Films you loved

[Division56]

Do you have any good films you really liked? Post them here so we can know to rent them.

[Division56]

I can't think of any individual films right now, but I'd recomend anything by Tom Twyker or Pedro Almadovar. Those are my two favorite directors.


I run like the wind from anything "hollywood". :D

[int]

Donnie Darko. I forgot to metion it before.


Her: "You're weird."
Donnie: "Thank you."

It's a schizo-scifi, I guess. I liked it.

[Division56]

I own the DVD. :D

[paladinoflunaria]

Anyone seen, "The Name of the Rose"?

[spaced]

Yeah, Donnie Darko is a good one. I think I watched it about 3 times when I first rented it :) A good movie I saw recently (although not in the same vein) was City of God. A few other favorites:

Waking Life
Amores Perros
Pi
Requiem for A Dream

On the less serious side:

Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Life of Brian
The Big Lebowski (or any Coen Bros.)
Clerks

I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of movies that I really loved, but those are the ones that popped into my head tonight.

[Avengardh]

Ah jeebus, whoever said Amores Perros is holy and mighty.
It's one of my very favorites.

I also liked the Butterfly Effect, A.I. is also pretty good, kinda sad though. Others...I personally like the Neverending Story, but that's just me....I love Ende.

Frida is good too, oh yeah, and on the lit side, I love A Midsummer Night's Dream...and that's all for now...

[Johnny]

Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders. Don't let your recollection of City of Angels ruin your motivation to see this really great movie!

[Utopmk]

~SLC Punk
~Clockwork Orange
~Fight Club
~American Beauty
~Pirates of Silicon Valley
~The Doors (w/Val Kilmer)
~The Butterfly Effect
~Interview with a Vampire
~Pink Floyd's The Wall
~ Schindler's List
~Requiem for A Dream

[Spartan26]

No one does big-budget actioners better than Hollywood, Spiderman II, X-Men:2, True Lies, The Fugitive are all on top of their game and just as entertaining a way to spend two hours as I can think of. But big budgets and big names do not a great movie make. Often, I find these to be some of the most excruciating times sitting down outside the of the dentist. What was that Stallone movie w/Sharon Stone about the bomb maker? May step on a few toes here, but I was pretty thankful when Stargate finally came to an end.

Of the better known films if you haven't gotten around to seeing, I'd reccommend Fight Club and what I felt was the best picture of 1999 Three Kings.

For dark comedies, I don't know if anyone's seen The Opposite of Sex, but I thought it was pretty good. Series 7:The Contenders isn't perfect but had some really cutting lines.

I'm sure most people have seen Run Lola Run but I'd put that up there on the list for non-US films. Shallow Grave has great humor and tension. Another one for tension was called Nattevagten or could be translated to Nightwatch. It was remade with Ewan McGregor, which I did not see, but the first was terrifying.

One foreign film that few people saw but I'd count as a must see is Kikujiro. There was a trilogy by a Polish dircetor Krzyztof Kieslowski with the titles of Blue, White and Red. Each title representing a color of the French flag and the respective meaning of each color being a theme of the movie. The strongest of the three was the last, Red. You never know how these films are going to be spelled or listed in a video store's database so you can do a cross check by searching for titles with the lead actress Irene Jacob and if there's Rouge or Red from 1994 that's it.

Not too obscure but if they slipped through the cracks, I'd reccomend Quiz Show, The Ice Storm and Dead Again.

[Hypnos]

Shamelessly copying from my own website:

* Blade Runner, Gattaca
* Gladiator, The Last Emperor
* Full Metal Jacket, Glory
* American History X, Dead Poets Society
* The Usual Suspects, Memento, Truman Show
* Bend it Like Beckham, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
* Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator

[Claverhouse]

Generally I don't watch many films anymore, but I like comedies & anything pre1940, except they aren't shown in Britain on TV now

A couple of favourites:
'Daens' About a Belgian priest fighting social injustice
Daens Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303965032/102-4532605-4381709?v=glance)

'Die Dreigroschenoper' 1930 German film of Brecht/Weill's ThreepennyOpera.
The ThreepennyOpera Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303120741/102-4532605-4381709?v=glance)
Die Dreigroschenoper (1931) Review (http://www.film.u-net.com/Movies/Reviews/Threepenny_Opera.html)

Definitive performances of some of the finest songs written...

Anything by Werner Herzog with the late, not really odd at all, Klaus Kinski ( 'Aguirre --- Wrath of God' is good & 'Fitzcarraldo' )

I don't care for SF, Cowboy or War. ( I should like the latter, but 99.9% are written about, or accepting of the virtue of, the Allied side in WWII: and apart from wanting just some balance, I now believe that both sides were equally evil then [ Aims; Methods; Outcomes ]. Iron Cross & Das Boote are better than most ).

Obviously the Godfather Triology. Esp. the last... & 'The Usual Suspects', sure.




Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Division56]

I loved The opposite of sex. Christina Ricca is one of the great actresses of all time.


And Blue was already on my rental queqe at Netflix.

[int]

Christina Ricca is one of the great actresses of all time.



I just saw her in "Monster" the other night. Ya know, I've liked everything I've seen with her in it.

Did anyone else think "Mystic River" was an over-acted piece of trash?

[ohnoaninfp]

I liked the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Matrix trilogy. Thet are aweso :cheers: me

[Original Anonymous]

Did anyone else think "Mystic River" was an over-acted piece of trash?

Over-acted and over-rated I'd say definitely but not quite a piece of trash. I did like Tim Robbins. I guess this year's all star game was just like Bull Durham only Roger Clemens played the part of Tim Robbins and Mike Piazza was Kevin Costner tipping off all the opposing batters what the pitch was going to be. :o

[Claverhouse]

Dear God, Hypnos; just noticed your avatar.

It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Any chance of a blow-up ? :D

I love cats, and guns ( theoretically alas in this country ) and I love sharp-shooting sniper kittens. :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Hypnos]

Dear God, Hypnos; just noticed your avatar.

It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Any chance of a blow-up ? :D

Now get back on topic, young man! I also like Krzysztof Klieslowski's films.

[sme_bro]

Um...
eXistenZ
Interview with a vampire
Signs
Shrek
Austen powers(all )
Jurrasic park 1 and 2
Bowling for columbine
Matrix
13 ghosts
the cell
fight club

im sure there are so much more movies and late night tv movies that i loved and got me thinking for days or made me laugh my ass off-either is a good reaction to movies.
Not really interested in most hollywood blockbuster type movies but then again some can be good-but not often.

[paladinoflunaria]

Claverhouse wrote:
Dear God, Hypnos; just noticed your avatar.

It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Any chance of a blow-up ?


http://sourav.net/kittenhitman.jpg


Is that an original of yours, Hypnos? Just wondering, because I have another INTP friend who has shown me that picture before. Maybe she got it from you, if it is an original of yours.

Spaced Wrote:

Pi

I enjoyed that movie also.

Has anyone seen, "The Name of the Rose"?

[Hypnos]

Is that an original of yours, Hypnos? Just wondering, because I have another INTP friend who has shown me that picture before. Maybe she got it from you, if it is an original of yours.[/quote]
No -- floating around on the web, I think.

[Claverhouse]

Has anyone seen, "The Name of the Rose"?

To stop you having to say this three times, yes I have. However --- although the book is nice --- the film suffered the calamity of having Sean Connery in it; which really stops thought. Particularly as he always plays a perception of himself.

Dunno why but British actors really suck. ( Think Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Richard Burton... Some, like Malcolm McDowell & Peter O'Toole, are slightly better ). Of course even some American actors can suck too, think Mel Gibson.

Also I forgot to mention the Germanic freebooting sequences in 'Die-Hard --- With A Vengeance'. I enjoyed them, although the film was as ridiculous as one might expect. Bruce Willis is accomplished ( although of that series, some found it slightly predictable to have a jewish actor facing either Arab or German Bad Men ). The assault on the vaults, with 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home as 'ironical music', was brilliant; and the girlfriend-assassin, although no more convincing than the plot, was funny and sweet. :ph34r: :D B)


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Division56]

Anyone seen Ghost World?

[Spartan26]

Dunno why but British actors really suck. ( Think Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Richard Burton... Some, like Malcolm McDowell & Peter O'Toole, are slightly better ). Of course even some American actors can suck too, think Mel Gibson.
Claverhouse :ph34r:

Petey has a cool voice. Haven't seen much of his work outside of Larry of the Desert but he and Morgan Freeman are two people I don't mind hearing long voiceovers in a film.

Mel Gibson is Aussie. Remember the first Mad Max movie was shot there and he had an accent. Can I sub your Mel Gibson with a couple of Baldwins and Demi Moore?

[spaced]

Anyone seen Ghost World?

Customer: "Can I get a medium sprite?"

Enid: "A medium sprite? Why sir, do you not know that for a mere twenty five cents more you could purchase a large beverage that has a volume of over twice that of a puny medium drink? I'm only telling you this because we're such good friends -- Medium is strictly for suckers who don't understand the concept of value!"

Classic!

[The Architect]

I see some pretty good movies already listed- American Beauty, Waking Life, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko...

There are a couple that I have to add though.

I highly recommend Baraka if you haven't seen it, and if you like that you can check into Powaquatsi and a few other similar films, though none of them are as good as Baraka.

A few more favorites-
Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love (both by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Amelie
Lost In Translation
Death to Smoochy
Nightmare Before Christmas



Did anyone else think "Mystic River" was an over-acted piece of trash?

Yes

[Claverhouse]

Mel Gibson is Aussie. Remember the first Mad Max movie was shot there and he had an accent. Can I sub your Mel Gibson with a couple of Baldwins and Demi Moore?


Sure, but actually MG was born an American, and taken by his revered old father to Oz as a kid: usefully avoiding the young Mel having to show up for the Vietnam war: undoubtedly a good thing, but casting a certain lack of integrity in him later portraying him in Vietnam war films. Actually my objection to him is not so much his RC propaganda, nor even his Anti-Britishness, nor yet his peculiar self-pitying acting, but a certain cruelty in his films, espec the 1st Mad Max. :D

Demi Moore is truly awful. Most of the Brat Pack Generation were, but I can't watch her. Nicole Kidman's OK, though. :D :D :D Well, to look at.


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[ohnoaninfp]

Man, I love the movie Death to Smoochie! I loved how it hade the Irish mob in it. I think Nicole Kidman is a good actor. I thought she did well in The Moulin Rouge and in The Others. :)

[CeSoirNoir]

Anyone seen Ghost World?

Ghostworld is one of my favorites, definitely in my top 3.

[Spartan26]

Demi Moore is truly awful. Most of the Brat Pack Generation were, but I can't watch her. Nicole Kidman's OK, though. :D :D :D Well, to look at.
Claverhouse :ph34r:

I've always been a fan of Demi's looks, much more so than Nicole's, even liked her raspy voice, though not as much as some. But her performances on screen are the type generally reserved for those who take their clothes off.

I shall have to look for Ghost World, which I think has been playing on IFC or Sundance Channel and Death to Smoochie. I'll have to say the trailers for that looked awful.

[file cabinet]

the movie Alice which I couldn't find any information on.. let's just say it was a little bizarre.

[Division56]

You guys have to see the movie May. It had me shrieking like a four year old girl...

[Johnny]

Boys don't cry - Dark drama.
Pi - Alternative movie about a delusional INT* mathematician. I think it's a bit too much at times, but see it. (PM me for a "recommendation".)


Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love (both by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Amelie
Lost In Translation


Yes, I liked these movies too....particulary Lost in Translation.

[Melody]

The best movie of all time is Steve Oedekerk's Kung Pow.

[Spartan26]

You guys have to see the movie May. It had me shrieking like a four year old girl...

Shrieking in what way? Really scary? Sick & disgusting? Howling, laughing?

[ohnoaninfp]

You guys have to see the movie May. It had me shrieking like a four year old girl...

What is the plot to the movie? What is it about? I haven't seen Ghost World, what is the plot to that one? I am interested in seeing it, but I want to know a little more B) =P

[ohnoaninfp]

I would suggest you see Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. It was big at my highschool and it is very funny. :rofl:

[The Architect]

I would suggest you see Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. It was big at my highschool and it is very funny. :rofl:

I actually liked Monty Python's the Meaning of Life better, but there both great.

[int]

Gross Pointe Blank

[Utopmk]

Basketball Diaries (not so much about basketball)
I seriously reccomend this movie.

[int]

I remember that one from a few years back. Brought my wife to tears.

History's a bitch sometimes.

[Johnny]

I would suggest you see Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. It was big at my highschool and it is very funny. :rofl:

I actually liked Monty Python's the Meaning of Life better, but there both great.

Brazil is my favorite.

[Claverhouse]

I would suggest you see Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. It was big at my highschool and it is very funny. :rofl:

I actually liked Monty Python's the Meaning of Life better, but there both great.

Brazil is my favorite.

Oh yes, I should have added Terry Guillam ?: 'Brazil' is great. But also 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen', closely based on Raspe, and 'Erik the Viking'. Wherin, not only Imogen Stubbs looks cute in a dark wig, but best of all, the Aesir are represented as callous young boys; rightly pointing out that they don't exactly care about mankind that much...

'The Meaning of Life' was fine; but I've never really found Monty Python that amusing. Too self-amused and middle-class.


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Johnny]

...I've never really found Monty Python that amusing. Too self-amused and middle-class.


Claverhouse :ph34r:

Yes. Benny Hill was more to my and my grandmother's liking.

No joke,
Johnny

[ohnoaninfp]

Meaning of life was ok. Have you seen the Life of Brian? I have still yet to see that one. 1941 was also a funny movie.[/quote]

[The Architect]

Brazil was bizarre and great. I actually haven't seen Life of Brian yet, which is amazing as I have a roommate who is a Monty Python nut and watched 5 seasons of Flying Circus in a week once. I enjoy Python, but I couldn't stand being in my apartment that week.


Gross Pointe Blank

How about High Fidelity?

[int]

How about High Fidelity?

One of the classics. We sampled one of Cusack's monologues on our last album: "Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable, or am I miserable because I listen to pop music?"

I may have that backwards, but you get the idea. I've also got to see "Pushing Tin" again. Actually, anything with John Cusack is probably worth it, I can't think of one movie of his I haven't liked.

Hmm, maybe I ought to start searching by actor...Christina Ricci, John Cusack, Tim Robbins (except Mystic River - although his character was good), Bill Murray...

Damn I want my Netflix account back. :(

[The Architect]

Hmm, maybe I ought to start searching by actor...Christina Ricci, John Cusack, Tim Robbins (except Mystic River - although his character was good), Bill Murray...

That's what I do usually, or rather I actually start with Writers and Directors. Paul Thomas Anderson is brilliant, Charlie Kaufman is a genius, Sofia Coppola did a wonderful job with Lost in Translation (she'll have to do a few more movies to be a favorite of mine though). Quentin Tarantino is great, so is Tim Burton. Akira Kurosawa did amazing things with the limited resources he had.

To list a few.

[jimkopelli]

So, I saw The Village last night. Highly recommended. It actually made me, a classic MST3000 heckler, shut up. It was the first film in a long, long time that all of the points in the plot caught me by suprise. Wow.

[ohnoaninfp]

I saw the Village last night too. It was good but a little strange. I like M. Night Shalmelans work. (ok I know I spelled that one wrong) I liked the movie Signs and The Sixth sense. I love movies about the paranormal there cool. B)

[Melody]

I had no idea "Unbreakable" was a sequel to The Sixth Sense until I was told in my film class. I have not seen The Sixth Sense, but I thought Unbreakable was very good. I wish he would create the next film in the series.

[ohnoaninfp]

Unbreakable is the sequel to the Sixth sense? Cool! I have to go see it now.

[int]

I saw the Village as well. I'm glad I didn't read any reviews or anything and went in blind.

[Odyssey]

Lord of the Rings, of course! And Donnie Darko.

Also, X-men 2 was really enjoyable. When the series ran, I loved the TV cartoon X-men. I identify strongly with mutants... (some of you who know a little about me might be able to figure out why!)

~Odyssey

[Melody]

I have curly hair, too. ;_;

[int]

I really liked the X-men movies. Never got into the comics though.

A buddy of mine said Donnie Darko was being re-released. I'm too tired to Google it right now...any word?

[MasterMerk]

- 2001: A space odyssey
- Fight Club
- A Clockwork Orange
- Chinatown
- Momento
- Jackass: The movie (IMO the funniest film ever made minus the gross-out parts)
- Dawn of the Dead '78
- Ghost World (funny someone mentioned it)
- Alien

[Vagabond]

The last movie I saw was a stupid splatter horror movie, because my ENTP friend was reaaaally into seeing it. :rant: It is not a film I loved, it is one I regretted paying for; it was fun though, we were making sarcastic comments out out every inconsistency (and you get to have a lot in this kind of movies) and laughed our hearts out... trying to keep it quiet of course - being kicked out would not be so much fun.

Anyways, I am on the wrong thread, lol :D

[Sugaraddict2702]

ok so here goes my little list:

The Pianist (if not for the music for the great acting!)
Sleepy Hollow (you have to love Johny Depp in this one)
La Vita è Bella (you either love it or you hate it, I totally fell in love with Roberto Benigni)
The lord of the rings trilogy
the first matrix movie
Chocolat (so I like every movie with chocolate in it ;) )
Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (it's a bit sappy, but for dreamers like me it's wonderful)
Pulp Fiction (great dialogue if you bleep out all the f*ck )
A.I. (minus the kleenex factor it's pretty good)
2001, A space odyssey (a masterpiece)
Cast Away (great acting by Tom Hanks!)
Schindler's list (the music!!)
Hable con Ella
An Ideal Husband (sparkling dialogues and a very very good Rupert Everet!)

that's about all I can think of right now, but there are more where those came from.

Ellen*

[Crazy]

First of all, my favorite director so far is M. Night Shyamalan. Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs (just watched that last night) were awesome, can't wait to see the Village. I don't see how Unbreakable is the sequal to the Sixth Sense. About the only thing they had in common is Director and lead actor.

Star Wars (all 5 so far)
Star Trek
Spaceballs (and anything else Mel Brooks has done)
GalaxyQuest
Full Metal Jacket
Heartbreak Ridge
The Princess Bride
Spiderman 1&2
Die Hard Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Story Of Us

[allendobkin]

Anyone seen, "The Name of the Rose"?

Yes with Sean Connery that was an excellent film that caught my eye in the middle of the night on cable. I couldn't stop watching.

[allendobkin]

Amelie
Galaxy Quest
Fight Club
12 Monkeys
Futurama - not a movie but :-P
Garden State - just out in theaters
Spidy 1 & 2 - Always wanted to be Spidy
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Nicholas Nickleby!!!!!
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Thats all for now!

[Melody]

I don't see how Unbreakable is the sequal to the Sixth Sense. About the only thing they had in common is Director and lead actor.
Are you sure?

I have not seen The Sixth Sense, so I wouldn't know. I thought it was a parody of Scary Movie's "I see white people" tomfoolery, even thought it was released earlier. I thought Unbreakable was sequelish because the main character has a special sense and I was under the impression "The Sixth Sense" was a reference to it.

[Slider]

number one of all time: Animal House. others close: Ocean's Eleven, Casablanca, Stripes, Blazing Saddles, the Blues Brothers, Office Space, Tombstone, About a Boy, Wonder Boys, Waking Ned Devine, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

[int]

The Story Of Us

heh. I really liked that one too.

[Sam172]

Meet Joe Black,
Brokedown Palace,
Dark City,
Castaway,
The Replacement Killers,
Instinct,
The Shawshank Redemption

I'm sure there are more I just can't think of....

[libertarianjim]

My top 5, in order:
1) Army of Darkness
2) Clerks
3) Slap Shot
4) The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
5) Pulp Fiction

Honorable mentions:
Big Trouble in Little China
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Fight Club
Bubba Ho-Tep
From Dusk Till Dawn
Airplane!
The Terminator

[Slider]

The Story Of Us

heh. I really liked that one too.

you cannot be serious.

[int]

Hence the "heh." :)

[Slider]

just making sure, lol

[ohnoaninfp]

Office Space is a pretty cool movie.

[Crazy]

The Story Of Us

heh. I really liked that one too.

What didn't you like?

I thought it was good, mostly becuase I identify with the main characters. I am the guy, she is my wife. We fight like that. Our fights have almost the exact same wording, except for more explicit language.

[int]

I did like it. I liked how they powered through the problems, and got to the point of focusing on their family.

[Crazy]

I don't see how Unbreakable is the sequal to the Sixth Sense. About the only thing they had in common is Director and lead actor.
Are you sure?

I have not seen The Sixth Sense, so I wouldn't know. I thought it was a parody of Scary Movie's "I see white people" tomfoolery, even thought it was released earlier. I thought Unbreakable was sequelish because the main character has a special sense and I was under the impression "The Sixth Sense" was a reference to it.

Well, the "I see white people" thing was a parody on the Sixth Sense. The movie is about a child psychologist who is trying to help a child who can see and talk to lost souls. It does take place in Philadelphia, as does Unbreakable, and they are both movies of discovery and self revalation, but the two storylines are not intertwined.

[Laeskis]

Good Movies: Suicide Kings; Reservoir Dogs; Frailty (I liked this one alot!) Matrix (1st one was best); Lord of the Rings (all 3); Pulp Fiction (of course); The Ring; Jonny and the gentleman highwayman....
moremoremore...
Time to quit.

[5-reed]

I hope it isn't too arrogant for a noob to post this early here... ehehe joking (well, semi joking)
- Fight club
- Starship troopers
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (don't know the english title)
- all Kurosawa (my fav : Ran)
- Gladiator
- Moulin Rouge
- Braindead

[Salad]

Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (don't know the english title)

It's just "Amelie"
And you're right, it is a great film.


Has anyone seen "City of God"? I thought it was an amazing film.

[Sam172]

I have indeed seen City of God.

To be honest I prefer Elephant :p

[Google Monster]

Amelie
Good Will Hunting
Shawshank Redemption

Those are my favorites.

[BritainOphira]

I love Dead Poets Society and crappy, horrible sci-fi from the fifities, but there are way too many good films to even begin trying to name them.

[waxwing]

Magnolia
Fight Club
Ratcatcher
Waking Life
Dopamine
The Matrix
Waiting for Gufman
The Dreamlife of Angels
Dancer in the Dark
The Sacrifice
Searching for Paradise

[EternalCynic]

Magnolia
Fight Club
Ratcatcher
Waking Life
Dopamine
The Matrix
Waiting for Gufman
The Dreamlife of Angels
Dancer in the Dark
The Sacrifice
Searching for Paradise

Magnolia has the best soundtrack ever. (I -love- Aimee Mann)

[waxwing]

Me too. Have you heard the song from Lost in Space that starts, "I've been going round and round on the same old circuit..."? I could get out the cd and look at the title, but I'm too lazy right now. Ha.

[EternalCynic]

Yes :D. It's called "It's Not", I love it

[Sam172]

I forgot to add that I love Beverly Hills Ninja.

It has to be one of my favorite films of all time, it's just comic genious ^_^

[Boozer]

Wow these are a lot of my all time favorite movies. I don't have much to add:

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Equilibrium
Brazil
Ghost in the Shell

The Name of the Rose was great. Oh which reminds me:

Ferris Buellers day off.
Is it me or is Camron (Buellers pal) INTP/OCD?, I used to always get called Camron. :P
Wargames
The Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Hell anything by Akira Kurosawa
Suicide Club (warning VERY weird)
Battle Royale

[Lucas]

City of God,
Amelie,
Cast Away,
Baraka,
Waking life,
Matrix,
Meet Joe Black,
Twelve Monkeys,
Shawshank Redemption,
la lengua de la mariposa,
contact,
the gods must be crazy

-Lucas

[Last Song]

Movies I've liked ...

Donnie Darko (the director's cut is awesome, check it out if you haven't already)
My Sassy Girl (Korean romantic comedy ... beautiful)
Fight Club
The Matrix
Monty Python - Holy Grail
Good Will Hunting
Memento
Groundhog Day
Lost In Translation

... to be continued ... or not ... i'll probably forget or be too lazy.

[Ckyzxr]

I cannot begin to list all the movies I liked or loved, but here are some that have stuck with me as exceptional:

Memento
Matrix
Gladiator
Blade Runner
The Rapture (Mimi Rogers and Duchovny)
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Apocalypse Now

[booyalab]

movies I like that were mentioned:
fight club
LOTR
waking life
Donnie Darko
Pi
Monty python & the holy grail
Life of Brian
yay@coen brothers movies (<--not a movie title....yet..?)
Clerks


speaking of overrated, THE MATRIX made me puke...3 times...one for each installment..my disgust comes from a combination of the hideous acting ability of keanu reeves and the shitty pseudo-philosophical/intellectual dialogue. I did, however, like Agent Smith and the actor who played him...Hugo Weaving. I also liked the art direction
Another overrated movie that was mentioned is Dead Poets Society. I can't believe they made us watch it like 3 times in school. *gags*

some other movies I like:
Apocalypse Now
The Producers (and almost anything by Mel Brooks)
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (old movie with Bette Davis)
Return of the Jedi
The Exorcist
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill vol 1&2
Rear Window (original)
Amelie
Mindwalk
a Perfect World
Unforgiven
(last 2 movies were directed by clint eastwood, but i also thought mystic river was overrated)
Baraka
MST3K
Brazil

[Merkaba]

I like a lot of the movies already posted in the thread, but as far as new movies, I saw Shaun of the Dead the other day which was just hilarious. Especially the part where they start hitting the zombie to the beat of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".

[floyd]

your friends and neighbors
zero effect
tree's lounge
crumb
rodger dodger
american splendor
the rules of attraction
most hal hartley films


some of the films mentioned that i am not a fan of (but i often see listed as favorite films)...

magnolia
waking life
good will hunting

[floyd]

i agree... l would like to see why some people like or don't like some of the movies listed here. i am always curious to see why people disagree on things.

magnolia - the romanticization of learned helplessness
waking life - uninteresting story (though i could see it being a good stoner flick because of the visuals and non linear story)
good will hunting - the movie version of a genius character as contructed by two superficial extroverts employing innaccurate myths and cliches about genius

[Groty]

Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai
Man Bites Dog
Ninja Scroll
Shawshank Redemption
Resevoir Dogs
Fifth Element
Heat
Life is Beautiful

Mind goes blank, forgetting a lot foreign films.

[Birdsnest]

Favorite Movies:

Zorro
Paint your Wagon
Most Disney, but especially:
The Ugly Dachsund
Thomasina
The Love Bug

The 50's & 60's Disney films with dogs, foxes, seals or pet geese going on adventures across country.

Modern:
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Gladiator
LOTR

Classic:
Anything with Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Shirley Maclaine, Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Gene Kelley, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, etc.

70's-80's:
Anything with SNL crew like: John Candy, Bill Murray, Steve Martin...
Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, Groundhog day...etc.

Any old classic movie or musical.

[Spartan26]

Favorite Movies:
In Living Colour (or whatever Disneys nature film)
Donald Duck cartoons

The Bear Necessities? A classic

[Birdsnest]

Yes, The Jungle Book, I liked that, and The Song of the South, Zip-a dee doo dah, (very racial, and controversial film, but the songs and singers were great).

[Groty]

Yes, The Jungle Book, I liked that, and The Song of the South, Zip-a dee doo dah, (very racial, and controversial film, but the songs and singers were great).

And Disney will never release it on DVD or VHS.

But you can get it - http://www.songofthesouthdvds.com/

[Birdsnest]

I've bookmarked that, thanks!

[Laeskis]

Frailty

[ohnoaninfp]

I saw Sky Captain and The World of Tommorrow. It was cool. I loved the airplane it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Star Cannon]

I recommend "Wit". It was based on a play. It was aired on HBO, you can find it on DVD. Amazon.com has it. Wit won the 1999 pulitzer prize. I watched it. OMG. It portrays... so much. It will make you cry with it's humanity and the main character comes alive for you. An absolute must watch. Please watch "Wit"

[Dr. Caligari]

Here are some movies off the top of my head...

Eternal Sunshine...
The Last Samurai (hated the ending, though)
Gladiator
Battle Royale
Ichi the Killer

Yeah, I don't consider myself a big movie enthusiast.

[songbird36]

Does "Films you hated" qualify for this forum?

I'm ashamed to say I found myself watching "the Good Girl" on DVD the other day, starring Jennifer Aniston.

It was quite possibly the most pointless and vacuous waste of time and space I've ever had the misfortune to waste my money on.

Maybe Jennifer Aniston should stick to TV shows?

[Nindy]

My list:

-Lost in Translation
-Dead Poets Society
-The Day After Tomorrow
-The Sixth Sense
-The Ring
-About a Boy
-Girl Interrupted
-Thirteen
-A.I.
-Lord Of The Rings triology
-Spirited Away
-Requiem for a Dream

-Other faves that I can't seem to think of right now


Maybe Jennifer Aniston should stick to TV shows?

*nods excessively* She definitely should...

[SheepDog]

I have yet to meet anyone else that liked "The Hours" but I really liked the introspection.

Some others I haven't seen mentioned yet:
"The Princess Bride"
"When Harry Met Sally"

[songbird36]

Has anyone seen "the Piano Teacher" (a French film)?

weird, weird weird...

[Bluehaze]

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

[MacGuffin]

I have yet to meet anyone else that liked "The Hours" but I really liked the introspection.

I just saw that last week. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I really identified with Virginia Woolf getting lost in her head.

[InsurgentAlpha]

Romy & Michele's High School Reunion! Hehe. I like dumb movies like that.

[InsurgentAlpha]

Shamelessly copying from my own website:

* Blade Runner, Gattaca

I love these two also... forgot about Gattaca!

Also another dumb (yet funny) comedy making fun of middle America is Drop Dead Gorgeous.

[Sackanaka]

American Beauty- It's hard to capture a better sense of beauty than what the movie implied. I'm always fascinated by the way everything works, especially societies filled with contradictions and conflicts.
Hmm, and I also didn't notice many people going for Kill Bill (1+2 as a whole). Maybe it's because of my Japanese/anime-ish history, but I also love the Japanese concept of honor.

[file cabinet]

I didn't like how kill bill was split into two films.

[Witticism]

Kill Bill is good - but the second part was inifinitely superior to the first. The first was just Tarantino indulging himself.

-Resevoir Dogs
-Spirited Away
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Being John Malkovich (Kaufman whore, anyone?)
-Lost In Translation
-the South Park Movie. (Excellent LOL material)

[Spartan26]

American Beauty- It's hard to capture a better sense of beauty than what the movie implied.
Please expand...


I'm always fascinated by the way everything works, especially societies filled with contradictions and conflicts

Did you see The Ice Storm or Happiness? In dealing with contradictions and conflicts, I really felt they were prescription strength versions of American Beauty.

[booyalab]

Kill Bill is good - but the second part was inifinitely superior to the first. The first was just Tarantino indulging himself.

-Resevoir Dogs
-Spirited Away
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Being John Malkovich (Kaufman whore, anyone?)
-Lost In Translation
-the South Park Movie. (Excellent LOL material)

I'm a total kauffman whore as well, I saw him on a Charlie Rose interview. What a rare, quirky little man.

[Sackanaka]

American Beauty- It's hard to capture a better sense of beauty than what the movie implied.
Please expand...

For me, beauty is the infinite (vectorally?) harmony of everything: individual personalities, characteristics, interpretations, actions, all working together within an environment which can be broken down into other systems like ecology, cultures differences, even all the "bad things" like hate, fear, death; all these things are broken down into the physical realm which expands infinitely in terms of matter (smaller than quarks, larger than galaxies) and progression of what we call time. It doesn't stop there- all of these things that we see, interpret and react to is all relative, and it seems (to me) to become beautiful only when you step back and realize the flow of things. I think it's tied to my excitement when learning something I find actually interesting, like physics or physiology, or even playing the piano, since it expands the picture further.


Did you see The Ice Storm or Happiness? In dealing with contradictions and conflicts, I really felt they were prescription strength versions of American Beauty.

Nope, but thanks for letting me know :D

[gypseymothlee]

Favorites for today, as I'll probably change my mind tomorrow:
Army of Darkness
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
All I Wanna Do
Pecker
American Beauty
Quills
Empire Records
Stigmata
Spirited Away
Donnie Darko

I really liked Garden State visually, though I didn't really like the ending.

There are a lot of movies I love the concept of, or I find very engaging/dramatic/thought-provoking, but I wouldn't watch them more than once or twice.
Sometimes you just need something stupid or filled with good fight scenes. It's diet brain food. Clears the head.

[purple13]

Funny, I keep reading this topic as "Sticky films you loved".

[Napoleon]

Pulp Fiction
The usual suspect
Resevoir dogs
Snatch
Fight club
The shawshank redemption
The green mile
Requiem for a dream
Donnie Darko
American history X
Braveheart
Forrest gump
Lost in translation

Shrek 1 and 2
Finding Nemo
Ice age

And i am a big movie fan

[Claverhouse]

Funny, I keep reading this topic as "Sticky films you loved".


Then you'd be as alarmed as myself at one site I came across a few days back.

:ph34r: :devil: ;P



Claverhouse :ph34r:


Nice drawings, but...

[jimkopelli]

Funny, I keep reading this topic as "Sticky films you loved".


Then you'd be as alarmed as myself at one site I came across a few days back.

:ph34r: :devil: ;P



Claverhouse :ph34r:


Nice drawings, but...
What, Deviantart or something? What kind of alarm? Clangy bells, buzzer, one of those horrible REENT REENT REENT things... which kind?

[Claverhouse]

There is apparently a perversion that dwells with detail on people being stuck to a/ objects b/ people c/ floors & containers with glue, cement and chemical agents. These stuckees strangely enough are usually very young women.

Most of the illustrations appeared to be in a european manga mode: which raises the question as to whether the rigidly moral Japs would be horrified at this misuse of their art.

This is not something that I've ever heard about before; and no, I wouldn't give out the link here. Life's sad enough without getting a corruption charge by St. Peter's desk sergeant.

;P

But it shows how weird people are, and it made a great impression on me: like the impression left in a pool of tar by a cheerleader.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[inignot]

The original Ocean's 11
Donnie Brasco
The Transporter
Cannonball Run
Smokey and the Bandit
The INCREDIBLES! :)

[Psycherry]

Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Amelie
The Shawshank Redemption
All M. Night Shyamalan
Spirited Away
Forest Gump
The Green Mile
Lost In Translation
City Of God
Contact

I read this list and see that they're all "thinkers" inTp?? hmm?

But comedy and action make great entertainment. So:
T2: Jugdemant Day
Blade
All Disney
Films about school and varsity : 10 things I hate about you, bring it on, etc.

Ever tried watching anime for 16 hours straight? Now THAT is entertainment.
I'd recommend Full Metal Alchemist, but it's been licensed. There's also Naruto(I'd really like to know his MBTI). I'm anime deprived right now, but could someone suggest some good anime?

And not forgetting Love Actually

[anarchist]

here's mine..

blow up (michaelangelo antonioni - i guess he's an INTP in this film..)
good fellas
reservoir dogs
donnie darko
the heat
the deer hunter
taxi driver
philadelphia
barton fink and all other coen brother movies...absolutely wonderful..

[mgb]

The three movies that I got the most from and just enjoyed are:

Garden State
Amores Perros
Memento

[Edmond Zedo]

Well. I'm glad like three of us have seen movies from the 20th century. Here are a few not everyone already loves.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A Clockwork Orange
Mad Max (Please don't think I mean Beyond Thunderdome)
Tron
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
Chariots of Fire

[cozmonite61]

The Crying Game
Donnie Darko
The Piano
Raging Bull
Fargo
High and Low
Drunken Angel
Carlito's Way
Dr. Strangelove

[psychocandy]

The Princess Bride
The Naked Lunch
Millers Crossing
Drugstore Cowboy
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Henry and June
Harold and Maude
Brazil
Blow-Up
Barabarella
American History X
Pan's Labyrinth
Bliss
The Royal Tennenbaums
Rosencrantz & Guildernstern are Dead
Titus (Julie Taymor's Version)
Rope (hitchcock
Sabotage (hitchcock)
This is Spinal Tap
Best In Show
Naked
Betty Blue
Full Metal Jacket

[naruto littles helpers.jpeg]

au hasard balthazar + lancelot du lac + just about every one of his movies (bresson)
ordet (dryer)
a woman under the influence + faces + minnie and moskowitz (cassavetes)
nostalghia + stalker + the mirror (tarkovsky)
hail mary + alphaville + breathless + 2 or 3 things i know about her + in praise of love + notre musique (godard)
trust + henry fool (hartley)
the general + a lot of others (keaton)
bleak moments + high hopes + life is sweet + naked (leigh)
daisies (chytilova)
l'atalante (vigo)
ghost world (zwigoff)
every film by jacques tati
wiseblood (huston)
autumn afternoon +early spring + ohayo + late summer (ozu)
stranger than paradise (jarmusch)
cafe lumiere (hsiao-hsien)
the 400 blows + stolen kisses (truffaut)
almost every film by eric rohmer
boy meets girl (carax)
lots by stan brakhage
-----------------
not at all comprehensive. just movies that immediately come to mind when asked what movies i love. these are all pretty pompous picks, though it's honestly what i love, because they're all like poems steeped in beauty and truth. +

[meshou]

Modern Kick:
--Memento
--Dark City
--The Royal Tenenbaums

Animation Kick:
--FLCL (yes, it's a series; I don't care)
--Metropolis (the restored version)
--A few of the early Walt Disney feature animations. Alice in Wonderland, in particular, was a stunning peice of work. I also have a soft spot for the The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladin, but especially Beauty and the Beast.

"Oh, what the fuck" kick:
--Dr. Strangelove
--Barton Fink
--Adaptation
--Once again, Dark City (WHICH YOU MUST SEE)

Classic Kick:
--The Wizard of Oz
--Ninotchka
--North by Northwest
--Arsenic and Old Lace


Edit:
Forgot Chinatown AND Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Plus Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain. Fuck yeah.

Funny little list, innit?

[Rice-Tactics]

Saving Private Ryan is always gonna be in my top 10 list.
others include-

-Lucky Number Slevin
-Blood Diamond
-Little Miss Sunshine
-Borat
-Men with guns is good but its in spanish
and Garden State

[Tayshaun]

Barabarella


:theclap:

[Xenophon]

I read through and thought of a few, but most of my favorites have been mentioned.

If you haven't seen it though, you should see The Departed. I think it just came out on DVD about a month ago, but I think it was the best movie of 2006, easily.

[Prothero]

Excalibur is always at the top of the list. Dark Star is at the bottom. Between them, probably a few hundred.

[cut the grass]

the edukators, pink floyd: the wall, american beauty, cky 1-4, the shining, rocky horror picture show, taxi driver, dead alive, this is: spinal tap, withnail & i, reform school girls, 8mm, domino, american psycho, the life of david gale, gwar: phallus in wonderland, the lost boys, stoned, ween: live in chicago, slc punk!, poolhall junkies, menace II society

[Zergling]

Special effects action (Movies I pretty much watch for the action scenes):

The Rock
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars (Sith, original, Empire, Jedi, I haven't seen phantom and clones enough times to decide on them.)
Matrix and Matrix Reloaded


Other action (Less special effects oriented, but still action based):

Bourne Identity, Supremecy
Tree Kings


Comedies:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Naked Gun movies
Airplane
40 year old Virgin


Other:

Memento
Ocean's 11
Crimson Tide

[Choss]

Of the few I've seen. my favs were

Napoleon Dynamite
Secondhand Lions
Walk the line (Joaquin Phoenix should have gotten an oscar for that):mad:
Ray

[airjaw]

Whale Rider
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Jerry Maguire

[dunee]

recently, The Departed blew me away.

Other films I've always loved watching include Return to Oz, Hunt for Red October, and... *cough* Independence Day*cough* (never fails to crack me up, that's my excuse...:ph34r: )

[bluebell]

MIB
MIB II
(I don't usually watch movies more than once, but these two I've watched a few times and still like them).

The Bourne Identity
Dune
Nikita (the French version)
Love Actually
10 things I hate about you
Bladerunner
Ice Age (to be precise, I loved the neurotic squirrel)

[omnirook]

Do you have any good films you really liked? Post them here so we can know to rent them.

Oh! ... Below is a very short list! I LOVE movies!!!

The Lion in Winter
Peter O'Toole/Katherine Hepburn version only, please - fuck Captain Picard and Ms-Let's-Boil-the Bunny!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
An evening w/George and Martha!

Long Day's Journey into Night
No movie w/Sir Ralph Richardson, Katherine Hepburn, Jason Robards, and Dean Stockwell could fail to be worth watching!

Arsenic and Old Lace
Another example of an ensemble of real talent: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Jean Adair, and Josephine Hull ... Adair and Hull as the sweet old lady serial killers - oh!

The Maltese Falcon
More cinema gods on parade! Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, and Mary Astor ... Notice the clever way that the director got round the censors of that era and made it clear that Joel Cairo and the Fat Man were gay w/o saying that they were gay, as Dashiel Hammitt had done in the novel, giving the Fat Man a boy-toy in the form of Wilmer, the gun-toting "gunzel" (slang for "rough trade" - street boys who sold their asses to rich queers).

Kind Hearts and Coronets
And any other film starring Sir Alec Guinness! - The Lavender Hill Mob, The Lady Killers - The Horse's Mouth!

Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Another British gem - and proof that Guy Ritchie is more than just Mr Madonna.

7 Beauties
An Italian language film that you can get w/subtitles. It tells the story of an AWOL Italian soldier during WWII, who winds up in a German prison camp. Believe it or not - it's a comedy! - and funny! The scene where he gets caught alone makes the film worth watching - but it's not the only great scene. Still, that's my favorite because he does mock German by putting a -chen on the end of every word: formaggio-chen! Cheese! Pane-chen! Bread!

[meshou]

Oh! Amelie! Amelie!

A very "me" movie! :grin:

[Theodoret]

Whale Rider
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Jerry Maguire

Was watching Gattaca the other day. Its the first time it clicked that the mission director is played by Gore Vidal.

[mr. treat]

das boot.

krull is a terrible movie, but it's good to watch if you take drugs.

[hereandnow]

Hmmm....


Casablanca

Das Boot

Full Metal Jacket

The Maltese Falcon

Snatch

[Zergling]

das boot.

krull is a terrible movie, but it's good to watch if you take drugs.

Great Idea! I'll take some aspirin and rent it as soon as possible.



On an actual note about movies, Recently I resaw apollo 13, it's still enjoyable. (Though the book is nicer for explanations of technical details and a more complete description of what hapen on the mission.)

[Hermione]

raising Arizona
good Will hunting
kill Bill I and II i guess
50 first dates
she's gotta have it
pulp fiction
breakfast club
the big easy
she 's all that
most teenager movies with julia stiles , or johnny depp, you know the genre
a knight's tale

[beyonder]

My favorite movies are all anime:

Tokyo Godfathers
Spirited Away
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind

[Krill]

Anime:
Porco Rosso
Spirited Away
Grave of the Fireflies (Warning: Emotional Masochism!)
Ghost in the Shell
Perfect Blue

Live Action:
Sleuth
The Seventh Seal
Primer
Iron Monkey
Batman Begins

Comedy:
Kung-Pow
UHF
Life of Brian
Any of the Pink Panther movies (w/ Peter Sellers).

[IntenseNitroTruckPow]

The Conversation
Sugarland Express
Duel
The Big Lebowski
Our Man in Havana
Groundhog Day
Motorama
Polyester
Meet the Feebles
The Professional (Mainly for Gary Oldman)
Mon Oncle
The In-Laws
The Game

I'm also a sucker for popcorn like Total Recall and RoboCop, but not too much current action films. I think they're going to make me epileptic one of these days. . .

[Steve]

Favorites:

Videodrome
Lawrence of Arabia
End of Evangelion
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Network
All About Lily Chou Chou
Ghost in the Shell
Dawn of the Dead
The Last Temptation of Christ
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Birds

[Faust06]

My all-time favorite is still Casino. Other than that:

Alien
The Godfather 1&2
Reservoir Dogs
Rocky
Pulp Fiction
Home Alone
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Das Boot

I'm a fan of martial arts movies also.

[Larkin]

i like quirky films

Gummo
Welcome to the dollshouse
Drugstore cowboy
Prick up your ears
Zboys of Dogtown
Blue Velvet
The rivers edge
Ed Wood
Strangers on a train
Withnail and I
Being there
Basquiat
Brazil
and finally, Treasure of the Sierra Madre

shit, i forgot the two Godfathers, skip 3 and Alein#1

[tinribz]

BREAKING GLASS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Ij9Y--dIQ&mode=related&search=

[demagogic_schizoid]

I really liked The Faculty. At first I thought it was awful, and the sci-fi/suspense/action scenes were. But the message of conformity being forced on people, "outsider" status versus the masses, etc., was pretty well done, I thought. And it was pretty funny as a spoof on the classic "alien invasion" film too.

[aventine]

Seven Samurai
Dr. Strangelove
Spartacus
Trainspotting
Memento
Fight Club
Lawrence of Arabia
Infernal Affairs (the original Hong Kong version of The Departed, much better IMO. It's a trilogy.)
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Modern Times
Metropolis
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
In The Mood For Love

And many many more...

Oh, I only just saw se7en over the weekend, not bad but I've watched way too much Law & Order etc. to be surprised by the twist, lol.

I bet you've seen all of them already though.

Wait, here's one you may not have seen... eXistenZ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/). Saw it in circumstances where it was either that or be bored (no internet, argh!). Doesn't have a very high rating on imdb, but I quite enjoyed it. I know the twist is kind of lame and expected, but I liked the style. Anyway, you decide.

[Ferrus]

I watched A Clockwork Orange recently and enjoyed it heartily.

[Hermione]

New favorite, as of last night when baby witch and I went to see 'the Order of the Phoenix'. I luvvved it. Not because it was a great film -- I still love Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, you know, but because I am just dying until next week when the new novel comes out ..
and this one really took care of my Hermione, Ron, Luna, Lupin, Black, withdrawals. I had been suffering from some serious angst without the Potter therapy .

My baby witch (15) and I had a most most wonderous time at the little theatre in our town (one of those old almost historic ones); and most of the people there with us were not little annoying kids as I had feared, but adults, adults with some older kids, teenagers on dates, etc. In other words I live to rock another day. Now back to my looking for the Nargles on the net...I'm going to catch them one day, I just know it.

[note: although I will always be true to my Hermione personality, there is a little bit of me --totally Luna]. She rocked in this movie, too. They both did.

[Rice-Tactics]

saving private ryan
lost in translation
vanilla sky
the departed
borat
garden state

[Xenophon]

New favorite, as of last night when baby witch and I went to see 'the Order of the Phoenix'. I luvvved it.
I went to see that yesterday as well. In the scene where Harry kisses the asian girl, everything went quiet for a second in the movie, and then a little boy in the crowd said: "That's SICK!". The entire theater started laughing, it was extremely hilarious.

I've been debating my top 10 movies, and I've only been able to come up with 4 which I am sure deserve to be in the list, and a bunch of others that I am not quite sure of.

The Best:
Apocalypse Now!
Blade runner
Big Lebowski
Pulp Fiction

Almost the Best:
I Heart Huckabies
Aliens 2
Shawshank Redemption
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sneakers
The Professional

[Hermione]

I went to see that yesterday as well. In the scene where Harry kisses the asian girl, everything went quiet for a second in the movie, and then a little boy in the crowd said: "That's SICK!". The entire theater started laughing, it was extremely hilarious.


That's great and I agree with the kid. The only part of the movie I din't like was Harry, kissing Cho. Cho is okay, but from a chick stand point... she is like SO lame compared to Hermione. Then again, I think Ron has got it all over him as just 'a dude' with potential. Ron's funny, very 'real', loyal, tries to do the right thing but not so much it's annoying, and has some form of humility that is rare in male creatures. very appealing i think.

It really is perfect that the whole girl/boy thing is dealt with very adeptly and she hasn't ruined her novels with stupid drama. The kid was definitely right.


Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction, agree

[Ferrus]

Oh I forgot - Ararat and Goodbye Lenin are pretty good too.

[Hermione]

Oh I forgot - Ararat and Goodbye Lenin are pretty good too.

You truly are one of the seven wonders of the world, arent you? Someone stuffed a '30-40 year-old university professor' into your body at birth, I'm sure of it. I like it. It's a completely different 'look' than most dudes your age. And at least you're having fun, comparatively , from the looks of it.

[LuridLemur]

3-Iron
Brazil
Brick
The Royal Tenenbaums
Waking Life

[C.J.Woolf]

My beloved list:

Before Sunrise + Before Sunset
Waking Life (Richard Linklater is my current favorite director)
Casablanca
The Three Musketeers + The Four Musketeers (d. Richard Lester)
Little Big Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Assassination Bureau (Diana Rigg and Oliver Reed, hey!)



I watched A Clockwork Orange recently and enjoyed it heartily.
Brr. I think A Clockwork Orange is an excellent film, but I found it profoundly disturbing, such that I swore I'd never watch it again. But my brother invited me to go with him to a midnight show, and I was bored at the time... :whistle: Oh well, I was weak.

[aventine]

I couldn't watch past the first 10 mins on first attempt of Clockwork Orange back in high school. Tried it again a year ago. Yes, excellent film, but it's still extremely disturbing. I was very close to feeling sorry for that piece of shit Alex. But I didn't, phew.

[Katzchen]

I feel more than obligated to recommend A Very Long Engagement to anyone who liked Amelie. Same director, sadder and darker, but equally amazing, in my opinion.

My other favorite movies have all been mentioned I think, except maybe Breakfast at Tiffany's, but I think I might just have a unique reason for liking that movie. At any rate, the other movies were:
-Amelie (duh)
-Donnie Darko
-Pan's Labyrinth
-Love Actually
-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (I haven't seen the whole thing but I'd watch it in a heartbeat)
-Eraserhead (it's worth seeing for downright bizarreness.)
-Dead Poet's Society
-A Little Princess (okay, maybe that one's new. totally sad kid's movie.)
-Sunset Boulevard (1950) I don't think that was mentioned either
-Wings of Desire

[Ferrus]

Brr. I think A Clockwork Orange is an excellent film, but I found it profoundly disturbing, such that I swore I'd never watch it again. But my brother invited me to go with him to a midnight show, and I was bored at the time... :whistle: Oh well, I was weak.
I didn't find it disturbing, but I did find it macabrely poignant, as are many good films.

[Autumn]

Some:

American History X, Life of Brian, Brat 2, Star Wars (all), Good bye Lenin, Edukators, Pulp Fiction, Siberian Barber, The Magnificent Seven, Chihiro, LOTR (all), Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Galaxy Quest, Terminator 2, Matrix 1, The Mummy 1, Back to the Future (all), Harry Potter 3, Enemy at the Gates, Snatch, The Mask, Saving Private Ryan, Shogun (4 parts mini series), Zatoichi, Musa, The Thief of Baghdad (Kabir Bedi version 1978), Earth Star Voyager (1988), Ghost in the Shell (anime), Ninja scroll (anime), Starship Troopers, Almost Famous, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Office Space, The Village

[nagrom]

"Solaris", I love. And it's aesthetic near-neighbor "The Fountain".

Miyazaki: "Nausicaa", "Howl...", "Spirited Away".

"Ghost in the Shell", I love. And it's aesthetic near-neighbor "Akira".

"Children of Men".

[charred_heart]

I loved a lot of movies, but you people mentioned most of them :banghead:

in an effort to not be redundant:
Black Snake Moan
Prozac Nation
Harsh Times
The Machinist

[Jen]

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dirty Filthy Love
Idiocracy
Shaun of the Dead

[MadamI'madaM]

ATHF movie
Swingers
City of God
Kikujiro
2001 Space Odyssey
Ghost Dog:Way of the Samurai
Ed Wood
Dead Man
American Psycho
Squid and the Whale
High Roller
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Fresh
Grandma's Boy (for JP)
Rumble Fish
Layer Cake (mostly for the opening scene)
Budo: the Art of Killing
Master of the Flying Guillotine
The Sphere

damn, is that all I can muster?

Oh yeah, Gummo and Kids, too

and gotta throw in Slingblade for good measure

"Yew shudent dew that, he's jest a boy"

[bcs4]

Surprisingly, the Matador was very good.

[ryan_m_parr]

The Conversation [DVD] (2000) Phoebe Alexander; Timothy Carey; John Cazale...
- La Dolce Vita; Directed by Fellini, aside from a few WTF moments, is one of the best movies of all time.
- Apocalypse Now Redux, is excellent,
- Seventh Seal is also, a classic.
Any Stanley Kubrick film, any Akira Kurosawa films, Satyayit Ray (World of Apu, Aparajito, Pather Panchali,) some Hitchcock (Psycho, Birds, Saboteur, North by Northwest, 39 steps, Rear Window, etc.,) Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Alien, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, Blade Runner, etc.,) Spielberg (Jaws, Jurassic Park ~I~, ET, Close Encounters of the third kind, A.I., Amistad, Empire of the Sun, Minority Report, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Hook, etc.) Martin Scorcessee (Goodfellas, Kundun, Aviator, etc.,)Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now Redux, Godfather, etc.,)
Matt Damon's (Bourne Identity/Supremacy, Good Will Hunting, and Good Shepherd was interesting (even if it seemed like a hodge podge at times,) Russel Crowe (Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, and Cinderalla Man,) Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining, etc.,) Anthony Hopkins (Amistad, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon) Sean Connery (Name of the Rose is one of my favorites, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,) Cosmos by Carl Sagan (since not shown on TV anymore--or much--I have it on DVD,) Amadeus, Excalibur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Baron von Munchausen, Casablanca (regarding U.S. Isolationism,) Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy (not the sequels to the triology, as much.
Lawrence of Arabia, Highlander, Master and Commander, City of Lost Children, Young Frankenstein, Waterworld, Scarface, Bloodsport, Dawn of the Dead, Excorcist, Pulp Fiction, Godfather and Goodfellas

[PWG]

As follows:

1) Signs of life (Werner Herzog)

2) American Psycho (Mary Herron)...extremely amusing.

3) Man bites Dog.

[cosmic blues]

I don't like many movies, but I loved Baraka.

[firch]

I've just seen "The Lives Of Others", a film about the surveillance of an east German playwright set in the year 1984. I especially liked the ending done in the same style as the ending to AI, but thankfully without the stupid voiceover.

[Larkin]

I remember this film from when i was a kid. I thought maybe it was the passion of the time that made it a good film but when i picked up a dvd in the bargan bin. After viewing it, I found that it still is a very good film.

This film by the director of "Man who fell to earth" is not fluff,