Dirty Recommendations

[mmm skyscraper]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

KANEDAAAAA!

On the Japanese track it sounds like he's saying Canada.

Millenium Actress is a great anime. No dub though.

[Winston]

Originally Posted by Animal Boything

I'd like to think that most dirts have already seen Fear and Loathing, but I guess it's worth mentioning just in case someone hasn't, because it is one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of human expression. And also funny.

if you have seen or not, it's a recommendation, isn't it

[Bargo]

I saw The Proposition today. It's a gritty, brutal western set in the early colonial days of Australia, and I found it to be an amazingly powerful film. The performances by everyone, Guy Pearce and Ray Winstone in particular, are fantastic.. the visuals, oh my god, the visuals are spectacularly beautiful, showing off an arid, hellish side to outback Australia.

It's quite a violent film, but it's seldomly gratuitous and it never revels in it. The ending shook me up quite a bit. Highly recommended.

[Animal Boything]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

That's funny, cos i have it the other way around.

I absolutely loved Akira, and i still do. The only bad thing about it is that every other Anime movie that i've seen later on has paled in comparison...
Nothing has made such an impact on me like Akira did.

Same here. Other movies come and go, but I never get tired of Akira. To me, the second half is the best part. The scene where Kaneda and Tetsuo relive their childhood friendship after having tried to kill each other is in my opinion one of the most powerful scenes in film history. I've seen it over and over and it never loses its impact. I guess it's a personal thing.

[monkeyboy]

Originally Posted by gambit

All anime recommendations:

Perfect Blue - very creepy film; deals with a falling pop star and the people dying all around her.
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.
My Neighbor Totoro - it may be a family film, but Miyazaki can make them absolutely amazing.
The Grave of the Fireflies - feeling too happy lately? Then watch this film and be utterly depressed. (Seriously, this is a fantastic film about two Japanese orphans during WWII.)
Ghost in the Shell - watch the new edition on DVD (the one with the silver cover); it has a better dub, which helps in understanding this cyberpunk classic.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - just for the hell of it; can't go wrong with interplanetary bounty hunters.

Fuck yeah I love anime...I have got Ghost in The Shell and it's fucking awesome.
Recenty I have been checking this anime called Naruto...great fighting scenes and some nice swearing in japanese.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Obscure in the states perhaps but we Brits love this film. So many classic lines. And all so fucking funny.

"We've gone on holiday by mistake."

"If you hit me, it's murder."

"We shall have cake and fine wine. The finest wines known to man."

"I shall have you even if it need be buglary!"

"MONTY YOU CUNT."

etc.

Withnail & I is my number one film of all time. There comes a point when you can quote the whole movie as almsot every line is funny and memorable (and its "monty you terrible cunt!" ).

"You can stuff it up your arse for nothing and fuck off while you're doing it!"

"How should i know where we are. I feel like a pig shat in my head."

[Jason Roth]

I haven't seen it yet, but in Into The Blue, Jessica Alba spends the entire movie in a bikini.

Therefore, it's recommended.

[ffolkes]

Even though many might have seen it already, i'll still recommend:

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Directed by: David Mamet
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce and Alec Baldwin.


One of my fav movies ever, this is an "actor's film" if there ever is one.

Based on David Mamet's play, Glengarry Glen Ross revolves around four desperate real estate salesmen racing for clients (or "leads") as they do not want to get fired by the end of the week. Doesn't maybe sound that tight on paper, but on screen it gets very tense.

Glengarry has an all-star cast, and absolutely everybody is on superb form. Mamet's dialogue is also a standout.
(Who could forget that hardball sales pitch by Alec Baldwin?)

I love this film.

[b.miller]

one more movie that you probably won't see till next year... but hopefully when it comes out something in the back of your mind will go "hey! you heard this was good a long time ago!"

Hostel

From Eli Roth who did that movie Cabin Fever, this is about a couple of buddies backpacking through Europe in search of sex and end up... well... unhappy. There's a lot of hype going on about the movie right now about it being the goriest movie ever made and a new level in brutality and all that stuff... none of that's really true... but that doesn't keep it from being an absolutely kickass horror movie, compounded by the eery plausibility of the premise. I actually wouldn't be surprised if stuff like what's shown in this movie is actually happening somewhere in the World... which makes it all the more creepier. so yeah, Hostel gets a SOLID recommendation from me. Be sure to see it when it comes out!

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by b.miller

Hostel gets a SOLID recommendation from me. Be sure to see it when it comes out!

Yeah i actually heard about this just last week! My brother works in a movie distribution company and he's always scouting for upcoming films... (He loves horror in particular) Anyway he mentioned "Hostel" and said that it's rumoured to be pretty sick.

I'll definitely check this out, as there can never be too many good horror movies.

Thanks!