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Films i liked:)
A Simple Plan : what happens when a group of people find a load of money in the woods , great performance from Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade , another great Billy Bob one , he plays a simple man who is released from an institution after murdering his mother as a child.
Barton Fink : another Cohen Bros one featuring a nice turn by John Goodman.
Dumb and Dumber : just love this , cant have all highbrow stuff :D
Of the ones mentioned above:
City of God.
Internal Affairs.
In recent years best movie i've seen was Downfall
Of current releases i've seen Zodiac which is fairly good if not great.
I think as a set the Coen Brother movies are hard to beat.
I Went Down - Overlooked Irish comedy. Brendan Gleeson is excellent.
The Sure Thing - A young John Cusack stars in this "Road Movie" / comedy. A funny Tim Robbins cameo role in there too.
The Grifter - Another early John Cusack role.
Rounders - Not sure if this is too "Mainstream" - but a good film about Poker players.
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Originally Posted by jebus
talking about Humpry Bogary, def recommend the Treasure of Sierra Madre, great movie , a Hueston special
also...... Requiem for a Dream is brilliant, but very hard to watch, the scene in the end where the one (Connolly) is doing her stuff infront of all the guys is quite disturbing, a better movie about drugs and its effects than trainspotting (which isnt bad either) me thinks
Have the box set with Powaqqatsi and Kooyaanisqqatsi prefered Powaqqatsi myself. Have you seen Naqoyqatsi? I guy I know saw it whislst he worked in the U.S. he reckons it the best of the lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeard
Have you seen Baraka? If you like Powaqqatsi and Kooyaanisqqatsi it will be right up your alley.
Powaqqatsi is th biz alright, I am just possibly more of a pessimist than you are:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
I got hold of Naqoyqatsi too. I didn't enjoy it as much as the other two - it was kind of like Tubular Bells III: This Time It's Ibiza if you catch my drift. I do think it has great merit, I just reckon I'd need to see it on the big screen or be stoned to get the most out of it.
Mad keen to see Baraka - heard great things about that!
Some great selections on here alright.
If you've never seen Donnie Darko (I was one of the few who saw the original release in the IFI) its brilliant.
Also highly recommend V for Vendetta, Little Miss Sunshine, Hard Candy
La Haine and Doctor Stragelove are true greats.
I'm struggling to come up with something original here.
If your into early horror/slasher/rape revenge films (more from a studying than entertainment perspective) see I Spit on Your Grave or The Last House on the Left (early Wes Craven). For a more entertaining Wes Craven see The People Under the Stairs (a personal favourite).
If you haven't seen Hellraiser you should (Clive Barker is a genius, read some of his stuff).
You and me both, check out the 25th anniversary DVD, a bit odd to watch it without "Leonardo" doing Kaneda's voice.Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Hard Candy's been mentioned a few times, check out The Woodsman if you can, possibly the hardest film to watch I've ever sat through. The woman sitting next to me was visibly upset at the end of it.
Very good choice 79!
Sympathy for the Woodsman?
I saw it in the Kino in Cork when it was given it's limited cinema release, and I have to say I enjoyed it at first, but then I got to thinking.....if the rabbit (can't remember his name) pulled Donnie out of the house, so that he could see life and how the rabbit and his girlfriend die, so that he would realise that he needs to make the sacrifice of finding the worm hole so that he can go back and put himself back in his house on the night the rabbit pulled him out of it to save his life, well.....what's the bloody point? it just doesn't make sense at the end of the day, so I've been turned off the movie sinceQuote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Oh and I agree 110% with People Under The Stairs, been a favourite of mine for many a year now
Not defending it, just saying it's an excellent film, but be warned, it is extremely difficult to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Speaking of extremely difficult to watch has anyone ever seen Irreversible? The French movie starring Monica Belucci? It has a 8 minute rape scene, and another particularly disturbing incident (I won't say cause it might ruin a bit of the film for you). That and the Warzone have to be the most disturbing movies I've ever witnessed (although the surgery scene in Harc Candy would rank up there as well)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
It probably raises as many questions as it does answers. Is the sacrifice worth it all? In all likelihood the outcome of his actions is that a paedophile will now be undetected and his family will be devastated. Is the great romantic gesture just a farce, the easy way out? Still a completely great film as far as I'm concerned. I've always avoided watching the directors cut due to a few reports that it alters the film too much and a lot of the magic is lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Boondock Saints
Been a while since I saw this, but thought it was pretty good.
I saw Old Boy - brilliant flick. Great revelation at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I've heard nothing but praise for it.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Dodge
Agreed with BP. It's gotten a lot of praise. It's a good film, but it's widely overrated now.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
It made his death mean something. He chose to die so that several others, including people he loved, wouldn't have to.Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Has anyone mentioned Battle Royal? Cracking film. Make sure it's the first one though. Reports on the sequel are not good.
But why bring him out of the house in the first place, to show him he has to die? That's a real lazy excuse to be honest, I mean that infers a conscious afterlife where Donnie would be walking around, ****ed off that he died in such a ridiculous manner. Plus all movies with time travel fall into the trap of history repeating itself. I mean since Donnie died in his house that night, that means he doesn't shoot the rabbit, so the rabbit isn't dead and can't come back to him to pull him out of the house in the first placeQuote:
Originally Posted by John83
Don't watch the sequel is all I can say. Also I'm gonna steer clear of the American rip off version, The Condemned, starring none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin of WWF fame!Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Donnie Darko: My theory is that he never leaves the house and the whole film is a hallucination in the moments before his death to allow him to come to terms with his end.
You can say the same thing about the jet engine - without which, he'll live to meet Gretchen, Frank, et al, and his mother and sister will be on that plane when the storm hits. Or will they? How much did Frank change things by speaking with Donnie?Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Chicken and egg plot problems are almost impossible to avoid if you're going to make a complex time travel story. The story isn't clear. That's half the fun.
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Originally Posted by gustavo
The book is much better. Another great book made into a decent film is Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood. The book is by Denis Lehane, and I highly recommend it (I know the thread is about films, but hell.....) A truly great film IMO, is Once Upon A Time In America. De Niro at his best, and better than the Godfather films if you ask me. In more recent times, Training Day, with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke is excellent. Not really into subtitles, but I did see City of God, and agree it's very good.
Buy it, borrow it or steal it ,An absolute jem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeard
just finished watching it earlier... was ok, worth a watch but wasnt mind-blowing..... its the only film listed here ive found on tv-links...there was another one/two but links were dead....Quote:
Originally Posted by harry crumb
i watched 20mins of donnie darko bout 2yrs ago and taught it was terrible and knocked it off(and i rarely do that with a film) but im gonna give it a 2nd go since everyone here is talking bout it(its on TV links and working!)
its worth giving it a second chance. Its an excellent movie though im not sure about Partisans theory on it :) .... i bought the directors cut dvd and t goes far further into the explanations of characters and their roles and the book The Philosophy of Time Travel. The original cut is probably just as good though as it allows you to explore your own theories as to what just happened. Fantastic 80s soundtrack too.Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
John83, i havent heard much on 28 Weeks Later. 28 Days later was a magic film but i cant see how this "hollywoodified" sequel can be up to much. But i just had a quick gander on imdb and it seems to have got some good reviews so maybe i will put my prejudices behind me and check it out.
Channel 4 did a "50 Films to See Before You Die" recently, two that caught my eye were:
Hero - looks like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon only better. Gorgeous cinematography from the clips they showed. Think Tarantino was one of the producers.
Come And See - very very very heavy WW2 film about partisans on the Eastern Front. Apparently they tried hypnotising the kid who plays the lead role to try and protect him from the trauma of some of the scenes he had to film.
Anyone seen either?
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Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub
Prefered house of flying daggers myself.
Zatoichi is a martial arts film worth watching. About a blind samurai. The latest version stars Takeshi Kitano (sp?) of Battle Royale fame. Aparantly he's a pop culture hero in Japan, loads of old TV movies of this character.
We've gone all Japanese-y all of a sudden.
Probably the most excruciating scene I've ever watched was in Audition - a cracking Japanese flick, that starts off like a rather po-faced romance, before turning rather suddenly - invite a girlfriend who knows nothing about it to watch it and wait for the last 30 minutes.
Other great Jap flicks would have to include the hard to locate (when I got it) Suicide Circle, Akira Kurosawa's Macbeth re-imagining Throne of Blood, Gojirro (or Godzilla to the rest of us), and more recently Gozu - David Lynch with subtitles!
I also really enjoyed Lady Vengence, a brilliantly funny and achingly sore film from Korea.
Neish - I'll be annoying a bloke with a fantastic DVD collection about Baraka today!
I have come and see at home yea its hard viewing but brilliant , its from the 70's or 80's im not sure , but they did stuff like use live ammo to give it a more realistic feel !! . One of the few movies where your really wondering whats going to happen not just at the end but in the next two minutes all the way through .Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr.Nightdub
Hero i havent seen it was going to be on my to do list but if tarintino had anything to do with it ill give it a miss too good films is all he has made and as for kill bill there is only about 5 seconds of good cinematography in it flipping awfull movies . Ive never been so annoyed at a movie wasting my time untill the Lord of the rings crap came along .
If you want a good movie Kung fu hussle its everything kill bill isnt , funny exciting, great fight scences & great effects
I saw Hero, and thought it was terrific.
I'd rate the Kill Bill movies as among Tarantino's finest moments.
Yep, along with Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs and Jackie Brown.Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
Special mention to True Romance too :p
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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
:eek: They are awfull , poorly acted, poorly written, poorly shot about 1 film too long , remeber the scene where she meets the kid gringe its so bad . :o
i actually went red i was so embarressed for them
Tarrintino is to movies as razor ruddock is to silky skills
On what basis are you saying they were poorly shot? I have a bit of experience in this area and I know quite a few people in the business and no one would have that opinion of Kill Bill.Quote:
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I've just added you to the ignore list for moviesQuote:
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Hidden (Cache) is another I'd add to the list.
13 as well.
Someone mentioned The Castle which is probably the funniest film I've ever seen (apart from the Python Movies)
Watched a good one the other night called In My Country, John Boorman movie about the truth & reconciliation comittee in SA after the end of Apartheid, Sam Jackson & Juliette Binoche star and it's very good.
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Originally Posted by Dodge
There is one good shot , when uma goes out into the snow to fight lucy lu thats it and that only last a few seconds everything else is just not good .Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsPartisan
All he does is rip off japanesse cinema and he does it poorly at that , Its like going to see a poor cover band and calling them legends because they have great lyrics :rolleyes:
I can see why people could find the first movie entertaining but the 2nd one isnt even that . But all this bull that he is a great writter director , come on kill bill was full of drivel dialogue .
As ive allready said get Hung fu Hussle and you ll see what he was trying to do and then you ll see how far off the mark he is .
Tarintino makes movies for 12 year old boys ( the dumb ones at that )
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Originally Posted by anto1208
Come And See (title comes from the opening words of the Book of Revelation) is an incredible movie. Made in the USSR (Belarus more specifically) in 1985. The lad playing the lead role is only 16 (playing a 14 year old) and you can see his face turn from a childs to an old mans as the film progresses.
It's reckoned to be a major influence on later hollywood blockbusters Schindlers List and especially Saving Private Ryan.
I bought it on DVD about a year ago. Cost me thirty bucks or more and worth every bit of it.
Just thought of another one. Ghost Dog. Great soundtrack by Robert Diggs AKA the RZA too.
Now thats class film makingQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Same here cost me 30 odd snots , some sick stuff the bit in the village with the pile of dead bodies behind the house and the fly's .
I think ill root it out later have a look at it upscaled to high def 1081 on the ps3 with the surround sound , ive only seen it on a normall DVD player...... yeah thats my night planned ( and soupy norman of course )