good movie // bad movie

[gentlemonkey 17]

I seem to be on a movie renting kick recently. So, if you have a second, I would appreciate rental reccommendations of good films, and/or warnings or horrendous ones... here's mine:

good: History of Violence

bad: (very bad) Domino.

[TheGoodRev 2]

I'm not big on movies, but I recently saw "Shawn of the Dead" for the first time. I'm sure most of you have seen it and it's old news to you, but I avoided it for a long time because the title gave me the impression that it was another of those teen spoof movies (i.e. Not Another Teen Movie XVII). Anyway it turned out to be quite good, an excellent British tongue-in-cheek jab at zombie movies.

As for bad movies, the ladyfriend and I saw Albert Brooks' "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" in the theatres a few months ago. Bloody, stinking awful. Just plain unfunny. So much opportunity for comedy (and I don't mean unfair racial comedy) but he just drops the ball in most cases. Drops it...like it's hot.

So once again that's:

Good: Shawn of the Dead

Bad: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

[bouche 106]

good: Broken Flowers

bad: (I manage to dodge bad movies)

[doug 0]

Good - Walk The Line

Bad - Stay (King Kong was pretty bad too)

[phorbesie 90]

funny...i liked king kong way more than walk the line.

[Velvet 153]

Good: Rocky I

Bad: Rocky V

[Jaimoe 49]

I really liked King Kong. It was faithful in every way to the style and theme of the original.

Good: Korean films by Chan-wook Park: Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy (the first two films of his revenge trilogy).

Bad: I seem to miss those ones, although my finance said John Cusak's Must Love Dogs was brutal.

[d_rawk 1]

I mostly only have the patience for westerns, these days. It could easily be seen as a character flaw, but I prefer to think of it as eccentric and charming (I'm sure I'm the only one ...)

Good: Face to Face (Faccia a Faccia)

Bad: Chisum (but the title kinda makes ya giggle ...)

[Jaimoe 49]

I mostly only have the patience for westerns, these days. It could easily be seen as a character flaw, but I prefer to think of it as eccentric and charming (I'm sure I'm the only one ...)

Good: Face to Face (Faccia a Faccia)

Bad: Chisum (but the title kinda makes ya giggle ...)

I love westerns and I try to watch one or two every few weeks.

Recently viewed good western: The restored cut of Peckinpah's Major Dundee.

Recently viewed great western: The restored cut of Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.

[djmelbatoast 0]

Good: Goodnight and Good Luck, The Squid and the Whale, Brokeback Mountain, King Kong

Bad: Ocean's 12

[d_rawk 1]

I saw the restored Wild Bunch recently, too. Good shit. (and the restored Peckinpah "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" ... good Bob Dylan soundtrack, and Dylan also plays the sidekick) Also recently saw Peckinpah's comedy "Cable Hogue", which I thought was a hoot. Haven't seen Major Dundee or Ride the High Country yet.

Glad I'm not the only one with this affliction :laugh:

[dimafleck: the living legend. 0]

GOOD: It's All Gone Pete Tong. this is actually a must see...made by the same guy that did FUBAR.

fantastic film..really original.

BAD: Hostel

[Jaimoe 49]

Also recently saw Peckinpah's comedy "Cable Hogue", which I thought was a hoot. Haven't seen Major Dundee or Ride the High Country yet.

Glad I'm not the only one with this affliction :laugh:

I'm dying to see Ride The High Country, Cable Hogue and Pat Garret & Billy The Kid. I'm waiting on a restored version of Bring Me The Head Of Alredo Garcia. Peckinpah's The Getwaway is fucking great.

I'm also a big fan of Anthony Mann and his collaborations with James Stewart. Get The Man From Laramie, Bend Of The River, The Far Country etc... I'm renting The Tin Star next week.

Also, check out John Sturges' (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) lost classic Last Train From Gun Hill: http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:28395~C

[Jaimoe 49]

Good: Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire and The Squid & The Whale - this made for a strange double-bill for me last week.

[Booche 235]

FANTASTIC: Dig (documentary about Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols)

TERRIBLE: A Sound Of Thunder (Douglas's moving picking privledges are officially revoked)

BAD: Hostel

Not if you like film-noir, so I wouldnt recommend it to hippies. Critics may have trashed it but this thing serves the only purpose it intends to serve. Most of you shouldnt rent it. If you liked Cabin Fever than it's probably for you.

[fluffhead77 16]

I officially hate the guy from Brian Jones town massacre after seeing DIG...best band name in Rock and Roll though

good: Jeff Buckley BBC 4 Documentary, Wal Mart: the high price of low cost., Cinderella Man

Bad: Serenity

[Jaimoe 49]

Bad: Serenity

There you go. I really liked Serenity, but it helps if you are a Firefly fan too - on which the movie was based as a series continuation.

[bradm 108]

Bad: Serenity

What didn't you like about "Serenity"? I saw it, and liked it a lot. (Note that I'm not jumping on you, I'm just interested in an opposing opinion.)

Aloha,

Brad

Edited April 21, 2006 by Guest
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[DevO 27]

GOOD: The Wizard of Speed and Time, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

BAD: "Bad Taste" by Peter Jackson.

[Birdy 1]

GOOD: Whale Rider

BAD: The League of Extraordinary Gentleman

[fluffhead77 16]

I guess I really wasn't into the whole "Space Cowboy"thing...I just didn't buy it. Now don't get me wrong there were a few things I liked... the crazy girl that kicked ass=HOT, and the reevers were kinda cool but they really didn't show enough of them.

I've also been told if I had seen Firefly, I would have enjoyed it a lot more

Edited April 21, 2006 by Guest

[Jaimoe 49]

I've also been told if I had seen Firefly, I would have enjoyed it a lot more

I loved Firefly. I think you'd like the series since you could rent and watch the whole thing over a rainy weekend.

[bokonon 0]

V for Vendetta tottally kicked ass!

[d_rawk 1]

I'm dying to see Ride The High Country, Cable Hogue and Pat Garret & Billy The Kid.

PM me your address, I'll send them out. The DVD of Pat Garret is NTSC, but the DVD copy of Cable Hogue I've got is PAL ... could be a problem, depending on your equipment, but if you've got a DVD-ROM in your computer you can watch it that way if it you don't mind watching it that way (it's region-free).

[fluffhead77 16]

V for Vendetta tottally kicked ass!

Shit yeah...I've been totally meaning to see this...had a few friends that recommended it and few that said it was bunk.

I almost like it better that way. too many good reviews makes me not want to see something (i.e still haven't seen Kill Bill)