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 Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:20 pm
So.... I searched this subforum, and couldn't find a thread about movies, so I decided to make one!
Come one and all! Let's discuss movies ~ which ones are your favorites, why they are, and which ones effected you the most and so forth.
I generally like all sorts of movies, but I do stray away from graphic movies. I cannot handle blood and gore at all. I also am a watering bucket when it comes to movies with any sort of sad moment in it. For instance: I've seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy (the extended versions as well!) a dozen times, and I still bawl when Gandalf falls, Boromir dies, and even during the last hour or so of Return of the King.
I must say the movie that probably remember the most (other than the usual Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, Sound of Music, Mulan ~ those are givens since I've seen them a million times) is Maria, full of Grace. I was forced to watch if for my college spanish course. It concerns a girl from a very poor family in Colombia, who loses her job and in search for a new one to provide for her family (that needs money in order to survive), she becomes a drug mule. At first she has no idea what she is getting into as she meets this guy who has the perfect job for her, but when she meets his boss and realizes what this job pertails, she comes to a decision. It must be done or her family will starve. But doing so ends up sending her on a painful trip to America, where she will learn firsthand that the drug business can be lethal and no one in it cares at all for her or her fellow drug mules. In an attempt to escape, she must either forge a new path in America, or die by the hands of the drug traffikers. Neither is a promising future. It's a Spanish film, and I watched it with subtitles. I cried a Lot during that movie. That was two years ago, and I haven't seen it since then, nor do I ever plan to watch it again (don't think I could handle it actually), but I still remember scenes from it very vividly. Scenes that still cause me to tear up over them. I think what horrified me the most was when the poor girls (yes, the drug mules were always girls) had to swallow these greased up horse pills and hold them in their stomach while they flew to America. Then once in America, they had to either vomit them up or poop them into cans for the drug traffikers. If one of the pills were to break, the drug would poison them and kill them over the course of a few days. Of course, the drug traffikers can't wait that long, so they'd kill the poor soul and cut the stomach open to get the drugs. It was horrifying. I almost puked when I saw that... Sometimes this world can be terrifying.
I still pray for people like that.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:20 pm
I totally love you for making this thread.
I have a list. I have sooo many. I'll probably have to list them in groups, just because I'll get tired of typing. I'll give a brief description of each film and also point out any reasons that some people might want to avoid it (lots of sex, violence, etc.) since a lot of the movies I enjoy are pretty out there and/or deal with rather controversial things. And I'll give the English titles for the French films that I list, just to make your lives esier. XD
Love in Thoughts - Probably my all-time favourite movie. It's a German film that takes place between the two world wars in Berlin. These two boys decide that a person can only be happy for one moment of their life, and that love was the only thing that could trigger that moment of pure happiness, so they make a pact. They will each seek love, and through love, that one moment. After they believe they have experienced true happiness and it's passed, they will kill everyone who has betrayed them and then "depart this world with a smile." Warnings for sex (not very graphic, and no full nudity), German boys kissing (each other) in wine cellers, and a little bit of violence.
Bad Education: A fantastic Spanish film. Two childhood friends meet up 20 years after they've last seen one another, when they were students at a Catholic school. One of them is a film director, and the other comes to him with a script for a new movie. The scripts is about their past, and what happened to them after they left the school. It''s interesting, because you're never sure if what you're watching is a series of factual flashbacks, or if they're simply showing the movie as they're making it. You find out at the end, of course. It's part love story, part murder mystery, and part art film. Very, very good. Warnings for mansex, crossdressing, drug use, language, and priest ***** in America: Based off the fabulous Tony Kushner play. Actually, it's an exact, word-for-word adaptation of the play. It tells the story of several people, completely different and unrelated, who are sort of brought together because of AIDS in the 80's in New York City. It follows a gay couple, a Mormon couple (the husband is a closeted homosexual and the wife is a Valium addict), and a sleazy lawyer as they cope with life and illness. The thing that gets me so much about this play/film is that while all of the characters are horribly flawed, they're all so undeniably human that you can't help but relate to them. Warnings for sex (both male/male and male/female, with a sprinkling of female/female), nudity, extremely colourful language, and the fact that it's six hours long.
Love Me If You Dare: Veryvery French film. Two childhood friends, a boy and a girl, play a game in which they dare one another to do things, and as they get older the game continues, only the dares get more and more dangerous and ridiculous. They both marry other people, but continue to randomly contact one another to play "the game." It has a very strange, but extremely sweet ending. Warnings for language, sex, and Frenchness.
More to come when I feel inspired to rant some more.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:01 pm
[ Wa~ I can't watch drug movies, they are too depressing]
[ I don't mind violence in a movie as long as it isn't 'meaningless gore'. If the violence is there to trigger emotions, then I have no prob with it.]
[ I have many I love, but no fav; mostly action movies because that's the type my mom loves to take me to.] xd
[ Lets see,...](all info from Amazon.com)
Pirates of the Caribbean 1 (PG-13 for action/adventure violence)
Plot Outline: Pirate Jack Sparrow sets out to save a governor's daughter from fellow pirates, with the hopes that it will give him the opportunity to regain the ship that was stolen from him.
Last Samurai (R for battle sequences)
Plot Synopsis: In Japan, Civil War veteran Captain Nathan Algren trains the Emperor's troops to use modern weapons as they prepare to defeat the last of the country's samurais. But Algren's passion is swayed when he is captured by the samurai and learns about their traditions and code of honor.
Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy (both PG-13 for violence and some language)
Bourne Identity - Plot Outline: A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.
Bourne Identity Plot Outline: When Jason Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation he is forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin to survive.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (PG)
Ploy Outline:a series of comedy sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail
Snatch (R for violence, language and some nudity)
Plot Outline: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Waking Life (R for language and some violent images)
Plot Outline:A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
Spirited Away (PG)[Anime]
Plot Outline: In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.
Samurai X (NC-17)[Anime]
Plot Outline: In the era of Japan's Meiji Restoration, an assassin regains his humanity.
[And probably many others that I can't recall at the moment. (It's kinda late at night)]
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:30 pm
Oh, I hate violence for the sake of violence too. And I shall continue with my list.
Se7en: Quite possibly one of the best American horror/thriller films. It's about a serial killer who kills based on the Seven Deadly Sins. Not only are his targets guilty of one of the particular sins, but the way he kills them reflects the sin. Extremely good, and espcially nifty if you're Catholic. A basic knowledge of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Chaucer's Cantabury Tales is best to experience the full impact, though it's not totally nessesary. It just makes it cooler. Warnings for language, violence, "disturbing images" (avoid it if you're squickish about blood), and Kevin Spacey acting creepy.
Requiem for a Dream: The most depressing movie I've ever had to endure, but also one of the best. It's about a group of three young people who decide that they're going to sell drugs to earn money to kick-start their lives, and one of teh character's mothers, who is up to participate in a gameshow on television. The kids get addicted to the heroin they're selling, and the mother starts taking speed to lose weight so she can look better for the show, but gets really screwed over by it. One of the most realistic, morbidly beautiful films about the world of drug addiction. Warnings for just about everything. Sex, language, violence, gore, and the feeling that it would be a good idea to hang yourself from that tree outside when you're finished watching it. Killer soundtrack, too.
Dangerous Liaisons: The film that inspired Cruel Intentions. These two....friends? Enemies? Lovers? It's hard to tell which. Anyway, the woman bets her male friend that he wouldn't be able to sleep with this very pure, pious, virtuous young girl. So naturally, being the ladies' man that he is with a reputation to uphold, he takes her up on it and...stuff happens. Very good, and rather humourous in a twisted way. Warnings for sex and a little bit of 18th century violence.
Wilde: It's a film about Oscar Wilde. Need I say more? Warnings for mansex, a little bit of language, and Stephen Fry getting abused by Jude Law.
Sitcom: A film by the brilliant Francois Ozon. Basically, the film centres around this "normal," stereotypical French family, that absolutely comes apart at the seams. It's a social commentary on how ridiculous and supficial the traditional "family image" can be. That's really all I can say about it. Warnings for really weird sex, violence, language, incest, nudity, extreme Frenchness, and really anything else you can think of.
The Dreamers: Based off the book The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair, which was based off the book The Holy Terrors by Jean Cocteau. A young American man goes to Paris to study films and meets a twin brother and sister. He falls in love with the collective person that these two twins make up, and wants to sort of become the third one of them. Warnings for lots of sex, boarderline incest, lots of nudity, minor drug use (is marijauna even considered a drug anymore?), and a wee bit of violence at the end.
I'm still not done, but that's all I feel like typing right now.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:32 pm
SinfulGuillotine Oh, I hate violence for the sake of violence too. And I shall continue with my list. Se7en: Quite possibly one of the best American horror/thriller films. It's about a serial killer who kills based on the Seven Deadly Sins. Not only are his targets guilty of one of the particular sins, but the way he kills them reflects the sin. Extremely good, and espcially nifty if you're Catholic. A basic knowledge of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Chaucer's Cantabury Tales is best to experience the full impact, though it's not totally nessesary. It just makes it cooler. Warnings for language, violence, "disturbing images" (avoid it if you're squickish about blood), and Kevin Spacey acting creepy.
[ lovelovelove that movie. It really makes me emotional for the characters! and I hope you don't mind thta I borrowed the idea of adding plt outlines.] n_n
[ Glad I have some new movies to watch now.] heart
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:49 pm
Aw, I knew this movie thread had to exist for you, Enj! xd
I definitely cannot handle violence (or sex for that matter) in a film. I usually end up averting my gaze, and then peeking at the screen to follow along, but at the same time trying to avoid too much of the graphic violence/sex.
A lot of the films I've seen aren't quite as dark as Enj's. I don't think I could list them all ~ but I can list the ones that stand out in my mind:
Musicals:
Sound of Music
Cats
Rent
Chicago
Phantom of the Opera
Fiddler of the Roof
Animated Movies:
Mulan
Quest for Camelot
Prince of Egypt
Anastasia
Titan A.E.
The Lion King
Tarzan
Finding Nemo
Madagascar
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind (Japanese film)
Spirited Away (Japanese film)
Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese film)
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese film)
Princess Mononoke (Japanese film)
Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese film ~ also a real tear jerker)
Aladin (all three actually)
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
The Hobbit
Animated Lord of the Rings (so ridiculous!)
Road to El Dorado
Shrek I and II
Foreign:
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
Iron Monkey
Crouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon
Himalaya
Maria, Full of Grace
Comedy:
Spaceballs
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
That Darn Cat (the old and new versions)
The Parent Trap (old and new versions)
The Semiotics of the Kitchen
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ten Things I Hate About You
Drama/Action:
The Devil Wears Prada
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Pollyanna
Signs
Jumanji
Return to Witch Mountain
Hildago
Forrest Gump
Finding Forrester
Christy
Brokeback Mountain
Pirate's of the Caribbean
Finding Neverland
Peter Pan
Maverick
Saved
The Italian Job
The Thirteenth Warrior
The Last Samurai
Mean Girls
Big Fish
Secondhand Lions
Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both new and old versions)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode I, II, III
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Princess Bride
Thunderbirds
Sky High
Zathura
Star Trek: the Motion Picture
Star Trek: I, II, III
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V, VI
Harry Potter (all four)
Serenity
X-men I and II
The Fifth Element
Waterworld
Documentaries
March of the Penguins
Bird's Migration
What the Bleep Do We Know
Passion of the Christ
I also some some experimental films in college, but I perfer not to remember those. Several of them were quite traumatizing.
I'm sure there's lots more, but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Most of which I own or the family owns. If you'd like some plot lines of the movies, I could write some up. I just was feeling lazy right now, so thought I'd just list some titles.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:55 pm
All right, there are a lot of movies out there that I like, but I'm going to have to give you all this MUST SEE!: The Theif and The Cobbler (also titled Arabian Nights on some versions). It's very, VERY cheesy, but that's all part of the fun and the animation is AMAZING. It is all done by hand and took 30 years to make. I'm going to try to look up a description of it, because if I talk about it I'll probably end up giving too much away. xd Quote: An animated tale set many years ago in the city of Baghdad, which is about to be besieged by the villainous One-Eye and his strongmen. But three magical gold balls that sit atop a tower watch over and protect the city. Thus One-Eye needs to gain possession of the globes, which he does thanks to a shady magician who desperately wants to marry Baghdad's beautiful Princess Yum-Yum. But coming to Baghdad's rescue is Tack, a simple, unassuming cobbler, who along with Yum-Yum sets out to re-acquire the orbs. Will this unlikely duo succeed -- and possibly fall in love in the process? OTHER NOTES Animator Richard Williams began work on this film (then titled "The Thief and the Cobbler") in 1968. They left out stuff about the theif, though, who is the best character EVER! You just have to watch it and you'll understand. I also MUST give you the words to my favorite song in it, because it is the best song EVER. (I used to think they were saying stew instead of school, though) The brigands sing it: [will find eventually] EDIT: 1. I can't find the lyrics. 2. I have discovered that the version I have seen is actually a butchered version of the original, that can only be found by bootlegging. The orginal is supposedly a hundred times better and if it had actually come out as it had been supposed to probably the best animated movie of all time. This makes me very sad, and now I really want to see the true version......but I can't.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:33 pm
Here's the part where I comment on movies other people have posted that I've seen. Keep in mind that my opinions about your movies are completely independent of how much I like you. biggrin
Pirates of the Carribean: Eh. That's really all I can say. It was a fun movie to watch, and I thought Depp was rather hilarious as Jack Sparrow, but I thought it was highly overrated. I did like the soundtrack, though.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!! I heart heart heart heart heart heart that movie so much.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Heeee! I love Mel Brookes like a fat kid loves cake.
Brokeback Mountain: Highly, highly overrated in my opinion. I mean, I guess it was a pretty daring film for mainstream American cinema, but all it really was was "oh noes they're gay and have to keep it a secret boo-hoo." Which, again, as a first attempt into the realm of homosexual romance, was fine. But...well, part of the reason why so many of the films on my list of favourites involve same-sex pairings is just that they tend to be more interesting and original, and stay away from the cliche of most other films involving romance. Brokeback was just too much like the typical tragic love story for my taste. If it had been a man and a woman, people wouldn't have much cared. However, it did inspire the song "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other," which amuses me greatly. XDD
Finding Neverland: I loved that movie so much. I got all weepy at the end. I thought it was a beautiful film.
Saved!: Hahaha, I loved that one too. Much amusement. And isn't Mary-Louise Parker the mother of the girl who gets pregnant? She was the Valium-addicted housewife in Angels in America, and I've loved her ever since.
Lord of the Rings: They're such pretty movies! I thought all three were very well-done, and they did such an amazing job at creating Tolkein's world. Killer visual effects, too. And pretty Ringwraiths.
What the Bleep Do We Know: I haven't seen it, but several people have told me that I should. Maybe now I'll finally get off my bum and get it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:53 pm
SinfulGuillotine *snip*Pirates of the Carribean: Eh. That's really all I can say. It was a fun movie to watch, and I thought Depp was rather hilarious as Jack Sparrow, but I thought it was highly overrated. I did like the soundtrack, though. Quote: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!! I heart heart heart heart heart heart that movie so much. Quote: Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Heeee! I love Mel Brookes like a fat kid loves cake. Quote: Brokeback Mountain: Highly, highly overrated in my opinion. I mean, I guess it was a pretty daring film for mainstream American cinema, but all it really was was "oh noes they're gay and have to keep it a secret boo-hoo." Which, again, as a first attempt into the realm of homosexual romance, was fine. But...well, part of the reason why so many of the films on my list of favourites involve same-sex pairings is just that they tend to be more interesting and original, and stay away from the cliche of most other films involving romance. Brokeback was just too much like the typical tragic love story for my taste. If it had been a man and a woman, people wouldn't have much cared. However, it did inspire the song "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other," which amuses me greatly. XDD Quote: Finding Neverland: I loved that movie so much. I got all weepy at the end. I thought it was a beautiful film. Quote: Saved!: Hahaha, I loved that one too. Much amusement. And isn't Mary-Louise Parker the mother of the girl who gets pregnant? She was the Valium-addicted housewife in Angels in America, and I've loved her ever since. Quote: Lord of the Rings: They're such pretty movies! I thought all three were very well-done, and they did such an amazing job at creating Tolkein's world. Killer visual effects, too. And pretty Ringwraiths. Quote: What the Bleep Do We Know: I haven't seen it, but several people have told me that I should. Maybe now I'll finally get off my bum and get it.
And I'm done now. Haha, I guess I'm in one of those "let's answer each point in the post!" moods. xd
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:04 pm
Drama/Action
Fried Green tomatoes
Equilibrium
That Thing You Do
Green Street Hooligans
LOTR trilogy
Star Wars (the original ones, not the new ones)
X-Men (all of them, though I didn't like the third one as much as the first 2)
Horor
Deep Blue Sea (It's so stupid, it's funny)
Comedy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Princess Bride
10 Things I Hate About You
Saved
How I Got Into College (old old movie)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Serenity
The Fifth Element
Waterworld
Musicals
Rent
Moulin Rouge
Chicago
Jesus Christ Superstar
Foriegn films
Life is Beautiful
Documentaries
The Gods Must be Crazy (ok, so it's not really a documentary, but it's done documentary style)
Animated
Beauty and the Beast
Aladin
The Corpse Bride
Shrek (1 & 2)
The Road to El Dorado (Possible my favorite movie of all time)
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
I know there are a lot more that I'm forgetting, so I might add to this list later.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:07 pm
garra_eyes X-Men (all of them, though I didn't like the third one as much as the first 2) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Fifth Element Waterworld Beauty and the Beast Aladin Shrek (1 & 2) The Road to El Dorado (Possible my favorite movie of all time) Princess Mononoke
eek How could I forget those in my list? haha, maybe I should keep adding to the list like you plan to. xd
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:22 pm
Pandali All right, there are a lot of movies out there that I like, but I'm going to have to give you all this MUST SEE!: The Theif and The Cobbler (also titled Arabian Nights on some versions). *snip*EDIT: 1. I can't find the lyrics. 2. I have discovered that the version I have seen is actually a butchered version of the original, that can only be found by bootlegging. The orginal is supposedly a hundred times better and if it had actually come out as it had been supposed to probably the best animated movie of all time. This makes me very sad, and now I really want to see the true version......but I can't.
And that's sad the Thief and the Cobbler original is gone. cry
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:23 pm
My Own Private Idaho: Mike (River Phoenix) is a male prostitute, and Scott (Keanu Reeves), his best friend, is the son of the mayor. They go on a roadtrip to Idaho on a motorbike, hoping to find Mike's mother, who left him when he was still pretty young. Their search for her ends up taking them as far as Italy, where Scott abandons Mike for a pretty Italian girl they meet. Very good, and extremely, extremely sad. There are two scenes that get me absolutely sobbing every time I see it. Warnings for language, and sort of weird artsy sex scenes.
The Piano Teacher: A masochistic piano teacher starts having an affair with one of her students. Stuff happens. It's hard to explain, but it's extremely well-acted, and very interesting. Slightly disturbing. Warnings for sadomasochistic sex and Frenchness.
Mysterious Skin: Quite possibly one of the most difficult to watch movies I've ever seen, but an amazing film. It catches up with two victims of a ***** baseball coach ten years after the "incident," and focuses on how these two boys have been effected by it. One of them is a prostitute, and one of them has a series of holes in his memory, so he becomes convinced that he's been abducted by aliens. It follows them as they sort of discover themselves, and the events of their past. Warnings for sex, non-graphic (but very implied) child molestation, language, mild drug use, and quite possibly the most graphic, difficult-to-watch rape scene I've ever seen in a movie. Actually, I didn't even see it. I had to leave the room during that scene. But if you can deal with really intense movies, it's a brilliant film.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:15 pm
Anarya I also remember loving the Land Before Time movies. Haha, I watched those ones over and over again! Ah, Littlefoot, Petry, Sara, and aw, what's the name of the girl duck dinosaur??? Ducky (I'm pretty sure that was it) And I think her brother's name was Spike.
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:35 pm
garra_eyes Anarya I also remember loving the Land Before Time movies. Haha, I watched those ones over and over again! Ah, Littlefoot, Petry, Sara, and aw, what's the name of the girl duck dinosaur??? Ducky (I'm pretty sure that was it) And I think her brother's name was Spike.
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