Reply to: Film Recommendations

[shaunbhoy]

The Bucket List
The Untouchables
No Way Out
As good as it gets
American Beauty

[EddieNambulous]

don't blame me if you have trouble sleeping after watching it

You must have just watched it then

[NickFitz]

Link to thepiratebay.org alert:

La Cabina

About thirty minutes long, in Spanish, no subtitles. However you don't need subtitles. Seriously, I know no Spanish, and it isn't necessary to know the language to fully appreciate the film.

It was shown late at night on BBC 2 a couple of times in the Eighties. Everybody I've ever found who saw it thought it was brilliant.

I won't link to IMDB or Wikipedia because I'd hate to ruin it for you. It's an excellent film which has never been released on VHS or DVD, and the torrent I link to above is the best quality copy I've found so far. The fact that I still, nearly thirty years after I first saw it, occasionally check to see if there's a better copy available (and would pay hard cash for an official DVD release) probably says something about the film.

That torrent was working for me about four months ago, which is something like four years after I first managed to find a rip from a low-quality VHS recording. It's FTW... but don't blame me if you have trouble sleeping after watching it

[HairyArsedBloke]

Downloaded Angels and Daemons some time ago. Just cannot get into it. I admit I only try when I've had too much to drink, but I think it is tulip of the highest wiffiness.

[Ardesco]

Not seen Lucky Number Slevin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425210/) mentioned yet which I found to be most enjoyable. Well worth a look IMHO

[PM-Junkie]

...saw lawrence of arabia again last night. Forgotten what a good film that was.

[Fred Bloggs]

The Shawshank Redemption


Great Movie....

Indeed, one of the very best.

[OwlHoot]

Here's a list of DVDs I've bought in the last month or two (normally buy one or two in Sainsbury each time I do a major order). I'd say they were all excellent.

05/07/2009 17:13 <DIR> Any Which Way You Can (1980)
05/07/2009 17:24 <DIR> Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
05/07/2009 17:29 <DIR> Behind Enemy Lines II - Axis of Evil (2006)
05/07/2009 17:03 <DIR> Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
05/07/2009 17:20 <DIR> Blind Horizon (2003)
05/07/2009 17:17 <DIR> Emmett's Mark (2002)
05/07/2009 17:22 <DIR> Everest (2007)
05/07/2009 17:08 <DIR> Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
05/07/2009 16:41 <DIR> LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003)
05/07/2009 16:46 <DIR> Martyrs (2008)
05/07/2009 16:44 <DIR> North Face (AKA NordWand) (2008)
05/07/2009 16:54 <DIR> Pathfinder (2007)
05/07/2009 16:32 <DIR> RocknRolla (2008)
05/07/2009 17:07 <DIR> Saints and Soldiers (2003)
05/07/2009 17:19 <DIR> Smokin' Aces (2006)
05/07/2009 17:05 <DIR> The Duchess (2008)
05/07/2009 17:15 <DIR> The Last Great Wilderness (2002)
05/07/2009 16:29 <DIR> There Will be Blood (2007)
05/07/2009 16:34 <DIR> Valkyrie (2008)
05/07/2009 16:37 <DIR> Wind Chill (2007)

(I scan the covers and put the DVDs in a book, hence the directory for each one.)

If you want my main list of a couple of thousand, let me know.

P.S. Behind Enemy Lines 3 was recently released, but I haven't seen that on DVD yet.

[TinTrump]

I'm in the same boat as the OP as now based in the Middle East. Suggest:

The Sopranos (had never seen it before I came out here)
3 Colours: Red
3 Colours: Blue
A bit equivocal about 3 C White
X Men 1&2
Rollerball (70s original)
The Thing
Control

[Clippy]

The Mist

Top movie.

[DaveB]

Dont watch 'Love Actually' - Saw it last night on TV - UTTER UTTER dross

WTPS +1

And add "Down With Love" to the list to be avoided as well. That was even worse.

[Lockhouse]

Watched "The Strange Case of Benjamin Button" last night - recommended
also "Valley of Elah" with Tommy Lee Jones

[EternalOptimist]

Plan 9 from outer space. a sci-fi that gets a lot of press

[Pogle]

Dont watch 'Love Actually' - Saw it last night on TV - UTTER UTTER dross

[TriggerHippy]

After Hours (1985) http://imdb.com/title/tt0088680/
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
The Changeling (1980) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/
Purely Belter (2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246875/
I.D. (1995) www.imdb.com/title/tt0113375/
Joe's Apartment (1996) www.imdb.com/title/tt0116707/