Recommended Movies

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.

The Lives of Others was amazing.

I saw Fracture yesterday, and that was surprisingly entertaining.

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.

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.

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]

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

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

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..

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

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.

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.

the valet and paris, je t'aime.

The Big Lebowski.

-Karl Hungus

Those of you who liked City of God, you may also like this other Brazilian movie.

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Also, difficult to find, but incredible mexican documentary/movie from the seventies.

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Originally posted by wanderlust aka joe marshmallow:
Raising Victor Vargas is one of my faves :)

I'll second this one. I love, love, love this movie.

paris, je t'aime. i saw it twice last weekend

one of my co-workers said it was one of the best movies she's seen. im hoping to check it out later this week

Originally posted by D.:
paris, je t'aime. i saw it twice last weekend

Carandiru isn't as powerful, or put together as Cididad de Deus.

There are just too many good films in past and present.. Do you want something recent? what are you into? what themes do you like? I shall espouse a mantra..

For pure action/gun porn, District B13 is a real hoot. It's heavy on parkour, the art of running top-speed around urban environments (like that first chase scene in Casino Royale). It ain't deep, but it's pretty fun.

Just saw Battle Royale for the first time recently too. That was pretty intense.

oh yeah. boycott all mainstream theatres. the movies are terrible anyways. support all the landmark theatres, shirlington, dupont, cinema arts, afi, goethe and the museums. warner theatre is owned by live nation/clear channel. boycott that place also.

may have to wait for dvd if you haven't seen it yet, but Black Book was phenomenal