Skilly Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Jeez Chavez, you really dug this thread up from the dead! First post was in Dec 04. Haven't seen the others, but I liked Funny Bone. Heartbreaking, almost uncomfortable to watch movie of a son trying to follow in his father's footsteps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I have a tendency to lean towards the smaller films, so here is a list of these films I have enjoyed in no partictular order Memento Inside Deep Throat Layer Cake Crash The Assassination of Richard Nixon Stander Maria Full of Grace Crumb Elephant Employee of the Month The Salton Sea Spun Garden State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Memento Layer Cake The Salton Sea 1332089[/snapback] If someone missed ANY of these 3 films, RUN to your video store immediately and rent it. As to Crash, was that the recent film or the older Cronenberg flick with the same title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 haven't gone through the whole thread, but anyone mention "old boy"? it's foreign (korean), but totally mind-blowing. we loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 haven't gone through the whole thread, but anyone mention "old boy"? it's foreign (korean), but totally mind-blowing. we loved it. 1332105[/snapback] Oh, yeah, I saw that one a couple months back. Those fight scenes were classic. Although the ending was Audition-level wrong - what is it with Asian filmmakers, man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If someone missed ANY of these 3 films, RUN to your video store immediately and rent it. As to Crash, was that the recent film or the older Cronenberg flick with the same title? 1332095[/snapback] It was the recent one, but the older one was good also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Latest: Dogtown and Z-Boys - great doc about skateboarding; found it way more compelling than Murderball Stalingrad - German film about the siege of Stalingrad, some of the people who made Das Boot were involved, but I don't know who or to what degree; anyway, the action was poorly done and there wasn't much of it. I wouldn't recommend it - maybe I missed something great, but I thought Enemy at the Gates had way more punch, though it was a completely different take on Stalingrad. Experiments in Terror - this one is a collection of small, indie-type short subjects. My assessment is that the experiments all failed. Avoid. Undead - spunky Aussie flick about zombie apocalypse. Not the best I've seen, but entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 If someone missed ANY of these 3 films, RUN to your video store immediately and rent it. As to Crash, was that the recent film or the older Cronenberg flick with the same title? 1332095[/snapback] I didn't see the salton Sea....the other 2 are very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Actually, I forgot I'd also recently seen Inside Deep Throat - I thought it was pretty interesting; it covered a behind-the-scenes look at the film, the impact it had on the porn industry, and the impact it had on society-at-large. Hard to believe one flick about fellatio could affect so much. The story of Linda Lovelace is unbelievably sad, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 The story of Linda Lovelace is unbelievably sad, though. 1377766[/snapback] Is it? If you're refering to her claims of being forced to do the movie, well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Another recent couple I forgot: Rent - I'd tried to listen to the CD but couldn't get into it; figuring that seeing is sometimes better than hearing, I snagged this one and have to give it a resounding "eh." For all the hype about it being some sort of triumphant achievement for the rock musical, it doesn't really rock. Most of the songs are pretty typical Broadway-sounding fare and I feel bad, because the play is trying really, really hard to impress you but it just doesn't. Can't hold Hedwig and the Angry Inch's brastrap. Metropolitan - a "comedy of manners" about insecure future yuppies in 1990ish Manhattan. I'd lay odds about 99% of the people around here would completely hate it. I didn't completely hate it and may give it another shot since I watched it in two sittings in which I was drunk and nodding off, but was unimpressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 haven't gone through the whole thread, but anyone mention "old boy"? it's foreign (korean), but totally mind-blowing. we loved it. 1332105[/snapback] The claw-hammer fight scene was classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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