Being a film snob myself and a recent graduate of a film and media major in Uni, I was wondering if we had any other film snobs in the house. I know Purps is a film student, but he is yet to learn the way of the film student.

So, who in this nuthouse would rather poke their own eyeballs out rather than see anything at a 'megaplex'?

Do we have any Goddard fans? How about De Palma? Argento? Almodovar? Miyazaki? Kurosawa? Heaven help us if we have any Solondz fans in here!

DISCUSS

Eggo:
i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

Get out of my house.

Eggo:
i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

OMFG Die hard is such a cool movie! He totaly blows up dem terrorists with his gun. He's all like Pew Pew!!! Who's Kurosawa?

No I am not a Film Snob but I hope to be one day. Just one more year.

Any Tips?

Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

De Palma as in Brian De Palma?

And i don't know if Miyazaki and Argento count as snobbish, either...

I tried to be a film snob once, but i am too easily bored and too fascinated by big 'splosions to be like that.

But i still like Films like marebito, Park-Wook's Revenge Movies (of wich only Oldboy is really action-y), The Devils Backbone or un-cliched Anime-Films like "5 Kilometers per second"

I find myself being tortured by film snobbery often. I watch a lot of movies, and find that my taste is sligthly higher than the standard hollywood blockbuster. Give me City of the lost children over Men in Black any day.

The problem comes with the older classics. Many of these movies were great by older standard. They might have been very controversial when they came out, but today, they are just too bland.

I wathced Taxi driver some time ago, and can't really see why it is so graet movie. I can see that it has been a good movie, but not great. Lots of it's gruesome realism is too mild for today. And let's not forget the excruciatingly slow way Scorsese tells his stories. I like to watch slow movies, but this is just too much for me.

Armitage Shanks:
Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Well...I liked Sanjuro. I've heard good things about his other stuff, unfortunately I've not found a copy of Seven Samurai yet. And as for Hayao Miyazaki, yes. 100% yes. The Castle of Cagliostro & Nausicaä above the others for me :3

I don't know that I'd be a snob...but, I'm very selective of what I watch, mostly sci-fi, horror, and cult stuff at that, Bubba Hotep, Evil Dead, Jacob's Ladder, The Thing etc. I have however started watching older action/drama/comedy stuff, Duel, Citizen Cane, Dr.Strangelove etc. Actually...there's quite a dearth of good new stuff at all these days, it's all utter crap, even those big blockbusters, like the most recent Batman for example, I loved, was a great movie, but, I wouldn't watch it again, nor buy it on DvD, it was great, just not that great.

I had a single year of medialogy in high school. Does that count?

Hey Joe:

Armitage Shanks:
Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

Bubba Ho-Tep was awesomepants!

I like Nausicaa too, but I find that Spirited Away is my favourite Miyazaki and Porco Rosso is my guilty pleasure because it's just so much fun!

Just remembered a reason why I could never be a real movie snob. I hated Fellini's La Strada so much. Damn that was a bad movie.

Armitage Shanks:

Hey Joe:

Armitage Shanks:
Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

Hero was an okay flick. By far the most fascinating aspect to that film though was the cinematography. Kind of like Three Colours only with a lot more fists to the face. Christopher Doyle is my hero!

GothmogII:
Well...I liked Sanjuro. I've heard good things about his other stuff, unfortunately I've not found a copy of Seven Samurai yet.

Try ordering it here. Seeing that you are European, this is pretty much one of the best options for you.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/4511/Seven-Samurai/Product.html

Hey Joe:

Armitage Shanks:

Hey Joe:

Armitage Shanks:
Will you accept movies by Zhang Yimou?

Borderline, I will say yes because of Shanghai Triad.

Wow.. you do know stuff.

How do you feel about Hero then?

Does it help if I say that I'm holding a signed copy in my hands?

Hero was an okay flick. By far the most fascinating aspect to that film though was the cinematography. Kind of like Three Colours only with a lot more fists to the face. Christopher Doyle is my hero!

I would agree, but for me it was the sheer scale of the thing. I mean, screw your Lord of the Rings CGI, when they had a thousand people for the battle scenes, they had a thousand people for the battle scenes.

Oh and how bout if I say that I met Zhang while he was working on it? Like literally, while he was working on it.

I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm a film snob, but I do love Japanese cinema. I love Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano (especially Brother, Boiling Point /3-4x10月, and Zatoichi), and am looking forward to when I finally get around to watching some Kurosawa.

Oh, and I adore things like Lost in Translation, Fargo, and Gummo. Stuff that's a bit different. Hey Joe, any recommendations?

oh god.

I like films, but no amount of art is going to make a pile of crap any more appealing. I like the work of John Waters, The Cohens, most of Sam Raimi's that i've seen, Krubric except for eyes wide shut, but all i could tell you about them was that I enjoyed them. I don't like it when art gets in the way of the message (see Donny Darko)

flatearth:

GothmogII:
Well...I liked Sanjuro. I've heard good things about his other stuff, unfortunately I've not found a copy of Seven Samurai yet.

Try ordering it here. Seeing that you are European, this is pretty much one of the best options for you.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/4511/Seven-Samurai/Product.html

Whoo! They have Stray Dog and Rashomon too! Thanks :3

I rented N once but dont think I got round to watching it. Does that make me a snob?

Hey Joe:
Bubba Ho-Tep was awesomepants!

I hate you so much right now! Sure that movie should have been good, but in the same way a collaboration between David Bowie and Mike Jagger or a game with Chainsaw bayonetts should have been good. Poor script which took itself far too serious and nothing else very special that comes to mind. Good plot, Bruce Campble, but that's it.

As for Miyazaki. I enjoyed Howl's Moving Castle. So full of childish fantasy, while appealing to all ages. A nice play with your imagination.

While I'm not into the 'snobiness' stages yet, I can have a good chat about most movies. THough there are faaaar too many I haven't seen. Ah, Jaws? Yeah, ouch.

To be honest, I just don't watch films that much. I see the occasional art-house-esque short or something recommended to me by close friends but it's a media I've yet to be enthralled by. Naturally, there are exceptions to that.

Pan's Labyrinth is one that I simply adored, as did I Sin City and A Clockwork Orange (Though, I really need to read the book.) Soon I plan to watch 1984 upon friendly recommendation. Heavenly Creatures is another I loved, on that note.

Does that count? Keep in mind I have been known to hiss and scream at films such as Die Hard, which make me choke on typical Hollywood nationalism.

Eggo:
i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

I once wrote an essay on how Die Hard was a parody of the Orthodox reflection of the the cold war. Does that count?

I'm a film snob of cult, horror and action films. Fuck art house.

Some of the best films ever: The Wicker Man (1973), Death Race 2000 (1975), Vanishing Point (1971).
Some of the worst films ever: The Wicker Man (2006), Death Race (2008), Vanishing Point (1997).

corporate_gamer:

Eggo:
i watched live free and die hard and thought it was gud does that count

I once wrote an essay on how Die Hard was a parody of the Orthodox reflection of the the cold war. Does that count?

Bwah? Die Hard is about Bruce Willis kicking the shit out people and blowing stuff up. And it's the best action film ever made. What on earth has it got to do with the Cold War?

No offence to the Original Poster, but i find Film Snobs nothing but infuriating.

I view it as a bit of entertainment, if i like it. That's good. If it commits the mortal sin of making me regret watching it, or worse making me want to leave the cinema/turn the DVD off.

30 days of night. I glare at YOU!

I'm sort of a gauge of if a film is worth watching at all, not of how amazing it is.

rossatdi:
I'm a film snob of cult, horror and action films. Fuck art house.

Some of the best films ever: The Wicker Man (1973), Death Race 2000 (1975), Vanishing Point (1971).
Some of the worst films ever: The Wicker Man (2006), Death Race (2008), Vanishing Point (1997).

I found the original Wicker Man to be deeply unsettling. I saw it at a local cinema as part of a Halloween film festival, and felt very uneasy afterward.

Man. Kurosawa just ripped off all those awesome westerns.

mintsauce:

rossatdi:
I'm a film snob of cult, horror and action films. Fuck art house.

Some of the best films ever: The Wicker Man (1973), Death Race 2000 (1975), Vanishing Point (1971).
Some of the worst films ever: The Wicker Man (2006), Death Race (2008), Vanishing Point (1997).

I found the original Wicker Man to be deeply unsettling. I saw it at a local cinema as part of a Halloween film festival, and felt very uneasy afterward.

Yeah, that's what was so awesome about it. No 'jumps' as such just unsettling. That and Britt Ekland's sexy dance. Don't Look Now is the same, just uneasy, although I find Wicker Man much more rewatchable.

I love how they changed the Christian re-strained vs. Pagan sexually charged thing to women are evil in the remake, just insane. Don't forget the bees!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-5Mg_12zo

Decoy Doctorpus:
Man. Kurosawa just ripped off all those awesome westerns.

That's a joke, right? Westerns ripped off Kurosawa!

Does Argento really count as film snobbery? Sure his films are good, but not exactly Fellini or Goddard or Kubrick.

Mr. OP, how do you feel about Takeshi Miike films?

rossatdi:

mintsauce:

rossatdi:
I'm a film snob of cult, horror and action films. Fuck art house.

Some of the best films ever: The Wicker Man (1973), Death Race 2000 (1975), Vanishing Point (1971).
Some of the worst films ever: The Wicker Man (2006), Death Race (2008), Vanishing Point (1997).

I found the original Wicker Man to be deeply unsettling. I saw it at a local cinema as part of a Halloween film festival, and felt very uneasy afterward.

Yeah, that's what was so awesome about it. No 'jumps' as such just unsettling. That and Britt Ekland's sexy dance. Don't Look Now is the same, just uneasy, although I find Wicker Man much more rewatchable.

I love how they changed the Christian re-strained vs. Pagan sexually charged thing to women are evil in the remake, just insane. Don't forget the bees!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-5Mg_12zo

That is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.

It's impossible for me to be a film snob. I grew up on Arnold Schwarzenegger, so anything with big explosions will have me glued to the screen. And i'm not one for arty movies either. I want to be entertained, not bored.