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GuyvarIII · Post by **GuyvarIII** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:45 am

9/10
Combined horror and sci-fi elements together with a very inventive look.
Alien is the best film of its sub-genre.
Often copied, but never equaled.

Next- Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:45 am

Tell me more about best film of its sub-genre.

GuyvarIII · Post by **GuyvarIII** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:52 am

Cloud wrote:Tell me more about best film of its sub-genre.

A group of blue-collar workers are used as an experiment to test out the effectiveness of what their government views as potentially an unstoppable biological weapon.

Blackmegabyte · Post by **Blackmegabyte** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:00 am

8.5/10

Moody, atmospheric and some nutty devil-may-care acting from Klaus Kinsky make it an stifling take on History.
The choral music is particularly haunting but what always sticks out in my mind is that closing shot of madman Aguirre----- Ich bin der Zorn Gottes!!
Herzog is a vastly underrated German Director (his topics are always surprising but interesting!).

Hotel Rwanda

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:47 pm

7/10
Well meaning, but ultimately too soft-soaped, "hollywoodiezed" a look at genocide. (What am I doing on a board that rates a silly math/horror flick *cough* Cube *cough* above Herzog's masterpiece!???!

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My Life As a Dog

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:46 am

A very sad and emotional film. 7/10

Enter the Dragon

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:10 am

8/10

Good work for a US director trying to represent the east and the action sequences are decent. Fun seeing Sammo Hung and Bolo Yeung and trying to spot Jackie Chan and Yuen Baio as extras is funny.

The Seven Samurai

Post by **JWR** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:32 am

10/10 still one of my favorites. Many copies never equaled.

Next up Rollerball (the original with James Cann)

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:25 pm

9/10, for the same reasons. Totally bizarre and unlikely premise at the time and it was one of the most tension-packed experiences I've ever had at a theater.

... mind you it's been... how many years? since that came out so my memory of it is based on overall impressions from the wayback machine.

Here's one that I saw as a first run and never quite got over, but given how old it is, I'd be interested to hear what our younger audiences think:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:19 pm

An eerie classic. 6.5/10

Starship Troopers

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:38 pm

9.5/10

A fantastic movie by a director who went all out on it.

I'm certain this movie would have looked completely different on paper, making it some kind of vietnam movie in outer space with good guys and bad bugs.

It turned out to be something completely different, and I loved it.

Grosse Point Blank

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:15 am

7/10

Violence, violence....What is it with the movies on this board!! Cusak cult flick. Absurdist pseudo-realism is completely unbelievable, but it’s consistently funny and clever. Would be funnier and cleverer if it wasn’t so quite so self-aware. Oh, and did I mention. It’s VIOLENT!!!!!:wack

Secrets & Lies

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:16 am

Yeah that's right. I don't think that's possibe.

GuyvarIII · Post by **GuyvarIII** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:26 pm

8/10
An English class and race comparison between a, upper-middle social-economic class, black optometrist and her white, lower social-economic class, biological mother. Interesting family quarrels regarding past, and present, Secrets and Lies.

I didn’t find the ending satisfactory. It was interesting that it didn’t really come to a conclusion, but it kind of made the film seem like a pilot for a BBC TV show. Also, I didn’t like how everyone was gathered together at the end of the movie. I sort of felt it was like they ran out of time and money.

Next- Men with Guns (The one directed by John Sayles)

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:32 am

6.5/10

Scarface