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Unexpectedly good films...
« on: June 03, 2004, 10:26:44 pm »
I rented Goodbye Lenin yesterday, a truly fantastic German film about the fall of the Berlin wall.  Very funny, very sad and doesn't hide from the politics.  It also feels like a very personal film.  Definitely worth watching.


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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2004, 12:17:12 am »
they translated it into english? I wanted to watch it with my girlfriend but she doesnt know german...  :-/
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2004, 03:52:03 am »
I'd been looking to see it for a while. It was always on in Paris, but having minimal skills in both French and German it was a no no.  Then I just popped into my local and crappy Blockbuster video and there it was nicely subbed into English.


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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2004, 09:22:47 am »
cool, i heard it was good.
now the question is if the german dvd will have english subs :x
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2004, 08:27:26 pm »
i watched Army of Darkness recently.  Now, ok, ok, its a crap film but hilarious.  and a well made crap film. its worth a looksee if you havent already.
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2004, 12:41:07 am »
I got Minority Report and Gangs of New York on DVD today.  Nice and cheap and good.

I might rent Swimming Pool at the weekend, I'll let the two people who post here know if it was any good.


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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2004, 08:46:13 am »
Army of darkness a crap movie?!  :o
heathen! it's a great movie!

today i watched shaft. the remake that is. it was funny :D

good: the big lebowsky (with a pitcher of white russian), american history x, three kings, life of brian, run lola run, american beauty, pulp fiction
there's more but I forget...
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2004, 08:50:00 pm »
all B movies fall under the "crap" category.  its not a dis tot he movie itself, as i am a HUGE crap movie fan.  try watching Top Secret sometime.

i loved American History X, but never got why Pulp Fiction was so popular.  (look i took time to capitalize today!)
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2004, 12:56:02 am »
Well pulp fiction is popular because it's a classic. and funny to boot.
another (crap if it's cryptic. good if it's me) movie was from dusk till dawn.
oh, forgot fight club
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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2004, 03:41:52 am »
Pulp Fiction is great, shame about the rest of Tarantino's movies.  Not that they are unexpectedly good though.

Almost all the Coen brothers movies are unexpectedly good.

Soderbergh's version of Solaris was unexpectedly good.

Plus anything by Spike Jonze and his wife Sofia Coppola.  Adaptaion was criminally underated and I'm looking forward to catching Lost in Translation again.

I would also mention Wong Kar Wai films but then you know they'll be good before you even see them.


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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2004, 04:11:04 pm »
I did enjoy adaptation! And I will have to go see lost in translation at some point. another noteworthy director is stanley kubrik. a clockwork orange anybody?  :D
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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2004, 12:25:20 am »
I have the little kubrick box set.  Not sure if he's a true cinematic genius though as much as I enjoy his films.  Goodbye Lenin had a lot of kubrick references in.  Dr. Strangelove is probably one of my favourite films that Kubrick did.  It's just too funny.


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« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2004, 03:46:15 pm »
Dr. Strangelove is genius. I mean a guy riding a freaking bomb wearing a cowboy hat? It was histerical. And I love my english teacher for watching it in class :D
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« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2004, 01:21:14 am »
Hmmm... one of my favorite movies has to be Boodock Saints... if you havn't seen it, rent it... if you cant find it in the rental place... go BUY it... I can garauntee you will like it if you like Action/Comedy.  It has a few good stars, and is well directed.  If you liked Pulp Fiction, or Resevior Dogs, I can almost (for a fact), know you will like this movie.

Its about two Irish Brothers that go on a mafia killing spree.  They are cleaning up the streets of South Boston... its SWEET. (Oh yeah It also remided me of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels for some reason)

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« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2004, 03:43:41 am »
Haha!!

I knew a french girl who LOVED that movie. She made me watch it with her. I have to admit that it is very good. Danzig was right with his suggestion, if you like those kind of movies, you will love the Boondock Saints.

Another movie that I did not expect to like but really fell in love with was Spy Games. I went to see it in the theater on a whim (I didn't even read a single review about it) and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a strange film because it's essentially 2 hours of background info building up for 5 minutes of movie. :)

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