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Posted : Aug 5, 2008 13:46
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On 2008-08-05 08:44, mk47 wrote:
yea keep em comming detox .. good stuff  .. but what a contrast in your choice of movies and music !.. shocking 
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DETOX
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Posted : Aug 5, 2008 15:41
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MK i am not sure you have a lot of clues concerning my music taste in psytrance (i guess you refer in psy trance after all and not in my general taste in music),except ofcourse if you dont like the fact that i dont like "dark psy" music lol.So if you just refer to my "dark psy" dislike then sorry mate but i cant help it hehe.
So any reviews so far concerning Carnivale and Storm Of The Century?
P.S Nick yes Tornatorre is probably very famous in Italy but he is relatively unknown in the rest of the world that why i consider him as underground.
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Posted : Aug 5, 2008 17:26
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yeah lets not get in the discussion on music tastes....(detox why not try re-joining the serie-a thread... (sports)??there could be some serious discussion going on.....ehheh...not that i like to argue....just about football...!!)
carnivale: i gave a quick look yesterday at the beginning, started slow, but then I had to go out......will post as soon as I get in to it seriously (first session of a few hours at least...)
...luckily i found time for some holiday next week....but expect a detox style full critique asap!
keep them coming....
bholenath
ps: funny games: is a twisted insane movie....i didnt see the old one but the new one definetely has some good ideas....and acting (tim roth is one of my favs.....and the two insane boys....wow!!)
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Posted : Aug 6, 2008 05:37
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Nick the original Funny Games is an amazing film by the master Haneke (expect a suggestion of one of his films soon) and i still havent seen the new remake with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth (no cinema and no downloading like i have said in the past) which i guess has to be very good but i am afraid doesnt qualify as an underground movie with this casting and the promotion it got.Its a bright new film after all.
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Posted : Aug 6, 2008 05:58
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Title : Get Carter
Website : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067128/
Director : Mike Hodges
Year : 1971
Country : UK
Before you start reading this post repeat after me 20 times : THIS IS THE 1971 ORIGINAL FILM.
Now that you know what i am talking about you can continue with this post.
Jack Carter (played by the one and only Michael Caine in a memorable perfomance) is a tough London gangster who returns to his hometown of Newcastle for his brother's funeral who died in what seemed like an accident.While there he begins a little investigation and he soon comes up with evidence showing that his brother was actually murdered.After asking a lot of questions here and there he gets warned by the local mob boss to leave the town and forget about this story,thats where things get brutal,complicated and tottally out of control as Carter is trying to get revenge for his brother's death.
Story sounds nice and simple but this movie is not considered as a crime/gangster classic for its plot.
Michael Caine delivers a mesmerizing perfomance being at the same time brutal and funny although he speaks only when needed in the film.
The atmosphere is amazing surrounded by a british melancholy and the characters and settings are all great and 100% british.This is a cold film but this is what makes it so great and puts its among the greatest british films ever produced and many critics have hailed it as a cult classic with a hardcore fan base (including myself).
The end is also twisted and makes you wonder if revenge is something really worthy and whether one man can trully take revenge against multiple and stronger opponents.
There are many many films that were inspired by Get Carter like The End Of All Violence for example.
Unfortunately though very few (if any) young people know the existence of this classic film and the majority associate the Get Carter name with the idiotic rubbish film with Stallone that was produced in 2000 by Stephen Kay which was a total disgrace for the original.
If you havent seen any of the Get Carter films focus on the original and dont even bother about the remake,if you have seen the remake and you are reluctant on giving the original a chance trust me and forget that stupid Stallone film and spend two hours watching the majestic original.
British Cinema at its best.
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Posted : Aug 6, 2008 06:39
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Title : Le Couperet
Website : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422015/
Director : Costa Gavras
Year : 2005
Country : France
Costa Gavras has produced in the past the legendary film Z (if you havent seen it forget about this topic and spend your time trying to find and watch Z) and other great movies (some of which won an Oscar) like Missing,Amen and Music Box.Although his films were always highly controversial and gained very good critics his box office earnings were always low and his films were mostly considered as cult classics rather than commercial successes.
Le Couperet is exactly that,an amazing film with awfull box office earnings that nobody outside France knows (and i really mean that) and sometimes i feel like the only non French person who knows about it and that is probably because i speak French LOL.Seriously you cant get more underground than that.
So lets see the story of Le Couperet.
Due to outsourcing (having a job done outside the company like BMW not producing its own tyres but deciding to buy tyres from Bridgestone for example because its cheaper to buy them than produce them) Bruno our main character and a chemist in a paper company loses his job and remains unemployed for three full years.Although his skills and resume are very impressive he cant find a job and he wonders whats going on.Suddenly he realises (through a great post office trick) that his skills and great resume are not as good as he believed them to be and that the competition in his area is extremely high and the positions very few.While he is desperate his familly also puts extra pressure on him (since the internet and cable tv among other things are not available anymore to the household) so he takes the decision to simply "eliminate" the competition in order to help himself and get a job.
What follows is the best and darkest comedy in years with a lot of crime/thriller elements and a tottally twisted and high tension plot.Bruno tries to complete his plan,the police is after him and his familly has no clue of whats going on and the whole situation is a real mess.
In the end we realise that the bad guys are not always the ones that loose,or maybe thats not the case?Because who is a bad guy anyway?And what makes a bad guy bad after all?.....
Le Couperet is a raw movie with many moral questions and lessons inside it that for me is a cult classic and a real hidden gem of world cinema for which i feel very proud just because i watched it while the rest of the world ignores its existence.
This is my gift to all the people who spend time and read (and hopefully watch) the suggestions i provide through this topic.
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Posted : Aug 7, 2008 20:02
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Posted : Aug 11, 2008 14:29
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Title : Le Couperet
Director : Costa Gavras
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Just rented it.
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Posted : Aug 21, 2008 04:09
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Any reviews Peyote?
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Posted : Aug 21, 2008 20:02
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Didn't see it Mike.
But my brother saw it, and said great things about it.
I'm gonna rent it again, and I'll leave a review after it.
Regards from Brazil!
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Posted : Aug 22, 2008 00:47
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Wise brother (unlike his brother LOL).
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Posted : Aug 25, 2008 17:36
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Wise brother (unlike his brother LOL).
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What is that hell is that supposed to mean? 
Just re-rented it.
I'll watch it today to review it tomorrow.
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Posted : Aug 27, 2008 16:32
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Ok, I'm back with nothing but great words to share about the Movie.
Le Couperet - Costa Gravas
The first time I say "Z", was about 6, 7 years ago.
I thought it was, close to "Missing", the best Costa Gravas picture.
But know I might feel a bit different.
"Le Couperet" is a brilliant movie. I couldn't keep my eyes away from it for one second.
It's intelligent, surprising, very well performed by the caracter Bruno.
I toltally agree that it a really dark humor movie. I laughed my ass of sometimes.
The faces he makes, they way he "organizes" himself!
It's also a bright thing, to see what people are willing to do, to get what they need / desire.
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In the end we realise that the bad guys are not always the ones that loose,or maybe thats not the case?Because who is a bad guy anyway?And what makes a bad guy bad after all?.....
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That's perfectly said!!
I thank you so much for the suggestion.
Next one in my watching list: "Get Carter" and "Le Samouraļ".
Take care mate!!
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Posted : Aug 27, 2008 16:44
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ok, so I'm at episode 9 of carnivale:
generally a well made series....it is heating up now...even though I thought it was a little slow at the beginning....good picture, very mixed...as detox said it includes a little bit of everything...interesting!!
has very good potential if things start moving a little faster...
good acting...
suggested if you are a tv series lover...
will review again when finished..
thanks detox..
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Posted : Sep 13, 2008 03:20
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Title : The Kite Runner
Website : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/
Director : Marc Forster
Year : 2007
Country : USA
The Kite Runner is a story about childhood sins and mistakes that remain well hidden while we grow up but eventually hunt us down and one day ask us to face our punishment or try to reach salvation by doing the "right" thing.
Two young boys grow up together in Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion,they are so different but so close to each other and they are connected by a big secret that noone knows yet.
Happy times but then the friendship breaks in a dramatic and painful way and each one follows his own road,then the Russian invasion comes and one of them flees to USA.
Years later the kid in USA is now married and has become a famous writer after a difficult life with his father but then a strange phone call obliges him to return to his country to correct the mistakes of the past and make peace with himself.
The trip is full of suprises,dangers and secrets,noone said that the way to salvation was easy.
In the beggining i was very cautious of watching an american film dealing with Afghanistan,yes some propaganda scenes are present but this is a majestic story greatly directed and The Kite Runner is easily one of the best films from last year.
Highly suggested and thumbs up for the soundtrack and the opening credits artwork.
Finally an american film that can be considered a world cinema classic.
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