Movies to Watch

[bluej]

I just saw Ali and thought it was great! I recommend it.

I have on my list to see:
Motorcycle Diaries
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vanity Fair

Other suggestions?

[Crushy]

Hero
House of Flying Daggers
The Forgotten
Downfall

[Lepus]

The Machinist
Kinsey
Vera Drake
The Aviator
Closer
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
American History X
Hotel Rwanda
Mean Girls (it was funny)

Hmm...those movies are the ones I have watched recently, liked and can actually remember at this time.

[bluej]

Mean Girls was really funny! I laughed, too.

Hotel Rwanda is one I've been wanting to see, so I will put that at the top of my list after I return the ones I have from my cancelled Blockbuster thingie.

[el capitan]

we just saw charlie and the chocolate factory.


it was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time.

[Caffeinated]

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the first movie to come out in months
that I have been interested in seeing. I'll have to go this week.
Thanks for the info Cap.

I've loved about every movie Johnny Depp has done.

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[idyllia]

Gladiator

It was way more accurate than most other movies in the "classical" genre (i.e., Troy.)

The classics geek takes off:
The arena reconstructions are awesome. They modeled the smaller arena on actual archaeological evidence, and used current theories on the shades that sort-of covered them. The plot is probably trite, but the details in the reconstructions of Empirical Rome outweigh it.


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[Lepus]

Plus, you've got Russell Crowe in a skirt.

[Misch]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">el capitan wrote on Sun, 17 July 2005 02:04</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
we just saw charlie and the chocolate factory.


it was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time.
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I've just had a few friends tell me the same thing. I really want to see it now.

[Icktoose]

I finally saw Million Dollar Baby. It was good! But I hate crying.

I saw Hide and Seek also. I liked it, although it reminded me of a friend I had to deal with a while ago. He was also "playing a game", as he put it. It was a frightening ordeal.

[Caffeinated]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">el capitan wrote on Sun, 17 July 2005 03:04</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
we just saw charlie and the chocolate factory.


it was one of the best movies ive seen in a long time.
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You didn't steer me wrong el capitan - it was a great movie.
I don't remember the flash backs to his childhood in the book though.
But it was about 25 years ago when I read it...

And if ANY man could convince me to have straight sex again, it would
be Johnny Depp. images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif

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[bluej]

While I'd have sex with a number of men, Johnny Depp is DEFINITELY on the list! yummmmmmy.
I loved that movie where they made grilled cheese with the iron. I own it, and can't think of the name at the moment! Hate it when I have a brain fart like that...

[Caffeinated]

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*cough*cough*

"Benny & Joon" ?

:: fans air ::

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[Misch]

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And if ANY man could convince me to have straight sex again, it would
be Johnny Depp. images/smiley_icons/icon_eek.gif

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I've noticed an interesting pattern:

Angelina Jolie seems to be the answer I see when straight women are asked who they would "jump the fence" for.

Johnny Depp appears to be the fence jumper for lesbians. Anyone else notice this?

[Lepus]

He can be rather effeminate.

[kcirref]

I like his fake teeth in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

[Caffeinated]

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I just think he's the definition of cool. images/smiley_icons/icon_cool.gif


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[bluej]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Caffeinated wrote on Wed, 20 July 2005 16:11</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
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*cough*cough*

"Benny & Joon" ?

:: fans air ::

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YES!!! Thank you, thank you!! I LOVE that movie!
HATE it when that happens...

[miss_s]

You know, I held off on seeing it for ever, but I actually kind of liked Closer.

I just watched my favorites all over again: Leolo (a french canadian film about madness), King of Hearts (another film about madness), and Simple Men (guess what it's about) and remembered how much I really enjoy each of them. I also watched Miller's Crossing for the first time in close to 10 years and just think the opening shot is one of the most beautiful ever filmed.

Has anyone heard about http://www.meandyoumovie.com/ ( http://www.meandyoumovie.com/)? I want to see this, but it's only playing in Juneau, which is far too expensive to fly for a film.

I can't wait to see Charlie & the Choclate Factory. Wheeeeee!

[miss_s]

Ooooo! Also, if you haven't seen it, look for Dogfight with River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. I also want to see the new Bettie Page movie that's coming out this next year.

[Lepus]

Me and You and Everyone We Know does look good. I think I will probably have to wait for it to come out on DVD before I get to see it though.

It doesn't look like anything explodes in this movie though? Are there any chase scenes? If not, I'm not sure how interested I will be in it.

Glad you liked Closer. I really liked that movie.

[Lepus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">miss_s wrote on Fri, 22 July 2005 14:18</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Ooooo! Also, if you haven't seen it, look for Dogfight with River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. I also want to see the new Bettie Page movie that's coming out this next year.
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River Phoenix is acting again?

Wow. He really was something special!

[bluej]

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<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">miss_s wrote on Fri, 22 July 2005 14:18</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Ooooo! Also, if you haven't seen it, look for Dogfight with River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. I also want to see the new Bettie Page movie that's coming out this next year.
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River Phoenix is acting again?

Wow. He really was something special!
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If this is the one I'm thinking it is, the movie came out a few years back. I really liked it.

abs and I watched Motorcycle Diaries last night. I loved it!

[miss_s]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Fri, 22 July 2005 11:24</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

River Phoenix is acting again?

Wow. He really was something special!
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Yeah, he's only doing zombie movies now. *shrug*

blue is right. It came out in 1991, a couple of years before he died.

[Lepus]

Yes, I kind of assumed it was an older movie.

Tough crowd today.

[miss_s]

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I was just confirming that for blue, dork.

[idyllia]

The Sea Inside. It was nominated for an Oscar last year in the foreign language category, and is really amazing. It's about a man's fight to commit suicide so it's obviously tear-inducing, but very beautifully done.


Oh, and I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, too.

[Lepus]

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The Sea Inside. It was nominated for an Oscar last year in the foreign language category, and is really amazing. It's about a man's fight to commit suicide so it's obviously tear-inducing, but very beautifully done.


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Oh! That does look good. Thanks for the recommendation!

[avery]

we just saw march of penguins tonight...*sniff* those penguins are amazing (oh my god and the baby ones are so <font size="5">CUTE</font>!!)

[Lepus]

Penguins are incredibly adorable. My brother said they also smell horrible. He got to see them in Antarctica and he said the smell almost floored him.

Dirty birds!

[Quixote]

The Station Agent.

really good.

[Misch]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Quixote wrote on Sat, 06 August 2005 17:38</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
The Station Agent.

really good.
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Agreed

[FuRociousFuR]

really really good.

i got it from netflix
so i could watch it
again.

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[kcirref]

I thought Beautiful Boxer was nicely done.

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[idyllia]

Although not really a movie, the old NBC series Newsradio is out on DVD now, and it's fantastically funny (before Jon Lovitz joined the cast, anyways). My Netflix movies have come to a grinding halt since I keep watching these over and over, and then listening to the commentary...

[Pixildust]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">kcirref wrote on Wed, 20 July 2005 14:20</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
I like his fake teeth in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Me too! I saw those big ole fake choppers on IMAX, so they were like six feet of teeth.

[idyllia]

I watched American Beauty this afternoon (while craftily avoiding writing a paper or christmas shopping). It's such a good, creepy and sad movie, and Kevin Spacey is awesome in it...

[Lepus]

I love everything Kevin Spacey is in. Err...well...not KPax or Pay it Forward...but in general I love him!

He was so good in The Usual Suspects and LA Confidential. Have you seen those movies?

American Beauty is one of all-time favorite movies. Alan Ball is a genius.

[Misch]

American Beauty rocks. My Dad insisted that my Mom has a little of the Annette Bening character in her (she's in sales). My Mom was quite offended. LOL

[Lepus]

Maybe he was just referring to her in bed: "Fuck me, your majesty! "

[Misch]

Sick! No he was definitely referring to her work ethic.

[frillybill]

I have a friend who thought American Beauty was the most disgusting, awful film she'd ever seen. She hated it. She went on and on about how horrible of a movie it was. She couldn't even look at Kevin Spacey anymore without thinking he was just a big child molesting perv. I then told her sorry, but we would never be able to see movies together. I also tend to ask people what they think of it as a guide as to whether I should trust their opinion in movies. It is one of my absolute favorites.

I should've known our movie watching relationship was doomed when she told me she hated Dogma.

[Misch]

That's interesting. I absolutely loved it. My Dad thought it was great & my Mom was so offended by it. I definitely can't recommend too many movies to my Mom. She gets offended pretty easily. She's not a total prude but you have to be careful what you say around her. Which is hard for me because I have a potty mouth.

[Caffeinated]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Misch wrote on Sun, 18 December 2005 15:08</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
you have to be careful what you say around her. Which is hard for me because I have a potty mouth.
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Me too, Misch. That is a hard one. My gf's mother hates anyone to cuss around her.
On Thanksgiving she was behind me when I didn't know it and I said to my gf's sister 'Bring it on you
fucking schmaart ass' when we were joking with each other.
Of course the mother heard it, grunted and walked off.

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