i voted lilya. i shd really revisit moodysson stuff to cnfirm how much i recall liking that (&together) but im a huge stan of his
g. wash is good; i prefer all the real girls tbrr
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 July 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
rescue dawn's solid, its going for something way different from little dieter. it has a very german sense of humor.
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 6 July 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like there is another movie with an "emigrating to western europe" plot that was in some ways similar, but i'm forgetting ... i recall a memorable sequence where they were arguing in a trailer park by the freeway and everything was beige or this nasty drizzly grey daylight color, somewhere like belgium or the netherlands.
― the late great, Friday, 6 July 2012 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
similar to lilja-4-ever
i was surprised there's no haneke on that list
― the late great, Friday, 6 July 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
this and the lack of any acknowledgement of class (who designs these machines for idiots?)
computers designed and manufactured in days of yore, i think? ones that break easily and no one can fix? not sure it's important to the enjoyment of the film, i think it's pretty clear from the get go one has to suspend a bit of disbelief here. "just repeat to yourself it's just a show, i should really just relax" etc etc
on the other hand, people on lix are starting to quote messages in their responses! this is excellent, i've been lobbying for this for years! it almost makes me want to agree with you!
― messiahwannabe, Friday, 6 July 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
People have been quoting things for a solid decade.
I'm not entirely clear on the thematic or stylistic link between Ghost Dog and Adult Swim.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 6 July 2012 06:36 (eleven years ago) link
first time this has ever been said by anyone about an entertainment weekly list
― of family bonds and individual triumph. Narrated by Tim Allen, (zachlyon), Friday, 6 July 2012 08:37 (eleven years ago) link
the orphanage was v v scary to watch in a theater, stuck with me afterwards
― of family bonds and individual triumph. Narrated by Tim Allen, (zachlyon), Friday, 6 July 2012 08:39 (eleven years ago) link
One thing I will give 24 Hour Party People is that, as I recall, it's one of the few movies besides Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me that really captures what a loud club is like. The sound was amazing, but also the atmosphere, everything. I remember feeling unsatisfied with the ending, but maybe that's part of music history so suffer.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 July 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
Since it's not the kind of thing you're likely to seek out, another shout for Fly Away Home: Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin in genuinely fun/moving family/nature adventure directed by Carroll Ballard (The Black Stallion), Never Cry Wolf).
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 6 July 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - on other boards! for some reason here they always say xpost here. xpost. geeze, which xpost goddamn it! there's always only like 927 answers per question/thread to chose from. i mean, yeah, i know, suppose i could theoretically decipher from context, reading all previous posts, but sometimes, what can i say tldr (<-useful webslang from other board[s?])
anyway screw it, ilx is ilx, i'm not complaining. i liklove the erase-what-you-were-typing-and-type-something-else thing they do here
― messiahwannabe, Saturday, 7 July 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen 13 of these. Probably would have voted for Together.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Saturday, 7 July 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
ok, so i'm making my way through various thread recommendations, and if i could go back in time and change the past i'd totally give happy accidents a vote.
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
DIG! was an interesting movie but i'd have liked it better if i liked the bands at *all*. all that talk about crazy dude's staggering genius and i'm thinking "it's just a mediocre indie take on 60's kitch, why does anybody even care!?!?" i remember being completely underwhelmed with them in the 90's or whenever they came out as well but i suppose they must have had their fans. still, interesting enough flick.
so, what should i watch next? i've now seen (in order of most enjoyment):
idiocracy (2006) 2moon (2009) 1ghost dog: the way of the samurai (1999) 724 hour party people (2002) 10happy accidents (2000) 0the iron giant (1999) 8bubba ho-tep (2002) 0marwencol (2010) 3DIG! (2004) 1layer cake (2005) 0+ i tried to watch cold comfort farm but couldn't even make it past the first 10 minutes.
i tried to watch "together" but the subtitles seemed screwed up, so not that one.
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 23 August 2012 09:48 (eleven years ago) link
primer
― WheatusVEVO (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 23 August 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
ok, i understood maybe 80% of that? 70%? lets be generous and say 71%. i may watch it again today to see if it makes more sense. i understand it's meant to be convoluted and hard to parse the first time around...
anyway good recommend, i like time travel stories.
― messiahwannabe, Saturday, 25 August 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
two family house!! i loved that movie when it came out. it really spoke to me. michael rispoli's such an underrated actor. i actually had a dream with him in it a few weeks ago - i told him he was really underrated and he thanked me and invited me to eat a spaghetti dinner with his family, which i accepted
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, June 30, 2012 12:15 PM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i watched this, def solid. the frank whaley narration is a bit bzarre imo tho. canks, rispoli is on 'magic city' on starz now tho not in it nearly enough yea love him
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 30 June 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Rispoli is really great in the otherwise-useless The Rum Diary.
― Simon H., Sunday, 30 June 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link