Im completley screwed and need a good movie for a final project in film lit class

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

My origional intention was to do the Boondock saints, My teacher told me about this project months ago but he never assigned anyone movies, he just told us think of a movie we want to apply the techniques and theorys that we learned in class too. So I started on this a long time ago and am nearley done with my project. I know the movie left, right, backwards and forewards, I know it like the back of my hand.
Well today my teacher decided he wanted to assign us movies (with a mere 2 weeks left of classes and NO time at all for us to start over) and the guy he picks RIGHT before me, picks the movie, and we cant do the same movie.

Im completley lost, and I have no idea where to begin. Like I said I had pretty much my entire project done, and to my understanding the kid is a real dick so he wont trade. I was so heartbroken over this that I nearley cried in the middle of class because Im terrified im going to fail that project.
So I need some movie suggestions, most of the good one's are already taken but I need something that covers the aspects of GOOD film making, like montage, low/high, span/panning camera angles, psychoanalysis, metaphor, things like that.

Really, I need help with this or else im pretty much up shit creek without a paddle. There's no way I can get this done in only two weeks and have it actually be a GOOD project.

[b i o n i c]

do pulp fiction

[Bob]

goodfellas is probably the best movie ever
i was watching a clockwork orange again the other day, and that's really amazingly well done, but i think it might be a little too uh mature for a high school project (unless nudity and rape flies in that class)
2001: a space odyssey (another kubrick movie) is also amazingly well done (was made in 1968 and STILL looks better than alot of movies that come out today), but it's like a billion hours long and might be a little too complicated (even i wouldn't want to write a report on it)
citizen kane?
dr. strangelove (kubrick again, can't go wrong with kubrick)

[DandyFop]

Uh it's really not hard to find a good movie with a lot of info on people analyzing it...

some of the films I did papers on were

Manhattan
The 400 Blows
The Seventh Seal
8 1/2
bladeyy blahhh the list goes on...don't freak out, just choose something now and start working on it OR tell your teacher you pretty much already did the assignment and ask if it's okay that you do it on that movie.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

we studied Citizen Kane and Pulp Fiction - Goodfella's Is a definant maybe, anyone think Taxi Driver is a good idea?
I really wanted to do something Kevin Smith, but I think his only deep movie would be Dogma (if you'd even consider that)

[DandyFop]

Yes to all of those...

I don't know that I'd do Citizen Kane though. Probably too big to tackle not to mention he's probably heard it a thousand times. Though for all of those he has I guess..I would do Pulp Fiction or Taxi Driver.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Im going to talk to him tomarrow and tell him I have most of my project already done, if he says Oh well then I dont know where im going to go from there.

[ScarySquirrel]

I would do Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

That's just me though.

[Bob]

I would do Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

That's just me though.

haha for a second i thought i was still in the BBMB Match Maker thread and got confused

[b i o n i c]

seriously, try doing pee wee's big adventure - love that movie

la-la-la-la-la-la! lalalalalalaalalalalala! hahah! chuckle chuckle chuckle!!

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

I would do Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

That's just me though.


are you serious?

[ScarySquirrel]

Yeah, I love that movie.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Yeah but is it good film making? what aspects apply?

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

seriously, try doing pee wee's big adventure - love that movie

Maybe I should just do Slither and call it a night?

[Drederick Tatum]

two weeks is an age. it's probably only like 800 words or something. stop being a baby and do it already. fuckin teenagers.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Um no it's not an essay it's an actual speech I need to get up and do in front of a ton of people (I dont go to a small high school) Also it needs to be about 15 minutes long and cover ALL the techniques and theories we've learned over the semester. My ENTIRE grade depends on this and I cant afford to fail, im not being a baby about it, im trying to get it done right, not pussyfoot around it.

[Drederick Tatum]

you should use Powerpoint, it turns a shitty speech into a shitty presentation.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

I dont have powerpoint and even if I did I wouldn't use it.

[Echewta]

Tron. Not only epic but ground breaking.

[Mr Films]

I only read the first post but let me just say the Boondock Saints is the stupidest, most overrated piece of dog shit ever committed to celluloid.

[Pootytang]

Try these:

Dangerous lives of Alter Boys

Rules of Attraction

Shawshank Redemption

[ggirlballa]

how bout

"awesome; i fuckin shot that"

:cool:

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

I only read the first post but let me just say the Boondock Saints is the stupidest, most overrated piece of dog shit ever committed to celluloid.

Really? Why would you say that? I actually think it's a good movie - I know it's got some open ends and everything but the acting's good, I dont think it's over done. The techniques are pretty good too, Duffy's shots are amazing. The assasin-go-round is genius, and some of the scenes, like the part with Connor handcuffed to the toilet for example, are almost artistic. That look, and the color of the blood, the slow motion and the high/low shots. I think it's very well done for an amature film maker.


and Ggirl, I thought about it, but it doesnt apply to any of the techniques really...


Try these:

Dangerous lives of Alter Boys

Rules of Attraction

Shawshank Redemption

I've heard of these but never seen them. I will give them a chance if he says I cant do the BDS, I know you'd never steer me wrong, Pooty (y)
Im more or less looking for an action film, something along the lines of the boondocks, Goodfella's, or Taxi Driver... Something with an really good, intense scene I can present.

[Waus]

OOOOH! Do "Igby Goes Down" and try to show how the director was alluding to "The Catcher In The Rye." Also discuss how the characters compare and how the film making shows a progression in each character.


Go!

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Wow a lot of movies!!
Ok if we all had to come together and agree on a movie what would it be? I dont have enough time to sit down and watch all these movies..

[Bob]

action film, Goodfella's,

maybe don't do goodfellas

[Documad]

I have no idea what you do in a film class, but I don't understand why students never pick films that are actually good. Like Bonnie and Clyde, Jaws, or Dirty Harry.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

No? Why not? I think it's better film making then taxi driver, ect...

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

I have no idea what you do in a film class, but I don't understand why students never pick films that are actually good. Like Bonnie and Clyde, Jaws, or Dirty Harry.

I've never seen Bonnie and Clyde or Dirty Harry. Jaw's might be good though. In the class we studied the Odyssa steps (I think it's Odyssa, im not sure though) Melies a trip to the moon, Citizen Cane, A bout de sufle, Psycho, The birds, Pulp Fiction and we were going to do The Royal Tenenbaums but we ran out of time.

[B_Mackin']

I only read the first post but let me just say the Boondock Saints is the stupidest, most overrated piece of dog shit ever committed to celluloid.

In response to that all I have to say is you have no taste in movies. Boondock Saints is one of the greatest movies ever.

I don't know if you've ever seen the movie Crash. That might be a good one. I really liked how everything related and it all ended up fitting together in the end. Pulp Fiction would also be good but I can't believe someone picked Boondock Saints and Pulp Fiction did not get picked. I'm also a big fan of the movie se7en but not sure if it would be great for a report if you have to talk about the camera shots and stuff besides the plot/acting.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Were studying Pulp Fiction so we cant do it, and Crash has already been picked, but I completley agree with you on the BDS thing!

[Pootytang]

How about

Tombstone

Devil's Rejects

Saving Private Ryan

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Resevoir Dogs

The Matrix

Lord of the Rings

[Drederick Tatum]

if you were cool, you'd do Blade Runner.

[Gareth]

it has to be 'mean girls'.

[yeahwho]

You used to like Jack Nicholson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/), I think one of his movies would do. He was even on the Andy Griffith Show in the mid-sixties.

Guy is a fucking star.

[na§tee]

jesus christ there about about five bazillion films you can analyse that have been done a thousand times before. like:

ANY alfred hitchcock film
the searchers
bringing up baby
brief encounter
touch of evil
casablanca
misery
white heat
la regle du jeu
tokyo story
in the mood for love
a bout de souffle
man with a movie camera
mulholland drive
wings of desire
run lola run
mother india
high noon
i know where i'm going!
gilda
cinema paradiso
it's a wonderful life
way of the dragon
the wizard of oz

i've totally just listed the more mainstream films from the level one and level two options for my old course at university. i'm bored.

if you are struggling for a movie at the end of this thread then you are really going to struggle with the rest of that class.

[The Notorious LOL]

I only read the first post but let me just say the Boondock Saints is the stupidest, most overrated piece of dog shit ever committed to celluloid.



co sign!



also, Mulholland Drive sucks



I would do THE SHINING

[na§tee]

And yet somehow you failed to mention two of the finest pieces of cinema to ever be filmed. I'll just chalk that up to you not wanting to be a copy cat.
um, of course i didn't mention the fucking obvious in pulp fiction and citizen kane and what not. i didn't want to repeat.

and that's not meant to be an exhaustive list. i just plucked some from the course documentation, not all. like i said, there are BAZILLIONS of films she could do. do you want me to list all bazillion, cmute?

[Kid Presentable]

it has to be 'mean girls'.
Got the DVD. Good fuckin times.

[Dorothy Wood]

LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

if you're on about about gangster-type flicks.

[Kid Presentable]

Transformers:The Movie. It's got no fannies nor willies in it, though.

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

As of right now im thinking:
Taxi Driver
American Psycho
Tombstone
House of 1000 corpses
and im not sure what else but I have to pick soon!

[befsquire]

do heathers! it's one of my favorite movies. so many great quotes.

i once did a paper on quentin tarantino and his love of the mexican standoff. got an a.

[Bob]

LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

if you're on about about gangster-type flicks.

fucking yes

if you liked the boondock saints then this should be right up your alley. it's like BDS only, you know, good

and is pulp fiction really up there with citizen kane? don't get me wrong, i love pulp fiction, but i dunno, i always thought of it as more of a style over substance kind of movie. not in anything like top 10 greatest movies of all time.

[Documad]

Hey, most of you. It's shocking how bad your taste is. I'm going to assume that you're not suggesting good movies, but instead something you think resembles her first choice.

I will never ever understand the allure of Guy Ritchie. His stuff is almost unwatchable. See a good british crime movie. There are oodles. It's probably what they do best. Even their TV shows are better than Ritchie's movies.

[The Notorious LOL]

Guy Ritchie is so overrated.



I would probably do the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[HEIRESS]

"in the heat of the night"

done
and
done

[DipDipDive]

I would definitely do Ordinary People.

I think you'd dig it, RK. It's about a depressed, suicidal teenager in suburban Chicago and his cunt of a mother.

[DipDipDive]

(y)

Everytime this movie comes on I watch it.

Me too.

And every time I watch it, I bawl.

[DipDipDive]

Ooooh I just thought of another good one:

Kramer vs. Kramer

Tear jerker. You can't go wrong with Dustin Hoffman.

[Kid Presentable]

Dead Poets Society. Quality school shit right there.

[Documad]

I can't believe that I was writing about Ordinary People in the men crying thread while people were talking it up over here. Wow. It's a perfect movie, but I get the feeling that this class was about fancy camera work or something.

[steve-onpoint]

First thing's first. I would ask the guy to trade with me. I wouldn't assume he won't. Secondly, if the guy doesn't trade with me, I would speak with my teacher and explain the situation which is the topic of this thread.

If all else fails, I'd hit up a movie like Rocky. Even Rocky had a montage. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixAjmrmn6g) (y) (y)

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

Im not into tear jerkers at all
I HATED the Heathers (only watched it for Christian Slater)
We already studied Rocky.


Ironically, I think I've settled on Slither, I said it sarcastically the first time but I sat down and watched it yesterday and even though it's not the greatest movie in the world - the teacher said that we can do ANY aspect of film making, and I figure if I show a 5 minute clip (the Brenda scene) I can spend the rest of the time talking about Animation, CGI and puppeteering.
It's an easy A.

[DIGI]

Shawshank Redemption


Good choice.

(Here's where I'd usually say something about horrible Boondock Saints is, but I ran out of insults.)