[retired_salemcobol]

I`ve just started watching films again after a 5yr break (kids ) is there anything in the last 5 yrs which i really should have seen ?

Prior to my break I was watching about 6 films a week, perhaps more depending on what was on TV, so I`ve seen a lot of films

In the last two days I`ve watched Troy (for my sins), Laputa - Castle in the sky (brilliant, watched it with my oldest son(4yr old)) and tonight I`ve watched Last Samurai, which was better than I was expecting and I`m watching enemy at the gates for the 100th time, I always find the brief sex scene as highly erotic, even though you only get to see and bit of her ass, man I love Rachel Weisz.

I hope to see Hot Fuzz soon (big spaced fan) and I`ll look at getting hold of any films OTF see fit. I`m into all sorts really, although I watch more war films than anything else.

[retired_jessicadon]

Originally posted by McD:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Ratinho:
I have Volver arriving tomorrow. It will make me happy, yes?

As a bunny rabbit.

Your cousin still at Time Out? </BLOCKQUOTE>

He's the film editor for the LoveFilm website now. They left to live in Canada a few years back.

And 5 years mate? Yeah, there's a few you should check out. As you now know, Troy is not one of them.

[retired_shacor]

Ah, that's right, remember you saying that now.

[retired_salemcobol]

Originally posted by Ratinho:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by McD:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Ratinho:
I have Volver arriving tomorrow. It will make me happy, yes?

As a bunny rabbit.

Your cousin still at Time Out? </BLOCKQUOTE>

He's the film editor for the LoveFilm website now. They left to live in Canada a few years back.

And 5 years mate? Yeah, there's a few you should check out. As you now know, Troy is not one of them. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Just give me a start then. As I said I used to watch a lot. I don`t go to the cinema much, but have a pretty good home set-up so I`ll be renting, so it has to be films out of DVD.

In the last 5 years all I`ve watched is Shrek, Shrek 2, Monsters inc and Finding Nemo (well not exactly) I would hazard a guess that I have still watched one film a week since the kids came along, but most have been on TV (film 4 mostly) so nothing in the last 5yrs really.

[retired_shacor]

Best recent films I've seen, Verbal, are

-the Dardennes brothers' L'Enfant
-Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Uzak
-Hsiao-hsien Hou's Three Times
-Andrea Arnold's Red Road
-Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
-Denis Dercourt's The Page Turner
-Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr Lazarescu
-Gela Babluani's Tzameti
-Lodge Kerrigan's Keane

[drummerchick]

haha, the only ones of those i've heard of are three burials, red road and tzameti.

is three burials that good then? something about it put me off, not sure what. but the same happened with the proposition (the film written by nick cave) which i expected to be a typical 'someone good in another art form being vain and thinking they can do movies' movie, but which was really really excellent, one of the best i've seen recently.

on that note, i just watched team america - world police for the first time, and it's ok. I didn't laugh enough though.

[retired_salemcobol]

Originally posted by McD:
Best recent films I've seen, Verbal, are

-the Dardennes brothers' L'Enfant
-Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Uzak
-Hsiao-hsien Hou's Three Times
-Andrea Arnold's Red Road
-Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
-Denis Dercourt's The Page Turner
-Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr Lazarescu
-Gela Babluani's Tzameti
-Lodge Kerrigan's Keane

I`ve seen Red road, but none of the others. I really fancy the proposition, but thats more to do with a love of all things Nick Cave, but I`ve heard good things.

I`ve not read enough recently to know much about any of the films you have mentioned McD, but I`ll see what I can find out about them. Cheers for the list.

[swapnil]

A few of my favourites for the last few years, albeit a bit more mainstream than McDs list:

Pan's Labyrinth
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
United 93
Brokeback Mountain
Cache
Brick
A History Of Violence
Mysterious Skin
2046
The Squid & The Whale

[Alpha red6f]

A few more for the list;

Little Miss Sunshine
Sin City
Batman Begins
Murderball
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Everything Is Illuminated
Sideways
Dead Mans Shoes
Downfall
Layer Cake
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Bright Young Things

Just some of the films I have enjoyed over the past few years

[retired_jabda]

Ratinho or McD going to do an Oscar thread, or should I? Going to stay up and watch it again :cool: