Movie recommendations

@ jamie
went to see There Will be Blood last night. great film, outstanding performance by Daniel Day Lewis...but what did you think of the ending?

@Moonboot, yeah what a film - from the first shot to "I'm finished" I was hooked and rattled. Day-Lewis was utterly amazing. The ending? I dunno what to say about it really, gobsmacked, but I liked it. And Jonny Greenwood did the score!! This film could get a spot in my all time top 5.

Interesting comment on the real villain in There Will be Blood (Spoilers!)

There Will Be Blood is a fantastic movie. I've watched it a few times now. I don't know if it'll win the Best Picture Oscar for 2008 (either No Country For Old Men or more likely Atonement have a better chance) but it deserves the nomination all the same. The acting from Daniel Day-Lewis is surely a winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Oscar, although I won't be shocked if Johnny Depp nabs that prize for playing the lead role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Paul Thomas Anderson's direction is superb, and the musical score, written by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, may at first be jarring to the viewer but then its harshness eventually fits in with the progressing hardship the characters experience throughout the movie. I liked how Anderson filmed a great deal of the start without dialog, only visuals on the screen. And then eventually Daniel Planview (Day-Lewis) would speak with such a commanding voice reminding one of John Huston (of which Day-Lewis based his speech on). Paul Dano who played both the Sunday twins (Paul & Eli) also spoke with power and charisma. Magnificent acting, too, from Dano.

What I found significant about There Will Be Blood was the two characters of Plainview and Sunday, how they represented capitalism and religion - the roles both played in America's progress. Both Plainview and Sunday were corrupt and both, with huge egos, would clash as is often with capitalism and religion.

A fine movie indeed, one I strongly recommend. Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind picking up a copy of Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil!', of which this movie is based on. That is, as soon as I finish reading Ian McEwan's 'Atonement'.

There Will Be Blood (2007) - "I've Abandoned My Child" Scene

The Dixie Chicks Docu- Shut Up and Sing. Great!

In alphabetical order

Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bride and Prejudice
Men With Brooms
My First Mister
Snatch (already on here somewhere, I think)

awesome movie, but only Canadians understand it.

This is gonna be cool:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Teaser:

Grizzly Man. It's Werner Herzog, that alone is normally a recommendation. But caveat visum. The main character is, IMO, possibly one of the most unlikeable subjects committed to film. I may be alone in thinking that but...

We watched (well, I sort of watched) The Librarian (2nd movie) on Saturday, it was all about a Crystal Skull as well. Is this the same plot?

BTW, the movie was under all pig (unter aller Sau), I walked out on it about halfway in. Reading The Order of the Phoenix in bed for the fifth time was much more interesting and credible than The Libriarian.

I watched this last night:

Lucky Miles




Funny. Tragic. Beautiful. Recommended!

Plenty of obvious ones to list (Coens, Scorsese, Jarmusch, etc.) but here are some perhaps not-so-common ones off the top of my head that I don't think I saw in this thread.

Oh, still can't believe no one mentioned Princess Bride, but that would go into my obvious category. I hope just a few of you see just a few of these movies, they are well worth it.

Anyway--

Tampopo
Babette's Feast
Big night
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (since I'm on a food kick)

Touching the Void
When We were Kings
Thin Blue Line
Fog of War
Sticky Fingers of Time
Crumb
Waiting for Guffman
Best in Show
Forgotten Silver
The Rutles (since I'm on a docu/mocku kick)

Dancer in the Dark
Once Were Warriors
Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer
Man Bites Dog (happy, happy movies!)

The Vanishing (original, please)
Nightwatch (original, please)
Bubba Ho-tep
Tremors
Paperhouse
The Witches
October Sky (great family film)
The Player (Altman, so probably an obvious one...)

The Castle
The Dish
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Strictly Ballroom (since I'm on an Aussie movie kick with the last few)
City of God
Freaks (Classic, "one of us...)
Kind Hearts & Coronets (or most of the early Ealing comedies, but this as probably my favorite, one of the best black comedies ever.)
Flirting with Disaster
Spanking the Monkey
Go
Two Days in the Valley
Manhunter (original and better Lecter, IMO)
Sexy Beast
Sweet Hereafter
Exotica
Ghost World
Living in Oblivion
My Life's in Turnaround
Secretary
Christmas Story

Sheesh, I could go on forever...

Just watched Brick yesterday. What a great film. 40's noir in a modern CA high school, very well done.

Sometime ago I mentioned on another thread how I thought the upcoming Iron Man movie would probably be very lame (I can't find that post now), but with this second trailer just released I may check it out after all. If it's any good I'll recommend it, if not...




I wanted to embed a more superior Stage6 video here, but sadly Stage6 is now shut down.

juno

@punchbear
BRAINDEAD, a film of real, true genius...beats 'Lord of the Rings' hands down!!

If only for the line "Your mother ate my dog!". Or this:

"I Kick Arse For The Lord"*.


_{*Contains gore.}

Is this the same a Dead Alive?

Self same film, title changed for the US.

broken english with parker posey. she's hilarious and the hot french guy's not bad either.

I just saw The Other Boleyn Girl at the movies tonight. I really enjoyed it. Two actresses I really like in one movie (Scarlett Johansson & Natalie Portman), not to forget Eric Bana.

Also, very much agreed with Carm on Shut Up & Sing.

Saw 1 v good
Saw 2 ok
Saw 3 v good

...and Saw 4 ain't too bad either.

Saw IV (2007) - Trailer

I hadn't seen them yet, so I binged this week. I've Saw IV waiting at home.

I'd agree with Mr. Ts appraisal.
Saw had one of the best twist endings I've seen in a while.

This looks pretty cool:

Wanted (2008)



Wanted (2008) (official site) is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann and Angelina Jolie. Due out in about three months.

I now add Saw 4 to the list,Very good story, loads of blood and guts.

The Orphanage/El Orfinato.


Don't let the horror tag or slightly cheesy title put you off, it was a success at Cannes and Spains 2008 Academy submission (unfortunately didn't get picked up). It's a successful amalgam of the poetic and the horrific, loss and tragedy, with a heart-rending poignancy seldom seen in the genre. Points of reference would be The Others, Pans Labyrinth, The Haunting, The Turn Of The Screw, Don't Look Now (Simon wears a red coat in direct homage), Peter Pan, Sophies Choice, The Devils Backbone, The Sixth Sense, Somehwere In Time, even Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Juno is on at the cinemas at the moment and it is fantastic its very funny, laugh out loud.

I concur with Saw 4 - gore gallore

Saw V will be released in the States October 24th this year. I'm looking forward to the fifth installment of the Saw movies.

IMDB: Saw V (2008)
Wikipedia: Saw V (2008)

"Live or die, make your choice."

Saw 6 is planned for release next year or the year after.

This looks pretty wild. I'm not a big fan of Will Smith; he's okay in small doses, but I might still check this Hancock out when it's released:

Hancock (2008) - Trailer

An absolute classic, I agree. A favorite prize in my collection. I bring this up because I read some disturbing news on Variety today which I like to share with all you hardcore film buffs out there:


Oh, shit. Nicholas Cage in the lead role? You've got to be shitting me! Okay, so Werner Herzog will be directing the remake, but I just can't imagine Coppola's nephew as the coked out, junked up, masturbating, thieving police lieutenant. Keitel played that role so masterfully in Ferrara's 1992 classic.

Here's more from Screen Daily:



_{Cage and Herzog}

There is no God.

Scenes from Bad Lieutenant (1992):

See 'Eastern Promises' The Cronenberg movie. Stunning.

If it hasn't been mentioned yet, Lars and the Real Girl is an excellent movie. Watched "21" the other night too, not bad.

Grizzly man was ironically surreal!

Black Snake Moan with Samuel L Jackson was pretty cool. Also Gosford Park, Amelie, Delicatessen, Secretary, Juno, Notes on a Scandal.

I wouldn't describe Notes on a Scandal as "pretty cool." It's one of those movies that drove me to drink (the sign of a well-crafted film). I was very disturbed by the fact that the old woman was several orders of magnitude creepier than the child-abusing school teacher. The whole thing made my skin crawl.

I don't know if anybody has mentioned the Mummy films such as The Mummy (1999) & The Mummy Returns (2001), but I've always thought they're a lot of fun. Of course they're not in the same league as Indiana Jones when you're considering this genre, but Brendan Fraser just cracks me up.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the third Mummy movie to be released some time later:



The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) - Teaser

I was recommending it, not saying it was in any way cool. It's the sort of film that leaves the viewer horrified and uncomfortable. Judi Dench is gloriously matter of fact in being poisonously delusional.

Watched "The Forbidden Kingdom" yesterday.

"The Karate Kid" meets "Monkey Magic". And features a face-off between Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

If you're into that sort of thing, it's a must-see.

Speaking of Jet Li (who appears in the upcoming third The Mummy movie) I sat down to watch him and Jason Statham slug it out in War (2007). What a crappy movie - highly unrecommended. It might be fun for teenage boys who like explosions, martial arts, car chases and no intellectual substance, but apart from a smart little twist at the end it was a forgettable film.

does anyone know how to make my macbook region free? i'm leaving to berlin in an hour or two and just realized this damn thing won't play any region 2 movies.

i don't have tv/dvd player :\

The English Patient (1996) is a beautiful, well-written film with one of the most gorgeous actors alive: Ralph Fiennes.

(Good thing I found a German who looks just like 'em!)

AFAIK, no, you've a limited number of unlocks on your superdrive, 4 iirc, a cheap dvd player and a DVI cable may sort it for you.
Post big, wide and clear if you do find a workaround for region-hobbled drives installed in Macs. You'll make lots of peeps happy.
Even happier if this ends up in the proper threadspace and the workaround is searchable.

I bought a DVD of the movie for five euros last week just for the hell of it. I'm not sure if I like the film, I found it too slow. It's certainly odd; Maggie Gyllenhaal's masochistic tendencies and what not.
I ought to watch it again I reckon.

AnyDVD is the way to go:

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

I don't know if this works with a macbook...

Mini-Beardie dragged Dad (me) along to the latest Indiana Jones at the weekend while I was home in England.

Harmless, mildly entertaining fun. Mini-Beardie (8) loved it.

try vlc. it works on both macs and pcs.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I know it's a bit presumptive of me to add a film here which I haven't seen yet, but the new Coen brothers movie Burn After Reading looks & sounds mighty awesome. It's coming out in September and stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand. I'm certainly looking forward to it.

Burn After Reading (2008) - Trailer:

No Country For Old Men is a tough act to follow.
But feck me sideways with a badger-shaped microwave, was that Sledgehammer? Been thinkin' about him a lot these days. No idea why.