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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ConcreteMascara

Gaspar Noe's "I Stand Alone" and Hideo Gosha's "Three Outlaw Samurai" are on deck for tonight. I've never watched either and I'm excited for both. Report to follow...
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Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 28, 2012, 11:40:10 PM
Gaspar Noe's "I Stand Alone" and Hideo Gosha's "Three Outlaw Samurai" are on deck for tonight. I've never watched either and I'm excited for both. Report to follow...


Excellent choices both. Classic cinema. Found this today on yt. Been wanting to see this for a long time.

Macabre ( Rumah Dara )
Indonesia, 2009
Slasher.


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Black_Angkar

Quote from: online prowler on October 28, 2012, 08:00:15 PM
Kotoko (2011)

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto.



Avail on DVD & BR//
http://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/kotoko



Somehow I've missed all about this. Just read about its existence earlier today. Is it good then? And in which direction does he take it, violent or more mellow?

bitewerksMTB

Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 28, 2012, 11:40:10 PM
Gaspar Noe's "I Stand Alone" and Hideo Gosha's "Three Outlaw Samurai" are on deck for tonight. I've never watched either and I'm excited for both. Report to follow...


If you like samurai films, check out TRAIL OF BLOOD. It's one of the most violent. I missed out on a check used copy at a local store; never thought someone else would want it so I kept putting it off & bam! it was gone when I went back for it.

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Quote from: bitewerksMTB on October 28, 2012, 11:13:25 PM
I thought BULLHEAD was awful or, at least, most of it. I like the plot but something about the way it was done just didn't fly for me.

Watched William Castle's first film, MACABRE, last night & now playing is SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY.

Got a small pile of dvd's here waiting for cold weather viewing: The Devils, The Killer Snakes, Horror Express, & Night of the Devils.

Strangely I haven't gotten around to watching Russel's The Devils. Have to do it one of these days. Horror Express and Night of the Devils seems like good picks. Found H.E. on yt, might see it there, even though I dislike the quality of the uploads.

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Quote from: Black_Angkar on October 29, 2012, 06:09:42 AM
Quote from: online prowler on October 28, 2012, 08:00:15 PM
Kotoko (2011)

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto.



Avail on DVD & BR//
http://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/kotoko



Somehow I've missed all about this. Just read about its existence earlier today. Is it good then? And in which direction does he take it, violent or more mellow?


Just bought the dvd, haven't seen it yet. But will put in a word when I have. Like the trailer and the frame of the story. Think it holds promise. Worshippers of Tetsuo will probably be disappointed. A friend of mine was working behind the scenes on this film. According to her, the main actress was in private quite close to her screen persona.

FreakAnimalFinland

Was visiting this R-kioski kult store and they had 5 dvd's for 10 euro discount for dvd's taken out from rental. Pretty good deal, so had a chance to see some quite recent movies.
Conan new version - not all that bad, but needless to say, absolutely rubbish compared to the original. I hate how all the new action / adventure / horror looks so artificial and computer made and way too "perfect". It makes me wonder if all the big movies are simply equivalent of big mainstream music - and where is the well done and neat movies which look good?
Cabin In The Woods - has been said to be good. It was ok, but again, same as above. Too neat, too nice looking actors & actresses, story what is kind of nice with its twists, but in other hand quite foolish.
Unknown - with Liam Neeson starring. Actually best of these 3. Decent story, british thriller based on french novel. So I guess you can expect more than from those above.. You will pretty much realize where movie is heading quite early on, but it's still entertaining and well done.
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Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
1970.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe
pinku.



A girl gang. Sex. Hunting. What's not to like?

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ConcreteMascara

So follow up on the earlier post...

Three Outlaw Samurai was good stuff. A lot of the more famous samurai flicks don't have a lot of swordplay, well that's no problem here. Lots of people get cut up in increasingly bloody fashion. The film has a very cynical view of loyalty and honor, more so than most samurai films. I'd even be willing to call out nihilistic to a degree. Definitely recommended to those interested in the genre of chambara.

I have not watched I Stand Alone yet, hopefully I'll get to it tonight. Instead I watched Kwaidan which has been sitting on my shelf for a year. Basically the film is broken into 4 segments, each telling a different Japanese folk tale/ghost story. The sets, costumes and especially the painted back drops are all surreal and dream like, creating a dreamy and psychedelic setting. At almost 3 hours I thought I'd get bored, but each story is compelling and quite different from the others. Highly recommended.

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In A Glass Cage....why did i take so long to watch this? Great. really grabbed me .....

ConcreteMascara

last night in honor of Halloween watched:

The Tenant (Polanski) - a weird movie. I never knew where it was going or who the boogie man was, which wound up being one of the best parts of it. The ending is pretty great. I was disappointed that Isabelle Adjani's role wasn't more substantial though.

Demons (Bava) - I would not be surprised if their was a world wide coke shortage in 1985 after watching this. Demons, katanas, dirt bikes, pimps, exploding demon pimples, grappling hooks, and coke heads. It's like a bunch of individually fun/cool things were all thrown in a blender, and Demons is the result. All of the scenes without Demons or drug addicts are painful and boring, but thankfully it's mostly violence.

The Last House on the Left (Craven) - My girlfriend's first time watching. still holds up. RIP David Hess
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Chained dir by Jennifer Lynch- not that great. Decent story that could have been executed better. Also, what's up with films about sexual murder but no nudity?

Last Man on Earth- Vincent Price classic

Last night I gave KILL LIST another shot & liked it much more the 2nd time around. The violence didn't seem as cartoonish, the acting as overdramatic, & that hand-crushing scene is just brutal!

Rikki-O: The Story of Ricky- this may be the best HongKong film ever made! So ridiculously retarded & over the top.

Devil Dog: Hound of Hell- '70s tv movie about an evil German Shepard who turns brother/sister & mother, evil. Grabbing Zoltan, Dracula's Dog now, figure it'll make a good pairing

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INTRUDER- 1898 gore film has one of the dumbest plots ever

DEAD AT NIGHT aka DEATHDREAM dir by Bob Clark followed by George A. Romero's MARTIN- love Martin & Dead at Night runs a bit slow but has a great soundtrack with some really cool scenes

algiz

A.C.A.B. - a nice Italien movie about the lives of riot cops. Not really controversial I guess but still a good film.

tiny_tove

On the same line I have recently watched "L'ultimo ultras".

Violent movie about an Italian hooligan moving from his hometown after accidentally killing a supporer of another team.
It starts pretty well, but then it turns into a desaster where the only credible things are the leading actor himself (badass) and the presence of several well-known members of real hooligan groups.
The story is quite embarassing, most other actors are dreadful.
But I must admit it explains pretty well radical ultras mentality.

Anyway, the first and the last 10 minutes are impressive.
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