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Post by Nora on Jan 29, 2019 21:53:51 GMT
for me the experience of seeing at home on a smaller screen just diminishes the experience to the point where i am just not willing to do it... does this mean you rarely watch movies at home? i never watch movies at home. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 29, 2019 22:26:10 GMT
does this mean you rarely watch movies at home? i never watch movies at home. Got it. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 30, 2019 1:28:31 GMT
I like theaters as much as anyone but I'll never understand why someone would wait to see a movie contingent on that theater experience. The cinema can be a more immersive experience, unless one has their own home theater set up and decent sized image. Its definitely more immersive. It’s my preferred method of movie watching. However I will watch films on TV as well. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 1:39:22 GMT
what a masterpiece. i waited to get the chance to see it on the big screen for the first time and today was the day. loved it. was surprised at the choice of music - felt more contemporary than i assumed it would have been but loved it anyways. the entry to the Copacabana club is a phenomenal scene, same with Jimmys moment of decision to kill Mory. Simple detail of De Niros face and its so telling. Oh and the carnage montage to Layla. All very very good. Originally I thought I liked Scarface better but now I am on the verge. Have to sleep on it. oh also - so many memes and references in other works now make sense  JUST NOW?!? JUST NOW?!? What were you waiting on?! What were you waiting on?! for the movie to come to NY cinemas again. |
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 30, 2019 1:42:42 GMT
JUST NOW?!? JUST NOW?!? What were you waiting on?! What were you waiting on?! for the movie to come to NY cinemas again. But you couldn't have known it ever would. You deprived yourself of a masterpiece just because you couldn't see it in a theatre. If that's the case then I wonder what other masterpieces you've not seen. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 1:52:43 GMT
for the movie to come to NY cinemas again. But you couldn't have known it ever would. You deprived yourself of a masterpiece just because you couldn't see it in a theatre. If that's the case then I wonder what other masterpieces you've not seen. many. Just saw all Star Wars last year for the first time. Still have the godfather ahead of me. The way i see it is i l have many things to look forward to. |
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 30, 2019 1:55:23 GMT
But you couldn't have known it ever would. You deprived yourself of a masterpiece just because you couldn't see it in a theatre. If that's the case then I wonder what other masterpieces you've not seen. many. Just saw all Star Wars last year for the first time. Still have the godfather ahead of me. The way i see it is i l have many things to look forward to. OH MY GOD! YOU ONLY SAW THE STAR WARS MOVIES LAST YEAR AND STILL HAVENT SEEN THE GODFATHER?!?!? |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 2:01:55 GMT
many. Just saw all Star Wars last year for the first time. Still have the godfather ahead of me. The way i see it is i l have many things to look forward to. OH MY GOD! YOU ONLY SAW THE STAR WARS MOVIES LAST YEAR AND STILL HAVENT SEEN THE GODFATHER?!?!? ehm yes. proposal off i assume? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 2:47:10 GMT
OH MY GOD! YOU ONLY SAW THE STAR WARS MOVIES LAST YEAR AND STILL HAVENT SEEN THE GODFATHER?!?!? ehm yes. proposal off i assume? The Godfather is the most boring movie ever made. You can wait on that one. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 3:05:56 GMT
ehm yes. proposal off i assume? The Godfather is the most boring movie ever made. You can wait on that one. so what are some of the best movies made before 1990 that you think one should for sure see if they are a true film fan? gimme a few, i wanna know if they are on my list or if i should consider to include them. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 30, 2019 3:11:09 GMT
The Godfather is the most boring movie ever made. You can wait on that one. so what are some of the best movies made before 1990 that you think one should for sure see if they are a true film fan? gimme a few, i wanna know if they are on my list or if i should consider to include them. 10 off the top of my head: Sunrise; A Song of Two Humans - beautiful silent Citizen Kane Late Spring - Classic Ozu, very distinct and influential Japanese director Ordet - possibly the most spiritual film ever made, gorgeous restraint Vertigo L'Avventura - the quintessential "modernist" film Persona - Bergaman's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey Celine and Julie Go Boating - fun, clever, meta French New Wave film Blue Velvet |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 30, 2019 3:17:46 GMT
Didn't care too much for it. In part because I disliked the characters, in part because of the classic rock soundtrack - a tiresome Scorsese signature. 6/10.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 3:20:15 GMT
The Godfather is the most boring movie ever made. You can wait on that one. so what are some of the best movies made before 1990 that you think one should for sure see if they are a true film fan? gimme a few, i wanna know if they are on my list or if i should consider to include them. Give me a genre to narrow it down. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 3:22:56 GMT
so what are some of the best movies made before 1990 that you think one should for sure see if they are a true film fan? gimme a few, i wanna know if they are on my list or if i should consider to include them. Give me a genre to narrow it down. Drama. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 3:24:14 GMT
so what are some of the best movies made before 1990 that you think one should for sure see if they are a true film fan? gimme a few, i wanna know if they are on my list or if i should consider to include them. 10 off the top of my head: Sunrise; A Song of Two Humans
Citizen Kane
Late Spring
Ordet
Vertigo
L'Avventura
Persona
2001: A Space Odyssey
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Blue Velvet Good list. Saw only a few from it. Citizen Kane is often on the big screen in nyc but it looks Sooo booring. But I keep telling myself I “should” go se it. Loved Blue Velvet and Vertigo and 2001. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 3:43:21 GMT
Give me a genre to narrow it down. Drama. Okay, trying to stay with films that are mostly dramas and not dramedy, scifi, etc. 80's: Ordinary People Stand By Me Witness Steel Magnolias 70's: Rocky Taxi Driver The Deer Hunter Midnight Express Don't Look Now (kind of crosses over into psychological thriller) 60's: The Hustler West Side Story (also a musical) The Graduate Doctor Zhivago I'll stop there, although there are so many excellent dramas going all the way back to the 30's, but I know not everyone is in to classic films. Really, anything with Marilyn, Audrey, and Cary Grant. I especially love Penny Serenade. |
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Post by Nora on Jan 30, 2019 4:09:40 GMT
Okay, trying to stay with films that are mostly dramas and not dramedy, scifi, etc. 80's: Ordinary People Stand By Me Witness
Steel Magnolias70's: RockyTaxi Driver The Deer Hunter Midnight ExpressDon't Look Now (kind of crosses over into psychological thriller) 60's: The Hustler West Side Story (also a musical) The GraduateDoctor Zhivago thank you. yes the Taxi Driver is certainly on my list. i missed it in November but it does come back every once in a while. same with deer hunter. i only saw the ones in bold. Love Midnight Express. And the Graduate is my all time favorite movie. I must have seen that probably a 100 times throughout my life. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 4:28:37 GMT
Okay, trying to stay with films that are mostly dramas and not dramedy, scifi, etc. 80's: Ordinary People Stand By Me Witness
Steel Magnolias70's: RockyTaxi Driver The Deer Hunter Midnight ExpressDon't Look Now (kind of crosses over into psychological thriller) 60's: The Hustler West Side Story (also a musical) The GraduateDoctor Zhivago thank you. yes the Taxi Driver is certainly on my list. i missed it in November but it does come back every once in a while. same with deer hunter. i only saw the ones in bold. Love Midnight Express. And the Graduate is my all time favorite movie. I must have seen that probably a 100 times throughout my life. Definitely see Stand By Me. The Color Purple is another one everyone needs to see at least once. Whoopie was robbed an Oscar for that one. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 30, 2019 8:26:17 GMT
10 off the top of my head: Sunrise; A Song of Two Humans
Citizen Kane
Late Spring
Ordet
Vertigo
L'Avventura
Persona
2001: A Space Odyssey
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Blue Velvet Good list. Saw only a few from it. Citizen Kane is often on the big screen in nyc but it looks Sooo booring. But I keep telling myself I “should” go se it. Loved Blue Velvet and Vertigo and 2001. Those are probably the 4 that would most unanimously be called "must sees", the others are a little more personal, but still "classics". I've added a brief reasoning behind those selections to my OP. Give Kane a go if you get a chance, it's anything but boring. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 30, 2019 8:32:12 GMT
Good list. Saw only a few from it. Citizen Kane is often on the big screen in nyc but it looks Sooo booring. But I keep telling myself I “should” go se it. Loved Blue Velvet and Vertigo and 2001. I have seen Citizen Kane twice Nora and both times I found it to be quite a slog and un-involving. I don't get all the fuss and technically excellent for its time, but that is where much of its praise stems from. I am glad How Green Is My Valley won best picture. Maybe Kane isn't for everyone, but I think most with the slightest interest in film can get something out of it, even if it is only the technical/historical significance stuff. I've seen it three times (never on the big screen) and enjoyed all of them. I love pretty much all of Welles' stuff though, one of my favorite "classic" Hollywood directors. |
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