Official GSUS Best/Favorite Movie Thread!

[sirgonzo420]

Maybe I'm just prejudiced, but I tend to value the thoughts and opinions of GIM/GSUSers over those of other random people.

So, what movies do you all consider to be the best movies ever made (and/or, your favorites)?

[mamboni]

Hard Times (1984) Charles Bronson, Strother Martin, James Coburn

[chad]

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

[iOWNme]

2001 Space Odyssey

The Network

1984

Animal Farm

The Matrix

American Beauty

The Apollo 11 missions





Just a few....

[SLV^GLD]

The Shining

Four Rooms

The Princess Bride

Really not a fair question but there you go...

Most recently:
The Fountain

The Science of Sleep

[Gaillo]

I posted this on GIM, here's the resurrected "Zombie Version" of my Top-10 movie list:

...the only criterion is that the movies you pick have to have meaning to YOU... and have left a lasting impact on your world view or the way you view films. If you'd like, please also give a brief (or long, if you'd like!) explanation as to why you chose the movies you did. Here is my Top-10 movie list:

* The Lives of Others (Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
* Blade Runner (Director: Ridley Scott)
* The Princess and the Warrior (Director: Tom Tykwer)
* Queen Margot (Director: Patrice Chéreau)
* HEAT (Director: Michael Mann)
* Fallen Angels (Director: Kar Wai Wong)
* Barry Lyndon (Director: Stanley Kubrick)
* The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Director: Philip Kaufman)
* Layer Cake (Director: Matthew Vaughn)
* Das Boot (Director: Wolfgang Petersen)
* Ran (Director: Akira Kurosawa)

OK... I know. I couldn't keep it at 10 or less!!! It was impossible... but I did manage to prune it down to 11, so not doing too bad here!

Here are the reasons I chose each film... hope this doesn't turn into a novel!

The Lives of Others: The human condition meets the East German secret police. Hilarity ensues. Actually, not much hilarity - just a down and dirty peeling open of the human condition, including examinations of things such as love, betrayal, state vs. individual, censorship, and compassion. This movie impressed me so much that I started another entire thread on GIM... and everyone who has taken my recommendation to watch this film so far has come back to me and thanked me for recommending it. This is a film that MUST be seen to be believed - it's german with English subtitles, but WELL worth watching.

Barry Lyndon: Not much of a film with respect to plot, it's basically a simple story of a man who is struggling to increase his social status and position in 19th century Europe. However, visually this film is SOMETHING AWESOME. This is the first film I ever saw that made me realize that cinema could be a legitimate ART FORM, every frame of this film is like a beautifully painted canvas. Stunning.

Blade Runner: If I thought Barry Lyndon took filmmaking to an art, I hadn't seen ANYTHING yet. Blade Runner completely blew me away... in every way that I COULD be blown away. This is still, to this day, the most incredibly visually stunning and mind blowing film I've ever seen. As an added bonus, unlike Barry Lyndon, Blade Runner has a complex plot and underlying message that is well worth unraveling as you watch the cold gritty beauty/ugliness of its futuristic panorama. How human is human? What does it mean to be human? What is the nature of memory? What are the moral questions involved with genetic engineering? What does it mean to be a slave? These are just some of the philosophical topics touched upon by my favorite film I've seen so far.

Fallen Angels: Pure eye candy. Wong Kar Wai (Director of Fallen Angels) is undoubtably the Asian equivalent of Ridley Scott (Director of Blade Runner), and in some ways actually surpasses Ridley's visual artistry. This film is the story of an assassin and his female partner who are doing "business" in China. In Chinese with English subtitles - but dialog is fairly minimal during most of the film, so it's not a hard film to watch if you don't like reading subtitles.

Layer Cake: A drug crime film set in Holland and England. Not really that great of a plot, acting showcase, or story - but something else. This film has STYLE - to spare. The "feel" of this movie is very odd... almost like a fast paced crime novel comic book come to life, but with subdued grace instead of outright flash and "in your face".

HEAT: A crime film set in Los Angeles. Visually compelling, and the story is excellent. It also contains one of the best heists, and possibly the greatest cops/robbers shootout scenes in cinematic history.

Queen Margot: A little known french film about a decent-hearted woman who's destined for the throne, in a cruel-hearted world that all TOO real. This film, above every other film I've ever seen, shows you OUTRIGHT the evils of hereditary monarchy, and the religious social order it thrives in. Catholics massacreing Protestants, and vice-versa. Now THAT's entertainment!

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: The story of a group of people behind (and in front of) the iron curtain during the cold war. Almost unbearably heartbreaking - an excellent account of how communism crushes the life and hope out of people.

Ran: Japan's greatest film maker does his interpretation of Shakespear's King Lear. Tragic doesn't even BEGIN to describe this film... it's tragic to the 56th power! Sweeping, epic, glorious, and just plain amazing. See it! Japanese with English Subtitles.

Das Boot: Quite simply the greatest war movie ever filmed, in my opinion. The story of WWII german submarines and the men who lived and died in them... from the German perspective. German, with English subtitles.

The Princess and the Warrior: One of those rare movies that actually gives you and uplifting, and positive outlook on humanity instead of the typical cynicism or syrupy schmarmy Hollywood "feel good" crap. German with English subtitles.

[1970 silver art]

Some of my favorite movies:

Gone in 60 Seconds (Nicolas Cage)

X-Men

Weapon X (Wolverine)

Spider-Man

Transformers

Stroker Ace

[JDRock]

Legends of the fall

they live

[ximmy]

of those mentioned so far...
American Beauty... Lester Burnham ;D
The Princess Bride... Inigo Montoya ;D

[Shorty Harris]

Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
Any western with Clint Eastwood
2001 Space Odyssey
Fahrenheit 451
Soylent Green
Full Metal Jacket
North By Northwest
Anything with Bogart
The Great Escape
And Last but not least...Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[Grand Master Melon]

AIRPLANE

OWNS ALL MOVIES

[Book]

http://www.celluloid-dreams.de/content/images/kritiken-filmbilder/kung-fu-hustle/kung-fu-hustle-3.jpg

Kung Fu Hustle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle)

By far the most hilarious movie I ever watched. I think I cracked a rib laughing...I'm buying the DVD.

:D

[mamboni]

AIRPLANE

OWNS ALL MOVIES



Shirley you're not serious!

[horseshoe3]

Cool hand Luke

Mr. Smith goes to Washington - would have been a lot better without all the Lincoln worship, but still a good movie.

Rio Bravo

It's a Wonderful Life

[jaybone]

The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Gran Torino
Dark Knight
The Abyss
Kingpin
Super-high-me w/Doug Benson
Three Amigos
Gigli

[I am me, I am free]

The Sound of Music

[Phoenix]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9005367754264973286#

[Phoenix]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)

[Phoenix]

AIRPLANE

OWNS ALL MOVIES



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMBEwtRZOg

[gunDriller]

nobody mentioned Mission Impossible 1, 2, or 3 ?

[chad]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?

[oldmansmith]

Vertigo
Rear Window
Wizard of Oz ( I like it even more now that I know it's about GOLD!)
2001 a Space Oddessey
The Gods Must be Crazy
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings

Edit: Agree Gaillo, Das Boot is probably the best war movie ever. I'll never set foot in a submarine.

[iOWNme]

Looks like i need to see 'They Live'....Thanks guys!

[MetalsMan]

Shooter (Awesome Movie!)
The Matrix
Blackhawk Down
Red Dawn!!!

;D

[BabushkaLady]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Favorite cameo: The Three Stooges as firefighters!

[General of Darkness]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wYPb-L1BBRs/SVXn5W1aqSI/AAAAAAAAASI/dHqKSktYI2Q/s400/Red_Dawn_26862.jpg

[kregener]

http://www.celluloid-dreams.de/content/images/kritiken-filmbilder/kung-fu-hustle/kung-fu-hustle-3.jpg

Kung Fu Hustle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle)

By far the most hilarious movie I ever watched. I think I cracked a rib laughing...I'm buying the DVD.

:D




I agree. One of the best CHINESE movies EVER made. Period.

Shane
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge On The River Kwai
LA Confidential

[Ponce]

"This Earth Of Mine" Chinese motive made in the US.........and of course......"The Seven Samurais".

[Phoenix]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?


Don't act stupid.

[kregener]

The Sound Of Music is a CLASSIC.

So is Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

[Horn]

Papillon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F62B6BX0xs

[ximmy]

of those mentioned so far...
American Beauty... Lester Burnham ;D
The Princess Bride... Inigo Montoya ;D
Fast Times... Ridgemont High... Spicoli ;D
Shawshank Redemption... Andy Dufresne ;D
Wizard of Oz... The Scarecrow... ;D
LA Confidential... Bud White... ;D
Sound of Music... Captain von Trapp ;D

[Plastic]

Personal favorites.

Robin Hood (1928/9)
Captain Blood (1935)
2001 A space oddyssey
2010 the year we make contact (prophetic?)
Casino
Godfather I II III

[Phoenix]

The Sound Of Music is a CLASSIC.


Classic WHAT? Propaganda? So-called "anti-Nazi" propaganda spewed out by Jews. It's sickening that people who should know better act like it's some "masterpiece." The Sound of Music was merely slander against our last, best hope of saving Western Civilization.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers (name-changer)

"Born into a prosperous Jewish family in Arverne, Queens, New York City, Rodgers was the son of Mamie Levy and of Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II

"Hammerstein was born Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein in New York City, the son of Helen (née Nimmo) and William Hammerstein.[1] His grandfather was German-born Jewish theater impresario Oscar Hammerstein I"


Maria von Trapp, upon whose "memoirs" Rodgers, Hammerstein, and collaborators ("author" name-changer "Howard Lindsey," really the Jew Herman Nelke, and Shabbos Goy [?] Russel Crouse) based their hit-piece, was an ardent anti-Reich member of the leisure class in the ancient part of Germany called "Austria." She and her sugar-daddy lost their fortune & privileges, in part, because the decades-old (i.e., long before Hitler was in Berlin) dream of the common folk in Austria had finally succeeded despite vicious "Allied" opposition - union (Anschluß) with the main part of Germany.


"Historical accuracy

"The musical presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was in fact anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Georg had actually considered a position in the Kriegsmarine, but ultimately decided to emigrate. The children's names are different, at least part of the reason being that a daughter from von Trapp's first marriage was also called Maria. Also, the real-life Maria's maiden name was Kutschera, not Rainer.

"While the von Trapp family hikes over the Alps to Switzerland, in reality they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States. Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border, and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains, they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany, near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music#Historical_accuracy

[gunDriller]

My Stepmother is An Alien.

It sucked but I laughed at the fart jokes. Small price to pay for happiness. ;D

[Book]

http://www.celluloid-dreams.de/content/images/kritiken-filmbilder/kung-fu-hustle/kung-fu-hustle-3.jpg

Kung Fu Hustle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle)

By far the most hilarious movie I ever watched. I think I cracked a rib laughing...I'm buying the DVD.

:D




I agree. One of the best CHINESE movies EVER made. Period.



http://www.cctv.com/english/special/Chinesekungfu/20090119/images/1232356661827_1232356661827_r.jpg

I ordered (http://www.amazon.com/Kung-Hustle-Axe-Kickin-Stephen-Chow/dp/B000QGEB12/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1279759105&sr=1-1) the Kung Fu Hustle (Axe-Kickin' Edition) (2005) which has all the over-the-top stuff that was edited out for the prissy USA release edition...lol.

:)

[Shorty Harris]

Oooooh, Speaking of fart jokes. I cant believe that "Blazing saddles" hasn't been mentioned yet.

Wait, I just did 8)

[Tinman]

Michael Collins
Gods and Generals
Master and Commander
300 Spartans
Red Dawn
Second hand Lions
The Pirate Movie
Brain Donors

[zap]

Don't forget; Tombstone and Forrest Gump :)

300 Spartans was good !

[willie pete]

I'm a Film Noir Fan ;D Anything in that Genre' Too many to name, but a few are:
Lady in the lake
Best years of our lives
All of Hitchcock's work



Also:

Harold and Maude
The Deer Hunter
Plan 9 From Outer Space :D
Apocalypse Now
Logan's Run
1984
American Graffiti

[Buddha]

http://www.celluloid-dreams.de/content/images/kritiken-filmbilder/kung-fu-hustle/kung-fu-hustle-3.jpg

Kung Fu Hustle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle)

By far the most hilarious movie I ever watched. I think I cracked a rib laughing...I'm buying the DVD.

:D




King Fu Hustle came out after Shaolin Soccer, which I think is one of the funniest movies ever made. Shaolin Soccer has a lot of the same people and is the same kind of comedy. It's freaking hysterical.

[Liquid]

~A River Runs Through It
~Boondock Saints
~Captain Ron
~Heat

[chad]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?


Don't act stupid.


f*cking CLASSY.

[bootstrap]

The Big Lebowski
Glengarry Glen Ross
Chasing Amy
Bullit
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

[Phoenix]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?


Don't act stupid.


f*cking CLASSY.


If you don't know it's an "ANTI-NAZI" movie, then you must have never seen it. Or are you not being honest?

[Phoenix]

"Attack warning RED! Attack warning RED!"

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488#

[Phoenix]

"America has always been at war with Terrorism."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5464625623984168940#

[Phoenix]

"Splash the Zeroes!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQxiezsJ7w

[chad]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?


Don't act stupid.


f*cking CLASSY.


If you don't know it's an "ANTI-NAZI" movie, then you must have never seen it. Or are you not being honest?


yes, i've seen it, but even you must admit, there's very little if any nazi stuff in it. if you compacted anything related to nazis in the film, it's maybe 6 or 7 minutes out of 3.5 hours. i'm willing to let it go as a musical.

[Phoenix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5jDfX4P0jY

[Phoenix]

The Sound of Music


I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

::)


what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?


Don't act stupid.


f*cking CLASSY.


If you don't know it's an "ANTI-NAZI" movie, then you must have never seen it. Or are you not being honest?


yes, i've seen it, but even you must admit, there's very little if any nazi stuff in it. if you compacted anything related to nazis in the film, it's maybe 6 or 7 minutes out of 3.5 hours. i'm willing to let it go as a musical.


Let's just agree to disagree on it. I don't want to pollute this thread any more with this discussion.

[Phoenix]

The greatest sci-fi flick of all time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfpSXI8_UpY

The Michael Rennie one, not the Keanu Reeves abomination.


The second greatest sci-fi flick of all time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9T9f3UbGuo

And again, the original, not the one with Tom Cruise. The atom bombing of the original is still one of the best portrayals relative to the cinematic technology of the time.


The best modern sci-fi film...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTi7KJPx_E

[StackerKen]

lots of good ones already mentioned

Any one remeber a 70's movie called "Vanishing point"?
Stuck with me for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4ymmXa8rs

another good old one is "Midnight Cowboy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoXQOmIcgo

I like Dustin Hoffman "Im Walkin Here!"

opps...is he jew? :-\


One more really good old one is "Taxi driver"

De Niro has tons of good ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLyTdcMLhc

[UncaScrooge]

I can't believe no one's yet mentioned one of the best all-time classics!!!...

Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htt40ANLwls

(In fact, watched it just last night! ;D )

[AndreaGail]

red dawn
they live
falling down
eastwood westerns
koyaanisqatsi

[Veni, vidi...evigilavi!]

[/quote]
King Fu Hustle came out after Shaolin Soccer, which I think is one of the funniest movies ever made. Shaolin Soccer has a lot of the same people and is the same kind of comedy. It's freaking hysterical.
[/quote]
YES!! Thank You Buddah, I was about to suggest Shaolin Soccer, Stephen Chow is a great comedic director!

Also, you guys that like e.asian films my enjoy these korean flicks Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood of War-2004) & OLDBOY(warning: crazy and very graphic-2003) <<two of my favs. Or... Yip Man (Donnie Yen-2007China)

There was supposed to be a U.S. version of OLDBOY that never made it>>>http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/15622/15622.jpg

Looks like all my other favorite movies have all been covered in this thread XD
With the exception of "Once Upon a Time in America."(Robert DeNiro-1984)

[Buddha]

King Fu Hustle came out after Shaolin Soccer, which I think is one of the funniest movies ever made. Shaolin Soccer has a lot of the same people and is the same kind of comedy. It's freaking hysterical.
[/quote]
YES!! Thank You Buddah, I was about to suggest Shaolin Soccer, Stephen Chow is a great comedic director!

Also, you guys that like e.asian films my enjoy these korean flicks Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood of War-2004) & OLDBOY(warning: crazy and very graphic-2003) <<two of my favs. Or... Yip Man (Donnie Yen-2007China)

There was supposed to be a U.S. version of OLDBOY that never made it>>>http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/15622/15622.jpg

Looks like all my other favorite movies have all been covered in this thread XD
With the exception of "Once Upon a Time in America."(Robert DeNiro-1984)
[/quote]

I will look out for those! maybe a little Ong Bak 2 is in order?

[Grand Master Melon]

In the spirit of having more than 1 favorite movie I will add a few more that are great IMO but still don't trump Airplane. I bet I get crap for a couple of these but here goes:

The Usual Suspects ~ easilly the 2nd greatest movie behind Airplane
Beverl Hills Cop II ~ remember billy's arsenal?
Madagascar ~ my favorite kid's movie
Green Street Hooligans ~ watching that kid play a hooli cracks me up
Casino ~ who's who of gangsta movies classic
Blazing Saddles ~ close to Airplane but my love for Airplane trumps this movie
The Way Of The Gun ~ just a badass movie
Spaceballs ~ barf
American History X ~ i will get grief for this one for sure but I like the movie
Beavis & Butthead do America ~ "full body cavity searches for everyone!"
Waco 93 ~ just in case I need a reminder about how great the feds are
Naked Gun ~ all of them


Damn, I could go on forever.

[EE_]

http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/c/choseadeuxtetes1972film/image1.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/2zhjt46.jpg

[Liquid]

This is one film I can watch over and over, more of a surf-umentory, than a movie...but a must see for anyone who's appreciates our oceans, or just simply misses them from being land-locked.

~Step in Liquid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lRDIxq6Xg8&

[Argentium]

Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Blackhawk Down
2001
The Day After
The Bedford Incident
Twilight's Last Gleaming

[Shorty Harris]

lots of good ones already mentioned

Any one remeber a 70's movie called "Vanishing point"?
Stuck with me for some reason.


Good Call on the vanishing point!! You may remember a few more of the same genre..

White line fever
Two lane Blacktop
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

[sirgonzo420]

Thanks for all the input everybody! Keep it up!

Anyway, I was going to try to stay out of this thread so I can get your all's opinions, but I'm a bit surprised no one has mentioned this one:

http://www.impawards.com/1999/posters/eyes_wide_shut.jpg

Stanley Kubrick has gotta be in my top 10 favorite jews ever.

That man could DIRECT!

[SLV^GLD]

I have a penchant for "drug movies", here's just a few right off the top of my head (note, many are horror or drama and there are many more movies to list but these are what I would term "good movies" with strong drug themes):

Drugstore Cowboy

Human Traffic

24 Hour Party People / Party Monster

Super High Me

Requiem for a Dream

Where the Buffalo Roam

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Naked Lunch

Natural Born Killers

Thirteen

Half Baked

Homegrown

Spun

Permanent Midnight

Wonderland

The Basketball Diaries

Traffic

Trainspotting

Reefer Madness

Gummo

The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down

Maria Full of Grace

The Big Lebowski

Smiley Face

American Psycho

Easy Rider

Last House on the Left

Go

The Wackness

[Grand Master Melon]

Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Blackhawk Down
2001
The Day After
The Bedford Incident
Twilight's Last Gleaming


Every time I watch Black Hawk Down I get angry. What a pathetic situation that was.

[Grand Master Melon]

I have a penchant for "drug movies", here's just a few right off the top of my head (note, many are horror or drama and there are many more movies to list but these are what I would term "good movies" with strong drug themes):


Drugstore Cowboy

Human Traffic

24 Hour Party People / Party Monster

Super High Me

Requiem for a Dream

Where the Buffalo Roam

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Naked Lunch

Natural Born Killers

Thirteen

Half Baked

Homegrown

Spun

Permanent Midnight

Wonderland

The Basketball Diaries

Traffic

Trainspotting

Reefer Madness

Gummo

The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down

Maria Full of Grace

The Big Lebowski

Smiley Face

American Psycho

Easy Rider

Last House on the Left

Go

The Wackness

You've got to see Salton Sea

[shakinginmyshoes]

Best sci-fi spoof flick:

Galaxy Quest

Best sci-fi spoof novel -- er, trilogy -- er, five-ology:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy in five books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
Mostly Harmlesss

[gunny highway]

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eM8dd1k0FM

Shawshank Redemption

Big Lebowski

American Beauty

Crash

The Goonies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgc8Ute2tU

and too many more to mention.....

[J in AZ]

I have a penchant for "drug movies", here's just a few right off the top of my head (note, many are horror or drama and there are many more movies to list but these are what I would term "good movies" with strong drug themes):


I would add these drug related movies (these don't necessarily qualify for "Best/Favorite" status):

Saving Grace

Grandma's Boy

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Just Add Water

Breaking Bad (yes, it is a tv show, but it is better than most movies out there...)

[Gaillo]

I have a penchant for "drug movies", here's just a few right off the top of my head (note, many are horror or drama and there are many more movies to list but these are what I would term "good movies" with strong drug themes):


I would add these drug related movies (these don't necessarily qualify for "Best/Favorite" status):

Saving Grace

Grandma's Boy

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Just Add Water

Breaking Bad (yes, it is a tv show, but it is better than most movies out there...)


I'm surprised nobody's recommended "Layer Cake" to him yet... one of the best drug-themed movies ever made, in my opinion!

[gunny highway]

another drug related flick...
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

[gunDriller]

Oooooh, Speaking of fart jokes. I cant believe that "Blazing saddles" hasn't been mentioned yet.

Wait, I just did 8)


even women laugh at fart jokes, though they may not like to admit it.

[Texan]

Amadeus
Apocalypto
Office Space
both of the Willy Wonka flicks
Young Guns
The Breakfast Club
Snatch
Faces of Death
Pulp Fiction
The Omen series
Beetlejuice

another pretty good drug flick: Rush

[tater]

Gods and Generals

Cool Hand Luke

Matrix

A book I would like to see made into a movie if they promise to do it justice. It may already be a movie for all I know.
"Enders' Game"

[Argentium]

Good Call on the vanishing point!! You may remember a few more of the same genre..

White line fever
Two lane Blacktop
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry


All Drive-In classics! Damn, I miss Drive-Ins, cheap entertainment back then.

[SLV^GLD]

You've got to see Salton Sea
Yes, I can't believe I omitted that one.



Saving Grace

Grandma's Boy

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Just Add Water

Breaking Bad (yes, it is a tv show, but it is better than most movies out there...)

Great suggestions, although I must say I have specifically avoided Harold and Kumar anything because anything I've seen or heard struck me as being overly juvenile. The Netflix queue just got some additions.



I'm surprised nobody's recommended "Layer Cake" to him yet... one of the best drug-themed movies ever made, in my opinion!
Cool, I've not heard of this one and I'll check it out; IMDB reviews sound great.



another drug related flick...
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

I really like this movie and have seen it a few times as I own the DVD. I like most everything Guy Ritchie directs. I guess it hasn't occurred to me that this is a drug-themed film. I think of it more as cards, money and gangsters but you are right that the characters themselves are rather drug-fueled.

[Shorty Harris]

Good Call on the vanishing point!! You may remember a few more of the same genre..

White line fever
Two lane Blacktop
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry


All Drive-In classics! Damn, I miss Drive-Ins, cheap entertainment back then.



Yup, Back in the day, before you could get the sound over your FM car stereo. When I was a kid back in the early 70's we would get there early so we could find a good speaker. Then after the flick, us kids had to remind dad to put it back so as to not rip the car window off. ;D

Saw sooo many good movies in the drive in...good times for sure.

[Luis337]

Amadeus was a very interesting movie.

I've always liked space movies so I will mention Apollo 13, Mission to Mars, and Red Planet as well as Rocketman from Disney.

-Patton
-The Dirty Dozen
-Happy Gilmore
-Closer
-The Matador
-Jurassic Park 1

[Korbin Dallas]

Blazing Saddles

Snatch

Idiocracy

The Fifth Element

The Best of Peter North :o ;D

[J in AZ]

I'm surprised nobody's recommended "Layer Cake" to him yet... one of the best drug-themed movies ever made, in my opinion!


I second Layer Cake, I have that one in my collection. Similar style to Guy Ritchie flicks. Stars Daniel Craig before he became James Bond, in order to properly understand what the hell was going on I watched it one time with subtitles turned on, one day those damed Englishmen will learn how to speak proper American...

[J in AZ]

We watch a lot of foreign movies, some I would recommend are:

Travelers and Magicians (Bhutan) (an amazing movie...)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906/

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374546/

Shower (China)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215369/

Children of Heaven (Iran)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118849/

Just Another Love Story (Denmark)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024942/

Let the Right One In (Norway)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/

Run Lola Run (Germany)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/

Delicatessen (France)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/

Goodbye Lenin! (Germany)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

The Good, The Bad, and The Weird (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901487/

The Edukators (Germany)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408777/

Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

The Italian (Russia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450450/

Timecrimes (Spain)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

The Vengeance Trilogy (South Korea):

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310775/

Oldboy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

Lady Vengeance
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094/

[kregener]

Seig fucking Heil Phoenix.

Relax. Rub some cocoa butter on your shaved head. Loosen up the swastika band, let your blood flow. Kick off your jackboots and soak your feet.

It's a friggin' MOVIE. It has music and shit.

::)

[KumbayaMan]

Here's a few of my favorites I haven't seen mentioned....

The Outsiders....
Has to be one of my all time favorites.
Lots of 'up and coming' young actors, very cool. 8)

The (original) Manchurian Candidate...
This is a classic.... The remake is okay but has nothing on the original IMHO :oo-->

Midnight Run....
Robert DeNero and Charles Grodin are hilarious in this movie ;D ;D

Mars Attacks...
Cheezy but great cameos. ::)

[SLV^GLD]

I watched it one time with subtitles turned on,I've gotten in the habit of turning subtitles on for every movie I watch, even familiar titles. Not only do you no longer have those "what did he say" moments but you can also pick up a lot of context. For example, many times the dialogue deviates and the subtitles give some insight into the meaning or intention of the dialog, especially in foreign films spoken in English. Also, and I really like this, many times a song is being hummed or played in the background and the subtitle will list the song name.

[sirgonzo420]

I watched it one time with subtitles turned on,I've gotten in the habit of turning subtitles on for every movie I watch, even familiar titles. Not only do you no longer have those "what did he say" moments but you can also pick up a lot of context. For example, many times the dialogue deviates and the subtitles give some insight into the meaning or intention of the dialog, especially in foreign films spoken in English. Also, and I really like this, many times a song is being hummed or played in the background and the subtitle will list the song name.


I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this!

Also, I'm sure it's better for your brain to have the subtitles on the screen than to not have them... more "exercise".

[philo beddoe]

Kingpin

[iOWNme]

12 Monkeys

Memento

Death and Taxes - Gordon Kahl story

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee

The Island

Colors

Team America

Alice in Wonderland (Original Disney)

Wizard of Oz (Original Disney)

[mamboni]

World Without End (1956)

Quick Plot Synopsis
"Man's first trip into space" is a rocket carrying four men, sent to orbit Mars. On the way back, they encounter a "time displacement" that accelerates them to near the speed of light. They're rocket crash lands on a snowy, mountainous world. The four get out and explore the earth-like world. It turns out to be earth, but hundreds of years in the future. They're attacked by a giant spider (dog size) and grossly disfigured cavemen. When they seek shelter in a cave, they find a steel door to an advanced civilization living underground. The undergrounder men are milk-toast, the women are all tall 20-somethings in short skirts. The men refuse to help the 50s men fix their ship, half out of spinelessness at having to face the mutated cavemen (radiation sickness descendants) but half out of stirred up intrigue by one of the underworlders who is jealous. Hugh Marlow is stealing his girl. The intrigue man is discovered for who he is, exposed by a non-mutated girl (20ish) from the surface. The underworlders agree to help the 50s men make weapons to face the cavemen. They make a bazooka. (?!) With their trusty bazooka, they corner the mutates in a cave. Hugh Marlow challenges the leader to hand to hand combat. He wins and the mutates disband. Buoyed by such a victory, the underworlders come up and start building houses on the surface. Mankind resumes its place. The end.


Most famous line from film (Non-mutated mutant girl appealing to Naga, leader of the mutants):

"Naga! Oony baloo!! Oony baloo anmylord!"

[Shorty Harris]

Another Great one.."little Big Man"

Recounting how the West was won through the eyes of a white man raised as a Native American, Arthur Penn's 1970 adaptation of Thomas Berger's satirical novel was a comic yet stinging allegory about the bloody results of American imperialism. As a misguided 20th-century historian listens, 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) narrates the story of being the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand. White orphan Crabb was adopted by the Cheyenne, renamed "Little Big Man," and raised in the ways of the "Human Beings" by paternal mentor Old Lodge Skins (Chief Dan George), accepting non-conformity and living peacefully with nature. Violently thrust into the white world, Jack meets a righteous preacher (Thayer David) and his wife (Faye Dunaway), tries to be a gunfighter under the tutelage of Wild Bill Hickock (Jeff Corey), and gets married. Returned to the Cheyenne by chance, Jack prefers life as a Human Being. The carnage wreaked by the white man in the Washita massacre and the lethal fallout from the egomania of General George A. Custer (Richard Mulligan) at Little Big Horn, however, show Crabb the horrific implications of Old Lodge Skins' sage observation, "There is an endless supply of White Men, but there has always been a limited number of Human Beings."

[Hermie]

Personal favorites:

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Best Years of Our Lives

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Blast from The Past

Heartland (w Rip Torn,
I was spellbound from the opening scene in this story. I saw the movie years ago, and have never forgotten
the anguish I felt for the characters, It is a remarkable depiction of life in a harsh area of the country.
It is a wonderful movie for family or history buffs who want reality sans glitter. )

[MNeagle]

http://www.celluloid-dreams.de/content/images/kritiken-filmbilder/kung-fu-hustle/kung-fu-hustle-3.jpg

Kung Fu Hustle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Hustle)

By far the most hilarious movie I ever watched. I think I cracked a rib laughing...I'm buying the DVD.

:D




Based on this review, I've just ordered it to watch. It better be good Book!!

[bootstrap]

I forgot to mention...

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Animal House

[Book]

Based on this review, I've just ordered it to watch. It better be good Book!!



http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/film_images/kung_fu_hustle_lollipop_girl.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000QGEB12/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

From thebookgrove (third one down) it cost me less than $10 and shipped the next day via USPS.

Don't worry MNeagle. It also is a love story and has a happy ending...almost a chick flick...lol.

http://rhapsodyinbooks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/kleenex.jpg

|--0--|

[SLV^GLD]

Where's the Quarantino bashers? When "Inglorious Basterds" released there was no end to the Jew-lovers who love white-bashing to be found on GIM1. I'm disappointed. I'm supposed to be a stupid, unwashed, idiot goy for sucking it all up as entertainment.

I need some entertainment so please bash me for for enjoying anything Quarantino.

[Phoenix]

Twilight's Last Gleaming


Per your recommendation here, I just finished watching it. VERY good. Very insightful for 1977. "The President" is, indeed, expendable.

Although, what was with the M16s as sniper rifles? :o

[synbi]

I don't watch movies that much, but I usually like what I see. Here's a short list from the top of my head.

3-Iron (!!)

Godfather I and II
Citizen Kane
Vertigo
Tales of Hoffman (1951 movie based on Offenbach's opera)
The original Star Wars trilogy...

[J in AZ]

3-Iron (!!)


A very good movie!


A few more Asian films worth seeing:

Last Life in the Universe (Thailand)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345549/

Addicted (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336678/

A Bittersweet Life (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/

Exiled (Hong Kong)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796212/

[bootstrap]

I am surprised no one has mentioned The Hebrew Hammer. ;) JK

http://www.dvdnear.com/images/The-Hebrew-Hammer-B0002WZTQQ-L.jpg

[UncaScrooge]

Just finished watching "10,000 B.C." released in 2008.... EXCELLENT FLICK!!!

Here's a quick summary from the IMDb website:

"A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter named D'Leh's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When a band of mysterious horse-riding warlords raid the Yaghal camp and kidnaps his heart's desire - the beautiful Evolet along with many others, D'Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters south to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-toothed cats and terror birds in the Levant"

I expected it to be a stupid caveman flick or a stargate type of movie, and was going to cut it off after a few minutes... what a surprise it was!

[Hatha Sunahara]

Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick showing Illuminati rituals. Good music.

Hatha

[Book]

Just finished watching "10,000 B.C." released in 2008.... EXCELLENT FLICK!!!



After reading your post I watched it free on the internet last night. Thanks for the tip. It is excellent!

:D

[Down1]

Full Metal Jacket was good when they were in basic, but it bogged down a lot once they went to Nam.
I think Hamburger Hill Is the best of the three Viet Nam movies that came out around the same time.

Tribes is definitely a GSUS movie. Haven't seen it in a long time. It doesn't appear to be available as a freebie on the net.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Ffff44CSU
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066490/

Paths of Glory
Breaker Morant
Gallipoli
Cross of Iron
Excalibur

[TomLandrysHat]

Good flicks I've seen recently:

Jackie Brown
Ip Man
Unforgiven
Inception
Dr. Strangelove
Dead Man
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Year One
Porko Rosso
Arlington Road
Platoon
Thief
The Magician
Dogtown and Z-Boys

Good TV:

The Wire
Deadwood
Eastbound and Down
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Blackadder

[SLV^GLD]

One that just popped into my head:

The Prestige... that movie is a head trip.

Speaking of head trips, I went to the big screen yesterday to see Inception and I have to say I was rather impressed although it is a bit over hyped. I'll probably watch it again at home.

EDIT: Holy crap, I just discovered both of these films were directed by Christopher Nolan.

[the white rabbit]

http://www.viddler.com/explore/wtfdetecting/videos/1/

[MNeagle]

Another mind-bender:


The Game
(1997) R
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas), a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn) -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Genre:Mystery
This movie is:Suspenseful, Mind-bending, Gritty, Cerebral
Format:DVD

http://cdn-6.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/large/1178866.jpg

[J in AZ]

Good flicks I've seen recently:


Dead Man
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai



Two good Jim Jarmusch movies, check out the rest of his films, he is probably my favorite indie film-maker.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000464/

[StackerKen]

I finally watched Book of Eli last night....Pretty good.

[Phoenix]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-364883774856478814#

[Libertarian_Guard]

Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick showing Illuminati rituals. Good music.

Hatha


http://i32.tinypic.com/k3recn.jpg




Interesting movie, as are all of Kubrick's movies.

[Bigjon]

3 days of the Condor

[sirgonzo420]

I just watched "Triangle" last night with the wife.

Was kinda expecting a run-of-the-mill bermuda triangle slasher film like "Ghost Ship" or countless others, but this film was different and worth a watch.

I can't say too much without giving something away, so if you want a more cerebral film than typical slasher-types, give this one a watch.

http://www.traileraddict.com/content/icon-entertainment-international/triangle.jpg

[sirgonzo420]

Another mind-bender:


The Game
(1997) R
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas), a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn) -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Genre:Mystery
This movie is:Suspenseful, Mind-bending, Gritty, Cerebral
Format:DVD

http://cdn-6.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/large/1178866.jpg


I just saw The Game tonight.

Pretty damn wild.

:o

[MNeagle]

Hope you liked it. I know it stuck w/ me for all these years!!

[SLV^GLD]

I started watching "The Triangle" last night with my wife (streaming Netflix). At first I was sorely disappointed and was swearing never to take another movie recommendation from SG again. But it got better on the second leg of the triangle (you know what I mean). I still have 30 minutes left of the movie so I can't fully comment on it. So far, the premise of the movie carries it. The acting and the plot devices are weak as hell. The premise is pretty strong but I hope they don't blow it in the end. There are references galore to Kubrick's version of The Shining and a few nods to Halloween.

[sirgonzo420]

I started watching "The Triangle" last night with my wife (streaming Netflix). At first I was sorely disappointed and was swearing never to take another movie recommendation from SG again. But it got better on the second leg of the triangle (you know what I mean). I still have 30 minutes left of the movie so I can't fully comment on it. So far, the premise of the movie carries it. The acting and the plot devices are weak as hell. The premise is pretty strong but I hope they don't blow it in the end. There are references galore to Kubrick's version of The Shining and a few nods to Halloween.


Hey now, I didn't say it was the best movie ever made, just that it was more cerebral than most "slasher-on-the-high-seas" type movies. (which doesn't say TOO much, seeing as many/most slasher films aren't generally too "high-brow") :D

I had low expectations of this movie before I started watching it, having seen numerous bermuda triangle flicks, but this one was different - not perfect, but different.

After you finish watching it, then you can get on here and berate me for recommending it!

;D

[sirgonzo420]

Hope you liked it. I know it stuck w/ me for all these years!!


The wife and I both enjoyed it - I suspected I would when I read the summary you posted.

I've seen the cover of that movie for years... I have no idea what took me so long to watch it!

[SLV^GLD]

Finished The Triangle and I have to say that the movie only got better and did not disappoint with the ending. Very good follow through on that flick.

Now, I am about 2/3rd of the way through what looks to be another winner, Rabbit Proof Fence. Biting my nails even though i believe the inexorable will lead to the inevitable.

[horseshoe3]

Stagecoach. 1986 version.

[sirgonzo420]

Finished The Triangle and I have to say that the movie only got better and did not disappoint with the ending. Very good follow through on that flick.

I figured you'd say something like that after you got around to finishing it.

;)



Now, I am about 2/3rd of the way through what looks to be another winner, Rabbit Proof Fence. Biting my nails even though i believe the inexorable will lead to the inevitable.


Added to queue.

[J in AZ]

Now, I am about 2/3rd of the way through what looks to be another winner, Rabbit Proof Fence. Biting my nails even though i believe the inexorable will lead to the inevitable.


+1 on Rabbit Proof Fence


A couple more Australian movies worth seeing:

The Proposition
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421238/

Japanese Story
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304229/

[gunny highway]

Year One - Jack Black and Michael Cera

this one had me in stiches :ROFL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IkQZOOPo50

[SLV^GLD]

Somehow, I think the utter dumbassery of this movie would annoy me for the most part but this clip is priceless and tempts me to queue it up for future viewing.

[chud]

The Outlaw Josey Wales (can watch it over and over, lots of great one-liners)
Big Trouble In Little China (best action movie ever)
Tombstone (I love the latin scene between Ringo and Doc)
Second Hand Lions (cool, unique)
The Sound of Music (been watching it since I was a kid, cheers me up every time I watch it)
Godfather
Goodfellas
Casino
The Shawshank Redemption (uplifting)
Star Wars (classic)
Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaan!!!)
Enter The Dragon (Bruce Lee rules)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Coffee is for closers!)
They Live (made me think)
Jaws (can watch it over and over)
Weird Science (hilarious)
2010 (better than 2001)

[Phoenix]

Hard Times (1984) Charles Bronson, Strother Martin, James Coburn


imdb.com says this was a 1975 release?

[Phoenix]

A book I would like to see made into a movie if they promise to do it justice. It may already be a movie for all I know.
"Enders' Game"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game#Film

[Phoenix]

-Happy Gilmore


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6Uz67u4xM

[Phoenix]

The movie that changed my life...and the movie that means Mel Gibson's life will never again be the same...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tGLJjY7Ds

[Phoenix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBXBtORI7pE

[Phoenix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N5FBXs1ZWw

[chud]

The Lives of Others: The human condition meets the East German secret police. Hilarity ensues. Actually, not much hilarity - just a down and dirty peeling open of the human condition, including examinations of things such as love, betrayal, state vs. individual, censorship, and compassion. This movie impressed me so much that I started another entire thread on GIM... and everyone who has taken my recommendation to watch this film so far has come back to me and thanked me for recommending it. This is a film that MUST be seen to be believed - it's german with English subtitles, but WELL worth watching.



Hey Gaillo, here's the review for The Lives of Others, it sounds really good. I'll have to rent it.
http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/reviews.html?sec=6&subsec=the+lives+of+others

[MNeagle]

http://cdn-3.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70108783.jpg


2008PG94 minutes
Drawing on Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, director Robert Kenner's Oscar-nominated documentary explores the food industry's detrimental effects on our health and environment. Kenner spotlights the men and women who are working to reform an industry rife with monopolies, questionable interpretations of laws and subsidies, political ties and rising rates of E. coli outbreaks.

[Liquid]

LOL..Cemetery Man. The most awesome zombie movie..ever. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komuV6HbaGc

[Down1]

Watched 2 nice movies in the last 2 weeks, one was mentioned here at GSUS and the other at GIM1.
Street Kings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3gH4ejb7o

The International
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PchpoCk33DE

[SunTzu]

Braveheart

Empire Strikes Back

Fight Club

Godfather II

2001: Space Odyssey

Jaws

Shawshank Redemption

[sirgonzo420]

The Shining

Four Rooms

The Princess Bride

Really not a fair question but there you go...

Most recently:
The Fountain

The Science of Sleep


I just watched Four Rooms the other night. (I was gonna wait until New Year's, but I just had to go on and watch it)

I wasn't quite sure what to expect - but I was entertained for the duration!

Here's an insightful little quote from the film:


Like my old grand daddy used to say, "The less a man makes declarative statements, the less apt he is to look foolish in retrospect."

[SLV^GLD]

I suggest NOT watching John Waters' Pink Flamingos. Not unless you like your movies revolting, filthy and in supremely bad taste. Watched that for the 1st and last time last night. :o

[Hatha Sunahara]

I would recommend Totally Baked. For those of you who enjoyed Cheech and Chong, this one is the same stuff on steroids.


Hatha

[Libertarian_Guard]

Many of my top 50 or so are mentioned several times in this post, except, perhaps, The Swimmer and Sideways. And I am glad no one mentioned Dr. Detroit, which I liked, but is not in my top 100.

[SLV^GLD]

Watched a great documentary last night called Moving Midway. It's a look at the physical relocation of a plantation house thanks to encroaching suburbia. The land was deeded over by the crown to that particular family during colonial settlement. There is a slave negro branch in the otherwise very white and possibly royal-blood family tree. I would highly recommend this documentary to anyone interested in an honest look and some modern speculation about the plantation era. Surprisingly, the modern negro mentality comes off significantly less enlightened than the guilty white mentality that is frankly discussed. There are several generations of each race in the forked tree represented.

[Silvestor]

The Last of the Mohicans

[MNeagle]

bump for more recommendations

[Down1]

Very interesting B movie from long ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNDRP8XyoI