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Treefrog
18-07-2009, 15:39
I thought this would complement DLs thread nicely. As the title suggests: waht films do YOU like that aren't well-known or popular or whatever and a couple of lines to say why.
One of my all time favourites is Koyaanisqatsi.
It's a Hopi Indian word meaning 'life out of balance' and is all time-lapse and high-speed videography of mainly landscapes, set to a Philip Glass score.
No message, no hidden meanings, just something to kick back and chill out to.
let's hear yours
:)
Greenlizard0
18-07-2009, 15:46
K-Pax, one of my favourite films with possibly the second best score. Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges star in it, but few people in real life have heard of it.
NokkonWud
18-07-2009, 17:07
Love and own both the films just mentioned :p.
I love Eurotrip, but a lot of people hate it. It always makes me laugh. If we're going for more obscure, I really enjoyed Naked Weapon and although many people have heard of it, I know loads haven't seen it, Amelie.
Snuggle Ferret
18-07-2009, 19:08
La Reine Margot .. brilliant.
Flibster
18-07-2009, 19:24
Vulgar - A Clown gets gang raped and he goes out for revenge. Not a family friendly film. Very strange and very dark.
Drawing Flies - The 'missing' View Askewniverse film. Group of housemates are about to get evicted, one invites others to his fathers cabin. Only there's no cabin and he's searching for bigfoot. Funny and weird. :D Plus - Jason Lee rocks! :D
Up until last night I hadn't heard of Revenge of the nerds
was made in '84 and there are about 4 of them. Watched the first last night and it was quite good. Maybe it's because I'm at uni and play American Football and that's similar to the setting of the first film.
Going to watch the second film later tonight after a few beers
One of my all time favourites is Koyaanisqatsi.
I've got all three of the trilogy on DVD, (Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi being the other 2).
They're awesome.
Flibster
18-07-2009, 22:15
Up until last night I hadn't heard of Revenge of the nerds
was made in '84 and there are about 4 of them. Watched the first last night and it was quite good. Maybe it's because I'm at uni and play American Football and that's similar to the setting of the first film.
Going to watch the second film later tonight after a few beers
One of them is on Sky anytime at the moment. It's pretty funny.
I remember watching Revenge of the Nerds 1 and 2 when they were first released :)
Vulgar - A Clown gets gang raped and he goes out for revenge. Not a family friendly film. Very strange and very dark.
Srsly? WTF!
Flibster
18-07-2009, 23:31
Srsly? WTF!
Yup.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120467/plotsummary
I think that Donald Sutherland in Eye of the Needle would rank way up there for me.
Yup.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120467/plotsummary
I have to see this now.
La Haine - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/
Amelie, Angel-A (don't know anyone else who's seen it!), The Life of David Gale and an old fave Licence to Drive :D
Blighter
19-07-2009, 02:05
Mars Attacks
Quite a few people I've spoken to about this film have never heard of it, but it is bloody brilliant!
NARK NARK NARK! xD
La Haine - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/
Awesone film, even though it's subtitles *and* black and white!
Mars Attacks
NARK NARK NARK! xD
I always tought it was GAK, GAK, GAK?
Blighter
19-07-2009, 07:26
Awesone film, even though it's subtitles *and* black and white!
I always tought it was GAK, GAK, GAK?
I haven't seen it in a while!
semi-pro waster
19-07-2009, 15:45
For just being a generally funny film (and the second or third best pool film of all time*) I'd recommend Poolhall Junkies, it's entertaining and does feature Christopher Walken who is almost always good value for money.
If going for a bit more culture then Rififi is a class act, there's even a period where no character speaks for over 20 minutes and yet there is more conveyed in that time that most films manage in the entirety of their running time.
*it's not that big a boast, I can think of five pool films off the top of my head and I own them all. ;D
Flibster
19-07-2009, 15:58
Another strange one from me - from my Uni days actually.
Preaching to the Perverted.
I'll just use synopsis from IMDB. Minister on a moral crusade employs young computer whizzkid Peter to infiltrate the London S&M scene. Peter has to gather evidence of physical "assaults" in order for the Minister to prosecute and shut the scene down. But Peter gets unwittingly drawn into it and falls for the Mistress Tanya Cheex.
Strange, funny and well..stranger... What a great name for the lead character though. ;)
Synecdoche, New York.
Really weird film that I still don't quite fully 'get' but I do know I liked it :) Bit challenging to watch but that's what made it a pleasant change. Philip Seymour Hoffman was particularly great in it, but then again he always is.
Boondock Saints. Bought this on a whim years ago and it's a bloody brilliant film. Two Irish brothers get caught up in the middle of some bother and manage to wrangle their way through the mess. Brilliant appearance from the dad who is played by someone who I'll keep nameless as you'll not really be expecting it.
Just a great film.
Mars Attacks
Great film,and the idea came from a set of trading cards. :)
One of the cards was banned in the states I believe as it showed a herd of cows on fire, a scene they got into the movie within the first 3 mins or so :)
I dunno I have seen loads of the films in this thread... maybe I just watch too many films :o though there are one or two suggested here I definitely don't want to see :confused:
Anyhow, I'm never sure what films aren't very well known so I will just go with ones I loved but not many people I know have seen:
Tengoku to Jigoku (High and Low)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Zatôichi
Shogun (ok not a film it's a mini series, but hey :p)
Shogun (ok not a film it's a mini series, but hey :p)
I thought everybody had seen this :)
Or am I just too old and remember it from first showing on TV :o
EDIT: My film would probably be Yojimbo. I only know a couple of people that have seen it. Although I suspect a few on here have.
It's another Kurosawa movie that "inspired" a western. :) (bonus points if you know which one without using IMDB :))
I thought everybody had seen this :)
I thought the same, it wasn't until I was watching it in hospital recently nobody seemed to have heard of it. Then I realised it was probably an age thing that they didn't remember it from the first time round :o So all of us oldies have probably heard of it.... maybe it's just nurses and doctors who haven't seen it ;D
Watched Revenge of The Nerds 1 + 2 when they came out also. Can still remember the theme!
I own Amelie.
Preaching To The Perverted is one of my fav films.
Very Annie Mary is a fab british comedy. I recommend it to any welshies.
Shogun is very very good, right up there on a par with Roots, everyone should have seen both of them!
A film that I love which nobody seems to have heard of is Summer School. It's an oldish film from 1987. Here are the two plot summaries from IMDB:
"A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some."
"When the teacher who is suppose to teach the Summer remedial class, decides not to do it. The Vice-Principal, who is responsible for Summer School, ropes Freddy Shoop into teaching it, and he is not an academic teacher. And all of the students are not exactly willing to meet him half way."
It sounds terrible but it's not. It really is hilarious, a superb movie and I laugh like a drain whenever I see it, I can't recommend it highly enough!
I know that one Mr Feek it has some great lines :)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - tension breaker had to be done :)
Justsomebloke
19-07-2009, 22:23
Lesbians from Outer Space !!!
Seriously.
Altered States.
Awesome film which I was snatched away from when I first watched it around me mate Grahams. :(
We're all chilling watching the movie when somebody steams in shouting Me house is being raided by vons & pebs mates :( I goes over & did some cell time & then rented it later on for a solo watch, Awesome film.
^^ that reminds me. Amazon Women on the Moon.
One of the best, yet worst movies of all time.
Amelie, Angel-A (don't know anyone else who's seen it!), The Life of David Gale and an old fave Licence to Drive :D
Licence to Drive, was one of the characters called Mercedes? If so, I know the film, loved it :D
They Live.
It stars "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and is about a secret alien invasion where the aliens look like humans, unless, you happen to wear a pair of "Special Sunglasses". Never laughed so much in my entire life.
Davey_Pitch
20-07-2009, 15:34
Irreversible - French film starring Monica Belluci, shown backwards. It's very dark, very disturbing, and features a long and graphic rape scene. Not to be watched if you're easily offended, but gripping at the same time.
K-Pax, one of my favourite films with possibly the second best score. Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges star in it, but few people in real life have heard of it.
It's great. I've got the books too, must've read them about 10 times!
Licence to Drive, was one of the characters called Mercedes? If so, I know the film, loved it :D.
Yes!! \o/ I think it was Mercedes Lane? It was a very young Heather Graham anyhow.
They Live - very funny film much lollage was had
License to Drive - I have a vague recollection of but can't remember much bout it.
K-Pax - strange film where you're not too sure if he's alien or just weird and gifted :)
I watch too many films :o
Pumpkinstew
20-07-2009, 21:18
EDIT: My film would probably be Yojimbo. I only know a couple of people that have seen it. Although I suspect a few on here have.
It's another Kurosawa movie that "inspired" a western. :) (bonus points if you know which one without using IMDB :))
Damnit, I know Seven Samurai became the Magnificent Seven which then became Battle Beyond the Stars.
I think its A Fistful of Dollars (but it might be Once Upon a Time in the West)
There's loads of Hong Kong films that I like and few people have seen:
Mr Vampire
Tokyo Raiders
2002
Stormriders
Project A
I also like to pimp The Dish to anyone who will listen.
There's loads of Hong Kong films that I like and few people have seen:
Mr Vampire
I'm aware of Mr Vampire 1,2 and 3 thanks to a film buff boyfriend. Made sure I didn't watch them though after seeing some of the first one! Silly silly film!
Damnit, I know Seven Samurai became the Magnificent Seven which then became Battle Beyond the Stars.
I think its A Fistful of Dollars (but it might be Once Upon a Time in the West)
There's loads of Hong Kong films that I like and few people have seen:
Mr Vampire
Tokyo Raiders
2002
Stormriders
Project A
I also like to pimp The Dish to anyone who will listen.
Yep it was a Fistful of Dollars which was followed by Last Man Standing with Bruce "The Vest" Willis.
Yojimbo was also the film that Kevin Costners character took Whitney Houston to in The Bodyguard.
Yojimbo translates as Bodyguard :)
Mr Vampire - not seen
Tokyo Raiders - not seen
2002 - not seen
Stormriders - seen 2 different version the subtitled one being much better
Project A - Jackie Chan movie of course I've seen it :)
Pumpkinstew
20-07-2009, 23:45
Silly silly film!
It is. :)
I think it's because when I was growing up I spent a lot of school holidays at my grandmas and she had piles of VHS cassettes with silent comedies on them which I watched over and over. Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy.
Hong Kong cinema has the same tendancy to simplify and overplay the emotions on screen and there's obviously a similarity in the physical performances.
Stormriders - seen 2 different version the subtitled one being much better
Project A - Jackie Chan movie of course I've seen it
Some of the comedy films play better with ridiculous dubbing tracks on, but generally it's too distracting having the lips moving out of sync.
Project A is one of Jackie's best I reckon and a good example of where Hong Kong cinema can be quite similar to the old silent comedies.
Some of the comedy films play better with ridiculous dubbing tracks on, but generally it's too distracting having the lips moving out of sync.
Project A is one of Jackie's best I reckon and a good example of where Hong Kong cinema can be quite similar to the old silent comedies.
The dubbed version I saw (official release) was about 30 mins shorter than the subbed version. :shocked:
I'd say Drunken Master 2 or Wheels on Meals is probably my fave JC flick :)
The Happiness Of The Katakuris
A very bizzare Japanese horror musical, worth it for the scene with the sumo wrestler and his girlfriend.
Bubba Ho-Tep - I'd forgotten how much I love this! Elvis in a nursing home fighting an egyptian mummy.
Blue Juice - Another of my favourite films. I'm a stickler for british comedies. Sean Pertwee and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a surf movie.
semi-pro waster
22-07-2009, 19:24
Bubba Ho-Tep - I'd forgotten how much I love this! Elvis in a nursing home fighting an egyptian mummy.
'tis a great film but then it stars the Chin, the legend that is Bruce Campbell so how could it possibly fail? ;D
Flibster
22-07-2009, 20:47
Bubba Ho-Tep - I'd forgotten how much I love this! Elvis in a nursing home fighting an egyptian mummy.
Come get some!
They Live.
It stars "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and is about a secret alien invasion where the aliens look like humans, unless, you happen to wear a pair of "Special Sunglasses". Never laughed so much in my entire life.
I first saw this on TV about 15+ years ago, I nearly turned it off thinking "flipping heck what a boring pile of steaming dog turd", after the first 20 mins then it went all-kinds of awesome.
Bubba Ho-Tep - I'd forgotten how much I love this! Elvis in a nursing home fighting an egyptian mummy.
Blue Juice - Another of my favourite films. I'm a stickler for british comedies. Sean Pertwee and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a surf movie.
I'd forgotten all about Blue Juice, remember watching it years and years ago and loving it, it starred Ewen McGregor as druggie didn't it?
I first saw this on TV about 15+ years ago, I nearly turned it off thinking "flipping heck what a boring pile of steaming dog turd", after the first 20 mins then it went all-kinds of awesome.
I now have They Live in HD :D
Purely Belter - cracking British film set in Newcastle about a lad doing everything he can to get a season ticket for the footy. Funny, heartbreaking and brilliantly acted. Stars almost every famous Geordie actor going and has Shed Seven on the soundtrack. Superb.
I now have They Live in HD :D
*wants*
Irreversible - French film starring Monica Belluci, shown backwards. It's very dark, very disturbing, and features a long and graphic rape scene. Not to be watched if you're easily offended, but gripping at the same time.
I watched that with a group of friends the year before last. Everyone bar me and one other person left the room and refused to come back in until that scene was over.
I'd forgotten all about Blue Juice, remember watching it years and years ago and loving it, it starred Ewen McGregor as druggie didn't it?
That's the one. It's just been released again on DVD for a few quid. Great feel good film for a sunday afternoon.
Dymetrie
25-07-2009, 07:46
Taxi and Les Visiteurs are both films which I highly rate :)
Most people have heard of them though as they were both remade by Hollywood, the former with Queen Latifah, the latter with the original cast (:s). The original french versions are far superior though :)
In fact, I think Brotherhood of the Wolf could be added to that list... Another French film! Albeit a werewolf one :D
And going with werewolf films, the Ginger Snaps trilogy is an excellent series of films following the escapades of two teenage girls and their adventures into lycanthropy :D
I've got the first Ginger Snaps. It's one of my sister's favourites.
One might not believe it, but one of my favourite films that always raises a "EH!?!" amongst a group of people is Withnail & I.
Richard E Grant, Richard Griffiths, Paul McGann and some of the most unexpected and hillarious scripting to come out of British cinematography- I love it, but dare not attempt the infamous drinking game associated with it! ;D
One of my top ten favourite films that. Love it.
Kung-Fu Panda
Perfect family film. Great story, great characters with beautifully captured personalities, and loads of brilliant high-speed action bits full of comedy as well as violence! This would have made a great regular martial arts movie if they'd removed some of the more slapstick elements, the story is that good.
Only loses marks for over-labouring the point that the panda is fat and clumsy. We get it. I don't need to see him catching his breath yet again or running into another wall.
9/10
Edit: Arse! Wrong thread... Will leave this here for posterity though.
A Place of Light
30-07-2009, 23:51
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
10.5/10.
Princess Griff
05-08-2009, 22:05
This thread feels far too blokey...
One of my all time favourite favourite favourite films is Jack and Sarah, hardly any of my friends had seen or even heard of it... until I got it on DVD and educated them all!!! It was released in '95 and stars Richard E Grant, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen and a very cute baby!
Love it!!!
Kell_ee001
05-08-2009, 22:09
Jack and Sarah is a lovely movie :)
Dymetrie
07-08-2009, 15:58
Definitely appreciate Jack and Sarah!
It also featured Samantha Matthis who was in the absolutely awesome Pump Up the Volume with Christian Slater :D
Flibster
07-08-2009, 19:31
Definitely appreciate Jack and Sarah!
It also featured Samantha Matthis who was in the absolutely awesome Pump Up the Volume with Christian Slater :D
I'm a bit meh about Jack and Sarah, Pump Up The Volume is a classic though! :D
More relatively unknown Slater that I really like - Kuffs
Dymetrie
07-08-2009, 19:40
More relatively unknown Slater that I really like - Kuffs
that was a class film! :D
Flibster
07-08-2009, 20:00
that was a class film! :D
"I want a really big gun that holds lots of bullets."
:D
that was awesome!! I <3'd that film sooo much! The chicken was hilarious.
Haven't seen Kuffs in ages, loved that film and am going to have to look for it.
Flibster
10-08-2009, 16:52
The Godfather - The Epic - 1901-1959
Take Godfather and Godfather Part II - edit to chronological order, add previously unseen footage and create perfection in Godfather form.
I've just spent over 6 hours watching it.
Sadly, only available on VHS... and was originally done for TV so is only in 4:3 - but I really didn't care about that. It's called The Epic, and it's right. Two of the finest movies ever made, made into the finest movie ever made. :D
My video editing skills may be getting a workout soon. VHS -> PC - closely followed by DVD/Bluray -> PC - then a step by step recreation using the best footage I can using the VHS video as a guide track.
I have the space, the computing power and the time to do it... I've got nothing else to do at the moment.
Track down a copy and watch it. It's superb!
Not sure how well known it is, but I hadn't heard of it before I saw it Inside I'm Dancing (also known as "Rory O'Shea Was Here" in the US).
Michael Connolly is a twenty-four year-old who has cerebral palsy, and a long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, moves in. Michael is stunned to discover that fast talking Rory, who can move only his right hand, can understand his almost unintelligible speech. Rory's dynamic and rebellious nature soon sparks a flame in Michael, introducing him to a whole new world outside of Carrigmore.
Knipples
06-09-2009, 19:18
I really want to see this (because of the job I have done for the last 11 years) but have never managed to. It was on telly a couple of months back but I missed it :(
Treefrog
06-09-2009, 21:01
Just reading through all the Hong Kong flicks made me remember "Encounters of the Spooky Kind" starring Samo Hung. Chinese vampires are somewhat different to western conceptions of them, and the fight scene in the restaurant with the stool is awesome!
"The Victim" is another Samo Hung film that I really rate too. Very much of a "whodunnit" type plot with Samo's inimitable fighting styles shown off to great effect - I'm sure the ladies will like the fight in the bathhouse ;)
Yes, I'm a fan of Samo :)
Kamikaze_Pigeon
08-09-2009, 06:40
Terrorvision
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092074/
Typical 80's cheap horror movie, but awesomely funny!!!!
Battle Royale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
Lord of the Flies.......with guns!!!!!!
MarcLister
08-09-2009, 21:36
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Stars Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan. Utter brilliance on DVD. :D
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Stars Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan. Utter brilliance on DVD. :D
I agree entirely :D
MarcLister
08-09-2009, 22:04
I agree entirely :DRaay! :D Someone else has heard of it!
Just found it on Blu-Ray for £9! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiss-Bang-Blu-ray/dp/B000KC86JK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252443822&sr=8-2
That's getting bought in my next spending spree. :evil:
Good price on blu-ray! Think I paid £4 for it on DVD not long ago.
MarcLister
08-09-2009, 22:13
Good price on blu-ray! Think I paid £4 for it on DVD not long ago.Think I paid £5 ish for it on DVD sometime. And less than £10 for a Blu-ray film ain't shabby. :)
Might do a Blu-ray order on Amazon. Bourne trilogy, Planet Earth, Band of Brothers and this on Blu-ray. :cool:
MarcLister
02-10-2009, 20:09
Good price on blu-ray! Think I paid £4 for it on DVD not long ago.Guess what Mr Postman brought me this morning? :D
Yep that's right. I now own Kiss Kiss Bang Bang on Blu-ray. :cool: £8.98 off Amazon. I also splashed out on Band Of Brothers and the Bourne trilogy on Blu-ray to take my Blu-ray catalogue contents up to 4!
Will soon have, in order of purchase:
Sin City
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Bourne trilogy/Band Of Brothers
:)
Nice :D
I only currently own the one blu-ray (Casino Royale and ty Nokkon for that!) but tempted to buy a couple of cheap ones if I get some money for my birthday next week. :)
MarcLister
02-10-2009, 20:49
Once CR and QoS are decent prices, say sub-£10, I might be tempted. Will probably prioritise good films I haven't seen yet such as Gran Torino etc.
Raay! :D Someone else has heard of it!
I thought it was quite popular. I went to the cinema to see it and it was packed! Ace film!
The Night Porter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071910/
Staggering film that stays with you forever.
MarcLister
02-10-2009, 22:17
I thought it was quite popular. I went to the cinema to see it and it was packed! Ace film!Could just have been Gordon Brown and his bodyguards? :D
Never saw it at the cinema. Totally forget how I became aware of it, but I'm glad I did. :)
Could just have been Gordon Brown and his bodyguards? :D
Never saw it at the cinema. Totally forget how I became aware of it, but I'm glad I did. :)
:shocked: Right, this is freaky, did I tell you folks on here that I did see Gordon Brown at the cinema (was when we went to see Bolt, though)? I don't remember :o
MarcLister
04-10-2009, 11:39
Bolt what? Bolt of lightning? Usain Bolt? :D
A Place of Light
08-10-2009, 18:51
Bolt what? Bolt of lightning? Usain Bolt? :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397892/ :)
The Private Eyes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081376/)
Silly, and feels like it's from a bygone age of comedy, but it makes me laugh.
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