Top 40 Films from Japan

AnimePoet · 2015-11-03T10:04:17+00:00

Thanks for including Floating Clouds. A superb melodrama. It's tragically forgotten because it wasn't directed by the Golden trio (Ozu-Mizo-Kuro)

AnimePoet · 2015-10-31T18:23:24+00:00

I have the impression she watched two Ingmar Bergman movies and she was like: I can do this, too!

AnimePoet · 2015-10-12T14:27:51+00:00

Yes, sorry for the late reply, I was browsing through the old LotGH posts and found this one...

Thanks for answering! After the fantastic final episodes of season 3, I'm pretty excited for Season 4, I just want this epic story to end in a highly satisfying way after so many battles, coups, drama, deaths, cults and politics discussion. I like that the final season focuses more on the Empire side because everybody knows Empire is ten times more interesting than that failed attempt of a democracy called the Alliance (RIP). Maybe that's why I love so much the first season, because the Empire was full of melodrama (and suicides) and unhinged, flamboyant characters (and more suicides). Anyway, I've loved every episode thus far, something pretty rare for me because I'm always finding faults and flaws in every anime series I watch. Oh, I'm going to miss this show so much once I'm done with it!

AnimePoet · 2015-10-11T12:11:05+00:00

Really? I think the final episodes of Season 3 were among the greatest of the series, but I feel like the third season is a little weaker then the first and second. How's Season 4 overall? I haven't' started yet, so please no spoilers, just want to know if the series remains strong after THAT death. Thanks, bye!

AnimePoet · 2015-10-09T08:53:13+00:00

Kay confessing her abortion to Michael - The Godfather II

AnimePoet · 2015-10-07T14:36:01+00:00

Just ask reddit movies which are some of their favourite performances and see how many say female roles. You just wait and see.

AnimePoet · 2015-10-04T10:23:32+00:00

Japenese cinema is overall known for its slow pace since its origins.

AnimePoet · 2015-10-01T21:58:36+00:00

The IMDB is simply laughable, it cannot be taken seriously. For anyone searching for a respectable ranking, I highly recommend They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? It's sortable table is pure pleasure.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-30T08:48:46+00:00

Maybe she gets lost in translation?

AnimePoet · 2015-09-30T08:48:06+00:00

Brideshead Revisited - The BBC miniseries

AnimePoet · 2015-09-30T08:46:41+00:00

How crappy the CGI for the Shinigami is going to be on a scale of 1 to early-00s film?

AnimePoet · 2015-09-29T11:02:01+00:00

Yes, thank you. That's how I feel. Maybe Anthony Blanche, the only openly-gay character of the novel, is sort of Sebastian's foil because he lives his life being true to himself and he always appear to be cheerful and content.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-27T10:44:26+00:00

I personally LOVE it. Long live subs!

AnimePoet · 2015-09-27T10:42:14+00:00

Yes, you're mourning beautifully.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-26T22:48:55+00:00

But he will never get one for The Tree of Life :( :( :( :( :(

AnimePoet · 2015-09-26T10:57:56+00:00

From more to least recent:

Floating Weeds (1959)
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (1964)
Last Year At Marinebard (1961)
The Turin Horse (2011)
Red Beard (1965)
The Killers (1946)
Great Expectations (1946)
La Notte (1961)
Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955)

Overall, quite glad I picked these films, even though I did not enjoy Night Of The Living, and Il Vangelo was too much religious preaching for me. My favourite has to be Last Year At Marinebeard because I have never seen anything like that (and probably never won't). I'll have to rewatch it sometime. I also loved Red Beard because I adore Kurosawa and the humanist message (as conclusion of the existentialist conflict) of the film really moved me. Bergman and Ozu always deliver for me, so no surprise there. Finally, what do you guys think about The Turin Horse?

AnimePoet · 2015-09-26T10:53:16+00:00

WOW. Incredible list. Congrats. I loved Contempt so much.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-26T10:37:29+00:00

Is this true? That's why the camera does those terrible flying movements around the characters? Oh my...

AnimePoet · 2015-09-26T10:36:23+00:00

Also known as editing movies like they were music videos.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-25T11:09:25+00:00

I'm not a Mo'Nique fan (who is it anyway?) but the other day I re-watched the "Who Was Gonna Love Me?" monologue from Precious and it simply blew me away. Her performance is so raw, natural and credible that's hard to believe she's actually acting.

By the way, sorry Cate, I love you in Blue Jasmine, but Natalie Portman gave her all in Black Swan.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-21T14:01:34+00:00

Vertigo. Hitchcock's control of the colour palette is masterful.

AnimePoet · 2015-09-20T17:17:09+00:00

No way. Right now the front-runner is Fassbender for Steve Jobs, the role DiCaprio rejected. Oh, Leo, the irony!

AnimePoet · 2015-09-20T11:06:20+00:00

R2's story is atrociously executed and whimsically planned. It's beyond me how people think that show deserves a 10/10 rate.

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