Movie Thread

weso1 said:
I grew up Episcopal too. We may be twins.
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So did I.

Where thou findest four Episcopalians, shalt thou also find a fifth.

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JPX, B&N just sent out 15% off coupons to people in their mailing list. I have about 60 of them thanks to a glitch in their system.

The B&N Criteron 50% off sale ends this Sunday night. You can get an additional 15% off the $19.99 that most of them are. If you have a B&N membership you can get an extra 10% off that too. If not, 16.99 for criterion plus tax is good.

If you need any coupons just PM me, I have a ton ton ton.
 
I'm placing an order today or tomorrow, so that'd be damn awesome. Expect a PM shortly.
 
Continuing my criterion craze, bought 8 more yesterday.

Ordered
Belle De Jour
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Still Walking

and picked up 5 japanese titles in-store
Branded to Kill
High and Low
Harakiri
Kagemusha
Kuroneko
 
TonyStark said:
Continuing my criterion craze, bought 8 more yesterday.

Ordered
Belle De Jour
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Still Walking

and picked up 5 japanese titles in-store
Branded to Kill
High and Low
Harakiri
Kagemusha
Kuroneko
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Nice. Belle du Jour's been near the top of my most-wanted list for a while; Catherine Deneuve is awesome. I saw Au revoir les enfants at the cinema about nine months ago; it's breathtaking in a similar fashion as Melville's Army of Shadows (another auteur adapting his own personal experiences under Nazi occupation into a filmic narrative), and I think you'll enjoy it; Louis Malle is just generally an outstanding director. Branded to Kill is great and if you like it you should definitely add Pale Flower to your collection, which is another bad-ass yakuza film to emerge from the Japanese Nouvelle Vague.

Looks like a solid haul overall. I went ahead and ordered Eclipse Series 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave and Closely Watched Trains yesterday.
 
Here's a cool list of the films Stanley Kubrick considered the top-ten of all-time circa 1963:



1. I Vitelloni (dir. Federico Fellini, 1953)

2. Wild Strawberries (dir. Ingmar Bergman, 1957)

3. Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles, 1941)

4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (dir. John Huston, 1948)

5. City Lights (dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1931)

6. Henry V (dir. Laurence Olivier, 1944)

7. La Notte (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)

8. The Bank Dick (dir. Edward F. Cline, 1940)

9. Roxie Hart (dir. William A. Wellman, 1942)

10. Hell's Angels (dir. Howard Hughes, 1930)​

I can't help noting that I was aggressively pimpimg I vitelloni earlier in this very thread.

And, just for fun, here's a link to an amazing series of photographs of Chicago that Stanley Kubrick took for Look magazine back in 1949, with this being one of the more iconic examples:

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Kubrick said The Godfather is probably the best movie ever made, but I see your list was circa 1963.

Speaking of The Godfather, I've been watching the movies again on AMC during Mob Week. Always must see TV these movies are for me.

Never gets old, and other than Lord of the Rings, is the only movie with this long of a run time that I could easily sit through and watch it on any given day.
 
Saw "The Wolverine" this past weekend - I was a big X-Men fan growing up (loved the cartoons), but have not been all that impressed with any of the movies.

What really disappointed me was the fact that Wolverine seemed to be the only mutant in the movie, aside from Viper. I would have much rather seen another mutant show up near the end. Was just too much Wolverine, which I guess I should have expected given the title.
 
KeithLockhart said:
Kubrick said The Godfather is probably the best movie ever made, but I see your list was circa 1963.
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Well The Godfather – while not being my personal favorite (or probably even in my top-ten, to be honest, but probably in my top-twenty-five) – is indeed a pretty much perfectly-executed film; I can't really argue with any of the directorial choices Coppola made, and that montage of power-consolidating murders as Michael is consecrated "godfather" (in multiple senses) is one of the more amazing and mesmerizing sequences in cinema history. (I do, however, think that Godfather II – while definitely a very good movie, all things considered – tends to be overrated, especially relative to the first film, which as I said is absolutely impeccable.)

Meanwhile, I personally greatly prefer several of Kubrick's own films to even the original The Godfather — though obviously it'd be a bit gauche for him to name one of his own films the greatest even made.

Really, I found the list I posted extraordinarily interesting because it is so early: it enumerates what Kubrick thought the best films were at a nascent period in his career, and thus is good fodder for reflecting on how those films shaped the series of masterpieces he'd go on to produce.
 
jpx7 said:
Well The Godfather – while not being my personal favorite (or probably even in my top-ten, to be honest, but probably in my top-twenty-five) – is indeed a pretty much perfectly-executed film; I can't really argue with any of the directorial choices Coppola made, and that montage of power-consolidating murders as Michael is consecrated "godfather" (in multiple senses) is one of the more amazing and mesmerizing sequences in cinema history. (I do, however, think that Godfather II – while definitely a very good movie, all things considered – tends to be overrated, especially relative to the first film, which as I said is absolutely impeccable.)

Meanwhile, I personally greatly prefer several of Kubrick's own films to even the original The Godfather — though obviously it'd be a bit gauche for him to name one of his own films the greatest even made.

Really, I found the list I posted extraordinarily interesting because it is so early: it enumerates what Kubrick thought the best films were at a nascent period in his career, and thus is good fodder for reflecting on how those films shaped the series of masterpieces he'd go on to produce.
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I personally never understood GFII when I was younger. As I got older and watched it more, I understood the subtle things not so obvious like in the first, the betrayal and the chess match between Michael vs. Roth. It was a darker and deeper movie IMO than one, which was more star power and in your face drama. It's to where I put GF2 right at the same level as GF1 for me. They're both movies I could just keep watching over and over and enjoy.

On a criterion note, I picked up Seconds yesterday, one of Rock Hudson's more notable movies. I'll be enjoying it. Beautiful 4k restoration.
 
Recorded Goodfellas on the DVR and just finished watching it - always heard it was something great but didn't come away too impressed.
 
Bj1133 said:
Recorded Goodfellas on the DVR and just finished watching it - always heard it was something great but didn't come away too impressed.
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Sorry you didn't like it. It's one of my favorites.

I love the maniacal sequence where Jimmy is being 'followed' by the helicopters that is musically overlaid with Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire," Harrison's "What is Love," and the Who's "Magic Bus" -- plus, you've gotta stir the sauce.
 
I have Iceman and Only God Forgives waiting for me at home...can't wait to watch both.
 
I never watched Reservior Dogs and iFinally got around to watching it a year ago and I thought it was awful. Seemed dated and no real action or violence.
 
If you're watching Reservior dogs for violence and action....you're doing it wrong.
 
BRule said:
If you're watching Reservior dogs for violence and action....you're doing it wrong.
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This the film is dated because the style has been copied several times since by many directors. But its a great example of great story telling and character interaction.
 
If you've got about three hours of time, Once Upon a Time in the West is worth a watch.

I like The Godfather movies. Don't know if they're the best of all time, but the first and second are excellent.
 
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