Dope films

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:02 pm

I hate the amount of shit films i am being forced to watch recently, mainly by idiots and people who like Homepride paste bakes.

So let me start with some of my list:

Made in britain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084287/

Battal Royal
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/

I Heart Huckabees
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356721/

The Eye (Not the forthcoming hollywood remake)
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808465878/info

Come on educate me, i need new DVDs....[/url]

inaya · Post by **inaya** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:19 pm

I am not sure your tastes exactly or if you've seen these (sorry in advance if you have), but here are a few of my favorites from recent years: City of God, y tu Mama tambien, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amores Perros, Requiem for a Dream, the Fountain, etc.

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:32 pm

city of god i enjoyed loads

the makers also did The constand Gardener i think, which is also a great film.

I will imdb them see if anything stands out, ta

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:34 pm

Oh forgot to mention, im looking forward to seeing "little miss sunshine" been highly reccomended by a few people

jahtao · Post by **jahtao** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:36 pm

Thomas wrote:Oh forgot to mention, im looking forward to seeing "little miss sunshine" been highly reccomended by a few people

Saw the other day, just what i needed at the time, hard not to like

misk · Post by **misk** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:02 pm

city of god is amazing.

a scanner darkly, and waking life, both are gorgeous and insightful. If you've ever lived with drug people (like tweekers, or real addicts) the the movie is ultra hilarious

i really dug 300, not for the violence, but more because it was amazing to see what people can be capable of if they work together like one unit. not just in battle, but in life. i feel like the spartans had it figured out, and we lost it. course im not so into the sex with another guy aspect of spartan culture tho...

The Game - super badass. i wish i could pay for a life-changing experience like that... it was amazing.

the princess bride - naturally.

inaya · Post by **inaya** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:30 pm

jahtao wrote:
Thomas wrote:Oh forgot to mention, im looking forward to seeing "little miss sunshine" been highly reccomended by a few people
Saw the other day, just what i needed at the time, hard not to like

Agreed, its very endearing

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:31 pm

Thomas wrote:Oh forgot to mention, im looking forward to seeing "little miss sunshine" been highly reccomended by a few people

Very good.

as is "Eternal Sunshie..."

Requiem for a Dream is dark....

Heres a bunch of my favourite films, and some recently-seen ones I liked, in no particular order:

Dr. Strangelove
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Pan's Labyrinth
Princess Mononoke
Ghost in the Shell
Blazing Saddles
Memento
Platoon
The Warriors
The Usual Suspects

ummmm, theres loads more, but thats all I can think of at the moment.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:34 pm

inaya wrote:I am not sure your tastes exactly or if you've seen these (sorry in advance if you have), but here are a few of my favorites from recent years: City of God, y tu Mama tambien, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amores Perros, Requiem for a Dream, the Fountain, etc.

Eternal Sunshine was on Channel 4 last night - really impressed. Odd how Jim Carrey's turning out to be a pretty good actor from being quite annoying years ago (Adam Sandler managed a similar thing in Punch Drunk Love if I remember rightly)

Really liked -

Human Nature - very funny and intelligent comedy (from Michel Gondry who did Eternal Sunshine) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219822/

Your Friends and Neighbours (ultra-cynical relationship comedy) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119517/

Dead Mans Shoes - low budget revenge drama, seems to slip from very silly to scarily intense with surprising ease http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419677/

Art School Confidential - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/ - essential if you've ever had to hang around with art studes for say more than ten minutes

Session 9 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/ - one of the best horrors I've seen in a long while, real psychological, disorientating stuff from the guy who did El Maquinista (the Machinist) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/ bit like Jacob's Ladder but more unnerving

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:40 pm

from myspace:

point blank, in the mood for love, mike leigh's naked, contempt, a band aparte, harold and maude, straw dogs, midnight cowboy, taxi driver, dead ringers, scanners, videodrome, naked lunch, man bites dog, le samourai, ikiru, seven samurai, sympathy for mr vengeance, tale of two sisters, kung fu hustle, shaolin soccer, king of comedy (chow), forbidden city cop, 3-iron, spring summer fall winter... and spring, the enigma of kasper hauser, stroszek, fitzcarraldo, aguirre, stalker, the return, persona, fear and loathing, huckabees, me and you and everyone we know, palindromes, happiness, stranger than paradise, the tin drum, ali: ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF, maria braun, starship troopers, primer, solaris (both) walkabout, bad timing, eternal sunshine, confessions of a dangerous mind, talk to her, devil's backbone, the devil's rejects, morvern callar, the wages of fear, before sunrise/sunset, woody allen, coens, wes anderson films, zombie films, documentaries, will farrell comedies, christopher guest, 40 yr old virgin, douglas sirk's immitation of life

product · Post by **product** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:51 pm

2001: a space odyssey has been and will be the only movie ever worth seeing.

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:13 pm

you must have seen a lot of movies

product · Post by **product** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:30 pm

soul plane too.

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:42 pm

WOODY ALLEN!! if youre a woody newbie check out any of these to get into the groove of things

annie hall
sleeper
zelig
manhattan
bananas
everything you ever wanted to know about sex

diane keaton was nice looking back in her day. cant beat annie hall.
i'm even loyal to his new movies although they are obviously going downhill, gone downhill. 'scoop' and 'matchpoint' werent disgusting or anything. but he's getting up there in age. big up the paranoid, jewish, neurotic, new york liberal, (sexual pervert) gang

also, not woody allen, but just rented "tideland"... very cool
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0410764/ ... ey=0410764

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:46 pm

match point was fantastic what are you talking about

it was like a slick, modern version of george stevens' 1951 classic:

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:51 pm

havent seen that movie there. but matchpoints ending was so ... i dunno, i loved it of course, not his best though... what'd you think of scoop? that girl is nice looking too though. woody's got good taste.
on a side note, nobody else can sample woody allen in any dubstep tracks.. i've got dibs.

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:55 pm

haven't seen scoop

these are what i've seen:

# Match Point (2005)
# The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
# Small Time Crooks (2000)
# Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
# Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
# Husbands and Wives (1992)
# Shadows and Fog (1992)
# Alice (1990)
# September (1987) (turned this one off halfway through)
# Radio Days (1987)
# Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
# Broadway Danny Rose (1984) (never finished this one)
# Zelig (1983)
# Manhattan (1979)
# Interiors (1978)
# Annie Hall (1977)
# Sleeper (1973)
# Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
# Bananas (1971)

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:58 pm

the ones from the 80's are never at blockbuster or hollywood, i need to start going somewhere else anyway. "anything else" was actually surprisingly good, with christina ricci and the weirdo from american pie

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:00 pm

"Dope" films?

Trainspotting

parson · Post by **parson** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:00 pm

have you seen sweet and lowdown?
one of my favorites. any music lover should be able to appreciate it.

radio days is a similar format, but more charming and less quirky

shadows and fog is one the most slept on gems

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