Last Film You Watched

[carlos21]

First Lego movie is amazing.

Yo ijjy.

 

[Daz1878]

nice thread idea, i'd be interested in everyone's top 10 non-english films and why. after oldboy i think i'd probably have the spanish zombie-horror REC 1/2 in my all-time rankings.

So many to choose from... Come and See is, to me, the greatest war film ever and brilliantly conveys how the lead character - a young boy - goes slowly but surely out of his mind as he endures the conflict of WW2. An impossible film to shake off. Probably the only one in my top 10 non-English films that's not in French

 

[BNJ1878]

The transformation he did between this and Batman was insane.

I read in one of the magazines at the time to achieve that weight loss his diet was one apple, one can of tuna and just water to drink for (I think) 5 months. Several doctors told him to stop.

 

[Nymzee]

I read in one of the magazines at the time to achieve that weight loss his diet was one apple, one can of tuna and just water to drink for (I think) 5 months. Several doctors told him to stop.

Yeh he wanted to lose even more than he had for Machinist but they wouldn’t let him. Brilliant method actor.

 

[dholliday]

I read in one of the magazines at the time to achieve that weight loss his diet was one apple, one can of tuna and just water to drink for (I think) 5 months. Several doctors told him to stop.

Yeh he wanted to lose even more than he had for Machinist but they wouldn’t let him. Brilliant method actor.

don't rate Bale that high in the pantheon, personally. he's been bland in too many films, extreme prep is neither here nor there (Machinist included...his extreme skinnyness just felt like a gimmick).

he gets mad props for that one great role, tho':

 

[COYBL25]

don't rate Bale that high in the pantheon, personally. he's been bland in too many films, extreme prep is neither here nor there (Machinist included...his extreme skinnyness just felt like a gimmick).

he gets mad props for that one great role, tho':

One of his best films, was when he played the lead in Empire of the Sun - 1987. ( great book too )

He was 13 at the time and it still remains one his best films.

He was brilliant as Patrick Bateman too in American Psycho ( another great book ).

 

[dholliday]

Dogtooth and The Silence are two of mine.

If you like Rec,try the Horde a French film,train to Busan is good as well

A Moment of Romance (Hong Kong 1990) Got a real soft spot for that film. It’s funny, sad, kooky, epic and iconic all rolled into a generic yet incredibly original film.

So many to choose from... Come and See is, to me, the greatest war film ever and brilliantly conveys how the lead character - a young boy - goes slowly but surely out of his mind as he endures the conflict of WW2. An impossible film to shake off. Probably the only one in my top 10 non-English films that's not in French

some top tips there! haven't heard of them but they sound interesting. on the watchlist they go

that world cinema thread could be a goer @Philw


my foreign top ten might be something like:

oldboy (korean thriller)
REC 1 & 2 (spanish horror)
city of god (brazilian crime drama)
underground (serbian historical epic)
wild tales (argentinian comedy-drama anthology)
kontroll (hungarian trippy-drama)
akira (japanese sci-fi anime)
das boot (german war drama)
perfect blue (japanese mystery anime)
fist of legend (hong kong hai!)

a few germans are worth a guck even if they're not quite top ten: Himmel über Berlin, Angst essen Seele auf, Goodbye Lenin, Requiem, Der Untergang, Das Experiment.

i still have to see the rest of Fassbinder and all of Herzog so hopefully will enjoy some of them. also need to watch plenty of Tarkovsky, Bergmann 'n Kurosawa...many many classics still on me watchlist.

 

[dholliday]

One of his best films, was when he played the lead in Empire of the Sun - 1987. ( great book too )

He was 13 at the time and it still remains one his best films.

He was brilliant as Patrick Bateman too in American Psycho ( another great book ).

agree on American Psycho, hence the gif lol i still need to see Empire, is it schmalzy Spielberg ala ET /Gump or naturalist Spielberg ala Close Encounters/Jaws?

 

[COYBL25]

agree on American Psycho, hence the gif lol i still need to see Empire, is it schmalzy Spielberg ala ET /Gump or naturalist Spielberg ala Close Encounters/Jaws?

Not at all, it’s a very good film and hardly deviates from the book, which is unusual for Spielberg.

 

[Daz1878]

a few germans are worth a guck even if they're not quite top ten: Himmel über Berlin, Angst essen Seele auf, Goodbye Lenin, Requiem, Der Untergang, Das Experiment.

A few other German-language ones worth taking in: The Lives of Others, Christiane F., Angst, The White Ribbon, The Baader-Meinhof Complex...

 

[dholliday]

A few other German-language ones worth taking in: The Lives of Others, Christiane F., Angst, The White Ribbon, The Baader-Meinhof Complex...

will check out the others, but Lives of Others was awful. much prefer the good-natured vibe of Goodbye Lenin or the bittersweet philosophising of Himmel über Berlin when it comes to The Wall and DDR. i live in East Berlin myself and know a lot of older folk who were adults pre-1989...it was a good-natured and bittersweet time in the main.

 

[Daz1878]

will check out the others, but Lives of Others was awful. much prefer the good-natured vibe of Goodbye Lenin or the bittersweet philosophising of Himmel über Berlin when it comes to The Wall and DDR. i live in East Berlin myself and know a lot of older folk who were adults pre-1989...it was a good-natured and bittersweet time in the main.

With that in mind, definitely skip the others I mentioned

Speaking of Berlin, I really enjoyed the 70s Berlin recreated in last year's Suspiria (which also has a lot of German dialogue).

 

[carlos21]

With that in mind, definitely skip the others I mentioned

Speaking of Berlin, I really enjoyed the 70s Berlin recreated in last year's Suspiria (which also has a lot of German dialogue).

When posting can you post pics please.

 

[dholliday]

With that in mind, definitely skip the others I mentioned

Speaking of Berlin, I really enjoyed the 70s Berlin recreated in last year's Suspiria (which also has a lot of German dialogue).

ha

i do like düstere films but not overly depressing or bleak german navalgazing. WW2 & DDR is dominant enough as it is.

i live in Köpenick in a Plattenbauviertel...it's still the 70's here lol

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Good Will Hunting. Belter of a film but it was sad watching the genius Robin Williams knowing what he must of gone through at the end of his life.