Movies

[Buck]

I've been watching a lot of movies lately, so I'd like to recommend:
'Hard Candy'
'Winter Passing'
'Brick'
'The Edukators'

 

[fever_dog]

"the memory of a killer"
"cronicas"
"infernal affairs"
"the squid and the whale"

 

[PeteyPirate]

"Rize"
"Don't Come Knocking"
"City of God"
"Thumbsucker"

 

[JR]

I would suggest to Moddy that we start a permanent movies thread and stick it.

 

[Buck]

I recently saw 'City of God.' It was one of those movies I had been wanting to see for a long time but had not gotten around to. It was fantastic.
I also the 'Squid and the Whale' in the past month. That was very good, too.
I've had 'Thumbsucker' on my list for a while, but haven't gotten to that one yet.
I agree with JR. We should keep a movies thread going like the books and music threads.

 

[kokane_muthashed]

I recently saw 'City of God.' It was one of those movies I had been wanting to see for a long time but had not gotten around to. It was fantastic.

Same here. Had it sitting around the house from Netflix for almost a week. Finally, I forced myself to watch a little of it before bed. I ended up staying up til 4 a.m. watching the whole thing. Great movie.

 

[kokane_muthashed]

If interested in City of God, might want to check this out: City of Men, a Brazilian TV show from the movie's directors. Supposed to be out on DVD, but I haven't seen it.

City of Men (in Portuguese: Cidade dos Homens) was a Brazilian television program from Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The mini-series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and were released internationally on DVD shortly after the movie.

A movie is currently in production with Laranjinha and Acerola turning 18. It is often cited as a 'spin-off' of the film, although the TV show contains none of the characters from the film and is generally a less violent and more light-hearted affair. However, the two do share some common aspects - the directors, some of the actors, and the setting of the Brazilian favela with its background of gangsters and poverty.

The program tells the stories of Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha), two best friends who live in a notorious Rio slum, in a community of drug-dealers, hustlers and teenagers struggling to fulfil their dreams.

A co-production of Meirelles' and Globo TV, the largest TV channel in Brazil, the show aired Fridays, at 11 pm for four seasons.

Each season of the program aired roughly one year after the previous one, and the characters, as it happens with the actors who portray them, are shown to age from one season to the next. As a result, the stories of each season reflect the struggles of poor kids from Rio de Janeiro in the appropriate age group: in Season 1, the characters are about 13 years old, that is, barely out of childhood and into adolescence; in Season 4 (the final season), they are 17, on the verge of adulthood, and their dilemmas vary accordingly.

 

[Buck]

If interested in City of God, might want to check this out: City of Men, a Brazilian TV show from the movie's directors. Supposed to be out on DVD, but I haven't seen it.

City of Men (in Portuguese: Cidade dos Homens) was a Brazilian television program from Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The mini-series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and were released internationally on DVD shortly after the movie.

A movie is currently in production with Laranjinha and Acerola turning 18. It is often cited as a 'spin-off' of the film, although the TV show contains none of the characters from the film and is generally a less violent and more light-hearted affair. However, the two do share some common aspects - the directors, some of the actors, and the setting of the Brazilian favela with its background of gangsters and poverty.

The program tells the stories of Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha), two best friends who live in a notorious Rio slum, in a community of drug-dealers, hustlers and teenagers struggling to fulfil their dreams.

A co-production of Meirelles' and Globo TV, the largest TV channel in Brazil, the show aired Fridays, at 11 pm for four seasons.

Each season of the program aired roughly one year after the previous one, and the characters, as it happens with the actors who portray them, are shown to age from one season to the next. As a result, the stories of each season reflect the struggles of poor kids from Rio de Janeiro in the appropriate age group: in Season 1, the characters are about 13 years old, that is, barely out of childhood and into adolescence; in Season 4 (the final season), they are 17, on the verge of adulthood, and their dilemmas vary accordingly.

There was a documentary as an extra on the 'City of God' DVD I watched. Pretty interesting.

 

[Dyno]

I would suggest to Moddy that we start a permanent movies thread and stick it.

I second the motion. I've been meaning to start a thread suggesting this.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Saw "The Woodsman" recently. It joins "Happiness" as a well-written, well-acted movie that I hope I never watch again.

MILD SPOILER: When he asked the girl if she wanted to sit on his lap, I had a "God, I can't believe I am watching my sister in a porno" type of look on my face.

 

[Dirk Legume]

A seperate thread would be great. If only to lurk while board members tell each other how their taste in movies suck.

And then ten pages later we would be back on topic ;D

 

[Buck]

Some might consider 'Hard Candy' hard to watch.
It will certainly stay with you for a little while.

 

[Drock]

I heard the guys in the office quoting this movie called Caddyshack. I think I'll check it out.

Other than that, haven't seen a movie in months.

 

[shockey]

'p.s.' -- laura linney is really growing on me. she and topher grace were terrific.

 

[Buck]

'p.s.' -- laura linney is really growing on me. she and topher grace were terrific.

Speaking of Laura Linney and movies I haven't seen yet, was 'Kinsey' any good?

 

[farmerjerome]

I recommend Shopgirl.

Other than that, I've watched some really bad movies lately.

 

[zimbabwe]

Is 'Shopgirl' good? My ex-high school sweetie has a tiny role in that and I've thought about renting it for that reason alone...

 

[Bubbler]

I saw Japanese sci-fi relic Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell on TCM the other night. I **** you not.

I had to DVR that because seeing that it was on TCM, which has almost uniformly interesting movies, I had to know why the hell it was on that channel.

Now I know why. Good, creepy flick. Totally unlike most Japanese shlock from the 60s. It's Lost-ish with a mysterious plane crash, all of the characters (save one) try to **** each other over at some point, and obviously, it's got the body snatching thing going (Goke was not from hell, but outer space) for it. A lot of weird psychedelic imagery. Special effects suck, but it was made in 1968.

I'm dead serious, this was a good movie, and you should check it out ... can't imagine it's easy to find, though.

I followed that by DVR'ing the remake of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. No movie scared me more as a kid, particularly the ending (see avatar). It doesn't scare me now, but it is a damn good remake.

 

[pallister]

Donald Sutherland always scares me.

 

[Columbo]

Charles Grodin hasn't been in a movie in 12 years.

Always have liked that guy's characterizations.

He's 71.... wow.