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On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ?
I consider myself somewhat picky about the games, movies, and books I consume. I reject probably about 90% of all of it as not worth the time. But you seem to regard about 99%+ of all movies as being forgettable. You've out-contempted me.
What do you look for in movies you deem as worth your time? The intensity of experience, the skill of the actors/actresses? I think it'd be great if you can blog a bit about what you think constitutes a "worthwhile" movie for you.
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On August 23 2012 09:28 NrGmonk wrote:
I feel uneducated or uncultured or something. I've probably only heard of 3 movies in your entire list of 30 movies and have seen none of them.
Should i be ashamed that Freddy Got Fingered is in my top10?
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On August 23 2012 15:58 Newbistic wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ? I consider myself somewhat picky about the games, movies, and books I consume. I reject probably about 90% of all of it as not worth the time. But you seem to regard about 99%+ of all movies as being forgettable. You've out-contempted me. What do you look for in movies you deem as worth your time? The intensity of experience, the skill of the actors/actresses? I think it'd be great if you can blog a bit about what you think constitutes a "worthwhile" movie for you.
Agreed, this stuff is too high brow for me. I've made an effort to watch some of the "classics" and what other movie goers consider "best films of all time" but I didn't really get them.
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On August 23 2012 15:58 Newbistic wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ? I consider myself somewhat picky about the games, movies, and books I consume. I reject probably about 90% of all of it as not worth the time. But you seem to regard about 99%+ of all movies as being forgettable. You've out-contempted me. What do you look for in movies you deem as worth your time? The intensity of experience, the skill of the actors/actresses? I think it'd be great if you can blog a bit about what you think constitutes a "worthwhile" movie for you.
I might try that even though my mini reviews give examples of what I like in those movies. I don't hate 99 percent of movies though, I just think poorly of those movies. i have a problem with some of internet's popular movies ( Shawshank, most Nolan's for instance), but I loved Titanic for instance. Or Terminator 2. Or Spiderman 2. Or Harry meets Sally. Wouldn't put them in my top30 list though.
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On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ?
The Pianist and Shawshank Redemption are, 'at best forgettable'? Are you out of your mind?
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On August 24 2012 01:46 Salv wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ? The Pianist and Shawshank Redemption are, 'at best forgettable'? Are you out of your mind?
the pianist is like children of men for me - its almost too good / real to be a movie. just in your face pure cinema. especially the latter portions of the two movies. only seen a few scenes from shawshank, oscar bait stuff but of the highest quality ala the kings speech. and yeah @ corumjhaelen touch of evil starts out with that incredible crane shot that had never been done before - very modern.
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On August 24 2012 01:46 Salv wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ? The Pianist and Shawshank Redemption are, 'at best forgettable'? Are you out of your mind?
The Pianist is a curious case. If the story was fiction, I'd wager it wouldn't even have been in Cannes. The acting is good, there are a few highlights, but Polanski refuses any Psychology, refuses to challenge his realistic script, which means the drama fails for a good portion of the film. Simple put I loved it when it went out and I was 14, rewatching it as an adult who has read a bit more on the period and who has watched many more movies I think it will be forgotten in a few years.
Shawshank is plain bad : academic, predictable, takes the spectator for an idiot, easy sentiments everywhere. Everything is explained to the viewer. Friendship is great. Hope is great. Clichés without an ounce of originality. Cheap plot tricks (warden are bad guys, so black and white...) I'd rather avoid the debate given the film's popularity on internet, but you asked :-(
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You have a very very good list.
I came up with a list of movies I've seen in the past few years that have made remarkable impressions. In no particular order
Vozvrashchenie (The Return)
Demonlover by Olivier Assayas
Edge of Heaven
Le Temps du Loup (Time of the Wolf)
Dogtooth
Certified Copy
Any opinions? I have not seen a movie from this year that I especially liked. My favorite thus far is The Turin Horse.
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Never really understood either Orson Welles or Kurosawa. They might be what you wrote as the groundbreaking category but I can't see the greatness for my life no matter how many movies I watch. Good storytelling and directing skills (even today) but doesn't have the extra artistic depth of say, most Tarkovsky movies, or Bergman. They fall flat, easily forgettable. I know it's sacrilege to say this and that they created cinema blah blah.
I'm not sure I'd put it in my top 10 but Aguirre, the Wrath of God is amazing indeed. The tense atmosphere, the scenery, the desperation... just incredibly made. But unfortunate it was haphazardly post-dubbed. I didn't like that.
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One slightly under-appreciated Japanese director who fall behind the bigger names is Shohei Imamura, have you watched any movies of his? I personally think some of his (earlier) works are extremely conscious and accurate depictions of humanity and nature, with more relevancy to society than the hundreds of samurai movies Kurosawa shat out.
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I've seen Citizen Kane, M, All About Eve, Seven Samurai and La Règle du Jeu.
The only one I would put on a top-30 list however is All About Eve.
You forgot Gone with the Wind, the acting and dialogue are so great that you really get to feel the emotions the actors are conveying.
Gone with the Wind is a great sentimental melodrama, the best ever made, but that does not mean that a lot of the dialogue is not heavy-handed, and produced caricatures rather than fully-fleshed out characters. Many of the attributes the characters were supposed to possess are spoken more than they are shown, and some (Leslie Howard) simply didn't even try.
Still, women loved it, then as now, and some scenes still get to me as nothing else does (Scarlett's return to Tara, the famous crane shot.)
I would like to ask corum whether he has seen Abel Gance's Napolèon, recently restored with added footage.
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Solaris, man, that's a good movie.
Favorite scene is definitely the midget running out of the lab room. Dunno why but I replayed that scene like four times and laughed super hard every time.
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did the op disappear? would really like to hear opinions
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