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I really love Bladerunner and Tron.
I like also the more recent Matrix (the first one)

All films with kitano koyashi are great, old boy, a brilliant film.

Enter The Dragon ( my idol Bruce Lee ) Awesome fight scenes.

The 300 Spartans ( original w/ Richard Eagan ) Historically accurate version which USMC considers it's code.

Fathom ( Raquel Welch ) The most incredible lengthy bikini scene ever made. All natural. Movie actually sucks, bit a tanned Raquel in a bright green bikini will even make a homosexual man contemplate his desires.

Can't really pick a top 3..

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
anything by Studio Ghibli (hello Michu, did you see Mind Game yet
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
most Coen Brothers films (seem to have gone downhill recently)
After Hours
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
City of God

Battle Royale...

Thats it.. What a film

I dont know where my head was this morning..... damn being in werk all night


Oh the Strecker one in mentioned is actually called the Strecker Report.. And Im sure its Henry Fonda


There are so many others Ive thought of since then... way too many to mention

I also agree with Bladerunner..... why didnt I think of that one

Tampopo

darkrezin> whoa, apocalypse now.. what a film. It's crazy, and that's why it's good. Some of the best acting in film. And it wasn't acting! They were realy high!

Koyanisqatsi - beautiful soundtrack, great imagery

Dr Strangelove - the supreme example of the power of dialogue

Dark Star - comedy sci-fi, but they also adhere to physics. Very unusual for sci-fi. And what about the all-analog synth soundtrack ?!

heh, somehow i prefer heart of darkness with Roth and Malkovitch to apocalypse now those days, maybe i dont smoke enough

for something completely different, what about evil dead 2?

Hey! I will never forget the Max Brothers! Too much!

kensuguro wrote:darkrezin> whoa, apocalypse now.. what a film. It's crazy, and that's why it's good. Some of the best acting in film. And it wasn't acting! They were realy high!

This is true,

Martin Sheen actually had a nervous breakdown in the Hotel, but Coppola told the cameraman to just keep the cameras roling.

Dennis Hoper was doing loads of Cocaine (Imagine that.....)

And Marlon Brando came unprepared and fat as never before and delivered a master performance never the less.

The Horror......

Oh and by the way, don't watch the redux version, it's not better than the original. It does have a some interesting scenes, but it does not serve the movie as a whole.
Go for the original version if you are seeking the magic of this particular movie, which is destroyed in the Redux-version.

blade runner and brazil were the first ones that came to mind when reading the topic, but "sky captain and the world of tomorrow" has something special to me.
it's made by a guy who had been working for years in his garage on a mac, using blue key and animation. he showed his short film (some minutes) to a guy, who showed to another guy, and eventually it came to jude law, who co-produced the project. so there was this hobbyist in the garage, directing jude law and gwyneth paltrow... the story is no better than any 1950's boy's book, but the beaty of the movie is stunning... atmosphere, humor, style, colours, gwyneth... mmm

also the big lebowski, big fish (anything tim burton really), wild at heart (damn, johny peru!!!). american splendor is also damn fine, especially when you need a laugh and feel the need to say to yourself it's not all that bad

i wouldn't really categorize them as true great movies, and don't really know why i really like them, but i'm a sucker for comic stuff like spiderman, x-men, sin city, hellboy...

petal wrote:

kensuguro wrote:darkrezin> whoa, apocalypse now.. what a film. It's crazy, and that's why it's good. Some of the best acting in film. And it wasn't acting! They were realy high!

This is true,

Martin Sheen actually had a nervous breakdown in the Hotel, but Coppola told the cameraman to just keep the cameras roling.

Dennis Hoper was doing loads of Cocaine (Imagine that.....)

And Marlon Brando came unprepared and fat as never before and delivered a master performance never the less.

The Horror......

Also I've heard that Coppolla was smoking a big bag of weed every day, spiralling into paranoia because of the expanding production costs, bad weather and cyclones hitting the set in the Phillipines, the whole production crew miserable and ill, Martin Sheen's heart attack etc. Of course all this contributes to the psychedelic chaos of the movie - they really lived through the darkness.

There's an interesting documentary floating around on the net called 'Hearts of Darkness - a Filmmaker's Apocalypse' - it's a pretty bad VHS rip but it's watchable... definitely worth checking out if you have an interest in the movie.

I personally like the Redux version - philosophically it gives a lot of new angles and insights... the only criticism I could make is that maybe the extra scenes make the film a bit disjointed.

Michu - I had no knowledge of that film (Heart of Darkness). But it looks like it was a TV movie (ugh!) and the reviews I've read are not encouraging. I'd be amazed if it was anywhere near as good as Apocalypse Now, which I think is one of the best ever film interpretations of a novel.

darkrezin - yeh, hehe, just looked at imdb, reviewers aren't very friendly towards it...
it just sticks to the Conrad's book with decent performance of pretty cool actors in i'd call it a british way. i've found, that i can deal with apocalypse now only when extremaly stoned and that is way more sober interpretation of the book.
or maybe i just don't like martin sheen

borg - whoa, long time mate
sky captain is one of those films that only i among my friends like.
the mood and references to metropolis and old andventure films give this one a warm place in me heart. and angelina jolie's accent is just adorable

as far as japanese cinematography goes here's my lady's favourite: Miike Takashi
his films are not the family kind of fun but definitely fall into memory

Michu wrote:as far as japanese cinematography goes here's my lady's favourite: Miike Takashi
his films are not the family kind of fun but definitely fall into memory

Yep.. saw Gozu recently, I won't forget that one in a hurry. It was like David Lynch meets ancient Greek underworld mythology, but a whole lot weirder even. Crazy stuff.

And yep... the only way to really understand Apocalypse Now is to be as stoned as possible. Preferably with access to a projector.

Hello Borg btw, missed you there!

Andy's still lurking tho

Matrix, Part 1
Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within (SUPERB ANIMATION)
12 Angry Men (magnificient Henry Fonda)
Hibernatus with Louis de Funès (I wish someone would remake this one)
All the Don Camillo movies with Fernandel
Lord of the Rings, all 3 movies
Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail (I still cry from laughter at the monks)

How about another thread with all-time favorite TV series?

Me, mon ami Paul, j’adore Louis de Funès! Il e un de comédien le plu comique du monde !