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[QUOTE=Joz;45318687]The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.[/QUOTE] Hoho, I've seen that already. It was quite interesting, despite me not really being into westerns.

[QUOTE=mochisushi;45324079]Hoho, I've seen that already. It was quite interesting, despite me not really being into westerns.[/QUOTE] Casablanca, then. Just like with TGTBTU there is no such thing as constructive criticism of that film, but I love Casablanca for entirely different reasons than TGTBTU.

No flaws? The Sting.

[QUOTE=Joz;45324677]Casablanca, then. Just like with TGTBTU there is no such thing as constructive criticism of that film, but I love Casablanca for entirely different reasons than TGTBTU.[/QUOTE] That's a good definition of a perfect film, it being impervious to improvement. [QUOTE=Damoman;45324699]No flaws? The Sting.[/QUOTE] Hmm, is this one of the original contrasting "buddy" films? Or, at least, one of the better ones?

[QUOTE=mochisushi;45314626]I need a film that is absolutely perfect and flawless.[/QUOTE] Pulp Fiction

[QUOTE=usaokay;45348004]What is a good action movie that's available in Netflix US?[/QUOTE] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another good movie is Iron Monkey, but it's best with the Quentin Tarantino dub

[QUOTE=kaine123;45256685]Any good films about the war between the USSR and Finland, or the Eastern front of WW2 in general?[/QUOTE] Stalingrad (1993 version) is pretty brutal and accurate as far as I can tell, compared to the new 2013 one and Enemy at the Gates. as for me, similiar stuff to these Drive (2011) Tae Guk Gi (2004, Korean War) The Lives of Others (2006) No Country for Old Men (2007) go

[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;45348608]Stalingrad (1993 version) is pretty brutal and accurate as far as I can tell, compared to the new 2013 one and Enemy at the Gates. as for me, similiar stuff to these Drive (2011) Tae Guk Gi (2004, Korean War) The Lives of Others (2006) No Country for Old Men (2007) go[/QUOTE] the place beyond the pines letters from iwo jima collateral idk

Not real in need for a movie recommendation, but a recommendation to find a movie, I've been looking for StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops for ages now and haven't seen it anywhere, biggest cocktease ever too is that I've found the OST but not the movie.

Okay so, I'm first of all a sucker for post apocalyptic stuff...big empty city's you get it. Then some time back I came acros this English serie called Survivors [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258189/?ref_=nv_sr_1[/url] At first glance it seems generic, but shortly after I completely fell in love with the athmosphere they manage to create. So yeah, does anyone know of a movie/serie that's a bit like this? If it's populair chances are I've seen it.

Sounds a hell of a lot like The Stand, which was made into a miniseries in the early 90s and was supposedly pretty good.

[QUOTE=usaokay;45348004]What is a good action movie that's available in Netflix US?[/QUOTE] In case you want to see something on UK or other countries Netflix try Hola on Chrome. It doesn't slow down Netflix either.

[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;45348608]The Lives of Others (2006)[/QUOTE] The Conversation (1974)

Yo, if you guys are looking for a good show to watch, [b]Rectify[/b] is on netflix and is updated weekly when new episodes are released. It's fucking fantastic. It's about a guy who is partially exonerated from death row, and how he and everyone else deals with it. It has a little mystery, and it's really thought provoking. Not a light watch.

Which are some Blake Edwards movies that I should definitely watch? I've already seen all the Pink Panthers for starters.

[QUOTE=Sharker;45673381]Which are some Blake Edwards movies that I should definitely watch? I've already seen all the Pink Panthers for starters.[/QUOTE] The Party. It's basically a 60s version of a Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton movie. Fantastic physical comedy. In fact, probably the best physical comedy ever.

Westerns and/or noir 4 dumdums

[QUOTE=Rakmon;45675439]Westerns and/or noir 4 dumdums[/QUOTE] For Westerns, you don't need to watch the really early stuff, as most of it is actually really shlocky, so start with [b]The Searchers[/b], as it's part classic western, and part revisionist, with there being a lot of the moral ambiguity of the later westerns. It's shot beautifully as well. After that, watch [b]The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly[/b]. You've certainly heard the title, but the movie is absolutely fantastic. Segio Leone is the master of pacing. And then watch [b]The Wild Bunch[/b]. It's basically a condemnation of everything westerns stand for, but it's anything but boring. Probably the most violent western ever. For noir, I'd go with [b]The Maltese Falcon[/b] first, because it's just the quintessential film noir. You got your cunning, troubled protagonist, your tangled weaving web of intrigue, and some really fantastic "noir" shots. Then, you got your neo-noir, and for that, watch [b]Chinatown[/b], explaining it would give some twists away, so just go into it blind. It's fucking great. It's got Jack Nicholson being his most Jack Nicholson. Then, to the outer extremes of what noir is, watch [b]Blade Runner[/b]. Both one of the best sci-fi movies AND one of the best noir movies. Hope that helped a little. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] I actually forgot a movie. For westerns, to top it all off, watch [b]Unforgiven[/b]. A Clint Eastwood directed and starred movie, and it's super great, and its a pretty great ending for a western night.

Do not sleep on John Ford's earlier classic either, [I]Stagecoach[/I] (The Searchers is also a Ford flick). As for Westerns it is one of the best ever. The film is from 1939 but I tell you you won't find a more slick, modern Western from that era. It feels so fresh and new even today. It's great and has some of my favourite expressive cinematography without being an arthouse film, and it's the first collaboration between Ford and Wayne with Wayne giving a brilliant rebel without a cause style performance. Worth noting as well that Orson Welles watched Stagecoach over 40 times when making Citizen Kane, and it was the film he was most influenced by. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] [I]Dead Man[/I] is a great Revisionist Western as well, and [I]El Topo[/I] is one of the weirdest films you'll find but it's pretty great and really interesting. As for noir, check out [I]The Third Man[/I](amazing example of classic noir and one of the best in its genre), [I]Double Indemnity[/I](The film that set the standard for noir) , [I]The 39 Steps[/I](A Hitchcock classic) , [I]Sunset Boulevard [/I](one of the first revisionist noir films), [I]Strangers On A Train[/I](yet another great Hitchcock film, this is one of his best overall). And for Neo-noir, Blue Velvet (my favourite David Lynch film and favourite noir), Taxi Driver (Scorsese's best film featuring one of the best lead performances in American cinema as well as one of the best American screenplays), Drive (stylish, 80's style low-key action/noir) , Badlands (Terrence Malick's debut, less "artsy" than his later films and one of his most all-round successful films), Mulholland Dr. (more Lynch, this is one of the greatest movies of the 21st century imo and it's insane but gets better every watch as you put more and more of it together), Fargo (A Coen Bros classic), No Country For Old Men (more Coen Bros, maybe their best film), Se7en (brilliant thriller), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (great parody and tribute to noir with a great post-modern screenplay and one of the best gay characters in a non "LGBT film") are all really great movies.

[QUOTE=Sharker;45673381]Which are some Blake Edwards movies that I should definitely watch? I've already seen all the Pink Panthers for starters.[/QUOTE] The Great Race [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;45675531] I actually forgot a movie. For westerns, to top it all off, watch [b]Unforgiven[/b]. A Clint Eastwood directed and starred movie, and it's super great, and its a pretty great ending for a western night.[/QUOTE] For bonus points, Unforgiven has been compared to the noir genre, so it can count as both. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] And while we're on Westerns, watch both versions of [B]True Grit[/B]. The original is a more classic western starring John Wayne, while the remake is a superior film by the Coens starring Jeff Bridges. Both are very good. Also, [B]The Shootist.[/B] John Wayne's last and perhaps his best movie. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] And I forgot [B]Open Range.[/B] Features one of the coolest shootouts ever, imo. And watch [B]The Wild Bunch.[/B]

If we're not going in strict sense, then you can go for the sister genre of westerns coming from Japan - samurai film, [b]chanbara[/b]. They follow the same rules and principles as westerns but have katanas in place of revolvers. For that, the best place to start will be Akira Kurosawa and his movies. [b]Seven Samurai[/b] is his best known piece, considered by some the best film of all time. But do remember, it's an epic, so don't let those three and a half hours to discourage you. Afterwards, there's [b]Yojimbo[/b], a film that Sergio Leone's [b]The Firstful of Dollars[/b] (also a must watch western, along with [b]For a Few Dollars More[/b], and The Good The Bad The Ugly in Dollars Trilogy) was based on. It's good to watch the original remake back to back, to see how different were styles, and ways of making a film on the other sides of the globe. While we're at it, Seven Samurai also has an American equivalent - [b]The Magnificent Seven[/b], which is really good, but its main fault is that it's not "Seven Samurai good". [b]Sanjuro[/b] is Kurosawa's sort of sequel to Yojimbo, slightly worse but still a great piece of cinema. Then, there's [b]Rashomon[/b]. It's much slower than previous, and its influence on New Wave cinema or vice versa is really visible. It's something different, but worth recommending if you'll dig the samurai vibe. And you shall not forget about Kurosawa's Shakespearean adaptations, which are marvelous. [b]Throne of Blood[/b] is an adaptation of Macbeth, [b]Ran[/b] is an adaptation of King Lear. They're among Kurosawa's best. I'd also recommend two other films of his: [b]The Hidden Fortress[/b] which was the material that Lucas' Star Wars was based on, and [b]Kagemusha[/b], arguably his biggest epic. Now, it's not only Kurosawa that created samurai films, but with his filmography I'm the most familiar. From the older stuff I can recommend you the original [b]47 Ronin[/b] from 1941 and [b]Harakiri[/b] that won Palme d'Or in 1962. Someone on Facepunch constantly recommends Zatoichi series, so I guess it must be good, but I've seen only one of these so I'm not in liberty to discuss its quality. Now, this specific genre has been rediscovered, mostly because of Takashi Miike and recent films of Yoji Yamada. So if you want something that feels slightly more modern, their films will be your best shot. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=The_J_Hat;45678509]And while we're on Westerns, watch both versions of [B]True Grit[/B]. The original is a more classic western starring John Wayne, while the remake is a superior film by the Coens starring Jeff Bridges. Both are very good. [/QUOTE] I'm so fucking excited that westerns are starting to be cool again. From the neo-western, there's more than True Grit. Another great remake of classic western is [b]3:10 to Yuma[/b] with Crowe and Bale, but the original is just as good. One of the best films of last decade, was definitely [b]The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford[/b], a much slower western, with less shoutout, but absolutely stunning cinematography and acting. There was probably best Brad Pitt role I've seen. There's Australian [b]The Proposition[/b] with great John Hurt, and Kevin Costner's [b]Open Range[/b], and Ed Harris' [b]Appaloosa[/b] For TV series, there's always unfinished [b]Deadwood[/b] by HBO, one of the overall best TV series that this station ever created. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] You might also be interested in contemporary westerns, which are essentially westerns but set in modern times. Rodriguez with his [b]Mariachi trilogy[/b], Tarantino's [b]Kill Bill 2[/b], Coen Brothers' [b]No Country for Old Men[/b], and for television there's on-going [b]Justfied[/b] on FX, and ended [b]Breaking Bad[/b], that cited westerns as its greatest influence. [editline]13th August 2014[/editline] Holy shit, all that talk about westerns and Kurosawa I forgot about noir. Guys before mentioned the most important basics, and there's no point in recommending more if that's not your thing. But one film is very often overlooked. I love this genre, and one of my absolute favourites is coming from Kurosawa, as far I'm aware his only noir film. Everyone, watch [b]Stray Dog[/b]. It's gorgeous, it's a all-father of True Detective, or other famous detective pairings, set in Japan just after the war. Pure awesomeness.

Going back to noir, I forgot to mention[B] LA Confidential[/B].

What shows would you recommend if I loved/love: - Lost - Psych - Firefly - Bones - Warehouse 13 - Revolution - Haven I liked the tight focus on characters/relationships, and the unusual quirky casts, and generally clever or witty lines. The mysterious/scifi/paranormal aspects where a big plus. Another big thing is the low amount of macho machismo testosterone shit, aka excessive explosions, bikini babes, and pew pew.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel

I'm a sucker for animated movies, if it's animated I'll probably watch it. Heck, I like them a bit better than live action films, to be honest.

If animated's what you want: The Lego Movie Rango Spirited Away Prince Moanoke The Castle in the Sky Princess Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind Toy Story You may or may not have seen all of those already, but it's all I can think of at the moment.

I know this might be a long shot, but anything similar to Edge of Tomorrow? One of my favourite movies

You may like Oblivion, but apart from the fact that it's a sci-fi movie with Tom Cruise, it's not incredibly similar. On the other hand, it's still wonderfully shot.

yeah it was pretty good :v: anything else that might be similar? Would be great if there is, but I guess EoT was pretty unique

[QUOTE=Waterpi;45941011]yeah it was pretty good :v: anything else that might be similar? Would be great if there is, but I guess EoT was pretty unique[/QUOTE] A sci-fi action film with humor sparsed through = Starship Troopers Thats kind of all I can think of. Its a vaguely similar movie, but its one of the best sci-fi films ever made so even if there arent many similarities, you might find it entertaining. Groundhog Day is a completely different genre but similar concept. Its a good film too, though. I liked EoT a lot, my favorite of the summer for sure. If youre itching for more of it, there is a manga and light novel of which it was based. Its all good, so yeah. Sorry I couldnt come up with less well-known films for you to watch, youve probably seen those.