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12-16-2009, 05:38 PM
OumaFan

Lists, people.

I feel like a list thread, best since 2000, etc., etc. Best movies since 2000, Best albums since 2000, best books since 2000, that kind of thing.

I haven't given any thought to books or CDs yet

Best movies list is still in progress

Superbad
Memories of Murder
Lost in Translation
The Life Aquatic
Slumdog Millionaire
Man on Fire
Gone Baby Gone
Shaun of the Dead
Children of Men
City of God

ok that's ten, I could go 15-20 easy but I'll probably change it once I've figured out I've made a huge mistake like putting Man on Fire in there. I did like that movie. I was shocked by how much I liked slumdog millionaire when I finally got around to seeing it. Little Miss Sunshine, Hot Fuzz, The Prestige, the LOTR movies don't quite make it.
12-17-2009, 04:22 AM
Gandalf

Re: Lists, people.

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.
12-17-2009, 04:45 AM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

I just saw this German film about a writer and a Stasi agent called The Lives of Others, very good, not sure it breaks the top ten but good. would definitely be top ten foreign films ever.

I haven't even attempted the music list.I have a lot of albums I really like that I think are late 90's. Funeral by Arcade Fire would probably make the cut for me too.
12-17-2009, 07:19 AM
BIG H

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!
12-17-2009, 07:36 AM
Howlin Mad Missy

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG H

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!

Bill Murray/Stip club/Peaches
Whiskey ad.
erm.
12-17-2009, 07:40 AM
Gandalf

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG H

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!

I think it's a really good film. It has Japan and it has Bill Murray, and with those two together and some quality cinematography and music thrown in you are already on the way to creating something interesting. There are some funny Murray moments, but it also captures the disconnection and ennui you can feel living in a strange place where you don't really speak the language and where the culture is somewhat alien. It's a film with moments in it that I really relate to. I think the Scarlett Johannson character was a little too cliche for my liking, but I think Murray puts in a really brilliant performance. It's a film where nothing much really happens, but that's kind of the point.
12-17-2009, 10:33 AM
BIG H

Re: Lists, people.

I was a bit harsh. The film does have 2 redeeming features

http://xrayvision.today.com/files/20..._johansson.jpg
12-17-2009, 11:16 AM
Nameless

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OumaFan

I just saw this German film about a writer and a Stasi agent called The Lives of Others, very good, not sure it breaks the top ten but good. would definitely be top ten foreign films ever.

I haven't even attempted the music list.I have a lot of albums I really like that I think are late 90's. Funeral by Arcade Fire would probably make the cut for me too.

Life of the others is a brilliant, well acted movie with a very very realistic touch about how it was to live under the Stasi un East Germany. I strongly recommend this film to anybody and to me, yeah, it breaks the top 10 without challenge!
12-17-2009, 11:19 AM
Nameless

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG H

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!

I think it's a really good film. It has Japan and it has Bill Murray, and with those two together and some quality cinematography and music thrown in you are already on the way to creating something interesting. There are some funny Murray moments, but it also captures the disconnection and ennui you can feel living in a strange place where you don't really speak the language and where the culture is somewhat alien. It's a film with moments in it that I really relate to. I think the Scarlett Johannson character was a little too cliche for my liking, but I think Murray puts in a really brilliant performance. It's a film where nothing much really happens, but that's kind of the point.

I quite liked it as well, and I loved how it did depict the boredom of couple"s life after a few years if you can't renew nothing in your relation. The carpet samplers were just a statement about it hehe. As for Scarlett, in that movie,, I kind of saw a young Murray in it, like she's starting on a very bad note her relation with her newly fiance and feels the same boredom as Murray except way earlier in her life.
12-17-2009, 11:20 AM
Nameless

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIG H

Quote:

Originally Posted by miles

Good thread idea.

In no particular order

Movies:
Lost in translation
Wall-E
The Pianist
The Dark Knight

(Can't think of any more)

Albums:
Jason Lytle - Yours truly, the commuter
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Arcade Fire - Funeral
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
The Libertines - Up the bracket
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Muse - Absolution
Scott Walker - The Drift
Primal Scream - Exterminator

Books:
None that I can think of, it's all been linguistics stuff for my studies over the past few years.

Mate, what possible redeeming feature did you see in 'Lost in Translation'?

That film was awful!!

Bill Murray/Stip club/Peaches
Whiskey ad.
erm.

And Santori is a damn good whiskey. I still prefer Talisker, however;)
12-17-2009, 04:11 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

Lost in Translation I could watch pretty much over and over. Well that's an exaggeration but it was awesome.

Arcade Fire-Funeral
Pheonix-Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix
The Strokes-Is this It & Room on Fire
Radiohead-In Rainbows: bad decade for them but I liked this album
Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
The Libertines: Up the Bracket
Elliot Smith: From a Basement on the Hill
Whiskeytown: Pneumonia

Meh, I'm not really happy with that list even though I like every album, I feel like I'm forgetting some stuff.
12-17-2009, 04:20 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

Books are most difficult for me to place in a context of time, I went to my room to get out a book I really loved that I thought was for sure only a few years old and it was written in 1996. So I don't know if I'll be making that list today, would have to think about it.
12-17-2009, 05:12 PM
CFH

Re: Lists, people.

I'm tempted to make a "worst posters on Saddo's" list, but that would be very un-Mod like of me. Oh the heavy burden of responsibility :p.
12-17-2009, 05:21 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

great minds and all that, I was thinking of a worst poster list but decided it wouldn't seem sporting. By all means if anyone wants to start one off....
12-17-2009, 05:27 PM
CFH

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OumaFan

great minds and all that, I was thinking of a worst poster list but decided it wouldn't seem sporting. By all means if anyone wants to start one off....

I see amat is browsing the thread, we may be in luck.
12-17-2009, 05:28 PM
CFH

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OumaFan

Lost in Translation I could watch pretty much over and over. Well that's an exaggeration but it was awesome.

Arcade Fire-Funeral
Pheonix-Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix
The Strokes-Is this It & Room on Fire
Radiohead-In Rainbows: bad decade for them but I liked this album
Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
The Libertines: Up the Bracket
Elliot Smith: From a Basement on the Hill
Whiskeytown: Pneumonia

Meh, I'm not really happy with that list even though I like every album, I feel like I'm forgetting some stuff.

I'm assuming that's a list of the best albums of the decade? I'll make my own as soon as I'm done this goddamn essay.
12-17-2009, 05:31 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

Yes just the decade, definitely not ever. I'm not sure any of those would make a top ten ever list. Some of them definitely wouldn't. I think if I had to make a list from each decade back to like the 60's the 90's would win out for me. Possibly something to do with me growing up during that decade but still I think it would win out.
12-17-2009, 05:33 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

Well the 80's would be good too actually.
12-17-2009, 05:39 PM
amat

Re: Lists, people.

So wait, only since 2000? That's a shame because I just saw Miller's Crossing and that was EXCELLENT, but I'm pretty sure it came out in the mid 90's. At first I thought this thread was about ICB's posting habits. Oh well. I'll start with movies and then albums. Well I won't do albums but I'm just letting you know I'm not doing books. Like OumaFan said, to hard to place in the context of time. I'm almost done with Under The Dome though next is The Stand. Gone Baby Gone was OK, I didn't like it all that much.

City of God/City of Men
The Departed
Eastern Promises
Children Of Men
Knocked Up
Lord Of the Rings all of them
The Prestige
Flags of Our Fathers
Sin City
Catch Me If You Can
There Will Be Blood

Man I can go on forever and forever about just my favormite DiCaprio and Matt Damon movies. A lot of people called them overrated a while back and a lot of those people were DEAD WRONG, for my money they are two of the best actors in movie history and I'd love for some people to argue otherwise. Over the course of this post I have downed 2 beers and I think I am temporarily drunk.
12-17-2009, 06:09 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

Make any list you want. Best movies since 1990, 10 best ICB posts, best HTH posts about serving the Queen, etc.

I got home like thirty minutes ago and I have an Eastern Promises stream that's been sitting on my computer for like two days and I just watched the first two minutes which had a fucking gruesome throat cutting, yikes.
12-17-2009, 06:31 PM
ICB

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amat

So wait, only since 2000? That's a shame because I just saw Miller's Crossing and that was EXCELLENT, but I'm pretty sure it came out in the mid 90's. At first I thought this thread was about ICB's posting habits. Oh well. I'll start with movies and then albums. Well I won't do albums but I'm just letting you know I'm not doing books. Like OumaFan said, to hard to place in the context of time. I'm almost done with Under The Dome though next is The Stand. Gone Baby Gone was OK, I didn't like it all that much.

City of God/City of Men
The Departed
Eastern Promises
Children Of Men
Knocked Up
Lord Of the Rings all of them
The Prestige
Flags of Our Fathers
Sin City
Catch Me If You Can
There Will Be Blood

Man I can go on forever and forever about just my favormite DiCaprio and Matt Damon movies. A lot of people called them overrated a while back and a lot of those people were DEAD WRONG, for my money they are two of the best actors in movie history and I'd love for some people to argue otherwise. Over the course of this post I have downed 2 beers and I think I am temporarily drunk.

Why is it that you feel you have to type about me constantly in the hidden boards ? do i bother you that much ?
12-18-2009, 04:24 PM
amat

Re: Lists, people.

Stop talking to yourself. And why do you keep reading and replying to my posts about you? Are you stalking me? And why is it you hit the space bar before typing punctuation marks?

I really only want an answer to the last question, just seems that you're going out of your (my) way to be wrong.
12-18-2009, 05:16 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

:detective:
12-18-2009, 07:56 PM
ICB

Re: Lists, people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by amat

Stop talking to yourself. And why do you keep reading and replying to my posts about you? Are you stalking me? And why is it you hit the space bar before typing punctuation marks?

I really only want an answer to the last question, just seems that you're going out of your (my) way to be wrong.

Im not sumbukalamby or any other name, and i explained the reason for ssss many times. Which people understood and why wouldn't they ? i had a loss in my family, and also i made a thread about leaving which i intended to do.

But because of what happened which i just said, i come on here to get away for it for awhile. But because i made a thread about leaving, i felt silly coming back only after a few weeks, but because i didn't want to tell people about what had happened.

I made an id and only intended to type on here. As that name for awhile, which i did but one thing led to another. And it is my fault because i should of just explained what had happened at the time. But i didn't so whatever, but i have never ever had any other names, only Fire something. Which i told people who i was on the 2nd post i made.

As for your other comments i follow you ? don't make me laugh i couldn't give a rats ass what you type about me. I just happen to browse threads and catch your comments which i ignore normally.

But it really is just getting tiresome, we get it you don't like me big deal. Like i care im just asking you why you feel you need to constantly type about me, when i've done nothing to you at all.

My punctuation isn't that good, i didn't finish school because i was kicked out, im so sorry my punctuation isn't up to your standards. But i try to make an effort.

Lastly think what you want you don't like me, thats fine im not really bothered as i said. All im saying is don't keep saying shit about me, in the hidden boards. I don't speak about you do i ? neither do i speak about anyone else i've had arguments with on this forum.
12-19-2009, 03:07 PM
OumaFan

Re: Lists, people.

I can't understand what the fuck they're saying in Eastern Promises half the time. :shakehead: Well mainly just Viggo's lines. Need some headphones for watching movies online.