Recommended Movies

[twangirl]

Originally posted by econo:
  Recently?
 The Lives of Others

I second that emotion.
 
 Also The Wind That Shakes the Barley, although kind of a downer was very well done I thought.
 
 Buster Keaton's The General at AFI is a lot of fun.

[K8teebug]

Second the Proposition.  It kicked ass.

[xneverwherex]

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 these are two of my favorite films. i saw diego luna at the tribeca film festival. he seemed pretty cool and so friendly. i wished i wasnt working so i could have gone and talked to him.

[aglanixp]

Third for The Proposition.
 When i heard the movie was being made, I figured it was going to be good.
 I was still suprised at how great is really is.
 
 Am I the only American person who turns on the sub-titles for Australian and Britsh 'english' movies?
 
 Oldboy is another good movie.

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by bizou311®:
  my all-time favorite movie...
 
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I cast my vote for that one as well.  Hell of a storyline, good acting, just an all-around great movie.  Some may need to watch twice to tie-in all the storylines, though . . . .

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by twangirl:
   

Originally posted by econo:
  Recently?
 The Lives of Others

I second that emotion.
 
 Also The Wind That Shakes the Barley, although kind of a downer was very well done I thought.
 
 Buster Keaton's The General at AFI is a lot of fun. [/b]

The Lives of Others was amazing.
 
 I saw Fracture yesterday, and that was surprisingly entertaining.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by aglanixp:
 
 Am I the only American person who turns on the sub-titles for Australian and Britsh 'english' movies?
 
 Oldboy is another good movie.

depending what movie it is - but for a good chunk of australian and english films i turn on the subtitles as well.

[eltee]

Originally posted by Relaxer:
  I watched Little Children this weekend and thought it was great. Reminds me a lot of the Lincoln Park posse of stay-at-home moms.

I thought it was good, reminds me of "American Beauty". I must be senstive though...I am left a little disturbed.
 I also watched "Notes on a Scandal". I probably should have watched a more upbeat movie right after "Little Children". On the side of good but "heavy" movies: "Half Nelson" is excellent, and Maggie G. does a great job in "Sherrybaby".
 
 Just me or did anyone else enjoy "Stranger Than Fiction"?
 If anyone could recommend a decent comedy I'm grateful.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Have you heard of this movie called Borat? It was very niiice.
 
 

Originally posted by nonameface:
 
 If anyone could recommend a decent comedy I'm grateful. [/QB]

[K8teebug]

If you haven't seen Waiting for Guffman, I'd recommend it.  One of my favorite comedies ever.

[kosmo vinyl]

I saw Waitress last night and thought it was a most excellent movie.... made me want to have pie afterwards..

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Really? Really? I thought the movie was painfully bad. Contrived, cliched, stereotypical, stilted, and one dimensional are adjectives that come to mind when describing the characters, dialogue, and storyline. Not a single one of the characters garnered any empathy from me. Were we supposed to empathize with a woman who cheats on her less than perfect husband with her gynecologist? Yuck.
 
 Though I must say, I did enjoy watching Andy Griffith in action. And the pies? Meh. I'd rather have ice cream.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo:
  I saw Waitress last night and thought it was a most excellent movie.... made me want to have pie afterwards..

[K8teebug]

You should go to Dangerously Delicious Pies in Baltimore.  They are most excellent.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  I saw Waitress last night and thought it was a most excellent movie.... made me want to have pie afterwards..

i felt the same way. its hard to watch that film, and not want to eat pies. i agree, it was an excellent film. keri russell is quite great in that, and im loving jeremy sisto. he plays a control-freak/abusive SOB quite well.
 
 sad to know that adrienne shelley wont be making more films. i thought this film was really great and it'd be nice to have more women writer/directors around. theres never enough.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I actually saw it as the woman who was the one in control in the movie.
 
 The insecure/needy husband actually did seem to love and emotionally need his wife. The wife didn't seem to be in love with or emotionally need the husband. Thus, the balance of control was tipped awkwardly to the wife. And of course someone is going to be a "control freak" if the natural balance of the relationship gives them none.
 
   

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
   

Originally posted by kosmo:
  I saw Waitress last night and thought it was a most excellent movie.... made me want to have pie afterwards..

i felt the same way. its hard to watch that film, and not want to eat pies. i agree, it was an excellent film. keri russell is quite great in that, and im loving jeremy sisto. he plays a control-freak/abusive SOB quite well.
 
 sad to know that adrienne shelley wont be making more films. i thought this film was really great and it'd be nice to have more women writer/directors around. theres never enough. [/b]