Pretentious Movies for Pretentious Move-itions

[Lethargy]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]Alright, so this is just a blatant ripoff of Jake's [URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=57603"]thread[/URL], but oh well. If the pretentious musicians can have one, the even more pretentious movie-goers can have their own, too.

This thread is for all the above-average viewers on the boards. Those of us who don't see films just to be "entertained," but also to immerse ourself in the artistic, technical, and social/political/etc aspects of a feature as well. We are no mere "movie buffs." We are the Gods of Film.

One of my more recent views was [B]The Puffy Chair[/B].

[B]The Puffy Chair[/B] is a story of love found, love lost, a road trip, and, of course, a puffy chair. The acting was very compelling, and the ending was beautifully perfect, however, I felt that [spoiler]the marriage of [B]Rhett[/B] and [B]Amber[/B] was fairly over the top and not at all realistic, even if it was just to show Rhett's nonchalant attitude toward love and relationships.[/spoiler]

Has anyone else seen this or any other film worth mentioning?[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Jakehammaren]

Well, I have one, though I know it ended up becoming mainstream in a sense as it was shown in select theatres across the country at one point. My addition is [B]Pan's Labyrinth[/B]. It was an absolutely beautiful film.

[Lethargy]

[quote name='Jakehammaren]Well, I have one, though I know it ended up becoming mainstream in a sense as it was shown in select theatres across the country at one point. My addition is [B]Pan's Labyrinth[/B']. It was an absolutely beautiful film.[/quote]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkgreen]Ah, yes. I didn't have a chance to see it when it came out (I don't see very many newer films... [B]NetFlix[/B] is cheaper than the theater), but since it has made its way onto DVD, I will soon. I haven't really read anything about it, therefore, I can't discuss it, but based on the promotional images, it reminds me of the [B]Last Mimzy[/B] (although I am certain it is nothing like it at all).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=darkgreen]Oh, and unlike the music thread, the films discussed here don't have to all be obscure and non-mainstream. As long as the discussion is in-depth and with merit, all is fine. None of this, "[B]OMG! t3h EXploSIUNS w3re t3h AW3soMMEzzzz!!!11!!1![/B]," garbage that the other movie threads get. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=darkgreen]There are the obvious movies, however, that have no place here at all. I don't need to list them, but if any of these are somehow mentioned, it will be made [U]OBSCENELY clear[/U] that the movie in question is an offender.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[Jakehammaren]

[quote name='Lethargy'][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=darkgreen]Ah, yes. I didn't have a chance to see it when it came out (I don't see very many newer films... [B]NetFlix[/B] is cheaper than the theater), but since it has made its way onto DVD, I will soon. I haven't really read anything about it, therefore, I can't discuss it, but based on the promotional images, it reminds me of the [B]Last Mimzy[/B] (although I am certain it is nothing like it at all).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Yeah, Pan's Labyrinth is most definitely nothing like the Last Mimzy. It's very much an R-rated film. It's somewhat like a fairy tale for adults. But either way, it's brilliant in every aspect. It's well-written, artistic, original, intelligent, and entirely engrossing.

[Aberinkula]

[COLOR="Olive"]I have yet to see Pan's Labyrinth. However, my grandmother has it and she said it was really good. I'm not big on movies though. The last flick I saw was Hot Fuzz. It was good though, took a while to get the jokes.[/COLOR]

[Korey]

[quote name='Revolver'][COLOR="Olive"]I have yet to see Pan's Labyrinth. However, my grandmother has it and she said it was really good. I'm not big on movies though. The last flick I saw was Hot Fuzz. It was good though, took a while to get the jokes.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

Hot Fuzz was funny, in that British humor sort of way. It was like a much lesser version of Shaun of the Dead, which was absolutely brilliant.

The last movie I saw (which was last night) was [B]Ali G's Indahouse[/B], which has to be one of the funniest movies I've seen in recent memory. It's not like Borat, where there was no scripted dialogue and fictional plot and characters. It's entirely like a regular movie and delves into the corruption and connniving of the British Parilament, while adding Ali G's personal brand of humor into it. Booyahshacka!

[James]

[color=#606060]I've been revisiting some classics recently.

Specifically, some Kubrick movies.

I recently bought A Clockwork Orange and I also rented Eyes Wide Shut.

A Clockwork Orange wasn't really what I expected, if only because I'd been told that it was so horrific I wouldn't be able to watch it - obviously time (and effects) have changed that somewhat. Still, the concepts in the film are pretty horrific.

I do think that the central question about Alex's nature is pretty interesting. It does make you ask that question: if you could force everyone to behave by a particular moral code, would that satisfy? I mean, because you're forcing people to do something that isn't in their nature, perhaps you're actually immorally restricting them. It's an interesting question.

Eyes Wide Shut was also not what I expected, mostly because I had originally dismissed the film as being soft-core porn with a light thriller element.

It's actually quite focused on the thriller aspect, much to its credit. The only thing I disliked was that the ending - which did offer a reasonable conclusion - still failed to shed any light on the secret society (which the movie kept sort of flirting with). That was a bit frustrating for me, because it felt like the movie had ended a bit too suddenly.

Not the deepest movie by any measure, but certainly worth watching.[/color]

[Nomurah!]

[SIZE="1"][FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"]I'll name two of my favorites.. [B]Donnie Darko[/B], and [B]Stranger than Fiction[/B]... Both are masterpieces. Absolutely.

DD uses alot of mystery, dark humour, and just...tragedy. The ending is one of those you'll remember forever, and one that you go back through the movie to find all the clues for the ending, and well. It's just a brilliant ending, that you'd actually have to think about. But other than the ending, the plot is really good, and original. This film isn't for everyone, mostly because they think that the idea of a man in a bunny suit is stupid, but you just have to watch it to understand it.

StF is another masterpiece, but more recent. StF is about a novel, and a meaning that is so pure, and can be related to anything from...oh..a soldier in war, to the bible.

"If the man knows he's going to die... and he willingly faces his fate...isn't that the kind of man you want to keep alive?"

One of my favorite quotes. :] While StF has its comical moments, Will Ferrel is also a very good actor in the tragic and sad bits. It's very convincing. The idea of Harold Crick being a character in his own tragedy of a novel, is a nice sick twist. I also like the math-addition parts to it, in which you get to see in the mind of Harold, and how he calculates everything exactly.

"A Wristwatch Saved Harold Crick"

Watch the movie. It's a good one.[/FONT][/SIZE]