Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

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bitewerksMTB

SNOWTOWN MURDERS- watched it twice; first time, i wasn't fully aware of the story so first half felt pretty intense but then seemed to lose it starting with the killing of the dog & a couple other scenes that were sort of pointless. 2nd viewing, i fell the same way esp after reading the wikipedia on John Bunting. not a bad film but it seems like they left out some crucial details that would have made it more interesting (Bunting killing the junkie b/c he was annoyed at getting pricked by a used needle & one victim was hanged in the woods). be sure to watch the extra about the real murders- basically just text running over, i'm guessing, the residents of Snowtown.

KILL LIST- i had a torrent d/l'd but never watched it. i would have never made it through it on the pc. basically just a ridiculous plot. it may have worked if all the arguments & emotion had been left out. the big climax was too long also. the violence seemed cartoonish too (along with the skuffle in the kitchen). 'the librarian' would have been brutal if it wasn't so intentionally over the top (the hand was pretty nasty). it's like the dir watched an action movie then watched The Wicker Man...

martialgodmask

Quote from: bitewerksMTB on August 18, 2012, 06:39:13 PMit's like the dir watched an action movie then watched The Wicker Man...

Exactly what I said to the guy I borrowed it from.

FreakAnimalFinland

EXTREME PREJUDICE (1987).
Fuck, '87?! I wonder what is the last year when ruthless action films reign supreme? If you'd now make film about Texas rangers in drug war and military op going bad, I guess you'd end up with some BS in style of Fast & Furious. This is pure gold. One could watch films like this every day. Nick Nolte doing his thing as fairly emotionless ranger. Can't think any big name actors of today who could pull role like this.
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online prowler

Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on August 30, 2012, 05:50:43 PM
EXTREME PREJUDICE (1987).
Fuck, '87?! I wonder what is the last year when ruthless action films reign supreme? If you'd now make film about Texas rangers in drug war and military op going bad, I guess you'd end up with some BS in style of Fast & Furious. This is pure gold. One could watch films like this every day. Nick Nolte doing his thing as fairly emotionless ranger. Can't think any big name actors of today who could pull role like this.

Haven't seen this in a while. Remember this as a decent aktion flick. Modern western slash one-man-army mayhem. Will revisit one of these days.

Envoke Philippe Grandrieux's SOMBRE (Fr. 1998).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqQPs_FasI&feature=related

Dark, barren, abstract horror/murder story. Much like a Dennis Cooper poems only visually. Be sure to check his other features La vie nouvelle and Un lac.



ConcreteMascara

Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on August 30, 2012, 05:50:43 PM
EXTREME PREJUDICE (1987).
Fuck, '87?! I wonder what is the last year when ruthless action films reign supreme? If you'd now make film about Texas rangers in drug war and military op going bad, I guess you'd end up with some BS in style of Fast & Furious. This is pure gold. One could watch films like this every day. Nick Nolte doing his thing as fairly emotionless ranger. Can't think any big name actors of today who could pull role like this.

"Hell, Jack... the only thing worse than a politician is a child molester."

Not quite a classic, but a hell of a lot of fun. And Michael Ironside is in it, which is reason enough to watch almost any movie.
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bitewerksMTB

I'm not sure I've seen E.P. which is weird. Definitely looks like a movie I would have seen on cable tv over the years. I'm a fan of Walter Hill's action films;  his first six films are great: Hard Times, The Driver, The Warriors, Long Riders, Southern Comfort, & 48 Hours.

There's a TX Rangers museum here.  "One Riot, One Ranger" is a great motto. Oddly enough, there's rarely anything in the news about them.

http://www.texasranger.org/history/BriefHistory1.htm

online prowler

TRailer for Peter Strickland's new feature BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO holds promise. Check the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlNCiGVQsd0

Strickland's debut film Katalin Varga is available now on dvd. Highly recommend this flick. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTjObn2W5I&feature=related

martialgodmask

Quote from: Si Clark on September 01, 2012, 12:06:43 AM
Quote from: online prowler on August 31, 2012, 11:07:49 PM
TRailer for Peter Strickland's new feature BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO holds promise. Check the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlNCiGVQsd0
I saw Berberian Sound Studio at a film festival last weekend, it's very good! It was very interesting to see a film where the main focus was on the sound design. Great performance from the main character as he spirals into madness. Recommended.

Really want to see this. Eagerly showed the trailer to my father-in-law who said "that looks a bit weird", to which I nodded and said "Precisely!".

Jaakko V.

Talvisota - The Winter War

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437

Been a long time since I last saw this. Much celebrated war epic about the war between Finland and Soviet Union in the winter of '39-'40. This is a good war movie! Over three hours of Finnish melancholia & mindset, uhh..

So someone uploaded the entire movie on YouTube. Take a peek and get the DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXaSPn7JBfM

martialgodmask

Paranormal Activity 3 - I enjoyed the first one, not seen the second one yet; I think the series gets a bad rep as being Blair Witch-lite. The handycam style suits the subject matter. It's predictable, you get what you expect but certainly worth watching the last 30mins if nothing else!

We Need To Talk About Kevin - BORING. Was told very good things about this. I've not read the book and nor am I likely to so I watched the film and.... it just turns into a very tedious and pretty predictable people film that annoys more than it engages.

Super - awesome. I'm not a big fan of superhero/comic book hero parodies which I initially thought this would be initially, but actually once you get past the very occasional Scott Pilgrim-ness it is really good. Kevin Bacon and Michael Rooker co-star, some nice scenes of unbridled violence and revenge. It became clear that it's a dark comedy rather than a dumb parody which I was thankful of... I've been told Kick-Ass is similar but I'm really struggling to motivate myself to watch Nicolas Cage as a "superhero".

HongKongGoolagong

KILL LIST (dir. Ben Wheatley, 2011)

Among the acres of dross produced by the British film industry, most of it worse than anything Hollywood could imagine, a very very occasional gem comes like Naked, Nil By Mouth, Dead Man's Shoes. I enjoyed his earlier film Down Terrace but wasn't prepared for how great this was. It's a kind of paranoid thriller with hyper-realistic dialogue which eventually becomes a full-on horror movie with some extremely gory splatter scenes. My breath was taken away with how great the acting, cinematography and direction was. I don't really want to say anything that could give away how bizarre and wild the plot is, but will mention that I was reminded of Peckinpah and Kubrick for the skills behind the film, and also of some of their specific films (Straw Dogs, Eyes Wide Shut) as well as a Mike Leigh influence in the superb semi-improvised acting by mostly unknowns. All-time mind-blowing plot twists at the end. Cannot recommend highly enough! but it will give anyone a sleepless night.


HongKongGoolagong

Quote from: bitewerksMTB on September 09, 2012, 09:49:50 PM
You should check out THE WICKER MAN too.

Heh, yeah I know it got extremely mixed reviews & saw your opinion...didn't see much Wicker Man similarity myself though. The long and painful dysfunctional suburban British dinner party at the beginning (absolutely spot on in everyday horror) set the amphetamine comedown tone for me. The writers have almost certainly delved into Dutroux conspiracy theories of high-ranking political blackmail circles and I took the more bizarre aspects of the later film as a worse-case paranoid scenario spin on that stuff...'The MP' being a giveaway. Loved this film so much.

martialgodmask

For me, Kill List doesn't come close to even holding a candle to the likes of Dead Mans Shoes, Nil By Mouth, Tyrannosaur etc. I wanted to enjoy it as much as you obviously did, certainly wasn't blown away by the "twist", thought it was campy and unnecessary. Had it maintained the uncompromising realism of the opening 30mins, I'd've enjoyed it a whole load more I think.

ironfistofthesun

kill list was amazing.....
the wicker man...a total different film in a different decade ...totaly different paganism ...still amazing....

for fans off KILL LIST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3611WRS35N8