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All time best "low budget" movies.

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OSU_Buckguy;1702242; said:
your own must be bruckheimer crap then.
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Not hardly. House of Games, Toy Story, Memento, Dead Again, Dogma, Tess, The Grifters - some of my favorites; a pretty diverse list I think. I loved Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List; I also see any Bond flick that comes out as soon as it comes out. Loved Mr. and Mrs. Smith, even though it was really stupid, because I can look at Angelina Jolie a long time on the big screen and not really care much about the plot.

Again, all this stuff is highly personal, and I'm not arguing my taste is better than anyone else's (even those who like Bruckheimer). As for how I have an idea whether I'd like a movie or not - how does anyone know? Marketing material, reviews, trailers, etc.
 
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MaxBuck;1702238; said:
Interesting. There's not a single film that has appeared in this thread that I'd consider watching, much less pay to see.

Each to his own, obviously.
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I gotta go with Folanator here, how would you know that you wouldn't like a movie without seeing it? There are countless classic, Academy award winning movies that were done on low budgets and were very entertaining.

Props to Folanator for the Idiocracy avatar :)
 
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MaxBuck;1702325; said:
As for how I have an idea whether I'd like a movie or not - how does anyone know? Marketing material, reviews, trailers, etc.
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how does anyone know whether he or she would like a movie? sure, marketing material, reviews, and trailers may help; however, i generally trust this odd practice known as watching the movie.
 
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There are lots of movies that look great or funny based on the clips. But...after seeing it you realize those clips were the ONLY good parts to the entire piece of shit you just waisted two hours on.

Case in point. LEON, one of my all time favorite movies.

Plot...French hitman trains a ten year old to become a hitman after her parents were killed by drug dealing cops. Pediphile overtones throughout the movie.

Would I go see it based on that information? No. But after seeing it a ton of times it is one of my top 10 movies.

My criteria for evaluating the "greatness" of a movie is
  • how many times I can see it and not get bored.
  • Does it get better with additional viewings?
I think that making an inexpensive film that stands up through multiple viewings is possibly the hardest thing to do in film.
 
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OSU_Buckguy;1702955; said:
how does anyone know whether he or she would like a movie? sure, marketing material, reviews, and trailers may help; however, i generally trust this odd practice known as watching the movie.
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Given that I might watch 10 movies a year, and thousands of films are made, this seems infeasible to me as a rule of practice.
 
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Folanator;1703484; said:
Think about two movies:

Rear Window
12 Good Men

Filmed in one room. No firery explosions.

Proves that you don't need much to make a great film. Plot, script and acting. That's about it.
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12 Good Men or 12 Angry Men?
 
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Folanator;1703484; said:
Think about two movies:

Rear Window
12 Good Men

Filmed in one room. No firery explosions.

Proves that you don't need much to make a great film. Plot, script and acting. That's about it.
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Glengarry Glen Ross is a nice example of this idea. It didn't even have a plot really (one major event happened, and there were two locations I believe in the entire film), just a great script and great acting, mostly great acting.
 
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Folanator;1703484; said:
Think about two movies:

Rear Window
12 Good Men

Filmed in one room. No firery explosions.

Proves that you don't need much to make a great film. Plot, script and acting. That's about it.
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Hitchcock's Rope is another example.
 
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