[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

hayao miyazaki (best anime director ever)

In school last year, my 9-year-old brother was given the assignment of bringing in a picture of the person he considered to be his "hero." The night before it was due, he had my mom in our computer room Googling "Miyazaki" for him.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

I'm not too well versed in film, but these would be my top 20 now:

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Blue Velvet
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Bottle Rocket
6. Thumbsucker
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. The Life Aquatic
9. Mullholland Drive
10. Being John Malkovich
11. Dr. Strangelove
12. Rushmore
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. Clerks
15. Zoolander
16. Magnolia
17. Eraserhead
18. Annie Hall
19. This is Spinal Tap
20. Kung Pow (so much fun to watch with friends)

magnolia is an incredible movie

[Alex's Trip]

Originally Posted by luxinterior

People are always calling me pretentious because I can wrap my mind around films like Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban. And I just tell those people, "Go back, go back again and watch them closer. And afterwards, set aside some time for meditation." Going beyond the initial (juvenile) reaction of "OMG i luv Quidditch! lol," this is when you have to ask yourself the bigger questions like, "Will Gilderoy Lockhart ever be rehabilitated?", "Was Severus Snape once in love with Lily Potter?", and "Was Robin Hood a real person?" If only everyone put as much effort into viewing films as you and I do...

We need a Harry Potter thread, Lux.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by Hip Priest

My personal preferences:

Pi
Noi Albinoi
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Django
And the Wind Will Carry Us
Dog Soldiers
Drifting Clouds
Three Colours: White
What to do in Case of Fire
Real Fiction
Big Girls Don't Cry
Blackboards
The Duellists
Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead
The Luzhin Defence
New Dragon Gate Inn
Der Golem
Withnail and I
Carry on at Your Convenience
Versus

Honourable mentions: Battleship Potemkin, 24 Hour Party People, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Drill Your Own Hole, The Devil's Backbone, Dogma, The Horseman On the Roof, Mallrats, Aliens, Alien 3, The Big Lebowski, R-Point, Public Enemy, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Peter's Friends

Honestly, i thought pi was kind of a joke.
thats just my opinion.
but great fucking list

[matt g]

20 in no order whatsoever~

Boogie Nights
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Shining
Goodfellas
Batman Begins
Star Wars
Desperado
Kill Bill
Harold & Maude
Fight Club
I Love You, Alice B. Tokelass
This Is Spinal Tap
Lord of the Rings
Do the Right Thing
The Fisher King
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Spider Man
Friday
The Graduate

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by poopypants

And the whole thing about judging people based on the shit they've accumulated (records, movies, books) is lame.

True, there are a lot of unoriginal idiots that just glom onto other people's musical & filmic tastes. To get real about it, music and film are both lower art forms really anyway...they are popular mediums, after all, are they not?

Yeah, it's much better to judge them on whether or not they can listen and coherently respond. Oh, and whether or not they know Dostoyevsky, Kierkegaard, Picasso or Einstein.

Most importantly, the real litmus test is whether or not they can embrace both God and Evolution.

They can be Republican, but it helps a lot if they smoke pot as well. Also, girls aren't allowed to think about getting diamonds or wearing diamonds.

Any unshakeable beliefs in UFOs, superstitions, the supernatural and the like are indeed deal-breakers as well.

And yes, I do realize that I'm simply setting myself up for failure with such high expectations. But you see, my so-called "self" is besides the point.
It is true, ultimately, that life is a process, and that therefore, we should not judge. The problem with that though is that people nowadays have their heads so far up their fucking asses that they simply don't evolve their consciousness. Living in a wholly spoiled society like I do here in the United States of America, it's readily apparent that people simply do not change...not really. There are plenty of elderly people out there with not one fucking whit of wisdom, for instance.

[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

We need a Harry Potter thread, Lux.

Go for it! I want to talk about the OotP clips/cast interviews that were posted on Mugglenet a few days ago.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by atari 2600

I can't believe people have the nerve to call me pretentious with lists like crypto's and Hip Priest's on display.

That crypto list is a real fucking hoot.

i am far from being pretentious
if it helps my case any, i like to watch the disney channel original movies
they're rad.

speaking of rad, does anyone remember

 

[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by atari 2600

Yeah, it's much better to judge them on whether or not they can listen and coherently respond. Oh, and whether or not they know Dostoyevsky, Kierkegaard, Picasso or Einstein.

Most importantly, the real litmus test is whether or not they can embrace both God and Evolution.

It helps a lot if they smoke pot as well. Also, girls aren't allowed to think about getting diamonds or wearing diamonds.

Right on!

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

that's a pretty damn good list but i would not put kill bills in it- seriously if you want a kung fu movie i'd take "hero" over that-- or crounching tiger, or even flying daggers-- of course nothing beats "drunken master" but that's another story..

personal opinion.
but yeah, im not much into kung fu movies.

[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

i am far from being pretentious
if it helps my case any, i like to watch the disney channel original movies
they're rad.

speaking of rad, does anyone remember

 

Can't see the picture. I'm going to assume it's Johnny Tsunami, and proceed to (attempt to) rep you.

[Savage Clone]

No order.

Eraserhead
A Clockwork Orange
Blue Velvet
Holy Mountain
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Alice
The Wicker Man
Alphaville
The Saragossa Manuscript
The Seventh Seal
Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D 2: Bloodlust
Naked Lunch
El Topo
Nosferatu
Dagon
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
Häxan
The Dark Crystal
Akira

[Savage Clone]

I will not see the remake.
Even the trailer was too painful for me.

[luxinterior]

I gave my little brother The Dark Crystal for his birthday, and about 20 minutes into it he asked me, "Is this rated R?" Yeah, it freaked his shit out.

[Savage Clone]

What, rated R for Skeksis nakedness when they strip the Chamberlain of his rank and robes?

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

No order.

Eraserhead
A Clockwork Orange
Blue Velvet
Holy Mountain
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Alice
The Wicker Man
Alphaville
The Saragossa Manuscript
The Seventh Seal
Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D 2: Bloodlust
Naked Lunch
El Topo
Nosferatu
Dagon
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
Häxan
The Dark Crystal
Akira

someone else has seen el topo!!!!

dude, have you seen Holy Mountain, Fando y Lis, or Santa Sangre???
i have all of these on my computa if you want copies.

[luxinterior]

I think it gave him a weird feeling, like it was going to turn into some hardcore puppet porn, or maybe a puppet snuff film. I'll ask him the next time I see him.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

Originally Posted by luxinterior

Can't see the picture. I'm going to assume it's Johnny Tsunami, and proceed to (attempt to) rep you.

no, its that movie "RAD"

 

but johnny tsunami rules!!!

 

Brink is my favorite disney channel original hahaha

[luxinterior]

Oh, and excuse me, I of course meant to say "muppet."

[Savage Clone]

Crypto:


Holy Mountain is also on my list.

I own Fando and Lis, but I don't like it as much. Enjoyable enough, though.
Santa Sangre is OK, but El Topo and Holy Mountain rule all.