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Requiem for a Dream. A brilliant piece of work by the amazing Darren Arnofsky.

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747Music wrote:Requiem for a Dream. A brilliant piece of work by the amazing Darren Arnofsky.


You should check The Fountain for sure

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747Music wrote:Requiem for a Dream. A brilliant piece of work by the amazing Darren Arnofsky.


You should check The Fountain for sure


Own it. Great film as well.

You should check out Pi.

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Barton Fink

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Surprisingly good! I see some Lynch comparisons on the IMDB message board, I can only agree with that, it's full of surrealism and interesting metaphores. After Lebowski and maybe No Country For Old Men by favourite Coen brothers film thus far.
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I remember Milhouse and some other kids chanting Barton Fink in an episode of The Simpsons from long ago so I've been aware of it for years. Now I must see it!

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last film i watched was 'streetwise'. highly recommended!

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A few movies did that to me;

28 days later
Sunshine
Donnie Darko
Requiem for a dream
Mulholland Drive
Memento
The Virgin Suicides (great soundtrack thanks to Air ofcourse)
Ex-Drummer (some weird Belgian shit)
Magnolia


These are the movies I watched in like the last year, which I really liked.
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Gone Baby Gone

A masterful expression of moral ambiguity. And directed by Ben Affleck! Pretty surprising.

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747Music wrote:
88marquis wrote:
747Music wrote:Requiem for a Dream. A brilliant piece of work by the amazing Darren Arnofsky.


You should check The Fountain for sure


Own it. Great film as well.

You should check out Pi.


At Wal-Mart they have Requiem For A Dream and Pi as a double feature DVD for like $10!

The only thing I can't stand about Requiem was the at the end where he gets his arm cut off, you can clearly see his real arm tucked to his side, come on! Haha. Good movie though!

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I watched Bicentennial Man way back when it came out in 1999. I was 12 then, and it made me cry.

I watched it again just the other day. I began to choke up again right at the end. What a powerful film.

I had to switch to playing Far Cry 2, just to keep from bawling.
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i just watched Tideland. I wouldn't recommend it. I think it's the most lugubrious and sinister film i ever saw.. I feel sad, sick and empty :( (and a little frightened i must admit) wonder if i'll sleep at all tonight :? we'll see :)
Has anyone else seen it?
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Taxi Driver (At first, i was like, oh no.. this film is gonna be boring as hell... how wrong i was!)
Uncle Buck (Can't believe i didn't watch this years ago, a big fan of Candy's work and he is sadly missed :()

I also watched Waking Life on Film4, back in March or something. Caught about an hour of it, very weird, but good.

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CoBoC wrote:I watched Bicentennial Man way back when it came out in 1999. I was 12 then, and it made me cry.

I watched it again just the other day. I began to choke up again right at the end. What a powerful film.


i cried too, it takes a lot do have that effect on me normally

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Letters From Iwo Jima

Didn't change my life, but it was damn good!

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Milk

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The Other wrote:man on a wire


Finally saw it, it's on iplayer for any UK guys who want to watch it.

While being interesting, recounting the events seems to be a performance by Philippe Petit and much of it seems fabricated due to his mad ego. Incredible achievement but he changed immediately due to the fame he discovered from the walk, abandoning his friends to be deported and never really giving the thanks or credit they deserved. While it was amazing to watch, having done a little more research after watching, it seems a lot was left out and relies so much on the account of Petit himself that I'm not sure it really succeeds as a documentary.

Still recommended though just for the performance itself which was pretty mindblowing. Kinda made me wish I was someone else while I was watching.

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TheSilenceEchoes wrote:i just watched Tideland. I wouldn't recommend it. I think it's the most lugubrious and sinister film i ever saw.. I feel sad, sick and empty :( (and a little frightened i must admit) wonder if i'll sleep at all tonight :? we'll see :)
Has anyone else seen it?


I NEEEED to see it.

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mechanismj wrote:I remember Milhouse and some other kids chanting Barton Fink in an episode of The Simpsons from long ago so I've been aware of it for years. Now I must see it!


Bar-ton-Fink!
Bar-ton-Fink!

hahahaha. man i love the old simpsons.

I'm gonna say 'Threads', feature-length drama the BBC did about the before and after effects of a nuclear war on two families from Sheffield. It goes from about a month before the bombs right up to 13 years after and the next generation of kids growing up in the ruins. Scarily realistic and bleak. Not a feelgood movie, but totally brilliant and powerful. You can get it on Google Video too :P
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Cupz wrote:
TheSilenceEchoes wrote:i just watched Tideland. I wouldn't recommend it. I think it's the most lugubrious and sinister film i ever saw.. I feel sad, sick and empty :( (and a little frightened i must admit) wonder if i'll sleep at all tonight :? we'll see :)
Has anyone else seen it?


I NEEEED to see it.


this is the part of the film where the entire audience yells: 'nooo, don't watch that film, don't do it!' while you move your hand to the 'play' button.. ;)
But seriously, DON'T watch it.
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has anyone seen the film Lilja 4-ever? talk about bleak... :(

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