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[Rattleface]

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...
Oh yeah, finally got around to watching Perfume: A Story of a Murderer.  Awesome all the way through.

Really? I thought it was one of the ****tiest movies I've ever seen. I mean, the ending, come on!

Besides the ending, lols.

[El Stormo]

Rattleface wrote...

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...
Oh yeah, finally got around to watching Perfume: A Story of a Murderer.  Awesome all the way through.

Really? I thought it was one of the ****tiest movies I've ever seen. I mean, the ending, come on!

Besides the ending, lols.

And even then. He can smell his fleeing father-in-law from kilometers away, even when the wind is clearly blowing in the other direction? Oh please.

[Rattleface]

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...
Oh yeah, finally got around to watching Perfume: A Story of a Murderer.  Awesome all the way through.

Really? I thought it was one of the ****tiest movies I've ever seen. I mean, the ending, come on!

Besides the ending, lols.

And even then. He can smell his fleeing father-in-law from kilometers away, even when the wind is clearly blowing in the other direction? Oh please.

Hey, I didn't say it wasn't cheesy.  But a movie about a dude with a superman sense of smell that tries to make perfume via women is great.   And he's the main character, which made it even better to me.
Other than that, I can see how it sucked lols.

[ezek01]

How come no one likes movies on these forums....?

[vorianxavier]

I like movies! In Bruges is my favorite movie of the last few years, followed closely by Inglourious Basterds. Favorites all time include The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Doctor Zhivago, Romeo + Juliet, Just Another Love Story (a Danish movie), City of God (a Brazilian movie), and many more.

Modifié par vorianxavier, 24 novembre 2009 - 05:26 .

[Ravenshrike]

Rubbish Hero wrote...

"The Host" was a very good Korean comedy/drama/monster movie.

Good? Good? We clearly have different definitions of that word.
 When every fricking character involved apparently has an IQ below 85 except the lone american 'hero' type there's a problem.


To the OP, Taken is very good, and Law Abiding Citizen is also very good until the last 5 minutes or so when they bow to convention.

Modifié par Ravenshrike, 24 novembre 2009 - 06:46 .

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

ezek01 wrote...

How come no one likes movies on these forums....?

Oh, I'm sure that people do, although I think one would get more responses if the categories were narrowed down somewhat to more specific classifications, i.e. 'good fantasy movies', 'good sci-fi movies', 'good horror movies' etc. Right now, no offense to the OP meant, it's just that I think people would have very little common ground and considerably less enthusiasm over sharing their movie list in a way that's quite different from, say, the excitement one would feel debating LOTR or the entire epic-fantasy sub-genre as a whole. Also, while I have a list of movies that I consider 'good' or at the very least 'promising', some of them are too obscure for folks to identify with IMHO, which makes me think twice about posting / sharing.

Addendum: describing a movie just as 'good' without talking about the defining characteristics that make it so also don't really form grounds for discussion and critique, IMHO. Unless other posters have seen or know what said film is about by merely glancing at the title, there won't be much incentive to talk about it further (or even do a google search out of curiosity).

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 24 novembre 2009 - 07:57 .

[Rheannan]

The list I gave was just taken from the most recent ones I'd seen. Since I watch fantasy and sci-fi or films with elements of those, any recommendations of mine are going to be fantasy or sci-fi.

[wrexingcrew]

Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...



Also, while I have a list of movies that I consider 'good', some of them are too obscure for folks to identify with IMHO, which makes me think twice about posting / sharing.

Actually, you've given me an idea that contradicts the intent of your post (sorry). So, um, how about best-of-decade film lists? I'd be interested to hear what everyone really enjoyed in the last ten years.



I think No Country for Old Men, 4 Months/3 Weeks/2 Days, Children of Men, Zodiac, and Good Night and Good Luck make the cut for me (completely off the top of my head, and in no particular order). Most of the new releases I see are American, so my list is heavily biased in that direction (60%).

[chiliztri]

Hmmm, I'll list a couple movies I've really enjoyed. Oh, in no particular order.



Into the Wild

Memento

Sleepwalking

Snatch

Atonement

Pride and Prejudice

The Fountain

The Machinist

Runaway Jury

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Lakehouse

The Departed

Garden State

28 Days Later

500 Days of Summer



I believe those are all from the last decade.

[Orogun01]

Rattleface wrote...

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...

El Stormo wrote...

Rattleface wrote...
Oh yeah, finally got around to watching Perfume: A Story of a Murderer.  Awesome all the way through.

Really? I thought it was one of the ****tiest movies I've ever seen. I mean, the ending, come on!

Besides the ending, lols.

And even then. He can smell his fleeing father-in-law from kilometers away, even when the wind is clearly blowing in the other direction? Oh please.

Hey, I didn't say it wasn't cheesy.  But a movie about a dude with a superman sense of smell that tries to make perfume via women is great.   And he's the main character, which made it even better to me.
Other than that, I can see how it sucked lols.

The movie kind of meh, the book much better. Just to add; the inspiration for the character was Kurt Kobain, go figure.

Modifié par Orogun01, 24 novembre 2009 - 12:59 .

[kraidy1117]

The Godfather, watch it or you will be left out on a outstanding movie, or Castleblanca.

[q0rra]

The Prestige

Must be my favourite movie of all time.

[squidyj]

Benfea wrote...

 I know some of you whippersnappers probably don't like black and white movies or subtitles, but if you haven't checked out Akira Kurosawa movies, you don't know what you're missing. Some of the best and/or most popular American producers and directors (e.g. Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorcese, George Lucas, etc.) were influenced by Kurosawa and some even borrowed heavily from his work.

Despite being one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century, Kurosawa was rejected by his fellow Japanese for not being "Japanese enough" (the Japanese have their jingoistic idiots too). He was broken and penniless towards the end of his life and almost committed suicide.

Anyway, some notable works worth checking out:

Seven Samurai - Copied by many movies including The Magnificent Seven. Quite possibly the best action film ever made.

Yojimbo - When Clint Eastwood saw this movie, he remarked "That would make a great western, but no one has the balls to make that movie." Eventually, that movie was made, and Eastwood got the starring role, giving birth to his most famous Man With No Name character.

Ran - King Lear translated into feudal Japan. This movie took 12 years to make, mostly because Kurosawa obsessively wanted every scene to have exactly the right weather.

The Hidden Fortress - Some people say Star Wars borrowed heavily from this film.

See this here is a problem, you brought up Akira Kurosawa and then only mentioned samurai films. What about Ikiru? or Red Beard? or the other wonderful films he's done.

As for my own recommendations.

Infernal Affairs (strongly recommend watching before you see The Departed)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Hard Boiled
Paprika
City of God
The Lives of Others
Visitor Q
A Serious Man
Miller's Crossing
Sunset Blvd
Double Indemnity
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Modifié par squidyj, 26 novembre 2009 - 08:08 .

[wrexingcrew]

@squidyj: You mentioned a lot of great stuff - Paprika didn't get a theatrical release anywhere near me, so I had to wait for the DVD release, but man is it good. I rarely hear people mention it.

[Critical Miss]

Can't say enough about Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Claustrophobic, savage and macabre. All of Greenaway's films are worth watching. Takeshi Kitano films are great and take no prisoners.

[Qkrch]

My favourite movies of this year have been:



- Let the right one in : horror thriller swedish movie, beating all the new vampire parafernalia

- Moon: by D.Bowie's son, about a guy who works in the moon alone for 3 years and discovers something is going bad.

[wrexingcrew]

Qkrch wrote...

- Moon: by D.Bowie's son, about a guy who works in the moon alone for 3 years and discovers something is going bad.

I thought there were some very cool things about the film, particularly Clint Mansell's score and the exterior scenes.  Pretty solid directorial debut.

[Emzidia]

Monty python and the holy grail!



"I fart in your gen'ral direction" or somethin like that hehe ^^



Anyways, I really enjoyed Inglourious basterds and 3:10 to yuma!



I have seen more movies but my brain always goes blank when I'm thinking too hard :S

[Christoph Gasser]

Some movies I like...

Brazil

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Schindlers List

Sophies Choice

The Big Lebowski

The Great Dictator

Babel

Limelight

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

squidyj wrote...

Infernal Affairs (strongly recommend watching before you see The Departed)

Ah, Hong Kong gangster / cops-and-robbers films: as I said earlier, a class unto their own. It's hilarious but for a woman, I practically grew up on a steady diet of those kinds of movies which in Hong Kong Cantonese linguistic terms belong to the da da sat sat category (literally translated as "beat beat kill kill", to draw attention to the ways in which violence is depicted almost gleefully and indulgently onscreen). For most of my childhood I was watching those films, along with wuxia action flicks (the old 1980s-1990s stuff where the actors actually knew martial arts and the films were all about bloody violence, and less dependent on the delicate art-style and wire-fu of today). Fun stuff, though I have to wonder at the effect on my personal development.  

Anyhow, historical digressions aside, one of my favorite HK action films  is Johnny To's Running Out Of Time which is more of a psychological catch-me-if-you-can thriller starring Andy Lau of Infernal Affairs. It also has a sense of playful humor and villainy, as well as a twist ending that makes the antagonist the one to root for in the end. (Almost typical of Hong Kong action films, really, to blend nearly transgressive comic humor with violence.) It might be that nostalgia is providing me a good set of blinkers since it's been some years since I've watched the film, but it was one helluva good movie as far as I remember.

Anyway, here's my list of favorite films: 

- Shrek
- Stardust
- Iron Man
- The Fifth Element
- Pan's Labyrinth
- The Constant Gardener
- Primary Colors (film based on fiction novel based on Clinton's rise to the Presidency; starring John Travolta) 
- Tiramisu (Hong Kong tragic romance film) 
- Running Out Of Time (Hong Kong semi-psychological action thriller) 
- and a host of other movies which I can't remember

Honorable mentions: 
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Romeo + Juliet (well, it wasn't really that memorable for me, but the modern setting and visual style was a winner) 
- The Piano (need to watch this again for a mental update, though) 

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 28 novembre 2009 - 07:18 .

[XaintMP]

Crawling_Chaos wrote...

My eyes! eek 

[Trand]

 Hmm well in no particular order my Fav films are

Original Star Wars Trilogy
First three Indiana Jones Films (there was no 4th film)
Casablanca
Gladiator
Jurrasic Park
The Crow
Clerks and Clerks 2

Recent films I would reccomend 

Up
Star Trek
Zombieland
Watchmen
Adventerland
District 9

[Lord Grimnar_AzurieL]

movies that are a must see:

boondock saints
snatch
lock stock and two smoking barrels
mask
the Good the bad and the ugly
the shawshank redemption
gladiator
chopper (eric bana)
(while not a movie) Band of Brothers


movies that are coming soon that MIGHT me worth a look
boondock saints 2: all saints day
"what ever the new Band of brothers is called"
and more prob:D:D