NationStates Jolt Archive

Right before we begin I'm not talking about the big Hollywood movies but smaller movies that you believe carry a significant message or had an impact on your opinions etc.

One of the films I believe that does this is Kabul Express. It is the first film to be filmed in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. The story is basically of two Indian journalists and their Afghan guide who see how life in Afghanistan is changing since the Taliban lost power. It has some comical parts and many shocking parts. The story goes on as one Taliban member holds the three men as hostage who have to escort him to the border or be killed. I recommend it to people as it raises some valid points and makes you question and see how the Afghani people feel about the end of the Taliban. So what movies do you want to share and why?

I can't possibly list all the movies or genres I enjoy - and I certainly don't remember those I do not enjoy. (Sorry.)

That said, if I can connect to the movie in some way I like, one way or another, I usually enjoy watching it.

Right before we begin I'm not talking about the big Hollywood movies but smaller movies that you believe carry a significant message or had an impact on your opinions etc.

One of the films I believe that does this is Kabul Express. It is the first film to be filmed in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. The story is basically of two Indian journalists and their Afghan guide who see how life in Afghanistan is changing since the Taliban lost power. It has some comical parts and many shocking parts. The story goes on as one Taliban member holds the three men as hostage who have to escort him to the border or be killed. I recommend it to people as it raises some valid points and makes you question and see how the Afghani people feel about the end of the Taliban. So what movies do you want to share and why?

Well, if we're excluding "big Hollywood" movies that have had an impact and/or carry a significant message, I would say my personal favorite is "Into the West (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1046771-into_the_west/about.php)," (it was the first movie that made me cry).

But my two most absolute favorites of all time are still Amadeus and The Blues Brothers. :p

Fine we can now include big Hollywood movies.

I think it was Louis B. Mayer who said, when asked about message-pictures, "If I want to send a message, I'll call Western Union."

I like Amadeus, too, and Lawrence of Arabia, and the Blues Brothers, too. Z was pretty good, way back when.

Well, if were including 'big hollywood', I'll just say this:
I like epic-scale action movies. If I want content, I read a book.
When I need a violence fix, I plug in Gladiator and watch Romans with bad accents chopping each other up.

Im the sort of person who, when confronted with something like an 'art' film, will go 'So...its a clown...flipping a pancake. This is somewhow connected with abortion, yes?'

Fine we can now include big Hollywood movies.
Great! But... (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12307368&postcount=2)

I've liked a lot of movies, but there are only a handful that I can stand to watch over and over again, no matter when they come on or how many times I've seen them:

The Truman Show
School of Rock
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Zoolander
Meet the Parents
Groundhog Day

I'm not sure what it is about these films that makes me like them so much... I just do.

Maria Full of Grace is quite nice..

Well, if were including 'big hollywood', I'll just say this:
I like epic-scale action movies. If I want content, I read a book.
When I need a violence fix, I plug in Gladiator and watch Romans with bad accents chopping each other up.

Im the sort of person who, when confronted with something like an 'art' film, will go 'So...its a clown...flipping a pancake. This is somewhow connected with abortion, yes?'

In all my years getting my film degree at an art college I never once saw a clown flipping a pancake.

I saw peoples bare butts on treadmills, I saw a kung fu filmed dubbed in French as a discourse on art, the artist, and society, I saw an insane asylum run by and containing dwarves and midgets that ended with one of them having a pointing contest with a tree, I saw a film that spent what felt like 20 minutes but was probably 5 minutes with a man crossing a pool with a candle, I saw a man in black and white drag himself across a desert while nomads would strip him, beat him, clothe him, beat him, strip him, beat him, on and on...

But I never saw a clown flipping a pancake.

Honestly, though, in context these eccentricities make total sense when watched in a way that a clown flipping a pancake does not.

It surprises me when people who pat themselves on the back for being such clever readers can't turn that critical skill to a visual art.

Brewsters Millions isn't a big movie as such, but i love it, and love its message :)

It depends. I am sick of the hollywood remakes. I don't mind major releases as long as they still have a pulse. I really liked Departed, Good Sheppard, Sin City. To name the more recent ones.

I like noir, I loved Hollywoodland.

I love international films. City of God was amazing, probably one of my favorite films of all time. I love Japanese cinema.

I'm a huge Lynch fan.

I also like indy films, Scotland PA was hilarious, Around the Bend was touching.

As far a genres go. I generally don't like American comedy.

First film that popped into my head was 'La Haine' or 'Hate' for you poor Americans who were subjected to a name change because the distributors think you're stupid.

I don't like arty movies, they try (and fail) to make me think :p I prefer to watch things explode. In space, if possible.

Favourites include Die Hard, Sum of all Fears, Close Encounters, Pulp Fiction and Stargate.

I don't think any of those "spoke" to me, but I enjoyed them and thats all that matters.

I just finished watching 'Election' half an hour ago.

That film speaks to me.

EDIT: Yeah, I know you'll say that doesn't count. But to be fair, 99% of the Hollywood-snubbing movement is made of pretentious pricks who think they're being clever by saying they relate more to a story about an Uzbek goatherd than the do to a story set in their own culture.

Hmm .. personally im a good fan of Indie Short films like Day Off The Dead. They dont always have a specific message to them BUT I think they just go to show what you can do f you put youd ming to it.

In all my years getting my film degree at an art college I never once saw a clown flipping a pancake.

I saw peoples bare butts on treadmills, I saw a kung fu filmed dubbed in French as a discourse on art, the artist, and society, I saw an insane asylum run by and containing dwarves and midgets that ended with one of them having a pointing contest with a tree, I saw a film that spent what felt like 20 minutes but was probably 5 minutes with a man crossing a pool with a candle, I saw a man in black and white drag himself across a desert while nomads would strip him, beat him, clothe him, beat him, strip him, beat him, on and on...

But I never saw a clown flipping a pancake.

Honestly, though, in context these eccentricities make total sense when watched in a way that a clown flipping a pancake does not.

It surprises me when people who pat themselves on the back for being such clever readers can't turn that critical skill to a visual art.

The suprise is mutual. I often find myself astounded by quite clever people who totaly fail to get the joke.
The 'clown flipping a pancake' is from an episode of the Simpsons or Family Guy. I cant remember which. It was at the end of some college art film thing which wasnt supposed to make sense anyway.

Hmm .. personally im a good fan of Indie Short films like Day Off The Dead. They dont always have a specific message to them BUT I think they just go to show what you can do f you put youd ming to it.Shawn of the Dead owns every other zombie film in existance. Period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqg0VCZem8w&mode=related&search=

The suprise is mutual. I often find myself astounded by quite clever people who totaly fail to get the joke.
The 'clown flipping a pancake' is from an episode of the Simpsons or Family Guy. I cant remember which. It was at the end of some college art film thing which wasnt supposed to make sense anyway.

Family Guy, and it's a tiredly common joke, so common that it prompts that response.

Kenny (http://www.kennythemovie.com/).

i like cartoons. do they count?