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[Hov34]

Jack Black is unfunny and I'm usually a fan.

I was just having this conversation last week. Jack Black has a reputation for being pretty good, but I went through a mental inventory of movies he's been in, and for the life of me, I don't know where this idea came from. The only performance of his that I could think of where I thought he was good was in High Fidelity. Other than that, I came up empty. His other movies have been drivel like Shallow Hal (among the worst movies I've ever seen) and The Holiday. Am I forgetting a bunch of good movies he's been in?

I agree with Shooter McGavin. High Fidelity he was great.....show me another movie where he was good.I was Nacho Libre, did not laugh once....and that was probably right behind the Ladykillers as the worst movie ever.Shallow Hal, awful. Pick of Destiny, worse.He was bearable in Orange County and Saving Silverman. He makes a great bit part actor, but isn't really that great on his own, just not funny.

Kung Fu Panda he was great, but maybe that's because it wasn't "all Jack Black" - I heard a critic say once that Jack Black is a lot like Robin Williams. If you can tone him down a bit you can get a good performance out of him, but if you set him free (like Williams) watch out...

 

[KarmaPolice]

21: Bad. Really bad. If Kate Bosworth was not so unbelievably hot, I would have shut it off halfway through. .025/5

Yeah. I avoided it. I think trailers reveal a lot. If you can't get me excited about a trailer, I often avoid the movie.

I just watched it last night. It wasn't that bad, IMO. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. I am sure that the book is more entertaining. There was one thing that was really bad that pissed me off though:mytagid = Math.floor( Math.random() * 100 );document.write("

Who in the hell stores $300K in the ceiling tiles in their dorm room. Ever heard of a ####in' bank???

*** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();

If you deposit a lot of money in a bank, doesn't the bank have to report it to the IRS?

Dunno. So all of these high rollers just paid for everything with cash? Maybe I just need to check out the book...

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just watched Air Guitar Nation last night.

Another good documentary that I highly recommend. As much as King of Kong gets pimped on this board, I liked this one better. Had me laughing fairly hard in a few parts.

 

[guru_007]

Just watched Air Guitar Nation last night.

Another good documentary that I highly recommend. As much as King of Kong gets pimped on this board, I liked this one better. Had me laughing fairly hard in a few parts.

In related news, the Air Guitar nationals will be held here in Houston, TX tonight. Seriously. Freaking news radio here actually had an interview with the Master of "Aeromonies" this morning

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just watched Air Guitar Nation last night.

Another good documentary that I highly recommend. As much as King of Kong gets pimped on this board, I liked this one better. Had me laughing fairly hard in a few parts.

In related news, the Air Guitar nationals will be held here in Houston, TX tonight. Seriously. Freaking news radio here actually had an interview with the Master of "Aeromonies" this morning

Uh, yeah- there are some "interesting" people doing this. The guy in the doc that just couldn't admit that he could be beat was great I think his name was Bjorn Turock or something like that. Funny stuff- If I was in Houston, I'd check it out....

 

[hooter311]

Watched League of Ordinary Gentlemen on HDNet at 4 am this morning. An inside look on the resurrection of bowling. It was interesting, but nothing groundbreaking. It claims bowling was bigger than football in the 70's before the decline of the sport after cable TV gave viewers more options on Saturday afternoons. Can anyone confirm this? I wasn't alive back then.

Can't believe the PBA sold for a mere 5 million less then 10 years ago, I really like the philosophy and style of the new President Steve Miller, former Nike Executive, an extreme no-nonsense personality.

 

[SKribbles]

A few more from this week:

Cashback: English comedy about a guy that breaks up with his girlfriend, gets insomnia and decides to spend his nights working at a grocery store. I really enjoyed it. Lots of narrating and flashbacks that I normally dislike but the flashback were hilarious and the narrating was very good. 3.5/5

Leatherheads: George Clooney comedy about football in the 1920's. Meh... not that funny. Jim (from the Office) also stars in it and does a great job but there was really only a couple chuckles in it. 2/5



Forgetting Sarah Marshell: Hilarious! Other than the full frontal male nudity this movie was great. Jackie (70's Show) is freakin hot! 4/5

Lake Dead: Cut and paste horror flick. Two hot sisters inherit a motel on a lake. They take some hot friends and a couple guys up to it to camp for the weekend. Crazy family running the hotel starts killing people. A couple gruesome scenes and plenty of boobs later, the end. .5/5

 

[Bob Magaw]

watched dirty harry on blue ray... i've seen it so many times i knew all the scenes, but the picture was noticeably better, & it was nice to hear the great lalo schifrin score on the home theatre...

i sort of forgot how iconic eastwood was for action figures to follow like bronson, schwarznegger & willis...

favorite line (when scorpio staged a beating)...

"anybody could see i didn't do that"...

"why?""

"because he looks too damned good"...

also, great character development during the bank robbery when instead of running he walks purposefully but almost casually to the scene...

* i knew there weren't exactly a lot of slow parts, but after another look, the pacing and transitions were very good & even better than i remembered... hey, mindwalk it ain't, but for a cop movie in its time, it set a new bar...

 

[NCCommish]

I think both have been covered but recent viewing are We own the Night. I really enjoyed it thought it was solid throughout if a little predictable. Just finished The Kingdom again a bit predictable here and there but still very entertaining and intense.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Just finished a set of 3 MST3K - last one was teenagers from outer space. All 3 had Joel (which I prefer) and one of them was a series of shorts. Man I miss those guys.

 

[NCCommish]

Just finished a set of 3 MST3K - last one was teenagers from outer space. All 3 had Joel (which I prefer) and one of them was a series of shorts. Man I miss those guys.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just finished a set of 3 MST3K - last one was teenagers from outer space. All 3 had Joel (which I prefer) and one of them was a series of shorts. Man I miss those guys.

Awesome show.

 

[prosopis]

I recently saw Midniight Express .

That movie screwed with me big time.

The final hour that took place in the section of the prison for the Criminally insane was just disturbing. As was the final scene with Max right before Billy tried to escape.

Seeing Max, without his glasses, incoherent just laying on some other guys lap was screwed up to me.

Oh well.

I recommend it if you want a mindscrew and want to feel very dirty after.

I think that movie is the reason I wont leave the country now.

 

[snogger]

I think both have been covered but recent viewing are We own the Night. I really enjoyed it thought it was solid throughout if a little predictable.

Kept my attention throughout.

 

[The Ghost of Common]

I just watched City of God

It's a subtitles movie, but still a great flick. Really good flick actually, very well directed and produced IMO.

 

[No. 16]

I just watched City of God

It's a subtitles movie, but still a great flick. Really good flick actually, very well directed and produced IMO.

City of God is an awesome, awesome movie.

 

[guru_007]

This weekend I got a chance to catch No Country for Old Men

After watching the movie, and spending an hour or so reading the entire thread devoted to it, I think I'm finally ready to give my opinion/review (Spoilers below).

I really enjoyed this movie, except for the end. No, I did not mind the fact they didn't show Llewelyn get killed., in fact, the change of pace and anti-climax were pretty refreshing. I didn't need to see another shoot out, and I didn't need to be shown every particular about the movie. The last 3 scenes seemed to me like they were part of a different movie, and just thrown into this one. I don't know, the entire movie up to the end was going at a particular pace, and had a particular feel, and then we get stuck with these last three scenes, where Chigurh gets into the accident, where Ed Tom talks to some dude out in the middle of nowhere and where Ed Tom talks to his wife about his dreams. I'm not sure if it was the Coen's trying to give particular attention to the book and trying to follow it as close as possible, or what, but I didn't find these scenes necessary at all, nor did I find them particularly interesting. The last scene where TLJ is talking is talking about his dreams, I actually liked this scene, but it felt so out of place to me in comparison to the rest of the movie, I don't know, it just detracted from the entire movie for me.

Anyway, the movie was riveting, beautiful, gave you a nice taste of the west Texas dialogue, scenery, and feel for the pace of life. Chigurh was a great villain, and I loved that air cannister he brought everywhere with him. It made him that much 'scarier' if you will, the fact that when you saw that cannister get taken out, you knew death was coming quickly thereafter. And he was like friggin Jason from Friday the 13th, in that I don't think you ever saw him run, instead he had a deliberate gait to him.

I also really liked Josh Brolin's acting in the reluctant hero. You wanted to root for him. Tommy Lee Jones was pretty decent in playing the sheriff Ed Tom, but there was nothing really new brought to the table, it was pretty much like every other role Tommy Lee Jones plays a law man.

The outlaying characters were all fair to good (I thought Llewelyn's wife did a nice job in her role....and Woody Harrelson was okay, but I felt like his character was probably more prominent in the book, and not given a fair enough treatment in the movie version as there were only 2 hours to fill, and most of that had to deal with the the three main characters).

This is definitely one of the better movies I've seen in the past year or two, even if the ending was a bit out of the ordinary. They gave you enough after Ed Tom was in the motel room to end it there, or maybe throw in the dream sequence immediately after that one, and perhaps the last scene could have been Chigurh walking out the door after his 'meeting' with Llewelyn's wife, and have him checking his boots. I dunno, it just felt like I had just ate an awesome meal, and the last bite of desert, the frosting tasted like the cream turned or something. I'll watch it again though, as there is a lot to take in and some of the scenes were just freakin awesome (i.e. Chigurh and the gas station attendant, with the coin flip... )

Give it a 4.5/5.0

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

...Just finished The Kingdom again a bit predictable here and there but still very entertaining and intense.

I caught it on HBO over the weekend, and though several parts were meh, it was entertaining enough to keep me watching. And some of the shootouts were top-notch

 

[saintfool]

watched "in the valley of elah" the other night. i liked it well enough. some very fine acting despite just a mess of a plot. it ran a little long plot and was a victim of the director's need to make another "important" film. tommy lee was superb.

 

[Wrigley]

Watched Felon last night on the innternets.

Good flick.

 

[SKribbles]

Watched Felon last night on the innternets.

Good flick.

Got it ready to go for tonight.

 

[jdoggydogg]

watched "in the valley of elah" the other night. i liked it well enough. some very fine acting despite just a mess of a plot. it ran a little long plot and was a victim of the director's need to make another "important" film. tommy lee was superb.

The movie did have problems, but I liked it.

 

[saintfool]

watched "in the valley of elah" the other night. i liked it well enough. some very fine acting despite just a mess of a plot. it ran a little long plot and was a victim of the director's need to make another "important" film. tommy lee was superb.

The movie did have problems, but I liked it.

i can agree with that up to a point.

 

[jdoggydogg]

watched "in the valley of elah" the other night. i liked it well enough. some very fine acting despite just a mess of a plot. it ran a little long plot and was a victim of the director's need to make another "important" film. tommy lee was superb.

The movie did have problems, but I liked it.

i can agree with that up to a point.

Well said. I agree.

 

[SKribbles]

Watched Felon last night on the innternets.

Good flick.

Got it ready to go for tonight.

I really liked this movie. Seemed to be a very realistic view of prison life... of course I'm just basing this off what I've seen on documentaries like Lockup and Raw. This movie should do very well once it comes out. 4/5

 

[El Floppo]

Saw the Woody Allen movie with Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor... had us on the edge of our seats trying to figure out which previous Woody Allen movie he had remade. Pretty pointless in the face of his other movies about murder. Decent performance by Farrell though- suprised both of us. Can't even remember the name of the damn thing.

Also caught the new X-Files... woof.

 

[Onions]

Saw the Woody Allen movie with Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor... had us on the edge of our seats trying to figure out which previous Woody Allen movie he had remade. Pretty pointless in the face of his other movies about murder. Decent performance by Farrell though- suprised both of us. Can't even remember the name of the damn thing.

Also caught the new X-Files... woof.

Cassandra's Dream.

 

[hooter311]

Cocaine Cowboys 2

Just released yesterday on DVD, while not as good as the first one, this guy definitely knows how to make an entertaining drug documentary. It's topic is the rise of Griswalda Blanco, "The Black Widow", she supposedly made over 1.5 billion in cash in the 70s and 80s trafficing an estimated 300 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Most of the story is told by an ex-boyfriend from Oakland who hooked up with her only after he had seen a news real detailing how many people she had order killed and how much money she had made trafficing cocaine. She was in prison in California at the time, and he wrote her a letter telling her how much he idolized her, 45 days later he was a multi-millionare and handling her outside operations. Unreal. If this were a hollywood movie it would get negative marks for not being "realistic". Recommended to the documentary junkies, but if you only watch one, watch the first one.

ETA: One problem I did have is that the documentary contains step by step instructions to make crack cocaine. I would recommend not trying to do this at home as the recipe they use is for 1-2 ounces of cocaine, less than that and you will lose all your powder and be pretty upset.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched a trio of pretty bad movies over the last couple of days. Was doing other stuff, so didn't really want to put in something good.

Watched:

The new Harold and Kumar. Just OK. I liked the first one a bit. This one had a couple of really funny parts, but the rest was bad.

Lost Boys 2: Truly terrible straight-to-DVD movie. IMO the first one is classic, but this was horrible in every sense of the word. Pretty bad when Haim had the good sense to stay away from this movie.

Never Back Down: Over the top, 21st century Karate Kid using MMA instead of straight karate. Basically it's Karate Kid for the Fast and the Furious crowd. I am about saying this, but I was entertained. yes it's horrible, but it would fit into that thread of movies we were listing that were good horrible movies.

 

[krista4]

Tried to watch Ira & Abby, which was in my queue for unknown reasons and quickly back out. 1/5

Deliver Us from Evil: Documentary about a pedophile priest who was simply moved from parish to parish despite admitting to many instances of molestation. Particularly devastating portrait of Cardinal Mahoney, who was responsible for ignoring these acts and moving the guy around rather than addressing the issue appropriately. Great documentary, very troubling. 4/5

Away from Her: Recommended by jdoggydogg. Heartbreaking movie, amazingly well acted. I was really taken by this in the beginning, though I thought it petered out a bit when it began to concentrate on the new relationships of the protagonists. Still a beautiful movie and the performances alone are worth seeing it for. 4/5

 

[hooter311]

Watched a trio of pretty bad movies over the last couple of days. Was doing other stuff, so didn't really want to put in something good.

Watched:

The new Harold and Kumar. Just OK. I liked the first one a bit. This one had a couple of really funny parts, but the rest was bad.

Lost Boys 2: Truly terrible straight-to-DVD movie. IMO the first one is classic, but this was horrible in every sense of the word. Pretty bad when Haim had the good sense to stay away from this movie.

Never Back Down: Over the top, 21st century Karate Kid using MMA instead of straight karate. Basically it's Karate Kid for the Fast and the Furious crowd. I am about saying this, but I was entertained. yes it's horrible, but it would fit into that thread of movies we were listing that were good horrible movies.

I watched this last night as well. Haim actually begged to be in the film and Feldman had to pull strings just to get him a 2 second clip in the middle of the end credits. At least it made a couple nods to the first movie. I for one am extremely glad I got to see another topless male saxophonest. I've been waiting for another one for almost 20 years. I don't know why the filmmakers didn't understand that the only reason the public would want a Lost Boys sequel is to see Haim and Feldman in beyond awful action again, that would have been worth the price of admission, instead we get another Donald Sutherland #######-child as the lead vampire.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched a trio of pretty bad movies over the last couple of days. Was doing other stuff, so didn't really want to put in something good.

Watched:

The new Harold and Kumar. Just OK. I liked the first one a bit. This one had a couple of really funny parts, but the rest was bad.

Lost Boys 2: Truly terrible straight-to-DVD movie. IMO the first one is classic, but this was horrible in every sense of the word. Pretty bad when Haim had the good sense to stay away from this movie.

Never Back Down: Over the top, 21st century Karate Kid using MMA instead of straight karate. Basically it's Karate Kid for the Fast and the Furious crowd. I am about saying this, but I was entertained. yes it's horrible, but it would fit into that thread of movies we were listing that were good horrible movies.

I watched this last night as well. Haim actually begged to be in the film and Feldman had to pull strings just to get him a 2 second clip in the middle of the end credits. At least it made a couple nods to the first movie. I for one am extremely glad I got to see another topless male saxophonest. I've been waiting for another one for almost 20 years. I don't know why the filmmakers didn't understand that the only reason the public would want a Lost Boys sequel is to see Haim and Feldman in beyond awful action again, that would have been worth the price of admission, instead we get another Donald Sutherland #######-child as the lead vampire.

:(

 

[KarmaPolice]

Tried to watch Ira & Abby, which was in my queue for unknown reasons and quickly back out. 1/5

Deliver Us from Evil: Documentary about a pedophile priest who was simply moved from parish to parish despite admitting to many instances of molestation. Particularly devastating portrait of Cardinal Mahoney, who was responsible for ignoring these acts and moving the guy around rather than addressing the issue appropriately. Great documentary, very troubling. 4/5

Away from Her: Recommended by jdoggydogg. Heartbreaking movie, amazingly well acted. I was really taken by this in the beginning, though I thought it petered out a bit when it began to concentrate on the new relationships of the protagonists. Still a beautiful movie and the performances alone are worth seeing it for. 4/5

I think the thing that disturbed me most about the doc was the amount of disconnect the priest had about the whole thing. Just the way he talked, sending letters to the victims, etc... he really has no clue WTF he did to those people.

 

[krista4]

Tried to watch Ira & Abby, which was in my queue for unknown reasons and quickly back out. 1/5

Deliver Us from Evil: Documentary about a pedophile priest who was simply moved from parish to parish despite admitting to many instances of molestation. Particularly devastating portrait of Cardinal Mahoney, who was responsible for ignoring these acts and moving the guy around rather than addressing the issue appropriately. Great documentary, very troubling. 4/5

Away from Her: Recommended by jdoggydogg. Heartbreaking movie, amazingly well acted. I was really taken by this in the beginning, though I thought it petered out a bit when it began to concentrate on the new relationships of the protagonists. Still a beautiful movie and the performances alone are worth seeing it for. 4/5

I think the thing that disturbed me most about the doc was the amount of disconnect the priest had about the whole thing. Just the way he talked, sending letters to the victims, etc... he really has no clue WTF he did to those people.

Yes, you're right. I was typing this out quickly and should have remembered that. It was amazing, wasn't it? He was very smiley and happy and just seemed to have no clue. The juxtaposition of him with his victims (and their families) was incredible.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Away from Her: Recommended by jdoggydogg. Heartbreaking movie, amazingly well acted. I was really taken by this in the beginning, though I thought it petered out a bit when it began to concentrate on the new relationships of the protagonists. Still a beautiful movie and the performances alone are worth seeing it for. 4/5

I am always happy to watch older actors in good movies. It's refreshing.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Protagonist

I think Krista or another smart FBG recommended this documentary. Very good. An interesting profile of four guys with unique stories. The puppetry didn't work for me, but overall I liked it a lot.

 

[krista4]

Protagonist

I think Krista or another smart FBG recommended this documentary. Very good. An interesting profile of four guys with unique stories. The puppetry didn't work for me, but overall I liked it a lot.

Yep, that was me. I mentioned in my review that I fast-forwarded over the puppetry. Such compelling stories--I can't imagine why the filmmaker thought she needed a gimmick (a really annoying one, at that).

 

[jdoggydogg]

Protagonist

I think Krista or another smart FBG recommended this documentary. Very good. An interesting profile of four guys with unique stories. The puppetry didn't work for me, but overall I liked it a lot.

Yep, that was me. I mentioned in my review that I fast-forwarded over the puppetry. Such compelling stories--I can't imagine why the filmmaker thought she needed a gimmick (a really annoying one, at that).

Mrs. Dogg liked the puppets. I thought the stories were plenty dramatic with out the puppets, and ultimately the puppety was self-indulgent.

 

[dmac37]

Here is a list of movies that I recommend, some are more known than others and some I picked up from this topic. What I do is look up recommended movies on Amazon and check out the reviews to see if I might like it.

No set theme, a variety of movie types and era:

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Frailty

Clerks

Almost Famous

Sling Blade

Mystery Alaska

Dear Frankie

Garden State

The Dark Hours

Talented Mr Ripley

Diner

In The Bedroom

American History X

History of Violence

Secretary

Cider House Rules

Dazed and Confused

The Hollywood Knights

Mullholland Drive

Dan in Real Life

Casablanca

 

[hooter311]

Here is a list of movies that I recommend, some are more known than others and some I picked up from this topic. What I do is look up recommended movies on Amazon and check out the reviews to see if I might like it.

No set theme a variety of movie types and era:

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Frailty

Clerks

Almost Famous

Sling Blade

Mystery Alaska

Dear Frankie

Garden State

The Dark Hours

Talented Mr Ripley

Diner

In The Bedroom

American History X

History of Violence

Secretary

Cider House Rules

Dazed and Confused

The Hollywood Knights

Mullholland Drive

Dan in Real Life

Casablanca

This is one of the strangest compliations I've ever seen, but I agree that most of them are worth watching. Highlighted ones in particular are very underated films.

 

[Burning Sensation]

Here is a list of movies that I recommend, some are more known than others and some I picked up from this topic. What I do is look up recommended movies on Amazon and check out the reviews to see if I might like it.

No set theme a variety of movie types and era:

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Frailty

Clerks

Almost Famous

Sling Blade

Mystery Alaska

Dear Frankie

Garden State

The Dark Hours

Talented Mr Ripley

Diner

In The Bedroom

American History X

History of Violence

Secretary

Cider House Rules

Dazed and Confused

The Hollywood Knights

Mullholland Drive

Dan in Real Life

Casablanca

This is one of the strangest compliations I've ever seen, but I agree that most of them are worth watching. Highlighted ones in particular are very underated films.

Agreed.....with both points.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I saw a couple "comedies" last weekend.

Knocked Up - 6/10

Meh. Exceeded my effenheimer threshhold. Not particularly funny anyway. Heigl is pretty though

Balls of Fury - 6/10

I laughed more than I did watching Knocked Up, but it was a missed opportunity. Even Walken wasn't what he could have been. Maggie Q is pretty though.

 

[saintfool]

Balls of Fury - 6/10I laughed more than I did watching Knocked Up, but it was a missed opportunity. Even Walken wasn't what he could have been. Maggie Q is pretty though.

i find myself wanting to see this. for some reason, walken in a comedy is like mana from heaven to me. i'm sure it's wan and threadbare as movies go but i still want to see it. i felt the same way about "walk hard: the dewey cox story" based on the previews but the reviews have forced me to reconsider.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Balls of Fury - 6/10I laughed more than I did watching Knocked Up, but it was a missed opportunity. Even Walken wasn't what he could have been. Maggie Q is pretty though.

i find myself wanting to see this. for some reason, walken in a comedy is like mana from heaven to me. i'm sure it's wan and threadbare as movies go but i still want to see it. i felt the same way about "walk hard: the dewey cox story" based on the previews but the reviews have forced me to reconsider.

I think it was worth the watch. It wasn't insultingly stupid like some comedies are (American Pie 14, Harold & Kumar Go To A Closed Starbucks, etc.)

 

[Drifter]

I've watche Balls of Fury twice in the last few days. I've enjoyed it for what it is.

 

[Dt's Mules]

definitely maybe was pretty good :####:

 

[dmac37]

Here is a list of movies that I recommend, some are more known than others and some I picked up from this topic. What I do is look up recommended movies on Amazon and check out the reviews to see if I might like it.

No set theme, a variety of movie types and era:

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Frailty

Clerks

Almost Famous

Sling Blade

Mystery Alaska

Dear Frankie

Garden State

The Dark Hours

Talented Mr Ripley

Diner

In The Bedroom

American History X

History of Violence

Secretary

Cider House Rules

Dazed and Confused

The Hollywood Knights

Mullholland Drive

Dan in Real Life

Casablanca

This is one of the strangest compliations I've ever seen, but I agree that most of them are worth watching. Highlighted ones in particular are very underated films.

I like a wide range of movies, same as music, just looking for what is good. When I see other people list some movies I have seen and like, I'm more inclined to try the others that they list. Once I started my blockbuster unlimited rentals I was able to take a chance on a lot of different movies.

 

[hooter311]

Here is a list of movies that I recommend, some are more known than others and some I picked up from this topic. What I do is look up recommended movies on Amazon and check out the reviews to see if I might like it.

No set theme, a variety of movie types and era:

Before Sunrise

Before Sunset

Frailty

Clerks

Almost Famous

Sling Blade

Mystery Alaska

Dear Frankie

Garden State

The Dark Hours

Talented Mr Ripley

Diner

In The Bedroom

American History X

History of Violence

Secretary

Cider House Rules

Dazed and Confused

The Hollywood Knights

Mullholland Drive

Dan in Real Life

Casablanca

This is one of the strangest compliations I've ever seen, but I agree that most of them are worth watching. Highlighted ones in particular are very underated films.

I like a wide range of movies, same as music, just looking for what is good. When I see other people list some movies I have seen and like, I'm more inclined to try the others that they list. Once I started my blockbuster unlimited rentals I was able to take a chance on a lot of different movies.

If you liked Mullholland Drive and Garden State, I think Donnie Darko is something you would enjoy as well. If you liked Frailty, I would check out Ravenous with Guy Pearce. As long as I'm bringing up Guy Pearce Memento is also similar to Talented Mr. Ripley and History of Violence.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Knocked Up - 6/10Meh. Exceeded my effenheimer threshhold. Not particularly funny anyway. Heigl is pretty though

I liked the comedy bits with all his buddies. But all the preachy, lame moralistic content sucked.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I like a wide range of movies, same as music, just looking for what is good. When I see other people list some movies I have seen and like, I'm more inclined to try the others that they list. Once I started my blockbuster unlimited rentals I was able to take a chance on a lot of different movies.

The fact that you like Mulholland Drive leads me to believe you'd like Lost Highway. Have you seen it?