Post by keyodie on Oct 24, 2008 20:06:00 GMT -5
***DESCRIPTIONS TO MOVIES BELOW***
If possible, answer the following questions by replying to this thread:
What is your opinion on ratings? Do you think we should stay away from unrated/R rated films?
Are you allowed to watch unrated/R rated films?
Do you think we should allow foreign films to be movie of the month, though they may be hard to get?
What if we had a television show be "movie" of the month and suggested 2 or 3 specific episodes? Do you think that would be a good idea?
How do you feel about horror/gore/etc. movies? Do you think we should stay away from certain genres?
Fight Club
Genre: Drama, Action/Psychological Thriller, Dark Humor
MPAA Rating: R (For disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language)
Summary:
When corporate drone Edward Norton can't sleep, his insomnia leads him to take desperate measures and introduces him to roguish rebel Brad Pitt. Together they stage impromptu (and brutal) parking lot boxing matches. But when other men join in the "fun," Pitt transforms the club from a group of men rebelling against conformity into a nihilistic cult of pranksters with greater malice in store.
American Beauty
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (For strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content)
Summary:
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is struggling to endure marriage to uber-realtor Carolyn (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling career and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch). Deep into a midlife crisis, Lester becomes infatuated with a friend (Mena Suvari) of his daughter. Soon, he's quit his job and is working at a fast-food joint in this dazzling blend of social satire and domestic tragedy from director Sam Mendes that scooped up five Oscars.
The Boondock Saints.
Genre: action crime drama.
Rating: 18 for strong violence, language and sexual content. (Ok the violence is strong and the language is bad (I think they say the f word nearly 300 times) but the sexual content hardly anything..)
Summary:
Connor and Murphy MacManus (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus - see my banner for Sean.. ) are Irish fraternal twins in Boston. On St Patrick's Day the get mixed up with two members of the Russian mob in there local bar. They end up killing the Russians in self defence (look out for the best crappy Russian accents in the world). Then they supposedly get a message from God telling them to "destroy all that is evil so that which is good may flourish." So with their friend Rocco they go around killing all the bad guys in Boston all the while being pursued by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).
It rocks. Just for Billy Connolly's performance it rocks...
However, I do know that it's almost impossible to get hold of it in the UK but I think it's quite easy to get hold of in the USA... It is on youtube though... (that's how I watch it unless I steal my friend's laptop and her imported region 1 DVD
)
Noriko's Dinner Table
Genre: Drama, Psych thriller
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Summary: (courtesy of Netflix) Unhappy with suburban life, 17-year-old Noriko (Kazue Fukiishi) spends more and more time on a Web site where she meets and chats with other teenage girls across Japan. But when she runs away from home, her new friends in Tokyo lead her into a dark world. She joins a group that gives her a new personality and family, only to find her dream life turn into a nightmare when a mass suicide of high school girls occurs.
This DVD may be hard to get, unless you have netflix. It's in Japanese.
This movie is actually a companion movie to "Suicide Club", which is another Japanese psych thriller/gore movie that is disturbing and really makes you think. Noriko's Dinner Table doesn't have NEARLY as much gore, violence, and shock value, though there are a couple here and there. However, I find them both to be equally thought provoking and disturbing. One of the aspects of the film is a family rental business that allows widows, seniors, etc. to hire people to "roleplay" as family members for a certain amount of time. However, sometimes the actors have a hard time getting out of the role, and so do the clients. There are many disturbing aspects to this film but it is a bit slow at times and runs about two and a half hours long. However, there are so many real emotional conflicts in this film that I really didn't notice. It addresses some problems in the modern family and society. It mainly addresses these problems that occur in Japan, but there are still similarities to those of countries all around the world.
If possible, answer the following questions by replying to this thread:
What is your opinion on ratings? Do you think we should stay away from unrated/R rated films?
Are you allowed to watch unrated/R rated films?
Do you think we should allow foreign films to be movie of the month, though they may be hard to get?
What if we had a television show be "movie" of the month and suggested 2 or 3 specific episodes? Do you think that would be a good idea?
How do you feel about horror/gore/etc. movies? Do you think we should stay away from certain genres?
Fight Club
Genre: Drama, Action/Psychological Thriller, Dark Humor
MPAA Rating: R (For disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language)
Summary:
When corporate drone Edward Norton can't sleep, his insomnia leads him to take desperate measures and introduces him to roguish rebel Brad Pitt. Together they stage impromptu (and brutal) parking lot boxing matches. But when other men join in the "fun," Pitt transforms the club from a group of men rebelling against conformity into a nihilistic cult of pranksters with greater malice in store.
American Beauty
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (For strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content)
Summary:
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is struggling to endure marriage to uber-realtor Carolyn (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling career and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch). Deep into a midlife crisis, Lester becomes infatuated with a friend (Mena Suvari) of his daughter. Soon, he's quit his job and is working at a fast-food joint in this dazzling blend of social satire and domestic tragedy from director Sam Mendes that scooped up five Oscars.
The Boondock Saints.
Genre: action crime drama.
Rating: 18 for strong violence, language and sexual content. (Ok the violence is strong and the language is bad (I think they say the f word nearly 300 times) but the sexual content hardly anything..)
Summary:
Connor and Murphy MacManus (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus - see my banner for Sean.. ) are Irish fraternal twins in Boston. On St Patrick's Day the get mixed up with two members of the Russian mob in there local bar. They end up killing the Russians in self defence (look out for the best crappy Russian accents in the world). Then they supposedly get a message from God telling them to "destroy all that is evil so that which is good may flourish." So with their friend Rocco they go around killing all the bad guys in Boston all the while being pursued by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).
It rocks. Just for Billy Connolly's performance it rocks...
However, I do know that it's almost impossible to get hold of it in the UK but I think it's quite easy to get hold of in the USA... It is on youtube though... (that's how I watch it unless I steal my friend's laptop and her imported region 1 DVD
)Noriko's Dinner Table
Genre: Drama, Psych thriller
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Summary: (courtesy of Netflix) Unhappy with suburban life, 17-year-old Noriko (Kazue Fukiishi) spends more and more time on a Web site where she meets and chats with other teenage girls across Japan. But when she runs away from home, her new friends in Tokyo lead her into a dark world. She joins a group that gives her a new personality and family, only to find her dream life turn into a nightmare when a mass suicide of high school girls occurs.
This DVD may be hard to get, unless you have netflix. It's in Japanese.
This movie is actually a companion movie to "Suicide Club", which is another Japanese psych thriller/gore movie that is disturbing and really makes you think. Noriko's Dinner Table doesn't have NEARLY as much gore, violence, and shock value, though there are a couple here and there. However, I find them both to be equally thought provoking and disturbing. One of the aspects of the film is a family rental business that allows widows, seniors, etc. to hire people to "roleplay" as family members for a certain amount of time. However, sometimes the actors have a hard time getting out of the role, and so do the clients. There are many disturbing aspects to this film but it is a bit slow at times and runs about two and a half hours long. However, there are so many real emotional conflicts in this film that I really didn't notice. It addresses some problems in the modern family and society. It mainly addresses these problems that occur in Japan, but there are still similarities to those of countries all around the world.
