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flint33 wrote:

i watched that the other day
really underwhelmed
so slow paced and honestly thought it was just boring
maybe it was 2deep4me or somethin

"My Greek Idyll", Mikalos Senestre's latest holiday video
about camping on the Marathon Plains during Easter
with his mum, dad, uncles, aunties & cousins...
is criminally underexposed due to his appeture setting.
I couldn't make out anything other than sunrises and campfires.
Close your appeture Mikalos!

kaili wrote:

flint33 wrote:

i watched that the other day
really underwhelmed
so slow paced and honestly thought it was just boring
maybe it was 2deep4me or somethin

The whole time I was expecting big angry fights and ultimately I watched them all go insane and resign to the fact that they were never gonna succeed in the first place... I liked it but I definitely understand your point of view, the beginning with the caged warrior thing was kind of misleading for the rest of the movie.

Rönin wrote:

kaili wrote:

flint33 wrote:

i watched that the other day
really underwhelmed
so slow paced and honestly thought it was just boring
maybe it was 2deep4me or somethin

The whole time I was expecting big angry fights and ultimately I watched them all go insane and resign to the fact that they were never gonna succeed in the first place... I liked it but I definitely understand your point of view, the beginning with the caged warrior thing was kind of misleading for the rest of the movie.

they shoulda just called it 'mads mikelsen looking solemn: the movie'

kaili wrote:

Rönin wrote:

kaili wrote:

flint33 wrote:

i watched that the other day
really underwhelmed
so slow paced and honestly thought it was just boring
maybe it was 2deep4me or somethin

The whole time I was expecting big angry fights and ultimately I watched them all go insane and resign to the fact that they were never gonna succeed in the first place... I liked it but I definitely understand your point of view, the beginning with the caged warrior thing was kind of misleading for the rest of the movie.

they shoulda just called it 'mads mikelsen looking solemn: the movie'

Yeh, thought the film and in general all Nicholas Refn films are a bit too pretentious and self important for my liking. Sure it had some great cinematography but i think the scenes are way too drawn out. He does do a good job of using tension though.. especially with the soundtrack in that film.

Before Midnight - Lives up to the first two, not got the optimistic outlook of them but this fits with their greater life experience. Most importantly it didn't go down the easy route they could have taken with this film. Won't say anymore but if you were a fan of the first two you're unlikely to be disappointed.

aspect-dubz wrote:

kaili wrote:

Rönin wrote:

kaili wrote:

flint33 wrote:

i watched that the other day
really underwhelmed
so slow paced and honestly thought it was just boring
maybe it was 2deep4me or somethin

The whole time I was expecting big angry fights and ultimately I watched them all go insane and resign to the fact that they were never gonna succeed in the first place... I liked it but I definitely understand your point of view, the beginning with the caged warrior thing was kind of misleading for the rest of the movie.

they shoulda just called it 'mads mikelsen looking solemn: the movie'

Yeh, thought the film and in general all Nicholas Refn films are a bit too pretentious and self important for my liking. Sure it had some great cinematography but i think the scenes are way too drawn out. He does do a good job of using tension though.. especially with the soundtrack in that film.

I liked Valhalla Rising, although slow I did find it engaging/thought provoking and so on - I thought it was better than Drive.

I've seen three of Winding Refn's films (Valhalla Rising, Drive & Bronson) and despite all being flawed & far from perfect there is something intriguing about them - he's like a less-accomplished Tarkovsky in some ways; the focus on aesthetics, minimal dialogue and so on, just without the mastery of the Russian.

no way it was better than drive
ryan gosling is my mancrush4life xoxo

For me too, Valhalla Rising was the best one of Refn's movies (only still haven't watched the Pusher trilogy).
I liked the final scenes very much despite the fact it was slow. And I also liked very much Mads Mikkelsen's performance.

kaili wrote:ryan gosling is my mancrush4life xoxo

m8....

Crimson gold

watched that come and see last night. Fuck me thats heavy, well good tho.

dubunked wrote:

kaili wrote:ryan gosling is my mancrush4life xoxo

m8....

hes hot doe

These are some off the top of my head which are just 'good' films, I wouldn't say they're classics but they're well worth a watch and are lesser known, although still quite mainstream:

The Disappearance of Alice Creed - A UK film based on a kidnap/hostage scenario which goes wrong. There's 3 people in the whole film and it's a pretty good concept.

Jacobs Ladder - Probably better known but pretty clever in places and is quite philosophical. It is a bit boring in parts but is quite different.

*Guilty pleasure* I Love you, man - I usually hate these kind of rom-coms but even though it's cliched, I found this one quite funny in places, and it was well done for the genre.

These are all I can think of right now, all solid 7's.

Refn is an interesting guy.
He ALWAYS cries a lot in interviews, yet he thinks of himself as part of the protagonists in his films.

(still haven't watched the Pusher trilogy).

They are all great, especially the third one that is pretty grim.
'Bleeder' too.

I disliked Bronson and couldn't take only god forgives seriously.

he's like a less-accomplished Tarkovsky in some ways

Lars von Trier would be even more applicable in that sence. But yeah they both have that emotionally laden and vibey nature/background shots and 'completely under control' cinematography.

rec - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1434443/

500 Days of Summer. Not sure if it is actually too popular to belong in this thread tho

Really looking forward to checking a few of these out when I've got time!

One that I found super disturbing but great was 13 (Tzameti). Super dark and gritty.

Oh also for a strange sci-fi I really recommend Cube. I'm sure some people have seen it, but it constantly blows me away!

bigfootspartan wrote:Oh also for a strange sci-fi I really recommend Cube. I'm sure some people have seen it, but it constantly blows me away!

The Cube made in 1968 by Jim Henson (yes, that Jim Henson)
The original was a bit different and black & white, can't find it though. Google video deleted it.

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This might be my favorite movie now. I need to watch it again. Blown away by the range it made me feel.