Recommended Films

[DIFChick]

I enjoyed Cinderella Man and Million Dollar Baby, so if Strength and Honour is anything like the two I'd go and see it. I'll keep a look out for your face Risteard ;) Trailer looks alright. Not sure about Vinnie Jones though....

[Green Tribe]

I'm just after watching it again and I hope someone else has mentioned it before.

Downfall is a brilliant film. Bruno Ganz is excellent as Hitler.

Yes, possibly one of my favourite films, i may have mentioned it before on this thread, Bruno Ganz is excellent. Could watch it several times and never get fed up with it.

If you liked that, try "The lives of others" Brilliant!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

[Dodge]

Fair play to you Ristard.Not that your a thespian do you find yourself demanding bottled water and throwing hissy fits everywhere you go?;)

Jesus when I read Risteard talking about a girlfriend, I assumed he was male. Didn't know we had any thespians here

[osarusan]

Jesus when I read Risteard talking about a girlfriend, I assumed he was male. Didn't know we had any thespians here

Ba-boom!!!!!

[cheifo]

Must be thigh slapping crack at Xmas parties.;)

[Magicme]

Went to see Shrooms on Sat with my lil sis. She loved it (she is 16) and I thought it was ok. Was great to see all the lovely locations in my neck of the woods (pardon the pun) and inspired me to go into the beautiful Rossmore Forest Park for a walk again sometime this century. Though will be scared of meeting talking cows!

Best bit for me though was seeing my bro's name in the credits. Was well chuffed!

[pete]

Saw American Gangster & I was greatly underwhelmed. Very long (2.5 hours of largely dialogue) slow movie & can't help feeling that movie been done so many times before. Laughable that poster has a quote comparing with the Godfather. Could have trimmed 30 minutes off it & improved the movie. I was close to falling asleep around the 2 hour mark.

[geysir]

Well I'm one of the few who thinks the Godfather trilogy is vanilla tripe,
but Donnie Brasco is a film I rate very very highly.

Last month I dowloaded a screener version of American Gangster, the quality wasn't the best especially as much of the action is in Harlem. I wasn´t exactly overwhelmed by the film.
But it's an interesting story about how the projects were flooded with inexpensive quality Heroin and one drug squad investigator's dogged attempts to nail the whole import & distribution network. The bit that was superfluos was the fictional divorce psycho babble court scenes just put in because some people can't comprehend that some cops are just honest cops who want to do their work, they have to think that they must have some serious flaws as well.
Pete, if you are not one for slow movies give "No Country For Old Men" a wide berth.

[cheifo]

Brought my niece to see Fred Claus in a cinema full of loud kids.Not exactly aimed at me but good enough fun and I enjoyed the 4/5 year old kid beside laugh so loudly all the time.My niece who is nine gave it 4.5 out of 10 and she gave Stardust full marks.

[pete]

Pete, if you are not one for slow movies give "No Country For Old Men" a wide berth.

Saw the trailer for that & it looked good. Slow with atmosphere is good though :p

[gustavo]

should be good ,also can't wait to see There will be Blood and the Darjeeling Limited , 3 of my favourite directors all having releases round about now :)

[cheifo]

Just saw Alien V Predator.Great stuff, cant wait for the sequel.:):o

[Stevo Da Gull]

The Proposition. Starring Ray Winstone, set in 1880's Australian outback, not bad.

Lost Angels. Starring Donald Sutherland, A troubled youth is sent to a private psychiatric hospital.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097782/

I would'nt say that either of them are the best films I've ever seen but they're interesting... well to me they are anyway :cool:

Fight Club. Y'all know about this one I'm guessin.

[hogey]

I'm not a horror fan and I thought it was awful. Mrs dodge is a horror fan and thought the ending was a total cop out

One great scene with a high camera howering over the town as the vamps do their thing though

'30 days of night' is a very good film.

[MojoPin]

the polar express.... as gaelige

[cheifo]

Finally got to see THIS IS ENGLAND and yeh def worth a look.

[the 12 th man]

Golden Compass:Was expecting more though tbh,cuts off in the middle of the movie like Lord Of The Rings.

They must have G C 2 & 3 in the pipeline.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Crash in this thread- top class.

[Billsthoughts]

watched the assasination of jesse james the other day
thought it was very good. slow and moody and the tension leading up to the assasination is class.
wouldnt go to a late showing tho as its quite a long film!

[shakermaker1982]

watched the assasination of jesse james the other day
thought it was very good. slow and moody and the tension leading up to the assasination is class.
wouldnt go to a late showing tho as its quite a long film!

I also went to see this last week. 2 hrs 30 minutes but it flew by. Brad Pitt was excellent as Jesse James. Not your 'regular' western but if you like Mallick you'll love this.

[Unreal Madrid]

For downright weird you cant beat Donny Darko. Spend the whole film thinking where is this going until it all fits together.

[placid casual]

belgian black comedy called "aaltra"
about 2 guys who end up in wheeelchairs and set off to finland to sue the owners of the tractor that caused their injuries.
deeply un-pc and deeply funny

[passinginterest]

Eventually got around to watching Downfall last night. Have to say it's a fantastic film. Just being back from a short holiday in Germany made it all the more moving.

Got me thinking about other subtitled films I'd recommend, I think they've been mentioned on here already, but two from my collection are Battle Royal and Brotherhood of the Wolf.

[Reddladd]

Talking about quality sub-titled fims, Das Boot comes to mind!

[Newryrep]

Talking about quality sub-titled fims, Das Boot comes to mind!

Enjoyed Black Books - dutch resistance movie out last year

Stalingrad - seen it in Manchester in 94

[Block G Raptor]

Anybody seen The Killing Of John Lennon yet ? was going to go but it's been getting mixed reviews to date and as it's only on in IFI don't fancy an expensive trip into town (Beers Cabs etc.) if it's shyte

[passinginterest]

Talking about quality sub-titled fims, Das Boot comes to mind!

Another quality one I have to say.
I'm sure Run Lola Run has been mentioned already too.

[onceahoop]

Thought the Last King Of Scotland was superb.
Other good ones I've watched again recently (in the Western Genre) Unforgiven and Once Upon A Time in The West.

Mention of Downfall reminds me I lent it out some time ago and it's gone missing. Got it for €10 in HMV It's now €29 or €39. Can't remember I got such a shock.

Must watch Das Boot again. Absolute classic

[Newryrep]

Must watch Das Boot again. Absolute classic

Was the movie not just the TV progrmmes chopped, i seem to remember BBC 2 showing them all one week

[Lim till i die]

Don't know if they've been mentioned already but I thought "Nigh****ch" and "Daywatch" were pretty cool.

EDIT: Just saw that t w a t in the middle of the first film title is bleeped out

Outstanding :D

[pete]

Pulp Fiction on TV tonight. None of Tarantino's other work have come close since.

Good top 250 list here (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0110912) not too heavily weighed by modern films. Got to worry about no.2 so high though.

[superfrank]

Good top 250 list here (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0110912) not too heavily weighed by modern films. Got to worry about no.2 so high though.
Not a fan? Most people I know liked it. 295k voted for it on IMDB.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Was the movie not just the TV progrmmes chopped, i seem to remember BBC 2 showing them all one week

The "correct" version of Das Boot has always been a source of confusion. Here's the clearest explanation I can put together. The film is the original version, is 150 minutes long and was nominated for six Oscars. It was edited, under the supervision of Petersen, into a 209 minute director's cut and released in 1997.

Between the two of these, in 1985, the uncut miniseries version, which is 293 minutes long, was released. In short there are two or three "proper" versions but the film came first.

On the BBC2 thing, they didn't show it in one week when they showed it over the course of a few weeks. You might be confusing it with the reshowing of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a couple of years earlier which was done in a single week.

[pete]

Not a fan? Most people I know liked it. 295k voted for it on IMDB.

It is good but not 2nd best of all time?

[Lim till i die]

It is good but not 2nd best of all time?

List is full of strange ones though.

Without dissecting the whole thing Fight Club is a full 42 places ahead of Raging Bull??

The Deer Hunter 12 places behind The Green Mile??

[CollegeTillIDie]

List is full of strange ones though.

Without dissecting the whole thing Fight Club is a full 42 places ahead of Raging Bull??

The Deer Hunter 12 places behind The Green Mile??

LTID

Given the average age bracket of people who vote in these polls, speaks volumes for the results and the lack of taste displayed is another one of those proofs.

[cheifo]

No Country For Old Men looks interesting.Anybody seen it yet.I am presuming it has'nt being released in Ireland yet.

[John83]

No Country For Old Men looks interesting.Anybody seen it yet.I am presuming it has'nt being released in Ireland yet.
The critics (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_country_for_old_men/) are loving it.

[cheifo]

Cheers for that John83, cant wait for it,sounds the biz.

[Stevo Da Gull]

Saw`Resurrection Man` last night, good film.

[gustavo]

LTID

Given the average age bracket of people who vote in these polls, speaks volumes for the results and the lack of taste displayed is another one of those proofs.

Hardly lack of taste , its just reflecting films that most people liked the best . It's only supposedly a lack of taste as against your own tastes in cases you disagree with

[jebus]

Hardly lack of taste , its just reflecting films that most people liked the best . It's only supposedly a lack of taste as against your own tastes in cases you disagree with

Incorrect Gustavo, putting Fight Club ahead of Raging Bull in any list shows a clear lack of taste, and said people should be banned from voting in film polls, general elections and anything that requires a bit of individual thought

[paudie]

Saw 2 films recently:

American Gangster - Quite good. Russell Crowe not too annoying and you get a good sense of New York in the 70's.

Assasination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford- Not bad. At least half an hour too long but some good scenes and acting is generally good. Got the impression they were conciously trying to make a "classic".

[gustavo]

Incorrect Gustavo, putting Fight Club ahead of Raging Bull in any list shows a clear lack of taste, and said people should be banned from voting in film polls, general elections and anything that requires a bit of individual thought

So people should only agree with your opinion?

:rolleyes:

[jebus]

So people should only agree with your opinion?

:rolleyes:

You're new to talking to me aren't you :)

[cheifo]

In fairness Gustavo there is a reason for example that Westlife are so popular.
A lot of people have terrible taste.:)

[osarusan]

Any poll which is done over the internet in this format, where anybody can vote, even if they haven't seen all the movies on the list, or worse, there is no list, is terribly flawed.

Any list of "best" movies compiled by professional movie critics is always very different from one compiled by "layviewers".

I'm not saying the list compiled by the pro's is always more accurate, but it would be compiled by more experienced and knowledgeable movie-watchers. I'd trust it.

It's like those polls of football teams to find the best ever player, and the winner invariably played for that club within the last 10-15 years, because most of the voters don't remember many players older than that time.

EDIT: I'm not sure how the voting worked,as it shows both number of votes, and ranking. Seems somewhat unusual.

[gustavo]

Any poll which is done over the internet in this format, where anybody can vote, even if they haven't seen all the movies on the list, or worse, there is no list, is terribly flawed.

Any list of "best" movies compiled by professional movie critics is always very different from one compiled by "layviewers".

I'm not saying the list compiled by the pro's is always more accurate, but it would be compiled by more experienced and knowledgeable movie-watchers. I'd trust it.l.
Judging the merits of films is subjective though , so no list can ever hope to be "accurate"

[osarusan]

Judging the merits of films is subjective though , so no list can ever hope to be "accurate"

I agree that things which rely on personal taste can never be fully objective, but it is a dangerous, and in my opinion, lazy, option to take.

Does the same rationale apply to football? Would you argue with the statement that "Kilbane is as good as Ronaldinho."

If compiling a list of the top five players in the EPL, would you prefer the input of Jamie Redknapp or Harry Redknapp?

If discussing music, whose opinion on great songs would you consider more valid - Mick Jagger or Christina Aguilera?

I think it isn't unreasonable to say that there are people who have studied film, are aware of techniques used in films, who understand processes which happen in films, and who can understand how certain things which happen on screen are reflections of work done behind the camera. If a group of such people got together and created a list of criteria which was broad enough to cover every kind of film, and based on those criteria they agreed upon a list of films they felt, as objectively as possible, to be the best films ever, I'd trust it more than this thread, for example.

[shakermaker1982]

Good to see Memento in the top 50! Not too sure about the LOTR movies placed above classics such as Taxi Driver, Apoc Now and Raging bull but that is just my opinion.