suggest some movies for me?

[sidekick]

i have no summer class this year (weehoo!), so i'm going to watch a bunch of movies. i wanted to get some suggestions from the wonderful world of fnk so i can make a list because whenever i go into a movie store my mind goes completely blank.

so, suggest away!

[frogprincess]

Tideland (2005)

Fetching Cody (2005)

Dreamland (2006)

[V.!.M.]

dude! get the original ninja turtle movies from the 80's!! Theyre so nuts. KAWABUNGA DUDE!

but seriously, some movies ive really enjoyed are The butterfly effect, gets your mind hurting :-P, a beautiful mind, a true story too!! and you can never forget the original star wars trilogy... classic :-D

[wishbone]

hi jake

you can come raid my DVDs once i move closer to ya.

[-evil-duerr-]

Lives of Others

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny


to name a few...

[Silverwinged]

Brick

Running with Scissors

Half Nelson

[V.!.M.]

if you want a movie that you'll get something out of, i suggest the movie boiler room. if you really pay attention, it can teach people alot of things about moneys :-D

[mojo]

I have been making a "to watch" list all semester.
here is what i will be watching this summer, maybe some would interest you too:
Cirandiru
Rabbit proof fence
Jesus camp
A scanner darkly
Goodbye Lenin
Amelie
2046
Fast Food Nation

[neoh]

sexy beast
what dreams may come
once upon a time in america
kids
commitments
detroit rock city
four rooms
memphis belle
raging bull
private parts
sideways

[wishbone]

Originally Posted by mojo

I have been making a "to watch" list all semester.
here is what i will be watching this summer, maybe some would interest you too:
Cirandiru
Rabbit proof fence
Jesus camp
A scanner darkly
Goodbye Lenin
Amelie
2046
Fast Food Nation

Has Jesus Camp come out on DVD yet

[mojo]

Originally Posted by wishbone

Has Jesus Camp come out on DVD yet

it has

and let me add V for Vendetta to the list.

[Chewy]

school for scoundrels has a few laughs

[thechix0r]

Beyond Borders
Rainman
V for Vendetta
The Prestige
Freedom Writers
A Beautiful Mind
Fateless
Bandits

So many more... will list some others later

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by mojo

I have been making a "to watch" list all semester.
here is what i will be watching this summer, maybe some would interest you too:
Cirandiru
Rabbit proof fence
Jesus camp
A scanner darkly
Goodbye Lenin
Amelie
2046
Fast Food Nation

thanks for reminding me about some good ones that i've wanted to see for awhile but keep forgetting (like amelie)

it's funny...i just finished reading 'a scanner darkly' not even five hours ago. i want to see the movie now.

[V.!.M.]

alot of ppl are guna kick my ass for saying this, but i suggest BORAT!

I laughed my ass off at that movie, dispite the occasional gag moment... LMAO

"This jacket is NOT BLACK"

[miss.myra]

I think you should spend some time getting acquainted with the true classics, i'm talking joan crawford and bette davis here..(ooh and invite me over I love old movies)

-All About Eve
-Stage Door
-Mildred Pearce
-All that Heaven Allows

Look into movies with Bette or Joan in them...then try doing a Film Noir marathon.

Another classic I love is Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Humphrey Bogart western. It's soo good.

I also think you should fall in love with Al Paccino because he is amazing. Go watch every movie he's done! Start out with Heat.

[sidekick]

^yes, yes, i love film noir. and yeah, i want to use this summer as a chance to watch all the older movies i haven't seen. i just went to rogers today and you can get six 7 day rentals for 15 bucks.

[esoter1c]

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[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by sidekick

^yes, yes, i love film noir. and yeah, i want to use this summer as a chance to watch all the older movies i haven't seen. i just went to rogers today and you can get six 7 day rentals for 15 bucks.

Let's have a marathon! I can borrow a lot of those movies on my list from my brother anytime..I'm always down !

:)

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

Let's have a marathon! I can borrow a lot of those movies on my list from my brother anytime..I'm always down !

:)

i would love too!

i don't have a TV at my apartment. i just curl up on my couch with my laptop usually.

[gnosis]

^I've got a half-decent tv, dvd and vhs.

Plus, I can cook a mean dish!

Food _and_ movies, Miss?

PS:
Dig into the archives!

Logan's Run (last heard, remake happening, now)
Arsenic and Old Lace (bloody hilarious!)
Salem's Lot (uber-creepy)
Some good ol' Hitchcock (Trouble With Harry, The Birds, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Family Plot, etc...)
Some surrealist cinema? (Luis Bunuel's "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie", or, the Dali-collaborated "Un Chien Andalou", or "L'Age D'Or")

Lots of good stuff out there!
Make the effort to see something non-Hollywood!

I'm still threatening to have a "Resume-Day" where I feed people and force them to watch movies I've worked on, all day/night!

Frosty
(very critical towards movies)

[sidekick]

^hey! are you trying to steal my movie night with myra from me?!

and yeah, i'm down with digging into the archives. i've seen some of the dali surrealist stuff like 'unchien andalou'...isn't that the one with the eye and the ants and shit? pretty cool.

[stabmyhead]

North American: Brick and Chumscrubber

Foreign: City of God, Night Watch, Men Suddenly in Black, Infernal Affairs, Metade Fumaca, My Sassy Girl, 3-Iron, Battle Royale, Old Boy, Shutter, and Love Me If You Dare

Animated: Final Fantasy: Advent Children, Dead Leaves, Ghost in the Shell, Perfect Blue, Jin Roh, Wonderful Days

[tiedye]

If you like B-list gore, I suggest you delve more into Takashi Miike's films than just Battle Royale (although Ms Stabby definitely started you off on the right foot with that film. It's a perfect entry into a very dark and disturbing world.)

As for Mojo's suggestion of 'A Scanner Darkly,' make sure to also watch 'Waking Life." It pioneered the animation concept.

As for me, I recommend these:

After the Gold Rush
Coffee and Cigarettes
Broken Flowers
Blue Velvet
Elephant Man
Waking Life
I Heart Huckabees
Ishtar
Bringing Out the Dead
The Fisher King
Time Bandits
The Adventures of Baron Munchenhausen
Jabberwocky (a Terry Gilliam take on a Lewis Carrol poem)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Ichi the Killer
Versus
Brother
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Greendale
The Bat
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr Phibes Rises Again
Dementia 13
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jesus Christ: Superstar
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Eraserhead
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico
Dick Tracy
Donnie Brasco
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Rumble Fish (mostly just for an amazing cast)
Sonny (only film Nicholas Cage ever directed but I quite enjoyed it)

I'll go through my VHS collection and see what's around.

Originally Posted by neoh

sexy beast
what dreams may come
once upon a time in america
kids
commitments
detroit rock city
four rooms
memphis belle
raging bull
private parts
sideways

Man, we really should have watched movies when I lived there. I had no idea you were into movies like that. Except I hated Sexy Beast.

Originally Posted by mojo

I have been making a "to watch" list all semester.
here is what i will be watching this summer, maybe some would interest you too:
Cirandiru
Rabbit proof fence
Jesus camp
A scanner darkly
Goodbye Lenin
Amelie
2046
Fast Food Nation

Get on that Cirandiru! You'll most definitely love it. Rabbit Proof Fence is amazing; I learned so much about filming in open outdoor spaces from that film. Amelie... man Mojo... you have very similar taste in film to mine.

[stabmyhead]

Mr. Tiedye, you have some good taste in movies. The list I provided was basically a copy and paste of some of my favorite movies so I'll provide a bit more detail...

ACTION/GORE/HORROR STUFF
If you like Takashi Miike's stuff, check out "The Three" and "The Three: Extremes" or "Azumi". Personally, "Audition" is one of my favs from Takashi Miike's. Russian horror "Night Watch" or Thai horror, "Shutter"


CHEESY OVER THE TOP ACTION
"Casshern", "Volcano High", "Ong Bak" or "The Returner." "Versus" is great as it has everything I love in movies: killing zombies, the yakuza - and combined them to form.... YAKUZA KILLING ZOMBIES!

GANG/TRIAD/YAKUZA
For those that enjoyed "The Departed", check out the original, "Infernal Affairs." Other great ones include: "Metade Fumaca (Half Smoked Cigarette)", "Jiang Hu", "Young and Dangerous", "City of God", "Layer Cake"

ROMANCE STUFF THAT WILL NOT MAKE YOU VOMIT
For those that enjoyed "The Lake House", check out the original, "Il Mare" - which stars the girl from "My Sassy Girl." Other mentionables: "Love Me If You Dare", "3-Iron" For those that enjoyed "2046", check out "In The Mood For Love" and "Days of Being Wild" which follow a bit of an informal trilogy.

COMEDY
"Men Suddenly in Black", "King of Comedy", "God of Cookery" - anything by Stephen Chow is pretty much over the top weird HK comedy.

OTHER MENTIONS:
"Sisili 2km" (Too weird to describe), "Chumbscrubber" (Think Donnie Darko meets American Beauty), "United States of Leland", "Brick" (my favorite movie, great film noire style), "Radio Flyer", "Raise The Red Lantern"


Procrastinating work!