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Clerks
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Office Space
Interstellar
Under the Skin
Dazed & Confused
The Death of Stalin
In the Loop
Ex Machina
The Fifth Element
Moon
Both in German with subtitles.
Downfall
All Quiet On The Western Front (2022)
There's something harrowing and disturbing about both these films, the ugliness and brutality of war and the human suffering it brings.
And What Happens in Vegas as you'll need cheering up with something light hearted after (and worth it for the judge's line about lighting his wife on fire alone).
have always wondered why this is so popular
It’s beautifully narrated, a great story, well acted and Andy WINS!
Prucilla Queen of the Desert.
What we did on our holidays.
Live at Pompey
Pride
Broadsword calling Danny Boy…
Dambusters? Iirc.
What we did on our holidays.
Fab film.
As an experiment,
Go back to the start of this thread. How many of the titles listed here were made in the last (say) 20 years?
garage-dweller
Full Member
Broadsword calling Danny Boy…Dambusters? Iirc.
My God, you monster!
Ridiculed for evermore 🙂
No eventually all of you and I will be dead and it will stop until then (or you get bored) I accept my fate graciously. 😭
My God, you monster!
See above. Although wondering if I can sneak in a stealth edit following some googling. 🤔
What was it - at least tell me that.
Broadsword calling Danny Boy…
A film that is more hole than plot yet is somehow held up as a masterpiece... It's shit - shockingly bad in fact.
The Big Lebowski
One of my housemates at uni had this on video, raved about how brilliant it was, wouldn't shut up about it, kept quoting lines from it. So we all sat down to watch it once evening. And we were all like... "I'm sorry, I thought you said this was good...?!"
Go back to the start of this thread. How many of the titles listed here were made in the last (say) 20 years?
I'd guess less than half from a brief skim.
Burn After Reading
The Long Good Friday
Goodfellas
Black Mass
Bladerunner 2049
Nobody has said Withnail, you perfumed ponces
Sorry I was busy having a few light ales.
Ah @garage_dweller puts me in mind of another German war film - Das Boot.
And we were all like… “I’m sorry, I thought you said this was good…?!”
Yeah but that was just like your opinion man.
Last train to Busan
The Host
Parasite
Ran
Jackie Brown
Dredd
Logan
District 9
Ridiculed for evermore 🙂
No eventually all of you and I will be dead and it will stop until then (or you get bored) I accept my fate graciously. 😭
You will be permitted to jump from the aircraft without a parachute rather than suffer the endless ridicule.
Drac
Full Member
Burn After Reading
Ah yeah, good call.
I also like The Darjeeling Limited
"The tiger killed the Sister's brother"
John dies at the end.
The wicker man.
Performance.
When eight bells toll.
Rosemarys baby.
The Monkees ‘head’.
Police squad trilogy (frank drebin).
Walt Disneys ‘fantasia’ (original).
The naked lunch.
His kind of woman.
Chinese ghost story/ Warriors if Zu mountain.
Les intouchables.
And not the recent US remake. Any film that starts with drugs and a car chase can’t be bad. Perfect subtitled film for teenagers who “won’t watch that sort of thing”. I told them watch first 5 minutes and I’d turn it off. They begged to keep it on.
and of course Belleville Rendezvous since we are talking French films.
As an experiment,
Go back to the start of this thread. How many of the titles listed here were made in the last (say) 20 years?
For recent films I’d still recommend the Spider-verse movies. Groundbreaking animation, fantastic sound, acting and storytelling. Put all the live action superhero fodder to shame in my opinion.
I honestly can’t think of many films I’ve seen in the last ten years that have really struck me. Hunt for the Wlderpeople, Mad Max Fury Road and err, nope, struggling.
I'll second Interstellar, great film. Donnie Darko for the win, flop at the box office, huge following now. Very deep and you probably need to watch the version with tips to get it's depth.
Oh and as mentioned above br2049 and all quiet on the western front which is a cinematic Masterpiece.
Rocky 1
Once Upon a Time in America.
Raging Bull
Lord of the Rings.
Come to think of it, when people start listing films there are quite a lot of good ones.
slowoldman
Full Member
Come to think of it, when people start listing films there are quite a lot of good ones.
Must admit, there are a few that have come up I've never watched and after a bit of googling now really want to and some id almost forgotten that I really want to watch again.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Predestination
okay i'm just going to list films i've watched and enjoyed if i continue, without thought for all the ridicule it will incur upon my fellow stwers. so will stop
Unbelievable.
Only 1 person got even part of the answer right.
Withnail + I id undoubtedly the right answer. Well done Woobob.
But even then 2 other vital watches were missed.
- Fandango (with a young draft-dodging Kevin Costner).
- Honeymoon in Vegas. Because who can possibly not want to watch a whole flock of Elvises doing a night skydive into Ballys ?
Talking of the 70's and reminded by the Miami Vice thread...
A Boy and His Dog
A bit controversial as it has understandably been labelled as more than a little misogynistic. That said, it's interesting to see Don Johnson at such a young age and it's got a kind of surreal Mad Max feel to it. It's an odd one but at least worth watching once in your life of you can find it.
The Shawshank Redemption <br />I have always wondered why this is so popular
It's more a story of friendship between Andy and Red, than a film about being in prison. That's my take on it, anyway.
I love Master and Commander, can't believe they never made another.
Inception, if we're doing one Nolan movie.
Heat, if only for the diner scene and the audio on the gun battle
Godfather
Children of Men - absolute perfection in terms of direction and cinematography.
Oh, and Dodgeball, obvs.
And Airplane, and Blazing Saddles...
@Poopscoop You and all the denizens of your guesthouse are banned from my cinema
gordimhor
Full Member
@Poopscoop You and all the denizens of your guesthouse are banned from my cinema
I suppose I deserved that. 😁
Has anyone mentioned 'Seven years in Tibet', yet?
One of my all time favorite films, it's full of cliché but it's a really strong film. A top 10 for sure.