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What are some movies you could recommend?
« on: April 11, 2011, 08:38:13 PM »
I can't find anything to watch lately and seeing as I only get over the air analog tv there is never much on. I'm just looking for some recommendations of films to watch.

I don't care about the language as long as it has subtitles and I don't care about genre as long as it's not horror.

I'm just looking for something good to watch and though I'd ask.


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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2011, 08:43:44 PM »
I'm not the best person to ask.  Haven't seen a movie in forever.  I can recommend any of my only movies that I own.

Smokey and the Bandit
Point Break
Trainspotting
Rob Roy
Gone with the Wind
The Sound of Music
The World's Fastest Indian

See, I was no help.   :-)
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2011, 08:53:08 PM »
I know you are a dude but you are a lib so you would probably love my favorite movie of all time: Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell not Carol Bernett).

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2011, 09:08:07 PM »
Hmm... sounds interesting BEG. Downloading now. :)
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2011, 09:13:39 PM »
I know you are a dude but you are a lib so you would probably love my favorite movie of all time: Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell not Carol Bernett).


Since he's a lib, he'd probably like Brokeback Mountain.  :fuelfire:


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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2011, 09:23:22 PM »
Hmm... sounds interesting BEG. Downloading now. :)

Make sure you download the one with Rosalind Russell.

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2011, 09:50:40 PM »
I did. And its the one in English. (There was a Spanish one too) LOL

Am watching it now.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2011, 10:02:42 PM »
I watched Tron Legacy the other night and it was pretty entertaining.
Gamer was pretty good too.
Day Breakers was pretty good too.

If you are looking for more classic movies, Bringing Up Baby is one of the funniest movies ever made. And the original 1960s version of The Producers is one of my favorites.

If you are looking for a date movie, my girlfriend and I watched How Do You Know with Reese Witherspoon the other night. It was flawed but okay.

Of all the newer movies I listed here, I would say Gamer was the most satisfying from the action-adventure along with some novelty perspective.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2011, 08:44:56 PM »
Smokey and the Bandit
Vanishing Point
Mad Max
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Two Lane Blacktop
White Lightning

hmmm, these seem to have a common theme
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2011, 08:46:25 PM »
Smokey and the Bandit
Vanishing Point
Mad Max
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Two Lane Blacktop
White Lightning

hmmm, these seem to have a common theme

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2011, 08:50:03 PM »
I watched Tron Legacy the other night and it was pretty entertaining.
Still waiting for Redbox to hurry up with that one. :mad:

I've seen the original and the remake... Flight of the Phoenix is worth renting.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2011, 10:09:13 PM »
We like all the movies made by Sherwood, "Facing the Giants," "Fireproof," and "Flywheel" (it's less professional quality).  Just watched "True Lies" again, well worth the time.  Most of the movies we own are Disney, or at least G rated, probably not terribly thrilling for other adults.  Mr Smith likes "Whose Line is it Anyway?" and all the John Wayne movies.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2011, 10:19:08 PM »
Demolition Man
Transporter, The
V For Vendetta
True Grit
True Lies
McLintock!
Deathrace
Backdraft
Virtuosity
Remember the Titans


There's just a small list for you.

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2011, 10:28:34 PM »
Demolition Man?  Is that the one where Stallone can't figure out how to wipe his backside?


srsly....
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2011, 10:32:56 PM »
Demolition Man?  Is that the one where Stallone can't figure out how to wipe his backside?


srsly....
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2011, 11:45:45 PM »
The funny thing is Stallone wakes up in Obama's America, best I can remember.

Yeah, and Demolishes it.  :rotf: Shaddup Chris, I like thta movie.  :tongue:

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2011, 09:02:28 AM »
Yeah, and Demolishes it.  :rotf: Shaddup Chris, I like thta movie.  :tongue:

Wesley Snipes turned that into a comedy. myself i like the specialist

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2011, 12:52:00 PM »
I personally like what he did with the Simon Phoenix character. Badass, silly, batshit crazy bad guy all in one. :-)

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2011, 03:39:48 PM »
I personally like what he did with the Simon Phoenix character. Badass, silly, batshit crazy bad guy all in one. :-)

you have been fined  :lmao:

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2011, 09:52:44 AM »
Verbal Morality Standard.... :rotf:

I'd live in the sewers with Leary and his crew.

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2011, 10:19:41 PM »
Just watched Buried.

Now there is an intense movie.

Paul is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2011, 12:13:10 PM »
I can't find anything to watch lately and seeing as I only get over the air analog tv there is never much on. I'm just looking for some recommendations of films to watch.

I don't care about the language as long as it has subtitles and I don't care about genre as long as it's not horror.

I'm just looking for something good to watch and though I'd ask.



Well if subtitles don't bother you I have a great one to recommend.  It's called Bang Rajan.  It came out in 2000.  It's the true story set in the 1700s about when the Burmese invaded and went after the Siamese capital.  Only a small village stood in their way.  It's a story of a few fighting very many.  Overwhelming odds.  Very inspirational film and pretty good battle scenes.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2011, 12:28:05 AM »
I just watched this great movie called Shades of Gray about UFO nut/hoaxer Gray Baker on Netflix. It was a very interesting movie about a very interesting character who gave us such fictional characters as the Men in Black.
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2011, 09:37:00 AM »
A couple nights ago, Mrs E asked me if I'd go see "Jane Eyre" with her.

Knowing that this story is the ultimate Gothic romance and completely buried in the British tradition, and realizing that it was likely to be the ultimate chick flick, I had to ask her how many points I'd get if I went.

She said, "Many."

So I went. It was a good flick. I didn't fall asleep, so it passes the Eupher Test of Interesting Movies.

Mrs E later said it was the best "Jane Eyre" she'd ever seen. Evidently she's seen every "Jane Eyre" film ever produced by mankind.  :whatever:
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Re: What are some movies you could recommend?
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2011, 09:50:32 AM »
Well if subtitles don't bother you I have a great one to recommend.  It's called Bang Rajan. 
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FANTASTIC film, Gunny!!! And here I thought I was the only American besides Tarrantino who'd seen it.  :-)

Compac, I'd also recommend Touch of Evil with Charlton Heston (if you like film noir), Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf with Burton and Taylor (if you like great acting and better writing), Invictus with Morgan Freeman (a really underrated sports film about Mandela and the 1995 South African rugby team), and Marcus Nispel's brilliant 2003 remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (if you like just plain awesome).

I'm planing on doing a blog post about the Texas Chainsaw movie in the next day or so, largely because I believe it to be a masterpiece of horror and suspense. It also occurred to me that that is the first time I've gone to see a film in the theater on multiple occasions in I don't know how long. Actually, I think the last time I did that was when Carrie first came out.

Bottom line, if the Carrie ending scared the shit out of you as much as it continues to scare me, you're gonna LOVE this one.