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PassionsC
United States42 Posts
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OrchidThief
Denmark2298 Posts
On August 07 2012 14:32 Xiphias wrote: Great list! Adding: - Thin Red Line. - 127 hours. - Mystic River. - Verdigo. - Hero (actually has a nice philosophy theme to it ... it comes later in the film though) - Memento (surprisied to not see it on the list  and .... Zaat! He started off saying that he'd already seen Memento. Very few of the movies on those lists require any brain thinking power though. I mean Truman show is one my favorite movies, but it's not exactly Bergman or Kieslowski. (Like plenty of others on the lists.) Tree of life was pretentious as all hell. I get the whole meditation over growing up thingy, but it was just a huge snorefest. Primer is too complex for its own sake, much like memento it's complex for the sake of being complex. | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
On August 07 2012 14:32 Xiphias wrote: Great list! Adding: - Thin Red Line. - 127 hours. - Mystic River. - Verdigo. - Hero (actually has a nice philosophy theme to it ... it comes later in the film though) - Memento (surprisied to not see it on the list and .... Zaat! +1 on Vertigo. Another great one is Rear Window. I always thought Mystic River was overrated as a film, and not really all that thought-provoking. Just depressing as hell. I've heard great things about the novel it's based off of though. Dennis Lehane is a terrific noir novelist (he also wrote the novel Shutter Island is based off of). On August 03 2012 02:11 Xiphos wrote: Watched that movie while being high as fuck. Everything was okay until the Parade scene popped up and then I just couldn't take anymore. Plus the musical score was...let's just say, something else. huh, that's funny because I watched it for the first time while high too and flipped out on the parade scene as well. Liked it a lot more later in a normal setting. You should give it another chance! | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On August 08 2012 01:19 OrchidThief wrote: He started off saying that he'd already seen Memento. Very few of the movies on those lists require any brain thinking power though. I mean Truman show is one my favorite movies, but it's not exactly Bergman or Kieslowski. (Like plenty of others on the lists.) Tree of life was pretentious as all hell. I get the whole meditation over growing up thingy, but it was just a huge snorefest. Primer is too complex for its own sake, much like memento it's complex for the sake of being complex. Given the list of movies he gave, advising Tarkovski or Bergman doesn't seem like a good idea. He wants movies with twist ending. Just watch Usual Suspect in this case. | ||
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OrchidThief
Denmark2298 Posts
On August 08 2012 01:38 corumjhaelen wrote: Given the list of movies he gave, advising Tarkovski or Bergman doesn't seem like a good idea. He wants movies with twist ending. Just watch Usual Suspect in this case. I get that, was just saying that if he was after movies that required a bit of thinking, many of the movies on those lists aren't really great picks either. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On August 08 2012 01:44 OrchidThief wrote: I get that, was just saying that if he was after movies that required a bit of thinking, many of the movies on those lists aren't really great picks either. I agreeW, but I already have a pretty low opinion of his list at thé beginning, so I'm not convinced I should give him advice, even though I'm sad to see what passes for an intelligent movie in this thread. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On August 08 2012 01:48 corumjhaelen wrote: I agreeW, but I already have a pretty low opinion of his list at thé beginning, so I'm not convinced I should give him advice, even though I'm sad to see what passes for an intelligent movie in this thread. Well my personal definition of an "intelligent movie" is that it requires the viewers to be paying attention at almost 100% of the time looking for clues and symbols to fill in what other people may call "plot holes". And sometime first time viewing will not simply be enough to get a complete grasp about the main theme, arching plot(s) of the movie. And once you get it, an imaginary lightbulb sparks up in the mind. The Usual Suspect does fit really well in that criteria in a sense that the main character outsmarted the cop in any way possible and just let the audience appreciate the small intricacies. So does Tarkovski or Bergman in this case resembles to anything close to that of, my arbitrary definition of such films? | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
The Prestige, C. Nolan From what I have seen, the best movie from à director I don't like. It has its weaknesses, such as a pretty boring last 40mins due to bad pacing and too many twists, Bale's acting is his usual Keanu Reeves face, but Nolan's ci ema is perfect to deal with this subject, the rest of the cast is excellent, the cut of the first hour saves the movie and the experience is overall very pleasant. Solid movie, I can recommend it :-) | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On August 08 2012 02:11 Xiphos wrote: Well my personal definition of an "intelligent movie" is that it requires the viewers to be paying attention at almost 100% of the time looking for clues and symbols to fill in what other people may call "plot holes". And sometime first time viewing will not simply be enough to get a complete grasp about the main theme, arching plot(s) of the movie. And once you get it, an imaginary lightbulb sparks up in the mind. The Usual Suspect does fit really well in that criteria in a sense that the main character outsmarted the cop in any way possible and just let the audience appreciate the small intricacies. So does Tarkovski or Bergman in this case resembles to anything close to that of, my arbitrary definition of such films? You like convoluted scenarios. i'd say no. Edit : you can sleep through most of Usual Suspect and get it. The reasons why the movie work are a bit more complicated' | ||
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Sorkoas
549 Posts
On August 02 2012 06:58 Xiphos wrote: Hey can any TLers rec me a good film that takes great mind thinking power to understand, sort of like Memento, Primer, Inception, Fight Club, and The Machinist but except not any of the above listed as I have already seen them all? I think what you're looking for is mindfuck movies, not necessarily smart/intelligent movies. I grabbed a bunch of huge movie packs some years ago. List of all movies below with the ones I've watched and recommend in bold. (puncutiation=space, too lazy to change) + Show Spoiler + 12.Monkeys 2001.A.Space.Odyssey. American.Psycho Being.John.Malkovich Cypher Donnie.Darko Eternal.Sunshine.Of.The.Spotless.Mind eXistenZ Fight.Club Frailty Jacobs.Ladder Lost.Highway Memento Mulholland.Drive Naked.Lunch Oldboy One.Hour.Photo Pi Primer Scanners Session.9 The.Game The.Illusionist The.Machinist The.Others The.Prestige The.Sixth.Sense Total.Recall Vanilla.Sky Videodrome A.Beautiful.Mind A.Clockwork.Orange Adaptation Barton.Fink Brazil Dark.City Dead.Mans.Shoes Eraserhead Identity In.The.Mouth.Of.Madness Lucky.Number.Slevin One.Point.O Pink.Floyd.The.Wall Rashomon Requiem.For.A.Dream Revolver Spellbound Spider Spun Synecdoche The.13th.Floor The.Butterfly.Effect The.Fountain The.Jacket The.Number The.Salton.Sea The.Usual.Suspects Waking.Life What.Dreams.May.Come 1408 American.Beauty Angel.Heart Blue.Velvet Day.Watch Event.Horizon Fallen Fear.And.Loathing.In.Las.Vegas Gattaca Hard.Candy K-Pax Matchstick.Men Natural.Born.Killers Night.Watch Primal.Fear Repo.Man.1984 Secret.Window Solaris Sphere Stephen.Kings.Misery Swimming.Pool Tetsuo The.Devils.Advocate The.Life.Of.David.Gale The.Man.From.Earth The.Manchurian.Candidate The.Mist The.Nines The.Ninth.Gate They.Live THX.1138 Timecrimes After.Hours Blade.Runner Clean.Shaven Crash.1996 Cube Dead.Man El.Topo Fargo I.Heart.Huckabees Ken.Park Liquid.Sky Memories.Of.Murder No.Way.Out Open.Your.Eyes Paprika Persona Renaissance Schizopolis Stalker The.Big.Empty The.Dark.Hours The.Fly The.Heart.Is.Deceitful.Above.All.Things The.I.Inside The.Science.of.Sleep The.Skeleton.Key Tideland U.Turn Wild.At.Heart Altered.States Begotten Chasing.Sleep Code.46 Cube.2 Cup.Of.My.Blood Deepwater Eyes.Wide.Shut Gummo Inland.Empire La.Jetee Man.Bites.Dog MirrorMask November Palindromes Perfume.The.Story.of.a.Murderer Repulsion Slacker Stay The.Cook The.Final.Cut The.Holy.Mountain The.Lair.Of.The.White.Worm The.Lazarus.Project The.Quiet.Earth The.Signal The.Truman.Show Twin.Peaks.Fire.Walk.With.Me Visitor.Q Zardoz Antichrist Avalon Black.Moon Brainscan Casshern Cemetery Dead.End Faust Feed Flesh.For.Frankenstein Happiness Intacto Izo La.Moustache Lulu.On.The.Bridge Lunacy Mr.Nobody Possession Proof Run.Lola.Run Santa.Sangre Shutter.Island Spider.Forest The.Broken The.Devils.Chair The.Fantastic.Planet The.Hour-Glass.Sanatorium The.Piano.Tuner.Of.Earthquakes Till.Human.Voices.Wake.Us. Underground Alice.1988 Ben.X. Big.Fish Body.Double Boxing.Helena Brand.Upon.the.Brain Dancer.in.the.Dark Delicatessen Dreamscape Gerry.Limited Gozu Imposter Interstate.60. Kafka L.Avventura Last.Year.in.Marienbad Little.Otik Love.Letters.Of.A.Portuguese.Nun Monday Re-cycle Sex.And.Lucia Siesta Solaris Suicide.Club The.Box The.Cell The.Fall The.Ninth.Configuration The.Triplets.Of.Belleville Triangle Waking.The.Dead 2046 3.Women Careful Conspirators.Of.Pleasure Danika Death.Note First.Snow Freeway Ghost.in.the.Shell.2.Innocence. Horror.In.The.Attic House.Of.Games Immortel.ad.vitam Inception Johnny.Got.His.Gun Kontroll Passion.Of.Mind Save.The.Green.Planet Society Sublime Sympathy.For.Lady.Vengeance Sympathy.For.Mr.Vengeance Taxidermia The.Discreet.Charm.Of.The.Bourgeoisie The.Escapist The.Idiots The.Phantom.Of.Liberty The.Saragossa.Manuscript Un.Chien.Andalou. Welcome.To.The.Dollhouse Wristcutters.A.Love.Story | ||
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dafunk
France521 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Man_Bites_Dog_film.jpg) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film) Underground and hilarious film that is totaly cult in France and Belgium. Seen it for the 2392738267890x time. EVERYBODY should watch this film ASAP. This is in my top 5 With one of the greatest performance ever in any film by Poelvoorde | ||
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
On August 08 2012 04:27 dafunk wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film) Underground and hilarious film that is totaly cult in France and Belgium. Seen it for the 2392738267890x time. EVERYBODY should watch this film ASAP. This is in my top 5 With one of the greatest performance ever in any film by Poelvoorde Indeed, this movie is really great, Poelvoorde being awesome. | ||
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CarlosOmse
Germany507 Posts
![[image loading]](http://saiu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/thfe1.jpeg) awesome http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/ | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
1. The SpiderMan Reboot 2. Dark Knight Rises 3. Total Recall 4. Savages Poll: which movie do you rec me to see? Dark Knight Rises (23) Spiderman Reboot (2) Total Recall (1) Savages (0) 26 total votes Your vote: which movie do you rec me to see? (Vote): Spiderman Reboot Votes are appreciated! | ||
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ramon
Germany4842 Posts
On August 08 2012 06:38 Xiphos wrote: Alright TLers with your vast knowledge of movie viewing and etc. Tonight its movie night so I'm hitting the cineplex. The options are: 1. The SpiderMan Reboot 2. Dark Knight Rises 3. Total Recall 4. Savages Poll: which movie do you rec me to see? Dark Knight Rises (23) Spiderman Reboot (2) Total Recall (1) Savages (0) 26 total votes Your vote: which movie do you rec me to see? (Vote): Spiderman Reboot Votes are appreciated! if you go without a female friend, i would pick dark night rises over spiderman 100%, especially if you somewhat enjoyed earlier batman movies if you don't like batman i would go for total recall | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
Might just come back later and post my review about the film. | ||
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YODA_
593 Posts
Saw this on recommendation from this thread...... 2/10 The best thing about this movie is the opening scene, because it was actually clever and deluded me into thinking the rest of the movie would be like it, and the closing scene, which put a merciful end to a movie about an hour and 30 minutes too long. Hand-held cam, black and white, and mockumentary snuff film does not an artsy cult hit movie make. Several painfully awkward scenes that dragged on forever(drunk scene, rape scene), and just completely boring throughout. Sure, there were occasional moments of dark comedy, but they were few and far between. I ended up watching a stream on my other monitor about half-way through just because it was so utterly boring. | ||
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dafunk
France521 Posts
On August 08 2012 09:12 YODA_ wrote: Saw this on recommendation from this thread...... 2/10 The best thing about this movie is the opening scene, because it was actually clever and deluded me into thinking the rest of the movie would be like it, and the closing scene, which put a merciful end to a movie about an hour and 30 minutes too long. Hand-held cam, black and white, and mockumentary snuff film does not an artsy cult hit movie make. Several painfully awkward scenes that dragged on forever(drunk scene, rape scene), and just completely boring throughout. Sure, there were occasional moments of dark comedy, but they were few and far between. I ended up watching a stream on my other monitor about half-way through just because it was so utterly boring. Too bad you didnt liked it. Oliver Stone and Scorcese said it was one of the biggest milestone of contemporary cinema. | ||
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
On August 08 2012 12:08 dafunk wrote: Too bad you didnt liked it. Oliver Stone and Scorcese said it was one of the biggest milestone of contemporary cinema. Doesn't make it a good film though, like rmutts toilet probably most influential art piece of all time, but it still sucks. Also I watched old boy again, and while it has some clever dialogue and great camera work I really didnt find it all that compelling, the way scenes entered into new scenes was so rushed and rubbed me the wrong way, + while that fight scene is still amazing I saw it on bluray huge TV, and that knife that sticks in him is soooo fucking cg - it literally looks like some YouTube kids videos work seriously rewatch it its pretty bad. | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + at first I was annoyed at how much the film emphasized that Algiers was killing his clones. like, I got the implication as soon as I saw the pile of hats, do we really have to keep going over this? but then I realized - the movie isn't about how good the trick is, it's about how much the trick costs. he kills himself... what, 50, 100 times? you only really start to appreciate it after seeing it over and over. | ||
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