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[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Oh I see. Well still I would like to try some of them, however I only like thriller movies. :)

Razor!

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Hey catch me if you can was a great movie. Mind boggling :D

Razor!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Have you seen Miller's Crossing? It's a great prohibition era, crime thriller!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I still haven't watched oblivion. It's on my list :) I liked star trek into darkness because I have never watched any of The old Star Trek shows or the movies. Add to that , the fact that I am a huge Sherlock fan so I particularly loved Benedict Cumberbatch's performance.

For me the best film of the year so far is The Conjuring simply because it has no gore to speak of, something which can't be said for the horror films nowadays. This is particularly surprising since it is directed by James wan who also made saw :eek: great effort, I'd say.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I didn't know that! I think people forget how good Saw was when it came out because the numerous sequels kinda diluted it. As a genre film it was pretty innovative and compelling imo! The Conjuring did the possession/haunting thing better than most. Poltergeist will always be my favourite though!
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
Despicable Me 2 wasn't that great.. Nowhere near as awesome as the first movie :(
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
It was a lot better and a lot funnier all my family Loved it and now my youngest brother is obsessed with the Minions.

Anyone seen Darjeeling limited ?

And finished watching Jekyll (james nesbit) again, its good that he got a big break like The hobbit
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
Lol.. Must be just me then
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I found the comedy in the second one a bit silly. :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm obsessed with the Minions! :D

Best single animated creation in the history of film-making! (Or at least i can't think of anything better right now!)

By the way you easily qualify for Membership if you're interested in joining our club?
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Yeah sounds good. I'll have to post more now :D

Is their any other requirements like changing your tapatalk signature to something like: Sent from my........... ??
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Sent from LV-426 or something similar would be very apt, (and nerdy), but no, there's no requirement. :)

Read the OP if you want more information about promotion and such. Welcome aboard!
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Alright will do... And ill try to come up with something "Geeky"

Does anyone else think "Warrior" (tom hardy) isn't as Good as its made out to be ?

Ooh and "GranTorino" (Clint Eastwood) is a solid 7/10
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Dirk , thanks for mentioning poltergeist. :) I watched half of it when it was shown on hbo. I think Steven Spielberg himself directed it to start with and later handed it over to the other director. But I have heard the sequels are pretty poor. I need to watch the original though.

Saw was indeed pretty good and the climax pretty much shocks everyone who sees it for the first time. :P

So far as thrillers go I would recommend watching zodiac to everyone. It's an extremely well made film based on true events. David fincher is a good director. Mark ruffalos performance is great as is jake gyllenhalls. It has a very realistic feel to it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Poltergeist 2 has one good, spooky character but that's probably the best thing about that sequel:

+1 on Zodiac. I really enjoyed the grittiness and tension of it. Great casting too. Se7en and Fight Club are both Fincher movies so he's a director with good pedigree!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Could I be admitted to the club?

Hi all,

As you can see that I am from India, we don't get many new foreign releases here. Whatever foreign film are released here are mostly hollywood blockbusters (& are censored). So I hardly get to watch the movies when they release. However, I do try to catch up by watching older good movies in addition to some recent flicks.

Some of my all time favourites are listed here:

My top 20: (Wanted to list 10, but the other 10 had to be included :p)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The Godfather

The Shawshank Redemption

Pulp Fiction

Gladiator

The Exorcist

Django Unchained

American History X

Avatar

Brokeback Mountain

Forest Gump

Saving Private Ryan

Sin City

The Matrix

Wall-E

Million Dollar Baby

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Silence of the Lambs

Schindler's List

Heat

Last movie watched: Lincoln (2012)

I have watched 75 movies out of IMDb's Top 250. I have another 23 with me which I'll watch over the next couple of months.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The IMDb link is broken for me. There are some top movies in that list though!

Lincoln was a very good film. There will be a lot of happy actors at the Academy Awards next year knowing that they don't have to go up against Daniel Day-Lewis this time around!

We'd be glad to have you on board as a new member. Why don't you give us a single paragraph review and a rating for Lincoln? I don't think many people here have seen it!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Thank you. I just updated the link. Can you see it now?

True!

I feel reviewing a movie is an art, which I am not good at. Even if I try, I don't think I'll be able to do justice to Lincoln. But I'll add this - If you want to see Abraham Lincoln alive, well then go and see Lincoln. It's not Daniel Day-Lewis in that, it's Mr. Lincoln himself!

Tommy Lee-Jones also was great.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yep, working fine. It's nice to see so many great films on the list. Moon, The Intouchables, Life Is Beautiful...a nice cross-section of movies!

That sounds like a review to me! Welcome to the club, it's good to have you aboard. :good:

Have a read of the OP, if you haven't already, to familiarise yourself.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Clark Kent/Superman is supposed to be, in D&D terms, Lawful Good, ie he is the best of us, he would do anything to defend his adoptive home and protect lives.

He can see the good in the world, that which is worth fighting for and protecting even if most of us cannot.

MOS had none of that, even the "I'm more American than you" at the end was empty.

Superman would have drawn the battles away from the city, would have done his best to prevent death and destruction.

MOS was basically Will Smith's Hancock with a blue and red suit.

How is Oblivion's plot like the Matrix?
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
QFT ! I'd like to add that the whole thing about "I am not sure i can trust the people of earth either " was kinda strange. All that destruction was nothing but an excuse to go overboard with the action. It served no other purpose. The moment the final battle started I got disconnected from the film and watched in stupefied horror as they butchered one of my favorite superhero :p
[Off-topic] Prawesome:
Oblivion's second half was absolutely pathetic. So much buildup in the first half of the movie but it doesn't turn out to be much

I don't know about the super hero in comics. But I do know that MOS was a good movie with some good acting.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
:eek::eek:

I can't watch below 1080p. Even though i don't have a lot of free space, 1080p always.

Of course sometimes i have to make compromises, especially when it comes to foreign language movies.

Like xaccers said i couldn't stop drawing comparisons to Hancock while watching the 2nd half of MoS.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Has anyone here seen Speed Racer? I'm listening to a Film Junk Premium podcast covering The Matrix trilogy, and they've started talking about this other Wachowski brothers movie that i've never heard of before!

They're really effusive in their praise, and from what i've seen about it now, the movie has all the hallmarks of a cult classic. How have i not heard about it before?
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Ehh, Speed Racer wasn't that great. It was a good representation of the cartoon, but nothing with amazing plot, acting, effects, etc.

It was worth taking my son to, and wouldn't do you any harm by seeing it, or not seeing it, and I've had no need to watch it again.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
What makes me curious is that all three said they hated it first time around but on re-watching it now love it! I'll have a watch myself and see if i can find anything praise worthy about it. You say it's based on a cartoon?
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Yup. http://www.tv.com/shows/speed-racer/

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
1968? :eek:

For some reason i'm thinking Wacky Races now! :D (Love that cartoon!)
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Wacky Races? Is that like Tom Slick?

How do you feel about the George of the Jungle cartoon? The movie (as with everything Brendan Fraser) was deplorable.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
You guys haven't heard of Dastardly and Muttley across the pond? They were in Wacky Races along with the likes of Penelope Pitstop and The Anthill Mob. **** Dastardly would go down as one of the greatest cartoon villains of all time and in Wacky Races would be trying to sabotage all the other racers. See if you can find an episode of Wacky Races to watch somewhere. You'll love it! :)

I was going to say i didn't remember George Of The Jungle, or Tom Slick, but having looked it up and seeing the pictures i do remember! I used to try and draw the Tom Slick car as a kid!
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Haha I remember that, and their was another.. can't remember the name exactly but it had **** dastardly and mutley and they had to catch a pigeon. Looking back now its a bit WTF but still good memorys (when something went wrong looking at my dog to see if was s******ing) haha.

And later on their was "Cow & Chicken".

Looking back the 90's was a weird one for Kids TV

Hmm that word was blocked :/ oh well "Laughing"
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah the 80's was much better!

You were referring of course to Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines and their efforts to catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon, a carrier pigeon who carried secret messages. Great stuff!

Then there was Captain Caveman..

Should have been made into a movie! :D
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Haha yes I managed to watch a lot of the shows from then from VHS recordings. Hmm I thought he did, Can't remember where though.

And Mr.Blobby (he was one creepy pink thing.) also another show Shooting stars (w. Vic Reaves)
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Another plot hole in man of steel is , it is never explained why they take Lois lane on the ship at all. How does zod get into superman's mind and show him all those apocalyptic visions ? Is he psychic? Phantom drives are never explained and nor is there any plausible explanation for the creation of the singularity and why it closes up the moment all the bad guys are scooped up. Why don't superman and Lois vanish into the black hole?!

How does a dead jor el interact with all living beings if he is but a program? Explanation is vague….

And the most mind boggling of all : how does Zod survive being thrashed , dragged through buildings , colliding with a satellite , and innumerable other assaults and then die by merely getting his neck twisted???? :eek:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
MOS was horrendous, but it made a butt-tonne of money! Go figure. This is why we need to steer a modern audience towards better movies, educate them and teach them the error of their ways. It's our duty! If we don't the world of cinema will go the same way as the world of music, and we don't want that!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
That nostalgia.:eek: Hanna-Barbera FTW!!

Put them all together and you get this masterpiece!

The Jetsons!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Wow, Brenda Chance still looks hot! :good:

The Jetsons was good although i don't remember too much about it. Wasn't there a movie version of that, Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones too? I bet they were all awful! :p
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I don't know if there was a movie version of Jetsons, but yes. The other two were made into movies and they were horrible!

I thought New World might get lost, so mentioning it again. Gotta thank you for the tip!

New World is a top-notch Korean gangster flick, a must watch for Korean movie fans; it'll also appeal to all the movie buffs in general.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I think i'd left it off my Korean movies list too. It was only when i was going back through the 2013 releases that i'd remembered seeing it! I'm dying to see what Chan-Wook Park or Kim Jee-Woon come up with next. Neither seem to have anything in production at the moment. :(
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Hmm.. yeah, nothing has been announced yet. But Chan-Wook Park said in an interview that he is not interested in doing big-budget superhero movies, of course he wouldn't do those; what a stupid question to ask! I want something violent. :D

The original Oldboy has been remastered.

Looks like Kim Jee-Woon's next project is the movie adaption of Ed Brubaker's comic "Coward" of the Criminal series. I know nothing about that comic.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Adapting a comic book to a movie. I'm surprised nobody has thought about doing that before! :rolleyes:

Seriously, it's getting stupid now. It's gone from sublime to ridiculous! It's good to hear that Chan-Wook Park has no plans to do anything so inelegant though. The man is the Kubrick of our generation. A truly visionary Director.

Good news too about Oldboy. Instead of watching the remake, i might just watch the remastered original now! :good:

Thanks for the heads-up! :good:
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Oldboy is actually loosely based on a Japanese manga Old Boy you know!

Coward looks like something that is right up the director's alley, i hope it turns into a 'A Bittersweet Life' like movie instead of the mess that 'The Last Stand' was. (DON'T WATCH IT!!)

Get here soon Snowpiercer!!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I was just reading about the Oldboy origins. Only Park could have turned it into a masterpiece of cinema, although i reckon Tarantino might have done something good with it too. Speaking of which, apparently Tarantino was Jury head at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival where Oldboy was awarded the 'Grand Prix'!

I did follow a link to The Last Stand once hoping it might be worth watching. Needless to say i didn't bother! :laugh:
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Speaking of movies adapted from comics (or rather graphic novels) what do you guys think about Sin City & 300. I rate both of them very high. In fact Sin City is in my Top 20 list. MARVelous film-making! :P
[Off-topic] xaccers:
I really didn't like them, I know I'm in the minority.

Much preferred Meet the Spartans for it's humour and historical accuracy which was lacking from 300.
[Off-topic] the_helix:
:eek: Not even Sin City?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Especially not Sin City. Pile of poop to my eyes.

Sucker Punch was alright, but not as good as I'd hoped.
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Damn! You broke my heart :p

Which are your all time favourites?
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
I liked sin city, mainly because they kept it so close to the comic. Unlike Constantine which was one of the worst imho

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I see what you did there! :good:

I'm with you mate. Sin City particularly i loved. I found the whole aesthetic of that movie really appealing. The comic book style of the film worked well and the noir theme with the colour elements was really impactful. Everything about the movie felt grandiose and dramatic. Great cast, great story, well acted and well animated. It's a real masterpiece in my opinion and i'm dying to see the sequel!

I should add that Brittany Murphy was fantastic in Sin City and it was a sad loss when she died in 2009. Another star who went far too early.

300 felt really novel when i first saw it. The highly stylised look was completely different to anything i'd seen before, and i really liked it. As for the story, i enjoyed all the preamble in Sparta itself, but once the fighting got underway it was nothing short of epic until the very end!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
What do you guys think about Donnie darko? I like psycho thrillers quite a bit. The only reason I didn't watch shutter island is because I had read the novel before.
[Off-topic] GIS_Guy:
I've not seen Frozen, but two thumbs up for PRIMER!

(Wikipedia has a nice flowchart of the method)
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Watched "Take Shelter" again. It's a complicated movie! Anyone seen it? If yes, what are your thoughts about the ending?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Interested to see what you thought!

Great movie. I think everyone must have seen it by now, it was so popular.

Frozen is pretty gripping. Simple premise though.

Gonna watch it later. Looks good, with the guy from Boardwalk Empire in it.
[Off-topic] .xxx.:
Yeah.. for me Oscar winning ;)
[Off-topic] Archer:
Mind bender is true! I've only seen it once and keep meaning to revisit it. One of my friends told me that it's actually a lot heavier than you realise and (without giving anything away to those who haven't seen it) they're watching earpieces right from the very beginning of the film.

Worth watching again just to look for that!
[Off-topic] jr_718:
A fistful of dollar.. Clint eastwood
[Off-topic] Dirk:
**Spoilers**

Interesting movie and a great performance by Michael Shannon. His portrayal of somebody with Paranoid Schizophrenia was superb. You could tie yourself up in knots about the ending, but it was intended to be ambiguous. Perhaps thrown in for no other reason than to add mystery to the story or to generate debate, but like Inception, there's no one real answer to it. The meaning is whatever you decide it is, once you've thought about it for a bit.

Personally i take the storm to be a metaphor for his worsening mental health problems. Not an actual storm, but a foreboding of the bad times that are coming. A manifestation of the uncontrollable force that is threatening to consume him. The final scene is just an acknowledgement that the storm has arrived, the time has come and they are all in it together. It was tragic but heart-warming.

I'd recommend the movie for others to see. It's a solid 8/10.

EDIT: I'm now going to watch Revenge Of The Sith. I fancy something Sci-Fi, with lasers and spaceships and good CGI! :)

EDIT 2: After ten minutes i remembered why the Star Wars prequels were so bad and gave up. Who wrote that crap? The dialogue has got to be the worst i've ever heard!
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
Anyone saw "The Beach". Really an awesome movie with great story. It's my recommendation who love adventure movie with some romance.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I really liked it. It's one i can watch over and over and never get bored with it.
[Off-topic] iynfynity:
Watched Chronicles last night. It was better than most movie of its kind.

I want to watch The woman in black.
[Off-topic] sb777:
The Machinist (2004)

Have you guys already seen The Machinist (2004). It is relatively unknown and one of the best movies I've ever seen!
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
Yeah! The story is quite good.

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
OH yes! the seventh heaven..my parents had been there recently n i'll be there one day too...the phi phi islands!
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
Lucky me, went to Thailand just 2 months ago.

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
Oh great!!

ok so i thoroughly enjoyed In Bruges (2008).

Love their accents.
[Off-topic] phatmanxxl:
I liked it too.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The filming completely destroyed that Beach btw. They didn't like the native trees for instance, so they ripped them up and planted ones they liked better. The company that made the film was sued for damages after they left the place in a mess!

In Bruges has become a cult classic in every sense. Not many people have seen it, yet it's one of the best movies i've ever seen.

Big tip there for everyone here. Watch it now!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
geez...that is very sad.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Phi_Phi_Lee

There's a little here about it.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil - absolutely hilarious in such a non-stupid way :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Shutter Island is an excellent film and even if i'd read the book i think i'd still want to see it! Hitchcock was the master of psycho Thrillers, if you'll pardon the pun. Have you seen many of his movies?

Donnie Darko is great. I'm a big fan of Jake Gyllenhaal, and even though i still don't understand exactly what's going on in the movie, i love it anyway. If someone more clever than me can sum it up succinctly and with bullet points, that would be great!

Still holding a grudge? :p
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Dirk , psycho is one of my all time favourites. Apart from that I have watched rear window. I intend to watch frenzy soon :)
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Shutter island is fabulous film man. Outstanding story and awesome acting by cast.

Razor!
[Off-topic] jugg1es:
I'm with you on Donnie Darko, loved the film. I've seen it a few times and i still don't understand exactly what went on especially near the end.

Shutter Island is superb. The psycho remake was something i was skeptical about, having no real love for remakes. However it came over really well and that has a lot to do with the fact that they didn't try to change it or 'vamp' it up Hollywood style.

Didn't get to watch Filth over the weekend, just didn't get time. :(

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Good to see that someone shares my sentiments :highfive:

Donnie Darko too is one hell of a movie. Jake Gyllenhall is great actor... loved him immensely in October Sky. The body feels royally screwed after running a marathon... but you still run a marathon as you like that feeling. Seeing Donnie Darko, The Triangle and Shutter Island gives the same feeling to the brain, but guess what... I love that feeling :cowboy: Waiting to lay my eyes on Primer for the same feeling.

Are blood and gore the reasons?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Vertigo recently toppled Citizen Kane as the all time best movie in the Sight & Sound magazine poll. Citizen Kane had held top spot for 50 years!

http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/vertigo-bumps-citizen-kane-top-spot-poll-best-movies-all-919436

I haven't seen them all but Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, Rope and North by Northwest count among my favourites. I haven't seen Frenzy so i'll be interested to hear what you think of it!

Are you going to try and see it next weekend. I assume it'll still be on where you are?

I think the first time i saw Donnie Darko i tried to pass it all off as a dream he was having. I know there's a whole time travel thing going on with paradox's and other things that give me a headache. I did try and read somebodies explanation on the IMDb boards but that gave me a headache too. Now i watch it and every time hope to divine something new!

Watching Primer makes your brain feel like it's run a marathon. :D

It's a good indy flick though and well worth watching. :good:
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Hadn't heard of primer. I forgot that I had watched North by northwest too :) good flick although not one of my favourites. Finally as weekend arrives I am adding my must watch films to my list :p quite possibly, frenzy followed by prisoners which I missed. But I read on imdb that it is a very depressing film? This true ? If so , I need a comedy at hand to rinse the taste :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Prisoners is great but it is a little dour. The subject matter isn't what you would call cheerful anyway! The comedies i like best are:

A Fish Called Wanda

There's Something About Mary

Blazing Saddles

Raising Arizona

Kung-Fu Hustle

American Pie

Any of those should be a good pick-me-up!