Eastern Promises is awesome. A History of Violence is good, Crash is ok. Videodrome is freaking awesome, though I have not seen it in a while, so not sure how it stands up. I loved Scanners when I was a kid, but again, have not seen it in a while.
Also...The Fly! Could be my favourite Cronenberg movie ever! :awe:
KT
Looks like I saw the original theatrical release
I'm going to have to get the dir cut and check it out
Episode I
*runs*
Sweet - will check for Videodrome and The Fly at Rogers.
Hmmm....
Well to be honest I don't really know, I haven't seen that version before. I would certainly hope so based on what is said.
I so don't want to elaborate so that people can judge for themselves...
LOL
A great one for this thread for sure. I personally hated it because I thought the effects sucked shit compared to the older movies when they used miniature models. That blew my mind when I was a kid.
Eastern Promises is supposed to be fairly good but I've never seen it myself. It is supposed to be his most "normal" film to date. I saw most of crash on late night TV when I was a teen (showcase provided good faping material for teens :biggrin, it's not a good film but there is some killer erotic imagery in there.
Hmmm....
Well to be honest I don't really know, I haven't seen that version before. I would certainly hope so based on what is said.
I so don't want to elaborate so that people can judge for themselves...
You haven't seen The Fly?
The Fountain. But I understand why other don't like it as much.
it was just so damned incoherent. i mean, i understand the gist of what aranofsky was going for, but even he admitted that it was all open to interpretation.
if i'm going to watch movies that confuse me, i'd rather watch something like memento, where there is at least a concrete story to figure out, vague as it may be.
I know I will be crushed for this...
Battlefield Earth
bracing for impact...
Fight Club.
freddy got fingered
Not sure I've never met a person that did not like Fight Club.
KT
I have been looking to watch some bizarre, thought provoking movies these days, the kind that makes you think. Maybe watch it again to see if you can get more meaning. You try to get others to watch, but they can't sit through it and it frustrates you.
As for me, I will start the thread with the movie Brazil. It's EXTREMELY important to watch the directors version of this movie, or the meaning is completely lost IMO. I have watched it probably a dozen times throughout my life. It comes across as a British comedy on the surface, but the undertones and meanings are dark and frightening. A true work of genious, right down to the camera angles. You will need about 3 hours to watch it, and you will need to be away from any distractions...it's the little things in this movie that will surprise. The scariest thing about it...it was made in the 80s, and it rings much truer today (kind of like 1984). Yikes!
it was just so damned incoherent. i mean, i understand the gist of what aranofsky was going for, but even he admitted that it was all open to interpretation.
if i'm going to watch movies that confuse me, i'd rather watch something like memento, where there is at least a concrete story to figure out, vague as it may be.