#261

you’ve got your “the” on the wrong film :wink:

i highly doubt i will watch apostle again! but it was really good. Do you know which scene i mean? that was particularly gruesome? yikes!

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#262

I know exactly which scene you mean. It was…unpleasant.

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#263

it was what the bad guy said as well! for added nastiness.

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#265

Ok, I’ve attempted to do it. This game is ridiculous and futile! Tried to include a mix of films. I didn’t even really consider foreign films! (except motorcycle diaries.)

  • Hoop dreams (best documentary ever.)

  • Unbreakable (best comic book movie ever made. How they should be done.)

  • Last days (can’t even say why! Everything about it is so good. Character study, direction, dialogue, tone.)

  • Lars and the real girl (watched it for a 2nd time and completely fell in love with it. Beautiful. Ryan gosling did 2 films before he became massive that I loved. This and “half Nelson.” He’s a damn good actor. “too” famous now to be doing films like that.)

  • The motorcycle diaries (means a lot to me, politically and spiritually. Also a bloody good film.)

  • Gerry (another Van Sant masterpiece. Same time as “last days,” you just get lost in it. Existential.)

  • Spirited away (I simply adore Ghibli. I’d like to have picked a more obscure, earlier, one but, you know what, spirited away was the one where they really nailed it. It got massive for a reason.)

  • Dead man’s shoes (love Shane meadows, love paddy, this is them at their best. What a film.

  • Princess bride (hilarious, amazing cast, cracking adventures, ridiculously good writing. All-time classic kid’s film, to be enjoyed by adults. “mawage!”

  • Napoleon dynamite (as discussed before, I love this film. )

There’s loads of “high brow” and foreign, and older stuff I’ve not included here! I really Todd solondz, he was someone who really influenced me when I was first getting into film. I’m into cinema vérité and dogma stuff; I was massively into “mumblecore” as well.

Could’ve selected literally 100+ others films. I’m already thinking of more now after writing the above. I hate this game! Wish I’d never done the list now!

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#266

I’m still not able to edit posts! :roll_eyes:

#267

Not the definite list but it’ll do for now :blush:

The Wicker Man
Halloween
Phenomena
Rosemary’s Baby
The VVitch
Sense and Sensibility
Suspiria
Fatal Attraction
Scream
The Thing

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#268

Two Gus Van Sant films and no Drugstore Cowboy :frowning:

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#269

mate, i’m gonna have to shock you even more, it would probably be pretty far down my list! I’ve defo seen it, but can’t really remember it! :flushed:

i love the whole “death trilogy” so elephant as well. I love good will hunting, idaho, paranoid park was good, milk too. I even remember “to die for” better than drugstore cowboy.

What can i say, sorry?! :slight_smile:

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#270

You can have your own opinion and all, but when I become dicator of the world you’re gonna have to do some dungeon time.

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#271

haha.

or, you know, i could just have a rewatch and get back to you?? :wink:

still, if it can better any of the death trilogy, good will hunting or idaho, it will have done VERY well…

#272

In the spirit of full disclosure, I can’t remember being THAT impressed by Last Days. But I did see it in the cinema and was with someone who was quite vocal in their opinion that it was crap.

So maybe I need to rewatch.

Tbh. Van Sant seems like a hit and miss director. I respect his commitment to what he wants to do, but it can result in a Sea of Trees (not seen but heard it’s BAD)

#273

i think i’ve missed most of his “bad” films. He’s massively inlufential to me, because he was doing great films (imo!) when i was getting “serious” about films.

Honestly mate, when you’re in the mood to sink into a film, to not expect plot development, and just allow a film to wash over you, watch last days or gerry.

There’s a scene in gerry where you basically see a sunset in real time; glorious. (the end of a fast sunset! it’s not like 30mins!)

#274

stating the obvious, but mood and expectation affect enjoyment of a film massively.

Lars and the real girl (on my list) and moonlight are two good examples. First viewing “good” second viewing "all-time favourite.)

Moonlight could get close to a top 10 for me. Defo in my top 200 anyway! :joy: :roll_eyes:

#275

if you’ve not seen, che part 2 could be up your street. it’s got a gerry vibe and obviously you said motorcycle diaries. is very different to che part 1, watching them in a row in the cinema (ain’t that what everyone always does anyway? hurr hurr) was a real treat

#276

a gloriously on brand top 10 :grinning: :+1:

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#277

blade runner
evil dead 2
ghost world
glenngarry glen ross
conan the barbarian
song of the sea
american werewolf in london
robocop
the thing
meet the feebles

#278

Watched Tremors last night. I second your list.

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#279

Yeah, so many amazing films from that era. The Police Storys and Project As are brilliant but Dragons Forever always stands out as it’s also got a great turn from Yuen Biao and the comedy romantic subplot isn’t too irritating!

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#280

I’ve got Tremors and Robocop recorded on my freeview box. That’s the weekend sorted!

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#281

still haven’t seen the Che films. Huge omission.

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