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JoMoDo said:
I don't know if it's already been mentioned (and it may actually be heard of b/c of some academy award nominations) but....

MYSTIC RIVER

Here's how I describe it, Interesting storyline, predictibale plot, and a super depressing ending.
It's hella dark.
It's almost pure irony..
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Yeah I saw it, a really good movie, maybe the closest movie to being as good as the book
 
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Check these out, all great movies IMO...

21 Grams
Affliction
A History of Violence
A Simple Plan
At Close Range
Bad Lieutenant
Blood Simple
Boy's Don't Cry
Crash
The Crossing Guard
Freeway
The Funeral
The Indian Runner
Lantana
The Laramie Project
Liar
Lone Star
The Man Who Wasn't There
Miller's Crossing
Mystic River
One False Move
Paris Trout
The Pledge
Q&A
Sling Blade
State of Grace
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
U-Turn

I still need to see Requiem For A Dream... heard it was decent.
 
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You've lost your mind with that one.
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Tarantino is a faggot ass saliva-dribbling nerd ass wigger. 99 percent of his movies are sub-par.

Pulp Fiction was good, and the buck stops there.

Jackie Brown - wack. Kill Bill - wack. Reservoir Dogs - 5.5/10.

 
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WHITE DEVIL said:
Tarantino is a faggot ass saliva-dribbling nerd ass wigger. 99 percent of his movies are sub-par.
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That's not really where you lost your mind. Lotta people don't like QT and that's fine even though i disagree.

But guy ritchie is just psuedo ironic tarantino immitation jack offery.

It's only different because it's british.

Did you join the metrosexual hipster club recently?
 
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Tarantino operates on a dysfunctional basic premise - that a whiteboy can somehow attempt to make movies with universal appeal that are basically concealed idolization of all things black culture without legitimacy in the area and without being a suckup or a sap. It would be like if I made a movie about the wonders of being Muslim without ever performing hajj, praying to Allah or personally knowing a Muslim. He attempted to distance himself a bit from the "im not black but I wish I was and I'm sorry I'm so queer" motif in Kill Bill, instead moving in the other direction; positing that making a live action anime was somehow cool. I don't like him, his artistic endeavors, the fact that he punched a black woman in the face over an argument about black portrayal in movies, or the fact that he encourages whiteboys to say nigga. He's somewhat reminiscent of the kid who kicks it with a school bully going "nyea nyea nyea" - except the big bully is black culture, and I don't think the Black community, or anyone with half a mind, agrees that he is or was allowed to tag along. It kind of reminds me of all the hip-hop whiteboy Cannibal Ox fans who spell wack "whack" and act like nothing is wrong.

Guy Ritchie movies I haven't watched much of. I don't give a shit if he made one called Fucking Frogpad Sofas about homosexual encounters between SF Muni workers. Guy Ritchie's persona, ideals, or matter little. QT's do; they are central in his presentation, cinematography, and underlying "moral of the story".

Snatch and LSTSB while being near duplicates of some Tarantino films have, at the very least, the virtue of being not American, and give a different perspective, perhaps some originality, to QT's formula of "Yo I'm down with it man" mixed with the old-school "gangster movie" vibe.
 
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Come on you can't hate on the man. He has done it all. He has been an actor, a producer, a director, a writer, an editor, had tv guest appearances, etc. He has made several good movies like Reservoir Dogs (rated 8.3/10) Pulp Fiction (rated 8.8/10) Kill Bill Vol 1 (rated 8.3/10) Kill Bill Vol 2 (8.2/10) Sin City (8.4/10). He also has a few movies coming out in 2006 which could turn out to be pretty good. Not only that but he also has written for shows like ER and Jimmy Kimmel Live. If the man sucks as much as you say he does then why is he so successful?
 
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WHITE DEVIL said:
Success is no measure of talent.

-> Britney Spears
-> Reality show producers
-> Televangelists
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but it can be...

-> Mariah Carey
-> Seinfeld/Friends/Any good sitcom producers
-> And anything successful has to have talent in one aspect or another as in good marketing, good pr, good ability to know that idiots will buy your shit..etc
 
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donnie darko is one of my faves
memento is amazing, very well done
frequency is a very good, i guess you can call it sci fi
idenity is a very good suspence movie with a crazy ending
 
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Gangster #1- Crazy ass British gangster flick about this up and coming gangster who is completly crazy and obsessed with his boss, a must see

Crash- Great movie, well made shows that everyone is stereotypical

California- Crazy flick about 2 couples on a road trip to california to make a book about serial killing kill sites, one couple don't know that they invited a serial killer on their trip wackyness insues

Swimming With Sharks- Kevin Spacey plays a ruthless movie producer who abuses his assistant

Blood In Blood Out- One of my favorites, lots of people know about this one

Usual Suspects- Alot of people probably know about it but if you don't you gotta see it

So Long Peter Tong- Story about a British DJ who goes deaf, great story and theres a coke badger in it!

Rush-Movie about 2 undercover narcs who become boyfriend and girlfriend and get hella twacked out on drugs trying to bust some redneck drug dealer

Wet Hot American Summer- Hilarious spoof on camp movies

American Me- Another great prison flick about the Mexican Mafia, I know people know about this one

Mi Vida Loca-About Mexican gangs in LA, not the best acting but I still dug it

City Of God- A lot of cats posted this one up, I agree great movie

Boondock Saints- Good flick, lots of killing

Get Shorty- I always liked this one

Anaconda-I don't care what anyone says, i seen this flick so many times me and my friends created a sub movie within the movie its hilarious John Voight is priceless in this flick!

Traffic-I don't understand negitive feedback on that one, that flick is crazy

Snatch- Fuck the Guy Richie bashing, that movie is great

I'll post more later if any others pop in my head

Oh Yeah The Saint- Kind of a B flick but its a good story
 
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Oh Yeah Slackers, real dumb movie they play on comedy central all the time, that shit is hilarious

and its pretty much a well known movie but I love "Big Fish"

No one said this one either "The Life Aquadic" this movie is really good if you liked "Rushmore" or the "The Royal Teninbaums" Bill Murray is great in everything hes in

speaking of Bill Murray "Groundhog Day" and "What About Bob" are timeless classics
 
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