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28 Jan 2009, 3:45 pm

I love 80's sci-fi movies.

I recommend "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" both by John Carpenter, they are two of my favorites.

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28 Jan 2009, 4:50 pm

Amélie

It is just so charming and wonderful! As soon as you get used to the subtitles. :wink: If you can understand French, even better!

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28 Jan 2009, 4:58 pm

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28 Jan 2009, 9:12 pm

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Moves include The Pianist, Snowcake, World Trade Centre, Goodnight and Good Luck.

I loved the Pianist and Snowcake.
Haven't heard of Goodnight and Good Luck - have to look that one up.

I steered clear of the World Trade Centre one because I didn't like the idea of Nick Cage trying to be all macho - sad - hero etc...

It's not a 911 problem because I thought Paul Greengrass' United '93 was brilliant.

Do you (and others here who have seen it?) think that "World Trade Centre" is good or bad?

The fireman documentary from 911 (I think it's called 911) was brilliant.

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28 Jan 2009, 9:45 pm

From Hell - stylish, suspensful film about Jack the Ripper, has some really interesting cinematography and offers a somewhat believable suggestion to the identity of Jack.

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28 Jan 2009, 9:47 pm

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28 Jan 2009, 10:00 pm

anyone seen that movie Casino, with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci? GREAT movie, i watched it like 8 times before i returned it. check it out, definetly not one to watch with the kids though.

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28 Jan 2009, 10:21 pm

CleverKitten wrote:

Amélie

It is just so charming and wonderful! As soon as you get used to the subtitles. :wink:

If you can understand French, even better!

I take it subs are not common in your country?

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28 Jan 2009, 10:22 pm

NextFact wrote:

anyone seen that movie Casino, with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci? GREAT movie, i watched it like 8 times before i returned it. check it out, definetly not one to watch with the kids though.

Ah Casino, nice movie (: Joe Pesci, damn!

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29 Jan 2009, 11:32 am

"The Wall", of course. The version I have has an alternate soundtrack of Roger Waters running commentary which makes it even more surreal.

"Aguirre, The Wrath of God", a masterpiece by Werner Herzog with lots of political overtones and outright bizarre action.

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30 Jan 2009, 1:40 pm

computerlove wrote:

CleverKitten wrote:

Amélie

It is just so charming and wonderful! As soon as you get used to the subtitles. :wink:

If you can understand French, even better!

I take it subs are not common in your country?

Most Americans don't watch foreign films though there is always a foreign section in every video store I've been in lately. I hate subtitles myself and have been turned off by what might be good movies but they aren't in English. I think all foreign films sold in English speaking countries should have an option to listen to film in dubbed English. One fave movie of mine Ancient Relic was dubbed into English, sure the mouth movements don't match the words but who cares. Host, a Korean film was also dubbed in English. If I wanted to read while watching a movie I would just read a book and forget the subtitled movie. I loathe both subtitles and widescreen movies.

I think the foreign films available here are more popular with immigrants or those that have studied that language.

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30 Jan 2009, 1:47 pm

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computerlove wrote:

CleverKitten wrote:

Amélie

It is just so charming and wonderful! As soon as you get used to the subtitles. :wink:

If you can understand French, even better!

I take it subs are not common in your country?

I like foreign films. We watched the original Godzilla in class last year, I didn't mind the fact that it was in Japanese at all. I think it even made it better.

I prefer subtitles to dubbing. Dubbing spoils the original voices.

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30 Jan 2009, 1:49 pm

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I love 80's sci-fi movies.

I recommend "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" both by John Carpenter, they are two of my favorites.

I second this. John Carpenter is the man. Assault on Precinct 13 is good, too. Except it's not really sci-fi.

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30 Jan 2009, 1:53 pm

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SamuraiSaxen wrote:

I love 80's sci-fi movies.

I recommend "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" both by John Carpenter, they are two of my favorites.

I second this. John Carpenter is the man. Assault on Precinct 13 is good, too. Except it's not really sci-fi.

I watched some of Assault On Precinct 13 the other night on TV, it would have been good if I'd concentrated on the plot, but I got distracted too often then I decided to go wash my hair instead, LOL.

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30 Jan 2009, 2:12 pm

I just saw one, on Netflix, that sounds like it might be funny. Its called Danny Deckchair. :lol: "Loopy Australian truck driver Danny (Rhys Ifans) hatches a novel way to escape his drab life after a fight with his girlfriend: He ties large helium-filled balloons to his deckchair and floats away into the sky. But a violent thunderstorm sends him hurtling out over the Outback, where he lands (as in the Wizard of Oz) in a small town where no one knows him. Meanwhile, the news media is in a frenzy about Danny's fantastic disappearance. "

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