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#271821 - 10/02/10 06:16 AM
Re: The must-see movie thread
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MacPhee84
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Just though of one, Its not in my collection but it should be.
JFK - If you have 3 hours to spare this Film it well worth watching!
And keeping with the Kevin Costner theme
Field of Dreams!
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#271822 - 10/02/10 06:17 AM
Re: The must-see movie thread
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english_bob
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Read the book.
Ditto "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Oscar or no Oscar, I thought it was a rubbish adaptation of the novel.
I can only think of one film that I liked better than the book of the same (where I had read the book and could compare, that is), and that was "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas", which is well worth watching too...
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#271823 - 10/02/10 06:18 AM
Re: The must-see movie thread
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As you can see there is no Horror Films in that list. Just a personal note that I think Horror Films are a waste of time! the majority of the time they make so many sequels of them they overstay their welcome (Saw, Halloween, Scream etc.). and althought I enjoyed these films i can only ever watch them once or twice! For me, a big part of the problem with horror films is that they're so formulaic for the most part. I guess it's part of the fun for some people, but I find it boring. I don't often find them scary either. If I had to pick a horror movie, I think I'd go for "Event Horizon". I watched it on my own, late at night and it properly sh*t me up.
I know what you mean. I can't think of any horror movie that actually scared me. Most of them make me laugh, if anything. I remember watching the Evil Dead when it first came out and laughed my **** off. It was just a gross, over the top, tongue in cheek comedy, as far i could tell. Couldn't understand why everybody else was hiding behind their hands. Same goes for the Exorcist when i finally got to see it. It was so ridiculous (and so parodied by then) i just chuckled the whole way through it. I thought the little girl was just the funniest thing i'd ever seen (like some Paul Whitehouse/Harry Enfield comedy creation, with a lot of witty, instantly quotable catch phrases).
A lot of these 'splatter' style horror movies, such as the recent SAW films just can't be taken seriously. All you can do is sit there with a big grin on your face and wait for the next, laugh out loud, over the top death sequence.
I agree that films like Alien are far more scary than any of the 'horror' movies that have been made. I find some scenes in films like Schindlers List and other 'thoughtful' movies about real life suffering far more upsetting than anything i've ever seen in a horror movie.
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#271824 - 10/02/10 06:29 AM
Re: The must-see movie thread
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I remember watching the Evil Dead when it first came out and laughed my **** off. It was just a gross, over the top, tongue in cheek comedy, as far i could tell.
Evil Dead was a comedy, but you're right, nobody really got it, so they re-made it as Evil Dead 2 and hammed it up even more.
I remember going to see Spiderman 2 with a friend of mine who had also seen the Evil Dead movies, and being the only people in the cinema laughing our @rses off at the sequence when Dr Octopus' tentacles kill all the doctors in the operating theatre, which is pure Evil Dead re-make! Everyone else was in stony silence.
... on the topic of comic-book related films, can I also add "a Kevin Smith film" to the list- Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy or Dogma will do.
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#271912 - 12/02/10 02:51 AM
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I've seen Dogma and Jay n Silent bob strike back but thats it. I need to see more Kevin Smith films, I think is a funny... guy!
Also on the subject of comic book films, Frank Millers Sin City is a brilliant film!
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#271917 - 12/02/10 04:26 AM
Re: The must-see movie thread
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Agreed, Its a really good film, Better than crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
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#271987 - 13/02/10 02:21 PM
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A list in no order of preference
Clerks I & II
Trading Places
Evil Dead II
The Terminator (clearly)
Alien and Aliens (obviously)
Still Crazy
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Oh yeah...)
The Longest Day (That's how you do a d-day film Mr Spielberg)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Long Good Friday
Easy Rider
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Forgot to add
The Shining
Edited by Green Ninja (13/02/10 02:22 PM)
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