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Originally Posted by mcatdog
Originally Posted by wufwugy
Some of the best movies I've seen have been from Denmark
I love to watch foreign films but I've only seen 2 Danish ones, Pelle the Conqueror (very very good) and After the Wedding (very very bad). Any others you'd recommend?
The Celebration is one of my favorites of all time. You gotta be a movie aficionado to like it though since It's very un-Hollywood. For example, the entire film is done with hand held cameras and no props. It fits perfectly for the story though.
The first half is also kinda boring, but that's because it's setting the stage for the real point of the movie which kicks off about midway. I really love this movie though, couldn't be any better IMO
Brothers and Open Hearts are other good Danish films.
I haven't seen Pelle or After the Wedding, but I bet I would like them. I really like Danish direction and several of their actors.
If you don't like The Celebration, don't bother with the others IMO. But you should like it. It's truly fantastic, but like I said, it's really different than what you get from most other movies, and if you haven't seen a Dogme film (hand held cameras, no props) it'll be very different for you at first.
The Celebration http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/
Brothers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386342/
Open Hearts http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315543/
Speaking of foreign films in general, the first two are MUST watch, I wouldn't say the third is must watch, but I would say it is very awesome.
Seppuku http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/
Evil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338309/
Distrct B-13 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/
Seppuku is pretty much the best story ever, and it's samurai and has one of Japan's best, Tatsuya Nakadai
Completely disregard the title 'Evil', the translation or something is way off. It has nothing to do with the movie. This is one of my favs too, and a rather enjoyable film since it's about a badass who kicks peoples asses but also has a soft and sophisticated side
I like 'cool' movies a lot, and District B-13 is pretty much just that. Combine martial arts and parkour into a buddy action film about bringing down a powerful gang and saving the girl, and you got yourself a pretty good time. Also, if you rent the DVD of District B-13, you have to manually shut off dub. Dub is retarded, subs only way to go
And obv there's City of God, but you've probably seen that since it's like the most popular foreign film of the last decade
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