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Lovefilm list is empty and need inspiration for some good films to watch. All genres from Seagal to serious please.
In reply to Will Cat:
Missus was away so - films last weekend:-
Die Hard 1 & 2 (Boy film)
Avengers ('nother boy film)
and
Black Book - A superb film. Highly recommended.
also on my fave's list:-
L.A.Confidential
Chinatown
Master and Commander
There you go. Enjoy.
Missus was away so - films last weekend:-
Die Hard 1 & 2 (Boy film)
Avengers ('nother boy film)
and
Black Book - A superb film. Highly recommended.
also on my fave's list:-
L.A.Confidential
Chinatown
Master and Commander
There you go. Enjoy.
In reply to Will Cat: the network, frost/Nixon, the wrestler, exit through the gift shop, 4 lions living in oblivion
In reply to Will Cat: Give us a clue! What films have you enjoyed?
In reply to Will Cat:
Map of the Human Heart
Laputa The Flying Island (may now be called Castle in the Sky though)
Map of the Human Heart
Laputa The Flying Island (may now be called Castle in the Sky though)
In reply to Alyson:
I'm going to guess at " All genres from Seagal to serious please.". Just a hunch....
:-P
> (In reply to Will Cat) Give us a clue! What films have you enjoyed?
I'm going to guess at " All genres from Seagal to serious please.". Just a hunch....
:-P
In reply to Will Cat:
I know it got slated at the box office, but I thought John Carter was fantastic, i'd put it on a par with Dune.
I know it got slated at the box office, but I thought John Carter was fantastic, i'd put it on a par with Dune.
In reply to Will Cat: "Tell No one" is really good
In reply to Blue Straggler: So he's enjoyed every film he's ever seen in every genre? Wow, that's quite a range! Ok, in that case
The Sting
Ghostbusters
In America
Toy Story
Inside I'm Dancing
King of Kongs: A Fistful of Quarters
The Sting
Ghostbusters
In America
Toy Story
Inside I'm Dancing
King of Kongs: A Fistful of Quarters
In reply to Will Cat: if you don't mind subtitles, some great stuff from the far east...
Hero
Red Cliff
The Assembly
Infernal Affairs
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Sonatine
Battle Royale
..for starters....
Hero
Red Cliff
The Assembly
Infernal Affairs
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Sonatine
Battle Royale
..for starters....
In reply to Will Cat: A great start - I know request was non-specific but good to get some new ideas.
Cohen brothers films are a favourite, though.
Cohen brothers films are a favourite, though.
In reply to Will Cat:
Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line
Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line
In reply to Alyson:
I was quite obviously answering your "Give us a clue!" rather than your "What films have you enjoyed?"
Try to be less facetious, that'd be nicer wouldn't it?
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) So he's enjoyed every film he's ever seen in every genre? Wow, that's quite a range!
I was quite obviously answering your "Give us a clue!" rather than your "What films have you enjoyed?"
Try to be less facetious, that'd be nicer wouldn't it?
In reply to Will Cat: This is England - or any Shane Meadows
In reply to Will Cat: Das Boot. In German with subtitles is best, English version nowhere near as good.
The Cruel Sea.
Gattaca.
The Cruel Sea.
Gattaca.
In reply to Will Cat: Talladega Nights, Zoolander, There's Something About Mary...
In reply to Will Cat: Apocalypse Now, Godfathers 1&2, The Conversation...
In reply to ripper: or, the inspiration for Apocalypse - Aguirre Wrath of God
In reply to Will Cat:
Try Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan"
> Cohen brothers films are a favourite, though.
Try Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan"
In reply to Will Cat:
Recent favourites:
Detention
The Raid (subtitled)
Cabin in the Woods
Dredd
Midnight in Paris
Juan of the Dead (subtitled)
Marianne (subtitled)
Recent favourites:
Detention
The Raid (subtitled)
Cabin in the Woods
Dredd
Midnight in Paris
Juan of the Dead (subtitled)
Marianne (subtitled)
In reply to Will Cat: Thank you all. Some great reminders too. Aguirre, Wrath of God is a must.
In reply to Will Cat:
In a similar vein (as in also directed by Herzog, starring Kinski and filmed/set in the south american jungle), Fitzcarraldo is supposed to be good, although I've yet to see it. the stories about filming these are brilliant too - Herzog continually winding Kinski up to keep him on edge as he thought it helped the performance; Kinski threatening to walk off set only for Herzog to pull a gun and threaten to blow his own brains out if he did; Kinski pulling a gun during one argument and loosing off a shot which went through the wall of a tent where the crew were playing cards and took off someone's finger; the native extras having a meeting about Kinski's behaviour towards Herzog, and sending their head man to tell Herzog solemnly that they'd discussed the problem and decided they were going to kill Kinski....there's a brillian photo somewhere too of Kinski with his hands clenched around Herzog's throat and others trying to pull him off!
> (In reply to Will Cat) . Aguirre, Wrath of God is a must.
In a similar vein (as in also directed by Herzog, starring Kinski and filmed/set in the south american jungle), Fitzcarraldo is supposed to be good, although I've yet to see it. the stories about filming these are brilliant too - Herzog continually winding Kinski up to keep him on edge as he thought it helped the performance; Kinski threatening to walk off set only for Herzog to pull a gun and threaten to blow his own brains out if he did; Kinski pulling a gun during one argument and loosing off a shot which went through the wall of a tent where the crew were playing cards and took off someone's finger; the native extras having a meeting about Kinski's behaviour towards Herzog, and sending their head man to tell Herzog solemnly that they'd discussed the problem and decided they were going to kill Kinski....there's a brillian photo somewhere too of Kinski with his hands clenched around Herzog's throat and others trying to pull him off!
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Ah ok, well I sort of mean them to be read together, ie give us a clue by telling us what films you have enjoyed. So your answer seemed a little snippy, but that could be me being overly sensitive as I think a lot of your posts sound snippy although I'm not sure you always mean them as such.
Yes, maybe it would! Although facetious just means not taking things seriously or joking inappropriately and I think what you mean is that I take things too seriously or miss the joke, no?
PS Am I doing it again?
PPS Heartlands!
> (In reply to Alyson)
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> I was quite obviously answering your "Give us a clue!" rather than your "What films have you enjoyed?"
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> I was quite obviously answering your "Give us a clue!" rather than your "What films have you enjoyed?"
Ah ok, well I sort of mean them to be read together, ie give us a clue by telling us what films you have enjoyed. So your answer seemed a little snippy, but that could be me being overly sensitive as I think a lot of your posts sound snippy although I'm not sure you always mean them as such.
>
> Try to be less facetious, that'd be nicer wouldn't it?
> Try to be less facetious, that'd be nicer wouldn't it?
Yes, maybe it would! Although facetious just means not taking things seriously or joking inappropriately and I think what you mean is that I take things too seriously or miss the joke, no?
PS Am I doing it again?
PPS Heartlands!
In reply to Will Cat:
Reasonably recent films I've enjoyed at the cinema:
Taken
Taken 2 (sorry Blue)
Super 8
Erm...Actually I thought that would be a longer list but I'm shit at remembering film names, film plots and..well, films, really.
Reasonably recent films I've enjoyed at the cinema:
Taken
Taken 2 (sorry Blue)
Super 8
Erm...Actually I thought that would be a longer list but I'm shit at remembering film names, film plots and..well, films, really.
In reply to Will Cat: also quite enjoyed District 9 and Monsters
In reply to Will Cat:
For a bit of independent (but not wanky) scottish stuff try 'Angel's Share'.
For more mainstream I've enjoyed 'The Help', 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US version)', Avengers and Pleasantville recently.
For a bit of independent (but not wanky) scottish stuff try 'Angel's Share'.
For more mainstream I've enjoyed 'The Help', 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US version)', Avengers and Pleasantville recently.
In reply to ripper:
I thought this was one of the worst films I've ever seen!
> (In reply to Will Cat) also quite enjoyed District 9
I thought this was one of the worst films I've ever seen!
In reply to Fickalli: really? interested to hear why... just goes to show it's all subjective though, one person's bacon etc etc
In reply to Will Cat: just remembered an absolute belter - although perhaps not to everyone's taste. If you like the very blackest of really black humour... Man Bites Dog
In reply to Will Cat: TV series - Breaking Bad
In reply to Will Cat:
The Breath - Turkish with subs, unit isolated in winter on mountain fighting the KKK, good psycological modern war movie
Trope Elite 1 & 2 - Brazilian with subs , BOPE ( anti drug SWAT basicaly) and political corruption
The secrets in their eyes - Argentinian with subs - unsolved murder meets love story, very well put together film, captures the draw/attraction between man and woman very well.
Sophie Scholl - german subs , Youffs Standing up to the Nazis ( F**in awsome film)
into the Abyss - Death row documentary by Herzog
Margin call - financial meltdown from the point of view of the traders
Collapse - you want conspiracy throry, i'll give you conspiracy theories
The Tillman story - Oh how heroes fall, documentary on how NFL star dies in Afghanastan
Wild Bill - not everyone in jail is a bad person
United 93 - what would you have done?
Teri - a film about being nice to each other
Stranger than fiction - hearing voices?, then u is a mado
Martha Marcy May Marlene - life after you leave a cult
The Breath - Turkish with subs, unit isolated in winter on mountain fighting the KKK, good psycological modern war movie
Trope Elite 1 & 2 - Brazilian with subs , BOPE ( anti drug SWAT basicaly) and political corruption
The secrets in their eyes - Argentinian with subs - unsolved murder meets love story, very well put together film, captures the draw/attraction between man and woman very well.
Sophie Scholl - german subs , Youffs Standing up to the Nazis ( F**in awsome film)
into the Abyss - Death row documentary by Herzog
Margin call - financial meltdown from the point of view of the traders
Collapse - you want conspiracy throry, i'll give you conspiracy theories
The Tillman story - Oh how heroes fall, documentary on how NFL star dies in Afghanastan
Wild Bill - not everyone in jail is a bad person
United 93 - what would you have done?
Teri - a film about being nice to each other
Stranger than fiction - hearing voices?, then u is a mado
Martha Marcy May Marlene - life after you leave a cult
In reply to Will Cat: The original Hitchcock Rear Window - cinematic genius!!
In reply to Blue Straggler:
You must be joking. People trying to rip off mob money? I'm surprised Charley Varrick wasn't flying the plane!
You must be joking. People trying to rip off mob money? I'm surprised Charley Varrick wasn't flying the plane!
In reply to ripper:
> (In reply to Will Cat)
> Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line
I'd probably add the next in the sequence but after that? No chance.> Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line
In reply to ripper:
Fitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams are in HMV at the mo, special 25th anniversary edition. I'm sure less than a tenner. I'm still on the film and haven't got round to the documentary yet, but I vaguely remember it from its original showings.
Fitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams are in HMV at the mo, special 25th anniversary edition. I'm sure less than a tenner. I'm still on the film and haven't got round to the documentary yet, but I vaguely remember it from its original showings.
In reply to Tom Valentine:
NOt seen it on my DVD yet but I saw it at the NFT's Herzog season in 2001 or so. Great footage of Jagger, and some pure genius with Cardinale failing to comprehend Herzog telling her not to open a particular door on the set of the boat
As for A Simple Plan - yeah yeah. It's not in the Tex-Mex borderlands. The mob heavies are not quirky main characters. The wife is far more influential. It's much more of a human drama.
But yes. Good triple bill that. Maybe the Coens showed McCarthy's book (or Charley Varrick!) to Sam Raimi and he beat them to the punch
> I'm still on the film and haven't got round to the documentary yet, but I vaguely remember it from its original showings
NOt seen it on my DVD yet but I saw it at the NFT's Herzog season in 2001 or so. Great footage of Jagger, and some pure genius with Cardinale failing to comprehend Herzog telling her not to open a particular door on the set of the boat
As for A Simple Plan - yeah yeah. It's not in the Tex-Mex borderlands. The mob heavies are not quirky main characters. The wife is far more influential. It's much more of a human drama.
But yes. Good triple bill that. Maybe the Coens showed McCarthy's book (or Charley Varrick!) to Sam Raimi and he beat them to the punch
In reply to Arcticboy:
Yes but casting a wheelchair-bound Christopher Reeve in the TV-movie remake was even MORE genius
> (In reply to Will Cat) The original Hitchcock Rear Window - cinematic genius!!
Yes but casting a wheelchair-bound Christopher Reeve in the TV-movie remake was even MORE genius
In reply to Will Cat:
Cutter's Way.
I love this film more with every viewing.
Jeff Bridges doing what he does, William Heard in outstanding form and the delectable Lisa Eichorn giving what someone called " the most underrated performance of the 80's"
Oh, and the best opening sequence/music ever done.
Cutter's Way.
I love this film more with every viewing.
Jeff Bridges doing what he does, William Heard in outstanding form and the delectable Lisa Eichorn giving what someone called " the most underrated performance of the 80's"
Oh, and the best opening sequence/music ever done.
In reply to Tom Valentine: thanks! that's the wife's xmas pressy sorted...
In reply to Blue Straggler:
No Grace Kelly = no good!
> casting a wheelchair-bound Christopher Reeve in the TV-movie remake was even MORE genius
No Grace Kelly = no good!
In reply to johnj:
Really? carter is as bad as that? glad i missed it then
> (In reply to Will Cat)
>
> I know it got slated at the box office, but I thought John Carter was fantastic, i'd put it on a par with Dune.
>
> I know it got slated at the box office, but I thought John Carter was fantastic, i'd put it on a par with Dune.
Really? carter is as bad as that? glad i missed it then
In reply to graeme jackson:
well anything that i'd try to write about it other than I'm a sucker for those boy meets girl b movies would sound like a badly typed soundbite
much easier to listen to coast to coast am
youtube.com/watch?v=W5_dDRXAW34&
> (In reply to johnj)
> [...]
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> Really? carter is as bad as that? glad i missed it then
> [...]
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> Really? carter is as bad as that? glad i missed it then
well anything that i'd try to write about it other than I'm a sucker for those boy meets girl b movies would sound like a badly typed soundbite
much easier to listen to coast to coast am
youtube.com/watch?v=W5_dDRXAW34&
In reply to ripper:
Fitzcorraldo is another joy. My best fiend, which charts their relationship is also fascinating. Grizzly Man is a selection piece of footage by Herzog.
> (In reply to Will Cat)
> [...]
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> In a similar vein (as in also directed by Herzog, starring Kinski and filmed/set in the south american jungle), Fitzcarraldo is supposed to be good, although I've yet to see it. the stories about filming these are brilliant too - Herzog continually winding Kinski up to keep him on edge as he thought it helped the performance; Kinski threatening to walk off set only for Herzog to pull a gun and threaten to blow his own brains out if he did; Kinski pulling a gun during one argument and loosing off a shot which went through the wall of a tent where the crew were playing cards and took off someone's finger; the native extras having a meeting about Kinski's behaviour towards Herzog, and sending their head man to tell Herzog solemnly that they'd discussed the problem and decided they were going to kill Kinski....there's a brillian photo somewhere too of Kinski with his hands clenched around Herzog's throat and others trying to pull him off!
> [...]
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> In a similar vein (as in also directed by Herzog, starring Kinski and filmed/set in the south american jungle), Fitzcarraldo is supposed to be good, although I've yet to see it. the stories about filming these are brilliant too - Herzog continually winding Kinski up to keep him on edge as he thought it helped the performance; Kinski threatening to walk off set only for Herzog to pull a gun and threaten to blow his own brains out if he did; Kinski pulling a gun during one argument and loosing off a shot which went through the wall of a tent where the crew were playing cards and took off someone's finger; the native extras having a meeting about Kinski's behaviour towards Herzog, and sending their head man to tell Herzog solemnly that they'd discussed the problem and decided they were going to kill Kinski....there's a brillian photo somewhere too of Kinski with his hands clenched around Herzog's throat and others trying to pull him off!
Fitzcorraldo is another joy. My best fiend, which charts their relationship is also fascinating. Grizzly Man is a selection piece of footage by Herzog.
In reply to ripper:
Already a favourite.
> (In reply to Will Cat) just remembered an absolute belter - although perhaps not to everyone's taste. If you like the very blackest of really black humour... Man Bites Dog
Already a favourite.
In reply to Will Cat:
Old Boy (Korean) is very good.
If I'm allowed a plug then "Donkeys" is wonderful. Set in Glasgow it's a very dark comedy about euthanasia - and directed by my other half. It won best feature in this years Scottish Bafta.
Old Boy (Korean) is very good.
If I'm allowed a plug then "Donkeys" is wonderful. Set in Glasgow it's a very dark comedy about euthanasia - and directed by my other half. It won best feature in this years Scottish Bafta.
Films I really liked
Hunger
A Prophet
Moon
Pontypool
Hard Candy
In the Loop
Take Shelter
I Saw the Devil
OldBoy - Feature
Funny Games
JCVD - The Movie
Eden Lake
Kill List
Cell 211
Source Code
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The Guard
The Inbetweeners Movie
Films I liked
Attack the Block
Black Swan
Buried
Drive
In Bruges
Inside Job
Machete
NEDS
The King's Speech
True Grit
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Hunger
A Prophet
Moon
Pontypool
Hard Candy
In the Loop
Take Shelter
I Saw the Devil
OldBoy - Feature
Funny Games
JCVD - The Movie
Eden Lake
Kill List
Cell 211
Source Code
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The Guard
The Inbetweeners Movie
Films I liked
Attack the Block
Black Swan
Buried
Drive
In Bruges
Inside Job
Machete
NEDS
The King's Speech
True Grit
We Need to Talk About Kevin
In reply to Will Cat: Yes +1 to the last two posters' mentions of OldBoy and In Bruges - and can I add La Haine?
In reply to Will Cat:
Twin Town
Thomas Crown Affair (either version)
Sleuth (remake)
Italian Job (original)
Black Book
Silence of the Lambs
Twin Town
Thomas Crown Affair (either version)
Sleuth (remake)
Italian Job (original)
Black Book
Silence of the Lambs
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