Your Top 5 Favourite David Cronenberg Films - Page 2

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.07.2009, 12:52 AM

Spider was pretty weak. In fact, I had forgotten all about it 'til this thread.

Derek · 04.07.2009, 07:22 AM

Apart from Rabid, I find his weak ones to be M. Butterfly (that's obvious) and Scanners. Now Scanners is a movie that has a great idea but poor execution. Love the scanner battles though!

demonrail666 · 04.07.2009, 09:35 AM

This lack of love for Rabid really surprises me. I always assumed it was sort of a given that it was one of best films.

atsonicpark · 04.07.2009, 09:51 AM

actually, in all my years as a Cronenberg fan (probably 7 years now), you're the first person I've seen that really loves it. Nothing wrong with that though.

noisereductions · 04.07.2009, 09:58 AM

WHAT? I love, LOVE Rabid. That film is amazing. NOTE: I put it 2nd only to Videodrome.

noisereductions · 04.07.2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

This lack of love for Rabid really surprises me. I always assumed it was sort of a given that it was one of best films.

unrelated, but you never answered me about that Hardy record.

atsonicpark · 04.07.2009, 09:59 AM

Make that 2.

Out of curiousity I just looked and it's his lowest-rate film, next to Crash (though I assume people who didn't even see Crash gave it a 1 because of its "controversy").

Derek · 04.07.2009, 10:22 AM

Crash is amazing. The atmosphere and chill you get from it while they're racing up the highway is spine-tingling.

noisereductions · 04.07.2009, 10:25 AM

weird. I'd rather Crash (and obviously Rabid) much higher than say Spider or History of Violence or M Butterfly etc. Nobody mentioned EXistenZ either. I like that one a lot. I like Scanners a lot too.

Derek · 04.07.2009, 10:47 AM

Yeah I really like EXistenZ as well. Was very gripping for me.

noisereductions · 04.07.2009, 10:57 AM

he's defintely one of those directors that I can almost always count on liking the film. I ddint see his last one though. Um... what was it called again?

Derek · 04.07.2009, 11:23 AM

Eastern Promises? That movie ruled.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 04.07.2009, 12:21 PM

Long live the new flesh!

1. Crash
2. Scanners
3. Dead Ringers
4. The Brood
5. Videodrome

noisereductions · 04.07.2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek

Eastern Promises? That movie ruled.

That's it! It was good? I dnt know. Spider then History of Violence. They were good films and all but... then this came out and ... I just wanted to see some kind of classic Cronenberg body horror.

atsonicpark · 04.07.2009, 12:37 PM

Yeah, Eastern Promises is amazing. Best fight scene ever in a movie.

It's body horror. As in the horror of SELLING bodies.

fugazifan · 04.09.2009, 05:06 AM

this thread reminded me that i wanted to buy some cronenberg. it took me a while to decide, cause i didnt want to spent $20 on a movie, so i didnt get dead ringers. i really wanted videodrome, cause its one of my favorite movies, but my friend owns it so i decided to get dead zone, which i love, and the brood, which i havent seen.

i think its safe to say that the general opinion is that videodrome is his best?

my friend made me a t-shirt for my birthday that has a picture of the flesh with gun leaving the tv, and underneath it it say "long live the new flesh"

Derek · 04.09.2009, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

That's it! It was good? I dnt know. Spider then History of Violence. They were good films and all but... then this came out and ... I just wanted to see some kind of classic Cronenberg body horror.

Well if you liked A History of Violence then you'll LOVE Eastern Promises. Maybe if you don't think of it as a Cronenberg movie you'd enjoy it a lot... and I mean, how will you enjoy it if you just think "man this does not seem like cronenberg" the whole way through? It does have a lot of blood and such in it so it's not like he's toning himself down anyway.

noisereductions · 04.09.2009, 07:25 AM

it's not blood I'm looking for. It's vag's on shoulders and guns f'ing stomachs.

demonrail666 · 04.09.2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

unrelated, but you never answered me about that Hardy record.

I thought I did. Sorry. I was saying that I would buy it off you, only I don't have a record player.

demonrail666 · 04.09.2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

it's not blood I'm looking for. It's vag's on shoulders and guns f'ing stomachs.

EXACTLY!

04.07.2009, 12:52 AM	#21
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,570	Spider was pretty weak. In fact, I had forgotten all about it 'til this thread.
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04.07.2009, 07:22 AM	#22
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Apart from Rabid, I find his weak ones to be M. Butterfly (that's obvious) and Scanners. Now Scanners is a movie that has a great idea but poor execution. Love the scanner battles though!
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	This lack of love for Rabid really surprises me. I always assumed it was sort of a given that it was one of best films.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	actually, in all my years as a Cronenberg fan (probably 7 years now), you're the first person I've seen that really loves it. Nothing wrong with that though. __________________
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04.07.2009, 09:58 AM	#25
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	WHAT? I love, LOVE Rabid. That film is amazing. NOTE: I put it 2nd only to Videodrome. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Make that 2. Out of curiousity I just looked and it's his lowest-rate film, next to Crash (though I assume people who didn't even see Crash gave it a 1 because of its "controversy"). __________________
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04.07.2009, 10:22 AM	#28
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Crash is amazing. The atmosphere and chill you get from it while they're racing up the highway is spine-tingling.
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04.07.2009, 10:25 AM	#29
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	weird. I'd rather Crash (and obviously Rabid) much higher than say Spider or History of Violence or M Butterfly etc. Nobody mentioned EXistenZ either. I like that one a lot. I like Scanners a lot too. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Yeah I really like EXistenZ as well. Was very gripping for me.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	he's defintely one of those directors that I can almost always count on liking the film. I ddint see his last one though. Um... what was it called again? __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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04.07.2009, 11:23 AM	#32
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Eastern Promises? That movie ruled.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Long live the new flesh! 1. Crash 2. Scanners 3. Dead Ringers 4. The Brood 5. Videodrome
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, Eastern Promises is amazing. Best fight scene ever in a movie. It's body horror. As in the horror of SELLING bodies. __________________
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04.09.2009, 05:06 AM	#36
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	this thread reminded me that i wanted to buy some cronenberg. it took me a while to decide, cause i didnt want to spent $20 on a movie, so i didnt get dead ringers. i really wanted videodrome, cause its one of my favorite movies, but my friend owns it so i decided to get dead zone, which i love, and the brood, which i havent seen. i think its safe to say that the general opinion is that videodrome is his best? my friend made me a t-shirt for my birthday that has a picture of the flesh with gun leaving the tv, and underneath it it say "long live the new flesh" __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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04.09.2009, 07:25 AM	#38
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	it's not blood I'm looking for. It's vag's on shoulders and guns f'ing stomachs. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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