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  • journeyman
    journeyman Posts: 135
    True Romance!
    The Devil and Daniel Johnston
    Mulholland Dr.
    The Big Lebowski
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse
  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    Glengarry Glen Ross.

    this is a fantastic but short movie.. pacino and baldwin sizzle.
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    I love you forever and forever :)

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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Saw a great film once called The Butcher Boy, Irish film.
    Top it was, really excellent. Never seen it around though.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    :o Norton is the only actor who could make me sympathise with a neo-nazi.
    I thought the scene over the dinner table where he rants at his mothers jewish suitor was powerful, other than that, I didn´t think it was anything that special.
    Anybody seen The Firm or I.D. ??
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    dunkman wrote:
    I watched the Wind That Shakes The Barley last night and thought it was pretty good stuff.. powerful film actually.
    think there may have been some artistic license used in that film y´know. It never depicted the poverty of the age to it´s true extent.

    Trees Lounge.
    Dead Man.
    Nine Queens(Nueve Reinas).
    Five Easy Pieces.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    elmer wrote:
    I thought the scene over the dinner table where he rants at his mothers jewish suitor was powerful, other than that, I didn´t think it was anything that special.
    Anybody seen The Firm or I.D. ??
    I have to disagree with you. That's a great scene but, for me (and I'm a Norton fanboy so I'm biased :p) I think the most powerful moments in that film are the ones in which he says nothing. After he curbstomps the guy and the police arrest him, I find the moment where he slowly turns to the camera with his hands behind his head with the triumphant smile on his face absolutely chilling. Likewise, this scene, with the symbolism in the mirror, completely makes the film for me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwUrl9Ot6aY

    I think the film could've been very different in the hands of a lesser actor. There are moments that are pretty dodgy, two many slow-motions shots etc but Norton carries it in my opinion.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • rvp
    rvp Posts: 779
    Lots of great movies have been mentioned here, but I cant believe nobody mentioned any Almodovar movie, I love Almodovar and I could recommend:
    Carne Trémula -> aka Live Flesh (USA) Brilliant!
    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios -> aka Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (USA) classic!
    Hable con ella -> aka Talk to Her (International: English title)
    I could go on with spanish movies... Bigas Luna is an interesting director and also Alex De la Iglesia is (La Comunidad is very good, aka Common Wealth (UK) and I strongly recommend it! :))
    I like Kusturica too and from him I would recommend Underground, it is crazy brilliant!
    ohhh I could go on and on... I love movies!! don't worry I'll stop now! :o

    Last one: Bananas, Woody Allen's masterpiece!!

    EDIT:
    elmer wrote:
    Nine Queens(Nueve Reinas).
    Good call elmer!! congrats on that one, it is a great movie!!
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    fuera de este mundo
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I have to disagree with you. That's a great scene but, for me (and I'm a Norton fanboy so I'm biased :p) I think the most powerful moments in that film are the ones in which he says nothing. After he curbstomps the guy and the police arrest him, I find the moment where he slowly turns to the camera with his hands behind his head with the triumphant smile on his face absolutely chilling. Likewise, this scene, with the symbolism in the mirror, completely makes the film for me.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwUrl9Ot6aY

    I think the film could've been very different in the hands of a lesser actor. There are moments that are pretty dodgy, two many slow-motions shots etc but Norton carries it in my opinion.
    He's one of my favourites too, not a huge film buff but I remember the Spike Lee film and Sleepers, in the former I certainly could imagine it falling down a little without him.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    rvp wrote:
    Hable con ella -> aka Talk to Her (International: English title)
    Very confusing I found this! Or perhaps Paz Vega was the cause of my loss of concentration, fine, fine lady!!

    Y'know there has been a hollywood remake of Nine Queens, looks like they slaughtered it from the clip I saw.
  • gardenlover
    gardenlover Posts: 185
    if not mentioned- Gross Pointe Blank

    great lil movie
    “It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.”

    Daniel Quinn
  • rvp
    rvp Posts: 779
    elmer wrote:
    Y'know there has been a hollywood remake of Nine Queens, looks like they slaughtered it from the clip I saw.
    Which one is it? I havent seen that, is it Criminal with Diego Luna? (writen by Bielinsky)
    I don't think I ever saw a good remake of a foreing movie by hollywood industry...
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  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    rvp wrote:
    Which one is it? I havent seen that, is it Criminal with Diego Luna? (writen by Bielinsky)
    I don't think I ever saw a good remake of a foreing movie by hollywood industry...
    No idea. Totally pointless remake, they must have had to rewrite the ending slightly I guess.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Perceptual wrote:
    Requiem for a Dream

    hey i've seen this movie! but not from the beginning, i started watching it when it was half way through.
    pretty shocking, it made me sad. seeing someone's self-destruction is something i would only wish to my enemy.

    what happened to that old lady was awful, but it sure had some good visuals.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    genie wrote:
    hey i've seen this movie! but not from the beginning, i started watching it when it was half way through.
    pretty shocking, it made me sad. seeing someone's self-destruction is something i would only wish to my enemy.

    what happened to that old lady was awful, but it sure had some good visuals.
    I was really disappointed with Requiem for a Dream. It was good, no doubt, I just thought it was going to be incredible. I'd been recommended it several times and told it was better than The Basketball Diaries. It's not in my opinion. The story was excellent but I didn't like the visual style much and the direction was a bit dodgy. Maybe I just don't get Darren Aronofsky. Jared Leto was fantastic in it though. He should stick to acting. That band of his are horrible.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    jamie uk wrote:
    No, never seen them. Fight Club got turned off after an hour, on account of it being totally wanky, preposterous, pompous, pointless, badly acted, badly written, corny, cliched, ridiculous bullshit. But apparently it's a lot of peoples favourite film !!!!!!!!
    I once saw him in this stupid film where he was a priest, that was shit also, so I've never bothered since.
    Nic Cage, is also a joke...over acting anyone?
    Jamie, I agree with you about fight club... and keeping the faith... the latter was shite, the former was watchable but that's about it.

    BUT you really have to see American history X... nothing pretentious about it, just a great story BRILLIANTLY acted. Possibly one of the most shocking and disturbing films I've EVER seen. Please just watch this ONE!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    The Basketball Diaries.
    ah, I'd totally forgotten about this one, DiCaprio played it well, also one of Mark Wahlberg earlier performances. Michael Imperioli who always seems to play characters who lose themselves through drugs has a minor-ish part as the guy who remains on the wrong track and tempts Leo near the end. Lorraine Bracco plays the mother also, reckon if I saw it now I'd recognize many more.
  • Math
    Math Posts: 71
    1. Pi (3,14...), another Daren Aronofsky (Requiem for a dream) movie. A little black and white flick. Pretty good one, with a little Terry Gilliam thing going on there.

    2. Also I'd highly recommend Adam's Apple. A movie from Denmark. Very funny, cinical and dark.

    Here's a little clip from this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHtkDSKSU1s

    3. The Thin Red Line by Terence Malick which some may find a bit too philosophical, but basically, one of the best war movie ever.

    4. In the Mouth of Madness by John Carpenter with Sam Neil;pretty weird

    5. I recently (two days ago) watched the Constant Gardner and I have to say it moved me.
    "Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends" - Woody ALLEN
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I was really disappointed with Requiem for a Dream. It was good, no doubt, I just thought it was going to be incredible. I'd been recommended it several times and told it was better than The Basketball Diaries. It's not in my opinion. The story was excellent but I didn't like the visual style much and the direction was a bit dodgy. Maybe I just don't get Darren Aronofsky. Jared Leto was fantastic in it though. He should stick to acting. That band of his are horrible.

    maybe you expected too much? it's better to go and watch/do something not knowing it at all. let's just settle on the fact that you don't understand Darren ;) because i loved it because of its visual, and acting was brilliant. i can't remember much about her son....well i just remember feeling for him when he had to lie to his mother and pretend to be something he is far from being....it made me slightly uncomfortable. And his poor mother she looked like a proper addict....it was amazing to see her life get from bad to worse and the latter stage of her life looked like depiction of hell. i wasn't told by anyone about this movie i was randomly watching tv, changing channels until i came up to this movie...first few minutes it was just like anyother drug movie...but then i really got sucked into it.

    as for Backetball Diaries, i know you know that i was a Leo fan, and yes because of that i watched a bit of that movie, though i can't remember now whether i watched it till the end and just don't remember what the hell went on in there or switched to watching something else :o
  • cubbieblue82
    cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
    rvp wrote:

    Last one: Bananas, Woody Allen's masterpiece!!

    YES!! I love Woody Allen, and Bananas is my favorite. Classic, classic movie!
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    genie wrote:
    maybe you expected too much? it's better to go and watch/do something not knowing it at all. let's just settle on the fact that you don't understand Darren ; ) because i loved it because of its visual, and acting was brilliant. i can't remember much about her son....well i just remember feeling for him when he had to lie to his mother and pretend to be something he is far from being....it made me slightly uncomfortable. And his poor mother she looked like a proper addict....it was amazing to see her life get from bad to worse and the latter stage of her life looked like depiction of hell. i wasn't told by anyone about this movie i was randomly watching tv, changing channels until i came up to this movie...first few minutes it was just like anyother drug movie...but then i really got sucked into it.

    as for Backetball Diaries, i know you know that i was a Leo fan, and yes because of that i watched a bit of that movie, though i can't remember now whether i watched it till the end and just don't remember what the hell went on in there or switched to watching something else :o
    I think I did expect too much :) I normally like films like that and I heard it was brilliant and just felt a tad let down. The mother annoyed me a bit too :o Marlon Wayans was great in it though.

    As for The Basketball Diaries, you need to watch it again and pay attention :) It's brilliant. Di Caprio is amazing in it, though as I've told you before, I actually like his acting :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"

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