NationStates Jolt Archive

Before I let you suggest movies to me, I have to know if you are qualified. So, I am going to list a number of movie titles, and you have to let me know if you've seen it, and liked it or not. In this way, I will be able to tell if your movie-interests mirror mine.

Here is the rating system I'd like you to use.

S (seen it, no S if you haven't)
O (overrated)
G (good to great)
T (terrible)
Just so you don't think this is a test or something, I'll give you my rating of the following movies so you can see for yourself if we match. If they do, you can go ahead and suggest some movies for me to view.

Feel free to do this yourself, so others can make some suggestions to you too!

Il Postino (S, G)
The Titanic (S,O,T)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,O,T)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T)
Spirited Away (S,O,T)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (S,T)
The Colour Purple (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,G)

So go ahead and suggest away if you kind of match up with me. I may have already seen the movie, and forgotten about it, but it might get me wanting to see it again!

The Hills Have Eyes, it's so bad that it's funny


but if you want to watch an actual good film then The Life of David Gale is awesome

Well ive only seen these from your list...
The Titanic (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Saving Private Ryan (S,G)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,G)

check out the Negotiator. ;)

and also The Recruit, that's a great film too

Il Postino (S, G) ()
The Titanic (S,O,T) (S divided by 2,O,T multiplied by 8)
Amadeus (S,G) ()
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G) (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T) (T)
Kill Bill (S,O,T) (S,O)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T) (S,O,T)
Spirited Away (S,O,T) (S,G!!!!!!!)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G) (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G) (S,G)
Shark Tales (S,T) ()
The Colour Purple (S,G) ()
The Last Samurai (S,G) (S,O)

I now suggest you watch "Amores Perros" (S,G) it dead good, also Bubba HoTep (S,G)

Oh, come on -

The Big Lebowski (S, G) You need a rating higher than great for this one
Army of Darkness (S, G)
Spanglish (S, G)

The Hills Have Eyes, it's so bad that it's funny


but if you want to watch an actual good film then The Life of David Gale is awesome

Agreed, tLoDG was a great movie. Sorry, (S,G)

Oh, come on -

The Big Lebowski (S, G) You need a rating higher than great for this one
Army of Darkness (S, G)
Spanglish (S, G)
I still have never managed to make it through the Big Lebowski, and I've tried like six times. :(

Assuming terrible means bad:

Il Postino (S, G)
The Titanic (S,O)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,G)
Saving Private Ryan (S,G)
Spirited Away (S,T)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (no S)
The Colour Purple (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,T)

Based on your choices, I'd suggest
The Incredibles
Amelie (english for "fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Shawshank Redemption
Manchurian Candidate (do try to find the original, though)

Identity! also a brilliant film

*

My ratings
Il Postino S, Great
The Titanic S, O, T
Amadeus S, Great
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy S, Ok
The Fast and the Furious S, T
Kill Bill S, Great
Saving Private Ryan S, Good
Spirited Away S, Great
Who Framed Roger Rabbit S, Great
Finding Nemo S, Great
Shark Tales S, Good
The Colour Purple S, Great
The Last Samurai S, Good

Some suggestions: (the semi-alphabetization comes from my Netflix account)
Big Fish
Bend It Like Beckhan
El Mariachi / Once upon a time in Mexico
Snatch
12 Monkeys
All About My Mother
Amelie
Being John Malkovich
Grosse Pointe Blank
Bob Roberts
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Bringing Out the Dead
Bull Durham
The City of Lost Children
A Civil Action

I realize I have way too many movies I could theoretically recommend. If I am at all on the right track preference-wise and you have further ideas in terms of genre/actors/etc. My consumption of movies is surpassed only by my consumption of books.

EDIT:
A Fish Called Wanda (a true classic!)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dogma
Fallen
Galaxy Quest
The Frighteners
Glory (be prepared to cry)
La Femme Nikita
Like Water For Chocolate
O' Brother Where Art Thou
Matewan
Men With Guns
Metropolis
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (Kenneth Branaugh, Emma Thompson)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Johnny Depp is in high form)
The Princess Bride
The Professional
Wasabi
Shaun of the Dead
Smoke Signals
The Thin Man (watch Nora and Charles soak in martinis and solve crime!)
Tommy Boy
True Believer (I love this film - James Woods as burned out leftist lawyer)
The Verdict (Paul Newman as burned out alcoholic lawyer)

I still have never managed to make it through the Big Lebowski, and I've tried like six times. :(

How can you not? It's brilliant. The music, the cinematography, the acting. I can't even eat popcorn during it because I'm afraid I'll choke to death watching John Goodman roll down the street with a machine gun shooting up the Dude's car.

I still have never managed to make it through the Big Lebowski, and I've tried like six times. :(

Oh, noooooooooooo!!!!

The Coen Brothers are gods!

I've only seen 4 from your list, and I don't agree on the first 2:

The Titanic (S,G) (Not my favorite, but still a good movie)
The Bourne Identity (S,O,T) - The book was sooooooo much better!!!
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G) (I don't remember much about it, except that I enjoyed it)
Finding Nemo (S,G) (Great animation, story - the whole 9 yards)


I'll recommend some to you anyway:

The Sixth Sense (my all-time favorite)
The Usual Suspects (great, but a bit on the violent side)
The Shawshank Redemption
National Treasure
The Lion King (1, 1-1/2, 2)
Shrek I & II
Ice Age
The Incredibles (great animation & story)
Monsters, Inc.
Spiderman (I've only seen the first one so far)
Harry Potter (all 3)
Dragonfly
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Wagons East (very funny)
Nothing to Lose (very funny)

I would also suggest O Brother where Art Thou.

It's one awesome movie.

a couple of people have said The Shawshank Redemption, that's definately a good film!

How about Napolean Dynamite? I don't know if I should watch it or not...

How about Napolean Dynamite? I don't know if I should watch it or not...

I know a lot of people who loved. I didn't hate it is the best I can say about it. Admittedly, I laughed out loud at a few select parts.

A movie a lot of people haven't seen but I would recommend is Man in the Moon with Reese Witherspoon when she was about 14 or so. It's a great movie, but prepare for a tearjerker.

Buttmasters #39

(I had to poke fun at Sinuhue's ass fetish)

You are really for those 'commercial' big buget hollywood films.

The films I list here are films that I think are good or great and you must see them.

Blow*
Der Untergang*
Braveheart*
Trainspotting*
Intermission+
Mad Max 1*,2+,3+
Galipolli*
Angelas Ashes*
Band of Brothers*
Stalingrad+
Gettysburg+
Dances With Wolfes+
Tombstone*
Gods and Generals
Glory*
The Bounty*
Willow*
E.T.*
Jaws 1*,2*
Saving Private Ryan
Gangs of New York*
Waterloo*
Joan of Arc+
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean+
Dr. Strangelove*
Clockwork Orange*
The Patriot+
Gladiator+
U-Boot+
Michael Collins*
In the Name of the Father*
The Boxer+
Patriot Games+
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*
Batman 1*

I have a longer list for you but this will do for now.
I don't like all of them, threre are a few on there that I just listed because they can be entertaining the first time you see them.
The ones I really like and think are great I posted a * next to them, the ones I think are good I posted a + next to them and the rest is just good fun to see.

The Titanic(S,O,T)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,O,G)(not great tho)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,G)-Tarintino in general brilliant
Saving Private Ryan (S,G)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,O,T)
The Godfather Pt1(S,G)
The Godfather Pt2(S,G)
The Godfather pt3(S,G)(not as good as the first two)
Scarface(S,G)

You should watch "The Dark Backward"

http://imdb.com/title/tt0101660/

It's so bad it'll make you feel like there's something wrong with your brain. A must see!

I'm disappointed at the amount of "Kill Bills" and no one's mentioned Pulp Fiction. I like Kill Bill and all but I'm sorry: it sucks nuts compared to Pulp Fiction and Res Dogs. The plot is far too linear. Chick gets pissed, chick kills a lot of people. Pulp Fiction and Res Dogs were much more finely crafted stories, and they were told in a much more interesting and engaging manner.

I'm not going to bother with the codes: I've seen all of these movies and they all kick ass:

--Pulp Fiction
--Reservoir Dogs
--Snatch
--Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels
--Lord of the Rings [if you havent seen them]
--A Clockwork Orange
--Zulu
--Little Big Man
--Network
--Sin City
--Raising Arizona
--The Count of Monte Cristo
--Clerks

How about Napolean Dynamite? I don't know if I should watch it or not...
Don't. It's bad. Not "so bad that it's funny", just bad.

Pootie Tang (S, G)

You must see it, damnit!

The Return of the Assmasters, #24 ;)

Oh yeah! The Hudsucker Proxy (S, G)!

"So bad that its funny/good"?

Try anything by Troma, with intellectual gems such as Rabid Grannys, Class of Nukem High, Surf nazis must Die and the "classic" Toxic Avenger series.

I can't believe no one has said "Man On Fire" yet. (S, FG)

Awesome film, and you will more than likely cry at the end.

"So bad that its funny/good"?

Try anything by Troma, with intellectual gems such as Rabid Grannys, Class of Nukem High, Surf nazis must Die and the "classic" Toxic Avenger series.
AH! SURF NAZI'S MUST DIE!!!!!! I didn't know anyone but me and my brother (for whom I bought this classic) had ever seen it! I LOVE that the characters take their ridiculous roles so seriously...this movie is so terrible, it's pure genius!!!!

Il Postino (S, G)
The Titanic (S,O,T)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,O,T)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T)
Spirited Away (S,O,T)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (S,T)
The Colour Purple (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,G)

So go ahead and suggest away if you kind of match up with me. I may have already seen the movie, and forgotten about it, but it might get me wanting to see it again!I haven't seen all of the ones you listed...

The Titanic (S,O,G) (I saw it before everyone started obsessing over it, and enjoyed it... but it is overrated!)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
Kill Bill (S,G) (I prefer the first one; it's good, not great)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (S,T) (I saw parts of it on a plane, and couldn't be bothered to watch the whole thing - it seemed that bad!)

I recommend Shaun of the Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/) - it's brilliant and hilarious (and my favorite new movie).

See it! See it! See it!

Thank you.

Don't. It's bad. Not "so bad that it's funny", just bad.

Agreed.

That movie should carry a warning from the Surgeon General about damage to brain cells (with none of the benefits of most brain-cell-killing activities ;) ).

The Evil Dead
Fail-Safe
Johnny Got His Gun
Fight Club
Sophie's Choice

Phone Booth (S,G)

The Titanic (S,O,T) - I think from all the people crying in the movie, I was the only one that cried because she had spent money to watch it.
The Fast and the Furious (S,T) - actually it was funny, but in a bad way; also, you shouldn't tune a Charger like that, even if it's only a 1970 model.
Kill Bill (S,O,T)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (T) - no need to see it with all those pop stars involved
The Colour Purple (S,G)
The Last Samurai (S,O,G) - It was a nice movie, but not a great one. I was actually surprised, though, that I liked it at all.

----

Bullitt (S,G)
But I'm a Cheerleader (S,G)
The Party (S,G)
The Warriors (S,G)
Zatoichi (S,G)
Azumi (S,G)
Leon - The Professional (S,G)
Goodfellas (S,G)
Memento (S,G)
Assault on Precinct 13 (the Original) (S,G)
The City of Lost Children (S,G)
eXistenZ (S,G)
The Forsaken (S,G)
Murder by Death (S,G)
The Others (S,G)
s1m0ne (S,G)
Samurai Fiction (S,G)
Shadow of the Vampire (S,G)
The Sting (S,G)
Death Race 2000 (S,G)

I think I don't have to mention Kubrick's classics...

AH! SURF NAZI'S MUST DIE!!!!!! I didn't know anyone but me and my brother (for whom I bought this classic) had ever seen it! I LOVE that the characters take their ridiculous roles so seriously...this movie is so terrible, it's pure genius!!!!

It's great isn't it? I picked it up for £2-99 in the bargain bin of my local Woolworths. If you loved that, try and get hold of anything from the Troma studios. My personal favorite is "Monster in my Closet". The scene of a newcast declaring that all closets in North America must be destroyed to safeguard the nations children is the best. And of course theres the Toxic Avenger, lovingly known as "TOXIE". Watch what happens whena meek 10 stone weakling falls into a vat of toxic waste and becomes the Toxic Avenger!

How about Napolean Dynamite? I don't know if I should watch it or not...
Watch it, but keep in mind it is best to think of it as making fun of the entire state of Idaho. Also, Vote for Pedro.

I can't believe no one has said "Man On Fire" yet. (S, FG)

Awesome film, and you will more than likely cry at the end.

Man on fire? That was one generic movie. Too much for my tastes anyway.

From the posts of yours i've read Sinuhue, I think you'd really like Fight Club. Or hate it, its that type of movie. Which i tend to think are the best ones.

dead man
a man without a past
last man standing
city of god
house of flying daggers
arizona dream

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,

and since you saw Kill Bill, maybe you'd be interested in Asian movies, like Hero (great!)

Il Postino (S, G)
The Titanic (S,O,T)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,G)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T)
Spirited Away (S,G)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S)
The Last Samurai (S,G)

I suggest you check out www.movielens.umn.edu
It works pretty well for me. But I've rated almost 1000 movies in there already.

Pillow book by Peter Greenaway
Nine queens (Argentinian) by Fabian Bielinsky
Night on earth by Jim Jarmusch
Man without the past By Aki Kaurismäki

and if you haven't seen City of God it's a must
quite similar but not as harsh is Ali Zagua, Prince de la Rue by Nabil Ayouch

Some of these have alraedy been mentioned (hey, isn't it a good sign?) but I want to list few more

Delicatessen (or City of the lost children)
House of Sand and Fog
Wasabi
In the name of the father
Shaun of the dead
,

Requiem For a Dream - has that been mentioned? Well it's truly minfuck awesome.
Constantine (so what if Keanu has anti-fans - the soundtrack is awesome and so are the effects, and the script is pretty good too! I love the scene where he flips off Satan :D)
Brazil is an AWESOME movie - it's very nineteen eighty four without copying it in any way, and considering they have early-starwars-esque models for special effects those are pretty damn good.
I know a few obscure Soviet movies that are good :P but i doubt you've heard of them.

Does anyone know wwhether the Good Omens movie is EVER coming out? Nobody seems to know.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie is coming out in two weeks!!!! :D:D:D (I'm such a fangirl :P)

The Hills Have Eyes, it's so bad that it's funny
you know that movie? :eek:


marry me...

Requiem For a Dream - has that been mentioned? Well it's truly minfuck awesome.
...
I know a few obscure Soviet movies that are good :P but i doubt you've heard of them.
...

Requiem for a dream is fantastic. And so is Pi. Check that one too.

But I'm very interested! Please please please... (hijacking the thread)

I recommend the Resnais film "Night and Fog" (Nuit et Brouillard) for a pleasant night in with the wife or girlfriend. Great for blind dates, too. :)

Seriously though, great film.

S (seen it, no S if you haven't)
O (overrated)
G (good to great)
T (terrible)

Gandhi (S, G)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (S, G)
Baseketball (S, G)
Brewster's Millions (S, G)
Goodfellas (S, G)
Shaun of the Dead (S, G)
Starship Troopers (S, G)
Half Baked (S)
How High? (S)
Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke (S, Awesome)

and others...

motorcycle diaries
lilya 4ever
the corporation
the village
run lola run
elling
sleepy hollow

Elling! Elling! Elling!

I haven't seen The house of flying daggers yet but as I like all the other movies you've suggested I'll take that as a good sign and watch it.

Il Postino (S, G)
The Titanic (S,O,T)
Amadeus (S,G)
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy (S,G)
The Fast and the Furious (T) (just guessing since I didn't see it :)
Kill Bill (S,O,G) (I know it's overrated, but terrible?)
Saving Private Ryan (S,O,T)
Spirited Away (S,O,G) (again - overrated, but a good movie nonetheless!)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
Shark Tales (T) (again just guessing)
The Colour Purple () (never even heard of it!)
The Last Samurai (S,G)

So, to start, I wanted to reinforce a couple of recommendations

The Princess Bride
The Usual Suspects

Both are fantastic movies, and you have to watch them immediately if you haven't already :D

I'm going to recommend movies I enjoyed at random in hopes of hitting something you haven't already seen. So here goes:

True Lies
Being There
Office Space
Dr. Strangelove
Pirates of the Carribean (I thought this would be horrible)
The Dark Crystal (If you enjoy children's movies)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Ran
The Thomas Crowne Affair (both the original and the remake)

Ok. That's enough I think. That doesn't qualify as a remotely complete list of my favorite movies, but all were good enough that I've watched them at least twice :).

Requiem for a dream is fantastic. And so is Pi. Check that one too.

But I'm very interested! Please please please... (hijacking the thread)
Personally, I would recommend skipping 'Requiem for a Dream'. It is thoroughly depressing, and takes an astoundingly long time to make the rather obvious point that drugs can screw up your life.

Every thing bad that happens to the main characters is pretty much their own fault, so it's really hard to care. I can't even remember if they died at the end or not.

Requiem for a dream (S, O, T)
Pi (S, O, G)

Personally, I would recommend skipping 'Requiem for a Dream'. It is thoroughly depressing, and takes an astoundingly long time to make the rather obvious point that drugs can screw up your life.

Every thing bad that happens to the main characters is pretty much their own fault, so it's really hard to care. I can't even remember if they died at the end or not.

Requiem for a dream (S, O, T)
Pi (S, O, G)
Well I can only agree with you that the story is rather pointless and depressing. But I love it because it's so damn goodlooking, well edited and has impressive sound design (pretty similar to Pi, same guys behind both movies)

If you like weird films, I recommend The Happiness of The Katakuris.

watch Alice In Wonderland... that movie is messed up.

I haven't seen The house of flying daggers yet but as I like all the other movies you've suggested I'll take that as a good sign and watch it.

House of flying daggars want that good. It was just a group of people wandering round a forest alternately killing each other or declaring undying love for each other, depending on what took their fancy at that moment. Impressive fights and all that but nowhere near as good as croucing tiger, hidden dragon.

I have to second Office Space, Unusual Suspects and The Princess Bride. It's inconceivable that anyone would not like these movies.

Sinuhue

Looking at your evaluations of movies, our tastes probably differ (for instance, you called 11-Oscar Titanic and Saving Ryan's Privates -- oops, Saving Private Ryan -- Overrated and Terrible... while to my eye they're two of the best I've ever seen, and I rent nearly everything that comes out).

I love action/drama/romance movies (those that strive to combine all three or at least two of the three, and patriotism in movies generally strikes a powerful chord)

that said, check out these comedies (apologies for those already mentioned)... perhaps we can agree on these:

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Office Space
There's Something About Mary
Blazing Saddles
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
What About Bob
Groundhog Day
Caddy Shack (might be one word - Caddyshack)
Revenge of the Nerds
National Lampoon's Vacation
American Pie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (visually hilarious)
Bowfinger
The Nutty Professor

that's a start

I cant believe no one else has mentioned Boondock Saints

"Shut your fatass Remy. I can't buy a pack of smokes without running into 9 guys you've fucked"

and:

"Why dont you make like a tree, and get the fuck outta here"


and:

"What are you doing?" / "I just wanted to cuddle" / "What a fag"

Well I can only agree with you that the story is rather pointless and depressing. But I love it because it's so damn goodlooking, well edited and has impressive sound design (pretty similar to Pi, same guys behind both movies)
You're right actually, I'm being unfair to 'Requiem for a Dream'. As far as cinematography, editing and sound goes it was fantastic. For me, character and plot are the most important things, but that's just personal preference :).

watch Airheads!

Ohh! Just to be weird, I want to recommend 'Zardoz' staring Sean Connery. One of the worst movies ever made, but absolutely hilarious. Only watch this if you think you can handle Sean Connery walking around mostly naked for 2 hours.

I am astonished that Sean Connery was ever desperate enough to be in a movie like this :eek:

Belgian movies! Belgian movies!

You're right actually, I'm being unfair to 'Requiem for a Dream'. As far as cinematography, editing and sound goes it was fantastic. For me, character and plot are the most important things, but that's just personal preference :).
They usually are for me too but I do enjoy several films that just look amazing. One of my favourites is Dreyer's Jean d'Arc which has almost no story what so ever (Falconetti is brilliant as Jean d'Arc). LOTR trilogy has bad script and very hollow characters but it's done so well that I like it.

Belgian movies! Belgian movies!
They make movies in Belgium? :o You learn something new everyday.

Agree with Quorm, you (all) must watch Zardoz.

Belgian movies! Belgian movies!
I don't think I know any Beligan movies... could you recommend a couple specific ones?

I just finished watching the hilarious sci fi spoof "G.O.R.A.: A space movie".

3 movies I've watched in the last week that I thoroughly recommend:
Midnight Cowboy - One of the best character dramas you'll ever watch, imo. Dustin Hoffman (who I usually can't stand) is absolutely brillant in it and should have won an Oscar easily for his portrayal of the pathetic and pitiful loser, Ratso. As a bit of trivia: The scene where a cab almost hits Hoffman, and he starts yelling and cursing at the Cad driver, "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!". The cab was real, and not part of the scene. Hoffman just stayed in character, as he didn't want to ruin a take. This from a man who would later play Captain Hook in 'Hook'.
America doesn't make movies like this anymore.

The Big Lebowski - A great Cohen brothers comedy, at the top of their game. If you haven't seen it yet, or if you haven't seen it in a while (like myself), do yourself a favour and watch it asap. "Nobody fucks with the Jesus!"
More Trivia: The reason Steve Buscemi's character, Donny, is constantly being told to "Shut the fuck up!" by Walter (John Goodman), is because Buscemi's character in Fargo (1996, the previous Cohen brother's movie) would not shut up.

A very long Engagement - Yet another stylish and sublime movie from Jeunet. Thoroughly enjoyable and emotional movie. More proof, if any needed, that Jeunet is one of the best film-makers around at present.

I now suggest you watch "Amores Perros" (S,G) it dead good

Is that the one that goes on for about half an hour about a dog stuck under the floorboards?

I don't think I know any Beligan movies... could you recommend a couple specific ones?
I don't think you can find much abroad, except the recent 'The Alzheimer Case', which was nominated for an oscar in the 'foreign film' section, but lost (Truly a sad day for the Belgian nation).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374345/

The Titanic (S,O,T)
The Fast and the Furious (S,T)
Kill Bill (S,G) (boy in seat next to me may have influenced my interpretation)
Saving Private Ryan (S,G)
Finding Nemo (S,G)
The Colour Purple (S,G)

Get ready to be Boyvoiced - I think it's Norwegian, fegging hysterically funny.
Story of Women - French, about an abortionist. I bawled my eyes out.
Boys Don't Cry. Hillary Swank won an oscar for that one, I think. I loved it.

I'm a sucker for Daniel Auteuil films, so if I reccommend The Girl on the Bridge and The Separation, it's 'cause I'm hopelessly biased.

I just thought of one you should watch, it's called Funnybones, I can't remember if it's very good but I'm in it (for a few seconds)

...but I'm in it (for a few seconds)
:eek: cool! :cool:

how did you manage that?

:eek: cool! :cool:

how did you manage that?
they were filming in Blackpool, I think my dad knew one of the casting guys so me and him got on it

they were filming in Blackpool, I think my dad knew one of the casting guys so me and him got on it
hehe cool

Why don't ya watch that old Holocaust classic Schindler's List, it's one of the best movies I have ever seen. Although I'm sure you've seen it as well. I liked it because I admired the nationalism of the Jews. It was also a very sad film.

I'm sure you've seen Saving Private Ryan, that's another favorite movie of mine.

Personally, I would recommend skipping 'Requiem for a Dream'. It is thoroughly depressing, and takes an astoundingly long time to make the rather obvious point that drugs can screw up your life.

Every thing bad that happens to the main characters is pretty much their own fault, so it's really hard to care. I can't even remember if they died at the end or not.

I agree that the film isn't as good as the original book, but I still liked it. True, it wasn't as blackly funny, but it still worked for me, and wasn't too bad an updating of the original seventies setting. As far as everything in it being the main characters' faults ... did you sleep through the whole subplot about the mother getting hooked on medicinal amphetamines?

Ichi the Killer
Visitor Q
Tetsuo Iron Man
Suicide Club
or, Samurai Fiction

Ichi the Killer
Visitor Q
Tetsuo Iron Man
Suicide Club
or, Samurai Fiction
Can you honestly suggest those movies? You really believe that others would like to see them and, better yet, enjoy those films? I doubt so. Actually I liked Suicide Club. Ichi was just violent, I don't think it's enough for a film to be interesting. "wooo see me hanging from hooks heeeee I'm this sicko serial killer now fear me eeeeek" Oldboy was much better and much more disturbing.

Can you honestly suggest those movies? You really believe that others would like to see them and, better yet, enjoy those films? I doubt so. Actually I liked Suicide Club. Ichi was just violent, I don't think it's enough for a film to be interesting. "wooo see me hanging from hooks heeeee I'm this sicko serial killer now fear me eeeeek" Oldboy was much better and much more disturbing.

I thought Ichi was really good. Eh. The only movie there I think someone would willingly see knowing the content is Samurai Fiction. Its so darn wacky!

I thought Ichi was really good. Eh. The only movie there I think someone would willingly see knowing the content is Samurai Fiction. Its so darn wacky!
That was the only one that I haven't seen. Now I'm interested...

edit. I guess I was little disappointed by Ichi. I had too high expectations.


Oh damn, I have seen Samurai Fiction. The name just sounded strange. It was on Finnish television few weeks back. 7/10

[NB: The following I have seen and enjoyed immensly]


Battle Royale I & II (though if you have seen I, don't expect the same thing in II).

Oldboy (brilliant, I wasn't aware that Korea had a film industry to speak of, but I found this brilliant. I'm slightly disappointed Hollywood are planning a remake to be released in 2006)

Scum (about a borstal, even though it was made 1979 it hasn't really aged too much).

Made in Britain & The Firm (Two other Alan Clarke films from the 80's, not as good as Scum, but I like them)

Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman turns his hand to making a film, very good)

The Battle of Algiers (I heard talk of this being remade too, given its subject matter, how a powerful nation state [in this case France] put down a largely terrorist led rebellion in Algeria. Shows that neither side is good or bad in war, especially this war). Interestingly, the Pentagon said this was "required viewing" in relation to the situation in Iraq. Probably the only thing me and the pentagon will agree on :)

Romper Stomper (best way to describe this is the Aussie version of American History X [even though it was made before it iirc and the plot is very different], about skin heads ''defending'' themselves from immigrant. Some people push back though)

[NB: The following I have seen and enjoyed immensly]


Battle Royale I & II (though if you have seen I, don't expect the same thing in II).

Oldboy (brilliant, I wasn't aware that Korea had a film industry to speak of, but I found this brilliant. I'm slightly disappointed Hollywood are planning a remake to be released in 2006)

Scum (about a borstal, even though it was made 1979 it hasn't really aged too much).

Made in Britain & The Firm (Two other Alan Clarke films from the 80's, not as good as Scum, but I like them)

Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman turns his hand to making a film, very good)

The Battle of Algiers (I heard talk of this being remade too, given its subject matter, how a powerful nation state [in this case France] put down a largely terrorist led rebellion in Algeria. Shows that neither side is good or bad in war, especially this war). Interestingly, the Pentagon said this was "required viewing" in relation to the situation in Iraq. Probably the only thing me and the pentagon will agree on :)

Romper Stomper (best way to describe this is the Aussie version of American History X [even though it was made before it iirc and the plot is very different], about skin heads ''defending'' themselves from immigrant. Some people push back though)

I thoroughly enjoyed the Battle of Algiers.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Battle of Algiers.
Yay, usually I just get blank stares when I mention the film

Oldboy (brilliant, I wasn't aware that Korea had a film industry to speak of, but I found this brilliant. I'm slightly disappointed Hollywood are planning a remake to be released in 2006)

Scum (about a borstal, even though it was made 1979 it hasn't really aged too much).
Both very good movies. I endorse this candidate!
America's remaking 'Old Boy'? Oh great. Unless it's directed by Tarrantino, it will be shit. It's an extremely violent movie, btw, to anyone who hasn't seen it.

Why don't ya watch that old Holocaust classic Schindler's List, it's one of the best movies I have ever seen. Although I'm sure you've seen it as well. I liked it because I admired the nationalism of the Jews. It was also a very sad film.
Well I feel old. A movie made in 1993 is called an 'old classic'.

Personally, I found it boring and over-acted, especially the ending with Liam Neeson staggering around crying about how he could have saved more. No need for such melodrama at all, practically ruined the movie.
Spielberg has no idea when it comes to filming in B+W. If he wasn't ripping off some old film noir scene with light playing across the person's face, the other scenes had no added value in being in B+W. It looked simply like they had filmed it in colour and then removed it in post-production.

Personally I thoroughly dislike Hollywood/Oscar's obsession with the Holocaust. If you want to win an Oscar, be thought of as a talented film-maker, serious actor or be forgiven for child-abuse or simply just want to win an Oscar, make a WWII movie showing the Jews being horribly oppressed by the Nazis.
While you're at, be sure to telll all and sundry at every possible instance that we must never forget 6 million Jews died, but at the same time be sure to ignore the fact that over 6 million other people (Gypsies, Poles, Russians, Serbs, Gays, cripples, the retarded etc etc) also died in the concentration camps alongside the Jews. Thus ironically becoming guilty yourself of doing exactly what you are railing against.

How many people here have heard of Jasenovac?
Not many I bet. Reason why? 'Merely' 25 000 Jews died there. Oh, and nearly 100 000 Romas (Gypsies) and over 1 000 000 Serbs. One night (August 29, 1942), the guards had a competition to see who could kill the most prisoners. Father Petar Brzica, a Catholic priest, cut the throats of 1,360 prisoners with a especially designed butcher's knife (called srbosjek or Serb-cutter). Having been proclaimed the prize-winner of the competition, he was dubbed "King of the Cut-throats". A gold watch, a silver service, a roasted suckling pig, and wine were among his rewards. It was probably the most brutal (and the third largest) concentration camp in WWII. Only a few people survived.
Or Kozara, where 220 000 (mainly) Serbs and Romas were killed in one day.
Then there's Zagreb. If you go to the Simon Wiesenthal Centre website, you'll find a small note saying that most of the 11 000 Jews living there were brutally slaughtered during WWII. No mention of the 500 000+ Serbs who were also exterminated during the same time.

Sorry about the rant, but this is just a real bug-bear of mine.

Back to the Movies:
Watch 'Dead Man' by Jim Jarmusch (starring Johnny Depp) or 'Wings of Desire' by Wim Wenders ('Der Himmel über Berlin') to see how powerful movies can look when filmed in B+W by talented persons. There's not one scene in 'Dead Man' that would work in colour.
Speaking of B+W movies, watch 'Casablanca' and 'Citizen Kane', both thoroughly deserving of their reputations as two of the best movies ever made.

Both very good movies. I endorse this candidate!
America's remaking 'Old Boy'? Oh great. Unless it's directed by Tarrantino, it will be shit. It's an extremely violent movie, btw, to anyone who hasn't seen it.


Yep, but Tarrantino isn't doing it. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0425320/)

Anyway, it isn't the violence I'm worried about. It is the key point to the plot. The company might think the subject matter is morally repugnant to an American audience (well, its meant to be) and might try and change it.

Possily to a second rate pure action movie with wires, bullet time and all the other bells and whistles.

Watch 'Dead Man' by Jim Jarmusch (starring Johnny Depp) or 'Wings of Desire' by Wim Wenders ('Der Himmel über Berlin') to see how powerful movies can look when filmed in B+W by talented persons. There's not one scene in 'Dead Man' that would work in colour.

It was on the other week in Britain, though at 2:30 in the morning, on a friday night. I watched it, though I think I need to watch it again since I only vaguely remember the end. Have you seen any other Jarmusch films?

Just a list... I haven't read the whole thread, so I don't know what was mentioned... Some of my favs... (NONE RECENT!):

American History X
Primal Fear
Suicide Kings
Swimming With Sharks
Falling Down
The Usual Suspects
The Keep
Leon the Professional
Office Space (of course!)
Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
The Deerhunter
Pi

I loved everyone one of these... The last one's a bit trippy... :cool:

Yep, but Tarrantino isn't doing it.

Anyway, it isn't the violence I'm worried about. It is the key point to the plot. The company might think the subject matter is morally repugnant to an American audience (well, its meant to be) and might try and change it.

Possily to a second rate pure action movie with wires, bullet time and all the other bells and whistles.

It was on the other week in Britain, though at 2:30 in the morning, on a friday night. I watched it, though I think I need to watch it again since I only vaguely remember the end. Have you seen any other Jarmusch films?
re: Oldboy. You're right about the plot. I can see American Studios not understanding it at all and altering it horribly, to sanatise it for the American Public. The biggest problem here is that the whole concept just isn't going to translate well into America. The Korean culture is what makes Oldboy disturbingly realistic. That could happen in Korea.
I just read what it says on IMDb, and the director took the job, even though he had never even heard of the Korean movie before. But apparently he liked the concept and had this to say: "I wasn’t interested in remaking the film so much as taking [the concept] and exploring that."
So it will be total total shitola. His last movie was for Disney, for fuck's sake. Yep, a real violent disturbing movie coming up. They'll probably turn the main guy into some sort of action hero and cast Vin Diesel into the role. :rolleyes:

Oh, wait. My extreme attempts at sarcasm have failed (Hollywood never manages to underwhelm me). Rumour is that Thomas Jane (was in 'The Punisher') is tipped to be the lead. Oh God. It WILL be an action movie.


As for Jim Jarmusch, I've seen 'Coffee & Cigarettes', 'Ghost Dog' (which was pretty cool) and a couple of others, but they were so long ago, I can't really remember them too well. I find his movies very stylish, but he never seems to be able to finish them properly. The endings are invariably anti-climatic. Maybe that's meant to be the point. I don't know.

re: Oldboy. You're right about the plot. I can see American Studios not understanding it at all and altering it horribly, to sanatise it for the American Public. The biggest problem here is that the whole concept just isn't going to translate well into America. The Korean culture is what makes Oldboy disturbingly realistic. That could happen in Korea.
I just read what it says on IMDb, and the director took the job, even though he had never even heard of the Korean movie before. But apparently he liked the concept and had this to say: "I wasn’t interested in remaking the film so much as taking [the concept] and exploring that."
So it will be total total shitola. His last movie was for Disney, for fuck's sake. Yep, a real violent disturbing movie coming up. They'll probably turn the main guy into some sort of action hero and cast Vin Diesel into the role. :rolleyes:

My only hope is that it will encourage more people to find the original (The Passion, for all its faults, showed that the general public can be made to read subtitles).

Some people wonder why I have lost hope in Hollywood.

As for Jim Jarmusch, I've seen 'Coffee & Cigarettes', 'Ghost Dog' (which was pretty cool) and a couple of others, but they were so long ago, I can't really remember them too well. I find his movies very stylish, but he never seems to be able to finish them properly. The endings are invariably anti-climatic. Maybe that's meant to be the point. I don't know.

This was meant to lead to another question (but dammit, I have forgotten it :()

Has anyone suggested "The Burbs" yet? Its a classic.

Both very good movies. I endorse this candidate!
America's remaking 'Old Boy'? Oh great. Unless it's directed by Tarrantino, it will be shit. It's an extremely violent movie, btw, to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Just a little bit of trivia. Eventhough it IS very violent, only 3 (or was it just 2, I just can't remember) characters were killed.



Sorry about the rant, but this is just a real bug-bear of mine.
Good rant. An issue that deserves a lot of ranting. Unfortunately the Gypsies (and Serbs, gays etc) are "the negroes of Europe" and noone is interested. For example Slovakia oppresses it's Gypsy minority. Everybody knows that and it should have been a reason to block Slovakia from EU but hey, there they are. And now it's even harder to correct these injusticies as "such things can not happen inside EU, that's just impossible". And the same thing is going to happen when Bulgaria and Romania will join EU.

As for Jim Jarmusch, I've seen 'Coffee & Cigarettes', 'Ghost Dog' (which was pretty cool) and a couple of others, but they were so long ago, I can't really remember them too well. I find his movies very stylish, but he never seems to be able to finish them properly. The endings are invariably anti-climatic. Maybe that's meant to be the point. I don't know.
I've never thought about that but you're right. The endings really are anti-climatic. I would say that Jarmusch wants to show that his main characters are antiheroes, life goes on, the film just shows a little piece of the lives of ordinary people (krhm..I guess Ghost dog is not very ordinary..) A typical ending in European films.

Requiem for a dream is fantastic. And so is Pi. Check that one too.

But I'm very interested! Please please please... (hijacking the thread)

Eheh... well I forgot about this thread fr a while, but Obscure Soviet Movies Go: (I don't know if these have been translated)

The Diamond Hand (Brilliantovaya Ruka) - A guy who gets mistaken for a smuggler by other smugglers and un-knowingly gets diamonds handed over to him... encased in a plaster cast on his broken arm! He also has amusing relationship problems. Humour = doubleplusgood

The Adventures of a Bunch of Italians in Russia (Precluchenia Italiantzov V Rossiye) - Another comedy (the name sounds better in Russian :P) involving an old lady's confession of knowing the location of buried treasure in Russia, and then whispering said location to her granddaughter before expiring. Parts of the conversation are overheard variously by a couple of Ambulance men, a diplomat with a broken leg and a Mafia boss whose wife is having his fourteenth child. Everyone goes off to Russia in search of said treasure, although only the girl has a precise location and even that is cryptic TO THE MAX, so much hilarity ensues.

@Resquide

Sounds good. I'll try to find them somewhere. I'm afraid that will be a mission impossible. No one imports Russian movies (new ones, Tarkovski, Eisenstein, Vertov ...all the classics can be found in any library). I've only seen Antikiller, Kukushka (imported cause it's located in Finland and two of the main characters are Finns) and Brother.

But maybe internet will help.

My parents got them from a Russian video rental place. Bondi is riddled with them.