EPTdidn't really have high expectations going into the movie but god damn this movie was mind blowing. pretty much loved everything about it. critics bashed this movie pretty badly though =[ .
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dbg
Colombia264 Posts
didn't really have high expectations going into the movie but god damn this movie was mind blowing. pretty much loved everything about it. critics bashed this movie pretty badly though =[ . | ||
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nebula.
Sweden1431 Posts
On September 24 2012 16:55 dbg wrote: didn't really have high expectations going into the movie but god damn this movie was mind blowing. pretty much loved everything about it. critics bashed this movie pretty badly though =[ . that's because it's a pretty meh remake of this movie  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/ | ||
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Gandalf
Pakistan1905 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
Also saw the new Resident Evil, movie was terribad, but in a very entertaining way. I thought it was worth my money, but beware of terribadness. | ||
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YourOldBuddy
Iceland94 Posts
In China they eat dogs -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180748/ -Recommended. Reminds me of Snatch an "Lock stock and two smoking barrels". Flickering Lights -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236027/ --Recommended. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Movies aren't special unless they're 9 or 10. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/tDRJo.png) Type in R movies into google. My link is locally stored. | ||
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riotjune
United States3393 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/LBqWo.jpg) So terrible it's good. I'd give it a 7/10 on bad movie night | ||
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henkel
Netherlands146 Posts
On September 24 2012 07:32 phyren wrote: ^this. One of my all time favorite movies. Maltese Falcon and Bogey is also quite fun. Both are classic detective stories with Bogey being the picture of calm and controlled while Nicholson's gettes is drawn in over his head. Thanks guys that are 4 movies added to the list. Judging from the IMDB pages Maltese Falcon is exactly what i am looking for. Right era at the start of the film noir periode. China town is a bit later, according to wikipedia the film noir era was almost over by then. Polanski and Jack just means i need to see that one though. The nickname had me confused for a while, hoping there was a film named Bogey even though i knew it's Humphrey's nickname. | ||
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FireBlast!
United Kingdom5251 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/4467_print2.jpg/220px-4467_print2.jpg) "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" The iconic 1970s Czechoslovakian surrealist film that shows a fantastical medieval village that serves as a trippy psycho-sexual landscape as seen by a 13 year old nubile girl. It's utterly voluptuous and hypnotises, seduces and terrifies you for 75 minutes. Also offers an interesting insight to how confusing and hostile the world could be for a prepubescent girl. Striking piece of cinema and definitely worth a watch, even if you're not a snob. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wzocZ.jpg?1) If you like movies that tell a lot of the story with imagery, this is amazing. If you place high importance on plot detail, dialogue and such, probably not for you. I don't agree with the second view at all though because there's plenty of movies that do that, and there's precious few that really work with the film medium to truly tell a story visually like this does. Also the choice of narrator/protagonist is very interesting and gives it a totally different impact than the events could have. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17267 Posts
On September 24 2012 06:51 henkel wrote: Was wondering any of you know some good film noir detectives? You know the classical stereotype of the the low shady detective and the hot dame in distress. It's being used so often i feel i have to watch some of the movies it originated from. Brick Miller's Crossing (not really detective but more of a gangster film, still very good and noir) The Black Dahlia L. A. Confidential And for some B&W classics: Murder on the Orient Express The Maltese Falcon The Big Sleep Kiss Me Deadly Dial M For Murder Just so you have something to watch | ||
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
Enjoyed it, both Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are good actors and the films twists are quite interesting. The only wierd thing is the ending with Jackman's cloning machine made by Nicolaj Tesla. Otherwise a very good movie | ||
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dFlHC9VNptQ/TX1DFKujgTI/AAAAAAAACQU/lz4zwL7iFp0/s1600/pulp-fiction.jpg) this movie is too fucking good | ||
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
Too fucking true. I can't believe I didn't see it until sophomore year of college... but then again, maybe it was best I watched it then so I could fully appreciate it. Have you seen any of his other movies? I watched reservoir dogs a few weeks after that one, and it was good but not as good as pulp fiction. | ||
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CyDe
United States1010 Posts
On September 27 2012 06:52 itkovian wrote: Too fucking true. I can't believe I didn't see it until sophomore year of college... but then again, maybe it was best I watched it then so I could fully appreciate it. Have you seen any of his other movies? I watched reservoir dogs a few weeks after that one, and it was good but not as good as pulp fiction. Pulp Fiction is definitely his best. The different stories, the natural characters, the cinematography... brilliant. Next I like Inglourious Basterds, then Reservoir Dogs, then Kill Bill. I actually didn't like Kill Bill that much, I feel it is really overrated. I never saw Jackie Brown, but it's definitely on my to watch list. | ||
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hellsan631
United States695 Posts
On September 27 2012 07:22 CyDe wrote: Pulp Fiction is definitely his best. The different stories, the natural characters, the cinematography... brilliant. Next I like Inglourious Basterds, then Reservoir Dogs, then Kill Bill. I actually didn't like Kill Bill that much, I feel it is really overrated. I never saw Jackie Brown, but it's definitely on my to watch list. Jackie Brown was a fantastic movie. S.Jackson was a total badass evil dude. He would make my top 10 most evil people in movies (not movie villains mind you). I also agree with you on all of those points ,although I can't say if I liked Bastards better then dogs, but thats a close one. I think i'd have to say that Reservoir Dogs was a better movie, but Inglorious Bastards the better experience. On another note, I watched recently re-watched Shawshank Redemption because of one of the new 5SF's. I've seen that movie so many times, yet I still enjoy just watching the movie. Over time, I can say that some of the lines have become a little bit cliche, but I supposed I don't mind that too much. Still has to be my all time favorite movie. | ||
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CyDe
United States1010 Posts
On September 27 2012 07:33 hellsan631 wrote: Jackie Brown was a fantastic movie. S.Jackson was a total badass evil dude. He would make my top 10 most evil people in movies (not movie villains mind you). I also agree with you on all of those points ,although I can't say if I liked Bastards better then dogs, but thats a close one. I think i'd have to say that Reservoir Dogs was a better movie, but Inglorious Bastards the better experience. On another note, I watched recently re-watched Shawshank Redemption because of one of the new 5SF's. http://youtu.be/UkzbRkPv4T4 I've seen that movie so many times, yet I still enjoy just watching the movie. Over time, I can say that some of the lines have become a little bit cliche, but I supposed I don't mind that too much. Still has to be my all time favorite movie. Yeah, I flip flop on RD vs IB. I think RD is a much more serious movie, but I'm just left with such a sense of awe when I finish IB. And some of the shots are simply beautiful + Show Spoiler + for instance when the movie theatre burns down and the Jewish girl is laughing on the smoke I guess that Quentin Tarantino kind of did more of what he wanted to do with Inglourious Basterds, and was more serious with RD; took less chances. And really, if you look at his film progression, it seems that the later he made the movie, the more comic relief and... unorthodox methods he uses. I mean, really, Inglourious Basteds is kind of one big, twisted... joke. Although one thing that I really admire about Reservoir Dogs is that you never actually see the crime take place. It's similar to 12 Angry Men in that sense (another one of my favorite movies), as well as the fact that a great deal of the movie takes place in pretty much one room. One thing that I really loved in Reservoir Dogs was the scene that reminisces back to A Clockwork Orange, where + Show Spoiler + the cop is getting tortured. I like this scene because it contains heavy, brutal violence accompanied by happy/ energetic music. I mean jesus fucking christ is that powerful or what? Seeing someone get cut like that and have the cutter be dancing? Nothing emphasizes fucked-up more than that. There's a similar scene in American Psycho where + Show Spoiler + the anti-hero kills that man in his apartment, while talking about pop music (sorry I can't remember names) And speaking of A Clockwork Orange... ![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DnZDTpurNAA/S-Ocu47uOGI/AAAAAAAAALE/CUw6paeTBhg/s1600/clockwork-orange2.jpg) This movie. This movie, man. There are no words. Brilliantly filmed, brilliantly written, absolute GENIUS by Stanley Kubrick. I mean, even TODAY the rape scene is shocking. Think about that in 1971, holy shit. And again, it started that whole style of brutal violence accompanied by happy music that is so off putting (See: Reservoir Dogs, American Psycho). This movie is truly iconic. I mean, Alex DeLarge is like the classic anti hero. He is like the incarnate of evil, but slowly and subtly you kind of start to root for him, in a twisted way. And then it ends on such a note, so... foreboding. This movie really shows you how a director should conduct himself, in my opinion. Kubrick just did whatever the fuck he wanted to do. Nudity, sex, graphic violence? Sure. Make it look beautiful on screen? Absolutely. This movie does a wonderful job of conveying emotions. You feel disgust, triumph, anger, and a fucking rollercoaster of other things while watching this movie. It uses sex and violence with such force; when it uses them together... the discomfort most movie-goers feel when watching this is almost tangible. One thing that I felt while watching it: awe. I adore Stanley Kubrick, and he certainly didn't fail to deliver. The shots are so interesting to the eye, so balanced. Some shots look like paintings. Others are actually derived from paintings + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/van_gogh/exercise_yard_or_convict_prison-400.jpg) vs ![[image loading]](http://www.collativelearning.com/PICS%20FOR%20WEBSITE/ACO%20expanded/dvd%20stills%203/prison%20exercize%20yard%20wide.png) When Stanley Kubrick gets brought up in conversation, that's when I become a total movie nut. I can talk for HOURS about 2001, my favorite film of all time and, in my opinion, the greatest film of all time. The subtlety, the meticulous shots, the astoundingly accurate science behind it, the double/triple/quadruple meanings, the fantastic shots, all so balanced and so beautiful... it leaves me with wonder. Every time. But I'll probably put that into another post someday. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
(spoil for borderline NSFW-ness) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hj8Wh.jpg) Another classic transgressive film like some of the above, only not really exaggerated or stylized, just so raw. It was actually not very enjoyable to me cause it's one of those experiences where you look too closely at a person who you can just tell is really disturbed in a very raw and sad way. | ||
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kLuBa.jpg) greatest horror movie ever? - the last 30 minutes are pure bliss.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kfXlg.jpg) loved the look of the film - good companion piece to "harsh times."![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/FJBkW.jpg) wow - blows his last movie out of the water impeccably filmed and is an instant classic. | ||
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brian
United States9619 Posts
And while the last half hour of The Cabin in the Woods was really fucking cool, I was disappointed over all. | ||
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