Anyone like foreign movies? [Archive] - Green Grass Forums

BlueCat

08-02-2005, 10:28 PM

I just love to watch foreign movies....I wondered if anyone else here does...

One of my favorite is Amelia. The colors in it are really cool if you are stoned...lol the music is pretty nice too.

So I watched this one a few days ago called Carandiru. :eek:

OMG it was so sad. It was about this prison in Sao Paulo...
The conditions there were terrible....and they rioted so the cops came in and just started killing people it was really depressing.
Anyone else seen a good foreign movie?

Ganj

08-02-2005, 10:35 PM

i can sit down and watch foreign movies and enjoy them too, but you must forgive my bad memory, i don't remember any of the names. there is one that i remember, it's a cartoon - the triplets of bellville, it's really cool, trippy too.

Fengzi

08-02-2005, 10:39 PM

I've seen a lot of foreign movies. I started watching a lot from China and Taiwan when I was learning to speak Chinese. Although most are really bad kungfu movies there are quite a few deeper/artistic movies as well. Try a movie called Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl. It was directed by Joan Chen and was actually banned in China. It's a pretty deep, sad movie but the cinematography is great.

Another good foreign movie is a Vietnamese one called The Scent of Green Papaya. There's not a whole lot of dialog but what is said is meaningful. Plus, like Xiu Xiu, the cinematography is fantastic. Oh, and the story does have a happy ending.

BlueCat

08-02-2005, 11:06 PM

The Scent of Green Papaya.

Great movie!! It was just beautiful to watch.

chris420

08-02-2005, 11:11 PM

Foreign movies are good, ive watched a good number of them and have enjoyed most of them, i like the fact that theyre totally different from contemporary hollywood flicks and offer a more natural view in cinematography and story lines also the trippiness they involve in them.

colton

08-02-2005, 11:13 PM

City of God is a mad film, Hard boiled is another one(John Woo)

Stedric

08-02-2005, 11:13 PM

I liked Neon Genesis Evangelion a lot, thats an anime so I don't know if its counts but it is certainly foreign. Amelie was good and so are a lot of German war movies.

TallulahGreen

08-02-2005, 11:22 PM

I loovee Amores Perros..Amelie...City of God...Y tu Mama Tambien...Sex and Lucia...Maria Full of Grace...

..plus like a million more.

I <3 foreign films.

Optimus Pot

08-02-2005, 11:45 PM

I've always liked good foreign films, but I didn't know If I'd be able to handle subtitles while high. But the other night I smoked a joint and watched this film Pyrokinesis. It's about this woman who can set things on fire with her mind. I enjoyed watching it blazed. The subtitles weren't that big a problem. Run Lola Run, La Femme Nikita, Violent cop and Tampopo are all good. It's too bad I didn't see them stoned!

Ganj

08-03-2005, 12:07 AM

beijing. it's a movie showing the importance of bicycles in countries that are stricken with poverty (beijing). i found it pretty enjoyable to watch.

BlueCat

08-03-2005, 04:29 PM

Wow there are some great ones here...I am writing them all down...

City of God is really good. Maria Full of grace..I liked that one too.

Bus 174 is an excellent movie if you haven't seen it. (violence warning)

Breaking Waves was an older one I think is really good too.

I can't wait to check these new ones out....

thanks... :D

D.Boone

08-03-2005, 04:31 PM

City of God is a mad film, Hard boiled is another one(John Woo)

Hell Yea City Of God Is a Crazy Flick

TallulahGreen

08-03-2005, 05:46 PM

.....and the special features are nuts. It's like real people from the city of god..it's nutts!!!

BlueCat

08-03-2005, 05:55 PM

If you liked City of God you'll like Bus 174 it is true too. :)

BlueCat

08-03-2005, 05:56 PM

WOW!! I have over 1000 posts....I just noticed...

TallulahGreen

08-03-2005, 05:56 PM

Thanks so much..ill have to keep that in mind..I am always looking for good movies to watch.

Canadabis

08-03-2005, 08:35 PM

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 12:06 AM

I just ordered Amores Perros from Block buster...

chris420

08-04-2005, 01:26 AM

theres this visual documentary from russia called Naqoyqatsi its one hell of a trip, i highly recommend this one

TallulahGreen

08-04-2005, 03:48 AM

Amores Perros is really graphic.

Oh yeah and the motorcycle diaries is an amazing movie. The boy from Amores Perros is in that, and hes also in Y Tu Mama Tambien. Hes also a major babe. I know his first name is Gael..but I forget the rest.

But yeah Amores Perros is definitly among one of the most graphically fucked up movies I have ever seen.

kevy cola

08-04-2005, 04:17 AM

I know a bunch of ppl already said it but City of God is a fucking great movie, check it out if oyu like stuff like Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels and Snatch

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 03:00 PM

OK...I ordered Xiu Xiu, Amores Perros, and Naqoyqatsi....Thanks guys

I just love Blockbuster on line.. :D

Tallulah, the Motorcycle Diaries was a wonderful movie...the book was even better.

kevy cola...check out Brazilian movie Bus 174, it will keep you on the edge of your seat... :eek:

Fengzi

08-04-2005, 03:37 PM

Hey Blue Cat, I know you're interested in China so another one you may want to check out is the one Ganj mentioned-Beijing Bicycle. It's a pretty accurate depiction of life in a big city in modern China. A couple of other good ones are:

To Live- a great movie about lifes up's and downs. It follows one family from the mid-'40s or so to about the mid '70s. Banned in China because it depicts the ridiculousness of the Mao years.

Qui Ju- Kind of funny movie about one woman's quest for justice after her husband is kicked in the balls. Sorry, its a bad description of a good movie.

Postmen in the Mountains-Interesting father and son story about life in modern rural China.

Oh, when watching Xiu Xiu keep in mind that the time period for this was the mid '70's. A lot is different now.

Now I gotta go and find that City of God movie that everyone is talking about.

colton

08-04-2005, 03:40 PM

I liked what the creators of south park had to say "foreign films are just a bunch of gay cowboys eating pudding"
but then again a foreign film to me is from america.

The seven samurai!!!!!!!! ok theres a good one. 1950's japaneese movie about honour, sacrifice, nobility, forgiveness, mercy and kick ass wicked sword fighting...at the point when guns rendered swords virtually obsolete :D

American films are foreign to me too although they dont really count! - Downfall is a great German film about the last days of Hitler
Some good british movies are Scum, McVicar, Football Factory, I.D, the Italian Job(original not piss poor remake) Twin Town and Trainspotting, theres loads more great British films and none are like that poncy Love actually and 3 or 4 (im not sure) weddings and a funeral(mine after i watched it)

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 03:49 PM

tee hee I liked Trainspotting... :)

Thanks so much Fengzi.. :D I will go look for those now and put them in my queue.

They should mail out Xiu Xiu this week...I'll comment once I've seen it.

Bus 174 is about the children that live in the streets of Brazil...and the media's hunger for a story...it is really eye opening.

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 03:54 PM

I got Postmen in the Mountains and Beijing Bicycle in my queue but can't find "To Live"
What is the Chinese name?

Toker4LifeVT

08-04-2005, 03:54 PM

I've downloaded dvdrips of some horror movies from swedan and stuff. :p

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 03:59 PM

I've downloaded dvdrips of some horror movies from swedan and stuff. :p

Really? So tell me about them...I don't watch many horror movies.

There's a foreign horror movie called 28 days Later thats a riot to watch when you are stoned....the color is really vivid, its the Trainspotting director Danny Boyle's.

Toker4LifeVT

08-04-2005, 04:03 PM

I got a few but i never been able to find the subs for them and a couple i managed to find the subs and they were outa sync i had gotten them twards the end of the time i was moderating an underground movie hub on p2p program. :eek:

P.S. "Bluecat" YGM! and you gonna be online on msn?

TallulahGreen

08-04-2005, 04:23 PM

Hero is an absolutly amazing movie.

robert42

08-04-2005, 04:24 PM

does german 70's porn count?

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 04:41 PM

oh that made me think of my new neighbor...he was talking to me then he said he was going inside to watch migget porn...I laughed but he looked serious....kinda creepy...

so my question....Is there really migget porn or was he kidding? I did not really want to google it.

Fengzi

08-04-2005, 05:05 PM

I got Postmen in the Mountains and Beijing Bicycle in my queue but can't find "To Live"
What is the Chinese name?

I think the Chinese name is Shenghuo or YiSheng, I can't remember exactly. Blockbuster does list it as To Live though. Here's a link

http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/ViewAllEditions.action?channel=Movies&subChannel=&movieID=998442584&displayBoxArt=true

BlueCat

08-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Thanks Fengzi..... :D :D

ermitonto

08-04-2005, 06:57 PM

I liked what the creators of south park had to say "foreign films are just a bunch of gay cowboys eating pudding"
but then again a foreign film to me is from america.

No, they were talking about independent films (more specifically the Sundance festival), not foreign films.

BlueCat

08-06-2005, 07:32 PM

Oh boy! -------> We've shipped "To Live" to you. You can expect to receive it on or around Wednesday, August 10, 2005." I can't wait.....

BlueCat

08-13-2005, 04:32 PM

SO we watched "To Live" last night...it is a beautiful film. I just loved it.

I wonder how much of the heritage homes are still there? I loved the Chinese architecture...

I will be watching Beijing Bicycle tonight...

Fengzi

08-15-2005, 04:15 PM

Glad to hear you liked "To Live" Blue Cat. It really is a great movie. It always blows my mind to think that my wife lived through some of that time period and my mother and father in law experienced all of it. In fact, my wife never even met one of her grandfathers because he was a rich landlord and sent to a "re-education" camp shortly before she was born and never heard from again.

There are still a lot of the old style home homes and architechture in China. It's actually pretty surreal beacuse you can go from an ultra modern "Blade-Runner" type city (Shanghai) to an ancient village with cobblestone streets and traditional architechture(Zhou Zhuang) in about 20 minutes. The farther west you go the more traditional the cities are. You'll actually find little villages high up in the mountains which are inhabited by some of China's minority people, similar to the hill tribes of northern Thailand. Below is a picture of a village my wife and I went to on our honeymoon. It could only be reached by a couple mile hike up the mountain through the terraced rice fields. Going there was definitely an awesome experience.

beachguy in thongs

08-15-2005, 04:23 PM

I have that movie "Amelia", my sister sends me all sorts of movies from L. A. The problem is, I ended up watching it alone, because my girlfriend doesn't like watching movies with sub-titles.

Az.

08-15-2005, 04:57 PM

so my question....Is there really migget porn or was he kidding?

yeah there is....i just googled it.....i regret it now

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 05:14 PM

Fengzi that photo is beautiful!!! I am going to have to go to China...

(an ancient village with cobblestone streets and traditional architechture)<-- I just have to see this. I bet you can talk to your inlaws for hours on end...

I liked Beijing Bicycle too. It was fun seeing the modern and traditional...

So do you have any more photos?

Hey Az glad I didn't google it....thanks. :)

Az.

08-15-2005, 05:17 PM

oh yeah! i completly missed that photo before.....ive never seen anyhing like that before.....for what purpose do they cut into the hills?

LOVElife

08-15-2005, 06:17 PM

....Platoon....its Foreign to me! Im English!

For you Americans try these English Movies:

Nil By Mouth
Love, Honour and Obey
Final Cut (Kinda Shit)
Dead Mans Shoes (Fucking Excellent)

BlazinHaze

08-15-2005, 06:24 PM

I saw a movie called Versus one time at like 4 am. It was a Japanese zombie movie about the Forest of Resurrection, where if you died within it you became a zombie. It had English voice-overs and crazy ninja shit. It was a pretty good movie.

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 06:28 PM

Nil By Mouth
Love, Honour and Obey
Final Cut (Kinda Shit)
Dead Mans Shoes (Fucking Excellent)

thanks lovelife I wrote them down....

I have never heard of Versus Blazin...I have seen a british zombie movie called "28 days later"....it was pretty good...

BlazinHaze

08-15-2005, 06:30 PM

Yeah i saw 28 Days Later, i had to watch it 3 times before i understood the whole thing cause my attention-span sucks

robert42

08-15-2005, 06:31 PM

its not really a foreign film but its scottish, its called SWEET SIXTEEN its really good u can download it at www.torrentspy.com heres a review: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/09/18/sweet_sixteen_2002_review.shtml

"Opening in Greenock, a rundown town near Glasgow, "Sweet Sixteen" follows teenage scally Liam (Compston) as he struggles to prepare for the release of his ex-heroin addict mum from prison.

Desperate to try and build them a proper family home, Liam needs money. And fast. Muscling in on his mum's boyfriend's drug business, Liam and his pal Pinball (Ruane) set themselves up as dealers, displaying an entrepreneurial skill that has little other outlet on Glasgow's unemployment-ridden estates.!"

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 06:32 PM

I liked the intense colors in that movie....it is fun to watch high at night with friends...SCARY fun...

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 06:33 PM

Wow thanks Robert...

Breukelen advocaat

08-15-2005, 06:39 PM

Luis Buneul, an influential director from Spain, made great films. Sometimes they are shown on cable, and are not to be missed. Many of his best were filmed in Mexico. He started making them in the 1920's, and continued through the late 1970's with That Discreet Object of Desire. He could work with avante garde, was the fouder of surrealism in film, still tell great stories, and more all in the same film.

The German expressionist films, from the 1920's and even before, were a big influence on Buneul - and also worth checking out.

robert42

08-15-2005, 07:33 PM

anyone ever seen EL POSTINO?

robert42

08-15-2005, 07:37 PM

Wow thanks Robert...

Your welcome, i hope you get a chance to watch it, its a real hard hitting story v.good acting. I give it 8/10

BUTTTTTTTT THE BEST EVER FOREIGN FILM IS....

City Of God

Its amazing seriously any film lover wtach this film. its subtitled but its great its about children drug dealers v.v..v.vgood :D
This is the most amazing film ive ever seen!

Review (GOT 5STARS) at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/12/02/city_of_god_2003_review.shtml

"An intoxicating shot of cinematic adrenaline, "City of God" starts with a desperate chicken escaping slaughter and being chased by a gang of pistol-packing prepubescents.

It's an apt allegory for the frantic fight for survival of the protagonists in this ferocious blast of gangster mayhem.

Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) narrates our journey into the slums of Rio de Janeiro, the City of God. A child of the 60s, he witnesses two decades of barbarity, greed, rape and revenge which fuel a catastrophic gang war.

Fear and an instinct for self-preservation keep him on the straight and narrow, but his childhood associate Li'l Zé (Leandro Firmino da Hora) grows into the ghetto's godfather - a ruthless, demented killer who makes Joe Pesci's "GoodFellas" psycho look like Mary Poppins.!"

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 07:46 PM

Yes I really liked City of God too...

Have you seen Bus174?

http://www.bus174.com/director.htm

robert42

08-15-2005, 07:50 PM

Hey bluecat,

Bus174 ive not seen it nor have i heard of it before but after watching the trailer it looks really good, im gonna have to download that one. Lots of the storys coming from brazil have a real hard hitting feel to them.

thanks for that one ;)

BlueCat

08-15-2005, 07:59 PM

anyone ever seen EL POSTINO?
Great movie!

robert42

08-15-2005, 08:02 PM

We have similar taste Bluecat ;)

Breukelen advocaat

08-16-2005, 12:10 AM

Here's one that practically NOBODY has even heard of, much less seen - LITTLE MURDERS. I saw it several times in the movies, years ago when it came out, and just bought the DVD. This is one of the craziest New York City films ever made. If you're not from New York, or another big city, you might not get it. The scenes with Donald Sutherland as a hippie minister, performing a wedding ceremony, decribing an acid party, were worth the price of admission, but the movie never made it big because it was a black comedy, written by Jules Feiffer, about random killings and people going crazy. It was directed by Alan Arkin (who also plays a manic Detective in the film), and starred Elliot Gould. Released in 1971.

Don't look at the "scene selections" on the DVD because it gives an important part of the plot away.

BlueCat

08-16-2005, 03:54 PM

I love Donald Sutherland !! I will have to look for it, thanks for sharing Breu...

BlueCat

08-16-2005, 03:55 PM

We have similar taste Bluecat ;)

Yes we do! thats good to know... :D

Fengzi

08-16-2005, 09:47 PM

I just thought of another great foriegn film- Rabbit Proof Fence. This is a really good film out of Australia about some aborigine girls travelling throught the desert. Definitely worth a watch.

colton

08-16-2005, 09:50 PM

Anyone seen Romper Stomper - Russel Crow as some nutty skinhead!

highjinx

08-16-2005, 10:22 PM

I just watched the trailers there for bus174.

it looks well good!

colton

08-17-2005, 12:06 AM

QUADROPHENIA - the dogs bollox!

BlueCat

08-17-2005, 04:13 PM

Fengzi: Rabbit Proof Fence......GREAT MOVIE!!

Have you seen "Breaking the Waves"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115751/ it is odd but very good.

Colton: Russell Crow as a skin head? I'll have to check that one out!

BlueCat

08-17-2005, 04:22 PM

robert42

08-17-2005, 04:24 PM

hey your very welcome bluecat ;) im glad u took up my recomendation its a pretty hard hitting film im glad u likeD it, its free to so it makes it EXTRA SPECIAL :D

highjinx

08-17-2005, 04:26 PM

Not been on torrentspy yet. can you get any other movies for free there?

Az.

08-17-2005, 04:27 PM

yes...many a movie/music/apps....lots of things on torrentspy

red662

08-17-2005, 04:28 PM

yea i like forien movie's the type u would normally get on the top shelf( i know its crude sorry)

highjinx

08-17-2005, 04:30 PM

Cheers Az. im off to check it out!

BlueCat

08-17-2005, 05:12 PM

Hey Fengzi....got anymore China pictures?

Fengzi

08-17-2005, 06:14 PM

Hey BlueCat, I have hundreds of pictures from China but few in digital format, most are slides. I do plan on having some scanned and putting together a personal website in the near future, however. I'll let you know when it's up so you can take a look.

BlueCat

08-17-2005, 06:42 PM

Thanks Fengzi I would love that...

colton

08-18-2005, 02:40 PM

Just remembered another Brit film - Sexy Beast, its a pretty cool film

Fengzi

09-09-2005, 06:00 PM

I finally watched City of God last night. Awesome film!! Definitely one of the best I've seen in a while.

I wonder how BlueCat is doing. It's been a while since we've heard from her. I hope everything went well with her surgury.