for Tassja: Special movies I find extraordianry
I am not focusing on blockbusters or classics, just the ones I consider special.
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- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.Wow! Wow! Wow!
A movie that brings back the old saying: "Faith in Humanity"
Love thy brethren. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Definitively one of my Top 10
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRobert De NiroJean RenoNatascha McElhoneA freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.Probably the best car chase movie I have seen.
The story is actually very good also.
A classic for Me! - DirectorRichard De AraguesStarsGuy MartinIan HutchinsonJohn McGuinnessMotorcycle racers reveal their motivation to participate each year in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the most dangerous and deadliest event in the sport.You like bikes?
Want to see the reality about motorbike racing? Watch this one!
Isle of Man TT, the best racing there is in the world! - DirectorTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh GrantAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.A totally underrated movie which could become a classic, maybe a cult one, in a future.
The movie's only problem is that is it a bit long.
BUT the acting, the characters, the stories and especially the message, by God! Are we getting so dumb as to not understand it?
Or too lazy to wait for the story to play out?
Awesome Wachowsky work!
Great food for thought! - DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.Greatest funniest story I have seen in a while!
Don't miss it. - DirectorMalik BaderStarsMalik BaderWesley WalkerFrank ZiegerThe movie follows the life of Chicago burglar Kaspar Karr. Kaspar cases and robs stores. He counts up his score and a small interview follows where Kaspar introduces himself. He shows his expertise in social engineering, stalking, and intelligence gathering and discusses his careful, meticulous planning cycles.Extraordinary, Awesome, quite creative and unique fake-cumtentary.
A definitive must watch, so well made you will need to check twice, if it's real or not.
Now this is talent Hollywood! - DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsDavid Lee SmithTony ToddJohn BillingsleyAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.A story you cannot afford to overlook.
Breathtaking, amazing, fantastic. AweSome!!! - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.One of the best, toughest, saddest yet somehow most beautiful movies I have seen.
Yet it hurts so deeply. - DirectorYann DemangeStarsJack O'ConnellSam ReidSean HarrisIn 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.Astounding, depressing, nerve wrecking. The real wars men fight not like the ones we are taught in history or in the movies.
Friend, Foe, Ally, Good, Bad, Murdered or Killer, anyone can decide on personal convenience. War... - DirectorNae CaranfilStarsVera FarmigaMark StrongHarry LloydA Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.A definite MUST WATCH. A great movie on how the East Block handled matters and what Jewish People had to endure. Even when they helped Stalin in the War...
Cannot even imagine how it must have truly been behind the iron curtain. - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsJames McAvoyRosario DawsonVincent CasselAn art auctioneer mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.Danny Boyle at its best!!!
Absolutely loved the movie!
Bless you Danny! - DirectorRidley ScottStarsOrlando BloomEva GreenLiam NeesonBalian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.I love to see historical movies that do resemble history (more or less).
So sick and tired of those Hollywood novels where history gets raped and manipulated by the vivid imagination of kids that don't even know where Poland is.
Fantasy and special effects are always welcomed unless, those blockbuster experiments desecrate the precious history of humankind. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.Awesome movie! Euro style so do not expect a ot of cation, but a lot of tension and thinking.
GOOD! - DirectorHernán GoldfridStarsRicardo DarínNatalia SantiagoAlberto AmmannRoberto Bermudez, a specialist in criminal law, is convinced that one of his students committed a brutal murder. It leads him to start an investigation that becomes his obsession.Cannot miss this one! Great Story wonderful acting.
Gotta watch - DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsEmma ThompsonTom HanksAnnie Rose BuckleyAuthor P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.Sweet Sweet Sweet wonderful story.
Almost anyone can/should relate to it. - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.One of those movies that starts a whole new way to entertain our imagination.
Wonderufl! - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.This is one of those movies that leave a mark, they become unforgettable and usually start a trend or even an era.
I miss the movies of the 90s.
A wonderful movie! - DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg KinnearThe story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.One of the Best and most realistic War movies I have seen.
Great! - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAsa ButterfieldChloë Grace MoretzChristopher LeeIn 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.This is what movies are all about for me.
A wonderful trip into an imaginary world where fantastic events take place.
"Take me out of this world and transport me to a different surreal world where miracles happen and I can be happy" - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsHelen MirrenSam WorthingtonTom WilkinsonIn 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.Nice!!!
Love this type of movies! - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsDenzel WashingtonNadine VelazquezDon CheadleTroubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.A interesting antihero movie, but true as far as I know.
Liked it a lot. - DirectorDavid DobkinStarsRobert Downey Jr.Robert DuvallVera FarmigaBig-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth; along the way he reconnects with his estranged family.Put Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Bob Thornton and Vincent D'Onofrio in one movie and you'll be pleasantly served with a wonderful, emotionally charged, precious story that quickly enters your heart.
Robert Downy Jr. by far the best actor of our days, - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyAfter a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.The everyday neighborhood hero story done extraordinarily well.
C. Eastwood is quite a talent in movie making. - DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenKen DavitianLuenellKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.Where to start?
Definitively a movie one needs to watch. An irreverent, crude and even aggravating way to confront us with our sad reality but, in a comic way.
Of course, much of the criticism goes unnoticed since most focus on the obvious joke...
I have not seen a smarter movie in years!
Especially when realizing the film was actually scripted!
My deepest respect Sacha Baron! Another movie genius.