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

Started by GEWALTMONOPOL, December 29, 2009, 06:31:05 PM

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bitewerksMTB

Hot as hell yesterday so stayed inside after a couple hours sweating in a garage & a shed. Watched the uncut dvd of Friday the 13th. Not sure what extras there are other than a second here, a second there that no one would notice. Followed it up with The Killer Snakes which was very Asian-centric. Also watched Pieces.

Read the synopsis for The Act of Killing & it's  a real head-scratcher.  Who the hell had the idea of asking a war criminal to make a movie about his crimes?!? Needless to say, it sounds like a Must See!

ConcreteMascara

watched and very much enjoyed Bay of Blood and Black Sunday recently. Hoping to watch my The Burning this weekend, which I haven't seen before.
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martialgodmask

Sunshine (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/?ref_=sr_3

So many things wrong with this film, it had promise and then ripped it away with a very poor direction change that then got worse. Rubbish, not recommended.

online prowler

Quote from: martialgodmask on July 12, 2013, 12:46:03 PM
Sunshine (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/?ref_=sr_3

So many things wrong with this film, it had promise and then ripped it away with a very poor direction change that then got worse. Rubbish, not recommended.

This one is utter crap. Couldn't be bothered w finishing it even. New film Trance seem to have a bit of potential.


Horrors of malformed men
Directed by Teruo Ishii, 1969.
From Toei studio. Ero guro (erotic-grotesque) sub-genre of Pinku.

Psychedelic beauty. Highly recommended.









TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxZ6oZWO9pQ



martialgodmask

Quote from: online prowler on July 15, 2013, 12:55:25 AM
Quote from: martialgodmask on July 12, 2013, 12:46:03 PM
Sunshine (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/?ref_=sr_3

So many things wrong with this film, it had promise and then ripped it away with a very poor direction change that then got worse. Rubbish, not recommended.

This one is utter crap. Couldn't be bothered w finishing it even. New film Trance seem to have a bit of potential.


Hmm, just watched the trailer, looks quite good and I like Vincent Cassel so I'll keep an eye out for it.

ghoulson

Call Girl: One of the best swedish movies I've seen in a long time.... should be possible to download with english subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1977739/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOT7vDPYCT0

Levas

Dark Skies - nice horror/sci-fi movie. Aliens are choosing and abducting people. The movie focuses on one family and happenings in their house. Enjoyable.

The Tall Man - also decent movie and you reverse the "who are good and bad" in this movie a few times, but the ending though should be very clever twist most likely, gets quite ridiculous. This follows some myth that some tall guy is stealing people's children and there are loads of them missing.

The Call - about a 911 call operator and the work of theirs. pretty good and intense movie - abducted girl calls 911 and we follow the happenings how the operator and police tries to save her. I'd say quite unusual angle, but ok.

Top of the Lake - I've been recommended this movie after writing here about these crime series. This is from New Zealand. I was expecting some straight crime/detective movie, but this is a little more towards drama. It quite differs from those Scandinavian movies in almost everything, but the scenery is nice and overall it was good. The main storyline follows a disappearance of a pregnant 12 year old daughter of a local drug lord. Interesting characters and overall good development.

Chocolate - Thai martial arts movie about an autistic girl who tries to collect money from those bad guys who are in debt for her mother :) Well, enjoyable. Nice movies of the young main actress. But if you're not into martial arts movies, there is nothing else to see here.

online prowler

Quote from: ghoulson on July 15, 2013, 03:13:13 PM
Call Girl: One of the best swedish movies I've seen in a long time.... should be possible to download with english subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1977739/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOT7vDPYCT0

Been waiting for that one for a while. Think it have high potential, trailer looks good, and for once Norwegian actors are doing a good job as well.

Rewatch soon:

GOYOKIN (1969)
Director: Hideo Gosha

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmryODkwsc

HongKongGoolagong

Quote from: martialgodmask on July 07, 2013, 01:42:05 PM
Quote from: bitewerksMTB on July 06, 2013, 10:08:38 PM
I saw The Hurt Locker in the theater & it was good but found it not as interesting during more recent viewings esp on tv with edits. The movie is specifically about U.S. soldiers who defuse bombs  hence the  'U.S.-centric/military angle'...

I know, I was stating the obvious somewhat wasn't I? Ha. To clarify, my "complaint" was that a couple of people had done well to convince me that it went deeper than that which I personally didn't pick up.

It's a silly idea that an embedded journalist (from whose experiences came the screenplay) would get to see much reality at all of the war.

FWIW, my bandmate who was in the first Gulf War says the depressing and bleak 'Jarhead' is the only movie he's seen which was close to the reality that he remembers.

There's a decent British movie "Route Irish" by Ken Loach focussing on private security firms in Iraq. Worth a watch.

Levas

Seen a few purely entertaining mainstream movies like Redemption where J. Statham is once again on revenge spree though not that much fighting, Dead Man Down and Trance. All of them are ok to see, but nothing more. I liked Deathwatch - nice horror/war movie with hints of supernatural. Very nice mood in the movie - rain and mud. Also Someone Down There Likes Me. A budget of ~6000 euros, for the bigger part of the actors this was the only movie they took part ever, but it is good. A man becomes disabled after the serious beating and spends his time in the wheelchair while his wife starts drinking and fucking with random dudes. One night their home are assaulted, wife and daughter raped and murder and so the guy is visited by satan and goes on revenge spree. Not that much gore, etc., but worth watching.

harorld

Recently saw (and loved)

Onibaba (鬼婆) (1964) (Japan)



Babette's Feast



Rolling Thunder



Polanski's "Ghost Writer"


bitewerksMTB

Watched DJANGO UNCHAINED the other night. It's awful. Too bad QT didn't really blow himself up in the end.

Has anyone seen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(Danish/Swedish_TV_series) ?

US version has started & it's off to an ok start. I just noticed last night that it's based on the above.

Levas

Yeah, I think I mentioned Bridge with all the other crime series. It is truly good. I don't know about the US version and I'm thinking whether it's worth watching or not. Somehow I feel that Scandinavian version is better..

bitewerksMTB

I'm pretty sure you mentioned it & I looked it up at the time. I'm sure the orig. is better. Here's info on the U.S. series:

http://www.fxnetworks.com/thebridge

I don't like the lead actress. She's portrayed as all-business & impersonal but doesn't pull it off very well.

online prowler

Quote from: harorld on July 18, 2013, 08:21:41 PM
Onibaba (鬼婆) (1964)
Babette's Feast
Rolling Thunder

Onibaba is a masterpiece. Did you ever see Kaidan - another gem by Masaki Kobayashi - the guy who directed Seppuku aka Harakiri? Have Babette's Feast and
Rolling Thunder on my list. Looking forward to see those, especially RT w a script by Paul Schrader.