Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see

mjp

mjp

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Saw that in a theater, and we usually stay away from theaters because people are no better than zoo animals when they are in the dark.

Anyway, yes, tremendous movie. Though someone who doesn't recognize all the old faces might have trouble putting some of the commenters into context (no names appear on screen to identify the interviewees).
 
CarversDog

CarversDog

RIP
"Pollock" is simply a terrific movie. Now, here's one I watched last night, expecting it to be a ham-fisted and dated chuckle fest (I had not seen the movie since it's initial release decades ago) but it turned out to be a goddamn good movie ... ready? ... Okay ... Charlton Heston in Earthquake. The damn thing was involving as hell with sometimes biting satire (George Kennedy as an apathetic LAPD street cop, Marjoe Gortner in one of his trademark psychopath roles, this time with a unique closeted twist). Some of the soap operatic elements in the first act with retired football star Heston's complicated love life gets a wee bit tiresome but it all pays off in the climax.

And here's the best part about Earthquake I completely forgot ... L.A. is freaking destroyed in the movie. Wiped out. Terrific matte shots by Albert Whitlock.

One of the reasons, perhaps, that the movie works well outside its decidedly crowded genre is that it was directed by Mark Robson, a film-maker with some actually impressive credentials ("The Bridges of Toko-Ri", "Von Ryan's Express", Bogie's last film "The Harder They Fall") with a screenplay by ... Mario Puzo (!)
 
Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

Pollack is a great film. I have an old VHS copy that I've watched several times.

I remember seeing Earthquake in the theatre in ~1973. They brought in those special speakers that provided "Sensurround (sic)." Supposed to make you feel like you were experiencing an earthquake.
 
CarversDog

CarversDog

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Yes, you can see that they made ample use of the Sensurround gimmick since the earthquake at the center of the film lasts a good 10 minutes and just keeps getting worse and worse ... and, oh yeah, there's that final, just-to-make-things-fatal earthquake in the last act of the movie. (Not to mention the fact that the Hollywood Reservoir busts open)
 
CarversDog

CarversDog

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Fiennes, Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush ... what's not to like? Speaking of Cate Blanchett, I"m Not There is available on my Pay Per View this month. Is it worth seeing? I've read so many conflicting reviews but the premise intrigues me.
 
hoochmonkey9

hoochmonkey9

Art should be its own hammer.
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go for it.
I'm pretty sure you'll get something you like from it. flaws and all.

Pollock is one of my favourite movies.
 
CarversDog

CarversDog

RIP
"Bad Santa" was much better than I expected; there's a Director's Cut that has a few hilarious scenes that met the cutting room floor on initial release.
 
roni

roni

been watchin the Butterfly Effect this night again.
still a fine movie even the 2nd time.
will have to look for the original version in english language. will tell you about interesting quotations then ...
maybe.
 
jmoshea

jmoshea

I forgot how good this was: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095159/

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jmoshea

jmoshea

yeah...I just happened to see it on as I was flipping the channels last night. Kline was absolutely hilarious. Everybody in it was good.
 
CarversDog

CarversDog

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"There Will Be Blood" was exceptional with an astonishing ending that was very similar to the denoument of "No Country For Old Men" -- like the homicidal sociopath Chigurgh in the latter book and film, the sociopath at the center of "Blood" is ethical and warns people who stand in his way that they will be destroyed if they persist in interfering with his plans or break a deal they made with him. No doubt about it, 2007 was a good year for sociopaths in the movies.
 
jpordude

jpordude

The Coen brothers Nailed No Country for Old Men. A book in my eyes will always beat a film but this was a close call. "you dont have to do this" ...

Fargo and Blood simple are worth watching if youve not yet seen them. Im sure you all have.
 
hank solo

hank solo

Just practicin' steps and keepin' outta the fights
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tKoK - yeah I saw that a while ago too. Billy Mitchell - what's with that guy?
 
jmoshea

jmoshea

I don't know if I would recommend it, necessarily...it is not for the faint of heart (or the brave of heart, really) but it is as real as it gets:

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Gerard K H Love

Gerard K H Love

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In reading chronic's offering I found a very good foriegn film Lives of Other People. A story about the spying on private citizens during the cold war, corruption, love and the personal involvement of the of one of the spies. I recomend it.
 
Magick Stallion

Magick Stallion

Leaving Las Vegas(great book as well) will ALMOST never make you want to drink again. Truly a great film.

Salo-120 Days of Sodom is a fun, light hearted story about fascist Italy for the whole family to watch.
 
Magick Stallion

Magick Stallion

Yeah I distinctly remember renting that movie back in the day when you could actually FIND that movie to rent, and watched it with my girlfriend, who initially was the one expressing great interest in wanting to watch it in the first place, judging from the VHS cover. Got home, put it on, drank some wine, and lost whatever innocence I had left in loosing that night, which wasn't that much to begin with.
Next morning, I woke angry and confused. I guess whatever agenda the movie had, worked.
 
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