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[Lady Artifice]

 Film discussion! I've been meaning to get to making this one, but I might have to start with something brief and come back to edit this post with more elaboration later.

So, this isn't a comprehensive list, but here's a few of my favorites:

- Ink, by Jamin Winans



Ink is an independent Sci-fi/dark fantasy with a unique perspective on our world. This is a depiction of angels and demons by another name, with a unique method of affecting the human species. It is often creepy, and occasionally heartwarming. Be warned, you might never see your own dreams in quite the same way again.

- Lincoln, by Steven Spielberg



I love this movie so much. I know of no better dialogue in the history of film, and I always fail to decide which is really my favorite part. It's the little things here. One of Lincoln's staff, recognizing the warning signs of Lincoln about to tell a story during a tense, high stakes scene, announces with a kind of frantic exasperation that he absolutely cannot bear to listen to one of Lincoln's stories.

Shortly after, the two stand together, holding hands as they wait to hear the results of a battle.

Better still, is Thadeus Stevens and his way with words.

Spoiler

Thaddeus Stevens: How can I hold that all men are created equal when here before me stands, stinking, the moral carcass of the gentleman from Ohio? Proof that some men ARE inferior, endowed by their maker with dim wits, impermeable to reason, with cold, pallid slime in their veins instead of hot, red blood! YOU are more reptile than man, George, so low and flat that the foot of man is incapable of crushing you!
George Pendleton: How dare you!
Thaddeus Stevens: Yet even YOU, Pendleton - who should have been gibbetted for treason long before today - even worthless, unworthy you ought to be treated equally before the law! And so again, sir, and again and again and again, I say, I do not hold with equality in all things, only with equality before the law!

my favorite scene, probably: Lincoln and Thaddeus Stevens sit together, while Lincoln elaborates on the need to navigate carefully through moral territory, for the sake of the greater good.


- Pride and Prejudice, by Simon Langton



The 1995 television drama, and the only adaption I'm inclined to recognize. As far as I'm conceded, Colin Firth is Darcy, and Jennifer Ehle is Elizabeth.




- I love Miyazaki, but I can't possibly choose between Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.



Spirited Away is absolutely enchanting, sometimes frightening, and. in my opinion, ultimately one of the most heartwarming animated films of all time.



How to even describe Howl's Moving Castle? It's a fairy tale, one of the best ever depicted, with a truly memorable romance.

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That's all for now. I look forward to reading some of yours.

[HuldraDancer]

I'm not sure I'm good enough at explaining myself to do this proper but I'll give it a shot. And my love of usually awful movies makes this a little hard to put actual good ones up but I will try.

 

 

Mary and Max

It's a movie I only found out about about a year or two ago and it's the first movie I've ever cried at as well (after the movie ended I did have a good long cry)  It did a damn fine job of making me very attached to the two main characters and concern for their well being and happiness throughout the whole thing.

 

 

 

 

 

The Secret of Nimh

While I love this movie it used to scare the hell out of me when I was little but when I watch it again I adored it Mrs Brisby and would play this movie on repeat quite a bit until I wore the poor tape down. I can't accurately describe it but I love Mrs Brisby's character.

 

 

And Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away were already covered. I'd add Castle in the Sky but it's been so long since I've watched it that I only remember bout half that movie.

 

 

Labyrinth

I can't believe I forgot this one! It was another movie I watched on repeat all the time, (and still do) I loved the visuals in in and adore that kind of setting. I honestly don't think I could get tired of that movie. And one of the scenes near the end with Jareth singing while Sarah is trying to reach Toby in that Escher style room hands down my favorite in that movie. (R.I.P. David Bowie)

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[SardaukarElite]

The main films I love are ones I can revel in every time I watch. They have I feel a certain attention to detail in their making. 

 

Singin' in the Rain

 

A lavish and flamboyant spectacle concealing biting, rapid fire comedy. 

 

The Prestige and Inception

 

Generally I love Christopher Nolan and as a filmmaker, but these are his two films I love as their own works. I like the themes and stories of both, but also every moment of them as films. The way they're shot, the performances, the scoring, the editing, the pacing is all in my opinion as good as it can be.

 

Star Wars

 

The original trilogy, as a whole. It's the feel, everything in Star Wars feels right, and real, and daring, and romantic. It's Luke looking at the twin sunset while that melody sweeps around him, it's mechanical detail on the falcon and Xs and TIEs, it's the swinging on a rope across a chasm with a princess while being shot at by Space Nazis.

 

I enjoy the prequels for complex reasons but don't think they're good prequels, or good films. Force Awakens made me appreciate how much I really love the originals... 

[Duelist]

A few of my favourites:

The Protector
A Thai martial arts movie with a plot that's wafer thin and exists only as an excuse for Tony Jaa to engage in some of the craziest stunts and fight scenes ever put on film.
If nothing else, IMO, it stands as proof that good choreography and a talented actor, I use the term loosely in Jaa's case, are much better than CGI and wires.

Spoiler

12 Years A Slave
Serenity made me a big fan of Chiwetel Ejiofor but it's Michael Fassbender who steals the show as a plantation owner.

And of course, Serenity. It's Firefly the movie, how could I not like it?

[nightscrawl]

There are too many to list individually, but I'll give it a go. I'm able to admit that I'm still not over the "let's watch The Little Mermaid a hundred times" phase, so some of my favorites I've seen numerous times.

 

Tombstone. I am sad that the western fell out of favor. The whole cast is great, but Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday steals the show.

 

The Seven Samurai and its derivative western The Magnificent Seven. It's great fun to watch these in succession.

 

Tora! Tora! Tora!, the fact-based account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I try to watch this every year on December 7th.

 

I love submarine movies and try to watch as many as I can. The Hunt for Red October is a favorite, but Das Boot is a close second for its gritty realism. I've even seen the awful Ice Station Zebra; not even Rock Hudson could save this one.

 

I really enjoy movies that are based on plays (or movies that are play-like) since they tend to be insular and are almost entirely reliant on the acting ability. There is the HBO film Conspiracy, based on a real meeting wherein the Nazis discussed the "final solution"; 12 Angry Men; Fail Safe, set during the Cold War. As f'd up as they are, movies based on Tennessee Williams plays are just so fantastic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (I know about the difference between the movie and play) is a favorite. The political films The Best Man and Advise and Consent (Charles Laughton owns this film) are wonderful.

 

The Jane Eyre version with Orson Welles. I've read the novel several times.

 

Miracle on 34th Street, which I consider to be one of the few completely perfect movies of all time. I watch this every year after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, since that is when the movie opens, and it's the start of the Christmas season.

 

And oddly, Ben-Hur. I've also read/listened to the novel several times. I am not a Christian (or anything else), but I really enjoy the older Biblical epics; the whole title of the novel is Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. But even though both the novel and movie are bookended by events concerning Jesus, it's not about him, but rather how he is experienced by others (in fact, you never see his face), so it's not really the same as the numerous other Jesus movies, King of Kings, and so on. The entire middle section of both novel and film -- Judah Ben-Hur's struggle and quest for revenge -- is the best part for me. I like this movie and character so much that my canon Inquisitor's name is Judah, after the main character.

 

Gone with the Wind, for it's sheer epicness and Vivien Leigh as the utterly gorgeous Scarlett. I've also read this novel. Even though there are serious issues with the romanticizing of the antebellum south, she is a very strong female character, particularly in the novel, even despite her utter myopia concerning a certain guy.

 

I tend to scour TCM every couple of days to see if there is anything I'd be interested in.

 

Jurassic Park for another perfect movie.

 

Finally, for a general genre, I also enjoy space horror. Alien and Aliens are favorites among these.

 

 

I'm rather all over the place, lol... There are several others of the type that I can stop and watch to the end if I happen to run into their presentation on television, but the above list are the primary movies.

 

Also, making a list like this made me realize how very white most of my favorites are, which is sad.

[Steelcan]

Oh once I get back from class I can sink my teeth into this instead of doing Old English

 

Well I'm back

 

Not so coincidentally these are the closing lines to my favorite film series of all time, and favorite fantasy film, The Lord of the Rings. 

 

 

I'm not sure what to say I like about the film specifically, everything about it is just amazing in some way or another, the casting, perfect, the score, perfect, the battle scenes, perfect, the transition from book to movie, not quite perfect but close enough.

 

 

Other favorites for other genres

 

Sci-Fi: My heart and head say two different things here, my head says Children of Men but my heart is telling me something different. 

 

Spoiler

 

Serenity is a strong runner up and District 9 as well.

 

Comic Book: I give this its own category cause of how popular they are these days, and my favorite one of them all is

 

 

Probably not a popular pick for favorite one overall, but whatever.  Deadpool  and Iron Man are also pretty high up there.

 

Action/Adventure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLZJaAm2hw I can't decide between Raiders and Crusade, so I won't even try.  The first Pirates of the Caribbean also has a special place for me.

 

Comedy: In Bruges, sure its not a "true" comedy, its blacker than a coal miner's lung but god damn is it hilarious.  Tucker and Dale vs Evil would be my runner up and if you don't know it just go see it.

 

Historical Drama: Gladiator. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unb3FdsT5fQ

 

Its a fantastic, if not particularly accurate movie with great performances and great action, and I'm a sucker for Sword and Sandals flicks.  Runner up would be HBO's Rome,  yes its a miniseries, idgaf!

 

I'll post some more later so this isn't just one giant post and so I'm not hogging the thread.

[wright1978]

I still absolutely love Aliens as a film. I was so excited by the prospect of Alien 5 until its current limbo status.

 

Serenity is also a good film as others have said

 

Grew up adoring Tremors too. Pure b monster movie fun with the bonus of some good actors.

[Jorji Costava]

Couple of random ones:

 

Akira Kurosawa's Ran is an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear set in feudal Japan. It's one of the bleakest but also one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. The film makes a number of interesting changes to the core text; for instance, Lady Kaede (the stand-in for Edmund) is probably a psychopath but has very legitimate grievances against Emperor Hidetora, who has a far from innocent past.

 

There's probably not much more to be said about 2001: A Space Odyssey that hasn't alredy been said. Still haven't been able to get my girlfriend to watch it, as I don't think she would be able to get through the part with all the apes: "I'm sorry Jorji. I'm afraid I can't do that."

 

The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick is another polarizing film that I love but most people I know who've seen it don't like. Some of the best cinematography and one of the best scores (by Hans Zimmer) in movies IMO, but the voice over narration and strange editing put a lot off people off from it.

 

Notorious (1946) is an Alfred Hitchcock film about the daughter of a convicted Nazi spy who is recruited by the US government to infiltrate a Nazi group that has moved to Brazil by seducing one of its key members. It's about as steamy as it gets for a film made in the 1940s, and holds up extremely well in all aspects today.

 

The Day of the Jackal is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth about a fictitious plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. Think about how a TV show like 24 would handle this subject matter, and then think the exact opposite of that, and you get The Day of the Jackal.

 

My favorite films for pure escapism are the old 1980s action movies: Of those films, Robocop is easily my #1: Crazy over-the-top violence and razor-sharp satire all rolled into a slick package. Director Paul Verhoeven described the character of Robocop as "an American Jesus: a Jesus who uses his gun."

[SporkFu]

Wow, lots of interesting favorites here: some I've seen, some not. I like Tarantino movies, and Coen Brothers movies, and Broken Lizard movies, and Will Ferrell movies, and Jack Black movies.

I like Star Wars -- Episode IV: A New Hope for the non-purist among you I like Unforgiven (the Clint Eastwood western) and Jaws. This could go in the guilty pleasures thread I suppose, but Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story always makes me giggle uncontrollably.

I like martial arts movies. Someone mentioned The Protector up above and, simply, Yes!

I can get into a lot of different movies, from all kinds of genres (except musicals), so i could go on for a long time here. If it's got a good story and good pacing, I can get into it, basically.

[Steelcan]

If anyone wants biopics, I'd recommend, in addition to Lincoln, Walk the Line for a great movie about an American legend, and Alexander: Final Cut, this movie is by no means great, in many ways its not even good, but I do give it props for trying to tell the story of one of the greatest men who ever walked the planet.

[Akrabra]

Since i've already mentioned in other threads that i love Sucker Punch i will use this oppurtunity to list some other movies i really love. Will add a few more as time goes on. 

 

The Crow - 1994 - Directed by Alex Proyas

 

Movie that stars Brandon Lee and unforunately lead to his death. It is a movie about revenge, and its dark, gritty and very violent. Brandon Lee is outstanding as Eric Draven aka The Crow and it is as good today as the first time i saw it about 15 years ago.

 

 

Man of Steel - 2013 - Directed by Zack Snyder (my god).

 

There is alot of things i love about Man of Steel. It was my first real introduction to Super Man in this medium, and i think its a great reprenstation of him, and it makes him more human. The choices he faces aren't black and white, and he can't save everyone. Also Zod as the villain is brilliant and just adds so much to the theme of the movie. 

 

[Lady Artifice]

I think this thread needs a better title. Any ideas?

[SporkFu]

I think this thread needs a better title. Any ideas?

Drive-In Classics?
Celluloid Confessions?
35mm Hah-Cha-chas?

[Steelcan]

Drive-In Classics?
Celluloid Confessions?
35mm Hah-Cha-chas?

Drive in's are great, we have one a few hours away from my house

[SporkFu]

Drive in's are great, we have one a few hours away from my house

Agreed. There was one just outside the military base I lived on as a kid -- yep, army brat -- and we could take a radio and tune it to the movie frequency, and sit outside the fence and see the movies for free.

[Lady Artifice]

Drive-In Classics?
Celluloid Confessions?
35mm Hah-Cha-chas?

 

I like Drive-In Classics. I'll go with that. 

 

Drive in's are great, we have one a few hours away from my house

 

I'm very jealous. There's something nostalgic and slightly romantic about Drive-In's, and we have nothing like that out here. 

[SporkFu]

I like Drive-In Classics. I'll go with that.

I liked that one too

[Lady Artifice]

I've now watched Hail, Caesar! in theaters for the second time, and I still love it just as much as I did in the beginning. I'm really looking forward to the Blu-ray.  

 

It's really quotable. "Squint! Squint against the grandeur!"

 

 

If anyone wants biopics, I'd recommend, in addition to Lincoln, Walk the Line for a great movie about an American legend, and Alexander: Final Cut, this movie is by no means great, in many ways its not even good, but I do give it props for trying to tell the story of one of the greatest men who ever walked the planet.

 

Is the final cut of Alexander much different from the theatrical version?

 

I really disliked the theatrical version.

[Steelcan]

it structures the film differently moving around some scenes in the chronology, adds in a ton of cut scenes that flesh out the movie more, but as I said its by no means great and quite often not even very good.

[Lady Artifice]

I just watched Big Hero 6 yesterday. I really enjoyed it. The characters were really endearing, and there were a lot of nods to classic superhero origin stories. 

[Donk]

Alright, I've decided I'm going to see Batman VS Superman later on in the week. I was going to wait till it hit blu ray and rent it out, but I can't wait any more

[SardaukarElite]

I would like to remind you all that The Fifth Element is great. 

[nightscrawl]

I just watched the 2015 live-action Cinderella. It was pretty good. Lady Rose from Downton Abbey is 'Ella (the perfect choice, IMO), Rob Stark from Game of Thrones is the Prince (he plays twitterpated really well), Helena Bonham Carter is the Fairy Godmother, and Cate Blanchett is the Stepmother.

 

Kenneth Branagh directs. I quite like him as a director; he puts extra little touches in that can really make a movie. It's modeled after the Disney animated Cinderella, so for this one she does have her friendship with the animals, but it's just a little extra bit; they don't talk or sing or anything of that sort, but rather just seem to have a bit more sentience than normal animals. The transformation sequences were friggin' awesome. It was all very sweet and nice.

 

I wouldn't watch it again, it wasn't that kind of movie for me and I can only take so much fairy tale mush, but it was a good one-off movie.

[HuldraDancer]

Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

 

Found this on Netflix and really really enjoyed it, though I did get a bit of a Jade Empire vibe from a certain aspect of the movie which might of caused me to like it more. While the CGI on it is 'ehhhhh' the movie is still very visually pleasing to look at, found myself watching it a second time just to enjoy the visuals more.

 

[nightscrawl]

 

Woo I love westerns and The Magnificent Seven (and the original Seven Samurai) is one of my favorite concepts. So looking forward to this one.