Movies you just GOTTA see....
 

You just gotta see the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was SO well-made.

Sidhe

There are two other movies I really liked...good "sit at home and veg out" movies. Empire Records and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. I'd kill for Patrick Swayze's wardrobe, and seeing Wesley Snipes in a dress is worth it.

Sidhe

Big Fish

Princess Bride & Rocky Horror Picture Show.:)

Brazil
Grave of the Fireflies
Alien

Papillion (reality)
Bullitt (grittiness)
Cube (concept)
Full metal jacket (in your face)
Snatch (deviously original)
My Cousin Vinny (marisa hubba hubba tomei, oscar)
And lastly I gotta agree with Bruce for Rocky Horror. Used to catch it every Friday at midnight. Everyone knew the entire script . Helluva party !!!

Basquiat

There's a bunch of movies I like but since everyone has no doubt already seen them and formed an opinion about them I'll move on to movies that were worth a look that may not have shown up on everyone's radar.

I'll second the nom. for Cube. An interesting intellectual-type movie that you would expect to see on sci-fi or IFC at 3:00 am. I didn't understand/like the ending, tho. I rented Cube 2 (HyperCube) but didn't get to finish it - more of the same but with quantum shifts thrown in to add to the angst.

I thought Miyazaki's Spirited Away was pretty cool (Japanese animation but not anime) and my toddlers liked it.

Retro movies that I wouldn't mind seeing again for old times sake: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (good times and good BBQ), Wizards (I'm not sure I would like it now but loved it at the time), Clockwork Orange, and anything Peter Sellers was in to name a few.

That is my 2 year old's favorite movie. People look at me funny when he says "I'll break your arm!"

doesn't need to be said, but

...Monty Python's Holy Grail

Breakfast Club

and shelby and I just watched one the other night called"The King of Masks" It's chinese w/subtitles, and it's low budget, much like a kung fu movie, but the story is good, and it is well acted. gives a nice glimpse of street life in china....tough to tell what time period, but there were no cars in it.


ETA: "where the day takes you" really cool docu-drama about street life in LA...the main character "King" looks like the guy from soundgarden....

Inherit the Wind
Sunset Boulevard
Some Like It Hot
Seabiscuit
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Singin' in the Rain
Nuts
LOTR Trilogy (duh)
Aliens
Ed Wood
...and too many more to list.

if you are on an anime fix, I would recommend

Akira,

and

Princess Mononoke - this one is very thought provoking. It has an amazing man vs nature theme I have never seen done in quite this way before. And great scenery and action too!


...and for sci/fi I would definitely say Aliens. I like it even more than the first one.


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Game over man! Game over!

Inherit the Wind is a fantastic movie. I saw it when I was really young, and I'd like to see it again. Same with Papillon.

We used to go see Rocky Horror at the midnight movie...had our own cast and everything...I know a guy who's actually seen the movie something like 200+ times, and has every ticket stub to prove it. I mean, I like the movie, but damn...

Holy Grail, definitely...gotta see that one at least once a year.

The Color Purple. I'd like to see that one again. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember it being really, REALLY good.

Sidhe

I remember the first time I saw The Color Purple. The ad campaign at the time kept quoting some reviewer's snippet that said "the first real feel-good movie this year!'

So, my wife and a couple of friends and I were watching the movie...if you've seen it, you'll remember that Whoopi Goldberg's character endures some pretty unspeakable abuse at the hands of her husband...and during one of the more violent portions, we all, as one, look at one another and say "Oh, yeah...I'm feelin' good!"

It did get better...

Fight Club
The Right Stuff
Full Metal Jacket
A Clockwork Orange
Awakenings
Schindler's List
Morgan! A Suitable Case for Treatment
Gladiator
Backdraft

There are probably others. I'll add them as I think of them.

Fight Club: I've heard that's a great movie, but I've never seen it. I'd like to see it just because Brad Pitt dies at the end (sorry about the spoiler for those who haven't seen it, but it really isn't a spoiler, from what I hear) I can't stand Brad Pitt. I don't know why. He just annoys me.

A Clockwork Orange: I liked it until they deprogrammed him. I thought he got what he deserved.

Awakenings: A true story. The doctor involved in that wrote a book called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat." Excellent movie. Excellent book.

Schindler's List: Excellent book. The movie is heartbreaking. Much better than the book, believe it or not. See this one. It'll have you in tears. Very moving.

Gladiator: Oh yeah. GREAT movie. That's all you can say.

I'll have to add:

Saving Private Ryan: Very INTENSE move. I can understand why Viet Nam vets had to leave the theatre. It starts on an intense pitch and stays there, but never intense enough so that you become used to it.

And I know the guys will boo me for this, but Titanic. Forget the love story....if you've seen it in the theatres, you know that it's as close as you can get to being there without actually being there. The second time I saw it in the theatre, the usher was actually handing out kleenex. I shit you not.

What Lies Beneath is a good movie, and so is What Dreams May Come (Robin Williams)..

Has anyone seen 48 Hour Photo? I heard that movie is very good.....creepy, but good.

Sidhe

Memento
Mullholland Drive
L.A. Confidential
Dogville
Most Charlie Kaufman films

I watched the last hour of that movie last night on Bravo...whatta riot! Snipes is the ugliest drag queen ever, but baby, he captured the 'tude just right! *two snaps gurl!* Swayze was such a southern belle, I loved it! And Leguizamo (sp???) looked too much like a real woman...LOL! It was a mess. They all reminded me of queens (drag and otherwise) that I knew years ago when I was knee deep in the "culture-life" (clubbing, hanging out, etc.).

*Ex Fag Hag* ;)

Yeah, he DID look like a woman. I thought he WAS a woman at first....

Sidhe