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

automat3000 · Post by **automat3000** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:56 pm

Me & my mate almost watched this on a comedown the other night. So glad i didn't. It seriously hard-hitting. One of those films that stays with you for a while. It carries such a stark message it almost seems like properganda. But it's brilliant and and soundtrack's just as good.

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:51 am

This week I have watched (in order of which i enjoyed the most):

Would definitely recommend Taken....

ahier · Post by **ahier** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:29 pm

watched chasing amy last night, i dont know why but jay and silent bob never fail to amuse me.
Also, watched the whole grindhouse with the trailers as Tarantino and Rodriguez intended it to be seen... fuckin a, planet terror is immense!

contakt · Post by **contakt** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:48 pm

Diss04 wrote:i wanna see gommora bad

its about the naples mafia

Saw it last night. Can't get it out of my head.

Exhausting, unrelentingly grim and depressing - I wouldn't say it was great fun to watch but I'm very glad I have seen it.

A great antidote to Scarface/Goodfellas/etc.

grimewire · Post by **grimewire** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:33 pm

Lucky Number Slevin - Really enjoyed it, Josh Harnett was brilliant. Dark ending. Would recommend to all.

Donnie Brasco - watched it the other night (very late i know), big big film. Johnny Depp and Al Pachino, 2 of the best actors ever. Watch it if you already havent.

Been watching Hong Kong gangster films recently aswell.

Election - really liked it, very good side characters. Ending wasnt all too great, but an enjoyable film nonetheless.

Election 2 - sequel focused on one of the better characters in the first film, but in true sequal fashion it didnt live up to its predecessor.

Cheung Fo (aka The Mission) - Clever film, with brilliant cast. Thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend to anyone.

nfektd_kid · Post by **nfektd_kid** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:59 am

Strange wilderness - was ok not really into it to much

Step Brothers - HAHA fucken awesome

Death Race - Great Sunday movie no brainer action flick

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:45 am

GrimeWire wrote:Election - really liked it, very good side characters. Ending wasnt all too great, but an enjoyable film nonetheless.

One of my favourite movies of all time there. So well written and with career-best performances from the main cast. And I disagree about the ending! I thought it was perfect: pointed, ironic, and bitter - just like the rest of the film!

grimewire · Post by **grimewire** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:36 pm

BETAMAXNOMATES wrote:
GrimeWire wrote:Election - really liked it, very good side characters. Ending wasnt all too great, but an enjoyable film nonetheless.
One of my favourite movies of all time there. So well written and with career-best performances from the main cast. And I disagree about the ending! I thought it was perfect: pointed, ironic, and bitter - just like the rest of the film!

It caught me off guard, but I didnt like it. The scene in the second film when Kun asks him the say question when they are both fishing, the look on Lok's face is priceless.

Been trying find some more Johnnie To films, Fulltime Killer & Throwdown have been recommended to me, have you seen any of them?

d_three · Post by **d_three** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:37 pm

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/

hysteria · Post by **hysteria** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:19 pm

automat3000 wrote:

Me & my mate almost watched this on a comedown the other night. So glad i didn't. It seriously hard-hitting. One of those films that stays with you for a while. It carries such a stark message it almost seems like properganda. But it's brilliant and and soundtrack's just as good.

I dont even know where to start with this film.
But definitely NEVER watch this when your messy.
Got some bad experiences from doing that haha
Great film though, love the sound track to it aswell

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:46 pm

i have still yet to see requiem for a dream

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:01 pm

Jumper - what a sack of shit.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:16 pm

datura wrote:Jumper - what a sack of shit.

yeah i actually asked for my money back at the cinema. i've never done that before or since

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:52 pm

Fire Walk With Me. Indelible.

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:58 am

Fire Walk With Me is criminally under-rated! Yes, it's self-indulgent and most of it doesn't make much sense but it is CREEPY AS HELL. The stuff of nightmares, for sure.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:21 pm

Hunger - some proper grim prison film by steve mcqueen (the other one)

looks heavy (in pretty much every sense of the word)

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:36 pm

Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where," but on "what's there." It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages dance. The film moves to destruction of nature via logging, blasting, and strip mining. Images of poverty, rapid urban life, and factories give way to war, concentration camps, and mass graves. Ancient ruins come into view, and then a sacred river where pilgrims bathe and funeral pyres burn. Prayer and nature return. A monk rings a huge bell; stars wheel across the sky

A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:49 pm

gomorra - really good. like ed said, can't say it was particularly fun to watch (due to graphic violence etc.), but an excellent film nonetheless.

very keen to see 'hunger', film4 films are normally sick

the decoy · Post by **the decoy** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:58 pm

Righteous Kill.

don't bother. just go watch Heat instead.

s.i.e · Post by **s.i.e** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:48 pm

Taken - better than i thought

Eagle Eye - Better than the adverts suggest

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