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. 

Hell (1994)
Hell (1999)
Hell (2005)
Hell (2006)
Hell (2011)

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And no, don't think so. 

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. 

but I'm not a huge anime fan. 

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. 

how awesome is Valhalla Rising :) 

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. 

try Europa, that was great IMHO but keep in mind a lot of his older stuff is more abstract. 

I assume everyone has seen http://xkcd.com/657/ ? 

Cool !! 

Not a film, but has anyone else watched American Horror Story? Thoughts on it?

Freaky weird show. 

Just randomly watched Get Carter (1971) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067128/

Had no idea what to expect and got a nice grim crime thriller drama in 1970's England. Parts sure felt dated and some even amateurish (the violence in particular) but overall I really liked it and was on the edge of my seat through the second half. Seriously thrilling and unpredictable. Calm and cool. As I said, it is quite grim and has a serious theme. I felt like I was missing a lot due to language and sound troubles at times but in the end I think that a) the movie is meant to let you guess/feel a lot and b) things being uncertain or not explained added a lot.

Definitely recommended if you think you might like it! 

Spirit liked a movie ;-) 

you missed how much I liked Hanna!

also rewatched Anchorman recently and enjoyed it. 

 

there's quite a few good ones, I even enjoyed the recent Colin Farrell starrer London Boulevard, despite its many flaws.

Sexy Beast is still the one that sticks with me most out of the modern ones.