Allee Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels was brilliant, although my Canadian other half had some trouble deciphering the Queens' English.... Jeremiah, I have Princess Bride at home to watch this weekend. What is it about guys and this movie? They all love it! And I'm with you on the South Park movie too (Kyle's mum's a b***h ...) D-Sub, I'm impressed that you've seen Once Were Warriors. Have you seen Whale Rider? I don't see a lot of movies, but we rented "Eurotrip" from a nearly empty video store a while ago, and it was the funniest thing I've seen in years. Especailly with the ending scenes in the Vatican ... (The Pope is dead!) And one of my all time faves, and how Peter Jackson got his start ... "Bad Taste". The demise of the sheep is some of the best cinema ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgang Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Just thought of another really good movie Pool Hall Junkies and if you want a good laught i beleive the name of the movie is Shredder "Death to Snowboarders" K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Originally posted by Allee D-Sub, I'm impressed that you've seen Once Were Warriors. Have you seen Whale Rider? Haven't seen Once Were Warriors, but I loved Whale Rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Originally posted by Neil Gendzwill Haven't seen Once Were Warriors, but I loved Whale Rider. Once were Warriors was good-in fact, I couldn't help thinking of the movie when I watched Star Wars 2, as Boba Fett's daddy was the boozin' dad in Once were Warriors.... You can occasionally catch it on IFC... As for great summer flicks, I again vote for Bull Durham. Raising Arizona is great, too... As for Kevin Smith, his wife was in Jay and Silent Bob-so that movie is probably his favorite of all his movies;) Anything by Tarentino-I realized that he and I had similar movie experiences growing up-Chop-socky, blaxploitation, spagetti westerns... I even recognized the theme to Emergency-the old TV show of the early 70's-in Kill Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmartshopper Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Bottle Rocket is great - stars Owen and Luke Wilson prior to much fame. Follows that goofball genre, like Napolean dynamite. Royal tannenbaums is pretty good too. Recently saw Sean of the Dead, and it was funny. Spoof on the zombies in Dawn of the dead (duh). Gotta second someone's recommends for: Station agent Y Tu Mama Tambien Harold and Maude ________ Impreza Wrx Sti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmartshopper Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 How could one forget the Big Lebowski... ________ WendyXXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayj Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 for those who like y tu mama bien, I recommend "amor es perros" (sp?) and "motorcycle diaries". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-CanCarve Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle - saw it last night - great for a laugh Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas - absolute cult classic Dogtown and Z-Boys - even if you never skateboarder - amazing (even my wife liked it) In the Name of the Father - fantastic and shows you how screwed up the legal and political system are Citizen Kane - if you have not seen it - you must. Just my 2 cents Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Chris Guest's brilliant "mockumentaries" This is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman Best in Show A Mighty Wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tb Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 You HAVE to see an evening with kevin smith. Absolute riot. I think I have it on DVD if anyone who is a kevin smith fan wants to borrow it. also . . . Supersize Me is an excellent watch. -Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCrider Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 anybody seen The Lathe of Heaven? Its been years since I saw it(many years, winter of '81 on a ski trip to Aspen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Bruce Campell as Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK its rediculous but great and worth seeing Any Kubrick movie is worth seeing 2001 and Barry Lyndon were visually two of the best movies ever made if you want to step into geekdom rent THX 1138 the first George Lucas film, there were allot of weird sound effects including the light saber sound and was a interesting 70s sci fi flick Trainspotting is a good movie about the junkie life in 80s era UK Someone mentioned going to see Sin City, I do too in particular if you have seen any of the comics it was adapted very well. Pi the first Aronofsky film its about a guy trying to find a patern in the stock market he is going insane, everyone wants what he knows including some crazy jews with guns and he has migraine headaches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Originally posted by jayj for those who like y tu mama bien, I recommend "amor es perros" (sp?) and "motorcycle diaries". Amores Perros was good, yes. Motorcycle Diaries left me disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowjonny Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 A Idahoen weighs in with Animal House--We are a little conservative up here especially moving here from Santa Cruz. I like the "extreme" lifestyles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reweston Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 I'm drawn to the more cult-like stuff.... Down By Law Dead Man Cannibal the Musical Repo Man Blue Velvet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Being a corporate engineer type employee watching many office politics, antics, empire builders, incompetent employees, bureaucracy and a** hole type presidents I have to favor the movie “Office Space” as one of my favorites. It is a Great movie about life in the corporate world. Very funny especially the second time around. “Yea! I’m going go ahead and have to ask you to watch it”! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWriverstone Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Originally posted by ARCrider anybody seen The Lathe of Heaven? Its been years since I saw it(many years, winter of '81 on a ski trip to Aspen) Yes! This move was pretty intense! I also saw it years ago, and it's stuck in my mind ever since. It's based on the book by Ursula K. LeGuin...don't know if it's available on NetFlix or anywhere else? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWriverstone Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Okay...here is the master BOL MOVIE LIST so far. I spent 10 minutes and consolidated all recommendations (alphabetized!)into a single list. The "A" list are movies which received multiple recommendations (2 or more). (Note---some movies had "The" removed from titles for alphabetization.) Now get the heck away from the TV and read a book! :) Scott THE "A" LIST Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) Harold and Kumar go to White Castle Harold and Maude Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Napolean Dynamite Once Were Warriors Princess Bride Sideways Sin City Snatch! South Park-Bigger, Longer, & Uncut Station Agent Usual Suspects Whale Rider Y Tu Mama Tambien THE "B" LIST 2001 A Brief History of Time A Mighty Wind American Pie American Splendor Amores Perros Anchorman Animal House Bad Taste Best in Show Big Bad Love Big Lebowski Blue Velvet Boondock Saints Bottle Rocket Bound Bull Durham Cannibal the Musical Chasing Amy Chopper Citizen Kane Clerks Dave Dead Man Dodgeball Dogma Dogtown and Z-Boys Down By Law Equilibrium Eurotrip Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas Fever Pitch Finding Neverland Fog of War Garden State Glengarry, Glen Ross Goodfellas Happy Gilmore House of Games Hurly Burly In the Name of the Father Incredibles Jesus's Son Kill Bill Lathe of Heaven Lost in Translation Mallrats Motorcycle Diaries Mr. Death Office Space Out of Sight Over the Edge Pi Pool Hall Junkies Raising Arizona Ray Repo Man Royal Tannenbaums Saw Sean of the Dead Shawshank Redemption Supersize Me Swimming With Sharks Thin Blue Line This is Spinal Tap THX 1138 Trainspotting Usual Suspects Waiting for Guffman What's Up Doc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 I saw Lathe in about 1981 too, when I was about nine. I don't remember it well, but I remember thinking it was really cool. Ditto for the book, which I read shortly after. But anyhow: Tank Girl 5th Element Road Warrior & Mad Max (not Thunderdome) Strange Days Robocop (just the first one) Aliens (just the second one) Matrix (just the first one) Tron ...and the not sci-fi: Winged Migration (breathtaking) Bound Manchurian Candidate (both versions) Memento (best movie ever) Neverending Story Close Encounters Hellraiser (only the first one) Dark Crystal Seventh Sign Princess Bride any Monty Python most Jackie Chan What Days May Come (and any Robin Williams except Get Smoochy, which sucked) And the Hal Hartley flicks about the girl and the monster, and about the second coming. Can't remember the titles of either of them, but both were great. Napoleon Dynamite did nothing for me though. My girlfriend loved it, rented it again for my sake, and I want those 90 minutes of my life back. Now I get to make her watch Poltergeist, which I've been trying to get her to see for a long time. I hear there's an Ender's Game in the works. That could be awesome, or terribly disappointing. It's one of my favorite books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 "about the girl and the monster" if we're talkin about the same flick...that was good! the one in which the monster lived on an island and was coaxed into celebrity? really good movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 That's the one. You can't remember the title either, eh? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted April 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Haven't seen Used Cars, but that reminds me of another great indy flick - <b>Suckers</b>, about car salesmen. Starring Daniel Denzali - that bald-headed dude that played a detective on tv 10 years ago or so. May be hard to find but well worth it. Rated R for language and brief violence. I wouldn't be surprised if Used Cars was the Big Hollywood rip-off of Suckers. <b>Nate</b> - I want you to think hard before you subject your s.o. to Poltergeist!! I don't know how I would handle seeing that movie for the first time now, but I saw it when I was like 10 and I didn't sleep for weeks!! Effed me up big time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Tuthill Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Don't know about that Jack, but This has been a cult flim for a long time. Get it, you will laugh your butt off!! Oh, watch it a few times to get all the dialoge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Poltergiest ruined my childhood too. Great movie! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 I like a lot of those on the "B" list, too. Consider the following recommendations strongly seconded by me (I left out the ones I would only mildly recommend, but there were no movies on the list that I've seen and disliked): Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Princess Bride Snatch! South Park-Bigger, Longer, & Uncut Usual Suspects Whale Rider A Mighty Wind Animal House Best in Show Big Lebowski Blue Velvet Bound Bull Durham Chasing Amy Clerks Dogtown and Z-Boys Garden State Incredibles Lost in Translation Office Space Out of Sight Raising Arizona Repo Man Sean of the Dead This is Spinal Tap Usual Suspects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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