BunsenLabs film thread

pvsage · 2015-10-12 13:04:06

We don't have one of these yet, do we?

Just saw the 1984 film version of Nineteen Eighty-Four. I remember reading the book in high school, but all I remembered about it was the 12-vs-24-hour-clock thing, the scene with the Prole hooker, and of course "two and torture make five". Pretty good movie.

tknomanzr · 2015-10-12 13:06:41

And a darn good book. I recently gave the book a re-read, because, well....so many parallels to between the book and what is going on in the US political front these days.

pvsage · 2015-10-12 13:18:02

^ Not just the US! Destroying the past...turn you, then kill you...
...and don't get me started on the popular music churned out by machines disposable pop stars...

brontosaurusrex · 2015-10-12 14:07:52

Just saw the original '1968 Night of the living dead'. And it can't get much better that this guy.

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-10-12 14:58:59

The Double

Utterly brilliant.

Dobbie03 · 2015-10-13 05:19:53

I plan on watching Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back tonight. I love Kevin Smith movies.

pvsage · 2015-10-13 07:11:36

^ I kinda like the View Askewniverse, but the only Kevin Smith film I actually bought was Dogma. Had the DVD version that had a DTS audio track that rattled the windows, even with my weak home-theater-in-a-box. (Although my VHS copy of the 1999 remake of The Haunting also rattled the windows, and that with just a 2.1 PC speaker set. yikes )

brontosaurusrex · 2015-10-13 07:12:47

^ Dogma should be considered a cult-movie.

pvsage · 2015-10-13 07:18:02

^ I think the View Askewniverse is considered a cult 'verse.

Dobbie03 · 2015-10-14 04:36:24

pvsage wrote:

^ I think the View Askewniverse is considered a cult 'verse.

Yup.

jdonaghy · 2015-10-14 05:42:35

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

The Double
Utterly brilliant.

Oooh. Didn't know this has been adapted. Great novella, too.

pa$$word · 2015-10-14 15:51:10

Saw The Walk in 3D. Really enjoyed it. Balls of steel.

hhh · 2015-10-14 16:32:15

pa$$word wrote:

The Walk in 3D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO2vZWehp2w

Holy crap. I'm not sure I'd last watching it in 3D, my toes would fall off from all the tingling.

pa$$word · 2015-10-14 16:43:44

I'm actually scared of heights and went to see it in part to face the demon. It helped to rationalise it e.g. you're safe in a cinema, it's a true story and no one died etc.

twoion · 2015-10-14 20:15:06

A couple of random recommendations…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Godfather (1972, 1974, 1990)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Leon the Professional (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Heat (1995)
Seven (1995)

iMBeCil · 2015-10-14 21:07:51

Recently watched this movie: Gloriously wasted, trailer. (Finnish movie; contrary to usual practice, there are far better and more comical scenes in actual movie compared to the trailer.)

This is how we European people do it ... highly recommended cool cool

Edit: I meant: the movie is highly recommended smile

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Temetka · 2015-10-15 04:44:15

I just finished re-watching Reqiuem for a Dream the other day.

On my list:

Iron Skies (Never seen)
Forbidden Planet (Seen many times)
Samsara
Waking Life
Under the skin

and a whole lot more

nore · 2015-10-15 07:26:56

Tales from the Golden Age

pvsage · 2015-10-15 07:28:13

Anyone seen any of Jodorowsky's work? I tried watching The Holy Mountain, but the first five minutes were so bizarre that I couldn't watch any further.

brontosaurusrex · 2015-10-15 08:22:34

The documentary called "Jodorovsky Dune" is excellent, which features mr. himself, but luckily is not his work.

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pvsage · 2015-10-15 09:32:53

^ Yeah, I saw that first, and that's what piqued my interest. I find his own oeuvre completely inaccessible.

Temetka · 2015-10-16 03:09:10

I watched Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me again today. Fun movie that one.

hhh · 2015-10-23 23:29:19

Temetka wrote:

...Twin Peaks... Fun movie that one.

I love this movie, and fun it mostly is not. smile

@twoion, +1 to that list, except in all my years as a film buff I've never even heard of Leone/Morricone/De Niro 'Once Upon...' I'm looking forward to watching this! I just watched Reservoir Dogs again, man it's good.

More Leone, "My Name is Nobody".

Some of my faves not yet mentioned...

A Touch of Evil ('98 restoration)
Blade Runner
Seven Samarai (Japanese)
Tampopo (Japanese)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Lebowski
La Femme Nikita (French)
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The Departed
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Exorcist
Jaws
The Seventh Seal (Swedish)
Alien
M (German)

Some of my guilty pleasures...

The Omega Man
Enter the Dragon
Game of Death (from "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey")
Goldfinger
Beetlejuice
The Breakfast Club
The Empire Strikes Back
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek (Abrams reboot)
Caddyshack
Animal House
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Japanese), along with almost all of the early Toho films
Aliens
Terminator
Jon Carpenter's The Thing
Escape from New York
The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
Mad Max: Fury Road
On Any Sunday

Some of these are pretty bad films, and I love them. I'm trying to remember what movie mentions how movies change when you watch them over time, because the movie is the same but you've changed, but it eludes me.

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

hhh · 2015-10-23 23:36:45

The Hunt for Red October, another guilty pleasure, along with the Evil Dead franchise and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

I just finished watching The Dark Knight and as much as I'd like to give this film a thumbs up, I was just cringing throughout at Zimmer and Howard's ominous, moaning, rumbling, bullcrap, make-it-stop score.

Wikipedia says Zimmer compares the score to the style of Kraftwerk. Ha!

hhh · 2015-10-23 23:41:48

More love for Clint. Mystic River, Unforgiven and Gran Torino. Almost everything he's ever done, I'm a sucker for In the Line of Fire, The Outlaw Jose Wales, and The Gauntlet.

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