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I've seen 7 and plan to see at least 3 more! WTF?!?!?! Cannoli Send a noteboard - 01/09/2010 01:14:45 AM
I am DAMN proud of my jingoism! How the hell did I get to the point where I have seen 7 of the best 100 foreign films?

100 Night Watch (Russia)
I liked it, but thought it wasn't worth the hype.
99 Iron Monkey (China)
77 House of Flying Daggers (China)
I have trouble remembering which of these two was which...
66 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
48 Downfall (Germany)
31 Godzilla (Japan)
25 Das Boot (Germany) I actually liked all of these, except parts of #66, which I suspected had to do with cultural differences about what constitutes humor, and appropriate length of an action flick.

82 Battle Royale (Japan)
I may have seen this one, but am not sure I remember what it was about.

I intend to check out the following one of these days, though I think they might be remaking #15 for normal people.
95 Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong)
69 Ringu (Japan)
30 Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
15 Let the Right One In (Sweden)
1 Seven Samurai (Japan)


By the way, why is Dead Snow (Dod Sno in foreign-babble) not on the list? That was probably the best foreign film I have ever seen. (Norwegian or Swedish or something like that.

In case anyone wants to know, I've seen a measly 17.
Well, you're a creepy foreigner, so there's no accounting for taste.
Cannoli
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Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Legolas - 31/08/2010 02:50:01 PM 1300 Views
As for my quibbles with the list... Legolas - 31/08/2010 03:01:43 PM 733 Views
Since it's "World Cinema," does that automatically exclude U.S. films? *NM* Palatine - 31/08/2010 05:51:00 PM 347 Views
It usually means non-English language films *NM* snoopcester - 31/08/2010 06:36:34 PM 342 Views
Not only that, it also seems to exclude British, Australian and other English-language ones. Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:57:19 PM 630 Views
No one minds Australia's exclusion. All they make is bad Jackie Chan films. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2010 10:55:18 PM 235 Views
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert would've been a shoe-in otherwise... *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2010 12:14:28 AM 229 Views
And after somebody brought up Requiem for a Dream in the other thread... Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:15:51 PM 541 Views
Hey I've only seen 21 ironclad - 31/08/2010 03:40:54 PM 661 Views
My opinion of their list rose by a fair bit when I saw La vita è bella was not on it. Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:56:15 PM 631 Views
What exactly is Battle Royale doing there? Lordling - 31/08/2010 04:07:46 PM 719 Views
Juno is Canadian-American though. ironclad - 31/08/2010 07:40:20 PM 618 Views
I'm quite surprised to see that La Vita e bella (Life is Beautiful) isn't on the list. *NM* Missa Sedai - 31/08/2010 04:51:53 PM 457 Views
Me too. Pleasantly surprised. *NM* Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:57:47 PM 343 Views
Really? I thought the movie was fantastic and well-made. *NM* Missa Sedai - 01/09/2010 12:36:05 AM 343 Views
In fairness, Roberto Benigni being an overrated ass doesn't mean his only good film isn't good. Legolas - 01/09/2010 01:01:21 AM 679 Views
We may have to fight, now. Camilla - 01/09/2010 10:47:45 AM 626 Views
He's so ridiculously full of himself. Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:10:27 PM 656 Views
Re: He's so ridiculously full of himself. Camilla - 01/09/2010 02:15:34 PM 635 Views
I've seen 28, so nearly a third snoopcester - 31/08/2010 06:50:43 PM 639 Views
I've seen Zatoichi among those you name... Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:59:14 PM 594 Views
You have no taste snoopcester - 31/08/2010 08:10:26 PM 701 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 31/08/2010 08:34:03 PM 662 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 31/08/2010 10:02:45 PM 627 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 31/08/2010 10:21:25 PM 648 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 01/09/2010 10:34:14 AM 689 Views
Re: You have no taste Legolas - 01/09/2010 01:56:48 PM 607 Views
Re: You have no taste snoopcester - 01/09/2010 02:55:56 PM 570 Views
I've seen a Belgian film lately ironclad - 31/08/2010 10:14:12 PM 476 Views
No, but I've heard a fair bit about it. Legolas - 31/08/2010 10:23:49 PM 601 Views
Good point Camilla - 01/09/2010 11:06:15 AM 600 Views
I've seen a whopping 4.....but in my defense, I hate subtitles, so I just don't watch these movies *NM* Brian - 31/08/2010 07:49:38 PM 381 Views
Well, you miss out on a ton, then. *NM* Legolas - 31/08/2010 07:59:33 PM 318 Views
Indeed....many of them are available on Netflix streaming though, so maybe I'll watch some soon *NM* Brian - 31/08/2010 08:17:39 PM 352 Views
only 11 myself and i don't think that my neighbour totoro is as good princess monoke *NM* Foxhead - 31/08/2010 08:20:15 PM 411 Views
only saw like 15 of them, but I think the list is somewhat weird. *NM* jh - 31/08/2010 08:32:34 PM 340 Views
Only seen 8 nossy - 31/08/2010 10:43:15 PM 595 Views
Re: Only seen 8 Legolas - 01/09/2010 12:17:17 AM 817 Views
Re: Only seen 8 nossy - 01/09/2010 04:27:38 AM 662 Views
Some of those films are really not Jen films snoopcester - 01/09/2010 10:36:36 AM 646 Views
You might be surprised what I'll watch. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:09:05 PM 637 Views
I wasn't suggesting you wouldn't watch them snoopcester - 01/09/2010 04:38:57 PM 670 Views
You mean you have discovered movies jh - 01/09/2010 08:10:12 PM 617 Views
That's a lot of Asian movies... Legolas - 01/09/2010 11:54:59 AM 645 Views
Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:11:41 PM 842 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. Legolas - 01/09/2010 04:24:34 PM 605 Views
Re: Yeah, I tend to really like even the silly ones. nossy - 01/09/2010 04:36:54 PM 592 Views
I've seen 7 and plan to see at least 3 more! WTF?!?!?! Cannoli - 01/09/2010 01:14:45 AM 673 Views
I've seen 32. Tom - 01/09/2010 04:27:31 AM 656 Views
Nice. I agree with a lot of your assessments. Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:02:30 PM 704 Views
Well, I don't think that she could have made that movie IN Iran... Tom - 02/09/2010 09:51:17 PM 588 Views
Night Watch? Really? Fun book, bad movie. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2010 07:29:58 AM 296 Views
Yeah the film wasn't much to write home about, opposite to what the trailer made you believe *NM* ironclad - 01/09/2010 11:37:05 AM 269 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Camilla - 01/09/2010 11:05:17 AM 699 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema snoopcester - 01/09/2010 11:31:59 AM 636 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Legolas - 01/09/2010 02:09:20 PM 529 Views
Re: Empire's 100 Best Films of World Cinema Camilla - 01/09/2010 02:19:58 PM 576 Views
I've seen like 10 BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 11:35:58 AM 630 Views
I've seen eight but Cache is on tonight so I'll watch that. Stephen - 01/09/2010 03:56:31 PM 593 Views
I've seen one Haneke movie (La Pianiste), and I've decided I'm going to keep it that way. Legolas - 01/09/2010 04:08:55 PM 622 Views
I haven't seen any of his other films so I'm not sure what to expect really Stephen - 01/09/2010 04:26:40 PM 599 Views
So what did you think? *NM* Legolas - 02/09/2010 09:43:18 PM 228 Views
Same, except it was "Funny Games" that did it to me *NM* ironclad - 01/09/2010 08:30:34 PM 324 Views
8 MonCul - 02/09/2010 08:59:44 PM 616 Views
I sense a few amazon.com orders coming soon. Vodalus - 19/11/2010 06:20:53 AM 660 Views
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