torot , depends on your mood for films.. if you like something where you think or not.
you mentioned hitchcock, I got a boxset of them for ?17 or so ages ago.
I liked leon (the professional) and things like good fella's also. It's a wondeful life, although old I liked.
have you seen any of the early jackie chan films like police story/armour of god from when he was in HK ? prefer that to the US output.
I use IMDB as a good indicator to find out if anything is decent .. under 6.5 and I am not overly fussed with.
if you geet bored of films, watch some stand up .. the stuff from the late 70's or 80's.
I'd avoid that one! Put it this way, I consider myself to be a hardened horror fan and can watch anything without any fuss, but I've owned the censored Blu-Ray of that film for months and I can't bring myself to watch it as all my horror film fans have warned me that I don't want to watch it!
I probably will one day, but consider yourselves warned that it's supposed to be nasty, not so much in out and out gore or terror, but it's tone and contents ;-)
I'd avoid that one! Put it this way, I consider myself to be a hardened horror fan and can watch anything without any fuss, but I've owned the censored Blu-Ray of that film for months and I can't bring myself to watch it as all my horror film fans have warned me that I don't want to watch it!
I probably will one day, but consider yourselves warned that it's supposed to be nasty, not so much in out and out gore or terror, but it's tone and contents ;-)
Don't watch it. I'm one of those people who are always like "ooooh, it's banned/heavily cut, I MUST see the uncut version to see what all the fuss is about". Really regretted it with A Serbian Film. F***ing ridiculous film. It is quite well made though, which certainly can't be said for the August Underground series...
Yep I've known a few people into their horror who regretted watching A Serbian Film. Having read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia I think I'll pass, thanks...
Yup! For once I'm not griping, if more people recommend the same film it gives it a little bit more of a fighting chance of being picked out of the 2 million that have already been suggested ;)
I see a Scanner Darkly has more than 1 mention too, that film is weird, but I really liked it, and also suggested it a few pages ago as well ;)
Don't watch it. I'm one of those people who are always like "ooooh, it's banned/heavily cut, I MUST see the uncut version to see what all the fuss is about". Really regretted it with A Serbian Film. F***ing ridiculous film. It is quite well made though, which certainly can't be said for the August Underground series...
Me too really. I'm also one of those people who will search out an uncut version of a film if I know it's been censored or banned, just to see why. I own two films that the BBFC have outright denied a certificate too, Murder Set Pieces, which I can see why the censors had problems with it, but it was just boring really and not really worth tracking down and another film called Grotesque from Japan. That one was only banned because they wouldn't release it uncut and if they cut the offending bits out, they said there would be so little film left that it wouldn't be worth it!
That film was pretty good though! The first part was quite hard to watch, but the 3rd part was much easier to watch and I ended up enjoying that as I think the tone got a bit lighter (for want of a better phrase)
I also tracked down an uncut Human Centipede 2 as the BBFC refused to pass it originally, but then relented and allowed a cut version through. That film was just under the line of what I could take as it's quite nasty at times, but there was one scene that had me really laughing out loud, so I could watch that again.
But all those films are films that I wouldn't have bothered with if they weren't refused in an uncut format.
But I don't think I will watch A Serbian Film to be honest and I picked it up quite cheap anyway, so it'll stay in my collection unwatched I think ;-)
If you want some ****ed up Japaneese **** watch 'Audition' or theres another one Mel mentioned in an older thread, one scene showed a guy getting his willy stuck inside a corpse he was shagging and another showed a woman firing milk from her breast! But i can't remember the name of the film except that it was totally ****ed up!:grin:
Never watched Svankmajer's films, looks to me this is like surreal/morbid/humorous/symbolic stuff ? In that case you may like :
Bu?uel's Simon of the Desert,
La double vie de Veronique,
or perhaps some of the David Lynch's films
Me too really. I'm also one of those people who will search out an uncut version of a film if I know it's been censored or banned, just to see why. I own two films that the BBFC have outright denied a certificate too, Murder Set Pieces, which I can see why the censors had problems with it, but it was just boring really and not really worth tracking down and another film called Grotesque from Japan. That one was only banned because they wouldn't release it uncut and if they cut the offending bits out, they said there would be so little film left that it wouldn't be worth it!
That film was pretty good though! The first part was quite hard to watch, but the 3rd part was much easier to watch and I ended up enjoying that as I think the tone got a bit lighter (for want of a better phrase)
I also tracked down an uncut Human Centipede 2 as the BBFC refused to pass it originally, but then relented and allowed a cut version through. That film was just under the line of what I could take as it's quite nasty at times, but there was one scene that had me really laughing out loud, so I could watch that again.
But all those films are films that I wouldn't have bothered with if they weren't refused in an uncut format.
I haven't actually seen any of those, but I have heard lots about each of them. Grotesque is one that I will definitely check out at some point if I stumble upon it on my travels, but M-S-P just sounds like utter garbage really, and the Human Centipede films just seem daft. I have heard that the sequel is extremely hard to sit through though, so I'll no doubt rise to the challenge at some point, being the way that I am. :D
Never watched Svankmajer's films, looks to me this is like surreal/morbid/humorous/symbolic stuff ? In that case you may like :
Bu?uel's Simon of the Desert,
La double vie de Veronique,
or perhaps some of the David Lynch's films
Check out the Dal? and Bu?uel collaborations too (they're both on YouTube); Un Chien Andalou and L'Age D'Or. Two of my most favouritest film everer! Oh, and Viva La Muerte by Fernando Arrabal, although that one is a little harder to stomach... ;)
Really feel the need to mention Tod Browning's Freaks too. It hasn't exactly got a nail-biter plot or anything (although it is well written), and it's not as shocking as people make out, just a really interesting film and way ahead of its time.
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10 pages and I'm mightily surprised Debbie Does Dallas hasn't turned up!
BTW Threads - 8/10. Bloody depressing but good.
torot , depends on your mood for films.. if you like something where you think or not.
you mentioned hitchcock, I got a boxset of them for ?17 or so ages ago.
I liked leon (the professional) and things like good fella's also. It's a wondeful life, although old I liked.
have you seen any of the early jackie chan films like police story/armour of god from when he was in HK ? prefer that to the US output.
I use IMDB as a good indicator to find out if anything is decent .. under 6.5 and I am not overly fussed with.
if you geet bored of films, watch some stand up .. the stuff from the late 70's or 80's.
August Underground Series
ever seen Trick'R'Treat by the same director? totally different but great fun I thought. almost like a Disney film for grown ups
I'd avoid that one! Put it this way, I consider myself to be a hardened horror fan and can watch anything without any fuss, but I've owned the censored Blu-Ray of that film for months and I can't bring myself to watch it as all my horror film fans have warned me that I don't want to watch it!
I probably will one day, but consider yourselves warned that it's supposed to be nasty, not so much in out and out gore or terror, but it's tone and contents ;-)
Don't watch it. I'm one of those people who are always like "ooooh, it's banned/heavily cut, I MUST see the uncut version to see what all the fuss is about". Really regretted it with A Serbian Film. F***ing ridiculous film. It is quite well made though, which certainly can't be said for the August Underground series...
Inception
Looper
Primer
Exam
The Game
A Scanner Darkly (bl**dy depressing though - save for the last scene)
In another vein -
Layer Cake
The Long Good Friday
Gangster No. 1
No films about large Honkers?:grin:
That was a good film but could have been better, i found it a bit too arty.
no but a serbian films prolly the dodgiest film ever lol
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124901/
Yup it's good, think I suggested it about 6 pages ago :p
Well now it's been legitimized.
;)
Yup! For once I'm not griping, if more people recommend the same film it gives it a little bit more of a fighting chance of being picked out of the 2 million that have already been suggested ;)
I see a Scanner Darkly has more than 1 mention too, that film is weird, but I really liked it, and also suggested it a few pages ago as well ;)
This Is Spinal Tap
A Mighty Wind
Waiting For Guffman
also Best In Show which was a bit too OTT compared to the others but still funny
Le trou
Body heat
Altered states
Joan of Arc 1999
Hidalgo
JSpeccy-win32-portable
Me too really. I'm also one of those people who will search out an uncut version of a film if I know it's been censored or banned, just to see why. I own two films that the BBFC have outright denied a certificate too, Murder Set Pieces, which I can see why the censors had problems with it, but it was just boring really and not really worth tracking down and another film called Grotesque from Japan. That one was only banned because they wouldn't release it uncut and if they cut the offending bits out, they said there would be so little film left that it wouldn't be worth it!
That film was pretty good though! The first part was quite hard to watch, but the 3rd part was much easier to watch and I ended up enjoying that as I think the tone got a bit lighter (for want of a better phrase)
I also tracked down an uncut Human Centipede 2 as the BBFC refused to pass it originally, but then relented and allowed a cut version through. That film was just under the line of what I could take as it's quite nasty at times, but there was one scene that had me really laughing out loud, so I could watch that again.
But all those films are films that I wouldn't have bothered with if they weren't refused in an uncut format.
But I don't think I will watch A Serbian Film to be honest and I picked it up quite cheap anyway, so it'll stay in my collection unwatched I think ;-)
oh man...
in that case avoid any other giallo (Italian 70s horror), cause that one's about as good as it gets
Bu?uel's Simon of the Desert,
La double vie de Veronique,
or perhaps some of the David Lynch's films
JSpeccy-win32-portable
I haven't actually seen any of those, but I have heard lots about each of them. Grotesque is one that I will definitely check out at some point if I stumble upon it on my travels, but M-S-P just sounds like utter garbage really, and the Human Centipede films just seem daft. I have heard that the sequel is extremely hard to sit through though, so I'll no doubt rise to the challenge at some point, being the way that I am. :D
Check out the Dal? and Bu?uel collaborations too (they're both on YouTube); Un Chien Andalou and L'Age D'Or. Two of my most favouritest film everer! Oh, and Viva La Muerte by Fernando Arrabal, although that one is a little harder to stomach... ;)
Really feel the need to mention Tod Browning's Freaks too. It hasn't exactly got a nail-biter plot or anything (although it is well written), and it's not as shocking as people make out, just a really interesting film and way ahead of its time.
Spielberg's Duel
Boorman's Point Blank
Nolan's Memento
JSpeccy-win32-portable
good film. Jaws with a truck instead of a shark, in some ways.