I love watching movies. Often lay in bed and watch one before I fall asleep.

List some of your favorite, maybe lesser known, movies here so the next time a fellow Opranoite wants to rent a movie they might try something they haven't seen before.

We Were Soldiers- best vietnam movie I have ever seen

The Count of Monte Cristo - stars Jim Caviezel the same guy who played Jeses in Gibson's Chrsit movie. Great adaptation of the book.

October Sky- great story about a kid in a coal town who beats the odds to get out and work at NASA.

Mr Hollands Opus- about a guy who takes a job in high school teaching music as a temporasy thing and ends up affecteing the lives of countless students over the years.

Primal Fear- great lawyer movie where Edwrad Norton should have been nominated for an Academy Award for hisrole as a client accused of murdering a priest

Devil's Advocate- just watching the rant by Deniro at the end of the film where he talks about what God is "really" like is exactly the type of speech you could imagine the Devil giving himself if was trying to talk to you.

Blown Away- an underrated flick starring Jeff Bridges as a cop who is on the Boston bomb squad who's changed his name to hide his past in the IRA. Tommy Lee Jones co-stars as his former colleauge that comes back to haunt him.

psst, Pacino ;-)

hahaha.. whoops!!

psst, Pacino ;-)[/b][/quote]
They almost look the same anyway :P



If i could throw in some movies you HAVE to watch (even thou u have probably already seen them), i would say:

Fight Club - Much more than just guys fighting, this is a right of passage movie for the males of our generation.

Donnie Darko - Unique, Jake Gyllenhaal is perfect for this movie about ... well, about everything pretty much.

The Shawshank Redemption - Had to include it. If you havent seen it, go see it right now.

Cypher - Has its flaws, but the movie caught me totally by suprise and i really enjoyed it.

Dogma - Kevin Smith at his religious best

Equilibrium - What the matrix sequals SHOULD have been like

Human Traffic - Only watch if you are the type who hits the clubs alot with alot of party pils ... if so, this is the best fucking pre-party warmup movie ever.

The Man Who Knew Too Little - Funny Bill Murrary Classic

Lost in Translation - Serious Bill Murrary Classic, watch it when your not in a hurry

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Coen Brothes classic remake of the homers odyssey, quirky and fun

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp is my hero

The Ref - Underrated Denis Leary comedy, also starring Kevin Spacey.

The Royal Tenenbaums - You'll either love it or just not 'get' it

Se7en - Creepy and brilliant

Shaun of the Dead - Takes the piss out of the horror genre, but also a loving tribute.

Sneakers - Just cause it was one of the last movies to star River Pheonix, I usually wouldnt reccommend this movie because alot of people didnt like it, but personally, i loved it.

The Usual Suspects - Brilliant crime caper

Van Wilder: Party Liason - Fart joke comedy, but Ryan Renolds as Van Wilder turns an average comedy into a memorable classic


Should keep you busy :)
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They almost look the same anyway :P



If i could throw in some movies you HAVE to watch (even thou u have probably already seen them), i would say:

Fight Club - Much more than just guys fighting, this is a right of passage movie for the males of our generation.

Donnie Darko - Unique, Jake Gyllenhaal is perfect for this movie about ... well, about everything pretty much.

The Shawshank Redemption - Had to include it. If you havent seen it, go see it right now.

Cypher - Has its flaws, but the movie caught me totally by suprise and i really enjoyed it.

Dogma - Kevin Smith at his religious best

Equilibrium - What the matrix sequals SHOULD have been like

Human Traffic - Only watch if you are the type who hits the clubs alot with alot of party pils ... if so, this is the best fucking pre-party warmup movie ever.

The Man Who Knew Too Little - Funny Bill Murrary Classic

Lost in Translation - Serious Bill Murrary Classic, watch it when your not in a hurry

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - The Coen Brothes classic remake of the homers odyssey, quirky and fun

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp is my hero

The Ref - Underrated Denis Leary comedy, also starring Kevin Spacey.

The Royal Tenenbaums - You'll either love it or just not 'get' it

Se7en - Creepy and brilliant

Shaun of the Dead - Takes the piss out of the horror genre, but also a loving tribute.

Sneakers - Just cause it was one of the last movies to star River Pheonix, I usually wouldnt reccommend this movie because alot of people didnt like it, but personally, i loved it.

The Usual Suspects - Brilliant crime caper

Van Wilder: Party Liason - Fart joke comedy, but Ryan Renolds as Van Wilder turns an average comedy into a memorable classic


Should keep you busy :)
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have seen and would recomend all of them except Cypher...haven't seen it, I'll have to check it out...
Equilibrium was a huge surprise...I'll never understand why this movie don't go out in a ton of theaters and make a shitload of money (especially in this day and age of neutered PG13 horror movies)

I also have to add the best movie about salesmen of all time (I've mentioned this movie several times and will continue to pimp it hard):
Glengarry Glen Ross -
Alec Baldwin squeezes in more acting ability in his 15 minutes of screen time than most actors will their entire careers.
Ed Harris is a criminally overlooked and underrated actor who has never had a bad performance yet and still tops himself in this movie
Al Pacino...what can I say?
Jack Lemmon - a god of acting putting on an acting clinic
Alan Arkin keeps pace with the rest of the cast and turns in a performance of a lifetime (see the pattern here?)
Kevin Spacey and Jonathon Pryce turn in great performances in limited roles
basically, this movie is an acting clinic and the most realistic movie about salesmen I've ever seen...

Good list yug. I've seena number of them but some I haven't and will definately check out.

have you read the book? how many times? When was the last time?

TE, PLEASE, don't mislead the public...Americans just have no clue how to do Dumas!

Too much Hollywood, too little follow up of the original masterpiece.
Alexander Dumas is turning in his grave reading your post....all of them!

Equilibrium was definately a surprise to me and i loved it... here are a few more for you to check out..

Withnail and I - English film detailing the last days of the 60's very funny, sarcastic look by two raging alcholics.

The Big Blue (directors cut) - One of Luc Besson's best films about free-diving, stunning scenery and storyline.

Deep Cover - Laurence Fishburn as an undercover cop who forgets the dividing line between cops and drug dealers.

Leon (the professional) - A hitman adopts a child to protect her from beinig shot by the corrupt police officers, delightful film.

The Blade - Japanese martial arts films about a one armed man, awesome choreography in the fight scenes

Waking Ned - A quaint english film about a winning lottery ticket in a small village and the way they find to collect on it.

have you read the book? how many times? When was the last time?

TE, PLEASE, don't mislead the public...Americans just have no clue how to do Dumas!

Too much Hollywood, too little follow up of the original masterpiece.
Alexander Dumas is turning in his grave reading your post....all of them! [/b][/quote]
Fair enough Serge. I read it many moons ago in college. I certainly won't argue about it being a not well done adaptation of the book but this is Hollywood we are talking about. It's rare that an adaptation even brings a pleasant experience to wtaching it on the big screen as they often butcher or outright change aspects that change the feel of the story. A more accurate description would be that it was a pleasant viewing experience though certainly not nearly as good as the book.

Hmmm... I used to go to the movies all the time, but I don't see all that many these days. Here are a few all time favorites off the top of my head.

Grumpy Old Men

Grumpier Old Men

( I REALLY loved Jack Lemon and Walter Mathau )

Moonstruck - the more times you see it, the funnier it gets. Especially if you're an Italian from Brooklyn. :awinky:

Lord of the Rings - get the extended DVD's. You'll understand a whole lot more...

And probably not on too many people's lists, but they get my vote:

Powder - I don't think this did too well at the box office, but I really enjoyed it.

Dances With Wolves - I hate Kevin Costner, but this was an excellent film IMO.

The reason Equilibrium didn't get a wide release was because it had already run into profit as a result of overseas sales, and Miramax didn't want ot risk turning a money maker into a loss.

Great idea. Lets take a movie which has now PROVEN to be successful, and not release it.



Glengarry Glen Ross you say?

Stunning cast, i will have to check it out. Is it recent? (some movies take awhile before they appear down under).


And yeah, check out cypher and tell me what you think, id be interested to find out what other people think of it. Its by the same guy who did the movie 'CUBE', another good one to check out if u get the chance.

Good stuff there VooMan. Powder is definately an underrated movie.

Powder, the jeff goldblum one right? That is a fantastic movie.

I havent seen moonstruck thou, i know what the cover looks like, ill be sure to check it out.

If you haven't heard of IMDB, it's a great resource and here is their poll of the Top 250 Movies of All Time: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Yep, Jeff Goldblum was in Powder. I think it was a little too cerebral to make it big at the box office. Heh...

Moonstuck is hilarious. It's got Cher, Nicholas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, and one of my all time favorites, Vincent Gardenia. It's a perfect depiction of the melodramatic Italian family. It seems to be on television at least once a month, and I always seem to catch it... :)

You know what else I saw lately that I really enjoyed? Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino. I am honestly not a huge fan of his, as I think he's quite the ham, but Scent of a Woman was an excellent film.

Awesome, i'll check it out.

This thread is great ... already got 2 movies to add to my list ...

Moonstruck and Glengarry Glen Ross

Does that mean i can come in here and bitch if i didnt like them?

Yug, everybody has their own tastes, but if you need to bitch, feel free. :okthumb:

I haven't seen The Blade yet, but will check it out
I loved Waking Ted Levine (the movie's title over here)

Leon is another of my favorites. Luc Besson's movies have this poetry to them and The Big Blue, while not my favorite of Besson's, is still damn good (La Femme Nakita is still my favorite thing he's done overall though)

Awesome, i'll check it out.

This thread is great ... already got 2 movies to add to my list ...

Moonstruck and Glengarry Glen Ross

Does that mean i can come in here and bitch if i didnt like them? [/b][/quote]
I'm not into romcoms so wasn't a fan of Moonstruck, but Glengarry Glen Ross is not only my favorite movie about salesmen, but one of my top 5 of all time...

by all means, come back and bitch if you hate it, but I don't think that'll be the case ;-)

Schinders List - One of the only movies that can actually bring me to tears at the end.

Casablanca - No idea why but ive loved this movie since i was 10, cant get enough of it.

Some of what I have on DVD (so liked enough to buy):

Blow -- Cant go wrong with Deep. Great first-person biography type

Casino -- eh, what can I say... Pesci, DeNiro, best performance ever by Sharon Stone... mob, casinos, beatings with baseball bats...

Snatch / Lock stock and two smoking barrels - Great stories, great acting, I love english accent. And do you want to know why these films feel different, up tempo and keep your interest? No love interest in either. (what does 98% of hollywood movie have?)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- wierd and fun. (yeah yeah, I know about the books)

Platoon

Die Hard (purist might laugh, but eh, classic action movie)

there's more... but my memory is failing.... ALl these are worth seeing if you havent...

Hershie,

I came accross it the otherday.

I love the trivuia sections and the goofs.

:)

Schindlers List definitely.

Godfathers Except the last..

Shawshank Redemption - possibly imho the BEST movie.

Dr.Guile,
Check out "Love Honour and Obey" funny British Gangster film. Not bad at all :)

Seen every movie in your list and enjoyed every one of them except Fear and Loathing in Las vegas which I thought was utter crap.

The Shawshank Redemption is the best movie of all time IMHO.

OMG, I forgot about Powder, that was a great movie! Im gonna have to go rent it...I think it made me cry too and Im NOT a crier!

I visit that site more than other
I use it often to doublecheck my casting facts and I also contribute to it a lot (not as much now as a couple years ago)

Oddly enough, I probably own more movies in the Bottom 100 than the Top 250 ;-)

I visit that site more than other
I use it often to doublecheck my casting facts and I also contribute to it a lot (not as much now as a couple years ago)

Oddly enough, I probably own more movies in the Bottom 100 than the Top 250 ;-) [/b][/quote]
Anybody who knows you doesn't doubt that one tiny bit!! :P

ok here are my fav lesser known movies:

Where the buffalo roam (Bill mury as Hunter S Thompson) circa 70's ?

Mr.Frost (Jeff goldblum as the devil) honestly a great flick!

Raising Cain (John Lithcow <spelling?> )

Not lesser know but deff cult classic worth revisiting:

Dr. Strangelove (or how I came to love the atomic bomb)

Clockwork Orange

Alice's Resturaunt

And if your lookign for old goofy 80's movies:

The Sex O' Clock News

The Groove Tube

-Loki-

As I've often said about movies

There is Casablanca


then there is everything else

another great list
Raising Cain is highly underrated

A Clockwork Orange is Kubrick's best work (I found 2001 to be a bore)

my mother bought me the Dr. Strangelove SE for Christmas...damn good flick

Anything with Monty Python in the title.

Goodfellas
Scarface
Casino
Godfather trilogy
The Naked Lunch
Powder
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The Wizard Of Oz (with Pink Floyd)
Apocolypse Now
Braveheart
Oceans 11 & 12

...damn too many to list or I watch too many movies. I can't figure out which... :zoinks:

welcome to the club

and for anyone wanting to put a little voice of the movie fan into a special Internet award, register for and check out:
Joblo.com's Golden Shmoe awards
http://www.joblo.com/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=29

I've already listed my nominees in most of the categories

My favourite movie has always been "American Graffiti". I went to see it in theatres when I was 7 years old with my "big brother".

He gave me a choice between that and Sword in the Stone from Disney.

The movie represents many things about life and growing up. I think it had a considerable influence on my life.

"up in smoke" of course LOL

"fast times at rigemont high" was another great one....

Holy fuck .. a must see, piss taking film of epic proportions... sarcasm and adult in abundance ;)

"Team America - World Police"

Lots of good stuff that I like, and some to add to the list.

Was suprised to see Alice's Resturaunt on anyone's list, though ... loved it when it was new, didn't think it aged that well.

Only one I'd add to the mix is a movie called "Z". Got nominated for both Best Film & Best Foreign Film (won the latter).

Well ... can't let a movie thread go by without plugging my favorite western of all times - Blazing Saddles.

Agreed! My list of movies I hated is a whole lot smaller :P

Some of my favorites (no order)

Tombstone
Pulp Fiction
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Good Will Hunting
Pi
Jacob's Ladder
Vanilla Sky
Star Wars movies
Indiana Jones movies

The Wizard Of Oz (with Pink Floyd) - had to borrow that one. ;-)

Has no one mentioned City of God? One of my all time favorites!!

The book was better. Errr .. nevermind.