Seasquatch wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:04 am One of the best war movies I've ever watched - "Come and See".

That is a fantastic piece of cinema, I was blown away the first time I watched it.

This is one of my favorites, just for the opening scene alone.

"the godfather" (drama mob/mafia) some say best ever, if your young enough to have missed is a must see.... "gladiator" (title says it all) starring Russell Crowe . Finally "the last samurai" starring Tom cruise. Tom cruise really nails the part of a drunken talented soldier captured by the Japanese samurai/army post Civil War Era. The Japanese star (forget his name) award performance too. I have a hunch most expats especially like this movie

Dead Mans Shoes



If you haven't, I recommend you do.

Also, Neds is alright.. part of the unofficial Scottish downfall trilogy... Braveheart to Neds to Trainspotting, glorious glorious Scotland

I second Aguirre and Dead Man's Shoes.

No list of great films would be complete without some Bergman, as well. Particularly The Seventh Seal.

Yerg wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:00 am I didn't see what was wrong with the movie at all. I accept it's not to everyone's taste, but I liked it all the same.

Can't say I could really see what was wrong with it- except that I got bored watching it. Was looking forward to it, in fact it was the only reason I kept my netflix subscription (after re-joining for El Camino). If I was watching it in the theatre it would definitely have failed the watch test (did I look at my watch?). Accept I'm in the minority there but just didn't dig it.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:18 pm This is one of my favorites, just for the opening scene alone.

Yes great movie, guess it was an influence for Coppola for Apocalypse Now. Kinski was a psychopath and one of the greatest actors.

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:28 pm Cool. I'm a big fan of older Soviet movies (and war movies especially), and never heard of this one for some reason. Will check it out.

Have you seen Ruslan and Ludmila?

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