Seven Samurai and Rashomon are probably my favorite Kurosawa films.
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A mate of mine works in film and TV mainly as a editor. A few years ago a friend of his was working for SBS, a local TV station, and they were showing the 7 Samurai and all he had to do was put on each tape and then cue it in. Sadly just before he was due to put the last part on, which was just the last few minutes and the titles, he nodded off so just as the climax of the film approached everything went blank. The 15 people watching went mental but to no effect.
Nearly 3.5 hours of watching only to miss the last few minutes
Nearly 3.5 hours of watching only to miss the last few minutes
Mary and Max An Aussie claymation feature for adults. The story of 2 pen pal sad cases, one Aussie and one yank. The funniest and most poignant film that I have seen in years and certainly one of the best, if not the best, Aussie film in forever. Everyone should watch this film, it is that good. 9.5/10
I have only watched Seven Samurai, Rashomon & Yojimbo, with the first one mentioned being my favorite by quite a large margin.
That'd piss me off.A mate of mine works in film and TV mainly as a editor. A few years ago a friend of his was working for SBS, a local TV station, and they were showing the 7 Samurai and all he had to do was put on each tape and then cue it in. Sadly just before he was due to put the last part on, which was just the last few minutes and the titles, he nodded off so just as the climax of the film approached everything went blank. The 15 people watching went mental but to no effect.
Nearly 3.5 hours of watching only to miss the last few minutes
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Have you watched Mary and Max?
If not you should.
Have you watched Mary and Max?
If not you should.
No I have not. Will look into it though.
I had low expectations but ended up laughing myself silly and wiping tears away as other times. Not a bad combination.
Afraid I'm not as clued in on Aussie movies as I am other countries. Any recommendations, outside of Mad Max and those movies?
Getting Square is a great comedy.
Watched Pontypool the other day, Wibbs. I'd say it was an interesting idea but I didn't do much for me in terms of thrills or chills - was a horror movie afterall. And the underlying message was something along the lines of:
The public will believe anything reported/said by media. . . no matter how ridiculous?
Try these.
Proof, Little Fish, The Boys, Shine, The Castle, Breaker Morant, The year my voice broke, The Piano, Muriel's Wedding, Angel Baby, Cosi, The Interview, Two Hands, Rabbit Proof Fence and Samson and Delilah.
Proof, Little Fish, The Boys, Shine, The Castle, Breaker Morant, The year my voice broke, The Piano, Muriel's Wedding, Angel Baby, Cosi, The Interview, Two Hands, Rabbit Proof Fence and Samson and Delilah.
Maybe but there were moments in the first half of the film where they didn't know what was going on that were a bit unnerving. Unlike most horror films.
You forgot the legendary "BMX Bandits".
I try to.
Watch Shine and Breaker Morant ole.
Someone on here also named Bad Boy Bubby as one of his all time favourites. I've not seen it yet, but it's now at the top of my shortlist.
Which one is the jail movie about that legendary Aussie criminal? I enjoyed that one.
And Romper Stomper is quite decent from what I can recall.
And Romper Stomper is quite decent from what I can recall.
I'd include 'Once Were Warriors' to piss them off.
Chopper is the one you mean, not a bad film albeit slightly embellished in parts. The real life Chopper insists he's never hit a woman.
Yeah, that's the one! The guy who played the protagonist did a great job I thought. They probably took some liberties with the story, but I enjoyed watching the film.
No not yet. If it is anything like Blair Witch I'm not sure that I'll bother.
It's a million times better than Pontypool. Trust me.
And to be fair that's bollocks.
and to be fair, they were indeed!
Lantana was very good also.
Lantana bored the arse of me despite me wanting to like it.
Well, Paranormal Activity is a pile of boring shit (1/10). Derek Acorah probably loves it though, the fraudulent prick.
Zombieland was pretty good (6/10). 2012 was just a big, noisy turd (2/10). Terminator Salvation was not as bad as I was led to believe (5/10).
That concludes my round-up.
Zombieland was pretty good (6/10). 2012 was just a big, noisy turd (2/10). Terminator Salvation was not as bad as I was led to believe (5/10).
That concludes my round-up.
Ninja Assassin. It's very predictable. The plot is a bit laughable. The action is pretty good. That saves the movie from being complete shit.
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Watched this and to be honest did not understand much of it.
A low budget film but very well shot.
The ending was a nice twist which I did not see coming and did make me think a bit.
Watched this and to be honest did not understand much of it.
A low budget film but very well shot.
The ending was a nice twist which I did not see coming and did make me think a bit.
You can tell from your description alone that this must be an Adam Elliot film. Had wondered what he was up to.
'Brother', 'Uncle' and 'Cousin' are fantastic short animations and Harvey Crumpet is one of the best. Check them out if you haven't already. He's up there with Nick Park in my opinion as an animator and story teller.
One and the same. I haven't seen any of his other stuff but I will watch Harvie Krumpet later this week. I think that won an oscar for best short animation didn't it?
This must surely win the animated feature this year.
This must surely win the animated feature this year.
Same here. And it was a set text when I was in high school so I had to suffer through it two or three times. Arse-numbing stuff.
The play it's adapted from, 'Speaking in Tongues', is genuinely brilliant though.
Does anyone know if Big Fish has a follow up film?
Law Abiding Citizen: Surprisingly good. It's a daft, gory thrill ride played well by a good cast. I liked it, but the ending is dreadful. 6.5/10
I watched it last week too and had the same feeling. It was good until the ending which ruined the whole move for me. It had the potential to be a strong 8 out of 10 movie if it hadn't been for the ending. It's nothing more than 7 out of 10 instead.
The Long Good Friday - Bob Hoskins/Langdin/cockneys and Helen Mirren. Very enjoyable movie, a complete throwback. Love the way its shot and the sound track especially. Well worth a watch 7.5/10
The Baader-Meinhof Complex, it was interesting (it covers a period of German history I wasn't overly familiar with) and well acted although it seemed in a rush to fit a little too much in and it suffered for it.