I'm not feeling too well lately, i feel like not leaving my room a lot in the near future, and i'd want to watch some films. I made a blog about nordic mytholgy films, but i couldnt find too much which i havent knew already, so let's widen up this a bit:
I do not want to watch comedies, i do not feel like laughing in the next year or so (ok, you get the idea, dont take it word-by-word). romance, and that kind of things is out of question.
What i do like. Good films in general, even if i dont like a topic i can always appreciate a well directed film or very good performance from the actors.
More specifically. I like gangster movies, because the distinction between good and evil isn't too clear, "original" characters might appear, unlike in many other chategories where you got to have the hot women, the evil villain, the wannabe, the old teacher, the funny guy, the slutty woman etc... BUT i dont think you can recommend me anything new. here's a quickly made list of what i watched (and liked, mostly) + Show Spoiler +
Scarface, The Godfather-s, Citade de deus, Once upon a time in America, Carlito's way, Casino, Goodfelas, Heat, Snatch, The departed, Gangs of New York, The untouchables (eh, not quite that, but still), The Sopranos (i know it's a serial) I dont remember any others right now, so, feel free to suggest
I like fantasy. yeah, i know what most ppl think about it, but still, i have a thing for dragons, wizards, and the whole medieval atmosphere, epic battles and whatnot. Ring of the Nibelungs, LotR, you know these kind of things.
I always liked history and mythology. Really, any kind of mytholgy, but it turns out that there arent many films about it. If you can recommend me any greek/roman, northic, egyptian japanese chinese or other mythology films, in which actual myths are used, gods appear etc feel free to recommend it to me. I mentioned history, not many good films regarding that topic, i absolutely hate everything connected to WW2 and holocaust, it's so overused and mythified yet wants to sound realistic and exagerations and distortions, i'm just sick of it. Going further back like medieval, antic history, that already merges with mythology and fantasy. I like epicness till it doesnt turn to ridicule.
Horror, thriller, crime, action, psychology.
I like them. However those which are well structured, well thought out, and not produced on the idea "the more blood and chicks we get in it the better it sells". Some examples, The others, Blair which project, the first second any maybe third Saw, The butterfly effect, Se7en, Face/Off, One flew over the cacoo's nest, many others which bring something original and work it out. You know films which force you to think hard while watching, films which (might) scare you without 50 liters of blood, a dozen severed limbs and young bitches screaming. For example i didnt like: Wrong Turn, hmm, this is hard i somehow forget the crappy movies, but in general, films which are filled with clishes, that bring nothing new, use lot of the existing ideas and try to sell it with more explotions, more blood, more whores, more stupid wimples etc...
Utopias and sci-fictions. My problem with them is that i usually pick on the mistakes in a film. And 99% of this kind of movies arent consistent, arent well structured, condtradict themselves, ignore rules of the nature, are not realistic. + Show Spoiler +
Ok, they do not have to be, you might say. I can accept premises like there's life on Pluto let's say. But i cannot accept that the alien life form looks 99% the same as humans and can easely communicate with them. I can accept that an alien race comes to conquer the Earth, but i cannot accept that they are defeated by the Earth's atmosphere or water. (WTF, if the only thing that kills you is water, why the heck you'd want a conquer a planet which surface is mostly water)
. Some have good ideas which could work out well, but usually those aren't finished cuz the film sells even if it's not perfectly done, because it's based on a good idea, and most ppl arent paying attention anyways.
I really like good actors. Jack Nicholson for example, i remember watching an otherwise terrible movie, just because he played so good. (+ Show Spoiler +
on a side note, sometimes soundtrack can do the same trick too, so yeah, movies with awesome soundracks are welcome tooo
) Al Pacino + Robert de Niro. Di Caprio and Brad Pitt (hey! i'm not gay, i know most ppl think of them as ladymen which they might be, but they played really really well in some of the films i saw), Edward Norton, and let's add an actress Helena Bonham Carter.
I know it's long, if you skipped to the bottom, here's the bottom line: Recommend me a good movie without clishes.
And i'm sorry for the use of various notions for prostitute, it just turned out like this, i dont really want to edit, it takes away the authenticity of my blog
EDIT: and this blog is about Hollywood movies, i watch several non-hollywood productions but it would be hard and long to discuss it here
On July 13 2010 00:25 Frobert wrote: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or The Departed.
Or, from the looks of your list of actors, just watch Fight Club again.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - it s funny because i started to dl this film but it doesnt wanna come down
The Departed - already saw it, i think it's on my list too
About the actors, yes, it looks like they are picked out from 3 films in total. However it's not important that one of them to be in the film, i'm sure there are actors like them or different in a good way, who i dont really know.
i recently saw this movie, and it's awesome. nicholas cage is hit or miss, but he puts on a good show here. werner herzog is pretty dependable for great films
I went and pulled out a few suggestions from my personal DVD collection based on what I've read here.
I'll start with the one pure sci-fi suggestion, Blade Runner. It's one of Harrison Ford's earlier works. Cyberpunk at its finest. A very gritty futuristic setting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
Now I'll use another sort of sci-fi movie as a transition, called Outlander. A good description of this one is "Beowulf meets Predator". Set during the reign of the Vikings, and infuses a slight sci-fi twist to things. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462465/
Next I'll recommend a movie based on events that inspired a slightly more modern myth, Arthurian legends. The movie is simply called King Arthur. Uses the decline of the Roman Empire as the backdrop. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/
And speaking of the Roman Empire, I am going to suggest not a movie but a mini-series called Empire. Revolves around events immediately following the assassination of Caesar. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403759/
And while I do have more to recommend. I'm going to stop here because trying to do this from my phone is a royal pain in the ass. I may edit, or post more later if I can get at a regular computer.
On July 13 2010 01:42 Dukat wrote: I went and pulled out a few suggestions from my personal DVD collection based on what I've read here.
I'll start with the one pure sci-fi suggestion, Blade Runner. It's one of Harrison Ford's earlier works. Cyberpunk at its finest. A very gritty futuristic setting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
Now I'll use another sort of sci-fi movie as a transition, called Outlander. A good description of this one is "Beowulf meets Predator". Set during the reign of the Vikings, and infuses a slight sci-fi twist to things. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462465/
Next I'll recommend a movie based on events that inspired a slightly more modern myth, Arthurian legends. The movie is simply called King Arthur. Uses the decline of the Roman Empire as the backdrop. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/
And speaking of the Roman Empire, I am going to suggest not a movie but a mini-series called Empire. Revolves around events immediately following the assassination of Caesar. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403759/
And while I do have more to recommend. I'm going to stop here because trying to do this from my phone is a royal pain in the ass. I may edit, or post more later if I can get at a regular computer.
Blade Runner -> i think i heard about it, gonna check Outlander -> Saw it, yeah Beowolf meets Predator, thing is i dont really like either King Arthur -> probably saw it, either that or sg like that, but it was a while back, so OK Empire -> i might give this one a go too, but some movies first
Further recommendations are welcome
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans -> nicholas cage really is hit or miss, more likely miss, but there's Eva Mendes, who actually isnt bad, sounds like it might be good
Infernal Affairs - i ll surely chek out the first, if i like it the rest too ofc
On July 13 2010 02:19 samachking wrote: A Beautiful Mind GATTACA Life is Beautiful (Italian Movie-La vita e bella) The Prestige City of God( Brazilian Movie I think?- Cicade no Deus?)
I highly recommend all of those movies, and I think they are worth watching.
A beautiful mind -> saw it, liked it Gattaca -> never ever heard of it, got to look it up Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title The prestige -> saw it, liked it (was a bit messed up at a point but still) City of Gods (Citade de Deus) -> it s on my list in the blog
Well as far as serials goes I think everyone owes it to themselves to watch the The Wire, but if you want movies here goes. Hmm it seems like your watched list is mostly ganster movies. I will try to give you something different.
Brazil - Movie about a 1984ish dystopian bureaucracy, and a man's somewhat pathetic attempt to break free of it. Directed by Terry Gilliam. If you can appreciate the menacing absurdism someone like Gilliam brings to the table you will not forget this movie. At the very least should be able to appreciate how fully realized his world is and marvel at the attention to detail in the imagery. Deals with themes like escapism, loss of individuality etc. Includes the greatest Robert DeNiro bit part of the 80s.
The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Epic spaghetti western. It seems the popular opinion is that Once Upon a Time in the West is the magnum opus of the genre, but I still like this film better. If you're up for a beautiful looking movie with an epic scope this is for you. One of the most well directed movies I've seen. I see you have seen Once Upon a Time in America so you must be somewhat familiar with Sergio Leone's epic storytelling.
Have you seen Apocalypse Now? Probably the best war movie ever made. It's basically an adaption of Heart of Darkness set during Vietnam. Much more than your average war movie.
As far as gangster movies I recommend L.A Confidential and Chinatown. Both movies set in different periods of L.A's history. Both deal with conspiracy and have a noir setting. Chinatown more so than L.A Confidential. They feature actors like Kevin Space and Jack Nicholson at their best.
As for mythology Pan's Labrynth is probably the best blend of mythology and real world issues that I have seen recently. It is worth checking out. It uses the mythological elements as a form of escapism during the Spanish Civil War. It doesn't pull its punches and doesn't coddle its audience. The ending is wonderfully vague too. I guess you interpretation of what type of movie it is depends on your mental state when you view it.
Sadly norse mythology is hard come by in good movies. LoTR would be your best bet on the norse mythology angle, but the adaption sort of ignores it's mythology roots to go for pure spectacle. I would check out Smultronstället, (Wild Strawberries) and The Seventh Sealby Ingmar Bergman if you're in to meditative self discovery. Nothing to do with Norse Mythology but I guess I had that part of Europe on my brain.
I will end by second Bladerunner and Bad Lieutenant. Blade Runner is a classic and while Nicholas Cage may be hit or miss Herzog is always worth checking out. Plus this is Cage at his best if you dig crazy Cage.
On July 13 2010 03:38 Aquafresh wrote: Well as far as serials goes I think everyone owes it to themselves to watch the The Wire, but if you want movies here goes. Hmm it seems like your watched list is mostly ganster movies. I will try to give you something different.
Brazil - Movie about a 1984ish dystopian bureaucracy, and a man's somewhat pathetic attempt to break free of it. Directed by Terry Gilliam. If you can appreciate the menacing absurdism someone like Gilliam brings to the table you will not forget this movie. At the very least should be able to appreciate how fully realized his world is and marvel at the attention to detail in the imagery. Deals with themes like escapism, loss of individuality etc. Includes the greatest Robert DeNiro bit part of the 80s.
The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Epic spaghetti western. It seems the popular opinion is that Once Upon a Time in the West is the magnum opus of the genre, but I still like this film better. If you're up for a beautiful looking movie with an epic scope this is for you. One of the most well directed movies I've seen. I see you have seen Once Upon a Time in America so you must be somewhat familiar with Sergio Leone's epic storytelling.
Have you seen Apocalypse Now? Probably the best war movie ever made. It's basically an adaption of Heart of Darkness set during Vietnam. Much more than your average war movie.
As far as gangster movies I recommend L.A Confidential and Chinatown. Both movies set in different periods of L.A's history. Both deal with conspiracy and have a noir setting. Chinatown more so than L.A Confidential. They feature actors like Kevin Space and Jack Nicholson at their best.
As for mythology Pan's Labrynth is probably the best blend of mythology and real world issues that I have seen recently. It is worth checking out. It uses the mythological elements as a form of escapism during the Spanish Civil War. It doesn't pull its punches and doesn't coddle its audience. The ending is wonderfully vague too. I guess you interpretation of what type of movie it is depends on your mental state when you view it.
Sadly norse mythology is hard come by in good movies. LoTR would be your best bet on the norse mythology angle, but the adaption sort of ignores it's mythology roots to go for pure spectacle. I would check out Smultronstället, (Wild Strawberries) and The Seventh Sealby Ingmar Bergman if you're in to meditative self discovery. Nothing to do with Norse Mythology but I guess I had that part of Europe on my brain.
I will end by second Bladerunner and Bad Lieutenant. Blade Runner is a classic and while Nicholas Cage may be hit or miss Herzog is always worth checking out. Plus this is Cage at his best if you dig crazy Cage.
Brazil - i like your prezentations, gonna watch The Good the Bad and the Ugly - saw it ofc Apocalypse now - sounds familiar, i ll chek it out LA Confidential and Chinatown - i'm pretty sure at some point i wanted to watch these but forgot about them, so thanks Pan's Labyrinth- similar as above Smultronstället and The Sevneth Sea - i like the titles and the said topic, so i ll put them on my list, thank you
i just have to recommend ROME. it is a TV-series but it's realy high quality (got 9.2/10 on imdb).
quote from a imdb reviewer: Political intrigue, great acting, sex, violence (the hand to hand type not the I'll shoot ya from a mile away kind), booze, gambling, prostitution, HOT HOT women, macho guys, murder, what's there not to like?!
some other suggestions you might check out: - Fargo - Goodfellas - Snatch - RocknRolla - Barry Lyndon
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird : awesome korean western. Rocknrolla : A great movie by Guy Ritchie. A must see if you liked Snatch.
On July 13 2010 02:29 Geo.Rion wrote: Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title
Your remark is retarded. This is one of the best european movie ever. He suggested you an amazing movie you haven't seen, and you just say there is no way you watch it just because of the title ? o.o
On July 13 2010 17:14 endy wrote: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird : awesome korean western. Rocknrolla : A great movie by Guy Ritchie. A must see if you liked Snatch.
On July 13 2010 02:29 Geo.Rion wrote: Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title
Your remark is retarded. This is one of the best european movie ever. He suggested you an amazing movie you haven't seen, and you just say there is no way you watch it just because of the title ? o.o
the remark is not retarded. It might be a good film, but right now i'm feeling that life isnt beautiful at all, not the slightest, not a bit. It almost hurts to read a title like that, this just isnt the right time for that movie for me
On July 13 2010 17:14 endy wrote: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird : awesome korean western. Rocknrolla : A great movie by Guy Ritchie. A must see if you liked Snatch.
On July 13 2010 02:29 Geo.Rion wrote: Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title
Your remark is retarded. This is one of the best european movie ever. He suggested you an amazing movie you haven't seen, and you just say there is no way you watch it just because of the title ? o.o
the remark is not retarded. It might be a good film, but right now i'm feeling that life isnt beautiful at all, not the slightest, not a bit. It almost hurts to read a title like that, this just isnt the right time for that movie for me
Who knows? It could be a satirical movie. I haven't watched it so I don't know. But I agree, your prejudice is retarded.
On July 13 2010 17:14 endy wrote: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird : awesome korean western. Rocknrolla : A great movie by Guy Ritchie. A must see if you liked Snatch.
On July 13 2010 02:29 Geo.Rion wrote: Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title
Your remark is retarded. This is one of the best european movie ever. He suggested you an amazing movie you haven't seen, and you just say there is no way you watch it just because of the title ? o.o
the remark is not retarded. It might be a good film, but right now i'm feeling that life isnt beautiful at all, not the slightest, not a bit. It almost hurts to read a title like that, this just isnt the right time for that movie for me
Who knows? It could be a satirical movie. I haven't watched it so I don't know. But I agree, your prejudice is retarded.
retarded or not, i wont watch it now, maybe later, there are thing which you just cannot do sometimes. Say your gf dumps you, her name being Jasmine Alba, and you refuse to watch films with Jessica Alba. Logical? no? Retarded? Maybe. Understandable? Totally imo
On July 13 2010 20:25 tyCe wrote: 12 Angry Men City of God The Godfather I & II The Pianist The Damned United Mongol Citizen Kane
12 angry men- saw it, good film the next 2(3) are on my list above in the blog (saw them) The Pianist - i saw about 1 million films about holocaust or stuff related to them, no more in the next decade, i had enough. I heard actually this one is good, but i heard that too many times already. The Damned United - football, idk, maybe later Mongol - gonna look it up Citizen Kane- it's so damn famous i cant believe i didnt watch it yet, somehow i'm afraid of this, idk why. Maybe because it's old and i might find it boring which would be quite a bummer as many great critics love it. Eventually i got to watch it
On July 13 2010 21:03 Cauld wrote: I saw you liked gangster movies, but you haven't watched one of my favorite gangster movie of all time: Miller's Crossing
If you like Resevoir Dog and Usual Suspects, have you seen Boondock Saints? And also, before I get into too many more recommendations, I should ask your stand on martial arts films.
On July 13 2010 17:14 endy wrote: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird : awesome korean western. Rocknrolla : A great movie by Guy Ritchie. A must see if you liked Snatch.
On July 13 2010 02:29 Geo.Rion wrote: Life is beautiful -> right now there s 0% i d watch a film with that title
Your remark is retarded. This is one of the best european movie ever. He suggested you an amazing movie you haven't seen, and you just say there is no way you watch it just because of the title ? o.o
the remark is not retarded. It might be a good film, but right now i'm feeling that life isnt beautiful at all, not the slightest, not a bit. It almost hurts to read a title like that, this just isnt the right time for that movie for me
Watch it, trust me, you'd be surprised.
Dont judge a book by its cover. Also, its better watching the movie without knowing what is it about.
On July 13 2010 23:09 Dukat wrote: If you like Resevoir Dog and Usual Suspects, have you seen Boondock Saints? And also, before I get into too many more recommendations, I should ask your stand on martial arts films.
i'm watching RD tonight i loved The Usual Suspects so ill check that out
martial art films, idk, havent watched too many, as for those which i watched i have mixed feeling. Most of them tend to be boring, redundant or ridiculous but there were a couple which i liked, especially if there are swords involved too. I recently saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, i think it was decent, in the distant past i remember watching Legend of the Zu, and another one, i m not sure about the title though. In Hungarian it was "Journey to the West" in Romanian it was " The monkey king", and it had a different English title. At least that's how i remember. I'm absolutely sure i watched more of the classic kung-fu style movies, but i dont remember titles anymore. If you are familiar with that stuff recommend some good ones, worst thing could be i wont like it
No problem, a couple of really good ones have already been suggested, both Bruce Lee films. If you are watching a Bruce Lee movie, one thing to keep in mind is that none of his action sequences are sped up.
I would also suggest some more classics of the samurai movies. Start with Seven Samurai, be careful if you get this through "alternate" methods there is an anime series based on the movie. It's a longer movie, but one of the great classics. Well worth looking into.
I'll also suggest Sanjuro and Yojimbo. Both are stories about the same rogue samurai, he prefers to solve problems with his mind instead of his sword.
There's also the very popular film series about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. There are many films about him out there.
A break from Japanese movies, and onto one I actually just watched yesterday. A Korean movie about a period in time before Korea existed as Korea, the Shadowless Sword; Legend of the Shadowless Sword in US. An interesting story about the kingdom that eventually became Korea.
Another Korean film, The Warrior. Another legend from Korean history, involving Korea attempting to foster peace with the new Ming Dynasty, and a small band of warriors having to rescue the Ming princess.
(Side note: the company behind both of these movies should be familiar to us all here, CJ Entertainment)
And now a Chinese movie, Legend of the Black Scorpion. A martial arts film inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet.
If you like any or all of these let me know, I can keep the suggestions coming.
On July 14 2010 02:15 Dukat wrote: No problem, a couple of really good ones have already been suggested, both Bruce Lee films. If you are watching a Bruce Lee movie, one thing to keep in mind is that none of his action sequences are sped up.
I would also suggest some more classics of the samurai movies. Start with Seven Samurai, be careful if you get this through "alternate" methods there is an anime series based on the movie. It's a longer movie, but one of the great classics. Well worth looking into.
I'll also suggest Sanjuro and Yojimbo. Both are stories about the same rogue samurai, he prefers to solve problems with his mind instead of his sword.
There's also the very popular film series about Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman. There are many films about him out there.
A break from Japanese movies, and onto one I actually just watched yesterday. A Korean movie about a period in time before Korea existed as Korea, the Shadowless Sword; Legend of the Shadowless Sword in US. An interesting story about the kingdom that eventually became Korea.
Another Korean film, The Warrior. Another legend from Korean history, involving Korea attempting to foster peace with the new Ming Dynasty, and a small band of warriors having to rescue the Ming princess.
(Side note: the company behind both of these movies should be familiar to us all here, CJ Entertainment)
And now a Chinese movie, Legend of the Black Scorpion. A martial arts film inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet.
If you like any or all of these let me know, I can keep the suggestions coming.
I saw the Seven Samurais (i actually saw a western which was exactly like that, dont know which stole the idea from the other), as for the others, lot of names, the Shadowless Sword really aroused my curiosity. The thing is though i m not sure how available these movies are. In my town you can hardly buy and real good films on DVD and i'm not that great with downloading as i dont do it often and there s a bunch of fake stuff out there or good stuff witch arent seeded. I ll see what i can do about it.
Personally I'm not a fan of Life is Beautiful. I can't stand Roberto Benigni. Plus the whole movie has a serious case of tonal whiplash. It makes the holocaust look like a crappy low paying job as it plays around with all these whimsical sentimental scenes then sucker punches you at the end. Also it is probably one of the worst Oscar snubs of all time with Benigni winning over Tom Hanks, (Saving Private Ryan) Edward Norton, (Amercan History X) Nick Nolte, (Affliction) and Ian McKellan (Gods and Monsters). Anyway the OP said he didn't want to watch holocaust films so I'm not sure why people are recommending it.
Back on topic though I would add Ran and Rashomon to your list if you are doing Kurosawa movies. Rashomon is the original same story multiple points of view crime movie, and Ran is basically King Lear set in feudal Japan. I think the Western you are thinking of is The Magnificent Seven, which was an adaption of Seven Samurai. Both are good though. Also I don't see Taxi Driver on there. It is worth watching especially if you are a DeNiro fan.
On July 14 2010 05:36 Aquafresh wrote: Personally I'm not a fan of Life is Beautiful. I can't stand Roberto Benigni. Plus the whole movie has a serious case of tonal whiplash. It makes the holocaust look like a crappy low paying job as it plays around with all these whimsical sentimental scenes then sucker punches you at the end. Also it is probably one of the worst Oscar snubs of all time with Benigni winning over Tom Hanks, (Saving Private Ryan) Edward Norton, (Amercan History X) Nick Nolte, (Affliction) and Ian McKellan (Gods and Monsters). Anyway the OP said he didn't want to watch holocaust films so I'm not sure why people are recommending it.
Back on topic though I would add Ran and Rashomon to your list if you are doing Kurosawa movies. Rashomon is the original same story multiple points of view crime movie, and Ran is basically King Lear set in feudal Japan. I think the Western you are thinking of is The Magnificent Seven, which was an adaption of Seven Samurai. Both are good though. Also I don't see Taxi Driver on there. It is worth watching especially if you are a DeNiro fan.
ok, thanks for clarifing that. I saw the Taxi Driver there were many good parts but many "ohh, idk about this, it's kinda stupid" parts. Gonna look up the other 2 titles, if i can get a hold on them
OK, so some feedback, so you dont think i'm just randomly blogging for no reason I watched some of the recommended films, those which i could find with my limited possibilities, here's some feedback:
Pan's Labyrinth - not what i expected but truly amazing, loved it Apocalypse now- let me say this, i think it's a good movie, i did not enjoy it at all, idk what the problem really was, too much explosions, too long? Or i was bored, didnt care, it just didnt caught me Wild Strawberies- really not what i expected, i didnt mind watching it, it wasnt entertaining, but it was good Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino. Pretty much what i expected, woth watching L.A Confidential - really good, but with that plot and that actor lineup it was bound to success Chinatown - jesus, this was bad, i had high hopes for this one, given J. Nicholson was in it, but everything beside him was bad in this movie. Fake scenes, stupid story, clishes all over the place, really bad. Miller's Cross- this was a good movie, sometimes i was a bit like "naah, i dont like that" on the other hand awesome scenes were more frequent, and overall it was good. I had a feeling at many times as if i was watching the taxi driver or Once upon a time in America, i dont really know why Bad Lieutant Port of call New orleans: Well, wasnt bad, i dont really liked the topic, but the film was woth a watch, N. Cage sometimes plays well
i'm trying to get some others from the ones already mentioned, keep up the recommendations, i really care about them
Uhhmm, Chinatown is one of the best noir movies ever made.
Anyway, here's some movies that you probably haven't encountered yet, but fit some of your parameters and are dramatically different than what people have recommended so far:
The Big Sleep: Classic Humphrey Bogart movie. It was written by William Faulkner and is classic noir in the sense that it's not too big on having a linear plot, it's more about the cool tone and the witty banter of Bogie's excellent Phillip Marlowe. If you're turned off by its age (1946), don't be because Bogie is surprisingly modern in his acting. Bogart is basically gangster as fuck, and everybody has been swinging from his nuts since.
Le Samourai: Another noir movie, but this came out in 1967. Again, noir films are not big on plot. They are more like poems in the way that their meaning is sensed and not necessarily spelled out for the viewer. The way this movie is shot is superb, highly original and stylish. This movie is centered around the handsome and cool assassin played by French actor Alain Delon. As with the previous movie, this one also involves hot chicks pining for our inaccessible hero, who makes smoking look cooler than it should and occasionally kills people.
Also, you didn't mention any Stanley Kubrick movies besides "The Shining", so here are some to watch.
A Clockwork Orange: IMO, one of the best movies ever made. Dr. Strangelove: Best satire ever filmed. The actor, Peter Sellers, plays multiple characters in this movie and is fucking genius. A shame he never did anything else this good.
On July 18 2010 06:14 A3iL3r0n wrote: Uhhmm, Chinatown is one of the best noir movies ever made.
Anyway, here's some movies that you probably haven't encountered yet, but fit some of your parameters and are dramatically different than what people have recommended so far:
The Big Sleep: Classic Humphrey Bogart movie. It was written by William Faulkner and is classic noir in the sense that it's not too big on having a linear plot, it's more about the cool tone and the witty banter of Bogie's excellent Phillip Marlowe. If you're turned off by its age (1946), don't be because Bogie is surprisingly modern in his acting. Bogart is basically gangster as fuck, and everybody has been swinging from his nuts since.
Le Samourai: Another noir movie, but this came out in 1967. Again, noir films are not big on plot. They are more like poems in the way that their meaning is sensed and not necessarily spelled out for the viewer. The way this movie is shot is superb, highly original and stylish. This movie is centered around the handsome and cool assassin played by French actor Alain Delon. As with the previous movie, this one also involves hot chicks pining for our inaccessible hero, who makes smoking look cooler than it should and occasionally kills people.
Also, you didn't mention any Stanley Kubrick movies besides "The Shining", so here are some to watch.
A Clockwork Orange: IMO, one of the best movies ever made. Dr. Strangelove: Best satire ever filmed. The actor, Peter Sellers, plays multiple characters in this movie and is fucking genius. A shame he never did anything else this good.
Oh, A Clockwork Orange, i had in mind this, but forgot it, as many other good titles, gonna watch soon, im going to look up the rest too
If you haven't really jumped in older films, I would start with Orson Welles "Touch of Evil" before ever touching Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane is a true classic, but I never enjoyed it until I watched other black and white films and picked up some enthusiasm over them. "The 400 Blows" is also a great film to check out, along with "Yojimbo", a classic Japanese samurai flick by Kurosawa.
For something newer, check out "Dark City" if you haven't. Excellent sci-fi.
On July 18 2010 06:14 A3iL3r0n wrote: Uhhmm, Chinatown is one of the best noir movies ever made.
Anyway, here's some movies that you probably haven't encountered yet, but fit some of your parameters and are dramatically different than what people have recommended so far:
The Big Sleep: Classic Humphrey Bogart movie. It was written by William Faulkner and is classic noir in the sense that it's not too big on having a linear plot, it's more about the cool tone and the witty banter of Bogie's excellent Phillip Marlowe. If you're turned off by its age (1946), don't be because Bogie is surprisingly modern in his acting. Bogart is basically gangster as fuck, and everybody has been swinging from his nuts since.
Le Samourai: Another noir movie, but this came out in 1967. Again, noir films are not big on plot. They are more like poems in the way that their meaning is sensed and not necessarily spelled out for the viewer. The way this movie is shot is superb, highly original and stylish. This movie is centered around the handsome and cool assassin played by French actor Alain Delon. As with the previous movie, this one also involves hot chicks pining for our inaccessible hero, who makes smoking look cooler than it should and occasionally kills people.
Also, you didn't mention any Stanley Kubrick movies besides "The Shining", so here are some to watch.
A Clockwork Orange: IMO, one of the best movies ever made. Dr. Strangelove: Best satire ever filmed. The actor, Peter Sellers, plays multiple characters in this movie and is fucking genius. A shame he never did anything else this good.
Oh, A Clockwork Orange, i had in mind this, but forgot it, as many other good titles, gonna watch soon, im going to look up the rest too
For a pretty unique gang movie I'd recommend The Warriors. I watched it a couple years back when I was a bit younger (~15), but I think I'd still enjoy it now if I rewatched it.
Another movie that I watched recently and enjoyed is Inside Man. It takes the whole bank heist genre of movies and puts its own original spin on it.
Gonna reccomend you a few of my favorites which you might not have seen:
Memento. Genious film! Why? The story is told backwards, and this makes complete sense, because the main character can't remember more than about 30secs to a minute back in his life after an accident. Everything before the accident he remembers, everything after fades away as he's living it.
Watchmen: Superhero movie based on a classic comic book. It may sound lame and superficial, but the movie is deep and scary. The movie goes on under the cold war, and the story is a brilliant mix of fiction and reality. A little twist is, the heroes of the story are past their gloryfull youth of crimefighting and heroism, and are now just everyday middleage people living their lifes (some exeptions though). It's hard to describe without telling too much, but watch it!
American Psyco: You said you like good actors? Watch Christian Bale play a Wallstreet guy commiting cold blooded senseless murder because he has no feelings, at all. His acting makes the movie alone, and the story is amazing at telling the story of a psycopath (in the litteral sense of the word) from the psyco's perspective.
One that might be overlooked...Dune. Sci-Fi movie based on the book by Frank Herbert. There have been a few renditions of this recently, but I prefer the version from the 80's. A longer movie, but it's needed to fit the plot from the book in. There is a newer mini-series based on it, as well as he sequel book Children of Dune, but they tried to put too much dazzle into the miniseries and cost it some of the grit that the movie has, and I feel the book has as well.
On July 18 2010 06:14 A3iL3r0n wrote: Uhhmm, Chinatown is one of the best noir movies ever made.
Anyway, here's some movies that you probably haven't encountered yet, but fit some of your parameters and are dramatically different than what people have recommended so far:
The Big Sleep: Classic Humphrey Bogart movie. It was written by William Faulkner and is classic noir in the sense that it's not too big on having a linear plot, it's more about the cool tone and the witty banter of Bogie's excellent Phillip Marlowe. If you're turned off by its age (1946), don't be because Bogie is surprisingly modern in his acting. Bogart is basically gangster as fuck, and everybody has been swinging from his nuts since.
Le Samourai: Another noir movie, but this came out in 1967. Again, noir films are not big on plot. They are more like poems in the way that their meaning is sensed and not necessarily spelled out for the viewer. The way this movie is shot is superb, highly original and stylish. This movie is centered around the handsome and cool assassin played by French actor Alain Delon. As with the previous movie, this one also involves hot chicks pining for our inaccessible hero, who makes smoking look cooler than it should and occasionally kills people.
Also, you didn't mention any Stanley Kubrick movies besides "The Shining", so here are some to watch.
A Clockwork Orange: IMO, one of the best movies ever made. Dr. Strangelove: Best satire ever filmed. The actor, Peter Sellers, plays multiple characters in this movie and is fucking genius. A shame he never did anything else this good.
Oh, A Clockwork Orange, i had in mind this, but forgot it, as many other good titles, gonna watch soon, im going to look up the rest too
imo a clockwork orange was easily the best book to film adaptation i have ever seen
The 5th Element is a badass sci-fi movie. has Bruce Willis as a badass and Milla Jovovich as a hotass, also has Chris Tucker as comic relief but he does a really good job. The Birds and Psycho are really good Hitchcock classics that are still scary. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is my favorite Terry Gilliam movie. It's a fantasy set in olden times with superheros and adventures. Time Bandits is another good fantasy movie from Gilliam with alot of midgets. Big Fish is a fantasy from Tim Burton but its like one of his best movies imo.
On July 19 2010 13:26 GGTeMpLaR wrote: If you like Gangster movies, I'd recommend American Gangster and Public Enemies.
Not to be a dick, but I would avoid.
Public Enemies is boring as hell. Yeah, it has Johnny Depp and the movie gods be praised for having him not act like that fucking pirate from the Caribbean, and, he is good as he is mostly, but the story telling in this movie creates no tension. (Giovanni Ribisi also has an interesting cameo.) The angle they are going for is essentially a slice-of-life movie-- where you get scenes of nothing in particular necessarily, merged with a gangster movie, so there are guns going off pretty regularly throughout. I guess it's an interesting attempt when you break it down like that. The problem is, the slice-of-life scenes take away from the tension of the film. You should feel like you're in the chase with the fugitive hero or at least are intrigued by what is going to happen next; in this one, we are watching the criminal's droll interludes between the discharges of carnage. In the end, the dramatic quality of the more aimless bits of the movie don't prop up their end of the film; they are realistic feeling, but uninvolving like an ordinary photograph.
(Bonus tidbit: MMA fans will note Don Frye (as Clarence Hurt apparently) as one of J. Edgar Hoover's posse men that are hunting John Dillinger and his gang. I've never seen a man's mustache that looked as though it would hit someone just for making eye contact with it for too long.)
To be honest, I haven't seen the entirety of American Gangster, but it was so fucking gay I didn't care. A much better movie in the same genre is Blow, with waaaaait for it, + Show Spoiler +
I saw you liked mob movies and I skipped down to post.
See Donnie Brasco. You will not be disappointed. It's better than the departed which is a great movie in its own right. Hell I liked American gangster too.
Donnie Brasco has Al Pacino and Johny Depp.
The departed has bourne and some other really notable folks.
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I like gangster movies, because the distinction between good and evil isn't too clear, "original" characters might appear, unlike in many other chategories where you got to have the hot women, the evil villain, the wannabe, the old teacher, the funny guy, the slutty woman etc... BUT i dont think you can recommend me anything new. here's a quickly made list of what i watched (and liked, mostly) + Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://www.santharia.com/bestiary/beasts_pics/fire_dragon2.jpg)
yeah, i know what most ppl think about it, but still, i have a thing for dragons, wizards, and the whole medieval atmosphere, epic battles and whatnot. Ring of the Nibelungs, LotR, you know these kind of things.![[image loading]](http://jermination.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/greek_gods400.jpg)
Really, any kind of mytholgy, but it turns out that there arent many films about it. If you can recommend me any greek/roman, northic, egyptian japanese chinese or other mythology films, in which actual myths are used, gods appear etc feel free to recommend it to me. I mentioned history, not many good films regarding that topic, i absolutely hate everything connected to WW2 and holocaust, it's so overused and mythified yet wants to sound realistic and exagerations and distortions, i'm just sick of it. Going further back like medieval, antic history, that already merges with mythology and fantasy. I like epicness till it doesnt turn to ridicule. ![[image loading]](http://th07.deviantart.net/fs8/150/i/2005/354/0/3/I_can__t_believe_my_eyes_by_Violator3.jpg)
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My problem with them is that i usually pick on the mistakes in a film. And 99% of this kind of movies arent consistent, arent well structured, condtradict themselves, ignore rules of the nature, are not realistic. + Show Spoiler +
