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Post by Companero on Jan 20, 2006 13:42:18 GMT
So, now we're well into January, let's take a little bit of time to reflect upon the last years cinema releases. What were your favourites? Here's mine:
1. Million Dollar Baby
2. King Kong
3. Sin City
4. A History Of Violence
5. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
6. Sideways
7. Crash
8. Wolf Creek
9. Batman Begins
10. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
11. The Descent
12. Bullet Boy
13. The Constant Gardener
14. Team America: World Police
15. Broken Flowers
16. Overnight
17. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
18. The Devil's Rejects
19. The Life Aquatic
20. Closer
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Post by sinbad1971 on Jan 20, 2006 19:53:58 GMT
Sin City, Sideways,Team America and Serenity were all cracking movies and also Switchblade Romance (Haute Tension) a great french horror film which I'm not sure came out last year but I saw it last year so thats good enough for me. Didn't think it was a particularly good year for movies on the whole though.
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Post by salvador on Jan 21, 2006 19:51:05 GMT
Batman Begins
Sin City
Garden State
Sideways
Crash
Cinderella Man
DIG!
Life Aquatic
Closer
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Post by fattaxi on Jan 21, 2006 21:46:10 GMT
Cinderella Man
Alexander
Closer
Sideways
Batman Begins
The Descent
The Wedding Crashers
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
Can't really think of anything else, wasn't such a great year.
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Post by RydCook on Jan 22, 2006 15:24:51 GMT
Not in order:
King Kong
Sin City
Batman Begins
Team America: World Police
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Closer
Garden State
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Post by fattaxi on Jan 23, 2006 0:48:40 GMT
Garden State was well 2004 .... wasn't it?
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Post by Companero on Jan 23, 2006 9:27:13 GMT
Garden State was well 2004 .... wasn't it? Only by a hair's breath - it was released theatrically in the UK in December 2004. |
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Post by deadmansrockports on Jan 23, 2006 10:22:49 GMT
Is DIG! good then? I work in a video shop and I keep looking at it to take it out but never do for some reason.
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Post by fattaxi on Jan 23, 2006 17:41:59 GMT
Touchee Companero .... touchee...
I hear DIG! is good, I want to check it out too!
Si
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Post by Companero on Jan 23, 2006 22:51:27 GMT
Touchee Companero .... touchee... I hear DIG! is good, I want to check it out too! Si What can I say, mate - I have a Rain Manesque memory for dates...  |
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Post by jtrodreigez on Jan 24, 2006 11:04:10 GMT
So what is dig then?
Best films errr let me try,
sin city,
sideways,
garden state,
last days, (ive only seen it once and it could qualify for the biggest pile of shit also im not sure yet i need to watch it again.)
Brown Bunny. (growing on me)
The life aquatic. 2005?
without a doubt, hidden is the best film of 2005 even though it is only out next week in the uk but i saw a preview before christmas so it going in. Everyone check out his films starting with funny games.
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Post by Companero on Jan 24, 2006 11:11:19 GMT
JT, Dig! Is a documentary that follows the trials and tribulations of two bands – Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. I’ve not seen it but it’s supposed to be superb…
I’ve not seen ‘Hidden’, nor have I seen ‘Funny Games’ but I have seen The Piano Teacher – which is a seriously twisted little flick – The director is that German fella, Michael Haneke, right?
I quite liked Last Days but am undecided whether I'll watch it again. For a pretty short film, it aint arf a slog to get through. Still, Michael Pitt who plays the 'Cobain' character was seriously good in the film.
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Post by deadmansrockports on Jan 24, 2006 12:19:30 GMT
Funny games is the dogs fleshy orbs man and i cant wait to see cache (hidden). Should be on in the cornerhouse in Manchester very soon.
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Post by jtrodreigez on Jan 24, 2006 12:32:33 GMT
Just fucking watch it very closley roclports it will fuck you up for hour trying to work out what you saw.
I have seen dig in the videoshop, looks ok but i aint a fan of those bands really, does that matter?
Im gonna catch werner hertzogs docu grizzly man or something bout some bear dude who lost it and got himself and his bird torn apart and eaten!!!
Piano teacher is very good but people need to see funny games to get a good idea of what heneke is like.
He is austrian but his last few films are french speaking. I think they are trying to skank him an oscar beacause the foreign films have to be made in the directors home language or some shit.
He is THE most interesting director about at the moment.
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Post by Companero on Jan 24, 2006 12:50:34 GMT
JT – you needn’t be a fan of either band to enjoy Dig! Apparently – it’s a modern parable by all accounts.
I watched Grizzly Man over the weekend on the R1 DVD – it’s brilliant. Herzog rarely fails to amaze with his work and Grizzly Man is no exception. Make sure you do watch it.
I’ve been meaning to watch Funny Games for a long time now but just haven’t gotten around to doing so. His ‘Code Unknown’ is supposed to be excellent, too…
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