Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

[AntlionUK]

Anyone got some documentary recommendations? Pretty much any topic is welcome as long as the quality is high.

capturing the friedmans


the bridge.


best documentaries I've ever watched. Both incredible and thought provoking.

[AntlionUK]

also

Deliver us from Evil

[dubluke]

Just finished boiler room - pleasantly suprised! Thought with vin diesel in it, it might have the potential to be a cringe macho exagurration fest but thought it was great and funny at times (particularly as I work in sales, and everyone in sales has one or two stnuc like the guys in this film in their office)! Great soundtrack too!

[cityzen]

Goemon

Gave me a half chub.
Sumptuous visuals AND a good story line. It's like a live anime film.
7/10

Special Yin Yang score - 9.5/10

[meanmrcustard]

Anyone got some documentary recommendations? Pretty much any topic is welcome as long as the quality is high.

Literally just finished watching Hoop Dreams. I have a passing interest in Basketball at absolute best, but the film completely transcends that to deal with racial, economic and social issues too. I thought it was amazing. It's always difficult to say too much about a film so soon after watching it, before you can let it properly sink in, but right now I honestly think it may well be one of the best sports films and one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. If my endorsement isn't enough (it should be), Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both named Hoop Dreams as their best film of 1994, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction and Forest Gump were released in 1994.





Also, second the call on Capturing the Friedmans, great doc.

EDIT: Just watched the Hoop Dreams trailer, the film is nowhere near as cheesy as the trailer makes out.

[vincent 2 fly]

[vishes]

I think this one is really good. Watched it a couple of times already.

[mIrReN]

"image" vishes as always...

just sayin...

[noam]

watched this the other day, very poor

[wub]

watched this the other day, very poor

Really? Fucking love that film, even recommended it to someone on here last week. Cooper is a beast of an actor, way underrated.

[noam]

i watched it on your recommendation on here!!

its a good story, maybe i was overly harsh, just thought it was run of the mill, you're right about Cooper, though he's now become so typecast into government conspiracy roles i kinda felt like i could be watching him in anything else

it'd probably be better to have read the book... im assuming there was a book

[wub]

i watched it on your recommendation on here!!

its a good story, maybe i was overly harsh, just thought it was run of the mill, you're right about Cooper, though he's now become so typecast into government conspiracy roles i kinda felt like i could be watching him in anything else

it'd probably be better to have read the book... im assuming there was a book

The true story is a good starting point - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen


Though there are a couple of FBI books that have chapters on him I think.

[jameshk]

Ridiculously good. 9.5/10

I know what im watching tonight, thanks

[noam]

its pretty mint

got that touch of slapstick humour in it too which s. koreans are really good at

[mIrReN]

yeah war of the arrows = nice

[bassrael]

decent light hearted film that is actually funny but i dont have to think about too much? really bored and know very little about films...

Office Space

i love office space man. have seen it like 20 times but i guess one more wouldn't hurt.

seen this last night for the first time. thx for recommending. great film!

[wubstep]

Night on Earth - Jim Jarmusch - 1991

Really cool, funny and enjoyable. Stylish, well paced and fun.

If you like his other comedies (Down by Law/Coffee & Cigarettes), sure you'll like this too. 5 vignettes from 5 different countries, based around cab drivers & their journeys.

[vishes]

Just watched this one:

Perfect Sense


Pretty good. About a global virus that gradually shuts down our senses one by one.

[MrAural]

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Not recently, like years ago, I was addicted to this film. Was my favourite film for some time.

Fucking epic.

8.5/10

[Duffman]

Best way to describe it?




Really enjoyed it, made me cringe a good few times
8/10