Goon - Singlehandedly made me interested in Hockey
Lord of War
Belleville Rendevous
The Gods Must Be Crazy - first film ever to make me laugh so hard and so long that I actually did myself an injury
Red Cliff - A decent candidate to measure Chinese epic scale dramatic cinema, even if it is basically as historically accurate as Braveheart
Seven Samurai
Last King of Scotland - Chilling to the core
Felidae - Film noir detective story addressing an unusual topic
Spoiler:
Eugenics
, with all the main characters played by cats
Watership Down - Thriller about dark gods, chemical warfare, mass deportation and the search for a homeland in the face of suffering, with most of the main characters played by rabbits
Tom Yung Goong - Aka "Where's my Elephant"
malamis wrote: Goon - Singlehandedly made me interested in Hockey
Lord of War
The Gods Must Be Crazy - first film ever to make me laugh so hard and so long that I actually did myself an injury
Watership Down - Thriller about dark gods, chemical warfare, mass deportation and the search for a homeland in the face of suffering, with most of the main characters played by rabbits
All good films. I like your taste.
Belleville Rendevous
Red Cliff - A decent candidate to measure Chinese epic scale dramatic cinema, even if it is basically as historically accurate as Braveheart
Seven Samurai
I'll take a look at these, thanks.
Last King of Scotland - Chilling to the core
Is there any redeeming characters or any sort of hope at all in this film? I understand Forest Whitaker crushes it in this role, but IDK if I want to spend a couple hours in the mind of a brutal, mad dictator.
Felidae - Film noir detective story addressing an unusual topic
Spoiler:
Eugenics
, with all the main characters played by cats
Oh wow, interesting, I have never heard of this one.
The Beast
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/ A Soviet tank invading Afghanistan in the 1980s gets lost and fights a solo war against the local mujahideen.
Tonari no Totoro (Our Neighbours The Totoros)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/?ref_=nv_sr_1 A professor and his two young daughters move to an old fashioned house in the country to be near his wife who is in a sanatorium (probably for tuberculosis.) The girls encounter strange creatures in the woods around the house.
Tokyo Gore Police
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183732/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 In near future Tokyo the police have been privatised and a special unit is set up to track down homicidal mutants created by a particularly weird form of body modification.
Silent Running
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 All Earth's flora are extinct except for specimens kept on board a giant space ark ship. The single human crewman receives orders to destroy the collection.
Dark Star
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Starship Dark Star is 20 years into its mission to make space safe for human colonisation by bombing dangerous planets into rubble. The homesick crew cannot return to Earth until they have dropped their final weapon. Can they find a suitable target?
Tonari no Totoro (Our Neighbours The Totoros)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/?ref_=nv_sr_1 A professor and his two young daughters move to an old fashioned house in the country to be near his wife who is in a sanatorium (probably for tuberculosis.) The girls encounter strange creatures in the woods around the house.
Tokyo Gore Police
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183732/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 In near future Tokyo the police have been privatised and a special unit is set up to track down homicidal mutants created by a particularly weird form of body modification.
Silent Running
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 All Earth's flora are extinct except for specimens kept on board a giant space ark ship. The single human crewman receives orders to destroy the collection.
Dark Star
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Starship Dark Star is 20 years into its mission to make space safe for human colonisation by bombing dangerous planets into rubble. The homesick crew cannot return to Earth until they have dropped their final weapon. Can they find a suitable target?
Lars and the Real Girl http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/ Throwing that out there because it was completely different from what I expected, and I honestly don't know what I actually expected. A movie about a guy and his sex-doll wasn't on my list of movies to watch, but my wife was watching it for a work assignment and it turned out to be an unexpected wonderful movie.
Good Bye Lenin! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/ This one might be more hit and miss, depending on your taste. Very well done though, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Ones that I've seen somewhat recently and really enjoyed, highly recommended but not necessarily favorites:
The Way, Way Back Coming of age summer movie with Steve Carell as a villain and one of Sam Rockwell's best performances, IMO.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl A teen and his partner make parodies of their favorite films. A great meditation on friendship and loss, funnier than it sounds.
Dope A geek stuck in the past living in the hood runs into a bad situation. Very funny, great soundtrack, interesting mash up of gang/hip hop/nerd culture.
I just realized all my recent recommendations are kind of about teenagers. Maybe I'm feeling young at heart recently.
gunslingerpro wrote: Ones that I've seen somewhat recently and really enjoyed, highly recommended but not necessarily favorites:
The Way, Way Back Coming of age summer movie with Steve Carell as a villain and one of Sam Rockwell's best performances, IMO.
I was in college when this came out; the directors came and did a special showing at my school. Jim Rash sat right behind me! Apparently, Steve Carell's 'pep talk' at the beginning is paraphrased from something Jim was told as a boy.
I'd also like to second Red Cliff. Get the international cut, a big bowl of popcorn, and the sort of time you'd reserve for a Lord of the Rings marathon. You can watch a man bull-rush his way through a melee just so he can body-slam a horse.
Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are con artist brothers on one last, big scheme designed to give everyone involved 'exactly what they want'. A quirky, light-spirited movie with some surprisingly emotional moments and clever cinematography. Tied with Aliens for my favorite movie; I think the best description I can give for it is atmospheric. There's times that you feel the movie itself is conning you, in the best of ways.
You...probably know what this one is. If you haven't seen it, though, I suggest you do - and then I suggest you read The Disaster Artist, because it puts a whole new spin on the weird, alien, strangely sincere mess that you just watched.
I liked the first half of this - slow-paced, melancholy sci-fi - more than the second - sci-fi slasher that seems really at odds with the rest of the movie, tonally speaking - but it's got a beautiful soundtrack and some great visuals. Worth at least one watch.
The Fall (2006 movie, not the TV series (haven't seen that and can't comment on it)). One could say it's about storytelling (in a way), has great cinematography, and that leads to images like these (it's even more fun in motion, the screencaps are behind a spoiler because of their size)
Kilkrazy wrote:Silent Running
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 All Earth's flora are extinct except for specimens kept on board a giant space ark ship. The single human crewman receives orders to destroy the collection.
I definitely second this recommendation. I only ever saw the movie once, but I think about it every now and then.
Anything with Harryhausen's magic in it is probably not too bad. I could also recommend the original Clash of the Titans for this reason.
Bromsy wrote:Big Trouble in Little China - probably the finest single movie ever made, ever.
Exalted for excellent taste in movies! Probably my favorite Kurt Russell role ever!
Bromsy wrote:Ladyhawke
This was a fun little flick that I never really hear mentioned very much. I enjoyed it when I saw it on Netflix a while back.
Bromsy wrote:A Bridge Too Far
Probably one of the better WWII movies ever made.
BobtheInquisitor wrote:Krull
I love this movie! The first time I saw it I was like "Look how young Liam Neeson is in this movie!"
BobtheInquisitor wrote:Clue (young Tim Curry!)
OMG I love this movie! You can also have an exalt for excellent taste in movies!
I have a few recommendations of my own:
Kelly's Heroes: WWII movie with some great action scenes and very quotable dialogue!
Battle Beyond the Stars: Very enjoyable sci-fi movie that, to me, was like the Magnificent Seven in space.
Hellfighters: John Wayne is a firefighter who fights oil well fires in this movie. Probably my favorite John Wayne movie.
The Black Hole: Disney's answer to Star Wars, or so they claimed in 1979. It's a fun movie, but the ending is reminiscent of the ending from 2001: A Space Odyssey in terms of weirdness. Don't take the physics in the movie too seriously...
Romancing the Stone: Very fun action/adventure movie, with a bit of romance thrown in as well. The sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, is pretty fun also.
Scavenger Hunt; Arnold Schwarzenegger's first movie. Well, okay, he was a bit part. Also featured the acting talents of Meatloaf! In all honesty, it's frigging hilarious, and one of the best movies from the 70s. It is available on YouTube, although I have no idea how good the quality is. It's free, by the way. Imagine the death of a toilet, hugely fat people being worth bonus points, and a simpleton named "Dummits". Also Indians shooting teddy bears and did I mention Meatloaf acts?? Yeah...enjoy yourself.
If a certain amount of cheese is desired, then you can't beat some of the lines in Night of the Creeps. Afterwards, you'll be answering your phone with "Thrill me!"
Critters, Critters 2, and Gremlins 2 are worth checking out. Some of my favorite lines are delivered by extras.
Oscar: Very funny movie with witty dialogue in which Sylvester Stallone plays a gangster who's trying to go legit.
The Money Pit: Good comedy from the '80s about a couple buying a house and having it become more than they bargained for.
The Burbs: Another good comedy from the '80s. Newcomers to a quiet street make the neighbors suspicious, and chaos ensues.
Red Sonja: Fantasy movie in which Sonja, played by Brigitte Nielsen, goes on a quest for revenge. Arnold Schwarzenegger co-stars as a character that totally isn't Conan...
And of course I have to point out Conan the Destroyer, which to me is the better of the two '80s Conan movies. Just a good, fun adventure movie!
And of course I have to point out Conan the Destroyer, which to me is the better of the two '80s Conan movies. Just a good, fun adventure movie!
OMG... I cannot disagree with this any more than I do... Conan the Destroyer was a gak movie. The problem, as I see it, is that Conan is an R movie, to be done properly, and for them to make it PG is absolutely terrible. The dialogue, acting and everything is just terrible. It's not even "so bad it's good" territory for me.
malamis wrote: Goon - Singlehandedly made me interested in Hockey
I was going to post in this thread specifically to recommend Goon and its already been done...
It is very good though and it highlights just how good an actor Sean WIlliam Scott can be (Stifler from American Pie). On face value it sounds pretty formulaic and meh; Scott plays a thuggish ice hockey player (Doug the Thug) who climbs his way up the ladder to 'make it' as a professional ice hockey player by beating the current but fading Ice hockey star brawler.
However the main character effectively has special needs, he is far from intelligent, but at the same time is a very nice guy and played with an air of wide eyed bewilderment and innocence perfectly by Scott. Despite the film being very violent due to its subject matter there is no meanness or nastiness in it at all (there is from supporting characters but that gets swept away as the film progresses). Even the big fight at the end see's both parties happy with the outcome. This is very much a feel good movie that happens to be covered in blood and missing several teeth.
I saw it completely by chance and I am glad I did.
Nonsense! Time Bandits is the greatest film ever made. Except perhaps for Tonari no Totoro.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081633/ A gang of dwarves steal a map of all Space Time from God and go on an extended blag across history, pursued by EVIL.
This is a great thread! So many good films being recommended and new stuff I need to look up.
Here are some more ideas:
Beetlejuce
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/?ref_=nv_sr_1 A recently deceased young couple of ghosts hire a "bioexorcist" to rid their haunting house of new living inhabitants. What could possibly go wrong?
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/?ref_=nv_sr_1 A teenager definitely doesn't borrow his father's expensive sports car without permission to play hooky from school with a couple of friends.
A Better Tomorrow - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092263/ A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Fantastic Mr. Fox - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/ An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Hard Boiled - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/ A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
The Killer - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097202/ A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362270/ With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
Moonrise Kingdom - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/ A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.
Even if you've already seen it, re watching it is always worth doing
The Killer - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097202/ A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.
This is a Fantastic movie....one of my fav Hong Kong movies... check it out you wont be disappointed.
One we found recently:
Faintheart: "May The Norse Be With You/ A zero will rise"
http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt1080012/ A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.
This might be a bit too close to home for a lot of us...
Nonsense! Time Bandits is the greatest film ever made. Except perhaps for Tonari no Totoro.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081633/ A gang of dwarves steal a map of all Space Time from God and go on an extended blag across history, pursued by EVIL.
I thought it was common knowledge that The Princess Bride was the greatest film ever? There should really be some kind of announcement.
timetowaste85 wrote: You're both wrong. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is top dog of movies. Princess Bride is a close second. I could see how a mistake could happen.
No one who's seen the ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail could ever believe it was the top dog. That's just a fact.
You know what else is a fact? A mad scientist tried to stuff The Princess Bride and Big Fish into a transporter at the same time and ended up creating Secondhand Lions. Fact.
Good date movie, though.
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Bromsy wrote: Oh, has anyone mentioned Willow? That movie has some of the best lines ever.
"Ooh, I'm really scared. No! Don't! There's a- a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!"
" I'll be around long after you're dead! When I get out of here, I'm gonna cut your head off and stick it on a pig pole!"
Willow is underappreciated. I like to watch it back to back with Krull.
History of the World was my favorite MB movie. I actually didn't like Blazing Saddles as much as that, High Anxiety, Spaceballs or RH:MiT. It was better than Young Frankenstein though.
You mean the cameo by famous French mimi Marcel Marceau? It is a great moment in cinema history, to be sure.
Back to the Princess Bride/Monty Python and the Holy Grail/Time Bandits controversy, I can only suggest that people watch all three and make up their own mind.
Braindead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/ 1950's New Zealand. An overbearing "Brit" mother disapproves of her son's burgeoning romance with an attractive Spanish girl. Then she is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey and things go from bad to worse.
The Castle of Cagliostro
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079833/?ref_=nv_sr_1 An international super-thief tries to rescue an Italianesque princess from an evil count. First major film directed by Hayao Mayazaki and also the first major film starring Lupin III and his gang.
timetowaste85 wrote: You're both wrong. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is top dog of movies. Princess Bride is a close second. I could see how a mistake could happen.
No one who's seen the ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail could ever believe it was the top dog. That's just a fact.
Holy Grail has a wonderful ending it's a funny idea, that being said I prefer Life of Brian and Meaning of Life more even though I'm pretty sure Holy Grail is the fan favourite (still like it though).
Braindead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/ 1950's New Zealand. An overbearing "Brit" mother disapproves of her son's burgeoning romance with an attractive Spanish girl. Then she is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey and things go from bad to worse.
A Peter Jackson original that held the record (or so I've heard) for most gallons of fake blood used in a film. Highly recommended.
Though you may try looking for it as Dead Alive in North America.
A Boy and His Dog is a classic that provided many of the inspirations for the Fallout games. A boy and his talking dog companion travel through the wasteland in search of women and the "promised land".
Warrior of the Lost World is a misunderstood masterpiece. A man on a talking motorcycle joins forces with a band of raiders to topple the rebuilding, authoritarian government. It is a wonderful exploration of what the genre looks like from the "bad guy's" perspective.
These movies (when coupled with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior which you should have seen already) renewed my interest in the Fallout games and pushed me to finally buy New Vegas.
I enjoyed seeing a mention of drag me to hell and tucker and dale v. evil. While I enjoyed the former, I suspect many wouldn't, but tucker and dale v. evil is absolutely perfect.
But here's my thoughts for some hidden Netflix horror gems:
Come back to me - hard to describe without spoiling it, but the tagline is something like "A woman is having reoccurring, troubling nightmares and starts looking for the source". Extremely good and original plot, but do yourself a favor and don't look it up.
Last Shift - Story of a police rookie guarding the old police station on its last night before being demolished. I especially enjoyed it because the story keeps yanking the rookie from the mundane to the bizarre unexpectedly.
Okay! Read the lists and will start with seconding(third, etc.) a bunch:
Brotherhood of the Wolf - Great action movie and little known, feels like a superhero flick.
The Killer - John Woo at his best, his "bullet time" I feel was necessary to see all the madness going on.
Dark City - A strange gothic enjoyable brain twister.
The Princess Bride - Great dialogue and just the right amount of wacky. Few movies have so many memes attributed to it.
Full Metal Jacket - It is brutal. The Sgt takes basic training brutality to a standup dark comedy art form. https://youtu.be/x9f6JaaX7Wg
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - I would say the king of "cult" movie (either love it or HATE it) which pretty much summarizes all that is right and wrong about the 80's: https://youtu.be/ii9n8CMpLMk
Transpotting - A lot can go wrong with only looking for a good time. The music and memorable characters all work well together. https://youtu.be/R2GKVtWsXKY Dovetails in well with: The Full Monty - Good soundtrack and pretty nuts. https://youtu.be/CWZBdTCsRCY
Lots of fun movies here! Many I have never heard of. I won't go through and Second or Third the ones I like, but I'll add a few favorites (I may have missed these). Incidentally, I HATED The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, but my cousin absolutely adores that movie and quoted it my whole childhood and teenage years.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back is a fun Indy film about a boy meeting his father for the first time and coming to terms with his abusive behavior.
Sergeant York is an old black and white flick about a a local yokel turned American War Hero from WWI. One of Gary Cooper's best performances.
Philadelphia. Tom Hanks plays a lawyer with AIDS who loses his job and sues with Denzel Washington.
Barbarians at the Gate. An HBO movie about a 1980s corporate mega-merger that was more entertaining than it should have been, considering the subject. Stars James Garner, who I've always enjoyed.
For early HBO movies, try The Late Shift, about the competition between Jay Leno and David Letterman, and The Pentagon Wars, about the design-by-committee of the Bradley.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: For early HBO movies, try The Late Shift, about the competition between Jay Leno and David Letterman, and The Pentagon Wars, about the design-by-committee of the Bradley.
Both excellent!
The Dread Pirate Roberts was excellent in The Pentagon Wars.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: For early HBO movies, try The Late Shift, about the competition between Jay Leno and David Letterman, and The Pentagon Wars, about the design-by-committee of the Bradley.
Both excellent!
The Dread Pirate Roberts was excellent in The Pentagon Wars.
Agreed. I don't care what the others say, I always knew you guys were cool.
Chute82 wrote: Battlefield Earth .....just watch it for a good laugh on how to never film a movie. It's so bad it's good
There are better movies for that type of entertainment. I've always been partial to Buckaroo Banzai, I've seen many times over the years, always enjoy it but still don't really get it at all.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/
Koyaanisqatsi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Natural landscapes and human unfold beneath the camera to a score by Phillip Glass. No story, no narration, just a continuing flow of amazing cinematography.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/ In a world where real life and "toon" people co-exist, a human gumshoe is hired to investigate the relationship between a toon rabbit, his toon wife and her toon lover.
@Bromsy: I love The Adventures of Baron Munchausen! The humor is very much like Monty Python, which isn't surprising since some of the same people made it.
I thought of a few more good ones:
Dragonheart: A brave knight teams up with a dragon to defeat an evil king whose life the dragon once saved.
The Andromeda Strain (the old one from the 1970s): Probably the best adaptation of a novel to a movie I've ever seen. I recommend both the book and the movie very highly (it's a Michael Crichton story, what's not to like?).
Contagion: A strange and deadly disease spreads and becomes a global pandemic that threatens to destroy civilization.
Enemy Mine: A human fighter pilot and an enemy alien crash land together and are forced to work together to survive.
Soldier: A highly-trained supersoldier becomes stranded on a barren planet, befriends others trapped there, and is forced to defend his new friends from the next generation of supersoldiers created by genetic engineering.
Stakeland. 'Zombie' apocalypse/road movie although the beasties are vampires and society still functions to an extent. A young man and a grizzled vampire hunter travel across the US to reach the 'New Eden' in Canada.
Local Hero
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 A US oil company sends a negotiator to start buying an entire Scottish village in order to build a new refinery. The locals have mixed ideas about the project.
Paprika
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/?ref_=nv_sr_1 When a terrorist steals an experimental neural interface that allows therapists to enter and interact with people's dreams, reality itself begins to dissolve. A doctor, a troubled cop and an obese computer scientist fight to restore the world.
godardc wrote: Did you see "It follows" ? If not, you should !
Double and triple recommend this. Great flick, one of my favorite horror/thrillers of recent years, along with Ex Machina and Cabin in the Woods.
Quadruple recommend all titles just mentioned.
Haven't seen a lot of good movies recently new baby often prevents a full 2 hour commitment at one time, so we've mostly been catching up on Netflix shows like Bloodline & Stranger Things.
We watched three movies last year in a row with Jake Gyllenhall and I was surprised how good they were. If you watch them in this order you can watch him get sleazier and eviler over time:
"Primer," I watched on a whim. But found myself rewatching it. Its a low budget mind bender. Expertly written IMO. Worth 77min of your scifi time...
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/
"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins." Depending on your age, you have seen this. You quote it. Its embedded in your nerd fanboy psyche. You think about it and you never ever ever think to recommend it. I just won the internet today.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089901/?ref_=nv_sr_1
AegisGrimm wrote: How about the 13th Floor? I thought it was quite a unique movie.
Someone already mentioned that movie, although they used its more popular name, Dark City.
Nah, 13th floor was alright, if a bit predictable. Worth watching for its depiction of an idealized Arizona for any Californians thinking of driving out east.
In a somewhat similar vein, The Butterfly Effect, with the darker Director's Cut ending, is intense. ...And deeply satisfying for anyone who isn't a fan of Ashton Kutcher.
Das Boot: If you want to see what life on a WW2 era German sub is like, there you go. It was awesome. Who would think the words "200 meters" would be so chilling. It is a "go-to" movie for many.
Leon: The Professional: The best darn movie on a hitman I have ever seen. The actors in this movie are all awesome. You might recognize the same "bad-guy" from "The fifth element".
Talizvar wrote: Leon: The Professional: The best darn movie on a hitman I have ever seen. The actors in this movie are all awesome. You might recognize the same "bad-guy" from "The fifth element".
That is a good film, and I'd recommend it too.
But he's a whole different bad guy in that one, and some are the same one each time.
Talizvar wrote: Leon: The Professional: The best darn movie on a hitman I have ever seen. The actors in this movie are all awesome. You might recognize the same "bad-guy" from "The fifth element".
That is a good film, and I'd recommend it too.
But he's a whole different bad guy in that one, and some are the same one each time.
One of the most quirky and loveable movies I have seen in a long time.
Totally reconciled myself with film-making after the unredeeming mess that was "Fury".
For some reason, my brain has gone back to the 90s, when as a student I had the time to skive off to the GFT in the afternoon.
So, I recommend:
The Last Supper, A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs. With Cameron Diaz and Bill Murray, Ron Perlman and Mark Harmon in smaller roles.
To Die For. Suzanne Stone is an aspiring TV personality who will do anything to be in the spotlight, including enlisting three teenagers to kill her husband. Nicole Kidman plays the lead in this.
Shallow Grave. Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash. Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, directed by Danny Boyle before Trainspotting made them famous.
Or, completely off the wall: Himalaya. Himalaya is the story of villagers who take a caravan of yaks across the mountains, carrying rock salt from the high plateau down to the lowlands to trade for grain. An annual event, the caravan provides the grain that the villagers depend on to survive the winter. The film unfolds as a story of rivalry based on misunderstanding and distrust, between the aging chief and the young daring herdsman, who is both a friend and a rival to the chief's family, as they struggle for leadership of the caravan. Also, it's in Nepali. I got talked into seeing this by a friend (We also saw Á Boute de Souffle the same night), and it was really good.
Silent Puffin? wrote: I watched Four Lions last night; a black comedy about inept suicide bombers written by Chris Morris and the writers of Peep Show.
I saw them filming that and a couple of scenes are firmed on the street next to where I live. Great film.
How can we have gotten this far without BOUNTY KILLERS being mentioned?
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2369396/ Take everything you love about cheesy post apocalyptic B movies, remove everything you hate about the genre and...Boom.
The line the gun caddy says on top of the airstream trailer, best movie line ever.
