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Alright, I recently got the Hollywood Video MVP thing. Meaning I can now get out a ton more movies than I used too. Excluding the most newest of realeases though.
So please recommend some good movies to me and everyone else here Any genre(other than porn of course ) I'll watch just about anything: Animated, Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Forigen, ect.
Even recommend some laughable bad movies. I enjoy watching a pure piece of s*** from time to time So go ahead!

Hmmm. . . Well, if you're into that really bizarre sci-fi kind of thing, Immortel might be worth a look. Just be forewarned, the primary plot is bland as hell; it's the secondary conflict between Allgood and the Spirit of Nikopol that's interesting. It's worth seeing as one of the first Digital Backlot movies (Sin City, Casshern, and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow were the others). They might not have it since it's a relatively obscure title, but if they do, go for it.

Beyond that though, I wouldn't know what to recommend since I A) Don't know what you've seen, and B) Don't know what you like. *shrugs*

Have you seen Snatch and Boiler Room?

Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, A.I, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Minority Report, Jurassic Park, Spirited Away,Princess Mononoke, The Lion King, The Matrix, Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2, The Animatrix, Dark City, Harry Potter movies, The Crow, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Big Fish, Batman Returns, The Village, Signs, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Shrek, Shrek 2, Glory, Dances with Wolves, Being John Malkavish, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Prince of Egypt, The Secret of NIMH, The Elephant Man, Secret Window, X-Men, X-Men 2, Happy Gilmore, Brother Bear, Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Taxi Driver, The Dog of Flanders(anime), An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps Trilogy, Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, Metropolis (silent), Metropolis (anime), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Birds, Psycho, Grave of the Fireflies, The Cowboy Bebop Movie, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, May, I Heart Huckabees, Babe, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Memento, Seven, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Gladiator, Dragonheart, Black Beauty, A Clockwork Orange, 28 Days Later, Willard, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail, Paulie, Mighty Joe Young, Gorillas in the Mist, The Land Before Time, Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes (02), Pleasantville, The Truman Show, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, The Neverending Story, Titanic, Castle in the Sky, Amadeus, Matildia, Interview with the Vampire, Naussica of the Valley of the Wind, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Barton Fink, The Company of Wolves, Troy, The Shining, The Howling, The Forbidden Zone, Peewee’s Big Adventure, Bad Moon, Napoleon Dynamite, The Poltergeist, The Forgotten, A Goofy Movie, War of the Worlds, Garden State, American History X, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Corpse Bride, Wendigo, Star Wars: Episode 3, Fight Club, Balto, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Rescuers Down Under, Sin City, King Kong (05),Ferngully, Lady and the Tramp

Here are a few of my favorite movies And I'll watch just about anything if somebody thinks its worth watching. And no, I havent seen those three. I'll rent em out

Silverclaw wrote: 28 Days Later

Be forewarned, this movie does have a scene with a naked man walking around for several minutes and leaves nothing to the imagination!

Galaxy Quest, Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, Donnie Darko, Ninja Scroll(movie and series), The Chronicles of Ys.

That's, uh. . . That's a pretty long list of favorites.

Well, if you liked Pulp Fiction, I recommend Snatch, and if you liked Fight Club, I recommend Boiler Room.

I also see a lot of Miyazaki films on the list, in which case I strongly, and I mean STRONGLY recommend Pom Poko. It's easily comparrable to Bambi and Fox & The Hound (which I noticed are also on your list) in that it's cute but highly emotional. Anybody that can watch the scene with the ship sailing away without feeling at all emotional, in my opinion, needs to see either a psychiatrist or an excorsist.

That's, uh. . . That's a pretty long list of favorites

hehehe, I have a lot of time on my hands

I love Pom Poko! Forgot to stick that one on the list The Alien movies are all really good too
I still need to see The Cat Returns, Whisper of the Heart, Howl's Moving Castle, and Porco Rossco(sp?) Its Studio Ghibli so you know its going to be good

I would recommend I-Robot. I thought it was a very interesting movie.

I like the original Outer Limits episode. The movie was the third remake of that episode.

The Fifth Element, The Road To El Dorado, Cat City, Serenity, Ice Age, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Labyrinth, K-PAX, Jack, Catwoman, Terminator 1 & 2, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Lord Of The Rings

wow your all forgetting Donnie Darko

I recommend Freeborn.

Once it comes out.

Silverclaw wrote:I still need to see The Cat Returns, Whisper of the Heart, Howl's Moving Castle, and Porco Rossco(sp?) Its Studio Ghibli so you know its going to be good

The Cat Returns is a good one too. The other three are still on my list of movies to look for too.

Phenomenon, Broken Arrow, Bewitched, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jumanji, George Of The Jungle, Zathura, Evolution, Never Been Kissed, 50 First Dates, Pokemon The First Movie, Mewtwo Returns, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (some serious crack right there. If you want to laugh your a** off watch it.)

Terastas wrote: Have you seen Snatch and Boiler Room?

Add those movies to your 'must see-list'!!

Don't think Starship Troopers1/2 has been mentioned. That was quite good, second ones abit weird.

Set wrote:Phenomenon, Broken Arrow, Bewitched, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jumanji, George Of The Jungle, Zathura, Evolution, Never Been Kissed, 50 First Dates, Pokemon The First Movie, Mewtwo Returns, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (some serious crack right there. If you want to laugh your a** off watch it.)

Why am I not suprise with those favorites Set.


Anyway as for the movies I recomend:
Non New Releases:Pirates of the Carrebian, The Rock, Starship Troopers, Basic, Fifth Element, Demolition Man, Godzilla(American Version), Terminator, Screamers, Desporato, Identity Resident Evil, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Saw.

New Releases:Lord of Wars, Serenity, Saw 2.

Shadow Wulf wrote:

Set wrote:Phenomenon, Broken Arrow, Bewitched, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jumanji, George Of The Jungle, Zathura, Evolution, Never Been Kissed, 50 First Dates, Pokemon The First Movie, Mewtwo Returns, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (some serious crack right there. If you want to laugh your a** off watch it.)

Why am I not suprise with those favorites Set.

Heh. Yours don't really surprise me either.

*adds some more* Harriet The Spy, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp, Doc Hollywood, Bicentennial Man, City Slickers, City Slickers 2, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, A Knight's Tale, Tremors, White Chicks, Ever After, Anna And The King, Last Of The Dogmen, Storybook, The Neverending Story, Wild Wild West, Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights, Jackie Chan's First Strike, Last Samurai, Three Fugitives, Back To The Future trilogy, Quigley Down Under, Groundhog Day, Lethal Weapon, Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Little Vampire, Tomb Raider, Ghostbusters, Bogus, Indiana Jones, Last Action Hero, Hook, Men In Black 1 & 2, Rush Hour 1 & 2, The Gauntlet, Twister, The Craft, Beautician And The Beast, Lilo & Stitch, Disney's Robin Hood, Disney's Hercules, Dr. Dolittle, Batteries Not Included

And my two favorites: The Mummy and The Mummy Returns

Three more I just thought of.

The Eye. The only drawback in this movie is the fact that it's subtitled. As far as psychological horrors go, this is easily the best.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

And I could have sworn it would have appeared on somebody's list by now: Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit.

I haven't seen Wallace & Gromit, so I can't recommend it.

Something that I actually found creepy: Sphere

And something for anyone who's ever wondered what Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo would look like in a dress (very pretty, actually): To Wong Foo: Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

"Alone in the Dark"? Thats got creatures, action, horror and abit of a disjointed story line
For a a proper botched plot watch "The Island" i didn't think that was very well written

The first half of The Island was pretty good. Then if turned into an action movie with big explosions. A pity.

Some more good ones...
The Iron Giant, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Predator, Children of Heaven, The Lawnmower Man, Blood Moon(just remember, NOT a WW movie) and Moulin Rouge

Silverclaw wrote:The first half of The Island was pretty good. Then if turned into an action movie with big explosions. A pity.

*nods* The Island was a waste of a good plot. Not the worst case of a good idea gone bad, but they still could have done a lot more than just a cheesy dick flick.

Does anyone remember the movie Gattaca? That's a great example of how sci-fi can be good without being explodey.

And I've noticed a lot of horrors in the mix, so I'll list all the other movies besides The Eye that gave me the willies:

Event Horizon.

And I'm surprised I haven't seen Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal listed and/or recommended.

And while it didn't give me the willies, I'd recommend to anyone that enjoys a classic horror the movie Darkness Falls. Most of the terror moments are just the lead specter leaping out at people, but damn, they sure showed the rest of Hollywood how it's done!

Terastas wrote:Does anyone remember the movie Gattaca? That's a great example of how sci-fi can be good without being explodey.

Yeah, I remember that. I just haven't seen it in awhile.

Baraka, it's kind of like Koyaanisquatsi with a sense of humour. Beautiful movie. You're going to faint when they enter the Crystal Shrine in Baghdad. Flyover shots of Mt. Kailash and a nice kecak sequence that doesn't appear on the soundtrack CD (also worth getting).
Kronos. Nice twist on vampirism.
The Seventh Gate, with Johnny Depp of course "Mumbo Jumbo! Mumbo Jumbo! Mumbo Jumbo!"
Robot Carnival.
The Ghost and the Darkness.
City of Lost Children (French subtitles)
'90s Remake of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, if you can find it. Exceedingly surreal but funny as hell once you get with the program. "ECT, my three favourite letters of the alphabet! Pea-cheeeeeee..."
Any I'm forgetting?
Sea Biscuit.
Chocolat.
Casanova. That played here recently, brilliant film, didn't get enough publicity so it died and went out of the theatres and into Sleepersville fast. What a shame
Has anyone mentioned The Dark Crystal yet?
Or Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas?
Twelve Monkeys.
Oooh! Russian Ark. It's a documentary about the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, they did it all in one continuous pan, no cuts, no edits, Russian subtitles, a walk through the Hermitage's (and Russian) history. It's a long movie too, but DEFINITELY snag it if you find it, if you see nothing else SEE RUSSIAN ARK.
Toys. Not "Toy Story," Toys with Robin Williams.