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I was going to mention "V For Vendetta". Barely anyone seems to know it and seems relevant as ever.Topical...
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I was going to mention "V For Vendetta". Barely anyone seems to know it and seems relevant as ever.Topical...
Heathens!I was going to mention "V For Vendetta". Barely anyone seems to know it.
This. I was frothing at the mouth and recommending this to anyone and everyone that I knew that mentioned "Holmes and Watson" or whatever that shithouse spoof was with Will Ferrell and John C Reilly.Without A Clue
Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley play Holmes and Watson. Watson is the brains and has hired a drunken actor hired to play Holmes. Great show.
Yes.I was going to mention "V For Vendetta". Barely anyone seems to know it.
I'll put forward the Norwegian film "Trollhunter"I enjoyed a Norwegian film called The Snowman, about an alcoholic detective searching for a serial killer. The twist was that the murder was the detective's ex wife's partner. It was a bit confusing that the detective assigned to assist him and his ex wife looked very similar.
One of the greatest scifi TV shows to be made. If you can, watch the series first.Serenity was a brilliant film it came from a short run series from 2002 called firefly
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Brian Cox was better as Hannibal Lector than that Welsh bloke.The other night I caught the laser twenty or so minutes of Manhunter. This was overshadowed by The Silence Of The Lambs and later Red Dragon. It focuses not so much on the serial killer as the FBI profiler trying to work out who is murdering all these women and their families.
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was made the year after "Little Shop Of Horrors"I had to look Steve Martin up on wiki to figure out when he stopped being funny. I doubt he’d be allowed to make The Jerk now (outstanding film); no one would bankroll The man with 2 Brains. For me his last great role was as the dentist in Little Shop of Horrors - all great underrated films. But then he lost his mojo.... or maybe I did!
Everybody do the mess around."Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was made the year after "Little Shop Of Horrors"
I love watching millenials watching "Blazing Saddles" for the first time on Youtube movie reactions.Some Mel Brookes films, let's be fair most of his are underrated, but top notch here are my personal favourites, not forgetting he'd not be allowed to make the vast majority of his films if he was trying to today. Much of his stuff is lampooning hit films or genres.
Blazing Saddles - Touted by utter morons as a racist film, when it's about Bart getting the better of the bigoted, stupid, inbred white folks. Superbly made and acted, Cleavon Little clearly struggled to keep a straight face through most of it.
Young Fankenstein - Silly and again a classic. BLUCHER!
Dracula, Dead and Loving It - A great take on Dracula and if you ignore the good comedy not far off the actual book.
History of the World Part 1 - Totally worth a watch if you want a laugh.
Spaceballs - A fun watch.
Plenty of others to pick from too.
It's probably the only time I've seen John Candy play the straight man.Another underrated John Candy movie is The Great Outdoors.
John Candy takes his family on a nostalgic holiday to a cabin, only to be outshone by his irritating Brother in Law (Dan Ackroyd) who he doesn't know will be there. Very, very good.
"The Prestige". Two magicians in a rivalry that gets deadly. Came out the same year.![]()
The Illusionist (2006 film) - Wikipedia
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More from Eric SykesI posted this on the internet thread but it works just as well here.
"The Plank" was originally a short black and white film starring Eric Sykes and Tommy Cooper, but was remade in 1979 in colour starring Eric Sykes and Arthur Lowe as the main characters, and a host of well know faces of the time in minor parts. On the whole the film is silent, yes there are sounds and voices of minor characters, but the main two don't say a word.
What makes it great therefore are the facial expressions and body gestures, matched with in many cases pure slapstick comedy that you can see coming a mile off. Nowadays comedy needs a swear word in every sentence, so where did we go wrong?
Forgot about Rare Exports. Seems like they have a lot of interesting movies from that region of the globe.2 of my favourite quirky films:
Rare Exports (Finnish)
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Rare Exports (2010) - IMDb
Directed by Jalmari Helander. With Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Tommi Korpela. In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.www.imdb.com
This is the only ‘wobbly camera’ film that I like. Very clever.I'll put forward the Norwegian film "Trollhunter"
I don't know what it is exactly, but I loved this one and hate pretty much every other "found footage" movies (mostly the American ones)This is the only ‘wobbly camera’ film that I like. Very clever.
Watched "Event Horizon" for the first time about two weeks ago. Good movie.I'd nominate Duel, Spielberg's first film, about a murderous truck terrorising a car driver. Has lots of Spielberg's directorial tricks in it.
Also among underrated horror films, Event Horizon, well put together and scary as sh1t.