[geargrrl]

Mr. GG just had surgery so we will be in mega-movie mode here shortly.. So we've seen a lot. We're on the flat fee program at our local store but we have just added Netflix due to the somewhat limited selection.

Looking for recs:
Thrillers/suspense( not too many dead bodies)
Action, good plots help.
Heist flicks ( seen a lot of these)
Really funny stuff ( most of Hollywood's sophomoric crap doesn't qualify)
Great adventure classics ( Great Escape)

I know I can count on you monkies....

 

[stinkyboy]

Way Downtown is way better than Office Space IMO. There Will Be Blood amazed me.

I watched The Strangers only 'cause Liv was in it and it was horrible.

My 2¢.

 

[geargrrl]

That's interesting. Way Downtown comes up in imdb, but not netflix?

 

[stinkyboy]

That's interesting. Way Downtown comes up in imdb, but not netflix?

It's a Canadian film, and I had a hard time scoring a decent torrent, but here's a trailer:

http://www.spike.com/video/waydowntown-trailer/2418683

 

[stevew]

rififi
band of outsiders
green for danger
le samourai
harper
le cercle rouge
the third man
the killing
season one of the wire (if you have a pulse you will want to rent the following seasons)
season one and two of brotherhood
once upon a time in the west
purple moon (supposed to be vastly superior than its remake, the talented mr. ripley)
kingdom of heaven (directors cut extended edition)

 

[pnj]

Death at a Funeral

 

[Straya]

If you like black comedies do yourself a favour and dredge a copy of Divorcing Jack.

Its Irish and might be difficult to find but would be worth it.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Layer Cake is good

 

[Nick]

The Erotic Adventures of Fuzzy SnuggleDuck.

 

[ironspoke]

I'd suggest:

Any of the Pink Panther movies (Strikes Again is my personal fav)
Tommy Boy
Spinal Tap
Princess Bride
Rounders
Best in Show
Big Lebowski
Stripes
Blazing Saddles
Road House (best guy movie ever!)
Slap Shot
American History X
Shawshank Redemption
Where Eagles Dare
Every which way but loose
Ronin (best action driving sequences ever!)
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Caddyshack
Dumb and Dumber
Being There
Spies Like Us
Three Amigos
High Anxiety (tremendous, forgotten Mel Brooks movie)
LA Confidential
A Good Year
Fight Club



Just a few of my favorites that I can think of off the top of my head

 

[Kevin]

Baseketball by Trey Parker and Matt Stone

The Descent

Into the Wild

 

[PatBranch]

Eurotrip

 

[sanjuro]

Mr. GG just had surgery so we will be in mega-movie mode here shortly.. So we've seen a lot. We're on the flat fee program at our local store but we have just added Netflix due to the somewhat limited selection.

Looking for recs:
Thrillers/suspense( not too many dead bodies)
Action, good plots help.
Heist flicks ( seen a lot of these)
Really funny stuff ( most of Hollywood's sophomoric crap doesn't qualify)
Great adventure classics ( Great Escape)

I know I can count on you monkies....

Heist
Ronin

 

[daisycutter]

The kentucky fried movie

 

[jimmydean]

I have been going through a ton of movies. Last night i watched "this film is not yet rated". Another monkey said it was good.

 

[DirtyMike]

Benchwarmers.

 

[Damo]

The Fall.

 

[maddog17]

I'd suggest:

Any of the Pink Panther movies (Strikes Again is my personal fav)
Tommy Boy
Spinal Tap
Princess Bride
Rounders
Best in Show
Big Lebowski
Stripes
Blazing Saddles
Road House (best guy movie ever!)
Slap Shot
American History X
Shawshank Redemption
Where Eagles Dare
Every which way but loose
Ronin (best action driving sequences ever!)
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Caddyshack
Dumb and Dumber
Being There
Spies Like Us
Three Amigos
High Anxiety (tremendous, forgotten Mel Brooks movie)
LA Confidential
A Good Year
Fight Club



Just a few of my favorites that I can think of off the top of my head

good list!! you left off The Blues Brothers, Clerks, Midway, Alien, Office Space, Psycho, Godzilla movies, the Clint Eastwood Spagetti Westerns

 

[jimmydean]

We did a Kevin Smith marathon a few months back.

Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay and Silent Bod Strike Back
Clerks II

I skipped Jersey Girl.

 

[cannondalejunky]

the producers (the new version is HILARIOUS)

 

[geargrrl]

Thanks - I'll check someof those out. We've seen quite a few of the recs, but that's a good indicator that I should check out the rest of them.

Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay and Silent Bod Strike Back
Clerks II

The only things that Ben Affleck did ( with the exception of Goodwill Hunting) that are any good.

the producers (the new version is HILARIOUS)

That was a good one.

Any of the Pink Panther movies (Strikes Again is my personal fav)
Tommy Boy
Spinal Tap
Princess Bride
Rounders
Best in Show
Big Lebowski
Stripes
Blazing Saddles
Road House (best guy movie ever!)
Slap Shot
American History X
Shawshank Redemption
Where Eagles Dare
Every which way but loose
Ronin (best action driving sequences ever!)
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Caddyshack
Dumb and Dumber
Being There
Spies Like Us
Three Amigos
High Anxiety (tremendous, forgotten Mel Brooks movie)
LA Confidential
A Good Year
Fight Club

I've only got issues with Jim Carrey and anything with chimpanzees in it.

 

[jimmydean]

I watch a lot of documentaries and indie films and netflix has a good selection of them.

 

[geargrrl]

I watch a lot of documentaries and indie films and netflix has a good selection of them.

That is where our local chain store ( Hollywood) falls really short. It's great for new releases and mainstream-ish but jeez, they don't even have Dirty Harry. WTF? So I'm making lists now, what to get from where.

 

[ironspoke]

I've only got issues with Jim Carrey and anything with chimpanzees in it.

Ha! Yeah but its an orangutan in the those tremendous Clint flicks of the early 80's.

I have a few friends who cant stand Jim Carrey and I cant get them to even try "Dumb and Dumber." I maintain that it is one of the funniest movies of the 90s.


Also, regarding action I forgot the "Bourne" movies but you cant go wrong with them, especially the first one.

Also...."Training Day" with Denzel and Ethan Hawk. Fantastic flick.

 

[geargrrl]

I knew it was some kind of primate but I knew if I said "no movies with monkies" I might upset someone here

Jim Carrey was SO funny on "In Living Color" but I just can't handle his movies.

 

[jimmydean]

Emmanuel's Gift

 

[MikeD]

Into the Wild

For me to poop on.



Pick up a copy of Pan's Labyrinth if you can.

Thank You for Smoking was good.

If there's any way you can find a copy of "OSS 117 (Cairo, Nest of Spies)", a French comedy from a few years back that was released in English subtitles last year, it will be the best cinematic investment you can make. Truly, hysterically funny.

Ed: Oh, documentaries- try "Surfwise" and "Young at Heart"

Ed II: Netflix is also great for good TV series on DVD--"Deadwood" is simply unmissable IMHO. "Heroes" for some lighter (?) but still quality fare IMHO. And "Boston Legal" is really, *really* funny even if the politics are less than entirely subtle and the legal proceedings less than in tune with reality.

 

[Da Peach]

I have been going through a ton of movies. Last night i watched "this film is not yet rated". Another monkey said it was good.

A ringing endorsement if I ever heard one.

 

[bikenweed]

Netflix has all of these:

Scotland PA
Pecker, by John Waters (hilarious and not too weird)
Bullitt (with Steve McQueen)
Get Carter (the 1971 version, not the Sylvestor Stallone remake)
Amelie
Scarface, both the 1930's original and the 1980's Al Pacino remake

And of course, the usual Donnie Darko/Requiem for a Dream/Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels/Snatch/Reservoir Dogs/Fargo/Blow/etc.

 

[Da Peach]

Lost Highway (effed up)

 

[moff_quigley]

Pick up a copy of Pan's Labyrinth if you can.

Try The Orphanage as well. Freakin' awesome movies.

If you can stomach Tim Allen, Galaxy Quest is a hoot. As is Spaceballs. How aboot Zoolander?

Memento
The Twilight Samurai

You could really geek out and do what I call "Dork of the Rings" and watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy back to back to back. Bonus dork points if you watch the extended versions.

If you guys like animation, stuff like Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies will be worth checking out too.

 

[Zark]

The City of lost Children
13th floor
Suburbia (old punk movie)
Hot wet american summer (rolling on the floor, pissing yourself funny)
The fall of western civilization part II (not intentionally funny, but hairbands make me laugh!)

 

[geargrrl]

( scribbling more notes on the movies to look for list...)

You guys rock, and the best part is that I think some of us are on the same page more or less.

Pecker, by John Waters (hilarious and not too weird)

OMFG, that one was awesome, saw it years ago. It makes me wonder what you think would be really weird!

Pick up a copy of Pan's Labyrinth if you can.

Anyone seen Devil's Backbone? It's one he made prior to Pan's Labyrinth. Quite good imo.

You could really geek out and do what I call "Dork of the Rings" and watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy back to back to back. Bonus dork points if you watch the extended versions.

Uh, I have two sons ( now 19 & 22) who I think wore the DVD's out in a zillion marathons. I may have to wait a few years to revisit this. Of course we have the extended versions.

If you can stomach Tim Allen, Galaxy Quest is a hoot. As is Spaceballs. How aboot Zoolander?

Ben Stiller is funny. All of those were pretty good, (mel brooks is awesome) more along the lines of what I can stand for humor.

In the "is it just me?" department: We ended up with Forgetting Sarah Marshall by default the other night, and to me it represents what is so lame about many American comedies. We kept waiting for it to get funny. It didn't go nearly far enough in any direction. Mr. GG's comment was that he was too stoned from the morphine to get up and turn it off.

 

[stevew]

Ed II: Netflix is also great for good TV series on DVD--"Deadwood"

The spy speaketh the truth.

 

[BigMike]

Hope Mr. GG heals up quickly!

One of my favorite movies, which would fall under your suspense catagory, is Primal Fear. Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, great cast, great acting!

On the same lines, since I think Ed Norton is great, a heist movie is The Score. If you haven't seen it, you should Marlin Brando, Robert Deniro, Ed Norton, great!


And for Funny, My Cousin Vinny is always a winner

 

[gsweet]

the boondock saints
the usual suspects
rushmore
the thomas crown affair
papillion (steve mcqueen and dustin hoffman in an escape from everything)
cool hand luke
raising arizona

just some off the top o' the 'ol noggin

 

[AlmostHeaven]

been on a big western kick myself lately...
a couple must-see's of the genre recently include:

The Proposition (if you like westerns, you will buy a copy, i guarantee)
3:10 to Yuma (another classic recently made)
There Will Be Blood (mentioned before but deserves another)
Appaloosa (not on DVD yet but highly recommended!!!)

other faves of mine include:
Inside Man
Thank You For Smoking
The Last King of Scotland
A History of Violence
Shottas (Jamaican version of Scarface, basically. starring Ky-mani Marley)
-Snatch
-Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrels
-Revolver (last 3 listed were directed by Guy Ritchie; all classics)
A Scanner Darkly
Made
Traffic
Man on Fire
40 Year-Old Virgin
Grandma's Boy
Syriana
The Bank Job
Catch Me If You Can

seems like I'm still forgetting lots of good movies, but I think that should be a good start for thinking off the top of my head...
hope it helped!

EDIT: how could I forget?! if you haven't, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a MUST-SEE!!

 

[geargrrl]

th
the thomas crown affair

original or remake?

Tonight Sean Connery in A Bridge Too Far is up.

 

[gsweet]

both, oddly enough. they each carry their own flavor...

 

[ironspoke]

the boondock saints
the usual suspects
rushmore
the thomas crown affair
papillion (steve mcqueen and dustin hoffman in an escape from everything)
cool hand luke
raising arizona

just some off the top o' the 'ol noggin

Nice list. I forgot about Rushmore. The scene with the Who's "A quick one" is fantastic.

Someone also mentioned Zoolander. That flick is so underappreciated IMO.