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#141 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 82 weeks ago
Not a movie but deserves a mention.
Lars Von Trier - The Kingdom. Scandinavian humor at its very best. People may fail to appreciate this because they are unfamiliar with the culture, I don't know. Worth a watch if you can get it. Hilarious but also very dark and trippy. The "priest murdered by a demon" scene is really haunting.
#142 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 82 weeks ago
Schindler's List
The movie where Spielberg was forced to up his game. At heart he is a superficial, fun type director, yet he really excels here. Especially the first act is just ace. I didn't include it because there is so much to choose from, but definitely his best.
I just saw Lost Highway last month or whatever. It's very trippy
Carlito's Way is probably top 5 DePalna for me. Snake Eyes is really fun to rewatch because the plot doesn't matter as much and you pay attention more to the camera work and directing.
Ever since I got into movies Carlito's Way has been recommended as a great mob type movie. Back then I didn't get it, Goodfellas, Godfather just seemed so much better. But now I see the greatness. It can be hard to explain exactly what makes DePalma so great. He's definitely an acquired taste and he can also be very hit and miss. He's not flashy, he doesn't really do anything new. There is no obvious music, humor or coolness about him. But you can tell he loves what he's doing. He lives and breathe film. He's a bit like Lynch where he's got this ideal, romantic touch to his film making. So many directors fall prey to their own hype. They want to be the big man and somewhere along the way they lose their essence. Tarantino is a good example of this. Great, innovative, fun director in his early years, now he's become pretentious and full of himself. Lars Von Trier also went down this path. But DePalma stayed true.
#143 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 82 weeks ago
A lot of bests in the 90s. Production standards had reached a peak level. Better cameras, better lightning, more realism. It would all be downhill from here.
Unforgiven (best American Western)
Phantom Menace (George Lucas)
Carlito's Way (Maybe De Palma's best)
Mission Impossible (best MI)
Heat (best crime thriller)
The Insider (best drama)
Casino (maybe best mob movie)
12 Monkeys (best time travel movie)
Rob Roy (best historical epic)
Last of the Mohicans (best indian movie)
Get Shorty (best meta)
Lost Highway (second best Lynch)
Alien 3 (last really good Alien movie)
Devil's Advocat (a great Hollywood movie)
Eyes Wide Shut (maybe Kubrick's best)
Snake Eyes (great DePalma)
Could easily name a bunch more that just misses the cut:
Wes Cravens New Nightmare
Seven
The Rock
The Matrix
Dark City
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Shawshank Redemption
Usual Suspects
True Romance
Green Mile
Goodfellas
Absolute Power
A Perfect World
#144 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 82 weeks ago
polluxlm wrote:I've seen a couple of movies and yet you managed to make a list with 7 movies I have not seen! You must be watching a lot.
I watched a lot during the pandemic shutdown. Also, I still buy/collect media so it's easy when you have the disc at hand and kind of feel like watching a movie and just popping it in instead of scrolling through 500 different choices and praying that your internet doesn't go down the tubes.
I probably should scale back on the movie buying but I will say that you get exposed to a lot more different stuff, for better or worse.
No I think it's a good idea to keep exploring. I've been really slacking off in the last few years. Jaded by the lack of new movies and feeling I have exhausted the old. But of course there are probably loads of movies that I haven't seen that I might like.
#145 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 83 weeks ago
The record company pushed him to make it "different". It's that alright.
#146 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 83 weeks ago
Ms. 45
Fabolous Baker Boys
The Hunger
Back to the Future
Ferris Buller's Day Off
Thief
To Live and Die in LA
Blow Out
Hannah and the Sisters
The Killer
I've seen a couple of movies and yet you managed to make a list with 7 movies I have not seen! You must be watching a lot.
#147 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 83 weeks ago
80s is easier but still hard for me to decide what to leave out.
De Palma hits the ground running and finishes the decade with at least 4 classics.
Scarface
Dressed to Kill
Body Double
The Untouchables
Scarface is one of my all time favorites and Untouchables is seminal. If there is space I want Dressed to Kill in there as well.
A great decade for George Lucas
Empire
Jedi
Raiders
Temple of Doom
I think Temple of Doom is underrated. Definitely my favorite of the four. It goes in. I'm a sucker for Star Wars so that has to be there too. Probably have to leave Raiders out.
Kubrick did two, I want to leave in the Shining.
Ridley Scott only did Blade Runner in the 80s and I don't think it's enough to make the cut.
Scorsese was still in his dark and contemplative stage. No Raging Bull for me. Color of Money good but not that good.
Deer Hunter is overrated. Might also be a 79 film?
James Cameron made 3 pretty good movies but I have mixed feelings about him.
The Verdict was pretty good but not a top 10.
Name of the Rose definitely.
The Thing, obviously.
Rambo First Blood, maybe.
Clint, Pacino and DeNiro were all in a slump in the 80s. Not many from them.
Brazil is good just not Twelve Monkeys good.
1984 is a pretty good movie.
Platoon I think has to be in there.
Dead Poets Society deserves to be in the mix. Amadeus, unsure.
Die Hard, how could I forget Die Hard.
Das Boot? Ran?
Carpenter got some classics. They Live has to be a candidate.
Nightmare on Elm Street.
Predator, of course.
I count 13 movies that could be on the list. 8 definite and 5 maybes.
Scarface
The Untouchables
Empire
Jedi
Temple of Doom
The Thing
Platoon
Die Hard
All of those are like aging wine. Gets better every year.
Last five are great but not perfect.
Name of the Rose (a few nitpicks)
They Live (awesome concept, imperfect execution)
Nightmare on Elm Street (idea is great, Wes Craven just not in the Carpenter league)
Predator (a little underwhelming)
Shining (not as scary as it used to be)
#148 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 83 weeks ago
Clear wrote:Wouldn't say garbage, but it gets old pretty fast. Monsters is best of the bunch, still can't stop listening to it
This is the problem with the drip feed strategy...and dripping it on a starved hardcore base.
Casuals and non-fans don't give the tiniest of shits while hardcores listen to it on a loop for a week or two until they get sick of it.
Now we're waiting for the next song that may never come before these songs have been officially released.
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For this reason I never play Perhaps, Absurd, Hard Skool etc. I want at least 40 minutes of music. Currently I'm holding out until I have enough songs to make that happen. The General, I've only played it 5 times since it leaked.
#149 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 83 weeks ago
Incredible how many different opinions there are about GN'R songs!
I more or less like the post CD stuff a lot more than CD (demos excluded). As a fan I guess it is harder to judge. Most casual fans would probably say the songs are poor, compared to Jungle, NR etc.
#150 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 83 weeks ago
Train wreck waiting to happen last few years. Really the last 20 years.
She almost looks pleased being in jail. I can understand that.