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skybluemilk wrote:She's the Man, is a very good movie.

Eh, not really.

If you want a good modern adaptation of Shakespeare with stronger leads, go for 10 Things I Hate About You.

Anyway, here's some random movies I'd recommend, one per decade:

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Swing Time (1936)
Laura (1944)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Graduate (1967)
The Black Hole (1979)
Say Anything (1989)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Love Actually (2003)

albert

Escapay wrote: Swing Time (1936)
Laura (1944)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Black Hole (1979)

albert

I doubly recommended these. Laura especially.

Airplane!
Big Fish
The Iron Giant

Escapay wrote:

skybluemilk wrote:She's the Man, is a very good movie.

Eh, not really.

If you want a good modern adaptation of Shakespeare with stronger leads, go for 10 Things I Hate About You.

Agreed. However, I do want to say - 10 Things was totally posing when it came to the sister being a fan of Bikini Kill. I'm sorry, but a true Bikini Kill fan wouldn't love a band that sounded like the one she went to the club to listen to. If she was supposed to be the antithesis of all the Jennifer Love Hewitt types, why is she listening to a song it sounds like Hewitt would have performed herself?!

Ug.


Anyway, if anyone here hasn't seen:



you are seriously missing out. The single most satisfying action-thriller I've ever seen in my life. Highly intelligent, excessively violent and gruesome, dark yet fun.

Laz, I REALLY want to see that (It's one of the only Reese films I' haven't seen yet!), but I've heard it was gory and scary. Is that true? And how gory/scary?

PeterPanfan wrote:Laz, I REALLY want to see that (It's one of the only Reese films I' haven't seen yet!), but I've heard it was gory and scary. Is that true? And how gory/scary?

If "gory" and "scary" are detractors for you, given that this is not a horror film... well, have you seen R-rated movies before? If you have, then you can probably handle it.

It's intense, yes. It's violent, yes. As for gore- there isn't much splattering blood (this is not Kill Bill, don't worry), and only a short sequence with internal organs exposed. Hardly counts as gore.

Yes, I have seen R rated films, but the list I've seen consists of films like Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Love Actually, etc.

I've seen two R rated films that star Reese Witherspoon, which are Election and Cruel Intentions. If I could handle those could I handle Freeway?

Escapay wrote:

The Black Hole (1979)

This film cries very loudly for a remake, along with "Tron".

I think we were supposed to list movies "Other than Disney" for this thread so I picked a couple of really good films in my opinion:

One False Move (1991) - Top notch thriller with a really good cast featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams. "R-rated" for strong violence, language and drug content. A very good movie.

Open Range (2003) - Great western starring Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall and Annette Bening. Kevin Costner showed how much he has learned from other actor-director's in Directing this movie. It is beautifully photographed, and the dialogue is perfect for the time.

Appaloosa (2008) - Another great western, this time written and directed by Ed Harris, who also stars in this film with Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger, along with Jeremy Irons playing a real evil bad guy.

- Up Close & Personal
- Gia
- Chasing Amy
- While You Were Sleeping
- Sliding Doors
- Arlington Road
- Jack & Sarah
- Dancer in the Dark
- Kirikou et la sorciere/Kirikou et les betes sauvages
- Muriel's Wedding
- Identity
- Rat Race
- Housesitter
- Cube
- The Tenant
- The Gods Must Be Crazy/The Gods Must Be Crazy II
- Curly Sue
- Jersey Girl (2004)
- Shattered Glass
- Babe/Babe: Pig in the City
- The Magdalene Sisters
- Corrina, Corrina
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
- Heathers
- Being Human
- Milk Money
- Single White Female

dvdjunkie wrote:Escapay wrote:

The Black Hole (1979)

This film cries very loudly for a remake, along with "Tron".

No, just... No...

Remaking Tron would be like remaking The Wizard of Oz with Miley Cyrus as Dorothy.

Widdi wrote:

remaking The Wizard of Oz with Miley Cyrus as Dorothy.

Sshhh!!! There is rumors afloat that this is the next big remake scheduled by the Disney studios. Read in Variety magazine they are considering the film because of its age, and the modern day technology would liven it up and modernize its story. And, yes, Miley Cyrus is mentioned as the possible person to play Dorothy.

And I still think that "Tron" needs to be remade because of its age, and the special effects of that period are wearing thin when watched on a HD TV.

mooky_7_sa wrote:Muriel's Wedding

I second that nomination!



In fact, see it as soon as you can. It's an absolute masterpiece.

PeterPanfan wrote:I've seen two R rated films that star Reese Witherspoon, which are Election and Cruel Intentions. If I could handle those could I handle Freeway?

Well, have you ever seen an action film or a thriller? And, have you ever seen really nasty Reality-TV? You can handle Freeway if you've followed any of those reality tv shows with girls slapping each other and getting into fights. Strangely enough, Freeway is less trashy than they are.

So, I watched Bandslam last night, and I love the High School Musical films and Camp Rock. I probably should see Fame since I like that genre, right? Are there any similar movies about making music that I should check out? Probably That Thing You Do!, too?

All right, here are some non-Disney Classics ( ) I enjoy, and I hope you do, too!
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Holiday Inn (1942)
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
White Christmas (1954)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Annie (1982)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Note: I've never seen My Fair Lady, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, West Side Story, Wicked or Pearl Harbor. Ever.

The Shining- 1980
(500) Days of Summer- 2009