What's the latest movie that struck you?

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:44 am

grave of the fireflies. saddest movie ever made.

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:37 pm

saturdayindex wrote:
mouse_bums wrote:Into the Wild
Ha! I was just about to post the same thing.

One of the top 5 movies I have ever seen, in terms of ringing with me emotionally. Left me quite moved.

i'm usually pretty hard-pressed to find a movie that really moves me. and although "into the wild" has bits of terrible acting, the message it great, it's based off a true story, and is directed extremely well imo. if it weren't 100 hours long, i'd give it a 5 out of 5 stars. any boc fan may be able to relate to this movie pretty well. the plot becomes very engrossing.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:56 pm

I saw Heavy Metal again last night. Best exploinimation ever!

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:43 pm

This certainly isn't the last movie I have seen, but I just remembered it being one of the most fucked up movies ever.

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC.

I hear it's got nothing on the book though...

Also, I remember the music in this film being particularly nightmarish.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:46 pm

Anyone seen the orphanage yet? Another Guillermo Del Toro movie (he's beasting them out at some rate eh), done in a more out-and-out horror style than Pan's Labyrinth. It's good.

itannexe · Post by **itannexe** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:48 pm

Let me clarify. Actually, Guillermo is not directing this one, he's only producing. The movie is by Juan Antonio Bayona. I liked it but I wasn't overly touched or moved by it, just an ok horror flick for me, that's all, one of many.

The last films i really liked are Terrence Malick's 'Days of Heaven' and Todd Field's 'Little Children'. The first with a superb photography by Nestor Almendros, and the second with awesome performances by Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:00 pm

yeah, i know that

Imo, it wasnt of the same standard as Pans Labyrinth, but it definitely shares a lot of the same themes and message (repressed social guilt, the impossibility of defining material objectivity within a human existence life, as an existential struggle as opposed the the peace of death, etc) It also shows a lot of the same influences from surrealism and magical realism. To write it off because it uses a different, more mainstream aesthetic would be a mistake- besides which I thought it worked very well just on the level of a straight horror movie, it used a lot of the usual devices but in a really good way.

itannexe · Post by **itannexe** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:46 pm

Maybe it's true...

When there is general positive consensus about a movie I rejected, I tend to give it another chance and, sometimes, to realize how wrong I was about it. We see it a lot in music when we say an album is a 'grower', so this movie probably deserves another, more focused, opportunity.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:19 am

I finally watched Memento tonight and wow! What an amazingly well done film! If you haven't seen it, go watch it tonight. I like the ambient music thats played during the movie as well.

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:38 am

zeitgeist wrote:
saturdayindex wrote:
mouse_bums wrote:Into the Wild
Ha! I was just about to post the same thing.

One of the top 5 movies I have ever seen, in terms of ringing with me emotionally. Left me quite moved.
i'm usually pretty hard-pressed to find a movie that really moves me. and although "into the wild" has bits of terrible acting, the message it great, it's based off a true story, and is directed extremely well imo. if it weren't 100 hours long, i'd give it a 5 out of 5 stars. any boc fan may be able to relate to this movie pretty well. the plot becomes very engrossing.

Oh yeah I liked this, and I liked the book as well. But god, it sure pisses me off how dumb the kid was...

CoBoC · Post by **CoBoC** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:08 pm

I loved 'The Fountain' by Darren Aronofsky.
I know a lot of people thought it was pretentious, but I don't. I rather think that the subject matter and the passion with which it is handled makes most people uncomfortable.

It's right up there with '2001: A Space Oddessy' for me.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:59 pm

CoBoC wrote:I loved 'The Fountain' by Darren Aronofsky.
I know a lot of people thought it was pretentious, but I don't. I rather think that the subject matter and the passion with which it is handled makes most people uncomfortable.

It's right up there with '2001: A Space Oddessy' for me.

Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed the fountain as well. So well done. Darren Arnofsky has gotta be my favorite director.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:50 pm

Backdoor sluts 9, Horny nurses 2 and Creature from the cock lagoon.

Classics

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:48 pm

Cupz wrote:Backdoor sluts 9, Horny nurses 2 and Creature from the cock lagoon.

Classics

Lets all go for a picnic at the cock lagoon...olol

Anyhoo, Southland Tales was pretty awesome. It's by the guy who made Donnie Darko..kinda a hard film to watch, but very ambitious. Check it out if you like sci-fi/black comedy/political satire..or something.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:03 pm

Watched The Proposition tonight. Just a fantastic movie. Apart from a pretty obvious ending I'm finding it hard to fault it. Excellent script, fantastic cast (any movie with Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Guy Pearce is off to a good start), superb cinematography.

But what sealed it for me was the amazing incidental music throughout the movie. Was staggered to find it was by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Highly recommended stuff.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:34 pm

Above post reminded me: you NEED to see the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford. The music's also by Nick Cave (and it's fantastic), its amazingly beautifully shot and the two central actors, Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck's wee brother Casey deliver really good performances. Especially Casey Affleck (give them a chance

)

(the scene with the only train robbery in the film had my mouth hanging open with the score and cinematography)

Such a good movie.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:44 am

This City Of Ember movie looks interesting... especially visually.

itannexe · Post by **itannexe** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:03 am

mechanismj wrote:This City Of Ember movie looks interesting... especially visually.

Bill Murray and Tim Robbins...interesting! I didn't know about this movie... I guess this is intended to be a series of movies too.

..................

Well, the other day I read a newspaper interview with one of the minds behind the Operation Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler and that reminded me of one movie I always wanted to see but, quite inexplicably, never did.

You surely know about this movie, Der Untergang (The Downfall), a portrait of Hitler's last days trapped in a bunker in Berlin. Such a brave and excellent movie, with an incredible Bruno Ganz in a role that tries to humanize the monster.

Let's hope Brian Singer's forthcoming movie Valkyrie continues with the intelligent proposals...

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:25 am

Just watched Full Time Killer, was a great Japanese film.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:44 am

itannexe wrote:
mechanismj wrote:This City Of Ember movie looks interesting... especially visually.
Bill Murray and Tim Robbins...interesting! I didn't know about this movie... I guess this is intended to be a series of movies too.

..................

Well, the other day I read a newspaper interview with one of the minds behind the Operation Valkyrie plot to kill Hitler and that reminded me of one movie I always wanted to see but, quite inexplicably, never did.

You surely know about this movie, Der Untergang (The Downfall), a portrait of Hitler's last days trapped in a bunker in Berlin. Such a brave and excellent movie, with an incredible Bruno Ganz in a role that tries to humanize the monster.

Let's hope Brian Singer's forthcoming movie Valkyrie continues with the intelligent proposals...

That sounds like an interesting movie.

Finally saw Sid and Nancy last night. I cannot get it out of my head. The fact that they loved each other so much that they were willing to ride a train of self destruction all the way to the bitter end together blew my mind. Now that's love!

Nothing else but their love for each other (and maybe the drugs...) mattered to them. Not even life. There is something disturbingly beautiful about it.