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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Oh man, that is such a good movie. Nine and a half out of ten good! Watch it nao. :p

M. Night Shyamalan gets so much criticism now. His recent efforts have been appalling, but it wasn't always the case. I really liked Signs and i thought The Village was okay. Signs had some great atmosphere and tension, and is very underrated imo.

Mental illness movies? Cuckoo's Nest is excellent. I'm glad you're a fan. Who could do crazy better than Jack Nicholson? (Wait till you see The Shining!) There are a couple of decent-into-madness films i love. I've mentioned Jacobs Ladder recently which is a great example, and Jeff Nichols Take Shelter, with Michael Shannon doing a great job as a family man struggling with his growing delusions of impending doom. Others would include:

Black Swan - Natalie Portman's ballet dancer under pressure.

Pi - Darren Aronofsky movie again, this time a genius with serious pain issues.

Requiem For A Dream - Drugs man!

Falling Down - Michael Douglas as a man at the end of his tether.

Insomnia - Al Pacino as a sleep deprived cop.

A Beautiful Mind - Mathematican John Nash as played by Russell Crowe.

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Bob Geldoff going mad in a hotel room.

Taxi Driver - De Niro fights back!

Full Metal Jacket - Private Pyle pushed to, and over, the edge.

Apocalypse Now - Brando's war weary Colonel Kurtz.

Fight Club - "I am jack's smirking revenge"

Vertigo - Acrophobia is hell man!

Vanilla Sky - Tom Cruise has to act for a change.

The Aviator - DiCaprio as the OCD stricken Howard Hughes.

Shutter Island - DiCaprio again in this Scorsese masterpiece.

That lot should keep you busy for a while! :p
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Haha.. will do.

Oh yeah, Signs was great. The Happening is kind of similar to The Village but worse. The build-up is good but the acting and the ending is bad.

Thanks for list! :)

Already seen

:

Black Swan - Natalie Portman's ballet dancer under pressure. - Mind-effing but nicely done!

Pi - Darren Aronofsky movie again, this time a genius with serious pain issues. - Loved it!

Requiem For A Dream - Drugs man! - Loved it!

Insomnia - Al Pacino as a sleep deprived cop. - Good!

A Beautiful Mind - Mathematican John Nash as played by Russell Crowe. - Awesome!

Taxi Driver - De Niro fights back! - Good!

Fight Club - "I am jack's smirking revenge" - Awesome!

Vertigo - Acrophobia is hell man! - Good!

Vanilla Sky - Tom Cruise has to act for a change. - OK.

The Aviator - DiCaprio as the OCD stricken Howard Hughes. - Excellent!

Shutter Island - DiCaprio again in this Scorsese masterpiece. - Excellent!

To be watched

:

Take Shelter - Have it.

Falling Down - Michael Douglas as a man at the end of his tether.

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Bob Geldoff going mad in a hotel room.

Full Metal Jacket - Private Pyle pushed to, and over, the edge.

Apocalypse Now - Brando's war weary Colonel Kurtz.

Jacobs Ladder
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Add No Country and The Shining to the list and you potentially have one helluva movie marathon! :laugh: :good:
[Off-topic] worlddominatiin:
lords of dogtown (6.9/10)

warrior (8.2/10)

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
And a couple of Korean flicks that is making it's way into my hard disk currently! :laugh:

I'm off, hitting the sack!

Good day/evening to you all!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Warrior was very good!

Gnite mate!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Hello, I have been a mute spectator on this thread for a while now. I just wanted a few Halloween Horror recommendations if anyone will be kind enough. I intend to spend this week watching some great Horror films. In the last two days i have watched sinister and insidious. Both are good although i find the ending of sinister a bit sick.

I detest gore and blood because i think they are poor excuses for an actually scary movie. I love atmospheric movies, if u know what i mean. :)

My recent favorite was The Conjuring. Others include the shining (but i think the book was better), the exorcist, etc...

Thank u people :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Hi! A couple of suggestions: The original Alien movie, which you may have already seen, and a nice indie flick called Frozen, which you probably haven't. The latter is all about the situational suspense.

There's also:

The Omen

The Wicker Man

Rosemary's Baby

Ringu (The Ring)

The Decent

I'm sure others may have suggestions too. Let us know what you decided on and enjoy your viewing. Happy Halloween!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Hi, thanks a lot :) by ringu, I assume u mean the original? I have seen the naomi watts version..

The descent, I haven't seen.. Frozen either.. I think i ll watch those two :)

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P. S. Happy Halloween to u too sir:)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Oh man, you guys know what we should have been watching last night? The Crow! 30th October is Devils Night, which features heavily in that movie. Great, dark film too!
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
The Crow (Brandon Lee) Is an Amazing Film, incredibly underrated, it's a shame the same couldn't be said for the sequels which were mind Numbingly Rubbish. It's a shame about what happened to Brandon Lee he could of (in my opinion) out shined his Dad's work
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Feature film wise i think he already did. No doubt he would have gone on to star in many more films though. He could have done a good Joker in a Batman movie i reckon, although Ledgers would still be the best! Of course both Lee and Ledger died way before their time and both were a tragic loss.

The Crow is my favourite gothic movie for sure, although i can't think of many other examples off the top of my head. It was pretty unique in it's day, and you're right, the sequels sucked!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Woohoo, just ordered my 32GB Nexus 5! :D :D :D :D :D
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Me jelly!!11!!!1! :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Last night on the Play Store:

:D

It sold out quickly so i'm glad i got in!
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Watched Pontypool.

Oh dear.

The spoken English language is infected. Yes, that's right, if you understand certain words when you hear them you become infected, first repeating the word over and over as an immune response, then you go a bit catatonic, then you try and bury yourself in someone else's body to use their mouth (according to IMDB, you never see anything like that) or your insides go pop. Not that you see much as the whole thing is based around the world's crappiest Canadian local radio station where only 3 people work including the DJ who doesn't seem to know how to be a radio DJ/presenter.

The cure is to have someone tell you the word you're repeating means something different, so kill means kiss. Or speak French.

What a pile of tripe, and they planned 2 sequels!

Canadians should apologise.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Lol, even the synopsis gives me a headache! Is it possible the screenplay was written by someone who had listened to Rebecca Black's Friday one too many times? I know it made me feel like my brain had become infected by words whenever i heard it.

Did you watch any Halloween themed movies this week xaccers? For the record, what's your favourite scary movie?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
There's been quite a few low budget zombie films so I had hoped it would be another. Boy was I wrong!

Wife's been watching Poirot most nights so no horror, although she did put on the notebook a couple of nights ago.

I was doing fine right up until the end then I blubbed, that set her going, then I tried to say something like "I never want to be without you" (being the romantic that I am) except through the blubbing it made her laugh, so I laughed, then farted and we fell into hysterics so all in all a good night :)

Favourite scary movie? There are too many good ones to pick just one. I'd have to list Rosemary's Baby, the Wickerman, Dreamscape and Dreamcatcher just for the ass weasels :)

Now I think my popcorn is ready I'm going to turn my back and put down the phone...

PS Favourite Zombie movie has to be the remake of Dawn of the Dead (the original being the only Romero I rate), I just wish they'd been able to get the same team back together and remake the rest of the series.
[Off-topic] alvster:
Please suggest any comedy movies that are like This Is The End, Project X, The internship, and others.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm no expert on modern comedies. Mostly i find them inferior in every way to the comedies i grew up with. Ted was okay if you're looking for something recent though. I'd have to go back to the first American Pie, Road Trip, or There's Something About Mary to think of another comedy i've actually loved in the last decade! Superbad was okay too i guess, as was Hot Fuzz.

Older movies:

Airplane

The Life Of Brian

Groundhog Day

Parenthood

Blazing Saddles

Animal House

A Fish Called Wanda

Raising Arizona

Trading Places

Four Weddings And A Funeral

Hope that helps!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I felt Gravity was a bit of a let down. Watched it in IMAX and the visual effects were great! But besides that there is not a lot to talk about, wasn't as gripping as i expected it to be, maybe my expectations were high.

Lol, Man of Steel is a Hancock movie and not a Superman movie.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I haven't seen Hancock. Is it bad? As bad as Man Of Steel?
[Off-topic] roofrider:
It's ok, not that bad.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Well, i watched Cloud Atlas all the way through and i still don't get what the fuss is about. Whatever the message is i'm obviously not seeing it. None of the individual stories or the movie as a whole struck any chords with me at all. 6/10

For those of you that liked Cloud Atlas, have you seen Darren Aronofsky's 'The Fountain'? They are very similar movies but The Fountain has one story arc that i found was particularly good compared to the others. It was worth watching it just for that one story. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz were superb in it.

Just finished We're The Millers. Overall it's not bad. The comedy is laugh out loud funny at times but it's a little sparse. 7/10
[Off-topic] xaccers:
I was thinking that when I was fighting to stay awake while watching it today!

Actually, Hancock was a bit better.
[Off-topic] I r o n M a n:
Saw GRAVITY.

Great movie. 8.5/10

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[Off-topic] xaccers:
Watched the first hour of Pacific Rim on the way in to work this morning, so far so good, it's got the right level of "Oh hell yeah!" and the background of the monsters is just coming to light.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Hasn't anyone else watched Beasts Of The Southern Wild yet? You guys are missing out on a treat if you haven't. It really is something special!

Winters Bone was another one that is set in the southern US and that i really liked too come to think of it!
[Off-topic] ricky babalu:
Some of my favorites:

Glengarry glen ross: I am in sales hence my affinity for this movie

Reservoir Dogs

Blade Runner

Lawrence of Arabia

English Patient

Schindler's List

The Last of the Mohicans
[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's a great list! Quality movies, one and all. I found Schindlers List quite hard to watch in places. How about you?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Definitely. I've been to Israel twice now, and both times contemplated going to the Holocaust museums but I know I'd just turn into a blubbing mass at how cruel and inhumane humans can so easily be.

I've met two survivors, and their outlook on life is so live and let live.

I've also been to the remains of Laurence's railway in Saudi when I lived there as a kid, brought back some bolts and bits but have no idea what happened to them.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Here's my favorite movies (random order)

- 500 Days Of Summer

- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-Ray)

- American Psycho (Blu-Ray)

- Big Fish

- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Blu-Ray)

- Coraline (Blu-Ray)

- Deliverance (Blu-Ray)

- Equilibrium (Blu-Ray)

- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Blu-Ray)

- Fargo (Blu-Ray)

- Forgetting Sarah Marshall

- Groundhog Day (Blu-Ray)

- I Love You Man

- Into The Wild (Blu-Ray)

- Leon (Blu-Ray)

- Moon (Blu-Ray)

- Pan's Labyrinth (Blu-Ray)

- Superbad (Blu-Ray)

- Scarface

- The Edge (Blu-Ray)

- The Fifth Element (Blu-Ray)

- The Fly (Blu-Ray)

- The Jerk (Blu-Ray)

- The Lost Boys (Blu-Ray)

- The Princess Bride (Blu-Ray)

- The Shining (Blu-Ray)

- The Thing (Blu-Ray)

- Tron (Blu-Ray)

- Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story

- Wallstreet (Blu-Ray)

- Wall-E (Blu-Ray)

- Watchmen (Blu-Ray [the one that lasts for 3:30 hours])

- Zombieland (Blu-Ray)

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Btw, has any of you seen "Robinson Crusoe On Mars" from 1964? It's freakin' hilarious!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
^^ Pans Labyrinth! A man with class. Lots of my faves in that list. Close Encounters too. Man, that takes me back. So much better than almost every 'Alien encounter' type film i can think of.

@xaccers, totally know where you're coming from. I can stomach remains of U-Boat pens and sea-wall fortifications but i'd totally lose my **** if i ever went to Auschwitz Birkenau!
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Hell yeah, especially in blu-ray. I've added a blu-ray "tag" to the movies in the list. I love watching older movies and classics in blu-ray. 70% of my collection is in Blu-Ray at the moment.

I can't beat my older brother though.. His has A LOT of movies. We tried to put a price on it, but we concluded that the value of the collection is roughly $100,000 (he has a lot of special edition boxes and stuff)
[Off-topic] ricky babalu:
Yes, very much so. Great movie though!

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I visited the one in Washington D.C. - Very Very difficult to get through the whole museum without shedding a tear.
[Off-topic] Pizzaapu:
Mighty Morphing Power Rangers The Movie (1994) 'nuff said. Praying for a blue ray version soon!

Whoops spelling sucks
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I still have that movie...

Plus you spelled mighty wrong....

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[Off-topic] TravisBean:
Last 2 good movies that I saw was "The Debt" and "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes"
[Off-topic] Mr Woolf:
Let the right one in (orig). Class.
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
That scene from a space odyssey is reminiscent of a day at work for me....

Replace the chimps with drunks/heroin addicts and the monolith with a 3ltr bottle of frosty jacks and you've got it.......

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
^^Not entirely certain if it's them or you with the Frosty Jacks...? :p

Next weekend off right? Hang in there mate!

No Country For Old Men - Fantastic movie with the creepiest, most evil bad-guy i've ever seen on camera! 9/10
[Off-topic] stopa46:
No Country For Old Man ROCKS !!!
[Off-topic] TravisBean:
Sure does.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
I'm strange, found No Country boring and didn't think it went anywhere
[Off-topic] iynfynity:
No one likes The Godfather series??
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Just about anyone with an ounce of taste i would think! :D

Just watched Green Zone. 7/10

Not a bad film, nothing special though.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Watching For your eyes only, again they've lovingly restored it (now nipples are clearly visible, makes me blush). It has the best line of the entire series in it "Mr. Bond! We Can Do a Deal! I'll Buy You a Delicatessen, in Stainless Steel!" :D

It also has a transsexual in it, the big boobie'd woman that gets out of the pool and walks along the pool side before the 2CV chase.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I have absolutely no recollection of that! It sounds so random. :D I do however remember the scene that has the line that gave the film it's name. I wonder why that is :confused:

:D

Back To The Future fans may get a kick out of this:

http://www.wimp.com/biffquestions/
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Drive = 10/10

Fantastic.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Ryan Gosling is hot property right now isn't he? Watch The Ides Of March if you get a chance. It's another fantastic movie and he's great in it too.

I've got The Artist to watch later. That's looking good for a bunch of awards right now.

Edit: The Artist is excellent! Total Oscar bait with it's retro Silent Movie story and tribute to the big screen. I loved it.
[Off-topic] husam666:
Anybody heard of Jacob's Ladder? Old film from 1990, I want to make sure it's good before downloading it
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I've heard about it, but i haven't seen it (i think).
[Off-topic] husam666:
I saw some parts on some song, it looks really sick (sick as in sick not as in awesome :p)
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
1990 = old?????

Idontwanttofeeloldonthisplanetanymore.jpg

It's good, but freaky though.....

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[Off-topic] husam666:
2 years older than me :p

thx, dude
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
I really like the movie Pope of Greenwich Village with Mickey Rourke. Great movie.
[Off-topic] Archer:
It's weird, and most people have different ideas about what it's actually about. Watch it immediately is my advice - I loved it. Also, FTFY.

+1 - great film.
[Off-topic] albert666:
The last movie I watched was "dream house". It was a good movie, with a unexpected story. :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Have you seen Angel Heart? It's my favourite Mickey Rourke movie. Also stars Robert De Nero.
[Off-topic] Archer:
I was thinking about that the other day. It's an awesome film!

If you like something dark, how about The Serpent and The Rainbow?
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
Saw that movie a while ago. Really a great story.

Anyone seen the "Death Note" great movie and great story.

Sent from somewhere on Earth !!!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. (The new one this time!).

Can't say it improves upon the original although it's still a good watch.
[Off-topic] fboaventura:
This is indeed a good movie!

I also like Ronin and The Professional, from the not so new and The Italian Job.
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
Oh !! The italian job is a good watch.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Watched these this weekend:

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas - Well what can i say! It's Harold & Kumar!

The Big Year. Simple entertainment. Nothing more really!
[Off-topic] fboaventura:
Will look for and watch The Big Year, seems to be very entertaining.

I also watched recently, and liked very much:

The Hangover

The Hangover II

A Good Year
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Watching True Grit again. One of the few remakes that are better than the original. Another good, modern Western was Open Range. Both are excellent if you like the genre.
[Off-topic] coolsandie:
Watched Duel (1971) again. What can I say, its a Steven Spielberg epic! Thriller to the maximum, as I watched from beginning to end as if I was watching the first time.
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Halo friends.

Can someone suggest me movie of genre like The Departed, Shutter Island or Blood diamond. ?

Something kind of Thriller.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
So basically a DiCaprio film?

Body Of Lies.

BOOM!

Also, Inception!

:good:
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Yeah. Catch me if you can ,The Beach and J.Edgar.

All have been watched. I want to see movies like the Blood diamond or shutter island type. Hope you got it.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
How about:

Se7en

Fight Club

Chinatown

No Country for Old Men

Memento

Training Day

Zodiac

Spy Game

Arlington Road

The Game

Heat

Leon

Oldboy

Ronin

Man On Fire
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Thanks for the list.:)

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
You're welcome. I hope there's something there you haven't seen before? They are all great Thrillers!
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Except memento I have seen none of them;)

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
No love for the Sonmi episode? :( The movie was one of a kind imo, it took 3 very talented directors to make this masterpiece and i'm fan of all those 3 directors so i might be a bit biased. :p This reminds me, i'm going read the book and watch it again, maybe it'll be less confusing then.

Yea, need to re-watch The Fountain too. Don't think i understood anything, lol.

Top marks for Chaser! It seems Chaser is based on true events too just like Memories of Murder (one of my fav).
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Memories Of Murder was great. Filmspotting are doing a Korean auteurs series on the podcast at the moment and just covered The Chaser. They had a lot of praise for it. One of them mentioned the tension and the brilliance of the foot chase scenes, and how they would stop to catch their breathe during the chase whereas in Hollywood the actors would just run forever. It was a good point!

I love Korean movies because they have that sense of reality about them. Everything is so much more visceral. You know that if someone is hit over the head with a hammer that there will be copious amounts of blood, as you would expect. You don't get that with sanitised Hollywood movies.

You're right, The Sonmi story arc was okay and the only one in Cloud Atlas that i found at all interesting. I couldn't care less about the rest of it though. Hanks can never be critisised for his acting, it was flawless as always, but i'm far more interested in seeing him in something like Captain Phillips than i am in this.

Go watch Beasts Of The Southern Wild. You'll be glad you did! :)
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Very true, the short brawl that ensued in Chaser after that long chase was so realistic. The fight sequence in The Man from Nowhere is one of the best i've seen (Jason Bourne vs. Desh deserves a mention here!) and the brawl in Oldboy is a classic.

Mother is a decent film too, slightly deceptive just like Memories of Murder. When you are hungry for something foreign or Korean you could watch it.

I was a bit unsure about Southern Wild but it looks like something i'd enjoy!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I've got to watch The Man From Nowhere again soon. It was so good! Korean Keanu Reeves really impressed. I've always really enjoyed the Bourne fight sequences too, they were all very well done. I'm guessing the Oldboy brawl you are alluding too is the side scrolling corridor shot? Man, that was unreal! Even on the re-watch it was awesome. So low key and yet so effective. You can bet they'll have that scene in the remake and it'll get butchered!

I'll take a look for Mother tonight. Thanks mate.
[Off-topic] I r o n M a n:
A couple of my favourite movies. All are worth watching. These are all I can think of, right now-

Fight Club

The usual suspects

The big lebowski

Full metal jacket

The pianist

Silence of the lambs

A few good men

Reservoir dogs

Pulp fiction

American history x

The persuit of happiness

Se7en

Léon: the professional

Memento

American beauty

Django unchained

The great escape

Downfall

Good will hunting

Shutter island
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Good movies all, although i will never watch The Pursuit Of Happiness again. Most of the others are classics that i've watched several times. :good:
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I gave Man From Nowhere a re-watch only a few days back! The Korean Keanu Reeves features in Mother too, his performance along with the other lead character (his mother) is really good!

Yep! Didn't really notice it was one continuous shot back then, it was an awesome scene! From what i read the remake seems to use sword/knife along with a hammer and the scene spans across floors and not a single corridor.

Here is what Brolin has to on that:

"We don’t match anything [from the hallway scene]. The only matching is that we do it in one take. That’s the only matching. That’s the only similarity. Well, no, there’s one more similarity, but it’s basically the only similarity within that sequence and I think I can be safe to say that it’s not anything like the original other than it is one take and I’ve never experienced or seen anything like it. And I think what J.J. Perry did as the fight coordinator is something phenomenal. I will say this, I thought there is no way I could possibly pull it off until about a week before we did it after rehearsing it for quite a while."

I hope they don't screw up the ending.