March 8, 201015 yr I only like horror if it's really suspenseful. That's why I like the classic, original Halloween so much. Even Halloween 2 was good on this level. But most of it today is just a gross-fest, it's just boring.
March 8, 201015 yr I only made it through the first 5 minutes of Saw III before I had to turn it off and swear off that franchise.
March 8, 201015 yr The scariest movie i remember seeing was Event Horizon. More of a sci-fi movie but really just weird and creepy. I'm not a big fan of the "jump out and shock" type of horror...more of the psychological, creepy, weird, scare the crap out of you kind.
March 8, 201015 yr The scariest movie i remember seeing was Event Horizon. More of a sci-fi movie but really just weird and creepy. I'm not a big fan of the "jump out and shock" type of horror...more of the psychological, creepy, weird, scare the crap out of you kind. You may like the movie I had mentioned earlier - In the Mouth of Madness. It also stars Sam Neil and I believe is based on a John Carpenter book.
March 8, 201015 yr You may like the movie I had mentioned earlier - In the Mouth of Madness. It also stars Sam Neil and I believe is based on a John Carpenter book. I might have to check it out. Maybe when the wife is off doing something else.
March 9, 201015 yr "Run Lola Run". A German suspense/thriller. Manni and Lola have 20 minutes to find (steal) 100,000 Deutschmarks or they're goners (at least he is). Should be watched in English Language mode. Subtitles take your eyes off any movie. I included Lola Rennt (german title) in my list as well. In addition to having a thumping techno soundtrack it has some great German philosophical references and themes... the same way the German language has great words that are not translatable (gemütlich, schadenfreude) there is a word for her scream... where by a female heroine screams and it causes a paradigm shift or epiphany for her or society... really great stuff. Too bad the word alludes me. :(
March 9, 201015 yr Exorcist is solid. I don't think its quite "horror" but I love Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal... Anthony Hopkins is a beast and that character is so intriguing.
March 10, 201015 yr I'm big on Kung-Fu flicks, so my favorite movies are: Hero (Jet Li's swordplay is STUNNING in this movie) Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee's last fully complete film- nuff said) Shaolin and Wu-Tang (those of you who are fans of hip-hop have surely heard at least one clip of this movie- in at least one Wu-Tang album. CLASSIC kung-fu flick). Legend of the Drunken Master (Jackie Chan at his peak- classic final fight sequence) Some of my other favorites are: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is my favorite western, hands down. Forrest Gump (great film) Pulp Fiction (the soundtrack BY IT'S SELF is great) Saving Private Ryan Scarface
March 10, 201015 yr --Citizen Kane --Double Indemnity --Judgment at Nuremberg --Mrs. Miniver --Vertigo --Rear Window --Strangers on a Train --Marty --The Marriage of Maria Braun --Scarlet Street --Nashville --Cinema Paradiso --The Garden of the Finzi-Continis --Night of the Shooting Stars… http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 10, 201015 yr Teenage mutant ninja turtles Thanks for igniting some intentionally repressed memories.
March 10, 201015 yr Scarface I kill a Communist for fun; but for a green card, I gonna carve him up real nice. You wanna f-k with me?! Oooooh-kaaay.
March 11, 201015 yr Taxi Driver The Usual Suspects Fight Club To Kill A Mockingbird Cache' - probably does not belong, but I just like this movie. Sleeper: Children of Men - the whole feel and mood and the thought that women mysteriously can no longer become pregnant is haunting and intriguing. The chaos that follows is surprising yet makes sense, reminiscent of some our own world's issues.
March 11, 201015 yr --Double Indemnity One of the best noir films ever made. Truth. In the Heat of the Night is also very good, but not noir.
March 11, 201015 yr Monty Python and the Holy Grail (The ending is bad and anticlimatic, but otherwise this is the best comedy ever made IMO) Office Space (Have you seen my stapler?) The Life of Brian, although that's a tough call vs. Holy Grail Chinatown captured the feel of Los Angeles when it was compelling Office Space The Right Stuff The Last Emporer The Untouchables, for that Enio Morricone theme music. Where's Frank Nitti? He's in the car. All Quiet on the Western Front--our teachers assigned it, and I am grateful Midway--can't turn it off The Last of the Mohicans with Daniel Day Lewis--when our country was born NOT! Forest Gump--I wish I had those 90 minutes back. I fell asleep watching Red October. Dances with Wolves put me to sleep, but when I watch it on TV, it has more meaning to me. The number one movie of all time is...Avatar!
March 11, 201015 yr I included Lola Rennt (german title) in my list as well. In addition to having a thumping techno soundtrack it has some great German philosophical references and themes... the same way the German language has great words that are not translatable (gemütlich, schadenfreude) there is a word for her scream... where by a female heroine screams and it causes a paradigm shift or epiphany for her or society... really great stuff. Too bad the word alludes me. :( I (used to) speak German. I took many German classes in college, so much so that I was like 1-2 classes away from a German minor. But I do not know of this word. I did not have any luck googling it either. I keep thinking "Schrei" or some variation of it. But that's just your basic, ordinary "scream"... auf deutsch. But, yes, Lola's scream would fit the definition that you've described.
March 11, 201015 yr ^^Good call on Last of the Mohicans. But no love for Forrest Gump and Hunt for Red October???
March 12, 201015 yr The Game was great, a total mind fuck. He was awesome in Wall Street, Jewel of the Nile and Romancing the Stone as well... the last two are chick flicky but I like the adventure aspect.
March 12, 201015 yr Personal favorites: American Beauty Run Lola Run Last Picture Show Arsenic and Old Lace Citizen Kane There Will Be Blood Unforgiven
March 12, 201015 yr Also outstanding, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers-- and The Stranger-- http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 12, 201015 yr The Stranger is good. So is The Battle of Algiers. you're right, that was fantastic!! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 12, 201015 yr whats better than a best movie? hows about three in one? :laugh: huh? yep. ps -- warning dont watch if you are prone to epilepsy!!! ^ This an excerpt from a recent project that fuses Planet of the Apes, Omega Man, and Soylent Green. The 3 films (in their entirety) are visually alternated with each other every 1/10 of a second, while the soundtracks are layered simultaneously. Originally screened as part of SOuthern Exposure's Bellwether Exhibition, and more recently presented in my solo show at Catharine Clark Gallery (www.cclarkgallery.com).
March 13, 201015 yr whats better than a best movie? hows about three in one? :laugh: huh? yep. ps -- warning dont watch if you are prone to epilepsy!!! ^ This an excerpt from a recent project that fuses Planet of the Apes, Omega Man, and Soylent Green. The 3 films (in their entirety) are visually alternated with each other every 1/10 of a second, while the soundtracks are layered simultaneously. Originally screened as part of SOuthern Exposure's Bellwether Exhibition, and more recently presented in my solo show at Catharine Clark Gallery (www.cclarkgallery.com). The thing about great art is that it teaches us things about ourselves. For example, I learned very quickly from this piece that I see little use in trying to watch 3 movies visually alternated with each other every 1/10th of a second.
March 15, 201015 yr ^While it get points for a young Sarah Jessica Parker with purple streaks, please tell me you are kidding...
March 15, 201015 yr Not really kidding but I guess different people have different tastes. It'll be 110% better than the planned remake, I can guarantee you that.
March 15, 201015 yr Alright if you want to name-drop stuff like Flight of the Navigator, you better include The Goonies. Jeez, all these movies I've never even seen are mentioned. You all make me want to go to Blockbuster right now.
March 16, 201015 yr ^^^ Yeah, I already picked up one that I saw listed here from the library- "All Quiet on the Western Front" (good call, Boreas). I didn't expect a 1930 movie to be able to portray action so intensely.
March 16, 201015 yr probably stone cold starring Brian "the boz" Bosworth............If Boz had a twitter account I'd definitely follow him. Speaking of the Boz....The first picture is a classic, white shoes too! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1003/brian.bosworth.photos/content.1.html
March 16, 201015 yr Has anyone mentioned movies by Alfred Hitchcock? They are almost all great (I'm not a big fan of the Birds though). Rear Window is great.
March 16, 201015 yr Two other great Cary Grant/Alfred Hitchcock movies: North by Northwest and Notorious. On an unrelated note, I love "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." Jonathon Winters was hilarious (and from the well known Winters Bank family of Dayton).
March 16, 201015 yr Some of my other favorites are: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is my favorite western, hands down. yeah, baby, Sergio Leone! That was a great film. Deserts, music, villans,... Blondie: "Angel Eyes is in town" Tuco: "I'll get my gun, I'll kill him, I'll be right back" Taxi Driver Any movie that inspires someone to shoot Ronald Reagan is a movie that I gotta see!
March 16, 201015 yr Has anyone mentioned movies by Alfred Hitchcock? They are almost all great (I'm not a big fan of the Birds though). Rear Window is great. uh, I had Rear Window, along with Vertigo and Strangers on a Train on my list of March 10. I can see nobody ever pays any attention to my posts :cry: :cry: :cry: http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 16, 201015 yr Taxi Driver Any movie that inspires someone to shoot Ronald Reagan is a movie that I gotta see! Classy!!
March 16, 201015 yr Has anyone mentioned movies by Alfred Hitchcock? They are almost all great (I'm not a big fan of the Birds though). Rear Window is great. uh, I had Rear Window, along with Vertigo and Strangers on a Train on my list of March 10. I can see nobody ever pays any attention to my posts :cry: :cry: :cry: It's ok. Scrabble also posted the same movie I did right after my post, and David posted one of his movies twice. :-P
March 16, 201015 yr Has anyone mentioned movies by Alfred Hitchcock? They are almost all great (I'm not a big fan of the Birds though). Rear Window is great. uh, I had Rear Window, along with Vertigo and Strangers on a Train on my list of March 10. I can see nobody ever pays any attention to my posts :cry: :cry: :cry: It's ok. Scrabble also posted the same movie I did right after my post, and David posted one of his movies twice. :-P I noticed that, although I had to look up Con Air as I don't remember the movie, much less had seen it (in spite of its "all star" cast :roll:). But the double post must be an indication of its cinematic/artistic superiority :wink: :wink: http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 16, 201015 yr Taxi Driver Any movie that inspires someone to shoot Ronald Reagan is a movie that I gotta see! Classy!! someone notify the FBI. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
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