[quote]silverblood wrote:
If you haven’t watched The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa put it on your list. also ad Yojimbo and the Hidden Fortress.
you’ve probably watched some movies inspired by his work. he kinda started entire genres.
Seven Samurai- The Magnificent Seven, The Guns of Navarone, and The Dirty Dozen to name a few. some say that this was the first film in which a team is assembled to carry out a mission.
Yojimbo- A Fistful of Dollars. spaghetti westerns were born
Hidden Fortress- inspired some dude named George Lucas to do a relatively unknown series. think it was called Star Wars.
also one of the coolest posters[/quote]
One of my best buddies (not the guy who ran the arthouse theatre, ironically) has original stills from this framed all over his house. Somehow I’ve never seen it.
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
Locke with Tom Hardy[/quote]
This one went under my radar for some reason. A little surprised I never heard of it.
And the premise about a man who is thrust into a situation that forces him to visit his past sins is what I’m referring to in my previous post about interesting characters and themes.
Added to my list. Thanks.[/quote]
Quite intense film, pretty well made as well. Isn’t what I expected but he plays a good character and is definitely worth 90 minutes of anyone’s time.
[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:
So, MinotaurXXX is Big Kahuna right? [/quote]
I thought so, but Minotaur is Californian and Big Kahuna is Spanish.
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LOL
Have no clue who this Big Kahuna is so I did a search.
He strikes me as a cool, intelligent guy. But I’m not him. If you don’t believe me, that’s no skin off my back.
He has Pulp Fiction movie poster as his avatar, so I presume it’s one of his favorite movies. I agree it’s a good movie, I wouldn’t consider it great. And it’s definitely not one of my favorites.
You can read my first post to see I give Casablanca, The Last Emperor, Gone with the Wind, Apocalypse Now (original theatrical version) 5 minotaurs. And on 7-19-2014 I wrote about The Red Shoes, another one I give 5. I doubt this Big Kahuna is even aware of that one, although ironically both he and the movie are British.
[quote]MinotaurXXX wrote:
And on 7-19-2014 I wrote about The Red Shoes, another one I give 5. I doubt this Big Kahuna is even aware of that one, although ironically both he and the movie are British.
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You’ve just invented meta-criticism. Fuck me. You’re a genius.
[quote]MinotaurXXX wrote:
And on 7-19-2014 I wrote about The Red Shoes, another one I give 5. I doubt this Big Kahuna is even aware of that one, although ironically both he and the movie are British.
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You’ve just invented meta-criticism. Fuck me. You’re a genius. [/quote]
Meta criticism has been around for a while.
btw, do you EVER have anything constructive to contribute to ANY thread?
[quote]silverblood wrote:
If you haven’t watched The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa put it on your list. also ad Yojimbo and the Hidden Fortress.
you’ve probably watched some movies inspired by his work. he kinda started entire genres.
Seven Samurai- The Magnificent Seven, The Guns of Navarone, and The Dirty Dozen to name a few. some say that this was the first film in which a team is assembled to carry out a mission.
Yojimbo- A Fistful of Dollars. spaghetti westerns were born
Hidden Fortress- inspired some dude named George Lucas to do a relatively unknown series. think it was called Star Wars.
also one of the coolest posters[/quote]
Haven’t seen Yojimbo and Hidden Fortress yet. Always fun to see movies that inspired the more well-known stuff.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Anyone here seen “Take Shelter” with Michael Shannon? Thought it was awesome. It’s done by the same guy who did “Mud” with McConoughey. Both are definitely worth watching asap.
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Haven’t seen Take Shelter.
Interesting you were impressed with Mud. I think it just missed the mark but that’s the fun about talking movies.
Staying in Brazil, I recently watched and enjoyed Elite Squad and Elite Squad: Enemy Within about the Brazilian police unit tasked with taking out the drug gangs in the favelas. It’s the same guys shown on TV in the run up to the World Cup!
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Saw Elite Squad: Enemy Within. Feel free to give more suggestions on Brazilian or any other movies. Thanks.
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
The Double. Really good intense film[/quote]
oh no! You mean the one with the dude from The Social Network? I hated that movie![/quote]
Haven’t seen it but I did watch Enemy (with Jake Gyllenhaal) which also deals with the ‘evil twin’ theme. It’s one of those movies that will fascinate some and infuriate others.
Technically, it was quite good, especially the cinematography. Gyllenhaal gives an outstanding performance. And Sarah Gadon is breath taking.
Overall, I WON’T recommend this one because I personally feel that symbolism alone, no matter how clever, is rarely enough to carry a novel or a movie. Also, (listen up, David Lynch fans) ambiguity does NOT confer genius. Reminds me of the phrase, “If you can’t impress them with brilliance, dazzle them with bullshit.”
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
The Double. Really good intense film[/quote]
oh no! You mean the one with the dude from The Social Network? I hated that movie![/quote]
Haven’t seen it but I did watch Enemy (with Jake Gyllenhaal) which also deals with the ‘evil twin’ theme. It’s one of those movies that will fascinate some and infuriate others.
Technically, it was quite good, especially the cinematography. Gyllenhaal gives an outstanding performance. And Sarah Gadon is breath taking.
Overall, I WON’T recommend this one because I personally feel that symbolism alone, no matter how clever, is rarely enough to carry a novel or a movie. Also, (listen up, David Lynch fans) ambiguity does NOT confer genius. Reminds me of the phrase, “If you can’t impress them with brilliance, dazzle them with bullshit.” [/quote]
I started watching Enemy but had to turn it off after about 20 minutes. I don’t expect to have everything spelled out to me in crayon but I like to have some sort of idea of what the fuck is going on. There was too much “movement” for wont of a better word.
I was disappointed in both the film and myself because I like Dostoevsky.
As and aside The Social Network can suck my plums. It gets a quarter of a Pair of Diddies. My summary “Facebook is cool. Lawyers are cool. But let’s sex it up to make sure it’s extra cool.”