Ace said:

NorthC said:

Ace said:

I thought Unforgiven was excellent.

I thought so too until I started to do some reading about the Wild West and I found out that cowboys just DID NOT treat women like that! Just because they were always out in the open riding behind those cows, when they finally did meet a woman, even a prostitute, they were nothing if not admiring and repectful. And even if a cowboy mistreated a woman, there's no way his compadres would have protected him. They'd be the first ones to shoot him!

NorthC said:

EmmaMcG said:

NorthC said:

I thought so too until I started to do some reading about the Wild West and I found out that cowboys just DID NOT treat women like that! Just because they were always out in the open riding behind those cows, when they finally did meet a woman, even a prostitute, they were nothing if not admiring and repectful. And even if a cowboy mistreated a woman, there's no way his compadres would have protected him. They'd be the first ones to shoot him!

Just watched this movie for the first time last night. Wow. Incredible. Who cares if it's historically accurate? It's still a brilliant movie.

"We all got it comin', kid."

NorthC said:

But it was another chapter in the myth of the Wild West. First, the gunman was portrayed as a hero, now he's portrayed as a human being who makes miatakes and all that. In that respect, it's a good film.

Genesia said:

214 said:

NorthC said:

Cinema Paradiso

Because it's a movie about the joy of movies. Also about the silliness of censorship. It perfectly captures what it's like to be young, and what it's like to be old. The passage of time and remembering old friends. Giving a gift to someone you love.

Ace said:

214 said:

I loved the last Woody's film Blue Jazmine.

Actually, there've been two since then (Magic in the Moonlight and Irrational Man).

I meant the last i saw from him, of course.

I loved DJango Unchained, very entertaining.

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Always a tough question to answer, though Easy Rider seems to be my most frequent default.

I'd always dug the film as a sort of picturesque homage to the turbulent 1960s United States. A friend of mine, though, once challenged me to rewatch it intently as an oblique gospel narrative that indicts the whole of contemporary society -- only this time also including the broken counterculture championed by Peter Fonda's "Christ" character, Wyatt.

I found my friend's insight fascinating... yet a bit reaching. Sure enough, though, co-writer Dennis Hopper (who identified as agnostic during the film's making) eventually shared that at least parts of Easy Rider were inspired by early Christian gospel writings, including the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas. Beautifully layered, culturally literate stuff.

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Ace said:

Hamad said:

Contains one of my favorite lines of all time ('Not if my ambition's to get high and watch TV!' ).

Also one of my favourite lines: "AK-47, the very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every MFer in the room, accept no substitutes!"

Brendan said:

2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Watched for the first time alone in the dark at home on laser disc in the early 90s. Made such an impact on my young psyche that I was grasping for the lights at the mere hint of a credit roll. I felt an all-knowing presence everywhere and insecurely hoped that the light would somehow obscure my awe over this partially spilt insight into existence. Never mind that this film was already 25 years old and seen by millions, for a brief few in that dark it seemed as perplexing and revelatory as an uncharted top secret whispered only to you. I instantly became a film buff and Stanley Kubrick became my favorite thinker/filmmaker. Later saw "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa and started to grapple further with the epic enormity of this planet's intimacy.

I see people crap on 2001: A Space Odyssey as overrated these days, but I also really respect it in the same vein that you do. I don't see it as particularly revelatory, but I love its audacity to be one of the earliest cinematic science fiction works to take on such big, existential questions.

Have you ever come across the theory that Kubrick intended the film screen itself to be a monolith, situated horizontally? According to the idea, it's why we hear the signature drone sound through the intermission between acts II and III... and why following that intermission, we viewers are evolutionarily advanced enough to go on the cosmic journey of Act III.

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purplepolitician said:

^ Nice dreams was just on. I'm sorryyy

Lammastide said:

Brendan said:

Lammastide said:

I see people crap on 2001: A Space Odyssey as overrated these days, but I also really respect it in the same vein that you do. I don't see it as particularly revelatory, but I love its audacity to be one of the earliest cinematic science fiction works to take on such big, existential questions.

Have you ever come across the theory that Kubrick intended the film screen itself to be a monolith, situated horizontally? According to the idea, it's why we hear the signature drone sound through the intermission between acts II and III... and why following that intermission, we viewers are evolutionarily advanced enough to go on the cosmic journey of Act III.

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It was also heavily criticized upon release. Always polarizing. That's what gets my curiosity piqued the most. It's 47 years old already. It has almost become "Citizen Kane" to me. Not above criticism. Nothing ever is. It's just that at this point uncovering the key that would unlock a totally different slant is fading beyond even an electron microscope's reach. But hopefully I'm always listening anyway, and correcting my own countless messes. -- And I hadn't heard that theory before. Makes a whole lot of sense. He thinks that deeply. Even if it's not completely true, it makes complete sense; adds another tiny layer of understanding. Thank you!

Entirely useless, but I thought you might get a kick out of this. It's every frame of 2001 compressed into a barcode.



You can find a bunch more films here: http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/

Ace said:

Genesia said:

Brief Encounter. Early David Lean based on a one-act play by Noel Coward. (Coward also wrote the screenplay.) Brilliantly acted by Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson.

Genesia!

back atcha, Ace!

I don't think I could pick just one favorite movie. I've seen so many great movies over the years.

Scarface - Pacino

Casablanca

Gone with the Wind

The Godfather

Midnight in Paris

The Color Purple

Dog Day Afternoon

Now Voyager

Life of Pi

Some Like it Hot

The Wizard of Oz

Just to name a few.

namepeace said:

sexton said:

I'm not a big fan of Mafia movies, but I will acknowledge The Godfather as one of the best films I've ever seen. I preferred it over The Godfather Part II which I felt, while still a very good movie, dragged a little with the flashback sequences. I know I'm in the minority with that opinion.

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I've heard fans and critics claim that neither I nor II were truly "Mafia" movies. There's some truth to that, as they play out like Greek tragedies.

They are definitely Mafia movies. I suppose some people would say they aren't because they think that particular descriptor is too limiting and the Godfather movies are bigger than that--which indeed they are. But they are still Mafia movies.

I saw for the very first time Schindler List, is a very fgood movie but for me not that great.

NorthC said:

Lammastide said:

Ace said:

Contains one of my favorite lines of all time ('Not if my ambition's to get high and watch TV!' ).

Also one of my favourite lines: "AK-47, the very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every MFer in the room, accept no substitutes!"

Yep, every character that Sam L. Jackson played in QT's films is pretty much quotable