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Recomend some movies
« on: November 29, 2008, 04:51:47 pm »
So I recently started up a netflix membership again, and already I'm drawing a blank. Denny and I have watched most of the seasons to CSI to NCIS to Fall guy, to movies like Iron man, hulk, Hancock, Godzilla movies (toho).

What are some good ones I missed? I recently ordered those russian films Day watch and Night watch, but after that, I'm drawing a blank.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 04:59:48 pm »
get   Nice Girls don't Explode  it is an older one.  ;)
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 05:39:25 pm »
A Scanner Darkly
Blade Runner
Kingdom of Heaven
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Birdy
Lord of War
Baraka

I got more... gimmie a bit.


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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 05:56:46 pm »
Beowulf & Grendel
Evil Dead 2  ;D
The Blues Brothers
The Wall
Sin City
Apocalypto

I've got some other favourites back there somewhere...

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 06:57:45 pm »
Hehe, thanks guys.

LOL Bonk, I have all of those myself except for Birdy and Baraka.

I'll give them a look see.

Nice girls don't explode , that just sounds hilarious.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 07:29:26 pm »
LOL Bonk, I have all of those myself except for Birdy and Baraka.

Thought you might, Baraka is an excellent film. Both it and Birdy have wonderful soundtracks.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2008, 06:21:00 am »
As far as movies that I've liked that you might not have
Unbreakable
October Sky
Superman II the Richard Donner Cut
Patriot Games
Jet Pilot (poor storyline, but the film was shot with the cooperation of the US airforce and has excellent footage of aircraft that were in service at the time, as well as stunt flying by Chuck Yeager.  The airforce subsequently reversed itself repressed the film for 10 years because they felt the footage gave away too much information on its capabilities.)
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2008, 07:55:28 pm »
Elizabeth
Elizabeth the Golden Age
12 O'Clock High
We Are Marshall
El Cid
Quo Vadis
Vanishing Point
Captain Blood
Where Eagles Dare
The Longest Day
Lawrence of Arabia
The Pink Panther
The Jerk
Big Trouble in Little China
Zulu Dawn
Giant
Battle of Britain
The Young Lions
Gunga Din
Khartoum
Kings of the Sun
Sargeant York
The Four Feathers
Go For Broke


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Re: Recomend some movies
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 10:25:14 pm »
I put the Donner cut of Superman 2 on my list.

Dracho, I have seen most of those movies, and or own, except for these, Khartoum and Kings of the Sun .

Thanks man, I'll have to check them out also.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2008, 07:44:55 pm »
undercover blues

kung fu panda

monsters inc

stripes (with bill muray)


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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2008, 03:15:11 pm »
Here is an excerpt from Baraka, the song is ""The Host of Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance (gets me every time) - crank to eleven for best enjoyment:


More of Baraka:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=baraka&search_type=&aq=f

A trailer for Birdy (awesome Peter Gabriel soundtrack):


More on Birdy:



While I'm at it, I might as well recommend another film with an untouchable soundtrack by Peter Gabriel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_of_Christ_(film)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Last+Temptation+of+Christ&search_type=&aq=f
Oh cool! An interview with Pete on the soundtrack:


This was the beginning of Pete's Real World Records label.
http://realworldrecords.com/

The gem of the Real World label: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan  (He died not long before I saw Pete in Toronto, and he was scheduled to be on the tour...  :'()

I guess for me, the soundtrack is what makes a film.


Oh, and I assume you've seen Catch 22? (not from Blockbuster - they cut the ending)

Being back on cable is cool, I can actually use YouTube now.  8)
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2008, 11:27:11 pm »
Jerry Springer the Opera

also, I hear this film is strangely beautiful

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 08:20:11 am »
Here are the movies that I've watched in the three months or so that I've had Netflix. Some on the list are ones that I've bought.  I've got three more coming today.

I also plan on buying The Dark Knight this coming week. I really want to see that one.

N=Never seen before
BD=Blu-Ray Disc
O=owned

1.   Ratatouille N, BD
2.   Planet Earth N, BD
3.   Fantastic Four N,BD
4.   Fantastic four, rise of the silver Surfer N,BD
5.   No Country for Old Men N,BD
6.   Patton N,BD
7.   Juno N,BD
8.   The Searchers N,BD
9.   The longest Day N,BD
10.   12 Angry Men N,D
11.   Saawariya N,BD
12.   War N,BD
13.   Gone Baby Gone N,BD
14.   Earth, Wind and Fire/Chicago N,BD
15.   Iron Man N,BD,O
16.   Galapagos N,BD
17.   Transformers N,BD,O
18.   Flags of Our Fathers N,BD
19.   Letters From Iwo Jima N,BD
20.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind BD
21.   Kill Bill N,BD,O
22.   Kill Bill v2 N,BD,O
23.   Gattica N,BD
24.   The Forbidden Kingdom N,BD
25.   Gridiron Gang N,BD
26.   Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull N,BD,O
27.   Invincible N,BD
28.   Mr. & Mrs. Smith N,BD
29.   Volver N,BD
30.   Enter the Dragon BD
31.   Citizen Kane N,DVD
32.   The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen N,BD
33.   V for Vendetta N,BD
34.   Point Break BD
35.   Shooter N,BD
36.   Smart People N,BD
37.   Dr. No BD
38.   The Godfather N,BD
39.   Rush Hour 3 N,BD
40.   Thunderball BD
41.   The Godfather II N,BD
42.   Meet the Robinson’s N,BD
43.   Ocean’s Eleven N,BD
44.   Ocean’s Twelve N,BD
45.   Ocean’s Thirteen N,BD
46.   Corpse Bride N,BD
47.   Terminator 3 N,BD
48.   Dirty Harry BD
49.   Magnum Force BD
50.   The Enforcer BD
51.   Sudden Impact BD
52.   The Dead Pool BD
53.   The Dirty Dozen BD
54.    Casino Royale BD,O
55.   Kung Fu Panda N,BD,O
56.   Sleeping Beauty BD,O
57.   Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid BD
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2008, 07:55:21 pm »
Another soundtrack film:

Whale Music   :thumbsup:

Excellent music, heartbreaking/heartwarming story. Though wikipedia calls it a comedy. It is not. With Paul Gross of Due South fame.

The beast needs more torque!  ;D

The hit song from the soundtrack:
Claire

(or on CBC: http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/RHEOSTATICS/Claire/)

Another song from the soundtrack album:
Shaved Head (Embedding disabled, limit reached)


More from the Rheostatics, just because they rock:
The Rheostatics&; Group Of Seven on CBC's The National (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
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Oh, the shape of things, that can't be seen,
the blue hysteria, the hue of sin,
are as real as these things you deem pure...

 :notworthy:


It's Canadian culture night on Dynaverse.net with Bonk!  ;D

This is another movie for the high end home theater audio system cranked to eleven. Neither of the youtube clips do justice to the quality of the soundtrack of course.

My favorite Rheostatics song of all time:
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/RHEOSTATICS/Northern-Wish/
OK, I'll stop now.
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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2008, 01:00:12 am »
Robot Jox (with "real meat" for dinner!)

Amazon Women on the Moon

Howard the Duck

Any of the Mel Brooks Masterpieces
~on a similar note, pretty much anything Monty Python to round out a funny-filled weekend

Innerspace

Mad Max 2
~and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Any of the 80's(ish) Arnold movies (Terminator, Running Man, Total Recall, Conan the Barbarian, Commando,  etc.)

Casualties of War

First Blood

Red Dawn

Summer Rental

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2008, 04:43:55 am »
Uncle Buck

More Canadian content!  :thumbsup:

I loved that one, John Candy was a wonderful comedian and Canadian.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2008, 03:42:41 pm »
Beowulf & Grendel

I still need to  rent  this as with the  rest of Beowulf movies I imagine eveyone  has seen all  the  Trek movies.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2008, 01:58:35 pm »
Outstanding Suggestions My friends.

Counting TV series and movies from here, I have my list above 200 films now.

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Re: Recomend some movies
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2008, 09:53:37 pm »
 MST3K-The Movie.
 Nightmare Before Christmas
 Resident Evil Movies- Mila is soooo hot.
 Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still- The Originals
 The Professional
 Last Man Standing- Bruce Willis Flick with Bruce Dern and Christopher Walken
 Grosse Point Blank
 Alien and Aliens
 AvP Movies- If only to see more of the Predator culture.
 Firefly TV series
 Fandango - Early Kevin Costner movie.
 We Were Soldiers
 Million Dollar Baby
 Swordfish
 Bladerunner