Not hating, but I've never understood people's love for this movie, I find it pretty hammy. Ben Kingsley's just not scarey.
Well, if you don't see it, you don't see it but I found Kingsley so scary that I felt his horrible presence when he wasn't even on the screen. I thought the story was really good, it went in a lot of different directions, but stayed tight. The monster could have been so cheesy, but it actually worked. The cast was not full of fine young things for a change and everyone came across as natural and believable - really good acting imo. Good female characters and Ian McShane is in it! There's a nice gay sub-lot and it's beautifully shot. One of the best openings for a film as well.
Not hating, but I've never understood people's love for this movie, I find it pretty hammy. Ben Kingsley's just not scarey.
That's fair enough. For me personally I didn't know anything about the film before watching it so had no expectations. Avoiding AYO as much as I can, as soon as Winstone came on the screen in his speedos, gut hanging over his trunks, I was sold on the film.*
While I didn't find Kingsley particularly frightening as such he did make me piss myself laughing about ten times during the movie, helps that I've met many angry midgets very similar to his character in my time. Also, after being absolutely deadened by the slew of tedious Lock Stock style gangster films the whole retired, fat, tanned unpleasantness of the film was a real breath of fresh air.
The Last Detail One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Satyajit Ray's 'Apu' trilogy. (Ok,Pather Panchali if I have to choose) The Ladykillers (no, not the remake) Some Like It Hot
Touki Bouki Cranes are Flying Five Easy Pieces Fitzcarraldo Andrei Rublev Do the Right Thing Paris, Texas Mean Streets Before Night Falls Naked Shadows (Cassavetes) The Wild Bunch and a billion more
I heart your list. Fitzcarraldo is a brilliant film and Kinski does unhinged better than anyone else. Nosferatu is also great.
Not hating, but I've never understood people's love for this movie, I find it pretty hammy. Ben Kingsley's just not scarey.
That's fair enough. For me personally I didn't know anything about the film before watching it so had no expectations. Avoiding AYO as much as I can, as soon as Winstone came on the screen in his speedos, gut hanging over his trunks, I was sold on the film.*
*There's no way I could avoid an ayo is there.
Thats possibly the best explanation as to why anyone likes this movie I could hope for.
Winstone is 'the daddy'. In Scum he is really is scarey. I did enjoy the fact that they avoided the obvious in Sexy Beast, like casting Kingsley as a hardman, and Winston as a weaker character.
Innocence Singing in the Rain Rope Night of the Hunter Faat Kine Blood Simple Maelstrom The Devils 1900 Sweet Smell of Success + most of Haneke + Sorcese up to Casino + most of Jarmusch + most of Claire Denis + most of Dario Argento + Moodysson up to Lilya
this is too hard for me to pick one hitchcock movie.
(no order) -Le Samourai -The Birds (North by Northwest possible runner up) -High and Low -A Knife in the Water -The Limey
somewhere close...
-scenes from a marriage -all that heaven allows -evil dead 2 -notorious -psycho -the fog of war -my best fiend -bonnie & clyde -chinatown -the five obstructions -mean streets -branded to kill -when we were kings -this is spinal tap -the big sleep -blue velvet -weekend -dog day afternoon -persona
Um, there's only 4 right? Which one/s didn't you like?
His Films are:
Cache The Time of the Wolf The Piano Teacher Code Unknown The Castle Funny Games The Moor's Head 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance The Seventh Continent
I haven't seen The Castle or The Moor's Head. Seventh Continent and 71 Fragments are my least favourite, a little heavy-handed and melodramatic - he definitely honed his style as he went on imo.
I'ma leave it there for now. But all three of these really amazed me and I have never tired of them. If there's one thing they got in common it is that they are all deeper than they first seem.
its amazing how telling a favorite movie list is about a person.
in no specific order: Raising Arizona Hook People under the Stairs Pulp Fiction I cant think of a Sci fi flick but i saw Blade runner recently and bugged out at the last 5-10 minutes of the film.
Comments
To be followed by "One Crazy Summer"
Yes.
Not hating, but I've never understood people's love for this movie, I find it pretty hammy. Ben Kingsley's just not scarey.
I had the same reaction. Besides the smoking on the plane sceen I didn't really like it.
Coonskin
Festen
Mean Streets
The Soft Touch (short film from The Acid House)
Well, if you don't see it, you don't see it but I found Kingsley so scary that I felt his horrible presence when he wasn't even on the screen. I thought the story was really good, it went in a lot of different directions, but stayed tight. The monster could have been so cheesy, but it actually worked. The cast was not full of fine young things for a change and everyone came across as natural and believable - really good acting imo. Good female characters and Ian McShane is in it! There's a nice gay sub-lot and it's beautifully shot. One of the best openings for a film as well.
Raging Bull
City of God
Sexy Beast
Pulp Fiction
so many others to discover..films are like music in that regard
That's fair enough. For me personally I didn't know anything about the film before watching it so had no expectations. Avoiding AYO as much as I can, as soon as Winstone came on the screen in his speedos, gut hanging over his trunks, I was sold on the film.*
While I didn't find Kingsley particularly frightening as such he did make me piss myself laughing about ten times during the movie, helps that I've met many angry midgets very similar to his character in my time. Also, after being absolutely deadened by the slew of tedious Lock Stock style gangster films the whole retired, fat, tanned unpleasantness of the film was a real breath of fresh air.
*There's no way I could avoid an ayo is there.
Donny Darko
Fight Club
City of God
and goddammit I'll say Nacho Libre because I've been watching the hell out of that movie lately.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Satyajit Ray's 'Apu' trilogy. (Ok,Pather Panchali if I have to choose)
The Ladykillers (no, not the remake)
Some Like It Hot
Goodfellas
Corndog Man
Raging Bull
Angels With Dirty Faces
I heart your list. Fitzcarraldo is a brilliant film and Kinski does unhinged better than anyone else. Nosferatu is also great.
Thats possibly the best explanation as to why anyone likes this movie I could hope for.
Winstone is 'the daddy'. In Scum he is really is scarey.
I did enjoy the fact that they avoided the obvious in Sexy Beast, like casting Kingsley as a hardman, and Winston as a weaker character.
Yes.
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (can't believe no mention so far)
Manhattan
Ghostdog: Way of the Samurai
Manhunter
l'avventura
sans soleil
la salamandre
mouchette
BASSIE you have like 3 of my 5!!!! I am Cuba and Battle of Algiers are no brainers for me. I would take Putney Swope for a top 10 probably.
Add:
Nostalghia
Memories of Underdevelopment
The Color of Pomegranates
Russians really doing it...
argh! this too.
and I'll add:
City of Lost Children
Innocence
Singing in the Rain
Rope
Night of the Hunter
Faat Kine
Blood Simple
Maelstrom
The Devils
1900
Sweet Smell of Success
+ most of Haneke
+ Sorcese up to Casino
+ most of Jarmusch
+ most of Claire Denis
+ most of Dario Argento
+ Moodysson up to Lilya
Um, there's only 4 right? Which one/s didn't you like?
Oldboy
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
Akira
The Wickerman
greatest actor of all time, not a very inspired director
(no order)
-Le Samourai
-The Birds (North by Northwest possible runner up)
-High and Low
-A Knife in the Water
-The Limey
somewhere close...
-scenes from a marriage
-all that heaven allows
-evil dead 2
-notorious
-psycho
-the fog of war
-my best fiend
-bonnie & clyde
-chinatown
-the five obstructions
-mean streets
-branded to kill
-when we were kings
-this is spinal tap
-the big sleep
-blue velvet
-weekend
-dog day afternoon
-persona
- Shawshank Redemption
- Seven
- Friday
- Spaceballs
His Films are:
Cache
The Time of the Wolf
The Piano Teacher
Code Unknown
The Castle
Funny Games
The Moor's Head
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
The Seventh Continent
I haven't seen The Castle or The Moor's Head.
Seventh Continent and 71 Fragments are my least favourite, a little heavy-handed and melodramatic - he definitely honed his style as he went on imo.
the original - most definitely.
Clockers
Three Kings
I'ma leave it there for now. But all three of these really amazed me and I have never tired of them. If there's one thing they got in common it is that they are all deeper than they first seem.
in no specific order:
Raising Arizona
Hook
People under the Stairs
Pulp Fiction
I cant think of a Sci fi flick but i saw Blade runner recently and bugged out at the last 5-10 minutes of the film.