Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

[deadly_habit]

13 Eerie
Best zombie flick I've seem in ages.
Perfect for this month.

[vishes]

Solaris (1972)


Never thought I'd say this but this one was on par with 2001 for me. Maybe even better.

[deadly_habit]

Solaris (1972)


Never thought I'd say this but this one was on par with 2001 for me. Maybe even better.

Best watch Stalker next,

[vishes]

Watched that last week

[Laszlo]

So did I! I have my own (probably wrong) theory as to what it was about/the message, anyone care to share theirs?

[deadly_habit]

The anomaly is whatever you want it to be it's a genie in a bottle
The movie is about the journey and risks
basically it's a cinematography wet dream,

[hutyluty]

the man who fell to earth

felt like it was about 12 hours long omg, mary lou was hot tho

[wub]

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Documentary about the fall of Enron and how they were all a bunch of crooked thieving greedy bastards. Had no idea they actually orchestrated and extended the rolling California blackouts to make themselves more money

[spire]

Solaris (1972)


Never thought I'd say this but this one was on par with 2001 for me. Maybe even better.

Bought that a month or two ago, been meaning to watch it but have been waiting til im in the right mood...

[NickUndercover]

Like with any Tarkovsky, just prepare to get your mind blown to bits

[Johnlenham]

Monster University.
Good film! Looks amazing in places and it had me an my gf cracking up. Didnt end like I expected it to either

[hubb]

solayris is just so amazing - those nature shots in the beginning wow.

Europa (von trier) is up there visually and has that dystopian tone aswell.

[wub]

Grizzly Man

Werner Herzog documentary about a man who studies and lives with the bears of the Alaskan peninsula for 13 summers. And is ultimately eaten by one.

[NickUndercover]

^I've had this on the shelf for a while, haven't watched it yet. what did you think of it ?

[wub]

^I've had this on the shelf for a while, haven't watched it yet. what did you think of it ?

Loved it. The guy is clearly batshit crazy, but has a genuine love for what he's doing. Some of the scenes he films are unlike anything I've ever seen in nature documentaries before.

[DiegoSapiens]

Am i the only one in here that hates lars vin trier??? I find his films pretentious and boring, and he is an average director imo exept some good points

[NickUndercover]

His last two haven't been on par with his former level. Too much half-assed symbolism that doesn't mean anything unless you're talking about his own mental state. He should probably take a break, take out whatever freudian clusterfuck has gotten into his head and come back with movies like Breaking the waves, Dogville, the idiots, europa, dancer in the dark... Those films are awesome. I probably won't like Nymphomaniac but I'll still go to the theater to see it... Intrigued by Shia Laboeuf in a properly disturbed plot & character.

Maybe you just don't like Danish/Scandinavian cinema ?

[hubb]

Am i the only one in here that hates lars vin trier??? I find his films pretentious and boring, and he is an average director imo exept some good points

Which ones have you seen?
His films are very different. Like the idiots is sort of a comedy but about spastic behaviour - that someone like harmony korinne would have given his young wife up for just having that idea. Dancer in the dark is sort of a musical, breaking the waves is sort of a parody of a greek tragedy and so on. But yeah, definitely pretentious at times - but there's a purpose when it drags on - like breaking the waves has the most insane ending that is 'magnified' by how 'boring' it is until that point. It's not easy watching but it shouldn't be either.
I'd bet you would LOVE the kingdom (think akira coupled with the office and a fair bit of twin peaks, but better ) and probably Europa because it's so incredibly shot.
In my oppinion, he is greatest living artist there is and the only one that can give Tarkovsky a run for his money .

His last two haven't been on par with his former level.

no doubt.

[Harkat]

Really liked this one. Super high tension and thick atmosphere. The scares felt close to home in a way pretty much no horror stuff I've seen did. The plot was a bit basic in the end, and they do kinda spell everything out more than they should, but all in all this was damn good shit.

[DiegoSapiens]

Nooo ronin i love scandivian film bergman is my idol forever.

And i have seeb a lot his films hubbie!. I. Didnt like dogville but was not bad but the second part was horrible, the antuchrist horrjble too... the kingdom is the comrdy of the actor that have to pretend that he is the boss of the company? I didnt like that one but the character of the actor was good. i had to turn off the idiots because i was really annoyed with the film...
Eeeemmm how wascalled that one that ends with the funeral and the bells on the heaven, that was his best imo.