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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Swordfish on January 31, 2010, 05:50:17 pm
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Right, I'm kind of wanting to watch some films but i don't want to have to sift through tons of websites to find list's of films that may or may not be good. So any interesting ideas? as long as it's good I'm in, anything goes... well except slasher/torcher films (aka, scream,saw,hostel,etc).
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read the last page and backward of 'last movie you watched' and take recommendations!? i'm not being a dick, it's just since you want any good movies except slashers then i don't see why make another topic.
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interesting movies is really vague. what sorts of movies do you like?
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silence of the lambs
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OK more specific, well obscure films that don't get particularly big but are interesting,fun to watch, like the dark city, old man of earth or Zerophiliac.
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ahahahahahahahaha
on a serious note: primer. i can't think of any other decent movies that weren't that big but that's a really strange qualifier, there's undoubtedly a slew of movies that were big and great that were before your time.
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ah ok that works too, but not too old, hmm sort of ground hog day or pulp fiction sort of erra is max if you get what i'm on about?
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I think you should consider watching old movies, too. I am watching the original series of the twilight zone just now. It's not a movie but it was one of those things I ruled out in my head (that tv is mostly bad anyway and gets worst the older it gets), and I was wrong to do that because The Twilight Zone is actually pretty great so far. I have only watched some random episodes from the first series but even the very first episode was great - probably the best so far - and it really creeped me out, too, which is what I was hoping for.
The Twilight Zone is just my current example but movies were interesting back then. I suppose I understand you not being interested because it took me a long time to be open to black and white stuff as well but I got over it a few years ago and I've enjoyed quite alot of it. Also, I want to make films and I get some use and knowledge out of watching old stuff, but that might not be relevant to you. Some of these old things are pretty wacky, and just as inventive as the films that come out nowadays. Especially if you watch things made outside of hollywood, which is true in every time.
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I'll tell you about a movie I used to really like just now. I haven't watched it in a while so I can't be sure how well made it is, although I remember it being very good, but the subject of it is definitely really interesting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235327/
Parts of it are really depressing. I used to be obsessed with idea of living underground, which is how I found this movie, but this isn't about some intentional underground community or whatever, it's a documentary about a bunch of homeless people who found the abandoned subway tunnels in New York and started living there because it was quiet and they could have their own space.
Some english guy (Marc Singer) came over to new york and wanted to make a film about this so he rented out some equipment and went down to the tunnels and stayed with them for either a few weeks or months (i can't remember), and just filmed various things that happened. There is a narrative which emerges in it, but it's incidental to the filming.
I couldn't find a trailer quickly, but here is a youtube clip of the first ten minutes. It gives you an idea of the film.
There is probably alot to say about this but I just can't remember it as well as I'd like to talk about it. I think I might watch it again.
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I think you should consider watching old movies, too. I am watching the original series of the twilight zone just now. It's not a movie but it was one of those things I ruled out in my head (that tv is mostly bad anyway and gets worst the older it gets), and I was wrong to do that because The Twilight Zone is actually pretty great so far. I have only watched some random episodes from the first series but even the very first episode was great - probably the best so far - and it really creeped me out, too, which is what I was hoping for.
The Twilight Zone is just my current example but movies were interesting back then. I suppose I understand you not being interested because it took me a long time to be open to black and white stuff as well but I got over it a few years ago and I've enjoyed quite alot of it. Also, I want to make films and I get some use and knowledge out of watching old stuff, but that might not be relevant to you. Some of these old things are pretty wacky, and just as inventive as the films that come out nowadays. Especially if you watch things made outside of hollywood, which is true in every time.
yeah man, not too long ago i watched all of "the prisoner" which is another tv series and it was pretty great. i think leon the professional is one of the best movies i never heard of, it's very sleak and natilie portman plays a really hot role (this is a joke, she plays a 9 year old or something).
also a lot of the 'great' hollywood movies really aren't that great. you may be better off getting something you've heard very little about than something you've heard you really should watch
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Leon was amazing when I saw it for the first time as a young boy but after trying to watch it again not all that long ago, it just really creeped me out because it just had a really intense pedo feel to it. When I originally watched the movie all those years ago I had no idea what a pedo was...
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saw it, own the DVD and i liked it, sad ending but will watch in the future.
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on a serious note: primer.
seconding this. primer is a great movie.
ah ok that works too, but not too old, hmm sort of ground hog day or pulp fiction sort of erra is max if you get what i'm on about?
you're limiting this to the point where you shouldn't even really bother. being open to old movies doesn't automatically mean archaic shit like birth of a nation. the really interesting movies, regardless of when they came out, are usually the ones where they didn't have a huge budget or some tremendous production scale and had to be clever about the way they present the story. that's where the good performances are, and the intelligent film-making methods are, because they had to earn every inch of effectiveness they had rather than throw garbage special effects or marquee film stars at you and call it entertaining storytelling.
if it's just the bullshit glitz and glamor you're looking for(which is all the 80s and onward had going for it), just stumble into a movie theatre and pick at random the first movie you see. there's not otherwise a whole lot of point in trying to be selective of the movies you watch if you're just going to limit the ones you watch to some arbitrary time period.
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if it's just the bullshit glitz and glamor you're looking for(which is all the 80s and onward had going for it), just stumble into a movie theatre and pick at random the first movie you see. there's not otherwise a whole lot of point in trying to be selective of the movies you watch if you're just going to limit the ones you watch to some arbitrary time period.
no, i don't want that, i just don't want old black and white movies there not all bad, I'm just not interested in them.
EDIT: ill get Primer.
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no, i don't want that, i just do'nt want old black and white movies there not all bad, i'm just not interested in them.
EDIT: ill get Primer.
if you're unable to look beyond the fact that some movies are black and white, you probably shouldn't bother watching primer. it'll be too complicated for you.
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Bite me, I'm sorry if i don't enjoy something that you enjoy, it might be because of some shallow reason as it being black and white but that's just me, i like watching movies in colour and so find black and white boring to watch, but for the record i never once said that black and white movies were bad, i was just trying to come up with something better then simply "i don't want to watch black and white movies because there not in colour". I'm sure there are MANY good black and white movies, I'm just not interested in watching them. yes, i agree it's for a shallow reason but that's just me.
p.s. i have no real problem with watching them, it's just I'd rather watch a colour film, i mean i liked Schindler's list for example, or singing in the rain and even the original... huh can't remember it's name, just a film about a man that was constantly shrinking, getting smaller and smaller and smaller and... till he gets out of existence.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097523/
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Bite me, i'm sorry if i don't enjoy somthing that you enjoy, it might be becuase of some shallow reason as it being black and white but that's just me, i like watching movies in colour and so find black and white boring to watch, but for the record i never once said that black and white movies were bad, i was just trying to come up with somthing better then simply "i don't want to watch black and white movies beucase there not in colour". i'm sure there are MANY good black and white movies, i'm just not interested in watching them. yes, i agree it's for a shallow reason but that's just me.
my statement still stands. primer is a pretty complicated movie, a whole lot more complicated than OH GOSH WHERE IS THE COLOR. if you get distracted by something so phenomenally basic, primer is way too advanced for you.
maybe you would like to try the harry potter movies (http://pub.gamingw.net/24744/maddox.jpg) instead?
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097523/
no that's not it also seen it was an OK film, but not that great.
Hundly, i don't care if you think that, and for the record, the harry potter movies are OK (books are better), but ultimately would have been done better if filmed by Tim Burton (i like his films, a lot).
and I'm sorry but just because i don't like to watch black and white films doesn't mean anything towards me and my ability to comprehend something and frankly i find what your insinuating a tad insulting, a tad because i don't care that much for your opinion since you seam to disregard mine.
EDIT: you know what, i really don't want to get into an argument over something stupid so whatever i don't care what you think. for the record i would watch a B&W film if it were interesting, it's just in this instance I'm not interested in them.
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Death at a funeral
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/
I loved this movie and it was interesting too.
:fogetfu: (http://isohunt.com/download/52246225/death+at+a+funeral.torrent) / :fogetfu: (http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?weath.At.A.Funeral.DVDRip.AC3.part&m=1)
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Omg apparently april of this year their coming out with a remake but "Americanized" with martin lawrence dany glover luke wilson chris rock zoe saldana and some other "funny" people.
They are justifying this remake by having Peter Dinklage play the role of Peter again. and of course, I am going to end up watching this movie :(
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just watched primer, and it was confusing but i got the jist of it, but i won't spoil it for others, who have yet to see it.
i might watch it, but not now, it's late and i have to get up early, but thanks for the suggestion's.
EDIT: except the name, Primer, i don't understand it's relevance to the film, the only connection i can think of is that of the way there trying to get to the perfect situation or prime the situation so that they can stop that guy killing Rachel and that they go through it several times.
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i don't see how the fact that a movie is in black and white has anything to do with, well, anything at all really.
edit: keep the suggestion's coming guys, ive' got one: Synecdoche, New York
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it doesn't, i just don't want to watch a black and white movie , at least ATM. i have preference for non-b&w films that's all.
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I don't want to see movies with dogs in them, at least atm. i have a preference for movies without dogs that's all.
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I think that the one with the fishy name struck a nerve
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p.s. i have no real problem with watching them, it's just i'd rather watch a colour film, i mean i liked shindlers list for example, or singing in the rain...
btw singing in the rain isn't a black and white movie, it's color
the more you know
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one grade a tim burton pwn coming up gang. yo won't have to wait much longer
try mindgame
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for the record i would watch a B&W film if it were interesting, it's just in this instance I'm not ineterested in them.
HA
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i only watch 3d movies
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i've also been amazed at how many times in this topic you have managed to misspell the word "interesting."
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while we're on this topic is Stalker a good movie or just some hipster bullshit
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it doesn't, i just don't wan't to watch a black and white movie , at least atm. i have prefrence for non-b&w films that's all.
I'm the same, the only b&w movie I cant stand to watch is psycho and thats about it.
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one grade a tim burton pwn coming up gang. yo won't have to wait much longer
i was just going to empty quote it
when i mentioned older films i meant going back a few years. leon the professional was made in 94 (i thought it was 84), that's 16 years ago. you can easily go back 20+ years and find non-smash hits that had great production quality (the price of production formed too much of a barrier of entry if you go too far back)
the only black and white film i'd recommend for you off hand would be ikiru, by akira kurosawa (director of the seven samurai). it doesn't suffer the same pacing issues that people associate with black and white films (long empty pauses between scenes etc) and it's pretty powerful. actually it's slow paced but deliberate not accidental, you'll understand if you watch it
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the really interesting movies, regardless of when they came out, are usually the ones where they didn't have a huge budget or some tremendous production scale and had to be clever about the way they present the story. that's where the good performances are, and the intelligent film-making methods are, because they had to earn every inch of effectiveness they had rather than throw garbage special effects or marquee film stars at you and call it entertaining storytelling.
That is so true. I had an Iranian Cinema class last year and man, so many beautiful and amazing movies, all done with little to no support of the governmental (at best) and extreme censorship (at worst).
So Swordfish, I could just go and suggest you watch anything by Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf or Panahi but I'll distill it into a list of great works:
Once upon a Time, Cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The House is Black, Forough Farrokhzad (It's in b&w but fuck you if you are gonna miss one of the most shocking moment of beauty I've ever seen in a movie)
The Cow, Dariush Mehrjui
The Cyclist, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Gilan trilogy by Abbas Kiarostami
Where is the friend's home?
Life and Nothing More
Au travers des oliviers (don't know the english title but it's the third of the trilogy)
The taste of Cherry Abbas Kiarostami (BIG recommendation)
Ten, Kiarostami
Five, Kiarostami (you gonna hate that one)
Five in the afternoon, Samira Makhmalbaf (Mohsen's daughter)
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, Bahman Farmanara (pretty good and intelligent "comedy")
I don't know if a guy who is "not interested" in b&w movies will be interested in Iranian Cinema, but at least one of you guys will take a look.
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p.s. i have no real problem with watching them, it's just i'd rather watch a colour film, i mean i liked shindlers list for example, or singing in the rain and even the original... huh can't remeber it's name, just a film about a man that was constantly shrinking, getting smaller and smaller and smaller and... till he gets out of existance.
Yeah thanks for the saracism.
use your brain next time not your saracism.
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man léon was great thanks for reminding me. if you liked léon try luc besson's earlier films like subway and nikita. idk what happened to him after that
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Yeah thanks for the saracism.
use your brain next time not your saracism.
what sarcasm? you know if i knew asking for suggestions with a pre-defined limits was going to cause problems because people have a problem with the fact that i don't want to watch some thing for a specific reason, i wouldn't have asked. All your proving is that your just a bunch of elitist bastards, just because i don't want to watch something because it's B&W automatically makes me an idiot? seriously get over yourselves i just fancied watching interesting movies that were in colour, is that really so hard to understand? apparently not, because ac ourding you not wanting to watch something for some reasons makes you an idiot
and about singing in the rain, i guess it was something else i was thinking of, just made a mistake.
p.s. either you miss-spelled sarcasm, or it was on perpose, if it were my guess is that it's an amalgam between sarcasm and racism.. well i won't reply to that just yet.
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no, saracism is a quote from y2dazz. dada was making fun of your trouble with spelling.
mind game was a serious rec by the way. it's animated so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but it's uh interesting while remaining pretty simple to understand. I would avoid primer, which is deliberately complex
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can you post a color version dada, i dont watch black and white (i choose not to).
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I refuse to watch your video dada but that doesn't make me a worse person because of it
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reexamine your posting incentive snively dotard
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can GW always be like this
with pictures of gregory peck too
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the grey actually looks less bland
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this is very awesome, i vote that this is the new gw skin
and our new logo can be a gif of kong doing the missile rodeo
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hey you guys know that one liner ganging up bullshit you've been talking about everyone doing?
yeah you're doing it again.
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I don't know how much ganging up has to do with it, it'd still be awful if it was only one person. however I move to continue turning this page black and white.
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GUYS YOU ARE PISSING ME OFF NOW.
I AM NOT GOING TO POST ON A FORUM THAT'S B&W!!!!
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just because i don't want to watch something because it's B&W automatically makes me an idiot?
sadly, yes. the only way you could be approaching this any worse is if you said I DON'T LIKE MOVIES WITH BLACK PEOPLE IN THEM.
and it's not even the fact that you said no black and white, but that you really said NO OLD MOVIES by saying nothing older than the 90s. i was going to suggest some interesting color movies from the 70s, but you're apparently not interested in that either. cutting yourself off from old movies simply because they're OLD means you're pretty juvenile about this whole thing and not actually too interested in finding good movies.
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no, saracism is a quote from y2dazz. dada was making fun of your trouble with spelling.
mind game was a serious rec by the way. it's animated so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but it's uh interesting while remaining pretty simple to understand. I would avoid primer, which is deliberately complex
too late, watched it already, it was complex but i think i got it.
EDIT: problem spelling? i run the spell check, it would pick up on anything miss spelled.
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hey you guys know that one liner ganging up bullshit you've been talking about everyone doing?
yeah you're doing it again.
nah, not really. it's true I'm deliberately posting black and white movies, but they're all serious suggestions.
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EDIT: problem spelling? i run the spell check, it would pick up on anything miss spelled.
hmmmmmmm............very intresting............
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Your right, didn't run the spell checker as often as i thought i did, however, i only miss spelled interesting once; if you think i've miss spelled it google it.
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Stormy Weather is a movie from 1943 about the greatest artists from the era. But it's not a documentary, it's an actual scripted movie that's loosely based on Bill Robinson's rise to fame as a tap dancer. Brilliant stuff if you like old black music.
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*sips wine*
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too late, watched it already, it was complex but i think i got it.
EDIT: problem spelling? i run the spell check, it would pick up on anything miss spelled.
you misspelled a lot of things but it doesn't really matter and is a pretty stupid and juvenile thing to maliciously make fun of
also whatever code is making all the emoticons b&w now is making typing take forever
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I utilities spell cheek so I donut look like a dummy with everything mrs spelt
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who ever made this page black and white i love you forever
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Stormy Weather is a movie from 1943 about the greatest artists from the era. But it's not a documentary, it's an actual scripted movie that's loosely based on Bill Robinson's rise to fame as a tap dancer. Brilliant stuff if you like old black music.
I'm definitely watching this soon haha :laugh:
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I think it's ok to dislike black and white movies for being in black and white because they're not as visually stimulating as movies in color.
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Me: Whats wrong with the tv?
Dad: What do you mean?
Me: Why is the news in black and white?
Dad: Oh. I dunno. I hadn't noticed.
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tell us more about this... Dad
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I think it's ok to dislike black and white movies for being in black and white because they're not as visually stimulating as movies in color.
This is true, but if you're watching movies 100% for visual stimulation, you're probably going to watch 2012 anyway.
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I would argue that something like The Third Man is more visually stimulating than uh Harold & Kumar but whatever
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no, i don't want that, i just don't want old black and white movies there not all bad, I'm just not interested in them.
EDIT: ill get Primer.
If you like old and very good movies, you should watch "Lolita" , it's very interesting
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Stormy Weather is a movie from 1943 about the greatest artists from the era. But it's not a documentary, it's an actual scripted movie that's loosely based on Bill Robinson's rise to fame as a tap dancer. Brilliant stuff if you like old black music.
"Boy, he got educated feet!"
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Watch The Decalogue. It's a series of 10 short films, each based on one of the 10 commandments. As a collection its one of the most profound films I've had the pleasure of viewing.
For an interesting and unique movie experience I recommend Memento. A very clever film.
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get that colour out of this topic
no coloureds allowed
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says the guy with a blue avatar....
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you'd be surprised how many people don't like b&w movies because of b&w its tardcore
I second synecdoche, ny. decalogue, too. And why haven't i heard of primer it sounds awesome. The diving bell and the butterfly is what i recommend, unless foreign stuff is out of your league too then don't bother watching movies anymore
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You know i didn't say i didn't like B&W movies, i said i wasn't interested in watching them at the moment. and I'll watch a movie because it's interesting and what I'm after, if it's boring or not what I'm after i won't being foreign means nothing in this regard.
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Primer, indeed.
TimeCrimes - Los cronocrímenes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/
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Enter the Void. Just released a year ago. It is by Gaspar Noé who also did Irreversible. This film has 'trippin bawls' written all over it. I havnt seen it yet tho.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1191111/
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I don't like Black and White movies because they are too black and white.
I don't like color movies because they are too colorful.
I only watch movies that are filmed exclusively in pastel.
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Primer had better be a good movie since it seems like GW unanimously endorses it
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I watched Primer a few years ago, but didn't really get it at the time. I need to rewatch it one of these days. I don't think I'll ever have to the time to do that though. Also anyone who thinks that a movie shouldn't be watched because its in black and white is probably really dumb.
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Guys I have a small request for you... I'd like to watch a coming of age movie but with people in their late teens early twenties 18-22 or something of the kind. I don't really care if the main protagonist is female or male. Most coming of age movies have younger characters in them and for some reason I'm really wanting to watch something like this. I also do not care if I need subtitles to watch the movie so anything is good! Thanks
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Dark Crystalis, Atonement maybe?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/
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If it's still in theaters try to catch An Education. saw it a couple of weeks ago, carey mulligan is so good words seem futile in describing her work. sarsgaard also has a tip top performance.
edit: i guess its out on dvd already, yeesh
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If your looking for an interesting movie with color, try The Fall! It it pretty awesome, and is full of color.
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I knew instantly that had to be done by the same guy who did The Cell
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Guys I have a small request for you... I'd like to watch a coming of age movie but with people in their late teens early twenties 18-22 or something of the kind. I don't really care if the main protagonist is female or male. Most coming of age movies have younger characters in them and for some reason I'm really wanting to watch something like this. I also do not care if I need subtitles to watch the movie so anything is good! Thanks
kids return (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116767/), definitely
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Guys I have a small request for you... I'd like to watch a coming of age movie but with people in their late teens early twenties 18-22 or something of the kind. I don't really care if the main protagonist is female or male. Most coming of age movies have younger characters in them and for some reason I'm really wanting to watch something like this. I also do not care if I need subtitles to watch the movie so anything is good! Thanks
i thought C.R.A.Z.Y. was alright.
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haha the cell.
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Have you watched age of darkness?I think you should watch it.