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

mumble · Post by **mumble** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:37 am

Ah nice to see some City of God fans. I study film at college so Ive got plenty of films to go through yet.

Anyone seen or heard of 'Irrerversible' ?

Its a fucked up french film that takes place in a gay parasian brothel, camera work and dialouge is amazing, pretty brutal and shocking aswell, one of the weirdest yet intruiging films that Ive seen to date.

Forensics · Post by **Forensics** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:22 pm

Saw a wicked film the other day - Everything is Illuminated.

Think it went under the radar cos it has Frodo Baggins in it!

And speaking of films that went under the radar, I thoroughly recommend Frailty:

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:04 pm

Quite enjoyed it was a weird plot and the twist was kinda expected but I enjoyed it and the bird in it was FITTTT

Only thing what kept me watching tbh..

parson · Post by **parson** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:46 pm

FRAILTY is some BAD ASS Texas shit

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:51 am

Parson wrote:FRAILTY is some BAD ASS Texas shit

No Country For Old Men is some BAD ASS Texas shit

theevilgirl · Post by **theevilgirl** » Sun May 18, 2008 1:47 pm

Strangers with Candy

Forensics · Post by **Forensics** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:32 pm

Parson wrote:FRAILTY is some BAD ASS Texas shit

Definitely a personal favourite....

Completely twisted & very redeeming all at the same time!

parson · Post by **parson** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:10 pm

Diss04 wrote:
Parson wrote:FRAILTY is some BAD ASS Texas shit
No Country For Old Men is some BAD ASS Texas shit

but bill paxton is a texan and he directed it. coen brothers are from hollywood

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:09 pm

Parson wrote:
Diss04 wrote:
Parson wrote:FRAILTY is some BAD ASS Texas shit
No Country For Old Men is some BAD ASS Texas shit
but bill paxton is a texan and he directed it. coen brothers are from hollywood

i dont care. if the coens directed every movie i'd probably die of ecstasy.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:01 am

Parson wrote:i've seen a lot of miike films

check out:

happiness of the katakuris
bird people of china
audition

most of his movies are shit though.

if you wanna see some good japanese shit, check out takeshi kitano's Fireworks (hana-bi). he's got a lot of great movies.

if you like oldschool pulp/exploitation films, you should check out seijun suzuki. branded to kill is a good place to start.

datura wrote:Yeah, I'd agree with Parson, also the Dead or Alive Trilogy and Graveyard of Honour. City of Lost Souls was entertaining as well. If you like the more mad stuff, Fudoh is pretty mental.

Another Japanese director to check is Kiyoshi Kurosawa (who made the original Pulse - although it is far from his best film). He is more philosophical, but his films can be brilliant: Pulse, Bright Future and Charisma are all excellent films.

shit hot, cheers you two!
will get on the case with those films and directors you mentioned. they all sound really interesting! i don't mind deeper films, but anything in japanese with people shouting at eachother is a great film by default in my opinion.

nice one

mugger t · Post by **mugger t** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:33 pm

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it was funny

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:59 pm

Mugger T wrote:Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it was funny

finally...

triky · Post by **triky** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:01 am

saw HITMAN last nite. that movie rocks. hard. core. (but not as badly as Crank, still my favorite recent film)....

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:07 am

Finally saw Juno the other night. Not bad. I have never in my life met a highschool kid who talks like that, but other than that it was a good flick.

oddfellow · Post by **oddfellow** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:22 pm

Diss04 wrote:
Mugger T wrote:Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it was funny
finally...

A quality film. Its something you can watch repeatedly and still get enjoyment from as well. Its a shame it flopped at the cinema, would have loved to have seen more....

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:39 pm

Tomity wrote:
Diss04 wrote:
Mugger T wrote:Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it was funny
finally...
A quality film. Its something you can watch repeatedly and still get enjoyment from as well. Its a shame it flopped at the cinema, would have loved to have seen more....

thank god people feel like me, i thought i was on my own

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:12 pm

@ datura - city of men (film sequel to city of god) did make it to the UK, it was part of this years LFF. i saw it, it was good but perhaps not as affecting as the original? liked the cinematography though

@ parson - re: neon genesis. didn't know about the freud influences on the script, cheers for the heads up. ended up doing alot of (amateurish) research on the sepiroth, apocryphal books etc after finishing the series. innaresting stuff. anno goes pretty deep - nice to see an animation with that level of depth. so much imagery and reference to spot in the series. can't be bothered to go back to it though 'cos i just get mad and want to punch the shit out of the shinji character (but i guess that's the point).
just finished watching gunbuster. wasn't as deep as NGE, but hinted at the kind of thing he'd end up doing.
audition was amazing. lost my copy though. still have the case, but not the disc.

@ datura + parson - ever checked out teshigahara? eureka video released face of another and pitfall. both great. simple and calm yet haunting. also, just watched his woman of the dunes. claustrophobic.

also - in the vein of some of miike's more psychadelic moments (although times a million) check shozin fukui's stuff. suprisingly non-contraversial, yet difficult viewing nonetheless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqGTzi1- ... re=related

edit: i'll check Kiyoshi Kurosawa. any relation?

@ £10 bag - before you check any other japanese film, check kurosawa's Ran. it's very important.

parson · Post by **parson** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:23 pm

before seeing ran you should see seven samurai

i'm gonna watch woman in the dunes

theevilgirl · Post by **theevilgirl** » Fri May 23, 2008 4:21 am

Wonder Showzen Season 1 & 2

not movies but still...

the most amazing shows EVAR!

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:38 am

I just watched the first Indiana Jones to kinda prep for the new one... such a good flick! I think that one's my favorite.

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