Jarv’s movie confessions
Originally Brother Kloipy’s idea, this one, then Droid, being an Australian so genetically prone to this kind of thing, stole it. It is a great idea, though, so I’m having a crack but am going to put a strange little twist on it. Basically, as resident crap movie hound (yes, I know), I’ll gladly go out of my way to watch any old shit, particularly if Brooke Hogan is in it, so instead I’m going to have a look at “quality” cinema that I’ve seen and would recommend. Hope this works.
What are your 10 favourite films:
There are a hell of a lot to choose from, and films do come in and out of this depending on my mood, but in no particular order:
- City of God
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Big Sleep
- Flash Gordon
- The Princess Bride
- Goodfellas
- Alien
- The Exorcist
- North By Northwest
- Jaws
Which is the film that you most recommend to people and why?
Probably The Lives of Others. I think it’s genuinely brilliant and even managed to touch my heart of granite. I know it has subtitles and whatnot, but I honestly think that it’s something that everyone should see.
Which classic movie not mentioned would you unequivocally recommend?
Harvey. If you haven’t seen it, go and find it and stick it on on a Sunday afternoon. James Stewart is superb, and who doesn’t love a film about a 6ft tall invisible rabbit?
What film did you see most times in the cinema?
Easy this one- The Full Monty. Not because I loved it, although I did like it, but for various reasons I ended up seeing it 4 times in the theatre. I was growing to hate it by then.
Which director will you watch a film from regardless of probable quality?
John Carpenter. His continued decline makes me sad, and I keep watching his output in the hope that he’ll get back some kind of form. Hell, if he could just get back to In the Mouth of Madness form that would be something.
Which film have you seen most often?
Flash Gordon. I was given a bootleg VHS of it back in 1984, and watched it countless times. It was also my go to when drunk film, and I now make a ritual of watching it every Christmas morning. It has to be the most awesome and quotable film ever made, and it always makes me smile
Which film have you only seen once that you would most like to revisit?
For some reason, and I’ve no idea why, I’ve only seen Kes once. I keep meaning to get it and then keep forgetting.
Which DVD gets the most play?
Alien. The missus loves them, and they’re watched at least once every couple of months.
What DVD/ Blu Ray are you going to buy next?
Probably The Dark Knight Rises.
Which “guilty pleasure” would you most recommend?
I’m coming to this when I do the retrospective on the Vault for our 3 year anniversary, but leaving Flash Gordon aside, it’s hard to look beyond Split Second. It’s just so awesome on every conceivable level.
Which film are you most looking forward to for the rest of 2012?
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, and don’t laugh, but Dredd has my name all over it. I have no idea why, but the more I think about it, the more excited I’m feeling. I loved 2000AD as a child, and so did Garland apparently, so I’ve high hopes for it. I just hope, and pray, that it makes over $50m in the US, because I really NEED that Judge Death sequel.
That’s more than enough for the moment,
Ciao,
Jarv.
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Nice list Jarv and I liked the twist you put on it. I was surprised by your choice of Harvey, but understand why, great film that one.
Harvey’s great! Loveable imaginary Rabbit FTW!
The Big Sleeps great. Elisha Cook Jr And Bob Steele. Good stuff. Gotta like our friend the bookdealer esp after she removes her glasses.
I love how quotable it is- Bacall’s famous “A lot depends on who’s in the saddle.” is outstanding. I seem to remember a lot of it being improvised.
It still makes me laugh that Chandler said that he’d written the novel and still couldn’t explain the end.
I couldnt agree more on City of God, and The Lives of Others.
And there’s me thinking you have terrible taste
Cheeky.
Hehehe Flash Gordon? Have you seen Ted yet?
No.
Flash is awesome, and I shall not hear a bad word against it.
Well then you should watch Ted. It’s a good thing.
How the fuck does Ted have the slightest resemblance? Queen soundtrack?
Just watch it, don’t want to ruin it.
Also Lives Of Others, I’m sorry I’ve tried several occasions to try to sit through that live action ambian but I can’t. It may be good? The world will never never know.
Same goes with Harvey, and I even performed the play in the early 80s, I barely managed to stay awake whilst performing it.
Yeah Harvey nevr did it for me either. Naked Spur or You Cant Take it With You, on the other hand, are great Jimmy S flicks.
What are your 10 favorite films:
No order
The Road Warrior
Jaws
Goodfellas
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Godfather 2
Master & Commander
Twelve O’clock High
The Sand Pebbles
The Right Stuff
Equilibrium
Which is the film that you most recommend to people and why?
maybe Raiders to remind people that movies use to be fun and well made.
Which classic movie not mentioned would you unequivocally recommend?
not sure have to really think this one over…Rear Window or Strategic Air Command.
What film did you see most times in the cinema?
Easy Raiders I think I saw that movie like 20 times that summer.
Which director will you watch a film from regardless of probable quality?
I don’t really work that way. I’ll watch something if I think it will be interesting or the idea grabs my attention.
Which film have you seen most often?
Raiders probably but the Road Warrior is close.
Which film have you only seen once that you would most like to revisit?
not sure on this one
Which DVD gets the most play?
Don’t own DVDs anymore
What DVD/ Blu Ray are you going to buy next?
None
Which “guilty pleasure” would you most recommend?
Don’t believe in guilty pleasures if you like something you like it.
Which film are you most looking forward to for the rest of 2012?
None Hollywood has effectively killed my interest in movies with their unbroken streak of mediocrity.
Solid choices Xi- lots of those came in my near miss pile as well.
See we’re being all positive and whatnot…
so if you are honest you are perceived as not being positive? That’s odd.
I know. Next thing you no directors/ producers will be threatening me with physical violence. Never done anything. Honest.
12 Oclock High kinda bores me. Am right with you on Sand Pebbles its great. Have seen Jaws, Raiders and Godfather Too too much to really get much from them now. M and C is terrific.
Tom 12 O Clock High might be just about the best movie about the burden of command ever filmed. Arguably Gregory Pecks Gen Frank Savage is his best role.
I am so looking forward to Dredd, cant come soon enough and it’s reviews so far are very good so bring it on
Cheers Tim.
Everything crossed for Dredd. Make it good, please.
What are your 10 favorite films:
Number One
Back to the Future
2-10 in no order
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Master & Commander
The Silence of the Lambs
The Castle
Groundhog Day
Hoop Dreams
Adaptation
Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back. It’s an ongoing battle for supremacy. Usually the last one I’ve seen
It’s a Wonderful Life.
(I wrote this at work the other day, but have forgotten it. I can’t remember what was on there instead of It’s a Wonderful Life, but it’s a very worthy replacement)
Which is the film that you most recommend to people and why?
The Castle. Because outside of Australia, no one’s seen it. And it’s bloody hilarious. No one I’ve recommended it to has disliked it.
Which classic movie not mentioned would you unequivocally recommend?
Heat
What film did you see most times in the cinema?
I’ve seen a lot of movies 3 times. Species (for obvious reasons), Batman Begins and TDK, A Bugs Life. There are probably a few others.
Which director will you watch a film from regardless of probable quality?
Spike Jonze. Still 100%. And Michael Bay. For better or (mostly) worse.
Which film have you seen most often?
Back to the Future. By about times two.
Which film have you only seen once that you would most like to revisit?
Maybe Citizen Kane.
Which DVD gets the most play?
Back to the Future, The Castle or Major League (which narrowly missed the top ten, like a lot of great films.
What DVD/ Blu Ray are you going to buy next?
Rango probably.
Which “guilty pleasure” would you most recommend?
Dunno. The Island, maybe. Not sure I’d recommend a guilty pleasure too strongly.
Which film are you most looking forward to for the rest of 2012?
Argo. But a few others as well. Cloud Atlas, Silent Hill 2, Les Mis, Flight, Taken 2 (even though I fear the worst). A few more but that’ll do.
I threw in the Guilty Pleasure bit at the end, just because it was an attempt to link it to the original.
The Castle? While I liked it, I’m surprised to see it that high.
It’s awesome.
Yeah, it is funny. I think I prefer the dish, but they are both good.
Aussie cinema FTW! There would be two Oz films on my list.
What are your 10 favourite films:
LOTR trilogy
Schindlers List
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
LA Confidential.
24 Hour Party People
Strictly Ballroom
Muriels Wedding
City of God
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Inception
Fearless
Which is the film that you most recommend to people and why?
Fearless. Peter Weirs PTSD aircrash survivor film is heart breaking, and life reaffirming. A film that touches some real deep truths about the life, loss, grief, faith, and all those other pesky things that make the human experience. Rosie Perez is stupendous in it, and has never been better in anything. Best use of a U2 song as well.
Which classic movie not mentioned would you unequivocally recommend?
Casablanca. I went through a phase of trying to watch old classics to expand my film vocabulary. Along with The African Queen, Casablanca reminds you why it is considered a classic. Not a duff line, or wrong beat in the whole thing. It was the start of a beautiful friendship with me and old cinema.
What film did you see most times in the cinema?
I’ve never really gone to the cinema much. My parents never paid for us to go as kids, so all my cinema experiences up to a few years ago are few and far between. So the three times I saw all 3 LOTR films is a record that has yet to be beaten. In fact, only The Avengers has been seen more than once since then.
Which director will you watch a film from regardless of probable quality?
Curtis Hanson. I think he can make a great film* in any genre.**
* I know “great” is subjective. But they are always original, and in some wats unique.
**LA Confidential, The Wonder Boys, In Her Shoes, The River Wild, Lucky You, 8 Mile..
Which film have you seen most often?
As a kid, I monstered a few films. I couldnt tell you the final number, but it will be a toss up with, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, or The Blues Brothers, or A Shot In The Dark.
Which film have you only seen once that you would most like to revisit?
I did enjoy Attonement, perhaps because I didnt know the twist, and had my stuffing knocked out by it. I doubt it would pack the same punch a second time.
Which DVD gets the most play?
Sadly, I can watch Strictly Ballroom, and Muriels Wedding endlessly.
What DVD/ Blu Ray are you going to buy next?
Probably Prometheus. I “enjoyed” Avengers more, but Prometheus made me scratch my noodle, for better or worse, more than any film I have seen in ages.
Which “guilty pleasure” would you most recommend?
For some reason, I cannot not watch Cry Freedom if it is ever on. Richard Attenboroughs South African apartfied film is heart breaking, and soul lifting in equal measure. And final coda of the film is as devastating as it is unexpected. If you dont know whats coming, it is indelible,
Which film are you most looking forward to for the rest of 2012?
Apart from The Hobbit, Cloud Atlas and Les Mis are probably most on my list.
Best use of a U2 song as well.
Those are words that negate themselves. That has never happened since its U2.
‘m not a huge U2 fan. But musically, they had a few greats on Joshua Tree. The use of The Streets Have No Name works in the driving/crash scene is, imho, one of the great examples of film and music working perfectly together. I fucking love that scene!
But Bono is a fat, hypocritical, hat loving twat though.
Is he fat? I like Numb, new years day, elevation, the Batman forever song and discotheque. Yeah overall they are solid. Also they have one of the best 3D movies.
He’s chubby nowadays. Twat for sure.
correct he is.
I will concede though that Streets Have No Name and Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For are good songs.
One
Probably the last good song they did. I think it was pre Flying his fucking hat first class, though.
Aside from Inception, which we’ve gone over at great length recently, all very solid. Particularly considered Good the Bad and the Ugly for mine.
Not a big fan of Muriels Wedding, personally. But I love Strictly Ballroom.
LA Confidential is one of the number of films that can slot straight into the top ten on any given day. Top, top film. I share your appreciation for Curtis. Quality director who seems to be able to do anything.
LA was a near miss for me too
Amongst all things I love about it, I think SB is a beautifully, and cleverly shot film. Not a bad shot, performance in it.
It also breaks my heart that the actress who played the mother died before the film came out, because she is at the heart of the whole story, and she plays it so well. Her reaction shots during the final dance make the whole thing,
Impeccable 10 favs. I do like ‘Flash Gordon’ but it’s not a film I return to much. Nah, it’s impossible to argue with any of those. I couldn’t do a Top 10… no that’s wrong, I COULD do, but it’d change in a couple of days. It’s never set.
I’m probably buying ‘Prometheus next – but I have got ‘The Thing’ blu-ray steelbook edition on order. I’ve got it on blu-ray already but… it’s ‘The Thing’. And it’s in a steel case. So I’m having it.
I wasn’t, but I am now looking forward to ‘The Hobbit’.
Good stuff, Jarv.
The Thing!! Arghhh!!!!
My top ten is too hard. Dawn of the Dead should probably be in there too!
Snyder’s? Fuck me.
it’s better then the original.
Got to disagree. The presence of zombie-baby makes it insta-shit.
It’s a terrible film. What’s sad is that it may be snyder’s best.
Nope its a great film due the fact they shoot the zombie baby. It is Snyders best flick.
That in no way makes up for the horrible acting, writing (dreadful, actually- he’s had her segregated for months and not one of them has taken a peep? Fuck off, they all deserve to die) and hideous effects on the baby. It’s cringeworthy bad, and automatically made me consider going below 1 for it. It’s also every bit as cack-handed as Romeros. In fact, it may actually be more unsubtle.
The only good Zombie Baby is in Braindead/ Dead Alive.
dude the “acting” in the original was way worse. Dinner theater actors laugh at it.
Nothing in either film is as bad as Pfeifer holding the baby crying about his son. Excruciating. The original had wooden acting, but that was actively terrible. Even he didn’t believe the shite he was having to come out with. He’s a crap actor, anyway.
Oh really? Wasn’t there like a 10 minute montage in the original with them pieing zombies and hoarding money that were so cringe worthy that it resembled having a gran mal seizure.
I didn’t watch Snyder’s remake for years due to my love of the original.
When I finally did, I had to admit it’s a very good remake.
I’m not that hung up on the original and I hated it.
I meant the original. But I think Synders film is nothing short of amazing. Best opening of a film that I had seen in ages, Zombie baby was fine.
The Exorcist should also be in there, for how much it kicked my teeth in as a kid when I saw it.
But i was in comedy mode, then I could easily slip Airplane, or Naked Gun in there.
I love Flash Gordon. Just makes me endlessly happy that it exists in that form.
My 10 fave movies:
The Searchers
Star Wars
Field of Dreams
The Third Man
Lawrence of Arabia
You Cant Take it With You
Casablanca
Odd Man Out
White Heat
AmericanGraffiti.
Fave star is the Duke, Cagney is close though. I don’t care, they do NOT make them like him anymore.
Fave silent movie you should see: the Iron Horse.
By the way just saw Bats 3, donno what Harold was smoking. Its quite good, his complaints are bullshit and should be ignored. This from a non-raving fan of the series, I like them for what they are. Point is Harold should be banned from reviewing, there is no excuse for the drivel, pants filling whinefest he spat out onto the web, it is not to be trusted.
He’s a fat tool. That review was a disgrace.
I was going to read that review but talked myself out of it.
There’s no point because he’s a gibbering imbecile.
Don’t. It’ll make you more stupid for having read it.
Gibbering fat idiot
What do you mean ‘more’ stupid?
Do you mean I’m really stupid already?
Not at all. I mean that my IQ dropped several points after it, and only copious amounts of booze helped me forget most of the tripe to raise it again.
I’m just messing!
I looked at some of the comments on Ain’t It Fool and it seems Harold thinks Batman gave up the suit coz of Rachel’s death.
Does the fat cunt not pay any attention at all?
Yeah Harrys reviews of Nolans films read like someone who never got a return call for an interview. Nolan doesn’t play down to the internet like Marvel does.
Loathed what I read. There was no excuse for it.
Flash GORDON is fun. Congo and Force 10 From Navarone have that effect on me. And Armageddon, sad to say.
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I thought SPLICE was your ‘guilty pleasure’!
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And you should give TED a perusal.
You reckon? I don’t like McFarlane.
It’s a mild entertainment, you watch worse crap on a daily basis. It doesn’t offend, but you’ll hopefully get a kick out out of one scene in particular.
And so far it seems like if you are a Family Guy fan you won’t love Ted, but if you don’t like Family Guy you’ll really like Ted.
Right. But I also don’t like The Cleveland Show.
Fine don’t watch it. Your making this too hard, clearly theres something in the movie that may spark your interest. Someone’s now backed me up on this. If Echo cared about your happiness like I do he’d also chime in.
Granted the scene in question is probably the most Family Guy scene in the movie, it was still the biggest laugh in the film and knowing that its something near and dear to your stone of a heart maybe it’ll pump some blood through your veins for once. I’m done dragging you through a good time. Don’t see it, see it or go ahead and watch the next 15 Asylum releases, your fate is in your hands.
Koutch- you can’t argue about what makes people laugh. I’ll probably catch it on DVD at some point, but I’m not paying the better part of $50 to go to the cinema to see a McFarlane comedy when I think he’s as funny as men in drag for the most part.
Oh yeah I never met for you to pay to see it. It’s a renter or DL’er at best. My bad on that. Feels like that thing is on DVD already anyway.
I don’t think it’s out here yet. Thought you meant to go to the cinema for it.
I’ll definitely see it on DVD- hell, I even saw the Hangover Poo: Fucked in the arse in Thailand on DVD.
Yeah I wasn’t even going to see it in theaters some friends wanted to go and we said sure. I’m sort of amazed with how big it got. It’s sort of a nothing movie. It’s fine its got some laughs, but save for a few scenes I don’t recall a lot of it. All in all its just not offensive enough one way or another.
It’s like the John Carter of comedies.
Big bunch of meh and mostly ignored by the masses?
Well it wasn’t a flop, but mostly its there its decent but been there done that. And yeah this time next year no one will know what you are talking about if you bring it up.
Hehehe but unlike Carter it’ll get a sequel. I sort of think if Carter got a sequel they may have had a chance at a decent movie if they learned from their mistakes. But what I’ve heard from the Carter books the sequels are mostly rehashes so a sequel could probably suck.
A Ted sequel will blow.
Still need to see Carter.
Inexplicable to spend that much cash on it then do the worst marketing ever.
It’ll definitely get a sequel- $50m budget and $238m box office.
That’s an improvement for him, really.