enjoyable enough and had some funny bits, but I was a little disappointed. Maybe I need time to let it marinate and revisit it some other time. my new list: 1) Persona- more Bergman 2) Youth of the Beast- branching deeper into Japanese cinema 3) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life- last of the Python films I haven't seen 4) Che- fascinated by what Soderbergh can bring to this 5) Swing Time- holdover from my last list, never seen an Astaire musical 6) Seven Chances- i don't need a reason for more Buster Keaton 7) The Godfather 3- I guess I need to finish the trilogy, this can't possibly top the first two 8) The Naked Spur- finishing up my essential westerns 9) Sunrise, A Tale of Two Humans- this is supposed to be pretty groundbreaking 10) Jules and Jim- more Truffaut and supposedly influential on the New Hollywood movement New List of Unshamed: The Red Shoes, The Third Man, Bringing Out the Dead, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
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Mistletoe, you get The Meaning of Life. I was given Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which I kinda enjoyed. The surreal imagery is fantastic, and Gilliam definitely took some cues from Sam Raimi for this movie. Lots of extreme facial close-ups, lots of dutch angles, and lots of color make it a visually stunning movie, and it does drug imagery better than most movies I've seen on the topic. Depp was great, and channeled some Evil Dead 2-era Bruce Campbell and Jim Carrey. What I didn't like about it is summed up by Duke early on in the film, questioning if the business trip was an "aimless drug frenzy." For the most part, I didn't feel much rising or falling action in the film. It follows two guys around as they do a bunch of drugs, and that's kind of it. It never feels like it's building up to something or setting anything up for later, it meanders. It's visually great, but the visuals didn't support the whole movie. My list (sorted by time on my list, with longest at the top): 1) The Seventh Seal - I liked Ian McKellen's cameo as Death in Last Action Hero 2) Once Upon A Time In The West - I need to see more westerns, I loved the Man With No Name trilogy, and I've had the DVD sitting around forever. I have no excuses. 3) Naked Lunch - I can think of at least two things wrong with that title. 4) Badlands - Gotta finish going back through Malick's filmography 5) Suspiria - Been exploring some of the classics of horror recently, and I've never watched an Argento NEW 6) The Manchurian Candidate - What if Frank Sinatra had been in Die Hard? Unshamed: Royal Tenenbaums, 8 1/2, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Pan's Labyrinth, Schindler's List, The Holy Mountain, Boogie Nights, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Exorcist, Days of Heaven, Inland Empire, The Hidden Fortress, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Is that actually Wes Craven? It kinda looks like him.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Is that actually Wes Craven? It kinda looks like him. Yep.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:
It's, uh, something else. So, after several years, I wrapped up the Three Colors Trilogy by watching both White and Red. White is the weakest of the trilogy, which seems to be the consensus, but that's not entirely fair to its qualities. It is pretty funny, but not exactly a comedy, and it features a wonderful lead performance. It was a bit dodgy with how it was handling the idea of revenge against an ex. The back and forth cruelty , at first, is played for laughs and almost seems to be championing Karol's choices because of the scorn he feels for Dominique. It all hinges on a final shot, as to how the whole ordeal will be perceived...and fortunately it works very well. But the reason it's the weakest of the trilogy, despite being quite good, is because of Red. This is borderline perfect. It's got the most flare with the camera and it's got a really engaging set-up. It strikes a balance between the dour tone of Blue and the more flighty tone of White. Every scene feels vital to the film, and even if the tie-in to the other two movies feels a bit forced, it's so brief that it can be ignored. Everything that came before it is expert. The score is extremely good, too. I think the movie has a lot to unpack, and it's one I plan on revisiting again. LIST O SHAME: 1920s - Pandora's Box (1928) - Know next to nothing about it except a former co-worker was fascinated by it. 1930s - Earth (1930) - A Russian silent I haven't seen. Pretty high on the TSPDT top 1000. 1940s - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) - Later Chaplin, I've heard mixed things. 1950s - Nights of Cabiria (1957) - I'm pretty impressed by the Fellini I've seen, and I hear this is among his best. 1960s - Kuroneko (1968) - Japanese ghost stories are right up my alley. 1970s - Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Picked it up as part of last summer's B&N Criterion sale. Heard good to great things. 1980s - Cobra Verde (1987) - Time to watch more of my Herzog/Kinski box set I bought ages ago. 1990s - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Saw a trailer for this when I was in high school. Thought it looked lame. I've since grown up a tad and have liked what I've seen from Mike Leigh (Happy Go-Lucky and Naked) 2000 and up - George Washington (2000) - The only film by David Gordon Green I have seen is Pineapple Express. Apparently his early films are nothing like that. Slight edit...I've since seen Prince Avalanche and liked it a ton. Bonus/Random - Tootsie (1982) - My girlfriend was really surprised I hadn't seen this. Guess it's about time. 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Ratedargh posted:I think the movie has a lot to unpack, and it's one I plan on revisiting again. I definitely need to watch these two films again myself, especially Red. It's been years since I've watched them - I always go back to rewatching Blue though. I feel like each time I see it I discover something new about it.
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I love Kieslowski's films because they're so dense and complex, but in such an amiable, watchable way, so on the first viewing you have this really rich emotional experience, and then you go back and watch it again and realize everything's connected to everything else.
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I'm still a relative newcomer having only seen the trilogy and Double Life of Veronique, the latter of which I hardly remember in detail but know I was really taken by it. I have seen a couple segments of the Decalogue, too, but it's been a decade since and don't remember a thing. Is that where I should go next?
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Apr 8, 2015 02:15
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X-Ray Pecs posted:
I think this has grown to be one of my absolute favourite movies and I love when someone gets to watch it for the first time.
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Ratedargh posted:
Here you are! Enjoy. Ace In The Hole Yet another Billy Wilder masterpiece. The acting, the drama, the sets & location, all the crowd frenzy and media takeover - it was a fantastic watch in every aspect. There's so many reasons to watch this again and again. It was also crazy to see Kirk Douglas here in 1951, followed by a Criterion bonus interview from 1984 being so well spoken, and then a YouTube clip from the Oscars in 2013 with Douglas at age 95. He's still alive today at 98! LIST Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (2014.06.29) - This has had enough praise and appeared on enough lists that I feel I need to see it. I know nothing about it. The Innocents (2014.06.16) - with Criterion announcing it's release today, it's about time I get the dust off my DVD copy and finally watch it. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) **oldest** - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Millennium Actress (2014.10.20) - I was able to pick this up from a local video store today for $2.50.. time to finally watch a Satoshi Kon film! Only Angels Have Wings (2015.03.31) - highly respected film directed by Howard Hawks - a versatile yet overlooked director who I've barely scratched the surface of... Still Life (2015.03.08) - director Jia Zhangke has been a blind spot for so long now, and luckily I found this back when Blockbusters were still around. It's long overdue. Syndromes and a Century (2015.03.08) - another director who is a blindspot, and I believe it was FitFortDanga who had praised this film long ago & stuck with me. Tape (2014.10.13) - I shall continue my quest to finish the Linklater filmography. That Obscure Object of Desire (2015.04.07) **NEW** - this seems way too interesting and way too important to have not seen by now. The Wind Will Carry Us (2014.09.23) - more Kiarostami, please! De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (4/5), Le Doulos (4.5/5), Million Dollar Baby (3/5), Akira (5/5), Lone Star (3/5), Barry Lyndon (2.5/5), Dr. Strangelove (5/5), Leon the Professional (3/5), Arsenic and Old Lace (4/5), The Searchers (2/5), Playtime (4/5), Star Wars: Episode III (3.5/5), The Player (3.5/5), A Few Good Men (3.5/5), Murder on the Orient Express (3/5), The Deer Hunter (4.5/5), Amour (4.5/5), School of Rock (3.5/5), Holiday (5/5), Harakiri (4.5/5), Band of Outsiders (4/5), Charulata (4/5), The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (2/5), Killer of Sheep (3.5/5), Ace in the Hole (5/5), [Total:90] friendo55 fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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friendo55, time to get started on the late great Satoshi Kon, watch Millennium Actress. _____________________________ Chili gave me Stand By Me. And it was appropriate that, of all posters, it was my best friend in this thread that gave me a film about friendship. (Oh and huge congrats Chili! both for the 100+ films unshamed, and also on the engagement!, congrats thread bestie!) Stand By Me is a classic. I knew this well before I watched it and that was probably a reason (like several big names on my shameful list) that I'd not watched it yet, you know so much about it that it's perhaps unintersting to seek out something so well know and admired. And much like Jaws earlier in the thread, familiarity and popularity are stupid reasons to not seek out seeing a reputedly great film. The story of 4 young friends and a weekend adventure is understandably universal so I imagine everyone who watches Stand By Me is left afterwards, like myself, thinking back on long lost friends and summer adventures. The film is a flashback to the narrator's youth so it's understandable the depth of importance put on every small aspect of childhood. There's alot of stuff in this film that could have come off as being hammy or heavyhanded given the event that inspires the film's central story and looms over it, being the death of the narrator's childhood best friend. The time of the flashback being the infamous "you guys want to see a dead body", with death being a massively central part of the film, and yet the film is perfectly judged tone and is overall a highly enjoyable reflection of childhood and friendship. It's a classic. List of Shame: (in order of time on list) 1 - The Host - South Korean monster movie. teenage love triangle featuring a monster based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer? [this reference is now old and even crapper] 2 - Youth of the Beast - A Seijun Suzuki film that I know nothing about, which is possibly the best thing going in to a Seijun Suzuki film. 3 - Achilles and the Tortoise - final film of Kitano's 'surrealist autobiographical trilogy'...[Catching up with Kitano 2/4] 4 - What Richard Did - Only film by the brilliant Lenny Abrahamson that I haven't seen yet. [Irish Film Slot] 5 - It's a Wonderful Life - Added in time for Christmas, wasn't picked, maybe it'll still be here next year... 6 - Blackfish - Very interested in the subject matter, I need to start watching more documentaries too. [Documentary Slot] 7 - Samurai Rebellion - Know nothing about this, but it's directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Director of Harakiri, which I loved. 8 - Bicycle Thieves - I attempted to watch this years back but the DVD had terrible subtitles. A true cinematic milestone I need to unshame. 9 - The Raid - Highly acclaimed recent action film, been meaning to catch this since it's release. 10- Noah - new - Finishing off Aronofsky again. Heard conflicting reports about this... Shame No More: [36] [top five] Psycho | The Third Man | The Long Goodbye | Harakiri | The Silence of the Lambs | Pi | Jaws | Panic Room | Black Swan | Star Trek II | The Brothers Bloom | Hugo | Badlands | Shame | LA Confidential | The Right Stuff | The Evil Dead | Hanna | The Master | The Untouchables | Glengarry Glen Ross | The Seventh Seal | The Apartment | The Player | Ronin | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Frank | Dreams | Paths of Glory | Assault on Precinct 13 | Haywire | Escape From New York | 13 Assassins | A Prophet | Stand By Me Chewy Bitems fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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Completely new to this thread and this game. Hope I'm doing it right!Chewy Bitems posted:
Of all the films you listed, I'm most interested in how this one is. I summon you to watch it! My list of shame: 1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (or any of the Dollars trilogy for that matter): I've just never been that interested in Westerns. 2. Boyhood: Red Letter Media turned me off from seeing this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOA1cv9pHs 3. The Seventh Seal: Never really got into pre-1960 films either 4. 8 1/2: I saw Satyricon in school 11 years ago. Never got around to Fellini's best know flick though. 5. Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2: Never been a huge horror fan, though Army of Darkness was fun. 6. Life is Beautiful: I've heard it's incredible, but I've thought it might make me sad. 7. Cool Hand Luke: Been on my "to see" list for ages, never got around to it. 8. Das Boot: Same 9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: I really have no excuse here. 10.Hoop Dreams: I love documentaries, kind of meh about basketball. I've heard this is one of the best docs ever though. Ramrod Hotshot fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Apr 11, 2015 |
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Welcome to the thread, Ramrod! I'm going to give you Evil Dead 1 & 2, so you learn how to survive demon attacks. I was given Naked Lunch, and I'm kind of cold on it. It was certainly strange, enough so that I was interested throughout, but the end result was kind of lacking. It didn't go completely out-there weird enough that I could appreciate it on that level, and the more straightforward aspects of the movie were kinda boring. It didn't feel like there was much of a purpose or throughline to the movie until the final 30 minutes. It was well-directed and featured some neat special effects and some creepy stuff, but not enough for me to whole-heartedly enjoy it. I might revisit this one a few years down the road to see if my opinion of it changes. My list (sorted by time on my list, with longest at the top): 1) The Seventh Seal - I liked Ian McKellen's cameo as Death in Last Action Hero 2) Once Upon A Time In The West - I need to see more westerns, I loved the Man With No Name trilogy, and I've had the DVD sitting around forever. I have no excuses. 3) Badlands - Gotta finish going back through Malick's filmography 4) Suspiria - Been exploring some of the classics of horror recently, and I've never watched an Argento 5) The Manchurian Candidate - What if Frank Sinatra had been in Die Hard? NEW 6) Sunset Boulevard - About time I gave Billy Wilder a close-up Unshamed: Royal Tenenbaums, 8 1/2, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Pan's Labyrinth, Schindler's List, The Holy Mountain, Boogie Nights, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Exorcist, Days of Heaven, Inland Empire, The Hidden Fortress, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Naked Lunch
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X-Ray Pecs posted:1) The Seventh Seal - I liked Ian McKellen's cameo as Death in Last Action Hero Try this next. Black Cat, White Cat - Like Underground this one has a reckless and freewheeling style highlighting how arranged marriages can go wrong. It frequently veers into a quirky surreality. Plenty of tacky and chintzy characters including gangsters, ragamuffin gypsies, scammers and degenerate crooks with bad teeth. The wedding segment near the end was funny for the most part. Also watched: I Remember - The title explains the structure but something about it seems a little dated. It's irreverently blunt in some ways for its time. Almost like Tom Jones (1963) in that regard but it didn't pull me in fully for some reason. What did stick out was the use of lighting. The darkest foggy scenes you'll see in a film contrasted with some of the lightest interiors as well. Most of the stories within can be distilled down to poking fun at some topics: -Roman Catholicism -Politician worship -Fascism -Raw sexuality -Eccentric teachers So many of the characters are portrayed as being really dumb and the main family came across like a bunch of stooges. Procrastination (171 completed): #156 Land Tax AKA Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - The Wrath of (Aamir) Khan continues on the IMDb top 250. 10/13/14 #170 The Bandit - Another newcomer to the IMDb top 250. 1/16/15 #174 Jade - Basic Instinct 1.5? 2/13/15 new #175 A Serious Man - Sounds interesting and it's on some lists too. 4/11/15 new #176 Bringing Out the Dead - Been on some lists here recently. 4/11/15 James Bond versus Godzilla: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (6/37 completed) 2011 Jack and Jill - Adam Sandler and Al Pacino = star power. 2/25/15 2008 The Love Guru - Mike Myers converts to Hinduism. 3/13/15 2007 I Know Who Killed Me - I've never seen a Lindsay Lohan movie. 3/13/15 2006 Basic Instinct 2 - I saw the first one many years ago. 3/20/15 2005 Dirty Love - Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra = 3.5 rating on IMDb. 3/25/15
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Zogo, go with Bringing Out The Dead, I'm reluctant to give it to you as it's popped up several times recently and it's also a new one for your list, however it's the only one I've seen and I thought it was a good film. Interested to see your take on it. _____________________________ Ramrod Hotshot summoned me to watch Blackfish. Blackfish was the first pick of the Documentary Slot on my list, as the lack of documentaries I watch is mighty shameful, and it was a good choice. It's quite recent and caused alot of media attention given the topic of the treatment of Killer Whales, and of the safety of the trainers working with them, in the hugely popular SeaWorld tourist parks. Any documentary dealing with potentially emotional issues (and most documentaries tend to deal with issues that are important to the people who make them) risks being overly biased and emotionally invested in one side of the story, all films are subjectively made, it's difficult as documentaries are commonly supposed to deal closer with facts than a regular film. Blackfish manages to tell it's story extremely well, it is quite balanced, well, as balanced as it could be given how blatant the evidence and testimony presented by the parties involved, and SeaWorld's refusal to contribute to the film, and always interesting and engaging. The film never goes out of it's way to suggest how anything played out, there's a large amount of original footage which is massively interesting and there's never any filters, or editing, or music put onto these to provoke a response from the viewer. Graphics and illustrations are used very sparingly and without being overly flashy, they put across facts quickly and very effectively. The ruled line pad & pencil drawings of courtroom testimony is an interesting choice but one I thought that worked, without the coldness of traditional media courtroom sketches, but without being overly dramatic. This is an excellent documentary, perfectly demonstrating it's point, with affecting, genuine accounts of people involved or a variety of experts discussing the various topics brought up by the events. P.S. gently caress SeaWorld List of Shame: 1 - The Host - South Korean monster movie. teenage love triangle featuring a monster based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer? [this reference is now old and even crapper] 2 - Youth of the Beast - A Seijun Suzuki film that I know nothing about, which is possibly the best thing going in to a Seijun Suzuki film. 3 - Achilles and the Tortoise - final film of Kitano's 'surrealist autobiographical trilogy'...[Catching up with Kitano 2/4] 4 - What Richard Did - Only film by the brilliant Lenny Abrahamson that I haven't seen yet. [Irish Film Slot] 5 - It's a Wonderful Life - Added in time for Christmas, wasn't picked, maybe it'll still be here next year... 6 - Samurai Rebellion - Know nothing about this, but it's directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Director of Harakiri, which I loved. 7 - Bicycle Thieves - I attempted to watch this years back but the DVD had terrible subtitles. A true cinematic milestone I need to unshame. 8 - The Raid - Highly acclaimed recent action film, been meaning to catch this since it's release. 9 - Noah - Getting caught back up with Aronofsky. Heard conflicting reports about this... 10- Pumping Iron - new - Interested to see if this has remained in the public consciousness because it is a good film, or purely to see young Arnie. [Documentary Slot] Shame No More: [37] [top five] Psycho | The Third Man | The Long Goodbye | Harakiri | The Silence of the Lambs | Pi | Jaws | Panic Room | Black Swan | Star Trek II | The Brothers Bloom | Hugo | Badlands | Shame | LA Confidential | The Right Stuff | The Evil Dead | Hanna | The Master | The Untouchables | Glengarry Glen Ross | The Seventh Seal | The Apartment | The Player | Ronin | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Frank | Dreams | Paths of Glory | Assault on Precinct 13 | Haywire | Escape From New York | 13 Assassins | A Prophet | Stand By Me | Blackfish
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Chewy Bitems: Go with your documentary slot again, Pumping Iron. Sorry! It's once again the most interesting movie to me on your list. X-Ray Pecs summoned me to watch Evil Dead AND Evil Dead 2! So I marathoned them both last night. Evil Dead: I hadn't watched these films because I don't usually like horror films, and this one reminded me why. It's predictable, boring, gross, and cruel. Maybe the cabin in the woods plot device was new at the time, but now it's the oldest plot device in the book (obviously inspiring the recent movie of the same name). For most of the movie, it was the women being possessed and the men attacking them, which left a bad taste in my mouth. The effects were super gross which I suppose was impressive for such a low budget movie (including a fun claymation sequence at the end!). But mostly, I was just bored with what is by now a very familiar horror movie framework. 1.5/4 Evil Dead 2: This "version" (since it was a remake rather than a sequel) was better. It was far less dark in tone than Evil Dead, approaching the wacky horror/comedy feeling of Army of Darkness. More importantly, it was just less boring. I like that the first five minutes covers roughly the same territory as probably the first thirty of Evil Dead. As a result, there was just more going on - more characters motivations, and more "plot" (which is not saying much, but the first movie had almost none). 2.5/4 New List of Shame: 1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (or any of the Dollars trilogy for that matter): I've just never been that interested in Westerns. 2. Boyhood: Red Letter Media turned me off from seeing this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOA1cv9pHs 3. The Seventh Seal: Never really got into pre-1960 films either 4. 8 1/2: I saw Satyricon in school 11 years ago. Never got around to Fellini's best known flick though. 5. Life is Beautiful: I've heard it's incredible, but I've thought it might make me sad. 6. Cool Hand Luke: Been on my "to see" list for ages, never got around to it. 7. Das Boot: Same. 8. Lawrence of Arabia: Another older classic that just never happened. 9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: I really have no excuse here. 10. Hoop Dreams: I love documentaries, kind of meh about basketball. I've heard this is one of the best docs ever though. Unshamed: Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 Ramrod Hotshot fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Apr 12, 2015 |
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Ramrot Hotshot, welcome to the thread by the way! I got Evil Dead earlier in this thread and was similarily creeped out by the violence towards women in it. ED2 is much better. And also sorry for picking your newest addition, but I'll return the favour for giving me two documentaries in the past day or so, watch Hoop Dreams. I remember loving it when I watched it a long time ago, and I've no interest at all in Basketball, so looking forward to your thoughts on it. _____________________________ Ramrod Hotshot (in the post above), summoned me to watch Pumping Iron. Which was an enjoyable watch, though I had wondered if it was merely the presence of the film's "star" Arnold Schwarzenegger that caused this film to maintain it's notability nearly 40 years after it was made and that really is the case here. A look at competitive bodybuilders in the run up to Arnold's final Mr Universe contest (which will be his sixth in a row if he wins) before he retires from competition, the film slightly aimless shows a selection of 4/5 bodybuilders as they work out, generally hang around together, and then backstage on the day of competition. Eventually the film focuses on Arnold and his main competition, the newcomer Lou Ferrigno, who is trained by his father. The film demonstrates the difference in the quiet Ferrigno, who patiently listens to his somewhat overbearing father who trains him, and the bragging Schwarzenegger, who boasts of achiving perfection and of playing mindgames to affect other competitors so that he can beat them. The film is a quick watch, aroudn 90 minutes, and the subjects and the world it's showing are interesting enough that it's fine. The silly themesong over the opening credits hints that the film doesn't take it's subjects too seriously, though thankfully it never pokes fun at anyone. It's basically a showcase for Schwarzenegger's impressive physique but certainly not his personality. List of Shame: (oldest to newest) 1 - The Host - South Korean monster movie. teenage love triangle featuring a monster based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer? [this reference is now old and even crapper] 2 - Youth of the Beast - A Seijun Suzuki film that I know nothing about, which is possibly the best thing going in to a Seijun Suzuki film. 3 - Achilles and the Tortoise - final film of Kitano's 'surrealist autobiographical trilogy'...[Catching up with Kitano 2/4] 4 - What Richard Did - Only film by the brilliant Lenny Abrahamson that I haven't seen yet. [Irish Film Slot] 5 - It's a Wonderful Life - Added in time for Christmas, wasn't picked, maybe it'll still be here next year... 6 - Samurai Rebellion - Know nothing about this, but it's directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Director of Harakiri, which I loved. 7 - Bicycle Thieves - I attempted to watch this years back but the DVD had terrible subtitles. A true cinematic milestone I need to unshame. 8 - The Raid - Highly acclaimed recent action film, been meaning to catch this since it's release. 9 - Noah - Getting caught back up with Aronofsky. Heard conflicting reports about this... 10- The Thin Blue Line - new - I've been slightly put off by the age of some documentaries, this is widely considered essential. [Documentary Slot] Shame No More: [38] [top five] Psycho | The Third Man | The Long Goodbye | Harakiri | The Silence of the Lambs | Pi | Jaws | Panic Room | Black Swan | Star Trek II | The Brothers Bloom | Hugo | Badlands | Shame | LA Confidential | The Right Stuff | The Evil Dead | Hanna | The Master | The Untouchables | Glengarry Glen Ross | The Seventh Seal | The Apartment | The Player | Ronin | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Frank | Dreams | Paths of Glory | Assault on Precinct 13 | Haywire | Escape From New York | 13 Assassins | A Prophet | Stand By Me | Blackfish | Pumping Iron
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Pumping Iron is great specifically because of Arnold's personality.
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Apr 13, 2015 01:47
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Pumping Iron is great specifically because of Arnold's personality. True, I had intended that to mean the film shows off his impressive physique positively but not his personality. At one point he outright says he admires dictators. Certainly an interesting person, and indeed the film is obviously a must watch for anyone interested in him.
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Chewy, The Thin Blue Line is a classic documentary. Ratedargh gave me The Conformist which is a visual masterpiece. Seriously, look at this stuff.   A great movie on a lot of levels, but worth it just for the visuals. Wow. I also saw Shane which I liked except for the little kid asking about Shane, talking about how awesome Shane was, wondering when Shane would be back, etc. A good movie overall though. Updated! List! 1. The Man with the Golden Arm - Sinatra is said to be incredible here. 2. An American In Paris - Let's try another musical Gershwin though.3. Casino - Yes, the Scorsese movie. I've seen a few clips but never the whole thing. 4. Scarface The Pacino version. 5. El Cid - Another historical epic I haven't seen. 6. The Guns of Navarone One of those classic WW2 movies with a cavalcade of stars. 7. A Man for All Seasons Man-crushes on Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, and Orson Welles. 8. Duel Always heard this Spielberg movie was good. 9. NEW The Agony and the Ecstacy Recommended by a friend when I asked about movies on artists; this one is about Michelangelo. 10. NEW Cape Fear The 1962 version with Peck and Mitchum. AFI meter: 70 IMDB 250 meter: 152 Oscar winners: 47 Movies watched: City Lights, Some Like It Hot, Annie Hall, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dollars Trilogy, Bottle Rocket, Bonnie and Clyde, To Kill a Mockingbird, All About Eve, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The French Connection, To Catch a Thief, Infernal Affairs, The Aviator, The Best Years of Our Lives, Midnight Cowboy, The General, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Philadelphia Story, The Lion in Winter, The Duellists, Ben-Hur, Seven Samurai, Rocky, Kill Bill, 8 1/2, La Strada, Kundun, The Exorcist, Dog Day Afternoon, Anatomy of a Murder, Amarcord, Inframan, A Place in the Sun, Assault on Precinct 13, The Wicker Man, Spartacus, Death Proof, Days of Heaven, The Ladykillers (2014), Birdman, Intolerable Cruelty, The Conformist, Shane
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monster on a stick posted:I also saw Shane which I liked except for the little kid asking about Shane, talking about how awesome Shane was, wondering when Shane would be back, etc. A good movie overall though. 
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Chewy Bitems posted:Chili gave me Stand By Me. And it was appropriate that, of all posters, it was my best friend in this thread that gave me a film about friendship. (Oh and huge congrats Chili! both for the 100+ films unshamed, and also on the engagement!, congrats thread bestie!) Aw, hey buddy!  Thanks for congrats on both accounts and I'm glad you enjoyed the flick! I've had a good time reading your reactions to the film's you've seen, it's been great hanging in this thread. If you're ever in the MD area, let me know, we could do a movie night. That's actually an open invitation to anyone who may be in the area, we can do a de-shaming double header, I've got a pretty good home theater set up and I make really good (not microwaved) popcorn!
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monster on a stick posted:
I love Welles and I like Robert Shaw, but I don't think I know Leo McKern. This has me curious... anyway, enjoy! Millennium Actress My goodness what a masterpiece of a film. The unique storytelling. The meta elements. The beautiful visuals. All of it. There was emotion, sincerity, action, and plenty of humour. It was just a great fun ride that everyone should experience. My only issue is that I wish I saw it on blu-ray! If more people were up for watching japanese animation, I'd be showing this to everyone I know. LIST Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (2014.06.29) - This has had enough praise and appeared on enough lists that I feel I need to see it. I know nothing about it. Eraserhead **NEW** (2015.04.13) - ............... I think I'm ready to finally watch this. I think I am, anyway. The Innocents (2014.06.16) - with Criterion announcing it's release today, it's about time I get the dust off my DVD copy and finally watch it. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) **oldest** - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Only Angels Have Wings (2015.03.31) - highly respected film directed by Howard Hawks - a versatile yet overlooked director who I've barely scratched the surface of... Still Life (2015.03.08) - director Jia Zhangke has been a blind spot for so long now, and luckily I found this back when Blockbusters were still around. It's long overdue. Syndromes and a Century (2015.03.08) - another director who is a blindspot, and I believe it was FitFortDanga who had praised this film long ago & stuck with me. Tape (2014.10.13) - I shall continue my quest to finish the Linklater filmography. That Obscure Object of Desire (2015.04.07) - this seems way too interesting and way too important to have not seen by now. The Wind Will Carry Us (2014.09.23) - more Kiarostami, please! De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (4/5), Le Doulos (4.5/5), Million Dollar Baby (3/5), Akira (5/5), Lone Star (3/5), Barry Lyndon (2.5/5), Dr. Strangelove (5/5), Leon the Professional (3/5), Arsenic and Old Lace (4/5), The Searchers (2/5), Playtime (4/5), Star Wars: Episode III (3.5/5), The Player (3.5/5), A Few Good Men (3.5/5), Murder on the Orient Express (3/5), The Deer Hunter (4.5/5), Amour (4.5/5), School of Rock (3.5/5), Holiday (5/5), Harakiri (4.5/5), Band of Outsiders (4/5), Charulata (4/5), The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (2/5), Killer of Sheep (3.5/5), Ace in the Hole (5/5), Millennium Actress (5/5), [Total:91]
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friendo55, one day Eraserhead will be on my list. For now, you get to review it. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was a really good movie. My second favorite Studio Ghibli movie that I've seen after Spirited Away. Just the right blend of action, characterization and comedy. As always the artwork is incredible. My List: The Graduate - Only things I know about this movie is Mrs Robinson is seducing someone and Plastics. Avatar - I heard this is like Dances with Wolves. Faust - Looking forward to another Murnau film. True Grit - The original version. Been a while since a western was on my list. A Day at the Races - More Marx Brothers madness, please. Whisper of the Heart - Need to see some more Studio Ghibli Ran - Heard this is one of Kurosawa'a best, so I am really looking forward to seeing it. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - This is one of my grandmothers favorite movies. I haven't seen it yet. House of Wax - I've never seen a Vincent Price picture (except for Edward Scissorhands) The 39 Steps - More Hitchcock here. Movies Seen: Seven Samurai, Dune, Singin' in the Rain, Animal Crackers, Once Upon a Time in the West, Amadeus, Double Indemnity, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 12 Angry Men, Ed Wood, Sunset Boulevard, The Dark Knight, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Brazil, Rashomon, Yojimbo, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, M, Duck Soup, The Princess and the Frog, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, Dracula, It's a Wonderful Life, Lawrence of Arabia, Ikiru, High and Low, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Kagemusha, Best In Show, Modern Times, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Red Beard, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Cars, Cool Hand Luke, The Public Enemy, Time Bandits, Adaptation, The Producers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gone With The Wind, My Fair Lady, City Lights, A Christmas Carol(1951), Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, West Side Story, Caddyshack, My Neighbor Totoro, Throne of Blood, The Phantom of the Opera, Yellow Submarine, Little Caesar, The Third Man, The Godfather, Persepolis, The Godfather Part II, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Invisible Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Beautiful Mind, The Kid, Fiddler on the Roof, The Gold Rush, Metropolis, Rear Window, Enter the Dragon, Horse Feathers, The Great Dictator, Despicable Me, The Bad Sleep Well, The Wolf Man, Nosferatu, Patton, Howl's Moving Castle, The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Kiki's Delivery Service, The King's Speech, Grave of the Fireflies, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
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Dmitri Russkie posted:The Graduate - Only things I know about this movie is Mrs Robinson is seducing someone and Plastics. This became an instant favourite of mine when I recently caught up with it. Enjoy! Eraserhead I watched it... I finally watched it! And I never want to see it again. I can appreciate all the great sound, the lighting, the creativity, the message behind it, all of that. But when it comes right down to it, I don't like watching absurd nightmarish films with disgusting creatures and freak babies. It's just not for me. Maybe watching in a group of people would be best as opposed to by yourself? Anyway yea, not for me. But now I can say I watched all 89 minutes of it. LIST Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (2014.06.29) - This has had enough praise and appeared on enough lists that I feel I need to see it. I know nothing about it. The Innocents (2014.06.16) - with Criterion announcing it's release today, it's about time I get the dust off my DVD copy and finally watch it. Jack Goes Boating (2014.02.17) **oldest** - it took Philip Seymour Hoffman's passing to make his only directorial effort a higher priority.. for me, pretty drat shameful. Only Angels Have Wings (2015.03.31) - highly respected film directed by Howard Hawks - a versatile yet overlooked director who I've barely scratched the surface of... Still Life (2015.03.08) - director Jia Zhangke has been a blind spot for so long now, and luckily I found this back when Blockbusters were still around. It's long overdue. Syndromes and a Century (2015.03.08) - another director who is a blindspot, and I believe it was FitFortDanga who had praised this film long ago & stuck with me. Tape (2014.10.13) - I shall continue my quest to finish the Linklater filmography. That Obscure Object of Desire (2015.04.07) - this seems way too interesting and way too important to have not seen by now. True Romance **NEW** (2015.04.14) - I've been scoffed at too many times for not having watched this yet. It's about time. The Wind Will Carry Us (2014.09.23) - more Kiarostami, please! De-shamed: Aliens (4.5/5), The Bridge on the River Kwai (5/5), La Dolce Vita (4/5), The Hustler (5/5), Blue Velvet (4.5/5), Close-Up (4.5/5), The Lady Vanishes (4.5/5), Grave of the Fireflies (5/5), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (3.5/5), Oldboy (4.5/5), Gattaca (3.5/5), Children of Men (5/5), The Great Dictator (4.5/5), Diabolique (4.5/5), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (3.5/5), Rashomon (4.5/5), Singin' in the Rain (5/5), Le Samourai (5/5), Hiroshima, Mon Amour (5/5), Battleship Potemkin (4/5), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (3.5/5), Network (5/5), Once Upon A Time In The West (5/5), Sleeper (2.5/5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (4.5/5), Lawrence of Arabia (3.5/5), Amadeus (4/5), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (4.5/5), The Postman Always Rings Twice (3.5/5), Ben-Hur (4.5/5), Bug (4/5), All The President's Men (4.5/5), Through a Glass Darkly (4/5), The Leopard (2/5), The Aviator (4.5/5), Duck Soup (4/5), The Good The Bad & The Ugly (5/5), Werckmeister Harmonies (4/5), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (4.5/5), To Kill A Mockingbird (2.5/5), Brazil (2.5/5), M (5/5), The Sweet Hereafter (4/5), Princess Mononoke (5/5), High and Low (5/5), The Sting (5/5), The King of Comedy (4.5/5), Stand By Me (4.5/5), The Wages of Fear (4/5), Amores Perros (3.5/5), The Music Room (4/5), The Spirit of the Beehive (4/5), Cape Fear (3.5/5), The Passion of Joan of Arc (4/5), The Magnificent Ambersons (3/5), Tokyo Story (5/5), Quiz Show (3/5), Witness For The Prosecution (4/5), The Last Picture Show (4.5/5), Robocop (2.5/5), Grand Illusion (2.5/5), Ikiru (5/5), The Bride of Frankenstein (4/5), The Taste of Cherry (4/5), Eastern Promises (3.5/5), What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (4/5), Le Doulos (4.5/5), Million Dollar Baby (3/5), Akira (5/5), Lone Star (3/5), Barry Lyndon (2.5/5), Dr. Strangelove (5/5), Leon the Professional (3/5), Arsenic and Old Lace (4/5), The Searchers (2/5), Playtime (4/5), Star Wars: Episode III (3.5/5), The Player (3.5/5), A Few Good Men (3.5/5), Murder on the Orient Express (3/5), The Deer Hunter (4.5/5), Amour (4.5/5), School of Rock (3.5/5), Holiday (5/5), Harakiri (4.5/5), Band of Outsiders (4/5), Charulata (4/5), The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (2/5), Killer of Sheep (3.5/5), Ace in the Hole (5/5), Millennium Actress (5/5), Eraserhead (2/5), [Total:92]
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Chili posted:Aw, hey buddy! _____________________________ friendo55, the only film on your list I've seen is your newest addition, so I'll give you your oldest, watch Jack Goes Boating. I look forward to finding out about it from you. (oh and delighted you loved Millenium Actress, doesn't get as much love as Satoshi Kon's other films for some reason, but I think it might be his best film) _____________________________ monster on a stick gave me The Thin Blue Line. Which is justifiably considered one of the greatest documentaries ever made. The story of the arrest and trial of a man for murdering a police officer, the film sets out the events exclusively through interviews with the parties involved, suspects, police officers, lawyers, character witnesses. It is masterfully put together, moving along quickly without ever feeling like it's rushing. There is occasional reenactments of the events shown while the interviews occur, which is shot interestingly and evocatively, changing to reflect contradicting testimonies. The story and indeed how the film is presented, with a tension building score, draws you in while you learn of the miscarriage of justice which is falling upon the main suspect, but the film doesn't feel manipulative, everything is based on the opinions and views of those involved, this film, brilliantly, lets you see the full story. A full story that sadly wasn't heard sooner given that thanks to this film the dreadful wrong was corrected. A proper masterpiece, an ulterly magnificent documentary. My List Of Shame: (old to new) 1 - The Host - South Korean monster movie. teenage love triangle featuring a monster based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer? [this reference is now old and even crapper] 2 - Youth of the Beast - A Seijun Suzuki film that I know nothing about, which is possibly the best thing going in to a Seijun Suzuki film. 3 - Achilles and the Tortoise - final film of Kitano's 'surrealist autobiographical trilogy'...[Catching up with Kitano 2/4] 4 - What Richard Did - Only film by the brilliant Lenny Abrahamson that I haven't seen yet. [Irish Film Slot] 5 - It's a Wonderful Life - Added in time for Christmas, wasn't picked, maybe it'll still be here next year... 6 - Samurai Rebellion - Know nothing about this, but it's directed by Masaki Kobayashi, Director of Harakiri, which I loved. 7 - Bicycle Thieves - I attempted to watch this years back but the DVD had terrible subtitles. A true cinematic milestone I need to unshame. 8 - The Raid - Highly acclaimed recent action film, been meaning to catch this since it's release. 9 - Noah - Getting caught back up with Aronofsky. Heard conflicting reports about this... 10- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 - new - Not heard much about this, but a subject I find extremely interesting. [Documentary Slot] Shame No More: [39] [top five] Psycho | The Third Man | The Long Goodbye | Harakiri | The Silence of the Lambs | Pi | Jaws | Panic Room | Black Swan | Star Trek II | The Brothers Bloom | Hugo | Badlands | Shame | LA Confidential | The Right Stuff | The Evil Dead | Hanna | The Master | The Untouchables | Glengarry Glen Ross | The Seventh Seal | The Apartment | The Player | Ronin | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Glory to the Filmmaker! | Frank | Dreams | Paths of Glory | Assault on Precinct 13 | Haywire | Escape From New York | 13 Assassins | A Prophet | Stand By Me | Blackfish | Pumping Iron | The Thin Blue Line
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Chewy Bitems posted:5 - It's a Wonderful Life - Added in time for Christmas, wasn't picked, maybe it'll still be here next year... Next one for you. Bringing Out the Dead - Films that take place in big cities like NY, LA and Chicago usually interest me. The cities themselves take on a life of their own and become huge organisms full of all kinds of things. This one takes a look at NYC through the lens of insane EMTs, jaded hospital workers and chronic hospital patients. The characterization is so memorable and dense that I could write a paper on seemingly everyone. It also covers a LOT of topics and I don't even know where to begin. I suppose the big one near the end is Frank Pierce putting down an old man. The narration was great. Ving Rhames was great. The one thing I didn't like was all the up–tempo music. Every time I was really being pulled in some fast rock music started blaring that felt really out of place. Perhaps that was to capture the crazily hectic atmosphere but I didn't like it. I was reminded of this TED talk I saw recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaMnRrrQx48 Also watched: Dirty Love - This had the craftsmanship of a few two minute TV comedy skits stretched to ninety minutes. At times it was like watching a really bad singer butcher your favorite songs on a karaoke machine. Most of the acting was maudlin and hard to take seriously. The plot was very repetitive. The whole production was tone deaf enough that it almost reached the magical level of The Room. I actually wanted Tommy Wiseau to appear. It's amateur hour as Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy go for broke. As a surprise the band Sum 41 makes an appearance near the end. Procrastination (172 completed): #156 Land Tax AKA Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - The Wrath of (Aamir) Khan continues on the IMDb top 250. 10/13/14 #170 The Bandit - Another newcomer to the IMDb top 250. 1/16/15 #174 Jade - Basic Instinct 1.5? 2/13/15 #175 A Serious Man - Sounds interesting and it's on some lists too. 4/11/15 new #177 Oklahoma! - Put the gun to my head. 4/14/15 new #178 A Wednesday - The quest to complete the IMDb 250 never ends. 4/14/15 James Bond versus Godzilla: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (7/37 completed) 2011 Jack and Jill - Adam Sandler and Al Pacino = star power. 2/25/15 2008 The Love Guru - Mike Myers converts to Hinduism. 3/13/15 2007 I Know Who Killed Me - I've never seen a Lindsay Lohan movie. 3/13/15 2006 Basic Instinct 2 - I saw the first one many years ago. 3/20/15 Zogo fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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