Why is it that everyone under the sun loves Oldboy, but there's never any love for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?
10 Movies to see before you die
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I think oldboy is overated, great movie though especially if no one ruins the surprise for ya. Luckily I'm into asian cinema so I saw it before I saw Bravo's top 100, Audition is another overated one
In general I think the koreans are making some of the most original stuff right now too bad I can't name a single one, it's equivelant to what America was doing in the early 90's when it was releasing stuff like
Fargo, Usual Suspects, Clerks, True Romance
America had a great run there of original stuff
now I think Korea is the place, out of the 15 or so korean movies I saw this year I'd recomend all but 3
In general I think the koreans are making some of the most original stuff right now too bad I can't name a single one, it's equivelant to what America was doing in the early 90's when it was releasing stuff like
Fargo, Usual Suspects, Clerks, True Romance
America had a great run there of original stuff
now I think Korea is the place, out of the 15 or so korean movies I saw this year I'd recomend all but 3
Excorsist (sp?) (still cover my eyes for most of it)
The Rookie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Rookie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Batoru rowaiaru or Battle Royale is one of the better Japanese flicks I've seen in recent years.
I'm a fan of Chan-wook Park's work in general. I thought that Oldboy was the best of the trilogy (Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance in that order).
I'm a fan of Chan-wook Park's work in general. I thought that Oldboy was the best of the trilogy (Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance in that order).
My top 10:- liable to change the more I think about it 
Dune (the david lynch version)
The Shining
It`s a wonderful life (it`s Christmas after all!!!)
Very Bad Things
Hot Fuzz
Scarface
Godfather
Empire Strikes Back (my favourite but any starwars film really)
Starship Troopers (the first one, the others were piles of steaming ****)
Rise of the foot soldier
Dune (the david lynch version)
The Shining
It`s a wonderful life (it`s Christmas after all!!!)
Very Bad Things
Hot Fuzz
Scarface
Godfather
Empire Strikes Back (my favourite but any starwars film really)
Starship Troopers (the first one, the others were piles of steaming ****)
Rise of the foot soldier
Never quite got Battle Royale or its sequals.
I had a spell of watching a lot of black and whites, alas, I don't get much time these days.
The Hustler
The Sweet Smell Of Sucess
On The Waterfront
To Kill A Mockingbird
Letters From Iwo Jima
Flags Of Our Fathers
Magnolia
Actually, the list could be really long so I'll stop there. Oh, one more...
...... Madness...!
I had a spell of watching a lot of black and whites, alas, I don't get much time these days.
The Hustler
The Sweet Smell Of Sucess
On The Waterfront
To Kill A Mockingbird
Letters From Iwo Jima
Flags Of Our Fathers
Magnolia
Actually, the list could be really long so I'll stop there. Oh, one more...
...... Madness...!
Yeah 2000's are definitely Korea's decade in film.
Oldboy is overrated. Mr. Vengeance gets no love and yet does the best job of conveying the trilogy's theme.
Never seen the sequels but the first Battle Royale had my sides splitting. I almost died of laughter when that girl went crazy and started stabbing that poor kid in the groin repeatedly....sorry, i know thats probably only funny to me
How could I have forgotten ...... Madness. That's a definite must see for everyone. I was really really reluctant to see it because I have this keen hatred of pot and all it's affiliations but my friends forced me to watch it (peer pressure) and I was so happy I did. Particularly fond of the number "Listen to Jesus, Jimmie"
Foxy
Ahhh, I sadly have missed out on so many current movies.... But, these are some that I have had much love for over the years and are must see's:
- Pet Semetery
- 12 Monkeys
- Paulie
- Butterfly Effect
- Titanic ♥
- The Wizard of Oz
- Interview with the Vampire
- The Exorcist
- The Poltergeist
- Sweeny Todd
- Pet Semetery
- 12 Monkeys
- Paulie
- Butterfly Effect
- Titanic ♥
- The Wizard of Oz
- Interview with the Vampire
- The Exorcist
- The Poltergeist
- Sweeny Todd
David Lich's Inland Empire
the coockoo nest
alexander Jodorowsky's Santa sangre
Ingmar Bergman's the seven seal
Dersu Uzala
Monicelli's the bicycle thief
Scent of a woman
Kubrick's Dr strangelove
Kubrick's Barry Lyndon
The lives of others
alien (the first)
Donnie brasco
the coockoo nest
alexander Jodorowsky's Santa sangre
Ingmar Bergman's the seven seal
Dersu Uzala
Monicelli's the bicycle thief
Scent of a woman
Kubrick's Dr strangelove
Kubrick's Barry Lyndon
The lives of others
alien (the first)
Donnie brasco
Has anyone else seen Ricky-oh?
It could be the worst movie or best movie eva depending on your perspective.
It's not a comedy but the more times I see it the more I laugh.
When the guy comits sepuku and then tries to choke Ricky with his intestines.... classic!!!
I'm so happy to see The Holy Mountain on top of that list.
As long as I live long enough to finish seeing the harry potter movies, I'm good. I've made through the Star Wars, Matrix, and LOTR. Loved Event Horizon and In the Mouth of Madness. I can watch Silence of the Lambs every time it comes on Starz right now. I watch my Aliens Quadrilogy about once every three months. I'm pretty much trying to watch as much Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy as much as I can.
hell yes. el topo is great too, but holy mountain is definitely the better of the two.
Agreed. If not for the seven most powerful people in the world, then definitely for the ending.
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