Amazing movies you'd like to recommend to everyone here

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:29 pm

La Jetée

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nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:29 pm

madhattared wrote:Waking Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saxX-Z6w ... re=related

a girl i used to skate with does a segment on that. you can hear her on the commentary. her brother, bob, wrote the program they used to draw over the video. and her other brother was the one who got me into dj'ing. seriously creative people in that family.

jgerry · Post by **jgerry** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Human Traffic (2000)
best and most realistic party people movie ever. If you're a clubber, you'll like this. If you're not, you won't.

The Boondock Saints (1999)
I somehow missed this until recently. Fantastic, violent, vicious, yet incredibly polished film. Might take over from Reservoir Dogs as my new favorite violent film.

booster69 · Post by **booster69** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:07 pm

If you can deal with a subtitled film:-

El Orfanato.

Best horror/chiller flick I've seen for a while.

XPM · Post by **XPM** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:38 pm

Infernal affairs trilogy - The Departed is as good as a shot for shot remake of the first one (and won an oscar for best director? - I mean, scorcese deserved one, but wtf?)

A tale of two sisters - Dont get scared by films, but this one is really something

Withnail and I - Cult classic, brilliant dialogue, amazing characterisations

Primer - an excellent first film, intelligent and well written, great considering the low budget

Children of Men - Some of the best war sequences since private Ryan

The Machinist - Excellent story, Christian Bale at his best

Pan's Labyrinth - Truly beautiful film, sublime storytelling, don't expect too much fantasy, but appreciate the depth of emotion

Finding Neverland - One of Johnny Depps finest and most understated performances, a stunning bridge between reality and fantasy

lola · Post by **lola** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:11 pm

I just saw The Mist (stephen king)
Most of the time i am not that keen on remakes of king movies , but anyway.,.,
This one hit me in the stomach..
In the beginning i thought again a cheap movie... but then...

Well see for yourself.

TITBAG · Post by **TITBAG** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:01 am

happiness

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:04 am

Far out. I have only seen 1 of the movies listed so far = Blade Runner. I must be quite sheltered

Makes me very hesitant to make a suggestion because...well... I don't get out much. My favorite all time movie is The Princes Bride

. Anyone seen The Magician?

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:08 am

smutek wrote:persepolis

just saw this tonight, and must say it was a very good film.
Sensible for Irans cultural and political history, without loosing humour and
the "bite". Great way of drawing btw.

recommendable

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:48 am

"pirates" starring jesse jane

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:09 am

"Touch The Sound"

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:35 am

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If you like horror movies, this one is amazing. I forgot how well it just keeps building tension.

The DVD directors commentary is worth listening to, I always thought it was infused with mass amounts of dark humor on purpose.

"Look what your brother did to the damn door!!!"

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:40 am

'respectable movie' wise, Sundays Children
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105511/

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:20 am

Machinesworking wrote:The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If you like horror movies, this one is amazing. I forgot how well it just keeps building tension.

The DVD directors commentary is worth listening to, I always thought it was infused with mass amounts of dark humor on purpose.

"Look what your brother did to the damn door!!!"

+ friggin 1 on that. Big horror fan here, and TCM is in my top 10 easily. The slow build tension when the hitchhiker gets into the fan and just starts to get wackier and wackier is incredible. it's easy to forget just how shocking this film was when it was first released. We take that kind of thing for granted now, but back then it was pretty controversial. The interesting thing is that, despite it's reputation, there's very little gore in the thing compared with modern films.

I'm also a big fan of part II. Chop Top is just the coolest. In many ways I prefer it to the first. There's an over-the-top aspect that perfectly suited the times. The little detail of Chop Top using that coat hanger to constantly pick at the broken skin around his skull plate, then eat the little skin bits as snacks. Genius.

Chop Top = "Music is my Liiiiife".

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oblique strategies · Post by **oblique strategies** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:29 am

Machinesworking wrote:The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If you like horror movies, this one is amazing. I forgot how well it just keeps building tension.

"Look what your brother did to the damn door!!!"

Damn good film.

One of a small handful of milestone films that include:
Psycho
Night of The Living Dead
The Exorcist
The Shining

Each one just BLASTED the parameters of the horror film, & opened new doors into terror.