Good films few people have seen

[cochcaer]

That is an ace film, there are rumours that they are remaking it.

 

And a prequel with Christopher Lee.

 

May Day (2005)

[beatnurotic]

Dinner Rush with Danny Aiello

[Brownie]

La Haine

 

french b&w stylish as fuck very very cool film

 

My brother has got a degree in film and tv production. He's the biggest film buff i've ever known and I swear he's seen every film ever made!

 

He swears blind thats the best film he's ever seen. High praise indeed.

[chorlton]

The director wanted to follow it up with a Dragonball Z movie, i shit ye not.

[Anubis]

Grosse Point Blank.

 

Fucking ace.

[Gav]

Once Upon A Time In the West - Henry Fonda plays the bad guy and Charles Bronson the harmonica.

 

One of the Best westerns ever done - Did you motice who the bird was ?!?!?!?! she was Michael Corleone's first wife Appolonia in Godfather !

 

First time in his career ( only time I think ) that Fonda had played the bad guy

[Gav]

My brother has got a degree in film and tv production. He's the biggest film buff i've ever known and I swear he's seen every film ever made!

 

He swears blind thats the best film he's ever seen. High praise indeed.

 

 

La Haine is class - really shows how tough Paris ghetto's are ...it ain't all towers and galleries

Vincent Cassel , (the tall fella) is one of my favourite actors..check out Irreversible...scary , really frightening .He also is outstanding in Les Rivières pourpres (crimson rivers)

 

Foreign Films wise Shitisku ( sp) is class. Its about a blind Japenese Samurai out for revenge .The camera work and animation is mind boggling

 

Also a really freaky Asian cinema one ,In Engish its called "the Interview" and its about a bird who'd been abused as a kid , who traps blokes and chops their hands and legs off ...really really scary

[aws]

One of the Best westerns ever done - Did you motice who the bird was ?!?!?!?! she was Michael Corleone's first wife Appolonia in Godfather !

 

First time in his career ( only time I think ) that Fonda had played the bad guy

 

As you mentioned a gangster movie,what about Once Upon A Time In America - another classic and I rate it only behind Godfather 1 and 2 and Goodfellas in the gangster ratings.The fade out on De Niro lying in an opium den smiling as he thinks back in nostalgia to his childhood gives me goosebumps me every time I see it.

[Tom R]

As you mentioned a gangster movie,what about Once Upon A Time In America - another classic and I rate it only behind Godfather 1 and 2 and Goodfellas in the gangster ratings.The fade out on De Niro lying in an opium den smiling as he thinks back in nostalgia to his childhood gives me goosebumps me every time I see it.

 

 

once upon a time in America is my all time favourite film. Can't stop whistling that tune he whistles right through it now...

 

Fucking ace movie.

 

Things to do in Denver Wen Yu're Dad is a fucking class fllm that many haven't seen.

The Life of David gayle (Kevin Spacey and kate Winslet) is fucking amazing and deffo one of the best films I've seen in the last five years. It's a class apart.

I'd recommend watching it twice so you notice a lot of the Christian symbology that will pass you by first time around. Fucking amazing film. Watch it.

 

man of Fire, which although a new film, not many have seen it yet. That went straight in to my top ten all time fave films. It had EVERYTHING that a film should have, and I mean everything.

[Gav]

As you mentioned a gangster movie,what about Once Upon A Time In America - another classic and I rate it only behind Godfather 1 and 2 and Goodfellas in the gangster ratings.The fade out on De Niro lying in an opium den smiling as he thinks back in nostalgia to his childhood gives me goosebumps me every time I see it.

 

Same director as once upon a time in teh west ,sergio leone

Love that movie ,and the score by Ennio Morricone is stunning

[Gav]

once upon a time in America is my all time favourite film. Can't stop whistling that tune he whistles right through it now...

 

Fucking ace movie.

 

Things to do in Denver Wen Yu're Dad is a fucking class fllm that many haven't seen.

The Life of David gayle (Kevin Spacey and kate Winslet) is fucking amazing and deffo one of the best films I've seen in the last five years. It's a class apart.

I'd recommend watching it twice so you notice a lot of the Christian symbology that will pass you by first time around. Fucking amazing film. Watch it.

 

man of Fire, which although a new film, not many have seen it yet. That went straight in to my top ten all time fave films. It had EVERYTHING that a film should have, and I mean everything.

 

 

Tom - Good to have you back mate

ennio morricone is the dude that wrote the music

he also did the Godfather,Once upon a time in america,once upon a time in the west,The Mission,all the Eastwood spag westerns,The Untouchables and countless others ( even Kill Bill Vol2 )

 

A gifted gifted musician

[chorlton]

Morricone also wrote the music for john Carpenters the thing.

 

Near Dark is a bit of an unsung classic.

[Gav]

Morricone also wrote the music for john Carpenters the thing.

 

Near Dark is a bit of an unsung classic.

 

You should check out his biography on imdb.com un-natural the amount of movies he's been involved in

[Guest banner78]

chopper is a top film also audition, the maddest film ive ever seen

[Paul]

Christ, I can't believe I'm succumbing to the GF, but it appears to be free of blatant porn, I've been awake since 5.20am (cheers, son), the FF is very quiet at the moment and (whisper it) there are some quite interesting threads on here.

 

Loads of great films been mentioned so far:

 

Oldboy is absolutely mind-blowing. It's really visceral - especially the hammer fight - and the twist at the end is a head-fucker.

 

Grosse Point Blank is funny, romantic and violent with a great soundtrack.

 

Cube is a great little film. Another pretty violent one, but it's a brilliant concept and could be reproduced on stage, as all it requires is one room. I love the fact that there's no attempt to explain why these people have been locked up or who by.

 

State of Grace is another superb movie. Three phenomenal performances from my three favourite actors: Ed Harris, Sean Penn and Gary Oldman. I'm not much of a drinker, and virtually never drink alone, but I once stayed in on my own one night when I was at university and watched this with a bottle of rum and a couple of litres of coke. It somehow made even more sense bladdered, as that's the state Frankie and Terry are in all the way through it.

 

There's a great anecdote I read about from the making of the film where the three lead actors and Phil Joanou, the director, were driving round New York, bladdered and doing a bit of "bonding". It was just after Sean Penn had split from Madonna and he was still throwing punches at anyone who even mentioned her name, so clearly it was like a big unspoken cloud hanging over them all. Gary Oldman, in the middle of his full-on alcoholism, was utterly arse-holed in the back seat, and leaned forward next to Penn in the front and started singing "Like a Virgin". There was a moment of unnerving silence before they all pissed themselves and a bond was formed. Luckily for Penn, he met the absolutely stunning Robin Wright on the shoot, and lived happily ever after.

 

La Haine is another classic. I especially love the scene where the DJ fulfills the role of neighbourhood alarm clock, by setting his decks and speakers up at the window of his flat looking out over the square below, and starts cutting and scratching with "Sound of da Police" by Boogie Down Productions. A great little moment in a great little film.

 

Random other films I love that aren't too well known:

 

Lone Star - brooding contemporary western about family history and redemption.

 

Colours - Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as LAPD cops fighting LA gang-crime.

 

Blue Velvet - Lynchian madness in small town America with Dennis Hopper playing one of the greatest screen lidders of all time in Frank.

 

King of New York - Christopher Walken as a New York drug lord wiping out all his competition to try to finance a hospital for poor, black community, thereby finding redemption.

 

Brotherhood of the Wolf - pre-revolution France and naturalist/warrior is dispatched by the King into the countryside to deal with the beast that is brutally killing people. In between great fight and sex scenes, he uncovers a cult with sinister ambitions.

 

The 13th Warrior - a plausible version of Beowulf with twelve Vikings and an Arab (The 13th Warrior) sent on a mission to save a village from "the evil that must not be named". Clever, pacey and violent with a brooding tension about what the "evil" might be.

 

Jacob's Ladder - post-Vietnam/bereavement madness and hallucination.

 

The Year My Voice Broke - great little film about a nerd growing up in the Australian outback and discovering girls. It's sequel Flirting is also good, with the stunning Thandie Newton making her debut performance. There was supposed to a third installment, but I'm not aware of it ever having been made.

 

The Taking of Pelham 123 - old-school heist movie on the subway.

 

Bull Durham - baseball film that's not really about baseball, but rather life, sex and aging.

 

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down - Almoldovar's finest.

[BatChainPuller]

Amateur, and Simple Men - both by Hal Hartley - very different from the usual and take a bit of wrapping your head around but very entertaining.

[Stu Monty]

Two very good ones that are pretty recent are:

 

Abre los Ojos (open your eyes) which is a spanish film with the lovely penelope cruz in it upon which Vanilla Sky was based. Very good indeed.

 

My life without me. An aussie film about someone who discovers they have cancer and the way in which they deal with the the loss thier family will face and thier own personal regrets. Brilliantly touching. You cannot see this film and not have God only knows by the Beach Boys as one of your favorite songs ever.

 

On a more low-brow vibe. Has anyone ever seen Dead man on campus? Very funny american campus film where they try to get a room-mate that will die during term-time as it guarantees them an A grade. Features Zac from saved by the bell.

[Total Longo]

One of the Best westerns ever done - Did you motice who the bird was ?!?!?!?! she was Michael Corleone's first wife Appolonia in Godfather !

 

 

It isn't the same bird Gav. Claudia Cardinale in Once Upon a Time... and Simonetta Stefinelli in Godfather. Both fit, though.

 

Fave 'cult' films are The Wages of Fear, Das Boot and The Taking of Pelham 123.

[DT]

You Can Count On Me - stars Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney (also in Life of David Gale) and it's a beautiful fim about a pair of siblings who have lost their parents while they were kids and are now as adults trying to find direction to their lives although in different ways. It's the things that aren't said that make it so beautiful.

 

Life of David Gale - a lot of thought obvioulsy went into this and I think it's a brilliant film. It's not just another "anti death penalty film, it's much, much more.

 

Lost in Translation - Fantastic story about two people who don't really have much in common - on the outside. On the inside they've got everything in common - loneliness and the feeling of emptiness. I was very fascinated by the story. Brilliant film.

[BENIRL]

Sorry dude i thought Lost in Translation was cack.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a bit fuct up and pretty good. 25th Hour is also decent.

[Paul]

Benirl, I'm totally with you on "Lost in Translation". Nothing happened, but in a dull-as-fuck way, rather than an arty way. That whole "I'm so alone, both literally and spiritually" vibe, was shite.

 

Also agree on "Eternal Sunshine..." which is a completely bizarre, but really quite delightful love story. It reminded me a lot of (mental block) the PT Anderson one with Adam Sandler and Emily Watson; utterly weird but really heart-warming, too.

[DT]

*moves Paul down in estimation charts*

[Brownie]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it but "Fallen" with Denzel Washington and John Goodman is a film that not many people I know have seen.

 

It wasn't a big budget movie and probably had little publicity but I thought it was really good.

 

As for cult films, the best one has to be "Donnie Darko" surely.

[Bob]

Darko is cool, not quite sure i completely understood it, but i think i did. Plus it scared the shit out of my mate. The title menu on the DVD has that rabbits face appearing every few seconds whispering something. My mate fell asleep watching it and the film finished and went back to the menu. My mate was then woken up by the sound of somebody whispering "wake up, I'm watching you".

 

As for Lost in Translation, it was poo. Had to turn it off it was that dull. My girlfriend wathced the last half an hour the next day and said nothing happened still, so I'm glad i did turn it off.

 

Eternal sunshine... is quality, really good direction and a great idea.

 

The one I will put forward is Big Fish, dont know if many people have seen it, but i watched it because the shop didnt have what we wanted, its cool. Not particularly funny, just a bit bizarre and a really good watch.

[aws]

Good calls on Fallen and Life of David Gale.

 

Anyone like Samurai movies?Some real classics - Seven Samurai (ripped off for the Magnificent Seven),Yojimbo (ripped off for Fistful of Dollars,Last Man Standing and at least two other films I've seen but can't remember the titles),Zaitochi.