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after all this talk of excalibur, krull and the others - offer up a hanful of dvds that have really struck a chord with you, plucked at your heart strings, and really resonated with you...

for good, or bad reasons...

recently, for me these have been:

Anvil - genuinely a touching bro-mance stylee documentary about an 80s rock band

Pineapple express - for the sheer stupidity and silliness of a stoner/bro-mance/action/adventure/comedy hybrid that it is

The Foot Fist Way - The Office worthy cringe factor, set in a tae kwon do class...most amusing...

And, after re-watching it, possibly one of the most depressing, soul destroying documentaries of all time - The Corporation...and it is fantastic for it...Explains the history of corporations, what they mean, and what the evil toads get up to...

theres a section about american industry aiding the nazis, during WW2...that was scary...i dig some digging and found this too:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/su ... 338516_ITM

if you go to the paragraph that starts "in the 1920s..." wow...

Miracle Mile - an unexpected rollercoaster of a movie. It switches genres and tone effortlessly and to great effect.

Bone - Larry Cohen's first feature film. No budget, but a wonderfully eccentric script.

Hero - Jhang Yimou takes on the martial arts epic genre. It's absolutely beautiful.

Mr Vampire - Utterly absurd. I can watch it again and again and again.

My Favourite Year - something sublimely feelgood. And Peter O'Toole.

Gods and Monsters - Not a horror, but terrifying in ways that horror movies rarely achieve.

The Castle - an Australian film.

this one was on television at the weekend.

Vatel.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190861/



unbelievable cast, briliantly shot, fantastic story, based on fact.
the mechanicals used in transforming scenes , and flying cherubs exact reproductions of how they were in 1671.

and sexy as hell... but no sex is seen, just hinted at.

It shows just how close Mel Brooks got in the history of the world part one when he said.." Its good to be the king!" ( and kinky to be his brother by the looks of it)

"hump or death!" ahhh history of the world part one, one of my favourite films...

The Great:
Local Hero - My all time fave movie. Set in Scotland, light hearted, feel good. A real classic. I can never feel bad after watching and never get tired of seeing it. In fact, I might just dig it out for this weekend.

Lady in the Water - I know it got hammered by, well everyone. But, this film just blew me away. Paul Giamatti's performance is stunning. Bryce Dallas Howard - beautiful. Another one I can watch over and over.

The Goonies - Another movie I can watch on a dreary, rainy day when I'm feeling down and be cheered up by it. Great fun.

The Truly Awful:
The Pursuit of Happyness - This film made me feel depressed like no other before it. It has no redeeming features at all. Absolutely dreadful. Don't get me wrong, Will Smith played the lead very well, but I wish I hadn't watched it. A sad and depressing story with no happy ending.

Wishmaster wrote:The Truly Awful:
The Pursuit of Happyness - This film made me feel depressed like no other before it. It has no redeeming features at all. Absolutely dreadful. Don't get me wrong, Will Smith played the lead very well, but I wish I hadn't watched it. A sad and depressing story with no happy ending.

No happy ending?

He got the job as a stockbroker and went on to run an extremely successful private equity company earning him millions (although he is probably back where he started in the current market conditions!!).

Films that invariably make my watch list.

Shawshank Redemption - I know some people hate it but I think it's the best film ever made.
American History X - Edward Norton at his best
Fight Club - Edward Norton at his second best
American Psycho - one of the funniest films I have ever seen
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - I could blah about the choreography and fight scenes but I am a sucker for the love story in this one.
Love Actually - brilliant.
Taken - Liam Neeson if he had starred in the Bourne Identity, it shouldn't work but it does.
Akira - Classic Japanese animé
Howl's Moving Castle - Contemporary animé
Top Gun - "Take me to bed or lose me forever"
El Orfanato - eerie spanish film - I think it's been remade by Hollywood but I've not seen the remake
[REC] - Another eerie spanish film that Hollywood may have killed with the remake.

Sorry. I'll stop now.

A_n_t wrote:

Wishmaster wrote:No happy ending?

He got the job as a stockbroker and went on to run an extremely successful private equity company earning him millions (although he is probably back where he started in the current market conditions!!).

I didn't see it as a happy ending. Rich people often seem more unhappy than the rest of us. I think the first 9/10ths of the film was so bad, nothing at the end could have made me feel better about it.

A_n_t wrote:American Psycho - one of the funniest films I have ever seen

I watched this a couple of years back with someone that wasn't aware it was supposed to be funny, that was interesting.

Lawrence wrote:

A_n_t wrote:American Psycho - one of the funniest films I have ever seen

I watched this a couple of years back with someone that wasn't aware it was supposed to be funny, that was interesting.

Hahaha I can imagine!

My wife has never seen past the first couple of minutes. She says it is "stupid and pointless".

Should have guessed, she's more of a Disney fan...

=)

A_n_t wrote:[REC] - Another eerie spanish film that Hollywood may have killed with the remake.

Ohhh, yeah! Saw [REC] on TV some while ago. I was expecting it to be good, based on reviews, but it was far far better than I expected. I'm sure the Hollywood remake tried to go for a nice happy ending with all the loose ends tied up, which would have ruined everything.

Sorry I can't really suggest anything. I don't have any favourite movies. Although I have some sort of obsession with The Andromeda Strain and have probably seen it about 30 or 40 times since the age of 11 (and read the book about the same number of times!). Again, the recent remake screwed around with it so badly, it just makes you wonder why they bothered paying for the rights to the title.

REC is superb...

the other day i watched a film called KENNY...very, very funny, about an australian toilet-provider...

IAIN wrote:the other day i watched a film called KENNY...very, very funny, about an australian toilet-provider...

We saw Kenny last year. Funny, but also very moving. Much more depth to it than we were expecting from the advertising.

The Australian film Malcolm is hilarious, about a group of misfits planning a bank robbery. I was going to buy the DVD just the other day, but it doesn't have subtitles. (Colin is deaf and requires subtitles.)

I love Japanese and Korean horror films. A Tale of Two Sisters is very good; a fine, fine example of the genre and so well made. Generally speaking, western horror doesn't even come close, especially the American remakes.

agreed...the original The Eye amongst others cannot be touched...

can't really think of any remakes that are worth while...

a crazy japanese film i have is called The Watcher in the Attic...absolutely freaky...prostitutes, men inside chairs being set on fire, and all kinds of nastiness...