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  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    The Remains of the Day (1993)

    Based on all the buss about it on here, i decided to watch it. And i'm glad i did, great performances all around especially Hopkins and Thompson.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Holiday (1938)

    Great movie. Lots of good dialouge mixed with charming performances by Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. They don't make em like this anymore.

    The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

    Very entertaining movie with a few twists.

    Playtime (1967)

    Another dissapointing Jacques Tati movie. I found it kinda the same as i did with Mr Hulot's Holiday which i found bland, boring and unfunny. This one i liked a bit more though.


  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Don't Breathe
    Great movie. Lots of suspenseful moments. The blind guy was last seen as the bad ass sergeant in 'Avatar'. he was good. And Scary.
    the film takes place in scary Detroit (like another one of my favorites, ":It Follows" and that can be a scary city.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    Anyone have thoughts to share on the movie Paper Moon (1973)? I'm interested in checking it out.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Wow. Then I look forward to it. I've only seen Ryan O'Neal in the exquisite Barry Lyndon otherwise, but he impressed me in that film.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Paper Moon is very good indeed.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Hard Target 2 (2016):

    @DaltonCraig007, a review solely for you to look at, ol' chap! :D

    After having finished with Mechanic: Resurrection, I went to see Hard Target 2, a follow up to Van Damme's 1993 film, yet other than the game of survival there are no characters reprising their roles from the original nor any other connection. However, the film starts with the very same way (very similarly, at that!) the original film begins. Scott Adkins plays a former fighter, Wes Baylor, who is going through a series of guilt and trauma after having accidentally killed his best friend in a ring, who was also a fighter, both contending for championship. Baylor, in the present day, is dragged to a game and offered one million dollars (paid in rubies) to attend "something big that's set up" by a mysterious rich gambler, played by Robert Knepper. Awesome actor for a villainous role. And the rest is as it goes through the jungles of Myanmar, similar action sequences are also present if you know the original Hard Target. My only complaint is the underuse of Rhona Mitra, who has the spitting image of Kate Beckinsale. I just wish she had more to do in the film. All in all, an enjoyable ride. Not over-satisfying, just a time killer for a good entertainment.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited September 2016 Posts: 15,716
    Thank you, @ClarkDevlin! Scott Adkins is a proper badass, and Robert Knepper is a scene-stealer in all his films. I will watch this when it is released here!
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Definitely!! :D
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Red Sonja this film is barking the acting is poor though kind of fits, Morricone score is good and the sets and scenery look pretty good in HD. It's a bad film that I find entertaining, the film works better with the gore and violence kept in.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    COUNT YORGA VAMPIRE (1970)

    Low budget horror flick from AIP stars Robert Quarry as a Bulgarian vampire in 1970's Los Angeles. He performs seances, has a bevy of vampire brides, and oozes in suave arrogance. With a mouthful of unusual looking fangs, several capes, he is very much a Dracula clone. Quarry was a pretty big fan of Christopher Lee and it shows in his performance. Coolest scene is when his victim's friends make an uninvited visit to his castle and try to keep him up until dawn. The sequel RETURN OF COUNT YORGA is just as fun.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Marty (1955) instantly became one of my new favorite movies.

    It arrived today; I'll watch it this weekend. Borginine was always a very likable performer.


  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited September 2016 Posts: 12,466
    talos7 wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Marty (1955) instantly became one of my new favorite movies.

    It arrived today; I'll watch it this weekend. Borginine was always a very likable performer.


    It's just perfect. One of the most underrated best picture winners, simply meaning it's not talked about enough.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    IT depends who you're talking to.

    I wish I knew more movie fans like you.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Remember, I'm a lot older. Most of the people I talk about this stuff with are in their 50s or 60s. They've had the time to amass a lot of film experience and film knowledge. Most of them studied film at one point either in a formal setting or independently.

    True. I'm enjoying all these classics at a very young age. What many of my age would consider "boring" or "overrated". Ridiculous.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    From the time my daughter was very young, for every "talking animal" movie we would watch there would be an older, often classic film. She is now 19 and has a most eclectic taste in film and literature.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    I just started Paper Moon (1973). I'll post thoughts later. The 70s was quite a decade for film.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited September 2016 Posts: 28,694
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Remember, I'm a lot older. Most of the people I talk about this stuff with are in their 50s or 60s. They've had the time to amass a lot of film experience and film knowledge. Most of them studied film at one point either in a formal setting or independently.

    True. I'm enjoying all these classics at a very young age. What many of my age would consider "boring" or "overrated". Ridiculous.

    I'm right there with you, @FoxRox. I'm glad there's others out there that enjoy the films that paved the way for what we have now.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    Birdleson wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I just started Paper Moon (1973). I'll post thoughts later. The 70s was quite a decade for film.

    The best. The '20s - the '60s were all excellent decades for cinema, but it was in the '70s that everything came together at the right time. The death of the rigid studio heads, the emergence from the '60s with a fresh appreciation for cultural and individual freedoms and vision, a taste for the new and an intellectual curiosity. The children that grew up to be the great directors of that era were weaned on the american classics and educated in european new wave (not to mention the best that Japan had to offer) and melded those sensibilities. Such a vibrant time. Brought to it's knees by the insane commercial successes of JAWS and STAR WARS. Two excellent films, but they led to the observation by Hollywood that artistic risks need no longer be taken; just make nine or ten formulaic films a year. Remake, sequels, repeat. Or just a rip-off. the only demographic that mattered became 15 to 35 year olds because, as a group, they will spend their dollars on the same repackaged shit over and over again. Superheroes and franchises. They'll even do the fretting over the box office receipts because they cum over assured sequels (those of you past 45, can you imagine going to see one of your favorites of the '70s, maybe CHINATOWN or ANNIE HALL or NETWORK, and giving two shits about the box-office numbers? It would have been such an alien way of watching and enjoying cinema). When Bond was only one of maybe three large franchises going, it was kind of cool and special. Now look at what we have.

    Well-said. 70s through 90s is my personal favorite era in film. So far the 2010s has been pretty miserable overall by comparison - particularly this year actually.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Paper Moon (1973). Wonderful movie, with an absolutely perfect ending. This was really a treat; just a great time.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    I'm really glad I was able to find it. Somewhat obscure classic, but awesome. I really just wish more movies like it were made now.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Watch THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1961). Just as good, but much heavier.

    1971

  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    edited September 2016 Posts: 3,336
    Here are some great lists to follow.

    1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2015 edition)

    http://www.imdb.com/list/ls052535080/?start=1&view=detail&sort=listorian:asc&defaults=1&scb=0.20680823942442195

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    AFI Top 100 (2007)

    http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000093307/
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    There is no way I am looking through 1001 movie titles, but I checked out the other one, with 100. Some great films, some pretty mediocre as well.

    Hundreds of filmmakers and critics recently made a list of the best films of this century so far, and Mulholland Drive came out on top. It s an excellent film, but I wouldn t call it the best of the best.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,716
    [quote="Thunderfinger;639453" Mulholland Drive came out on top. It s an excellent film, but I wouldn t call it the best of the best.[/quote]

    'Goldeneye' is the best of the best. ;)
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    There is no way I am looking through 1001 movie titles, but I checked out the other one, with 100. Some great films, some pretty mediocre as well.

    Hundreds of filmmakers and critics recently made a list of the best films of this century so far, and Mulholland Drive came out on top. It s an excellent film, but I wouldn t call it the best of the best.

    I saw that list, and i agree that Mullholland Drive is nowhere near #1. Spring Breakers (2012) is even on that list so i wouldn't care too much about it.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    That s 20th Century. Maybe you mean Die Another Day? Sadly, i don t think it was even on the list.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Crazysoul95 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    There is no way I am looking through 1001 movie titles, but I checked out the other one, with 100. Some great films, some pretty mediocre as well.

    Hundreds of filmmakers and critics recently made a list of the best films of this century so far, and Mulholland Drive came out on top. It s an excellent film, but I wouldn t call it the best of the best.

    I saw that list, and i agree that Mullholland Drive is nowhere near #1. Spring Breakers (2012) is even on that list so i wouldn't care too much about it.

    I will never see that film, so I will never know.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Thunderfinger, you're not missing anything, one of the worst films I've seen this decade.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    And you see a lot of films, don t you?
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