Movies you've seen recently and have enjoyed?

Boy! Isn't that the truth. I laid it aside while I am reading the Cruise of the Snark. Need a better dictionary, so I am getting the library to get me an Oxford.

 

I thought Life Aquatic was brilliant

 

Watched Andre Tarkovsky's masterpiece Andrei Rublev. Ingmar Bergman called him the one true master of cinema. And I can see why. The film is so beautiful and complete you can't explain it. Too bad the KGB murdered him.... Well at least he didn't have to see George Clooney remake Solaris!

 

Ukkkk, solaris. Yuk

 

Russian films under Soviet rule were state funded. So if we are lucky, George owes Putin money!

 

I hope he has to ride that sex machine he built in that other flop of his. Forget the name but he played a spy building something in his basement.

 

Have you seen Shawshank? That's probably the greatest movie I've ever seen. Wouldn't say it is my favorite movie, but it is a true masterpiece.

Taxi Driver as well, definite masterpiece (albeit not on Shawshank level), and thanks to one loon a crucial piece of American history.

 

I've seen Shawshank Redemption, a truly great movie.
Haven't seen Taxi Driver.
I used to go to the movies all the time in the 90's, so even though I only now saw Pulp Fiction I think I know most of the Classics from that time.
I got a little weaker in watching movies since then. I really liked Into the Wild that I watched on TV and I saw Batman with Heath Ledger in the Cinema which was very impressive. Earlier classics, I have many holes to fill. I only recently watched the good, the bad and the ugly which I really liked and another old movie I watched recently is Lawrence of Arabia which also impressed me very much.
But some 70's movies like the Godfather series or De Niro movies I still haven't seen. Also never seen any Star Wars movies that I know some people like

 

That means you've seen Forrest Gump, right?

Into the Wild, great movie. Part of my collection.

 

Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies. Still reference it way too often.
I like the touching, heartwarming stories. Scent of a Woman, Rain Man, the movie with Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio, not sure how it's called in English, something about Gilbert?
Also liked some of the more action movies, Speed, Jurassic Park but I don't like too much stress in movies. I also like Sports movies although they were a bit immature in the 90's, Moneyball I really liked

 

Whats eating Gilbert grape. Haven't seen it in its entirety, but Leo deserved an Oscar for his performance in it.

Have you seen Eternal sunshine of the Spotless mind?

 

Saw it in the Cinema actually. It's a good, touching movie, but not one of my favorites.
Although being somewhat heartbroken right now it does become kinda relevant

 

I was boycotting any movie with Jennifer Lawrence in it because she did this shit, but today I caved and watched Passengers. It was actually pretty good if you are into the Sci-Fi/Technology genre.

Also viewed Hacker last night which was sorta interesting. Almost seemed less realistic than the crazy space traveling the happened in the aforementioned film though.

If I had to recommend one of the two, I'd go with Passengers.

Spoiler

JLaw does not go topless

 

Thought I'd reccomend some concert movies & docs tonight, most are probably available on Netflix. It is kind of a hit and miss category in general. But these are great.

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!
Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74
Be Here To Love Me: A Townes Van Zandt Documentary
Curtis Mayfield: Live At Ronnie Scott's (it's available on YouTube)
Scott Walker: 30th Century Man
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him)?
The TAMI Show (James Brown called it his fastest dancing ever)
WattStax

 

They had the Godfather epic on a while back, where they spliced the first and second movies togethet in chronological order. It was 7 hours long, but amazing.

 

Watch 500 days of summer.

At first you'll think, who was that asshole that told me to watch it on the boards, but the ending is true. We all have been there. I saw it when i broke up with my college gf and really grew to appreciate the movie. Its a good one.

 

That scene where he sings is great.

 

This is a bit weird for "movies you've seen recently" but we've been having a Buster Keaton thing in my household, and it's amazing how entertaining they are. If I had to recommend just one, it would be Steamboat Bill Jr. - the last portion of that, in a storm, is amazing. What's funny is that they're much better than movies made for decades after. NOBODY would want to watch what passed as mainstream comedy in the early talkies (Bob Hope anyone?) but you can't beat Buster.