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EADD Film Recommendations v5 - TBC

Waterfall said:
Yeah I guess you're right about its influence. Even the mighty Star Wars kind of ripped it off for Coruscant in the prequels. Speaking of highly influential sci-fi films, have you / has anyone seen "Stalker" by Tarkovsky? It's a Soviet-era Russian philosophical sci-fi. Watching it now, it was really ahead of its time in pioneering the sort of grey, bleak, drab wasteland of the near future which has become pretty standard (think "Children of Men" or "The Road), plus it's just a brilliant film.
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I haven't seen Stalker yet - I'm saving it till I can go see it at the cinema. I started watching it once or twice, but realised I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I did the same with Tarkovsky's Solaris, but when I finally got to see it on the big screen, it was more than worth the wait. The anti grav scene remains the most transcendental cinema experience I've ever had.

His films do require patience though, and I can't trust myself not to be distracted at home . I'm looking forward to seeing Stalker more than any other film , though. Good taste :)
 
Vurtual said:
I can relate to what you said felix about mxe opening your heart to films (or basically making you an easy audience)
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Hah... yeah, indeed. I am also an avid sci-fi book reader, but I'm not snobbish about it. I don't see the point. And I'm probably not clever enough to give a shit about tedious "inaccuracies" when I'm reading or watching sci-fi. I am totally fine with that. *shrug*. :)
 
Anyone seen Exodus yet by Ridly Scott?

was ok - the 3d on the blu-ray was impressive enough as was the production values. Problem was a lack of characterisation and drama - despite hiring a stellar cast (Weaver, Sir Ben Kingsley, John Tutorro, Aaron Paul) none of them got any dialogue outside of the Christian Bale / Joel Edgerton interplay. Film just gets a bare pass but overall its of the bare minimum quality id expect from Rids. For Old Testament epics I have to say Aronofsky's Noah was much better. Even the 3d was more impressive - bonkers considering it was a post conversion compared to 'Exodus' that was shot in native stereoscope.

Finally caught 'Age of Ultron' on Sunday as well. Good enough fun, but all these marvel studio productions are becoming a bit of a much of a muchness.

Sorry I havnt got anything deeper to discuss but im a child of the 80's so I still love my popcorn blockbusters
 
steewith2ees said:
Film just gets a bare pass but overall its of the bare minimum quality id expect from Rids. For Old Testament epics I have to say Aronofsky's Noah was much better. Even the 3d was more impressive - bonkers considering it was a post conversion compared to 'Exodus' that was shot in native stereoscope.

Finally caught 'Age of Ultron' on Sunday as well. Good enough fun, but all these marvel studio productions are becoming a bit of a much of a muchness.

Sorry I havnt got anything deeper to discuss but im a child of the 80's so I still love my popcorn blockbusters
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Well, one of my all time favourite 3D movies was Gravity, and that was qute spectacular and also a conversion. it is quite amazing what they can do with computers only... not everything has that wrath of the titans look on them...

And indeed marvel movies are becoming a bit repetitie or maybe its just the market becoming saturated. and im usually a fan of such things.

Chappie I tried really hard to like, but apart from the VFX it didnt impress me at all. Die Antwoord were miscast imho.

looking forward to seeing Ex machina one of these days
 
Chappie is bad beyond words. I admit there was a little stirring in the ladyparts when I found out Die Antwood were involved, but it was a stir that remained unsated. T'was a pile of shite.

As was Deuc Ex Machina.

Always had a soft spot for the concept and those words in particular, but the execution was gash.

imho etc etc.
 
Ex-Machina was enjoyable, I found, if a little predictable.

Just watched it last night. Young Gleeson is becoming a versatile actor; so much so that I didn't know it was he was playing the co-lead role until the credits rolled.
 
Saw Mad Mad Fury Road at the 3D cinema a couple of weeks ago. Quite a good movie, though it wasnt quite as astonishing as all the critics were raving on about. I do like the amount of love that went into the production design
 
Just seen The Look of Silence, the follow up to The Act of Killing - in some ways it's more of the same stuff about the banality of evil and the shocking way in which the people can still boast and joke about their horiffic behaviour, but by involving a relative of one of the victims, it has a tenderness/depth the first film lacked and I think it's the better film because of this. Well worth a watch, especially if you saw the first one.
 
spudgun said:
Just seen The Look of Silence, the follow up to The Act of Killing - in some ways it's more of the same stuff about the banality of evil and the shocking way in which the people can still boast and joke about their horiffic behaviour, but by involving a relative of one of the victims, it has a tenderness/depth the first film lacked and I think it's the better film because of this. Well worth a watch, especially if you saw the first one.
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Cheers spudgun, Ill give that a watch. The act of killing was a really warped movie, It was uncomfortable to watch but hard to switch off.
 
^^ nice one bear. On reflection, it is not more of the same, but the logical progression from the first one, I.e. what happens when the killers have to deal with the reality of what they've done.

They're all full of it, until he tells them his brother was one of the victims they're showing off about, then they're trying to rationalise it as being for the greater good etc. etc., when moments earlier they were revelling in how they'd cut his brother's dick off and let him bleed to death.

It was obviously devastating for the guy to hear the grim details of what happened to his bro, but he was ready to forgive if any of them showed any shame. None of them did, just shifted the blame. It's the rawest thing I've ever seen.

On the other hand, it has a warmth the first one doesnt, in that it shows that despite all the terrible things that have happened to them, they're still a loving family and there's some funny/touching scenes showing all that.
 
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On the Chappie debate, I'm very much in favour. Belting film. Really enjoyed it.

Have actually watched loads of films recently but mostly under somewhat Mexxican circumstances so mostly looked amazing but baffled me. The two Wu Tang Man With the Iron Fists films were much enjoyed but little followed. Jupiter Ascending was kinda dull and confusing but looked good. Will have to watch all of these again (for a variety of reasons) but Chappie was definitely the pick of the bunch <3
 
I can highly recommend 'All This Mayhem' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2938416/

utterly tragic true / documentary story of drug abuse and success at a young age, I couldn't stop thinking about it for days after, it struck a deep chord with me. It's also on netflix at the moment.
 
I've been meaning to watch that, got hold of it the other day. gonna watch it tomorrow i think

Been mainly watching tv series recently.. i think the last film i saw was Kingsguard.. seemed like nowt overly special

Thought Ex-Machina was good
 
Bearlove said:
I enjoyed Ex-Machina - like you say though, was pretty much predictable.
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Yeah, t'was slightly predictable, yet not so much so that it ruined the overall experience. As soon as it started I was already beginning to write it off. But it gathers pace, and becomes a really enjoyable film. I'd give it a 7/10. Def. worth a watch imo.
 
Yeah I thought the pace was all over the place with Ex Machina. At times it felt like it was going on forever with nothing whatsoever happening.

But it pays off eventually. Saw it on a date. Would not recommend seeing it on a date.
 
Got Ex-Machina lined up to watch sometime soon (along with several others recently mentioned in this very thread no less 8o).

Tonight my cinematic entertainment came in the form of Shoot 'Em Up. Completely passed me by when it came out but glad I got around to watching it cos is quality! Deliriously ridiculous action flick in the vein of Crank. If you enjoyed that (and any who didn't are surely dead inside 8o) then you will probably also enjoy this. Opening scene features a man killed by having a carrot rammed through his face to a blaring Nirvana soundtrack whilst "Mr Hero" delivers a baby whilst taking out the bad guys. Rest of the film is very much similar of ilk. Good fun if you approve of silliness.

Another film I only recently got around to watching (and was glad I did) was Cloverfield. Not news to anybody, I'm sure, but I thought it was excellently done and would certainly recommend it to anybody who also hasn't seen it.

In case anybody was wondering why I plumped for the above (and tough titty for those that give nary a shit cos I'm telling anyway :p) it was inspired by having just previously watched Area 51. As above, is another of those shaky camera "found footage" style o' things. The Blair Alien Project, if you will. Actually, it's not overly shaky-camera'd (the constant panicky whispering and near endless "Oh my god! Oh my god!" stuff does grate a little instead to make up for relatively clear "handheld" cinematography, mind :!). It's a little slight but I enjoyed it. Good balance of tension to intriguing wtfness and wonderment with a healthy dash of silliness (it's frat boys breaking into Area 51 - of course it's silly, silly :p). Masterpiece it is not, but definitely a lot better than I'd think if I only read the synopsis.
 
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