Off topic film ideas please

Jen J

I can't really think of any new ones I've seen recently that I'd recommend.

Stardust I really liked, but it's been out a while so you may have seen it.

The Happening is possibly worth a worth for the hilarious ridiculousness of it.

Maybe The Dark Knight, or the new Mummy film for the kids?

Sewinman

linsen wrote:

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

:?

Ok...errrr

Steel Magnolias
Beaches
Dirty Dancing
Sleeples in Seattle
Fried Green Tomatoes

I have NEVER seen any of the above but have witnessed my sisters weeping into their ice cream and watching the above.

artaxerxes

Braindead: early peter jackson, hilarious zombie film, inc. zombies shagging.

+1 excellent film.

Zoolander
Anchorman

Both excellent, if you like Will Ferrell there is also "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" which also has Sacha Baron Cohen.

_Brun_

lost_in_thought wrote:

Ooooh brun I saw your ad!

Very good it is too.

Hooray! And thanks

passout

1) Stage Coach - The blueprint for most Westerns or The Searchers will do
2) Casablanca - best dialogue of any film a must watch.
3) Zulu - Michael Cane: don't chuck those bloody spears at me or Kim - Imperailism at it's cinematic best!
4) A Matter of Life & Death (the one where David Niven goes to Heaven...quite brilliant, a must watch)
5) Trainspotting - best film of the 1990s

Some real timeless classics there I reckon. I've watched them all several times and still enjoy them.

jonginge

ince wrote:

Mirrormask

Jen J wrote:

Stardust I really liked, but it's been out a while so you may have seen it

Neil Gaiman is ace.

It's not been mentioned above but The Usual Suspects is one of my faves

Feltup

passout wrote:

4) A Matter of Life & Death (the one where David Niven goes to Heaven...quite brilliant, a must watch)

Some real timeless classics there I reckon. I've watched them all several times and still enjoy them.

I love this movie, must have watched it 10 times.

Keeping with the good old days of cinema I would add:-

The ladykillers - the original of course.

Grosse Pointe Blank is another movie that I can watch over and over because of its dark humour and 80's sound track.

Ferris Buellers Day off is just classic

Point Break or The big lebowski? The last 3 can fight it out amongst themselves but they are all great for slobbing in front of the TV.

don_don

linsen wrote:

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

:?

Yes, I think you are right. Films about killing dogs then shagging and eating them were the first 'feel-good' things that came to my mind too :roll:

artaxerxes

Yes, I think you are right. Films about killing dogs then shagging and eating them were the first 'feel-good' things that came to my mind too Rolling Eyes

Mamma Mia it is then

linsen

linoue wrote:

Yes, I think you are right. Films about killing dogs then shagging and eating them were the first 'feel-good' things that came to my mind too Rolling Eyes

Mamma Mia it is then

I may be a girl but that was pure unadulterated drivel

artaxerxes

I confess that I haven't seen it. It seemed to be popular though.

marchant

Not knowing your preference for films makes it a bit difficult to recommend much but
Horror Rec (Spanish, remade by Hollywood as Quarantine)
Comedy Zoolander
Action The Nest (hard to find, but excellent French siege movie)
RomCom Don't do RomCom, how about Shaun of the Dead?
Other Oldboy

(I like subtitled films )

gtvlusso

IRONMAN!

Good fun hero romp! Otherwise, you have to sit and intellectualise - cannot do that too often with kids running about the place!

don_don

linsen wrote:

linoue wrote:

Yes, I think you are right. Films about killing dogs then shagging and eating them were the first 'feel-good' things that came to my mind too Rolling Eyes

Mamma Mia it is then

I may be a girl but that was pure unadulterated drivel

+1

I'd rather watch someone kill, shag and eat the aforementioned dog than watch that again :evil:

il_principe

don_don wrote:

linsen wrote:

linoue wrote:

Yes, I think you are right. Films about killing dogs then shagging and eating them were the first 'feel-good' things that came to my mind too Rolling Eyes

Mamma Mia it is then

I may be a girl but that was pure unadulterated drivel

+1

I'd rather watch someone kill, shag and eat the aforementioned dog than watch that again :evil:

hahahahaha you've actually watched it!
Actually I shouldn't be surprised; I read the other day that 25% of british homes own a copy on DVD. That is a truly depressing stat.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/3521303/Ten-copies-of-Mamma-Mia-sold-every-second.html

SpaceBadger

I am also one of these 'burd' things, and it's a definite +1 for the 'pure unadulterated drivel' line of thinking.

Bit of a weird role swap in our house when 'im indoors put said drivel on and was, on occasions, attempting some dance moves (upper body only, still disturbing) while I was busy trying to gouge out my eyes with a coat hanger and smother myself with a cushion. Why did so many people buy the DVD, why?!

Film-wise I'd go for the classics -
Money Pit
Clue
National Lampoons Vacation
National Lampoons European Vacation
Dodgeball

Cantdosleepy

"I watch films to entertain me, not make me scared or miserable"

Some miseryless entertainments I've seen recently:

Wall●E
Hitchcock's North by Northwest
Be Kind Rewind
I ♥ Huckabees
Singin in the Rain

Who suggested that Battle Royale won't make you miserable? It's about kids being forced to kill each other! If that doesn't make you sad then.... then I don't even know what.

cjcp

Cantdosleepy wrote:

I ♥ Huckabees

That was weird. Seriously fluffin' weird.

linsen

Sonnenallee
Schindler's List
Casablanca
The big Lebowski
Happiness (the Solondz one - sp?)

Constant Gardener would have gone on but I am so reluctant to watch films of books which I have loved - they often mess about with them.
The only exception to this is The Reader - an awesome book and film. No messing required.

And those are the results of the linsen jury

Thanks for your suggestions

symo

Mine are

Grosse Point Blank - Awesomeness with amazing soundtrack and Minnie Driver looking HOT
No Country for old man - Bleak but so beautifully dark.
Anchorman - Funniest film in a long time
Akira - If you haven't seen this you should
American Flyer - One bit of Kevin Costner cycling cheese for the hell of it, not great but a switch of brain and enjoy kinda thang.

Petromyzon

If there is room for one more, I really liked Juno. Comedy, slightly offbeat, endearing characters, good dialogue, fairly upbeat.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/

bluesacs

you might like to try

Kubrick's Cycle Paths of Glory, "When cyclists refuse to continue with an impossible road..."

Fleming's Gone With the Wind, "It's the history of a selfish woman who doesn't want to admit her feelings about the man she loves to race, and finally she loses him in the traffic."

Scorcese's Taxi Driver, "On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody."

Cimino's The Gear Hunter, "An in-depth examination of the way that a man's obsession with lycra affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA."

Roeg's Cycleabout, "A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier. Dangers they had never known before... A people they had never seen before... the messengers."