What are some good /tg/ movies?
Pic definitely related.
>>46891317
Cabin in the woods
Troll HunterMonty Python's Holy Grail
>>46891317
Any Terry Gilliam movie.
>>46891317
Labyrinth
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Time Bandits
Event Horizon
Yeah yeah 40k prequel, we know, but it's also just a really good space horror
This flick's actually a pretty decent spiritual successor to The Princess Bride.
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperorjust kidding
>>46892207
It's also great for spawning fetishes.
>>46891317
Conan the Destroyer
Granted, Barbarian is the better film. But Destroyer plays out exactly like a TT session.
Excalibur
Big Trouble in Little China
Princess Mononoke
Conan the Barbarian (the one with Arnold)
>>46892207
Aside from the two main actors being awful and DeNiro being at his worst in his entire career.
Good movie if you can ignore that.
A Knight's Tale
I think I wind up watching it every month.
Edge of Tomorrow is a pretty good sci-fi flick.
The Last Unicorn.
Just watched Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas today. Not great, but it has a lot of fun moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMPsIAuszA
I especially liked how they slid the Missouri near the end.
>>46893820
No, that movie is excellent.
Best tabletop movie
>>46891317
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVZgPPYACy0
Not a movie but The Wizards of Aus is hilarious and has definitely influenced a few of my characters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv3DedNXN4o&
>>46894171
I want to play a "Wizards in the human realm" campaign now
Solomon Kane, while not the greatest film ever, has plenty of pulpy goodness at its heart.
>>46891317
Ghost in the Shell
Johnny mnemonic
The Matrix
Brazil
Hackers
>>46892965
>>46892207
In an age where everything's a god-damned reboot, a sequal of an established BRAND, or raping the corpse of some poor 80's IP, I thought that Stardust was a refreshingly original fantasy movie that didn't spiral out into crazy shit-for-brains madness.
>>46893748
Your opinion is wrong.
>>46894654
Funny, I could say the same thing about you.
The Princess Bride
LOTR I, II, III
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Kingdom of Heaven (extended director's cut)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Heavy Metal
Fire & Ice
The 5th Element
Treasure Planet
Big Trouble in Little China
Dredd
Starship Troopers
Ghost in the Shell
Conan the Barbarian/Destroyer (the one with AHNALD!)
Ronal The Barbarian
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Gamers & Gamers II: Dorkness Rising
Darkon
Monster Camp
Drakmar
Lloyd the Conquerer
Unicorn City
Knights of Badassdom
my list reigns supreme.
>>46894847
>Heavy Metal
HM's like a GURPS game where the GM keeps changing the setting and tone, and keeps the same McGuffin. HM2K is more of a coherent campaign.
>>46894654
>No opinions
>only facts
>>46894060
Remember the stories that were done based around Pirates of the Caribbean being a campaign?
>>46892207
That swordfight against the zombie was great, but it really didn't take off until they got off the airship, which is well into the second half of it.
Novel was leagues better though. It's somewhat close to Peter S. Beagle's style.
>>46893748
>Tom Cruise vehicle
>Good
The original light novel, All You Need is Kill, is much better and I'm pretty bummed we'll never get a proper adaptation of it because Tom Cruise has such a fucking boner for himself.
![Crouching_tiger_hidden_dragon_poster[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HWXRmyV.jpg "Crouching_tiger_hidden_dragon_poster[1].jpg")
Honestly my ideal "open world" p&p game.
>Dat constant feeling of the "campaign" just brushing across the surface of hundreds of other stories, each just as great as the one you're engaged in
>Dat emotional intensity and drama
>Dem fights
Unicorn City was great, and about DnD/LARP.
>>46892207
Oh fuck yes I love that film.
I'm going to be super unpopular here and say that I enjoyed the Conan immensely.
I would go on to say that it is in every way bar nostalgia goggles superior to the original Arnie films.except for the music. The old music was badass
>DeathstalkerOriginal is best, but the three sequels are fun campy fantasy
>The Man with Iron Fists
Those character concepts man
>>46894645
Pretty sure it was originally a novel though.
Lost Boys
Excalibur
Warlok 1 and 2 but forget 3.
Dracula the true storyand untold
>>46892902
nice.
This shit right here.
>>46891317
Off the top of my head:
The Tenth Kingdom (it is a very based series, and you owe it to yourself to watch it).
Redwall cartoon.
The Black Cauldron and The Sword in the Stone.
Pirates of the Caribbean (obviously).
Treasure Planet.
Cabin in the Woods (another based horror-ish movie).
The Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells are both beautiful cartoons based on celtic mythology.
Aside from that...
The 13th Warrior
Soloman Kane
The Last Witch Hunter
Sword of the Stranger
What does /tg/ think of the Discworld movies ?
"Your Highness" and "Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire" both feel like campaigns that ran off the rails when everyone was drunk and once he sobered up the DM decided to just not reel them back in.
>>46897403
> campaigns that ran off the rails when everyone was drunk and once he sobered up the DM decided to just not reel them back in
The original Hangover was great. Sequels, not so much.
I've heard this one mentioned before.
>>46897422
agreed but its not very /tg/
Krull
>>46897458
I refuse to watch any movie that thinks a glaive is a throwing weapon, just on principle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flz5_JDGI3Q
I really enjoyed 'the wild hunt' it subverts expectations multiple times. Originally starts as a story about larp, but then it turns into pretty serious hero times. This spoiler is super spoileryit ends with one player getting murdered after a big crazy anarchist brawl, his girlfriend committing suicide, and the murdered players brother taking vengeance upon the 'anarchist' with a sledgehammer
>>46897490
>In director Alexandre Franchi's debut film The Wild Hunt, Erik Magnusson (Ricky Mabe), a Canadian born to an Icelandic father whom he now reluctantly cares for, is bothered by repeated dreams of a banging door and the sound of his girlfriend Evelyn (Tiio Horn) crying out in fear. Evelyn has left him for the weekend, to role play a princess in Erik's older brother Bjorn's larp-group, a viking and troll setting Bjorn (Mark A. Krupa) has all but disappeared into. To win her back, Erik must navigate the confusing, threatening larp world, where he discovers that some of the players aren't just escaping workaday responsibilities but are instead building a framework to work out some of their darker, more violent fantasies.
Seriously this movie is great.
I can't help but love it.
(Sometimes) lesser known movies that every /tg/ person should watch for inspiration and to see what imagination is actually good for:
For general fantasy/folklore inspiration:
Secret of Kell's
Song of the Sea
Pan's Labyrinth
Beauty and the Beast by Juraj Herz (1978)
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
For steampunk inspiration:
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Laputa: Castle in the Skies
Howl's Moving Castle
For cyberpunk inspiration (ok, most of these are very well known, but still)
Blade Runner
Robocop
Ghost in the Shell
eXistenZ
Ex Machina
5th Elemenet
and I'm sure others will come up with even more.
Weird/Retro-sci-fi (mostly stuff that simple does not fit other categories):
Naushicaa of the Valley of Wind
Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door (watching the show won't hurt either)
Brazil
Heavy Metal
Sky Crawlers
Surreal/magical realism/artsy:
Most movies by Tarkovsky (My favorite being Stalker and Nostalgia)
Fountain
Angel's Egg
Lunacy (by Švankmajer)
Crocodile Street
Also, some show recommendations (you can probably tell I have a big bias towards anime or animated movies in general by now. But even if you aren't a big anime fan, I still recommend trying these out, they aren't your average weeboo crap):
Haibane Renmei (odd magical realism thing)
Kino No Tabi (also weird magical realism thing)
Mushi-shi (folklore/magical)
Serial Experiment Lain (weird cyberpunk)
Plus two manga recommendations (again, not your average manga bullshit):
Shuna's Journey (magical/mythological stuff similar to Naushicaa)
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (post-apo with a real charm)
And finally, if you haven't yet, watch Twin Peaks.
Gotta love Vermithrax Pejorative
>>46891317
>ctrl+f "six string samurai"
>zero hits
are you shiggy diggying me
>>46893748
I agree with you, fuck the Cruise haters. There is a lot of shit suggest in this thread.
>>46893748
>>46898533
Actually, has anyone really being denying that The Edge of Tomorrow is a fun and solid movie? I thought that was generally quite agreed on (the god-awful ending not withstanding).
I'm not exactly fond of the manlet myself but personal dislike for an actor does not make a movie bad.
>>46898602
The problem is not that it's a bad movie, the problem is that it butchered the original novel with Hollywood's hard-on for happy endings.
>>46898670
So how did All You Need Is Kill end?
>>46892249
>The mummy
All of this. I just recently re-watched it and all i could think was This was someone's CoC game set in Egypt
>>46898695
The bitch dies, forever, because Keiji has to kill her with his own hands to get out of the loop.
I read it a long time ago so don't quote me on this, but the gist is basically is that both Rita and Keiji are transmitters, and either of them has to die for the loop to end.
Mind you, they are both in love with each other at this point.
The novel itself is more depressing in general, and honestly, in a good way.
>>46898670
>the problem is that it butchered the original novel with Hollywood's hard-on for happy endings.
The ending is obviously absolutely terrible, but then again I've kinda learned to expect that from western (and Miyazaki's) movies. As for it being a poor adaptation:
Well, my logic has always been that while a good adaptation is a great thing, movie being good on it's own is always more important than than being a truthful adaptation. Has anyone here read Howl's Moving Castle and compared it to the animated movie?
Movie being poor adaptation but a good movie on it's own will still be a thing of it's own. Movie being faithful adaptation but not anything else is just that - different recapturing of something that already existed prior.
But yeah, the ending of Edge of Tomorrow was god-awful. Very few western high profile movies have the guts or capability to write actually satisfying endings.
>>46897648
Not going to lie, saw it because TG suggested it. ended up hating it.
>>46898759
>he didn't like the cheesy acting
>he didn't like the corny off-camera violence shots, especially when the Six-String is cutting someone with his katana
>he didn't like the crazy characters
OH, COME THE FUCK ON.
>>46894596
>hackers
Get the fuck out of here. Unless you meant Sneakers
>That guy The book
>>46898751
The adaptation has to condense material, not to cut it. Sure, cutting out meaningless details is great, but the adaptation is faithful when it's just as authentic as the material it adapts - and that's what the people who adapt it should aim form - not conserving the details in their full capacity, but conserving the authenticity of the material.
>>46898817
>>That guy The book
>implying not picrelated
>>46893820
>>46894042
PICKLES AND EGGS
>>46897446
The story on the story is amazing and beautiful. The actual story is kinda boring and not easy to make a good game of.
>>46898817
>>46898831
We're doing books?
In that case: Candide.
>>46898779
I'd tell you why I didn't like it but all I can remember is Hating that annoying kid and wandering what was up with the ending.
also why did buddy get a whore if he was so disinterested in her.
>>46896448
I loved the book, but I'm afraid to see the movie after I saw the trailer. It felt like they got the general plot points down but completely missed the feel of the book.
>>46898817
>>That guy The book
Oh Shit. It never ceases to shock me when I find that there are people who read this book outside of my country.
>>46898817
>>46898853
>In that case: Candide.
By far not as euphoric as Philosophy in the Bedroom.
>>46898975
They did.
>>46898698which CoC?
>>46899080
Anon, Soldier Schweik is a classic in post-Soviet countries. Next thing you say you are surprised that people from other countries read Stanislaw Lem.
Interesting that no one has mentioned this yet. I've never seen it; does it have the same problems as the Big Bang Theory?I've got a hunch that it does, because if it were named by people who actually played D&D it would probably be called "3 charisma".
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Ran a pulp campaign just like it.
>>46892207
>Stardust
>Flick
It's a film, not a flick.
>>46899116
Lem is famous because he wrote for a rather specific genre. And even then: I would be surprised, for an instance, if I'd seen people from other countries reading Karel Čapek, despite the fact that he at least on par with Lem, and I'd argue much better than Hašek.
But like Hašek, he is extremely distinctly Czech (perhaps too much so) or at least so it seems to me. It's so difficult to imagine them divorced from the cultural context.
Same goes for authors like Jan Weiss, a rather brilliant early fantasy and sci-fi writer, which as far as I can tell wasn't ever even translated.
>>46899196
What's the difference?
>>46899111The lewd one, obby
>>46899197
Alright, I guess the more appropriate comparison for Hasek is Wodehouse, or Jerome Jerome.
It's just that "historical sitcom" is a pretty niche genre in general nowadays.
>>46896395
This sounds like a good time, does anyone have the screencaps or the archives?
>>46899293
It was posted just recently in "best of /tg/ screencaps" thread.
Search for it on desustorage.
>>46899283
>Hasek is Wodehouse, or Jerome Jerome.
I'd strictly personally argue it would be difficult to find authors more apart than those (as an avid fan of both Wodehouse and Jerome Klapka Jerome), as where those authors are very loving and very kind-spirited (if satirical at times), while Schweik is about as mean-spirited and cynical book as I've ever read - but in regards to subject of cultural context, I guess that is a real spot-on comparison and a bit of an eye-opener to me.
Quick question though: do you happen to be from the UK? I'm asking because virtually everyone who I've met and who read/liked Schweik outside of my country was from the UK.
>>46899204
Ask /tv/
>>46893748
absolute fun
>>46899343
Fuck no, I'm not going there.
>>46899338
>UK
No. You got the first two letters right, though.
>>46899293
>>46896395
Unsorted, have 5 of them.
>>46899431
>>46899441
>>46899441
This is not a pirates of the Caribbean cap.
It's an Everyone is John one.
>>46899451
Holy shit, I fucked up. Sorry.
>>46899450
>>46899495
>>46899283
Similar characters used to be extremely popular in Germany and Austria, Anon.
Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
Seriously, go rewatch them, there's a really /really/ solid setting and tone in those movies, and they read like a tabletop campaign.
GotG is similar.
>>46899427
Ahhh, OK. Well, you are the first one. Anyway, thanks for humoring me on my little rant there.
The Sword and the Sorcerer.
It's not a good film, but it's a very D&D film, if you see what I mean.
>>46899529
>used to
Well, no shit, it was popular right until the Berlin Wall fell.
In general, Czech/Slovak/Polak/Austriak/German etc. were good at poking fun at their own expense.
Nowadays there is just not enough misery to poke fun at.
>>46899080
I've only heard them on some radio station.
More like "how to troll, the book"
>>46891317
Gamers, any part of it, but especially the 2nd. Not in a form of being film good for /tg/ use, but film about /tg/ itself that is not shit.
Plus the campaign from Gamers 2 isn't that bad if you think about it.
Aside of this, lets see
Labirynth
MirrorMask
Stardust
Ladyhawke (seriously, 0 hits on Ctrl+F... if you never saw it, there is something wrong with you)
Willow (also 0 hits... what's wrong with you, fa/tg/uys?!)
Legend (I'm no longer checking with Ctrl+F, you guys are pathetic)
Excalibur
The Mummy (only the first one)
Conans, all and any of them (even the fucking cartoon)
All kinds and types of Conan clones from the 80s and early 90s
Dollar Trilogy (players who never saw it usually have a hard time pulling out double-crossing)
Kingdom of Heaven (but ONLY the extended director's cut, everythign else is pure crap)
Fire & Ice
The 5th Element or at least "Harry Canyon" part from Heavy Metal
Event Horizont (can't imagine W40k fanboy who never saw it)
Virus
Shitload of wuxia films, there is just too many of them to list even the most important 20 of them
The 13th Warrior
The Fall and The Cell (yup)
eXistenZ
>>46900049
>All those 80s flicks
Oldfag, aren't you too old to be here anymore?
But pretty good taste. And I guess you've kinda skipped the Beastmaster film, unless they are under "clones of Conan"
>>46899989
>More like "how to troll, the book"
Yeah, that is very accurate, actually.
>>46896464
TianXia, a setting for FATE Core. Otherwise there is Qin the Warring States from 7th Circle.
>>46894596
>Johnny mnemonic
That film is awful and you should be ashamed of yourself.
I don't think I have seen a single movie in this entire thread.
>>46900172
Not the anon, but even if it was fucking awful, it's still good for inspirations. Or at least advices what not to do when running cyberpunk games.
Honestly, it's like posting The Mummy as trilogy in this thread - the first one is "how to do this shit right" and the remaining two are great at "don't ever try to do such shit"
>>46900217
>I don't think I have seen a single movie in this entire thread.
That is a shame. Some good recommendations here. And some pretty terrible ones, but even those at least hold a rather specific type of charm.
You should check some of them.
>>46900049
This Anon gets it. I add to his list The Dark Crystal, which I assume due to the presence of Labyrinth and Mirrormask he must have assumed he already put up there while ctrl+f-ing for other criminally missed classics.
>>46900217
... how?
No, honestly and sincerely, how? Do you watch films at all?
>>46900217
>He hasn't seen Pirates of the Caribbean
>He hasn't seen The Princess Bride
>He hasn't seen Treasure Planet
>He hasn't seen the Redwall Cartoon
>He hasn't seen Dredd
>He hasn't seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail
>He hasn't seen the LOTR trilogy
>He hasn't seen The Matrix
Holy shit man.
What are you doing with your life?
>PotC posted and wanked around
>Not a single mention of how to REALLY do good sea-faring game or at least decent film for inspirations
Shame on you, /tg/, shame...
>>46900273
Not the anon, but still - not watching films, apparently. Plus the fact you've skipped shitload of other impossible to not see films from this thread while posting stuff that is pretty obscure outside oldfags and people that are into specific type of movies also tells something.
Once upon a time in China 2
Yep, only the 2nd one. Not only it's the best of them all, but also provides a bunchload of ideas for very specific setting.
>>46899156
Yeah, it does.
>>46900313
I just skimmed lists and picked the few movies I have personally watch.
I don't watch too many movies, so I've only watched a few of the recommended.
>>46894171
glorious
>>46892946
>Big Trouble in Little China
mein negro
>>46898813
Hackers is pretty much someones Pink Mohawk Shadowrun Game
>>46898813
>Sneakers
This anon gets it
The best fucking film about gas-lighting since at least Polish "Vabank"
>>46891733
>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Fuck yeah!
>>46891317
Seconding the Last Unicorn, Krull, Legend and Labyrinth as well. I'd also add Return to Oz, since no one seems to have brought it up.
I'm also surprised The Never Ending Story hasn't been mentioned. Is it too meta?
I'd also have thought /tg/ would love Flight of the Dragons. I'm not the biggest fan of FotD but I'm still surprised that it's not even mentioned.
>>46892965
Buddy, if you don't think DeNiro as a big flaming pirate queen was awesome, then I'm not sure we're the same species.
>>46900287
Amazing Film. Just watched it for the billionth time this weekend. A treasure trove of age of sail inspiration.
>>46894645
It was a Neil Gaiman novel first, though.
Really No one mentions Indiana Jones even once?
No love for the Secret of Nimh?
>>46897403
Oh man, I loved Krod Mandoon when it first came out.
I very vaguely recall a movie that seemed like it was literally someone's D&D campaign adapted into a screenplay. Lets see if I can figure out the name. I know it had at least one Wayans Brother, so that's a good clue.
Well, what do you know. It's called DUNGEONS & DRAGONS THE MOVIE. Huh! I had totally forgotten that.
You should watch it. Don't read any reviews, though. Can't let that hype cloud your perception.
>>46899899
Der Herr Karl is still considered a touchstone of Austrian self-image, but yeah, we clearly aren't mocking our own stupidity enough these days.
>>46901073
>I very vaguely recall a movie that seemed like it was literally someone's D&D campaign adapted into a screenplay.
Black guy dies first and it's hilarious.
>>46900912
Maybe because it's too meta?
>>46901311
>it's too meta?
what do you mean?
>Pirates of the Caribbean
Ple-e-e-e-e-ase.
EVERY ENEMY I'VE MET I ANNIHILATEDFun fact, both MI and MI2 were directly based on the original PotC ride in the Disneyland, and the MI2 ending directly meta-references that fact. MI3 basically fucked the canon hard, and its ending was a messy attempt to tie up loose threads of the MI2 ending.
>>46901607
Each of them is Two Fisted: The Movie. I'm not saying they are bad, because that's not the point here. It's just a very entertaining mix of all Two Fisted cliches mixed together. Hence it's too meta
>>46901702
Not a movie, Anon.
Also, MI3 was the best one, mainly due to your pic related.
>>46901750
I directly referenced it as a spiritual predecessor of the PotC movies.
I wish it was a movie, to be honest.
That said, LucasArts would probably fuck up the entire humoristic "pirate theme park" feeling of the franchise.ToMI was pretty shit, and you can't prove me wrong. Yeah, it was better than Escape from MI, but that's not a high bar to clear.
I wish Telltale would stop their recent "game movie" streak and return to Sam and Max series. That was probably the best series they've done during their entire existence.
>>46899197
How's this anon: RUR was on the reading list for a scifi lit course I was going to take in university. (I never did take the course, maybe I should read the play anyway at some point).
But I do get the gist of how you feel, cause it's always nice to see that people appreciate stuff from your country/culture. I actually grew up in Slovakia, but we moved before I could get deep into literature or culture or anything, so I wouldn't know if someone is reading Slovak stuff, kek.
>>46896622
I may agree with you that it is a better movie even though I don't think it is nut there is just something about Arnold that makes what ever movie he is in 10 times better than it should be. I can't think of a movie I would enjoy nearly as much if Arnold was replaced by another actor. He just has such great Charisma about him.
>>46902477
>He just has such great Charisma about him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qlLRejdY34
>>46902182
>How's this anon: RUR was on the reading list for a scifi lit course I was going to take in university.
Well, RUR is fairly famous since it is the book that introduced the word "Robot" into world-wide discourse. But outside of that, it's actually not that impressive. Plus it's a theatrical script, not a novel.
I really do recommend reading The War with the Newts though, if you can get you hand on the new translation. That is one fucking brilliant and beautiful book - a fantastic reflection of Europe at the dawn of the second world war, and in many way incredibly clever and still relevant social commentary even today.
>so I wouldn't know if someone is reading Slovak stuff, kek.
This might be a rather typically Czech racist thing, but I can't think much of good Slovak literature. There is one rather fantastic writer called Pál Závada, a hungarian-slovak who writes about slovak minority in Hungary, but he does write in Hungarian and he is Hungarian by nationality. Maybe some Slovak's in this tread will correct me and suggest good writers (I would be actually very grateful for that), but as far as I know, outside of poetry, I can't think of any.
>>46892965
>implying it wasn't one of the first times in years that DeNiro actually gave a fuck while acting.
>>46896641
I remember watching Deathstalker and the Warriors From Hell on the MST3K episode.
The film's a complete shitshow, but the main villain is pretty entertaining in how over the top he is.
>>46897453
It reminds me of 'everyone is john'
>>46900273
I saw LotR in theaters when it came out. I must have been, like, 9? I saw Dredd recently, that was pretty good. I think I saw Pirates of the Caribbean when it came out?
>>46900265
I typically don't really watch movies or TV, no. I watch movies my friends force to watch, those are usually art films or snobby like Coen Brothers or Wes Anderson. Those are kind of fun.
I also watch all the Marvel movies because I loved comics as a kid and they remind me of a simpler time while also being mostly mindless.
I do really dig classic Universal horror films though. I don't really know why.
>>46900250
Maybe I should. I hear quotes and references from all these movies so often it might be nice to know what the fuck they are talking about in context. Specifically Princess Bride and Monty Python.
>>46903046
That's... pretty much the one positive aspect I took away from the movie - the actors seemed to be enjoying themselves.
>>46903966
>9 when LotR came out
>That was 14 years ago
>The anon is close to 23-24
I feel old. I feel really, really old.
But being oldfag aside, 2/3 of the films listed in this thread are pretty much "basic stuff" when it comes to /tg/. Not just as "HURR MUST WATCH DURR", but they are really, really great aid when creating a story.
Good way to knowing which to watch is to see if they are listed at least twice and/or someone points out something similar to "how the hell X was not posted already". If it's anime, it means something really worth-while
Also, this post: >>46897573 if you feel like watching a LOT of films that aren't exactly /tg/, but we are getting definitely too close to /tv/.
Personally I say people should see about films to get the universal vibe:
Sting
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Willow
Because they are great exercises at pilling out gambits, double crossing and turning everything into your advantage while keeping it simple. Skills that are very useful when playing tabletop RPG.
>>46892965
>Worst in his career
Anon, I suppose you didn't saw a signle film with him after Stardust, did you?
>>46898602
I admit I can't stand Tom Cruise. Not at all. It has very little to do with Scientology and everything to do with the fact that all his characters run together. There's nothing unique or memorable about any of them. Put that on top of the fact that they completely butchered everything about the book that I liked and I just can't stand the movie. Especially when it was butchered for the sake of Tom Cruise.
>>46903966
>I hear quotes and references from all these movies so often it might be nice to know what the fuck they are talking about in context. Specifically Princess Bride and Monty Python.
Ehhh... I mean, those are classics and well worth watching, but it's not what I would focus on if I were true. With works as notoriously well known as those, you might find yourself very easily being bored by them, or at least not very impressed.
If you want to get into movies, or get something out of this thread, I'd recommend going after things that you don't know much about, but may sound interesting simply because they touch on something you might like. It's a bigger risk, but also bigger reward strategy, in a sense.
Like in this post >>46897573 - there is a lot of obscure stuff, some of which might be even pretty hard to get your hands on, but there is at least one classic or genuinely good recommendation for any of the categories, if you find at least one of them appealing.
For an example, if you don't mind animation, and the sound of celtic mythology and fairytale stories, I really can't recommend Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea enough. They are the sort of stories that bring genuine magic into fantasy.
If you like more odd and grotesque stuff, then you can't go wrong with Brazil.
If you like steampunk, both Laputa and Howl are great (the later being steampunk+magic, and not in a dumb way)
Screen the thread for stuff that is recommended repeatedly, and that sounds like it has themes that you might be interested in and go for it.
You can always quit half way through the movie, and all that you'll be wasting is bandwidth.
>>46904526
I find Cruize bland and fun sized, which always makes it difficult for me to take him seriously as an action hero.
That said, I don't think the movie was butchered for his own sake, and I think the cinematography was genuinely good in the movie up till the last third or so.
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>>46904404
Wow, people on the Internet are being nice to me. Even after I express ignorance! Best day ever.
But really, after this semester ends and I have free time I'll need to check some of these out. I'm especially interested in the Celtic mythology stuff. I am a history guy, so I always found history more exciting than fiction, barring mythology (how I got into RPGs is anyone's guess.), and all the "historic" big budget movies tend to be offensively inaccurate and/or not fun. So maybe I will find something in obscurity.
As long as we are movies and I mentioned history, has anyone seen Lawrence of Arabia? And if so is it good? TE Lawrence has always been an interesting character to me, and it's my understanding that Lawrence of Arabia is the movie adaption of his autobiography.
Also, my favorite culture and area to study is the Middle East and Islam, any good movies that are either Arabian or Not!Arabian?
>>46905068
>>46905068
Well, Lawrence of Arabia is considered to be one of the best movies and Seven Pillars of Wisdom to be one of the best books... well, ever. I'm ashamed to admit that I had seen/read neither.
Good Middle East and Islam stuff... Well, I'm kinda stumped. I mean - I guess it's pointless to ask if you read the actual Thousand and One Nights in some decent, uncensored translation (on the very slim off chance that you hadn't, DO IT NOW, IT'S FUCKING AMAZING).
Other than that, I'm kinda out of ideas for now, but I'll keep thinking, if you stick around. When it comes to historical movies, I can only think of stuff like Nevsky and the Russian historical production, which is impressive, if ideological as fuck. I otherwise generally tend to avoid historical movies for the very same reason - they are usually both inaccurate and boring.
I'm thinking of a few works:
Name of the Rose (though you are much better off reading the book) and then two great movies from my country, which however might be extremely difficult to get a hold off.
One is named Marketa Lazarova (1967 by František Vláčil), the other is was released under either The Witcher's Hammer, or The Witch Hunt (1969 by Otakar Vávra).
But I worry those will be A) very slow and potentially kinda difficult to swallow, B) difficult to get your hands on, and C) they aren't all about historical accuracy - more about projecting fears of totalitarianism into historical setup. They are not dumb though.
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>>46898745
>>46898751
>muh, dey changed ma weaboo edgy faggot shit into something with a smidgin of meaning and some entertainment value!
Fucking weabs.
>>46900915
Well done! But it's a family film with a female lead, so the folks hereabouts won't be uber appreciative.
Fine call, tho, anon!
>>46898751
>But yeah, the ending of Edge of Tomorrow was god-awful
Anon, don't want to break it for you, but nobody cared in the cinema about some obscure Japanese light novel, since most of the folks out there don't even know what the fuck light novel is.
Meanwhile, everyone had great time watching Tom Cruise reminding us why in the first place we are suppose to cheer for characters played by him. I fucking hate this guy and his samey roles, but this, combined with Collateral and Interview with the Vampire were his absolutely godly roles, fitting him like a glove.
The film was fun.
Could it be better?
Yeah
Could it be worse?
Fuck yeah
So in the end it was one of those few films I didn't feel bad about watching or paying for the ticket. Which is a rare thing in past decade, since everything is either a reboot, prequel, midquel or sequel.
I had fun. That was what I wanted from a film in which Tom Cruise is brutally killed dozens of times.
>>46905068
This >>46904404 anon speaking.
Lawrence of Arabia is pretty much one of the best epic films ever made. It's somewhat dated now, both in content and the way it's filmed (or how it's filming own content), but still holds up nicely, even without "this super-special classic film" plaque over it. And it's too long in the old film sense - certain scenes exists solely as padding.
Want historical? Well, why not try Polish "Deluge"? Not exactly historical per se - since it's an adaptation of historical novel that took few liberties here and there - but it's done with absurd amount of care when it comes to historical realism and reenacting things from the past. It's also quite old and well, in Polish, so good subtitles are a must. Still, a solid "historical" film that covers mid-17th century Polish-Swedish affairs
>>46906008
>>46905799
You are trying too hard. Also, if you would read carefully, you would find that at no point had I stated that it was bad BECAUSE it diverged from the novel. In fact, you'll find that I did not even claim to have READ the novel in the first place. What I did state is that something being a Good Story is more important than Good Adaptation.
I had actually not read the novel. I found the ending to be irredeemably bad entirely and exclusively on it's own merits. I did not even KNOW that it's an adaptation of anything until many months after I had seen the movie.
Finally, you can also find for yourself the post in which I claim that I believe there is no doubt or seriously disagreement on the movie generally being very fun and solid - with the exception of the ending.
So you are throwing your shitty little tantrum on literally no basis. Everything you whine about is shit you projected in my posts, either unsubstantiated in anything I had said, or flat out contradictory to what I had said.
Get your head out of the shitter and do something about that insecurity of yours. It really does make you look like an idiot. I'm bothering with this wall of text for your own sake, so that maybe, next time you actually stop yourself and think before posting.
>>46905799
>>muh, dey changed something with some meaning and a lot of entertainment value into something with a smidgin of meaning and some entertainment value!
Fixed that for you.
>>46906008
>I had fun. That was what I wanted from a film in which Tom Cruise is brutally killed dozens of times.
kek
And true!
>>46905720
>>46906144
I didn't even know it was a classic film. I thought it was obscure, no one I have ever met has heard of it, and I have only heard hushed whispers about it. I will definitely need to watch it then, or read the book, which I own but have never gotten around to reading.
I will add all those moves to my list as well, thanks Anons.
>>46906228
wew lad
>>46900049
>eXistenZ
My god, i had nightmares after that abomination of a bad trip of a movie.
>>46906238
All right - you got my interest. Tell me what meaning and entertainment value YOU got out of the book that you felt was missing from the film.
>>46896622
>nostalgia goggles
Why do people even bother using this phrase, it just instantly discredits your argument.
>>46906374
His argument was that the new Conan movie is a superior film to the original Milius version. His argument is false, and he knows it: he's baiting us.
>>46906228
>>46899204
Kino > Film > Cinema > Picture > Movie > Flick
>>46900101
I think there are more oldfags on here than most of us think.
>>46906355
Imagine watching it piss-drunk.
I did.
It was great.
>>46906361
Off the top of my head:
Rita's backstory was almost completely cut - hell, there was an entire chapter from her viewpoint.
There was a lot of exposition missing, and the general tone changed - it was just one battle victory in the book, while in the movie it's literally "everyone wins forever".
A lot of errors or deliberate misunderstandings - renaming the protagonist from Keiji Kiriya totally ruins the joke payoff in the end of the story, way too much focus and those fucking suit designs, Jesus fucking Christ.
Way too much focus on comedic deaths, and yet they still managed to cut the canteen scene which was, honestly, one of the funniest shit there.
It's all minor shit that I have gripes with, and I can't remember most of it, because I read it way before the movie came out, but it adds on and on until it feels like I'm watching a completely different story and annoys me to no end.
It might be a "good" movie on its own, but it just doesn't hold a candle to the book.
It manages to completely change the mood of the book, which is somewhat light-hearted, but ultimately depressing into typical Hollywood "superhero", where everything is faux-gritty, yet in the end good guys win forever, and live happily ever after.
>>46906814
>I have no idea how much different languages film and literature use to convey the same story: The Post
Plus, literally nobody cared. As you've pointed out, it's some absolutely tertiary shit that means nothing for the story as such.
So what's the big deal aside classic butthurt anons being angry that film adaptation wasn't word-by-word? What? Another shitfest, because Frodo had wrong number of buttons in his vest?
>>46899156
>I've got a hunch that it does, because if it were named by people who actually played D&D it would probably be called "3 charisma".
Actually, the main character plays using his own system. And the movie is good.
>>46897480
The polearm called 'glaive' is actually a debased weapon using the name of the original mighty Glaive.
>nobody mentioning the best movie based on a /tg/-related property
>>46897458
I watched it a few weeks ago. It's pretty good, but has some weird pacing issues. Good to see Liam Neeson has some range beyond "gruff father figure" and "terrifying force of destruction", and the stuff with The Widow of The Web and the cyclops were great, but it never really held my attention.Didn't help that it had ads every so often.
>>46905068
Thief of Bagdad; either the 1924 or 1940 versions are great.
>>46906814
Than you for taking the time, anon.
It's not a movie but like a pretty small-level series, it's not great but I loved some of the things they did nontheless. Esp. the dungeon scenes we're a real pick-me-up.
Anyways, it's called "Journey Quest" and you can watch it for free on Youtube.
>>46908266
We already have Gamers here, anon.
>>46900901
The book had a much more depressing ending though.
Bumpity bump with unorthodox /tg/ flick, since you guys either post fantasy or sci-fi.
Where is Kelly's Heroes, which SCREAMS "campaign material" with the concept of AWOL soldiers making an offensive just to seize a shitload of gold and go through crazy (and lethal) adventures in the process?
Where are Lethal Weapons with their witty scenarios, crime-fighting and spectacular set pieces excellent for high-octane cinematic games?
You know there are other tabletop RPGs than just fantasy and sci-fi ones... right?
>>46909358
The Hidden Fortress is clearly a serious historical campaign, in which not one, but TWO That Guy(s?) show up for a few sessions.
>>46909358
The Guy Ritchie crime flicks (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Rock'n'Rolla) could be great for a modern crooks game.
>>46909358
>You know there are other tabletop RPGs than just fantasy and sci-fi ones... right?
There is actually quite a lot of unorthodox and uncommon works being suggested here, down to Tarkovsky, Zeman, even Eisenstein.
That said, I find it more difficult to propose unorthodox /tg/ movies than I would find proposing unorthodox /tg/ related books. Though experience had taught me that when it comes to books, /tg/ is generally a lot less willing to accept and consider unorthodox materials.
>You know there are other tabletop RPGs than just fantasy and sci-fi ones... right?
Not sure about table-tops - aside from historical ones they have very much tendency to gravitate to either one or the other. I did participate on a few larps that ranged from Space Race to a Christmas Eve in a single middle class household in 1931. Not sure if that is really /tg/ relevant though.
I liked Your Highness.
I'm sorry.
>>46909358
Well, if you are interested in stylized modern crime drama, "Aniki" (Brother, 2000) by Kitano won't go amiss.
And if you are invested in historical Japanese samurai drama, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sepukku (Harakiri in english) for old school, Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai), Zatoichi and Rurouni Kenshin OAV ("Samurai X") are neat stuff to look at.
There is also a very beautiful ghost-story/supernatural themed movie called Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Rainy Moon if I'm not mistaken). A similar, but more fantastic story is also told in a deceptively cute looking japanese anime called Windaria (It's depressing as fuck, really).
And if for some god forsaken reason you would want to run a Kafka-themed campaign, you can try either Japanese "Woman in Dunes", or Czech "America".
>>46909909
>Tarkovsky, Zeman, even Eisenstein.
Boiling down to high-brow sci-fi. I know, great philosophical depth and what not (I'm sincere here, Stalker is probably the best and the most underrated science fiction EVER filmed), but it's still under sci-fi
>>46910240
Saw all of those, so... um... not sure where you are going with the assumption I'm interested with unorthodox. I was simply pointing out how one-sided this thread is and how small is the spectrum.
Given the request for unorthodox movies, what would you guys say are Jackie Chan's greatest movies?
>>46906228
Jesus Christ, dude.
>ITT: People can't tell the difference between something they like and something that's good.
I was playing oWoD when this shit came out.
>>46897446
>>46898839
But the way the little girl interprets the story is so like players creating backdrops as the GM describes things. Like the Indian, or the bare plains, or the geometric, marching enemies. It's someone's imagination revealed.
>>46911095
>ITP: pleb whining at people for being plebs.
>>46892926
To me it is the little things in Destroyer that make it great. Like the scene where the Evil Queen tells Wilt Chamberlain that the princess must return with her virginity intact and this awesome scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkhh5JytYE
