MovieFest 2002

[jackofallgeeks]

Rachel and I are trying to get a list of movies to see, and I thought I'd post it here so I can't lose it. If anyone has anything that might be added, let me know.


MoviesList

Dead Poet's Society

Momento

Lord of the Rings (extended)

Dogma

Clerks

Chasing Amy

Mallrats

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

A Beautiful Mind

A Fish Named Wanda

Two Towers (Rachel's Production)

Spy Game

Spiderman

StarWars - Episode Two

Donnie Darko

The Usual Suspects

Time Machine

What Dreams May Come

Thirteenth Floor

Philadelphia Story

Bringing Up Baby

When Harry Met Sally

American History X

Pulp Fiction

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Girl Interrupted

Streetcar Named Desire

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Gone in 60 Seconds

Braveheart

Swing Kids

Center Stage

Saving Private Ryan

We Were Soldiers

Brotherhood Of The Wolf

Monsters Inc.

Sum of All Fears

Changing Lanes

Amalie

Playing By Heart

Simone

Requiem for a Dream

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Three Musketeers

6 String Samurai

Kate and Leopold

Office Space

Oceans Eleven

Hunt For Red October

Patriot Games

Clear And Present Danger

Feel the Jealousy

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Comments

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Here's one: Feel the Jealousy.

::goes away to gnaw on herself for awhile::

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

We love you! We'll think of you!

While we're watching all kinds of movie and having a lovely time! :-P

[(Anonymous)]

Harrison Bergeron. It's got Sean Austin (Samwise from Lord of the Rings) in it. It's a really good movie and has an interesting plotline. Kinda sci-fi. If you find it, you should watch it.

-m.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what she said. ^__^

[bsgnome.livejournal.com]

Hmm, no Blade Runner?

I personally loved that movie, if only for the psycological effect it had on you in the end.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

And they're so happy...to crush my soul. ::sobs:: I'm SO unloved.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Hush now, you. You're soul has not yet felt the Great Mighty Crushing Might Of... uhm... us...
Gimmew a minute, here...I can come up with better than that...
>_

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Point well taken, and I agree it was good - especially for the interesting twist they put in it.
However, this list was compiled of movies we both knew we wanted to see (well, it started with Jersey Binge Night, and kinda snowballed...). I've seen it quite recently, so... -Shrugs-

[surichan.livejournal.com]

"Harrison Bergeron" was awesome, but the end destroyed my soul...someday I'll have to seek out the Vonnegut story and read it, though, because the premise was immensely interesting.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

...merf. (Translation: I WANNA WATCH MOVIES TOO! ::petulant petulant::)


Although y'know...I only live 4 hours away...but I gots to go home to Va Beach, yessir I do... ::kicks feebly at the ground::

[giantewok.livejournal.com]

3 musketeers. you can't go wrong with three musketeers (and the one with keifer sutherland, mind you. not with craptaculer british actor)
all 3 evil dead, although if your going for laughs just do army of darkness
6 string samurai- best movie ever.
the indiana jones movies are always worth another watch
the musketeer. this is a prequal type thing to 3 musketeers... and it is worth it.
the frighteners. funny. ass. shit.
kate and leopold. romantic w/ slight sci-fi theme
night of the living dead, classic. that would be the black and white.. and it has one of the funniest lines ever. "their dead man... really messed up."
mel brooks. aka men in tights, history of the world, bla bla bla
lastly: monty python.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

The Bencreature does have a few good points - I think I may be interested in seeing 'Kate and Leopold' and 'Army of Darkness' is about as classic as... well, OK, it can't really make par with Mel Brooks or Monty Python, but it's grand. Boomsticks do that to a movie.

And he's right - Indiana Jones, Monty Python, and Mel Brooks are classic...
Rachel, you HAVE seen 'Blazing Saddles,' right?

[paladintm.livejournal.com]

Ok, broke out the DVD's.... (Took me so long.) Yeah.. you wanna talk about classics, why not Office Space? or Rudy? (that has Sean Astin in it). Or the latest Comic book turned movie, Spiderman? Then you have Ocean's Eleven... a suspensful technological comedy/mystery/robbery, based off Sinatra's old troop's original.

Good marks for including Time Machine, Sum of all Fears (why not Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger or Hunt for Red October? (Hunt is a classic too.), as well as Gone in 60 Seconds. (Best of the best for watching cars, if its the remake with Cage, but I think the original is good too.)

Ah well, just a few *more* opinions...

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

:-) I like your taste.

Three Musketeers: Andrew, if you haven't seen it, this is now on the list also. I LOVE it.
Indiana Jones: Also classics. Love them.
The Musketeer: Ok... not so much. I had issues. We're not wasting time on this one Andrew.
Kate & Leopold: You'd like this one Andrew. It's good.
Mel Brooks: Wonderful man. :-) I've seen Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstien, Men In Tights, and Spaceballs. I think the ones I'm missing are the more obscure of his collection. They are so funny! :-)
Monty Python: "Come back here! I'll bite your legs off!" :-)

Now to continue looking at the comments. :-)

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

Office Space: FUNNY! Epitomizes why I will never have a desk job if I have any say in the matter. :-)
Rudy: A classic... but kind of slow. Heart warming though.
Spiderman: I need to see this one!
Oceans Eleven: WONDERFUL! So intriguing, and great actors.
Hunt For Red October: Andrew, this has been added. I have wanted to see this for a while... let's do it!
Patriot Games: Also need to see it.
Clear And Present Danger: Yups. Need to see it.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

My own (no moof added) suggestions for the list:

Cube
American Beauty
Gattaca
The Last of the Mohicans
Mulholland Drive
The Shawshank Redemption
Stigmata
Adrian Lyne's Lolita

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Of those:

I've seen, uhm...Cube, I guess...
I'm quite interested in seeing Stigmata and (grudgingly so) American Beauty
I've heard of Lolita (though perhaps not that version), Shawshank Redemption, and Last of the Mohicans (though I just barely got through the book on that one >_< )

And, isn't Gattaca an old Arcade Game?

[starlight1184.livejournal.com]

Cube: Have not seen. Don't know what it is.
American Beauty: OH MY GOD! I love this movie. Andrew, it is full of nudity and sex and cussing... but amidst all that is a beautiful story. And wonderful acting.
Gattaca: I definately want to see this.
The Last of the Mohicans: Good movie. Very good movie.
Mulholland Drive: Eh. Never seen it, but not feeling a huge pulling to. Should I?
The Shawshank Redemption: Yups... need to see this one.
Stigmata: Also this one. :-)
Adrian Lyne's Lolita: Eh? Don't know?

Thanks Leslie! We still love you!

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you've also seen "Donnie Darko". This does not stop you from seeing it again, especially since Rachel hasn't.

There's a book for "Last of the Mohicans"? I think the movie is fantastic.

"The Shawshank Redemption" is one of the finest movies in the world, in my humble opinion. And "Gattaca" is a movie I think you'd really enjoy. It's awesome, intelligent, and has beautiful cinematography.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

"Cube" is one of my favorite films. Two months or so back I wrote a fanfic for it and posted it in my journal. I really love it - think it's a fantastic movie.

"American Beauty" - get Andrew to see it, Rachel, if only for Kevin Spacey. He's so marvelous in it.

"Gattaca" I think you would love, for the same reasons as I gave Andrew. Plus, it's the only good movie I've ever seen Jude Law in (have yet to see "Road to Perdition", though. The boy has talent, and he's wasted on crap movies like "Immortality" and "eXistenZ". Jude absolutely steals the show in "Gattaca".

"Mulholland Drive" is by the director of Twin Peaks - dunno if that means anything to you, but I think it's a really good movie. Rather convoluted, though - you have to be in the mood to really examine it deeply, in order to understand what goes on, or the end and many occurences scattered throughout the film will confuse the hell out of you. Also, there's some lesbianism, which may or may not throw you off.

Adrian Lyne's "Lolita" is the version where Jeremy Irons plays Humbert - I believe it's the finest retelling of the story I know of. It still leaves a lot out, but I think it portrays the truth of Humbert's tragic tale very nicely. And Jeremy Irons is incredible.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

I was so close to putting a disclaimer in there saying 'None of thise is meant as a judgment on seeing or not-seeing any of these movies, it's only stating the facts. M'am.' I suppose maybe I should have, at that.

Yes, Cube is a good movie, and if Rachel hasn't seen it, I think it'd be a good touch. The girl was cute, too - even made me forget it was Clarissa. ^_^

Yes, there's a book, but the language is what threw me - it's, I donno, colonial or something, and I had trouble following.

I've head good things about the Shawshank Redemption, though I have no idea what it's about, and if what you say about Gattaca is true, it definately makes the list.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Clarissa?! You mean Melissa Joan Hart from "Clarissa Explains It All"?? You think she's Leaven?????? O__o Andrew, I'm shocked and horrified. Her name is Nicole DeBoer.

"Gattaca" is amazing. See it, love it. Jude Law steals the show, Uma Thurman is perfect porcelain 30's movie actress-style gorgeousness, and I even liked Ethan Hawke.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

*Gasp*
That explains alot, I'll say.
In THAT case, I find myself completely justified in saying she was really pretty. ^_^

[surichan.livejournal.com]

She sure is. ^____^ 'Specially with Worth.