Movie Recomendations

[little Mick]

hmm, fair enough. could be weirder, Eraserhead is pretty weird. as is the lost highway, that film just didn't make any sense to me. i understood everything that happened, just didn't see the point. bit like donnie darko, understood everything that happened and then thought, "so what?"

maybe i just don't get involved enough with the characters?

ooh, i quite liked Freeway as well - although that was a few years ago i saw it now.

Like all good art.....it's about emotions, and getting a reaction....why does art have to make sense. Lynch Really speaks to me as an artist....I take away a lots from his movies.....and Lost Highway is one of my all time faves......Give them another look, this time accpet what you see, and forget about the conventions, and linear form of cinema..

[flaninacupboard]

but............

I just really didn't get it!

Fine, two guys swapped bodies or lives for some completely unknown reason and some small grey guy liked ******* them about. and marilyn manson is a porn star. i just couldn't draw any point from the film - for me a film starts as an idea and then you try and portray that idea on screen. a film like A.I. speaks to me in this way - to me the film was saying we shouldn't create machines that are so alike to humans incase they end up possesing a soul - and i leave with a firm idea of what the writer/director was trying to say. again, something like natural born killers, behind all the violence and gore there's a very strong and disturbing message about the american media - and society in general. it just seemned to me that the creative process for donnie darko and lost highway instead of going "what if XXXX? how can i show that on screen?" it went "i want to show this and this and this. it'll be cool."

I suppose it's just a different method of creativity, but doesn't make the flow as coherent for me.

[phonomas]

Alright, here are mine:

-funny | how to get ahead in advertising (weeping copious tears i laughed so hard)

-si-fi/drama | solaris (not a huge george clooney fan - but this one reminded me of 2001. i was surprised that it was produced by james cameron but there were no explosions!)

-psycho-drama | the ninth configuration (haven't seen it since the college days but this one threw me for a loop!!)

[flaninacupboard]

solaris was dull. very dull. the music was good, but the story didn't bring anyhting to the genre and didn't inspire me one bit. unlike 2001 which had a very big impact - i can however see where you draw comparisons - long drawn out periods where NOTHING happens

[Abbadon]

Watch out of the "Ninth Gate". Anyone trying to pass it will be doomed.

I saw this movie some time ago and I must say it was scary.

[housepig]

The Wicker Man - Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland - an uptight Christian police detective gets summoned to an island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He arrives to find that the island's residents are pagans, and that the girl's disappearance may be related to the upcoming May Day festivities on the island. Very underrated, creepy thriller.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death - Jessica just got out of a sanitarium, and she, her husband and a close friend are all moving to a little town where some really sketchy stuff is going on... or is it all in Jessica's mind?

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane - a pre-teen Jodie Foster has to avoid Martin Sheen, who is taking an unhealthy interest in very young girls. But where is Jodie's father, and what has happened to everybody who snoops around their house?

[realmexican]

mmmmm... too many good movies, too few space.... too little science fiction

My alltime favorite is Bladerunner, both versions, if you do not like scifi it may be ok, the good thing about it is the history, not the effects.

Ben Hur (2nd Version), Casablanca, A man and a woman, The Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List, Parenthood (The version with Steve Martin), The Seven Samurai, The Funeral (The Japanese Movie, none of the others), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Romeo and Juliette (The last version 1995 I think), Gattaca, Amadeus, The Pink Panther, Alexander Nevsky

In third place the really funny ones or too weird, Lock Stock and two smocking barrels, snatch, Bowfinger, ET, Close Encounters of the third kind, all Jackie Chan's, most of Peter Seller's

I may include all the mexican ones I like , but I know not everybody will like those, since most of them are 1935-1960 and by Artist's and director's not very well know in the states.

[geek rock]

a couple of recommendations:

matchstick men - criminally overlooked in this year's oscars.

sneakers - yes, it's old and the technology looks outdated now, but it's a fun suspense film.

anybody else a fan of these two?

-Mark

[housepig]

haven't seen Matchstick Men yet, but Sneakers is an old favorite.

"Cattle mutilations are up."
"Shut up, Mother!"

[Craig Tucker]

Runaway Jury, one of my favourites this year.

[little Mick]

City of God....is a another great movie.....Has been described as a Brazillian goodfellas.........it's that and more...check it out....

[glockjs]

snatch
lock stock two barrels and a smoking gun
dog soldiers
heat guy j(anime series)

[fritzi93]

How about a few older movies:

1) The Quiet Man
2) On the Beach
3) The Warlord
4) Snows of Kilimanjaro

[chiapet]

.....Has been described as a Brazillian ....

Which reminds me,

Brazil

IMO a classic that most people don't know about but left an impression on me.

[Rookie64]

3) The Warlord

That was one I had in my rental queue, but Netflix decided to pull it from their inventory list (along with a few others).

It's a bit pricey to buy...and none of the other online rental outlets carry it.

[fritzi93]

3) The Warlord

That was one I had in my rental queue, but Netflix decided to pull it from their inventory list (along with a few others).

It's a bit pricey to buy...and none of the other online rental outlets carry it.

Wow, someone else likes that one! It is singular for its realism, and for an early sixties movie, hard to believe. Love Guy Stockwell's performance as Draco. Yeah it's a bit pricy.

[little Mick]

.....Has been described as a Brazillian ....

Which reminds me,

Brazil

IMO a classic that most people don't know about but left an impression on me.

Which reminds me.......12 Monkeys...another great film by terry Gilliam......and yes I second that Brazil IS a great film