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I know this is borderline abusing my privileges as the owner of this site. but i just re-subscribed to NetFlix after grabbing this PlayStation3, and I’m itching to put 10 solid movies that I can abuse on the MacBook and the new Vizio during my downtime.
If you’d be so kind, just leave suggestions and brief synopses of movies (if they aren’t typical joints that everybody and their grandma’s heard of). Everybody can add something to this list, so just throw the suggestions out there. Maybe we’ll have a nice little dialogue pertaining to movies and such. Ha. Thanks! and i like it all, so don’t think i won’t consider musicals, documentaries, foreign films. actually, fuck a foreign film. i have no time for subtitles.
Let the games begin. Oh, and those who don’t believe that The Great Progression is upon us, more sneak peaks:
Yeah. Like I said before, stay in the loop via Twitter, @TheGeePee and @DCtoBC.
Anyway, movies. Let’s get it.
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make time for subtitles & watch city of god
and
amadeus
psycho
sunset blvd.
a clockwork orange
rainman
Definitely 2nd City of God, In the Bedroom, Dot the i, Mulholland Drive, Dogville, Charade & The Squid and the Whale
Comment by AvidAwe 11.17.08 @ 11:40 pmthrough the fire- documentary about sebastion telfair’s senior in high school.
finding forrester- probably already seen it but if you havent its a must see
Comment by John Q 11.18.08 @ 12:06 ami 3rd city of god
2nd squid and the whale
and 1st vicky cristina barcelona, the visitor, and butterfly effect
for a musical, catch a young christian bale in newsies
Comment by Ms. A 11.18.08 @ 12:18 amEternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Equilibrium
Its definitely not on netflix, but cop the bootleg or rip of Quantum of Solace (crazy action sequences)
I think you should check out Choke. It’s acomedy about this sex-addicted con artist who pays for his mother’s hospital bills by taking advantage of the people who save him from choking to death…
Also, one of my FAVORITES, The Darjeeling Limited… If you liked The Royal Tennenbaums and other Wes Anderson Films, you will love this one…
If you like old movies… try rear window… It doesnt get better than Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly
And last but not least… Across the Universe if you feel like singing Beatles covers and tripping out
Comment by Nolisudan 11.18.08 @ 12:30 amdef agree…
- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
- donnie darko
- royal tenenbaums or bottle rocket (if you have already seen tenenbaums)
foreign:
- amores perros
Comment by mattaplomb 11.18.08 @ 12:31 amDocumentary:
- Cocaine Cowboys
- A complete history of my sexual failures
- Super High Me
Film:
- The Signal (2007)
- Special (2006)
- Perfume The Story of a Murderer (2006)
I would recommend old school movies starting with Bonnie and Clyde, then maybe Raging Bull (De Niro), On the Waterfront (Marlon Brando), mentionned earlier: a complete history of my sexual failures. Control, the movie about Joy Division.
An absolute must watch and one of my favourite movies: Ghost Dog!!!!!
Comment by andre 11.18.08 @ 8:48 amI second Raging Bull and On the Waterfront (“I coulda been a contender!”)…
If you watch Raging Bull, try comparing it to Rocky…. it will really make you think… go film students!
The Machinist, The Fall, Layer Cake, When Harry Met Sally, Casablanca, Pan’s Labyrinth , Ed Wood, The Neverending Story (baccccckkkk throwww), The Orphanage, Darkman (throw baaccck), Closer, August, Clockers…I could go on and on.
Basically a cornucopia of genres. I, myself will be having a wonderful all-day movie marathon…I’m looking forward to it. Now, all I need is a snuggie (as seen on TV) and some Krispy Kreme donuts.
Comment by reading 11.18.08 @ 11:45 amCity of God for sure. and Favela Rising, oh and Quality of Life (up against the wall) and Graffiti Rock
Comment by djeurok 11.18.08 @ 1:39 pmMake it a Christopher Nolan night:
Check out:
Following
Memento
Insomnia
Prestige
Batman Begins
I strongly recommend the Insider (Michael Mann), Citizen Kane (Welles), Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Infernal Affairs (remade into the Departed), cosign on City of God, Road to Perdition, Blue Velvet, M, 2001 Space Odyssey, and definitely 12 ANGRY MEN.
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Comment by Dawun 11.18.08 @ 4:51 pmCity of God (i know i know, but its really good)
A Bronx Tale (amazing movie, deniro directed it)
The Last Dragon (bruce leroy!!!)
She Hate Me (one of my favorite spike lee joints)
Comment by J.merks 11.18.08 @ 5:58 pmI had to narrow down my list, but if I had to pick 10 solids that I feel like should leave you in jaw-dropping awe or a state of existential reflection in some form or fashion:
8.5 (I couldn’t get through it…but a lot of people like it)
25th Hour (one of spike’s best, a classic that gets no love)
Bamboozled (if you haven’t seen it already)
Blade Runner (nice 80s future-noir shit)
Chinatown (dope ass day-time noir, jack at his best)
City of God (ultra-dope)
Full Metal Jacket (ultra-dope, mind-fuck)
JFK (an ultra-dope, political mind-fuck with some of the best editing in cinema history, prolly oliver stone’s best)
No Country for Old Men (dope in just about every way a movie can be)
On the Waterfront (classically dope)…compare with cool hand luke
Requiem for a Dream (dope in a way that makes u wanna not do anything for the rest of the day)
There Will Be Blood (just…ridiculously dope)
Dope Ass Runners-Up:
Battle of Algiers – historically dope
Big Lebowski – languidly dope
Dr. Strangelove – satirically dope
Mo’ Better Blues – the movie that made denzel denzel
Se7en – buddy cop, grisly murder dope
Dope Directors:
kubrick – dr. strangelove, 2001, a clockwork orange, the shining, barry lyndon
coppola – the godfather, the conversation, apocalypse now,
scorsese – goodfellas, taxi driver, raging bull
fincher – fight club, se7en, zodiac
the coens – the big lebowski, raising arizona, barton fink
spike – mo’ better blues, she’s gotta have it, do the right thing, bamboozled,
innaritu – amores perros, babel, 21 grams
soderbergh – traffic, the limey, sex lies and videotape
dope ass movies in general:
akeelah and the bee
amadeus (someone suggested…is boss)
battle of algiers
clerks
coffee and cigarettes
cool hand luke
dead presidents
dirty pretty things
eastern promises
the fountain
the graduate
the kingdom
the machinist
memento
midnight cowboy
pulp fiction
sicko
snatch
touch of evil
usual suspects
some docs:
grizzly man
hoop dreams
omar and pete (if u can get ur hands on it)
sicko
when the levees broke
why we fight
Then of Course, There’s Always “The Wire,”
Comment by Tjett 11.18.08 @ 8:07 pmtahir, your list is fucking incredible. we may need to have an IM convo about the joints i’ve seen and joints i want to see. and such.
and btw guys, he’s an aspiring director. in fact, fuck aspiring. he directs.
Comment by modi 11.18.08 @ 8:22 pmlol thanks and perhaps we should.
my own netflix queue is gigantic but i unfortunately have not gotten a chance to watch a rental in several weeks. caught zack and miri over the weekend…really wanted to see quantum of solace, but people were fakin…think i’mma have to check it out this week…
the director thing means a lot coming from you, sir modi. i am just a mere man that watches lots of movies and makes annoying comments about things that no one cares about/has little point of reference for afterwards. occasionally i’ll make a spoof or two, maybe a short. speaking of which, any intel on the blueprint 3? i’m tryna keep my eyes out for the next pharrell/jay collab to spoof.
Comment by Tjett 11.18.08 @ 9:49 pmIf you haven’t seen “Hoop Dreams” watch it. Great documentary about two kids growing up in Chicago wanting to make it to the NBA.
I’d second the “Dr. Strangelove” I saw out there somewhere, funny shit, and I don’t normally like Kubrick.
Classic Spike Lee in “Do the Right Thing”
And for Christmas, “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” if you haven’t seen it. It’s Guy Ritchie film and felt like I had to through a little love his way after seeing his ass get trashed by Madonna all over the place.
Comment by JR 11.23.08 @ 1:07 pmTjetts list was inssane.
I cosign reading’s nomination of Layercake. Def don’t think it gets enough recognition. You understand why Daniel Craig makes such a dope Bond.
Comment by ....the dude 11.25.08 @ 4:04 pmI just wanted to comment again and say that my recommendations were great.
Comment by the_sabrina 02.17.10 @ 9:21 pmDonnie Darko
Garden State
Lucky Number Sleven
Boondock Saints
Hurt Locker
The Godfather series
Fight Club
Elizabethtown
Hurricane Season – based on a true story about a New Orleans HS basketball team playing despite the aftermath of Katrina. Lil Wayne had a minor role, and I believe funded the movie. No joke one of the best feel-good sports movies I’ve seen.
Talk to Me – story of Petey Greene (Don Cheadle)
District 9 – Best movie of ’09. Worth watching multiple times to see how accurately detailed the whole thing is.
V for Vendetta – Elite in cinema history as far as political commentary goes.
City of God – Agreed on this one. Just, wow.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – LONG…but interesting. Great commentary on the circle of life…the FULL circle…
Tyson – Documentary on Mike Tyson. All I can say is go into it with an open mind.
That’s all I got off the top of my head
Comment by MookieDC 02.17.10 @ 9:34 pmDang, Modi.
when I recently moved back home, I would watch a new movie almost every night… there is too freakin’ many to list all in all, but here are a few interesting movies which you might not think of immediately, but that I think you would really like and that I’ve watched recently:
1. The Birds … Classic Hitchcock and plenty of his movies are available to watch instantly online on netflix as well. Quality entertainment, led the way for contemporary horror/mystery film.
2. The Dreamers. The Dreamers is about a college student who goes to study in France and meets this set of twins- a boy and girl who take him on a journey: sexually, politically, artistically.
3. Before Sunset. The sequel to After Sunrise (but don’t need to watch both unless you want)… Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reprise their roles nine years later as they “meet again” and have a second shot at love. I think you’d like it, based on how much I know you liked 500 Days. Extremely honest and witty.
4. Brick – Here’s what they say on netflix:
When a secret crush turns up dead and the murderer is anyone’s guess, teenage loner Brendan Fry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to navigate his school’s social network through intense interactions with thespians, band geeks and druggies (including a grown-up Lukas Haas). This unconventional film noir marked a promising debut for writer-director Rian Johnson, picking up a Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
5. Go ahead and watch the whole season one of Californication. Hank Moody is a writer, a woman whisperer, a father, and still he is in love. This show has it all. They have it available to rent or to watch instantly. It is classic, and simply a great show I recommend to everyone. Guaranteed satisfaction.
Comment by afishal 02.17.10 @ 9:49 pmFull Metal Jacket
Lolita
Fargo
Big Lebowski
Equilibrium
One Who Flew the Cookoo’s Nest
Trainspotting
Lord of War
Taxi Driver
Annie Hall (Sneezing into $2Gs of coke is just funny, no exceptions)
The last 20 minutes of The Shining
shortbus
once upon a time in america
gladiator
the good the bad the ugly
space jam
inside man
requiem for a dream
both so good
and I have to mention lord of the rings…I watch those on the regular
Comment by CK 02.18.10 @ 9:11 amWatch the following two movies.
Black Dynamite (its a pseudoblacksploitation movie, but its worth watching.)
Quest for Fire (Ron Perlman kills and rapes his way through some pretty prehistoric times)
cooley high.
boomerang.
trading places.
sixteen candles.
all phenomenal films from the eighty’s or earlier.
Comment by Shay 02.21.10 @ 7:22 pmdude. i love this site btw. but you must check out Brick, Better than Sex, YPF, En la Cama, Memento, Equilibrium, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I know what you said abt subtitles but En la Cama is so interesting. (trust me. good movies.)
Comment by ernie 02.22.10 @ 12:56 amI thought City Of God was some type mediocre shit, but if all these people recommend it, it might be worth copping/re-watching.
Comment by Guy Fawkes 02.24.10 @ 8:22 pmKusturica’s Underground, or Black Cat White Cat
Deadly man
This would be a lot easier if you would list some of your favorite films and maybe some themes you enjoy. But whatever the case, you can peep my 51 Best Films of The Decade List (which is severely flawed and needs to be redone but whatever) on my blog.
I will say this to all aspiring film buffs; its the directors who are the auteurs. I don’t totally subscribe to Auteurs Theory but I do think it rings true for the most part. If you can think of a number of films you like, and notice some of them are from the same director, then I suggest going through that director’s catalog.
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