Recommend-a-Movie Thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Author

Message

Topic Search

Topic Options

Atavachron View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Honorary Collaborator

Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
Status: Offline
Points: 65822

Topic: Recommend-a-Movie Thread
Posted: March 06 2008 at 03:26

I just saw 'Color Me Kubrick' with John Malkovich about a real guy in London who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick in the 90s ..very good

Jim Garten View Drop Down

Special Collaborator

Retired Admin & Razor Guru

Joined: February 02 2004
Location: South England
Status: Offline
Points: 14693

Posted: March 06 2008 at 03:17

Recent movie out of (gasp

) Hollywood - but very good take on the serial killer genre:

For once, Costner goes for subtlety rather than all-out & William Hurt is excellent as his (and this is not giving the game away at all) imaginary friend/concience:

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

alanerc

Forum Senior Member

Joined: December 20 2007
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 278

Posted: March 05 2008 at 19:23

-Spirited Away
-The Professional
-Closer
a Leslie Nielsen movie

I dunno, there are so many god movies I'd seen

Statutory-Mike View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: February 15 2008
Location: Long Island
Status: Offline
Points: 3737

Posted: March 04 2008 at 17:12

Comedy : Superbad (if you haven't seen it it's a must)

Great movie in general : The Pianist (very emotional movie, very very good.)

also try Detroit Rock City, it's a great comedy about 4 guys trying to see Kiss, hilarious.

The Pessimist View Drop Down

Prog Reviewer

Joined: June 13 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 3834

Posted: March 04 2008 at 16:43

Cape Fear and The Hole are two of my favourite films. Sweeney Todd is also very good.

"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."

Arnold Schoenberg

Visitor13

Forum Senior Member

VIP Member

Joined: February 02 2005
Location: Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 4702

Posted: March 02 2008 at 13:52

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121556/

I rarely watch slasher movies, but this one's pretty funny, especially because of the villain.

tardis

Forum Senior Member

Joined: October 02 2005
Location: Victoria, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 14378

Posted: March 02 2008 at 00:58

BaldJean wrote:

this is one of my favorite SF-movies. it is absolutely weird and has two of my favorite actors in the leads (Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling)

Reminds me of another Sean Connery sci-fi, although I would describe it as an average effort at best (interesting concept though).

JLocke

Prog Reviewer

Joined: November 18 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 4900

Posted: March 01 2008 at 01:49

A Space Odyssey

Man On Fire (new one)

Sin City

Collateral

The Last Boyscout

12 Angry Men (original)

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Vanilla Sky
Donny Darko
The Butterfly Effect
One Hour Photo
The Conversation
The Last Samurai
Blood Diamond
American Gangster
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (the original, oldest one)

The Matrix Trilogy
Harry Potter
The Lord of the Rings
The Exorcist
Perfect Blue (Anime)
Catch Me if you Can
The Holiday
School of Rock (only if you like Jack Black)
Awake
I Am Legend
Stranger Than Fiction (even if you hate Will Farrel)
The Graduate
Marathon Man
The Arrival
Blade Runner
The Patriot
Closer
Unbreakable
Signs
The Passion of the Christ (yup, I actually liked it)
The Wall (haha)

*whew* All I can think of at the moment. Each and every one of those films really got my attention and satisfied me to the fullest.

Edited by p0mt3 - March 01 2008 at 01:58

Christine

Forum Senior Member

Joined: February 27 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 184

Posted: February 29 2008 at 19:28

fandango wrote:

Christine wrote:

The Orson Welles adaption of Franz Kafka's The Trial! That is, if you can find it anywhere. I found it in one of those dollar store bins; how can movies like that be sold for a dollar, when it costs nine bucks and up for new movies with weak plots?

not a bad one, Christine...

if you like that, also try Carol Reed's 'The Third Man' and Welles' 'Touch Of Evil'....

Thanks! I'll be sure to check both out!

catsfootironclaw

Hatters

Forum Senior Member

Joined: May 06 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 466

Posted: February 29 2008 at 17:18

TAXI DRIVER

Jared

Forum Senior Member

Joined: May 06 2005
Location: Hereford, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20749

Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:59

tardis wrote:

Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men!

character acted to within an inch of its life, but one of my faves, nevertheless...

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Jared

Forum Senior Member

Joined: May 06 2005
Location: Hereford, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20749

Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:58

not a bad one, Christine...

if you like that, also try Carol Reed's 'The Third Man' and Welles' 'Touch Of Evil'....

BaldJean

Prog Reviewer

Joined: May 28 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 10387

Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:37

this is one of my favorite SF-movies. it is absolutely weird and has two of my favorite actors in the leads (Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling)

Edited by BaldJean - February 29 2008 at 11:40

A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

tardis

Forum Senior Member

Joined: October 02 2005
Location: Victoria, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 14378

Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:19

Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men!

Christine

Forum Senior Member

Joined: February 27 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 184

Posted: February 29 2008 at 09:42

The Orson Welles adaption of Franz Kafka's The Trial! That is, if you can find it anywhere. I found it in one of those dollar store bins; how can movies like that be sold for a dollar, when it costs nine bucks and up for new movies with weak plots?

catsfootironclaw

tardis

Forum Senior Member

Joined: October 02 2005
Location: Victoria, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 14378

Posted: February 11 2008 at 15:20

Topsy Turvy!

Shakespeare View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744

Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:40

Shakespeare wrote:

Art School Confidential!

1800iareyay View Drop Down

Prog Reviewer

Joined: November 18 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2492

Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:36

I haven't watched Jaws in a dog's age, so I didn't know how it would hold up for me. Man, how does a film I've watched at least 7 or 8 times still scare me? Spielberg made one of the finest suspense films of all time with this release, and it works for a couple of reasons.

Thanks to malfunctions, the shark was never ready, so Spielberg had to to use some tricks to show the shark attacking without showing the shark. When a group of fishermen go out to the pier to catch this beast, the damn thing rips the dock off and drags it out to sea. However, nothing can prepare you for the moment when the dock turns around and heads back for the fisher that fell in the water. Now, I know damn well how this scene ends, yet I still get nervous as that damn theme swells and the camera moves in on the poor stranded b*****d as if it were the shark's eye. A shark in and of itself is a perfect monster. It's in its element. It can sneak up on you, but at other times you can see the fin coming. This, like the rattle of a rattlesnake, is a flaw that allows you to avoid it, but at the same time it's all the more horrifying because you know that it's coming and there is nothing you can do about it.

Spielberg's use of the camera as the POV of the monster is a stroke of genius and this film alone qualifies him for the pantheon of great directors. It heightens the suspense every bit as much as the score, and it never loses that suspense thanks to Steve sometimes using this camera method for things other than the shark. By using it for those prank-playing kids and whatnot, we can never be sure whether or not the shark will get someone, or even if it is the shark.

Out of all the tense, horrifying moments in this film, the most unsettling comes when Hooper and Quint compare scars. When Robert Shaw launches into his speech about the Indianapolis, his flat, matter-of-fact delivery is more disturbing than any number of severed limbs and seawater pink with blood. Most people would have played it with an infinite sadness, or a gruff bitterness, but Shaw walks the fine line between the two and comes across as a man who has been numbed by this experience, thus making him more believable.

Much attention has been given to the score, and rightly so. John Williams creates one of the most unique scores in horror. Most horror films feature dead silence until the final moments of someone's life, at which point a slow, creepy line comes in, then drops out just before the attack only to give off a quick, sharp burst. Here, the score is a drawn-out affair. That infamous two-note cello evolves into a pounding orchestral piece that builds and builds until the strike. In some places, the score is downright joyful, even in places it shouldn't be. The purpose of the score isn't to scare you with sudden bursts; it serves to make you drop your guard, then when the theme comes in, it penetrates you and reverberates as your fingers claw into the seat and your heartbeat quickens. Now, I love John Williams, but let's be honest, dude doesn't do subtlety. Here, he finally drops all the bombastic pomp and lets things lull for a moment. While many point to his expansive, uplifting scores for Empire Strikes Back, E.T., Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones receive the most acclaim, I would label this as Williams' finest and most effective score.

Picking Spielberg's finest work is like picking Hitchcock's best, or Kubrick's, etc. He has made personal masterpieces (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan), classics of light-hearted science fiction (Close Encounters, E.T.), as well as timeless action blockbusters (Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park), but this stands proudly among them. To this day, I don't trust the ocean. Not many films can frighten the next generation of moviegoers. 10/10

tardis

Forum Senior Member

Joined: October 02 2005
Location: Victoria, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 14378

Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:29

This has to be my all-time favourite comedy...