Movie Games

Re:Pick a Pair

leeroy711 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:56:55 GMT

csprague:

leeroy711:

sevenate-9:

I suppose some people might put up with the harrassment if it's coming from Demi, but I can't say 'm in that camp.

Demi '94?.................. yes please. Demi present day?.......... not so much.

Someone mentioned earlier, pairing Le Samourai with Ghost Dog. I like that but I'd rather go with Branded to Kill first, then Ghost Dog. I feel like Ghost Dog was more similar to Seijun Suzuki's material than Melville's. Also, there's a particular kill scene in Ghost Dog that was quite obviously homage to the same scene in BTK.

huh. I have never heard of either of these films. Do you think I would like them?

Hey Christi,

Both are similiar in that: they are both sort of modernized throw-backs of samurai movies. The lead in both of these films plays a lone assasin working for mobsters. I really like the story behind Branded to Kill a lot. This was supposed to be just another factory cookie-cutter Japanese gangster flick. Seijun Suzuki decided to give the character a bit more umm.... character and throw in some dream logic scenes to make it a bit more special. He was promply fired.

So, to answer your question: if you are into any of the older Japanese cinema, I would highly suggest Branded To Kill or pretty much anything else by Seijun Suzuki. (Story of a Prostitute and Fighting Elegy are my faves) As far as Ghost Dog goes, I'm not a huge Jarmush fan ( I think Rizzo is though) but I would definitely suggest checking it out, especially after BTK. It's fun to see modern directors putting things in their films that were obviously influenced by previous auteurs.

Emery

Re:Pick a Pair

leeroy711 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:55:53 GMT

csprague:

leeroy711:

sevenate-9:

I suppose some people might put up with the harrassment if it's coming from Demi, but I can't say 'm in that camp.

Demi '94?.................. yes please. Demi present day?.......... not so much.

Someone mentioned earlier, pairing Le Samourai with Ghost Dog. I like that but I'd rather go with Branded to Kill first, then Ghost Dog. I feel like Ghost Dog was more similiar to Seijun Suzuki's material than Melville's. Also, there's a particular kill scene in Ghost Dog that was quite obviously homage to the same scene in BTK.

huh. I have never heard of either of these films. Do you think I would like them?

Hey Christi,

So, to answer your question: if you are into any of the older Japanese cinema, I would highly suggest Branded To Kill or pretty much anything else by Seijun Suzuki. (Story of a Prostitute and Fighting Elegy are my faves) As far as Ghost Dog goes, I'm not a huge Jarmush fan ( I think Rizzo is though) but I would definately suggest checking it out, especially after BTK. It's fun to see modern directors putting things in their films that were obviously enfluences by previous auters.

Emery

Re:Pick a Pair

csprague — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:25:29 GMT

leeroy711:

sevenate-9:

I suppose some people might put up with the harrassment if it's coming from Demi, but I can't say 'm in that camp.

Demi '94?.................. yes please. Demi present day?.......... not so much.

Someone mentioned earlier, pairing Le Samourai with Ghost Dog. I like that but I'd rather go with Branded to Kill first, then Ghost Dog. I feel like Ghost Dog was more similiar to Seijun Suzuki's material than Melville's. Also, there's a particular kill scene in Ghost Dog that was quite obviously homage to the same scene in BTK.

huh. I have never heard of either of these films. Do you think I would like them?

Re:Pick a Pair

leeroy711 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:08:34 GMT

sevenate-9:

I suppose some people might put up with the harrassment if it's coming from Demi, but I can't say 'm in that camp.

Demi '94?.................. yes please. Demi present day?.......... not so much.

Someone mentioned earlier, pairing Le Samourai with Ghost Dog. I like that but I'd rather go with Branded to Kill first, then Ghost Dog. I feel like Ghost Dog was more similiar to Seijun Suzuki's material than Melville's. Also, there's a particular kill scene in Ghost Dog that was quite obviously homage to the same scene in BTK.

Re:Pick a Pair

seven-ate-9 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:20:03 GMT

The "Places you probably don't want to work" double-feature:

Boiler Room (2000) followed up by Disclosure (1994)

This actually happened last week, on a few of the different Starz networks. Really had me laughing. I suppose some people might put up with the harrassment if it's coming from Demi, but I can't say 'm in that camp.

Re:Pick a Pair

Dr_Gor — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:42:12 GMT

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Hostel would be a good match as well as The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby ! How about Easy Rider and Pee Wee's Big Adventure ? I have both of those movies together on a VHS tape and I have watched that double feature a couple times ...

< GOR >

Re:Pick a Pair

seely — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:05:03 GMT

Hmm... I would probably go with:

The Boondock Saints + The Departed for similar themes of Boston, vigilantism, and Irish Catholic-ness.

Requiem for a Dream + Trainspotting for similar themes of drugs and the downward spiral.

More to come as I think of them...

Re:Pick a Pair

Ravie13 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:07:42 GMT

The Craft and Practical Magic (irresponsible teen witches versus irresponsible adult witches) (triple feature with The Witches of Eastwick)

or The Craft vs. The Covenant (girl witches vs. boy witches)

OR The Craft vs. Ginger Snaps (witches vs. werewolves)

On another night it'd be a National Treasure vs. The DaVinci Code double feature (secret societies and the Illuminati)

Re:Pick a Pair

Risselada — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:16:40 GMT

Tenenbaums:

All The President's Men and Dick

The compelling, journalistic Watergate and the hilarious explanations for the mysteries of Nixon (i.e. the missing section of tape; the double peace signs; inspiration for Deepthroat; etc.). Plus, Will Ferrell as Bob Woodward and Harry Shearer as G. Gordon Liddy? Good stuff.

Uh, don't mention Will Ferrell as Bob Woodward in this movie without also mentioning Bruce McCulloch as Carl Bernstein. I was shocked when I started watching this movie. I never expected to see them as a pair, but it was a delight!

Re:Pick a Pair

Tenenbaums — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:56:06 GMT

Two double features that we actually did in my college film society were:

Plan 9 From Outer Space and Ed Wood

The oft-called "worst movie ever" and the excellent story of the man who made it happen.

All The President's Men and Dick

The compelling, journalistic Watergate and the hilarious explanations for the mysteries of Nixon (i.e. the missing section of tape; the double peace signs; inspiration for Deepthroat; etc.). Plus, Will Ferrell as Bob Woodward and Harry Shearer as G. Gordon Liddy? Good stuff.

Re:Pick a Pair

csprague — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:12:36 GMT

possibly:

Super Size Me and Sicko

Re:Pick a Pair

seven-ate-9 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:02:00 GMT

For the feel-good movie night of the year:

Super Size Me

and follow it up with

Born

into Brothels

Re:Pick a Pair

theunemployedshortstop — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:13 GMT

Claustrophobia Double Feature!!! Flicks where 70 - 90 % of the action takes place in one location however the movie is NOT based upon a stage play.

Shallow Grave & Bound

Mix in a bowl of Blue corn chips and a bottle of DARK beer (I'm thinking an Oatmeal Stout) and I'm good to go. Mind games are so much creepier than horror. Plus Tom Jones and Joey Pants!!! Good Times.

Or... I could watch my two favorite movies from 2000.

Requiem for a Dream & Dancer in the Dark...

These movies came out in back to back weeks that year. I was a wreck for the rest of November into December. Then I turned 21! Go me... I'm old.

Re:Pick a Pair

Diedo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:53:34 GMT

Or how about,

Dances with Wolves (1990) and Farewell to the King (1989)

where Kevin Costner and Nick Nolte are mesmerized by the local American-Indian/Borneo people, become one of them and finally are forced to face-off against the modern world encroaching upon these non-industrialized societies. A more obvious movie would be The Last Samurai (2003) as it was readily compared to Dances with Wolves when it came out.

Or,

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981) and The Emerald Forest (1985)

where native peoples of the Kalahari desert/Amazon rainforest come into contact with the encroaching industrialized world forcing one of them to confront it.

They're very different in tone though, so the first one (The Gods...) could be paired with Crocodile Dundee (1986) as "guy who visits Western world and thinks everything is weird and hilarious", while the latter (Emerald Forest) could be seen with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as "Western world boy raised by indigenous people/apes is searched for by family".

Or,

Princess Mononoke (1997) and Silent Running (1971)

where one of the main characters goes renegade in a last ditch effort to defend nature against the encroaching civilization of man. They make a nice pair as they contain similar themes through different genres.

Love this idea of pairing up movies... and love the word 'encroach'... obviously.

Just went to get something to eat and came up with this:

Made in Britain (1981) and Into the Wild (2007)

where main character resents authority and society, wants to free himself from it, but in the former case does this through confrontation and urban crime, while the latter does so through avoidance and seeking out nature. Both characters despise/dislike their records and documents by respectively shitting on them and burning them. Wildly different movies!

You could also watch Made in Britain with American History X as "movie where main character is a neo-nazi skinhead who plays in the new Incredible Hulk movie that most people prefer over the 2003 version because it is completely formulaic and predictable".

Or,

First watch The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and then Delicatessen (1991)

*POSSIBLE SPOILER* I really can't comment on the connection without giving out spoilers. There's also the well-known Twilight Zone episode How To Serve Man (1962), that'll go well with these two as a starter (pun intended). Make sure you have pork dinner before watching these movies.

Or,

City Slickers (1991) and Deliverance (1972)

when buddies go out on a nature trip and nothing seems to go right. ;-)

Re:Pick a Pair

unclefestering — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:45:47 GMT

Diedo:

Hi guys, I just joined the group.

I'd watch The Great Dictator (1940) and Starship Troopers (1997).

Why?

Because The Great Dictator satirized Nazi Germany and fascism prior to World War II and because Starship Troopers satirizes American society and the American military-industrial complex using Nazi and fascist imagery prior to 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan.

Paul Verhoeven himself acknowledges the uncanny parallels between the events in Starship Troopers and what happened between 2001-2003.

Also, on the surface it's an unlikely pair.

Wow.

This is a great pair.

Re:Pick a Pair

Diedo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:37:08 GMT

Hi guys, I just joined the group.

I'd watch The Great Dictator (1940) and Starship Troopers (1997).

Why?

Because The Great Dictator satirized Nazi Germany and fascism prior to World War II and because Starship Troopers satirizes American society and the American military-industrial complex using Nazi and fascist imagery prior to 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan.

Paul Verhoeven himself acknowledges the uncanny parallels between the events in Starship Troopers and what happened between 2001-2003.

Also, on the surface it's an unlikely pair.

Re:Pick a Pair

unclefestering — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:42:54 GMT

laylor:

Maximum Overdrive and Chopping Mall

Because I like when man-made machines turn on their "owners" and make it funny at the same time...

Chopping Mall! I loved that movie.

Re:Pick a Pair

Niek — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:47:17 GMT

There is of course the whole Dreamworks vs. Disney/Pixar extravaganza which set us up for a decade of awkwardly similar films released suspuciously close together:

Antz vs. A Bug's Life

The Road to El Dorado vs. The Emperor's New Groove

Shrek vs. Monsters, Inc.

Shark Tale vs. Finding Nemo

Madagascar vs. The Wild

There is a site dedicated to it here,

Re:Pick a Pair

laylor — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:52:19 GMT

Maximum Overdrive and Chopping Mall

Because I like when man-made machines turn on their "owners" and make it funny at the same time...

Re:Pick a Pair

filmgal81 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:22:40 GMT

I'd also like to throw A.I. into the mix- possibly after I, Robot but before Terminator.

corvine:

filmgal81:

If I picked 2 films to watch together i'd pick I, Robot, the Terminator (in that order). It shows the steady progession of the rise of the machines, our advancing technology, and our incessant need to ignore the red flagse that tell us perhaps we should rethink the whole "smart machine" thing.

If i was going to watch another film to make it a trilogy and round out the bundle it would be The Matrix ( of course).

You could redeem them all with The Iron Giant (1999)

Re:Pick a Pair

Dr_Gor — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:43:43 GMT

mercurial:

I had to go one step further and do a triple feature: Nuns, Nuns, NUNS!

The Sound of Music

Nuns singing! Nuns laughing! Nuns thwarting Nazi's! Yay!

Black Narcissus

More realistic portrayal of good-hearted nuns mixed with some crazy ones.

Dark Habits

Tigers, lesbianism and heroin, Oh My!

If you're going to watch movies about nuns, why not try some of the funner ones...

Psycho III ...

there are more...

Re:Pick a Pair

lopezdash — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:41:30 GMT

Would be twisted to watch Homeward Bound or the Adventures of Milo & Otis, (or any really touching, feel-good movie involving animals), followed by Your Mommy Kills Animals!

Only because, after watching YMKA, you'll think back to HB and question whether or not humans really should be the overlords of dogs and cats, especially after Milo and Otis did so well for themselves in the wild.

Re:Pick a Pair

tallquasimodo — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:05:33 GMT

I would nominate Le Samourai and Ghost Dog. Pretty interesting to see a couple of different takes on the bushido code for modern hitmen. Ghost Dog was a bit silly though.

Re:Pick a Pair

unclefestering — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:52:50 GMT

SkyPilot:

nickbianco13:

Say Anything... (1989)

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

My girlfriend wrote a paper on GPB being the the future Loyd Dobbler who later became a hitman it should have been a sequel and they should be seen together. In my opinion.

Wow, that's really funny and interesting! This would be an interesting game.

Black Snake Moan might be Jules from Pulp Fiction fifteen years later.

I once tried to trace history of Kurt Russell through his movie characters. I was trying to figure out what turned The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes into Snake Plissken. Maybe it was selling Used Cars?

Re:Pick a Pair

SkyPilot — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:20:44 GMT

nickbianco13:

Say Anything... (1989)

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

My girlfriend wrote a paper on GPB being the the future Loyd Dobbler who later became a hitman it should have been a sequel and they should be seen together. In my opinion.

Wow, that's really funny and interesting! This would be an interesting game.

Black Snake Moan might be Jules from Pulp Fiction fifteen years later.

Re:Pick a Pair

nickbianco13 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:43:56 GMT

Say Anything... (1989)

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

My girlfriend wrote a paper on GPB being the the future Loyd Dobbler who later became a hitman it should have been a sequel and they should be seen together. In my opinion.

Re:Pick a Pair

corvine — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:38:52 GMT

filmgal81:

If I picked 2 films to watch together i'd pick I, Robot, the Terminator (in that order). It shows the steady progession of the rise of the machines, our advancing technology, and our incessant need to ignore the red flagse that tell us perhaps we should rethink the whole "smart machine" thing.

If i was going to watch another film to make it a trilogy and round out the bundle it would be The Matrix ( of course).

You could redeem them all with The Iron Giant (1999)

Re:Pick a Pair

filmgal81 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:52:13 GMT

If I picked 2 films to watch together i'd pick I, Robot, the Terminator (in that order). It shows the steady progession of the rise of the machines, our advancing technology, and our incessant need to ignore the red flags that tell us perhaps we should rethink the whole "smart machine" thing.

If i was going to watch another film to make it a trilogy and round out the bundle it would be The Matrix ( of course).

Re:Pick a Pair

unclefestering — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:38:07 GMT

quote user="mercurial"]

I had to go one step further and do a triple feature: Nuns, Nuns, NUNS!

The Sound of Music

Nuns singing! Nuns laughing! Nuns thwarting Nazi's! Yay!

Black Narcissus

More realistic portrayal of good-hearted nuns mixed with some crazy ones.

Dark Habits

Tigers, lesbianism and heroin, Oh My!

If you are going that far, you might as well add Killer Nun to your list of drug addicted, sex starved sisters of mercy.

Re:Pick a Pair

Risselada — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:16:50 GMT

SkyPilot:

Risselada:

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Big Momma's House of course!!! It will feel just like the year 2000 again! The best year for movies EVER!

I just wiki'd the box office number-ones for 2000, and it was like going through a depressing museum exhibit. I thought, "I don't want to live through that year again." Funny I didn't realize popular cinema was so s***ty at the time. Gladiator won Best Picture?

Gladiator is to cauliflauer what award-winners are to vegetables.

What were the only two ears of sweet corn in 2000? Billy Elliot and O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Yeah I've never seen Billy Elliot, but I remember 2000 being over and thinking O Brother was about the only good thing worth seeing at all the whole year.

I did a search on movies I've seen and rated although it's kind of hard becuase some movies are listed with release dates of 2000, but that was just at some film festival. Sometimes they don't hit the major market for nearly a year after the festival circuit. For instance Mememto is listed as being released in 2000, but wasn't really released in most theatres until the middle of March in 2001.

Re:Pick a Pair

mercurial — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:17:17 GMT

I had to go one step further and do a triple feature: Nuns, Nuns, NUNS!

The Sound of Music

Nuns singing! Nuns laughing! Nuns thwarting Nazi's! Yay!

Black Narcissus

More realistic portrayal of good-hearted nuns mixed with some crazy ones.

Dark Habits

Tigers, lesbianism and heroin, Oh My!

Re:Pick a Pair

SkyPilot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:12 GMT

Risselada:

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Big Momma's House of course!!! It will feel just like the year 2000 again! The best year for movies EVER!

I just wiki'd the box office number-ones for 2000, and it was like going through a depressing museum exhibit. I thought, "I don't want to live through that year again." Funny I didn't realize popular cinema was so s***ty at the time. Gladiator won Best Picture?

Gladiator is to cauliflauer what award-winners are to vegetables.

What were the only two ears of sweet corn in 2000? Billy Elliot and O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Re:Pick a Pair

Risselada — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:32:25 GMT

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Big Momma's House of course!!! It will feel just like the year 2000 again! The best year for movies EVER!

Re:Pick a Pair

magrebi — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:35:51 GMT

Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare on elms st

just to show that not all people that have scissors/blades for hands are bad people... just misunderstood.

Re:Pick a Pair

leeroy711 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:16:19 GMT

Cube followed by Pi

These films both prove that math is evil.

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SkyPilot — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:38:22 GMT

Woodstock followed by Gimme Shelter.

Watch as flower power wilts.

I'm trying to get myself in a different headspace than thinking about fun double features I would actually want to see, preferably at a drive-in.

Pick a Pair

unclefestering — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:08:27 GMT

If you wanted to pair two movies (not sequels) together what movies would you watch together and why?

I'd pair The Bear with Grizzly Man.

The Bear is a story of how an older grizzly takes care of a young bear who las lost his mother and how they just want to get along and wouldn't bother people at all if it wasn't for the mean hunters who are after them. Werner Herzog takes documentary footage from a man who was a self taught expert on bears, before he was eaten by them, and turned it into Grizzly Man.

The other pairing I have would be F for Fake and The Hoax.

In F for Fake, Orson Welles interviews Clifford Irving, a journalist who spent a fair amount of time interviewing a famous art forger, who could never be convicted. The Hoax tells the story of Irving a few years later when he created forged Howard Hughes diaries and sold them for fun and profit.

What pairs do you have?