My wife and I just signed back up for Netflix after about 18 months without it. We have lots of free evenings while our baby is asleep to watch movies.

Anybody have any suggestions of GREAT movies that we can watch?

Fuck movies. Get every season of the wire, every season of Deadwood, every season of Lost, and go. Home with the bbay is the ULTIMATE serial tv watching time.

and 'Carnivale'.

And Battlestar Galactica

Caught up on Lost and Mad Men. Thinking of starting Twin Peaks, which I've never seen...

the innocents

versus is pretty good

The original Solaris.

Do it, you'll thank me.

KEEP THAT FUCKING BABY UP AND WATCHING SALO

Soapy Kittens posted this on Feb 05th, 2010 at 09:10:47 pm
The original Solaris.

the lives of others
climates
M
the wind that shakes the barley
i am cuba
in the mood for love

Sweet Movie

Cosigned on The LIves Of Others. the best fucking movie!!!

Carnivale drinks my pee

kiss kiss bang bang

Glengarry GlenRoss

Wall O Beef posted this on Feb 06th, 2010 at 12:57:43 am
Glengarry GlenRoss

man, I just tried Glen... and didn't get it. didnt finish it either, though.

my top movie of the year:
Double Indemnity

976-EVIL
one of the two movies directed by Robert England (freddy krueger) fucking good shit from the 80's...love it!

karate kid
back to the future
bill and ted's excellent adventure

Learn who your babies teachers are going to be and what they will teach it then watch some movies. Chances are they will teach it stuff they learned from all the dumb movies they watched. Be careful, its a big 360 thats hard to look into, I am not saying I can just tyring my best.

Kwaidan
The Seventh Seal
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
The Wicker Man (original)
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead


Anime series I like, if you like that sort of thing:

Ergo Proxy (one of my favorite series of all time)
X
Basilisk
Mushi-shi
Witch Hunter Robin (OK, so WHR is "pretty good")

Aguirre, The Wrath of God.

I was quite surprised to see Netflix actually had Salo.

Yet they dont' have fucking Death Race 2000?

Christ.

Clone, can you explain the appeal of the original Wickker Man to me? I severely did not get it.

christian killing.

But it seemed to reserve judgement or any sort of commentary whatsoever about what it MEANT.

What's not to get?
A wonderful entrapment scheme for human sacrifice in a supposedly "civilized" society accomapnied by great psych/folk music and Britt Ekland dancing naked.
And Christopher Lee in a kilt and jabot.

Yeah, pretty much the same posi review brilly gave it, but I dunno, it just didnt grab me. The acting and direction was awful, absurdly so, and it didnt quite make it to "funny bad", IMO.

But especially Britt Ekland dancing naked.

I saw it for the first time when I was 16. It made an impression; what can I say?

Really? boobs, ok. buns, nu-uh, hun.

Yeah, same with brilly wrt: age, and she said it contained some of her 'favorite movie scenes of all times'.

casablanca
pickup on south street
sunset boulevard

Rod Stewart was apparently very upset with his girlfriend doing nude scenes in this film.
My friends Tim and Ali refer to that scene as "the slappy butt dance."
The part where she turns and looks at the camera while singing is the most cringeworthy moment of the film. "Willow's Song" is an amazing piece of music, though.

teddy, I was not blown away by The Wicker Man overall, but that final scene is amazing, you have to admit. Kinda made me re-think the rest of it.

AND HOW ABOUT THAT SONG THEY REPEAT LIKE 15 TIMES IN THE MOVIE?

If you have a problem with "Corn Riggs," you can fuck the fuck off.

ARRARARGHGGHGHGH, I couldn't remember the name for a reason!!!!!

Diary Of A Mad Housewife

As new parents, you need to have Raising Arizona continuously running in your household at all times.

Other series:

Sons of Anarchy (only one season on DVD so far)
Monk
The Riches (w/ Eddie Izzard)

Oh, you must watch Kontroll.

"In the dismal world of the Budapest subway system, ticket inspector Bulcsú (Sándor Csányi) and his crew cope with everything from freeloaders to a hooded killer, while reaffirming their ability to survive each day by engaging in competitions with other crews. First-time director Nimród Antal helms this Hungarian box office smash hit and winner of the Prix de la Jeunes award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival."

sweet movie? salo? the man probably sees enough poop when his baby is awake.

Guys, thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming!

Mother, Jugs, and Speed
Putney Swope
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

co-signed on Lives of Others & Sweet Movie & Aguirre
City of God
Sin Nombre
Harold and Maude
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Attack the Gas Station
Pan's Labyrinth
Over the Edge
Pixote
Shag

Don't Look Now
Badlands
El Norte
Wages of Fear
Moon
Solaris
Fanny and Alexander
Seven Samurai
Fitzcarraldo
Ghost Dog
Before The Rain
The Shop on Main Street
Dogville
Breaking the Waves
Dersu Uzala
Salaam Bombay!
The Nightingale's Prayer

aw man i just watched TRON for the FIRST TIME. Totally blew my mind, especially the effects/design. I guess none of the stuff has been re-made on the dvd, and I had to check and verify that, cuz it was that good.

Fresh Flick.

Dogville was weird

i dug it! so long tho, etc.

A Canterbury Tale
Performance
The Bird People in China

Young Guns
Young Guns II

Robocop

cahak, are you a board lurker now??

definitely do twin peaks!!!

If you haven't seen any/all of these look them up online (IMDB.com) and see if they are something you'd be interested in.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. (1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) <- All time favorite movie.
Chinatown (1974)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Salesman (1968)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Dark Days (2000)
Amadeus (1984)
American Movie (1999)
Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
El topo (1970)
Kaidan (1964)
La planète sauvage (1973)
Le cercle rouge (1970)

cosigned on Dark Days.
so good. need to see it again , STAT

loved Paths of Glory.

Maybe my favorite decade in American film - the nineteen seventies:

French Connection
Marathon Man
Straw Dogs (hard to watch)
The Conversation
All the Presidents Men
Mean Streets
Nashville
Dog Day Afternoon
Dont Look Now
Frenzy
Barry Lyndon
Chinatown
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jaws
Network
Taxi Driver
Dear Hunter
Apocalypse Now
The China Syndrome
The Candidate
The Sting
Enter the Dragon
Patton
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Annie Hall
Alien
M*A*S*H

Last couple lists were great. I echo Chinatown, American Moive, Dog Day Afteroon, the Sting, Network, the Hustler, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. A few movies that I've seen in the last year or so and loved:
The Pianist
Persepolis
Life is Beautiful
Superbad (yes, I went there)
Cinema Paradiso
Darkon (nobody but me loves this movie, but I'll stand by it)

OH man, Life is Beautiful was AWESOME.

Big Bird in Japan

Killing of A Chinese Bookie, by j.cassavettes.
the balls.

3 Women

if I can be serious for a moment, check out Blood Car.

i got death race 2000 on netflix several years ago. so they DID have it.

pitpat posted this on Feb 07th, 2010 at 01:42:16 pm
Killing of A Chinese Bookie, by j.cassavettes.
the balls.

Watch the longer Criterion Collection cut if you can.

profondo rosso
corrupt
team america
screwed
hurlyburly
the shuttered room

american swing was a crazy documentary

adding to fellah's american movies of the 70's list:

The Long Goodbye
Klute
The Parallax View
Night Moves
Five Easy Pieces

Life is Beautiful sucked a fat Nazi dick. Sorry.

I know this is not a talk shit about movies thread, but I felt the need. Funny holocaust movies are not cool.

The Long Goodbye seconded

inglourious basterds
no country for boz scaggs

Soapy Kittens posted this on Feb 08th, 2010 at 03:09:07 pm
Life is Beautiful sucked a fat Nazi dick. Sorry.

I know this is not a talk shit about movies thread, but I felt the need. Funny holocaust movies are not cool.

And I suppose Louis Armstrong should have played sad music.

Haha.

SK, i did not see life is beautiful, but I think your opinion about holocaust movies and humor is generally the incorrect one.

The Last Detail and third for The Long Goodbye.

i've heard the long goodbye is good as well - havent seen it yet...

Oh, the holocaust was terrible, but still they maintained their humanity! Yay!

Boooooooooo.

You've seen other Benigni filims, right? His philosophy is pretty consistent in every film he's done: enjoy life, all the time, even when it is horrible.

I don't think he was setting out to illustrate some great point about the holocaust, but rather the holocaust served as a perfect setting to illustrate his philosophy.

The ultimate 70s movie released in 1980:

The Stunt Man

That's exactly why it's a shitty movie! Couldn't have put it better myself.

Well, that doesn't make any sense to me, but I guess it doesn't have to. I like subjectivity. I like artists that express their way of looking at the world.

Yeah, I mean I guess I think any "life philosophy" that says you can enjoy life when you're being starved to death in a concentration camp is ridiculous if not outright offensive. I mean, read "If This is a Man" by Primo Levi and tell me Benigni makes a lick of sense.

I can see why someone might be offended. But it's not like he's some kind of nazi sympathizer. Shit, his dad was a holocaust survivor. I personally don't see it as offensive because he's not shoving his philosophy at you, saying those in concentration camps should have acted this way, but rather, here's a story of someone who acted this way.

the Classical posted this on Feb 08th, 2010 at 03:10:16 pm
The Long Goodbye seconded

Thirded.

This is a great movie if you love ultra casual cool charming detectives.

'Payday', Bobby. it's 'Crazyheart" without the heart.

Days of Heaven with Richard Gere. BEAUTIFUL.

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COF - to beat a dead horse - nobody in real life laughed and joked their way through Auschwitz. In my most humble opinion, dude's point is dumber than dumb. But it's cool to disagree!

Don't forget every season of Six Feet Under.

I don't have any personal anecdotes or knowledge otherwise about life in the camps, SK, but to assume there could have been no room for mirth of any kind seems a little reductive to me.

SK - It's not really so much about humor as it is about keeping his son blind and naive to what's really going on by making him think that it's a game. It would be pretty dumb of you to say that no one did something like that, it's totally believable. Whether or not the father was really on the brink of losing it on the inside is another story.

I'm not a HUGE fan of the movie, but I don't get your hate. Maybe you forget HOGAN's HEROS? Like that shit hasn't been done before or people haven't had problems with humor in sensitive subjects.

M*A*S*H

I will add that Soapy is not only reductive and dumb, but fat. And blonde.

Hahaha, boxed in because of Hogan's Heroes! Dammit!

Life is Beautiful tells the story a man who is willing to die to protect his son from understanding why people would want to kill them just for being Jews. That's pretty much it. Nothing to really argue about, it's a personal story and if you like it, you're in good company, and if you don't like it, I'm sure you're in good company too. Some of my ancestors were in concentration camps, but I'm only mentioning that because I don't want anybody to watch this film with a preconceived notion that it's wrong for them to laugh if they think something is funny. We all cool.

The Station Agent

Mustachio summed things up pretty well; however, i would not call life is beautiful a "comedy," although there are comedic elements. Humor is often more apt at revealing atrocity than serious drama.

You guys are just mad cause you liked such a shitty movie.

I'm so far beyond "mad" at this point, my anger cannot be defined

You should just laugh through the pain!

Zatoichi series
Lady Snowblood (Kill Bill/Tarintino takes heavily from this)
Carandiru
King of Kong
Happiness
Ong Bak
Oldboy
American Movie
Primer

Tombstone.

Don't get me started on the anti-Semitic connotations of Tombstone.