5 lesser known movies you want people to see.
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UPDATED: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 07:54
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Originally posted by kaneman:
["GO" - It's a fun comedy movie about drugs and raves]
Sixstring,
call me crazy(I was also drunk while viewing this beauty), but isn't this movie about as noncomedic(?) as a movie can get? Maybe, I drank way too much when I saw this, because I would characterize this as a Heavy drama. But again I was drinking.
You know Kaneman.... that one you might be right about. On my whole list, I'm sure that I was the most wasted when I watched this and maybe I thought it was more fun that it was because me and my friends were laughing at completely inappropriate things to laugh at. I'm thinking it had a bit of comedy in it though and it was much more lighthearted than something like "Wonderland" with Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth.
But... maybe I should take back most of that review and just say that I enjoyed it and that it's worth a watch.... probably not one of the 5 that I would recommend if I was to answer that question tomorrow.
EDIT: I just checked on IMDB and it says that GO is a Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller.... Guess it's got it all.
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"me and my friends were laughing at completely inappropriate things to laugh at"
Sixstring, I know exactly what you mean.
*edit*
Yep, I saw eXistenZ...What a trip.......
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I agree on eXistenZ, and Swingers is one of my favorites of all time (Vegas, baby!).
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
Spun - drug culture movie, about meth, shows how easily it can destroy lives, very true to life
I will be bold and post this edit:
It should be noted, this is not a film to watch if you are currently using cocaine or meth. It will simply send you into a spiral of panic. Believe me.
Don't make faces.
As well it should. We saw it after our meth days (I lost entire groups of friends to the drug, and my wife actually had several friends die over it) and it was scary how close we came to that world.
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Okay I've been racking my brain for 5 movies... heres what I've come up with.
1. Equilibrium - One of the best sci fi movies I've ever seen. Oh and the action is kick ass too! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/
2. Last Night - Another Sci fi/Drama that was amazing. Gotta love Callum Keith Rennie! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/
3. Men With Brooms - Flippin Hi-larious. If you wanna see a movie that really... is just fun! See this one. Paul Gross is fantastic! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263734/
4. Hard Core Logo - A psuedo-rockumentary along the lines of 'This is Spinal Tap'. A little weird. But entertaining. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116488/
5. The Major and the Minor - my very favorite old movie. A woman disguises herself as a child to save on a train fare and is taken in charge by an army man who doesn't notice the truth. 1942 staring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035019/
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The Station Agent okay, so, absolutely nothing happens in it, it's just one fo the gentlest little films. a man inherits a station depo in the middle of nowhere, that's about it. at one point he almost has sex, but doesn't. at another someone almost tops themself, but doesn't. the tension just keeps mounting 
but it's well worth he watching ^^
Secretary maybe not so very unknown, but, outwith the mainstream if nothing else. a very dark take on the love story, james spader is excellently unpleasant ^^
Night Watch russian language vampire's in moscow, if you don't mind really bad dubbing, this is absofuckinglutely incredible, just great fun from start to finish, bleak and black humoured xD
Spirited Away/Howl's Moving Castle/Princess Mononoke/anything else by Miyazaki Absolute genius this, some of the finest animation of recent years, gorgeous little fairy tales for children, with some very grown up theme's and subtext's.
Twelve Angry Men Another which i suspect should be fairly well known, but i'm including anyway 8-) One of the finest films of the 20th century, some of the best acting, and the most claustraphobic setting (the film takes place throughout in a jury room, we don't see anything outside of this until the credits roll) and it feature's an old man who looks like a gremlin xD
i could go on for quite alot longer 
but you said five, so five it is.
ooh, and little albatross, it was alec guinness, and not baldwin, who featured in so many roles in kind hearts and coronets, don't imagine baldwin was far out of his nappies at that point xD
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#1 A Very Long Engagement ~ From the creators of Amelie, A dark, gritty, clever, and heartwarming story of uncompromising love in a time of war....(yeah I know ....corny)
#2 Secretary ~ A sympathetic point of view of the BDSM community, Shes not sick and disturbed, she knows what she wants, and contrary to everyone elses opinion around her...shes beautiful.
#3 Hero ~ A Jet Li masterpiece, makes Crouching tiger look like slam dunk ernest. The use of color and storytelling perspective makes it a modern, polished take on the theme of kurasawas (sp?) Rashamon.
#4 Harold & Maude ~ This is a fantastic story of a boy whos lost & finds himself, and how fantastic the world is through the meeting of an unlikely mentor.
#5 A company Of Wolves ~ Its a twisted little movie about little red riding hood... The "narrator" is sick with a fever and dreams of wolves... Its good with alot of pot, & almost as surreal as the foo fighters video for Everlong (go to you tube and watch it.)
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Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426578/
Amazing movie about The White Rose, an anti-NAZI (underground) newsletter that was distributed... well I'm sure you get the idea.
Thankfully it doesn't cover any of the information we all know about that period of history. In fact you see little of it. I highly recommend it (if you can speak German or read subtitles that is).
Also, I second Amelie!
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1. Poolhall Junkies - panned by the critics but I thought it was great
2. Waiting - having worked in restaurants for a while you'll be surprized how true the adage is "Never f*** with the people who handle your food"
3. PCU - Pretty much my college experience
4. Memphis Belle - OK this one has a personal effect. I never thought about past life stuff til this film. The scene where they show the view inside the ball turret gave me a strong chilling deja vu, so strong it made me a bit nauseous. Also I know how to work the controls and have never sat in one before, that kind of came flooding in at the same time. It was creepy and a bit unsettling but I still like the film.
5. Eurotrip - This one kills me, flat out toilet humor... it's the best.
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Night Watch russian language vampire's in moscow, if you don't mind really bad dubbing, this is absofuckinglutely incredible, just great fun from start to finish, bleak and black humoured xD
Spirited Away/Howl's Moving Castle/Princess Mononoke/anything else by Miyazaki Absolute genius this, some of the finest animation of recent years, gorgeous little fairy tales for children, with some very grown up theme's and subtext's.
I thought Night Watch was amazing. Forget the awful dubbing, what really put it into my favourites list was the subtitles...they kinda made the film just that much more shiny!
As for Miyazaki...Porco Rosso is my all time favourite animated film. I used to use it in my English essays at school, just going on and on about subtext and journey...God I hated school.
1. Dazed and Confused- The last day of school in 1976, following a group of students. Just awesome.
2. Appleseed- A Japanese cel style anime done in CG. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. A visual experience that'll make you watch it again and again, depite it's flaws.
3. 187- Yeah, okay it was made by Water World director Kevin Reynolds...he redeems himself here. It's a really great movie about what happens when someone is pushed too far. Sam Jackson rocks the house in this.
4. Open Range- The only good western to come out since Tombstone and the only great one since Unforgiven. It did halfway decent box office so obviously some people saw it, but not anyone I've ever met. It's slow burn, but oh how it pays off!
5. The Proposition- An Australian/UK co-production. From a script by Nick Cave, you can almost smell the disgust, blood, sweat and hardship out in Australia's colonial outback. It's brutal, almost to a fault, but it all serves a purpose. Then there's the storyline..won't spoil it for anyone.
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Originally posted by BornToFly:
4. Open Range- The only good western to come out since Tombstone and the only great one since Unforgiven. It did halfway decent box office so obviously some people saw it, but not anyone I've ever met. It's slow burn, but oh how it pays off!
5. The Proposition- An Australian/UK co-production. From a script by Nick Cave, you can almost smell the disgust, blood, sweat and hardship out in Australia's colonial outback. It's brutal, almost to a fault, but it all serves a purpose. Then there's the storyline..won't spoil it for anyone.
well i think i have to say i share your taste in western's, and the proposition was fighting to get onto my five, as far as night watch with subtitle's goes, i'll have to start playing around with my version again, couldn't find any before (on the whole i much prefer them to dubbing)
and porco rosso, i must confess, is one miyazaki i've not yet seen :$ very nearly bought it the other week, but spared a thought for my rent at the last minute
Ah! What is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
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