French movies

[user472884]

and 'Sabi, once you get into knowing more and more french actors and actresses you'll start jumping all giddy-like like an idiot (or me) when you recognize one of them in an American movie.

L'auberge espagnole --> Les Poupées russes --> Cécile de France --> Hereafter

:O

[wasabi622]

Originally Posted by Jalen

and 'Sabi, once you get into knowing more and more french actors and actresses you'll start jumping all giddy-like like an idiot (or me) when you recognize one of them in an American movie.

L'auberge espagnole --> Les Poupées russes --> Cécile de France --> Hereafter

:O

Yeah, I've actually been doing that with Audrey Tautou.

But still, I'm trying to expand my horizons a bit.

[Jaimes]

Thanks for all these movies. They sound so cool/helpful so I'm already downloading five of them. Once I see it and like it ima buy it to add to my coolness collection.

[Jake04]

Originally Posted by Jalen

The closest one I can think of right now is Napoleon Dynamite

Not necessarily an engaging or even interesting plot, but still people like it

I think Forrest Gump would be a good one too. Lots of American history in it.

[user472884]

Originally Posted by Jake04

I think Forrest Gump would be a good one too. Lots of American history in it.

How dare you insinuate that Forrest Gump is on par with candleshoeing Napoleon Dynamite!

[wasabi622]

Originally Posted by Jalen

How dare you insinuate that Forrest Gump is on par with candleshoeing Napoleon Dynamite!

dueed, fuck napoleozn dyanmite. it's stupid, and honest to god, i have no idea why anyone likes it.

Forrest Gump FTW!

[Zeerre]

Originally Posted by wasabi622

dueed, fuck napoleozn dyanmite. it's stupid, and honest to god, i have no idea why anyone likes it.

Yeah, I regret wasting one hour and a half of my life on that movie, like I said:

Originally Posted by Zeerre

Ugh, that movie was the most overrated piece of crap that I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

[Jaimes]

Le diner de Cons-Sooo funny
Martyrs-Scary
Le scaphandre et le papillon-Great.
L'auberge espagnole- LOVED IT!

These movies helped my french a lot, I really understood it.
Thanks everyone!

[user472884]

Le Papillon is just one of those movies.... that you have to save for a seasoned foreign film watcher

I can hear them now... "WHAT? WHY DARN DULGUNIN DO THEY MAKE MOVIES OF OLD RAPISTS AND GAY BUTTERFLY HUMPING PEDOPHILES AW THAR IN EUROPE? IS THE WHOLE COUNTRY FULL OF FAGS?"

But if you're looking to delve deeper in to watching the charm of French cinéma, you can't get much better than Le Papillon

(the same applies for Delicatessen)

BTW if you were to introduce someone to foreign films, what would you show them?

I'd probably show them L'auberge espagnole or El Laberinto del Fauno

[Scruffydog777]

If you haven't seen it before, one movie you might like is Frantic with Harrison Ford in it. It was filmed in 1988 and directed by Roman Polanski. Best of all it was filmed in Paris. The other main star in it is Emmanuelle Seigner who was born in Paris.

The first half of the movie has a good amount of French spoken in it. Not so much the second half.

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