Paulscoconutass Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Spanish FilmsAmores Perros: Same director as Babel, but a bajillion times more origial and better (in my all-time top 10)Bad Education: Almaldovar film about sexuality. Gael Garcia Bernal is also a brilliant Spanish actor Jamon Jamon: Funny rom-com / drama where Penelope Cruz gets her tits out!Volver: A film almost dedicated to Penelope Cruz's tits.Open Your Eyes: Obvious one, original Vanilla Sky (probably got Penelope's tits too)Intacto: Amazingly shot film about gambling and luck, starts slow but is worth persevering with!Nine Quees: Con-man film about con-men!Thesis: If you like thriller films this is a must... all about snuff!Live Flesh: Very sexy drama... another Almaldovar classic.Novo: Like Momento, but a lot, lot sexier!Y tu mam tambin: very ace story, sexy sexy sexy.Overall, it makes British cinema look a bit boring.Basically anything with Gael Garcia Bernal, Javier Bardem is worth a watch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Saw a very spanish comedy not long ago called "The other side of the bed." By very Spanish I mean most of it I didnt really 'get'. It was funny enough but the dialogue was mega fast so not sure how good it would be for learning. If that's the film where the entire cast fucks the other entire half of the cast whilst playing tennis then yes, this is also a great Spanish film! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Amores Perros: Same director as Babel, but a bajillion times more origial and better (in my all-time top 10)Bad Education: Almaldovar film about sexuality. Gael Garcia Bernal is also a brilliant Spanish actor Jamon Jamon: Funny rom-com / drama where Penelope Cruz gets her tits out!Volver: A film almost dedicated to Penelope Cruz's tits.Open Your Eyes: Obvious one, original Vanilla Sky (probably got Penelope's tits too)Intacto: Amazingly shot film about gambling and luck, starts slow but is worth persevering with!Nine Quees: Con-man film about con-men!Thesis: If you like thriller films this is a must... all about snuff!Live Flesh: Very sexy drama... another Almaldovar classic.Novo: Like Momento, but a lot, lot sexier!Y tu mam tambin: very ace story, sexy sexy sexy.Overall, it makes British cinema look a bit boring.Basically anything with Gael Garcia Bernal, Javier Bardem is worth a watch!!!A few I've not seen on that list: Thesis and infacto I'm gonna have to check out. Ta. Can't believe I didn't immediately think of Amores Perros. I saw that at the cinema without having any idea what it was beforehand and was blown away. It's just about as close to cinematic perfection as you can get. British cinema is boring in comparison but that's not necessarily a bad thing. We are by nature a more sombre people than latin folks so if our films were as flambouyant as South American/Spanish films it wouldn't be a proper reflection of the country. We do downbeat, gritty realism and clever dialogue probably the best in the world. (Mike Leigh, Shane Meadows, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 If that's the film where the entire cast fucks the other entire half of the cast whilst playing tennis then yes, this is also a great Spanish film! sure is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Watched City of God last night for the umpteenth time. Still awesome.That is an amazing movie. I'm now tempted to buy it off Amazon now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTickingTime-Bomb Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 And of course... El Mariachi. The best film ever made with a budget of less than $20,000.Watch "Primer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Watch "Primer".This is the best sci-fi film I've ever seen. Puts every other time-travel story to shame and is so complex that it took me about 3 viewings to fully comprehend everything that went on because they make no attempt to dumb it down (honestly thought I had learning difficulties after watching it the first time) I've watched it about ten times now and it's still great to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 I watched 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' last night for the first time ever.I see now why it's such a 'classic' movie. Fucking Awesome. Jack Nicholson in his prime!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 My personal recomemndations would be:Plus Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries and Pan's Labyrinth if you havn't already seen itI concur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Anything by Almodovar! Except Bad Education, which veers from very boring to very harrowing. Poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Amores Perros: Same director as Babel, but a bajillion times more origial and better (in my all-time top 10)Bad Education: Almaldovar film about sexuality. Gael Garcia Bernal is also a brilliant Spanish actor Jamon Jamon: Funny rom-com / drama where Penelope Cruz gets her tits out!Volver: A film almost dedicated to Penelope Cruz's tits.Open Your Eyes: Obvious one, original Vanilla Sky (probably got Penelope's tits too)Intacto: Amazingly shot film about gambling and luck, starts slow but is worth persevering with!Nine Quees: Con-man film about con-men!Thesis: If you like thriller films this is a must... all about snuff!Live Flesh: Very sexy drama... another Almaldovar classic.Novo: Like Momento, but a lot, lot sexier!Y tu mam tambin: very ace story, sexy sexy sexy.Overall, it makes British cinema look a bit boring.Basically anything with Gael Garcia Bernal, Javier Bardem is worth a watch!!!put a few of those on, already had a few too - lovefilms is good for that recommending and asking for a specific genre's of moviesmuy bueno:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 just back from the cinema to see 'the boat that rocks' and it was fecking ace from start to finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Tonight I'm gonna watch 'Wall Street'Will report back whether it's good or not...probably will be though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Watch "Primer".This does look ace. Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 Sukiyaki Western Django. Pretty mad Japanese Western, with typically wonky Quentin Tarantino acting appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 I watched 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' last night for the first time ever.I see now why it's such a 'classic' movie. Fucking Awesome. Jack Nicholson in his prime!!Man, I haven't watched that in a while, must dig it out...probably the Jack Nicholson film you need to see if you could only choose one. 'The Shining' would be a close second, with 'The Departed' a recent contender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest for the first time.What a brilliant film! Jack Nicholson is immense in it as well as Louise Fletcher who plays Nurse Ratchet. Had a good laugh at some parts, and was well into it. Felt really sorry for Nicholson's character at the end too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The59Sound Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just watched 'American Splendor' with the parents. It's about the comic book writer Harvey Pekar. Anybody seen it? I really enjoyed it, in a strange sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just watched 'American Splendor' with the parents. It's about the comic book writer Harvey Pekar. Anybody seen it? I really enjoyed it, in a strange sort of way.Yeah, its a good film.Quite quirky.Paul Giamatti is excellent in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 i saw the hunting party with richard gere last night - its based on a true story of journalists who went hunting down a major war criminal in serbia. twas rather good.pissed off that my local cinema isnt showing the damned united mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Paul Giamatti is excellent in it.I'm not sure i've seen a bad film with Paul Giamatti in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I'm not sure i've seen a bad film with Paul Giamatti in it.The Illusionist (with Ed Norton and Jessica Biel). It's shit. American Splendour is ace though.Watched 'Burn After Reading' last night, pretty good, typical Coen Bros comedy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Tonight I'm gonna watch 'Wall Street'Will report back whether it's good or not...probably will be though.I shouldn't say this, since it was me that sold it to you, but it's utter crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I'm not sure i've seen a bad film with Paul Giamatti in it.Planet of the Apes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Planet of the Apes?I disagree. It's not a patch on the original but it's not a terrible movie and he's pretty good in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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