Good Movies You would Recommend Others to Watch

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

Clockwork Orange is one of the weirdest and the most powerful films you can ever see,

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A Clockwork Orange is one of the most weirdest and most violent books I have read. I wouldn't exactly say I liked the book completely (so I haven't seen the movie yet).

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

P.S: The language is VERY funny at times :), being a cross between Shakespearesque slang and colloquial Brit slang of the 70's, i think....

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The language is extremely unique. I remember reading the first few pages again and again trying to find out what's going on. :)

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

Yes, its definitely not for the weak. Violence will be violent and repulsive, as it should be.

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Should ? Hmm.. Where would you place Virumaandi ? The violence is repulsive in some parts (the sound of flies buzzing when the shroud is removed off Nallamma Naicker's face), glorious in some parts (Kottachaamy's arm) and funny in some parts (Kodangi's vanakkam after Virumandi 'harpoons' him).

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

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Originally Posted by kannannn

Do you know if any of Kubrick's works were ever written directly for the screen? ('2001..' was written simultaneously for the screen and book, but still..).

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No
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick

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Thanks A_A :). Just as I suspected.

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

Kannan,
Have you seen Munich??? Somehow, the zoom-ins in many scenes had a Kubrick feel to them. And Spielberg is a big Kubrick fan. What do you think?

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I haven't seen Munich. Somehow I have grown tired of Spielberg's Jewish fixation, but now that you mention it, I'll catch it soon. I thought I saw Kubrick's influence in AI and the wiki link you gave says Kubrick had the rights to AI and was supposed to make it.

Hi guyz, this is my first post in this forum.hope i will have a nice time here

Coming back to " A Clockwork Orange" i believe it`s more horrifying than any so called horror films. the movie starts on with a bang , with an unusual scene seldom used in films..it starts from devilish eyes of the protogonist looking at the audience, and then zooms -back to show the whole droog -gang..the beethoven background music was just unbelievably eerie & scintilating ..

i like this more than all the other kubrick flick`s i`ve watched .

But as others said this is not for the weak hearted and women.

Padmanabahn
On behalf of others, welcome!

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

The language is extremely unique. I remember reading the first few pages again and again trying to find out what's going on. :)

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I'm trying to remember soem funny words, phrases from the movie but i can't remember much....
Here are a couple..
"vibratey feeling..." :lol: - I think they say this when they are travelling in their car on the way to the author's house...

"Devochka" - Lady

"Ballocks" - Balls :lol:

Some more, anyone?????

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Should ? Hmm.. Where would you place Virumaandi ? The violence is repulsive in some parts (the sound of flies buzzing when the shroud is removed off Nallamma Naicker's face), glorious in some parts (Kottachaamy's arm) and funny in some parts (Kodangi's vanakkam after Virumandi 'harpoons' him).

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Except for the climax [finger piercing throat ellaam too much] and maybe one or two other scenes i think Virumaandi shows violence as it should...

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

I'm trying to remember soem funny words, phrases from the movie but i can't remember much....
Here are a couple..
"vibratey feeling..." :lol: - I think they say this when they are travelling in their car on the way to the author's house...

"Devochka" - Lady

"Ballocks" - Balls :lol:

Some more, anyone?????

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"Gullywuts" - guts
"Gulliver" - head (guess this is from the Russian "golova" - one of many such transformations from words of Russian origin)
"Pee and Emm" - pop and mom
"Cutter" - think this means "money" :lol:
"Appy polly logy" - apology

The 'Nadsat' - the unconventioal language used in the book is Burgess's masterstroke and is really what makes the novel a masterpiece.

"Krovvy" - blood
"Tolchock" - punch/blow
as in
"We gave the dovotchka a tolchok on the litso and krovvy came out of her mouth."
which can be loosely translated into
"We gave the girl a punch on the face and blood came out of her mouth."

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Originally Posted by ramsri

"Gullywuts" - guts
"Gulliver" - head (guess this is from the Russian "golova" - one of many such transformations from words of Russian origin)
"Pee and Emm" - pop and mom
"Cutter" - think this means "money" :lol:
"Appy polly logy" - apology

The 'Nadsat' - the unconventioal language used in the book is Burgess's masterstroke and is really what makes the novel a masterpiece.

"Krovvy" - blood
"Tolchock" - punch/blow
as in
"We gave the dovotchka a tolchok on the litso and krovvy came out of her mouth."
which can be loosely translated into
"We gave the girl a punch on the face and blood came out of her mouth."

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Ramsri,
Thanks! :lol:
I love tolchok!... :)
I'm not sure if balls = 'Yarbles' and not 'Bollocks'.... :?:

OMG, en mandakullaara mani adikkira maadhiri irukku. Need to catch up all the pages in this thread. will check out and start pouring with my set of movies as well, but mainly hollywood flicks. :).

Neenga pora speedla po-aattha, naan poravaala vandhu sendhukkiraen :)

Talking about Kubrick, in "Eyes Wide Shut", in a scene where Tom Cruise enters the hall where the orgy is taking place, you can hear a man singing in the background in Thamizh! A semi-classical piece... any idea who the singer is or what the song is? I guess i missed it in the credits or it simply was not there.....

It's been quite some time since I saw the movie, but I do remember that the chanting in the background was from Bhagavad Gita. It raised quite a protest from Hindu organisations and I believe the recitation was cut out in later releases. As for the movie itself, I liked it in parts but wouldn't rank it with other Kubrick classics.

Has anyone seen "Twentynine Palms" [French] by Bruno Dumont?
Its THE most violent, disturbing and one of the most realistic films i have ever seen [though not one of the greatest].
The impact was there for at least 3 days.