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Started by Savonarola, May 30, 2014, 09:00:11 AM

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Queequeg

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May 31, 2014, 01:07:14 PM Last Edit: May 31, 2014, 01:09:30 PM by Queequeg
Favorite: Probably Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or Night of the Hunter
Best: This depends on the metric.  I'd probably go with The Bicycle Thief, Taxi Driver or Vertigo.  Maybe The Apartment. 
Stylistic importance: Maybe Potemkin. 
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The Brain

#61
May 31, 2014, 01:17:55 PM
Favorite: Atlantic Rim
Best: Valhalla Rising
Most important: An Inconvenient Truth
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Eddie Teach

#62
May 31, 2014, 01:52:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 31, 2014, 01:17:55 PM
Favorite: Atlantic Rim

Does that one have giant monsters having sex?  :hmm:
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The Brain

#63
May 31, 2014, 02:13:21 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 31, 2014, 01:52:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 31, 2014, 01:17:55 PM
Favorite: Atlantic Rim

Does that one have giant monsters having sex?  :hmm:

What makes you feel this way? :hmm:
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Eddie Teach

#64
May 31, 2014, 03:27:50 PM
So not the porno version of Pacific Rim then?
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The Brain

#65
May 31, 2014, 03:41:30 PM
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Eddie Teach

#66
May 31, 2014, 03:50:03 PM
You down with OPP?
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The Brain

#67
May 31, 2014, 03:53:50 PM
Yes. Yes I am.
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frunk

#68
June 03, 2014, 09:43:03 AM
Looking at Ide's criteria of difficulty I think I'd have to throw in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as being top of the list.  It manage to rope together IP from three different companies not known for willingness to share (Warner Bros, Disney, Amblin).  It required a massive animation effort (48 minutes of hand drawn animation melded into a 104 minute movie, 82,000 cells) to create.  It also included a bravura performance from an actor (Bob Hoskins) who had no experience with acting in such an effects heavy environment.  Reportedly he was able to repeat the exact same physical positioning take after take, which was needed for the animation being used.

Maladict

#69
June 03, 2014, 09:46:44 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on May 30, 2014, 03:07:37 PM
Quote from: mongers on May 30, 2014, 02:40:29 PM
Some good recommendations in this thread,though I don't get how Ide can suggest a film he hasn't seen.   :hmm:   'Russian Ark' was interesting, but not exactly earth shattering.

I liked the part where the diplomat was asking about current Russian government:

Diplomat:  What kind of system is there now?  A republic?
Unseen Man:  I don't know.

Twelve years later not much has changed.

"Russian Ark" was an interesting experiment; but I really don't consider it one of the best made films of all times.  The logistics behind putting something like that together must have been incredible; but I didn't care for the point of view shot and there wasn't much of a story.

I liked it a lot, rewatched it several times. But you're right that it doesn't really qualify for any of the categories.
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