2005/2006 must see Films?

[SmithSmith]

I have not been in touch with mainstreem movies for a while?

Syriana

What's new?

The Us vs. john lennon

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Snakes on a plane


Seriously though, Adam's apples looks very neat, I really need to see that one.

[Pirate Utopian]

i didnt like Syriana, it just felt like it missed something

[7189]

V for Vendetta.

A rowsing, revolutionary romp!

[CoexisT]

I thought V for Vendetta was a bit over-hyped and overrated, but nonetheless entertaining.

I really liked Syriana, though.

[karmaradical]

Little Miss Sunshine

Click

A Scanner Darkly

Scoop

Those are 4 good movies I can think of, off the top of my head from 2006.

[BreadBros]

Oh yeah, 'A Scanner Darkly' was by far the most underrated major movie of this year in my opinion, it was very very good. But then again, its Philip K Dick and Richard Linkletter, of course its good :). Anyone seen 'Why We Fight'? Im thinking of picking it up soon, heard it was good.

[YSR]

V for Vendetta.

Also:

SNAKES. ON. A. PLANE.

[which doctor]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 10:32 PM
Little Miss Sunshine

Click

A Scanner Darkly

Scoop

Those are 4 good movies I can think of, off the top of my head from 2006.
Click was a horrible movie!

SOAP was entertaining.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Little Miss Sunshine was my vote for film of the year
Transamerica is very good
so is La Petite Jérusalem
and Thank You For Smoking is alright

[karmaradical]

Originally posted by FoB+Sep 20 2006, 02:12 AM--> (FoB @ Sep 20 2006, 02:12 AM)
[email protected] 18 2006, 10:32 PM
Little Miss Sunshine

Click

A Scanner Darkly

Scoop

Those are 4 good movies I can think of, off the top of my head from 2006.
Click was a horrible movie!
[/b]
Haha I dont know I liked it. And I usually dont go for the mainstream stuff. Now I will admit...I probably shouldnt have put it on the top of the top list...

[Organic Revolution]

crash

[YSR]

Click was literally the worst movie I've ever seen. I'm not even exaggerating. At least SOAP was funny.

[Dooga Aetrus Blackrazor]

Click was ok. I did see it with my grad class while half asleep, though.

Good movies that you might want to see:

Crash
V for Vendetta
Snakes on a Plane
40-Year Old Virgin
X-men 3

All I can think of at the moment.

Don't see Syriana. It is baaadddd. It only receives good reviews because it using non-standard plot and film devices. AKA: it is postmodern. This just in film critics - a postmodern film can still blow chunks.

[RebelOutcast]

Lucky Number Slevin.

[Black Dagger]

10 Canoes.

Surreal (hey i was stoned).

[Ze]

i gotta go see little miss sunshine. the u.s vs. john lennon i'd say is a must-see.

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20 2006, 04:49 PM
Lucky Number Slevin.
I agree. It wasn't exactly experimental but it was smart like a classic Tarantino.

[Dominicana_1965]

Fearless,Tom Yum Goong(AKA The Protector)

[that1guy435]

Originally posted by [email protected] 20 2006, 01:56 AM
Anyone seen 'Why We Fight'? Im thinking of picking it up soon, heard it was good.
Meh, it was alright.

Anyway, best movie of the past few years by far is Clerks 2. Hilarious, emotional( sort of).

[The Grey Blur]

Volvar

Harsh Times

Little Miss Sunshine

Lucky Number Slevin

[Invader Zim]

I really want to see The Fountain, which is this years effort from Darren Aronofsky who directed Pi and Requiem for a Dream.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

I highly recomend Estamira

[BreadBros]

Originally posted by Dooga Aetrus [email protected] 20 2006, 07:38 AM
Don't see Syriana. It is baaadddd. It only receives good reviews because it using non-standard plot and film devices. AKA: it is postmodern. This just in film critics - a postmodern film can still blow chunks.
How was Syriana postmodern? When I think of postmodernism I usually think of skepticism of the 20th century, meta-critique, irony, existentialism, etc. Syriana was none of that. It's plot isn't really non-standard, it merely follows multiple parallel subplots that are at first unconnected then converge at the end. The only difference is that it begins sort of 'in media res' or without a buildup of the characters' backstories. If you watch the movie 'Traffic', its essentially the same type of story-telling but focusing on international drug trade instead of oil-politics. This type of filmmaking is not really new, look back at D.W. Griffith's 'Intolerance' for an old movie that uses parallel stories, or Stanley Kubrick's 'The Killing' and Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' that also use similar editing. Anyway, I thought it was a fairly good film, it was good at explaining a lot of the complexities revolving around global oil politics. Its also one of the few films to show how the US influences foreign policy to keep changes from occuring and keep their money in da bank.

[Pawn Power]

Originally posted by Organic [email protected] 19 2006, 09:40 PM
crash
That movie was crap.

[Soupspoon]

Lucky Number Slevin was one of the better movies I've ever seen. :)

V for Vendetta was pretty damn good (as were the comics) though I've heard a lot of people say they thought it was shit. Inside Man was slick and nicely directed plus it actually had a reasonable plot. Crash - hmm, reserving judgement until I've seen it all the way through. I've been interrupted twice half way through it. Looks good though. 16 Blocks was good for a Bruce Willis film but will someone tell me why he's such a highly-regarded actor - he's been in some real hummers. 12 Monkeys was the best he's ever done in my opinion but most of his stuff has been dismal (Armageddon anyone?).

[DystopianDream]

An Incovenient Truth ... that's all I can think off...oh wait and the re-make of The Wickerman.

[BreadBros]

Originally posted by [email protected] 23 2006, 09:53 PM
..oh wait and the re-make of The Wickerman.
What?! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Dooga Aetrus Blackrazor]

Originally posted by BreadBros+Sep 20 2006, 10:53 PM--> (BreadBros @ Sep 20 2006, 10:53 PM)
Dooga Aetrus [email protected] 20 2006, 07:38 AM
Don't see Syriana. It is baaadddd. It only receives good reviews because it using non-standard plot and film devices. AKA: it is postmodern. This just in film critics - a postmodern film can still blow chunks.
How was Syriana postmodern? When I think of postmodernism I usually think of skepticism of the 20th century, meta-critique, irony, existentialism, etc. Syriana was none of that. It's plot isn't really non-standard, it merely follows multiple parallel subplots that are at first unconnected then converge at the end. The only difference is that it begins sort of 'in media res' or without a buildup of the characters' backstories. If you watch the movie 'Traffic', its essentially the same type of story-telling but focusing on international drug trade instead of oil-politics. This type of filmmaking is not really new, look back at D.W. Griffith's 'Intolerance' for an old movie that uses parallel stories, or Stanley Kubrick's 'The Killing' and Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' that also use similar editing. Anyway, I thought it was a fairly good film, it was good at explaining a lot of the complexities revolving around global oil politics. Its also one of the few films to show how the US influences foreign policy to keep changes from occuring and keep their money in da bank. [/b]
It followed a non-linear style of narrative without providing closure at the end of the film. It used film techniques (jumping around from character to character) that aren't typical and therefore are appreciated by film critics who are tired of the same old stuff. The movie itself was just pathetic. Everything it revealed about international politics was already known by anyway who reads a newspaper and has half a brain. AKA, only like 5% of the population.

[BreadBros]

It followed a non-linear style of narrative without providing closure at the end of the film.

How is there not closure at the end? All of the major characters have their respective subplots climax and change them in some way. I cant really think of any plot-part that was unresolved.


It followed a non-linear style of narrative without providing closure at the end of the film. It used film techniques (jumping around from character to character) that aren't typical and therefore are appreciated by film critics who are tired of the same old stuff.

That would make sense except any respectable film critic would know that non-linear narratives are extremely common and have been employed for decades, more or less since the beginnings of cinema. Moreso, I can say for myself that I enjoyed the film not only for its aesthetic/technical component, but for its story as well. I'd be hard-pressed to believe that film critics were so enamored by it's technical composition (especially since Steven Soderbergh, the producer of 'Syriana' had directed 'Traffic' six years before and used the EXACT same technique) that they overlook it's story. More importantly, innovative film techniques do not in the least equal post-modernism. In fact in some ways they're the exact opposite. Post-modernism is in many ways skeptical of modernism and innovation itself and focuses more on self-conscious ironic homages to the past. A good example might be Wes Anderson or to a lesser extent (less self-conscious, and non-ironic) Quentin Tarantino's movies.


The movie itself was just pathetic. Everything it revealed about international politics was already known by anyway who reads a newspaper and has half a brain. AKA, only like 5% of the population.

Well if thats true then I don't understand how its "pathetic". If only 5% of the population has "half a brain" then it seems to make perfect sense to me for someone to make a film that can educate the other lowly brainless 95% of us.

[Dyst]

I really enjoyed The Matador.

Kind of a comedic movie with Pierce Brosnan (yes that james bond dude) and assassins and stuff.

[Pirate Utopian]

Syriana was very boring :mellow:

[piet11111]

any good horror movies out there ?
just list the horror movies you liked and a small description of what its about im so bored right now that i really need some movies to watch.

[BreadBros]

Havent seen it but I hear this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105643/ is scary as fuck. And by scary I mean, frightening that somewhere theres a Hollywood executive who read the first five lines of the script and didnt automatically shoot whoever handed it to him.

[BreadBros]

Must-see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR7dNntU5oI

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

For those of you who dig Brazilian cinema, which some of you clearly do, look for Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus, O Maior Amor do Mundo, and Estamira

[RNK]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 10:30 PM
V for Vendetta.

A rowsing, revolutionary romp!
<3 <3