Since I was eight I have watched terminator two over and over, I still watch it every now and then, I'd say i've seen it at least twenty-five times lol.
Your favorite movie and why.
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Duvall
Ia!
More blithering to follow:
I knew I'd forget a bunch.
P.T. Anderson films - Boogie Nights and Magnolia. VERY underrated (moreso Boogie Nights). A guy at work calls Magnolia "Emotional Gore". On the same note, American Beauty received its well-deserved accolades.
Similar to Magnolia is Robert Altman's "Short Cuts." Enjoyed that a lot, though I expected a twist at the end that never occured.
Dead Man (with Johnny Depp) is indeed awesome. It's something anyone could watch and like, though it never broke into the popular market. I suppose people are afraid of B&W.
I have seen Shadow of the Vampire, and though I loved Willem Dafoe (he's always good), and John Malkovich, it didn't have quite enough humour to be a comedy, or horror to be a horror. It always felt like it was struggling to be both.
I'd like to check out those Japanese films, and the Swedish one mentioned here. I'm a fan of Zhang Yimou. His films about the communist uprising, etc, in China are very good. On the subject of Chinese cinema, Joan Chen's "Xiu Xiu the Sent-Down Girl" is incredible as well. Amazing for a first-time director.
For a while I was big into Ingmar Bergman. He's an incredibly personal director, and no one is better than Sven Nykvist, though I do prefer his B&W work. And Liv Ullman was hot in the 60s.
I'm really gonna shut up this time.
Maybe watch Blue Velvet tonight. David Lynch! And his new one is just coming out here.
I knew I'd forget a bunch.
P.T. Anderson films - Boogie Nights and Magnolia. VERY underrated (moreso Boogie Nights). A guy at work calls Magnolia "Emotional Gore". On the same note, American Beauty received its well-deserved accolades.
Similar to Magnolia is Robert Altman's "Short Cuts." Enjoyed that a lot, though I expected a twist at the end that never occured.
Dead Man (with Johnny Depp) is indeed awesome. It's something anyone could watch and like, though it never broke into the popular market. I suppose people are afraid of B&W.
I have seen Shadow of the Vampire, and though I loved Willem Dafoe (he's always good), and John Malkovich, it didn't have quite enough humour to be a comedy, or horror to be a horror. It always felt like it was struggling to be both.
I'd like to check out those Japanese films, and the Swedish one mentioned here. I'm a fan of Zhang Yimou. His films about the communist uprising, etc, in China are very good. On the subject of Chinese cinema, Joan Chen's "Xiu Xiu the Sent-Down Girl" is incredible as well. Amazing for a first-time director.
For a while I was big into Ingmar Bergman. He's an incredibly personal director, and no one is better than Sven Nykvist, though I do prefer his B&W work. And Liv Ullman was hot in the 60s.
I'm really gonna shut up this time.
Maybe watch Blue Velvet tonight. David Lynch! And his new one is just coming out here.
Sadistik
Let me die in solitude...
FIGHT CLUB, FIGHT CLUB, FIGHT CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love CHuck Palahniuk's books, and the movie caught the feeling perfectly....also, Shawshank Redemption is great, and Memento is a recent fave. Office Space is my favorite comedy
My fave B-movies are Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the immortal Plan 9 From Outer Space
My fave B-movies are Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the immortal Plan 9 From Outer Space
Melancholia
Eternal daydreamer
Pulp Fiction
Do i need to say more????????????
Generally i'm not so much into movies.....but hmmm i enjoy watching a pleasant film every now and then....
Do i need to say more????????????
Generally i'm not so much into movies.....but hmmm i enjoy watching a pleasant film every now and then....
I mainly asked this because I just signed up for netflix.com, it's a really good idea. You pay $13 a month and then you choose two movies off their list and they mail them to you in about three days (if you're in US) and there is no shipping cost, the DVD's arrive in an envelope and have a prepaid/preadressed envelope to send them back in. You take as long as you want to watch the movies and send them back when you're done, then they immediately send you the next movies on your queue once they recieve the movies back. If you go to the videostore more than twice a month this is a really nice deal. If you really like movies you can have three movies at a time for $30 a month.
Russell
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Thats what I liked about it i think, it was hard to categorise
It is based on truth tho as well u know
Duvall
Ia!
hmm.. I dunno about that
No camera from 1922 could have held that much film (end sequence.. it keeps running and running!). But if you've seen the actual Nosferatu, then it's SCARILY accurate. VERY well realized.
No camera from 1922 could have held that much film (end sequence.. it keeps running and running!). But if you've seen the actual Nosferatu, then it's SCARILY accurate. VERY well realized.
Blackspirit
there are no words left
* Trainspotting
* Pulp Fiction
* Edward Scissorhands
* Fight Club
* The Sixth Sense
and..... *The Crow (only the first one,
cause I haven't seen the other ones yet...)
I'm going to see Requiem For A Dream soon,
just have to find the right time...
I got a feeling this will become one of my fav's so....
* Pulp Fiction
* Edward Scissorhands
* Fight Club
* The Sixth Sense
and..... *The Crow (only the first one,
cause I haven't seen the other ones yet...)
I'm going to see Requiem For A Dream soon,
just have to find the right time...
I got a feeling this will become one of my fav's so....
Morningrise
...I am just thin air...
Kem
Very cynical
STAR WARS!
I grew up watching those movies and there's just something magical about them that stays with you forever.
I grew up watching those movies and there's just something magical about them that stays with you forever.
Yeah I remember that. I'm not sure if this is true but I read something a long time ago that said that Kubrick changed it from Saturn to Jupiter because he couldn't get Saturn to look right in the movie. He is a perfectionist so it wouldn't surprise me.
My housemate just bought the Director's Cut DVD of Das Boot which I haven't had a look at yet. I think I'll watch it soon.
My favourites?
The Shining, Fight Club, Once Upon A Time in China, & The Sixth Sense.
and my all time favourite(s)
THE GODFATHER TRILOGY (the special long version: 9.5 hours!)
Orchid
Nonchalant Onlooker
Yesterday on a whim the spontaneus me decided to go see A.I.
A brilliant movie, really good one. I would have cried in some parts had I been alone in the theatre.
A brilliant movie, really good one. I would have cried in some parts had I been alone in the theatre.
City_of_da_Moon
All hail the tardo
1. Australia movie - Hercules returns......bloody hilarious
2. movie- Mysyery science theatre 3000.....hehehe.....oooppps i just wet 'em!
2. movie- Mysyery science theatre 3000.....hehehe.....oooppps i just wet 'em!
Russell
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Originally posted by Duvall
hmm.. I dunno about that
No camera from 1922 could have held that much film (end sequence.. it keeps running and running!). But if you've seen the actual Nosferatu, then it's SCARILY accurate. VERY well realized.
Heh, yeah the end sequence was a bit silly. But hey, I liked it
I have seen Shadow of the Vampire...it didn't have quite enough humor to be a comedy, or horror to be a horror. It always felt like it was struggling to be both.
Way to sum it up. I laughed many times. There's just something about the way Malkovich played his scenes. So dumb-foundedly serious...???
The Shining..." Yes! I really like Jack Nicholsons crazy man rolls. Even "As Good As It Gets" I liked a lot though. He's very convincing. The Shining was creepy. I know a lot of people that hated it because the girl was so dumb most the time...sort of like the way some hate "Fraiser" because they ALWAYS cause their own misery. Idiots. I watch it sometimes, but when I see them just FUCKING IT ALL UP...I have to say goodbye.
Way to sum it up. I laughed many times. There's just something about the way Malkovich played his scenes. So dumb-foundedly serious...???
The Shining..." Yes! I really like Jack Nicholsons crazy man rolls. Even "As Good As It Gets" I liked a lot though. He's very convincing. The Shining was creepy. I know a lot of people that hated it because the girl was so dumb most the time...sort of like the way some hate "Fraiser" because they ALWAYS cause their own misery. Idiots. I watch it sometimes, but when I see them just FUCKING IT ALL UP...I have to say goodbye.
HoserHellspawn
Pixel Manipulator
Sam Neill is the name you're looking for, I believe.
I couldn't sleep after that movie because that one scene... the one with the videotape from the prior crew was the single most distubing thing I've sat in a theatre and watched (yes, I saw that movie in the theatre). Few things have unsettled me like that, ever.
Let's see...
Stanley Kubrick was brilliant.
Run Lola Run was excellent.
Jack Nicholson is the man.
And let me mention that Johnny Depp kicks ass. His whacked performance in Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas was worth the price of admission. Kudos to him for (pretty much) always taking unique scripts.
HoserHellspawn
Pixel Manipulator
Oh yeah.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie.
If you're unfamiliar with it, see it, it's the funniest damn thing.
"Industry... Science and Technology... Big men putting screwdrivers into things. Turning them, and.... ADJUSTING them... build your own atom storage box..." heheheh.
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie.
If you're unfamiliar with it, see it, it's the funniest damn thing.
"Industry... Science and Technology... Big men putting screwdrivers into things. Turning them, and.... ADJUSTING them... build your own atom storage box..." heheheh.
Russell
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Originally posted by Opet
I have seen Shadow of the Vampire...it didn't have quite enough humor to be a comedy, or horror to be a horror. It always felt like it was struggling to be both.
Way to sum it up. I laughed many times. There's just something about the way Malkovich played his scenes. So dumb-foundedly serious...???
Heh, it didn't take itself that seriously tho, I mena apart from Johnny boy that is
