Computer Science Canada Movies WORTH seeing. |
| Author: | bugzpodder [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:58 am ] |
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Mod: Just so we're all clear, Tokenherbz posted asking about movies worth seeing. He claims to hate romance. if you are a eastern kungfu fan, try jet li's fearless or tony jaa's new movie (the guy from ong bok) |
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| Author: | ZeroPaladn [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:17 pm ] |
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if you like comedy, School for Scoundrels was funny as hell, a litle slow though. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:34 pm ] |
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wth happened to the first post? |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:40 pm ] |
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It got deleted, for some unknown reason. Yar. Well, since I'm posting, I might as well add my three cents: The Thirtienth Floor The Hurricane The Man in the Iron Mask |
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| Author: | Ninja [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:24 pm ] |
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i saw jet li's "Fearless" last last weekend, awsome movie..10/10..i like to watch all kinds of movies mainly sci-fi,comedy and martial arts based movies  ..but fearless is certainly worth seeing because not only is it good, its based on a true story.Most of the events that take place in the movie actually happened, like when jet li fights the wrestler "Hercules" from USA |
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| Author: | Genesis [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:15 pm ] |
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Ninja wrote: i saw jet li's "Fearless" last last weekend, awsome movie..10/10..i like to watch all kinds of movies mainly sci-fi,comedy and martial arts based movies
..but fearless is certainly worth seeing because not only is it good, its based on a true story.Most of the events that take place in the movie actually happened, like when jet li fights the wrestler "Hercules" from USAActually yeah, the fighter fighting "Hercules" is about all that is based on the true story. The filmmakers took some considerable liberties with the script. I didn't find it to be that enjoyable; it seemed fragmented, and slow. And Jet Li wasn't a convincing young, arrogant fighter. I'd give it 6.5/10 at best. Certainly not the best martial arts movie out there by any means. If you want to see some good Asian cinema, go out and get a copy of anything that Kurosawa ever did. You may want to start with Seven Samurai to understand his style, then move to something like Yojimbo or Kagemusha, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress, or The Bad Sleep Well (very good.) If you like Shakespeare (Macbeth in particular,) Samurai's and movies with kick-ass names, check out Throne of Blood of too. If Kurosawa's style isn't something your into (which would be a pity) then get John Woo's The Killer or Hard Boiled. If you don't like those I don't even know what to say. (None of these are really "martial arts," so to speak, just some great films to come out Asia.) And since you saw Fearless, you may find yourself yearning to see Tony Jaa's The Protector, but don't. For real save your money and watch Ong Bak again, its a much more satisfying use of your time. |
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| Author: | r.3volved [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:38 pm ] |
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Tokenherbz should watch "Grass:The History of Marijuana" ..actually any toker, or anyone who likes audio sampling should watch that movie |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:00 pm ] |
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Genesis wrote: If you want to see some good Asian cinema, go out and get a copy of anything that Kurosawa ever did. You may want to start with Seven Samurai to understand his style, then move to something like Yojimbo or Kagemusha, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress, or The Bad Sleep Well (very good.) If you like Shakespeare (Macbeth in particular,) Samurai's and movies with kick-ass names, check out Throne of Blood of too.
I love Seven Samurai! I'd love to see another of his movies. Though I am rather pressed for time, here. Of these movies you've listed (excluding Seven Samurai), which would you recommend most? Better yet, list them in decreasing order, since chances are pretty low that I can get any of them. UW's intranet is awesome and all, but they don't have many older films. |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:02 am ] |
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For Sci-fi lovers there are any number of good movies The island, GATACA, K-PAX, Serenity, etc. All good movies and fairly recent. Then there are classics like Forbidden Planet (staring Leslie Neilson and not a comedy!) or Tron. Just general good movies: V for Vendetta, Wallace and Gromit = The curse of teh were-rabbit, Lucky Number Sleven, 16 Blocks; all good movies. Unfortunately this summer's movies have all been pretty bad imho. |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:27 pm ] |
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md wrote: ...V for Vendetta...
I haven't seen it, but my friends say it's sort of like 1984, except far worse. Have you seen 1984? Another movie that is sort of similar is Equilibrium. It's got a lot of action (it's action is better than the Matrix's action, I think) and yet it actually has an interesting story: mankind has developed a substance that can surpress all emotion. How does society change? Actually, The Thirtienth Floor (mentioned earlier) is similar to the Matrix as well, with the idea of jacking into a virtual system. This one has less action and far more thought, in my opinion. Way better than the Matrix. |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:45 pm ] |
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1984... movie? Was it any good? I didn't much care for the book's ending, which is (part of) why I liked Equilibrium. I also like V for Vendetta if you're trying to say that it's bad (unless 1984 is supposed to be really good). |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:37 pm ] |
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<< Is reading the Crucible, and if the movie is as good as the play, im sure its worth seeing  *wants to watch the play, damnit* |
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| Author: | Cervantes [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:49 pm ] |
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Mazer wrote: 1984... movie?
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(film)]Yes[/url]. Mazer wrote: Was it any good?
I haven't read the whole book, so it's hard to say. I think it did a pretty good job. Since you've read the book, perhaps you should watch the movie and answer me this question.  |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:39 pm ] |
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Cervantes wrote: Mazer wrote: 1984... movie?
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(film)]Yes[/url]. Quote: Release date(s) October 10, 1984
Well, shit... Yeah, I might take a look sometime. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:48 pm ] |
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Nausicaä. Totally rocks - Miyazaki at his best. |
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| Author: | Andy [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:54 pm ] |
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i saw the 1984 movie... it was too hmmm, lets just say i enjoyed the book better |
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| Author: | NikG [ Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:06 pm ] |
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Mazer wrote: 1984... movie? Was it any good? I didn't much care for the book's ending, which is (part of) why I liked Equilibrium. I also like V for Vendetta if you're trying to say that it's bad (unless 1984 is supposed to be really good). V for Vendetta is pretty good. Equilibrium was cool, but mainly for the awesome action scenes.
Mazer, you didn't like the ending for 1984??? I thought it was the best part, considering the book is a pretty slow read until the end. I haven't seen the movie and I've been told to avoid it so... Some of my faves: -Fight Club (I'm sure I've mentioned this before) -Face Off (just an ok movie, but the concept is very original) -The Illusionist (a very well done movie) cant think of anymore... |
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| Author: | TokenHerbz [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:19 am ] |
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over the past few days ive watched: V for V/ Ice age 2/ The Devince Code/ Pirates 2/ Trailer park boys movie/ Fast n F TD/ fearless/ and some older ones too like Blow (not a porno)/ waiting/ wedding crashers... im going to watch jask ass 2 tomorrow, along with silent hill, and right now i think ill watch final destination 3, befor bed. Woot woot! ill take some ideas posted aswell, any more would be nice:) |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:47 am ] |
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Delos wrote: Nausicaä.
Totally rocks - Miyazaki at his best. That one was actually one of my less favourite films. The glider was cool and stuff, but meh. Castle In The Sky or Princess Mononoke for me. NikG wrote: [1984 book]
I'm kind of a sucker for happy[ish] endings. 1984 tricked me into getting my hopes up and crushes me thoroughly by the time it's done. Plus, it was a book I had to read in class, so it already has a few points against it (especially towards the end when I'm to be tested on it). |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:58 am ] |
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TokenHerbz wrote: ...silent hill... If you've ever played the games, you should enjoy the movie. Only one part isn't so great, and that's the end.
Oh, and just to warn you... since I doubt you've played the games, the movie probably won't make much sense. I suppose I could explain it to you afterwards in the channel. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:07 pm ] |
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well: Gone in 60 Seconds GATTACA (watching it in Biology right now..) Hide and Seek (some spooky stuff) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (personal favorite) 1984? not my favorite book in the world, pretty dry so far 
now Brave New World, thats pretty interesting (movie of Brave New World i wonder...) |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:20 pm ] |
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There is a Brave New World movie. I can't really comment on it as I haven't read the book and only saw bits and pieces of the movie, but what I did see seemed decent enough. |
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| Author: | BenLi [ Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:13 pm ] |
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Just saw a movie called "Fly Boys", about dogfighters in the first world War. Very interesting and its a movie that you take something away from |
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| Author: | Remm [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:18 am ] |
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A pretty old movie, and one of my favorites: The Crow, a nice dark 'hero'-ish movie... the main actor, brendan somthing got shot by a stunt bullet a while after the movie, so it was his last. They still managed to make two more sequels, each time using a different main character. Sin city for anyone who has yet to see it as well... Along with ghost ship and Total recal (or somthing like that) |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:39 pm ] |
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Not a movie... but the TV series Eureka is quite good  |
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