The Official Movie Thread

[Zephyrus]

People need to discuss old, old classic movies itt. Who else thinks The Guns of Navarone is fucking awesome?

 

[Dak]

Yes Man was enjoyable albeit predictable.

If we want to talk classics, I will fellate the works of Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn in the silver screen era.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I went on a small Christopher Nolan binge today and watched Memento and Dark Knight. My first viewing of both, and I must say that Nolan has made quite a name for himself with his movies.

Memento was brilliant. The two different narratives are done exceptionally well, and Guy Pearce gives an excellent performance.

The Dark Knight was excellent (like I figured). I don't think I can say anything that hasn't already been said about this movie. Overrated though.

 

[Dak]

Yeah seeing it was actually a slight letdown thanks to rediculous buildup it got because of Heath Ledgers death. Still a great movie, but I think I like Batman Begins better as a whole though.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Humphrey Bogart

treasure of the sierra madre ftfw

 

[Dak]

Unfortunately that is one of his movies I have not seen.

 

[Death Aflame]

It was disapproving of the kind of torture porn movies that it itself was.

If you want to see a movie that intentionally does this, watch Funny Games (either version).

 

[unknown]

I went on a small Christopher Nolan binge today and watched Memento and Dark Knight. My first viewing of both, and I must say that Nolan has made quite a name for himself with his movies.

Memento was brilliant. The two different narratives are done exceptionally well, and Guy Pearce gives an excellent performance.

You should see "Following", Christopher Nolan's first film. MUCH better than "Memento", imo. The story is more interesting and the twists are way better. Very cool stuff.

 

[BloodAndGory]

If you have not seen Gomorra you should absolutely see it.
It's a film about the Italian mob, but it feels to me like it's about humanity, really.
But it's shot amazingly well.
It's the most important film to come out of italy in the last 30 years.
http://www.gomorrahmovie.co.uk/

And "Let the right one in" is the best vampire movie ever.
You must see it. You must cherish it. You must pet it like a cat.

As you can see, I am a well-rounded individual with a broad palette of film that brings me cinematic enjoyment. I don't let genre and labels influence my filmscoping ability.

I must also take this unique opportunity to plug my film

Graphic Sexual Horror.

Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPTtAHkRiI

 

[Rumpole]

I watched Wanted the other night, I had to turn it off halfway through. Horrible, horrible film.

 

[cookiecutter]

Agreed. The main character was a whiny nerd. Did you make it to the lame, obvious plot twist?

 

[Ender Rises]

Keanu is going to play Spike in a live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.



Hollywood is going to shit on that series so bad... God dammit.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

You should see "Following", Christopher Nolan's first film. MUCH better than "Memento", imo. The story is more interesting and the twists are way better. Very cool stuff.

I'll look into it something. My Netflix queue is fairly large right now and I have about 10 instant movies I have to watch before the new year.

 

[NinjaGeek]

I watched Wanted the other night, I had to turn it off halfway through. Horrible, horrible film.

I think with films by Timur Bekmambetov, you really have to be watching for the visual effects and nothing else. Though his two Russian Films Night Watch and Day Watch are much more visually impressive to me than Wanted, and the plot isn't nearly as annoying (though it's nothing great either). Still I did enjoy some aspects of Wanted having gone in expecting a lot of the typical hollywood bullshit.


I've been getting into Johnny To recently, and I just watch PTU. Don't go in expecting a bullet ballet like Hard Boiled and you'll love it. Really fantastic visual storytelling, and a killer atmosphere.

 

[Einherjar86]

I think with films by Timur Bekmambetov, you really have to be watching for the visual effects and nothing else. Though his two Russian Films Night Watch and Day Watch are much more visually impressive to me than Wanted, and the plot isn't nearly as annoying (though it's nothing great either).

I saw the first of that trilogy. I was a bit turned off by the odd style of filming. I think I need to give it another try, because some of the effects were awesome. Was the second one good? It's based on a novel trilogy, right?

 

[Zephyrus]

300 is an awesome movie.

 

[mutantllama]

Of coarse it is.


And it has some great quotes to tell your friends and make jokes about!

 

[Zephyrus]

Crap, I meant to post that in the other thread.

 

[Einherjar86]

Also, in the Travel Thread, you posted something saying Crash is a terrible movie. Did you mean to post that in the other thread too?

 

[no country for old wainds]

nah it was relevant to my post