The Blockbuster Crusade

Omeganitros · 09-26-2005, 11:41 AM

Saturday night, I saw The Truman Show for the first time.

I realized that there's alot of good movies I haven't seen. So on Sunday I decided to rent every single movie anyone has ever suggested. I started with Man on the Moon, and 12 Monkeys.

Anyone got suggestions? Should I get that black and white movie The Seven Samurai?

MalReynolds · 09-26-2005, 11:47 AM

Oh, crap. Defnitiley get "Igby Goes Down", uh... "Matchstick Men" "The Big Lebowski"...

I'll have more later. I'm a movie buff, so I know of a lot of ones out there.

Mal

**Tasselfoot** · 09-26-2005, 12:11 PM

Meh.

I've done this with Whorli... as she saw practically no movies before me, I've spent 2 years showing her tons of great movies.

Rainman
Apocalypse Now (original, not redux)
Hackers (too funny not to see)
Full Metal Jacket
The Sting
Boiler Room
Snatch / Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Rounders

All Tarantino films: Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, & Reservoir Dogs

Boondock Saints
The Rock
Shawshank Redemption

Probably 10+ more... and I didn't include any "stupid" humor movies, like Van Wilder, Dodgeball, etc.

esupin · 09-26-2005, 01:32 PM

By the looks of your sig, I'm assuming you've seen Spaceballs.

Varia · 09-26-2005, 05:57 PM

The Evil Dead series.
Reckless Kelly (Yahoo Serious)
Legend (story is alright, but the visuals...oh my god)
Flight of the Dragons (an old animated movie. 80's?)
All Miyao Hayazaki films (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa etc)
All Akira Kurasawa films (Seven Samurai is a must)
Naked Space (one of Leslie Neilson's first movies I think. It's cheesy, but it makes up for it in monster awesomeness)
Friends (Korean)

I know of some really good Japanese/Korean movies, but there are no translations or anything. Bummer for you guys.

jewpinthethird · 09-26-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Varia

The Evil Dead series.
Reckless Kelly (Yahoo Serious)
Legend (story is alright, but the visuals...oh my god)
Flight of the Dragons (an old animated movie. 80's?)
All Miyao Hayazaki films (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa etc)
All Akira Kurasawa films (Seven Samurai is a must)
Naked Space (one of Leslie Neilson's first movies I think. It's cheesy, but it makes up for it in monster awesomeness)
Friends (Korean)

I know of some really good Japanese/Korean movies, but there are no translations or anything. Bummer for you guys.

Not for me. Do share.

Try to find Brazil too. But only if it is the UK version. <3 Moogy.

Omeganitros · 09-26-2005, 11:17 PM

My next were going to be Clerks and Full Metal Jacket, but then I got distracted by this.

So my two will be Red Shadow and Seven Samurai, even though Red Shadow might end up not being good.

**Tasselfoot** · 09-26-2005, 11:24 PM

Clerks is amazing. As I said above, I didn't include any comedy movies... but all 5 of Kevin Smith's films are classic. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Bob Strike Back (see last).

FMJ I listed.

**talisman** · 09-26-2005, 11:26 PM

the first part of FMJ is the best. After that it feels like it loses cohesion. Plus all anyone ever wants to see is Sgt. Hartman.

**nickadeemus** · 09-27-2005, 03:38 AM

Must see that haven't been said: The Royal Tenenbaums, Dirty Work, Training Day
Should see: Four Rooms, The Girl Next Door, Man on Fire, Shaun of the Dead, everything Tass said.
Awesome action-packed movie with Bruce Willis: The Last Boy Scout

mead1 · 09-27-2005, 05:22 AM

Actiony: Equilibrium

It is hands down the gratest actiony movie I have ever seen. It has a good plotline as well, but seriously, the fights are freaking amazing.

Comedy: Mystery Men, Major Payne, The Blues Brothers

Horror-ish: The Others

JurseyRider734 · 09-27-2005, 05:24 AM

The Notebook. Come on

**Tasselfoot** · 09-27-2005, 06:49 AM

Dirty Work, Mystery Men, and Major Payne are downright awful....

Jam930 · 09-27-2005, 09:30 AM

Ohhh I love Totoro.
Right on Varia!

I kinda have eccentric tastes... but here you go.

What I think you'd like if you liked 12 Monkeys:
Collateral
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fight Club
Se7en
Requiem for a Dream
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Sixth Sense
Terminator

Some warm and fuzzy stuff:
Freaky Friday
A Walk to Remember
Spiderman
In America

**Moogy** · 09-27-2005, 10:25 AM

AIM me later.

suicidalmuskrat · 09-27-2005, 10:58 AM

American Beauty...Dogma...Ping Pong (Japanese flick...good luck finding it though)...

Omeganitros · 09-27-2005, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JurseyRider734

The Notebook. Come on

Never. I talked to my English teacher about which one is better.

Omeganitros · 10-2-2005, 09:40 AM

Saw Shaun of the Dead.

Oh man, that was a freaking great movie. The dialogue and acting created the most three-dimensional characters I've ever seen, and not to mention that the whole movie was, while absolutely hilarious, also amazingly accurate in it's presentation of a how a group of regular citizens might react to a zombie attack. I give this movie a solid A, and I may even go buy the DVD.

Omeganitros · 10-5-2005, 09:01 PM

Rented Fantasia 2000 and Citizen Kane. Yet to see them, but I am excited about Fantasia 2000, since I love the concept of putting visuals to music rather than music to visuals.

Omeganitros · 10-9-2005, 11:53 PM

Fantasia 2000 rocked my world, though it was saddingly short compared to the 2 hour Fantasia. But I absolutely loved the drawing style for Rhapsody in Blue, so it's all good. And Stravinsky's Firebird almost made me well up tears because it was really good and it brought back memories of playing it last year in marching band.

09-26-2005, 11:41 AM	#1
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 35 Posts: 8,897	The Blockbuster Crusade Saturday night, I saw The Truman Show for the first time. I realized that there's alot of good movies I haven't seen. So on Sunday I decided to rent every single movie anyone has ever suggested. I started with Man on the Moon, and 12 Monkeys. Anyone got suggestions? Should I get that black and white movie The Seven Samurai?

09-26-2005, 11:47 AM	#2
MalReynolds CHOCK FULL O' NUTRIENTS Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: A Denny's Bathroom. Age: 36 Posts: 6,571	RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Oh, crap. Defnitiley get "Igby Goes Down", uh... "Matchstick Men" "The Big Lebowski"... I'll have more later. I'm a movie buff, so I know of a lot of ones out there. Mal __________________ "A new take on the epic fantasy genre... Darkly comic, relatable characters... twisted storyline." "Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!

09-26-2005, 12:11 PM	#3
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 40 Posts: 25,184	RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Meh. I've done this with Whorli... as she saw practically no movies before me, I've spent 2 years showing her tons of great movies. Rainman Apocalypse Now (original, not redux) Hackers (too funny not to see) Full Metal Jacket The Sting Boiler Room Snatch / Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Rounders All Tarantino films: Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, & Reservoir Dogs Boondock Saints The Rock Shawshank Redemption Probably 10+ more... and I didn't include any "stupid" humor movies, like Van Wilder, Dodgeball, etc. __________________ RIP

09-26-2005, 01:32 PM	#4
esupin FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alphabet City, Manhattan Age: 35 Posts: 1,756	RE: The Blockbuster Crusade By the looks of your sig, I'm assuming you've seen Spaceballs. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/esupin

09-26-2005, 05:57 PM	#5
Varia FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Diego, bitches Age: 37 Posts: 1,713	RE: The Blockbuster Crusade The Evil Dead series. Reckless Kelly (Yahoo Serious) Legend (story is alright, but the visuals...oh my god) Flight of the Dragons (an old animated movie. 80's?) All Miyao Hayazaki films (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa etc) All Akira Kurasawa films (Seven Samurai is a must) Naked Space (one of Leslie Neilson's first movies I think. It's cheesy, but it makes up for it in monster awesomeness) Friends (Korean) I know of some really good Japanese/Korean movies, but there are no translations or anything. Bummer for you guys. __________________ GB CHALLENGE IS HOMOSEXUAL ARE YOU HOMOSEXUAL? I THINK SO

09-26-2005, 11:17 PM	#7
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 35 Posts: 8,897	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade My next were going to be Clerks and Full Metal Jacket, but then I got distracted by this. So my two will be Red Shadow and Seven Samurai, even though Red Shadow might end up not being good.

09-26-2005, 11:24 PM	#8
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 40 Posts: 25,184	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Clerks is amazing. As I said above, I didn't include any comedy movies... but all 5 of Kevin Smith's films are classic. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Bob Strike Back (see last). FMJ I listed. __________________ RIP

09-26-2005, 11:26 PM	#9
talisman Resident Penguin Join Date: May 2003 Age: 37 Posts: 4,598	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade the first part of FMJ is the best. After that it feels like it loses cohesion. Plus all anyone ever wants to see is Sgt. Hartman.

09-27-2005, 03:38 AM	#10
nickadeemus The spice must flow. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In the aeroplane over the sea Posts: 807	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Must see that haven't been said: The Royal Tenenbaums, Dirty Work, Training Day Should see: Four Rooms, The Girl Next Door, Man on Fire, Shaun of the Dead, everything Tass said. Awesome action-packed movie with Bruce Willis: The Last Boy Scout __________________ Nice.

09-27-2005, 05:22 AM	#11
mead1 Cerebellumberjack Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: On a boat Age: 34 Posts: 3,960	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Actiony: Equilibrium It is hands down the gratest actiony movie I have ever seen. It has a good plotline as well, but seriously, the fights are freaking amazing. Comedy: Mystery Men, Major Payne, The Blues Brothers Horror-ish: The Others

09-27-2005, 06:49 AM	#13
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 40 Posts: 25,184	RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Dirty Work, Mystery Men, and Major Payne are downright awful.... __________________ RIP

09-27-2005, 09:30 AM	#14
Jam930 FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,069	Ohhh I love Totoro. Right on Varia! I kinda have eccentric tastes... but here you go. What I think you'd like if you liked 12 Monkeys: Collateral Raiders of the Lost Ark Fight Club Se7en Requiem for a Dream 2001: A Space Odyssey The Sixth Sense Terminator Some warm and fuzzy stuff: Freaky Friday A Walk to Remember Spiderman In America __________________ -Jamie

09-27-2005, 10:25 AM	#15
Moogy 嗚呼 Join Date: Aug 2003 Age: 34 Posts: 10,303	AIM me later. __________________ Plz visit my blog ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

09-27-2005, 10:58 AM	#16
suicidalmuskrat FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Muskegon Posts: 739	American Beauty...Dogma...Ping Pong (Japanese flick...good luck finding it though)... __________________ I'll trade you this delicious doorstop for your crummy old danish. Done, and done.

10-2-2005, 09:40 AM	#18
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 35 Posts: 8,897	RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Saw Shaun of the Dead. Oh man, that was a freaking great movie. The dialogue and acting created the most three-dimensional characters I've ever seen, and not to mention that the whole movie was, while absolutely hilarious, also amazingly accurate in it's presentation of a how a group of regular citizens might react to a zombie attack. I give this movie a solid A, and I may even go buy the DVD.

10-5-2005, 09:01 PM	#19
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 35 Posts: 8,897	RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Rented Fantasia 2000 and Citizen Kane. Yet to see them, but I am excited about Fantasia 2000, since I love the concept of putting visuals to music rather than music to visuals.

10-9-2005, 11:53 PM	#20
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 35 Posts: 8,897	RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: The Blockbuster Crusade Fantasia 2000 rocked my world, though it was saddingly short compared to the 2 hour Fantasia. But I absolutely loved the drawing style for Rhapsody in Blue, so it's all good. And Stravinsky's Firebird almost made me well up tears because it was really good and it brought back memories of playing it last year in marching band.

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