Good Movies You would Recommend Others to Watch

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Originally Posted by Nerd

The movie was moving at a slow pace for the first half hour and I was already yawning.

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hmm..... This is one movie that gives me pleasure everytime I watch .... in the sense, it is very soothing ... :P .... I find somthing strange abt the colours in the movie, that I haven't seen in any other movie .....
( I used to think of it as some psycho movie from itz cover pic till I actually saw it the 1st time ....huh.. :lol:.... but what a feel good pleasant movie it is !! :P ... ) .... yeah, highly recommended to any kind of movie watcher .... 8-)

Nilavu, Motorcycle diaries is an excellent one .... Che guevara ... How the world changed him, before he changed the world !! ... One of the best and justifying captions ever !

finished motorcycle diaries...i think the actors of italy,brazil and japan are mmore natural than the method actors of hollywood!

nice movie..awesome photography...very natural acting...infact had an impact on me after viewing

Did you watch the special features? It has an interview with Che's friend that traveled with him.

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Originally Posted by kannannn

Did you watch the special features? It has an interview with Che's friend that traveled with him.

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achacha...returned the dvd without seeing it :oops:

Saw "Day For Night" by Truffaut - Very much enjoyable. Of the 3 films on film-making, i liked this one better, the other 2 being Fellini's "8 1/2" and Jean Luc Godard's "Contempt" [which featured Fritz Lang playing himself].

Day For Night is about a movie [Day For Night!] being made and the obstacles it has to overcome. Whats immensely likeable about the movie is to watch Truffaut work in the film. His character in the film is how he is in his life.

A Question: [perhaps Kannan can answer this]
Why is Jean Luc Godard considered as one of the greatest film makers? What's so special about his films? Personally i havent been moved much by the films of his i've seen.

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Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan

A Question: [perhaps Kannan can answer this]
Why is Jean Luc Godard considered as one of the greatest film makers? What's so special about his films? Personally i havent been moved much by the films of his i've seen.

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A_A, that's a difficult question to answer, partly because I am no expert on movies and partly since I haven't watched all his movies. The movies I have watched are Breathless, Bande-a-part, Peirrot Le fau and Week End and so my comments are entirely based on these movies. Of these I loved Breathless and Bande-a-part. Peirrot Le fau was just passable and Week end an utter bore. The main reason I liked Breathless and Bande-a-part was that injection of hollywood style, which was quite different for French cinema (Bande-a-part especially has many scenes that paid tribute to hollywood movies). That along with his typical docu-drama style made these movies unforgettable. But I think somewhere along the line, it became repetitive. For instance Peirrot Le Fau too was hollywoodish, and you wouldn't find any scene that leaves an impact.

If you weren't moved by his movies, I can understand why. I think human emotions and complex relationships were never his strong point (in contrast to Truffaut, whose Jules and Jim is a poetry on screen). Maybe he never meant them to be, but none of the films I have quoted above have characters with whom you would sympathize. Perhaps, others can suggest Godard's movies that they think have an emotional impact on the viewers.

In all, would I rate him as a great? Yes (along with Truffaut), but only on the strength of Breathless and Band-a-part, which are among my top favourites.

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Originally Posted by kannannn

The main reason I liked Breathless and Bande-a-part was that injection of hollywood style, which was quite different for French cinema (Bande-a-part especially has many scenes that paid tribute to hollywood movies).

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mmm... but i think i heard in the comentary it was Hollywood which was inspired by atleast one scene in BAP - the dance scene. I thought the weird narration he employs in his movies is quite peculiar...


He says through BAP he wanted to break all 'norms' and rules' in cinema [w.r.t to technique and narrative especially]

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Originally Posted by kannannn

But I think somewhere along the line, it became repetitive.

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Yeah thas what i also felt. I think his characters are repititive and dont seem to have any life.

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Originally Posted by kannannn

If you weren't moved by his movies, I can understand why. I think human emotions and complex relationships were never his strong point

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Exactly!
I've watched Les Caranibiers, Bande a Part, Le Petit Soldat and Contempt (completely about human relationship) but didnt have any profound impact

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Originally Posted by nilavupriyan

finished motorcycle diaries...i think the actors of italy,brazil and japan are mmore natural than the method actors of hollywood!

nice movie..awesome photography...very natural acting...infact had an impact on me after viewing

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You might wanna watch "Y Tu Mama Tambien" if you liked Gael Garcia Bernal's acting in MD though the theme is TOTALLY different! :P

Just finished watching "Inside Man" - nalla padam...

Felt proud to see Isaippuyal's song being used as a title song [twice!]