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Old 03-23-2010, 04:52 PM   #1
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Movie Recommendations

Just post what to see and what not to see.


I'll start off. Any romance movies out there that are worth seeing. It doesn't have to be new, just good. Horror/suspense works, too.
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If you like Asian films and don't mind reading subtitles then I'm going to recommend you watch "A moment to remember", "the way home", "Sad movie", "Reincarnation", and "A tale of two sisters". Korean films rock.
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Old 03-23-2010, 07:37 PM   #3
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Subtitles are fine. Is the acting good? Does it have any scenes that will make me have an emotional breakdown?

Now I just have to fill up the horror section of my shelf.
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Old 03-24-2010, 06:45 AM   #4
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Reincarnation and tale of two sisters are horror. And they're pretty good if you're into Japanese horror, even though they're Korean. The other ones are romances and I've cried on all three... Actings pretty good. Not Oscar worthy of course but good. ^_^
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Old 03-24-2010, 09:03 PM   #5
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Any good suspense movies?
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Old 03-27-2010, 10:02 PM   #6
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"Lady In the Water" is worthy of being on Mystery Science Theater 3000, if that show was actually still running.
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Old 03-28-2010, 05:14 AM   #7
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I'm going to see "Why did I Get Married Too" on April 2nd. and "The Last Air Bender", I believe that comes out in July. I'm most definitely going to see "Eclipse" on June 30. A good romance movie is "Dear John", I even cried.
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Kung Fu Hustle. Haha, I never thought it was that good. Most especially t'was dubbed spanish.

Try watching it.
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Marnie is an amazing romance, this movie simply has no dull moments. Vertigo is also a wonderful romance.
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Old 03-29-2010, 02:11 AM   #10
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Man, I hated Marnie - interesting concept, but I just felt like the delivery somehow missed the mark. To be honest, I DID find it kinda dull (plus, if that movie is meant to be a romance, I'm missing something). Vertigo is awesome though. Speaking of Hitchcock, OP, if you're looking for horror, Psycho is a classic which definitely lives up to the hype. You could also check out David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet - fuck Dune though).
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Man, I hated Marnie - interesting concept, but I just felt like the delivery somehow missed the mark. To be honest, I DID find it kinda dull (plus, if that movie is meant to be a romance, I'm missing something). Vertigo is awesome though. Speaking of Hitchcock, OP, if you're looking for horror, Psycho is a classic which definitely lives up to the hype. You could also check out David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet - fuck Dune though).
Ah, well we all have our own opinions, I myself found that every moment of Marnie had hold of my attention. Also, I don't mean to say that Marnie is strictly a romance, more like a psychological thriller with elements of romance...so probably not the best suggestion for a romance movie.
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David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet - fuck Dune though).
Erasure Head fucked with my head like nothing else...i'll never watch it again.
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Speaking of Hitchcock, OP, if you're looking for horror, Psycho is a classic which definitely lives up to the hype.
The original Black & white or the more recent color one.
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Dark Prince The True Dracula Story.
I just watched it. And it was pretty darn good.
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Ah, well we all have our own opinions, I myself found that every moment of Marnie had hold of my attention. Also, I don't mean to say that Marnie is strictly a romance, more like a psychological thriller with elements of romance...so probably not the best suggestion for a romance movie.
Well, quite - **SPOILERS** if I'm not mistaken, he forced her to marry him against her will, r.aped her, then gradually broke her down using psychoanalytical assertions that she was crazy. That he happened to be somewhat correct about the trauma in her past doesn't take away from the fact that he added to it, and I kind of saw the happy ending as an ironic comment on how much he - and society - gets away with.


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The original Black & white or the more recent color one.
I haven't seen the remake, but the original is almost perfect so I can't imagine there was a need for it.
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Well, quite - **SPOILERS** if I'm not mistaken, he forced her to marry him against her will, r.aped her, then gradually broke her down using psychoanalytical assertions that she was crazy. That he happened to be somewhat correct about the trauma in her past doesn't take away from the fact that he added to it, and I kind of saw the happy ending as an ironic comment on how much he - and society - gets away with.




I haven't seen the remake, but the original is almost perfect so I can't imagine there was a need for it.
I will admit how sexy Sean Connery was distracted me from the faults of his character lol. I saw the ending much differently, after Marnie finally discovered the secret of her childhood from her mother it just seemed to me like everything between Marnie and Mark was somehow alright then, like they were going to put it all behind them. It didn't seem to me so much that Mark was "getting away" so much as all of the issues were somehow at that point resolved. It was like Marnie coming face to face with the root of her psychological issues somehow wiped the slate clean for both of them.
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I will admit how sexy Sean Connery was distracted me from the faults of his character lol. I saw the ending much differently, after Marnie finally discovered the secret of her childhood from her mother it just seemed to me like everything between Marnie and Mark was somehow alright then, like they were going to put it all behind them. It didn't seem to me so much that Mark was "getting away" so much as all of the issues were somehow at that point resolved. It was like Marnie coming face to face with the root of her psychological issues somehow wiped the slate clean for both of them.
LoL Wut?
She gets raeped, forced into marriage, and mentally scarred and she forgets about ALL of it?
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It didn't seem to me so much that Mark was "getting away" so much as all of the issues were somehow at that point resolved. It was like Marnie coming face to face with the root of her psychological issues somehow wiped the slate clean for both of them.
Dude, no way! You don't cure a woman who has sexual issues springing from childhood trauma by r.aping her. If I thought Hitchcock intended to suggest the guy COULD wipe the slate clean after that (with no actual, lucid repentence on his part, might I add), I'd be goddamn offended. I think the ending's more about how she thinks it'll all be okay now because she's resolved the trauma of the past, but can't see far enough to realize that she's still being dominated, as much as the guy (can't remember his name) claims to love her. The happy ending seems entirely ironic. Throughout the movie, the dude uses psychoanalysis as a tool of repression, not liberation, and she buys it at the end.
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Dude, no way! You don't cure a woman who has sexual issues springing from childhood trauma by r.aping her. If I thought Hitchcock intended to suggest the guy COULD wipe the slate clean after that (with no actual, lucid repentence on his part, might I add), I'd be goddamn offended. I think the ending's more about how she thinks it'll all be okay now because she's resolved the trauma of the past, but can't see far enough to realize that she's still being dominated, as much as the guy (can't remember his name) claims to love her. The happy ending seems entirely ironic. Throughout the movie, the dude uses psychoanalysis as a tool of repression, not liberation, and she buys it at the end.
Eh, however the meaning of the movie is interpreted I still really enjoyed it.
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Old 04-02-2010, 03:24 AM   #20
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Hey, fair enough. I prefer Vertigo in terms of thriller-y suspense though.

Anyone seen The Trouble With Harry? I thought that was awesome. Hitchcock is so hit & miss, though.
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Clash of the Titans...in 3D.

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Percepolis. Must be seen in French. The English actors weren't nearly as moving.
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If you like Asian films and don't mind reading subtitles then I'm going to recommend you watch "A moment to remember", "the way home", "Sad movie", "Reincarnation", and "A tale of two sisters". Korean films rock.
Those last two are definitely awesome! I haven't seen the others, but I'll be on the look-out for them now.

Rom-Com's are okay, but I get annoyed with them easily; they all follow basically the same plot:

Two people get crushes on each other through awkward moments. As soon as they start falling in love with each other, there's some terrible misunderstanding that threatens to drive them apart forever. The man [usually, since of course men make all the mistakes, and women don't know how to apologize and forgive in these movies] does something fantastically romantic that the woman finds out about at the last moment, then runs into his arms. They live happily ever after.

Granted, there are a few variations on this, but in general, this seems to be the plot that is followed. Same for "friendship" movies.
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More goodies are............

Grave of the fireflies

Spirited Away

The way home

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Hey, fair enough. I prefer Vertigo in terms of thriller-y suspense though.

Anyone seen The Trouble With Harry? I thought that was awesome. Hitchcock is so hit & miss, though.
I prefer Vertigo over Marnie as well.
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