Creative Movies of all Times
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shailendra said:
Yeah , watch it! One of the most serene movies I’ve ever seen. I did discuss it a while back…check out the link..
http://jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11167&highlight=memoirs+of+geisha
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rameshlakra
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Hi all,
loved going through this whole thread and liked all the all times hit. Seen some and will try to see the remaining.A few which were left out are:
Ghost
The Ghost and the darkness( Val kilmer and Om Puri)
James bond series( I love all )
The door
back to the future(series)
The last emperror
hindi
Golmaal
kranti
Sangam
Chori Chori
Akhari raata
loved going through this whole thread and liked all the all times hit. Seen some and will try to see the remaining.A few which were left out are:
Ghost
The Ghost and the darkness( Val kilmer and Om Puri)
James bond series( I love all )
The door
back to the future(series)
The last emperror
hindi
Golmaal
kranti
Sangam
Chori Chori
Akhari raata
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sansanwalamit
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I saw the Geisha movie as a part of Oscar 2005 movies list. I found it visually appealing and painfully slow, and I didnt quiet understand the need of heavy Japanese accented english, couldnt they make the movie in Japanese itself.
I would rather recommend Brokeback Mountain which I think is the best movie of 2005 alongwith Matchpoint. Crash was good too but not best picture oscar good.
I would rather recommend Brokeback Mountain which I think is the best movie of 2005 alongwith Matchpoint. Crash was good too but not best picture oscar good.
..Inspite of being a movie buff couldn't figure out..then realised perhaps its 'Akhari Raasta'...hmmm that was some brainstorming ..telling ya...Yes Amit, Crash was not so good as to win the Oscar for best movie...it was a great movie with the shades of grey in all characters...very realistic but then it was not awesome...
Brokeback mountain was a funny one for me (sorry i use the term funny to describe many different feelings...like strange, humourous, weird etc..) because I honestly went in to see a weirdo movie but then what I found was really beautiful, natural love story...thats what stuck me about it that being a gay lovestory, it didn't come across as something strange! It actually had a universal emotional appeal to it!!
And obviously the visuals and music was good too...
Can anyone tell me the name of the famous song from hustle and flow...
Brokeback mountain was a funny one for me (sorry i use the term funny to describe many different feelings...like strange, humourous, weird etc..) because I honestly went in to see a weirdo movie but then what I found was really beautiful, natural love story...thats what stuck me about it that being a gay lovestory, it didn't come across as something strange! It actually had a universal emotional appeal to it!!
And obviously the visuals and music was good too...
Can anyone tell me the name of the famous song from hustle and flow...
sansanwalamit said:
shailendra
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poonam said:
Oh ok, seems you got me beat on that earlier! Heh!
...I was able to only catch it now on DVD, and I am sure if it was so visually stunning on the idiot box, it must have really been very appealing and spectacualr on the big screen!...Ah well!
Somebody also just mentioned 'The last Emperor'...that is another one movie of the same genre that evokes good feelings and piques interest for a different culture and times!...
I have always wondered why the recent takes on our own heritage have produced only so many duds like for example the recent 'Taj Mahal' !?!... (and then those 'Razia Sultan', 'Tipu' etc. etc. from a while ago!)
'Mughaleazam' was very good, but imagine done so long ago!...Can no one take the mantel and carry out a big budget, spectacualr, epriod drama anymore?....
shailendra
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sansanwalamit said:
Well, maybe that has something to do with the fact that most folks hate reading subtitles and it actually does draw one away from the visual artistry and expressions of the actors on screen that can be gone while you were still reading that stupid text below!...
For example; I for one was really screwed up trying to follow the dialogues, action, visuals in 'Crouching tiger...' and the subtitles below, all at the same time, Then finally gave it up and just concentrated on the action!
As for 'Brokeback Mountain', I dunno, still have a huge mental block and sorta homophobic on that topic, and so stayed away!... heard it was done quite beautifully again with the landscape etc, and I for one am a huge fan of Westerns, anways...but that is where I draw the line! Call me orthodox on that, but then that maybe is a discussion for some other time and place! (Anyways; like I remember the quote from somewhere: ‘Ah, those good old days, when men were men and pansies were flowers!!!’)
Every man for himself here, I guess...........(No pun intended!
) ‘Crash’ getting the big movie nod at the Oscars proves again that the Academy still has to come around and embrace gay themes, even here in America! (Thank god for small mercies!…I know, I know! Don’t say it: a good movie is a good movie and probably the filmmaker was really disappointed, I am sure…but that’s just me!)…
Haven't seen 'Matchpoint' yet, but one of these days.......
shailendra
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rameshlakra said:
Ramesh, the movie,'The Ghost and Darkness' was awesome! I had loved it...(yes, it even had Om Puri playing a cameo in there of the Indian railroad builder/mazdoors!)...but man those scenes with the man eating Lions, the legend of the African Jungles and the whole ambiance, taste and speed of the movie was super!
Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas were perfectly casted as the Lion-Hunters!...
I think I saw the movie twice!!!...
'The Last Emperor' was great too... it is incredible how the lives of kings/queens everywhere had to go thru so much turmoil and then finally have to come to terms with the present when they just have the 'designation' of being the royals, and nothing else!...(see how the Rajput Royals in India are now progressing from first opening their Forts to Heritage Hotel business to now actually becoming 'Chefs' themselves, commercializing secret recipes of the old times, for a hefty sum to Foreigners who want to taste a piece of Indian culture and it's colorful spices and dishes!
Talk about Hindi movies, your list reminded me of another great: 'Angoor' that Shakespear comedy adopted in Hindi, and what a marvellous job! Sanjeev Kumar was Hillarious!!!
shailendra
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cooljat said:Deswal Uncleji,
Predator -1 is the most scariest movie I've ever seen
one of my all time fav too.
Rock on
Jit
Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!
....I wouldn't say it was scary but then what a thrilling movie....The concept was solely unique! (BTW, They just recently came out with 'Predator vs Aliens'! What a crap!)...shailendra said:Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!
The most innovative movie about science fiction is the "Fantastic Voyage"
have you heard about that ??????
priti said:
1. Hunchman of Notre Dame : This 1940 movie may not be available in common video outlets - I had watched this in New York, loaning the video cssette from a public library. Filmed in famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Central Paris (I saw this Cathedral recently). Amazingly, such an old movie in B&W, but the sound and picture quality still excellent.
2. The Birds : The 1960 classic by Alfred Hitchcock - how a swarm of birds attack a hamlet. No special effects like today's movies - but still generates natural horror.
3. The Godfather : Again a 70s classic - it was the topic of discussion in January 1977 International Film Festival in New Delhi, though I saw it later - both at theatre and on video too. No special effects, though story of a New York based mafia - but simplicity in filming. In the beginning only it says: "Behind every good fortune, there is a crime".
4. Dancing with the Wolves: Again a simple film - portraying the war between Englishmen and the natives of America. Shows how the native races were eliminated by the White people in North American continent.
5. Predator: As we all know, it is not a simple shooting and does have special effects. Still looks real horror and Arnold Schwarzenegger's style simply appreciable.
6. Les Miserables: Based on the Novel by Victor Hugo : triumph of good over evil. Story of a person who was imprisoned for 20 years just for stealing a piece of bread. He escaped the jail but never took the revenge.
7. The Black Stallion : A castaway (a boy on an unhibited island) - how the boy developed a friendship with a black horse. Both of them escaped from a ship which drowned in the ocean.
8. When the North Wind Blows : How a man lives with 3-4 tigers in a remote village of Siberia.
Today, I have video cassettes/ DVD of all above, except (1) and (4).
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ratheetheraist
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dndeswal said:
woww....................deswal sir.....plz can i borow thm..........i really admire ur choice of movies
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dndeswal said:
Yes really a gripping movie without any doubts. The birds seems so friendly in everday life may be so dangerous. You can't imagine ????
dndeswal said:
Yes. Veto Carleon family have their own values inspite of being the king of New York Mafia and Michael Carleon can still find love in that scenario. Great movie and Novel !!!
dndeswal said:
Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his best apearence. Mind blowing movie.
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keshavdahiya
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The "Worlds fastest INDIAN" is one of the latest flicks which is one time must watch.....anthony hopkins like alwayz has performed like never before...
basically playing Burt Munro who still has the fastest land record of a motorbike in 1000cc category.....and how actually he manages to land up in America from Newzeland with his firm determination and then eventually is not allowed to enter the competition in denver.....he has outperformed it.........
.....INDIAN is the name of his bike which is modified by BURT himself with house hold stuff like cork and kitchen panel etc.....
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Then one of the other latest Movie which was really max funny like the first part was ICE AGE-2 the melt down.......hahahhahahhah amazing
just go and watch the team again in a better way....
basically playing Burt Munro who still has the fastest land record of a motorbike in 1000cc category.....and how actually he manages to land up in America from Newzeland with his firm determination and then eventually is not allowed to enter the competition in denver.....he has outperformed it.........
.....INDIAN is the name of his bike which is modified by BURT himself with house hold stuff like cork and kitchen panel etc......
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Then one of the other latest Movie which was really max funny like the first part was ICE AGE-2 the melt down.......hahahhahahhah amazing
just go and watch the team again in a better way....
shailendra
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vijay said:
Hmmm, 'Fantastic Voyage'...yes, this is one very very old movie, right? (another theme based on a book, if I am not wrong)...but I remember that it was just too Fantastic in the literal meaning of the word (I mean, too fantastic to swallow the concept)....a science fiction genre for sure but the whole set up was a lil' far fetched I remember- miniaturizing a submarine type capsule and sending both it (and its human crew) through an artery into the brain! (the idea being to save the free world against communist assassins!?!).... Ah well!
Anyways, I am not a huge science fiction buff in any case...
But having said that; I must confess having been a religious follower of one Science fiction series 'Star Wars' though,....As a kid was brought up on a heavy dose of the first three amazing sequels and was hugely disappointed with these latest three additions to the classics! But hey, when you have been in love with something you stay loyal to it all the way....so had gone and watched these duds too anyways! (that and for Natalie Portman as Princess Padme' too, of course!) LOL!!!.....
shailendra
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keshavdahiya said:Then one of the other latest Movie which was really max funny like the first part was ICE AGE-2 the melt down.......hahahhahahhah amazing
just go and watch the team again in a better way....
...Yeah, just can't wait to make time to see 'Ice-Age 2 The melt Down'!!!....
shailendra
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Indian Animation Movies!
...We have always been lagging in that direction; but if reports are to be believed the animation film industry shall be rising real powerfully and soon! (Banglore and Hyderabad being the cities taking the lead on that!)...Well, will keep fingers crossed for that!
BTW, 'Hanuman' was a good effort; still not there completely in terms of the finesse and slickness like the other animation movies of the world that we are competeing against! But still a long and positive progress from the 'Ramayana' days, which by the way, was done completely with the collaboration of the Japanese (Nippon Company or something)...
Also, have you people watched the 'PantaMedia' churned out movies like; 'Pandavas' and 'Alibaba & Forty Thieves'....? Pretty good animation (Computer graphics)
You know our mythology is so colorful and full of amazing stories that it could be quite a pandora box of themes that can be created into full feature length animation movies.........
Anyways; also seems like they are coming out with 'Hanuman-II' soon!
...We have always been lagging in that direction; but if reports are to be believed the animation film industry shall be rising real powerfully and soon! (Banglore and Hyderabad being the cities taking the lead on that!)...Well, will keep fingers crossed for that!
BTW, 'Hanuman' was a good effort; still not there completely in terms of the finesse and slickness like the other animation movies of the world that we are competeing against! But still a long and positive progress from the 'Ramayana' days, which by the way, was done completely with the collaboration of the Japanese (Nippon Company or something)...
Also, have you people watched the 'PantaMedia' churned out movies like; 'Pandavas' and 'Alibaba & Forty Thieves'....? Pretty good animation (Computer graphics)
You know our mythology is so colorful and full of amazing stories that it could be quite a pandora box of themes that can be created into full feature length animation movies.........
Anyways; also seems like they are coming out with 'Hanuman-II' soon!
shailendra said:
Well yes the subject was lil far fetched but i just wondered about the imaginaion. Creativity.
I have seen "Star Wars". i agree that three parts were really good.
When i was a kid i used to watch famous serial "Star Trek". That was an amazing science fiction flick.
shailendra
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'Star Trek'
'Star trek' was ok, and they kept at it till recently on TV here (with all new characters and casts)...but I was somehow never into it, before and even with these new series...
I did like the older cast (Mr. Spock and the Captain played by Shatner) somehow maybe because they were familiar faces to see on TV from childhood.....but those guys/actors are now reduced to doing buffonery on TV and the movies recently....Sad!
'Star trek' was ok, and they kept at it till recently on TV here (with all new characters and casts)...but I was somehow never into it, before and even with these new series...
I did like the older cast (Mr. Spock and the Captain played by Shatner) somehow maybe because they were familiar faces to see on TV from childhood.....but those guys/actors are now reduced to doing buffonery on TV and the movies recently....Sad!