Favourite Directors?

[Pete]

Except the first half of Full Metal Jacket is one of the most affecting pieces of cinema ever made.

 

[Keith]

Why not? With some background reading I think that Mulholland Drive would make for some perfectly intriguing watching for him, imo. Without spoiling too much. (I mean, is there anything to spoil? It depends on how you read the film...) I have a neat Freudian explanation wrapped up, along with a diagnosis, but I don't know whether this was Lynch's thinking in making the film. Could be anything. I mean, my head is fairly pedestrian compared to his.

Don't watch Eraserhead unless you've gotten used to Lynch's weirdness. I'd suggest Blue Velvet or the Twin Peaks TV series to begin with. Dale Copper is his most approachable character. His eccentricities etc, it's all so common of a pedestrian man, his obsession with coffee, reminds me of me and tea, his particular preference for certain kinds of foods, the character is loveable imo.

Oh, and Lost Highway is a MINDFUCK of a movie.



+ North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train (imo)

On a not related note, I'm always reminded of Hitchcock when I watch American Psycho. (Not psycho) [The music]

Mulholland Drive is a good start with Lynch for me because while it is challenging often confusing experience it is still one of his most cinematically beautiful movies and at least at the start you get the foundations of a plot you can follow, not to metion that it is masterpiece. Agree that Lost Highway or Eraserhead are not the best ones to start with. The only one I would advoid altogether is Dune.

Yeah forgot about North By Northwest for Hitch that would be up there too.

 

[Pete]

Oh yeah Dune.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Who directed Children of the Corn?

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

^Fritz Kiersch directed Children of the Corn, the same guy who did the Swamp Thing TV series in the 90's.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

He's my favorite then.

 

[~Fallen Angel~]

Full Metal Jacket begat my mancrush on R. Lee Ermey and molded me into the man I wanted to be.

But other than that, it wasn't much of a 'Nam movie.

Clockwork Orange is a good movie, but it isn't all that graphic outside of nudity by todays standards.

I agree. I found the first half of Full Metal Jacket very interesting. The second part was a little bit boring. It wasn't a bad film by any means, I just don't think it's a great film as a whole.

Kubrick for me is one of those classic when he is good he is very good and when's he bad he really goes off on one directors. Full Metal, Clockwork and Dr Stangelove great, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut terrible and 2001 overrated.

Spielberg's best two films are Jaws and ET. He is best when he does classic adventure stories the Indy films are an example of this too, but when he tackles more serious subject matters such as in The Colour Purple he falls down. His best recent film which I saw was War of the Worlds.

I'll have to watch more of Kubrick's films. So far, I found The Shining good and Full Metal Jacket decent. I would love to watch Clockwork Orange although I heard that the book is a lot better. That isn't surprising, of course.

I have watched ET. but not Jaws. Is it scary? Have you seen Schindler's List? Great film!

You should watch Danny Boyle's debut Shallow Grave also black comedy with a great cast. 28 Days was awesome very impressive Trainspotting is a favourite of mine.

Lynch wise you should watch Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive and the Straight Story to start with.

Hitchcock I woud go with Rear Window, Vertigo, Rope, Spellbound and Psycho to start with.

Thanks Keith! I have so many movies to watch.

Ah, you read my mind. I REALLY want to watch Vertigo. It is considered the best movie of all time now. It managed to beat Citizen Kane (which I haven't seen but I heard is great).

Don't tell him to watch Mullholland Drive! He'll be confused forever!

And whatever you do, DO NOT WATCH ERASERHEAD! Unless you want to waste 90 minutes and be turned off Lynch forever.

Been meaning to watch Shallow Grave, but the Ewan McGregor character really puts me off each time.

Her**

I can handle confusing films. I'm curious now! Thank you for the suggestions.

Why not? With some background reading I think that Mulholland Drive would make for some perfectly intriguing watching for him, imo. Without spoiling too much. (I mean, is there anything to spoil? It depends on how you read the film...) I have a neat Freudian explanation wrapped up, along with a diagnosis, but I don't know whether this was Lynch's thinking in making the film. Could be anything. I mean, my head is fairly pedestrian compared to his.

Don't watch Eraserhead unless you've gotten used to Lynch's weirdness. I'd suggest Blue Velvet or the Twin Peaks TV series to begin with. Dale Copper is his most approachable character. His eccentricities etc, it's all so common of a pedestrian man, his obsession with coffee, reminds me of me and tea, his particular preference for certain kinds of foods, the character is loveable imo.

Oh, and Lost Highway is a MINDFUCK of a movie.



+ North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train (imo)

On a not related note, I'm always reminded of Hitchcock when I watch American Psycho. (Not psycho) [The music]

Thank you for the suggestions! So many movies to watch, such little time. I will keep you posted though.

 

[Deezy]

Eraserhead isn't a good movie, and it's just basically Lynch saying pregnancy and kids are scary.

 

[Pete]

For me, what threw me off was that appalling animatronic, and the fact that, well, there's no real plot, is there? It's 90 minutes of WTF. If any of you watches Nostalgia Critic, Eraserhead is basically a Big Lipped Alligator Movie.

Also, Fallen Angel: sorry for the confusion. Blame it on years of Internettin' among 99% males. You end up defaulting everyone as male Didn't you ever hear that "there are no girls on the Internet"?

Anyway, Clockwork Orange the book and Clockwork Orange the movie are actually really really close. As in, it's almost a literal conversion of the book into film, with only a couple of minor scenes cut. Which is more than can be said for Forrest Gump, where the book would make for a better movie than the actual smarmy, saccharine, sappy movie itself. But don't get me started on that topic, because that's one of the movies I get the most flak for my opinion on. Then again, most people HAVEN'T read Forrest Gump the book - if I hadn't happened across it and read it, I'd probably like the movie, too. Same with High fidelity, actually, although I do like that one.

/ramble

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

I actually enjoyed Eraserhead(even have the dvd set that looks like a betamax film), but then again I prefer movies that make me think about what I really am seeing. Kinda like Existance, & most Aronofski movies. And no, I still have no fucking clue as to what is actually going on.

 

[We Are Legion]

Except the first half of Full Metal Jacket is one of the most affecting pieces of cinema ever made.

Sorry, I don't give "partial credit" for movies.

 

[~Fallen Angel~]

Also, Fallen Angel: sorry for the confusion. Blame it on years of Internettin' among 99% males. You end up defaulting everyone as male Didn't you ever hear that "there are no girls on the Internet"?

Anyway, Clockwork Orange the book and Clockwork Orange the movie are actually really really close. As in, it's almost a literal conversion of the book into film, with only a couple of minor scenes cut. Which is more than can be said for Forrest Gump, where the book would make for a better movie than the actual smarmy, saccharine, sappy movie itself. But don't get me started on that topic, because that's one of the movies I get the most flak for my opinion on. Then again, most people HAVEN'T read Forrest Gump the book - if I hadn't happened across it and read it, I'd probably like the movie, too. Same with High fidelity, actually, although I do like that one.

/ramble

Of course I have! Haha, it's not a problem.

That's true. It does happen, rarely it seems, that a movie is pretty close to the book. I thought Shutter Island was pretty close actually.

 

[Pete]

Yeah, it was, actually. But I found Shutter Island (the book) pretty poorly written, although engaging. So in that case I'd take the movie over the book. But it's usually the other way round (another example of movie > book is About A Boy, where the ending is much less preposterous in the film version, and the characters actually more engaging).

 

[Keith]

Eraserhead isn't a good movie, and it's just basically Lynch saying pregnancy and kids are scary.

But that is actually what makes it good because he is doing within the context of a b-movie/horror movie which makes it far more interesting than just someone doing a basic film about a guy complaining about fear of commitment and so on.

 

[Deezy]

But that is actually what makes it good because he is doing within the context of a b-movie/horror movie which makes it far more interesting than just someone doing a basic film about a guy complaining about fear of commitment and so on.

I like action movies and comedies. I don't care to watch someone try to prove how "creative" they are by using celluloid as the poor bugger in the middle of a circle jerk.

Also, it wasn't so much that Lynch is bad or anything. I just don't think I have to piece together all the movies I watch. Sometimes there is this thing called dumb fun and for the most part I would simply just like to enjoy that when watching movies. I'm not there to review movies, I'm there to enjoy them.