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Socoder -> Film + TV -> Good Films?

Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 14:10
HoboBen
Can anyone recommend any good films for me? It's too cold to go outside to do anything else!

Preferably something from the last millennium. I'm not too keen on modern stuff, although I thought V for Vendetta (2006) was quite good so I haven't completely given up on the next 992 years

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 15:06
Phoenix
I watched The Big Lebowski yesterday, and I liked it (from 1998 if I remember correctly).

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 15:25
zebeste
Lawrence of Arabia is very good (my favorite movie) and fairly old, but it can be hard to sit through sometimes (very long). The 10th Kingdom is fun to watch if you have half a day to devote to it. Some other ones I like include "Support Your Local Sheriff"(older comedy, one of my favorites) and King Solomon's Mines (I prefer the latest one). Some Clint Eastwood movies such as "High Plains Drifter", "Hang 'em High", and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" are really good. If nothing else, theres always Tron. Enough of a list for you?
Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 16:20
blanko1324
If you like The Beatles, Across the Universe came out not too long ago. It's good, but long.

My favorite film is Forbidden Planet, from the 50's.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 16:24
JL235
Lawrence of Arabia is awesome. I remember when I first saw it, I didn't watch any more tv for the rest of the day cos it had worn me out. But it is awesome.

I just (like 5 minutes ago) finished watching Festen with my house mates. Don't research the plot because you want it to all be a surprise. It's a Danish film about a very big and formal 60th birthday party for the head of a rich family at a hotel he owns. It's shot using the Dogma 95 rules which are very avant-garde ideas about extreme simple film making. Like no special effects or camera tricks, all hand-held cameras, must all be shot on location, etc. As a result I thought my housemates might not have enjoyed it, thinking it's too 'arty'. They absolutely loved it and asking me to get a hold of their next Dogma film too.
Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 16:49
Afr0
I am going to see Juno tommorrow. Seems very good.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 17:05
Scherererer
The Manchurian Candidate (there's a modern and a black and white film, both are excelent)

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 17:32
power mousey

Yeah Blanko, Forbidden Planet.
Starring Leslie Nielson and Walter Pidgeon and Robbie the Robot too. The Krell, oh my poor Krell.

One that comes to my mind. The Thirteenth Floor. Not as action oriented nor adventous as the Matrix series but more thought provacative.
Another movie that I enjoyed but the tv series which it was based upon is better: Logans Run.

If you want a zany,twisted comedy with an assortment of oddities comedians then its A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World. Also, the first version of the Producers too.

If fantasy and adventure is your game: may I suggest Jason and the Argonaunts, the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and Clash of the Titans.

if you're in the mood for a Chuck Norris or Van Damme flicks then these are really good: Good Guys Wear Black, Bloodsport, SideKicks, Time Cop, Invasion USA, and Lion Heart.
But I recommmend above em all Rambo in First Blood.

for horror movies:

The Legend of Hellhouse,
Hellraiser,
The Phantasm series,
Nightmare on Elm Street.
And, the Haunting...first version.
and of course, the low budge movie Equinox
and Wolfen too.


Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 18:35
blanko1324
Oh yeah! 'Juno' is excellent. Really, really awesome.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 19:13
Hotshot
The last flims I have bought was GOAL 2 which is brilliant and I cant wait to see GOAL 3 - The World Cup
Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 19:48
power mousey

well, have you seen Lords of Dogtown?
the start of skateboarding as a sport and with the X-tremes too.
I love and miss Santa Monica and Venice Beach.


the documentary and the movie too.

Jay Adams...one of the original Z boys from 1961.




and now from the movie itself.



Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 20:20
Hotshot
well, have you seen Lords of Dogtown? Nope, not yet. I love actions flims which why I love rocky, rambo and also Terminator flims too(there will be Terminator 4 but the Movie Star isnt in it )
Sat, 16 Feb 2008, 21:27
power mousey

well duh dude! Hello!, Ground Control to Major Tom. I showed them cause you made reference to those sports type of movies... Goal 2 and Goal 3, the world cup.


sigh! forget it.
Sun, 17 Feb 2008, 12:58
HoboBen
Thanks folks, those suggestions should keep me going for a while

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Wed, 20 Feb 2008, 00:39
power mousey
Some more good films and tv sereis to watch Hobo
are:

its kinda old but the Two Ronnies
I used watch this all the time. Really funny too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Ronnies

and yeah, I forgot...The Goodies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodies

and also Aeon Flux...the animated science fiction series.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86on_Flux

and also I really like Ben 10.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10

happy watchings