Ten Movies Noone is Seeing But Should!
POSTED BY: TheSentinel
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 04:45
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Some good stuff up there. I like Hellboy, but I didn't put it in because I forgot, and it's still a bit new.
And good to find another Adam Sandler Fan. The Waterboy and Happy Gilmore are great, but The Wedding Singer makes it as a good film in its own right.
The Rock. For the only time you heard a Ferrari being properly redlined.
Sin City. Still new, and a little too uncompromising to probably be a box-office hit, but a future gold-plated cult classic. Now you get more hits than you'd expect from putting "Elijah Wood" and "Badass" into Google.
No hits at all for Amelie, but you really can't fault it. And Matthieu Kassovitz did "La Haine" Wow.
(Old French joke... Riots in Paris. Officially now the longest anyone has fought over it without someone surrendering. Oh, you've heard it?).
School of Rock may not have done as well as it might. I dunno. Good though. That Joan Cusack. Loved her since Marcella.
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...must get stuck into the 10 Worst some day...
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Actually, for what it cost to make, Sin City was a hit. As was Hellboy.
Hellboy 2 goes into production next spring, with the first of 3 Hellboy animated film hitting next haloween, to be followed by an animated series.
Sin City 2 starts shooting next fall. Though I wouldn't expect an animated series for that one - though I guess, aside from the actors, it is an animated movie.
I think it's hard to claim that not many people saw The Rock, or the many Adam Sandler movies mentioned for that matter.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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Someone mentioned Fire & Ice, that fun little Bakshi/Frazetta collaboration, and it reminded me of another animated guilty pleasure: Rock & Rule. Cheesetastic fun, and bonus vocals from Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Deborah Harry and Robin Zander.
I heard the romantic comedy genre much maligned in another thread, but I have to endorse A Room with a View. Great film for watching snuggled under a blanket on the sofa--wine & cheese optional.
No way I'm going to come up with eight more, but I wholeheartedly endorse many suggestions from previous posts, especially Grosse Point Blank and Snatch.
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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds
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Unbreakable - I've met a few people who are hostile toward this film, but I love M. Night Shyamalan's take on the super hero mythos. I hope he makes a sequel or two so he can flesh out this world he has created.
Actually, Shyamalan made Unbreakable as the first act in a 3-act comic story. According to him, the story goes:
Act 1: The hero discovers his powers/nemesis.
Act 2: The hero is defeated by his nemesis.
Act 3: The hero and nemesis have their ultimate battle.
And I've heard some rumblings that Shyamalan might go back and do 2 and 3. I'd love nothing more than to see those made.
Also, kudos on pointing out Shaun of the Dead and Bubba Ho-tep. Two of my absolute favorites!
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Quote:I love the first, and woud see/purchase sequels in a heartbeat!
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And I've heard some rumblings that Shyamalan might go back and do 2 and 3. I'd love nothing more than to see those made.
Chrisisall HO-TEP
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!!!!!!!
PLEASE tell me someone else loves this film!!!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Johnny English
ANY Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare adaptation
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Quote:Don't love it, but it did put a smile on my face.
Originally posted by Static:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!!!!!!!
PLEASE tell me someone else loves this film!!!
Plus, the skirt had nice stems.
Chrisisall
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Slingblade, with Billy Bob Thornton and John Ritter
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? George Clooney, John Turturro, John Goodman.
Grosse Point Blank fan here too
As Good As it Gets, Jack Nicholson
And as goofy as it seems,
Three Amigos!! Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chevy Chase.
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Originally posted by Static:
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid!!!!!!!
Steve Martin in general gets my attention. I like The Jerk quite a lot too.
I need to find Dark City and Six String Samurai now, thanks you guys. Six String sounds like it has some Bubba Ho-Tep notes in the bouquet. That would be fun.
Ohh, and there's an alias above I quite liked in the original...Dead Man. Stupid f2ing white people.
I will see anything Robert Altman makes, though I wasn't crazy about Dr Gere and the Women. He picks lots of great actors, tells them just what he wants, then trusts them to give it to him. Usually brilliance ensues.
Thanks to viral marketing...SERENITY: reopening soon in a theater near you.
Shiny Trees! Yavanna made Shiny Trees!
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Three Amigos, definitly!
Also:
Solaris (Clooney)
Silver Hawk (goofy fun, Hong-Kong style)
Accidental Spy (Hong-Kong version only, the American cut was gutted to render it politically harmless - It's really one of Jackie Chan's best recent flicks)
Chrisisall
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