Live Action Film Recommendations

I'm wondering if there's stuff similar to Tron Legacy in the other world/effects and visuals heavy/imaginative action ways.

I found Mirror Mask to be highly visually imaginative. If you want to see loads of visual imagination, you can't go wrong with anything by Terry Gilliam. Time Bandits and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus have Elseworlds of a sort, and if you want symbolic imagery you can't go wrong with Brazil or The Fisher King. Though most of those are more adventure films or dramas than action films.

edited 2nd Jan '12 9:26:49 AM by Drenius

Seconding the Terry Gilliam recommendation. His films are always very imaginative.

I was going to give Imaginarium a pass, but i think i'll reconsider now. I already saw Time Bandits, it was good.

edited 4th Jan '12 10:05:51 AM by EgregiousEric

You actually thought that movie was good?? I thought it was on par with one of the worst I've ever seen, especially the ending.

Anyway, this isn't about movie bashing.

I would strongly suggest to anyone to watch the movie ink.

I'm looking for Western films similar in theme to the video game Red Dead Redemption.

You've watched the Dollars trilogy, I presume? That and other Eastwood stuff are pretty good. And the classic Wayne films like True Grit sometimes fit.

Something clever and interesting, not a drama, and new enough that I won't quirk my head a the camera work.

Should I bother watching John Carter?

Anyone have any less well known, good film noir recommendations?

Well, the classics are certainly less heard of today, liked D.O.A., Gun Crazy, The Big Sleep, The Set Up, The Big Heat, Night And The City...

edited 27th Mar '12 8:36:06 PM by Firebert

I've seen all of those, except Gun Crazy, so I'll check that out.

I'm looking for some high action and fun cult classics that my friends and I can watch. We currently have seen the Evil Dead trilogy, the Mad Max trilogy, Battle Royale, and the Running Man.

Try The Fifth Element.

edited 28th Mar '12 1:19:07 PM by CompletelyNormalGuy

Good sci-fi/fantasy entry-level stuff for someone who's seen like 10 movies in his entire life and has no clue what he's getting into.

I'd like some good French movies to watch with my friends this evening. Films we have already watched: District13, Un Prophete, Delicatessen...

The Young Girls Of Rochefort is good, less-serious fare.

I'm looking for recent action movies with old-school fight scenes (wide-angle rather than close-up shots and completely still cameras whenever hand-to-hand combat breaks out). I just want to know that someone who's still alive knows how to handle a camera properly during a fight scene.

To clarify, I'm looking for the exact opposite of the camera work in Taken, The Bourne Trilogy and Batman Begins... couldn't tell what was going on in any of those.

All I can think of is that one fight scene in Oldboy and most, if not all, of Tony Jaa's output.

by extention of Tony Jaa, give Chocolate a try.

edited 21st Apr '12 4:31:22 PM by Schitzo

Does Tintin count?

Sure, animated films count as long as their action sequences aren't fucked up. I loved Kung Fu Panda, so something like that would definitely hit the spot.

I didn't see Kung Fu Panda, but Tintin has a swordfight between duelling shipping cranes and a single-take five-minute chase scene. I don't remember having any trouble following the action... And Spielberg is the last person I'd expect to jump on a modern cinematography fad anyway.

edited 23rd Apr '12 3:16:09 PM by Noaqiyeum

single-take five-minute chase scene

By the way, this chase scene involves land, water, and air and is one shot.

V Woops, must not have processed that.

edited 24th Apr '12 9:40:55 PM by EgregiousEric

That's what I meant by 'single-take'... :P

I really like art films: Parajanov, Fellini, Woody Allen, Tarkovsky, Wes Anderson. Any recommendations for anything even slightly similar in style?