Yet Another Movie Thread

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I thought Munich would be cool but I really didn't like it at all.

it was a pretty good movie, but I cant say I walked out thinking "wow thats my new favorite movie."

[Renton]

The best way to develop your film chops is to pick out a few filmmakers and really watch and understand all of their films. Here are a couple of essentials you should check out:

Stanley Kubrick: every single one of his movies are great, although some are kinda inaccessible (i.e. acquired taste)

P.T. Anderson: Magnolia and Boogie Nights are probably both in my top ten of films, his other 3 films are very good as well, although they are slightly less accessible.

Coen Brothers: all of their movies are good, but they have a weird habit of cranking out a fucking amazing film (i.e. Fargo, No Country for Old Men), and then putting out a couple of clunkers in comparision before making their next absolute masterpiece.

Martin Scorsese: needs no description

Charlie Kaufman: he's a screenwriter, not a director. Adaptation is in my top 5 of movies probably. Eternal Sunshine and Being John Malkovich are also essential.

[stenz]

Santa With Muscles

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Les Triplettes de Belleville

I highly recommend this, its a pretty abstract animated film, but its really awesome. If you smoke this is def a must see, if not well I still highly recommend it because its a really interesting "out of hte box" piece of cinema.

[BankItDrew]

just finished watching (saw it a few times now):
http://www.surfthechannel.com/info/M...8691/Cube.html

[frosst]

how to rob a bank
brotherhood of the wolf
dirty work

[Ltrain]

Momento
Run Lola Run (Great German Film)

[dick_pump]

For those of you who don't want to watch the movie but see the scene, here it is:
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bigred..that was awesome!!

my movies to check out..

matrix 1-3 3 is kinda sappy,but good ending
saw 1-4
lock,stock,&2 smoking barrels great movie...pay attention
the last samurai tom cruise is great in this
the ghost and the darkness true story
road to perdition tom hanks
gladiator

[Thunder]

The Last Action Hero
Doomsday


Dunno how Pulp Fiction is lumped in the flop/not performing section. The film cost $8m and recouped $108m in the US alone in 1994.
By comparison, Iron Man, considered a hit in 2008, cost $140m and returned $318m in the US.

[BennyLaRue]

Spy Game

[BankItDrew]

The Last Action Hero
Doomsday

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Doomsday.
I was not surprised at how much The Last Action Hero sucked.

[BankItDrew]

For those of you who don't want to watch the movie but see the scene, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds36EeXhh-Y

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The URL contained a malformed video ID.

[tom]

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

and I agree w/ grandma's boy being awesome

[Thunder]

Movies that are awesome but did not blow out the box office, you list your faves.

The Fog


and the daddy.........



The Thing.


Phenomenal film that tanked spectacularly at the box office. Thankfully, video came to its rescue and it now has its rightful place as one of the greatest moooovies ever. Can't believe I left it off my original list.

[sinister1]

Bloodsport...11.8M for the movie that started Van Damme's career.

Poolhall Junkies lost money (4M budget, 1/2M take) but is basically "Rounders" for anyone that plays pool.

The King of Kong

[ProZachNation]

I thought Doomsday was pretty terrible, but I did not like Mad Max that much either.