Recommend me some movies.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:20 am

I just saw Me And You And Everyone We Know and liked it. I kind of want to see some more indier type movies like that.

But the problem is that my local video store probably won't provide much help there. And I hate paying $5 a movie anyway. Lately I've just been renting them from the library for $1 a piece.

Anyway, some of my favorite movies are 'Ghost World', 'Rushmore', and 'Amelie' so I'm looking for movies similar to that, I guess.

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:23 am

Dr. Strangelove
Everything Is Illuminated
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless is mind is one of my favorite movies of the past 5 years and from the sounds of it, you'd probably like Igby Goes Down

Check 'em out at IMDB

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

Blue Milk and I watched Happiness last Sunday night. I liked it an awful lot.
The last movie we saw in theatres was The Squid and the Whale. That was good as well.

This is a topic for my boyfriend.

I really want to see Luis Buñuel's L'Age D'or. He worked with Dali on it in the beginning but due to some disagreement, or something, they discontinued the collaboration but the film is still set in a surrealistic Dali-esque manner even though their cooperative effort fell through. I would like to hear from some of you who have seen this, because I think the only way I will be able to see it is to purchase it. So is it worth it? Not meaning to take over your thread.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:32 am

discostu Wrote:

Dr. Strangelove
Everything Is Illuminated
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless is mind is one of my favorite movies of the past 5 years and from the sounds of it, you'd probably like Igby Goes Down

Strangelove is sitting on my shelf right now. I got it from the library this afternoon. I actually saw it a few years ago, didn't like it much, but it's supposed to be a classic and hilarious, so I'm giving it another chance.

Eternal Sunshine I love. Igby Goes Down I liked. Everything Is Illuminated will be added to my list based on that.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:33 am

cemeterypolka Wrote:

Blue Milk and I watched Happiness last Sunday night. I liked it an awful lot.
The last movie we saw in theatres was The Squid and the Whale. That was good as well.

I like 'Storytelling' so Happiness is on my list because of that. But I haven't been able to find it around whenever I've looked.

'Squid And The Whale' is on my list too because of Baumbach's addition to 'The Life Aquatic' and I saw the one actor on Letterman or something a few months ago. Unfortunately I don't see movies in theatres so I won't be seeing that for a long while still.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

dog on wheels Wrote:

I just saw Me And You And Everyone We Know and liked it. I kind of want to see some more indier type movies like that.

I remember that being a good film, although it had some semi-creepy scenes involving that one kid.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a lot of films that are similar. I do agree that Igby Goes Down is a great film.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

I just saw Wedding Crashers for the first time.

Worth checking out.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:38 am

roger dodger
audition
the twilight samurai

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:40 am

Nicadeamus Wrote:

I just saw Wedding Crashers for the first time.

Worth checking out.

I haven't seen a single thing about this movie that makes me think I would like it.

I liked the Adam Sandler films back in the day but I was also fifteen or sixteen then. 'Wedding Crashers' just looks like more Old School/Dodgeball/American Pie fare.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:42 am

cemeterypolka Wrote:

Blue Milk and I watched Happiness last Sunday night. I liked it an awful lot.

I thought Happiness was just pretentious wankery--sometimes literally. For example, the scene where the dad buys a copy of Teen Beat and jerks off in his back seat to JTT or somebody: it's just retarded.

Quote:

I really want to see Luis Buñuel's L'Age D'or. He worked with Dali on it in the beginning but due to some disagreement, or something, they discontinued the collaboration but the film is still set in a surrealistic Dali-esque manner even though their cooperative effort fell through. I would like to hear from some of you who have seen this, because I think the only way I will be able to see it is to purchase it. So is it worth it? Not meaning to take over your thread.

It's not as good as Un Chien Andalu, and I wouldn't pay $20 to buy it just to see it. There's got to be somewhere you can rent it from. I like a lot more of Bunuel's later stuff better than this one.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:44 am

shiv Wrote:

roger dodger
audition
the twilight samurai

RD sounds interesting. I don't know about the other two. I'd have to see a trailer to decide.

I might spend tomorrow looking up movie trailers online.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

dog on wheels Wrote:

Nicadeamus Wrote:

I just saw Wedding Crashers for the first time.

Worth checking out.

I haven't seen a single thing about this movie that makes me think I would like it.

I liked the Adam Sandler films back in the day but I was also fifteen or sixteen then. 'Wedding Crashers' just looks like more Old School/Dodgeball/American Pie fare.

I know what you mean. I thought it wouldn't be very funny until I saw it. It has a lot of funny scenes.

I've never been a fan of any Sandler movies.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

Audition is decent...a bid drawn out, tho.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Nicadeamus Wrote:

I just saw Wedding Crashers for the first time.

Worth checking out.

I've watched it almost twice all the way through since I bought it yesterday. Not a bad film at all.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

Walken's gay son cracked me up.

So fucking creepy.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:49 am

Also, I recommend THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

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You presumably are a Belle and Sebastian fan, so you can get their reference. Unless you get it already.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

Has anyone seen Broken Flowers?

paper · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:52 am

Nicadeamus Wrote:

Has anyone seen Broken Flowers?

yeah, it was pretty decent.

I just saw crash, that was good.

Nicadeamus · **Joined:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:33 pm **Posts:** 80

I heard it was pretty slow.
It's in my netflix que.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:03 am

I have Zero Day arriving from Netflix tomorrow. Hear it's the proverbial shit.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:04 am

duckyboy Wrote:

Also, I recommend THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

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You presumably are a Belle and Sebastian fan, so you can get their reference. Unless you get it already.

Added, based simply on the reference. I'm a sucker when it comes to things like that.

Also, does anyone know if there's a Canadian alternative to netflix? I raised the question here a few months ago I think, and there wasn't. I don't know if any have come into existence since. And I wouldn't know how to go about searching for something like that.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:06 am

The Secret Lives of Dentists

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:07 am

dog on wheels Wrote:

duckyboy Wrote:

Also, I recommend THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

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You presumably are a Belle and Sebastian fan, so you can get their reference. Unless you get it already.

Added, based simply on the reference. I'm a sucker when it comes to things like that.

Also, does anyone know if there's a Canadian alternative to netflix? I raised the question here a few months ago I think, and there wasn't. I don't know if any have come into existence since. And I wouldn't know how to go about searching for something like that.

movies for me

zip.ca

here's some trailers for the twilight samurai

i liked wedding crashers but didn't think it was nearly as funny as the 40 year old virgin.

if you can get past the first 45 minutes of audition, you're in for a treat. :twisted:

hot. wax. · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:04 pm **Posts:** 251

This suggestion might be obvious, but no discussion about movies should leave out The Big Lebowski.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:24 am

Barbara Broadcast

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