| Basically as the title says. Feel free to ask for anything, whether it be from your favourite genre, or an obscure artsy film that no one has heard of. I don't know if I want to ask for anything at the moment, but on the thought of it. Has anyone here well versed in Bollywood? |
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| Well there are 2 films that I always love to recommend that are sort of on the 'fringe' side of things, meaning many people haven't seen them. The Night of the Hunter This is Charles Laughton's (famous actor) debut directorial film, and tragically the only film he ever made. Unfortunately back in his day it was highly misunderstood and under-appreciated, it was sooo far ahead of its time. But it's now celebrated by critics as one of America's best classic films. There are so many interesting things about this film, it maintains a sort of "dark fairytale" vibe. It's one of the few good movies that Robert Mitchum starred in, and preacher was definitely the role of his lifetime. Another thing that's cool about this film is the sort of odd architecture the house has, and the cinematography, lighting and soundtrack work perfectly. The fact that he never made another film due to the poor reception of this masterpiece is one of cinema's greatest tragedies. ----- Ravenous Set in the late 1800s, this is a dark comedy that uses the cannibal theme, and puts a vampiric twist on it. And uses the vampiric theme, and puts a cannibalistic twist on it. Basically it does two popular genres in an entirely unique and fun way. The setting involves a lot of nature and snow, and it does a fantastic job of using the cinematography to its advantage. When you see the snowy setting, you can almost feel the cold. The coolest part of this film is by far the soundtrack. It was both written and composed specifically for this movie. It's really such a bizarre and twisted sort of music. The soundtrack itself has such an effect on the movie that it adds an entire new genre to it, that of "black comedy". Without it, it would have simply been a decent horror film with a few twists and turns. |
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| Maybe I can get some more help with my plan to watch list? Anything to be removed or added on here: http://letterboxd.com/angelsarcanum/watchlist/ I think I browsed through high ratings of most of my interested genres besides Comedy and Drama on RT because there were too many to dig through, so I may be missing a lot from purely those genres. |
ChrisTucker said: Maybe I can get some more help with my plan to watch list? Anything to be removed or added on here: http://letterboxd.com/angelsarcanum/watchlist/ I think I browsed through high ratings of most of my interested genres besides Comedy and Drama on RT because there were too many to dig through, so I may be missing a lot from purely those genres. @ChrisTucker Indeed a very good watchlist; with "Mary & Max" film being one of my favorites. ^__^ I would definitely recommend Percepolis to be added into that list. Do not get "fooled" because of it being a cartoon. It's a serious story with war/political plot. I would gladly recommend anything, though I do not know the preferences of every single person and making random recommendations is not my thing. :P Anyway, you may take a look at my Top 100 Favorite Movies List and watch anything you want from there. I do recommend them all. Especially the ones from the 31th and above. ;-) |
LuckyAlixMay 19, 2014 11:24 AM
| I would definitely add Shadow of a Doubt to your watchlist, Angels. |
AADMC said: ChrisTucker said: Maybe I can get some more help with my plan to watch list? Anything to be removed or added on here: http://letterboxd.com/angelsarcanum/watchlist/ I think I browsed through high ratings of most of my interested genres besides Comedy and Drama on RT because there were too many to dig through, so I may be missing a lot from purely those genres. @ChrisTucker Indeed a very good watchlist; with "Mary & Max" film being one of my favorites. ^__^ I would definitely recommend Percepolis to be added into that list. Do not get "fooled" because of it being a cartoon. It's a serious story with war/political plot. I would gladly recommend anything, though I do not know the preferences of every single person and making random recommendations is not my thing. :P Anyway, you may take a look at my Top 100 Favorite Movies List and watch anything you want from there. I do recommend them all. Especially the once from the 31th and above. ;-) Yeah, I've heard Persepolis was quite good, wasn't sure about the subject matter, but perhaps I'll give it a shot. I shall take a good look at your list too. |
| I'm probably gonna try the list of Bergman films Layed posted in the other thread. The only one I watched was Seventh Seal, so I definitely need to go see some more. Thanks, Layed! Also, between Battleship Potemkin and Lawrence of Arabia, which would you guys recommend I see first? |
| I haven't seen Battleship Potemkin, so can't say but Lawrence of Arabia is a must. |
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| I haven't seen Potemkin either. The Silent Era is one of the most important bit of cinema history that I'm most ignorant of. Though I certainly have a list of the good stuff for when I get started. It's something I plan on correcting throughout this year. But hell yeah, watch Lawrence of Arabia. It's pretty insane that the movie was even made in the first place, I think it basically involved a rich guy sinking a ton of money he knew he'd never see again just to make that film. I've been making it a point to watch a lot of those older expensive epics with tons of people in them, because they are truly a thing of the past as modern day film producers just don't operate like that anymore. No money to be made in it. Now, I'd like to recommend 3 of my personal favorite long films, each of them in my opinion are masterpieces of cinema - Andrei Rublev Satan's Tango War and Peace And just for the heck of it, there are 2 more that interest me that I haven't yet seen - Dekalog Berlin Alexandeplatz |
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| Not meaning to discount your recommendation in any way, but Satantango is a little longer than the other long films there. Four hours is more or less within the realm of what you'd reasonably expect from a film, but I think seven hours falls a bit out of that ball park. |
| Well it's considered to be a film, and it's amazing. I think that's all that really needs to be said about it. ^^ But still, to my knowledge Satantango wasn't even made to be a "TV film", so it if that's the case it truly would have to be a film because it couldn't possibly be anything else. On the other hand, I know Dekalog is of a similar length and considered to be a "TV Film". But even those should be valid in this discussion in a technical sense. So I think my bases are covered with that. |
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| I view the Dekalog differently because that's essentially 10 separate "episodes". Satantango is one long, continuous film. And I think both are valid for discussion. It's just that I wouldn't sit down to watch Lawrence of Arabia the same way I would for Satantango. |
AADMC said: Anyway, you may take a look at my Top 100 Favorite Movies List and watch anything you want from there. I do recommend them all. Especially the ones from the 31th and above. ;-) OH HELL YEAH! You're favorite movie is City of God! I am sooooooo happy! That's my second favorite film (second to Fight Club.) Awesome. |
Popka said: Thank christ I have the attention span to watch a 25 episode series in one sitting, otherwise that would be unbearable.Not meaning to discount your recommendation in any way, but Satantango is a little longer than the other long films there. Four hours is more or less within the realm of what you'd reasonably expect from a film, but I think seven hours falls a bit out of that ball park. And City of God comments: love that movie. I've heard the director is going to be doing something else soon. Hope it'll be good. He was ambitious with "Blindness", it didn't quite live up to its potential but it did a good job of an insanely complex novel. |
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| Looking at other people's top lists always makes me feel...unclassy. It's of course because there are a lot of good films others have seen that I haven't, and it'll always be that way, which should make me happy since I'll always have something to watch. Still, I haven't even seen enough to compile more than a top 50, and I found that really hard to order after #9. Anyway, this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4JmeXXRmZg I definitely recommend this. It's really entertaining and it's only six minutes. |
Ducat_Revel said: AADMC said: Anyway, you may take a look at my Top 100 Favorite Movies List and watch anything you want from there. I do recommend them all. Especially the ones from the 31th and above. ;-) OH HELL YEAH! You're favorite movie is City of God! I am sooooooo happy! That's my second favorite film (second to Fight Club.) Awesome. I'm so glad that we share such an inspiring and original movie. ^__^ As for Fight Club, it's a film that occupies the 5th place of the worst films I've ever seen. In my humble opinion, it did have a lot of negative aspects; not to mention Brad Pit was one of the main characters. |
Popka said: I definitely recommend this. It's really entertaining and it's only six minutes. Canada strikes again ;) |
| Totally agreed with Heart of the world, it's a great short. I still don't know if I like Maddin well enough to try his long films, though. And count another City of God fan in here. One of the most blatant masterpieces in its genre. Now on topic, some movies I'd like to recommend: -Day of the wacko (Marek Koterski, 2002): A Polish film told from the point of view of a middle-aged neurotic misanthrope played wonderfully by Marek Kondrat, and I think it is worth alone for the incredible acting he delivers on depicting his character. The social commentary of the movie, set in post-communist Poland and tied with the eccentric thoughts of the main character, is its other main point of interest and makes the movie really fascinating throughout. -Voyage to Nowhere (Fernando Fernán-Gómez, 1986): Spanish movie set in the 40s, during the dictatorship. It's a wonderfully nostalgic story about travelling comedians, their lives and their ups and downs. Its best point, though, is the acting work because for such a big cast the result is outstanding in almost any instance; Fernán-Gómez is one of the best actors in Spanish cinema and this is probably one of his finest works. Same for the rest of the cast. -A simple plan (Sam Raimi, 1998): It has been compared to Fargo too often but I would put this one above; they have a similar story of clumsy delinquents who complicate simple plans with their ineptitude, and both are set in a snowy village (which is like, the best setting ever). But A simple plan is less sarcastic and more crude in its exposition of the flaws of the main characters, making a heartrending character drama. -Happy End (Oldrich Lipský, 1967): Czech movie that starts with a man who is about to be executed for murder. And then, he starts to live his life backwards, so his death becomes the rebirth. The film is, as a whole, narrated backwards (even in the dialogues), the point of view of the story is adapted to this narrative and we can see how the events acquire a different meaning under this perspective. |
AADMC said: As for Fight Club, it's a film that occupies the 5th place of the worst films I've ever seen. In my humble opinion, it did have a lot of negative aspects; not to mention Brad Pit was one of the main characters. I could try to defend the merits of Fight Club, but I feel it'd snowball into a 3 page paper on why I feel it's my favorite film, and that'd just be counter-productive and would make me look like a silly fanboy. I will respect your opinion. It's not like we all agree on everything, I mean, you have The English Patient listed #31, and I found it to be unbearable and a bit inane. Maybe we could talk about it outside the club. I'd really like to hear your points as well as why you hate Pitt (Se7en's not on your list too, so I guess that just proves the point.) |
Ducat_Revel said: I was actually surprised by how much I didn't like se7en. It's not a bad movie, it just didn't click for me, the whole thing was kind of... I don't know (I will applaud the films attention to detail) but the masterpiece imposed by the antagonist whilst clever didn't really do it for me as a concept and as a comment on Brad Pitt (can't remember the characters name) inadequacies as a person, and the endless references to other materials made it quite boring. That is probably why I haven't watched Fight Club as of yet.AADMC said: As for Fight Club, it's a film that occupies the 5th place of the worst films I've ever seen. In my humble opinion, it did have a lot of negative aspects; not to mention Brad Pit was one of the main characters. I could try to defend the merits of Fight Club, but I feel it'd snowball into a 3 page paper on why I feel it's my favorite film, and that'd just be counter-productive and would make me look like a silly fanboy. I will respect your opinion. It's not like we all agree on everything, I mean, you have The English Patient listed #31, and I found it to be unbearable and a bit inane. Maybe we could talk about it outside the club. I'd really like to hear your points as well as why you hate Pitt (Se7en's not on your list too, so I guess that just proves the point.) |
JodyqtMay 20, 2014 10:07 PM
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| Well the only thing Se7en and Fight Club have in common is the director, and the dark nature of the films. I'd say beyond that they are really quite different. And I liked Fight Club a heck of a lot more, personally. Actually I'm not a big fan of Fincher at all, that's probably the only movie of his I really, really like. And like it or not, it's kind of become one of those modern day classics that every movie buff has to watch at least once, if only "just because". |
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| Well, I do intend to watch Fight Club at some point, but I want to get through a lot of other things before I do. And saying that there isn't anything in common between Fight Club and Se7en does make me a little keener to watch it. |
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| To be honest, I'm not too big a fan of Se7en either. It's just something I tend to see in top 100s, so I noted it because I'm curious if Pitt had anything to do with her take on it. I mean, it's not bad. Just not that substantial. Canterbury Tales and Dante aren't really that hard to find, so I don't know why they were so highly regarded. The premise and the ending are not layered. Truth be told, it lacks depth. It's a fun neo-noir film, but not something I'd scream lover for. |
Ducat_Revel said: That's what I mean, those references came across as if the show was trying to be intellectual, but it was pseudo-depth.To be honest, I'm not too big a fan of Se7en either. It's just something I tend to see in top 100s, so I noted it because I'm curious if Pitt had anything to do with her take on it. I mean, it's not bad. Just not that substantial. Canterbury Tales and Dante aren't really that hard to find, so I don't know why they were so highly regarded. The premise and the ending are not layered. Truth be told, it lacks depth. It's a fun neo-noir film, but not something I'd scream lover for. |
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Jody32 said: Ducat_Revel said: That's what I mean, those references came across as if the show was trying to be intellectual, but it was pseudo-depth.To be honest, I'm not too big a fan of Se7en either. It's just something I tend to see in top 100s, so I noted it because I'm curious if Pitt had anything to do with her take on it. I mean, it's not bad. Just not that substantial. Canterbury Tales and Dante aren't really that hard to find, so I don't know why they were so highly regarded. The premise and the ending are not layered. Truth be told, it lacks depth. It's a fun neo-noir film, but not something I'd scream lover for. The film is a decent 6/10 for me. Nothing offensively bad. Just nothing too good about it. Although, I liked the Pound of Flesh attack on greed. Finally, someone gave Shylock some justice! |
Ducat_Revel said: Same 6/10.Jody32 said: Ducat_Revel said: That's what I mean, those references came across as if the show was trying to be intellectual, but it was pseudo-depth.To be honest, I'm not too big a fan of Se7en either. It's just something I tend to see in top 100s, so I noted it because I'm curious if Pitt had anything to do with her take on it. I mean, it's not bad. Just not that substantial. Canterbury Tales and Dante aren't really that hard to find, so I don't know why they were so highly regarded. The premise and the ending are not layered. Truth be told, it lacks depth. It's a fun neo-noir film, but not something I'd scream lover for. The film is a decent 6/10 for me. Nothing offensively bad. Just nothing too good about it. Although, I liked the Pound of Flesh attack on greed. Finally, someone gave Shylock some justice! |
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| I read an analysis of Se7en once that I thought was interesting. It essentially said that stuff was in it to make it scarier. It said that mystifying the crimes with mythological references helps create a vague sense of a supernatural threat and intensifies the suspense it generates. There's probably not some demon lurking in the city judging people for their sins, but just maybe... I like looking at it this way, since I usually like to sink my teeth into the method of the presentation at least as much as whatever the story has to say to the audience. I do think Fight Club is the better film though. It was more consistent throughout, while Se7en only really grabbed me at the end. Also, any emotional reaction I got from Se7en I got even more from Unforgiven, which also happens to belong to one of my favorite genres, so I guess I have no "need" for Se7en. |
Popka said: Also, any emotional reaction I got from Se7en I got even more from Unforgiven, which also happens to belong to one of my favorite genres, so I guess I have no "need" for Se7en. I liked hearing Pitt scream "What's in the box?!" though. And yeah, Unforgiven is a great film. |
| I see you have Dark City on your list of films you plan to add. I feel I should say that while it is a movie I really like, it's not quite as much of a cyberpunk movie as the others there. It is a sci-fi noir sort of thing though. You could add Strange Days and Gattaca. Gattaca is similar to In Time, which is already on there, although I thought it was better. |
| +1 Gattaca |
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| Well, I'm much more into “dystopian” movies, but often they have a cyberpunk setting (i.e. Blade Runner). Also, it's really difficult to find a well-done cyberpunk movie. What can I suggest you is: “Nirvana”, by Salvatores; “Until the end of the world”, by Wenders; “Tetsuo”, by Tsukamoto; and “Brazil”, by Gilliam. And, +1 for “Dark city”! |
| Does anyone have any recommendations for Western movies? Anything other than the ones on this list: http://letterboxd.com/ghadius/list/westerns/ and Once Upon a Time in the West, which I've started a few times but have yet to finish. |
| Haven't seen any of those other than The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, A Fistful of Dollars, and Rio Bravo. Thanks. |
| I'm not too much into westerns but I'd like to add The Ox-Bow incident, The wild bunch, My darling Clementine and Man of the West to the recommendations. Here is a top50 list made by people from a Spanish forum where I participate. |
jal90May 26, 2014 3:40 PM
| That's a good resource, thanks. |
Popka said: Does anyone have any recommendations for Western movies? Anything other than the ones on this list: http://letterboxd.com/ghadius/list/westerns/ and Once Upon a Time in the West, which I've started a few times but have yet to finish. I did a quick check and seems nobody has quoted it yet, so I'll go with "Dead Man", by Jim Jarmusch. It doesn't perfectly match with the canon-western movies, but still it can be counted among them. In addition there's an amazing ost, by Neil Young. |
| I didn't think of Dead man at first because it's a kind of atypical western; I see it more like a psychological/spiritual ride in a western setting. But it's a good choice as well. On cyberpunk, I would definitely recommend Metropolis, the silent one; to this day it is probably the most influential science fiction movie ever made and despite it's not considered purely speaking cyberpunk, it shares many elements and in terms of general ideas it's the same. Terminator and Terminator 2 (haven't bothered to watch the sequels yet) are some classics of the genre that deserve to be mentioned here. Videodrome is a great movie as well, very disturbing. And lately Snowpiercer from Bong Joon-ho, a dystopian story about the last remaining humans confined to live inside of a train, which mixes tropes of the genre with the typical absurdism and out-of-place comedy of the director and is a very entertaining experience. On a more philosophical and conceptual view of cyberpunk, there is Tarkovsky's Stalker. |
| Well, technically it isn't cyberpunk because the subgenre (according to Wikipedia) starts in the 80s; neither would be Stalker (1979) but I think anyway that these movies have enough similarities in their themes and in their own ways deal with the same main ideas. Of course not through cybernetic elements but with dystopian realities and machines/technological progress that dictate the social order. Metropolis, the animated movie, is a -somewhat vague- remake of the silent one, if I remember correctly, so their topics are similar. |
jal90 said: I didn't think of Dead man at first because it's a kind of atypical western; I see it more like a psychological/spiritual ride in a western setting. But it's a good choice as well. Yeah, at first I was not sure if Dead Man could count as a western, because personally I agree with you, in saying it's more of a on-road movie (meaning a spiritual “voyage” toward death). Yet, it's more like a de-construction of the genre itself, since it depicts the prevail of the wilderness/nature upon the civilisation (well, that was my thought-trip when trying to define it the first time I saw it, since from the trailer it seemed like a typical western, rather than that onirical-acid trip it really was XD). Same saying with the definition of "cyberpunk", I never totally realize it. -.-''' So I was wondering if movies such as "12 Monkeys", "Code 46" and "The Fifth Element" can be counted as cyberpunk or generally as sci-fi / dystopian(?). |
| Gonna revive cause I'm craving movies. Any movie based on an actual murder? I mean I would prefer it showed the actual events of the crime happening. Edit: I sound edgy. |
RX-782May 11, 2015 8:48 PM
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| Zodiac is based on an actual murder and it shows the murders. One of my favorite movies. |
| Thanks Pops, I'll check it out. |
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RX-782 said: Gonna revive cause I'm craving movies. Any movie based on an actual murder? I mean I would prefer it showed the actual events of the crime happening. Edit: I sound edgy. Memories of Murder. |
| Favorite Alfred Hitchcock films? I've only watched 2 so I'm hoping to check out some more. |
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| Top 5 I would go with Vertigo, Rear Window, Shadow of a Doubt, Psycho, and Strangers on a Train. |
| Looking for an immersive/compelling psychological or thriller movie. Preferably something like the machinist. |
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