Recommend-a-Movie Thread

video vertigo wrote: Just saw Kubrick's Clockwork Orange I give it I was sadly dissapointed, it seemed vulgar for vulagarity sake and it was disturbing on an even deeper level, usually I like stuff like this but this one never seemed to pull together. The weakest Kubrick film I've seen now.

Are you serious? My favourite movie of him, together with 2001 and perhaps Dr. Strangelove.
It helps if one has read the book it is based upon, which I highly recommend, by the way. Anthony Burgess was an excellent author. I also highly recommend "Earthly Powers" (with a kind of twist ending that makes one think) and "The Empire of the Wicked".

Last time I saw something interesting in the theatre, it was "The life aquatic with Steve Zissou" and "Coffe and cigaretes". Both enjoyable, cute the first, concise the second, 9/10 for the life aquatic and 10/10 for Coffe and...

There is a weid Jewel called "New Rose hotel", probably the most discreet and yet poweful approach to science fiction I've ever seen. 10 plus, I would say.

sleeper wrote: kazansky wrote: sleeper wrote: enteredwinter wrote: Video Vertigo and Sleeper:I admit, I may have judged Serenity too harshly too quickly. One reason it didn't work for me is I have no familiarity with the TV show. If I had been a fan, or at least watched some episodes, I probably would have felt differently about the movie. Also, the movie has an 8.0 on imdb.com, and both of you say you like it a lot, so there must be something there that I'm just not getting. I'll give it a second chance later on.About Infernal Affairs: I'm definitely going to get the first one. Similar to the Serenity situation, there's something I probably should have watched before seeing The Departed, but better late than never. I havnt actually seen any of the TV show as I dont know f it was ever shown over here, its the type of film that really does appeal to me plus I'm a fan of Joss Whedan.As Kazanazky said, the second part of the IF trilogy is actually a prequal to the first film. I find it to be just as good as the other two. looks like you misread my post, sleeper. i said that Infernal Affairs 2 didn't have much to do with the first or the third. the story didn't really related. and you mispelled my name too Bugger, sorry about the mispelling KazI think it does relate, itshows the how te two lead charecters get into the positions they were in at the start of the first film and how Sam became the crime boss. Its an interesting back story, fleshed out rather well,  given its own film rather than clutter up the first one.

'kaz' should do, it's easier that way either

ah i should give it another run then, looks like lost attention when i saw it. thanks for the info

memowakeman wrote: Yesterday i watched Meet Joe Black for the very first time, i liked it

Yesterday i watched Meet Joe Black for the very first time, i liked it

Video Vertigo and Sleeper:

I admit, I may have judged Serenity too harshly too quickly. One reason it didn't work for me is I have no familiarity with the TV show. If I had been a fan, or at least watched some episodes, I probably would have felt differently about the movie. Also, the movie has an 8.0 on imdb.com, and both of you say you like it a lot, so there must be something there that I'm just not getting. I'll give it a second chance later on.

About Infernal Affairs: I'm definitely going to get the first one. Similar to the Serenity situation, there's something I probably should have watched before seeing The Departed, but better late than never.



Edited by enteredwinter - February 19 2007 at 12:44

i'd like to say that Infernal Affairs 2 actually didn't have much to do with the trilogy, It doesn't related much with its prequel. The story of Infernal Affairs actually continues in the third movie. Even if you don't watch the second one i think it's okay

enteredwinter wrote: I continue along my odyssey of watching many different movies over the past couple of weeks .... my opinions on the latest: The Departed (2006) - Amazing. Brilliant. Martin Scorcese, Jack Nicholson, and I'll just stop there, there's no need to go on. If you like good Mafia/Crime movies, you need to see it. Serenity (2005) - So disappointing. I had heard great things about this, supposedly it is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of recent times. It was based off of a canceled TV show, I think the show was called Firefly or something like that. Two key phrases there are "cancelled" and "TV show". The movie just feels like a TV show, and not a very good one at that. I gave it a 6/10 on IMDB - great visuals, mediocre acting, boring plot. Has anyone else seen this? I'm interested to hear other opinions.

I havent seen The Departed yet but certainly want to. You REALLY, REALLY need to the original Infernal Affairs trilogy, its simply stunning.

I have Serenity and love it, it all works brilliantly for me and feels like a film rather than a TV series.

video vertigo wrote: toolis wrote: video vertigo wrote: toolis wrote: Jim Garten wrote: laplace wrote: there's certainly a brainless resurgence happening, particularly in the Saw series of films. Afraid I have to disagree completely here; I consider 'Saw' to be an excellent movie; very low budget & filmed in less than 10 days, the central concept of the film was (shock, horror) original, the atmosphere portrayed was genuinely claustrophobic - sure, there were the obligatory gory scenes, but there were enough plot twists & turns to keep the interest. 'Saw II' was OK, but quite a step down from the original, saved by the central character's interaction with the police captain throughout the movie & the nice (if predictable) denoument of the son being "...in a safe place" all along. Looking forward to seeing 'Saw III', though a little worried that apparently 'Saw IV' is to be released later this year - I predict the law of diminishing quality & returns which saw Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' reduced from iconic to risible... On another subject, I agree completely with two of BaldJean's recommendations: 'Blair Witch' was low budget, but original & genuinely scary; it suffered though from its own pre-release over-hype - had it been released without all this, I think it could have gone on to be a real cult classic (although this means the makers would not have become so rich ). 'The Usual Suspects'... what can I say that hasn't already been said? Gabriel Byrne & Kevin Spaceys' finest roles in one of the best written crime films of the last couple of decades - outstanding!     Saw III is awfull... it's more gore than plot... a real disappointment... Saw I was great, brilliant... Saw II was ok but it was too silly that they didn't search the area and find the kid in the vault... anyway... I really enjoyed the Saw I. I was looking foward to getting Saw II and III, now not so much. don't be disappointed.. there are a lot of brilliant horror movies out there.. still, Saw II is worth watching, it just doesn't reach the first one's standards... ' Okay thanks, I'll leave it on my netflix list

toolis wrote: video vertigo wrote: toolis wrote: Jim Garten wrote: laplace wrote: there's certainly a brainless resurgence happening, particularly in the Saw series of films. Afraid I have to disagree completely here; I consider 'Saw' to be an excellent movie; very low budget & filmed in less than 10 days, the central concept of the film was (shock, horror) original, the atmosphere portrayed was genuinely claustrophobic - sure, there were the obligatory gory scenes, but there were enough plot twists & turns to keep the interest. 'Saw II' was OK, but quite a step down from the original, saved by the central character's interaction with the police captain throughout the movie & the nice (if predictable) denoument of the son being "...in a safe place" all along. Looking forward to seeing 'Saw III', though a little worried that apparently 'Saw IV' is to be released later this year - I predict the law of diminishing quality & returns which saw Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' reduced from iconic to risible... On another subject, I agree completely with two of BaldJean's recommendations: 'Blair Witch' was low budget, but original & genuinely scary; it suffered though from its own pre-release over-hype - had it been released without all this, I think it could have gone on to be a real cult classic (although this means the makers would not have become so rich ). 'The Usual Suspects'... what can I say that hasn't already been said? Gabriel Byrne & Kevin Spaceys' finest roles in one of the best written crime films of the last couple of decades - outstanding!     Saw III is awfull... it's more gore than plot... a real disappointment... Saw I was great, brilliant... Saw II was ok but it was too silly that they didn't search the area and find the kid in the vault... anyway... I really enjoyed the Saw I. I was looking foward to getting Saw II and III, now not so much. don't be disappointed.. there are a lot of brilliant horror movies out there.. still, Saw II is worth watching it, it just doesn't reach the first one's standards...

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Okay thanks, I'll leave it on my netflix list