What's your favorite documentaries?

#52
#52
Baraka
I Like Killing Flies
This Film is Not Yet Rated

some others in my queue:

Deliver Us From Evil
After Innocence
Born into Brothels
The Murder of Emmett Till
Super High Me
The King of Kong

many, many others
 
#53
#53
Anything Ken Burns
The 30 for 30 series
HBO sports
History channel documentaries
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#56
#56
Jesus Camp was very interesting, pretty creepy, would have been better had it not been a (not so) subtle hatchet job against Bush.
 
#57
#57
kev20 said:
Baraka
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Could you explain to me what it was about this film that you found appealing?

I found it to be both biased and ridiculous. All the video footage taken of "civilized" society was dour and mundane: going to work, processing chickens, etc. They contrasted this with only happy video footage from the undeveloped world: feasts, banquets, celebrations. Not exactly on equal footing.

Having stepped foot in more than a few undeveloped and/or developing nations, I can attest to the fact that feasts and celebrations are not occurred on a daily basis.
 
#59
#59
therealUT said:
Could you explain to me what it was about this film that you found appealing?

I found it to be both biased and ridiculous. All the video footage taken of "civilized" society was dour and mundane: going to work, processing chickens, etc. They contrasted this with only happy video footage from the undeveloped world: feasts, banquets, celebrations. Not exactly on equal footing.

Having stepped foot in more than a few undeveloped and/or developing nations, I can attest to the fact that feasts and celebrations are not occurred on a daily basis.
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just the visuals. I didn't read all that much into it.
 
#63
#63
OrangeWilly said:
Brian Kuh.....F'n hate that guy.

If you don't remember him, he was Billy Mitchell's bish.

He kept calling Billy when Steve was trying to beat his record in that arcade. Total douches.

YouTube - Because I'm Billy Mitchell
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Haha that guy definately stuck out. What a tool.
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#64
#64
OrangeWilly said:
Brian Kuh.....F'n hate that guy.

If you don't remember him, he was Billy Mitchell's bish.

He kept calling Billy when Steve was trying to beat his record in that arcade. Total douches.

YouTube - Because I'm Billy Mitchell
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While Billy Mitchell certainly takes the cake for being a narcissistic a**hole, I failed to identify one agreeable character in the entire film. Weibe gets close, yet his negligence as a parent (he continued playing Donkey Kong instead of wiping his son's a**), is appalling!
 
#65
#65
therealUT said:
While Billy Mitchell certainly takes the cake for being a narcissistic a**hole, I failed to identify one agreeable character in the entire film. Weibe gets close, yet his negligence as a parent (he continued playing Donkey Kong instead of wiping his son's a**), is appalling!
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Im right there with you.

Wiebe also cried real tears, as an adult, in an arcade. I can't cope with that.
 
#66
#66
While watching King of Kong I actually got angry. I just wanted to beat the piss out of everyone of those guys.
 
#67
#67
therealUT said:
While Billy Mitchell certainly takes the cake for being a narcissistic a**hole, I failed to identify one agreeable character in the entire film. Weibe gets close, yet his negligence as a parent (he continued playing Donkey Kong instead of wiping his son's a**), is appalling!
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Yeah, the viewpoint of the filmmaker trying to make him into a sympathetic character kind of went down the crapper with his home life.
 
#69
#69
JTrainDavis said:
Yeah, the viewpoint of the filmmaker trying to make him into a sympathetic character kind of went down the crapper with his home life.
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I can't imagine that when his kids are struggling with college loans they are going to so proud and grateful that their father spent money to fly across the country twice, on a 7th grade teacher's salary, in order to play a video game.
 
#73
#73
Just watched Without The King, about the royal family in Swaziland. Pretty good.
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#74
#74
Just watched Food Inc...........what am I allowed to eat?
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