I'm going through a very stressful time at the moment. I need a fun, non-social distraction. I'm a movie fan, so please recommend some thriller-drama-action-like, fast paced, intriguing films. Examples: District 9, City of God, Blood Diamond, Terminator 2, Fight Club, Star Trek, Shooting Dogs, V for Vendetta, etc...
The only thing on that list I haven't seen is Modern Times. I'll check it out if I feel like it later, but I'm in a mood for something more modern... I don't want to adjust for the style of another time, no matter how good a film it might be.
The only thing on that list I haven't seen is Modern Times. I'll check it out if I feel like it later, but I'm in a mood for something more modern... I don't want to adjust for the style of another time, no matter how good a film it might be.
But thanks anyway.
Modern Times is probably the one that least fits in with that list. It's more of a comedy than anything but it's still a very good film.
I don't know if you watch foreign films at all, but there's a french movie called District 13 (Banlieue 13) which is pretty action-y and stuff. The intro's really cool:
I could just take a screenshot of my movies folder.
Of all those films I have seen: Hot Fuzz, In Bruges, Lock/Stock, Snatch, The Departed, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Leon. Based on these I would say that we have similar tastes and I'll check out at least some of them.
KK, I have seen District 13.
ADD: cardinal, I think I've heard 99 Francs mentioned somewhere but I haven't seen it.
It's based on the novel by Frédéric Beigbeder and is semi-autobiographical. Directed by Jan Kounen. It's fast becoming a cult classic and has cameo appearances by both the author and director. It's quite honestly one of the best films I have seen, and at the same time completely incomparable to any film I've ever seen. It's closest parallel would be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but with more emphasis on the satirical side of things, with a strong connotations similar to work by Kurt Vonnegut.
tl;dr, watch it.
The trick is to find good quality sub-titles, as all the torrents for it come without subs (and the DVD itself is near impossible to find). Unless you speak fluent French of course.
I don't know if you watch foreign films at all, but there's a french movie called District 13 (Banlieue 13) which is pretty action-y and stuff. The intro's really cool:
District B13, actually. Saw it years ago, and it is great if you like parkour, action, and Luc Besson.
Vrael shouted: I almost had a heart attack just thinking about calculating all the offsets it would take to do that kind of stuff
With the modern EUD editors, I don't think they're calculating nearly as many offsets as you might imagine. Still some fancy ass work that I'm sure took a ton of effort