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I thought a trio of themed threads about other entertainment media might be good. If you're not interested, please just ignore the thread and pick some threads that interest you from here: http://celephais.net/board/view_all_threads.php

Anyway, discuss films...
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I Saw Ring 
Is it worth seeing ringu? 
Pushplay 
different style, essentially same story. I prefer the visuals in the english version but the jap version is more creepy.

RPG,

well all of fincher's stuff then including panic room. 
Rpg 
mulholland drive. 
Nitin/RPG 
anything by david lynch is "dark", in some sense of the word.

Apart from "the straight story", which isnt dark at all, really. :o 
 
Lost Highway?
Haven't seen it but been reading old NIN interviews about it.. 
Lost Highway 
nooo! dont watch it, not good.

uwf, I know but the two that I mentioned are more dark than some of his other stuff. 
Movies 
I thin k movie is good inspiration my favourite movies are :

Avalon
Matrix
Matrix reloaded
Lord of the rings trilogy
All the aliens movie
Donnie darko
Being john malkovich
devil's avocate
Blade runner
Full metal jacket
The game
The 13th warrior
Final fantasy
Amerivan history X
fightclub
gladiator
misery

I like violent film, no classic films , action films with human feels , Film who change your life in two hours . A film with you can dream !!! 
15 Minutes 
With Robert DeNiro.. it pulls on a range of emotions.. it has action, and.. god, I don't want to give any spoilers away.. but sometimes the film is genius. I missed like the first half hour or hour though.. 
Yeah ! 
Your right for the first half hour . 
15 Minutes 
I hated it, but I can see why some people like it. Personally I thought it was try hard trash.

Here,

you might like these :

se7en
black hawk down
braveheart
heat
memento
the professional (also known as Leon)
terminator 1 & 2 
Niceness 
Thanks for the suggestions, all. Some I've seen, and some I haven't, so I'll be looking those up.

Also, I saw Donnie Darko last night. I liked it so much I purchased the DVD today. I can't wait to watch it again. 
Did You Just Call Me A Fuckass? 
why dont you go suck a fuck? 
My Faves: 
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Big Trouble in Little China(1986)
Blade Runner (1982)
Bram Stoker�s Dracula (1992)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Casablanca (1942)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Dark City (1998)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition) (2001)
Ghost Story (1982)
The Goonies (1985)
Harvey (1950)
Highlander (1986)
It�s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Ladyhawke (1985)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Matrix (1999)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Real Genius (1985)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
The Professional(Leon) (1994)
The Road Warrior (1981)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
The Stunt Man (1980)
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator 2 (1991)
True Romance (1993)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
What's Up Doc? (1972)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

The above is most of my DVD collection--except for Wild at Heart, which isn't available on DVD for some crazed reason, and What's Up Doc, which just came out and I haven't gotten around to buying yet.

If anyone here hasn't seen City of Lost Children, I really *really* recommend it; it has some great dark images and sets. 
 
If anyone here hasn't seen City of Lost Children, I really *really* recommend it; it has some great dark images and sets.

Amen. 
City Of Lost Children 
the sets and visuals are amazing! Very very unique IMHO.

But I cant say the same about the rest of the movie, I didnt like it much. 
Nitin 
Yes i have forgoten leon, seven, braveheart (very good movies i have this !)
but i have never seen heat (i have heard f this movie)I don't know memento and black hawk down . But terminator 2 are good but i think the realisator frogot many thing and combat into the future are too quick ( i wait the 3 !!!) 
Oooh 
If you haven't seen Heat or Black Hawk Down, DO IT! Those are two of my absolute favorite movies. 
Here 
heat : http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113277

good movie but a little too long, but it has the best bank heist scene that I have ever seen.

Memento is excellent, one of my favorites.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0209144 
Nws 
I.K.U 
Heat 
Yeah got that on DVD, the bank heist scene is fucking great! Worth it for that alone :)

Black Hawk Down is good but not brilliant. I prefered Saving Private Ryan's gritty and realistic outlook on war, and its consequences. Black Hawk Down does do this as well to a degree, but goes into no-where near as much detail. For actual battle scenes though not much comes close (Again SPR does rival it here though). I geuss it just depends how you like war to be portrayed on the screen. I found that the first time I watched SPR I was genuinely looking away from the screen when something particaualy grusome was happening (In particular at the end fight where that German slowly pushes the knife into that american soldiers throat) while with BHD It was more of a "Wholey shit thats grusome, but so cool at the same time" kind of affair. 
Charlie's Angels 
If you weren't wild about the first you won't like this one either. 
SPR Vs BHD 
I think the big difference is character development. SPR was all about it. BHD had very little. I had read the book first, so I had all the character development going into it, as well as a good understanding of what was happening at all times.

I agree it depends on how you like war given to you. Personally, I really enjoyed how much BHD avoided sentimentality. It took you into the battle a little more, which made it more chaotic, confusing and exhausting, so that you only really get a chance to think about the big picture when it was over.

The other factor that affects me, is that BHD is really the only war movie about modern special forces that got things fairly accurate. I was quite tired of these movies where 3 guys hold off 10,000 people, rescue the beautiful woman, and suffer only minor wounds because they were "special forces" so they can apparently dodge bullets. 
SPR & BHD 
I dont think either are great. Like I said before, IMHO BHD is a glorification of war but it is a visually stunning movie. And I'm with h-hour on the no sentimentality aspect actually working in favour of the film.

As for SPR, vastly overrated film apart from the the first 30 mins and the last 30 mins. the rest is a war road movie with setpieces every 10 mins or so. Again, it's visually stunning but like daz said, it feels more gruesome than cool.

Both good, but nto great IMHO. 
Anyone Hear About The Upcoming 9 Disc Alien Set? 
and I watched the thing, good stuff, Il iked it a lot. Pity the video quality on the dvd isnt better.

Alien Quadrilogy (DVD): Some exciting disc news today for fans of great sci-fi. DVDBoxOffice.com has details on Fox's Alien Quadrology set which has set a tentative release of November 11th, and what's coming sounds quite cool. You will be able to play both the theatrical version and James Cameron's 'Special Edition' version of "Aliens", the former of which has never been released before on this format (only the SE has been available). "Alien Resurrection" will feature an alternate opening and ending (incl. crashdown on Earth), and biggest news of all is David Fincher's unreleased full 170 min original version of "Alien 3" will be here - almost a full hour longer than the theatrical print. The ninth disc in the set will include "Alien Legacy" Documentary, "Alien Evolution" BBC Documentary, Darkhorse Alien and Alien vs. Predator comics, and the complete collection of Laser Disc features which weren't on the previous DVD box-set. Thanks to 'The Fatfish Returns'. 
 
The long version of Alien3 would be worth watching. Any version of Alien:Resurrection would not. Except the version where the entire cast, production crew, Joss Whedon and the Fox executives are locked in the cargo hold when the ship hits the ground. I'd pay real money to see that.
And the BBC documentary isn't as good as it might have been - should of had less of Weaver and more of...well everyone else frankly. Especially Cobb. :D 
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