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Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 5th, 2016, 7:25 pm
by Bacon
New thread. Continued from:
http://www.nolanfans.com/forums/viewtop ... 7#p1046487
So yeah, I'm gonna try and take a look at a bunch of movies I should've already seen by now.
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 5th, 2016, 7:36 pm
by Michaelf2225
Babel
i'm really not a fan of pre-Birdman Inarritu
sorry
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 3:52 am
by ArmandFancypants
@
Bacon
In line with what Vader was saying, personally what I did was look at a few lists and try and go through them - my main list at first was the IMDb top 250
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Which has a few "adventurous" picks on there but is mostly fairly accessible, and you will see you've probably already seen quite a few.
What I've been working on for a few years since completing that is the TSPDT top 1,000
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000 ... _table.php
Which is nifty. And much more diverse. But a bit more advanced.
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 6:05 am
by MyCocaine
The Hitcher
I was captivated throughout. Rutger Hauer at his best. Also, the cinematography was beautiful.
I see a lot of similarities between Nolan's Joker and Hauer's character. It's quite striking actually.
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 7:48 am
by Nomis
Trolljegeren
This was pretty meh
also new thread yay
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 11:01 am
by 4N Legend
Four Lions
Holy hell, this has to be the funniest movie I've seen in years. Going to rewatch it as many times as I can
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 11:25 am
by Michaelf2225
Michaelf2225 wrote:Babel
i'm really not a fan of pre-Birdman Inarritu
sorry
Sorry, but more on this because I'm so peeved about it.
I LOVE both
Birdman and
The Revenant which is why I'm so mad I wasted two and a half hours on this boring, pseudo-intellectual, piece of depression porn. It's got this cool concept of the interweaving narratives featuring a stellar cast of people who sometimes never even meet (in the film or otherwise) each other. The acting is good across the board, the editing is really good, and I always appreciate well done handheld camera work. But, none of the stories ever go anywhere. You've essentially got two and a half hours of these characters going through horrible situations, and (in my opinion) a totally unnecessary story of a suicidal, sex addicted, deaf-mute girl who has almost no relation to the rest of the overarching story with Brad Pitt's character - and the worst part is, there's absolutely no payoff. It never goes anywhere - I felt completely robbed by this pretentious piece of shit.
In
Birdman and
The Revenant, we have characters that suffer, and we see them actually grow. Michael Keaton goes from a depressed, suicidal, washed up actor, to a man, who at the end, literally (or figuratively) flies away, into the sky. DiCaprio achieves his goal. We see him go on this journey of horrific suffering, to finally getting what he needed for self-fulfillment. He learns that "revenge is in God's hands."
Babel has none of that. It's a well made turd that thinks it's some high art but is realistically just a pretentious snoozefest.
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 11:32 am
by ArmandFancypants
4N Legend wrote:Four Lions
Holy hell, this has to be the funniest movie I've seen in years. Going to rewatch it as many times as I can
welcome
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 11:45 am
by 4N Legend
ArmandFancypants wrote:4N Legend wrote:Four Lions
Holy hell, this has to be the funniest movie I've seen in years. Going to rewatch it as many times as I can
welcome
So glad I found this film. Any similar recommendations?
Re: Last Film You Watched? VI
Posted: September 6th, 2016, 12:00 pm
by ArmandFancypants
4N Legend wrote:ArmandFancypants wrote:4N Legend wrote:Four Lions
Holy hell, this has to be the funniest movie I've seen in years. Going to rewatch it as many times as I can
welcome
So glad I found this film. Any similar recommendations?
In the Loop is a very close cousin, since Iannucci and Morris both got their start together.
Most of the other material to delve into is on TV - Alan Partridge and
The Day Today of course, and
The Thick of It.