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 Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:09 am
We've all got that list in our heads; that list of movies we need to see. I for one am really shitty about actually getting around to either watching stuff on the list or remembering what's on the list, which you know is hilarious given that pretty much everything on the list I have at work. Anywho, post your list here, and for the love of God can we avoid the "OMG YOU HAVEN'T SEEN..." I get so much of that at work, even though I know probably ten times more about film than anyone else at the store. Yes, Kristie that does mean that my store is full of ******** film n00bs.
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:43 am
MARK'S LIST
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
Atonement
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Dog Day Afternoon
Goodfellas
Casino
Chaplin
Big Fish
A Serious Man
Avatar
Juno
Control
Moon
Kids
Hostel
I'm Not There
The Fountain
Down By Law
Broken Flowers
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frida
Across The Universe
Overnight
Naked Lunch
The Fly
Blue Velvet
Inland Empire
Eraserhead
Fire Walk With Me
My Son, My Son, What Have You Done?
The Grand
Bad Lieutenant (Original)
Brazil
Carrie
Rosemarie's Baby
Annie Hall
Matchpoint
Vicky Christina Barcelona
There Will Be Blood
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Schizopolis
Where the Wild Things Are
Synechdoche, New York
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
The Virgin Suicides
The Forty Year Old Virgin
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Be Kind Rewind
This is England
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Irreversible
La Vie En Rose
Run Lola Run
The Princess and the Warrior
M
Rashomon
Ikaru
Onibaba
Audition
Happiness of the Katakuras
La Doce Vita
8 1/2
The Killers
Man Bite Dog
Amores Perros
Y Mama Tu Tambien
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Lady Vengeance
Red Beard
Solaris
Stalker
THINGS TAKEN OFF THE LIST (WATCHED) RECENTLY
Thank You For Smoking
Thirst
The Hurt Locker
True Romance
Apocalypse Now
Kalifornia
Blow
From Dusk To Dawn
Invictus
12 Monkeys
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:25 am
I don't have a to-watch Film List anymore... gonk
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:23 pm
Although I will say to just do not bother with Across the Universe. With the first cords of "Strawberry Fields Forever" there is a close up of a bowl of strawberries. That is when I lost it - which is pretty ******** amazing considering I didn't loose it earlier in the film after a character named Prudence locks herself in a closet and is only convinced out when the other characters sing "Dear Prudence". Seriously: ********. That. Uber-Contrived. s**t.
I'm not against the concept, and I'm not against the musical alterations; I am however against claiming to want to recapture the feel and music of a generation all the while working your damndest to counter the song's original meanings and sentiments. The entire film was self-indulgent forced-nostalgia for a era that never ******** was, at least not the one the film creates. I like Julie Taymor. And because it is Julie Taymor, the film is very pretty, has interesting and creative visuals, and is well made production wise; I just found the the plot and characters to be excruciatingly ill planned and executed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:07 am
You are probably correct. I may agree, I may not because I probably do not grasp The Beatles as well as you do. It's one of those gotta see things though. I mean really do you think I honestly want to watch Hostel?
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:16 pm
Then don't? Unadulterated torture porn is unadulterated torture porn.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:36 am
FO SRS.
It's a volunteer activity; you don't have to watch a movie if you don't want to.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:41 am
You guys are hilarious. The point of the exercise isn't just to watch movies that I think will be cool and will be Mark Movies. I want to understand trends in film as well as film craft. Hostel for instance- along with the Saw franchise- is at the center of a massive and divisive split in the horror genre, and I can't really say very much significant on the topic without examining the other side of the fence. I do really ridiculous things in order to develop or prove a point, like both watching and reading Twilight so that I could assault it from a position of authority. It's what I do. One of my other schemes in the works is to compare and contrast The Hills with Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:01 pm
I understand that. I've watched plenty of films I "had to see" that I didn't want to for the sake of checking it off my then list.
On the other hand, again; ******** that. Especially when it comes to the horror genre, and even more so the horror genre in the 2000s. Bodily horror (and splatter horror) can be very, very interesting and well done. But not in super recent memory.
And if this is a big serious exercise, maybe you want to get a few books on film and/or genre to go along with it. Can't really assess much on craft, or trends, by just watching the films alone withing understanding a wider context. Also, books on film are fun! 8B
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:42 pm
I lied, I suppose I do have a little list.
Things To Come
A Bout De Souffle
Walkabout
Trois Couleurs (Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)
This Sporting Life
When the Wind Blows
Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:41 pm
Natalia Romanova
Trois Couleurs (Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)
Been on my super-short movie list for a bit but I never really got the chance.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:32 pm
Rae x Rae Natalia Romanova
Trois Couleurs (Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)
Been on my super-short movie list for a bit but I never really got the chance.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:16 pm
Red Scully Rae x Rae Natalia Romanova
Trois Couleurs (Bleu, Blanc, Rouge)
Been on my super-short movie list for a bit but I never really got the chance.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:56 pm
Yeah you should have, you crazy! And OMG setting out suggestions would be awesome! I always like to see the suggestions employees get to do at Borders and stuff and then I'd think what I'd do. Because I have no life.
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:39 am
Katherine Kane You guys are hilarious. The point of the exercise isn't just to watch movies that I think will be cool and will be Mark Movies. I want to understand trends in film as well as film craft. Hostel for instance- along with the Saw franchise- is at the center of a massive and divisive split in the horror genre, and I can't really say very much significant on the topic without examining the other side of the fence. I do really ridiculous things in order to develop or prove a point, like both watching and reading Twilight so that I could assault it from a position of authority. It's what I do. One of my other schemes in the works is to compare and contrast The Hills with Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Anyway, I suppose I should toss up a list here just so I can be one of the cool kids too.
Television
The Wire
Life on Mars
Starship Operators (I will finish this one day!)
Movies
Leon (I've seen/loved The Professional now I want to see the original/uncut version.)
Shoot 'em Up
3:10 to Yuma
Primer
American Psycho
In Bruges
Snakes on a Plane
The Hurt Locker
Games
Arkham Asylum
Bioshock 2
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Dead Space
Dragon Age: Origins
Killing Floor
Far Cry 2
F.E.A.R. (well, technically finish this out, but I have to install it anyway)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Resident Evil 5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
edit: Removed Mad Men
edit2: Added 'Games' and a movie.
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