Movie Thread

[BroDeal]

For me its the AVATAR... I know its a new movie but the gadgets been used for making this movies is awsome...

I really liked Avatar's visuals, but I LOLed at this:

 

[mackwilson]

in my view MILLION DOLLAR BABY

 

[Leopejo]

I really liked Avatar's visuals, but I LOLed at this:

Which is also the subject of my favourite movie, The New World by Terrence Malick.

 

[laziali]

For comedies, Being There with Peter Sellers. Just sublime

 

[laziali]

and for epic action, Galdiator

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Gangsta: God father
War: Saving private ryan (If we can consider Band of brothers, then that trumps SPR)
Western: the good the bad and the ugly or Paint your wagon
Comedy: i dunno... too hardd.. maybe happy gilmore. Dodgeball and Anchorman are epic too.. also I like most of owen wilson's movies.
Foreign: Pans labyrinth
Horror: the old halloween movies
Chick Flick: two weeks notice (i have a thing for sandra bullock)
Action: Dark knight
Adventure: LOTR
Drama/Mystery: The prestige or fight club

 

[zapata]

Gangsta: God father
War: Saving private ryan (If we can consider Band of brothers, then that trumps SPR)
Western: the good the bad and the ugly or Paint your wagon
Comedy: i dunno... too hardd.. maybe happy gilmore. Dodgeball and Anchorman are epic too.. also I like most of owen wilson's movies.
Foreign: Pans labyrinth
Horror: the old halloween movies
Chick Flick: two weeks notice (i have a thing for sandra bullock)
Action: Dark knight
Adventure: LOTR
Drama/Mystery: The prestige or fight club

Is that not the one where clint eastwood is singing? I'd stick with good, bad ugly.

Otherwise, my favourite film would probably be Lawrence of Arabia..

Edit: no, Bridge on the river Kwai.

 

[fatandfast]

and for epic action, Galdiator

with thos epicks you sound like a great date. How about Year of Living Dangerously? The Edge of Heaven (German) Sin Nombre (Mexican) Revanche (Austrian/German)
all worth watching. I watch lots of high level speeches now and think I hear Cauncey Gardener.

 

[usedtobefast]

Which is also the subject of my favourite movie, The New World by Terrence Malick.

he did Days Of Heaven, one of my all time favs. Being There, is a worthy
contender. "i like to watch."

 

[laziali]

with thos epicks you sound like a great date ...

Thanks for the invite F&F, but Gladiator's is a no-distractions experience

 

[Fourier]

Office Space

"I celebrate the man's whole catalogue"

 

[theswordsman]

I wouldn't say it's the greatest film ever made, but I just so love The Commitments.

Killer movie.

 

[theswordsman]

I'll go with more favorites than bests.

Shane
The Magnificent Seven
Philadelphia Story
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Empire Records
Die Hard
Roxanne
Tin Cup
Hidalgo
Three/Four Musketeers (Michael York, etc.)
Good Will Hunting
Willow
The Great Escape
Love Actually
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
Mark of Zorro (Tyrone Power)
Mister Mom
Batman Begins
The Illusionist
Scaramouche
Meet John Doe
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mystery, Alaska
The Sean Connery Bond movies

 

[ImmaculateKadence]

Anything by Charlie Chaplin. I absolutely love his films, all of them. I have just about all of them on DVD from "Making a Living" to "A Countess from Hong Kong." Some I haven't been able to track down just yet. Many of his earlier films are very poor quality and are apart of compliations, so that makes it easier but sometimes difficult nevertheless, often due to cost.

As for more modern films, Anythign by Christopher Nolan and/or Darren Aronofsky.

Other film highlights:
With Honors
American History X
The Professional
A Bronx Tale
Goodfellas
Casino
The Believer
Fargo

By the way, does anybody have any recommendations for good cycling films? The only ones I really know of are Breaking Away and American Flyers. Anything else out there?

 

[ak-zaaf]

Absolutely loved 'A Serious Man'.
Don't really know what else to say about it, maybe that's the best thing about it.

 

[elapid]

Absolutely loved 'A Serious Man'.
Don't really know what else to say about it, maybe that's the best thing about it.

I am still trying to work out how the opening scene related to the remainder of the movie. Were they somehow related?

 

[ak-zaaf]

I am still trying to work out how the opening scene related to the remainder of the movie. Were they somehow related?

Don't think so, but with their films you never know. Seen it twice and I can't find any relation.
Maybe it was a warm-up, like: This movie is about as Jewish as it gets so get used to it.

 

[Christian]

Going to go see The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tomorrow - definitely one of Jim Carrey's best!

 

[alberto.legstrong]

+1 (for each movie )

I would add the Alien(s) movies, Bladerunner, Spy Game, All the Presidents Men, The Sting, O'Brother Where Art Thou, Platoon, Wall Street, Fight Club and probably a few more that I am forgetting......

Loved Bladerunner.

Hmmm....Paris Texas, The Wrestler, and at the top a tie between The Fountainhead (Jackie Cooper) and The Mission with deNiro and Jeremy Irons. Comedy: The Hangover and High Anxiety.

But I am in no way a movie buff. Probably only watch 10 or 12 a year and that includes TV.

 

[Tugboat]

By the way, does anybody have any recommendations for good cycling films? The only ones I really know of are Breaking Away and American Flyers. Anything else out there?

Other than the feature-length documentaries (Overcoming, Hell on Wheels, Detour de France, et al) there's 'The Triplets of Belleville' (a brilliant film!) and 'Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle' which is a black comedy about a guy trying to make it as a pro.

 

[180mmCrank]

I just watched the Cinncinati Kid again this afternoon - it's brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5698x5qVWeg

 

[ak-zaaf]

I just watched the Cinncinati Kid again this afternoon - it's brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5698x5qVWeg

I saw that movie for the first time not so long ago. I couldn't help but comparing it to more modern films.

For instance, the game they play (5 card stud) is not explained at all. That's pretty obvious since everybody in the movie knows the game, but I know for sure that in a modern-day remake they would find a way to explain the rules to the audience. He probably would also have won the game.

Great movie! Ann-Margret alone is worth the watch, she is so ridiculously hot.

 

[trompe le monde]

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but the best film about making films has to be 8 1/2 by Fellini.

 

[coffeebean2]

Adding to the list(s)

Patton
Dirty Harry
Battle of Britain
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Unforgiven
The Quiet Man
The Cowboys (my dad watched a LOT of John Wayne when I was a kid)

 

[tubularglue]

Dead Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_WQE7AO9LA

Astounding soundtrack/Neil Young. jmo

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Reception/Review

The film was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[8]

In its theatrical release, Dead Man earned about $1 million for a budget of $9 million.[9] It is the most expensive of Jarmusch's films, due, in part, to the costs of ensuring accurate period detail.

Critical responses were mixed. Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-a-half stars (out of four stars maximum), noting "Jim Jarmusch is trying to get at something here, and I don't have a clue what it is".[10] Desson Howe and Rita Kempley, both writing for the Washington Post, offered largely negative appraisals.[11] Greil Marcus, however, mounted a spirited defense of the film, titling his review "Dead Again: Here are 10 reasons why 'Dead Man' is the best movie of the end of the 20th century."[12] Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum dubbed the film an acid western, calling it "as exciting and as important as any new American movie I've seen in the 90s"[13] and went on to write a book on the film, entitled Dead Man (ISBN 0-85170-806-4) published by the British Film Institute. The film scored a 'Fresh' 71% rating on website Rotten Tomatoes.

The film also was placed 398th in "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?"'s list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of All Time[14].
[edit] Soundtrack
Main article: Dead Man (soundtrack)

Neil Young recorded the soundtrack by improvising (mostly on his electric guitar, with some acoustic guitar, piano and organ) as he watched the newly edited film alone in a recording studio. The soundtrack album consists of seven instrumental tracks by Young, with dialog excerpts from the film and Johnny Depp reading the poetry of William Blake interspersed between the music.

# Johnny Depp as William Blake, a meek accountant from Cleveland, Ohio
# Gary Farmer as Nobody, a strong and opinionated Native American who was forcibly raised by whites and later given the mocking name "He Who Talks Loud, Saying Nothing" or Xebeche by fellow natives
# Crispin Glover as Train Fireman, a coal-covered boilerman who welcomes Blake to the "hell" of Machine.
# Robert Mitchum as Mr. John Dickinson, a shotgun-toting industrialist in Machine
# John Hurt as John Scholfield, the business manager of Dickinson's factory
# Mili Avital as Thel Russell, a former prostitute who makes and sells paper flowers
# Gabriel Byrne as Charlie Dickinson, Thel's ex-boyfriend and John Dickinson's son.
# Lance Henriksen as Cole Wilson, an infamous bounty hunter and murderous cannibal
# Michael Wincott as Conway Twill, a talkative bounty hunter
# Eugene Byrd as Johnny "The Kid" Pickett, a young African-American bounty hunter.
# Iggy Pop as Salvatore "Sally" Jenko, a cross-dressing, Bible-reading fur trader at a campsite
# Billy Bob Thornton as Big George Drakoulious, a mountain man at Sally's campsite
# Jared Harris as Benmont Tench, a knife-toting fur trader at Sally's campsite.
# Alfred Molina as Trading Post Missionary, a corrupt missionary and businessman.
# Gibby Haynes as Man with Gun in Alley

Portrayal of Native Americans

This film is generally regarded as being extremely well-researched in regard to Native American culture.[6]

Dead Man is also notable as one of the rather few films about Native Americans to be directed by a non-native and offer nuanced and considerate details of the individual differences between Native American tribes free of common stereotypes.[7] There are intentionally unsubtitled passages in the Cree and Blackfoot language exchanges in Dead Man, which were left untranslated for the exclusive understanding of members of those nations, including several in-jokes aimed at Native American viewers.[6]