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Post by dwlynch on Dec 11, 2021 5:15:52 GMT
I've been on a documentary kick while I ship out orders. I've watched: Jesus Camp (2006) 12th & Delaware (2010) High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995) Talkin' Headz - The Metalheadz Documentary (1998) 9/11: The Falling Man (2006) Murderball (2005) Listening to Kenny G (2021) There was a period of time where I watched Jesus Camp several times, mostly to get mad at Christians. Around the same time I also watched Darkon repeatedly, mostly to laugh at LARPers. High on Crack Street is pretty legit too.
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Post by ely on Dec 12, 2021 0:26:32 GMT
watched the Rush Hour trilogy with my partner which was kinda fun but they definitely dip in quality quite a lot between 2 and 3. looking for more fun jackie chan movies to watch. police story is just so good, i need to watch the second one. watched the original murder on the orient express, which made me want to do a triple screening of movies that take place almost entirely on a train. i need ideas for it, one i have is strangers on a train, maybe snowpiercer. tried to watch "the outfit" based on the richard stark novel (which is really good hard-boiled noir) but the DVD shit out halfway thru which was a bummer. theres a dvd guy I go to who has great stuff at union, will need to go back and get a different copy ($1 each, bless him)
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Post by griffen on Dec 13, 2021 22:41:18 GMT
Zeaima, here are some train film recommendations for you that I like a great deal. Most of these take place on a train for most of the runtime.
Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg - You hear talk of it, but after watching this I was pretty convinced Marlene Dietrich is one of the greatest movie stars of all time. To quote my wife "The heat coming off of her powered that train." Also Anna May Wong, in a supporting role, has so much star quality that Sternberg shoots her and Dietrich in scenes as charismatic equals.
Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks - One of the earliest screwball comedies and also one of the best. John Barrymore is unhinged in this.
The Train (1964) John Frankenheimer - Frankenheimer takes Orson Welles quote about Hollywood being “The biggest electric train set any boy ever had,” to literally! This movie really loves trains and most of the train carnage is real, as in they literally blew up tracks with real dynamite and derailed real trains. So much weight and force in those scenes.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Joseph Sargent - Let's put some of the best character actors from the 70s in a movie and make it totally rule, is one of my favorite genres.
Unstoppable (2010) Tony Scott - I like late Scott films and this one is probably the most entertaining of them. I recall there being lots of jokes about this one when it was released, centered mainly around how could a runaway train be that exciting or suspenseful, well it's both.
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Post by mikesheawright on Dec 13, 2021 23:13:02 GMT
Zeaima, here are some train film recommendations for you that I like a great deal. Most of these take place on a train for most of the runtime. Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg - You hear talk of it, but after watching this I was pretty convinced Marlene Dietrich is one of the greatest movie stars of all time. To quote my wife "The heat coming off of her powered that train." Also Anna May Wong, in a supporting role, has so much star quality that Sternberg shoots her and Dietrich in scenes as charismatic equals. Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks - One of the earliest screwball comedies and also one of the best. John Barrymore is unhinged in this. The Train (1964) John Frankenheimer - Frankenheimer takes Orson Welles quote about Hollywood being “The biggest electric train set any boy ever had,” to literally! This movie really loves trains and most of the train carnage is real, as in they literally blew up tracks with real dynamite and derailed real trains. So much weight and force in those scenes. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Joseph Sargent - Let's put some of the best character actors from the 70s in a movie and make it totally rule, is one of my favorite genres. Unstoppable (2010) Tony Scott - I like late Scott films and this one is probably the most entertaining of them. I recall there being lots of jokes about this one when it was released, centered mainly around how could a runaway train be that exciting or suspenseful, well it's both. Hardcore vouch for all of these except Shanghai Express which I haven't seen. Unstoppable rules, I share the affection for late movies from the late Tony Scott RIP.
Lady Vanishes is also great.
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Post by awfulquiet on Dec 14, 2021 18:15:46 GMT
I'm not much of a movie person. But we watched the new-ish Nic Cage movie "Pig" this past weekend and I enjoyed it. Great, weird little movie.
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Post by manoopuesta on Dec 15, 2021 14:35:53 GMT
I'm not much of a movie person. But we watched the new-ish Nic Cage movie "Pig" this past weekend and I enjoyed it. Great, weird little movie. I will keep this in mind to check out cause the movies he chooses to star in sometimes are, apart from weird, pretty cool.
That's the way I discovered for example the director Panos Cosmatos. I watched by chance some years ago in a film fest the movie Mandy, and I had so much fun, it was really good.
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Post by ely on Dec 15, 2021 18:38:30 GMT
hey thank you so much!! these all look super good I'm excited to check 'em out. Haven't seen any of 'em. Gonna add 'em all to the library list and will report back. Now I just gotta program them into double features.. Zeaima, here are some train film recommendations for you that I like a great deal. Most of these take place on a train for most of the runtime. Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg - You hear talk of it, but after watching this I was pretty convinced Marlene Dietrich is one of the greatest movie stars of all time. To quote my wife "The heat coming off of her powered that train." Also Anna May Wong, in a supporting role, has so much star quality that Sternberg shoots her and Dietrich in scenes as charismatic equals. Twentieth Century (1934) Howard Hawks - One of the earliest screwball comedies and also one of the best. John Barrymore is unhinged in this. The Train (1964) John Frankenheimer - Frankenheimer takes Orson Welles quote about Hollywood being “The biggest electric train set any boy ever had,” to literally! This movie really loves trains and most of the train carnage is real, as in they literally blew up tracks with real dynamite and derailed real trains. So much weight and force in those scenes. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Joseph Sargent - Let's put some of the best character actors from the 70s in a movie and make it totally rule, is one of my favorite genres. Unstoppable (2010) Tony Scott - I like late Scott films and this one is probably the most entertaining of them. I recall there being lots of jokes about this one when it was released, centered mainly around how could a runaway train be that exciting or suspenseful, well it's both.
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Post by mikesheawright on Dec 15, 2021 23:02:58 GMT
loved Friends of Eddie Coyle on Criterion Channel. super raw no frills straight up crime noir. need more movies like this, not sentimental in any way and does no audience hand-holding. just a legit as hell tale of criminals doing criminal shit, great stuff.
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Post by BubblesZine on Dec 16, 2021 0:52:25 GMT
I just rewatched all 3 Matrix movies. The Matrix is my favorite movie of all time. I've seen it an insane amount of times. I've seen Reloaded a lot too. I had slept on revisiting Revolutions really, but gotta say it wasn't as bad as I remembered it. I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm just pilled, I love the universe. I can't wait for the new movie.
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Post by awfulquiet on Dec 16, 2021 1:39:34 GMT
I just rewatched all 3 Matrix movies. The Matrix is my favorite movie of all time. I've seen it an insane amount of times. I've seen Reloaded a lot too. I had slept on revisiting Revolutions really, but gotta say it wasn't as bad as I remembered it. I enjoyed it. Maybe I'm just pilled, I love the universe. I can't wait for the new movie. I've been slowly doing this. The first movie is so good and holds up very well. I think I only saw Reloaded once before my recent rewatch. And I don't think I've ever watched Revolutions, but I will next week.
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Post by mikesheawright on Dec 16, 2021 20:41:32 GMT
Matrix 1 and 2 are two of my favorite theater experiences of all time, no question. i have some affection for the third one, rewatched them all last summer and also thought the 3rd one wasn't as bad as i remembered it. cautiously hyped for 4.
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Post by awfulquiet on Dec 16, 2021 23:19:55 GMT
PSA that Cryptozoo is now on Hulu for those interested. Perfect timing for me as I was planning on watching it this coming week.
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Post by awfulquiet on Dec 24, 2021 0:51:10 GMT
Just finished Matrix Resurrections. I went in expecting to love it and I did love parts of it. But it is not what I was hoping for. It felt like a SyFy Channel miniseries or made-for-tv movie version of the Matrix.
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Post by thebeautifulpuffin on Jan 6, 2022 9:59:40 GMT
Hyperbole time: Stepping in to say that The Nice Guys might well be the most underrated American film of the past decade. With all the forced nostalgia going on in mass entertainment these days, it's nice to have something to turn to that just doesn't care that tropes and style and technology have completely changed since 1989; occasionally they do make 'em like they used to.
Anyway, it was my Christmas-adjacent movie of choice this year.
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Post by teemcgee on Jan 10, 2022 23:56:15 GMT
I saw Licorice Pizza tonight, which I only mention here to see if anyone else who saw it noticed that in the scene where they go to the pop culture fair, someone in the background is carrying a large cardboard cutout of Rat Fink...
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