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Oh and Bollywood movies. Ughhh. My wife is of Bengali decent and I watch Bollywood movies with her and her parents all the time. The thing that drives me nuts is that Shah Rukh Khan is in every single movie. Seriously, every single one! I don't know how he has the time to do all the work he does. It drives me crazy.

Man you are loading up my watchlist. I will look into Aki Kaurishmaki. I scanned through his movies and it doesn't seem like I've ever seen one. I'll watch Le Havre soon. As for Jean-Pierre Jeunet, I've seen his entire catalog for the most part. All unique to his style. Delicatessan, Amelie, Micmacs. He actually has a new film in post-production right now, The Young and Prodigious Spivet (October 2013?). Which ofcourse has his favorite actor in it, Dominique Pinon. I've always seem to enjoy French, Scandinavian, and Korean films the most. I've really enjoyed Adam's Apple (2005) which starred the famous Mads Mikkelsen (who was in this year's nominated film A Royal Affair). I also recently saw a pretty fun movie from Norway, Norwegian Ninja (2010). And another film nominated for an Oscar this year, War Witch, was very good. It would be like taking Beasts of the Southern Wild, moving it to Africa and giving Wallis an assault rifle.

Your still the only one. I hear that Cloud Atlas and Holy Motors have some similarities (probably like being uber-unique). So I might have to watch Cloud Atlas before it comes out on DVD (which isn't until May). But more on Holy Motors (I really enjoyed it, if you can't tell) I read a review of it today that nails the point: It's not for people who enjoy their stories force-fed to them. I also like the last paragraph in Roger Ebert's review:

Do you have Netflix? I believe Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is streaming right now.

Nice, rolling with the bolding technique. So much easier to separate titles. I do love the world of film. The City of Lost Children is right up there for my favorite movies all time. I've heard that The Intouchables is really good, haven't seen it yet. It was actually France's submission to the Oscar's best foreign film beating out Holy Motors (Every country can only submit one film). They are already working on an American remake of The Intouchables. Heard good things about The Separation as well. Its on my list to watch. Once Upon A Time in Anatolia is really good. Its slow but beautiful with its long shot frames (like the apple rolling down the hill). In terms of foreign films this year that I like. Kon-Tiki, its like a Norwegian version of Life of Pi. And Oslo, August 31st which is about a day in the life of a young guy just out of rehab.

Agreed. I honestly didn't know it was him until after watching. I really like Jemaine in Gentlemen Broncos & Eagle vs. Shark

I'm still trying to figure out my interpretation. A part of me is saying its just a random mess that has no meaning , and the other part sees deeper meaning in the individual vignettes and story as a whole. But it can't be denied that it is unique and well-shot. The French are great at making weird movies. My first experience with their weirdness was back in 1995 with The City of Lost Children.

I was pleasantly surprised with MIB3. It was really good for a sequel. Plus it had Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Concords as the villain. It worked well.

Holy Motors (2012). What a crazy mind[profanity deleted] of a movie. One of the most bizarrest (not disturbing) flicks I have seen. Its best to go into this movie with no idea about it. There is no real plot, just pure randomness. Its supposed to be film surrealism. The movie is left up to essentially the viewer's interpretation. I absolutely loved it. FYI, it is in French/English but there isn't much speaking. It also has a Kickbutt music scene (accordion), smack dab in the middle of the film to get you pumped up (see below video). If you like David Lynch, you will probably like this flick.

Haven't seen it. Netflix does say I'll like it. I used to watch Ghost Hunters religiously, but then it got tiring. Then all the copy cats like Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Adventures, Ghostly Encounters, etc. came along.

I'm a sucker for the haunted house sub-genre. You give me a house/hospital etc, that is creepy with who knows what lurking inside, I'm sold! That's why I can watch 'Night of the Demons' (The original 1988 and the crappy 2009 remake) and feel greatly satisfied despite their lack of commercial/critical success.

Good to know.

I can highly recommend any of these titles that are currently streaming on Netflix: PontyPool (2008) Session 9 (2001) Deadgirl (2008) The Shrine (2010) Severance (2006) The Resurrected (1992) Night of the Demons (2009) The House of the Devil (2009) Insidious (2011) Or you could hit up some classics if you haven't seen Rosemary's Baby (1968) The Evil Dead (1981) House (1986) Burnt Offerings (1978)

The academy always loves him as a writer, not so much from the directing side.

Zero Dark Thirty was my second favorite. Lincoln third. I actually liked ZDT a lot more than Hurt Locker (But that might be because I enjoyed Jessica C's performance better than Renners in the lead role). I agree with you, Bigelow is good at what she does. Though I know a few people on this board that would disagree.

Thank You! That's what I've been saying about Argo. Hollywooded is a word in my book, I've used Hollywoodized before when describing Argo. Liked Lincoln. But I'm a bigger fan of the Pi. Speaking of which. Ang Lee just beat out Spielberg for Best Director.

Very good horror film. Saw that in the theater. I wonder what the difference between the Theatrical and Unrated version is. Now I kinda want to go back and rewatch.

Yea, I'm weird like that. I only watch horror & disturbing films in the month of October (and half of Sept). That's all I watch. By the end of the month I am on the brink of insanity that I need a reprieve for an entire year.

I know, I wasn't expecting you to remember. I spit out a lot of titles in this thread. Session 9, if I can remember didn't even show a ghost (etc. - Unlike Grave Encounters) but it still did a great job of making the hospital feel 'alive' and horrifying. V/H/S is on my list to watch in October. Heard it was really good.

And? What did you think about it? Best Picture of the year good?

Man, here is a crazy betting line on the Oscars. You'd have to bet $50,000 on Daniel-Day Lewis JUST to win $100. Insane. My official guess on best picture is now Argo. Though IMO, it shouldn't be. It just reeks of Hollywood. It has a lot of inside Hollywood jokes, it makes Hollywood a partial hero. The academy will eat it up.

I really liked it as well. I recommended it back in October. Its what you wish "Ghost Hunters" would really be like. The acting was pretty bad, but it was a lot of fun. Usually I hate the found footage genre. I saw that Grave Encounters 2 just hit Netflix streaming last week. I'll have to check it out. Another abandoned hospital horror flick that is really good and is on Netflix streaming is Session 9.

I know how you like the gangster flicks. Have you checked out the Coen Brother's film Miller's Crossing? Its currently streaming on Nefltix.

I recommend it, it's definitely worth seeing. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts about it. I am surprise you can still find it in a theater. It feels like a really long time ago when I watched it.

Yep. In the theater a while back. It's a great adapted screenplay. The suspension was great. But far from my favorite film of the year, I don't understand all the love. Did you watch it on DVD or in the theater? I was wondering if the suspense would carry over from the theater experience. I had two main problems with it. The suspense at the end felt over-hollywoodized (which it was) and Ben Affleck had to star in his own movie again. If that wasn't bad enough, he cast himself as a Latino. Tony Mendez.