Film Snobbery

[Hey Joe]

Being a film snob myself and a recent graduate of a film and media major in Uni, I was wondering if we had any other film snobs in the house. I know Purps is a film student, but he is yet to learn the way of the film student.

So, who in this nuthouse would rather poke their own eyeballs out rather than see anything at a 'megaplex'?

Do we have any Goddard fans? How about De Palma? Argento? Almodovar? Miyazaki? Kurosawa? Heaven help us if we have any Solondz fans in here!

DISCUSS

 

[Hey Joe]

i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

Get out of my house.

 

[Fire Daemon]

i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

OMFG Die hard is such a cool movie! He totaly blows up dem terrorists with his gun. He's all like Pew Pew!!! Who's Kurosawa?

No I am not a Film Snob but I hope to be one day. Just one more year.

Any Tips?

 

[Brett Alex]

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

 

[Frybird]

De Palma as in Brian De Palma?

And i don't know if Miyazaki and Argento count as snobbish, either...

I tried to be a film snob once, but i am too easily bored and too fascinated by big 'splosions to be like that.

But i still like Films like marebito, Park-Wook's Revenge Movies (of wich only Oldboy is really action-y), The Devils Backbone or un-cliched Anime-Films like "5 Kilometers per second"

 

[flatearth]

I find myself being tortured by film snobbery often. I watch a lot of movies, and find that my taste is sligthly higher than the standard hollywood blockbuster. Give me City of the lost children over Men in Black any day.

The problem comes with the older classics. Many of these movies were great by older standard. They might have been very controversial when they came out, but today, they are just too bland.

I wathced Taxi driver some time ago, and can't really see why it is so graet movie. I can see that it has been a good movie, but not great. Lots of it's gruesome realism is too mild for today. And let's not forget the excruciatingly slow way Scorsese tells his stories. I like to watch slow movies, but this is just too much for me.

 

[Hey Joe]

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

 

[GothmogII]

Well...I liked Sanjuro. I've heard good things about his other stuff, unfortunately I've not found a copy of Seven Samurai yet. And as for Hayao Miyazaki, yes. 100% yes. The Castle of Cagliostro & Nausicaä above the others for me :3

I don't know that I'd be a snob...but, I'm very selective of what I watch, mostly sci-fi, horror, and cult stuff at that, Bubba Hotep, Evil Dead, Jacob's Ladder, The Thing etc. I have however started watching older action/drama/comedy stuff, Duel, Citizen Cane, Dr.Strangelove etc. Actually...there's quite a dearth of good new stuff at all these days, it's all utter crap, even those big blockbusters, like the most recent Batman for example, I loved, was a great movie, but, I wouldn't watch it again, nor buy it on DvD, it was great, just not that great.

 

[Hawgh]

I had a single year of medialogy in high school. Does that count?

 

[Brett Alex]

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

 

[Hey Joe]

Bubba Ho-Tep was awesomepants!

I like Nausicaa too, but I find that Spirited Away is my favourite Miyazaki and Porco Rosso is my guilty pleasure because it's just so much fun!

 

[flatearth]

Just remembered a reason why I could never be a real movie snob. I hated Fellini's La Strada so much. Damn that was a bad movie.

 

[Hey Joe]

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

Hero was an okay flick. By far the most fascinating aspect to that film though was the cinematography. Kind of like Three Colours only with a lot more fists to the face. Christopher Doyle is my hero!

 

[flatearth]

Well...I liked Sanjuro. I've heard good things about his other stuff, unfortunately I've not found a copy of Seven Samurai yet.

Try ordering it here. Seeing that you are European, this is pretty much one of the best options for you.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/4511/Seven-Samurai/Product.html

 

[Brett Alex]

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

Hero was an okay flick. By far the most fascinating aspect to that film though was the cinematography. Kind of like Three Colours only with a lot more fists to the face. Christopher Doyle is my hero!

I would agree, but for me it was the sheer scale of the thing. I mean, screw your Lord of the Rings CGI, when they had a thousand people for the battle scenes, they had a thousand people for the battle scenes.

Oh and how bout if I say that I met Zhang while he was working on it? Like literally, while he was working on it.

 

[mintsauce]

I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm a film snob, but I do love Japanese cinema. I love Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano (especially Brother, Boiling Point /3-4x10月, and Zatoichi), and am looking forward to when I finally get around to watching some Kurosawa.

Oh, and I adore things like Lost in Translation, Fargo, and Gummo. Stuff that's a bit different. Hey Joe, any recommendations?

 

[jim_doki]

oh god.

I like films, but no amount of art is going to make a pile of crap any more appealing. I like the work of John Waters, The Cohens, most of Sam Raimi's that i've seen, Krubric except for eyes wide shut, but all i could tell you about them was that I enjoyed them. I don't like it when art gets in the way of the message (see Donny Darko)