Ideas?

[BasX]

Now, I'm taking FILM this year at University and to broaden my movie boundaries, I'd like to get a chance to watch different types movies.

I've been told, and recommend, The Taking of Pelham 123, the older version, mainly because of the newer one coming out next year. You guys got any other movies to recommend for myself OR others

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

This isn't my favorite movie because of the drugs and shit, the underlying reason and the superb acting is well worth watching over-and-over again.

 

[Denny Crane]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Funny, sad, and a horror movie all in one. Lots of academy awards (7, I think). Outstanding cast, great acting.

Not only horror, but one of the scariest movies ever, without any gore to it.

 

[Dumpy]

Now, I'm taking FILM this year at University and to broaden my movie boundaries, I'd like to get a chance to watch different types movies.

I've been told, and recommend, The Taking of Pelham 123, the older version, mainly because of the newer one coming out next year. You guys got any other movies to recommend for myself OR others

You can't go wrong with any of the following:

Lawrence of Arabia
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Key Largo
Rear Window
Vertigo
North by Northwest
The Maltese Falcon
Gunga Din
The Adventures of Robin Hood (w/Errol Flynn)



Here are some science fiction I like:

A Clockwork Orange
The Time Machine (original)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet


For awhile I was really into westerns. Here are some of my favorites:

Shane
High Noon
Gunfight at the OK Corral
The Man who shot Liberty Valance
True Grit
Rio Lobo
Stagecoach
Rio Bravo
The Undefeated
The Searchers (some people call this the greatest western of all time; I didn't think so highly of it, but whatever)

 

[Denny Crane]

They keep showing the same indian getting shot off his horse in those westerns.

 

[pegs]

A Clockwork Orange

I'm reading the book right now, and it's pretty awesome.

Gone Baby Gone
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Taxi Driver
Unforgiven
Zodiac
Young Guns

Check em out. They're all good and entertaining. Although you may possibly find Zodiac and Assassination of Jesse James boring at times, not gonna lie.

 

[GMJ]

Jesse James SUCKED. If you're feeling in the mood for that kind of a western, save yourself the trouble and just see There Will be Blood.

 

[pegs]

Jesse James was awesome. You sucked.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I'm reading the book right now, and it's pretty awesome.

I couldn't understand it.

 

[pegs]

I couldn't understand it.

I know, it's pretty awesome that way. I have a hard time understanding half of what's going on.

Welcome to my life.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

What was that milk shit they were drinking/taking? (near the start)

 

[pegs]

What was that milk shit they were drinking/taking? (near the start)

Idk, I thought that was some sort of alcohol

 

[NJNetz]

What was that milk shit they were drinking/taking? (near the start)

Hmmm...it might have been...milk.

 

[cpawfan]

You can't go wrong with any of the following:

Lawrence of Arabia

Thanks, now I have Billy Joel stuck in my head

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

 

[Dumpy]

Thanks, now I have Billy Joel stuck in my head

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

Sorry about that!

There's a lot of Hitchcock on my list. He was an incredible filmmaker--just ahead of his time. In fact, he had one principle screenwriter--I don't remember his name--who had one of the most incredible runs a writer has ever had. Films like North by Northwest, Rear Window, Key Largo, and Vertigo have just entered the american consciousness and have affected many films since. Maltese Falcon, which I think was directed by John Huston?, is the stereotypical film noir picture. Some people believe that Gunga Din is the greatest adventure movie ever made, and in fact the second Indiana Jones movie is loosely based on it, and it might be fun to watch one right after the other. High Noon is an incredible western, and one of the John Waynes on the list--maybe Rio Bravo or Rio Grande--was his "answer" to it, because he didn't like how the sheriff was treated in HIgh Noon. Shane could be the best western ever, though. It was essentially remade by Clint in "Pale Rider"--it might be interesting to watch them back to back, also. Lawrence of Arabia is worth watching just to appreciate the scope--there are scenes with hundreds of Beduin riding their horses, and you have to remember that they are real and not CGI. It is also interesting to see how Lawrence's rape is implied to get by the censors. (In the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (directed by John Huston also?), Bogart's trip to the whorehouse is implied as well. In Treasure, Bogart makes a slow descent into insanity, which is interesting to watch. There is also a very, very, very famous line in it.

Hitch, Huston, John Ford--these are among the very best filmmakers, and the directors you should be targetting in a film class.

 

[cpawfan]

Sorry about that!

There's a lot of Hitchcock on my list.

No problem

Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

 

[bbwMax]

Debbie does dallas.

Classic

 

[BasX]

Just watched Reservoir Dogs again, fuck its good

 

[BasX]

http://www.spill.com/Movie-Reviews/MovieReview.aspx?Name=Lakeview+Terrace&VideoId=386281
Bad Movie, Funny Review, Last 7 Seconds are gold

 

[drexlersdad]

man bites dog, its foreign, but fucking crazy.

also

pi
being john malkovitch
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
requiem for a dream
kung fu hustle
12 monkeys
fight club obviously
clockwork orange is a MUST SEE (btw, the "milk they are drinking is just that...milk, although i believe they name some made up drugs it is infused with)
run lola run
brazil is another MUST SEE
and a million billion others. if you havent seen these already you should be ashamed of yourself actually.

 

[Sasha]

Cidade de Deus
The Fountain
Cache
Begotten
Funny Games
Benny's Video
When Father Was Away On Business
Baraka
Koyaanisqatsi
The Seventh Seal
Cannibal Holocaust
Audition
Amores Perros
Run Lola Run
Oldboy
Metropolis
Downfall
Trainspotting

...I could go on forever. Let me know what you think if you see any of these.

man bites dog, its foreign, but fucking crazy.

Quite funny, too.

 

[soul driver]

Meshes of the Afternoon, by Maya Deren

 

[huevonkiller]

American Psycho.

 

[Chutney]

Regular Psycho.

Also Unforgiven's awesome if you're into westerns.