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Movie/film suggestions.
While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies 
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I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:
The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?
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I am not really much of a Jeff Bridges fan, but I did enjoy his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in the remake of True Grit; I liked him in Arlington Road (maybe because he got blown up at the end), and I also liked him in Masked And Anonymous (also featuring Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Val Kilmer and Luke Wilson). |
I enjoyed Zodiac as well, @nonoise ; I generally like Jake Glyllenhaal and most of the movies he has been in. (As in, for example, Everest.) I’ve seen a lot of movies I liked that were based on factual events. A couple I just thought of were The Kill Team (2013 and 2019). 2013 is a straight up documentary consisting of interviews and it is about a group of GIs who were convicted of basically executing civilians in Afghanistan but claiming that the civilians were combatants. I was surfing movies on Tubi a few years ago and found that one by accident. The 2019 version was the movie that they based on the documentary. |
@nonoise , I thought I was the only one who ever saw the Ninth Gate... |
No, @thecarpathian ; no, you are not the only one who ever saw that movie. |
@immatthewj The whole cast was great in Zodiac, almost as if they went against type. Fincher can bring out the best in an actor. I thought John Carrol Lynch as Arthur Leigh Allen was fantastic. He such an underused actor. @thecarpathian I hope they never do a remake of The Ninth Gate. It's perfect as is. Polanski can make things look so simple with his framing and methods but the actors really stand out as a result as they carry the scene and not the other way 'round. I was tempted to buy a Ninth Gate replica book and put it on my shelf to see if anyone would notice. All the best, |
I agree with so many that have been mentioned. One more vote for "The Lives of Others". A brilliant movie! As far as acting is concerned. No one can top Elizabeth Taylor's transformation into a pathetic, codependent, alcoholic in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" She won the Oscar for it. And she deserved two for that performance. And since we are on the subject. "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof". With Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Burl Ives should get a mention. Also, going way back.1933. "Dinner at Eight" with all three Barrymores, Jean Harlow, Billie Burke, among many others, makes my list. |
My circadian rhythm is a mess and I stayed up late (or early, depending on how you look at it) last night watching Vengeance (2022),starring BJ Novak (of The Office). I was thinking that I probably was not going to like it and would probably turn it off in the early going as it also featured Ashton Kutcher, which made me think it was going to be a stupid or sappy comedy. However: it was a real good movie. Not a GREAT movie, but still a good one. It turned out to have a serious and grim plot, but the dialogue was good, and there was lots of fairly dark humor wove in. Novak did a good job with his part. Movies have to have twists, I guess, and this was no exception, it had a couple of plot twists, and I will say that I was surprised by the ending. It was not at all a Cormack McCarthy screen play (which if it was would have done nothing to redeem anyone’s soul) but everyone did not exactly live happily ever after either. Not exactly. Worth watching, in my opinion, if you’ve got a couple of hours to kill and you are looking for something kind of new. |
A couple I just now thought about that I liked and are somewhat related: Primary Colors starring John Travolta who (although the names were changed) was obviously portraying Bill Clinton in the '92 primaries, also featured Billy Bob and Kathy Bates. Game Change had Julieanne Moore doing a great imitation of Sarah Palin, Ed Harris (who I like a lot, although I am not sure how well he came off as John McCain), Woody Harrelson as a not bad Steve Schmidt, Sarah Paulson doing a maybe okay Nicole Wallace, and I think Ron Livingston portraying her (Wallace's) husband.. I enjoyed the movie so much I bought a used copy of the book on Amazon by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. The book was actually well written and evenhanded and was not a trashing out of Sarah Palin as the movie sort of was; I was hoping to read more about Nicole Wallace which was not included in the book. I enjoyed that book so much I found a copy of the followup book, Double Down, which was about the '12 campaign, but I did not find that as interesting. |
@nonoise , Be sure to check the initials! |
@thecarpathian Most certainly! I'd hate to go the way of Aristide de Torchia, being burnt alive for what he saw and wrote. @immatthewj Since you listed two political movies, one I'd recommend is The Contender, starring Joan Allen (who should have won best actress) as a VP contender, Jeff Bridges as the president, Gary Oldman as a GOP senator and William Patterson, Christina Slater, Sam Elliot and Saul Rubinek. All the Best,
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I actually did see that, @nonoise ; as I typed a few posts ago, except for his roles in Arlington Road, True Grit (remake) and Masked And Anonymous, I am not much of a Jeff Bridges fan (another subject I seem to be the odd man out on). I wasn’t crazy about him in The Contender, but I actually really enjoyed the movie. Speaking of political movies, did you ever see The Ides Of March with Ryan Gosling and George Clooney? If so, what did you think of it? And I noted that you also picked no Country For old Men (which is way way way up high on my list); did you watch another Cormack McCarthy generated movie, The Counselor? I liked that one almost, if not as much, as No Country, but again I seem to be the exception. |
@immatthewj Actually, I like Jeff Bridges as an actor. From Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, to Against All Odds and on to the present. He was also in that one movie I listed, Bad Times at the El Royale, as a criminal, posing as a priest but having spent way too long in prison, can't quite remember which room he stowed his stolen loot from an old bank robbery. Chris Hemsworth has an especially delicious role as a mudering, sadistic cult leader. I liked The Ides of March with Ryan Gosling lost in the fog of a primary war and George Clooney going against type as a sleazy, calculating candidate that he works for. I also liked The Counselor and especially, the back and forth over the phone between the cartel leader played by Ruben Blades and Michael Fassbinder as Ruben intellectually schools Michael in the world he wrongly stepped into. That was some might fine and chilling dialogue. All the best,
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As I typed, @nonoise , I was thinking I would be the odd man out on that one. Thunderbolt is one of my least favorite movies he (Jeff Bridges) was in, but you know what they say: "It's a good thing we all don't like chocolate ice cream." Or something like that. And I remember when it came out, Thunderbolt tha is, it was very popular in Montana, as was Rancho. And I completely agree with you about The Counselor. |
. . . and I meant to say, @nonoise , is that I particularly liked the part and the dialogue for the role that Brad Pitt played. And I thought that he (Pitt) carried it off nicely. Better than nicely. (McCarthy wrote some great dialogue in book, No Country, also, and in the film they followed the dialogue of the book very closely. |
@immatthewj Agreed. Along with Snatch, Brad Pitt shows just how good an actor he can be given the right role. He was really good in Killing Them Softly (as a hitman sent to clean things up). All the best, |
Lots of great movies! Watched many movies over the years and I seem to have a tolerance to sit through and enjoy most. Here are a few I’ve enjoyed over the years and watched multiple times: - Being There (Peter Sellers) - Three Days of the Condor - The Usual Suspects - The Devil’s Advocate - Schindler's List |
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Hell Or High Water - Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster Purple Rain - Prince. The 1984 film "Purple Rain," starring Prince, won an Academy Award for Best Original Motion Picture Score and earned Prince three Grammy Awards, including Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. N |
@nonoise , Interesting fact; Emmanuelle Seigner, who played 'The Girl' in the Ninth Gate is Roman Polanski's wife. |
Colors - 1988 LA Gang Bangers Good Will Hunting - 1997 Genius Janitor Network - 1976 News Meltdown Rudy - 1993 Lesson in Perseverance High Fidelity - 2000 Record Shop Rom Com Lost In Translation - 2003 May/December Fascination Dog Day Afternoon - 1975 Pacino "Attica" I'll watch these, along with many others already mentioned, any time they're on
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@flash56: For another great music mockumentary, check out The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash. It's a 1978 spoof on The Beatles, written and directed by Eric Idle of Monty Python. Idle plays McCartney, Neil Innes of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band plays Lennon (Innes wrote all the songs for the movie, great parodies of specific Beatles songs), and one-time Beach Boy Ricky Fataar plays Harrison. Also appearing are Harrison himself, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Ron Wood, and a bunch of the SNL cast (Lorne Michaels produced the movie).
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The other night I watched a dark one that was a comedy of sorts (it made me laugh a few times), Greedy People (2024). And speaking of dark and funny, Fat Man (2020) cracked me up. Walton Goggins and Mel Gibson. A spoiled rich kid gets a lump of coal for Christmas, so to get even he hires a hit man to bump off Santa. Hilarious. |
@bassbuyer , +1! Yeah, that did make me laugh. Particularly the desk top scene. Michael Keaton played his part excellently. |
I was thinking of commenting on this subject after reading the original question. The OP appeared to me to originally ask,’’Pretty much all of us are lovers of movies’’… ‘The reproduction of sound they contain’’ From a technical viewpoint and being from a cinema presentation background my answer would have been so off track from what’s been posted. l would have commented on films with great sound design….effects and ambience that bring films to life. |
@mylogic: To be perfectly honest, my original motive for the thread was to make a joke about the current head of the U.S. government, my choice of The Madness Of King George being made for the obvious reason. Plus I do actually like the movie. My mention of hi-fi’s being used to reproduce the sound of movies was done as a somewhat contrived and disingenuous rationale for the thread. It worked, ’cause the thread didn’t turn ugly, or get deleted. That the thread turned into a discussion of movies/films in general is fine with me! I’m just glad it didn’t turn into a political argument, which was NOT my intent or desire. I see no point in those, as no one’s mind is ever changed by arguing, and lots of negative energy is created. Plus, this is an audio/hi-fi forum, not a political one. Yes, my original post had a political issue at it’s core, but at least it was offered in (hopefully) good humour. My model for political satire is Stephen Colbert, who very effectively mocks his intended targets.
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@mylogic , I think your opinions would be very interesting, especially given your background. Looking forward to reading them...
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Thank you for lengthly reply to my comment. Your political leaning in your original post just went right over my head. I did wonder why The Madness of King George was mentioned. I hated the music score and sold the CD recently….not one of George Fenton’s best offerings at least for this listener. However the real King George you were referring to has materialised tonight on daytime TV. You just can’t write it! Not intended for the OP but some facts about The Madness of King George:-
George III by the way didn’t loose the Colonies… George III did not go mad (bi-polar) until years after the Colonies were lost. The English Government (Parliament) was the power at the time, not the Crown. Don’t believe everything in the ‘Hamilton’ musical. Some of it is historically incorrect. The film however is more accurate! l will find time to comment back but it’s 1AM here in the UK |
