Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Really? I wasn't that hot on it. I thought it was okay not great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Persepolis is a damn solid entry. Best comic book adaptation of all time. Yeah, I said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 You're getting sent to the cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Plus I can't stand that fucking hack Lynch. Kubrick rubs me the wrong way sometimes too but he's made a couple of excellent flicks that make up for his erstwhile wankiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Buddy cop movies are good because people I don't like don't like them. I almost forgot about how excellent Boogie Nights is. I find some new piece of greatness every time i see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) I wish I only enjoyed things that were masterpieces with artistic merit so I could make snarky asides any time somebody says something I like is bad. I do so love the Beverly Hills Cop movies but I just wish they were as good as Dune. Edited June 25, 2012 by Iambaytor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 What a shock, Taxi Driver for me http://www.demonoid....81299/28768275/ Just behind it would be and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 If a movie about Marky Mark's giant cock is considered artsy, then the world has just gone full retard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Some randoms. Casino Royale. Ghostbusters. Matrix Reloaded. Reign of Fire. True Romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) If a movie about Marky Mark's giant cock is considered artsy, then the world has just gone full retard. Boogie Nights was made by neither David Lynch nor Stanley Kubrick. I know this because the plot made sense and the acting was good and there were no midgets that I recall. It generally is considered kinda arty by arty film geeks. It is a great movie though. Stanley Kubrick was an unparalleled cinematographer but he was a shitty director and the man couldn't write his way out of a paper bag (kinda sad considering almost all of his movies were adaptations of other people's writing. I found A Clockwork Orange and Dr. Strangelove to be great and I didn't hate 2001 but I can't stomach anything else he's done (except the first 30 minutes of Full Metal Jacket) and I've never seen the appeal of his version of the Shining (not that the Mick Garris version is any better mind you) it misses the point entirely which might be forgivable if the point Kubrick decided to make instead made any goddamn sense. His movies are very pretty, but they're flat boring nonsense. David Lynch is not a good director, he is not a good writer, he's not even a good cinematographer. But the man can set the mood to a piece briliantly, unfortunately he rivals Damon Lindelof in the "making shit up as he goes along" category. And at least Lindelof tries to pretend he has the answers, Lynch is happy to just fling midgets and shady old men wherever the mood strikes him. I do admit that I love Blue Velvet despite the fact that the acting not done by Dennis Hopper is about as skillful and nuanced as a 7th grade production of Romeo and Juliet and I enjoyed Wild at Heart, I even kind of dug Lost Highway and Twin Peaks. But fuck everything else. I could maybe see him as a decent play director but he is not cut out for movies. Now for the on-topic stuff. There's a lot of variables for what I would consider the "best" movies I've ever seen are, so here's a bunch that I fucking love that I feel everybody should see at least once in no particular order: I have to stop now, I could do this all night. Edited June 26, 2012 by Iambaytor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Freaks and The King of Comedy are both so good. Freaks fucking enchants me every time I see it. I can't multitasks when that movie is on. I'll save my Shining rant for another day, another thread. You mentioned the two Lynch films that are great, so I'm once again confounded by your weird scales of judgment. No need for explanation, you already have elsewhere, I just still find it weird. I would also throw in The Elephant Man damn-good Lynch list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) I always forget the Elephant Man exists, and is a Lynch movie, I give you that one. I also own up that I don't remember much about Wild at Heart other than that I enjoyed it but I may just fondly be remembering that part where the guy blows his face off with the shotgun, so there's that. Edited June 26, 2012 by Iambaytor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Matrix Reloaded. you're allowed to vote for the first one though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I liked Once Upon A Time In the West enough, but I don't get the rabid fanboy adulation many Western genre fans give it. ASC posts only three films and that's one of 'em? Does not compute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Maybe he likes it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I liked Once Upon A Time In the West enough, but I don't get the rabid fanboy adulation many Western genre fans give it. ASC posts only three films and that's one of 'em? Does not compute. Because it's a layered movie, it has the framework of a typical spaghetti western but it's so so much more. I could outline the finer points but this guy is a lot better at it than me, so read on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 didn't yet read your link, baytors, but i think you're selling yourself short: this first post here is also a pretty interesting write-up on the flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 There's a lot of the same territory covered in my review as the link I posted. I even plagiarized it a bit in the day (to be fair I cited it too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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