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A very harrowing and often hard to watch film, although easily some of the best work all the participants ever did (and that includes director De Palma and stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn): 1989's highly underrated war-rape dark drama Casualties of War. The director's cut is one of the few DVDs I'm keeping since I've gone Blu-Ray and sold off most of my standard def collection in order to make room for Blu-Ray Amazon orders.

Seriously: The film I find highly underrated, although understandably I also don't find it a nice 'group atmosphere' film, because of the large rape set pieces--as well as the eventual brutal & savage murder of the young Vietnamese girl as the rescue chopper comes down that river ravine. It's something I much more prefer to view alone myself, but to each they're own. Don't know who all owns it here, but I would highly recommend adding any version of it to your next big online order where ever such as Amazon, Deep Discount DVD.com, ect.
 
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britlover said:
A very harrowing and often hard to watch film, although easily some of the best work all the participants ever did (and that includes director De Palma and stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn): 1989's highly underrated war-rape dark drama Casualties of War. The director's cut is one of the few DVDs I'm keeping since I've gone Blu-Ray and sold off most of my standard def collection in order to make room for Blu-Ray Amazon orders.

Seriously: The film I find highly underrated, although understandably I also don't find it a nice 'group atmosphere' film, because of the large rape set pieces--as well as the eventual brutal & savage murder of the young Vietnamese girl as the rescue chopper comes down that river ravine. It's something I much more prefer to view alone myself, but to each they're own. Don't know who all owns it here, but I would highly recommend adding any version of it to your next big online order where ever such as Amazon, Deep Discount DVD.com, ect.
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A great movie. Ennio Morricone's score adds a lot to the film's impact (as his scores always do!)

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Control (2007)
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A first class cinematic experience!

Anyway, I last watched Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Another Ray Harryhausen classic.
 
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A great movie. Ennio Morricone's score adds a lot to the film's impact (as his scores always do!)
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Indeed. SUCH a legendary, nearly always nailing it classic composer. And still alive & well and kicking to this day as of this writing, I believe so!

Very few know that Mr. De Palma absolutely loved the great Morricone's work on Carpenter's The Thing (1982) many years earlier, that he more of less admited to using that score as temp music before the final mixing was done, just because of how much atmosphere & dread he over all felt it had. So glad to hear that Brian is a big fan of Mr. Carpenter, who's older films I also love just as much (actually even more), and whom I feel often composes greatly for the Widescreen aspact ratio frame.

And indeed, while the film can be a bit difficult to watch sometimes (it's also sadly based on true events that happened in the fall of 1969 and were reported on), but is still highly underrated. Contains some of Penn's and Fox's best on screen acting work to date. And I'm not personally kidding there. Both should have recieved Oscor and Golden Globe nods, as well as De Palma for Best Director and the film course for best film.
 
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Slaughterhouse 5 (1972) - Considering the source material this adaptation could have been awful, but surprisingly it wasn't. It was flawed of course (what adaptation isn't) but I still think it's a very good adaptation of a book that seemed to me while reading it to be nearly impossible to film.
 
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Blood and Bone -- kick ass film. :D
 
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Satan'sLawyer said:
The Big Lebowski
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Good choice, Lawyer.

Must say for my money this and O' Brother Where Art Thou? where easily they Coen brothers last two great films. All others to me have been (sadly) largely hit & miss, and I personally much liked Fargo when I was much younger. I re-watched it on DVD last year since I own it, and I only really like chunks and set pieces of it. Was a lot better for some reason when I was younger.
 
The Joker

The Joker

Godzilla against MechaGodzilla

It's pretty much Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla with a twist. And that twist is that this MechaGodzilla was built with the addition of a DNA computer that utilizes DNA removed from the corpse of the original 1954 Godzilla.

Of course, this is a bad idea and Gojira/Godzilla 1954's soul is awoken. Naturally. :D
 
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