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[brocklanders]

Quote from $preader:

Great book,great screenplay,great soundtrack too

Who could forget Renton,Sick-Boy,Begbie and the gang?

Seeing it so many times I'm sure you know this,but some trivia - Irvine Welsh who wrote the book cameos as drug-dealer Mikey Forrester

Shallow Grave deserves a mention at this point too

And True Romance

Yeah, there are some great moments. Spud has to be one of my favorite characters...

"But, hey, I'm getting good vibes about this interview thing today"

Keep waiting for the sequel that takes place 9 years after the end of the first movie but they are saying they want the characters to actually age the numbers of years first. It's been almost 12 years so what are they waiting for???

I have a friend that is in London right now and he thinks he knows where the hotel is that they filmed the drug deal. The scene was shot in an oval room and I've always been wanting to see it. Hopefully he can find it and take some pictures.

I haven't seen Shallow Grave so I'll have to check that out.

 

[$preader]

It's quite a cult film,directed by Danny Boyle a couple of years before he made Trainspotting with an unknown Ewan Macgregor in the lead,also starring Christopher Ecclestone.If this thread is still going when you see it,please post what you thought.

The trouble with a sequel to Trainspotting is that all the original cast members were pretty unknown and I don't imagine it had a big budget but now,considering the subject matter is quite gritty,to re-assemble Ewan Macgregor,Jonny Lee-Miller and Robert Carlyle would be expensive and possibly not make financial sense,still you never know.......

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from hughb:

What the hell?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I thought you said you liked drama, and you don't even give a mention to Brokeback Mountain in your top twenty???? Have you not seen this film??? No special effects, no car chases, no hip hop language, nothing but character development and dialog. You completely know Jack and Ennis by the end of the film and you feel their unbearable pain all the way to your core. Three Oscars for this film, count 'em three.

Sorry but, some of my all time favorites did not make the list either. I composed this list from my books on films, plus websites like IMDB, AFI, and Filmsite.org. There’s some films I think should be on my list…. Like “BEN-HUR” 1959, a winner of 11 Oscars….. A record that stood for nearly 40 years…. Yet I couldn’t include it on the list. Meanwhile…. A film like “Citizen Kane” only won 1 Oscar, yet it stays at # 1 year after year after year.

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from killthesunshine:

I like clever plots and twists, 'psychological thrillers'.

have you seen DEATHTRAP?

wonderful film

I havent seen Deathtrap.... but I have a few films that fit your description...

2 that I can think off the bat are

"A Simple Plan" 1998, with Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton

And a good classic..... "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" 1962 .... starring Betty Davis and Joan Crawford.

Also not sure if it qualifies but.... "Memento" 2000 ... is an absolute must see!

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from killthesunshine:




those i hate most rely heavily on 'special effects' to shore up weak plots and story lines.. most films today

You reminded me of one of scariest suspenseful thrillers of all time.

"The Haunting" 1963

This film was extremely crazy scary when it came out.... and to this day is still a very good view.

Its about 4 people that decide to spend a few days in old mansion to conduct research on the houses' haunted past.

What makes this film soooooo unique, is that it's a horror/thriller in which you NEVER see any:

Ghosts
Monsters
Blood
Gore
Violence
or special effects......

Its just the people and the house! How many other films can pull that off???
(Blair Witch Project also tried this formula)

A combination of the actors reactions, sounds, shadows, and music..... thats the formula .... brilliant!

The hand holding scene..... priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS.. the trailer is a joke.. dont go by the trailer

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from lilduckling:

The hand holding scene..... priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is somewhat how the hand holding scene goes….. As I remember it. The two girls are scared and decide to stay in the same room for the night. As they lay in bed together talking, they hold each others hand. The camera than focuses on the girl closest to the wall. The girl than spots a pattern on a wall which seems to be observing her as unintelligible rants and raves by what seems to be an old man and the cries of a frightened child are all she can hear. Time goes by ........ and the cries from the wall get worse, while the girl stays mesmerized at it and gets more and more frightened. She tells the other girl that she is holding her hand too tight…..and is beginning to hurt…. she then turns to the girl and shockingly finds that she's not even in her bed anymore… but sleeping in her own bed.

She, then in sheer terror begins asking her self…” Oh God, whose hand was I holding, whose hand was I holding?”

You kinda gotta watch the film to get the whole impact from this simple but brilliant scene.

 

[trendo]

Quote from lilduckling:

You reminded me of one of scariest suspenseful thrillers of all time.

"The Haunting" 1963

This film was extremely crazy scary when it came out.... and to this day is still a very good view.


A combination of the actors reactions, sounds, shadows, and music..... thats the formula .... brilliant!

The hand holding scene..... priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The Haunting' It's the scariest ghost movie I've ever seen. (It's Ray Bradbury's favorite ghost movie. That's a pretty good endorsement.) When it's shown on TV, they usually cut the first 15 minutes, which is really a shame. That first 15 minutes helps you get inside the head of Julie Harris's part. Director Robert Wise also directed The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and the Day the Earth Stood Still. He served as editor of Citizen Kane. Don't confuse this movie with the crappy remake.
I saw the original when it first came out, at the impressionable age of 10. The wrist squeezing scene so impacted me that I wouldn't sleep with me wrists outside my blanket for days after.

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from trendo:

"The Haunting' It's the scariest ghost movie I've ever seen. (It's Ray Bradbury's favorite ghost movie. That's a pretty good endorsement.) When it's shown on TV, they usually cut the first 15 minutes, which is really a shame. That first 15 minutes helps you get inside the head of Julie Harris's part. Director Robert Wise also directed The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and the Day the Earth Stood Still. He served as editor of Citizen Kane. Don't confuse this movie with the crappy remake.
I saw the original when it first came out, at the impressionable age of 10. The wrist squeezing scene so impacted me that I wouldn't sleep with me wrists outside my blanket for days after.

I called it hand holding...lol

But yeah I agree with you. This film is a gem. Hollywood would never even attempt to make a film like this.... they feed the masses with all the "special affects..... exploding blood... etc".... The remake was indeed pure unadulterated manure.

Thanks for providing that info on the director... i didn't know that.

 

[lilduckling]

DVD News..............

"Salo" 1975, An out of print DVD that was selling for as high as $1100.00 on Ebay, is being re-released by Criterion in an all new better DVD (and also Blu-ray i think) at the end of this month.......


Salo.... a wholesome movie for the whole family

 

[$preader]

Quote from killthesunshine:

the colour of money... clint eastwood.. morgan freeman..are you kidding??

i thought this thread was about true genius ART in the film

not hack movies for trailer park set

The Color of Money was written by Walter Tevis who also wrote the original,The Hustler.He is a celebrated author and the film is directed by the legendary Scorsese.

Clint Eastwood is also a Hollywood legend who directed Mystic River,the page-turning book by best-selling author Dennis Lehane.

Morgan Freeman was great in The Shawshank Redemption,the film is based on the Stephen King novella,Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.

None of these films require special effects,just great acting,direction and screenplay.It seems strange to me to dismiss these out of hand yet recommend the bizarre Cronenberg movie,Crash.