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Re: Recommendations!
« Reply #600 on: 13 Jul 2009, 09:17 »

No.

Buy the original Pride and Prejudice.
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« Reply #601 on: 13 Jul 2009, 19:23 »

No.

Buy the original Pride and Prejudice.

I already have that, child, that's why I was interested in what exactly Pride and Prejudice and Zombies had to offer. =P
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« Reply #602 on: 14 Jul 2009, 02:03 »

Absolutely terrible writing about zombies thrown in amongst the beautiful masterpiece.

It is low concept, and a very, very low result.

Maybe I'm just a prude, but I have trouble seeing it as anything other than stupid.
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« Reply #603 on: 14 Jul 2009, 22:31 »

Fair enough.

From what I've read of it now, the putting in of the ninjas and the samurai concept seemed more important than the zombies themselves. The author tried to justify his work by explaining how Elizabeth's personality is forged by her kung-fu teaching and her attempts to "avenge honour" at every opportunity parallels her hot temper in the original book.

But I think the zombies themselves were a distraction. They were useful at some points, eg. Charlotte getting infected while no-one seems to notice, but apart from that I think the zombies were just a tool to get people to read the real story hidden behind the setting.
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« Reply #604 on: 15 Jul 2009, 06:40 »

Hmm...I haven't been into this thread in ages.

I've been into a stretch of Christopher Moore books lately - Moore's best-known work is probably "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff" which is a hilarious, not-quite blasphemous, and often times quite moving fake gospel - and I just finished a second reading of his newest book, Fool. Basically, it's a really freaking funny retelling of King Lear, through the eyes of the court jester Pocket and his assistant Drool. The most irrereverent adaptation of Shakespeare ever, and heinous fuckery most foul.
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« Reply #605 on: 24 Jul 2009, 17:52 »

I'll recommend this.

Now, this is a series of three books, which are excellent, very exciting mysteries and characters and very well written. Currently films are being produced and I have recently seen the first one and that too I can wholeheartedly recommend. It was awesome. Go see.

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« Reply #606 on: 24 Jul 2009, 18:03 »

Jjajajaj that film trully have some success here in Sweden! Good movie :)
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« Reply #607 on: 25 Jul 2009, 13:18 »

Hey you fucks, see Wild Strawberries.

Definitely among my favorite Ingmar Bergman films, though I'll watch anything he had a hand in.

On a(n) (un)related note, I'll watch anything Ingrid Bergman was in too.
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« Reply #608 on: 28 Jul 2009, 04:50 »

The Fall.

Great movie.

For that matter, so is The Downfall.  Very different movies.
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« Reply #609 on: 28 Jul 2009, 04:54 »

Is every movie implying a fast downward movement a good movie?
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« Reply #610 on: 28 Jul 2009, 07:36 »

Fast Downward Momentum is a magnum opus.  It's just a mashup of a bunch of items having cameras slapped on them and then being thrown out of a space elevator.

That movie is also fictional.  It breaks my heart to admit it.
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« Reply #611 on: 20 Aug 2009, 20:59 »

So I just saw this old Belgian student flick called Man Bites Dog.  It's a fake documentary of a serial killer, and the film crew gets caught up in the violence.  Probably one of the blackest comedies I've ever seen.  Not that that's a bad thing.  Highly recommended for anyone who likes clever movies about hitmen (I realize this is a pretty small niche of film).
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« Reply #612 on: 21 Aug 2009, 09:22 »

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« Reply #613 on: 22 Aug 2009, 19:20 »

So I just saw this old Belgian student flick called Man Bites Dog.  It's a fake documentary of a serial killer, and the film crew gets caught up in the violence.  Probably one of the blackest comedies I've ever seen.  Not that that's a bad thing.  Highly recommended for anyone who likes clever movies about hitmen (I realize this is a pretty small niche of film).

It's pretty brutal.  There are definitely some cringe worthy stuff in there.  But it's fantastic and very smartly done.  If you like that you might also like a movie called Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.  Where a news crew documents this slasher as he gets set to return and avenge his death.  It's set in a world where Michael Myers, Freddie Kreuger, and Jason are all real people.  It's really, really good and the casting is absolutely perfect. 
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« Reply #614 on: 22 Aug 2009, 22:58 »

I dunno if anyone's mentioned it but primer is pretty bangin'. confusing as hell and I'm not entirely sure I liked a few bits of the mechanics of the time travel machine but whatever, so far it's easily the best serious time travel thing I've seen.

also let the right one in was fantasticcc, It's probably my favorite vampire movie.
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« Reply #615 on: 14 Sep 2009, 10:08 »

The Fall.

Great movie.

If nothing else, the scenery porn and light epic fantasy makes it worth watching.

Plus I like watching Lee Pace.
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« Reply #616 on: 25 Sep 2009, 16:20 »

The Fall is a masterpiece, a real visual wonder. I even enjoy the look of his first film, The Cell...Vince Vaughn, not so much.
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« Reply #617 on: 30 Sep 2009, 07:41 »

Hey to whomever said "Please Kill Me" above. Here are some others you may find enjoyable...

Totally Wired : Post-Punk Interviews and Overviews (reading this now; see also Rip It Up & Start Again)
John Peel: margrave of the marshes
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division
Kids in the Riot: High and Low with the "Libertines"
OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Big Star: The Short Life, Painful Death, and Unexpected Resurrection of the Kings of Power Pop
Freaky Dancin': Me and the Mondays
Go Now
Patti Smith : An Unauthorized Biography
Godlike
Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones
On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno
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« Reply #618 on: 30 Sep 2009, 20:26 »

Great list. I'd also add Johnny Rogan's Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance.
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« Reply #619 on: 01 Oct 2009, 10:34 »

Great list. I'd also add Johnny Rogan's Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance.
NOTED. Thnx. I'll have to look for that.
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« Reply #620 on: 04 Oct 2009, 20:17 »

I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend a good movie for me to watch with my girlfriend.  She likes these movies with altered time lines and stuff where you have to think about it after watching, like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Donnie Darko, or to a lesser extent The Butterfly Effect. 

Also, any good psychological thriller would be appreciated.  Or one of those weird movies that's still good (as in, not too over the top weird) and aesthetically pleasing is often pretty pivotal (this was one of the big drawbacks I had with Leolo). 

Any good movies like those you can recommend to me for this Friday's Chinese-food-and-(weird)-movie date night?

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Also, while I'm here, I'm gonna recommend a few books which may or may not have been recommended earlier in this thread (I was skimming) **Edit, some of these were recommended already.  I'm now reiterating these recommendations:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (I bet most people here have read at least something by him)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (and the rest of the books in this series)
Ilium by Dan Simmons (particularly if you ever read The Iliad and loved it (also if you ever read any Shakespeare and loved it, esp his poems))
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (recommended to me on a dif't forum, very good)
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« Reply #621 on: 04 Oct 2009, 21:09 »

Maybe she would like Once? I dunno

American Psycho is the best psychological thriller though
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« Reply #622 on: 04 Oct 2009, 23:03 »

Darren Aronofsky's Pi
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« Reply #623 on: 05 Oct 2009, 02:00 »

True, you can't go wrong with a film that lists an "ant wrangler" in the end credits.
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« Reply #624 on: 05 Oct 2009, 05:47 »

Pi looks awesome.  I remember seeing it in a dvd shop (packaged in a 2-for-1 dvd with something else), but never looked into the movie.  Definitely renting that one.  Thanks

American Psycho looks sweet (my sister's recommended it to me before, she's in love with Christian Bale (anyone seen The Machinist?)), but I doubt my girlfriend'd be too into it (violence-wise)

Once looks more like my kind of movie, and less like something she'd be into

Anyone else have any good suggestions?
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« Reply #625 on: 05 Oct 2009, 16:34 »

(anyone seen The Machinist?)
I love this movie. Your sister is right to love Christian Bale, how could anyone not?
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« Reply #627 on: 05 Oct 2009, 17:24 »

If anything, that makes me love him more.
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« Reply #628 on: 05 Oct 2009, 17:53 »

I've actually read stuff about that rant, and a lot of other actors and people say everything Bale said was in the right and the other guy was wrong for taking a professional actor (and a character actor at that) out of his place during a scene (even if it is just by moving around.  One person's commentary on it said that they do call for all still on the set when shooting starts, yet that guy moved around, was scolded by the director, yet continued to walk around during later takes).  Either way, after the scene was successfully shot, Bale apologized to him in private, and after the tape got out and it became a big thing, he apologized to him publicly.  *

*all according to stuff I read about this rant in the weeks after it came out, my mind may have mixed up some things in the weeks since I first read all this stuff, so don't sue me if I was inaccurate in certain parts of the above :D
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« Reply #629 on: 06 Oct 2009, 09:33 »

I love this movie. Your sister is right to love Christian Bale, how could anyone not?

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm reading the Book "American Psycho"... Damn, it just sooooo awesome. And I've seen some scenes from the movie and I can agree with you, his performance is exellent.
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I don't think a lot of you guys enjoy some good Gore movies, but if you do I totally recommend the classic/cult masterpiece that is Cannibal Holocaust ... The effects are so well done that it's not a surprise that the director went to jail 10 days after the movie got premiered. And the history is pretty good for being a gore movie.
Well, I think it's a great movie and feel proud of having a 4 000 limited edition with extra material.  :-D
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« Reply #630 on: 07 Oct 2009, 07:59 »

(anyone seen The Machinist?)
I love this movie. Your sister is right to love Christian Bale, how could anyone not?
I love this movie too, and Christian Bale is fucking awesome.
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« Reply #631 on: 08 Oct 2009, 15:26 »

Man, I was so disappointed when I saw Cannibal Holocaust. It'd been hyped up since I can remember as being one of the most intense, realistic horror experience put to film..and then I finally saw it, and it was sloppy and dated to the nth degree. I agree that the effects are uniformly pretty good, but the acting is so awful I can't believe anyone thought it was a documentary. Ah, well.

And if you're a fan of gore-horror, I can think of two names that should be very well-known to you: Lucio Fulci and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Not everything they did was great, but most of it is fascinating.
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« Reply #632 on: 09 Oct 2009, 05:30 »

but the acting is so awful I can't believe anyone thought it was a documentary.

Since when people really care about the acting in a GORE movie? It blows mymind tbh, because it's irrelevant. I save that for drama, thriller and well... all the others except gore. I think everyone who has ever seen the movie agree with you but don't really take it as a big deal. Since the most important thing in a gore movie [in my opinion of course] is that the effects are good enough. And the ones in CH are very very good. That's all that matters to me, that's why I overlooked the lack of good acting, it was even funny at times when I heared some dudes talking in spanish.
The actors were pretty bad, at least the dudes who were doing the "documental" but the savages did a great job imo, although I would like them to scream less since they seemed too retard at times and I'm sure that people that live like that are not stupid.

Thanks for the recommendations btw!
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« Reply #633 on: 09 Oct 2009, 14:18 »

Respectfully disagree. You seem to have skimmed over where I also called the film "sloppy and dated", because it totally is. The effects themselves were fine enough, but they were handled so haphazardly that they didn't really have an impact on me. Another way of saying it, is I saw latex not viscera. I could be being too critical here, and I haven't seen the flick in years...but as it stands, it did nothing for me.

As I stated before, if I want to see gore I'll watch something like The Beyond or Zombi 2...which as I'm sure you'd point out, also have terrible, terrible acting. But in my opinion, the violence has a much more visceral impact. You can say that gore movies are mainly about the gore (which I agree with, to a point) but I think another large thing that makes them work is an intensity and take-no-prisoners attitude...they seem dangerous in a way, you know? Cannibal Holocaust just seemed lightweight.

By the way, sorry to everyone else for turning this into the horror thread. Haha.
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« Reply #634 on: 09 Oct 2009, 16:57 »

it did nothing for me.

Gore doesn't make me feel a thing, it's just plain amusing to me. Thank god I have something to laugh at because I hate the usual comedy movies.   :-P  So I can't really give an opinion about "some movies in this genre have this dangerous atmosphere and stuff" because it's never there, I just laugh at the dude/girl/furry who got "pwn3d". It's always the same to me.
But I understand your point and respectfully disagree as well  :-)

And also... The thing was quiet cheap and limited to 4 000 copies, and since I love to collect stuff, it was a must in everyway possible even if the movie was just for the lulz.
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« Reply #635 on: 11 Oct 2009, 10:23 »

Darren Aronofsky's Pi

This was freaking insane (I'm still trying to wrap my head around the end).  Thanks for that recommendation.  We're gonna check out his Requiem for a Dream next time we feel like a movie date night. 
Meanwhile, if anyone else has any nice crazy/psychological/warped/weird films for me and my girlfriend to watch, we'd love the recommendations.

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Also, for people who loved Pi, there's a book by Dan Simmons called "The Hollow Man" that has a lot of mathematical talk about the human mind and life being mapped by a mathematical wave form and stuff, all placed along a story of a man (with an odd ability to read other people's minds... he explains this power/mutation with math.  it's a bit complicated) who's lost love.  I liked it a lot and would recommend it.
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« Reply #636 on: 12 Oct 2009, 01:33 »

Twilight is a great comedy.
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« Reply #637 on: 13 Oct 2009, 21:38 »

Saw a few movies I would recommend. Not all were groundbreaking or life-affirming, but they were worth a shot.

TV:
Mad Men - I know it's popular and all that, but the first few seasons are quite good.
Deadwood- Easily one of my favorite shows ever aired. The dialogue is sorta dense, but it's very worth it. Jesus, Ian McShane is worth alone.
Spaced - I've hear dit described as if QC was British and made into a sit-com. The humor is very British-dry, and it's filled with tons of movie (rare and popular) allusions.

Movies:
Cashback - Guy gets dumped, works at a grocery store due to his inability to sleep, re-established his artistic gaze, romantic stuff, etc.
3 Iron - A Korean film with almost no dialogue. Namely, the main character goes to peoples' houses when they are on vacation or out, uses the palce a bit, cleans it, and fixes stuff. He  eventually meets a girl whom is treated poorly by her husband. The two have a small excursion; things get complicated.
Broken Flowers - Bill Murray is always good for a laugh or smirk. Easily Jarmusch's more accessible of films. If you haven't heard of Jarmush--which I doubt--I'd give Dead Man a go.
Deadgirl - A strange, indie twist on the psyche-horror. Two adolescent, outcasted boys come across what is essentially a zombie girl. Morality is pondered if it is acceptable to screw her, and things escolate from there.
Reign Over Me - I was really, really surprised by this film. I'm not a huge fan of Adam Sandler, and I thought Punch Drunk Love was okay (tried a bit hard). Nonetheless, Don Cheadle coupled with numerous recommendations made me see it. I have to say, it was really good, especially considering it was a 9/11 (sorta) based movie. I haven't seen United 93, but I hear it's actually not as bad as it looks.
Visioneers - An entertaining, lightly-scathing "indie" comedy. it's worth a shot if you're in the mood for a not-quite laugh-out-loud comedy.
The Fall - It's fantastic. I think enough has been said here to affirm that.


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« Reply #638 on: 20 Oct 2009, 07:46 »

Movies:
Reign Over Me - I was really, really surprised by this film. I'm not a huge fan of Adam Sandler, and I thought Punch Drunk Love was okay (tried a bit hard). Nonetheless, Don Cheadle coupled with numerous recommendations made me see it. I have to say, it was really good, especially considering it was a 9/11 (sorta) based movie. I haven't seen United 93, but I hear it's actually not as bad as it looks.
The Fall - It's fantastic. I think enough has been said here to affirm that.

Speaking of United 93, it was an excellent movie, but I couldn't take it as seriously as intended because one of the actors playing a hijacker looked exactly like one of my high school teachers.

Also, regardless of story, The Fall is worth it just for the visuals.
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« Reply #639 on: 20 Oct 2009, 13:18 »

Add "Dance of Days" to that list. Washington DC hardcore punk history. Reading this book will basically explain to you why punk is awesome and why you should have an altar dedicated to Ian Mackaye in your house.

Cool deal, thanks.
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« Reply #640 on: 28 Oct 2009, 17:48 »

The Fall is worth it just for the visuals.

I would pay $100 just to watch the intro to The Fall in an IMAX theater or something like it. Naturally, i would be super stoned and it would blow my mind so thoroughly that i would never be the same again.

the movie, as a whole, is good (not great) but holy shit the intro is fucking....fucking....uh....SPECTACULICIOUS
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« Reply #641 on: 31 Oct 2009, 10:39 »

The Fall is worth it just for the visuals.

I would pay $100 just to watch the intro to The Fall in an IMAX theater or something like it. Naturally, i would be super stoned and it would blow my mind so thoroughly that i would never be the same again.

the movie, as a whole, is good (not great) but holy shit the intro is fucking....fucking....uh....SPECTACULICIOUS

Also, the wedding scene is good for this.

I would pay $5 to see the surgery scene while stoned in IMAX, though.
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« Reply #642 on: 08 Dec 2009, 15:16 »

John From Cincinnati - easily some of the most entertaining and witty dialogue as well as a wonderfully vague and yet very potent story.
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« Reply #643 on: 17 Dec 2009, 21:21 »

Please take your friends who are Twilight fans to see Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in).  This is an especially good idea if you never want them to talk to you again.

If you do rent this try to get the Canadian DVD distributed by Mongrel or the 2009 American DVD.  Do not get the 2008 American DVD distributed by Magnolia, apparently the subtitles are completely fucked.  Alternatively, look for the proper subtitles online, if you are watching this on a compy.
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« Reply #644 on: 17 Dec 2009, 21:23 »

oh my fucking god that is such a good movie no seriously
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« Reply #645 on: 18 Dec 2009, 03:26 »

Apparently the message Oskar taps into the box at the end is "puss" (Swedish for "kiss" according to Google Translate), and it was the actor's idea to do that.  Woah.
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« Reply #646 on: 18 Dec 2009, 04:21 »

They also dubbed over the Eli's voice with the voice of a boy. What.
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« Reply #647 on: 18 Dec 2009, 14:27 »

Uhhh... there's a reason for that.  It will become apparent if you read the book.
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« Reply #648 on: 13 Jan 2010, 09:47 »

So am I the only person that thought that movie was actually pretty bad?
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« Reply #649 on: 14 Jan 2010, 10:13 »

Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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