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Goldeneye
Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed
Bohemian Rhapsody
Daisies
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here

Thoughts on them? Good or bad?

I've seen them all at least once, and I might buy some in the near future, but obviously I'm looking for really good films, and they should be as rewatchable as possible (it's not unusual for me to watch a great film 10 or 20 times).

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Too lazy
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Bump.
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No opinions. Wow. CE certainly knows its films. I mean, what is the James Bond series? Also, what's Star Wars?
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Here are some other films.

Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad

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The fuck?
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BeyondWalls posted...

The fuck?

Your complete confusing is funny to me.

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Goldeneye

Wasn't this the early/mid 90's one? I saw it in theaters. But that was a long time ago and I was a little kid so I don't remember much. I vaguely remember this dude who kept saying "I am invincible!" and some sweeping shot of a dam but that's it. And I might be confusing it with Mission Impossible. Anyway, I can't stand Bond in general.

Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne

Never seen them.

The Force Awakens

Loved it. Complaints that it was too similar too the OT kinda smelled of woosh. It was intentional (obviously), topical, and iroically very creative. It's important to remember the context of the discontent between millennials and boomers and the fact that it came out 40 years after ANH. Though it wasn't really obvious what they were doing until the end (they teased it with Vader's helmet), Kylo's sudden character development right at the end confirmed that it was going to be the bait for the upcoming switch that would be episode 8.

The Last Jedi

And while I won't give Johnson credit for delivering (seems like the new director got wooshed just as hard), 8 kinda stumbled into doing what 7 set up in that regard. But the film was mediocre overall. Had a boring premise and way too much filler but managed a few really good scenes here and there that were unfortunately cancelled out (and then some) by a ood many really bad scenes.

Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed

Nevetlr seen them

Bohemian Rhapsody

Never seen it. Queen is my favorite band ever but Brian was the best member. Anyway, never cared for celebrity biographies, and given the Hollywood treatment I would no doubt find it infuriating since I actually know a little about Freddy's bio anyway.

Daisies

Never seen it

Temple of Doom

Wasn't a bad film. Weakest of the trilogy but had a lot of fun scenes in it and I really like the climax.

Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here
Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad

Never seen them
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Thank you, DevsBro, finally, a proper response. I expected there would be plenty of films on that list, that a random person on CE wouldn't have seen.

But wtf @ your vague memories of Goldeneye. I thought all millennials knew the Brosnan films pretty well. You seen very fuzzy on it. I know all 4 films really well, and most of them I've seen at least 10 times. Sadly, I only saw TMD and TWINE at the cinema.

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Hacksaw Ridge was overall a good movie, but it felt kind of manipulative/oscar-baity to me.
Force Awakens was okay.
Last Jedi was boring.

I've seen Saving Private Ryan and Golden Eye once, but i don't remember them, it was along time ago for both.

Haven't seen the rest. (I don't watch a ton of movies)
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Sunhawk posted...

But wtf @ your vague memories of Goldeneye. I thought all millennials knew the Brosnan films pretty well. You seen very fuzzy on it. I know all 4 films really well, and most of them I've seen at least 10 times. Sadly, I only saw TMD and TWINE at the cinema.

Well like I said I can't stand Jimmy B.
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o_o
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Anyone else have any opinions?
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Sunhawk posted...

Goldeneye
Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed
Bohemian Rhapsody
Daisies
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here

Thoughts on them? Good or bad?

I've seen them all at least once, and I might buy some in the near future, but obviously I'm looking for really good films, and they should be as rewatchable as possible (it's not unusual for me to watch a great film 10 or 20 times).

Sunhawk posted...

Here are some other films.

Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad

These are good. I didnt watch the rest of those
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Goldeneye It's fine
Spectre Never seen it
SiREN Never seen it
Suzanne Never seen it
The Force Awakens It's fine
The Last Jedi Never seen it
Three Billboards Never seen it
The Shape of Water Never seen it
La La Land Never seen it
To The Devil A Daughter Never seen it
The Quiet Ones Never seen it
Brewster McCloud Never seen it
The Gingerbread Man Never seen it
Splice Never seen it
First Reformed Never seen it
Bohemian Rhapsody Never seen it
Daisies Never seen it
Temple of Doom Good movie
Lila Says Never seen it
Three Colours: Blue Never seen it
Three Colours: Red Never seen it
Three Colours: White Never seen it
Saving Private Ryan Good movie
Aces High Never seen it
The Dawns Are Quiet Here Never seen it
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Goldeneye
Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed
Bohemian Rhapsody
Daisies
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here
Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad
Everybody's Fine
Metropolis

All films that might be worth buying. Maaaaaybe.

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Wow, I just looked at Metropolis on Amazon, a film that is actually quite average, and it was something like 15.

Nope.

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Forest Gump
The Breakfast Club
St Elmo's Fire

You know, I'm actually really surprised I never got copies of The Breakfast Club, or, to a lesser extent, SEF. Enjoyable stuff.

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Ran
Dreams

I'm not entirely keen on Korosawa, but I own very few Japanese films.

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Sunhawk posted...

Last Year at Marionbad
Everybody's Fine
Metropolis

I don't think I commented on these yet.

Only one I've seen is Metropolis, and you'll have to forgive me for gushing here but it RULED.

You kinda have to expect that a movie filmed 91 years ago in Germany that still manages to maintain relevance had a lot of good stuff going on and it definitely does. Applying the concept of the story of Job to class warfare was something I never would have thought of but it totally works. It plays both sides of the concept fairly--both human in the good and the bad ways--and notes that God's mediator descended to us and not the other way around. In addition to great thematic content, it has killer directing (the machine scene in particular), special effects decades ahead of their time, plenty of excellent emotive work from the actors (Freder in particular), believable character development and realy good music. 10/10 film.
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Wow, CE continues to surprise me.

I did enjoy it, though...but I'm not paying about 15 for it. Maybe some of the other stuff on the list. First Reformed, or TLJ.

You know, I saw The Dawns Are Quiet Here for 25 on Amazon. That's probably not gonna happen, either.

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Never saw any of them
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Bump.
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SF_Okami posted...

Never saw any of them

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Goldeneye
Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed
Bohemian Rhapsody
Daisies
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here
Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad
Everybody's Fine
Metropolis

Some of my favourites. But I don't generally buy all American / mainstream films.

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The Last Jedi
The Devil A Daughter
La La Land
First Reformed
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Suzanne
Daisies
Siren
The Dawns Are Quiet Here

That would make a good batch of films to buy. Lots of good films, and it's a really nice mix. About half are main stream, about half are indie. A nice mix of countries, as well. 5 American, 1 British, 2 French, 1 Czech, and 1 Russian.

Perhaps it could do with some more indie stuff, though.

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It's a shame, those films I've never been able to get. Moon in the Gutter, which I've wanted to watch for years, wasn't ever released on DVD or Blu-Ray (I don't think so, anyway). HealtH apparently never got any home release, which is sad.

Then, of course, there are those films which are needlessly expensive to buy.

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I just looked at those 10 films I listed in post 26, and most of them were regular prices on DVD. About 7 for most of them. Daisies was about 12, though, and also, First Reformed was about 12 too, for some reason. I wouldn't let that stop me from buying FR, but probably Daisies.

Thoughts on those films?

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Oh yeah, TDAQH is about 25 (and this is on DVD), but it might be worth getting anyway. Very enjoyable film, plus it's maybe 2 and a half hours long, so it's good value for money.
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The Eyes of Laura Mars, and Rouge One are good films.
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The Last Jedi
The Devil A Daughter
La La Land
First Reformed
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Suzanne
Three Colours: Blue
SiREN
Ran

How are these? Do you think this is better than the other 10 films I listed?

Come to think of it, where is everyone? I've been the only one posting in a while.

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@pinky0926
@CyricZ
@Alpha218
@teepan95
@Godnorgosh
@AutumnBlaze

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I dont really watch films Sunhawk. Thats why Ive had nothing to say. Usually when I post in your topics I have at least a little bit of knowledge of the subject, yeah?
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7 bumps to get to the list of @s this time huh
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Alpha218 posted...

I dont really watch films Sunhawk. Thats why Ive had nothing to say. Usually when I post in your topics I have at least a little bit of knowledge of the subject, yeah?

What kind of person doesn't watch films?

CE may be almost clueless on films, but they watch popular films, at least.

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on topic, I would like criterion to reprint last year at marienbad
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Sunhawk posted...

Alpha218 posted...

I dont really watch films Sunhawk. Thats why Ive had nothing to say. Usually when I post in your topics I have at least a little bit of knowledge of the subject, yeah?

What kind of person doesn't watch films?

CE may be almost clueless on films, but they watch popular films, at least.

I dont really like to watch films or television. Most of my media I get from YouTube.

My TV is only in my room for my Switch
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Alpha218 posted...

Sunhawk posted...

Alpha218 posted...

I dont really watch films Sunhawk. Thats why Ive had nothing to say. Usually when I post in your topics I have at least a little bit of knowledge of the subject, yeah?

What kind of person doesn't watch films?

CE may be almost clueless on films, but they watch popular films, at least.

I dont really like to watch films or television. Most of my media I get from YouTube.

My TV is only in my room for my Switch

Well, at least you've got a modern console.

prettyprincess posted...

on topic, I would like criterion to reprint last year at marienbad

Why? That film was actually pretty boring. I mean, I really like French films, and I really like experimental films, but that wasn't very entertaining to watch.

It's no Eraserhead, or Synecdoche, New York.

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its better than Eraserhead and about as equally fantastic as S,NY
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Goldeneye
Spectre
SiREN
Suzanne
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
La La Land
To The Devil A Daughter
The Quiet Ones
Brewster McCloud
The Gingerbread Man
Splice
First Reformed
Bohemian Rhapsody
Daisies
Temple of Doom
Lila Says
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: Red
Three Colours: White
Saving Private Ryan
Aces High
The Dawns Are Quiet Here
Hacksaw Ridge
Southbound
Rocky Horror (remake)
Last Year at Marionbad
Everybody's Fine
Metropolis
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Rouge One
Lost Highway

So many potential films to choose from.

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prettyprincess posted...

its better than Eraserhead and about as equally fantastic as S,NY

The level of complexity and detail is great in Synecdoche, New York. I also really like the characters, and the confusion.

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I get the comparison in that they are both acclaimed films that experiment with narrative structure, but I love LYaM because of my fondness for chamber pieces as opposed to that sprawl in S,NY
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Chamber pieces? I assume you mean films largely set indoors?
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I liked Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. Im big on superhero movies though and you probably look down on me for being that way
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I admit, I loled at "for being that way".

But yeah. I do.

Most film buffs would.

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Sunhawk posted...

Chamber pieces? I assume you mean films largely set indoors?

not necessarily, just films with a small(ish) cast set within a limited environment/period of time

bergman being the usual example
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I think the TV term equivalent of this is "bottle show". I think it's basically the same thing.

Bergman wasn't limited by budget or time, though. A lot of his films were pretty good.#

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@BlueMonk

The Devil Rides Out is also quite a good film.

You know, I don't know how to feel about The Quiet Ones? I thought it was pretty average when I saw it, a few years ago, but I wonder if I've underestimated it. Perhaps I should buy it. Also, it would be cool to own a New Hammer film.

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it is a wonder he maintained such a distinct style over a career as long as his
I should watch Bergman Island sometime
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No
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Goldeneye - pretty good
Spectre - just OK
The Force Awakens - growing on me
The Last Jedi - the worst good Star Wars movie
The Shape of Water - interesting, not my favorite Del Toro though
La La Land - just OK
Daisies - kind of weird if it's the Czech movie
Temple of Doom - not a huge fan. The other two OT Indy films are better.
Three Colours: Blue - GOAT territory
Three Colours: Red - GOAT of the GOAT territory
Three Colours: White - GOAT territory
Saving Private Ryan - really good, likely lost BP because of a vote split with Thin Red Line
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