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Posted on 11/8/13 at 1:01 pm to Carson123987
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Posted on 11/8/13 at 1:07 pm to Freauxzen
Will do.
Posted on 11/8/13 at 2:19 pm to Baloo
quote:
I'd personally have Rear Window in my Hitchcock top 5, but you could squeeze it out with some combination of these seven:
Vertigo North by Northwest Suspicion Notorious Psycho The Birds Rope
This is why Dial M for Murder is probably the most underrated movie of all time. Like you, Most don't even have it in their top 5 Hitchcock films.
I love that like Psycho, YOU know what happens 30 minutes in. Then you watch and see if THEY can piece the puzzle together. Again, like Psycho, it has a great/subtle detective. Another thing that is truly unique is that Hitch makes this movie wonderful in one freaking room for the entire movie. Like 12 Angry Men, but even more confined. It could be argued that DMfM is possible his most unique film. The Birds maybe has a dog in that fight too. Plus you got Grace Kelly at her finest.
Court is in session,
So there's my defense.
Posted on 11/8/13 at 2:19 pm to Freauxzen
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69. Inception (2005
Shouldnt this be 2010?
Posted on 11/8/13 at 4:07 pm to AUtigerNOLA
Yarp
Fixed.
Fixed.
Posted on 11/8/13 at 4:49 pm to Freauxzen
You could post some of the old write ups huh? I don't think my Ford or Hitchcock director write ups ever got posted in that thread.
Nevermind, I actually found my director write ups on my iPad notes. Not that anybody will read the...
Hitchcock
In 9th grade when I was catcher on my baseball team, I came up with this signal that was meant to tell the pitcher something. It told him just to sling it as hard as you possibly can, typically against a guy I didn't like, and if it hits him, who cares. My signal was just by me sticking my middle finger down to say f**k him. The pitcher typically loved when I did it. Alfred Hitchcock on the other hand, did not just create a cool baseball signal... He basically created the thriller genre. Now that's saying something.
For a lot of directors, the editor is their most important hire. Not Alfred Hitchcock. His films were so perfectly shot/angled/efficiency/timed/technically filmed that he barely even needed one (some films were even unedited). He was his own editor. You can't say that for many directors in the history of film.
Consider this 10 year stretch: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Strangers on a Train (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963). Not to mention he did the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series in that time span too. If you don't look at that catalog and say "wow", you need your head checked or need to turn Fast and the Furious off your TV. Many of those films are some of the best of all time and changed theatre forever. He's like the anti Woody Allen.
This man with this tons of evil thoughts floating around in his head was said to be a pretty cool guy. Some of his films and especially his TV series, show that he funny in a very slight way too. No director, has ever intrigued me so much as this man. One of the more intriguing people of all time for me for that matter. If you, like me, have invented something (probably not the first catcher to flip somebody off, but I'm claiming it)... I'm sorry, if it's not the wheel or fire, it ain't as cool as what Alfred Hitchcock has done.
Akira Kurasawa
One of my favorite scenes in the Lion King is when the hyenas are in the cave being idiots talking to scar. They got to talking about powerful directors and they were like "Kurosawa", "Ooooh... say it again!", "Kurosawa, Kurosawa, KUROSAWA!", "OOOOH. It tingles." Such a good movie.
I haven't gotten to see Kurosawa's first few films as they are hard to get a hold of since I'm basically an internet kindergartener to most of the people around here. But consider what his first internationally successful film, Rashomon, did. It won a few awards which was nice; but this film basically REVIVED JAPAN'S FILM INDUSTRY FROM LIFE SUPPORT! And oh yeah, it also said to Americans "Wow, we need to be dubbing these films." Pretty awesome if you ask me.
I love when I'm talking to somebody and they're like "I love Samuai7" (Anime), or "I love The Magnificent Seven." Typically I reasonably ask them if they liked Seven Samurai, then they drop a big ol "No." Really dude? It's ok though because then I pull out my Samurai sword and chop their heads off. A move I learned from a Kurosawa film. Not to be forgotten though are his temporary films. They tend to be overshadowed but are a pretty fantastic watch.
There's is no question whether or not Kurosawa is one of the best directors of all time. He is. But if you take JUST the best directors of all time TOP 10 FILMS, he has a strong argument as being the best ever. Cheers to you Mr. Kurosawa.
No wonder those hyenas were scared to death of him. He's one of the most powerful directors of all time.
Nevermind, I actually found my director write ups on my iPad notes. Not that anybody will read the...
Hitchcock
In 9th grade when I was catcher on my baseball team, I came up with this signal that was meant to tell the pitcher something. It told him just to sling it as hard as you possibly can, typically against a guy I didn't like, and if it hits him, who cares. My signal was just by me sticking my middle finger down to say f**k him. The pitcher typically loved when I did it. Alfred Hitchcock on the other hand, did not just create a cool baseball signal... He basically created the thriller genre. Now that's saying something.
For a lot of directors, the editor is their most important hire. Not Alfred Hitchcock. His films were so perfectly shot/angled/efficiency/timed/technically filmed that he barely even needed one (some films were even unedited). He was his own editor. You can't say that for many directors in the history of film.
Consider this 10 year stretch: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Strangers on a Train (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963). Not to mention he did the Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series in that time span too. If you don't look at that catalog and say "wow", you need your head checked or need to turn Fast and the Furious off your TV. Many of those films are some of the best of all time and changed theatre forever. He's like the anti Woody Allen.
This man with this tons of evil thoughts floating around in his head was said to be a pretty cool guy. Some of his films and especially his TV series, show that he funny in a very slight way too. No director, has ever intrigued me so much as this man. One of the more intriguing people of all time for me for that matter. If you, like me, have invented something (probably not the first catcher to flip somebody off, but I'm claiming it)... I'm sorry, if it's not the wheel or fire, it ain't as cool as what Alfred Hitchcock has done.
Akira Kurasawa
One of my favorite scenes in the Lion King is when the hyenas are in the cave being idiots talking to scar. They got to talking about powerful directors and they were like "Kurosawa", "Ooooh... say it again!", "Kurosawa, Kurosawa, KUROSAWA!", "OOOOH. It tingles." Such a good movie.
I haven't gotten to see Kurosawa's first few films as they are hard to get a hold of since I'm basically an internet kindergartener to most of the people around here. But consider what his first internationally successful film, Rashomon, did. It won a few awards which was nice; but this film basically REVIVED JAPAN'S FILM INDUSTRY FROM LIFE SUPPORT! And oh yeah, it also said to Americans "Wow, we need to be dubbing these films." Pretty awesome if you ask me.
I love when I'm talking to somebody and they're like "I love Samuai7" (Anime), or "I love The Magnificent Seven." Typically I reasonably ask them if they liked Seven Samurai, then they drop a big ol "No." Really dude? It's ok though because then I pull out my Samurai sword and chop their heads off. A move I learned from a Kurosawa film. Not to be forgotten though are his temporary films. They tend to be overshadowed but are a pretty fantastic watch.
There's is no question whether or not Kurosawa is one of the best directors of all time. He is. But if you take JUST the best directors of all time TOP 10 FILMS, he has a strong argument as being the best ever. Cheers to you Mr. Kurosawa.
No wonder those hyenas were scared to death of him. He's one of the most powerful directors of all time.
Posted on 11/8/13 at 5:15 pm to Carson123987
A bunch of TLDR here if anybody's interested..
John Ford & Sergio Leone
"But I was born, in the wrong place. And at the wrong time. And I don't know why, I never spoke up.". - Middle Brother.
I'll press pause on the iPod for a minute. Those lyrics pretty much explain how I feel when it comes to westerns. Because lets be honest, the western genre is basically on life support. We are lucky to get a semi commercial gun fight/duel/cowboy hat/chew/spurs saddle up every two years or so. Who is holding down westerns these days? Kevin Costner? Never was a big Costner fan but apparently he has the same love of the old west as I do, but with the capabilities of making them happen (whether it be movies or tv). In the ohhh 30's? to 70's? we had two geniuses really making westerns a top genre though.
John Ford and Sergio Leone both directed a number of epic movies. They went about it a little different way though. Ford seems to have directed 10 million movies while Leone seems to have directed only two to three. Either way both of them made some amazing movies. I'm not going to say much but I wanted to give love to both of these gentlemen at least in a little way.
Ford was a big factor in John Wayne's career and in the same way Leone was a big factor in Clint Eastwood's. It's not surprising that the two most popular western actors of all time were made popular by the two greatest western directors of all time. Talking about Ford, Leone and westerns in general makes me sad in a way due to the lack of westerns and lack of anybody similar to those two guys these days. Guess I'll go ahead and hit play on the iPod.
Ridley Scott
Love me some Ridley Scott. Mmm mmm mmm. I could put him on a sandwich and just eat him up. I also like his movies. That joke was freaking hilarious. I also like his movies. Get it? Kind of a gay joke. Any who moving right along.
It didn't surprise me when I read that Scott took a lot of his inspiration from Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, and Orson Welles. I guess there's a reason I like all four of them so much. The attention to detail that Scott gives should have been a dead giveaway though. Making each shot so precise yet shooting two cameras so there isn't much "cut" in action because he likes for his actors to just go with it and make the interaction be more natural, less "Wait! This time let's say 'Can you do that for me?' instead Of 'Could you do that for me?'" I think most would agree that that's the way it should be done.
You don't watch one of Scott's movies and say "O that's fake! That looks ridiculous." It just doesn't happen. Even if you watch them 20 years after they were made. There's something to be said for that. A movie holding up visually. Scott was quoted as say "I think it's remarkable that people will give you $10 million to go and get your rocks off." He loves making movies.
John Ford & Sergio Leone
"But I was born, in the wrong place. And at the wrong time. And I don't know why, I never spoke up.". - Middle Brother.
I'll press pause on the iPod for a minute. Those lyrics pretty much explain how I feel when it comes to westerns. Because lets be honest, the western genre is basically on life support. We are lucky to get a semi commercial gun fight/duel/cowboy hat/chew/spurs saddle up every two years or so. Who is holding down westerns these days? Kevin Costner? Never was a big Costner fan but apparently he has the same love of the old west as I do, but with the capabilities of making them happen (whether it be movies or tv). In the ohhh 30's? to 70's? we had two geniuses really making westerns a top genre though.
John Ford and Sergio Leone both directed a number of epic movies. They went about it a little different way though. Ford seems to have directed 10 million movies while Leone seems to have directed only two to three. Either way both of them made some amazing movies. I'm not going to say much but I wanted to give love to both of these gentlemen at least in a little way.
Ford was a big factor in John Wayne's career and in the same way Leone was a big factor in Clint Eastwood's. It's not surprising that the two most popular western actors of all time were made popular by the two greatest western directors of all time. Talking about Ford, Leone and westerns in general makes me sad in a way due to the lack of westerns and lack of anybody similar to those two guys these days. Guess I'll go ahead and hit play on the iPod.
Ridley Scott
Love me some Ridley Scott. Mmm mmm mmm. I could put him on a sandwich and just eat him up. I also like his movies. That joke was freaking hilarious. I also like his movies. Get it? Kind of a gay joke. Any who moving right along.
It didn't surprise me when I read that Scott took a lot of his inspiration from Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, and Orson Welles. I guess there's a reason I like all four of them so much. The attention to detail that Scott gives should have been a dead giveaway though. Making each shot so precise yet shooting two cameras so there isn't much "cut" in action because he likes for his actors to just go with it and make the interaction be more natural, less "Wait! This time let's say 'Can you do that for me?' instead Of 'Could you do that for me?'" I think most would agree that that's the way it should be done.
You don't watch one of Scott's movies and say "O that's fake! That looks ridiculous." It just doesn't happen. Even if you watch them 20 years after they were made. There's something to be said for that. A movie holding up visually. Scott was quoted as say "I think it's remarkable that people will give you $10 million to go and get your rocks off." He loves making movies.
Posted on 11/8/13 at 5:20 pm to Carson123987
One of my better write ups. I think. If there is even a good one out there.
Bttf review
Anybody like Led Zeppelin? I like Led Zeppelin. I mean they're not my favorite band, but I like them. The argument against them reminds me of the argument against Back to the Future. "Yeah but Zeppelin ripped a gang of their songs off other bands and never game them any credit." Yeah but have you heard how much better they made the songs? "Yeah but Back to the Future has all kind of time travel plot holes like when Marty received the telegraph and doc at the tower and then whatever whatever BLAH BLAH BLAH." Are you watching the same movie that I am!? Who cares!? The movie is supposed to be fun, and it has the famed Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas level fun. I don't care to pick it apart, I'm just here for the ride.
Very few movies in history have pulled off the trifecta of all three movies in a series being pretty dang good (sure the 3rd movie was 1990 but for the sake of this subject we're going to include it in the discussion). It happens, but not that often. Heck, The Godfather trilogy couldn't even pull it off. I got a buddy who's favorite Back to the Future is the third one. "My favorite Godfather? Hmm. Has to be the third one" said no one; ever.
You got 1985, 1955, 2015, 1885, Biff, hoverboards, calvin klein, a flux capacitor, and let's get this puppy up to 88 and see what happens.
I was negative one year old when the first movie came out, so there probably isn't much I can tell you about these movies that you don't already know. That being said, you'd be hard pressed to find movies that are a better representation of the 80's and time travel. Robert Zemekis has a pretty good resume, but as far as writing goes, this tops his list, by a lot. These movies have held up really really well too! Sure cars arent flying, but we still have a few years until 2015, so you never know. But for such an imaginable story, you watch it and it's believable! For a movie like that, that's all you really could ask for, to believe the ride you are being taken on. You have Marty McFly, played by the great Michael J Fox, who despite always being in a panic, is the definition of cool. "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... But your kids are going to love it." I grew up wanting a Toyota 4x4 because of Marty; I never got one, but I sure wanted a jacked up black t100. Then you have Doc Brown played by Christopher Lloyd. What a great character. So crazy and so ridiculous but so dang likable. In the words of my buddy Micah Ph*****s on twitter: "Da Flux complastor... #disniggagenius." Despite not knowing how to spell, you nailed it Micah. Such a great one two punch of lead characters, throw in the ever angry Biff, and you have a bonafied cast and crew. "Hello! McFly!"
When was the last time you watched the Back to the Future trilogy? Four years ago? Four months ago? It doesn't matter, watch them again. It is never a bad decision. Next time you hear Zeppelin on the radio, don't complain. Next time you watch Back to the Future, don't nit pick... Just enjoy the ride.
-iwyLSUiwy
Bttf review
Anybody like Led Zeppelin? I like Led Zeppelin. I mean they're not my favorite band, but I like them. The argument against them reminds me of the argument against Back to the Future. "Yeah but Zeppelin ripped a gang of their songs off other bands and never game them any credit." Yeah but have you heard how much better they made the songs? "Yeah but Back to the Future has all kind of time travel plot holes like when Marty received the telegraph and doc at the tower and then whatever whatever BLAH BLAH BLAH." Are you watching the same movie that I am!? Who cares!? The movie is supposed to be fun, and it has the famed Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas level fun. I don't care to pick it apart, I'm just here for the ride.
Very few movies in history have pulled off the trifecta of all three movies in a series being pretty dang good (sure the 3rd movie was 1990 but for the sake of this subject we're going to include it in the discussion). It happens, but not that often. Heck, The Godfather trilogy couldn't even pull it off. I got a buddy who's favorite Back to the Future is the third one. "My favorite Godfather? Hmm. Has to be the third one" said no one; ever.
You got 1985, 1955, 2015, 1885, Biff, hoverboards, calvin klein, a flux capacitor, and let's get this puppy up to 88 and see what happens.
I was negative one year old when the first movie came out, so there probably isn't much I can tell you about these movies that you don't already know. That being said, you'd be hard pressed to find movies that are a better representation of the 80's and time travel. Robert Zemekis has a pretty good resume, but as far as writing goes, this tops his list, by a lot. These movies have held up really really well too! Sure cars arent flying, but we still have a few years until 2015, so you never know. But for such an imaginable story, you watch it and it's believable! For a movie like that, that's all you really could ask for, to believe the ride you are being taken on. You have Marty McFly, played by the great Michael J Fox, who despite always being in a panic, is the definition of cool. "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... But your kids are going to love it." I grew up wanting a Toyota 4x4 because of Marty; I never got one, but I sure wanted a jacked up black t100. Then you have Doc Brown played by Christopher Lloyd. What a great character. So crazy and so ridiculous but so dang likable. In the words of my buddy Micah Ph*****s on twitter: "Da Flux complastor... #disniggagenius." Despite not knowing how to spell, you nailed it Micah. Such a great one two punch of lead characters, throw in the ever angry Biff, and you have a bonafied cast and crew. "Hello! McFly!"
When was the last time you watched the Back to the Future trilogy? Four years ago? Four months ago? It doesn't matter, watch them again. It is never a bad decision. Next time you hear Zeppelin on the radio, don't complain. Next time you watch Back to the Future, don't nit pick... Just enjoy the ride.
-iwyLSUiwy
Posted on 11/8/13 at 5:23 pm to Freauxzen
Just tell me stop whenever. Didn't realize I had these on my iPad. I wouldn't mind reading some of the older write ups.
One of the greatest movies of all time, Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, was released nationally in 1974. Three years later in 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl. Rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14, and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor. And instead of being locked up for 20 years, the day before his sentencing he fled to France and has lived a rich and free life.
I ask you to NEVER support Roman Polanski by way of purchasing one of his flicks. I, Chase S******n, would never support this man financially in any way. But do whatever you have to to watch Chinatown. Rent Chinatown on iTunes! Watch it on Netflix! Find a torrent of it! If you haven't already, you're missing out.
I good writer doesn't let things like this cloud his judgement so I'm clicking the soap box button off and getting back to work.
***Official review begins here...
J.J. Gettis, played by Jack Nicholson, is a former detective turned private-eye. At one point he earns the nickname "kitty cat", not because he wanted to earn it, but rather because he was snooping around where gangsters didn't want him. But this is what J.J. Gettis does for a living, he snoops around. Gettis is a private-eye who makes a good living being hired by individuals who want to find out if their mate is cheating on them. Not exactly the most well respected job in town, but he makes a good living off of it; and he's good at his job. Real good. Something gained by years of experience in detective work, working in the worst part of town... Chinatown.
The movie is driven around the mystery of two things: who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going? Those two things entail murder, incest, greed, corruption and lies. You can tell early on that when Mr. Gettis Starts something, he is going to finish it. Who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going? I think that's part of the reason him and Faye Donaway's character, Evelyn Mulwray get along so well. They both are dead set on getting what they want. Who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going?
Not many people get along with Jack Nicholsons character very much. He is as cocky as they come. So while Gettis is snooping around and the gangsters come up on him "you're a very nosy fella kitty cat. You know what happens to nosy fellas? Huh, wanna guess? Huh, no. They lose their noses." the man proceeds to cut his nose wide open. So Gettis walks around almost the rest of the entire movie with a giant bandage covering his nose. I love that. In most movies if a guy gets punched in the face and gets a black eye, the next day it's completely gone. But that cut is a constant reminder of who Gettis is. "What happened to your nose, Gittes? Somebody slammed a bedroom window on it?"
Jake Gittes: "Nope. Your wife got excited. She crossed her legs a little too quick. You understand what I mean, pal?" I mentioned he was cocky right? Cocky and badass. Some people say that this was Jack Nicholsons best role, I tend to agree.
I love the M/TV board, but I know i'm already at the to;dr portion of this write up, so I'll make it quick...
The movie is set in the 1930's, made in 1974 as mention. To this day, you watch the movie and you feel like you're in 1937. It's hard to explain how well done this movie is. If you were to just read the plot, you would think this was an episode from Days of Our Lives. But i've only seen a few movies that have done the "I'm living this movie right now" feeling quite like this. Nothing in this film is hard to imagine. I don't like saying it, but well done Mr. Polanski. Well done.
If J.J. Gettis had his way he would have never gone back to Chinatown. But he didn't blink when he had to. I've never ended one of my write ups with a quote from a movie. I like them to be a story that maybe one or two people read. I might not be good at writing but I enjoy it. So limiting quotes has been something I've always done. But...
"Forget it, Chase. It's Chinatown."
One of the greatest movies of all time, Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski, was released nationally in 1974. Three years later in 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl. Rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14, and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor. And instead of being locked up for 20 years, the day before his sentencing he fled to France and has lived a rich and free life.
I ask you to NEVER support Roman Polanski by way of purchasing one of his flicks. I, Chase S******n, would never support this man financially in any way. But do whatever you have to to watch Chinatown. Rent Chinatown on iTunes! Watch it on Netflix! Find a torrent of it! If you haven't already, you're missing out.
I good writer doesn't let things like this cloud his judgement so I'm clicking the soap box button off and getting back to work.
***Official review begins here...
J.J. Gettis, played by Jack Nicholson, is a former detective turned private-eye. At one point he earns the nickname "kitty cat", not because he wanted to earn it, but rather because he was snooping around where gangsters didn't want him. But this is what J.J. Gettis does for a living, he snoops around. Gettis is a private-eye who makes a good living being hired by individuals who want to find out if their mate is cheating on them. Not exactly the most well respected job in town, but he makes a good living off of it; and he's good at his job. Real good. Something gained by years of experience in detective work, working in the worst part of town... Chinatown.
The movie is driven around the mystery of two things: who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going? Those two things entail murder, incest, greed, corruption and lies. You can tell early on that when Mr. Gettis Starts something, he is going to finish it. Who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going? I think that's part of the reason him and Faye Donaway's character, Evelyn Mulwray get along so well. They both are dead set on getting what they want. Who killed Hollice Mulwray, and where is the water going?
Not many people get along with Jack Nicholsons character very much. He is as cocky as they come. So while Gettis is snooping around and the gangsters come up on him "you're a very nosy fella kitty cat. You know what happens to nosy fellas? Huh, wanna guess? Huh, no. They lose their noses." the man proceeds to cut his nose wide open. So Gettis walks around almost the rest of the entire movie with a giant bandage covering his nose. I love that. In most movies if a guy gets punched in the face and gets a black eye, the next day it's completely gone. But that cut is a constant reminder of who Gettis is. "What happened to your nose, Gittes? Somebody slammed a bedroom window on it?"
Jake Gittes: "Nope. Your wife got excited. She crossed her legs a little too quick. You understand what I mean, pal?" I mentioned he was cocky right? Cocky and badass. Some people say that this was Jack Nicholsons best role, I tend to agree.
I love the M/TV board, but I know i'm already at the to;dr portion of this write up, so I'll make it quick...
The movie is set in the 1930's, made in 1974 as mention. To this day, you watch the movie and you feel like you're in 1937. It's hard to explain how well done this movie is. If you were to just read the plot, you would think this was an episode from Days of Our Lives. But i've only seen a few movies that have done the "I'm living this movie right now" feeling quite like this. Nothing in this film is hard to imagine. I don't like saying it, but well done Mr. Polanski. Well done.
If J.J. Gettis had his way he would have never gone back to Chinatown. But he didn't blink when he had to. I've never ended one of my write ups with a quote from a movie. I like them to be a story that maybe one or two people read. I might not be good at writing but I enjoy it. So limiting quotes has been something I've always done. But...
"Forget it, Chase. It's Chinatown."
Posted on 11/9/13 at 7:47 am to Freauxzen
Nice list, thanks for putting this together. You realize how many great movies are out there when you see chunks of ratings like this:
167. The African Queen (1951)
168. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
169. The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The (1948)
170. City Lights (1931)
171. Ghostbusters (1984)
172. 12 Angry Men (1957)
167. The African Queen (1951)
168. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
169. The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The (1948)
170. City Lights (1931)
171. Ghostbusters (1984)
172. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Posted on 11/9/13 at 11:52 am to Freauxzen
quote:Speaking of, we watched that movie last night. Despite my earlier problems with the movie, I find it better with every viewing. It is inching it's way into my top 10 for sure.
Yarp
Posted on 11/9/13 at 1:17 pm to alajones
quote:
Speaking of, we watched that movie last night. Despite my earlier problems with the movie, I find it better with every viewing. It is inching it's way into my top 10 for sure.
Simon Peggs' movies are like that. Shaun, Hot Fuzz, and apparently World's End are the type of movie that people appreciate the more they watch because they start to notice more of the subtle jokes and not the obvious ones.
Spaced as well. Gets better every time I watch it. One of my Favorite series.
Posted on 11/9/13 at 3:23 pm to magildachunks
quote:
Simon Peggs' movies are like that. Shaun, Hot Fuzz, and apparently World's End are the type of movie that people appreciate the more they watch because they start to notice more of the subtle jokes and not the obvious ones.
Kinda how Gravity was made for theater viewings, Esgar Wright films are more made for DVD. I don't think he gives a frick when he's directing about the initial theatrical release, but the longevity of it on DVD. The first time I saw all 3 of these films, I thought they were pretty good and not great. A rewatch though infinitely improves these films. They don't expect you to get it the first time, but that's ok because they want you to watch it twice. The World's End is particularly brilliant at this. While during the first viewing, people think the first third of the movie isn't that great, but on a rewatch it is brilliant. They don't foreshadow, but its instead the punchline for things that happen later in the film. It's really brilliant.
Posted on 11/10/13 at 5:59 pm to Carson123987
quote:I can never bring myself to watch this movie. I hope a good write-up can convince me.
id like to do a writeup on pans labyrinth if possible
Posted on 11/11/13 at 9:39 am to Patrick_Bateman
Why not? What is turning you off to it? It's a fantastic movie.
I think I did a write up of it actually
I think I did a write up of it actually
Posted on 11/11/13 at 11:37 am to Patrick_Bateman
ive been forgetting to do it haha. i hope it convinces you too
Posted on 11/11/13 at 5:21 pm to Carson123987
Haven't check, did you send? (I'm travelling, so spotty internets)
Posted on 11/11/13 at 5:39 pm to Freauxzen
Not yet. Been busy
Posted on 11/11/13 at 5:43 pm to iwyLSUiwy
quote:The trailer has some weird looking shite. Like strange-looking characters, giant bugs, etc. Just too weird for me. I really have no idea what the movie's actually about.
Why not? What is turning you off to it?
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