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[Andy Dufresne]

That's why I love it...When I'm in a dark mood, it's a perfect film...Keeps you involved, great acting, awesome atmsospherics...And, to quote Evan Dando, "Gwyneth's head in a box"What could be better?

The atmospherics are talked about in reviews, but are still underrated, IMO. John Doe talks about having to drive the point home with a sledgehammer in our noisy society, Tracey expresses feelings of isolation in a town of 10 million, and save for the occasional police officer we're seemingly never shown the face of another civilian. The set designs and presentation are extremely claustrophobic and effective and add to the themes of the flim.

 

[Buckychudd]

There's a coda sequence after Mills kills John Doe that I really don't remember - and I'm really good at remembering stuff like that.

What was in the coda sequence? I don't remember that either.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There's a coda sequence after Mills kills John Doe that I really don't remember - and I'm really good at remembering stuff like that.

What was in the coda sequence? I don't remember that either.

Where after Mills kills doe, Somerset does a voiceover quoting a book passage. Something to the effect of "The world is a beautiful place and is worth fighting for." He ends by saying "At least I agree with the second part."I don't remember that ending in the theater.

 

[saintfool]

There's a coda sequence after Mills kills John Doe that I really don't remember - and I'm really good at remembering stuff like that.

What was in the coda sequence? I don't remember that either.

Where after Mills kills doe, Somerset does a voiceover quoting a book passage. Something to the effect of "The world is a beautiful place and is worth fighting for." He ends by saying "At least I agree with the second part."I don't remember that ending in the theater.

I do.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There's a coda sequence after Mills kills John Doe that I really don't remember - and I'm really good at remembering stuff like that.

What was in the coda sequence? I don't remember that either.

Where after Mills kills doe, Somerset does a voiceover quoting a book passage. Something to the effect of "The world is a beautiful place and is worth fighting for." He ends by saying "At least I agree with the second part."I don't remember that ending in the theater.

I do.

Doggone it. I KNOW I saw a "one shot, fade to black" and not "multiple shots, coda sequence" ending.

 

[saintfool]

Doggone it. I KNOW I saw a "one shot, fade to black" and not "multiple shots, coda sequence" ending.

It's ok, Old Timer. You're just having a "senior" moment....

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Doggone it. I KNOW I saw a "one shot, fade to black" and not "multiple shots, coda sequence" ending.

It's ok, Old Timer. You're just having a "senior" moment....

QUIET! Or I'll stab you with my catheter!

 

[El Floppo]

Argh.

Speaking of "senior" moments... I need to remember to check our damn queue on Netflix more often. Here's the last three picked out by wifey:

Disturbia

23

and just arrived today... Premonition



I keep putting Marx Bros on the list and she keeps taking them off...

 

[Bogart]

Just finished Alias-Season One and the wife and I really enjoyed it. DVD sets are really the best way to watch any TV shows. I never got into this show when it was on, and never paid attention to any of the media about it, so everything is a surprise. If I thought I could do the same with Lost I would wait for it to come out on DVD before watching.

Went to Wal-Mart tonight for a new juicer and a metric ton of veggies and rewarded myself with a grabbing of 5 dollar DVDs:

Varsity Blues

Sideways

Not Another Teen Movie (Unrated)

Finished the trip with letting the boy pick out the double feature An American Tail/Fievel Goes West and called it a night.

 

[jdoggydogg]

So I watched Se7en last night for the first time since I saw it in theaters and I'm a little confused.

The current DVD version seems to have an ending different from what I remember seeing in the theater. There's a coda sequence after Mills kills John Doe that I really don't remember - and I'm really good at remembering stuff like that. I remember the movie ending like is in the "test" ending that is included in the DVD - where it fades to black right after Mills kills Doe.

Is it possible that I saw a "test" screening in Minneapolis? Or am I just remembering wrong.

Anyway, I called the movie then "The best movie I never have to see again." Now I remember why. Has there ever been a more dark and depressing movie made?

I love this movie and own it. Definitely the darkest American movie I have ever seen.

 

[jdoggydogg]

That's why I love it...When I'm in a dark mood, it's a perfect film...Keeps you involved, great acting, awesome atmsospherics...And, to quote Evan Dando, "Gwyneth's head in a box"What could be better?

The atmospherics are talked about in reviews, but are still underrated, IMO. John Doe talks about having to drive the point home with a sledgehammer in our noisy society, Tracey expresses feelings of isolation in a town of 10 million, and save for the occasional police officer we're seemingly never shown the face of another civilian. The set designs and presentation are extremely claustrophobic and effective and add to the themes of the flim.

If you have the deluxe DVD, watch the extras. The time and effort that went into the art direction in SE7EN is impressive.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Argh.Speaking of "senior" moments... I need to remember to check our damn queue on Netflix more often. Here's the last three picked out by wifeyisturbia23and just arrived today... PremonitionI keep putting Marx Bros on the list and she keeps taking them off...

Give your wife $30 for drinks, send her off with the ladies and watch a Marx Brothers double feature.

 

[Darth Cheney]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:

The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy.

North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.

Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.

The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?

Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid.

next up is Liscense to Drive.

Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:

The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy.

North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.

Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.

The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?

Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid.

next up is Liscense to Drive.

Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

They are making a sequel to The Lost Boys? Others that I put in time to time and enjoy that you might have missed: Adventures in Babystitting, Summer School, Teen Wolf and Loverboy.

I hope you have the classics like Ferris Bueller, Weird Science, Back to the Future, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, The Breakfest Club, etc, etc.. on deck too.

 

[Darth Cheney]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:

The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy.

North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.

Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.

The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?

Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid.

next up is Liscense to Drive.

Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

They are making a sequel to The Lost Boys? Others that I put in time to time and enjoy that you might have missed: Adventures in Babystitting, Summer School, Teen Wolf and Loverboy.

I hope you have the classics like Ferris Bueller, Weird Science, Back to the Future, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, The Breakfest Club, etc, etc.. on deck too.

Yeah.... a sequel is in the works...direct to video http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031254/. IMO, they dropped the ball on this one. Originally they had planned to do a Frog Brothers sequel where they fought various incarnations of evil. That could have been Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Supernatural before those shows were ever conceived..but with the wit of Corey Feldman.Summer School and Adventures in Babysitting are good ones and I've never seen LoverBoy so I'm adding that. The other ones are either on TV so much or we've seen in the past couple of years so we're not going to go back to them....same with Can't Buy Me Love.

 

[Norman Einstein]

back to the future

die hard

stripes

stand by me

blues brothers

 

[Darth Cheney]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

 

[Darth Cheney]

back to the future

die hard

stripes

stand by me

blues brothers

Haven't seen that in about 5 years.

 

[Wrigley]

Rented Afro Samurai

Watched it from beginning to end

 

[newteech]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

I liked The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

[krista4]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Have you seen The Best Years of our Lives? It's not a battle movie but about WWII veterans returning home to small-town America. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with one performance in particular that you'd never forget.I'll try to think of some others, but this is my highest recommendation.

 

[krista4]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Have you seen The Best Years of our Lives? It's not a battle movie but about WWII veterans returning home to small-town America. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with one performance in particular that you'd never forget.I'll try to think of some others, but this is my highest recommendation.

Other recommendations:Come and See - don't know how you feel about subtitles, but if they're not a problem this movie will blow you away

Das Boot (also subtitled)

Life is Beautiful (OK, I guess I mostly like subtitled movies)

Europa Europa (I swear I occasionally watch a movie without subtitles...just can't think of any now)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (still searching for an English-language film)

Open City (ahem)

The Sorrow and the Pity (not only with subtitles, but also a documentary)

The Tin Drum (well at least it's not a documentary...)

The Big Red One (English! It's in English!)

A Midnight Clear (surprisingly good despite presence of Ethan Hawke in the cast)

 

[Wingnut]

Watched A Simple Plan the other night. Hadnt seen it in about 5 years. Good as I remember. Billy Bob and Paxton are both solid.

 

[El Floppo]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Have you seen The Best Years of our Lives? It's not a battle movie but about WWII veterans returning home to small-town America. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with one performance in particular that you'd never forget.I'll try to think of some others, but this is my highest recommendation.

Other recommendations:Come and See - don't know how you feel about subtitles, but if they're not a problem this movie will blow you away

Das Boot (also subtitled)

Life is Beautiful (OK, I guess I mostly like subtitled movies)

Europa Europa (I swear I occasionally watch a movie without subtitles...just can't think of any now)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (still searching for an English-language film)

Open City (ahem)

The Sorrow and the Pity (not on with subtitles, but also a documentary)

The Tin Drum (well at least it's not a documentary...)

The Big Red One (English! It's in English!)

A Midnight Clear (surprisingly good despite presence of Ethan Hawke in the cast)

Some great recs by Krista here ... all except "Life is Beautiful" which I found insipid. The Big Red One doesn't really hold up too well- looks more like a TV movie due to most of the actors and overall production quality.I was thinking of some of the same:

Das Boot

Europa Europa

Really liked both of the above.

Garden of Finzi... nice one.

Also:

Stalag 17

Run Silent Run Deep

The Pianist

 

[krista4]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Have you seen The Best Years of our Lives? It's not a battle movie but about WWII veterans returning home to small-town America. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with one performance in particular that you'd never forget.I'll try to think of some others, but this is my highest recommendation.

Other recommendations:Come and See - don't know how you feel about subtitles, but if they're not a problem this movie will blow you away

Das Boot (also subtitled)

Life is Beautiful (OK, I guess I mostly like subtitled movies)

Europa Europa (I swear I occasionally watch a movie without subtitles...just can't think of any now)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (still searching for an English-language film)

Open City (ahem)

The Sorrow and the Pity (not on with subtitles, but also a documentary)

The Tin Drum (well at least it's not a documentary...)

The Big Red One (English! It's in English!)

A Midnight Clear (surprisingly good despite presence of Ethan Hawke in the cast)

Some great recs by Krista here ... all except "Life is Beautiful" which I found insipid. The Big Red One doesn't really hold up too well- looks more like a TV movie due to most of the actors and overall production quality.I was thinking of some of the same:

Das Boot

Europa Europa

Really liked both of the above.

Garden of Finzi... nice one.

Also:

Stalag 17

Run Silent Run Deep

The Pianist

I'll admit that I saw The Big Red One many years ago, but I was just desperate for an English-language movie. Life is Beautiful seems to be very love it or hate it...I happen to love it but know many people don't.

The Pianist is a great suggestion as well.

 

[Darth Cheney]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Have you seen The Best Years of our Lives? It's not a battle movie but about WWII veterans returning home to small-town America. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with one performance in particular that you'd never forget.I'll try to think of some others, but this is my highest recommendation.

In the queue. Thanks. I'm embarrased to say I never even heard of this movie.

 

[On The Rocks]

The Break Up - Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. I think I liked this movie so much because it was a little too true to life to what I lived through in my twenties. The acting wasn't anything to write home about and some of the scenes of "one-upping" each other were over the top. But I liked the story.

Rumor Has It - Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner. This movie was creepy. The guy slept with women from three generation in the same family. I am not a fan of Shirley McClaine but she was the only good part of this movie. She the plays the crusty old broad very well.

 

[Daywalker]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy. North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid. next up is Liscense to Drive.Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

I watched Vice Versa a few months back on cable for the first time since it came out. It cracked me up. Little Fred Savage drinking martini's.One Crazy Summer is another classic to check out. Great scene:Egg Stork: Ack Ack, let me tell you a little story. A story about a little fat kid who everybody made fun of, and nobody liked and he had a twin brother, and everybody said he never looked like his twin brother, but he wanted to... Ack Ack Raymond: Egg, where you that little boy? Egg Stork: No! No! But I used to beat the #### out him! "Why are you so fat? Why are so ugly?" Aaagghh!

 

[El Floppo]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy. North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid. next up is Liscense to Drive.Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

I watched Vice Versa a few months back on cable for the first time since it came out. It cracked me up. Little Fred Savage drinking martini's.One Crazy Summer is another classic to check out. Great scene:Egg Stork: Ack Ack, let me tell you a little story. A story about a little fat kid who everybody made fun of, and nobody liked and he had a twin brother, and everybody said he never looked like his twin brother, but he wanted to... Ack Ack Raymond: Egg, where you that little boy? Egg Stork: No! No! But I used to beat the #### out him! "Why are you so fat? Why are so ugly?" Aaagghh!

FWIW- One Crazy Summer is one of the only movies I've ever walked out of (Batman and Robin being the other)... and I was only 17ish, so my standards couldn't have been that high.How about some indy-80's teen movies? ... thought I had a bunch, can only think of RepoMan (which isn't really that teen, although Emilio Estevez was probably a teenager at the time).Pointless trivia about Lucas: I went to HS with Courtney Smith who got her start in Lucas (I think Summer School was her 2nd, Revenge o' Nerds 3 her next), as did another HSer from the next county- Wynona Rider (I saw it opening night with a few friends, including one guy who was Courtney's first- he yelled out "Seven Times" when her name came up on the opening credits). She was a really, really cool girl- uber-hot, but with incredible morals and high standards (other than my friend). She's one of those people I was very happy to see succeed.

 

[TexanFan02]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

I liked The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai is excellent, although every time I see it mentioned I start whistling that tune. Where Eagles Dare is a good movie if you've never seen it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Watched A Simple Plan the other night. Hadnt seen it in about 5 years. Good as I remember. Billy Bob and Paxton are both solid.

Excellent movie. The perfect tragedy prototype.

 

[Marc Levin]

Argh.Speaking of "senior" moments... I need to remember to check our damn queue on Netflix more often. Here's the last three picked out by wifeyisturbia23and just arrived today... PremonitionI keep putting Marx Bros on the list and she keeps taking them off...

Give your wife $30 for drinks, send her off with the ladies and watch a Marx Brothers double feature.

Better yet, when the movies arrive, say "No Marx Bros? I'm off for a night out with the boys. Enjoy your movies, hon."

 

[Marc Levin]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy. North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid. next up is Liscense to Drive.Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

Class of Nuke 'Em High

 

[Marc Levin]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

Midway orThe Longest Day.

I loved the original Das Boot, but the remake was, really, just as good.

U-571

That's all I got off the top of my head.

 

[Marc Levin]

I plan on doing a WWII-athon over the fall in chronological order. I plan on doing twelve movies.....what else do I need? After this, it's right into FrodoFest 07.

Empire of the Sun

Schindler's List

Battle of Britain

Hope and Glory

Enemy at the Gates

Thin Red Line

The Great Escape

The Dirty Dozen

Saving Private Ryan

Letters from Iwo Jima

Biloxi Blues

I have space for one more, what should it be?

Bolded are ones I haven't seen and I'm looking for one I haven't seen. One that's a little of the beaten path.

I liked The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai is excellent, although every time I see it mentioned I start whistling that tune. Where Eagles Dare is a good movie if you've never seen it.

Ooooh that triggered a memory - The Eagle Has Landed - about a German infiltrartion of Britain to assassinate Winston Churchill. Great movie and usually overlooked from the genre. Donald Sutherland is in it. Also, Flags of Our Fathers must not be missed.

 

[mr. furley]

Pursuit of Happyness

good movie. i have a man crush on Will Smith. he was awesome in this flick.

 

[jamny]

Hot Fuzz - Big fan of Shaun of the Dead. From the previews I expected a more slapstick comedy. It was a little more than I expected in the story and a little less than I expected in the comedy. I did enjoy it somewhat but was a little dissapointed.

Smokin Aces - Heard a lot of bad reviews but I actually enjoyed it. Not great, but a fun violent action flick. Not a waste of time.

 

[Sigmund]

 

[Marc Levin]

Pursuit of Happynessgood movie. i have a man crush on Will Smith. he was awesome in this flick.

T/Y Mr. Furley.I was watching MBII with my Dad over dinner (BION, he's never seen the movie), and talking about how much I like Will Smith as an actor and wanted to see "that movie, umm" and couldn't for the life of me remember the name of this movie.

 

[mr. furley]

Pursuit of Happynessgood movie. i have a man crush on Will Smith. he was awesome in this flick.

T/Y Mr. Furley.I was watching MBII with my Dad over dinner (BION, he's never seen the movie), and talking about how much I like Will Smith as an actor and wanted to see "that movie, umm" and couldn't for the life of me remember the name of this movie.

guy is a natural. he shines in everything, imo.

 

[Marc Levin]

Hot Fuzz - Big fan of Shaun of the Dead. From the previews I expected a more slapstick comedy. It was a little more than I expected in the story and a little less than I expected in the comedy. I did enjoy it somewhat but was a little dissapointed.

Smokin Aces - Heard a lot of bad reviews but I actually enjoyed it. Not great, but a fun violent action flick. Not a waste of time.

I saw both of these last month and thought they were extremely poor. Smokin' Aces was in Lucky Number Slevin <insert smlevin joke here> range of bad for me and Hot Fuzz was way way way too long - esp. the ending - and way way way too story driven w/o enough of the haha - to even be called a comedy.

 

[jamny]

Hot Fuzz - Big fan of Shaun of the Dead. From the previews I expected a more slapstick comedy. It was a little more than I expected in the story and a little less than I expected in the comedy. I did enjoy it somewhat but was a little dissapointed.

Smokin Aces - Heard a lot of bad reviews but I actually enjoyed it. Not great, but a fun violent action flick. Not a waste of time.

I saw both of these last month and thought they were extremely poor. Smokin' Aces was in Lucky Number Slevin <insert smlevin joke here> range of bad for me and Hot Fuzz was way way way too long - esp. the ending - and way way way too story driven w/o enough of the haha - to even be called a comedy.

I liked Lucky Number Slevin and agree that Hot Fuzz was much more story than funny. I wouldn't recommend either, but enjoyed both.

 

[Bogart]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:

The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy.

North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.

Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.

The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?

Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid.

next up is Liscense to Drive.

Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

They have yet to release RAD on DVD. I paid a pretty penny to get a burnt copy from Laser Disc along with the soundtrack on CD. It holds up, but not as well as some other 80s movies.Had a RAD/Thrashin' double feature a few months ago. It...was...awesome.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Me and the Mrs have been running a 80's teen movie marathon we've hit:The Lost Boys - Still holds up..... It's a shame they are making a sequel that by all accounts sounds crappy. North Shore - I've never surfed...but for some reason a I like this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure.Like Father Like Son - I was expecting pure scholck......but it actually has a few funny moments in it. Another guilty pleasure.The Monster Squad - This is the one that didn't hold up. I remember it as more serious. It was more enjoyable after we started MST:2000'n it. Why does Dracula need to drive a car?Lucas - This one (aside from the cheesy synthesizer) is the one that stands up the most and appears to be the most timeless. Oh to remember those days when every school had a kid like Lucas, small, undersized, picked on the by the elite, embarrased of his home situation yet still mouthed off from time to time. Watching that movie brought back alot of memories as we used to pick on that kid. next up is Liscense to Drive.Does anyone have any recommendations? ( I checked Netflix and Rad wasn't available but we have Heathers, Pump Up the Volume and the Karate Kid in the queue)

Class of Nuke 'Em High

 

[krista4]

Catching up on a few:

The Lives of Others - Watched it again. Just as great as the first time. Has been discussed here extensively.

Fast Food Nation - The positives: stunning performances all-around from a fantastic cast. Beautifully directed by Richard Linklater. But it's just puzzling to me why a book that was an expose was made into a fictional movie. It just didn't work, and I didn't understand it. The stories didn't work well together, and the movie as a whole was just not well-constructed. Disappointing.

Jesus Camp - Without making the movie thread into a political debate, this is scary stuff. The documentary is well done in that it does provide some balance in viewpoints and doesn't make the people out to be monsters. In the midst of all of it, there are some laugh-out-loud moments (unintentionally on the part of the protagonists), such as the "rap": "Who's in the house? JC! We're kickin' it for Christ!" Worth seeing, though not as powerful as it could have been.

Fracture - Argh. I knew this wasn't my kind of movie, just wanted something light and easy to watch and didn't expect much, but my low expectations were not even met. Horrible. Why is a great actor like Anthony Hopkins finding roles solely as a poor man's Hannibal Lecter these days? Nothing redeemable that I could see in this one.

 

[On The Rocks]

Red Eye

Horrible movie.

Oh.....but....Rachel McAdams:

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Fracture - Argh. I knew this wasn't my kind of movie, just wanted something light and easy to watch and didn't expect much, but my low expectations were not even met. Horrible. Why is a great actor like Anthony Hopkins finding roles solely as a poor man's Hannibal Lecter these days? Nothing redeemable that I could see in this one.

Answer: $$$

Red Eye

Horrible movie.

Oh.....but....Rachel McAdams:

 

[El Floppo]

Catching up on a few:

The Lives of Others - Watched it again. Just as great as the first time. Has been discussed here extensively.

Fast Food Nation - The positives: stunning performances all-around from a fantastic cast. Beautifully directed by Richard Linklater. But it's just puzzling to me why a book that was an expose was made into a fictional movie. It just didn't work, and I didn't understand it. The stories didn't work well together, and the movie as a whole was just not well-constructed. Disappointing.

Jesus Camp - Without making the movie thread into a political debate, this is scary stuff. The documentary is well done in that it does provide some balance in viewpoints and doesn't make the people out to be monsters. In the midst of all of it, there are some laugh-out-loud moments (unintentionally on the part of the protagonists), such as the "rap": "Who's in the house? JC! We're kickin' it for Christ!" Worth seeing, though not as powerful as it could have been.

Fracture - Argh. I knew this wasn't my kind of movie, just wanted something light and easy to watch and didn't expect much, but my low expectations were not even met. Horrible. Why is a great actor like Anthony Hopkins finding roles solely as a poor man's Hannibal Lecter these days? Nothing redeemable that I could see in this one.

Phew! You saved me a viewing of Fracture- grassy-as! :removefromqueue:Lives of Others... Did you watch the interview with the director on the "special features"? Holy hell, what a smart, thoughtful cat.

Really wan't/don't want to see Jesus Camp. Incredibly interesting/depressing looking.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Catching up on a few:

The Lives of Others - Watched it again. Just as great as the first time. Has been discussed here extensively.

Fast Food Nation - The positives: stunning performances all-around from a fantastic cast. Beautifully directed by Richard Linklater. But it's just puzzling to me why a book that was an expose was made into a fictional movie. It just didn't work, and I didn't understand it. The stories didn't work well together, and the movie as a whole was just not well-constructed. Disappointing.

Jesus Camp - Without making the movie thread into a political debate, this is scary stuff. The documentary is well done in that it does provide some balance in viewpoints and doesn't make the people out to be monsters. In the midst of all of it, there are some laugh-out-loud moments (unintentionally on the part of the protagonists), such as the "rap": "Who's in the house? JC! We're kickin' it for Christ!" Worth seeing, though not as powerful as it could have been.

Fracture - Argh. I knew this wasn't my kind of movie, just wanted something light and easy to watch and didn't expect much, but my low expectations were not even met. Horrible. Why is a great actor like Anthony Hopkins finding roles solely as a poor man's Hannibal Lecter these days? Nothing redeemable that I could see in this one.

Phew! You saved me a viewing of Fracture- grassy-as! :removefromqueue:Lives of Others... Did you watch the interview with the director on the "special features"? Holy hell, what a smart, thoughtful cat.

Really wan't/don't want to see Jesus Camp. Incredibly interesting/depressing looking.

I watched that interview. Awesome. His directorial skill reminds me of Atom Egoyan, who directed the fantastic movie The Sweet Hereafter. I wish every director made films with the care and prep that these two guys use.

 

[krista4]

Catching up on a few:

The Lives of Others - Watched it again. Just as great as the first time. Has been discussed here extensively.

Fast Food Nation - The positives: stunning performances all-around from a fantastic cast. Beautifully directed by Richard Linklater. But it's just puzzling to me why a book that was an expose was made into a fictional movie. It just didn't work, and I didn't understand it. The stories didn't work well together, and the movie as a whole was just not well-constructed. Disappointing.

Jesus Camp - Without making the movie thread into a political debate, this is scary stuff. The documentary is well done in that it does provide some balance in viewpoints and doesn't make the people out to be monsters. In the midst of all of it, there are some laugh-out-loud moments (unintentionally on the part of the protagonists), such as the "rap": "Who's in the house? JC! We're kickin' it for Christ!" Worth seeing, though not as powerful as it could have been.

Fracture - Argh. I knew this wasn't my kind of movie, just wanted something light and easy to watch and didn't expect much, but my low expectations were not even met. Horrible. Why is a great actor like Anthony Hopkins finding roles solely as a poor man's Hannibal Lecter these days? Nothing redeemable that I could see in this one.

Phew! You saved me a viewing of Fracture- grassy-as! :removefromqueue:Lives of Others... Did you watch the interview with the director on the "special features"? Holy hell, what a smart, thoughtful cat.

Really wan't/don't want to see Jesus Camp. Incredibly interesting/depressing looking.

I watched that interview. Awesome. His directorial skill reminds me of Atom Egoyan, who directed the fantastic movie The Sweet Hereafter. I wish every director made films with the care and prep that these two guys use.

I didn't watch the director interview. I was thinking I need to buy this movie anyway, so I'll watch it then. I wish someone had saved me from seeing Fracture.

jdoggy, I knew we shared movie tastes, but I can't believe you mentioned The Sweet Hereafter, one of my top 20 of all-time, but a movie few people seem to have seen. God that was an exquisite movie. Atom Egoyan is masterful.