Giuseppe Zangara Posted January 24, 2007 Report Posted January 24, 2007 Brazil Stranger Than Paradise GoodFellas A Clockwork Orange The Tin Drum
Wyld Cannon Posted January 24, 2007 Report Posted January 24, 2007 I borrowed Stranger than Paradise from the public library. It was pretty good, but I like Jarmusch's Dead Man much better for the same "dreamy dreary atmosphere" quality.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted January 24, 2007 Report Posted January 24, 2007 I hated Dead Man, but good for you.
PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 Stranger Than Paradise is the only really great Jarmusch movie, I think. The rest of them all seem to be trying too hard to recapture that film's dead-pan weirdness.
Henry Spencer Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 I'd say Dead Man is easily equal to, if not better than, Stranger Than Paradise. It easily surpases its predecessor in creating a completely familiar yet wholly alien universe. Â Dead Man's a hard one to love, granted, it just happened to hit me in just the right spot.
PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! Posted January 25, 2007 Report Posted January 25, 2007 Dead Man (and everything else he's done (especially Dead Flowers)) just feels forced and affected to me. It's like Jarmusch decided what kind of atmosphere he wanted the film to have and then set about constructing the characters and plot andc. around that atmosphere. It's little more than an exercise in pure style that seems to be trying in vain to be something more than that.
godthedog Posted January 26, 2007 Author Report Posted January 26, 2007 i liked 'broken flowers' a lot the first time i saw it. so much that i saw it again at the theater the next weekend (which i haven't done since 'ghost world' in 2001, and that shouldn't even count since that was playing at the student center which only cost me $2).  but seeing it again, there was absolutely nothing there and it just bored the shit out of me, so i left after 45 minutes or so.  top 5 uses of voiceover narration:  1. badlands 2. the big lebowski 3. taxi driver 4. amelie 5. jules & jim  2-5 vacillate a little for me, but number 1 cannot be disputed. absolutely the best thing about a very very good movie.  top 5 shittiest piece of shit i've watched in the last month:  1. crash 2. crash 3. crash 4. crash 5. crash
Henry Spencer Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 Oh, Badlands. What a terrific fucking thing. Malick never even came close to equaling it. Â The appeal of Dead Man lies, to me, in numerous things. Neil Young's score, the gorgeous cinematography, the deadpan humor. Â Like I said, though, it's a hard one to love. A bit like a retarded child.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 I absolutely loved the last ten-or-so minutes of Broken Flowers, but was miserably bored by most everything that proceeded it. The final shot, though, was undermined (only slightly) by sticking around for the end credits and learning that the guy in the car was played by Murray's real life son. That doesn't mean that it was his character's son in the car, but it certainly wrecks the ambiguity of it. Â Anyway, Jarmusch seems uninterested in letting his characters be human beings. Were it not for my enjoying Ghost Dog (and the closing sequence of BF), I'd have written the guy off as a lost cause long ago. Still, he has one arguably great movie (Stranger Than Paradise), one very, very good one (Down by Law), two good, if nothing spectacular ones (Mystery Train and Ghost Dog), and the rest, which are so-so to awful.
Hank Kingsley Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 Down by Law is one of my all time favorites. The first 30 minutes or so of exposition is pretty slow and dull, but once they get to jail it grabs my interest and doesn't let go. The film also includes some of my favorite all-time moments: I Scream You Scream, Roberto's story about cooking the rabbit, and near the end with Roberto dancing with his wife.
Guest Teq Posted February 10, 2007 Report Posted February 10, 2007 1. Arizona Dream 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Blade Runner 4. La Haine 5. The Brave
migoli Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Goodfellas T2 Scarface Beverly Hills Cop Blow
Hank Kingsley Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 Undeclared episodes:  1. Eric Visits 2. Truth or Dare 3. The Day After 4. The Perfect Date 5. Eric Visits Again  "BRING THE RUCKUS!! BRING THE RUCKUS!!" from #5 might be my favorite Eric line if it wasn't for "Put that thing away." in #1. Why did this show have to be cancelled.  Freaks & Geeks:  1. The Little Things 2. Discos and Dragons 3. Smooching and Mooching 4. Carded and Discarded 5. The Garage Door
King Kamala Posted February 19, 2007 Report Posted February 19, 2007 Top 5 Favorite SNL Castmembers 5. Will Ferrell 4. Dan Akroyd 3. Jon Lovitz 2. Bill Murray 1. Phil Hartman   Top five favorite short lived TV comedies 5. Andy Richter Controls The Universe (When the fuck are they going to release this on DVD?) 4. Undeclared 3. The Ben Stiller Show 2. Freaks and Geeks 1. The Critic  Funny that 4 out of 5 of them were on the Fox network for at least one part of their run.
CanadianChris Posted February 21, 2007 Report Posted February 21, 2007 Favourite Amazing Race teams: Â 1. Danny & Oswald 2. Kris & Jon 3. Ken & Gerard 4. Jon & Al 5. Colin & Christie
Hank Kingsley Posted February 22, 2007 Report Posted February 22, 2007 Scrubs: 1. My Screw Up 2. My Lunch 3. His Story 4. My Occurrence 5. My Life in Four Cameras
Hank Kingsley Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Mr. Show sketches: 1. Grass Valley Greg/Nannadu 2. The Pre-Taped Call In Show with Ken Doral 3. Pit Pat! 4. Coupon: The Movie 5. East Coast vs. West Coast Ventriloquists
Guest Oedipus Rex Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Cock Ring Warehouse Balloon Up My Ass To Spain Grass Valley Greg Pre-Taped Call-In Show Intervention  This'll change.
Hank Kingsley Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 Shit, I totally forgot about the Smart House sketch from "Show Me Your Weenis." I just watched it yesterday and was having difficulty breathing. The production values are amazing.
Toshiaki Koala Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 Top Five Reasons Clarence Boddicker Is Awesome  1. His name 2. His glasses 3. He killed Robocop 4. He says funny lines like "bitches leave" and "Bobby, can you fly?" 5. His hair, or soon-to-be lack thereof  Honorable mention: That giant grenade launcher thing. Actually, that should probably be #5 instead of his admittedly supercool baldingness.
Hank Kingsley Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 TV credit/opening sequences: Â 1. Freaks & Geeks 2. Six Feet Under 3. Arrested Development 4. Entourage 5. The Office. Though I wish they'd update it with new clips.
Toshiaki Koala Posted February 25, 2007 Report Posted February 25, 2007 24 Moments  1. George Mason goes kamikaze (Season 2) 2. Death of Victor Drazen (Season 1) 3. Logan is teh bad guy! (Season 5) 4. Nina returns (Season 3) 5. Henderson kills Tony (Season 5)
foleyfanforever88 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Posted February 26, 2007 Favorite House Episodes (not in order): Â Euphoria Euphoria Part II All In Skin Deep ???
Angelus Posted February 27, 2007 Report Posted February 27, 2007 Top 5 use of a song on a TV series  5. Hide And Seek - Imogen Heap / The OC, Marissa shoot Trey 4. Rebellion ( Lies ) - Arcade Fire / The Black Donnelys, the end of the pilot 3. Hell around the corner - Tricky / Rescue Me, Everybody learn about Jimmy's death 2. Overcome - Live / The end of operation Money Train 1. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins / The Shield, Vic tell Lem he needs to hide in Mexico
Betty Houle Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 Top 5 Twilight Zone episodes with Jack Klugman  1. A Game of Pool 2. A Passage for Trumpet 3. In Praise of Pip 4. Death Ship 5. ....................
strummer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 All the Hollywood big wigs who keep calling Nancy Meyers a "genius" really need to see "What Women Want". What an utter piece of garbage. Â Edit: Wrong thread
cd213 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Top 5 use of a song on a TV series  5. Hide And Seek - Imogen Heap / The OC, Marissa shoot Trey 4. Rebellion ( Lies ) - Arcade Fire / The Black Donnelys, the end of the pilot 3. Hell around the corner - Tricky / Rescue Me, Everybody learn about Jimmy's death 2. Overcome - Live / The end of operation Money Train 1. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins / The Shield, Vic tell Lem he needs to hide in Mexico  I might have to add Scrubs when they used How to Save a Life. For those that have never seen it:   It is one intense scene for a comedy.
Hank Kingsley Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Yeah, and that was before it was played to death on the radio.
cd213 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Yeah, and that was before it was played to death on the radio. Â Very true, they seemed to have played many songs before they were popular.
migoli Posted April 7, 2007 Report Posted April 7, 2007 Yeah that scene sticks out for me when ever i think of scrubs
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