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Top 3 movies you love that no one else has seen (2 Viewers)
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ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
2 Idiots in Hollywood
nelsondogg
Footballguy
I was thinking of listing Visitor Q, which is even more twisted but not quite in my top three...Ichi the Killer is very similar but, if you can believe it, more violent and shocking. Like I said, they're both great movies. I know Oldboy has been discussed a lot on this forum.i think oldboy has quite a following herepretty sure i saw it because of a fbg threadwas excellent btwHaving seen the first and third of these (but not the second), I'm a little worried about you. Not that they weren't good movies, but.
Postradamus
Footballguy
Yeah I took Unforgiven instead mostly because it's one of my favorite films and I think it's a much better film than Lagaan. Lagaan was pretty entertaining for the most part, but the cricket match was not very interesting to me especially since I don't understand all the rules of cricket, but I realize it's one of Bollywood's heavyweights so I was considering it.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
Not necessarily my Top 3 three but here are a couple that I like that most FBGs probably haven't seen:
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Race With the Devil
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Race With the Devil
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
That's a fun movie.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Good flick.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This is my least-favorite Kubrick movie.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Saw it. I liked it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I like this movie a lot. It did not get good reviews.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Saw it. Liked it a lot. That poem at the end is very powerful:FORGIVING OUR FATHERS
How do we forgive our fathers?
Maybe in a dream?
Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us to often?
Or forever, when we were little?
Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage, or making us nervous
because there never seemed to be any rage there at all?
Do we forgive our fathers for marrying or not marrying our mothers?
or for divorcing or not divorcing our mothers?
And shall we forgive them for thier excesses of warmth or coldness?
Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning, or shutting doors?
for speaking thru walls, or never speaking, or never being silent?
Do we forgive our fathers in our age, or in thiers?
Or in thier deaths, saying it to them, or not saying it.
If we forgive our fathers, what is left?
by **** Lourie
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Very underrated.
HellToupee
Footballguy
eXistenZ
Little Voice
not sure how widely the next few have been seen
Notorious-from the 40s
Touch of Evil
Dark City
Layer Cake---definitely in my top 5 fron this decade
Little Voice
not sure how widely the next few have been seen
Notorious-from the 40s
Touch of Evil
Dark City
Layer Cake---definitely in my top 5 fron this decade
nelsondogg
Footballguy
Recently saw Ong-bak 2 which I'm sure most people haven't seen (bootleg Dvd). It was pretty cool.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I had a hard time coming up with just three. Here's a start:
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Matewan
The Dish
Can't say enough good things about Little Dieter Needs to Fly. I beg you all to see that movie.
More movies I highly recommend that are under the radar:
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Dear Frankie
The Iron Monkey
Blood in Blood Out: Bound By Honor
Citizen X
House Of Saddam
American Splendor
Elephant
Generation Kill
Sometimes in April
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Matewan
The Dish
Can't say enough good things about Little Dieter Needs to Fly. I beg you all to see that movie.
More movies I highly recommend that are under the radar:
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Dear Frankie
The Iron Monkey
Blood in Blood Out: Bound By Honor
Citizen X
House Of Saddam
American Splendor
Elephant
Generation Kill
Sometimes in April
pantagrapher
Footballguy
Once I got past Branagh's Allen impersonation, I realized it was pretty damn good. Gets better every time.
dude
Footballguy
the listeningthe missionthe spanish prisonereXistenZLittle Voicenot sure how widely the next few have been seenNotorious-from the 40sTouch of EvilDark City
Layer Cake---definitely in my top 5 fron this decade
pats3in4
Footballguy
The Party Animal - the ratio of funny to audience size is approaching infinity. Funniest obscure movie I've ever seen. Search for "Pondo Sinatra" on Youtube for clips.
Sixty-Six - Came out a few years ago in the U.K. I don't think it's been shown in the US. I caught it on an international flight. Awkward, neglected kid is looking forward to becoming the center of attention on his bar-mitzvah...scheduled on the 1966 World Cup Final that England makes a miracle run towards. Very funny and touching.
The Fastest Indian (previously mentioned) - Anthony Hopkins is outstanding in this story of a man with a dream of setting a landspeed record on his souped-up motorcycle.
Sixty-Six - Came out a few years ago in the U.K. I don't think it's been shown in the US. I caught it on an international flight. Awkward, neglected kid is looking forward to becoming the center of attention on his bar-mitzvah...scheduled on the 1966 World Cup Final that England makes a miracle run towards. Very funny and touching.
The Fastest Indian (previously mentioned) - Anthony Hopkins is outstanding in this story of a man with a dream of setting a landspeed record on his souped-up motorcycle.
dude
Footballguy
+ days of being wild to round out the "trilogy"...i love twyker but my fav from him is princess and the warrioranyone dig wong kar wai? chung king express is a goodie
Postradamus
Footballguy
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
1. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) - one of the ultimate stumpers in charades but also a tremendously charming little film. Gene Wilder transcends a patheticly awful brogue to bring home this story of a dung salesman (nk) in a rowhouse Dublin neighborhood who falls for a rich American girl going to Trinity. recently bought a copy on Amazon & was as charmed as when i 1st saw it.
2. Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980) - Next to Wizard of Oz & Last Tango, the film which has had the most impact on how i conduct my life. Alain Resnais alternates between lectures on psychobiology & little vignettes (starring GDespardieu) where the theories are played out. downloadable - google it.
3. Chimes At Midnight (1965) - i am soooo thankful to Youtube for giving me a chance to watch this marvel for the 1st time in almost 40 yrs. my favorite literary character is Shakespeare's Falstaff and, in one of Orson Welles best films (one of those where he acted in Hollywood movies & bilked fly-by-night investors to make piecemeal over a period of time), he combined all of Falstaff's scenes from the 3-4 plays in which he appears in order to tell his grand, hilarious story. i saw it at a revival theater (oddly, the Orson Welles Theater in Cambridge) on acid in the early 70s & was blown away but remembered little (funny that). unfortunately, because of the lawsuits following the tricky financing, it has never been available in a home video format outside of Brazil (nk), but somebody posted it on Youtube. wikkid say check it.
2. Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980) - Next to Wizard of Oz & Last Tango, the film which has had the most impact on how i conduct my life. Alain Resnais alternates between lectures on psychobiology & little vignettes (starring GDespardieu) where the theories are played out. downloadable - google it.
3. Chimes At Midnight (1965) - i am soooo thankful to Youtube for giving me a chance to watch this marvel for the 1st time in almost 40 yrs. my favorite literary character is Shakespeare's Falstaff and, in one of Orson Welles best films (one of those where he acted in Hollywood movies & bilked fly-by-night investors to make piecemeal over a period of time), he combined all of Falstaff's scenes from the 3-4 plays in which he appears in order to tell his grand, hilarious story. i saw it at a revival theater (oddly, the Orson Welles Theater in Cambridge) on acid in the early 70s & was blown away but remembered little (funny that). unfortunately, because of the lawsuits following the tricky financing, it has never been available in a home video format outside of Brazil (nk), but somebody posted it on Youtube. wikkid say check it.
krista4
Footballguy
Oh gosh, I hated Little Voice. I mean hated it. Think I was just annoyed with the main character; Michael Caine was great as always, though. I like all the others you've listed.
krista4
Footballguy
It will come as no surprise that I have seen and loved each of these.
HellToupee
Footballguy
maxwelledison
Footballguy
Fat Girl
Lantana
ETA: I'm broken. I typed The Conversation but meant The Celebration.
Lantana
ETA: I'm broken. I typed The Conversation but meant The Celebration.
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krista4
Footballguy
Lantana! I recommend this movie to people all the time--fantastic, underappreciated movie.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Yeah, Branagh's Allen impersonation is annoying. But there are several good parts in that movie. DiCaprio is excellent, and that was the first movie I saw him in where I thought he was an actor to be respected. Judy Davis is one of the best actors around, and her oral sex lesson is about as funny as it gets. And I love the final shot of the movie. Very poignant.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Same here. Terrible.Oh gosh, I hated Little Voice. I mean hated it. Think I was just annoyed with the main character; Michael Caine was great as always, though. I like all the others you've listed.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I haven't seen Matewan since it came out years ago. But I remember liking it very much.It will come as no surprise that I have seen and loved each of these.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I hope you all see Dear Frankie some day. Very sweet.
Guster
Footballguy
Quality flick with Ru Paul as a dude.If you liked that movie, check out Better than Chocolate. Awesome movie with a couple super awesome lesbian scenes :brong:
identikit
Footballguy
Ones that i love that have been mentioned:
The Lookout
Buffalo 66 (even has a football tie-in!)
A few that haven't been mentioned:
Hamlet 2 (laugh-out-loud funny!)
House of Yes (I Parker Posey)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (uncomfortably hilarious from Todd Solondz)
The Lookout
Buffalo 66 (even has a football tie-in!)
A few that haven't been mentioned:
Hamlet 2 (laugh-out-loud funny!)
House of Yes (I
Parker Posey)Welcome to the Dollhouse (uncomfortably hilarious from Todd Solondz)
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Very interesting movie.House of Yes (I
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I've really been looking forward to that one. I heard that the DVD was released only in a dubbed version, but that there will be a special release in the original language.
I'll add
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Then the thread was a success.
JAA
Footballguy
Donny Loved Bowling
Footballguy
Guess I'm not the first to nominate Hard Candy... excellent flick! Ellen Page gives a hauntingly powerful performance.
Also:
The Host
Sleuth
JCVD
Funny Games
Also:
The Host
Sleuth
JCVD
Funny Games
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geoff8695
Footballguy
I don't know how many FBGs have seen these two movies from the late 80s-early 90s, but I would highly recommend them if you are fans of Turturro, or DeNiro & Harris. The first is a slapstick comedy, but one of Turturro's best performances, while the 2nd is one of the better DeNiro performances that not everyone knows about.
Brain Donors - John Turturro comedy based loosely on a Marx brothers movie... Hilarious, and will be a very pleasant surprise if you've never seen it before.
Jacknife - A relatively lesser known drama about Vietnam war veterans dealing with life after the war and its consequences, starring Robert DeNiro and Ed Harris. A little slow in the beginning, but the acting performances turned in by DeNiro and Harris are top notch, and the payoff is well worth giving this one a view if you haven't already seen it.
Having trouble coming up with a 3rd one, but I saw a previous post that mentioned Layer Cake, and if you haven't seen that one I would also highly recommend it as well.
Brain Donors - John Turturro comedy based loosely on a Marx brothers movie... Hilarious, and will be a very pleasant surprise if you've never seen it before.
Jacknife - A relatively lesser known drama about Vietnam war veterans dealing with life after the war and its consequences, starring Robert DeNiro and Ed Harris. A little slow in the beginning, but the acting performances turned in by DeNiro and Harris are top notch, and the payoff is well worth giving this one a view if you haven't already seen it.
Having trouble coming up with a 3rd one, but I saw a previous post that mentioned Layer Cake, and if you haven't seen that one I would also highly recommend it as well.
krista4
Footballguy
Love both of these, especially Welcome to the Dollhouse. But at the same time, Happiness (by Solondz) is one of my most-hated movies of all time.House of Yes (I
