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2016/08/18 19:45:37
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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/
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2016/08/19 14:42:53
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
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Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
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2016/08/21 08:48:55
Subject: Re:Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
40k: Necrons/Imperial Guard/ Space marines
Bolt Action: Germany/ USA
Project Z.
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2016/08/21 12:56:49
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
Soldier is an awesome Kurt Russel movie. I think he says something like 75 words in the whole movie.
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2016/08/21 21:21:29
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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:
End of Watch
Prisoners
Nightcrawler
2016/08/23 15:09:07
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
"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
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2016/08/23 15:31:24
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
How about the 13th Floor? I thought it was quite a unique movie.
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2016/08/24 04:21:46
Subject: Re:Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
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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".
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2016/08/25 15:13:47
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
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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.
I enjoyed the professional very much.
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2016/08/25 15:47:59
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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".
A great, haunting movie about male heterosexual obsession - or something completely different, depending on who you ask.
I bought this soundtrack when it was new because it was Trent Reznor. The movie was too much for me though, I was still a teen and didn't "get it".
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2016/09/01 20:37:19
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
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2016/09/03 22:38:26
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
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.
2016/09/10 00:04:01
Subject: Movies I might not have seen that you highly recommend
~16000 Astra Militarum: 
~1200 | Imperial Knights: 
~2300 | Leagues of Votann: 
~1300 | Tyranids: 
~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: 
~5000 | Kruleboyz: 
~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: 
~700
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