Movie Recommendations

[el_boss]

Title: Good Night, and Good Luck

This is a story about a news anchor that fights the system in america back when communists where worse than homosexuals and muslims combined. It's kind of slow and uneventful, but I rather like these kind of movies. The entire movie is black and white (the color not the attitude) which really adds alot to the atmosphere.

On a side note: for this movie Gerge Clooney starred, directed and wrote the script.

As I said if you don't absolutely crave action packed movie, you will enjoy this movie.

[Assassin]

george clooney is fucking awsome. I want him to be the father of my children

On that note watch Oceans Eleven and Oceans Twelve. Probably 2 of the best comedies out there. The script isn't just funny its smart and witty. Plus a star studded cast, and a great story.

The only reason not to watch these movies is if you follow a religion where george clooney is lucifer. In that case you need to switch religions and go watch these movies.

[el_boss]

I think you would really like Kiss kiss bang bang. The humour is subtle like in Oceans 11/12 but you still laugh your ass off.

[Psyke]

I just came back from watching Jet Li's latest martial arts film, Fearless, which is also his last in this genre. It's a great show, which had my wife crying buckets for the character he portrayed in the film. Based on true real life accounts, the movie was about the life of a chinese martial art master who defeated many westerners in the early 1900s. Great movie with lots of awesome fight scenes, and fitting for Jet Li's last. Highly recommended even for non Jet Li fans.

http://www.fearlessthemovie.com/

[Honoko]

Originally posted by: Assassin
On that note watch Oceans Eleven and Oceans Twelve. Probably 2 of the best comedies out there. The script isn't just funny its smart and witty. Plus a star studded cast, and a great story.

I LOVED Ocean's 11.... #12, though, wasn't great in my opinion. I felt like something was definitely lacking in the sequel but with Ocean's 11-- now that's a movie I can watch if I want to relax. Everything is done to near perfection. None of the cast needs to try too hard to play the roles they're assigned to and every cut, edit, and camera angle has a purpose that all eventually reveals itself at the end. I love it.

Well, I would recommend Akira Kurosawa's Samurai Seven but my Netflix DVD was a bum and became unplayable just after the intermission. But from what I've seen so far, that movie rocks. I can't believe I took this long to finally see half of it =P

[el_boss]

@Chaoskiddo: Yes, and also this awesome one.

"With women, it's always one of two things. Either they won't sleep with you, and then there's really no need to ever call them again. Or they DO sleep with you... and then there's really no need to ever call them again." - Monty

[el_boss]

Woohoo I have a sticky thread

Let's celebrate this jouoys occasion with some awesome movie recommendations .

Das Experiment

It's about a experiment in a prison environment. It's one of the best movies I have ever seen. I don't think any other movie has made me feel as much as this. I was literally shaking from excitement.

10/10

Science of Sleep

Really fucked up movie and really funny.

9/10

Stranger than Fiction

Also really strange and funny. If you liked Adaptation you will love this. It has a sort of similar vibe as Click.

9/10

The Prestige + The Illusionist

Similar movies and both very good. Gotta love Christian Bale and Edward Norton.

9/10

And lastly a warning

Half Nelson

Almost as bad as Capote. What is up with the oscar's and boring pretentious pieces of shit? Seriously on of the most useless movies ever. NOTHING HAPPENS!!! I can sum up the plot of this movie in on sentence. Warning might contain spoiler. A teacher on drugs. That's it. No need to see it.

I don't know maybe 2/10 since it did have a sex scene after all.

[dragonrage]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

One of the best and first movies I ever saw, yes it is a western but it is just awsome.

The Quick and the Dead, is pretty good as well.

Gladiator, that is a given.

Goodfellas, good movie.

As BoC mentioned "The Professional" as it was re name for the American audience. My favorite line from this movie, " No woman, no kids" bang. oh yeah.

Fight Club, is a must see as previously stated.

After the Sunset, is a good movie as well.

Devil's Advocate, awsome movie.

Man on fire, One of the best movies i've seen in the last few years.

Pirates of the Caribbean, "duh" I'm a big Johnny deep fan.

Sleepy Hollow, Secret window and a few others that i'll keep to myself for now.

Nightmare Before Christmas.

Corpse Bride.

Interview with a Vampire.

Underworld

Pulp Ficton. Enough said.

Shawshank Redemption.

The Green Mile.

Happy Feet, this moves is just pure fun and laughter not much and yet is makes you wonder.

Well there is a whole lot more that but this is good for now.

[masamuneehs]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

One of the best and first movies I ever saw, yes it is a western but it is just awsome.

The Quick and the Dead, is pretty good as well.

hmm, you left out "Once Upon a Time in the West" (not to be confused with that shitty Once Upon a Time in Mexico movie with Antonio Banderas) and "For a Fistful of Dollars" . Both those are directed by Sergio Leone, the same guy who did Good, Bad, Ugly. Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite Leone film, and I'm a sucker for Westerns (helps explain why I like anime so much)

I actually think that "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" isn't as good as the first ("Fistful of Dollars") and borrows so heavilly from the second ("For a Few Dollars More"). I saw them in the order they were made, so by the time I got to the third one, it seemed much less novel and groundbreaking than what it is for most people, since they don't even know about the earlier "Man with no Name" movies.

John Ford's "The Searchers" is also one of the best westerns I've ever seen. John Wayne doesn't have his typical 'sheriff/hero' role, and it's refreshing to see a Western that is as dark and serious as this one is.

[Board of Command]

2006 mentions:

Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish movie with subtitles)

Babel (you're gonna need the subtitles if you pirate this movie)

Stranger Than Fiction

[el_boss]

Ils

Just saw this fucked up movie. I'm seriously a little afraid if the dark now.

The movie is in romanian and french but I guess everybody here are used to reading subs.

9/10

[masamuneehs]

American Film Institute's Top 100 Films

I'm not quite sure if the title of this list is accurate... They're obviously favoring the classics, at the great cost of excellent films that followed on the heels of them. I was shocked at how many I've actually seen, some of which I don't think have any business as high as they are (Singin' in the Rain at 5? Godfather II on this list at all? Shane above The Wild Bunch?)

The AFI also obviously snubbed foreign films. Still, a decent list of classics.

[XanBcoo]

The Shawshank Redemption belongs soooo much higher up on that list. I'm disappointed.

Also, I've never seen Citizen Kane, but have asked about it multiple times on different forums/movie boards, and the overwhelming response I got was that it hadn't really aged well. Good for people who appreciate classics, and definitely cutting-edge for its time, but not something that the average movie-goer would actually enjoy sitting through.