movies

[The Third Man]

I need to rewatch most of those - the only one I've seen more than once is Seven Samurai. Been meaning to rewatch Rashomon/Ran/Ikiru for a long while.

[ghostrunner]

Don't get me wrong. I think it's an amazing movie. I just prefer those others more.

Kurosawa elitists

[cards2468]

I have to say, my only beef with Kurosawa is that I get tired of reading when I want to pay attention to the rest of the screen.

[Richie Allen]

I have to say, my only beef with Kurosawa is that I get tired of reading when I want to pay attention to the rest of the screen.

The original Criterion that I used to own had removable subtitles. Not sure if the current one does but I can tell you that you can watch that entire film without the subtitles and know exactly what is going on. Great film. The fastest 3-1/2 hours will ever go by.

[cards2468]

I have to say, my only beef with Kurosawa is that I get tired of reading when I want to pay attention to the rest of the screen.

The original Criterion that I used to own had removable subtitles. Not sure if the current one does but I can tell you that you can watch that entire film without the subtitles and know exactly what is going on. Great film. The fastest 3-1/2 hours will ever go by.

That would still drive me nuts. I'd consider paying somebody to just read it out loud while I watch.

[ghostrunner]

Powell and Pressburger's The Small Back Room. Film they made right after The Red Shoes.

I saw Black Narcissus a few years back and really liked it. Always meant to rent Peeping Tom since I've heard good things about it.

[lukethedrifter]

I have to say, my only beef with Kurosawa is that I get tired of reading when I want to pay attention to the rest of the screen.

The original Criterion that I used to own had removable subtitles. Not sure if the current one does but I can tell you that you can watch that entire film without the subtitles and know exactly what is going on. Great film. The fastest 3-1/2 hours will ever go by.

That would still drive me nuts. I'd consider paying somebody to just read it out loud while I watch.

Two words: Japanese girlfriend.

[SHOW]

[The Third Man]

I saw Black Narcissus a few years back and really liked it. Always meant to rent Peeping Tom since I've heard good things about it.

Peeping Tom is the only Powell I've seen yet and it's great.

[omaha_red]

I saw Black Narcissus a few years back and really liked it. Always meant to rent Peeping Tom since I've heard good things about it.

Peeping Tom is the only Powell I've seen yet and it's great.

i went on a nice powell run recently, he's not my fav.. but:

49th parallel - fantastic, my fav by far by him.. it's just like a hitchcock movie
the life and death of colonel blimp - meh.. i guess it's okay
i know where i'm going - didn't do much for me
black narcissus - an interestingly dark and clever little nun tale.. loved the ending
the red shoes - not a big fan.. i guess the subject matter was tough for me.. it's about a ballerina
peeping tom - not great.. but i think most people here would like it.. again.. a nice hitchcockian feel to it

[clevername]

now for something completely different...I know this will be scoffed at around these parts, but I'll be damned if GI Joe isn't a just about perfect summer popcorn tongue in cheek action movie. I had a blast.

And it didn't even have as much US centered pseudo patriotism as I thought it would. Somewhere around 1% of the US fellatio the Transformers movies have.