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EADD Film Recommendations v5 - TBC

inflorescence said:
Drustore Cowboy
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Just for that recommendation, you've earned yourself a block. I can't believe I fooled myself into thinking it'd get good at some point. The whole film was*not to my liking*
 
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felix said:
a: charming

and

b: that's a great film.

and

c: you remind me of Bad Boy Bubby.
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A] I am pretty charming.

B] It's an absolutely terrible film. Like a song with no chorus.

C] That sounds like *another infringement of the BLUA*
 
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I don't know what's under those mod-edits, but i didn't realise these recommendations were such a contentious matter - Warning: don't watch any of the films i've mentioned as you might not like them ;)

I think drugstore cowboy's brilliant meself (it has a slightly soporific pace, but that suits the subject).

Thanks folks, I'll try bad boy bubby next. (it's not too horrible grim or disgustingly violent or anything is it? i'll be watching with someone who doesn't like that too much (nor do i really when it's for the sake of it))
 
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Yeah it is pretty gross, not grim though. HAving a hard time summing up my thoughts on this one. It WAS kind of grim but also cute... watch it.
 
That sounds intriguing enough for me (though i might be watching it on my own).

Recently watched Byzantium - i don't like many of the more recent vampire-based films (from underworld on) as they're just action films or mormon allegories, but i really liked this one. The actors were brilliant (Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton), especially Saoirse (how the fuck do you say that?).

Also, speaking of whatshername, i quite liked Hanna (i was sure i'd already mentioned these, but couldn't find it with a quick scan - apologies if i did)

I watched a film a while back but can't remember the name - it was a british horror/thriller about a man and a woman who are driving to a party in an obscure location but start getting chased by a nutter - it was quite 'relateable' for anyone who's ever gone to parties in the middle of nowhere and got lost - can anyone furnish the thread with the name?
 
In Order Of Dissapearance
(Norwegian but English subs are available and it is well worth the watch.)
 
Bit late to the thread, but I personally think Drugstore Cowboy is pretty fantastic. Not my favourite Gus Van Sant though, that would have to be My Own Private Idaho. Van Sant's one of my favourite directors, I like how all of his films deal with subcultures or marginalised groups in some way, and he always shows you a side of America you don't usually see.

Not sure if it's been recommended before but The Fourth Man recently became an instant favourite of mine. It's a very weird, very dark and very good German film from the early eighties. Sort of neo-noir with horror elements.
 
ColtDan said:
Finally got around to watching interstellar... enjoyed it alot
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I honestly thought it was one of the biggest piles of wank I've seen in years. Not enjoyable on any level. Atrocious script, plot exists but has no connection to anything and is barely there anyway, characters drift in and out with no sense of connection either, uberwanky end rips off 2001 to the urmost yet missed every point there is in 2001 cos it opts for pointlessly disjointed wankery instead. Utterly dire. I genuinely saw not one single redeeming feature.
 
Never managed to get all the way through Barry Lyndon.

I watched a couple of 'horror' films yesterday (seems like i've used up all the sci-fi films in the world now (any suggestions?))

Watched 'The Conjuring' - meh - i suppose it was well constructed in its scares, but...

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I just lose any engagement with horror films as soon as there are 'demons' that respond to christianity and exorcism, and they just become comedy. (i'm not sure if it's even a spoiler to tell you there's a demon in it...). I find it weird just how this literal demonic belief can so often pass without comment in american horror films - i find this apparent prevalence of almost medieval beliefs in america more scary than the stupid films. My more paranoid political self wanders whether this simply reflects the people's beliefs or whether it's helped along by some sort of neoconservative 'keep the people idiotic' ideology influencing the hollywood/military/industrial complex. (/tinfoil)


Then watched 'Jessabelle'. This was a bit better in a way; mainly because Sarah Snook (who was in predestination)...

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I suppose better than more christian demons, but this one just did the usual travesty of voodoo as you might have seen in a 1960s film. Pretty annoying, though not as annoying as the conjuring.


(Might have mentioned predestination above, but that was a good time travel/paradox type of film with ethan hawke and sarah snook.)
 
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Watched Interstellar a couple of nights ago.

Shambles said:
I honestly thought it was one of the biggest piles of wank I've seen in years. Not enjoyable on any level. Atrocious script, plot exists but has no connection to anything and is barely there anyway, characters drift in and out with no sense of connection either, uberwanky end rips off 2001 to the urmost yet missed every point there is in 2001 cos it opts for pointlessly disjointed wankery instead. Utterly dire. I genuinely saw not one single redeeming feature.
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^^ I think that this post is one of the biggest piles of wank I've seen in years.

I literally cannot understand or empathise with someone who watched that film and came to this conclusion.

What drugs were you on when you watched it? You must have been in a pretty cold, dark place to have had such a reaction to it.

Interstellar is probably the most moving, mind-bending, life-affirming film I've ever experienced. I've been thinking about it for days. It's a fucking masterpiece of film-making.

Christopher Nolan is a genius. And the people who worked with him are too. This film is a seminal piece of work and I am forever grateful to them for making it.

I need to watch it again. Perhaps you should too, Shambles, in a better frame of mind. :)
 
Not sure if it's been mentioned ( i really should read back through the thread =D ) but 'Inherent Vice' is a great film, watched it the other night, I won't give any of the plot away, I found it a really entertaining film though! Give it a watch
 
I cannot tell if you're being sarcastic there felix. Nolan's certainly not without talent but in my opinion he's pretty far from a genius. Each to their own though.

I saw there's a new film coming out by the guy who directed "Barbara", which I strongly recommend, it's a sweet little love story set in East Germany in the eighties. In a similar vein I watched "Fatherland" the other day. Not the adaptation of the Robert Harris novel, but a lesser-known Ken Loach film about an East German protest singer. Really quite enjoyed the above films for portraying life under in the Eastern Bloc in a different way to the standard "The Lives of Others"-style everything-is-constantly-awful-and-everyone-is-depressed schtick.
 
breakcorefiend said:
, I won't give any of the plot away
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You'd deserve a medal for even attempting it =D , wicked film though.

Last film I saw at the cinema, I think, was it follows - I loved it, really beautiful film.

I have to agree with shambles about interstellar. Thought it was self-regarding, overwrought, incoherent pap.
 
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