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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #60 on: March 02, 2010, 07:14:02 PM »

Oh yeah, I meant to put Die Hard on there, but I forgot. Pompoko was GOOD but there were probably too many testicle jokes to call it an enduring masterpiece or anything.
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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #61 on: March 02, 2010, 07:27:11 PM »

I'm surprised no one has yet to suggest "Anything by Pixar", because really...
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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #62 on: March 02, 2010, 07:30:06 PM »

You mean... even Cars was good?
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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #63 on: March 02, 2010, 07:44:59 PM »

Cars? Not bad, but definitely the low bar of all things Pixar. Watch Cars.


Still, do not want Cars 2.
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« Reply #64 on: March 02, 2010, 07:50:27 PM »

Cars shows you a gorgeous wild countryside and tells you it's a travesty that you're not driving through it!  Everything Pixar after that is A-OK, though; Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up all do amazing and fun things with story structure and pacing.

Also Frocto I was serious >:(
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« Reply #65 on: March 02, 2010, 08:08:31 PM »

Cars gave Larry the Cable Guy work.  This is unforgiveable sin.  Pay no man to watch it.

Every single other Pixar movie highly recommend though.
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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #66 on: March 02, 2010, 08:45:04 PM »

Anything with Paul Newman in it is okay in my book.
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« Reply #67 on: March 02, 2010, 09:50:36 PM »

Also Frocto I was serious >:(

sorry, nobody could seriously want to watch die hard 2

I call your fantastically-orchestrated bluff

your move, dinolady
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Re: Recommend Movies.
« Reply #68 on: March 02, 2010, 11:04:02 PM »

:itsatrap:
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« Reply #69 on: March 02, 2010, 11:04:09 PM »

In every sense.
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« Reply #70 on: March 03, 2010, 06:01:27 AM »

Nothing came to mind but the obvious, so I took it as a challenge. I find that as time goes by I'm less and less into movies. It's difficult for me to convince myself to spend two hours in front of a TV anymore; after a while my hands just itch for something to do. That said, I could take the time to see Road to Perdition again. Probably The Untouchables too. (Not that I have a thing for gangsters I think, they're just good flicks.)

Also, Crimson Tide.

I clearly remember loving Lars von Trier's Europa when I saw it in film class over a decade ago but I'll be damned if I remember why exactly. That probably comes with an "artfags only" tag.
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« Reply #71 on: March 03, 2010, 06:19:10 AM »

I find that as time goes by I'm less and less into movies. It's difficult for me to convince myself to spend two hours in front of a TV anymore; after a while my hands just itch for something to do.

I have the exact same problem. Haven't watched any of my movies in quite a while. Mostly when I want to show a movie I already own to someone who's never heard of it.


Anyway looking at my previous post, an additional movie suggestion that will seem stupid to anyone who's never seen it: Slap Shot. On the surface (i.e. if you just read the jacket or something without actually, you know, watching the movie) this is a slapstick hockey movie, no different than any cheap "sports comedy" like Waterboy or Happy Gilmore.

But a funny thing happened on the way to bad film clichés.

1) Paul Newman is the lead and does a great job. My opinion that "Paul Newman couldn't make a bad movie" notwithstanding, this movie really does prove that that man never phoned it in. He really pulls the whole movie together.
2) Most of the supporting cast were actual minor league hockey players. In any other movie, they'd stick out of course, but here the choice was genius. It's a comedy, so they all have rather strictly defined roles "The pervert", "The kid", etc. but none of them ever have that phoney two-dimensional feel that the supporting cast usually has in comedies
3) A slapstick movie about hockey... written by a woman? This resulted in a script that became much more than a silly flick where people get beat up with sticks on ice.
4) Holy fuck is Strother Martin funny in this.

It's a very human movie. The characters have a rare accessibility. It's as if someone told the director to make a shitty throwaway gimmick comedy and instead of just accepting this, he did everything in his power to make this a movie that was still funny as hell, but has that rare pathos and a tinge of sadness that make a real comedy so much better.

I know I probably hold it in higher esteem than it deserves, and by no means would I claim it's the best movie ever, but it really is worth watching at least once. If you like absolutely nothing else about the movie, it's got a few laughs that'll definitely make it worthwhile.

P.S. If anybody ever tells you there are sequels, they're a LIAR. FILTHY FILTHY LIARS.

P.P.S. Apologies If I ever suggested this on these boards before. Can't remember if I have.
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« Reply #72 on: March 03, 2010, 06:32:04 AM »

It's difficult for me to convince myself to spend two hours in front of a TV anymore; after a while my hands just itch for something to do.

This is how I manage to sit through massive amounts of television: by making my EPIC TAPESTRY at the same time.
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« Reply #73 on: March 03, 2010, 09:59:15 AM »

wait there are people in the world who don't like slap shot?

i think we call those monsters.
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« Reply #74 on: March 03, 2010, 10:49:38 AM »

The fashion show.

THE FASHION SHOW.

"I'm gonna do it! I really am Joe!" 
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« Reply #75 on: March 03, 2010, 10:53:44 AM »

It's difficult for me to convince myself to spend two hours in front of a TV anymore; after a while my hands just itch for something to do.

This is how I manage to sit through massive amounts of television: by making my EPIC TAPESTRY at the same time.

Man, you're like Jane Austen or something.
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« Reply #76 on: March 03, 2010, 11:06:53 AM »

that sounds about right because all I know about Jane Austen is that she loved television and needlework
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« Reply #77 on: March 09, 2010, 02:10:55 AM »

Watched nikus reccomendation of World's Greatest Dad. Wtf Niku is all I can say. Having quite a bit of fun with the rest while filling out applications.



Edit: Also watched Death Trance. This movie is fantastic.
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« Reply #78 on: March 10, 2010, 08:28:51 AM »

Cabin Fever. I love this movie. Every single character in it is a complete twit, and they all either die of a flesh-eating disease or of a flesh-eating dog.
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« Reply #79 on: March 10, 2010, 08:36:26 AM »

I've been trying to remember the name of that movie for the longest time. I think I watched a bit of it from Outer Heaven back when it still existed.
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