Vantage Point (mostly)tells the story of the same 20 minutes from several different character perspectives. It really makes you realize how difficult it is to fully understand any event or situation from an individual point of view. It's also very well done and quie entertaining.
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"I said, Hey Senorita - that's astute, I said, why don't we get together and call ourselves an institute?" --Paul Simon
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"In the final analysis, the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves." -- Ron Paul
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FEAR NO EVIL 1969 Universal/MCA starring Louis Jourdan.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL Cinema 100 1971 starring Glenn Ford
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Hammer 1959 starring Peter Cushing
A STUDY IN TERROR Columbia 1965 starring John Neville
DARK INTRUDER Universal 1965 Leslie Nielsen
310 TO YUMA the original with Glenn Ford and the remake with Russell Crowe
Tom Selleck JESSE STONE tv films
THE FOUNTAINHEAD 1948 WB Gary Cooper
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS Disney 1981 Bette Davis
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1955 WB James Dean
CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER Allied Artists 1959 John Mervele
THE TIN STAR 1958 Paramount Henry Fonda
JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961 Spencer Tracy
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK 20th Century Fox 1939
BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL Cinema 100 1971 starring Glenn Ford
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Hammer 1959 starring Peter Cushing
A STUDY IN TERROR Columbia 1965 starring John Neville
DARK INTRUDER Universal 1965 Leslie Nielsen
310 TO YUMA the original with Glenn Ford and the remake with Russell Crowe
Tom Selleck JESSE STONE tv films
THE FOUNTAINHEAD 1948 WB Gary Cooper
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS Disney 1981 Bette Davis
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1955 WB James Dean
CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER Allied Artists 1959 John Mervele
THE TIN STAR 1958 Paramount Henry Fonda
JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961 Spencer Tracy
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK 20th Century Fox 1939
Some obscure ones I recommend:
The Odd Angry Shot - Australian war film about an Australian SAS unit in Vietnam.
The Kremlin Letter - Just watched this - very dark espionage thriller by John Huston with Max Von Sydow and Orson Welles. An off-line private espionage unit contracts to retrieve an explosive diplomatic message in Moscow. They use every human weakness and extortion imaginable. Made when the James Bond movies presented a very romantic view of espionage work, this is a lot more realistic view. Richard Boone's folksy sociopath is an amazing performance.
The Wind and the Lion - John Milius fictionalized some real events with Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt and Sean Connery as a Berber chieftan. Amazing action scenes and clever dialogue.
Privilege - A near-future British government uses a pop star to control the young. Directed by Peter Watkins in his usual pseudo-documentary style. Great score.
Without a Trace - Not the TV series, the 1983 film with Judd Hirsch and Kate Nelligan. The little boy of Nelligan's single mom walks off to school one day in New York and vanishes. I have to confess, I weep like an old woman at the end every time I see this movie.
The Final Programme (also released in the U.S. as The Last Days of Man on Earth). Robert Fuest, who directed many of the Avengers episodes and the Dr. Phibes movies adapted Michael Moorcock's first Jerry Cornelius novel. Moorcock hates it but it's a real guilty pleasure for me. Great cast, very stylishly directed.
The Odd Angry Shot - Australian war film about an Australian SAS unit in Vietnam.
The Kremlin Letter - Just watched this - very dark espionage thriller by John Huston with Max Von Sydow and Orson Welles. An off-line private espionage unit contracts to retrieve an explosive diplomatic message in Moscow. They use every human weakness and extortion imaginable. Made when the James Bond movies presented a very romantic view of espionage work, this is a lot more realistic view. Richard Boone's folksy sociopath is an amazing performance.
The Wind and the Lion - John Milius fictionalized some real events with Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt and Sean Connery as a Berber chieftan. Amazing action scenes and clever dialogue.
Privilege - A near-future British government uses a pop star to control the young. Directed by Peter Watkins in his usual pseudo-documentary style. Great score.
Without a Trace - Not the TV series, the 1983 film with Judd Hirsch and Kate Nelligan. The little boy of Nelligan's single mom walks off to school one day in New York and vanishes. I have to confess, I weep like an old woman at the end every time I see this movie.
The Final Programme (also released in the U.S. as The Last Days of Man on Earth). Robert Fuest, who directed many of the Avengers episodes and the Dr. Phibes movies adapted Michael Moorcock's first Jerry Cornelius novel. Moorcock hates it but it's a real guilty pleasure for me. Great cast, very stylishly directed.
"Flow with the Go."
- Rickson Gracie
cobalt79 Wrote:What we need is a thread about what to rent for a good laugh
A good laugh is, of course "A Fish Called Wanda", but I guess everybody know that. So...
*"The Dinner Game". http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/ It's French comedy movie. I guarantee you will get big laugh.
*"OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies". http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0464913/ It's another French comedy, and this is spy action comedy. Very enjoyable movie!
Quote:a good cry
*"The Fall". http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/ This is very beautiful and fantastic, but also it's sad movie.
Quote:or to scare
*"Don't Look Now". http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/ This is 70s film. Some scenes are creepy, some scenes are beautiful, and last scene was.....oops! sorry, I can't tell you. If you haven't seen this yet, check this out.
*"Yogen". http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0419280/ It's Japanese horror film. Very strange and scary.
ccosborne3 Wrote:I've rented it twice and never got around to watching it. I'll mark it down.Blashpemer!
You WILL watch it this time, or you will burn in a special hell!
Shiney?
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
RichE Wrote:FEAR NO EVIL 1969 Universal/MCA starring Louis Jourdan.Awesome, Rich. Pre 1980 is where I am horribly weak in my movie knowledge. Judgement at Nuremberg was A great show.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL Cinema 100 1971 starring Glenn Ford
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Hammer 1959 starring Peter Cushing
A STUDY IN TERROR Columbia 1965 starring John Neville
DARK INTRUDER Universal 1965 Leslie Nielsen
310 TO YUMA the original with Glenn Ford and the remake with Russell Crowe
Tom Selleck JESSE STONE tv films
THE FOUNTAINHEAD 1948 WB Gary Cooper
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS Disney 1981 Bette Davis
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1955 WB James Dean
CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER Allied Artists 1959 John Mervele
THE TIN STAR 1958 Paramount Henry Fonda
JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG 1961 Spencer Tracy
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK 20th Century Fox 1939
I will place the rest on my to-get list.
-Wapitikev
This post was last modified: 02-23-2009, 01:20 PM by Wapitikev.
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
cobalt79 Wrote:Where?! oh where?!Heh.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
Mick C. Wrote:Some obscure ones I recommend:More great movies from pre-MTV.
The Odd Angry Shot - Australian war film about an Australian SAS unit in Vietnam.
The Kremlin Letter - Just watched this - very dark espionage thriller by John Huston with Max Von Sydow and Orson Welles. An off-line private espionage unit contracts to retrieve an explosive diplomatic message in Moscow. They use every human weakness and extortion imaginable. Made when the James Bond movies presented a very romantic view of espionage work, this is a lot more realistic view. Richard Boone's folksy sociopath is an amazing performance.
The Wind and the Lion - John Milius fictionalized some real events with Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt and Sean Connery as a Berber chieftan. Amazing action scenes and clever dialogue.
Privilege - A near-future British government uses a pop star to control the young. Directed by Peter Watkins in his usual pseudo-documentary style. Great score.
Without a Trace - Not the TV series, the 1983 film with Judd Hirsch and Kate Nelligan. The little boy of Nelligan's single mom walks off to school one day in New York and vanishes. I have to confess, I weep like an old woman at the end every time I see this movie.
The Final Programme (also released in the U.S. as The Last Days of Man on Earth). Robert Fuest, who directed many of the Avengers episodes and the Dr. Phibes movies adapted Michael Moorcock's first Jerry Cornelius novel. Moorcock hates it but it's a real guilty pleasure for me. Great cast, very stylishly directed.
Excellent.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
Wapitikev Wrote:More great movies from pre-MTV.Ok, enough gushing, time for more recommendations.
Excellent.
-Wapitikev
Still trying to stick to ones that a number of people will NOT have seen...
Swashbuckling:
Cutthroat Island is the only good pirate movie made between Yellowbeard (1983) and Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
Ladyhawke is a must-see, whether you love Rutger Hauer or not.
Dragonheart is one that many have seen, but I include it here because, if you haven't, you simply have to. Randy Edelman's score is beautiful and gives the movie a depth that most movies of this style fail to achieve.
Adventure:
Six Days Seven Nights doesn't quite achieve the action level that Romancing the Stone does but it has some great bits...one that springs to mind is "Pirates?! Like in: AAARRRHHH?!" Just ignore the David Schwimmer parts.
A number of poeple have seen Sahara but I always seem to run into people who haven't. If you don't want to watch this movie for the physiques of mathew McConaughey or Penelope Cruz then the humour of Steve Zahn should make it bearable for you. The Panama bit is hilarious.
And if you love Rutger Hauer, Blind Fury is a bit of modern day blind-ronin-type fun. Bad 80s acting warning at some points on this one, but still fun.
...more later...
-Wapitikev
This post was last modified: 02-23-2009, 01:12 PM by Wapitikev.
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout