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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - wild special effects used for comedy and to help pace the movie with an interesting story. What length would you go through for the woman of your dreams?
Night Watch and to a lesser extent Day Watch - Good versus evil movies more interested in equalibrium than annihilation. Zany special effects (this is where Harrp Potter stole all thier ideas from) to a much more higher budget (as in ripping off Matrix) in the sequel, but never loses the feel of excitement and wonder. Makes people spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what the heck is going on.
El Mariachi - It still amazes me how many people have yet to see this movie. Especially with how popular Desperado with Antonio Banderas had gotten. Thie original though is a much better story about an average guy being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Low budget and terrible acting do nothing to diminish the high quality of this flick.
Leon the Professional - Best estranged love story. Ever.
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch - Barrels is your average crime movie, just with outstanding story and cinematography. A much more humourous and friendly "El Mariachi." Snatch on the other hand keeps the humour but ups the ante on everything else.
Also Infernal Affairs was mentioned but I'd recommend the Amercianized Departed instead. Not that the Infernal movies weren't great, but Departed is totally awesome and easier to submerge yourself into. Unless of course you're having to reverse my personal subtitle roles.
Night Watch and to a lesser extent Day Watch - Good versus evil movies more interested in equalibrium than annihilation. Zany special effects (this is where Harrp Potter stole all thier ideas from) to a much more higher budget (as in ripping off Matrix) in the sequel, but never loses the feel of excitement and wonder. Makes people spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what the heck is going on.
El Mariachi - It still amazes me how many people have yet to see this movie. Especially with how popular Desperado with Antonio Banderas had gotten. Thie original though is a much better story about an average guy being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Low budget and terrible acting do nothing to diminish the high quality of this flick.
Leon the Professional - Best estranged love story. Ever.
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch - Barrels is your average crime movie, just with outstanding story and cinematography. A much more humourous and friendly "El Mariachi." Snatch on the other hand keeps the humour but ups the ante on everything else.
Oldboy - The best of the Vengeance Trilogy. If you can only watch one, this is it! These movies mess with your head. Gore, trauma, psychopathy of a slasher horror flick but with story and cinematography of a cult classic.kman123 said:
Also Infernal Affairs was mentioned but I'd recommend the Amercianized Departed instead. Not that the Infernal movies weren't great, but Departed is totally awesome and easier to submerge yourself into. Unless of course you're having to reverse my personal subtitle roles.
Machete is pretty awesome.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas rocks completely. Pretty much it is just the story of a reporter and his doctor friend who go on a 3 day binge of psychedelics and a few other drugs and the story is their adventures while they are messed up. Really funny and a proper story, no "these are some events", a full journey. Stars Johny Depp, I can honestly say I would love to try what they did and in that era. Hell, I think I'll watch that movie again right now.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas rocks completely. Pretty much it is just the story of a reporter and his doctor friend who go on a 3 day binge of psychedelics and a few other drugs and the story is their adventures while they are messed up. Really funny and a proper story, no "these are some events", a full journey. Stars Johny Depp, I can honestly say I would love to try what they did and in that era. Hell, I think I'll watch that movie again right now.
C'est arrivé prês de chez vous, or Man Bites Dog. Awesome.
Tokyo Drifter/Branded to Kill from Suzuki; Tarantino/Jarmusch eat your heart out.
Myself I've been on a Takashi Kitano trip lately. Boiling Point and Violent cop are hilarious.
Tokyo Drifter/Branded to Kill from Suzuki; Tarantino/Jarmusch eat your heart out.
Myself I've been on a Takashi Kitano trip lately. Boiling Point and Violent cop are hilarious.
For what it's worth: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
It completely bombed at the box office, but it's my favorite movie from last year, that's for sure.
More people need to see that masterpiece! Well, according to me of course.
I'm in lesbians with it!
It completely bombed at the box office, but it's my favorite movie from last year, that's for sure.
More people need to see that masterpiece! Well, according to me of course.
I'm in lesbians with it!