Movie Recommendations - What should I be watching?

[Jason]

man face, i have looked EVERYWHERE for a long long time in the hopes of finding scotland, pa. i remember you (or maybe it was conc?) mentioning that one in another one of these threads quite some time ago. it sounds fucking amazing, but it must be super rare or something. i'll try to dig up melvin goes to dinner. as for anchorman, i just went on a will ferrell binge last night. i watched night at the roxbury, then elf, then old school and finished up with anchorman.

fallen angel, cube is definitely a kickass flick. cube 2: hypercube is also decent, but it's definitely not as impressive as its predecessor considering the first one was a student film done on a really tight budget.

bc, is butterfly effect the one with ashton kutcher? i think i remember seeing some previews for that on tv forever ago. never did check it out though.

[Benno]

dream with the fishes link

[Sleepy Weasel]

psst Jason, send me some movies, or tell me a good way to get them. On pallies forum I guess.

[Jason]

will do sleepy

[geekbot]

Dummy (2002)
Pushing Tin
Man on the Moon
Philadelphia

[Squeezer]

Pm me, I'll email you my top 100 movie list.

[Jason]

alright, so i grabbed a cam of crash. i'll watch it tonight and post a quick write-up/review in the morning.

i think i'm also going to watch royal tenenbaums tonight. either that or waking life. if anyone wants a write-up of either of those, let me know.

big heads up to anyone who was thinking of watching that animated flick called madagascar. it's a steaming pile of shit. despite some pretty nice voice acting from chris rock and ben stiller, the movie is a yawn a minute.

[Sufficient]

Go watch the movie "Equilibrium" ... I hear good things about it (haven't watched it yet).

[Vykromond]

Stuff RMex missed:

Vertigo, Rear Window - hitchcock
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Breaking the Waves - von trier
Happiness - solontz
Days of Being Wild (can't recommend this strongly enough) - kar-wai
Rushmore - anderson
Ghost World
Capturing the Friedmans
The Five Obstructions
The Four Hundred Blows, Jules and Jim - truffaut
Rashomon, Ran, The Seven Samurai, Kagemusha - kurosawa
Band of Outsiders - godard
On the Waterfront

[Bilbo]

Survive Style 5+

[Ewan]

Battle Royale

Also, search on google for "GNFOS". When found it'll be clear why I told you to search for it. From what I can gather, you won't be able to find it in shops, but you may be able to find a torrent online for it.

[RogerMexico]

Stuff RMex missed:

Vertigo, Rear Window - hitchcock
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Breaking the Waves - von trier
Happiness - solontz
Days of Being Wild (can't recommend this strongly enough) - kar-wai
Rushmore - anderson
Ghost World
Capturing the Friedmans
The Five Obstructions
The Four Hundred Blows, Jules and Jim - truffaut
Rashomon, Ran, The Seven Samurai, Kagemusha - kurosawa
Band of Outsiders - godard
On the Waterfront

Got Rushmore and Seven Samurai on there, passed on The Discreet Charm because I don't understand it despite owning it (though everyone seems to agree it's brilliant), and the rest I'm embarassed to admit I've never seen. Some classic and well-received titles on your list though. Might have to use it as a reference for my own cinematic adventures.

Also, thought of some more movies I felt weird about leaving off the list. Some of these might be repeats from other people, so pardon in advance:

Barton Fink
Blow
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Chorus (Les Choristes)
The Corporation
Cube
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Europa Europa
Falling Down
Hoop Dreams
In America
Kicking and Screaming *
The Last Supper
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Madness of King George
The Maltese Falcon
The Running Man
Snatch
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Swimming Pool
The Triplets of Belleville
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Zatoichi: Legend of the Blind Swordsman

* [EDIT] Didn't realize there was a new movie called Kicking and Screaming. For the record, I meant the 1995 film by Noah Baumbach, co-writer of The Life Aquatic. Don't know anything about this new shit, but it might be fucking sweet too.

[NaiLed]

Bubble Boy

[Mr. Peanuts]

Go watch the movie "Equilibrium" ... I hear good things about it (haven't watched it yet).

Its fucking awful. Good plot, but awful nonetheless.

[Stylez]

the super priest was the best bit.


films i watched recently and thought they really stood out

City of God
American History X
Spun
Waking LIfe (i think you gotta download that one)
Side walks of New York
Bang,Bang your dead

You have good taste in movies...

I would also recommend...

Kids
Bully
Malcom X
Boondock Saints
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Any of the Quentin Tarantino movies...

I can't think right now, I'll get back to this later...