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Master Baiter Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 198

Watched Apocalypse Now (1979). Awesome movie, I highly recomend it. It's also interesting to read the book it was based off, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (which is an all-time favorite of mine).

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^ Great movie.

Tonight I watched Unforgiven (1992) again, damn good movie. I'm a big fan of Eastwood's old Spaghetti Westerns, but this movie is a bit more refined.

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last thing I stole was 'Robin Hood' (with the Australasian actor) hence the friar tuck avatar Twisted Evil

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:38 pm

just watched "Faster" with the Rock a bit of atwist at the end. enjoyed it a lot.

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I haven't seen that film.

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:55 pm

Just watched The Good, The Bad, and The Weird. (A Korean movie that's sort of similar to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.)

Not quite a Newb Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 36

I second Birdemic. It is an epic masterpiece of misplaced environmental concern and equally misplaced scenes. It's basically like The Room, but worse. Birdemic actually made me appreciate Tommy Wiseau.

I know this is a few weeks overdue, but in terms of Nazi movies, I recently watched Valkyrie for the first time, and I actually enjoyed it. The trick is not to think about the face that it's Tom Cruise in the lead role while you're watching. Admittedly, I'm not much of a theater connoisseur. I just need a film to entertain me to get in my good books.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:23 am

^^^^

You must be a goon Wink

Watched Adam http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185836/
Although the internet is choc-full of self diagnosed spergers, this movie was fairly accurate and really made me sad as all hell.

Also rewatched 'the crazies' remake.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:32 am

/\ Apocalypse Now is in my top 5 films, though its a long time since I saw it last. I have it on DVD, but its a big investment in time (3 hours or so, depending which version you have). It was probably the music by The Doors that first got me into it (shallow, I know).

The week before last we watched Harry Brown, with Michael Caine as an ex services vigilante, like an aging version of Charles Bronson in the Death Wish movies.

Last week we watched The Mechanic, which was well made and some very clever twists. I had a nagging feeling I'd seen something very similar before, only now do I find out its a remake of a film starring, er..... Charles Bronson!

Generally I hate remakes, and refuse to watch things like Get Carter and The Italian Job, as its like doing Beatles covers - nothing better will ever come of it. Most films I would never watch again, but some like Blade Runner and Pulp Fiction I could watch every week if I had to, even though I know what the next line is going to be.

I have a habit of liking films most people hate, like Vanilla Sky and Waterworld. I think I'm the only person on the planet who enjoyed that so much he watched it twice!

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:34 am

Rewatched my beloved "Hang The Red Lanterns".

To me, it's a 9 out of 10. Beautiful story, extremely well acted, and touching to the extreme.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:09 pm

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Waterworld. I think I'm the only person on the planet who enjoyed that so much he watched it twice!

No, you're not. Embarassed

Some classics in my dvd collection - 'North by Northwest', 'Charade', 'The Apartment', 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. Will be picking up 'Some Like It Hot' at some point. Also saw 'Point Blank' on tv and enjoyed it, so might add that as well.

A favourite modern film is 'Amelie' - absolutely beautiful cinematography, and a lovely story - like a modern fairytale. Smile

Also enjoyed the Bourne trilogy, The Terminator films, Secretary, and Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz. And the original Japanese versions of 'Ring' and 'Ring 2' were good - not something I'd usually watch, but wanted to see what all the fuss was about. So I watched them when they were shown on tv on consecutive nights. Across midnight. By myself. Glad I did, but never again - still gives me the shivers. :yikes:

I have eclectic tastes. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:06 pm

I've just put Catch-22 on my iPod ready for my next vacation - damn the in-flight movies!

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:16 pm

Manos, the hands Of Fate.
Just finished my eighth rerun....

Beat THAT Laughing

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:27 pm

Plan 9 from Planet X. Cla-sick. Bela's last film. He died during production.

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I really love "The Rock" which I think succeeded in spite of Michael Bay rather than because of him.

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Prince of Persia The Sand of Time
Movie Based on the video game – set in medieval Persia, Earth’s mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, where king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah and kidnap his daughter, looting this palce of price less treasure, including an extravagant hourglass, mysterious dagger.

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- JF

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

I haven't seen it in years and just watched it again on Netflix streaming. Pacino was great.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:30 am

Going to watch "The King's Speech" tonight. Just got the Netflix dvd

Master Baiter Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 198

Watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It's a hilarious movie, with a great ending - anyone who's seen it knows what I mean.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 10:57 pm

Just seen Guy Ritchie's film of "Sherlock Holmes" on DVD, with Robert Downey Jr (yum) in the title role and Jude Law as Dr Watson. Loved it. Very Happy

Great relationship between the 2 male leads. Recommend it, good way to pass a couple of hours if you haven't seen it.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:16 pm

Watched A Serbian Film yesterday afternoon. Not a movie for the fainted hearted, but the director got all the responses he set out to get from from me. Sometimes to prove a point you have to take it to the limit, mission accomplished.

Despite being a 41 year old,confirmed heterosexual male, I have Sandra Bullock movies marked down for my guilty pleasure...Just don't tell anyone I said that.

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 4:01 pm

[quote="Roycropper I have a habit of liking films most people hate, like Vanilla Sky and Waterworld. I think I'm the only person on the planet who enjoyed that so much he watched it twice![/quote]

Err, I hate to contradict a mod, but...I liked both these films.
And saw both of them twice.

But then again, I liked District 9. The portrayal of the Nigerians seemed overly subtle, but that could be me.
I even liked Toystory 3.
And the 13th Warrior.
And a fair number of the Star Trek movies.
And Master and Commander.
And Spartacus.
Quo Vadis, anyone?

I like movies.

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:46 pm

Thor was pretty good. You can also take the kids to it. Stay past the credits for the typical SHIELD trailer

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:05 pm

anything in 3D
most recent being Drive Angry

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:01 am

I think that I need to watch "The Pacific" again.

Must watch list:

Drama: "To Live" Dir. Zhang Yi Mou

Sci-Fi: “Alien” Dir. Ridley Scott

War: "The Longest Day"

Other Recommendeds: The Last of the Mohicans, True Grit(John Wayne version), The Sunshine Limited.

My 2 pennies worth.

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