Creative Movies of all Times

Best 'Caped' Movies

...Meaning all the superpower dudes (and Women) caped wonder movies!

The best I have enjoyed is the most recent 'Batman' (begins)...
The 'Superman' series were my fav long ago, but I think I like how slick these super power movies have become now as compared to those older ones!

No more of that clumsy blue screen technology anymore! (it has progressed apparently into the more reliable and slick 'Green' screen technology....remember Ben Stiller in the Oscars?)...

Also, everyone of you 'super power' movies buffs; watch out for the upcoming new 'Superman' movie....that has the main lead in a completely natural (no plastic inserts to make the guy look buff) costume in the blue and red colors of the 'man'!....
 
Yes Captain Kirk and Dr. Spock were familiar faces. I didn't saw "Star Trek" after that.

I admire "Terminator II - The judgement Day" of all the three Termonator sequels. I had seen it so many times and still enjoy it. Terminator III is not upto that mark. Terminator I was OK. Arnold really looks like a perfect Robo.
 
One of my favourite special effects, intergallactic, fantasy war movie is "The Fifth Element"......best depiction of future that doesnt scare anyone and yes Mila Jovovich is hot and perfect enough to be the fifth element. :)
 
bhaisaab Arni to aap ho mein kahan ....mera scary ka matbal Thrillin hi tha :p :p hahahha....btw so called horror movies manne katti funny laga kare hai....in Bollywood the best scary i mean thrillin movie as par me was BHOOT

well, predator-2 was also crap :(

Rock on
Jit


shailendra said:
Nahee yaar Jit! Desi Arnold hoke bhi darr gaya tha!?!:D ....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!)...
 
V for Vendetta

Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...
 
priti said:
Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...

Though I haven't seen 'V for...'; (and have heard from some that it is quite good)...and now you make it sound even more intriguing to watch....
But just have been a lil' squirmy everytime I think of that possible spectacle of having to sit and watch Natalie Portman (Ooooh....'Star Wars', all over again...!;) ) in the BALD!!!!!!!!!...............:(
 
priti said:
Recently saw this one.....very bollywoodish ending....haven't yet formed my views on whether i liked it or not but it certainly kept me glued to the screen and my attention to the dialogues...definitely liked the voice of the mask man...natalie portman was a bit of a drag in the second half...

I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 3 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.......

okkkkk here is it about AMORES PERROS..an extraordinary thriller combining masterfully three different stories where fighting dogs are included, and also using the camera in tricky ways several times probably to increase the excitement. In Mexico there are many ways to earn money for survival in some cases or for lucrative purposes in others. There fights among animals are arranged regularly. In Mexico the so-called Palenques are famous where the people go to see fights between cocks, but also fights of dogs are organized in places less formal than Palenques. In both fights the people bet, some small money but others high sums. The film goes around this issue of fights between dogs, where obviously you have always a persistent dog champion, highly susceptible to be killed by other means in order to take it away. But the film is in fact about the misery of the humans, no matter if they are poor or rich. Amores Perros is an exceptional film, and a sample of the quality of several new-era films in Latin America, which may compete easily in their plots and depth with other films made in Europe and USA.
 
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Can u imagine somebody who sees quite a lot of movies and haven't seen star wars:eek: ........well, before you say anything about me being like a complete loser in not having seen STAR WARS, let me tell that i do solemnly swear that i intend to watch asap i can lay my hands on all of them...no use watching a single one right??

shailendra said:
Though I haven't seen 'V for...'; (and have heard from some that it is quite good)...and now you make it sound even more intriguing to watch....
But just have been a lil' squirmy everytime I think of that possible spectacle of having to sit and watch Natalie Portman (Ooooh....'Star Wars', all over again...!;) ) in the BALD!!!!!!!!!...............:(
 
ah! reminds me that i forgot to include 'The Mexican' here. Its my favorite romantic movie.......they keep fighting all the time....and all the background of the gun legend and stuff....loved it:o

will watch Amores Perros if its on some off track cinema here...usually these ones dont make it to the main stream screens...from the title it seems to be on love or something 'amores'..not sure though..

keshavdahiya said:
I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 4 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.
 
Star Wars!!!

priti said:
Can u imagine somebody who sees quite a lot of movies and haven't seen star wars:eek: ........well, before you say anything about me being like a complete loser in not having seen STAR WARS, let me tell that i do solemnly swear that i intend to watch asap i can lay my hands on all of them...no use watching a single one right??


Oh, Absolutely not...
But here I have to make something very very clear.... (Omygod, you did not ask me this....ready for another 2 hours of lecture on Star Wars then!?! :D Just kidding...)

I will make this short:

The first three are the best (they will not be there on the modern technical flick aspect side of course, as compared to these last three ones)...but they had more body, dialouge and sense to a full blooded real movie! (plus most of us identify more with them as we watched them as kids when they first came out and hence the nostalgia and magic!)...
But of course I watched the last three anyways (because I kept thinking the next one is gonna live up to the hype of the first three....and plus the nostalgia!)....I think the very last/latest one (about the main villian Darth Vader) came the nearest to some semblance of the old glory of the movie, but other than that......nothin'!...
[That, and of course like I mentioned; I went to see Natalie Portman....Heh!;) ....]
 
Yeah, first 3 parts are better than last ones except the latest one... Even better than Return of Zedi I found it....
Priti, watch them you must as soon as possible... and watch lastest 3 first becuz thats how the story flows chronologically..

-vinod

shailendra said:
Oh, Absolutely not...
But here I have to make something very very clear.... (Omygod, you did not ask me this....ready for another 2 hours of lecture on Star Wars then!?! :D Just kidding...)

I will make this short:

The first three are the best (they will not be there on the modern technical flick aspect side of course, as compared to these last three ones)...but they had more body, dialouge and sense to a full blooded real movie! (plus most of us identify more with them as we watched them as kids when they first came out and hence the nostalgia and magic!)...
But of course I watched the last three anyways (because I kept thinking the next one is gonna live up to the hype of the first three....and plus the nostalgia!)....I think the very last/latest one (about the main villian Darth Vader) came the nearest to some semblance of the old glory of the movie, but other than that......nothin'!...
[That, and of course like I mentioned; I went to see Natalie Portman....Heh!;) ....]
 
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Happy to see this thread still going

Just an advice to anyone who is above 15 please avoid any movie made by George Lucas or Steven Speilberg if you wanna appreciate good cinema.
Speilberg still at times tries to do something worth watching (e.g. Munich) but has never succeeded since "Duel" (which is a great movie made by him). All his movies seem to get outdated very soon and look old, and I cannot stand the use of religion especially Old Testament in his movies at the most unappropriate times. I was very disappointed to see what he did with Kubrick's "AI" as well.
And as far as George Lucas is concerned well he is an enterprise in himself, creative genius but not even a mediocre movie director. I cannot stand Star Wars movie anymore, and the reason why the older movies are considered superior is simply because our generation watched them when we were young. I just wonder how can someone watch these movies still, I havent seen any except the old ones, and neither I intend too.

Talking about creative movies, well recently I watched Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" and found it worth watching once. I would recommend it to every Indian movie lover because I felt that hundreds of bollywood movies are nothing but remake of Spartacus again and again. So that is what bollywood to me now, half of the movies are remake of "Romeo and Juliet" plus "Love Story" combined and half are of "Spartacus". Seriously arent bollywood lovers sick of watching same story again and again and again and again:)
 
keshavdahiya said:
I cant digest that>>V for VENDETTA......movie more than twice....any way.....it was a mistake...hihihi

ANY body seen the mexican FLICK...AMORES PERROS...;) its a mix of 3 characters which are linked but basically a DOG fight MOVIE with a interesting assortement of characters which converge in the end.....wonderful.I wish if there was an ENGLISH dubbed version....:) iwont discuss the preview here becoz its a MUST watch.......

okkkkk here is it about AMORES PERROS..an extraordinary thriller combining masterfully three different stories where fighting dogs are included, and also using the camera in tricky ways several times probably to increase the excitement. In Mexico there are many ways to earn money for survival in some cases or for lucrative purposes in others. There fights among animals are arranged regularly. In Mexico the so-called Palenques are famous where the people go to see fights between cocks, but also fights of dogs are organized in places less formal than Palenques. In both fights the people bet, some small money but others high sums. The film goes around this issue of fights between dogs, where obviously you have always a persistent dog champion, highly susceptible to be killed by other means in order to take it away. But the film is in fact about the misery of the humans, no matter if they are poor or rich. Amores Perros is an exceptional film, and a sample of the quality of several new-era films in Latin America, which may compete easily in their plots and depth with other films made in Europe and USA.

I love Amores Perros (own the DVD), if you liked this one then do watch Y Tu Mama Tambien (one of my top 10 fav movies of all time) and Cidade de Deus (this one is Brazilian but simply great and another one in my top 10 list).

P.S. No animals were hurt while making Amores Perros:)
 
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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!:rolleyes: )

‘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.......

I thought education could cure people out of these stupid phobias and other mental illnesses that result in humans discriminating against one another.....but I guess education doesnt seem to have the same effects on everyone to say the least.
By the way aaj te tera naam "Homophobic Superman" :) just kidding.

Anyways I would still recommend you watching it, and would suggest that one should decide watching a movie primarily based on its creative aspect, such as director, actors, editors, and all that......subject matter should be secondary coz after all its a movie (Just a personal view and opinion). What I am tryin to say here is that recently I watched "V for Vendetta" irrespective of the fact that I do not agree with Libertarianism, or similarly I watched "Passion of Christ" and "Dar Untergang" even though I am a staunch critic of anti-sematism. Well anyways to each to his own......its all good:)

P.S. One can avoid "V for Vendetta" and "Passion of Christ" but "Dar Untergang" is simply a great movie....it will definitley please you, drop you jaw and answer many of your questions if you know of an evil man who once lived in Germany called Adolf Hitler. (Excuse the puns please)
 
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...You did not....

sansanwalamit said:
I thought education could cure people out of these stupid phobias and other mental illnesses that result in humans discriminating against one another.....but I guess education doesnt seem to have the same effects on everyone to say the least.
By the way aaj te tera naam "Homophobic Superman" :) just kidding.

Oh man, this is a thread on movies!...I was hoping no one would draw me into this discussion here (and I kept repeating it); but man you gone and done it now! ("Just when I thought I was out of it....they pull me right in!" Heh! Heh! quote-unquote: Al Pacino in Godfather!)...

...and to think I mistook your praise about 'Etu Mama Tambien' for it's shocking 'coming of age' story; but guess you probably enjoyed and were referring more towards the 'grand' finale of the two lead actors (read 'guys') making out in the end, right? Ah haan, now I got our number, dude!!! Heh! Heh!...
Sorry no pun intended, but you gotta think twice before you mention that gay acceptance has anything to do with education...[and on that note: look, while I have no problem somebody saying they have a certain belief; but I do take a HUGE exception to being personally called having an educated 'mental illness'...! Mental illness?...Ha! That's right, maybe I really need to start hanging out at the gay clubs with their mentally sane patrons to cure me of my 'illness', right!?! :D What a concept, now I wonder why did I not think of that before!?!:confused: ]

What was it that you trying to do anyways?...be the unofficial spokesperson/Public relations guy for the Archbishop and the gayChurch now? (Come here son,"lemme take you nearer to God!") Heh, they sure impart some 'education' you would like there, you know!;) ...[unless wait, you don't have a darn clue at all as to what I am talking about... did that news pass you by while you were 'studying' toooooo hard??? ;) ]

Anyways, don't take this personally, Dude...I am just trying to expand on my 'ignorance' here you see...Why, where I come from they KNOW that even animals will not do the un-natural act, but then hey, who am I to tell you who you can be with next time you start getting the feel/urge of being 'educated' Amit! :rolleyes: ......
[But O Holy Educated father...just leave me in my ignorance bliss pleeeease???...:o ]

...and BTW as to the 'Superman' thingy; Heh! Heh! :rolleyes: , Darlin' you can call me whatever your wildest 'educated' dreams tells you to....(Just kidding, buddy!... seriously now, just try and read everything and all above as 'Juuuuust Kiddinggggg!' :D each to his own, It's all Cool...really!)
 
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shailendra said:
Oh man,...I was hoping no one would draw me into this discussion; but man you gone and done it now! ("Just when I thought I was out of it....they pull me right in!" Heh! Heh! quote-unquote: Al Pacino in Godfather!)...

...and to think I mistook your praise about 'Etu Mama Tambien' for it's shocking 'coming of age' story; but guess you probably enjoyed and were referring more towards the 'grand' finale of the two lead actors (read 'guys') making out in the end, right?...
Sorry bro no pun intended, but you gotta second thing coming if you think you can start dropping mentions to people that gay acceptance has anything to do with education...[and on that note: while I have no problem somebody saying they have a certain belief; I take HUGE exception to being called having an educated 'mental illness'...! Mental illness?...Heh! Heh! That's right, maybe I really need to start hanging out at the gay clubs with their mentally sane patrons to cure me of my 'illness', right!?! :D What a concept, now I wonder why did I not think of that before!?!:confused: ]

What was it that you trying to do anyways?...be the official spokesperson/Public relations guy for the Archbishop and the gayChurch now? (Come here son,"le m take you nearer to God!");) ...[unless wait, you don't have a clue at all as to what is it I am talking about... did that news pass you by while you were 'studying' toooooo hard??? ;) ]

Anyways, don't take this personally, Dude...I am just trying to expand on my 'ignorance' here you see...Why, where I come from they KNOW that even animals will not do the un-natural act, but then hey, who am I to tell you who you can be with next time you start getting the feel/urge of being 'educated' Amit! :rolleyes: ......
[But O Holy Educated father...just leave me in my ignorance bliss please???...:o ]

...and BTW as to the 'Superman' thingy; Heh! Heh! :rolleyes: , Darlin' you can call me whatever your wildest 'educated' dreams tells you to....(Just kidding, buddy!... Read everything above as 'Juuuuust Kiddinggggg!' :D each to his own, It's all Cool...really!)

Are you talking to me, are you talking to me, well there is noone else you must be talking to me (Robert Deniro Taxi Driver)

Didnt know you will take it to the heart, didnt expect a homophobic superman to be so sensitive, kilki@darling and rolling eyes action.

You did get me quite wrong and took it to extreme, I personally think that more educated a person is more open and less discriminatory or phobic of other people a person will be. Homophobia is not the issue here, openness is, and for me openness doesnt stop anywhere, be it race, gender, colour, caste, sexual orientation, financial background, ideology, or anything. I feel sick of being judgemental on the basis of that, at times like you and everyone else I make such mistakes to in maintaining my openness and might say or do something that might be considered discriminatory but I never shy away from admitting it and then correcting it.

Going to gay bars and hanging out with gays to cure homophobia will be as stupid action as to marry a person of other colour just to prove that one is not racist. Just being open and giving equal respect to everyone will certainly cure any of such mental illness.

What I found awkward was that you could not watch a movie just because of its content and you seemed to have simply ignored it and started to judge me on the basis of this simple suggestion. Thankfully, the movie in question related to homophobia, had it been Lolita then damn man you would have blasted me off and thought of me as a peodophile on loose.

I could not help myself writing this because I do believe in spreading awareness against discrimination. And yes you can call me a PR person or Archbishop of Gay church, but please do not stop there I also do PR and priesthood for all kinds of minorities be it coloured ones, poor ones, females, Hindus of lower castes, religious minorities. And most importantly I cannot stand close-mindedness and conservatism, I have put another example of how dangerous close-mindedness can be in a separtae thread "Lest we forget" you might wanna read it.

And did the guys in Y Tu Mama Tambien really make out at the end? I thought they had just kissed as the woman wanted them to patch up, may be either I missed it or you saw more between the lines than I could. And the thing that impressed me the most in that movie wasnt so trivial (I am past the age when I used to get thrills from seeing nudity or people kissin in movies), rather this movie has a very strong political and Mexican history plot going on, the movie is actually about coming of age of Mexico and the kids are just a metaphor. Try watching it again and notice their names and the places they go to, and especially where the girl comes from (especially after a little read of mexican history) to make it easy for you well guys represent the natives and immigrants and the girl represents Spain ( think of the reason why she was unhappy and older than them). I guess I am sounding like the PR person for the movie now:) But I am sure this will make others see this movie.

And dude please do take it personaly as you got me and my intention wrong I was just suggesting a bit of openness and in this post I aint kidding at all, and its all really cool. Just think of this thing our Jat society is anyways so conservative and narrow minded, so what will happen if educated ones also start displaying narrow mindedness or conservatism about things that really should not matter.

P.S. Watch "To Kill a Mockingbird" reading the book will be even better and you will know where I am coming from :)
 
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Hey whats going on... ye kya chal raha hai bhai logo... cool down, lets get back to movies... let me distract...
I liked "To kill a mockingbird", it was harper lee's only book because, according to her, she didn't have anything else that is not in the book already... I heard Gregory Peck did awesome job in the movie, haven't watched it... but these racism theme were in fashion at one time but they may not have appeal now a days...

-vinod
 
vinodks said:
Hey whats going on... ye kya chal raha hai bhai logo... cool down, lets get back to movies... let me distract...
I liked "To kill a mockingbird", it was harper lee's only book because, according to her, she didn't have anything else that is not in the book already... I heard Gregory Peck did awesome job in the movie, haven't watched it... but these racism theme were in fashion at one time but they may not have appeal now a days...

-vinod

yeah things are cool, well look what smart movies can lead us too :)
And I suppose "To Kill a Mocking Bird" was not all and only about racism. It talked about looking at people beyond these stupid trivialities like race, caste and all.

Infact, she starts by showing Gregory Peck I mean Atticus Finch as a maverick in his own right. The relationship he had with his kids was totally unheard of in those times, and he had his share of criticism too. Infact his daughter used to call him Atticus which was not accepetable in those times and even now. So many people could have called him a bad parent but then she proves that his kids were most well groomed with highest morals after all, who were colour blind in times when a black person was considred worst that anything.
Damn I sound preachy yet again, but what to do its such a great story and should be a must read for everyone. I alwasy try to find Hindi versions for such books for my mom and others who cannot read English, but no success yet. Can anyone help please?

Back to movies, well Harper Lee reminded me of her best friend Truman Capote (wonder how those two got along, she so noble and he so gross and honestly evil) Well apart from "In Cold Blood" which was made into a mediocre movie he also wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which was turned into a great movie and I think one of the few romantic movie made for men. So "Breakfast at Tiffany's" it is :)

P.S. The movie "Capote" about Truman's life is simply avoidable, only reason to see that movie would be how Harper Lee was really like and rest is all mediocre.
 
...some people never learn!

...Oh man, what a pandora box of issues! Look, I don't really care which side you swing... don't read between my lines like a fool like you did earlier, when there is nothing there!... I know you are stung by my earlier retort, but then you yourself had asked for it dude! ["Mera to dil hi kuch aisa hai Mausi!," read- Amitabh to Basanti's Aunt in Sholay]...so now don't cry like a freaking pansy...

Plus, now you are begining to annoy me, (like a persistent 'sic' fly on my car's front glass) Didn't ask for your advise and really don't want it... I personally don't care what you think about what I believe in...just remove your 'Gay-dar' from me, please? (didn't get it? 'radar'?...'scanning device' looking for something? Got it!?!) and find another guy; I am not interested! Savvy?...

This a thread on movies, so go find another thread for yourself, and maybe someone wouold be interested in your tirade there... please don't high-jack this favorite thread of mine and get it blocked for no reasons, ok!?!

Let's be like gentlemen here on this thread (or gentle'boys', whatever works for you! :D )

Just chill out, take a trip to the nearest 'Get-Smart' store and then to the movie video library!

If something didn't get thru....read this post again, specially the bolded part (and then maybe again...till it sinks in, ok?)
 
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Yaadon Ki Barrat!

...back to the movies...(whew, I sure hope that is the end of the selective personal preaching for me...)

Anyways, coming bacl like I said: Another huge movie (from the early 70's I think?)...was 'Yaadon Ki Baraat'! This gem of a movie had superb songs (remember the title song?...and 'Meri Soni, meri tamanna', 'Aap kae Kamre mein koi...'?) and then an even superb frontline cast!

I think Ajit really created the ("Saara Sheher mughe loin kae naam se jaanta hai...!") style from there. And then Dharmuji himself! Wow...that all black ensemble was terrific and what a macho projected image with the anger simmering under the skin look!...Controlled and intense!
Classic movie indeed!
The movie was fast paced for those times and an edge of the seat thriller...I also think the whole coming of age vengeance story took off on Indian Cinema from here (never to be created with the same magic again!)
Another gem from the Hindi movies archives!
 
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