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Re: Favourite film(s)

Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:07 am

^^ Tai-chi Master is fantastic!

^ Oldboy is amazing, although I like Lady Vengeance a bit more.

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Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:10 pm

Love the thing about this thread - it's a memory jogger :)

More obvious ones:
Pulp Fiction - still pretty tight and much imitated (even though there was probably something before which did those interlinking story thing)
Akira - back when manga (mania) was anime :)
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Unread post by rhowaldt » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:04 pm

^ yup.

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Unread post by franksinistra » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:16 pm

GekkoP wrote:^^ Tai-chi Master is fantastic!

^ Oldboy is amazing, although I like Lady Vengeance a bit more.
Lady Vengeance is amazing although it's a tad too violent in the end. I have to say i am a fan of Chan Woo Park movies.
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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:49 pm

Wow guys. Amazing movies and memories, especially on the Asian ones.

Thanks for the recommendation Gekko. As you know I love Kurosawa's movies. Should post my faves:

Seven Samurai, Kagemusha, Ran.

On a slightly lower level:

Stray Dog http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041699/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1, Rashomon, Yojimbo the Bodyguard http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (Sergio Leone loved this one and made a Western with Clint Eastwood, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), Akahige http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058888/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1, High and Low http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057565/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:50 pm

YOJIMBO! I love it. But I love everything Kurosawa made.

Also, Walter Hill kind of remade Yojimbo with Last Man Standing.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:53 pm

Another favourite of mine happened to be released on this very day fifteen years ago: Mulholland Drive

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Unread post by franksinistra » Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:20 pm

^ Kind of remember how weird that movie is, in a good way of course
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Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:46 pm

^ SILENCIO!
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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:40 pm

A piece of art together with Lost Highway and Blue Velvet.

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Unread post by ChefIronBelly » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:38 pm

^ David Lynch Yes.

Kurosawa's movies Yes

So many good ones already mentioned here is one to consider.

I hesitantly mention this one 'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai' its almost a cult movie. There is something about it that stuck with me.
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Unread post by Titan » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:36 am

Some great suggestions here, already purchased *cough* Ghost in the shell and Akira.

One of my fav films ever is SLC Punk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133189/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:46 am

I like ghost dog. can't recall it at all - but I liked GZA at the end. or was it Reakwon one of the wu-Tang.
SLC, was that the one with the guy with the gammy hand at the start?
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Unread post by ChefIronBelly » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:26 pm

^ I thought it was RZA and I think he did the soundtrack

Speaking of RZA he wrote and directed The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) it has low ratings but I enjoyed it.

Edit meant to say I was only aware of RZA in the movie and the soundtrack.
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Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:55 pm

Usually when talking about animation I like I tend to mention some Japanese anime/series, but the South-Korean Aachi & Ssipak has always been with me since the first time I saw it and got it on a beautiful dvd. Outrageous, funny, a summary of the plot is not enough to deliver the madness in here:
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Unread post by rhowaldt » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:08 pm

that sounds ridiculous, and thus, imo, fantastic. thanks G, will check it out :D
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Unread post by franksinistra » Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:21 pm

^^ WOW, i watched the first chapter just now, it's..... out of this world.
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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:12 pm

I have to mention Fincher's Fight Club. A great caricature.
Vinterberg's Festen: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/.
Even though I think Lars von Trier is overrated there is one that I really enjoyed like Europa http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101829/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2.
I saw a lot of Haneke's movies like Das Schloss http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120075/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4. Maybe I like it because I am a fan of Kafka's book. And of course Der siebente Kontinent http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098327/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1, a totally disturbing movie.

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Unread post by Titan » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:26 pm

wuxmedia wrote:I like ghost dog. can't recall it at all - but I liked GZA at the end. or was it Reakwon one of the wu-Tang.
SLC, was that the one with the guy with the gammy hand at the start?
One of the characters may have a hand injury at some point in the film......... not wanting to give to much away though.

You should just visit the pirate bay and purchase your copy :DDD
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Re: Favourite film(s)

Unread post by GekkoP » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:53 pm

Another favourite, you say? Sure: Memories of Murder

This is a masterpiece. Almost everything Bong Joon-ho did deserves a watch, but if I had to pick my choice would be this one. Or Mother. Or this one. I don't know.

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