Yeah, I'd go with these, and include The Fortune Cookie - mainly because it has the added bonus of starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau - and Stalag 17, one of the great under-rated P.O.W films.
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Yeah, I'd go with these, and include The Fortune Cookie - mainly because it has the added bonus of starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau - and Stalag 17, one of the great under-rated P.O.W films.
just finished watching American Beauty for an assignment (explore it as a examination of suburban life if anyone wants to help 
) forgot how much I enjoyed it the first time around. It may be overly sentimental in parts but overall its a good feel good movie.
Also watched blue velvet (same assignment) this was my first exposure to lynch except for snippets of twin peaks and I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to and Dennis hopper is absolutely amazing in it.
) forgot how much I enjoyed it the first time around. It may be overly sentimental in parts but overall its a good feel good movie.Also watched blue velvet (same assignment) this was my first exposure to lynch except for snippets of twin peaks and I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to and Dennis hopper is absolutely amazing in it.
I hated American Beauty. Worst movie to win the Oscar ever.
Agreed about American beauty. Spacy winning was bollocks as well
Watched Layer Cake last night, wasn't as good as I hoped it to be. 6/10
Has anybody reviewed 30 days of night? I'm meant to be going to see this so I want to know if it's worth it...
I have to agree....Wilder is amongst the cream of the crop as far as directors go. I've seen Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity, Ace in the Hole, and Witness for the Prosecution so far. They were all excellent films.
I didn't know they were all directed by Wilder till yesterday.
Watched City Lights and Safety Last yesterday, enjoyed them both, immensely. . . Chaplin and Harold Lloyd were both genius' in their own way. Most of you have probably seen City Lights, but I'd recommend Safety Last to anyone, I think Harold Lloyd did his own stunts, some absolutely crazy ones. I saw The Freshman a couple of days ago, by the same person, and even though it was a decent watch, it wasn't a patch on Safety Last.
I'll have to check out:
Modern Times
The Circus
The Gold Rush
The Kid
(all Chaplin)
Modern Times
The Circus
The Gold Rush
The Kid
(all Chaplin)
Drawing up another list(this way I can keep tabs):
Modern Times(loved City Lights)
Touch of Evil
Les Diaboliques
Out of the Past
African Queen
White Heat
Stalag 17
Witness for the Prosecution
One, Two, Three
Ace in the Hole(last 4 all Wilder)
(will add some more later)
Modern Times(loved City Lights)
Touch of Evil
Les Diaboliques
Out of the Past
African Queen
White Heat
Stalag 17
Witness for the Prosecution
One, Two, Three
Ace in the Hole(last 4 all Wilder)
(will add some more later)
Of course I was.
Die Hard 4 did exactly what it meant to do. Have Bruce rampage about as stuff blew up before winning against the odds and killing the bad guy.
The Bourne films try to be action thrillers with a plot but fail to even deliver the "designed for film" plot contained in the books. If they had the films might have been half decent. But they were largely incoherent.
His Dark Materials worth a read, Wibbs?
I have no idea. Aren't they fantasy books for kids?
By Pullman, I think Northern Lights has been made into a film called Goldern Compass.
Fantastic books, strong atheist undertones, all in all good stuff
There not specifically for kids though, are they? (unlike say Harry Potter)
Nope, the people who reccomended them to me were all in their 20's or 30's. It is fantasy though so it depends on whether you like fantasy or find it a bit kiddy.
I don't mind fantasy. I like sci fi and all. Have you read anything by Asimov?
No i'm not actually a huge reader, more into Film and TV, which means that anything i read must have been very highly reccomended and if i stuck through it then it must have been decent.
Foundation and I, Robot by Asimov interest me. Anyone on here read them?
Nope. I stick to books about movies.
No. I did read a good book about film noir called "The Dark Side of the Screen"
I've seen 20 odd films in less than a fortnight.
I've not watched a whole lot lately. Been busy with other various stuff. I think I need to watch something that will get me going again. Recommend me something, el presidente.
Not sure I can recommend you anything that you've not already seen. Safety Last! was very good, you may not have seen it, then again that's not possible. Save the Green Planet(korean) will interest you.
Save the Green Planet is a good movie.
I think I've seen every decent Korean flick made.
That's quite a bold statement to make.
Well, I've seen shedloads. I went through a period of watching Korean flicks.
How many of those were of Korean lesbians?
Which was your favourite of the Park Chan Wook revenge triliogy???
None sadly. I also watched most of Takeshi Miike's films. Strange few months.
I've seen a couple of his, never been a huge fan.
Oldboy.
American Gangster, shite movie, too long!
Apocalypto, excellent movie!
Apocalypto, excellent movie!
I loved his films, all expect for Happiness of the Katakuris, which I thought was plain wrong.
Haven't seen that one yet. One of my roommates has it, haven't made the time to watch it. I will say that I did enjoy City of Lost Souls. At times he can do some great things, but that's negated by his too far off the wall bits.
In this order: Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Mr. Vengeance.