Movies that you will stop and watch no matter what else is going on.

[anabolichalo]

You appear to like Stanley Kubrick and faggy arthouse movies.

i dont give two shits about who is the director, who is the actor, who is the camera man, who is the fluffer

all i say is these are good good movies

[ESFitness]

Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Apollo 13
The Fugitive
Rocky
Die Hard

Probably a bunch more. The Fugitive is one that has stopped me in my tracks for 2 hours more than any other movie.

there will be blood

no country for old men

drive

[ESFitness]

oh yea..

falling down

point break

[Royalty]

there will be blood

no country for old men

drive

No Country for Old Men = awesome

[The Ugly]

No Country for Old Men = awesome

Of course. Every Coen film, really. Some better than others, but all better than most shit.

[The Ugly]

Glengarry Glen Ross never gets old, easily one of the greatest acting ensembles ever. Of course, it's never on tv.

[Tedim]

Old sitcoms.....Simon and Simon and magnum PI (no homo) fall guy,

[Novena]

Der blaue Engel (the Blue Angel) 1930

[Gregzs]

The cast of Aliens reunited at Calgary Expo a few weeks ago:




http://www.empireonline.com/features/aliens-colonial-marines-profiles/

[Megalodon]

No Country for Old Men = awesome

In 'No Country For Old Men' there is something that stands out audio-wise amongst practically all other movies.

Can anyone say what it is without re-watching it?

[The Ugly]

In 'No Country For Old Men' there is something that stands out audio-wise amongst practically all other movies.

Can anyone say what it is without re-watching it?

No score or soundtrack?

[Mr Anabolic]

The cast of Aliens reunited at Calgary Expo a few weeks ago:




http://www.empireonline.com/features/aliens-colonial-marines-profiles/

Wow.  It would be standing room only at the San Diego Comic Con!

[Megalodon]

No score or soundtrack?

Yes. I haven't seen it a few years but when I watched it for the first time on DVD I rewatched it in its entirety just to see if I was right in thinking it didn't have any music.

The only thing I remember was a light, building-intensity droning sound when Tommy Lee Jones' character visits the motel at night to inspect the Llewelyn crime scene.

They could have purchased the "music" for the entire movie for $3 off of any royalty free music site...unless there are period ambient radio music sounds somewhere in the movie that they had to buy the rights to.  

[The Ugly]

Yes. I haven't seen it a few years but when I watched it for the first time on DVD I rewatched it in its entirety just to see if I was right in thinking it didn't have any music.

The only thing I remember was a light, building-intensity droning sound when Tommy Lee Jone's character visits the motel at night to inspect the Llewelyn crime scene.

They could have purchased the "music" for the entire movie for $3 off of any royalty free music site...unless there are period ambient radio music sounds somewhere in the movie that they had to buy the rights to. 

Interesting. I swear I just guessed, from memory, but I did look it up after. Three scenes had the faintest music is all, one of which you mentioned.

[Megalodon]

Interesting. I swear I just guessed, from memory, but I did look it up after. Three scenes had the faintest music is all, one of which you mentioned.

One movie with a fantastic soundtrack that was like an opera musically, with almost every character having their recurring theme music, was Leone's "Once upon a time in the West"...BUT I remember the opening with the 3 hired guns waiting for Bronson had no music for around 10 minutes until Bronson's harmonica broke the musical silence. For 10 minutes, other than sparse talking, they had telegraph machine, creaking windmill, buzzing fly....as a kind of background 'music'. 

[bradistani]

One movie with a fantastic soundtrack that was like an opera musically, with almost every character having their recurring theme music, was Leone's "Once upon a time in the West"...BUT I remember the opening with the 3 hired guns waiting for Bronson had no music for around 10 minutes until Bronson's harmonica broke the musical silence. For 10 minutes, other than sparse talking, they had telegraph machine, creaking windmill, buzzing fly....as a kind of background 'music'. 

the blu is gorgeous. one to get if you haven't already...

[Megalodon]

the blu is gorgeous. one to get if you haven't already...

I haven't....yet

[The Ugly]

One movie with a fantastic soundtrack that was like an opera musically, with almost every character having their recurring theme music, was Leone's "Once upon a time in the West"...BUT I remember the opening with the 3 hired guns waiting for Bronson had no music for around 10 minutes until Bronson's harmonica broke the musical silence. For 10 minutes, other than sparse talking, they had telegraph machine, creaking windmill, buzzing fly....as a kind of background 'music'. 

Does PT Anderson do this a lot? I remember TWBB being pretty quiet as well.

[bradistani]

I haven't....yet

you're in for a treat thyen. it'll be like watching it for the first time.

[bradistani]

Does PT Anderson do this a lot? I remember TWBB being pretty quiet as well.

a masterpiece. i really need to get this on blu.

i've been trying not to watch it until i do, but a few weeks back i cracked and threw the dvd on. i was worried the film might not hold up compared to my first viewing. i needn't have. it was even more better than i remembered it being.

another i'm holding out from watching until i eventually upgrade is THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD. man, i can't wait to see that in 1080p

[The Ugly]

a masterpiece. i really need to get this on blu.

i've been trying not to watch it until i do, but a few weeks back i cracked and threw the dvd on. i was worried the film might not hold up compared to my first viewing. i needn't have. it was even more better than i remembered it being.

another i'm holding out from watching until i eventually upgrade is THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD. man, i can't wait to see that in 1080p

Has to be one of this century's finest films. Second best western ever, only because nothing will ever top Unforgiven for me.

[Megalodon]

Does PT Anderson do this a lot? I remember TWBB being pretty quiet as well.

I had to rewatch watch a few clips but Anderson definitely punctuates dramatic scenes with the absence of music in that movie.

In Boogie Nights he did just the opposite in the dramatic scene where Jesse's Girl is blaring, the camera locks on Walhberg while he seemingly freezes while getting the courage to leave... as the music amplifies it's all you can hear. It's almost like he used music as a type of silence to block out everything that is going on except Wahlbergs internal thoughts. That several second shot could have been switched with complete silence and had a similar effect.
 

[The Ugly]

I had to rewatch watch a few clips but Anderson definitely punctuates dramatic scenes with the absence of music in that movie.

In Boogie Nights he did just the opposite in the dramatic scene where Jesse's Girl is blaring, the camera locks on Walhberg while he seemingly freezes while getting the courage to leave... as the music amplifies it's all you can hear. It's almost like he used music as a type of silence to block out everything that is going on except Wahlbergs internal thoughts. That several second shot could have been switched with complete silence and had a similar effect.
 

That was actually on cable yesterday, excellent film. I guess I was specifically thinking about Blood, and maybe Punch Drunk Love. I remember Magnolia has that Aimee Mann song during the montage.

[Danimal77]

Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Apollo 13
The Fugitive
Rocky
Die Hard

Probably a bunch more. The Fugitive is one that has stopped me in my tracks for 2 hours more than any other movie.

Casino
Rocky (All of them)
Jacob's Ladder
The Shining
The Running Man
The Program
The Evil Dead
A Few Good Men
National Lampoon's Vacation/European Vacation
Shawshank Redemption
Session 9
Dumb and Dumber
Swingers
Shaun of the Dead
The Boiler Room
The Lost Boys
The Color of Money
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Karate Kid
Terminator 1 and 2
Naked Gun
Batman Begins
Fletch
Creepshow
Top Secret
Sleepaway Camp
Airplane
Raging Bull

[The Ugly]

Casino
Rocky (All of them)
Jacob's Ladder
The Shining
The Running Man
The Program
The Evil Dead
A Few Good Men
National Lampoon's Vacation/European Vacation
Shawshank Redemption
Session 9
Dumb and Dumber
Swingers
Shaun of the Dead
The Boiler Room
The Lost Boys
The Color of Money
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Karate Kid
Terminator 1 and 2
Naked Gun
Batman Begins
Fletch
Creepshow
Top Secret
Sleepaway Camp
Airplane
Raging Bull

Awesome, among others.