JZilla
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Watched this last night. It was good, and compelling all the way through, but there came a point where I thought it might never end.
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belljr
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i thought this movie was well done also, really enjoyed it.also watched savages, enjoyable for what it was.
D_House
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Sorry for the offtopic post, but the movie experts reside here and I'm looking for a rather specific recommendation. I really like police procedural type movies, and I also like movies set in very cold places, so some of my favorite movies combine the two. Off the top of my head Fargo, A Simple Plan, and Transsiberian fall into this category... So anyone got any recs along these lines? Foreign is fine, a big plus if it's on Netflix.
Back on topic, I recently saw a middling apocalyptic vampire/zombie movie called Stake Land. Very similar thematically to The Road. Pretty poor acting but good atmosphere and spooky enough, would recommend to fans of the genre. On Netflix.
Back on topic, I recently saw a middling apocalyptic vampire/zombie movie called Stake Land. Very similar thematically to The Road. Pretty poor acting but good atmosphere and spooky enough, would recommend to fans of the genre. On Netflix.
packersfan
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Yup. That was Alba at her finest. I loved this movie. Every segment was great (RIP Brittany Murphy). Can't wait for the sequel.
avoiding injuries
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Red HeatThe GreyPride and GloryMiseryDie Hard 2
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Sarnoff
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JoeSteeler
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Whiteout meets your criteria but not a very good movie IMO
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008655-whiteout/
It does have Kate Beckinsale though
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008655-whiteout/
It does have Kate Beckinsale though
gandalas
Footballguy
Also the one I was about to post.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Hanna?
, great movie IMO
Chaka
Footballguy
Bruce doesn't really step outside of being Bruce very often. The weirdest part for me was that they put Bruce's nose on JGL. Made him look weird.
Chaka
Footballguy
Bruce doesn't really step outside of being Bruce very often so it was up to JGL to be Bruce not up to both to meet in the middle. The weirdest part for me was that they put Bruce's nose on JGL. Made him look weird.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
Sarnoff said:
I think the original Norway version is probably more wintery, but either version is good.
Osaurus
Footballguy
I can only think of 1 good thing about Whiteout.Thanks for the recs, Insomnia seems like its exactly what i am looking for... The Grey, Whiteout, and Hanna also added to my list.I've seen Misery and The Thing, great movies
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
Not a police procedural, but The Sweet Hereafter is a really good film set in snowy northern Canada, and it does have a relatively similar narrative structure to a police procedural.Thanks for the recs, Insomnia seems like its exactly what i am looking for... The Grey, Whiteout, and Hanna also added to my list.I've seen Misery and The Thing, great movies
And if you want to go all out for a film set in a very cold place, Atanarjuat is a film set in the Canadian arctic about Inuit folklore. It's also the first Inuktitut language film ever.
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KarmaPolice
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Those are some of them that combine what you are looking for. Also probably seen them, but The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movies would fall into the what you are looking for.Thanks for the recs, Insomnia seems like its exactly what i am looking for... The Grey, Whiteout, and Hanna also added to my list.I've seen Misery and The Thing, great movies
IF you are looking for some that make use of the cold weather, some other good ones I thought of:
3 of my favorite movies:
Let the Right One In
The Ice Storm
The Sweet Hereafter
Also:
Alive
Ravenous
Runaway Train
Doctor Zhivago
The Ice Harvest
Encounters at the End of the World
Dead Snow (Ok, so this one might not be "good", but I liked it.)
KarmaPolice
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Chaka
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LaRon Landry's Laundry
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Yea dragon tatoo if you havent seen fits right in
The recentish assault on precint 13 remake with ethan hawke and John leguizamo is also snowy police drama
Best recomendation of a newer film is deadfall with eric bana and olivia wilde. Very good snowy thriller
The recentish assault on precint 13 remake with ethan hawke and John leguizamo is also snowy police drama
Best recomendation of a newer film is deadfall with eric bana and olivia wilde. Very good snowy thriller
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Did you see Zodiac?D_House said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
The Sweet Hereafter is must-see.Not a police procedural, but The Sweet Hereafter is a really good film set in snowy northern Canada, and it does have a relatively similar narrative structure to a police procedural.Thanks for the recs, Insomnia seems like its exactly what i am looking for... The Grey, Whiteout, and Hanna also added to my list.I've seen Misery and The Thing, great movies
And if you want to go all out for a film set in a very cold place, Atanarjuat is a film set in the Canadian arctic about Inuit folklore. It's also the first Inuktitut language film ever.
jamny
Footballguy
Jeez...page 5?
Absolutely loved Django Unchained. Easy Top 3 Tarantino flick. No problem with the length of the movie as it flew by imo. I heard some criticism of Foxx in his role but thought he did a great job, as did almost everyone else. Besides Tarantino himself. That was horrible. 4/5
Absolutely loved Django Unchained. Easy Top 3 Tarantino flick. No problem with the length of the movie as it flew by imo. I heard some criticism of Foxx in his role but thought he did a great job, as did almost everyone else. Besides Tarantino himself. That was horrible. 4/5
El Floppo
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Top 10 for me.The Sweet Hereafter is must-see.Not a police procedural, but The Sweet Hereafter is a really good film set in snowy northern Canada, and it does have a relatively similar narrative structure to a police procedural.Thanks for the recs, Insomnia seems like its exactly what i am looking for... The Grey, Whiteout, and Hanna also added to my list.I've seen Misery and The Thing, great movies
And if you want to go all out for a film set in a very cold place, Atanarjuat is a film set in the Canadian arctic about Inuit folklore. It's also the first Inuktitut language film ever.
Just saw This Must be the Place... and liked it quite a bit. Really beautifully filmed and directed. Very spare writing, which worked for me- but I wouldn't begrudge most people finding it, and the overall story a bit... dunno- dull. I loved Penn's Ozzy/Robert Smith love-child impersonation and loved the writing for him. The more I think about it- a pretty bizarre film in terms of story-line, but it worked for me.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Whoever said Goon and I'm sure it's been anybody who saw it- nice recommendation. Went in with low expectations and was surprised. Funny flick.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
Bronson
Was really looking forward to this one since I thought the story would be interesting and I loved Winding Refn's most recent film Drive, but I came away pretty disappointed with this one. An hour and a half showcase of a self-destructive, narcissistic, psychopath acting psychotically turned out to be a lot more dull than I thought it'd be. The film desperately needed a supporting character(s) to display some semblance of character development, as the Bronson character was completely static throughout which made the film a pretty pointless exercise imo; the movie could have been a 10-20min short film and lost nothing. The acting and cinematography was pretty good, and there were a few funny scenes I guess, but this film just felt like a giant waste of time.
Was really looking forward to this one since I thought the story would be interesting and I loved Winding Refn's most recent film Drive, but I came away pretty disappointed with this one. An hour and a half showcase of a self-destructive, narcissistic, psychopath acting psychotically turned out to be a lot more dull than I thought it'd be. The film desperately needed a supporting character(s) to display some semblance of character development, as the Bronson character was completely static throughout which made the film a pretty pointless exercise imo; the movie could have been a 10-20min short film and lost nothing. The acting and cinematography was pretty good, and there were a few funny scenes I guess, but this film just felt like a giant waste of time.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Life of Brian
Love this and Holy Grail. In the end, I think Grail has more laughs than Brian.
Love this and Holy Grail. In the end, I think Grail has more laughs than Brian.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
Upstream Color
Fans of Tree of Life and Shane Carruth's first flick Primer will like/love Upstream Color, those who don't fall in that category will undoubtedly dislike/hate it. An unabashed perplexing film, with a lot of allusion and subtext; a good deal of which flew over my head I'm sure. Still, I enjoyed trying to wrap my head around it while watching it, and am still enjoying such attempts after the film has completed. I also thought the soundtrack was great, and really elicited some emotion to what would have otherwise been an overly meticulous film. I recommend it.
Fans of Tree of Life and Shane Carruth's first flick Primer will like/love Upstream Color, those who don't fall in that category will undoubtedly dislike/hate it. An unabashed perplexing film, with a lot of allusion and subtext; a good deal of which flew over my head I'm sure. Still, I enjoyed trying to wrap my head around it while watching it, and am still enjoying such attempts after the film has completed. I also thought the soundtrack was great, and really elicited some emotion to what would have otherwise been an overly meticulous film. I recommend it.
Mr. Mojo
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After finally catching up with a lot of films from last year, I think that 2012 will be the best film year of this decade.
Examples:
Lincoln
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Silver Linings Playbook
The Impossible
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Avengers
Chasing Mavericks
Not every one of these is a 4 star film, but it's still a very impressive group!
Examples:
Lincoln
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Silver Linings Playbook
The Impossible
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Avengers
Chasing Mavericks
Not every one of these is a 4 star film, but it's still a very impressive group!
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jdoggydogg
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Chaka
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El Floppo
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JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Sitting down getting ready to watch Barbarella!
Papa Georgio
Footballguy
Might not be as good as some of the others but didn't see it listed - Smilla's Sense of Snow
jdoggydogg
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jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
Three of five movies from 1987-2000 were pure gold (Robocop, Total Recall & Starship Troopers). One was above average but got more cred than it warranted because of Sharon Stone's beaver shot (which is a big meh in 2013). Hollow Man (2000) was entertaining enough but, come on, it doesn't even sniff the jock of the first three. And the other one that he directed during that time, which you omitted, was total garbage, absolutely garbage although it did, quite undeservedly, attain a minor cult status for a couple years.
He has only put out two films since Hollow Man (2000) and I haven't heard of either of them.
While I absolutely love those three films (like every time they're on I'll watch them type of love) I don't have confidence that he still has his Midas touch.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Chaka
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