Serious Movie Discussion - Page 124

**Bullitt68** · 07-07-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

I liked Die Hard, but I don't think it's the greatest action movie of all-time. In fact, Terminator 2 was way better.

Terminator 2 is more sci-fi. Die Hard is a straight-up action film, and IMO, there's none better.

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

I have Bergmann's "The Seventh Seal" in my Neflix queue. I don't know if it is any good, but I'm going to give it a try.

It's great. You should also check out The Virgin Spring, which Wes Craven remade into [the inferior] Last House on the Left.

CCH · 07-07-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

I liked Die Hard, but I don't think it's the greatest action movie of all-time. In fact, Terminator 2 was way better.

I have Bergmann's "The Seventh Seal" in my Neflix queue. I don't know if it is any good, but I'm going to give it a try.

Terminator 2 isn't a straight action flick, though. It's a sci-fi/action hybrid. Straight action movies like Die Hard that don't include fake technology/aliens/mysticism are harder to do well, because you are constrained to things that just happen in real life (relatively speaking, of course.) For straight up action, you can't do better then Die Hard, I don't think.

sodapopinski · 07-08-2008, 01:38 AM

I guess Terminator 2 is both Sci-Fi and action. I see your point about Die Hard being a straight action movie. However, I'm not sure that it's the best I've ever seen.

I went to the movies tonight to see Wall-E, and I feel like a queer for saying this, but it's actually a cute movie. If you're on a date and you're going to watch a movie, that would be the one you'd want to see.

I agree with the previous poster who said that The Devil's Backbone sucked. Coming from the director of Pan's Labyrinth, which is one of my favorite movies, I expected more.

JSN · 07-08-2008, 01:59 AM

i thought that the devil's backbone was a solid movie. pan's labyrinth was better, but not exactly the greatest movie ever made either.

btw if you're interested in guillermo del toro, i highly recommend this interview here did with npr after PL came out. very interesting mind.

ShotsWereFired · 07-08-2008, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

I have Bergmann's "The Seventh Seal" in my Neflix queue. I don't know if it is any good, but I'm going to give it a try.

i liked its surprising vibrance and occasional humor. thumbs up

sodapopinski · 07-08-2008, 02:28 AM

I know it's not a movie per se, but the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers is the best war movie/series I've ever seen. It is absolutely amazing. The episode where they find the concentration camp is very moving. It's one of the few things that I'd give a rating of 10/10.

ShotsWereFired · 07-08-2008, 02:38 AM

then you'll probably enjoy the miniseries following a squad in the pacific theater slated for a 2009 release

magicman531 · 07-08-2008, 02:56 AM

American Pyscho

spoilers

can someone explain to me what happens at the end? the lawyer claims to have had lunch with Paul Allen and Bateman's secretary is going through his drawings, which I assumed meant she discovered what he was doing.

gogoGomi · 07-08-2008, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

I know it's not a movie per se, but the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers is the best war movie/series I've ever seen. It is absolutely amazing. The episode where they find the concentration camp is very moving. It's one of the few things that I'd give a rating of 10/10.

Ive heard a lot of good things about BoB, have to check it out.

I am a huge fan of Rome I like it more than The Sopranos.

Striker22 redo · 07-08-2008, 08:02 AM

I got into thr classics a few years ago. Charlie Chan movies, Alfred Hitchcock, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Laura. They are fucking great. Even some old Westerns are. Doesnt mean I cant enjoy Transformers when I want to vegg out and have fun.