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I dont think you will like Tarkovsky's movies. Most of them do not have a traditional narrative and going by your reviews, I think thats one aspect you prefer to have present in a film.
As for Ivan's Childhood, I didnt think it was a masterpiece, but I did like it and it has one of my favorite moments of cinematography in any film (the forest sequence between Pasha and the officer with the camera following them around and ending with the camera pulling down into the ditch). Call of Cthulhu
Mandatory watch for deluded Quake people. A short movie from 2005 that closely follows Lovecraft's original story. All shot like an early-20th century silent movie, complete with cheaply-made contemporary effects and ear-cutting score. R'lyeh looks cool. I enjoyed it as a quick oldschool fix, especially since I listened to the audiobook not long ago. (Tip: Lovecraft audiobooks + mapping = win) The White Ribbon Somewhat odd and awkward movie set in pre-WW1 Germany. I constantly thought WTF is this and why is it so critically acclaimed, but it somehow unfolded on me afterwards. I wouldn't recommended it to anyone except nitin. MegaspiritwalkR: Any of you seen Hell yet? How is it? yeah but so is Solaris.
negka, haha, already seen it mate :) Loved it of course. drew, 27 October release date in Aus so not yet. Oh yes I totally forgot about Solaris! I have seen that and liked it. The original was the better version over the George Clooney remake, but both were good. The remake will be more suited to todays audiences though since it moves at a faster pace and has more of a focus (on the relationship/romance).
Barefoot Gen (1983)
Similar to Grave of the Fireflies in that it's an anime based in Japan near the end of WWII from a child's perspective. GOTF was very very sad, but Barefoot Gen feels slightly more realistic and shocking. Loosely based on real life events as well. The animation is a little older looking, and some of the characters and voice acting can be quite irritating, but it's an incredible anime, just like GOTF. Perfect Blue (1997) Another older anime - more of a psychological drama/thriller about a pop idol turned struggling actor. It's very Lynchesque and by the end of the film quite open to interpretation as to what happened. Darren Aronofsky owns the big screen rights, which says a lot. Another incredible film, I'd love to see a live action movie of this. It does take a while to get up to speed, but the last 1/3 is crazy. Check out Satoshi Kon's other movies, they are all good (some of them a bit more light-hearted but still nice).
His death was one of the biggest losses in jap animation in the last few years, I really hope they still finish the last movie he was working on. :( Oh sweet. I've got Paprika but haven't watched it yet, so I better get his other ones. What's his TV series Paranoia Agent like?
I watched Paprika with no sub titles in native Japanese because a friend pirated it. Had only a very basic idea of what was happening. Fucking awesome movie though.
Also Tekkonkinkreet, though I didn't fancy the story quite as much. Boardwalk Empire - exactly what you'd expect from Scorcese and co, but not necessarily bad. 7 or 8/10. Some of the historical details were cool. Blatantly realistic portrayal of alcohol prohibition is very timely, given the war on drugs.
Breaking Bad - The concept is good but the writing is really inconsistent, going from brilliant to ridiculous (involving unbelievable events even given the premise), but strong acting generally pulls it through, 8/10. lots of cool moments. Black Death - Worth watching once while not sober and wanting to see some medieval hack n slash, and a bit surprising in places, but not good. 5 or 6/10 Valhalla Rising - almost no dialogue, and quite slow and confusing, but BEAUTIFULLY SHOT viking stuff, and the few violent parts are great, 8/10. Game of Thrones - Hmm hard to argue with this, the few weaknesses that bothered me (handling of battles, Lena Headey, and some of the stuff that was in the books) can't take anything away from how awesome it was to see something like this on HBO, 9.5/10 Didn't really get Burn After Reading (5/10 mostly because Clooney's "who do you work for" parts were so awesome), or A Serious Man (6/10) either, though the Cy Ableman parts of Serious Man were damned hilarious. I tend to see the Coen brothers as hit and miss. Is his weakest film really, it's fun but that's about it.
His other movies are more interesting really. Paranoia Agent is nice, a bit hard to follow at times, kinda weird. Game of Thrones - Hmm hard to argue with this, the few weaknesses that bothered me (handling of battles, Lena Headey, and some of the stuff that was in the books) can't take anything away from how awesome it was to see something like this on HBO, 9.5/10
Handling of battles meaning not showing them you mean? I thought that was a tad disappointing, given they had such a huge budget. I'm agreed with you though, solid 9.5/10, and I was really sad that the 10 episode run was over. I'm starting on the books though, which, so far, are just as good! Coen Bros are hit or miss. A Serious Man sucked I thought, then throw in a completely random, unrelated wtf ending. Score was good though - coincidentally I'm actually listening to A Serious Man score now. And True Grit score.
I really liked Burn After Reading - all the actors were great in it. Score rocked as well. in my book, I really enjoyed it. Much more than BAR, although I liked that too.
Melancholia
Enjoyed it, nice imagery and good performances. Not entirely sure about switch of focus half-way through. Going to (re)watch some of Trier's older movies next, the Dogma style ones for example. Primer Watched it finally (I actually thought it was new). Agree with what the others said in this thread. Niceish, but some omissions make it feel unnecessarily crude in parts. The Tree of Life Definitely had something. Visual story telling and abstracting stuff. Maybe a bit too slow in parts. Snowtown Now I know everything about Australians. And not just that they eat all the time. Every day! :( Also based on a well-known group of murders in the nineties which I'm not familiar with, but I thought the characters were pale and the whole thing kind of boring. Actually, the switch was okay. Makes sense now that I think about what the movie was about. Or something. I leave the profound analysis to you know who.
I assume everyone has seen http://xkcd.com/657/ ?
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