Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 02:30 PM
For me, in no particular order, it would probably have to be
2001: a space odyssey
12 angry men
Brazil
Following
Blade Runner
Seven Samurai
Alien
Hell in the Pacific
Fargo
Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
That's just off the top of my head, though.
Honorable mentions
Leon the Professional
Inglourious Basterds
Harold and Maude
A Clockwork Orange
Byte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 03:18 PM
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 03:38 PM
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Green Mile
Apocalypse Now
Eyes Wide Shut
The Big Lebowski
Just for the few off the top of my head
Good choices.
Lebowski is hilarious.
I wasn't a fan of eyes wide shut. At least, not compared to the rest of kubrick.
Apocalypse now is a masterpiece
The Green Mile is a really good film
Snatch was pretty good.
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is another really good crime/comedy film.
Byte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 03:59 PM
Byte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 04:08 PM
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 05:10 PM
Mine:
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 05:55 PM
Mine:
- Dirty Harry
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Animal House
- The Princess Bride
- Napoleon Dynamite
- The Dark Knight
- Watchmen (The Ultimate Cut)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1
- Pain & Gain
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Napoleon Dynamite makes it onto my list to top five comedies
The Dark Night, The Dark Night Rises and Watchmen are some of the best superhero movies ever
Kill Bill is one of my favourite american action flicks ever, although I prefer vol 2. However, I generally just consider it one film
Dirty Harry is one of Eastwood's best films imo.
Honestly, I'm not generally a huge fan of Princess Bride-esque stuff.
I'm sorry, but I don't like pain and gain at all
Haven't seen the rest
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 07:15 PM
A mini list that popped in my head:
I'm a Liger.... Want to see my Liger impersonation?
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 07:33 PM
A mini list that popped in my head:
- Trainspotting
- Coraline
- Grind
- Alice
- A Clockwork Orange
- In Her Shoes
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Trainspotting: is disturbing, but funny at the same time. Really terrific
Coraline: hooray for Tim Burton!
A Clockwork Orange: I saw this movie when I was like eight >.>
But yeah, if you want to just talk about well crafted film making, A Clockwork Orange is one of the best. It brings me back all the time because it's really a marvel of film making. It's also really something that you need to see more than once to appreciate.
Honestly, I can talk about A Clockwork Orange for hours. One of the most disturbingly terrific films ever made. Kubrick makes you appalled and afraid one moment, and then he makes you laugh the next. (The subtlety of the comedy in the scene where he goes to jail, for instance, is one of the strongest scenes in the movie)
I want to say that it's a film made out of pure juxtaposition. It's everywhere in the movie. The music. The comedy. Everything.
Every scene has another to balance it out. But they are always completely opposed to each other.
I've had people call me sick for even suggesting that there might be comedy in a film this dark. But it's more complex that most people realise.
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 07:40 PM
I've had people call me sick for even suggesting that there might be comedy in a film this dark. But it's more complex that most people realise.
I totally agree with you. The comedy in the film is perfectly placed and perfectly played out. I know that a lot of people may not feel that way when they first see it but there really is beauty in the way that the shock value, mind-humping, the music, darkness, and comedy all come together to make a perfect film baby.
I love that you can be watching this movie and one minute you are like "wtf", the next you are like "woah that is deep" and then the next you are giggling.
It's perfect.
And the book is amazing as well. It's a little tough to read but it is sooo worth it.
I'm a Liger.... Want to see my Liger impersonation?
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 08:07 PM
I totally agree with you. The comedy in the film is perfectly placed and perfectly played out. I know that a lot of people may not feel that way when they first see it but there really is beauty in the way that the shock value, mind-humping, the music, darkness, and comedy all come together to make a perfect film baby.
I love that you can be watching this movie and one minute you are like "wtf", the next you are like "woah that is deep" and then the next you are giggling.
It's perfect.
And the book is amazing as well. It's a little tough to read but it is sooo worth it.
I've got the book on my ereader, but I've yet to read it. On my list, though.
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 08:09 PM
Do it..... Read it..... it's sooo good 
I'm a Liger.... Want to see my Liger impersonation?
Gigabyte
Posted 29 June 2014 - 08:28 PM
obviously the greatest movie of all time is "Srpski Film"
Goddess
Posted 29 June 2014 - 09:47 PM
Gigabyte
Posted 30 June 2014 - 12:23 AM
13th warrior
Pans labyrinth
What dreams may come
LOTR and Hobbit (all)
Vanity fair
Crazy beautiful
Black death
The 10th kingdom
A midsummer nights dream
Ps I love you
300
Dragon heart
DISNEY!
300 was very.... action-y, with very little to break it up. That being said, it is very aesthetically interesting, and a lot of fun.
Dragon Heart is very 1990s fantasy cinema. But it was enjoyable in it's own right.
I have not seen ps I love you, a midsummer nights dream or 10th kingdom
Black death was okay, what I can remember of it
I have not seen Crazy Beautiful or Vanity fair
LOTR and hobbit are all terrific. Really, this is what blockbusters should be. Peter Jackson knows how to do fantasy really effing well.
I remember really enjoying What Dreams May Come, but I don't remember it that well. I should watch that again.
Honestly, Pan's Labyrinth was very close to being in my top ten. So good.
Ascended Prophet
Posted 06 July 2014 - 04:48 PM
Resident Evil... s
V For Vendetta
Nightmare Before Christmas
Princess Bride (one of the best movies ever, IMO)
In Bruges
Mulan.
Impulse list!
Gigabyte
Posted 06 July 2014 - 09:45 PM
Napoleon Dynamite makes it onto my list to top five comedies
The Dark Night, The Dark Night Rises and Watchmen are some of the best superhero movies ever
Kill Bill is one of my favourite american action flicks ever, although I prefer vol 2. However, I generally just consider it one film
Dirty Harry is one of Eastwood's best films imo.Honestly, I'm not generally a huge fan of Princess Bride-esque stuff.
I'm sorry, but I don't like pain and gain at all
Haven't seen the rest
You haven't seen Animal House? You need to fix that immediately.
Also, Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an awesome film. John Candy at his best.
Byte
Posted 23 December 2014 - 11:08 PM
I want to bring up an indie film that I just happened to see one day. I was looking at the free movies the On Demand service had when I was in an extremely depressed state. I saw a film called Wristcutters: A Love Story and thought I would be in the mood for something like that.
Turned out it's a dark comedy. Yes, suicide is a big part of the plot, but it's done in a way that isn't really depressing and is very tasteful. The film is also very honest about it in how people do it for reasons some might think are "stupid", or due to mental illness. But really these are brief scenes and the film centers around three people in a buddy/romance story.
...I'll just let the preview speak for me since I suck at getting people to check things out that I like. Seriously though, please give this film a watch if you have the chance. I really love it.
Megabyte
Posted 23 December 2014 - 11:18 PM
Byte
Posted 23 December 2014 - 11:21 PM
I'll show this to my brother since I always watch stuff with my sibs. It looks great though, thanks for the suggestion.
No problem! Just please let me know if you do end up watching it; I feel like I'm the only person who's seen this movie sometimes.
