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Falling Flower 
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Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 1079 |
 Posted: February 12 2007 at 17:38 |
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Apparently Donnie Darko is a really good movie. I tried to watch it but I freaked out as soon as I saw the rabbit. Don't know why but I just can't look at it.
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Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh |
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TheProgMonster
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Joined: February 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 16:33 |
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I've been checking out Kubrick's films and there alot there to recommend:
Dr. Strangelove(Comedy) 2001:A Space Odyssey(Sci-fi sorta of Horror) A Clockwork Orange(Doesn't really fit into a genre, but brilliant none the less) The Shining(Thriller-Horror) Full Metal Jacket(War Movie) Edited by TheProgMonster - February 12 2007 at 17:22 |
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enteredwinter
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Joined: June 05 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 501 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 13:39 |
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Movies mentioned that I've already seen (and/or own) include:
Blazing Saddles Snatch Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Godfather Trilogy The Shining Alien All of those are great, and I second the recommendation for each of them. As for the other recommendations, I've added some to my list of movies to possibly check out. Here are two more recommendations from me. The first is a silly and stupid comedy that for some reason I find ridiculously funny, and the second is a mind-blowingly intense horror movie: Dodgeball 28 Days Later |
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Jared
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Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 11:54 |
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Nice One T...
 Let's add 'Umberto D' to the list, while we're at it then...
and how about Peter Lorre's stunningly chilling performance in Fritz Lang's 'M'???
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Fede
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Joined: February 15 2006 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 216 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 11:49 |
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The Shining (Jack Nicholson=Genius)
 School Of Rock (Jack Black=Genius)  Pet Sematary   Edited by Fede - February 12 2007 at 12:01 |
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kazansky
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Joined: December 24 2006 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 5085 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:30 |
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The Godfather Trilogy
rather old though 
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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Meddler
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Joined: September 29 2005 Location: Massillon Status: Offline Points: 881 |
Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:28 |
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Dancer In The Dark is an unbelievable tragedy film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/ PS. Main character is Bjork! Edited by Meddler - February 12 2007 at 07:30 |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 12 2007 at 07:25 |
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Have to agree on this one - terrific movie, disturbing & uplifting at the same time; as far as direction goes, you only have to look at any of the 3 or 4 long & complex scenes (especially the climactic battle scene in the refugee camp) filmed on a single camera with no cuts & cannot but be impressed. Great use of prog, too - 'Court Of The Crimson King' used to great effect.
1 & 2 are current favorites of mine; not yet seen 3, but I've heard good reports. |
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:41 |
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Ja ja, try comparing Tora Tora Tora with the modern take on Pearl Harbor.... and laugh after that. The first one (TTT) probably has 500% more plot and history and 1000% more historical accuracy and 2000% more intelligence, but many people today only know the cataclysmic debacle that was the PH film by movie-art-destroyer Michael Bay. It's so sad that cinema is the art the past from which people know the less. I mean, with music at least the majority KNOW (if they have actually heard is another matter) there was such a thing like classical music, or know the name Bach or Mozart (if sometimes for the wrong reasons), whereas in movies, the common moviegoer thinks that "The flight of the phoenix" with Randy Quaid is a new movie, when it was done to much better quality level decades ago with james stewart and richard attenborough.
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Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:31 |
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I would suggest the following
Babe (the little pig who could, the man who said the most by saying the least) Repo Man - nothing funnier than watching a idiot run balls first in to a parking post E.T. - if you've seen too many times, try this - supposedly, E.T. is supposed to be a metaphor for Jesus. I don't get that either ! Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (w/ Johnny Depp) - who needs LSD ? Rambo - the first one only, who says inspiration is hard to find. Tora, Tora, Tora - interesting concept, not demonising the other side. Strange Brew - Bob & Doug are friends with Geddy, therefore they must be intellectuals. Modern Times - Chaplin said it all, didn't he ? Or to quote Gentle Giant "Cogs in Cogs", eh. And finally, Let There Be Rock - Bon Scott, if I need to say more  , if you don't understand that's ok, & I'm not being sarcastic (no really, I'm not). Oh forgot the obscure masterpiece - God bless the children of the beast ( I think that's the title) And Yellow Submarine. That's all. I think. For now. Maybe ... I can deal with the heat, it's the humanity I have problems with. |
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The T
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Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:29 |
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Also, speaking about Leone, try "Once Upon a Time in America", an almost 4-hour masterpiece the likes of which are seldom found. A work of art. It's about a group of jew mobsters, from childhood till death, about betrayal, about loyalty, about ambition, a pure masterpiece.
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:26 |
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All comedy was invented by Charles Chaplin. If you have a serious interest in movies, check The Gold Rush, Modern Times, Limelight and The Great Diktator... and then agree to name Chaplin the greatest movie maker and movie persona in general to ever have lived.
About other comedies, I agree with the Zorro one, it's funny, though I'd also suggest Silent movie by Mel Brooks with him and Dom De Luise, Marty Feldman. A masterpiece.
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N Ellingworth
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Joined: April 17 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1324 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:26 |
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If you like westerns Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West are must see films particularly the latter which is one of the best films I've ever watched.
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Trademark
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Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:19 |
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On the comedy front you can hardly do better than "Zorro The Gay Blade" with George Hamilton. Not well known, but a true classic.
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laplace
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Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:15 |
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depends which classics you mean. One person might go for Alien, another Nosferatu, and another person yet might say Tetsuo the Iron Man. I recommend Tetsuo the Iron Man ;P |
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1800iareyay
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Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:05 |
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Here are some more comedies: Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, and Snatch
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darkmatter
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Joined: November 23 2006 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 2760 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 15:03 |
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Agreed, two great movies, especially the latter!  |
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 14:53 |
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A masterpiece, one of the landmarks in movie history.. a simple story, a human story, a poor italian working class family and a bike, you can't get much low-budget that that... ands to think that today, with all the millions they spend, they can't come up with interesting screenplays (well, they can, but curiously, mostly for unexpensive films or films where the only big expense is the star's salary... but the cgi-ridden films, agghhh....)
If you like horror, check the classics first, I would advice you not to stick only with today's cheap blood-fests. Some of these are decent, but most are just a chain of "how to kill and torture in the most sick and graphic manner and thus cause the audience to shock".
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 14:48 |
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One top of that: Life of Brian or Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Jared
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Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
Posted: February 11 2007 at 14:42 |
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Vittorio De Sica: The Bicycle Thieves....
....utterly superb....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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