OT - So what movie/DVD is a must see?

deckme(N)tal · Post by **deckme(N)tal** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:21 pm

Old Boy--->>good disturbing film.
Vidocq - a film with Gerard Depardieu with a cool gothic atmosphere and mad underrated..i discovered it by case...(excellent photography!)

njh · Post by **njh** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:26 pm

timothyallan wrote:Anchorman. It's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

njh · Post by **njh** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:31 pm

Patch wrote:Following on from my previous post, lets lower the tone a little:

Ghostbusters
The Goonies
From Dusk til Dawn
Breakdance
Wildstyle

i love the goonies!

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:44 pm

quandry wrote:David Lynch is a great director, the flicks are dark and different than the average hollywood crap, check out:

Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Elephant Man

as far as David Lynch goes, I often find them 'trying to be different' , but I think Straight Story is a fantastic movie. Certainly not a hollywood blockbuster, but not directed at a chin stroking Media studies crowd either.

one friend of mine said that he would bring Lost highway around to watch, but before it started he wanted to present a prepared hour long talk about its meaning and structure. give me break!

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:52 pm

Angstrom wrote:
quandry wrote:David Lynch is a great director, the flicks are dark and different than the average hollywood crap, check out:

Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Elephant Man
as far as David Lynch goes, I often find them 'trying to be different' , but I think Straight Story is a fantastic movie. Certainly not a hollywood blockbuster, but not directed at a chin stroking Media studies crowd either.

one friend of mine said that he would bring Lost highway around to watch, but before it started he wanted to present a prepared hour long talk about its meaning and structure. give me break!

word, I hear ya. I guess for me, I got so intrigued and bewildered by Mullholland drive and Lost Highway and their non-linear storytelling structure that I did all sorts of net researched and was amazed at some of the things written about these movies by scholarly people referencing all sorts of physchology, philosophy, art, etc. Rarely, if ever, does a movie intrigue me enough to go searching for more meaning online.

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:41 pm

Big Fish - anything tim burton really

Ezzie Iddard is hilarious!

Bill Baily - part troll is too

I also got extras - the new ricky gervais (the office) comedy - I actually think it's better than the office

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:44 pm

quandry wrote:
Angstrom wrote:
quandry wrote:David Lynch is a great director, the flicks are dark and different than the average hollywood crap, check out:

Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Elephant Man
as far as David Lynch goes, I often find them 'trying to be different' , but I think Straight Story is a fantastic movie. Certainly not a hollywood blockbuster, but not directed at a chin stroking Media studies crowd either.

one friend of mine said that he would bring Lost highway around to watch, but before it started he wanted to present a prepared hour long talk about its meaning and structure. give me break!
word, I hear ya. I guess for me, I got so intrigued and bewildered by Mullholland drive and Lost Highway and their non-linear storytelling structure that I did all sorts of net researched and was amazed at some of the things written about these movies by scholarly people referencing all sorts of physchology, philosophy, art, etc. Rarely, if ever, does a movie intrigue me enough to go searching for more meaning online.

oh yeah David Lynch is a weird guy - my old housemate years ago bought the complete twin peaks and we watched the whole lot - and it was actually MORE confusing watching it all together

Eraserhead would make the less emotionally stable go on a small animal killing rampage - that movie was intentionally horrible - like one whole feature length fingernails down a blackboard show

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:52 pm

Angstrom wrote:
quandry wrote:David Lynch is a great director, the flicks are dark and different than the average hollywood crap, check out:

Mulholland Drive
Lost Highway
Elephant Man
as far as David Lynch goes, I often find them 'trying to be different' , but I think Straight Story is a fantastic movie. Certainly not a hollywood blockbuster, but not directed at a chin stroking Media studies crowd either.

one friend of mine said that he would bring Lost highway around to watch, but before it started he wanted to present a prepared hour long talk about its meaning and structure. give me break!

I had that with Lost highway as well.. gave up on it. Straight Story was *really* amazing to watch, and Mulholland Drive didn't work for my wife, but definitely for me - takes me back to the spooky weird later episodes of Twin Peaks (the good ones, imo)

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:02 pm

Magnolia and Boogie Nights (PT Anderson is God)
Brazil
Donnie Darko

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:06 pm

A few of my faves:

The Million Dollar Hotel http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/
The Fisher King http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/
The Hudsucker Proxy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110074/
Felidae (Cartoon, can be hard to find, it's awesome) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109791/
Once Were Warriors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110729/
Gattaca http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
Leaving Las Vegas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113627/

quandry · Post by **quandry** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:10 pm

forge wrote: oh yeah David Lynch is a weird guy - my old housemate years ago bought the complete twin peaks and we watched the whole lot - and it was actually MORE confusing watching it all together

Eraserhead would make the less emotionally stable go on a small animal killing rampage - that movie was intentionally horrible - like one whole feature length fingernails down a blackboard show

yeah, Eraserhead totally freaked out my wife. I think that Lynch is a master of using sound as a means of suspense/terror--the score to eraserhead is totally unsettling but not in an in-your-face way. I think it is pretty cool that a film without any serious blood and guts, swearing, or "r-rated" content can be so unsettling and.

+1 on the donnie darko--that movie is really intruiging.

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:19 pm

Anything with Letha Weapons, Holly Body, Christy Canyon, Kaitlyn Ashley, Raylene, Nikki Dial or PJ Sparxx

It's all gone Pete Tong aint bad either

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:27 pm

djadonis206 wrote: It's all gone Pete Tong aint bad either

yeah, cant believe I forgot that one

anyone at all involved in Dance music needs to watch that film

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:33 pm

djadonis206 wrote:Anything with Letha Weapons, Holly Body, Christy Canyon, Kaitlyn Ashley, Raylene, Nikki Dial or PJ Sparxx

It's all gone Pete Tong aint bad either

Letha Weapons

Holly Body (I think she's escorting down in Vegas and LA FYI)

Christy Canyon

Kaitlyn Ashley

Nikki Dial

PJ Sparxx

www.wikipedia.org for the whole story

www.gamelink.com for a list of all their amazing movies

Letha's my favorite

my_volcanic · Post by **my_volcanic** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:06 pm

for fans of unnerving/disturbing i would recommend a german film called funny games. ive watched it twice and it doesnt get any funnier the second time round.