Movies you loved watching.... - Page 3

Sope · 28. Nov 2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Remah

Speaking of Twelve Monkeys, it reminded me of Brad Pitt's best role as the gym employee in Burn After Reading by the Coen brothers. He has the biggest

exit in any movie I've ever seen - my family loved it and we still talk about it.

Speaking of Brad Pitt, I find "Fight Club" strangely compelling.
I enjoyed "Burn After Reading" too.

Remah · 28. Nov 2011, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sope

Speaking of Brad Pitt, I find "Fight Club" strangely compelling.
I enjoyed "Burn After Reading" too.

Last week one of my girls asked me to rent 'Fight Club' and a son asked me to rent 'Burn After Reading'. Both because of Brad Pitt. Maybe we need a favorite actor thread too.

4goTTen21 · 29. Nov 2011, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Remah

Last week one of my girls asked me to rent 'Fight Club' and a son asked me to rent 'Burn After Reading'. Both because of Brad Pitt. Maybe we need a favorite actor thread too.

The same idea cross my mind. Generalized actors? maybe by genre.
Talking about fight club.. that movie is really weird, but I loved it

bo.elam · 29. Nov 2011, 04:11 AM

Most of my favorite movies are a little old.

On the waterfront
La ley de Herodes/ Herods law (English title)
Pasqualino Settebellezze/Seven beauties (English title)
Mean streets
The grapes of wrath
The Last Waltz
The hustler
The graduate
Goodfellas
Casino
The graduate
The great Gatsby
High noon
Donnie Brasco
Min and Bill
The pianist
Reds
Julia
Stalag 17
A streetcar named desire
Three days of the condor

This are some of my favorites but not all. Most of this films should be familiar to most people living in the West except Seven beauties and Herods law. You should be able to find them somewhere, if you want to watch them. Even though I am not much into comedies, this two films, satires with extremely strong subject matter are some of my all time favorites. They are very heavy, and Seven beauties, specially, is such a film that once you ll watch it, you ll never forget it.

Bo

Terarus · 29. Nov 2011, 04:46 AM

My films are all mostly asian focused

- Infernal Affairs trilogy (also remade into US "The departed" which is also worth watching)
- Running out of time
- Full time killer
- The Killer (Chow yun fat, 1989)
- Spirited Away (Animation)
- Taegukgi

Sope · 29. Nov 2011, 12:53 PM

@bo
The Graduate and Goodfellas would be my top choices from your list.

@Terarus
Spirited Away is indeed a wonderful film, highly recommended.
Infernal Affairs is great too.

Another film that I've got to recommend is Donnie Darko.

Anupam · 29. Nov 2011, 01:17 PM

Inception is worth a watch, but did not impress me much. I kept hearing its a great movie, and so maybe it created the extra hype for me, and I was expecting more. Its not a bad movie, but towards the end, the movie slacks a bit according to me.. the van kept falling in slow motion, and all... became a little boring and it put me off.

Anupam · 29. Nov 2011, 01:22 PM

I like

Matrix Trilogy

The Bourne Trilogy - Really liked Bourne's character in the movie. He straight away used to hit the guys who were hunting them.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Wonderful saga

Pirates of the Carribean series - very enjoyable. But, I did not like the last movie that much. Still, it was entertaining.

Chronicles of Narnia series - another series worth watching and enjoyable

Harry Potter series - I really liked Harry Potter movies... they were engrossing and entertaining

I think I have covered the series films in this post. Will post more later.. I have many favorites

bo.elam · 30. Nov 2011, 05:28 AM

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@bo
The Graduate and Goodfellas would be my top choices from your list.

Yeah Sope, Goodfellas is a heck of a movie. This are the real guys in which the characters in the movie are based upon.
De Niro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_%28gangster%29
Pesci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_DeSimone
Sorvino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vario

This guys were all nasty.

I also like Casino a lot. Its also based on real life wiseguys. Pescis role was based on this boy, bad boy. He even looks like Pesci and he was as nasty as Jimmy Burke and Two-Gun Tommy..... combined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Spilotro

Bo

bo.elam · 30. Nov 2011, 06:00 AM

One movie that I forgot to put on my list is "Coogans bluff". I don't know how I forgot it because I really like everything about this film. Probably it is my favorite "Clint" movie. Something peculiar about it is that nobody dies in the movie. Unbelievable but true, a Clint Eastwood movie were nobody dies.

For people not familiar with it. Clint is a New Mexico Marshall who goes to NYC to bring back a criminal from New Mexico who gets captured in NY. Clint goes there and in the meantime, the bad boy escapes and Clint looks for him.

This film is very stylish.

Bo

29. Nov 2011, 01:17 PM	#27 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,334	Inception is worth a watch, but did not impress me much. I kept hearing its a great movie, and so maybe it created the extra hype for me, and I was expecting more. Its not a bad movie, but towards the end, the movie slacks a bit according to me.. the van kept falling in slow motion, and all... became a little boring and it put me off. __________________ Anupam

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Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,334	I like Matrix Trilogy The Bourne Trilogy - Really liked Bourne's character in the movie. He straight away used to hit the guys who were hunting them. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Wonderful saga Pirates of the Carribean series - very enjoyable. But, I did not like the last movie that much. Still, it was entertaining. Chronicles of Narnia series - another series worth watching and enjoyable Harry Potter series - I really liked Harry Potter movies... they were engrossing and entertaining I think I have covered the series films in this post. Will post more later.. I have many favorites __________________ Anupam

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29. Nov 2011, 04:11 AM	#24 (permalink)
bo.elam Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,714	Most of my favorite movies are a little old. On the waterfront La ley de Herodes/ Herods law (English title) Pasqualino Settebellezze/Seven beauties (English title) Mean streets The grapes of wrath The Last Waltz The hustler The graduate Goodfellas Casino The graduate The great Gatsby High noon Donnie Brasco Min and Bill The pianist Reds Julia Stalag 17 A streetcar named desire Three days of the condor This are some of my favorites but not all. Most of this films should be familiar to most people living in the West except Seven beauties and Herods law. You should be able to find them somewhere, if you want to watch them. Even though I am not much into comedies, this two films, satires with extremely strong subject matter are some of my all time favorites. They are very heavy, and Seven beauties, specially, is such a film that once you ll watch it, you ll never forget it. Bo

29. Nov 2011, 04:46 AM	#25 (permalink)
Terarus Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 158	My films are all mostly asian focused - Infernal Affairs trilogy (also remade into US "The departed" which is also worth watching) - Running out of time - Full time killer - The Killer (Chow yun fat, 1989) - Spirited Away (Animation) - Taegukgi

29. Nov 2011, 12:53 PM	#26 (permalink)
Sope Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 1,174	@bo The Graduate and Goodfellas would be my top choices from your list. @Terarus Spirited Away is indeed a wonderful film, highly recommended. Infernal Affairs is great too. Another film that I've got to recommend is Donnie Darko.

30. Nov 2011, 06:00 AM	#30 (permalink)
bo.elam Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,714	One movie that I forgot to put on my list is "Coogans bluff". I don't know how I forgot it because I really like everything about this film. Probably it is my favorite "Clint" movie. Something peculiar about it is that nobody dies in the movie. Unbelievable but true, a Clint Eastwood movie were nobody dies. For people not familiar with it. Clint is a New Mexico Marshall who goes to NYC to bring back a criminal from New Mexico who gets captured in NY. Clint goes there and in the meantime, the bad boy escapes and Clint looks for him. This film is very stylish. Bo