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need help picking movie

POSTED BY: KANEMAN
UPDATED: Friday, July 7, 2006 18:36
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Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:35 PM

I'm renting a movie tonight, Usually I have an idea of what to get....not tonight....any suggestions from Browncoats? Favorite movies?

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:40 PM

GED

Well, depends what you're in the mood for. If it's not Serenity, here are some suggestions

Comedy: The Big Lebowski, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Super Troopers, As Good as it Gets

Violent: Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Godfather

Drama: Requiem for a Dream (can this really be watched more than once???), Pi, What Dreams May Come

Fun: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix (first one, always a fun one), Indiana Jones (any of them)

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:52 PM

WHOOPS

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Well, depends what you're in the mood for. If it's not Serenity, here are some suggestions

Comedy: The Big Lebowski, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Super Troopers, As Good as it Gets

Violent: Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Godfather

Drama: Requiem for a Dream (can this really be watched more than once???), Pi, What Dreams May Come

Fun: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix (first one, always a fun one), Indiana Jones (any of them)

Cant beat Robin Hood Men In Tights. Blinkin is so funny.

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Makes her a home." Mal

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:56 PM

KANEMAN

Never saw it always wanted to....possible

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:26 PM

GIXXER

Grosse Pointe Blank - look no further for comedy, drama, soundtrack and violence. And poetry.

Amelie
Midnight Run
Aliens
Addams Family Values
The Blues Brothers
Bubba Ho-Tep
Clueless
Roxanne
Dog Soldiers
Gregory's Girl
The Iron Giant
Love Actually
Predator
Pride & Prejudice (Firth & Ehle)
Pulp Fiction
Freaky Friday (Curtis & Lohan)
My Cousin Vinny
Father Ted
The Wedding Singer
The Princess Bride
The Railway Children (Agutter & Thomsett)
Die Hard

There are plenty more that are good, but these strike me as pretty much perfect. Either sufficiently original or well acted / scripted or nicely constructed or all or none of the above. Not that it matters.

Tough selection, but no matter what my other personal favourites were, the list has to be suitable for a perfect stranger to be able to pick any one at random and enjoy it.

...'Course if you did find any of them duff, I'd have to find your soul black, barren and missing, but judging from the colour of your coat, I don't think it'll be a problem.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:27 PM

CYBERSNARK

If you haven't seen Galaxy Quest, get that. It should be required viewing for all SF viewers.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:28 PM

MSG

hmm
Romantic Comedy- Jack and Sarah
Action- Blade 3 or Constantine
Scary- The Frighteners
Just Plain Fun- Radioland Murders or Noises off

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:29 PM

SILENCE

You gotta see it! It's funny and original. Well, it was original at the time.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:46 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

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Originally posted by msg:
hmm
Romantic Comedy- Jack and Sarah
Action- Blade 3 or Constantine
Scary- The Frighteners
Just Plain Fun- Radioland Murders or Noises off

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

I thought I was the only person in this country that had actually SEEN Jack and Sarah. I LOVE that movie! Ditto Blade 3 and Constantine. MSG - Are you sharing my brain?

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:56 PM

That's odd...I've seen the first and own the next two...

Perchance FMF and Ms. G have seen Hostel?

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 2:25 PM

TRAVELER

"Memento"

Vary dark. A lot of bad people. Several twists.

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 2:31 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Try to find "Waking Life" from 2001. It's directed by Richard Linklater, using a rotoscoping animation-over-live-action technique in a story about dream-states. He has been working on perfecting that technique for his latest, "A Scanner Darkly," which opens in limited release tomorrow (but not in my town, gorramit).

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 3:04 PM

JADEHAND

The Usual Suspects
Momento
The Crow
Strange Days
American History X
Se7en
Fallen
The Game
Fight Club
Way of the Gun
Army of Darkness
Grosse Pointe Blank
Pump up the Volume
The Fisher King
Tombstone
Cutthroat Island
12 Monkeys
Con Air
The 5th element
the Last Boy Scout
Silverado
Heathers

"I have been here many times before In a life I used to live
But I have never seen these streets so fresh Washed with morning rain
I have seen this face a thousand times Every morning of my life
But I never saw these eyes so clear Free of doubt and pain
Like the whole world has been made again."
Made Again (Brave)-Marillion
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Thursday, July 6, 2006 4:12 PM

RMMC

For movies not other wise listed:

Can't beat a Universal monster flick.

The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Van Helsing

Muppet Treasure Island (Tim Curry as Long John Silver...need I say more?)

12 Angry Men (An awesome flick even 49 years later)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Dead Again
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Tomorrow, you let us know what you watched ans write a 2 page report on it. Don't forget to mention foreshadowing and symbolism.

Just kidding!

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:16 AM

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

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Originally posted by RMMC:
For movies not other wise listed:

Can't beat a Universal monster flick.
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Van Helsing

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RMMC

I love the Mummy, but Van Helsing? Me and my friends watched with the sound turned down and made up our own storylines and script as it went along, which was, actually so much better (super horny spary!- don't ask)We did it with the Matrix, and Pirates of the Carribbean too, and they were good that way.

I suggest:
Con Air - if you want violence
Dodgeball or BASKETball (like dodgeball, only dirtier) if you want mindless comedy
My Cousin Vinnie or Young Frankenstein if you want good comedy
1st Wives Club if you want femenist comedy (great for getting over boys)

Oh! I love Men in Tights!
Are you fagellers?
No, just merry.

Damn you Fox! Damn you to Hades!!

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:28 AM

MAVOURNEEN

We watched Fever Pitch the other night, with Jimmy Fallon (not usually a fav of mine) and Drew Barrymore, and I have to say it was fun. Husband liked it a lot too even though I'd classify it as a romantic comedy.
Crazed Red Sox fans...what's not to like?

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

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Friday, July 7, 2006 6:55 AM

ZZETTA13

Wolf Creek is a good one if you want something scarry. Not for kiddies though if you have little ones. best leave WC on the shelf.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 7:31 AM

MAL4PREZ

You want something jaw dropping and different? Try Nightwatch. It has it's own thread floating around here.

More info here:

http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/nwnd/

I can't say enough good things, so I won't try.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 10:42 AM

RMMC

Van Helsing was a fun monster flick. It didn't promise anything else and darn it, I had fun watching it. I mean its a Universal monters movie, of course there's gonna be corn.

Yeah, it's eminently MSTie-able, but a lot of fun things are. Even the BDM.

I was just giving a well rounded list.

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Friday, July 7, 2006 10:53 AM

MSG

Hey MST3K fan?? cool We have all their dvds and many videos as well..love those guys:)

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

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Friday, July 7, 2006 2:35 PM

JEDINERD7

Ooh! I've been renting Wes Anderson's films: "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Rushmore," "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"... all smart dramedies. I lurve them. I also reccommend "School of Rock"... always makes me laugh.

Goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.