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- About a boy - Garden State - Boondock Saints - Donnie Darko - Band of Brothers (if you think you can stomach it/enjoy it, personally I loved the series but it's not for everyone) - Shawn of the Dead - Galaxy Quest - Almost any movies produced/written by Mel Brooks - I'd recommend a lot of Quentin tarantino's films but it sounds like you might not enjoy them. If you do, Pulp Fiction and Sin City (not Tarantino but similar style) are good choices. - Without a Paddle (better than I expected) - Elf (has some memorable lines) - Fight Club - Leon (also known as "The Professional") - The Sixth Sense - Twelve Monkeys - Snatch - Office Space
Lot's of movies there... I hope you'll find at least a few in there you'll like
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I've been sitting on the same Netflix movie for about a month (I'm on a one-at-a-time plan), and I've gradually stopped feeling guilty about "wasting" my account. I'll return it when I'm good and ready -- and when I've shown it to everyone who needs to see it.
The movie in question is The Twilight Samurai, btw, which I highly recommend if you find appealing the idea of a slow-paced samurai movie that focuses on interpersonal relationships over swordsmanship while managing to paint a surprisingly accurate (for a movie) historical picture of Japan on the edge of cataclysmic change. (It is a Japanese movie, so you have to not mind subtitles.)
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Just to clarify, Leon the Professional is the French version and The Professional is the version released in the states. The big difference is that The Professional took out a lot of scenes that suggested something close to pedophilia, and the scene where the little girl drinks wine in a restaurant. Personally I do not think there was anything truly inappropriate in Leon the Professional, but since the little girl's only female mentors in life were her trampy (I think a prostitute too) mother and the older teenage sister, the girl shows confusion as to her role in society as a woman. Perhaps they could be a little uncomfortable. Anyway. I'll shush now Posts: 3636 | Registered: Oct 2001
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Thanks, all. My Netflix queue had been dropping dangerously close to 40, but it's back up to almost 50. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Yeah I know, I've actually seen both versions of the movie. I thought both versions were pretty good and I merely referred them to the other name in case they couldn't find the uncut version Nice to see you're familiar with the movie!
I do agree that it was more of a mentor relationship bordering more on her seeing Leon as her adopted father rather than some twisted love affair.
Anyways, it's a great movie, very different from the stuff you usually see out there.
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Hmm... "The Fifth Element" is the movie I've seen most times. I *do* love it, but the real reason for the multiple viewing is that it happened to be on TV on different channels exactly at a time when there was nothing else to watch and I wasn't interested in doing anything else. Maybe it's a sign?! o_O
Oh, and if you haven't seen Shawshank Redemption, you should! It's just one of the best movies I've ever seen.
About Donnie Darko: the first time I saw it I had problems understanding parts of it. The second time, I really liked it. The third time I started wondering if there weren't in fact too many untold stories just to make it look "intelligent"... (third time was because of a friend who hadn't seen it)
Sixth Sense and Unbreakable might just be Bruce Willis' best movies. I suggest you watch them both.
Run Lola Run has quite an interesting concept. And if you like it, you might also be interested in Sliding Doors.
You *have* seen Contact, right? I shouldn't even ask you about Gattaca.
For some light & romantic, though not extraordinary cheesy movies, watch Hitch and Love Actually.
I had some other ideas, I'll post them when I remember them.
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quote:Originally posted by Eruve Nandiriel: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, especially if you like Everybody Loves Raymond.
I had more in mind, but they all just went *poof*.
But that movie's 50 billion times better than Everybody Loves Raymond. And Dharma and Greg too, both of which are shows that I HATE even though they have the same theme as that movie.
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quote:Originally posted by Corwin: About Donnie Darko: the first time I saw it I had problems understanding parts of it. The second time, I really liked it. The third time I started wondering if there weren't in fact too many untold stories just to make it look "intelligent"... (third time was because of a friend who hadn't seen it)
If you watch the Director's Cut of Donnie Darko, it's much easier to understand.
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Btw, what's the reason behind having a standard version and a director's cut one for movies in general?!
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How about The Ref with Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey? Also, I second Office Space, Fifth Element, and Galaxy Quest .
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