So I need Some Suggestions.

[j3ff5a]

My plan is to watch 3 movies a week, until i decide to give up. (I need more culture, stat.)

Anything and everything. Give me a movie to see and why it's worthwhile.


i'll check this and respond every once in a while.

that is, if anyone bites on this.

thanks for the help!

[bird603568]

dr strangelove because its one of the greatest movies ever created if not the best

[spin]

what type of culture? ;)

[muffins]

3 Faces of Eve
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Death of a Salesman

[mongoose]

Memento

Great movie. Very unique style. Just watch it.

[casework]

Snatch, one of my favorite movies ever. It's hilarious and a great story.

Inside Man, overall one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It has Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, so how could it not be good?

Collateral, amazing story, directed by Michael Mann(director of Heat and Miami Vice).

Wedding Crashers, if you haven't seen this movie you must be living under a rock. So in case you have been living under a rock, I'll suggest this movie, because it's one of the funniest movies that has come out in a long time.

V for Vendetta, sweet story and the directing is pretty awesome.

I could go on forever(I'm minoring in Film Studies), but those are some of my favorites.

Edit: I second Memento. If you enjoy that movie, also check out Donnie Darko, Se7en, Run Lola Run, The Secret Window, and The Butterfly Effect for some other good psychological-thrillers.

If you like Japanese/Martial-Arts movies, check out Old Boy. It has one of the best fight scenes ever. A hallway, one guy, 30+ bad guys, and one continuous shot with no editing. What's not to like about that? The story gets a little weird at the end, but it's worth the watch.

[justinsane]

Primer

They don't spoon-feed you everything in the story. It makes you think.

[nextgenxbox]

Pink Floyd's The Wall.

[popltree2]

I have always been a pretty big fan of Amelie. I love the classics too. Anything with Bogart will work. If you are looking for newer movies, try Dazed and Confused, The Lost Boys, I Am Sam, and about a million other movies I can't think of.

[leesy]

Grave of the Fireflies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/). One of the most beautiful but also one of the saddest movies you will ever see. I was sobbing like a little girl at the end. You really do have to see it though.

Any of the Monty Python films

Taxi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152930/) - The French one, not the crappy American remake. Damn good movie.

[j3ff5a]

Oldboy is probably one of my favorite movies. ever.

I've heard about primer, i really want to see it.

Seen (and read) V for vendetta, liked the book a lot, liked the way the story was presented in the movie better.

and No, I don't live under a rock, I have seen wedding crashers.

thank you and please continue. :cool:

[icedsoul]

puh... dude there are tons of good movies...

start with stuff like "casablanca" and the "maltese falcon" maybe...

instead of or before watching "snatch", which I didnt like too much watch "lock, stock and two smoking barrels"

also you could watch any wong kar wai movie... he is an amazing director. with an amazing talent. his movies are just pieces of art!

god there are so many...

I'll make you a list later on.

[natech911]

Waking Life – surreal animation (similar to Scanner Darkly). Wiley Wiggin’s character (Dazed & Confused) floats in and out of philosophical discussions. You’re never sure if he is asleep or awake….until the end….. The animation itself is a good reason to check it out.

[jimmyjones]

need more culture? Try a museum or something of the sorts. This is a sad world if our primary source for culture is movies

[tuding]

Amélie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/) - Great film if your looking for something different, its very good!

[bman]

Waking Life – surreal animation (similar to Scanner Darkly). Wiley Wiggin’s character (Dazed & Confused) floats in and out of philosophical discussions. You’re never sure if he is asleep or awake….until the end….. The animation itself is a good reason to check it out.

yea I agree, if you want something messed up, thats a great movie!

[icedsoul]

need more culture? Try a museum or something of the sorts. This is a sad world if our primary source for culture is movies

I hear you... and true that is.

there is nothing more wonderful to be for example in an metropolitan or moma, but if you're not intrested in art at all, it makes no sense... you have to grow an awareness for it over time.

[casework]

Art is a subjective thing. There's not one right or wrong way to appreciate it and the culture it belongs to.

[j3ff5a]

need more culture? Try a museum or something of the sorts. This is a sad world if our primary source for culture is movies

Way to find the one thing in my post to mock.

You think I don't enjoy other mediums? Honestly?

Sorry, maybe I should go back and edit in, 'Pop' in front of culture, but that phrase (as of late) makes me sick to my stomach and churns up images of reality TV shows.

I agree that this would be a sad world if the only source of culture were from "movies", but do me a favor and don't mock a medium that has done so much for artistic expression.

Not every film is encino man or biodome, As the other posters have already pointed out.

But I will try to get to a mueseum (haven't been recently, i went to the grand rapids one on the campus of kendall to look at some ansel adams photography, but that was a while back).

Have a good one.

[j3ff5a]

LOL @ my spelling error in museum.

[jon]

start with stuff like "casablanca" and the "maltese falcon" maybe...

Probably Humphrey Bogart's best movies. I strongly recommend them.

[stryker_x]

need more culture? Try a museum or something of the sorts. This is a sad world if our primary source for culture is movies

I TOTALLY DO NOT agree with that. Don't get me wrong, I really do like and admire all the art in museums. Why does all culture and art have to be mediums that have been around for thousands of years. We have new mediums to show off our culture, why not use them. There are TONS of films that i admire way more than may paintings. Movies can be VERY artistic. people can make oversized post-it notes and they get in museums. We can learn TONS from movies. Sure there are tons of movies that are brain dead entertainment only movies, but there are paintings, and music, and sculptures that can act the same way. Get some culture, watch a movie

[tokenuser]

"Akira"
"Memento" (yes, another vote for a great movie ... watch it backwards chapter by chapter)
"13th Floor" (came out when The Matrix was released ... much better movie that got overshadowed by a "blockbuster")

I am not a Tom Cruise fan, but still list "The Last Samurai" and "Collateral" as favourites.

The Bobby De Niro triple play ...
"Ronin" - awesome car chase
"Heat" - great characters
"The Score" - more great characters

Just about anything with Kevin Spacey.

"Lawrence of Arabia" - disc 1 better than disc 2. Gives new perspective on the middle east conflict when yo hear the backstory on how Iraq was created.

[ariastar]

Culture? Okay, let me go with a few non-mainstream suggestions.

The Dreamers (http://imdb.com/title/tt0309987/) Fan-fraking-tastic. An American spends time in Paris during student riots against censorship. He meets a brother and sister pair, and an tri-way affair brings them very close in more ways than one. This is a story that will stay with you for a while.

Heavenly Creatures (http://imdb.com/title/tt0110005/) This is Kate Winslet's first role, playing a teenager named Juliet. Two friends become too close for their parents' comfort. When their parents plan to seperate them, they plan murder. A true story complete with entries read from the real Pauline's diary that shows she knew they were going crazy, but everyone else denied it.

Quills (http://imdb.com/title/tt0180073/) Another Kate Winslet film. With a well-known cast, including Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix, this is the tale of the Marquis De Sade, after whome sadism was named. The real marquis was much worse that portrayed here. In the fashion of the movie Titanic, a real location and real people are used to tell this tale based on a true events.

Joyeux Noël (http://imdb.com/title/tt0424205/) On Christmas Eve in 1914, British, French, and German soldiers called a truce on one battlefield and played together as brothers for Christmas. The following day, they are ordered back into combat against the very men with whom they formed friendships. Touching and chilling.

[popltree2]

Probably Humphrey Bogart's best movies. I strongly recommend them.

Bogart FTW

[thequestion]

Pink Floyd's The Wall.

I agree with nextgenxbox - you have to watch The Wall.

Also you could watch.
Dawn of the Dead - 60's (Night of the Living Dead), 70's and the 2000 remake.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[klitzy]

What is this the geekdrome forum now? No but my all time favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind....Awesome

[tokenuser]

What is this the geekdrome forum now?All Geekdrome discussion is General Discussion, but not all General Discussion is Geekdrome discussion.

[noonebutme]

Serenity, Stargate, and Boondock Saints :)

[skyz]

everyone should watch this japanese classic

rashomon (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Rashomon/60010815?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=1388335808_0_0)

[kronos6948]

Seven Samurai.

Then watch it's Western counterpart, the Magnificent Seven.

[jomwilli]

Easy Rider, a 1969 road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, depicts two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South and experience its land and people. The movie stars Fonda, Hopper, and Jack Nicholson and was produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper.

Hard Candy is a 2005 independent psychological thriller film focusing on a confrontation between a sexual predator and a 14-year-old girl he attempts to ensnare.

Brazil (which takes place "Somewhere in the 20th Century") recounts the story of Sam Lowry, a low-level government employee who is conflicted about his role in an overreaching bureaucracy. We learn that he is initially happy with his "dead end job" and simple life, and that he habitually escapes into a fantasy world of romantic struggles.

[tokenuser]

Wow - a spam post bumped this thread from way back in October 2006.
Clever little spambot (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Obadiah+Shoher's+views%22).

I wonder if it would recommend:


The 13th Floor - a movie where AI simulations become smart enough to create AI simulations.
The Lawnmower Man - idiot savant get his game on.
AI - Because Jude Law is creepy in it.

[skyz]

culture ? no problem

death in venice (from a thomas mann novella) (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Death_in_Venice/60010281?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=1328631601_0_0)

farewell my concubine (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Farewell_My_Concubine/22466132?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=2047048195_0_0)

all the mornings of the world (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/All_the_Mornings_of_the_World/70060387?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=701180363_0_0)

[kowgod]

Anything by Wim Wenders.

I'm particularly fond of The Million Dollar Hotel.

[esophagus]

Are we talking specifically newer stuff? If so, here are a few of the good ones I've seen so far in 2008 (generally that came out in 2007), and a favorite or two from '07.

King of California - Great performance by Michael Douglas. Really quirky story.

Factory Girl - Sienna Miller as Edie Sedgwick was mindblowing.

There Will Be Blood - The hype says enough. Fantastic.

Into the Wild - Best Emile Hirsch you'll ever see, but that doesn't say much. Really great telling of the McCandless story.

The Darjeeling Limited - Very quirky. Very well done. Very underrated.

Juno - Much like TWbB, the hype says it all.

Once - Great take on the musical genre.

Sunshine - Great flick. The cinematography was mindblowing, as was the score.

[esophagus]

Hard Candy is a 2005 independent psychological thriller film focusing on a confrontation between a sexual predator and a 14-year-old girl he attempts to ensnare.Quite possibly my all-time favorite movie. Not quite, but fantastic nonetheless.

Definitely watch it.

[esophagus]

Didn't realize how pointless my posting here was. This guy asked for picks in October 2006. Doubt he cares much now. Not sure why Zello posted here, instead of a new thread. Whoops.

[mustard168]

AMADEUS!!
SHOGUN!!
BREAKFAST CLUB!! not much culture, but a good coming of age movie.
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE!!!!
CITIZEN KANE!!!
BEN HUR!!
MONTY PYTHONS "HOLY GRAIL" OR MOST OF HIS MOVIES!
THE CRYING GAME !!(LOL)!!
COLOR PURPLE!!!
EASY RIDER!
GRAPES OF WRATH!!
HISTORY OF THE WORLD pt1 AND 2!!!
CAVEMAN!!!
HAROLD AND MAUDE!!
INTO THE WILD!!
HEAVY METAL!!


If you like this selection (its not in any order) i have about 50 more and sry if some of these were repeted from other posts.

[mustard168]

still good movies though

[mustard168]

still good movies though

[acidburn]

Lone Star - Kind of a mystery. Set in Texas and has an interesting story.
Ruby in Paradise - Independent movie a good drama starring Ashley Judd. One of her better movies.
You Can Count on Me - Also a good drama, kind of got overlooked. Stars Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick. Just a great story.