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[WillowLuman]

So, in my research into Studio Ghibli for this academic paper, I keep seeing ominous references to a project called "Little Nemo" in these books. Is there anything of note about that one?

[KingofstarrySkies]

I watched The Good The Bad and The Ugly.

Was good, reccomended.

[Kadzar]

I just finished watching The City of Lost Children. The story is a bit confusing at times, but it has a great retro sci-fi aesthetic (some may call it steampunk, though I think it might actually be more dieselpunk; regardless, it probably deserves the -punk suffix more than most works known as such).

[Parsely]

Don't watch any 007 film with Roger Moore in it. DO watch Timothy Dalton in "The Living Daylights", because that movie rocks.

[TamerVirus]

Don't watch any 007 film with Roger Moore in it. DO watch Timothy Dalton in "The Living Daylights", because that movie rocks.

Hey Hey! Moonraker was bad-good! I mean, space Bond! Also The Spy Who Loved Me was pretty decent

[Parsely]

Don't watch any 007 film with Roger Moore in it. DO watch Timothy Dalton in "The Living Daylights", because that movie rocks.

Hey Hey! Moonraker was bad-good! I mean, space Bond! Also The Spy Who Loved Me was pretty decent

Oh no those are the exception because they have huge gunfights at the end and I love them. And the underwater battle at the end of Thunderball was pretty cool.

[Sappho]

I just finished watching The City of Lost Children. The story is a bit confusing at times, but it has a great retro sci-fi aesthetic (some may call it steampunk, though I think it might actually be more dieselpunk; regardless, it probably deserves the -punk suffix more than most works known as such).

If you liked that one, try Delicatessen.

[Jopax]

I watched The Good The Bad and The Ugly.

Was good, reccomended.

Now watch The Good The Bad and The Wierd, it's korean, it's awesome and  I can't reccomend it to enough people

[Mindmaker]

Holy Trinity of Mindmaker:

A Beautiful Mind
Road to Perdition
The Green Mile

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I teared up during all of those.

[Parsely]

The Green Mile

Great flick. Too bad the big guy's dead now.. :c

Now watch The Good The Bad and The Wierd, it's korean, it's awesome and  I can't reccomend it to enough people

YES. This, and Let the Bullets Fly. They're both hilarious and the action's pretty great.

[SalmonGod]

Perfect Blue

[Urist McManiac]

My recently watched films that I would definitly recommend watching:

The Wrestler:

Watched this movie kind of by accident, but I'm definitly happy that I watched it. The storyline itself is rather short, but the way it is represented is just marvelous. The movie really excels at providing the right atmosphere with non-verbal methods. Sadly, I personally found the end scene to be lacking a bit.

We Are the Night: (original title: "Wir sind die Nacht")

I can't really describe why I like this movie. Basically, it is a vampire movie set in modern times, but it's not one of those horrible twilight copies. It really manages to capture the vibes of hedonism, eternal youth and the inevitable feeling of getting bored by your everlasting life. The cast is all female (and the movie basically depicts a female-only society) so it may be more appealing to women.

Let the right one in: (orinigal title: "Låt den Rätte Komma In")

Talking about vampire movies, you absolutely have to watch this film (the swedish original, not the Hollywood remake). I can't really say anything about the movie without spoiling to much, but it is a very emotional, dark movie, combining elements of a horror movie with a tragic romance. It's just a prime example of the goodness that swedish independant movies are.

I can also second the recommandations of "Book of Kells" and "Abre los ojos". If you like the latter (or surrealist movies in general) you should definitly check out "Lost Highway" and especially "Mulholland Drive".

[Sappho]

The cast is all female (and the movie basically depicts a female-only society) so it may be more appealing to women.

This sort of thinking always makes me scratch my head. There are loads of films featuring all-male or mostly-male characters (the majority of films, actually), but no one ever assumes such films are only of interest to men. I generally find that both men and women are interested in stories about people, not only their own gender. Why would men not like something just because it doesn't feature men? Women obviously don't have a problem watching films that don't feature any women.

In any case, speaking of good German films, here are some older ones I can heartily recommend:
Erbsen auf Halb 6 - actually a very good romantic comedy/drama about a blind woman and a man who becomes blind (very funny)
Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei ("The Edukators") - drama about young activists trying to reconcile their values with the world, political vandalism goes wrong...
Was Nuetzt die Liebe in Gedanken ("Love In Thoughts") - drama based on the true story of a young poet (Paul Krantz) and a crazy party with a lot of unstable young people in 1927.

EDIT: By the way, I've been trying to find a copy of Erbsen Auf Halb 6 for years and I haven't found one anywhere. If anyone can locate it, please share with me. : ) Nevermind, found it.

[Helgoland]

Adam's Apples. German-Danish, though.

[Urist McManiac]

The cast is all female (and the movie basically depicts a female-only society) so it may be more appealing to women.

This sort of thinking always makes me scratch my head. There are loads of films featuring all-male or mostly-male characters (the majority of films, actually), but no one ever assumes such films are only of interest to men. I generally find that both men and women are interested in stories about people, not only their own gender. Why would men not like something just because it doesn't feature men? Women obviously don't have a problem watching films that don't feature any women.

You did get me wrong. As a male, I definitly enjoyed the movie. However, the film reminds me a bit of "Sex and the City" in some scenes, with some "girl talk" going on etc. I just though that that could appeal to a certain audience. My bad for wording it a bit too general.