s4ur0n27 wrote:Yes, Amelie was incredibly great, especially theo riginal french version.
You mean...There's another version?
:roll: Americans. You're as silly as the German and French, always dubbing shit. No wonder the producers of Battle Royale are refusing to sell the rights, after the whole "Quentin Tarantino and Miramax fuck up Japanese films" fiasco. Man, that was stupid.
atoga wrote:I hate compiling lists, but anyway, here goes:
North by Northwest, huh? Hmmm...Yeah, I can understand that
I *would* say you're a film-snob based on that, but you have both Strangelove and a Clockwork in your list, with no mention of 2001, which makes all good.
And I still have to see La Strada. Is it as good as they say? Fellini is a genius, no matter how you look at it, but still...
On another note: traffic was...pretty bad, all things considering, as in overrated, but a good film nonetheless.
Franz_Schubert wrote:Jack Nicholson pwns, but I simply didn't think this was all that great. It certainly didn't deserve 5 oscars anyway. Watch Cool Hand Luke, with Paul Newman, he's the perfect, classic anti-hero.
Someone must've forgotten to tell you:
Getting an oscar is an insult. Basically, if your film gets an oscar, you should be ashamed and hide, because 9 out of 10 times this means it's a piece of crap.
But seriously, the acadamy awards, like all AFI awards, is flawed in its concept. Basically, nobody will pay attention to the oscars unless it nominates movies everyone knows. This means the little greats never get much attention, and basically, the movie most people watch is the movie that wins. Chicago proved this.
Smaller awars (as in smaller than Cannes, Golden Globe and Oscar) are better. You should pay attention to those small British awards, or even the slightly bigger ones like BAFTA, now they can select the best movies, no trouble, not paying any attention to whether or not people even *know* the movie.
Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:solaris is a piece of garbage to wipe your ass with. george clooney doesnt make good movies.
George Clooney didn't make it.
I liked it. I really dislike Soderbergh and all his works, the man is a fucking retard, but Solaris is probably his best, and the only decent job he's ever done. It's still way out of his league, though.
I can't really judge Solaris, though. I liked it, a lot, but not because of the film, more because of the underlying ideas, but those aren't really original. I want to see the original, Solyaris, before deciding.
Thor Kaufman wrote:Brother / Battle Royale (supposedly more Kitano films, though I only saw those 2, yet)
Battle Royale is not a "Beat" Takeshi Kitano film. It's a film by the late great Kinji Fukasaku. Pretty unknown in Western circles until Battle Royale, but he's always been considered one of the top directors of Japan...in Japan.
Just watch Fireworks and Violent Cop. And not Dolls. Wait with Dolls.
Kashluk wrote:Seven Samurais, the original BW version.
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You mean there's another one?
*sigh* I wish I had the Criterion edition of Shichinin...Well, actually, I just wish Criterion was less expensive here. My BFI version is pretty good too, though.
Excellent flick, Shichinin no Samurai is...
