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pontifikate · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 95 Location: new jersey

have any of you recently (within the last 6 months) been introduced to a movie that you loved? i'm a movie geek and i have seen a few good ones lately, three of which have skyrocketed into my top ten.

01. capote.
02. me and you and everyone we know.
03. cool hand luke.

yes, cool hand luke is old, but i saw it tonight for the first time and loved it, hence the inspiration for this thread. i need to binge on new movies, so please. enlighten me with your current favorites. school is over for me in two weeks and i'll have plenty of time to abuse my freedom pass.

nach heart · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:07 am Post subject:

It's not like an art house film or anything, but I just recently saw Saved! for the first time and fell IN LOVE with it. I've since bought it and watched it about a million times. It's just so cute and smart and funny and well acted.

Also, I watched The Squid and the Whale not too long ago. I thought it was pretty good albeit a little bizarre.

I really need to see Capote.

mojo shivers · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:23 am Post subject:

I saw Brick last week. That was an excellent film for me--full of suspense and lots of twists, especially for a film supposedly set in high school. It played more like film noir than teen comedy.

Hard Candy, which I wrote a post about already.

Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders' latest, while far from a feel-good movie, left me refreshed at what can be done when a script and perfect casting come together.

Those three definitely are movies I've loved that you may not have seen publicized much elsewhere.
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steeplejake · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:30 am Post subject:

two recent additions to my top ten:
primer (in my top five)
sweet and lowdown (somewhere 6-10)

primer's a mindblower, like the first time i saw donnie darko, but i think it's better. plus, the whole movie cost about $7000 to make. indie cred!

sweet and lowdown is about a fictional jazz guitarist played by sean penn, and he's one of the best characters ever. the story is really funny/moving, too.
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Aweso · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

Once again, this movie is pretty awesome. It's more like a big music video with a great beginning and ending. This is definitely the most stylish movie of the last 5 years. Great soundtrack and very funny. Highly Recommended.

SURVIVE STYLE 5+

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DainGoding · Cool Kid Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 858

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I-man like kung fu(but not wuxia pien) strictly golden period.

You should see;

36th Chamber of Shaolin
Prodigal Son
Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu
5 Deadly Venoms
Kid With The Golden Arms
Knockabout
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pontifikate · Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 95 Location: new jersey

daingoding - i have not seen most of those! i am disheartened on one hand, but on the other, it gives me a good list to knock off over the summer. i have only seen a few woody allen's - most recently 'melinda and melida' and 'match point.'

i am quite psyched you're a film nerd as well. are you going to tribeca at all since you will be at nyu come fall?

Malomakaio · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:25 am Post subject:

has anyone seen "Oldboy?" that movie is messed up. I think it's korean...

yersh · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 77 Location: Davis, CA

Nobody Loves You · Cool Kid Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 576 Location: Vagtown

Cheers to Woody Allen! I watched Matchpoint yesterday and Bullets Over Broadway last week. But those aren't my recommendations.

You've probably already seen it and despite Vincent Gallo's creepiness, I really liked Buffalo '66.

I watched Dog Day Afternoon about a week ago and really liked it.
Almost anything by the Coen brothers. I love them. The Big Lebowski is my favorite, but Fargo and Raising Arizona are close. And yeah, pretty much all the others except the more recent ones like Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty and yeah.

And I think my favorite movie, no matter what, will always be Dick. It's so stupid but I love it.

I'm a huge film geek but most people say it doesn't count 'cause I'm so young. Fuck those people. :wink:

Edit: Junebug and Mysterious Skin were excellent!
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headpin · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:

I didn't like Oldboy much. I didn't find it shocking nor did I think the payoff lived up to it's premise/first act. It's nice to see a modern take on an old story but I didn't take to it as much as I wanted to.

I recently saw The Piano Teacher for the first time and thought it was fantastic.

Capote & Me and You and Everyone We Know are pretty much my top 2 films of 2005 too

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ohvelveteen · Cool Kid Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 748 Location: Maryland

Okay, well, before I go off about my favorites I need to respond/rant to everyone else. Because I'm crazy and obsessive like that.

pontifikate - I LOVED CAPOTE. SO MUCH. Hoffman is my GOD. I thought that was the most amazingly well-acted movie...
nach heart - Saved! is so so good. I bought it a while ago and watched it with my boyfriend last weekend, and surprisingly, he really enjoyed it. And the Squid & the Whale is one of my favorite movies (even though I haven't seen it since it was in theatres).
mojo shivers - I really, really want to see Brick! Glad to hear that it's good. And I didn't see your post on Hard Candy, which I'm also interested in, so I'll have to go check it out.
DainGoding - Holy shit, that sounds like the most amazing thing ever. I'm so jealous...that's so great. You'll love it, I'm sure. I'm planning on visiting NYU this summer, and part of the reason I'm so interested in it is for their Cinema Studies program.
Nobody Loves You - I can relate on the being-too-young-to-be-a-film-geek thing. I'm getting there, though; I'm definitely making progress.

That's all I have to say about those. My recent list of favorites (that haven't been mentioned so far):
Swingers (not new, I know, but I just watched it again recently and I still think it's great.)
Clerks (ah, it's the classic indie favorite, I know, but I love me some Kevin Smith)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (I don't care if he's pretentious or self-aware or tries too hard, I still think Charlie Kaufman is a genius)
ANYTHING WES ANDERSON (but especially the Royal Tenenbaums because it is one of the few movies that can make me cry. The blue scene...in the bathroom...ah, fuck, it's so well-done)
Lost in Translation & the Virgin Suicides (so excited for Marie Antoinette!)
Reality Bites (another one of the few movies that can make me cry. But for a very different reason. The other one is because it's a great film, this is because...i'm a girl.)
Requiem for a Dream
High Fidelity (it barely even counts as a favorite anymore because it's been one for so long, you know?)
Mysterious Skin
Before Sunrise

That's enough, probably. I love movies way too much. So, yeah, there's my list...alright.
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caterpillars · Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 42 Location: illinois

i have tons of love and respect for miranda july but me and you and everyone we know just came off as being a bit of a pretentious film

it seemed to try too hard to be outside of the indie film box, and artsy....and a lot of times just came off as weird. i enjoyed the movie but ehh, it just didn't do it for me.

movies you should see (or maybe have seen):
- y tu mama tambien (soo good. love the subtitle work)
- amelie (again, amazing subtitles)
- maria full of grace (this one just generates a lot of deep thinking in a less pretentious manner)
- ghost world. (mmyyy hands down favorite movie next to ESOTSM but i'm sure you've watched that one already)

cherryghost · Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Memphis, TN

you know, lately my sister and i have been talking about seeing all the movies in the criterion collection. i just saw divorce, italian style too (someone mentioned it earlier) and really liked that...and i know i'm extremely late on seeing/enjoying this movie, but i've become obsessed with fight club. now i'm in search of a copy of dr. strangelove but every freaking rental place i go to doesn't seem to have it...

DainGoding · Cool Kid Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 858

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'Me and You and Everyone We Know' was pretty good, yeah maybe trying a little too hard but i enjoyed watching it.

'The Squid and The Whale' was way, way underappreciated, even though it got Oscar nominated for the screenplay.

'Dr. Strangelove', word, but more importantly, 'Barry Lyndon', '2001', 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Full Metal Jacket'.

DainGoding · Cool Kid Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 858

EDIT ALERT

Strangelove is on Turner Classic Movies at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time tonight (Monday, May first). Everyone with cable can watch it tonight uncut and commercial free!
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caterpillars · Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 42 Location: illinois

i was about to say i'd totally be there watching it, but it's already half an hour in and there's nothing i hate more than starting a movie late because i just fret over what i might have missed.

Aweso · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

BEST MOVIE IN THE UNIVERSE OF ALL TIME!

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cherryghost · Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 63 Location: Memphis, TN

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