Recommend a movie

Apocales Saturday 1 Jan 2011

After Hours (1985)

An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Angocachi Saturday 1 Jan 2011

A Prophet (2009)

A young Arab goes to prison, falls in with Corsican mafia, a gypsy drug-dealer, a North African gang... pretty cool, real, just the right pinch and display of violence and crime.

Bob Dylan Roof Sunday 9 Jan 2011

Valhalla Rising

I put this on last night expecting a vapid, low-budget action film, but was pleasantly surprised. The setting of the film is 1,000 A.D. in Nordic country where the clash between heathen and Christian is underway. The film has something like a protagonist in "One Eye" - a mute, one-eyed Norse warrior - who finds himself at first enslaved and then later part of a band of Christian crusaders. The plot twists when the Norse crusaders accidentally sail to the New World, encountering local savages and spiritual discord.

But it would be misleading to describe this film as having a "plot." The film has almost no dialog, and the story is too vague to allow the viewer to form a coherent image of the whole. I'm sure if someone watched it enough they could divine something meaningful out of the spiritual disputes and foreboding visions that form most of the narrative. However this film is primarily about visual and psychological atmosphere. Visually the film is stunning, with shades of Herzog, Tarkovsky and Malick; and it has those glacial nature shots that slow down and clear the viewer's mind. What little violence there is in the film is brutally realistic.

At times there was a sense of forced profundity, but for the most part "Valhalla Rising" is worth watching, especially for the internet nihilist.

Thomas777 Tuesday 11 Jan 2011

Thomas777 Tuesday 11 Jan 2011

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/xlbqBpW8zXo

Cadavre Exquis Tuesday 11 Jan 2011

Pusher is an excellent film. Refn uses virtually the same cast in another great film, Bleeder . It explores themes of violent chimpouts.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/NTRxuAZxNbw

Cornelio Wednesday 12 Jan 2011

Excellent recommendations, this thread is pure gold.

Has anyone seen "Pusher II"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396184/

Cornelio Wednesday 12 Jan 2011

It's time to establish a standard rating system for once and for all. Instead of jewy stars we will use the thumbsup smiley, for a GWM should always communicate through it.

Thus, we have:

:thumbsup: ---> POS and/or gay film. E.g. The Shawsank Redemption
---> Sort of entertaining at times, but overall disappointing. E.g. Inglorious Basterds
---> In Thomas cerebral words: "I think it's a good film". E.g. Casino
:thumbsup: ---> Excellent, well rounded work. Highly recommended. E.g. The Battle of Algiers
---> Rating reserved for unadulterated awesomeness. E.g. The Bridges Of Madison County

Let's put ourselves to the task, gentlemen.

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Team Zissou Saturday 15 Jan 2011

Bridges of Madison County was exquisite .

Cornelio Sunday 16 Jan 2011

Ok, time to recapitulate:

Pusher: :thumbsup: I think it's a good movie.

Brother (2000): Pitiful unintentional self-parody by Kitano. A fallen from grace Yakuza leader joins a multicultural gang in LA and sweeps the competing mafias.

The Ghost Writer (2010): :thumbsup: Good movie. Aesthetically captivating. Plot not so tight.

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