[Spoonatov]

Originally Posted by Spammy

The main problem I hear people complain about is the pacing. People aren't willing to sit down through a film and take it in properly. It has to be fast moving, which really annoys me when people dismiss something completely because they stopped watching after half an hour, citing the pace as the reason.

Originally Posted by Salvation

Anything can be good as long as it's appealing. But most important aspects remain the storyline and the plot and each movie has something in it, like that one long scene in War of the worlds where Cruise finds the tripods and runs through the streets and into the tube (subway?). That's why maybe I'm not a fan of Indiana Jones movies cos it focuses mainly on the action and the plot takes a back step even at times being sacrificed for an action scene

Timeless classics for me are ones which can by accessed at any age. Apocalypse Now is the best movie that I've ever watched and I can access it at any time of my life. Probably 'cos it speaks about a general subject i.e war and has a anti-war message which as Spoony said is accessible. Or something like Strangelove for its humour, screenplay and execution

When it comes to suspense movies like Vertigo or Conversation, it could well be me wanting the movie to surprise me a lot. And some, like Taxi Driver fizzled into me expecting too much out of it. Talking of Hitchcock, the one movie that I liked of his a lot was North by Northwest which no one really raved about much

Pretty vague, but a lot of factors contribute a good movie and some of those are dependent on the state of mind I'm in

That's a highly rated film. Rebecca's my favourite. I thought it was masterpiece. I think Spammy's probably right about the pacing of films not being to the taste of many, especially the younger generation. I still think the films you regard as timeless classics are the one's you've been able to access easily. Godfather 1&2 for example, appeals to everyone. . . it's easy to watch, brilliantly acted, has a fantastic score. . .and sucks you right in. But not all films are that easy to watch.

[Salvation]

Godfather 1 is hardly the fastest paced movie

It has nothing to do with pace. I liked Taxi Driver but not to the extent that it's been raved. Conversation was a let down 'cos the plot twist wasn't good enough for the build up that it had

[crappycraperson]

Just saw In the mood for love.

And it's not for me. I get why many rave about it. One has to appreciate how beautifully each scene and sequence is presented by the director. Possibly one of the best movie direction wise, but that doesn't alone seals the deal for me. There is distinction between the two. I mainly decide my favs by the number of times I can watch them again, don't think I would be too eager to watch ITMFL again.

[Salvation]

Crappy, have you seen Omkara? Saw it now and it's probably one of the better movies to come out in the past decade

[mehro]

I saw it with my entire family. Very uncomfortable with all the abusing n all. Good movie though.

[Wolverine]

Decided to see Visitor Q today; i was promised that it would be the most extreme movie i've seen. It was. Not the biggest fan of extreme cinema but nevertheless despite all the taboo themes, i was engaged till the end.

[Wolverine]

Originally Posted by Salvation

Crappy, have you seen Omkara? Saw it now and it's probably one of the better movies to come out in the past decade

Decent film; probably the only film where i've seen Saif Ali Khan act well.

[Salvation]

Originally Posted by mehro

I saw it with my entire family. Very uncomfortable with all the abusing n all. Good movie though.

Bet you couldn't laugh at the jokes to prove your dignity

[crappycraperson]

I knew the story of Othello before watching it so that kinda ruined it for me.

Saw Chake De recently, it's pretty good entertainment.

I actually plan to catch hold of many small independent movies made in India, I know of an Israeli director who used to work in India and he raved about a lot of small movies which used to air in film festivals. He himself made one.

[mehro]

Well I was expected to come out and say it was shit n all just like everyone else and that's what I did.

[mehro]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

I knew the story of Othello before watching it so that kinda ruined it for me.

Saw Chake De recently, it's pretty good entertainment.

I actually plan to catch hold of many small independent movies made in India, I know of an Israeli director who used to work in India and he raved about a lot of small movies which used to air in film festivals. He himself made one.

I'd read Othello and seen a shitty Hollywood adaptation called 'O' but I still think it was a well made movie. Didn't really have to rely on its storyline to be enjoyable.

Btw, I saw Dor on my flight to India in the summer and that was excellent.

[Wolverine]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Saw Chake De recently, it's pretty good entertainment.

Might go see it with the family.

Also saw Shootout at Lokhandwala; didn't think much of it to be honest. Think the film has a muddled up message and its tough to empathise with the goons at the end when they've been portrayed as tarts throughout.

[crappycraperson]

Yes, Dor was great. Have you watched Pather Panchali? Supposed to be the best Indian movie ever.

[Salvation]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

I knew the story of Othello before watching it so that kinda ruined it for me.

Knew it was going to be a rubbish "adaptation" and hence I disconsidered that bit before hand

Originally Posted by Wolverine

Decent film; probably the only film where i've seen Saif Ali Khan act well.

Agreed

Originally Posted by mehro

Well I was expected to come out and say it was shit n all just like everyone else and that's what I did.

[Salvation]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Yes, Dor was great. Have you watched Pather Panchali? Supposed to be the best Indian movie ever.

There's a timeless classic for you...

Shootout at Lokhandwala was fucking awful. That curbing scene taken out of American History X

[Wolverine]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Yes, Dor was great. Have you watched Pather Panchali? Supposed to be the best Indian movie ever.

That the part one of the Bengali trilogy? Wanting to see it for ages, searched in loads of DVD/VCD places, both fake and real but no luck so far.

Probably have to torrent it or something.

[crappycraperson]

I actually think the best part of Omkara was the whole background setting to the story.

[mehro]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Yes, Dor was great. Have you watched Pather Panchali? Supposed to be the best Indian movie ever.

Haven't seen it. I've heard a lot about it and will try and get hold of it sometime.

Shootout at whatever was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time.

[crappycraperson]

I had to recently endure Hey Babyy as well

And was almost dragged to Marigold.....

[Salvation]

Originally Posted by mehro

Haven't seen it. I've heard a lot about it and will try and get hold of it sometime.

You guys should, please

Watch all three, Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar

[Hammer Michael]

Originally Posted by Wolverine

Decided to see Visitor Q today; i was promised that it would be the most extreme movie i've seen. It was. Not the biggest fan of extreme cinema but nevertheless despite all the taboo themes, i was engaged till the end.

Hope I'm not the only one who has seen this film that finds it funny as fuck! I'm pretty sure Spoony rates it as a black comedy as well...

You will be shocked...but will be laughing too much to care! (in a sort of 'I can't believe I'm watching this AND seeing the humour in it' kind of way). That's if rape, incest, lactation, necrophilia etc. CAN be entertaining?

[VanNistelrater]

Lighting yeh, cinamatography yeh, 4xmill Cameras 'n shit? Yeh? Yeh?

No. Fuck yourself.

[Wibble]

Originally Posted by Spoony

I If a film is not fast paced, it's regarded as boring.

Agreed. People who say that Three colours Blue was boring need to be fed to rabid stoats.

And the Indianna Jones series was brilliant fun. I could watch them again tommorow.

[mehro]

[Spoonatov]

Originally Posted by Wibble

Agreed. People who say that Three colours Blue was boring need to be fed to rabid stoats.

And the Indianna Jones series was brilliant fun. I could watch them again tommorow.

Yep, I agree. In fact I might watch Raiders again, this week.

Originally Posted by Hammer Michael

Hope I'm not the only one who has seen this film that finds it funny as fuck! I'm pretty sure Spoony rates it as a black comedy as well...

You will be shocked...but will be laughing too much to care! (in a sort of 'I can't believe I'm watching this AND seeing the humour in it' kind of way). That's if rape, incest, lactation, necrophilia etc. CAN be entertaining?

Yeah, it's a brilliant black comedy. Although, it's obvious that Takeshi Miike is a conservative at heart. He was clearly having a pop at the decay in Japanese society.(Although, he's not lived in England, if he thinks Japan is bad)

[crappycraperson]

Spoilerish......


I have had a change of heart about ITMFL, I love it now. I reckon immediately after watching the movie I was a bit sentimental about them not getting together in the end and thus thought little of it. That happened with One flew over the cuckoo's nest as well when they made JK a spastic, I hated that and in turn the movie for sometime. But now it's one my fav movies.

[mehro]

Oi! Put the spoilers in white, I haven't seen this one yet.

[Spoonatov]

Originally Posted by crappycraperson

But now it's one my fav movies.

Watch Fallen Angels and Chunking Express, as well.

[crappycraperson]

Originally Posted by VanNistelrater

Lighting yeh, cinamatography yeh, 4xmill Cameras 'n shit? Yeh? Yeh?

No. Fuck yourself.

You probably don't even know what cinematography is otherwise there is no way you could claim that it doesn't matter for a movie.