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Perisie . Jun 29 2010 11:27. Posts 801 | | |
Spoiler-free guide to some stuff I watched recently. I went through 70 pages of "hidden gems" etc threads and some of those are here.
The Idiots
Absolutely fucking fantastic film about a group of people who decide live their lives completely without inhibition and in the realms of psychosis, in a disturbingly self-destructive fashion. One of the best movies of all time.
Exam
Cheesey simplistic dialogue brings together eight candidates for a "top secret" job in business. They are left in an empty room and have to determine which one of them is fit for the job. A little reminiscent of The Cube and tries to be a "mindfuck" movie so is worth watching.
In Bruges
Two hitmen with quirky personalities are sent to Belgium to await their next orders. Worth watching but don't expect anything mindblowing.
K-PAX
A man is admitted to a mental ward claiming to be a tourist from a more advanced planet. captivating and keeps you guessing till the end. An absolute must-watch and may become one of your all-time favourites.
Let the right one in
Spooky film about a boy who meets a mysterious 12 year old girl. Recommended about 10 times in the tlnet movie thread. Film is SWE so watch with subs (the dubbing is ghastly).
Kopps
Lighthearted SWE flick about a group of redneck cops who try to find a way to stop their shitty police station from getting shut down. Was more watchable than I thought it'd be but not LOL funny (except one part at the end!).
Everything is illuminated
Harry potter kid fucks off to rural Ukraine to track down a distant relative. Starts off upbeat but gets depressing pretty fast, focusing on people's uphappy war-time history. Might be your cup of tea (would help if you can speak Ukraine as a quarter of the movie is unsubbed).
Eastern Plays
Atmospheric slice of life movie about 2-3 young Bulgarian men living in Sofia. Nothing happens in this movie, and I enjoyed it nethertheless.
Memento
Guy with no short term memory capability tries to track down a killer by leaving himself notes. A classic.
She's out of my league
Man-chick-flick that isn't funny or interesting. Gets worse as time goes on and I turned it off with 2o minutes to go (maybe I missed some serious mindfuck ending? At one point you think there's going to be an awesome twist but it turns out to be massive phail).
500 Days of Summer
Man-chick-flick that is soooooooooo fucking awesome. Entertaining nomatter who you are.
Threads
Very old movie filmed in the style of a BBC documentary. Shows the lives of some common people in Sheffield before, during and after Britian is nuked to oblivion. One of my alltime favs.
Band of brothers
This is a 10-part series revolving around a platoon of men sent into war. Each episode is a self-contained mini-movie with some continuation (people being promoted or dying etc). Get a bag of weed and set aside 1-2 days to watch this asap.
The boys and girls guide to getting down
Fun comedy/pretend documentary following young persons' "night out".
Alice in wonderland (2010)
Aghh this was so bad I seriously didn't enjoy it.
Braindead
Comedy gore flick about a "nice guy" who finds his mother turned into a zombie and then tries to look after her while the world goes to pot around him. Literally the goriest movie you have EVER seen. No other movie comes this close to making you feel physically ill, and its all in good humour. Don't watch this alone, you will just end up feeling sick.
City of god
Epic movie about gang warfare in south american slums. Shows some really shitty culture (little kids with guns are evil).
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Perisie . Jun 29 2010 11:34. Posts 801 | | |
Summary recomendations:
Threads
The Idiots
K-PAX
500 days of summer |
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lucifer Sweden. Jun 29 2010 12:16. Posts 5955 | | |
sorry to nitpick but Band of Brothers focuses on Easy Company and it consists of 3 platoons... |
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XeliN United Kingdom. Jun 29 2010 12:25. Posts 2365 | | |
K-PAX is such an awesome and underated film, not so much on the net but in everyday life i barely come across people who've heard of it. |
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exam is a weird movie, the question IMO was kinda retarded, but getting there was the part worth watching
Alice in wonderland was one of my favorate movies of this year ;0 but I'm a huge fan of random fantasy movies, and this one was really out there, so I liked it
momento - meh, saw it recently preety good movie, would not watch again though |
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Perisie . Jun 29 2010 13:47. Posts 801 | | |
fyi the SCIFI channel made a 2part 3 hour (?) long version of alice called Alice (TV) that you might like. its set in a scifi world |
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Pindarots Netherlands. Jun 29 2010 15:24. Posts 802 | | |
Exam is a remake of El Metodo I think, which was pretty good 
Hadn't heard about Threads but it looks pretty interesting, thx. |
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MayZerG United Kingdom. Jun 29 2010 15:36. Posts 2123 | | |
| | On June 29 2010 11:25 XeliN wrote:
K-PAX is such an awesome and underated film, not so much on the net but in everyday life i barely come across people who've heard of it. |
OMFG.... i saw this over 10 years ago and was search for years to try and find it again, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT |
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MayZerG United Kingdom. Jun 29 2010 15:38. Posts 2123 | | |
very nice review, thanks for this blog
getting 3 of the films now |
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Shenny Canada. Jun 29 2010 15:56. Posts 1514 | | |
bandwidth already nearly capped for me 
will put in notepad and dl once july starts. Thanks man. |
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Gumster Sweden. Jun 29 2010 17:41. Posts 2291 | | |
| | On June 29 2010 10:27 Perisie wrote:
Everything is illuminated
Harry potter kid fucks off to rural Ukraine to track down a distant relative.
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last time i checked elijah wood didn't play harry potter... |
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Cray0ns United States. Jun 29 2010 18:16. Posts 993 | | |
I loved the cube. I even watched the sequel and prequels - lol. I'll definitely check out the exam. I think an important part of any review is qualifying one's tastes and relating an unknown quantity (a movie your audience hasn't seen) to known quantities (movies that your audience has seen that they can relate their tastes to). If you hated the cube and loved the notebook, then telling me that the exam sucked as well isn't useful. You do more in one or two lines to convey whether this movie is watching than a lot of paid pro's do with a full page of text. |
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Perisie . Jun 29 2010 18:38. Posts 801 | | |
yeh but i get the actors names wrong which is apparently the fucking devils work |
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Ket  United Kingdom. Jun 29 2010 19:24. Posts 8665 | | |
cube ftw. terrible acting but some great tense moments. will check some of these films in op out cheers |
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