Prosperity Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 979 guy you have some good taste, I am gonna try and watch the movies listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by riggo-toni Thief - that's the James Caan movie, isn't it? Affirmative. Finest film about safecracking I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 979guy Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by Liberty 979 guy you have some good taste, I am gonna try and watch the movies listed. Thanks. Tell me how you liked them. I promise not to tell anyone how much you wept... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinzFan007 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Some good ones on here but none that compare to Boondock Saints...NONE!! I can't wait for the sequel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Fandango In Nome Del Papa Rei (In the Name of the Pope King) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 A few of mine: Mystery, Alaska The Frisco Kid That Thing You Do October Sky Billy Elliott Bleacher Bums A Midnight Clear When Trumpets Fade (A made for HBO movie about WW2. Suprisingly good.) And for the record Life is Beautiful won Best Foreign Language Film, not best picture. If I remember correctly, that honor went to Shakespeare in Love :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by GSF Miller's Crossing = horrible movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkatz Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 If you are into dark "bugged out movies then I suggest: -KIDS (1995 critically acclaimed movie directed by well known photographer Larry Clark. Takes a look into the life of kids ages 14-18. Highly controversial, but important if you want to see what a generation such as my own lives like). -Bully (A movie based on a true story of a sadistic bully who ends up being murdered by his "friends" b/c of years of absue...Also shows the true teen angst and drug infested lives of kids today). -The Midnight Express (A graphic look at what its like inside a foreign jail). -Go (another KIDS type movie but with well known actors and less of a "real" effect). The aforementioned Requiem For A Dream (Incredible performances by the four main stars, Jared Leto, Hellen Burystn, Jennifer Conneley. Movie is based on a book about addiction over coming the human spirit. Very depressing but an unbelieveable movie. A lot of people believed it should have been up the for best picture instead of the movie Traffic that year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Millers Crossing http://imdb.com/title/tt0100150/ Boondock Saints http://imdb.com/title/tt0144117/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by Henry And for the record Life is Beautiful won Best Foreign Language Film, not best picture. If I remember correctly, that honor went to Shakespeare in Love :puke: I stand corrected. Benigni also won Best Actor for the role. Probably the only good thing he ever did (If you've ever seen any of his comedies, they are AWFUL! Only in "Night on Earth" was he ever funny...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastNCFan Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 "Blood in, Blood out: Bound by Honor" - A movie about latino gangs in Cali and prison life. A good movie. You should check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by riggo-toni Benigni also won Best Actor for the role. Didn't he get to the stage by stepping on the backs of the seats in front of him instead of walking to the aisle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastNCFan Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Also, for guys who don't mind reading subtitles, "Amores Peros". A real good movie that should have won the Oscar for best foreign film, but got knocked off that year by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieInferior Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 In America, small movie released in theaters last Decmber that went relatively unnoticed. Without a doubt the best movie of the year last year and I think it won 2 or three awards. It's about the plight of an immigrant family coming to new york in the mid 80s. If you see it play close attention to the symbolism behind ET. It just got released to DVD this week, rent it you won't regert it. http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/inamerica/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 A Simple Plan (Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton) by Sam Raimi Equilibrium (Christian Bale, Emily Watson) by Kurt Wimmer. Punch Drunk Love (Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman) by Paul Thomas Anderson 25th Hour (Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian Cox) by Spike Lee Adaptation (Nicholas Cage, Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper) by Spike Jonze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Star Skin Fan Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 without a doubt---------Glengary Glen Ross My second choice would be Blood In Blood Out Another real good one is "Once Were Warriors" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosen Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Originally posted by Glenn X Thief (1981) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Miracle Mile (1988) The soundtrack to that stupid movie is stuck in my head to this day... "to live and die in el-aaaay~" "to live and die in el-aaaay~" argh! thanks for refreshing the song into my conciousness, Glenn! EDIT: I don't think Boondock Saints counts as a movie that nobody's heard of... it's gotten a pretty good amount of attention. Agree List: Blood in, Blood out In America Disagree List: Equilibrium: The movie was cheesefest. A bad cross between Minority Report and the Matrix. ADD: American Psycho Dirty Work (Norm McDonald...!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 The House of Yes. unlike many of the movies posted this one is very hard to find and not well known. dark and disturbing, and not at your local video store. try netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Originally posted by Symbol That was a great movie. How about Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. It stars Fred Ward, Joel Grey, and Wilford Brimley. It also has the captain from Star Trek Voyager in it. How can we forget the Hari Krishna finger murderer. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflagg215 Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Donnie Darko Equilibrium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo da Magnificent Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Spirited Away Triplets of Belleville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy70 Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Anal Slut Virgins Vol. 7. The cinematography was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Originally posted by chosen The soundtrack to that stupid movie is stuck in my head to this day... "to live and die in el-aaaay~" "to live and die in el-aaaay~" argh! thanks for refreshing the song into my conciousness, Glenn! You're most assuredly welcome, sir. I guess '80s synthpop isn't for everyone. However, one thing you can't argue with is the sheer grandeur of director William Friedkin's down-the-wrong-way-on-the-freeway car chase scene about 2/3rds of the way through the film. To this day, I'm not sure that I've scene a better, more inventive, more expertly-staged car chase scene than that one. Originally posted by chosen ADD: American Psycho Agreed. Christian Bale was mesmerizing as the lead character, and director Mary Harron struck just the right balance between austerity and campiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakkhim Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 The Jack Bull. A western with John Cusack about a man who wouldn't let him pass through his property to go to a horse auction... making him leave the horses at his stables as payment until he returns... only to return to see his horses worked almost to death by the man who owned the land and then wouldn't bring the horses back to health. Cusack takes revenge on the man because the law wouldn't help him in his fight. One of the best modern westerns out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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