Shallow Grave. Quite an interesting film about 3 flat mates who end up with a lot of money and how each of the three deal with each other and the fact they killed to get it.

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It's an enjoyable film.

tofucake

Hyrule19221 Posts

June 14 2010 05:53 GMT

#502

Don't know if these have been said yet:
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Bill Murray

United States9292 Posts

June 14 2010 05:56 GMT

#503

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On June 05 2010 18:57 Golden Ghost wrote:
Banlieue 13 (district B13, great action movie with a interesting setting)
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Pandorum (fast paced mind fuck that doesn't give you the time to piece the story together yourself)
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La cité des enfants perdus (the city of the lost children, beautiful and strange. you probably love it or you hate it)
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Shoot 'em up (fast paced shootouts and humorous one-liners)
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Surfer, dude (relaxed movie. really great soundtrack)
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Thank you for smoking
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The escapist
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The fall (very beautiful camerawork although the story might be a little strange at times)
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The prestige
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Valhalla rising (saw it yesterday. very minimalistic movie with minimal dialogue/action/explanations)

Whatever works
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No time for more info / trailers.
Have to go.

I hate to disagree, but I felt "Whatever Works" sucked

Baxter

Australia45 Posts

June 14 2010 09:30 GMT

#504

It's a fairly old movie but if you like planes/and cursed people on the run its a great movie.. Hayao Miyazaki best flick imo but I'm biased cause I grew up watching this movie.

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Princess Mononoke is also a great movie, it's about the rise of man over the gods. I guess you could it a precursor to the earth being turned into a concrete jungle. Also Directed by Hayao Miyazaki!

Salteador Neo

Andorra5591 Posts

June 14 2010 19:03 GMT

#505

The Man from Earth was pretty awesome :D Thanks TL for the recommendation.

hejakev

Sweden518 Posts

June 14 2010 20:13 GMT

#506

Some of these aren't really hidden, though they're certainly gems.

I had really low expectations, but it was actually awesome:
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Cadgers

United States514 Posts

June 14 2010 21:33 GMT

#507

I just finished Oldboy, which was fantastic. Does anyone have any other films in a similar vein or should I just keep checking out stuff by Park Chan-wook?

architekt

Germany64 Posts

June 14 2010 23:26 GMT

#508

watched porco rosso a few weeks ago and was getting really emotional xD
still i think howl moving castle is the best miyazaki. if you guys have kids..., show them every single miyazaki movie!

Miss_Cleo

United States406 Posts

June 15 2010 00:53 GMT

#509

Just watched the man from earth, loved it.

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet, grossly underrated and hilarious.
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e.soul[gm]

Sierra Leone254 Posts

June 15 2010 01:47 GMT

#510

On June 14 2010 02:54 FJ wrote:
Shallow Grave. Quite an interesting film about 3 flat mates who end up with a lot of money and how each of the three deal with each other and the fact they killed to get it.

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It's an enjoyable film.

started off awesome, got ridiculous at the end. you can tell it was boyles first film. he must have learned a lot from it.

Licmyobelisk

Philippines3682 Posts

June 15 2010 03:14 GMT

#511

is this considered as a hidden gem? because this is so good and I didn't even hear that it came out wordwide

bmml

United Kingdom962 Posts

June 16 2010 00:45 GMT

#512

On June 10 2010 03:20 JFKWT wrote:
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Hi, I hope that this hasn't been reposted:

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Story about a bootleg school band that was supposed to play in the stead of the main band who was unable to (watch the movie to prevent spoilering). Pretty interesting and inspirational, probably not as trend setting as K-on! but certainly heart warming (along the lines of Music of the Heart). Apparently award winning in Japan, so I dunno if this is a "hidden gem"

According to the wiki entry: "Many of the girls really could not play these instruments[1] , and they did play the performances in the film, after training for only 5 months[2]. To prove this was not movie-magic, a tour was organized after the film with a live CD released shortly after.

Finally got around to watching this and thanks for the recommendation! was a great feel good film and reinvigorated my lost love of Jazz. Truely heartwarming.

snorlax637

United States11 Posts

June 16 2010 03:09 GMT

#513

Some of my favorite movies that I just randomly found and have loved ever since:

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A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo, Japan and form an unlikely bond.

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After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.

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Bruce Lee's shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is.

Ghost151

United States290 Posts

June 16 2010 10:16 GMT

#514

Finding Nemo - probably the only kid's movie that any adult could actually stand to watch stand alone, without nostalgic feelings for cartoons. Great humor and a solid plot.

Mononoke Hime/Princess Mononoke - Some cheesy American voice acting but this movie is BAD ASS, a far cry from the rest of the anime the US was introduced to in the 90's. The theme of the movie is about mankind's desecration of the natural world and the consequences, and includes some typical character archetypes that we all know and love, keeping things familiar. Also, plenty of gratuitous violence!

Frailty - Thriller/Horror flick with Bill Paxton; stumbled upon this one in the wee hours of the morning when I couldn't sleep. The ending really blew me away, and makes the events of the movie that much more awesome

Shaun of the Dead - Probably the greatest zombie film of all time after the original Romero movie. I thought the idea was stupid but I was soundly shut up by the presentation. It's all about the delivery in this one: Simon Pegg and co. do an amazing job of keeping things fresh and funny in the grim scenario they're in. Also, zombies! yay! One of my favorite movies ever now, and it completely won me over from my original position that I was going to hate it.

Silent Hill - THIS IS THE ONLY VIDEO GAME MOVIE EVER THAT DOES NOT SUCK. Actually just as creepy and messed up as the plot of some of the games. Blew me away in terms of quality.

That's all I have for now, from personal experiences.

And to the people touting Equilibrium....

Why? It's a very typical B-grade sci-fi/action flick. Sure, it's similar to the matrix series in genre but it's totally inferior (compared to the first movie). I was very nonplussed the whole way through. It reminds me of movies like Blade...definitely not that great.

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

June 16 2010 12:45 GMT

#515

Waking Life

Manit0u

Poland17765 Posts

June 16 2010 12:57 GMT

#516

On June 15 2010 06:33 Cadgers wrote:
I just finished Oldboy, which was fantastic. Does anyone have any other films in a similar vein or should I just keep checking out stuff by Park Chan-wook?

You know of course that Oldboy is a part of the trilogy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_Trilogy

Scaramanga

Australia8093 Posts

June 16 2010 12:59 GMT

#517

v for vendetta
thank you for smoking
those are the two i heard wernt that good and went in with low expectations, boy were they wrong

braammbolius

179 Posts

June 16 2010 14:57 GMT

#518

Great acting, great setting, great dialog, great music, great visuals, great movie.
Although it might not be for everyone, i would sincerely suggest it to EVERYONE

Uwe Boll is my new heroe, went into this expecting a total shitfest but what do u know, best movie
in like 3 years EASY. Forget all the (deserved) Uwe Boll hate, this movie is the nuts.

Flaccid

8909 Posts

June 16 2010 14:59 GMT

#519

Shitty movies that I loved (for whatever reason):

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Hell yah

barbsq

United States5348 Posts

June 16 2010 20:31 GMT

#520

12 angry men is quite possibly my favorite movie of all time. and no1 ever seems to have heard of it. once you get over the fact that its black and white, the dialogue and acting in the film are so superb, you dont end up realizing that there are absolutely 0 special effects and minimal, if any, 'fancy visuals'. i highly recommend, and i really wish more movies would be made like this.