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Hot Take: Paul Verhoeven is the greatest director working today
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:21 AM Author: startling trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34439865) |
Date: October 14th, 2017 9:22 AM Author: fantasy-prone cracking hospital round eye I need to see his newest one, which I heard was good.
But when Verhoeven is on, man, he's on |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:25 AM Author: startling trust fund You should check out "Flesh and Blood" - his first English film. Didn't receive a full US release but it's 180, (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34439880) |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:25 AM Author: talking laser beams nursing home robocop, starship troopers...what else? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34439884) |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:30 AM Author: startling trust fund Elle, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Black Book, Flesh and Blood. His only dud is Showgirls, but it's still very watchable and entertaining, in a "so bad it's good" kind of way.
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Date: October 16th, 2017 5:01 PM Author: Transparent liquid oxygen stain lifelong fan who forgot to mention starship troopers and didn't realize he knew exactly what he was doing with showgirls?
odd case |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:38 AM Author: startling trust fund Verhoeven is A master of suspense - on par with De Palma or Hitchcock. The movies are pure entertainment, and don't have the tired baggage of intellectualism/shitlibbery. The man just wants to make movies with insane plot twists, gorgeous women, and embedded anti-pc themes to discomfort critics. I will take a new Verhoeven flick over Coen bros or PTA any day of the week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34439923) |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:44 AM Author: laughsome space Soldier of Orange Spetters |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 9:49 AM Author: laughsome space SOLDIER OF ORANGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af4Cl8MJkU8&list=PL20663D9E241D45DC |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 10:12 AM Author: laughsome space LOOKS LIKE YOUTUBE HAS BLOCKED PART 2, BUT THIS WORKS: http://oneclickmovies.co/soldier-of-orange/?action=watching |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 4:59 PM Author: startling trust fund haven't watched any of his dutch movies. pirated everything, including turkish delight. will watch throughout week and post thoughts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34457084) |
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Date: October 14th, 2017 10:15 AM Author: pontificating stead MFCR. I have yet to see a movie that can stand up to Basic Instinct as a sexual thriller, and that's not even mentioning Total Recall or Starship Troopers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34440005) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 12:06 AM Author: startling trust fund Check out 'Flesh and Blood,' CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34452196) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 4:21 AM Author: pontificating stead I'll pirate it tomorrow brother, ty for the rec (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34453054) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 12:08 AM Author: Concupiscible scourge upon the earth DEMUUURE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34452207) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 4:36 AM Author: Hyperventilating masturbator elle was alright. i love the last shot, elevates the movie imo. hollow man was a fucking disaster though. overall, yes, hes amazing. i never liked basic instinct too much as a thriller, it always seemed liek it was making fun of itself as an erotic thriller. it was always sabotaging all the tropes that it followed, like almost immediately. its a trip. visually its pretty dope, too. grew up watching total recall on repeat in middle school, and always loved robocop. robocop is an interesting movie in that its kinda funky and silly but sometimes just out of nowhere it becomes very dark and nasty. crazy switches between silly macho and sci fi and then next thing you know its like almost an opera and a horror film. yeah, overall i like taht german dude.
had to add though: hes def not the best or at the top of his game right now. his glory days are long gone, friend. |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 4:57 AM Author: startling trust fund I really enjoyed Elle. The rape video game sequence and the megashrew's son not realizing he was raising a nig baby made me lol hard.
Part of what I like about Verhoeven is that he's totally balls to the wall, constant plot twists, wild swings in mood/tone, and yet they still make sense and seem cohesive. All of his movies would fall apart in the hands of lesser directors. He also loves schlock, objectifying women, and action - doesn't seem to have any sort of lib artistic pretensions or sentimentalism.
Agreed that hollowman is a mess. Showgirls is a deeply flawed movie that people shit on, but I still really enjoyed it. |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 4:59 AM Author: Angry multi-billionaire (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34453113) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 5:01 AM Author: Hyperventilating masturbator robocop..never seen it? star ship troopers.. total recall.. basic instinct.. come on, these are all famous. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34453114) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 5:02 AM Author: Angry multi-billionaire (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34453117) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 5:04 AM Author: Hyperventilating masturbator his movies make fun of themselves, basically. very meta style. he pokes fun at our fascination with violence and sex, imo. but then he uses them at the same time for good effects in his movies. its all very hallucinatory. feels like vertigo when you watch his films. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#34453120) |
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Date: July 24th, 2025 12:41 AM Author: domesticated stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3763775&forum_id=2E#49126492) |
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Date: October 16th, 2017 5:16 AM Author: Poppy Federal Pocket Flask Friendly Grandma he is 180. basic instinct, robocop and total recall are such well made enjoyable movies
not sure if he is the best though |