Movie Club
 

If I were to start a movie club ala the music clubs for the lounge, who would be down for it? Same rules apply. People nominate movies, then vote, and then we all watch the movie that gets the most, and say what we think about it.

I'd definately be up for that, good idea. But shouldn't this be in the Media section?

yeah, Vanilla or some mod, move this to media section please and sticky

I could and would, but this doesn't look like the movie club thread to me. Rather, it looks like the thread which asks if people would like to participate in the movie club once it has been created.

I expect the first post of the movie club thread would be a little more accomplished than 3 simple sentences, for example by having a full explanation of the proceedings, a list of the movies seen so far and links to their discussion.

My suggestion is you use this thread to discuss how to do things and when you think that's sorted, you make the movie club thread. It's a brilliant idea worthy of good and proper execution :)

The first rule of Movie Club is: you do not talk about Movie Club.

Great idea! I'm down.

:thumb:

Count me in!

OK, here's the process of what I'm thinking:

A) Since I'm a not a moderator I cannot actively delete other people's topics. I also want to keep things as uncluttered as humanly possible. So, that means, I want nominations done entirely through PM. From here, I will put them on a master list. This list will show up as something like this:

B) There will be a cap of 5 movies eligible for voting at any time. There may be more movies than this, but for voting only 5.

C) Voting is done in a voting thread. Essentially, this thread will be nothing but "Vote: Movie Title", and with the help of a mod, hopefully be cleared every time a movie is picked. There will be no poll.

D) Once a movie hits 5 votes, or remains in the lead for at least 3 consecutive days, that movie wins. This is a way to keep the club open, and allow people to jump in, and out, at any point in time. No need to maintain a 'members list'. This rule may change if the participants are more/less than anticipated.

E) A discussion thread will be opened when a movie is picked. You may discuss these as much as you like. I'm hoping to keep the discussion open for 4 days before another is voted on.

Sounds good? The nominations can start now. As stated above, through PM, but also as replies to this thread at the moment(I mean, until we get the ball rolling). Personally, I would like to start off by nominating Carrie Since I downloaded it, but haven't watched it yet, but hear it's utterly amazing.

that really depends on the availability of the movie in the DVD shop near my house - i have a really slow connection and I have a netbook which tends to overheat if I leave it on for too long so downloading's out of the question

I would like to nominate

The Haunting (1963)

http://www.fatally-yours.com/wp-cont...VD%20cover.jpg

"Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that they have gotten more than they bargained for as the ghostly presence in the house manifests itself in horrific and deadly ways."

It is supposedly the world's spookiest movie, yet I haven't seen it! It's something I'd like to remedy one of these days. :)

From the description, it sounds like they used this as the basis for House on Haunted Hill about 10 years ago. Sounds much better, though. Originals usually are. And I could be off base.

I'll also send in a PM I suppose, but I nominate

Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985)


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Dystopian satire, they say. Terry Gilliam amazes at times... from subtleties snuck in, to whole stage designs.

I want to nominate Nosferatu

I would be happy watching Nosferatu or the haunting but I wanted to throw in a classic monster flick.

Nosferatu(1922)

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Nosferatu is a German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, "vampire" became "Nosferatu" and "Count Dracula" became "Count Orlok")

Nosferatu was ranked twenty-first in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010.

Brazil is a great movie .. Seen it a number of times, of course, but still awsome. :D

Not as good as The Fisher King though.

edit :

By the way, movies that are more than 75 years old can often be downloaded legally from archive.org

F.ex Nosferatu

My nomination:

Blowup (1966)

http://graememitchell.com/blog/wp-co...vie_poster.jpg

"A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together."

Alright, I have 5 candidates now:

Carrie - Skaligojurah
The Haunting - Tore
Brazil - Mr.Dood
Nosaferatu - DJ Chameleon
Blow Up - The Cunning Stunt

Making a nominations thread. I'll be accepting more, but they will not be eligible for vote. now on, only nominate through PM. Those nominated after this one will be replacements for watched films, in order of which they are suggested.

Also, for future reference, no need to include the movie poster/picture. I'm putting these all in one topic, and that'd make for one tall topic.

Great choice! Have you seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? Another great German silent horror film and the basis for my avatar. :D

no I haven't but you have piqued my interest. I think I want to see it now.

In my opinion and experience so far, when it comes to german silent horror flicks, Faust from 1926 is the one to watch. It is brilliant in many ways, definetly something everyone should check out. Beats even Nosferatu in my opinion!

"F.W. Murnau's telling of the classic German legend, 'Faust' is a masterpiece to behold. From both the technical and story standpoint, the film excels and despite being nearly eighty years old, Faust still stands tall as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. F.W. Murnau has become best known among film fans for 'Nosferatu', but this is unfair to the man. While Nosferatu is something of an achievement; it pales in comparison to this film in every respect. Faust is far more extravagant than Murnau's vampire tale, and it shows his technical brilliance much more effectively. The story is of particular note, and it follows a German alchemist by the name of Faust. As God and Satan war over Earth, the Devil preaches that he will be able to tempt Faust into darkness and so has a wager with God to settle things. Satan sends Mephisto to Earth to offer Faust an end to the plague that is making it's way through the local population, and eternal youth, in return for Faust's soul..."

Link (you can download it legally) : Faust

It's decent, worth seeing to be sure. I think the silent horror film I enjoyed the most though was Der Golem.

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i'm loving that archive.org site i'm going to download all three of those and watch them tomorrow or maybe one each night over the next three nights.

PM me these. Very easy for me to keep a list up that way.

I wasn't actually nominating Der Golem, I was just saying that it's a good movie.

Really want to see this!

I think you'd really like it. The story is great, the makeup is great, the set design is fantastic, and from a historical and sociological perspective it's interesting to see a German movie with Jewish main characters a mere 12 years before the Nazis came to power.

The full title is The Golem: How He Came into the World if you're looking for it.

I think I'll watch it soon as I get some down time. I remember I heard of it but I wanted to watch Metropolis first.

I can't find The Golem: How He Came into the World on archive.org and it's not on netflix either.

Netflix has it, just not for instant viewing. Search for "Der Golem, Wie er in die Welt Kam".

I did find it under the first name you had but I had to save it because it said the dvd was unavailable. I will try searching under the name you just said though.

Opps...I just moved it. Well if it needs to be in lounge feel free to move it back. Great idea though, this is the kind of activity that will keep the boards alive!

Yeah, the search function on archive.org is a bit tricky I think so when I search for movies, I usually use google (f.ex "der golem archive.org"). It seems the movie used to be available on archive.org, but it was taken down a while ago when someone asserted copyright.

By the way, good idea to watch those films :) If you do it, don't forget to let us know what you think!

I've seen all except "The Haunting".

sure I will do a little mini review for each one. The version that I found on netflix thanks to Janz is saying that there is some sort of trilogy for Golem which will be even more interesting to see the three films back to back.

there are three Golem movies - the original in 1915, the "lost" one in 1918, and the third one (which Janz mentioned) which is the most famous one (1922), because it is still resonant today and provides most of the basis for James Whale's version of Frankenstein - my DVD comes with a scene comparison between the two movies

with one movie "lost", I'd doubt you get to see the trilogy

Hitler banned the Golem movies, in case you're interested

He also banned most Fritz Lang movies after Lang deserted Germany, except for the Uber Alles "Metropolis" and "Die Nibellungen" (both written by Nazi sympathiser and Lang's ex-wife Thea Harbour)

I have a strong interest in Weimar-era silent German films

Do you know why he banned them?

Like I mentioned earlier, the main characters are Jewish. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

ah yes, I do recall you saying that. that would make sense why he wanted it banned.

That's a misnomer. Hitler adored Lang. Metropolis was one of Hitler's favorite movies. In fact, from what I've read, When Hitler met Lang, and Lang told Hitler he was half Jewish apparently Hitler said something along the lines of "It's up to me to decide who is Jewish, and who isn't."

Says a lot about Hitler.

Goebbels however hated Lang's films, and believed they were nothing more than Jewish propaganda. He had them banned.

well Hitler upheld Goebbels' decision so indirectly he banned them also

The Golem is a Jewish myth/legend. He is given life by the Star of David amulet to help abused and mistreated people.

As for Lang, "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" is a direct metaphor for the Nazi Menace.

And also, it contains the blueprint for bringing Berlin to ruins and Germany with it.

of course, Metropolis is National Socialist propaganda, it was only when Lang made the second Mabuse film that the backlash started and also when Goebbels offered Lang directorship of UFA (the German film academy) and Lang refused, that the Nazis started to hate Lang