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toasty
3,290 posts
90 months
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GhostDriver said: Russian Film Nightwatch and follow up Daywatch.
Really freaky big budget Russian answer to Matrix, but story line more along lines of Manga.
Worth a watch definitely. As recommended by a friend, I watched it until halfway through. Just seemed kack to me IMHO.
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vixen1700
6,588 posts
140 months
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Quite enjoyed Nightwatch, but haven't seen the follow up.
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Gretchen
11,943 posts
86 months
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carmonk
7,910 posts
57 months
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As good a place as any to ask a question about a weird film I'm trying to remember the title of. It was foreign with subtitles, possibly Belgian although I'm not sure. It began with a couple arguing in a bleak kitchen before they both go off into the dark city, at night, on their own. The guy drinks at some depressing bar. Later I think they meet up briefly and dance together. There's a scene where someone is killed by a church bell on some wasteground (?). I can't recall much more but if anyone can suggest a title...
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jamie128
Original Poster
1,078 posts
40 months
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Gretchen said: Ive just watched donnie darko it was awesome, had to read up for an explanation, still a bit confusing lol. Is there any good films that are based on drugs and as a result there are a lot of visual distortions of them tripping etc?????
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carmonk
7,910 posts
57 months
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jamie128 said: Ive just watched donnie darko it was awesome, had to read up for an explanation, still a bit confusing lol.
Is there any good films that are based on drugs and as a result there are a lot of visual distortions of them tripping etc????? Fear and Loathing in LA (comedy) Altered States (horror) Both good films. Plus the best ever bad trip scene in Dead Man's Shoes.
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jamie128
Original Poster
1,078 posts
40 months
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carmonk said: Fear and Loathing in LA (comedy)
Altered States (horror)
Both good films.
Plus the best ever bad trip scene in Dead Man's Shoes. they both have a lot of tripping scenes?
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bint
4,246 posts
94 months
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vixen1700 said: Quite enjoyed Nightwatch, but haven't seen the follow up. Nowhere near as good. I enjoyed Nightwatch, Daywatch not so much.
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GhostDriver
585 posts
62 months
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bint said: vixen1700 said: Quite enjoyed Nightwatch, but haven't seen the follow up. Nowhere near as good. I enjoyed Nightwatch, Daywatch not so much. I have to agree with this too. Nightwatch is excellent, Daywatch is pretty stoopid.
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rickf_uk
384 posts
58 months
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If it's not been mentioned already 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover'
You won't watch Masterchef in the same way again.
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Halb
18,113 posts
53 months
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I remember A Zed & Two Noughts being odd, as well as The Draughtsman's Contract (same director as the Cook etc.).
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Ace-T
5,455 posts
125 months
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Halb said: I remember A Zed & Two Noughts being odd, as well as The Draughtsman's Contract (same director as the Cook etc.). Anything by Peter Greenaway is pretty odd. Was in the cinema for The Cook etc and quite a few folk walked out. Primer is an odd but good film. However, make sure your DVD is working correctly, not like ours. It got half way through the film and, unbeknownst to us, jumped back to the first scene. We just went with it because we thought 'well it is about time travel innit'. It was only when it did it for the second time, and we realised that nothing had changed, we investigated and found we had watched the first half twice!  Slightly odd but enjoyable films in my view: Bunraku, Sucker Punch, Bubba Ho-Tep and a beautiful old film called A Matter of Life and Death. Enjoy  Trace
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QuackHandle
2,930 posts
57 months
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rickf_uk said: If it's not been mentioned already 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover'
You won't watch Masterchef in the same way again. Amazing film, visually stunning and quite funny in some bits. SPANGLER!
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carmonk
7,910 posts
57 months
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Some sad soul has written up the timeline for Primer here. http://www.primermovie.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=...It's a good film but there's not enough explanation. As timetravel weirdness goes I prefer Timecrimes. It's still very complex but it's so well done you find yourself following it without any effort. Essential viewing for anyone who likes timetravel films (unlike The Time Traveler's Wife, which was terrible despite the book being my favourite single novel of all time).
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Bedazzled
4,308 posts
91 months
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carmonk said: Some sad soul has written up the timeline for Primer here. http://www.primermovie.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=...It's a good film but there's not enough explanation. As timetravel weirdness goes I prefer Timecrimes. It's still very complex but it's so well done you find yourself following it without any effort. Essential viewing for anyone who likes timetravel films (unlike The Time Traveler's Wife, which was terrible despite the book being my favourite single novel of all time). Each to their own, I thought Primer and Timecrimes were both dreadful films while I quite enjoyed Time Traveller's Wife. Primer gets lost up the arse of its own complexity to the extent that it can only appeal to geeks; as a piece of cinema it's just a chore to watch. There are much better time travel movies out there, imo.
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carmonk
7,910 posts
57 months
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Bedazzled said: carmonk said: Some sad soul has written up the timeline for Primer here. http://www.primermovie.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=...It's a good film but there's not enough explanation. As timetravel weirdness goes I prefer Timecrimes. It's still very complex but it's so well done you find yourself following it without any effort. Essential viewing for anyone who likes timetravel films (unlike The Time Traveler's Wife, which was terrible despite the book being my favourite single novel of all time). Each to their own, I thought Primer and Timecrimes were both dreadful films while I quite enjoyed Time Traveller's Wife. Primer gets lost up the arse of its own complexity to the extent that it can only appeal to geeks; as a piece of cinema it's just a chore to watch. There are much better time travel movies out there, imo. My criticism of TTW is that it was Hollywoodised to death. There's a particular scene near the end of the book that crystallised the whole story but in the film they replaced it with a really atrocious skipping-through-a-field-family-style sugar fest. I guess I just hate most big budget productions because they have to appeal to the majority and my personal taste rarely conforms with the public.
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Vieste
9,195 posts
30 months
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I have ENTER THE VOID tonight as anyone see it before? year 2009 director Gaspar.
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VinceFox
14,798 posts
42 months
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Morningside
16,855 posts
99 months
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Gretchen said: Am I the only person who just keeps thinking bumsex when watching that?  
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Pesty
26,145 posts
126 months
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just thought of two more
repo man
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repo men
both wierd both excelent.
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