Off topic film ideas please

linsen

We have been given some free film rentals for Chiristmas

Now have to choose films I want to see

I have to choose 5

Any ideas? (on the whole I watch films to entertain me, not make me scared or miserable)

Cheers

itboffin

linsen wrote:

We have been given some free film rentals for Christmas

Now have to choose films I want to see

I have to choose 5

Any ideas? (on the whole I watch films to entertain me, not make me scared or miserable)

Cheers

Erm who gave you that as a present???

linsen

why?

Is it such a weird thing to get?

always_tyred

linsen wrote:

We have been given some free film rentals for Chiristmas

Now have to choose films I want to see

I have to choose 5

Any ideas? (on the whole I watch films to entertain me, not make me scared or miserable)

Cheers

Reservoir Dogs, the kids will just love to jig along to the sound track with you. You can teach them the "pouring petrol over the one eared man tied to a chair" dance. Gerry Rafferty crosses the generational gap.

And V-for-Vendetta, obviously.

don_don

The Big Lebowski

Raising Arizona

Belleville Rendezvous (if you can rent it)

Naked Lunch (if you don't mind wierd (and I mean wierd) movies)

Jarhead (if you don't mind war movies, although this one is not like most..)

Sorted....

BTW that last one isn't a film

il_principe

Adaptation
Happiness - not the awful Will Smith movie but the Todd Solondz one
The Constant Gardener
No Country for Old Men
The Bourne Trilogy

Or just start hiring The Wire season 1, you'll be addicted after a few episodes, greatest TV drama of the last few years.

alfablue

jashburnham wrote:

Or just start hiring The Wire season 1, you'll be addicted after a few episodes, greatest TV drama of the last few years.

close run thing with The Sopranos.

il_principe

alfablue wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Or just start hiring The Wire season 1, you'll be addicted after a few episodes, greatest TV drama of the last few years.

close run thing with The Sopranos.

Mmmm, but the quality of the writing on the Wire is far superior... it's almost Shakespearean. I know that sounds ridiculous but it really is that good. Generation Kill is also wonderful.

always_tyred

Always Tyred wrote:

linsen wrote:

We have been given some free film rentals for Chiristmas

Now have to choose films I want to see

I have to choose 5

Any ideas? (on the whole I watch films to entertain me, not make me scared or miserable)

Cheers

Reservoir Dogs, the kids will just love to jig along to the sound track with you. You can teach them the "pouring petrol over the one eared man tied to a chair" dance. Gerry Rafferty crosses the generational gap.

And V-for-Vendetta, obviously.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - just because its a work of art and even the imperfections are just right.
Another vote for the Big L.
And Sex in the City - once Mr. L has watched the other 4, you'll want something to watch yourself.

cjcp

Happy Gilmore
Cannonball Run
Flash Gordon
The Replacements
Twin Town
Blazing Saddles

always_tyred

cjcp wrote:

Happy Gilmore
Cannonball Run
Flash Gordon
The Replacements
Twin Town
Blazing Saddles

The Jerk.
The Man with Two Brains.
Carry on Camping.

cjcp

Always Tyred wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Happy Gilmore
Cannonball Run
Flash Gordon
The Replacements
Twin Town
Blazing Saddles

The Jerk.
The Man with Two Brains.
Carry on Camping.

Steve Martin is a genius. Which remind me: Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

boy on bike

+1 for Man with two Brains - a classic! All of Me - equally good

always_tyred

cjcp wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Happy Gilmore
Cannonball Run
Flash Gordon
The Replacements
Twin Town
Blazing Saddles

The Jerk.
The Man with Two Brains.
Carry on Camping.

Steve Martin is a genius. Which remind me: Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

No, Leonard Rossiter or John Cleese are geniuses. Steve Martin is passably good a gurning.

lost_in_thought

If I had to choose 5 I would have:

Gosford Park (possibly not for the kids)
Clockwork Orange (not for the kids)
The Incredibles (For the kids)(If you don't have it already)
Sonnenallee (Just for you)
Memoirs of a Geisha...

prj45

Feel good movie?

Spirited Away
Time Bandits
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (the BBC series)
Papillion (well, a bit up and down that one, you can close your eyes when he pulls his rotten tooth out)
Shawshank Redemption (sorry, bit of cliché but it is a good film)

_Brun_

Control. Although it might be a bit grim if you watch it without knowing the ending.

When leaving the cinema in I was quite tempted to utter 'I never saw that coming'. Ian Curtis, Anthony Wilson RIP.

lost_in_thought

Ooooh brun I saw your ad!

Very good it is too.

always_tyred

5 is too few a number.

Some films haven't even been mentioned yet. There's all the lassie films for starters.

ChrisLS

Atonement

Black Hawk Down

In Bruges

Donny Darko

A Very Long Engagement

artaxerxes

If you don't mind subtitles
BattleRoyale - not scary but very violent and bloody
City of God - hmm a lot of violence in this one too but not as much as above
Tampopo - Don't watch if you don't like seeing animals killed (for food...and sex) on screen
Eat Drink Man Woman - No violence! Make sure you watch while eating some Chinese food
Amores Peros - Contains violence (incl dogs being killed)

ince

Pan's Labyrinth
Mirrormask
Casshern

All three visualy stunning films.

Akira - i just love this classic manga
Little Miss Sunshine - Made me laugh, great film.

Sewinman

Its not a movie but try and get the DVD of the first series of 'The Wire'...its friggin awesome.

Clever Pun

alfablue wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Or just start hiring The Wire season 1, you'll be addicted after a few episodes, greatest TV drama of the last few years.

close run thing with The Sopranos.

the wire is better... all 5 series are great...


at to films to entertain (not scare or challenge)
Repo Man
Zoolander
Anchorman
Ironman
Bad taste

5 Random foreign films (worth checking out, not remakes)
Let the Right one in
Shaolin Soccer
Ong Bak
Night Watch also Day Watch
Battle Royal

Clever Pun

linoue wrote:

If you don't mind subtitles
BattleRoyale - not scary but very violent and bloody
City of God - hmm a lot of violence in this one too but not as much as above
Tampopo - Don't watch if you don't like seeing animals killed (for food...and sex) on screen
Eat Drink Man Woman - No violence! Make sure you watch while eating some Chinese food
Amores Peros - Contains violence (incl dogs being killed)

translates to life's a bit<h.. damn good film that

reminded me of Requiem for a dream.

oh yes City of God, fine film that

cjcp

Clever Pun wrote:

Bad taste

Is that the early Peter Jackson film? The one with the aliens, the eating of their own chunder and the inadvertently sheep being blown to kingdom come with a rocket launcher?

Sewinman

This thread is brilliant for my Lovefilm list!

ride_whenever

Braindead: early peter jackson, hilarious zombie film, inc. zombies shagging.
Kung Fu Hustle: One of my favourite tongue in cheek kung fu films.
Shoot 'em up: Gritty and funny first time i saw it i was like OMG OMG OMG!
Delicatesen (sp) dark, quite amusing
Firefly and serenity (watch the tv series first then the film really really good)

linsen

I realise the problem I hav ehere is that I have asked a load of blokes (Li excepted) to recommend films

:?

Clever Pun

cjcp wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

Bad taste

Is that the early Peter Jackson film? The one with the aliens, the eating of their own chunder and the inadvertently sheep being blown to kingdom come with a rocket launcher?

yes, yes it is... you seen the 2nd one Brain Dead? the bit with the lawnmower is possibly the funniest goriest thing I've ever seen

Clever Pun

linsen wrote:

I realise the problem I hav ehere is that I have asked a load of blokes (Li excepted) to recommend films

:?

40 first dates
The Piano
what happens in vegas
sleepless in seattle
Wall -E

there, happy now?