The Official Movie Thread

[Rumpole]

I finally saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday, was the best movie I have seen in a long time, really amazing. Anybody have some suggestions of any similar movies? Not necessarily a fantasy type movie, but anything with the same dark, twisted atmosphere.

 

[hibernal_dream]

The Fountain was ... ugh. The concept was great. But the mood was unnecessarily and almost unbearably wrought with agony, when it should have been sympathy for the characters, who I ended up disliking, instead of sympathizing with. And it was TOO SLOW - even though it was only 90 minutes, it felt like a 3 hour film.

 

[unknown]

really? I thought it moved way too fast, and it would've been better if it was longer than 90 minutes

 

[entanglement]

I watched Water today and I was pleasantly surprised. It's very well done.

 

[Pessimism]

really? I thought it moved way too fast, and it would've been better if it was longer than 90 minutes

I agree.

 

[unknown]

plus the fact that 98% of the film was done without CGI (even the shots of the dying star) made my appreciation of Darron Aronofsky increase that much more.

 

[CF87]

Newer movies I thought were really good.

Running Scared
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

 

[Hatebreeder]

Has anyone else watched all of the Monty Python movies? I swear, these are the funniest comedy flicks ever to emerge from Britain (or even the world, I'd say). I have watched each of the four at least five times each and am nowhere near getting tired of them.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Yeah, they are some great movies.

 

[unknown]

Life of Brian and And Now For Something Completely Different are my favorites (though the latter is just like a really long episode of Monty Python)

 

[Killbot]

I can't stand Monty Python...

I watched all four Die Hard movies the other day. Best action series ever.

 

[PanzerKunt]

Win!

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Just watched Maniac, an early 80s slasher that's pretty gory but still manages to be pretty damn scary/suspensful.

Also watched Horror of the Zombies which was pretty boring for the most part.

 

[DarkBliss]

I'm out of the loop as far as new movies are concerned but they're showing The Thing again today. My favorite sci-fi thriller alongside Aliens(2)

 

[Matt]

Saw the Bourne Ultimatum the other day.


Fucking ace.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Saw the Bourne Ultimatum the other day.


Fucking ace.

Agreed.

 

[unknown]

still need to see that. maybe I'll do that tonight

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I'm out of the loop as far as new movies are concerned but they're showing The Thing again today. My favorite sci-fi thriller alongside Aliens(2)

Good movie!

 

[hibernal_dream]

really? I thought it moved way too fast, and it would've been better if it was longer than 90 minutes

Maybe, then they could have expanded on the explanation more. The plot was a bit vague. But with 3 parallel storylines, I found it sort of predictable. I liked the special effects a lot.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Bourne kicked ass