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I won a blockbuster $5 gift card in a raffle, and want to know what movie I should see.

My preferences include Drama (I like Tom Hanks best) Comedy (Monty Python and other dark or British humor) and Sci-fi (not cheesy, please)

So just list me some of your favorite movies...

I liked...
Kill Bill (both volumes)
Batman Begins
Saw
V for Vendetta
Requiem for a Dream
Donnie Darko

Kill Bill (both volumes)
V for Vendetta
Requiem for a Dream

Yes.

Also..

Trainspotting

Sin City!

Brazil.

It's like they stuck an A/V cable into Terry Gilliam's head and recorded what goes on in there.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

It can only be described as the comedy version of 1984.

saving private ryan...i love the scene where he is(ryan)crying like a bitch,and everyone is getting mowed down around him...and hanks character tells him to earn it!

pulp fiction is another of my faves...i like samuel jacksons character,especially when he is being robbed in the diner.

and lest i forget..our families christmas movie...scarface...the abuse of language in that movie has no equal..i'm talking about the way tony and his cronies abuse the shit out of english...spectacular!

anything by monty python is well worth watching as well

Brazil and Saving Private Ryan are two of my favorites.

I'll look into Kill Bill

Saving Private Ryan is great.

pulp fiction is another of my faves...i like samuel jacksons character,especially when he is being robbed in the diner.


Oh man!!! Just about every line Jackson had in Pulp Fiction is classic:
...The Weak, the shepherd and the tyrany of all men speech
...They speak English in What?
...Royale with cheese
...I used the same kind of towel as you did, and when I was done, it didn't look like no godamm maxi-pad.
... I'm just going to walk the Earth...You Know, like Cain in Kung-Fu.

Well, it's a long list! Isn't it? :D

Anything by the Cohen brothers - Fargo, Millers Crossing [personal fav], the Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona....quirky movies, time well spent

Oh man!!! Just about every line Jackson had in Pulp Fiction is classic:
...The Weak, the shepherd and the tyrany of all men speech
...They speak English in What?
...Royale with cheese
...I used the same kind of towel as you did, and when I was done, it didn't look like no godamm maxi-pad.
... I'm just going to walk the Earth...You Know, like Cain in Kung-Fu.

Well, it's a long list! Isn't it? :D

BAD ASS....lol
yes he has some of the most memorable lines i have ever had the pleasure of listening to.
i also love the walk the earth line...and travolta says"you want to be a bum"...priceless dialogue in that movie.


SAY WHAT AGAIN....I DARE YOU...

Lord of War is one of the best movies I've ever seen.

Scareface
Dude Where's My Car
Old School
Goodfellas
Waiting
Lord of War
Back Door Sluts 9

Anything by the Cohen brothers - Fargo, Millers Crossing [personal fav], the Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona....quirky movies, time well spent

Millers Crossing is a great film, that's my recommendation.

You could try the smaller indie fare -- Intermission (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332658/) is an awesome movie, but I think I'm one of maybe four people in the United States who has seen it. :)

Oohhh, finally a good topic!

My contribution:

Lord of War, fucking fantastic.
Adaptation, likewise and Cage does his best two characters.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in case you havn't got around to seeing it just yet.
Saw was just brilliant, Saw 2 not so.

There is, of course, hundreds of great movies, but these deserve special mention.

Enjoy.

Dr Strangelove, Casablanca, La Dolce Vita

to be unconventional, look for
"Ladri di biciclette" (The bicycle thief) by Vittorio de Sica, neorealistic drama
"Noc'noj dozor" (Night watch) by Timur Bekmambetov, russian vampire movie

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"Noc'noj dozor" (Night watch) by Timur Bekmambetov, russian vampire movie

Watched that last night. Very cool, if a little bizarre.

My favourites are......

Evolution
About A Boy
Crash
Team America
Shrek

American History X
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (new version is so over the top it makes me laugh :p )
The Matrix: Reloaded
Fargo

Serenity
Pitch Black
Titan A.E.

What can I say, I'm a scifi nerd.

I won a blockbuster $5 gift card in a raffle, and want to know what movie I should see.

My preferences include Drama (I like Tom Hanks best) Comedy (Monty Python and other dark or British humor) and Sci-fi (not cheesy, please)

So just list me some of your favorite movies...

If you would like dark humor and sci-fi, you could check out Delicatessen. It is a movie set in a world of bombed out buildings where meat has become so scarce that people have to resort to get unwitting victims to come live in their building until they are fattened up enough. An ex-clown comes to the building after seeing a job advertisement for a handyman, but the butcher's daughter falls in love with him and she tries to save him.

Not really movie, but check out "Yes, Minister" or "Yes, Prime Minister" series. I have watched those DVDs over and over again and never get sick of them. It is great classic British humor. The show was so realistic to the world of politics that Thatcher, the PM of the time, was a big fan and even wrote and appeared in a sketch with the cast.

Watched that last night. Very cool, if a little bizarre.

I think it is the best "action" movie with vampires and werebeasts around.
The "baddie" using videogames to plan his moves, the moral issues about the difference between "goodies" and "baddies", some of the best "gothic" ever seen in a movie (if we can call russian and byzantine imaginery "gothic")...

And I'm waiting for its sequel, "Day watch", not yet released here.

As a classic, how about Seven Samurai?
To all the good stuff suggested I'd like to add Boondock Saints.

Bullitt is good.

See if you can find any of Park Chan-Wook's vengeance trilogy, preferably either Oldboy or Lady Vengeance. They are fucking masterpieces. And some of the blackest humour you'll see this year.

I'd have two unusual picks: Silent Running, an excellent '70s ecological sci-fi movie, and Memento - which is very strange, but very good once you get the hang of what's going on.

Anything by Alfred Hitchcock, especially Psycho, North by Northwest, and my all time fave, Rear Window.

Anything by Akira Kurosawa, especially Ran (version of King Lear), Throne of Blood (version of Macbeth), Hidden Fortress (origin of Star Wars story line). Also, Stray Dog, early post-war movie.

Film Noir: Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, DOA (the original).

Gritty 70s Realism: Bullit, The Seven Ups, Dog Day Afternoon, The Taking of Pelham 123.

Any three Godzilla movies.

I'm assuming you might get three older movies for your $5.

I'd have two unusual picks: Silent Running, an excellent '70s ecological sci-fi movie, and Memento - which is very strange, but very good once you get the hang of what's going on.

Wow, Silent Running. I haven't seen that in years, but back in the day, it was on tv, like, 8 times a month. I watched it again and again. Hm, memories...

Gee, here I was going to list some movies that will completely mess with your mind, and people go and steal my thunder...

If you don't mind being driven temporarily insane and have the resources to get both, I recommend watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Memento, in that order.

If you can only watch one, get Memento.

If you can't afford having your mind completely screwed over... well, there's always Stargate, Monty Python, and Pirates of the Caribbean...

Ball of Fire
Lady of Burlesue
The Lady Eve
Meet John Doe
A Night at the Opera
Duck Soup
The Bank Dick
It's a Gift
The Right Stuff
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
The Godfather
Anatomy of a Murder
To Kill a Mockingbird
Double Indemnity

Ocean's Eleven.

PULP FICTION
Sin City
To Live (Chinese)
Catch Me If You Can (with Tom Hanks)
...

Brick
The Rules of Attraction
The Shape of Things
2 Days
V for Vendetta
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Crash
Boobies That Jingle-Jangle-Jingle

to be unconventional, look for
"Ladri di biciclette" (The bicycle thief) by Vittorio de Sica, neorealistic drama
"Noc'noj dozor" (Night watch) by Timur Bekmambetov, russian vampire movie

Both great movies.
tack on Ossessione and Roma citta aperta

Any three Godzilla movies.


Seconded. I'd recommend the original, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and either the 1985 remake or Terror of Mechagodzilla. I'd also recommend Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, but you have to see the previous two movies, or at least know what went on in them, to get the full impact.

Anything by Alfred Hitchcock, especially Psycho, North by Northwest, and my all time fave, Rear Window.

Anything by Akira Kurosawa, especially Ran (version of King Lear), Throne of Blood (version of Macbeth), Hidden Fortress (origin of Star Wars story line). Also, Stray Dog, early post-war movie.

Film Noir: Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, DOA (the original).

Gritty 70s Realism: Bullit, The Seven Ups, Dog Day Afternoon, The Taking of Pelham 123.

Any three Godzilla movies.

I'm assuming you might get three older movies for your $5.

Seconded. I'd recommend the original, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and either the 1985 remake or Terror of Mechagodzilla. I'd also recommend Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, but you have to see the previous two movies, or at least know what went on in them, to get the full impact.

Ah, Godzilla movies! The original is best if you can get a version without the Raymond Burr scenes (they were added only for the US market).