The cinema thread

[Faust]

Broken Embraces. I really am done with Almodovar. I just don't know what the hype is.

[mass]

not my number one but i like him a lot
everyone watch dead ringers! so underrated...

[Fade to Black]

thanks for the heads up mass, i gotta go check out that and Toback's Fingers next

i like The Passenger better than Blow Up. Somehow strikes me as odd that you'd like one but not the other.

[MoFiya]

^ why do you find that odd? Because you feel the work is very similar? I don't think so... I think the whole movie Blow Up was one big picture set - according to the main protagonist as a photographer. And then, the plot which had that nice twisting the whole time through - always keeps you hanging on. Plus, the great ending (tennis match, but I dont wanna spoil the thread).

On contrary, The Passenger didnt really catch me. I found the plot kind of thrilling, but the movie as a whole didn't catch me... I mean, it was a good movie - no question - but not an excellent one as Blow Up (to me, but we're all talking from a personal point of view, arent we).

On a side note: I am experiencing difficulties trying to formulate my impressions on movies in a foreign language. After all, I just try to do my best to articulate my subjective perception, which I even find hard in German

[Bring The Noise]

Sure, overrated boring pointless drama for adolescents with main characters that appear to be stupid... not even using every editing and camerawork trick in the book could save the thing.

Let's just say I'v seen better, shorter anti-drug propaganda.

I'll come back to my favorite thread when Aronofsky is gone

requiem is pretty much the anti drug propaganda they use to scare high school kids...like those old D.A.R.E. commercials.

watched manhunter and i dont know...the soundtrack was just so quintessentially 80s.

[chameleon]

^ i was actually watching uta last night

what did you think of it compared to mujo? It's been a while since I watched the latter and I can't really remember much of it except for the overarching themes and the amazing cinematography, but I'm pretty sure I liked it a lot.

[Fade to Black]

the zoom in shot in The Passenger is far superior to the tennis match scene.

[MoFiya]

Saw Chan-wook Park's "Thirst" yesterday. Some scenes / shots were great, but the movie as a whole was not too spectacular IMO. Made me think of good vampire movies I've seen. All I can think of is Nosferatu. Any other tips? If there's no must-see I'ld pass on this "genre", the vampire thing is often kind of odd to me :\

[TheNotoriousT]

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The Lost Boys...

A childhood classic!

[timberlakeld]

Is he jack bauer stand in the middle???

[Nostromo]

I pretty much liked Thirst, but I had the feeling that there was more potential.
And here are some other vamp movies I personally enjoyed
- Shadow of the Vampire
- The Fearless Vampire Killers (obviously a comedy, but definitely one of the best and it got a lot of vampires in it)
- The Hunger (I know, the movie isn't really popular with the critics, but Deneuve and David Bowie in one movie...)
- Let the Right One In
- Daughters of Darkness
- Near Dark

[TheNotoriousT]

Is he jack bauer stand in the middle???

He sure is!

[raskolnikovboogie]

Any other tips? If there's no must-see I'ld pass on this "genre", the vampire thing is often kind of odd to me :\

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
This is a silent film. It's also balet. Dracula is Asian. If these things don't put you off, then check this out. It's gorgeous.




Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
This is exactly what it sounds like: Awesome. But also crap.

[Acéphale]

vampire movies

[philip nod]

iirc Jennifer connely is hot as fuck in requiem and for that reason alone I've watched it 5 times