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Four In Films; Let's get pretentious!
Topic Started: Oct 21 2006, 11:51 AM (2,921 Views)
Violence Freyja	Oct 21 2006, 11:51 AM Post #1
Stalker Posts: 16,061 Group: Morans Member #2 Joined: February 24, 2005	What are people's favourite foreign films? Together, or 'Tillsammans', if you will Despite containing the themes of wife-beating, loneliness and infidelity, this is easily the most warm-hearted film I have ever seen and it makes me cry every time I see it. And I don't even feel shameful and dirty when I cry, like when I do it against my will whilst watching something shit such as Snow Dogs. Oldboy I hope everyone in the class has seen this. 101 Reykjavík Mostly because I think it'd be excellent to live in Iceland. With my mother. Mmmm.....mmmmmother. In The Mood For Love I got this free with The Times the other week. Free! (Downside: I had to buy The Times.) (First person to point out that - haha! - American films are foreign films! wins my best contemptuous scowl (it's a proven killer).
	Le sigh


dng	Oct 21 2006, 12:37 PM Post #2
Black President Posts: 31,730 Group: Morans Member #19 Joined: December 12, 2005	Welsh films are foreign films



Mr Schmoe	Oct 21 2006, 01:02 PM Post #3
Hot-Knackers Hannigan Posts: 3,423 Group: Geighs Member #9 Joined: July 24, 2005	If you're watching Oldboy, Abdou, surely you might as well recommend all 3 parts of the Vengeance triology? Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance. Though I've not seen Lady Vengeance, so I feel like a fraud, know it'll be excellent. I'm also ordering the 3 Colours boxset, another excellent foreign trilogy! I bought the Infernal Affairs trilogy, but have yet to watch 2 or 3...
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Violence Freyja	Oct 21 2006, 01:15 PM Post #4
Stalker Posts: 16,061 Group: Morans Member #2 Joined: February 24, 2005	Lusto Cobb Oct 21 2006, 02:02 PM If you're watching Oldboy, Abdou, surely you might as well recommend all 3 parts of the Vengeance triology? Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance. Though I've not seen Lady Vengeance, so I feel like a fraud, know it'll be excellent. I'm also ordering the 3 Colours boxset, another excellent foreign trilogy! I bought the Infernal Affairs trilogy, but have yet to watch 2 or 3... I didn't want to use them all up in one go. Lady Vengeance is good - there are lots of parallels to Oldboy, but done well, rather than in a way which makes you think, "Hmmm... that's just a rip-off of his own film!" I have not seen the Three Colours trilogy, due to my aversion to ubiquity, which only hurts myelf in the end, so maybe I'll pick them up from Fopp. I have seen Infernal Affairs 1 and 3 - both are superb.
	Le sigh


Violence Danzig	Oct 21 2006, 03:53 PM Post #5
Black President Posts: 7,961 Group: Geighs Member #3 Joined: May 4, 2005	Ah! Mmmm... Well, Zatoichi is excellent. And I like Nikita, mainly for the woman who I am in love with. I also like Blondes on Fire for the bit where she slurps man melm off a spoon.
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Nuclear Murderer	Oct 21 2006, 04:01 PM Post #6
Space Jerk-off Posts: 13,729 Group: Geighs Member #14 Joined: August 19, 2005	It's an aquired taste, due to many people thinking it's rubbish, but I really enjoyed Night Watch. They know how to make a vampire story, those ruskies



Violence Danzig	Oct 21 2006, 04:10 PM Post #7
Black President Posts: 7,961 Group: Geighs Member #3 Joined: May 4, 2005	I am yet to see that. I've heard it is good. Has anyone seen a Russian film called 'The Return'? It might be the bleakest thing ever.
	NOOOO! FATHER! STOP TRYING TO DRIVE OVER JEWS! D:


Violence Spencer	Oct 21 2006, 04:47 PM Post #8
He's not even French! Posts: 1,980 Group: Members Member #59 Joined: October 20, 2006	I thought 'Jean de Florette' was okay. Am I allowed Jackie Chan films? All of those, basically. And Triumph des Willens of course.



Violence Freyja	Oct 21 2006, 06:07 PM Post #9
Stalker Posts: 16,061 Group: Morans Member #2 Joined: February 24, 2005	Nightwatch was good, but it felt to me more like a TV pilot than a film. But then, they are making (have made?) a sequel.
	Le sigh


Mr Gravid	Oct 21 2006, 06:12 PM Post #10
NYC Fireman Posts: 2,420 Group: Members Member #45 Joined: September 29, 2006	The Son's Room (it was on BBC4 ages ago) was excellent, and probably one of the most moving films I've ever watched.



dng	Oct 21 2006, 06:14 PM Post #11
Black President Posts: 31,730 Group: Morans Member #19 Joined: December 12, 2005	Was it about a man with a nuclear bomb in his chest?



iVom	Oct 21 2006, 06:25 PM Post #12
killing time Posts: 9,395 Group: Members Member #38 Joined: September 5, 2006	The Hairdresser's Husband. Sometimes I really like french humour. See also: Taxi 1 & 2. BUT when I was in France earlier this year I told a french man a joke, in french, and he didn't get it. What an idiot.
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iVom	Oct 21 2006, 06:25 PM Post #13
killing time Posts: 9,395 Group: Members Member #38 Joined: September 5, 2006	Maybe if I could speak french it would have gone a little better
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Purple SpaceAnus	Oct 21 2006, 07:20 PM Post #14
Pictures and/or Voice Posts: 8,664 Group: Geighs Member #12 Joined: August 8, 2005	The best film ever made is Seven Samurai.



dng	Oct 21 2006, 07:22 PM Post #15
Black President Posts: 31,730 Group: Morans Member #19 Joined: December 12, 2005	Except for Rashomon



Mr Gravid	Oct 21 2006, 08:10 PM Post #16
NYC Fireman Posts: 2,420 Group: Members Member #45 Joined: September 29, 2006	dng Oct 21 2006, 06:14 PM Was it about a man with a nuclear bomb in his chest? I would tell you, but it is best to watch it without knowing a single thing about it (other than that it is very sad). I would not even read about it on IMDB.



Purple SpaceAnus	Oct 21 2006, 08:54 PM Post #17
Pictures and/or Voice Posts: 8,664 Group: Geighs Member #12 Joined: August 8, 2005	Rashomon is a more interesting film to watch, but it's mostly just rape, and violence, and lying. Seven Samurai has everything you could possibly want from a film. Action, romance, comedy, the human condition and rape. does not contain rape



Violence Freyja	Oct 21 2006, 10:43 PM Post #18
Stalker Posts: 16,061 Group: Morans Member #2 Joined: February 24, 2005	We just watched this. It was 'alright', but not 'all that'.
	Le sigh


Lobo	Oct 21 2006, 11:08 PM Post #19
semi Posts: 2,872 Group: Lobo Member #17 Joined: November 11, 2005	Battleship Potemkin, Das Boot, Oldboy, Downfall, Solaris, Stalker, Versus, Yojimbo, the Seven Samurai and basically everything by Sergio Leone if they count.
	True Heroes


Lobo	Oct 21 2006, 11:09 PM Post #20
semi Posts: 2,872 Group: Lobo Member #17 Joined: November 11, 2005	And Triumph of the Will, naturally.
	True Heroes


Purple SpaceAnus	Oct 21 2006, 11:27 PM Post #21
Pictures and/or Voice Posts: 8,664 Group: Geighs Member #12 Joined: August 8, 2005	I saw this excellent Thai film called Born to Fight, when I was in Sweden. It was basically about a load of young Thai olympic athletes and sportspeople, who go to take an aid package to a remote village and encourage the kids to do sports, and then get caught up in some crazy general's military coup. And then they fight the fuck out of the soldiers, using their respective sports skills. My favourate bit was when the footballer took a run up an abandoned cart, leapt up to the height of a coconut tree, and booted a coconut into a rifle-toting soldier's face.



Peter Gibdo	Oct 22 2006, 12:03 AM Post #22
SPEEEEEAAAK! Posts: 15,785 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 23, 2005	Oldboy! Oldboy is the best fuckin film ever.
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Wesker of the Deep	Oct 22 2006, 12:18 AM Post #23
Murmaider Posts: 581 Group: Members Member #49 Joined: October 12, 2006	Archibald Pissbloom Oct 21 2006, 11:27 PM I saw this excellent Thai film called Born to Fight, when I was in Sweden. It was basically about a load of young Thai olympic athletes and sportspeople, who go to take an aid package to a remote village and encourage the kids to do sports, and then get caught up in some crazy general's military coup. And then they fight the fuck out of the soldiers, using their respective sports skills. My favourate bit was when the footballer took a run up an abandoned cart, leapt up to the height of a coconut tree, and booted a coconut into a rifle-toting soldier's face. Oh man. I've seen this. Some wonderful Pele kicking of hand grenades takes place.
	ROT.


Purple SpaceAnus	Oct 22 2006, 12:26 AM Post #24
Pictures and/or Voice Posts: 8,664 Group: Geighs Member #12 Joined: August 8, 2005	The best bit in Oldboy is where he picks up the hammer and it all becomes a gruesome game of Streets of Rage.



Massive Reggae	Oct 22 2006, 05:44 AM Post #25
Bog off Posts: 15,536 Group: Morans Member #5 Joined: July 20, 2005	I've got Oldboy and Lady Vengeance recorded on media centre from Film 4. For some reason the haven't shown Mr Vengeance though. Or maybe they have and I've cretinously missed it. Anyway. Don't spiol them!
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dng	Oct 22 2006, 11:54 AM Post #26
Black President Posts: 31,730 Group: Morans Member #19 Joined: December 12, 2005	Lady Vengeance and Mr Vengeance both made me feel all ill and horrified and I'm not sure if I enjoyed them at all.



Violence Danzig	Nov 28 2006, 06:39 PM Post #27
Black President Posts: 7,961 Group: Geighs Member #3 Joined: May 4, 2005	Officer Lobo Oct 21 2006, 11:08 PM Battleship Potemkin, Das Boot, Oldboy, Downfall, Solaris, Stalker, Versus, Yojimbo, the Seven Samurai and basically everything by Sergio Leone if they count. God, I fucking love Versus. It's probably my favourite foreign film. It makes every other film on the planet seem shitty and dull. However, I got Baise Moi the other day, and it was dreadful. It tried to be Bonnie and Clyde but it was just gay. Not even the vaguely explicit shots of ladies vagina's could make it good.
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Bigtom's Hans of Cuba	Nov 29 2006, 03:14 PM Post #28
~-={ PPE luvva 4eva }=-~ Posts: 234 Group: Geighs Member #10 Joined: August 8, 2005	Does Pan's Labyrinth count? I saw that last night and it were right good. It too has hammer-on-man violence.
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Violence Freyja	Nov 29 2006, 03:40 PM Post #29
Stalker Posts: 16,061 Group: Morans Member #2 Joined: February 24, 2005	I want to see that, Hellboy was good, but the Devil's Backbone was even better, so I hope it's some sort of wonderful fusion of both varieties of excellences.
	Le sigh


Massive Reggae	Nov 29 2006, 04:46 PM Post #30
Bog off Posts: 15,536 Group: Morans Member #5 Joined: July 20, 2005	Kermode loved it. I bet he was playing with his Wii in the cinema all the way through it.
	I drew a portrait of how I think I'd look with my hands around my own throat


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