Recommend a frog a film?

[TinCow]

I haven't heard Killbill referred to as a homage before. Rather the opposite. It's always been tagged as the amazing, inventive masterpiece which looks like pulp ultra-violence but is actually really deep if only you are sophisticated enough to understand it. According to those people, it's in a genre of its own.

No, it's very specifically a homage. Tarantino specifically made the film as a nod of respect towards genres that he loves and which influenced him. If you'd like a brief, but entertaining look at Kill Bill, I highly recommend you watch this video. It doesn't specifically address Kill Bill until after the credits, but it's a well made video and worth watching the whole thing. After you're done with that one, there's a specific follow up that's exclusively about Kill Bill, which can be seen .

Tarantino's other films have many elements of homage in them, but they're nothing like Kill Bill which is almost nothing but homage.

[Fragony]

'Lawrence of Arabia'

wut. The only thing more overrated than French cuisine is that movie. It invented overrated, it perfected it. It's awful, the overacting is laughable and the character-development is, well, also laughable.

And the main character has girly eyes

avoid at all cost

[Zim]

I'm not sure the that the statement that it's an homage filled with references and it being "tagged as the amazing, inventive masterpiece which looks like pulp ultra-violence but is actually really deep if only you are sophisticated enough to understand it. According to those people, it's in a genre of its own." are being mutually exclusive. The first is true, and the second is a common attitude (if a rather perplexing one. There are a lot of things in Quentin Tarintino movies that a film buff is more likely to get, but I've never seen his movies as especially deep).

Edit. Also, ignore this man. He seems to have Lawrence of Arabia confused with Donnie Darko.

'Lawrence of Arabia'

wut. The only thing more overrated than French cuisine is that movie. It invented overrated, it perfected it. It's awful, the overacting is laughable and the character-development is, well, also laughable.

And the main character has girly eyes

avoid at all cost

[Kagemusha]

For poetic soul like you. I think something good to watch would be: Guillermo del Toro´s, Pan´s Labyrinth.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

[Fragony]

'Edit. Also, ignore this man. He seems to have Lawrence of Arabia confused with Donnie Darko.'

I think you got confused when the actor playing Donnie Darko 'starred' in Brokeback Mountain. Makes sense

ahum


Donnie Darko is awesome. No idea what's going on and it gets me amazed gazes when I say I don't get it. Yes I'm that stupid, I also don't get The Catcher in the Rye. Somebody explain me

[Zim]

I don't have any problems with Jake Gyllenhaal. He's no Peter O'Toole, but still an ok actor. I just never saw Donnie Darko as close to matching the hype about it (yes, i see the possible connection between that belief and what someone may dislike amount Lawrence of Arabia )

The symbolism is pretty simple in the Catcher and the Rye, at least on the surface (the character has to figure out to let go and let others grow and learn through experience, rather than trying to save them from it). The main character is just so unlikable *shudder*.

'Edit. Also, ignore this man. He seems to have Lawrence of Arabia confused with Donnie Darko.'

I think you got confused when the actor playing Donnie Darko 'starred' in Brokeback Mountain. Makes sense

ahum


Donnie Darko is awesome. No idea what's going on and it gets me amazed gazes when I say I don't get it. Yes I'm that stupid, I also don't get The Catcher in the Rye. Somebody explain me

[Subotan]

I'd highly recommend the Infernal Affairs triology, of which Scorsese's The Departed is a remake. I've not seen it, but I've heard from a number of friends that The Illusionist is a great film. The Last King Of Scotland, L.A. Confidential,.

Second all of these. L.A. Confidential is what L.A. Noir should have been if it hadn't just been a GTA where you're the cop.

[Fragony]

'The symbolism is pretty simple in the Catcher and the Rye, at least on the surface (the character has to figure out to let go and let others grow and learn through experience, rather than trying to save them from it). The main character is just so unlikable *shudder*.'

What is he supposed to catch in the rye, I still don't get. He's self-centred why would he save anything he detests everything or is at least observing at best

gah

[Zim]

He's mostly self centered but he also has a strong belief that children should be "protected" from growing up and being hurt, something he learns to let go of by the end. Despite detesting just about everything he seems to hold a somewhat idealized view of childhood innocence.

'The symbolism is pretty simple in the Catcher and the Rye, at least on the surface (the character has to figure out to let go and let others grow and learn through experience, rather than trying to save them from it). The main character is just so unlikable *shudder*.'

What is he supposed to catch in the rye, I still don't get. He's self-centred why would he save anything he detests everything or is at least observing at best

gah

[Fragony]

He's mostly self centered but he also has a strong belief that children should be "protected" from growing up and being hurt, something he learns to let go of by the end. Despite detesting just about everything he seems to hold a somewhat idealized view of childhood innocence.

I got that part, but what teh hell is with the catching and the rye part. I don't understand the title.

[Zim]

I didn't see the movie so I can't say for sure if it's brought up. It's also been a long time since I read the book (middle school? That would make it about 17 years or so). I recall he has a recurring dream or fantasy about kids playing in a rye field near a cliff and he catches them when they get too near the edge and almost fall. I checked the wikipedia page for the book and it says the odd imagery of the fantasy is based off of the character mishearing parts of the children's song Comin' Through the Rye. Having been so long since I read the book I can't say for sure about that part.

[Fragony]

I didn't see the movie so I can't say for sure if it's brought up. It's also been a long time since I read the book (middle school? That would make it about 17 years or so). I recall he has a recurring dream or fantasy about kids playing in a rye field near a cliff and he catches them when they get too near the edge and almost fall. I checked the wikipedia page for the book and it says the odd imagery of the fantasy is based off of the character mishearing parts of the children's song Comin' Through the Rye. Having been so long since I read the book I can't say for sure about that part.

Ain't that typical, had to read it for school and make sense of it. Our teachers are sadists, how am I supposed to know American children-songs. But makes sense now, you just gotten a youth-trauma of my back. Pricks

[Strike For The South]

Lonesome Dove
Tombstone
3:10 To Yuma (new)

ACIN, Your SoCal is showing sweetie

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Tarantino? Hollywood's village idiot. A gifted movie maker, but with little of interest to say. The themes he explores are the fantasies of nine year old boys stuck in the phase where they torture pets and kill off their toys in gore fantasies.
I'm stuck in that phase as well but my psychiatrist has this new medication and we're quite hopefu

I didn't think Tarantino was exploring themes


frogbeast, you can find trailers for some of these movies on youtube...I find it to be a pretty reliable way of judging movies like batman, etc.

[Fragony]

Lonesome Dove
Tombstone
3:10 To Yuma (new)

ACIN, Your SoCal is showing sweetie

If you like westerns watch 'The Proposition', absolutely incredible movie. Rediculously violent but I'm sure you don't mind.

Technically it's not a western as it's set in aussiland but still

[a completely inoffensive name]

ACIN, Your SoCal is showing sweetie

I had to get some air on it, it was getting uncomfortable.

[Gregoshi]

Sooooo froggy, what movie did you/are you going to watch?

[Louis VI the Fat]

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[frogbeastegg]

Sooooo froggy, what movie did you/are you going to watch?

In the end he didn't feel like watching Batman. I deftly evaded Rush Hour 3, Expendables, and some others like that. We watched Shawshank Redemption. That was his choice out of the small collection formed from the suggestions here. "Oh, I've already seen that," he says. "It's good." He was wrong; it's a very good film.

We also got copies of 'The last Emperor', 'Empire of the Sun', 'Green Mile', 'Chocolat', 'Curse of the golden flower', and 'Inception'. The rest were either not to be found, or were far more expensive.

[naut]

I'll throw a few more out there. I thought Exit Through The Gift Shop was hilarious, whether as a geniune documentry or a mock/prankumentary. I'd highly recommend the Infernal Affairs triology, of which Scorsese's The Departed is a remake. I've not seen it, but I've heard from a number of friends that The Illusionist is a great film. The Last King Of Scotland, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, L.A. Confidential, and The Kite Runner also spring to mind. Twelve Angry Men (Fonda version) is a timeless classic.

^^^ These are great films.

I'd also recommend Oldboy. Twisted Korean flick, with excellent acting.

[Fragony]

^^^ These are great films.

I'd also recommend Oldboy. Twisted Korean flick, with excellent acting.

Seconded, very violent, very clever. I may yet have to forgive you for not liking Aliens

[Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout]

Are you kidding me? Froggbeastegg! You have the greatest collection in War movies! Your boyfirend should respect you and what you watch(I watched part one of red cliff,which was fantastic,but how can there be 5 hour full version?) Anyway,If I were your boyfirend,I would let you watch any film you want(thanks for the dislikes of your movies,I don't like them )

[Fragony]

If I were your boyfirend,I would let you watch any film you want

Back off, we are all secretly in love with Frostbeastegg here new members are last in line

[LazyMcCrow]

Has anyone mentioned 'Casablanca'?

[frogbeastegg]

I watched part one of red cliff,which was fantastic,but how can there be 5 hour full version?

It's the special edition version which includes parts 1 and 2 in the same box. It's supposed to be superior to buying parts 1 and 2 individually, I think there is some extra material or something.

[Fragony]

Has anyone mentioned 'Casablanca'?

Sounds like falling on your face really hard

[Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout]

Back off, we are all secretly in love with Frostbeastegg here new members are last in line

I've been a member a long time mate.

[Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout]

It's the special edition version which includes parts 1 and 2 in the same box. It's supposed to be superior to buying parts 1 and 2 individually, I think there is some extra material or something.

Ah,I see,thank you very much.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Black Hawk Down.

[Fragony]

I've been a member a long time mate. You back off.

Was only joking.