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So I've been watching a lot of movies lately, and been really into the surreal types. Stuff like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and even strange comedies such as Being John Malkovich. Also great movies with a message like American History X.. one of the best.
Just wondering if anyone knows of anything in this type of genre that I should watch... or maybe just list some good ones. Readygo.
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adaptation (same writer of Eternal Sunshine and being john malcovich , good flick)
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The best movie ever THE BOONDOCK SAINTS
Minority Report
Fight Club
Heat
Sex and Lucia,( it's a spanish movie, so it's in english subtitles) but it's a good movie
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The best movie ever THE BOONDOCK SAINTS
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Heat is pretty cool, nice pick mrhappy.
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Surreal-ish movies...
Requiem for a Dream is excellent.
Pi, by same director, is pretty decent.
.. and (I don't mean to flame), but Boondock Saints is one of the most contrived and ridiculous movies ever. It's entertaining for 1-2 viewings, but anyone thinking it's a "great movie" has got to be kidding.
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I have my work cut out for me here. Ty all and kepe em comin!
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10-15-2006, 04:51 PM
Post subject: Re: Looking for some good movies.
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Any Fellini movie.
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You'd love Almodovar I think - "Matador" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" are two of my favourites. "You, Me and Everyone We Know" is a good one if you like quirkily indie cinema - not everyone does 
Oh and "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Lost in Translation" in the small chance you haven't seen them. Oh, and "Dirty Pretty Things".
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donnie darko?
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I agree boondock saints is good but way overrated. Pulp fiction on the other hand is said to be overrated by some, yet I think it is one of the greats and dont see what anyone could possibly have against it.
The only "woah thats trippy dude!" type of movie that I really like is The Machinist.
Other good shit
Ong Bak
Hero
Snatch
Kill Bill 1/2
Running Scared (man.. I over looked this one in theatres even when my brother wouldnt stop talking about it, I hate paul walker, Im into cars and I hate the fast and the furious because it makes car culture a joke. Paul walker I thought was the biggest homo ever. But hes redeemed himself.)
Gangs of New York (similar as above with dicaprio, however he seems to be evolving out of his pretty boy roots. His accent sucks in the movie, but it was bearable)
Graveyard of the Fireflies (its japanimation or anime or whatever, but its not an action movie. Over in japan animation is taken a lot more seriously then it is in the US. Really great movie, if youre an anime fan or not.)
Akira / Ghost in a Shell / Ninja Scroll (if you are an anime fan or are curious, these are def the ones to get started with.)
Belly (pretty much scarface, but new york in the late 90's and black gangstas instead of cuban gangstas.)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Fire extinguisher scene is beyond amazing, def ranks in top 10 scenes of all time for me.)
I could go on, but youve got plenty to watch already, have fun.
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all paul thomas anderson films especially magnolia and boogie nights
all charlie kaufman screenplays, especially adaptation
requiem for a dream
all wes anderson films, especially royal tenenbaums
all kubrick films, especially clockwork orange
all scorsese films, especially goodfellas, taxi driver, and casino
all danny boyle films, especially trainspotting
all quentin tarantino films, especially pulp fiction and kill bill
all terry gilliam films, especially the holy grail, the meaning of life, and fear & loathing in las vegas
thats should take you a while, and its all i can think of from the top of my head.
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^^^^^ This guy has an excellent taste in movies.
The only correction I'd make is "all kubrick films, especially Dr. Strangelove". Clockwork Orange is good too though.
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also if you are more into mainstream shit, see directors ron howard and clint eastwood
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all movies of David Lynch.
all movies of Kubrick.
all movies of Darren Aronofsky.
all movies of Tarantino.
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My favourites in this category: requiem for a dream, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind(!!), blueberry, Lost in Translation (in a way, + Scarlett  ), clockwork orange, dr. strangelove (the best comedy, ever).
kind of a boring list but best of the best for you!
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watch I <3 huckabees. it was a very good comedy. very out there.
and the anything kubrick clearly has to NOT include The Shining, which was a horrible version of a great book. very bad.
boondock saints was a horribly acted farce of a movie. the only redeeming quality was that it had Billy Connolly, even though it had him playing an Irish hitman. willem dafoe was horrid. i was under the impression that he could act before i saw this movie. but he still wasnt quite as bad as everyone else.
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the shining was good
its not a version of a book, its an ADAPTATION of a book. Part of the fun of adapting a book is changing things around to make it better for movies. In A Clockwork Orange the book, Alex becomes reformed at the end, and actually settles down and has a family. Kubrick knew that this would completely ruin the film, so he left it out.
Prove of this lies in the fact that the miniseries version of The Shining, which was directly pulled from the book, sucked total ass.
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the shining (the book) was about a mans struggle with alcoholism. the movie virtually completely removed this aspect. and dont get me started about the kid talking with his finger, what the hell was that.
as for a clockwork orange, i have not seen that movie, but i doubt that it could do justice to the book. it might, but it would be hard. the book was great.
now Dr. Strangelove was a brilliant movie. funny, memorable, etc. I just think that his treatment of the shining was shallow and incomplete, and lacked everything that a great movie requires.
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and the anything kubrick clearly has to NOT include The Shining, which was a horrible version of a great book. very bad.
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The shining was a VERY good movie.And i think alot of ppl agree with me.
Jack Nicholson was outstanding.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
8.4/10 nuff said
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The Little mermaid, rereleased just in time for christmas
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the little mermaid was good
as was lion king and all the other movies disney made prior to them sucking ass.
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one i havent seen on the list yet is The Life Aquatic. another from Wes Anderson
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Absolutely, Boondock saints and one that wasn't mentioned, 3000 miles to graceland. And Kill bill, even though it was mentioned 100 times already.
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noone is arguing that jack wasnt good in the shining. he was. the kid was not. the way the kids' psychic experiences manifested themselves for the movie was horrendous. the entire point of the book was removed. hell, I think the Simpsons did a better version of the shining in their halloween episode than Kubrick did.
It had everything, including a main character dealing with the ravages of alcoholism while being a struggling writer.
plus it had one of the best scenes ever. Homer (in his best Jack voice): "what do you think marge, all i need is a title. I was thinking about calling it no TV and no beer make Homer..something something." Marge: "go crazy?" Homer:"Don't mind if I do. "
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Reservoir Dogs
American Beauty
Hurlyburly
Dangerous Liaisons
Sean of the Dead
Ronin
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i saw snatch, but didnt see Lock, Stock, and Two Smokin' Barrells.
and nice calls on Reservior Dogs and Ronin, Warpe
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If you like sick, demented, can't believe it could happen, make you want to have a heart attack movies then watch these.
SEVEN or it's spelled SE7EN i think?
SAW
SAW 2
the two SAW movies had to be the most messed up movies I ever seen, I don't know if I can watch the new one. If I didn't go with my bro to SAW 2 , I was gonna walk out,(like a little pussy) but I stayed.
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Its really weird why so many ppl liked SAW and SAW2 wich was even more horrible. 
The acting was just terrible.
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The original Vanishing Point, Falling Down are both great.
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The Hills Have Eyes is more fucked up than Saw and Saw 2. So is Hostel, but Hostel is still a piece of shit.
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ooh ooh ooh, some more good movies I just thought of:
Full Metal Jacket
Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart
A Christmas Story, a classic!!
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Penelope Cruz, sofaking hot
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ok, someone mentioend 3000 miles to graceland. This movie was not very good, but it was not bad. I cant really explain it well. Its like escape from new york (funny another kurt russel film) Not great, but definatley enjoyable. I like these kind of movies.
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****if you havent seen the following movie, move this to the top of your list****
Seven Samurai
http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/swo.../7samurai.html
This movie influenced american cinema sooo much. Just like the way hong kong cinema heavily influences american action movies today (you thought the matrix was the originator of bullet time? hah!) Anyways this movie is beyond great, and you must see it.
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Braveheart
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a paint-by-numbers epic, if ever there was one
Liked your other recommendations though..
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a paint-by-numbers epic, if ever there was one
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sometimes when you color outside the lines you get a picaso, often you get crap. By-the-numbers movies can be some of the best for the simple fact that everything can be so highly polished. Also realize that braveheart is probably the first epic that stands up to todays standards. Before braveheart epics where cheezey by todays standards. Its obviously not the first epic, but it is the first 'modern' epic. Calling it bland is like calling the wright brothers plane slow..
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Elizabeth was better
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warpe's posting in this thread reminded me that i forgot all of the coen brothers flicks which you must see, most importantly Fargo and Raising Arizona
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warpe's posting in this thread reminded me that i forgot all of the coen brothers flicks which you must see, most importantly Fargo and Raising Arizona
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seems to me we did this before...there was an argument about Braveheart in that one, too... 
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event horizon. this is by far the scariest movie i had ever seen at the time when i was in 7th grade.
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oh, and i dont think i have seen boiler room on here. one of my all time favorites
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bode I agree with both your above posts. Boiler room is pretty amazing, and event horizon is a great scifi/horror cross over.
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