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The best movie in the last couple of years?
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Beyonder
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indecision
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Patriot.dlk
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Kill Bill movies was very enjoyable | ||
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poilord
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Hydrolisko
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Best in recent years is Ne le dis à personne aka Tell No One imo. | ||
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Fredflintstone
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NarutO
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FirstBorn
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+ Show Spoiler + sorry, I had to | ||
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pangshai
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Art.FeeL
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On May 03 2009 20:25 catbert1 wrote: Gran Torino +1 | ||
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Highways
Australia6103 Posts
Comedy: Superbad. | ||
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TS-Rupbar
Sweden1089 Posts
Slumdog millionaire is also very good. I don't watch a lot of "serious movies", but mainly action or comedy films when I just wanna chill with some friends. | ||
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
Superbad (The only teen comedy I've seen that hasn't failed miserably) The Lives of Others Die Welle (German cinematography <3) 300 | ||
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
300 Wall-E Slumdog Millionaire Kill Bill ( Are those only a few years old?) | ||
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west91
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lilsusie
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On May 03 2009 20:40 Spenguin wrote: Dark Knight 300 Wall-E Slumdog Millionaire Kill Bill ( Are those only a few years old?) all +1 !! | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Because this:On May 03 2009 20:10 Mista wrote: The Usual Suspects. Is from 1995, that's more than a couple to me. On May 03 2009 20:21 Fredflintstone wrote: The Departed was a ridiculously good movie. It was ok. But ridiculously good? Certainly not. Especially since it pales in comparison to the Hong Kong original. Looking at this thread would be a good idea, Bey | ||
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Navane
Netherlands2748 Posts
The Three Burials (of Melquiades Estrada) About the dark side of life off course. And without hollywoods infamous happy endings. God I hate those. | ||
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DarkYoDA
United States1347 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:45 Carnac wrote: It was ok. But ridiculously good? Certainly not. Especially since it pales in comparison to the Hong Kong original. Looking at this thread would be a good idea, Bey Yes totally agreed... Back to the OP post it depends on the type of movie you like... For instance, do you find "Meet the Spartans" type of movie under the comedy genre funny? Or "Don't mess with the Zohan" funny"? I know people who love one but hate the other. I love both... lol. Another comparison in the "fairy tale" genre is "Harry Potter" series vs LOTR series. Some just hate one but absolutely love the other. So it is good if you have some preference mentioned so it's more likely the recommendation suits you. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
i woudn't vote that ~~ | ||
zatic
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disciple
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Makhno
Sweden585 Posts
The assassination of Jesse James No country for old men There will be blood Into the wild Der Untergang Funny Games (the US version is pretty new) | ||
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no_comprender
Australia91 Posts
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Mista
Singapore1022 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:02 no_comprender wrote: muthafuckin' snakes on a muthafuckin' plane Yeah Samuel L Jackson in a B-Movie,rofl | ||
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0x64
Finland4557 Posts
My favorites: There will be blood. Pan's labyrinth The Dark Knight | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3978 Posts
I still haven't seen Gran Torino tho, that's one for this week. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
District B13 (2004) The Departed (2006) City Of God (2002) Training Day (2001) Smokin Aces (2006) American Gangster (2007) Memento (2000) Primer (2004) 28 Days Later... (2002) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Sin City (2005) Gladiator (2000) Hostel (2005) Borat (2006) GrindHouse Planet Terror (2007) GrindHouse Death Proof (2007) Clerks II (2006) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) Meet the Parents (2000) Rambo 4 (2008) No Country for Old Men (2007) The Watchmen (2009) Afro Samurai (2007) Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) Tons of documentaries as well. | ||
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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Frits
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no country for old men | ||
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ktp
United States797 Posts
One that surprised me on that list was Coraline. I haven't seen it yet. So for those who saw it, how was it compared to the other films on the list? | ||
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ktp
United States797 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:55 disciple wrote: The Prestige I just watched this and I realized I saw the shittier of the two magician movies (The Illusionist) first. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
Dark Knight and transformers are pretty good but not really awesomely great, V/Begins just sucks. New Wolverine movie is pretty good though | ||
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disciple
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On May 03 2009 21:13 ktp wrote: I just watched this and I realized I saw the shittier of the two magician movies (The Illusionist) first. You cant compare them like that, obviously they have different types of target audience. The Illusionist is a family movie | ||
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Carnac
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disciple
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On May 03 2009 21:18 Carnac wrote: V is awesome. I second that, as a directors achievement the movie is miles ahead of the Matrix 2,3. As a matter of fact its the very first project of the brothers, they just finished it after they got famous | ||
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tentaclemonster
United States118 Posts
Recently watched The Wrestler and the 2 part movie on Mesrine, all good stuff. Also Sex Drive, quite lowbrow but it's amazing to watch how someone can still make a good movie out of a beaten to death genre. But I'm here to dis a few movies. 1. the departed. it is a horrible remake of an awesome film, the actors just didn't deliver. Check out the original, Infernal Affairs from HK, with subs of course, for a better experience. Also check out part 2 of it (not a sequel, it's made with the trilogy in mind), though I don't blame you if you skip the 3rd. 2. Slumdog Millionaire. ok this is actually a pretty good film, it worked on many levels, just not enough to be a great movie, but the fact that this got Best Picture just killed it for me. I have no idea why people are raving after this film. 3. walle. another good film, just very overrated - #41 on imdb? yous gotsta be shitting me | ||
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CharlieMurphy
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-orb-
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Seriously go watch them like 10 times each | ||
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wo0py
Netherlands922 Posts
Der Baader-Meinhof komplex About a terrist/idealist group in Germany fighting against the government Watchmen Hero's, who used to live among the people, start to fight back. This movie has a bad ending but it is a great movie to watch if you like the hero/magic powers genre Ip man About a friendly kungfu master who can smack anyones ass like savior used to. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (now in cinema) This film is a prequel about Wolverine and how he got his iron skeleton and lost his memory. I saw it yesterday and its really good. But if you want to see this one right now, you need to watch it in the cinema. But thats just my own taste. As i read the recommendations others gave you i realised that everyone has there own taste. I for one thought that Into the wild was a nice story, but fitted better in a book then a movie. I like my movies fastpaced and into the wild is not, not at all. I've left out comedy movies because any comedy will do in my opinion. Wall-E, Kungfu Panda or other comedies are always fun, but it's a whole other genre. The movies i recommend are harsh, fast paced and are mostly with violence in them. Love it  | ||
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Highways
Australia6103 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:27 CharlieMurphy wrote: Original movie for departed is some shitty asian film. I dunno why everyone says its better. Yea I know. People will always go the original is always better no matter what. If you judge it objectively without the "original is better" bias, then it is obvious The Departed is better. | ||
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exeprime
United Kingdom643 Posts
And i don't get it how some many people vote Slumdog Millionaire when the things that were well-done (image, setting, the whole growing-up thing) were done better in Cidade de Deus and the things that were different (like the story) weren't really that good... | ||
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Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:32 Highways wrote: Yea I know. People will always go the original is always better no matter what. If you judge it objectively without the "original is better" bias, then it is obvious The Departed is better. That's not true. For example the BSG remake is much, much better than the original and I doubt many people would say otherwise. The Departed is only better for the "I watch and appreciate only/mostly Hollywood films" bunch of people -.- I don't blame you. That being said I enjoyed The Departed too, just not as much (but I knew the original before I watched The Departed, which is probably not the case for many people). | ||
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CharlieMurphy
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
Superbad was awesome, Wall-E and Ratatouille are both pretty amazing. Once was really good too. Oh and spirited away. Don't know too many good foreign films from 07/08. | ||
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Carnac
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unknown.sam
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although they made wolverine look really clumsy at times hostel is an absolute must. and let's put in independence day there for good measure (yes it's old school but still worth the watch after a while)  | ||
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Barbarne
Sweden458 Posts
IMO the movie that Heath Ledger should be remembered by instead of The Dark Knight. He was so much better as a gay cowboy. Also, Big FIsh is undoubtably one of my absolute favorites. | ||
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Sayara
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On May 03 2009 22:20 Sayara wrote: Mean Girls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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chongu
Malaysia2585 Posts
comedy: Get smart : D (never seen a better spy comedy movie) animated: wall-e instant classic: the prestige (drama, tragedy, passion, desperation all into one) worst....: Jonas Brother's in 3D (ewwwwwkkkksss) If you don't trust me on any of these... at least trust me on the last one. | ||
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
Most original film I've seen in a while. | ||
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Arceus
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Snatch is awesome in another aspect (my top 3 alltime) ,it's 9 years old though. | ||
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Licmyobelisk
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PriitM
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BroOd
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On May 03 2009 21:21 disciple wrote: I second that, as a directors achievement the movie is miles ahead of the Matrix 2,3. As a matter of fact its the very first project of the brothers, they just finished it after they got famous Maybe this was just poorly worded but, you know the brothers didn't direct it right? V was directed by James McTeigue, who was the AD on the Matrix films. There's also a rumor he's going to direct the Magneto film in the X-Men Origins set. | ||
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Motiva
United States1774 Posts
trying to think of some that haven't been mentioned yet... Primer - Low budget indie movie that's just great Seven Pounds - kinda a chick flick, still quite good though Sunshine - I enjoyed it, but i don't know if most would. Sci Fi about some retards that need to refuel the sun Einstien and Eddington - Good story about Einstien and his difficulties getting people to listen to him and ect. Good for science buffs i suppose? Enjoyable RocknRolla - Pretty good, if you like similar movies, you'll like this one. | ||
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BroOd
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
On May 03 2009 22:52 PriitM wrote: Torque Best movie I'v ever seen that's a joke right?? | ||
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Xenixx
United States499 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:54 zatic wrote: Seconded The Dark Knight, this has been the best action movie since The Matrix. Absolutely amazing thats funny because the action scenes in that movie sucked | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
On May 03 2009 23:10 Xenixx wrote: thats funny because the action scenes in that movie sucked Yeah right, the punching and kicking of dark knight sucked because the other climatic scenes (Like how batman saved all the hostages in an abandoned building and the car chases was so fucking AWESOME and INTENSE) that's why punching and kicking didn't deliver at all. | ||
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jhNz
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![[image loading]](http://www.valpo.edu/library/imls/2005/shawn/pics/snatch.jpg.jpg) it's from 2000... but it's one of the very best movies. ever. | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
On May 03 2009 23:33 jhNz wrote: it's from 2000... but it's one of the very best movies. ever. Uhm, do you think we can still put Fight Club? It was in 1998 or earlier.. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:14 Carnac wrote: put more effort in your op Carnac took the words right out of my mind. Beyonder, I know you haven't been posting for a while but standards have gone up a little since you used to post regularly with the screen name Beyonder. I suggest THE LAST VALLEY, you won't regret it. It's old as phuck though, one of the better movies from the '70s: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/ | ||
Chosi
Germany1302 Posts
Dunno if I am the only one that thinks Hitman was the first really good game-based movie that actually stayed very true with the game and therefor was much better than anything game based i saw before. | ||
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sexsexpussyhair
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Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:16 Oystein wrote: Into the wild is on of my favorite movies that is made recently. Among others I really liked is The Departed, Pans Labyrinth, Children of Men, Wall-E and The Lives of others to mention a few. Into the Wild is one of my favourites of all time. Pretty much everyone I know loves Wall-E, Pan's Labrynth and The Departed. Nice choices. EDIT: Reading through the thread, I'm also going to second Taken and Dark Knight. I don't know if I'd call any of these MUST-SEE movies though, except maybe Pan's Labryth and Dark Knight. While I love Into The Wild, I think (actually I know, from experience) that it doesn't appeal to a majority of people, but if it's your kind of thing you'll love it. Wall-E was extremely well polished, someone mentioned ratatouille, I guess really if you're into animated films, Pixar produces the best so you should watch all of their stuff. | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:14 CharlieMurphy wrote: I completely disagree with Batman Begins, Dark Knight, V for Vendetta, and Transformers . Dark Knight and transformers are pretty good but not really awesomely great, V/Begins just sucks. New Wolverine movie is pretty good though joke post? Probably my favorite of the 21st century: ![[image loading]](http://photos.shebloggedbynight.com/images/A_3/5/2/2/12253/fave_children_of_men_ver2_c32d9.jpg) + ![[image loading]](http://agrandearte.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/cidade-de-deus06.jpg) | ||
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jjun212
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
Can't think of any other really great ones off the top of my head... | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
On May 03 2009 23:36 Physician wrote: Carnac took the words right out of my mind. Beyonder, I know you haven't been posting for a while but standards have gone up a little since you used to post regularly with the screen name Beyonder. I suggest THE LAST VALLEY, you won't regret it. It's old as phuck though, one of the better movies from the '70s: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/ maybe you could put more effort reading what took little effort from the OP | ||
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Luddite
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Volshok
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
Slumdog Millionaire 300 Tropic Thunder And I'm going to kill anyone who says Dragonball Evolution. | ||
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Hollow
Canada2180 Posts
Close second would be There Will Be Blood, close third No Country for Old Men. Most movies that came out in the past few years were really terrible =/\ | ||
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TryThis
Canada1522 Posts
and one of the first [osts in their thread "the usual suspects" totally blew me away it was unreal. | ||
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konadora
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:02 konadora wrote: Is Wall-E really that good? The trailers didn't really impress me. Go watch it now GO NOW NOW GO | ||
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TimeShifter
Singapore235 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:25 Yaqoob wrote: V for Vendetta & The Dark Knight were both very good movies. +1 | ||
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Folca
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On May 04 2009 00:41 konadora wrote: The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire 300 Tropic Thunder And I'm going to kill anyone who says Dragonball Evolution. Opinion: 300 sucks Tropic Thunder is a comedy movie that just isn't funny. Figures. Only liked the part when Tom Cruise flipped shit on those Flaming Dragons. | ||
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TimeShifter
Singapore235 Posts
On May 03 2009 23:50 Chosi wrote: V and Dark Knight ez .. but: Dunno if I am the only one that thinks Hitman was the first really good game-based movie that actually stayed very true with the game and therefor was much better than anything game based i saw before. it was rather sad because Vin Disel was supposed to be 47 but it ended up with some weird dark guy that epicly failed in the 47 look..poor storyline imo..but i am a hitman fan lol | ||
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Xenixx
United States499 Posts
On May 04 2009 00:44 Hollow wrote: Into the Wild, no doubt for me. It's actually one of my favorites of all time next to The Fountain and Stalker. I don't think a movie could ever touch me as much as this one. It wasn't perfect though but I believe Sean Penn was the perfect person to make this movie a success. Emile Hirsche is one of my favorite actors too, and Kristen Stewart is <3. Close second would be There Will Be Blood, close third No Country for Old Men. Most movies that came out in the past few years were really terrible =/\ Where did you get your hands on STALKER, I simply cannot find this movie. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:15 Xenixx wrote:Where did you get your hands on STALKER, I simply cannot find this movie. if he meant STALKER by Tarkovsky (1979) it's all over the internetz, torrent (7th in the list) (didn't like it myself btw way, thought it was crap) http://tinylink.com/?S9H3n6VIVO | ||
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MadNeSs
Denmark1507 Posts
The Dark Knight | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
Does y tu mama tambien count as recent? | ||
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Xenixx
United States499 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:21 Physician wrote: if he meant STALKER by Tarkovsky (1979) it's all over the internetz, torrent (7th in the list) (didn't like it myself btw way, thought it was crap) http://tinylink.com/?S9H3n6VIVO wow thanks, been trying to torrent it to see if its any good for the longest | ||
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
On May 04 2009 02:04 konadora wrote: Oh wait, I missed out Cloverfield. I loved that shit. Oh god that movie was fucking terrible... | ||
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
I thought it was pretty amazing, with the new (ok maybe not new, but it was refreshing) first-person camera-shot that was later used by REC, as well as the slow revealing of the monster and the plot and everything. | ||
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Shivaz
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
Edit: I would recommend Boondock Saints but that came out in 99. Apparently there weren't very many memorable movies that people can recall from the past couple years. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On May 04 2009 02:23 Durak wrote: On the topic of cloverfield, watching the first half hour of that mde me feel queasy. It had some boring kid romance and a really shaky camera filming nothing. Got that right. I think the character introduction was kind of too long. There were some people who actually left the theater because they thought they were watching the wrong movie rofl. | ||
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Geo.Rion
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there are so many films, and they are so hard to compare... | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
Step Brothers? -_-;; Tropic Thunder? I like Will Ferrell... -_-; | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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skindzer
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EGMachine
United States1643 Posts
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Chuiu
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On May 04 2009 00:19 Luddite wrote: it's GOING to be fucking star trek. No its not, that movie is going to be as shallow as it looks like it will. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
I'll also mention the Lord of the Rings movies that came out. Maybe some of them weren't as true to the book as they should have been, but they still had good acting. The Prestige is also another movie that I really liked. The plot was engaging and the acting was well done. Go tesla! | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:25 catbert1 wrote: Gran Torino | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32058 Posts
Children of Men is awesome too (I've still yet to read the book) | ||
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Mooga
United States575 Posts
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DownMaxX
Canada1311 Posts
Iron Man Wall-E Zach and Miri Make a Porno 300 Watchmen Tropic Thunder Superbad + Show Spoiler + Dragonball Evolution is hilarious, but don't see if you're not a fan of the series to begin with | ||
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Makhno
Sweden585 Posts
On May 04 2009 00:44 Hollow wrote: Into the Wild, no doubt for me. It's actually one of my favorites of all time next to The Fountain and Stalker. I don't think a movie could ever touch me as much as this one. It wasn't perfect though but I believe Sean Penn was the perfect person to make this movie a success. Emile Hirsche is one of my favorite actors too, and Kristen Stewart is <3. Close second would be There Will Be Blood, close third No Country for Old Men. Most movies that came out in the past few years were really terrible =/\ You have great taste in movies my friend. Stalker is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best movie I've ever seen. I would also recommend Solayris (not the remake with Clooney), another great movie by Tarkovskij. | ||
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piratebay
United States399 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
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On May 04 2009 03:06 FragKrag wrote: Probably V for Vendetta, and Into the Wild for me. Into the Wild is probably one of my favorite books, and the movie came through. ! We should get married... I also have a feeling that CharlieMurphy is just trolling ;r | ||
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
On May 04 2009 03:31 piratebay wrote: am i the only one that thinks the dark knight was way overrated? No, I thought it was just a typical action movie too. | ||
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
Maybe because its an unfinished movie with really poor editing | ||
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Xenixx
United States499 Posts
On May 04 2009 03:32 Shivaz wrote: No, I thought it was just a typical action movie too. it was damn good but anyone who says the action was the selling point i'll debunk that fucking myth | ||
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Wurzelbrumpft
Germany471 Posts
300. yeah it may have no plot and shitty dialogues. but if you didnt enjoy this your a fag There Will be Blood. i didnt like Magnolia at all, but this is a great movie, daniel day lewis´ character was the deepest ive ever on film also lol at people saying WALL-E. i also think the first Batman movie, Batman begins, was better than the Dark Knight, its ridiculously overrated on imdb, because hearth ledger, an actor who never played in a film worth watching, died of an overdose, which makes everyone think, omg his character must be so deep. | ||
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
Spartans are OP | ||
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
On May 04 2009 03:40 Wurzelbrumpft wrote: i also think the first Batman movie, Batman begins, was better than the Dark Knight, its ridiculously overrated on imdb, because hearth ledger, an actor who never played in a film worth watching, died of an overdose, which makes everyone think, omg his character must be so deep. The Heath Ledger part is pretty much right lol.. and then everyone started jumping onto the bandwagon. | ||
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anTi_
United States499 Posts
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
300 was a pretty good movie imo, not particulary realistic but enjoyable. In my oppinion, Watchmen is one of the biggest failures I have yet to lay eyes on but maybe that's just me. Somehow a blue guy (which penis can be seen the whole movie) going emo isn't quite appealing to me. I've seen a lot of people mention The Dark Knight. While it's a good movie, action packed and it's dose of drama and subliminal messages, it's not a movie that rests in one's memory as incredible or amazing. A good action movie, a bit overrated but nothing more imo. Slumdog Millionaire wasn't that good imo, I'd probably rate The Curios Case of Benjamin Buttons to be more interesting and entertaining. Milk, the movie with the gay dude and polithics proved to be quite uninteresting to me so I stopped watching it after 10 minutes, maybe someone with more patience and insight can comment on that one. I recently watched Ip Man, and all I can say is that I just loved it. Loved it, loved it. Has a lot of nice fights and a very interesting storyline that kept me atleast on the edge of my seat. So if you have some spare time on your hands watch Ip Man and The Curios Case of Benjamin Buttons, those are the only movie that actually let an impression on me in the last weeks. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On May 04 2009 04:04 FirstBorn wrote: A few comments on the movie recommended in this thread thus far: 300 was a pretty good movie imo, not particulary realistic but enjoyable. In my oppinion, Watchmen is one of the biggest failures I have yet to lay eyes on but maybe that's just me. Somehow a blue guy (which penis can be seen the whole movie) going emo isn't quite appealing to me. I've seen a lot of people mention The Dark Knight. While it's a good movie, action packed and it's dose of drama and subliminal messages, it's not a movie that rests in one's memory as incredible or amazing. A good action movie, a bit overrated but nothing more imo. Slumdog Millionaire wasn't that good imo, I'd probably rate The Curios Case of Benjamin Buttons to be more interesting and entertaining. Milk, the movie with the gay dude and polithics proved to be quite uninteresting to me so I stopped watching it after 10 minutes, maybe someone with more patience and insight can comment on that one. I recently watched Ip Man, and all I can say is that I just loved it. Loved it, loved it. Has a lot of nice fights and a very interesting storyline that kept me atleast on the edge of my seat. So if you have some spare time on your hands watch Ip Man and The Curios Case of Benjamin Buttons, those are the only movie that actually let an impression on me in the last weeks. Ip Man was awesome. Great kung-fu movie. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
Seriously iron man and batman begins were brilliant movies, they were just overshadowed by dark knight, even though batman begins is just a smidgen worse than the dark knight. And no country for old men was amazing. | ||
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
And I will second The Assassination of Jesse James, I was stunned by that movie. I think both of these movies are a little under the radar, but amazing. Edit: I don't know what the big deal is with the Dark Knight, 300 is terrible but in a good way (I'd watch either movie again if I were really bored and had a snack), I'd wouldn't watch Wall-E again, I thought it was lousy. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:25 Yaqoob wrote: V for Vendetta & The Dark Knight were both very good movies. THESE | ||
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
For example, the first time I watched The Departed, people were laughing at the jokes from the beginning to the end and it was great. I watched it again with another group of people and there were hardly any laughs =/ Still, the first time left a very good impression. Anyway from 2005 on: The Departed Juno Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (def. the most fun of any movie) So I don't know if these are the best movies but they left the most memorable impressions. Dark Knight too of course, which everyone loved, but I thought was overrated. Probably like Iron Man more than TDK. | ||
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Latham
9560 Posts
And the Bourne Trilogy is fucking sick, I highly recommend it. | ||
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:02 konadora wrote: Is Wall-E really that good? The trailers didn't really impress me. A lot of people have a stupid outlook that because it's a Pixar kids/family movie that it can't be considered really good. But honestly it was incredible how the animators were able to convey such emotion from the characters who had very little facial expression, ie robots without eyebrows or mouths are still able to look surprised or shocked, etc. Maybe I'm wording this poorly but I think most people who've seen it will know what I mean. | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
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Tensai176
Canada2061 Posts
I liked, V for Vendetta and The Departed. I enjoyed Casino Royale as well but not as a candidate for Best Movie. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
On May 04 2009 04:56 SpiritoftheTunA wrote: great movie! Thats me and my gfs pick if we were to watch one together. | ||
Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
![[image loading]](http://theloop.colum.edu/s/644/images/editor/students/News/The_Truman_Show-front_DivX.jpg) Really love this movie. Bought it with my last batch of bought dvd's and watched it today. Really gives you another perspective on life. I think it's a little short though, they could've added maybe 15 more minutes and I'm a sucker for a cheesy ending so they could've dragged it out some more. 9/10. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
On May 04 2009 05:02 Twisted wrote: Really love this movie. Bought it with my last batch of bought dvd's and watched it today. Really gives you another perspective on life. I think it's a little short though, they could've added maybe 15 more minutes and I'm a sucker for a cheesy ending so they could've dragged it out some more. 9/10. OH GOD I SO WANTED TO WATCH THAT MOVIE :< | ||
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white_box921
United Kingdom967 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:12 ktp wrote: http://www.imdb.com/chart/2000s One that surprised me on that list was Coraline. I haven't seen it yet. So for those who saw it, how was it compared to the other films on the list? the only one which makes me want to rewatch right now is the pianist because i don't think any other movie has stuck me so much, i was in tears watching a movie and that is fucking amazing. saying that, i must have seen gladiator like 5 times and once finished LOTR:extended version in one day | ||
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ccou
United States681 Posts
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Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
Oh well. | ||
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Miller
United States77 Posts
Fight Club Pitch Black 3 Kings Children of Men Are a few good ones that come to mind.... | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:14 CharlieMurphy wrote: I completely disagree with Batman Begins, Dark Knight, V for Vendetta, and Transformers . Dark Knight and transformers are pretty good but not really awesomely great, V/Begins just sucks. New Wolverine movie is pretty good though the new wolverine movie sucked + Show Spoiler + tipical kill love one with some twist in it , gets revenge, kill some megamonster at the end, very predictable, i was looking forward to this movie for a long time but it was a big dissapointment | ||
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On May 04 2009 05:02 Twisted wrote: Really love this movie. Bought it with my last batch of bought dvd's and watched it today. Really gives you another perspective on life. I think it's a little short though, they could've added maybe 15 more minutes and I'm a sucker for a cheesy ending so they could've dragged it out some more. 9/10. That was a great movie. Forrest gump imo ... | ||
KizZBG
u gotta skate8152 Posts
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diehilde
Germany1596 Posts
I am astonished that nobody mentioned "The Sea Inside" yet... Its from 2004 and its my favorite movie of all time.... Did nobody watch it or what? Its incredible... | ||
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BlackJack
United States10514 Posts
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NastyMarine
United States1252 Posts
fuck V for Vendetta | ||
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feathers
United States236 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
![[image loading]](http://vinyarb.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/images/ipman_poster.jpg) Really great kung-fu / action film. It's about the life of Ip Man who is Bruce Lee's initiation master. It's very loosely based off of his life though so don't expect to watch some boring biographical movie. It's primarily an action film with a really interesting story. My only complaint is that it's too short =/ ![[image loading]](http://filmonic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rocknrolla-poster.jpg) A great action/gangster film. If you're a fan of Snatch then you will definitely like this. It's not as good as snatch but it was still a really enjoyable film with great story and really funny characters. | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:12 ktp wrote: http://www.imdb.com/chart/2000s One that surprised me on that list was Coraline. I haven't seen it yet. So for those who saw it, how was it compared to the other films on the list? It's a children story basically, but very nicely done (first animation i saw in 3D). I personally enjoyed it . | ||
AltaiR_
Korea (South)922 Posts
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OmgIRok
Taiwan2699 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
![[image loading]](http://twitchfilm.net/site/images/entry_images/DeadSnow2.jpg) also ![[image loading]](http://gaijinnosekai.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/versus_large_2.jpg) and ![[image loading]](http://image.blog.bitcomet.com/postpic/20080331/2640994_ejdaeh080331141310.jpg) English title for the last one's 'Volcano High'. | ||
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gLyo
United States2410 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/07/20/darjeeling-limited-poster.jpg) Wes Anderson is always good. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
![[image loading]](http://howardhughes.trinity.duke.edu/uploads/assets/cidade-de-deus.jpg) forget slumdog. cidade de deus did it first, and they did it best. | ||
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Apathy
United States141 Posts
Is really good. The whole movie is a conversation in a living room | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:14 CharlieMurphy wrote: I completely disagree with Batman Begins, Dark Knight, V for Vendetta, and Transformers . Dark Knight and transformers are pretty good but not really awesomely great, V/Begins just sucks. New Wolverine movie is pretty good though Your taste in movies sucks. | ||
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Sweden6339 Posts
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
On May 04 2009 08:21 p4NDemik wrote: + Show Spoiler + forget slumdog. cidade de deus did it first, and they did it best. +1. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
On May 04 2009 06:44 BlackJack wrote: 21 Lol. | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
QUOTE]On May 04 2009 06:29 KizZBG wrote: I loved Snatch! Oh, you mean dogs. Yah, I like degs. My favorite is My Sassy Girl! Korean drama movies ftw! | ||
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BlackJack
United States10514 Posts
that wasnt a joke with my screenname, that movie was amazing | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
hey! Fuck you! | ||
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Leeto
United States1320 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Fearless_film.jpg) I thought this was pretty good. | ||
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mark718
United States73 Posts
When I saw Dark Knight the first time, I was blown away at how good it was. Follow up viewings, it loses some of its punch. I honestly think that Iron Man is more suitable for watching multiple times. Both set an incredibly high standard for future comic book movies though, for which I am grateful. And just for kicks, I'd recommend The Rundown. It's stupid fun, and Christopher Walken is a genius. | ||
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mark718
United States73 Posts
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:10 Mista wrote: The Usual Suspects. thats 1995... | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
it fucking sucked wtf | ||
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
On May 04 2009 04:38 Latham wrote: From the very few movies I've seen in the cinema I'll have to say The Black Knight. . Black Knight, with Martin Lawrence? ugh..... | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
On May 04 2009 06:44 BlackJack wrote: 21 lol this movie sucks =[ and ya if u liked slumdog, u should really see city of god. its the slumdog version for the big boys =[ | ||
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AlwaysGG
Taiwan952 Posts
darkknight Wall-E Tokyo drift | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
Hahaha. I remember watching this movie 6 times on satellite over two days. It really wasn't very good but I love Martin Lawrence. Blue streak is unreal. | ||
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/elite_squad_ver3.jpg) Imho | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
On May 04 2009 11:02 Rekrul wrote: why do people say slumdog millionnaire was a good movie it fucking sucked wtf It's overrated, but it didn't suck. Like 7/10 IMO In the last couple years... It's hard to really say... In the last 2 years the best movie I've seen is The Dark Knight, but it wasn't exactly a movie that made me think or go 'holy shit, I'll never be the same again' when I came out, the way a great movie does. I dunno. Nothing blew my mind, and I'm not going to list all the movies I just liked. The Invasion remake with Daniel Craig is worth seeing, but it's not what I'd call a good movie Oh, actually... Pu-239 was a really good movie. Death at a Funeral was a pretty good comedy... Neither of which I suspect many saw. | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
mostly cuz its true | ||
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Ideas
United States8104 Posts
There Will Be Blood The Prestige A Scanner Darkly | ||
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SChasu
United States1505 Posts
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
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unknown.sam
Philippines2701 Posts
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
On May 04 2009 07:55 onnings wrote: . Just saw this movie last night. It started out slow but progressed to get better and better. My mate and I found a lot of parts ridiculously funny. Liked it. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On May 04 2009 11:02 Rekrul wrote: why do people say slumdog millionnaire was a good movie it fucking sucked wtf because it's "inspiring" and because it got the best picture or something | ||
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shavingcream66
United States1219 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
And Transformer? You just have to expect what you're gonna get - I went in just wanting to see giant robots beat the shit out of each other, and that's what I got, and I was satisfied ^^ A ridiculous amount of people will say "so-and-so movie sucked/is overrated" because they're "too cool" to like mainstream movies that other people also like or something lol. Kinda sad. | ||
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
On May 03 2009 22:51 Licmyobelisk wrote: Man, you forgot the best film in 2009: +1 | ||
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stanley_
United States816 Posts
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GTR
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Roxen000
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Manbear
Canada306 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On May 04 2009 11:02 Rekrul wrote: why do people say slumdog millionnaire was a good movie it fucking sucked wtf yes, finally someone who agrees with me. Trash movie. | ||
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LightRailCoyote
United States982 Posts
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
little miss sunshine was awesome. though im looking forward to some zooey moviesssssssss. she is my angel ;_; | ||
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malathion
United States361 Posts
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Bob123
Korea (North)259 Posts
Pan's labyrinth gets my vote. | ||
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Trumpet
United States1935 Posts
I didn't think it was that recent, but that movie was absolutely astonishing. The English dub for it is on point as well, I prefer it to the original voices. Also, Thank you for Smoking (2005). Slipped under the radar for me. Comedy movie with a slightly different kind of humor than the ones suggested. Aaron Eckhart's performance as Nick Naylor is what made me watch The Dark Knight in theaters. And I second Ratatouille and Wall-E as well. Haven't yet met someone who regretted watching those. I'm surprised people mentioned 300. I figured that movie was pure hype and would be long forgotten by now. | ||
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LilClinkin
Australia667 Posts
Gran Torino Snatch for kicks (it's kinda old now) Rise of the foot soldier (no one has mentioned this, it's great) | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10716 Posts
The Wrestler (seriously, Gran Torino is tons of times in here but this is nearly inexistent? wtf?) Sin City The Departed (or the Hong Kong original, both are great... I could identify myself better with "The Departed" so I liked that one more). The Green Mile Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (is like Snatch, but imo a little better... Probably depends on which one you saw earlier because they are very similar in many aspects). In Brugges (starts a bit slow but it just gets better by the minute... Midget wars :D). City of God The Dark Knight No country for old men REALLY Fun/Strange-Stuff: Shoot'em'up... Seriously, if you know what you get and you actually want just that (sick action with guns) there is no better movie and there probably will never be a better movie. Crank 1 (didn't knew anything about this movie and just rented it out of curiosity... Awesome :p). 300 (Hua! Someone should make such a movie featuring amazons )Oldboy (saw this one accidently on TV with no clue... When a dude is running around with a Hammer you just have to know what he is up to ... That was a really strange experience ^^).Ong Bak (inyaface!) Planet Terror (death proof sucked, aside from the cars and Kurt Russel) Terminator 3... This movie is so... early 90ties... Big explosions, fire... 90ties stuff :p. Watchmen... Stop complaining about seeing Dr. Manhattens dick, it would have been retarded for his character to wear pants because he is above such things... Seriously, i never knew the comic and i still don't. But complaining about this is just retarded. I hated V for Vendetta, I was so bored and I just don't see what many people seem to see in this movie. Transformers was ok, nothing more... I don't really get the hype, to less Robots action... TF2 looks promising Wolverine is one of the worst movies I saw in a long time. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On May 04 2009 21:40 Velr wrote: In Brugges (starts a bit slow but it just gets better by the minute... Midget wars :D). haha wow I didn't think anyone on Earth besides me had even heard of this movie, I found it funny as hell | ||
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
On May 03 2009 22:20 Sayara wrote: Mean Girls . | ||
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TonyL2
England1953 Posts
Dark Knight, but everyone's said it Children of Men Gran Torino Oldboy | ||
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exeprime
United Kingdom643 Posts
![[image loading]](http://thotprocess.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/mongol_poster.jpg) Oh and also 2002's Hero, for some brilliant cinematography. ![[image loading]](http://movieposters.2038.net/p/Hero_5.jpg) | ||
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Meretricious
Canada161 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + In all seriousness, The Dark Knight was the best movie ever. lol | ||
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b3h47pte
United States1317 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + i kid i kid lol | ||
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TopGear
United Kingdom796 Posts
The Last King of Scotland City of God (aka Cidade de Deus) The Green Mile The Departed The Bourne Triology Pan's Labryinth Taken The Prestige Training Day Meet The Parents Something About Mary American Beauty (ok its 1999, but probably one of my favourite films ever) Memento Gladiator (obv) Sin City Snatch and there are soooo many pre-2000 that I would love to name, but they are classics that everyone knows about anyway e.g. shawshank, schindler's list etc | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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[DUF]MethodMan
Germany1716 Posts
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GinNtoniC
Sweden2945 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:18 Carnac wrote: V is awesome. V for Vendetta is seriously the best movie of -05. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10716 Posts
For me it was just boring and simple. | ||
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pangshai
Chinatown5333 Posts
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pirate cod
810 Posts
On May 04 2009 23:55 GinNtoniC wrote: V for Vendetta is seriously the best movie of -05. Lets take a look at this statement. What are some movies that came out in 2005? In no particular order: No Direction Home Sin City Iqbal C.R.A.Z.Y. Brokeback Mountain Capote Batman Begins Walk the Line Cindarella Man Wallace & Gromit Tsotsi Corpse Bride Paradise Now Sophie Scholl Murderball You're telling me there's not a movie in that list that's better than V for Vendetta? An hour and a half of pretentious bullshit. | ||
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parkin
1080 Posts
spirited away dead man probably more that i dont remember atm. | ||
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exeprime
United Kingdom643 Posts
On May 05 2009 00:23 pangshai wrote: I just watched Across the Universe and it was fantastic. It is a musical with beatles songs set in the vietnam war period, and the songs are strung together just flawlessly. The singing is excellent, although the storyline/script is kinda ridiculous (throwing in a character called prudence just so they could sing hey prudence). Great movie to watch if you're a beatles fan, or you're just into good music/singing and not much of a plot. +1. Great film. | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5094 Posts
Really shocked that this movie didn't create a ginormous international shitstorm. Basically a very very big slap right across the face of every religious group in the world. Bill Maher does a very good job of asking the right questions and then letting people make complete assholes out of themselves and their religion. I like how it brings up the topic of religion in such a comedic way but then you step back and think about it and you go "holy shit it's actually not funny at all, this is serious business..." Definitely check it out. | ||
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Bowdz
United States202 Posts
On May 05 2009 00:23 pangshai wrote: I just watched Across the Universe and it was fantastic. It is a musical with beatles songs set in the vietnam war period, and the songs are strung together just flawlessly. The singing is excellent, although the storyline/script is kinda ridiculous (throwing in a character called prudence just so they could sing hey prudence). Great movie to watch if you're a beatles fan, or you're just into good music/singing and not much of a plot. Although I really didn't like the movie (just a personal taste), no one can deny how brilliantly made the movie was. Personally, my favorites of the past few years are The Dark Knight, Fearless, District B13, and The Last Samurai. | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
- The Matrix - Crank - Children of Men - The Pianist - Batman Begins - Sin City | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On May 05 2009 00:10 Velr wrote: Could someone explain what makes V so awesome? For me it was just boring and simple. It was boring and simple, I had more fun with the Da Vinci code... Bourne Ultimatum for the win... really any Bourne movie... all three were incredible | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On May 05 2009 13:09 Jayme wrote: It was boring and simple, I had more fun with the Da Vinci code... Bourne Ultimatum for the win... really any Bourne movie... all three were incredible Wait, you don't like V but you are going to say the Bourne series? They're decent movies... but really? | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
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rushz0rz
Canada5300 Posts
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Xela
Canada203 Posts
The prestige is really great and unexpected ending, everyone can love this movie. And how can people forget Million Dollar Baby? It was really entertaining and the ending almost made me cry. Clint Eastwood+ Morgan Freeman= Insta win Kill Bill was good too, it's one of those movies you could watch 10 times in a row just because the fights are so epic. And LOTR is probably the best book adaptation (can I say that?) I've ever seen considering the debth of the story. I'm sure everyone who has read the books had imagine a movie almost just like that, when I saw it for the first time it was really just like I imagined everything before. Gandalf was exactly like he was in the books, so were Aragorn and Legolas. | ||
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food
United States1951 Posts
There clearly wasn't anything that topped Kill Bill since its release, but that was 5 years ago. Nothing significant came out past 2-3 years, Dark Knight and Slumdog were obviously top picks. I was never a huge fan of "batman" series but wasn't disappointed after watching Dark Knight( obviously thanks to Keith Ledger acting, nothing else). Slumdog was a ripoff from 2 movies, City of God and a french movie My Best Friend( surprisingly good movie too), regardless of that it delivered and kept me interested to the end. IMO most notable movie in past couple years would be Crank 2. I haven't seen this kind of action since Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. It topped LSATSB at many aspects, probably not the better movie overall but still VERY impressive. The Pursuit of Happyness deserves mentioning, possibly couple more movies that I'm forgetting about came fairly close. Other then that it's been absolute garbage. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 05 2009 00:43 pirate cod wrote: Lets take a look at this statement. What are some movies that came out in 2005? In no particular order: No Direction Home Sin City Iqbal C.R.A.Z.Y. Brokeback Mountain Capote Batman Begins Walk the Line Cindarella Man Wallace & Gromit Tsotsi Corpse Bride Paradise Now Sophie Scholl Murderball You're telling me there's not a movie in that list that's better than V for Vendetta? An hour and a half of pretentious bullshit. hehe yup, batman begins, brokeback mountain, and capote are all definately better than V. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 04 2009 15:06 stanley_ wrote: Silence of the Lambs average movie and that is like 20 years old. | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
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Kingkosi
United States1215 Posts
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
No ones mentioned Inland Empire yet.... | ||
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VooDank
Canada252 Posts
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Everywhere
United States97 Posts
the departed superbad yes man (surprisingly enjoyable) appaloosa 3:10 to yuma stranger than fiction ghost town coraline the kill bills casino royale doubt benjamin button a good year some notes: the dark knight - WAY TOO FUCKING OVERRATED the prestige - good until that retarded shit happens about 3/4 into it. v for vendetta - ehh..... wall-e - did not enjoy it very much... 300 - memorable, but mediocre | ||
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
The recent wolverine movie was bad imo Fight Club is always good. The Bourne movies / Boondock Saints if you want action films | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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Kuja900
United States3564 Posts
Watchmen Master and Commander Cinderella Man +anything else with Russel Crow | ||
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Kuja900
United States3564 Posts
On May 05 2009 14:27 il0seonpurpose wrote: I like those comedies that have sort of a meaning behind them, like Click and Yes Man. Click blew, it took a complete genre shift halfway through the movie you just cant do that. | ||
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Everywhere
United States97 Posts
On May 05 2009 14:27 il0seonpurpose wrote: I like those comedies that have sort of a meaning behind them, like Click and Yes Man. i think zooey deschanel pretty much carried Yes Man and made it enjoyable. | ||
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Cube
Canada777 Posts
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poppa
United States329 Posts
On May 03 2009 21:32 Highways wrote: Yea I know. People will always go the original is always better no matter what. If you judge it objectively without the "original is better" bias, then it is obvious The Departed is better. The Departed is good for those who don't speak Mandarin or Cantonese, otherwise, the "shitty asian film" is definitely better. Not that the actors were super awesome in the asian version, but the portrayal of the feelings concerning the plot, and the plot overall, is simply better than that of the departed. | ||
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BookTwo
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Meth
Canada396 Posts
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barbahaba0
Israel226 Posts
so i'll start from the 1990 and from the us ( i wont say foreign films ) trainspotting requieme for a dream seven usual suspects fight club pulp fiction reservoir dogs miller crossing big lebowski memento the prestige la confidential the inside man matrix if' u'r into animation i'd say spirited away and princess mononoke now since u cant compare a drama to a comedy because its like asking what do u prefer eating a good steak or a chocolate cake so if u'r into funny "drugs film" any movie with will ferrel grandma boy borat ok the list is too long i'll stop now and yes i'm aware there were no commas in my awnser | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On May 05 2009 13:19 FragKrag wrote: Wait, you don't like V but you are going to say the Bourne series? They're decent movies... but really? Yup and I don't consider them anywhere near the same thing... because they aren't. I also did something called reading so I know the whole other half of the plot the movies didn't go over, I just liked it that much better. I don't even know how you can really compare them to each other. | ||
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Fobbish
Korea (South)1071 Posts
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/ | ||
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snorlax
United States755 Posts
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
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Turbovolver
Australia2394 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10716 Posts
On May 05 2009 15:58 stroggos wrote: Infernal Affairs is better than the departed, it has some great acting, well portrayed plot, and is full of vibrant emotion. Scorcese has lost his touch unfortunately. The departed is still a great film though. There was enough emotion in The Departed? Any more and it would have looked strange to me... Can't stand Emo heroes... | ||
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XDawn
Canada4040 Posts
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
Tristram Shandy. Also very good, and pretty much unknown. Steve Coogan is creeping on the come up. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:21 Physician wrote: if he meant STALKER by Tarkovsky (1979) it's all over the internetz, torrent (7th in the list) (didn't like it myself btw way, thought it was crap) http://tinylink.com/?S9H3n6VIVO are you kidding? Stalker has some of the best cinematography ever. Some of the sequences in that film are pure amazing, like the tram ride into the zone. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 04 2009 14:26 Bub wrote: Just saw this movie last night. It started out slow but progressed to get better and better. My mate and I found a lot of parts ridiculously funny. Liked it. hahaha that movie is so rediculously funny. "I HAVE REFLEXES 500 TIMES FASTER THAN MIKE TYSON"-*gets blown apart by an RPG* | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
On May 04 2009 01:02 konadora wrote: Is Wall-E really that good? The trailers didn't really impress me. it sucked giant balls | ||
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pangshai
Chinatown5333 Posts
On May 05 2009 16:03 Velr wrote: There was enough emotion in The Departed? Any more and it would have looked strange to me... Can't stand Emo heroes... I think the mafia mole in the hongkong version (matt damon's character) had a better portrayal of the conflicting emotions of I-wanna-be-a-good-guy and I-have-to-be-loyal-to-mafia-boss. In The Departed he just shoots jack nicholson so suddenly. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 05 2009 16:03 Velr wrote: There was enough emotion in The Departed? Any more and it would have looked strange to me... Can't stand Emo heroes... not talking about quantities here... Also yeah, Jack nicholson is a terrible actor. | ||
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NeVeR
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oneill
Philippines278 Posts
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
Snatch Hero Burn after reading Once The Matrix Theres a few more but those would be my favourites. | ||
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TopGear
United Kingdom796 Posts
Wasn't even mentioned in this entire thread | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
2) The General (Keaton) 3) Casablanca 4) City Lights 5) The Seven Samurai | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On May 05 2009 22:45 StarN wrote: 1) The Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) 2) The General (Keaton) 3) Casablanca 4) City Lights 5) The Seven Samurai lol were talking last couple years not last 100 years. I do like those movies though. | ||
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PadrinO
Canada103 Posts
On May 03 2009 23:04 BroOd wrote: Sunshine is like 75% of a really good movie haha yeah me and my friends were all thrilled... well... until the movies gets ridiculously stupid. At that point we just closed the TV and throwed a tantrum at the ruined potential from what could've been an epic movie. | ||
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PadrinO
Canada103 Posts
1. Gladiator (2000) 2. V for Vendetta(2005) 3. Black Hawk Down(2001) 4. Children of Men(2006) 5. City of God(2002) HM: Slumdog Millionaire(2008) Also everyone is free of their opinion but I need to counter-vote everyone saying There will be blood. Easily the movie that bore me out the most in the last 10 year. I didn't even listen to the end of it, I turned off the TV a few mins before the end. I was falling asleep. | ||
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diehilde
Germany1596 Posts
In that regard it still boggles my mind nobody even mentioned "The Sea Inside". Anybody here even seen it? It has like a fuckton of awards (including an Oscar), so it shouldnt even be thaaat underground. Watch that film, its a masterpiece ^^ edit: also "Open your eyes" from the same director is a very very good movie too. Tom Cruise adapted it as "Vanilla Skies" which completely sucked horseshit compared to the original. I was fortunate enough to watch the movie before ever havin heard the story of "Vanilla Skies" so I could enjoy the film without knowing the story. Must suck a little if you watch Vanilla Skies first and Open your Eyes after... | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
In Bruges is a good one too. But still, Step Brothers is better. -_-;; And most of the movies listed here suck anyways. Thing is... unless it's a comedy, a movie rarely grasps my attention nowadays. And a foreign film probably won't be the first to jump into people's heads as the best recent movie they've seen. Like who the hell names Seven Samurai as the best movie ever? LOLOL nigga plz, you ever see that movie? Your opinion is a joke. Yeah 100 years ago it was fly... but now it's sooo bad. I dare you to watch it without wincing at the movie, they stab each others armpits for god's sake. | ||
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PadrinO
Canada103 Posts
On May 06 2009 08:11 damenmofa wrote: is the almost complete lack of foreign films (bare som asian movies which is obvious given TLs userbase) because you guys think they suck or because you just dont watch anything else than hollywood movies? Apart from Vendetta and LOTR movies there are like a ton of foreign movies I cant even remember the name I liked a lot more than all those hollywood blockbusters. In that regard it still boggles my mind nobody even mentioned "The Sea Inside". Anybody here even seen it? It has like a fuckton of awards (including an Oscar), so it shouldnt even be thaaat underground. Watch that film, its a masterpiece ^^ edit: also "Open your eyes" from the same director is a very very good movie too. Tom Cruise adapted it as "Vanilla Skies" which completely sucked horseshit compared to the original. I was fortunate enough to watch the movie before ever havin heard the story of "Vanilla Skies" so I could enjoy the film without knowing the story. Must suck a little if you watch Vanilla Skies first and Open your Eyes after... I'm pretty sure it's got a lot more to do with the genre then the fact they are foreign movies. As far as I know slumdog millionnaire and city of god have been mentionned a lot here and they're both foreign. | ||
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
but I'd have to say Persepolis | ||
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food
United States1951 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On May 05 2009 15:30 Jayme wrote: Yup and I don't consider them anywhere near the same thing... because they aren't. I also did something called reading so I know the whole other half of the plot the movies didn't go over, I just liked it that much better. I don't even know how you can really compare them to each other. I'm comparing them on the basis of being a good movie. I think the Bourne series is far more overrated than V for Vendetta, and is nowhere near as good of a movie. | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On May 03 2009 20:25 pangshai wrote: I quite enjoyed slumdog millionaire, although it seems critics and other movie buff friends had issues with it. What? It won the academy award for best picture lol. Obviously movie buff people didnt have too much of an issue with it... | ||
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ZorAptoR
Switzerland926 Posts
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MuR)Ernu
Finland768 Posts
It turned out to be a really good movie. It inspiring too. Dreams can be fulfilled, even if you are just some slumdog (the dream was to get the bitch, the gettin' rich part was just a side plan). Even though the story is very sad. They lost their parents, they lost everything, and the brother of the protagonist is an asshole, and all the fucking shit they go through, its still a very happy movie. it IS a girly emotions movie though, some guys don't like it i quess. Also, LOL at saying that movies like zach and miri make a porno or superbad <_> Those are so fukcing shit. I quess they are allright when you watch it with proper people, and proper substances (weed, alcohol) But do any of you think that you will watch superbad again in 10 years? | ||
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ohlala
Germany232 Posts
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Frits
11782 Posts
On May 08 2009 23:22 ohlala wrote: yeah!!!! 300!!!!!!! so subtle and underrated how exactly is 300 subtle | ||
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Flaccid
8836 Posts
On May 06 2009 05:27 PadrinO wrote: haha yeah me and my friends were all thrilled... well... until the movies gets ridiculously stupid. At that point we just closed the TV and throwed a tantrum at the ruined potential from what could've been an epic movie. Watching Sunshine was like reading a Stephen King book. You settle in and things are good. Soon you're reminded that the guy has a knack for developing characters and setting that is hard to find in any genre. By 50 pages in you're hooked. The next 300 pages fly by until it turns out that everyone is a radioactive ghost that needs to drink the blood of still-born babies to stay conscious. And you go "fuck". | ||
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
also for documentaries, i would strongly suggest u have a go at Zeitgeist, i can honestly say its the only film i watched that changed the way i look at things... | ||
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keit
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
On May 09 2009 01:16 Flaccid wrote: Watching Sunshine was like reading a Stephen King book. You settle in and things are good. Soon you're reminded that the guy has a knack for developing characters and setting that is hard to find in any genre. By 50 pages in you're hooked. The next 300 pages fly by until it turns out that everyone is a radioactive ghost that needs to drink the blood of still-born babies to stay conscious. And you go "fuck". Basically describes every M Night Shyamalan (sp) movie ever; Interesting premise... gets you hooked... then the twist happens and you do the proverbial facepalm. I'll throw my support behind Gran Torino, Slumdog Millionaire and Pan's Labyrinth for reasonably recent movies that I really enjoyed. Conversely I've got to say that There Will Be Blood and Stalker (although it's not recent, it's been mentioned in here) were fucking GARBAGE. I don't know how the hell I sat through both of them... they were terrible. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
Frits you are so easy to troll :D | ||
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
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gameguard
Korea (South)2132 Posts
I am really in a stressful situation right now and this movie really made me want to get away from everything. Of course, i dont have the balls to do it, but I can fantasize ~_~ | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
then My Sassy Girl you have to watch it in that order. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
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riotjune
United States3393 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Be even better if he actually did | ||
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herotempler
American Samoa13 Posts
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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Railz
United States1449 Posts
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