Recommend-a-Movie Thread

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.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: I just saw Children Of Men last night. It was fantastic. Some of the best directing I've seen in awhile.

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.

Logos wrote: Horror: Saw 1 - 3

1 & 2 are current favorites of mine; not yet seen 3, but I've heard good reports.

The Godfather Trilogy
rather old though

The T wrote: fandango wrote: Vittorio De Sica: The Bicycle Thieves....   ....utterly superb....   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...

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

this will blow you alway... one of the greatest movies of all.. .think it was on the AFI list...

The T wrote:     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.

that is a great movie.

a rare 4 clappy from me on that  one

Want sheer cinematographic beauty? Try Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso; try Il Postino. You want to feel weird about not getting stuff? Try Fellini Roma or Fellini 8 1/2; want a soul-lifting movie about true heroes and about the harmony within nature? Try Joffe's The Mission; about courage? Joffe's The Killing Fields; about art, love and the awful nature of the human being? Try the first (the good) Moulin Rouge with Jose Ferrer. Want a movie where every frame is a painting of art? Try Cyrano de Bergerac (the new one). Want to know the reality of life and why every 20 seconds people look up to the west? Try invoking The T.

Jim Garten wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: I just saw Children Of Men last night. It was fantastic. Some of the best directing I've seen in awhile. 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.

I still can't shake the horrible feeling this movie gave me.  It was very well done, but there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me.  I think some of the 'ultra-realism' was a bit overdone, and for all the horrible things that go on, there's not enough redemption.  I felt no sense of uplifting at all.  In the end, it seemed that nothing was changed, no one was better for the experience.

GoldenSpiral wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: I just saw Children Of Men last night. It was fantastic. Some of the best directing I've seen in awhile. 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. I still can't shake the horrible feeling this movie gave me.  It was very well done, but there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me.  I think some of the 'ultra-realism' was a bit overdone, and for all the horrible things that go on, there's not enough redemption.  I felt no sense of uplifting at all.  In the end, it seemed that nothing was changed, no one was better for the experience.

The uplifting element for me was for all the totalitarianism & brutality of the regime against the refugees, there was still a spirit there, a sense that despite everything, humanity can win out (witness the scene when all fighting stops to allow the mother & baby through) - although he doesn't survive the whole film (not to give too much away here), Michael Caine's character refuses point blank to allow the system to change him.

All in all, this film is like the b*****d son of Saving Private Ryan and Schindlers List.. but don't let that put you off...