****Official "Recommend Movies to Rent at the Video Store" Thread****

[GrandmaStabone]

I am a big fan of movies. I go to the video store about 4x/week. I used to never have problems finding movies. Friend's would recommend them, I would get great movies I had always heard about but never seen, etc.

Now I can wonder around in that God-forsaken place for hours and never find anything that strikes me. I sometimes employ the "random pick" but with very little success. I have quite a few friends who are movie buffs and their recommendations were always good because I respected their taste in things . Now I am so desperate that I take the advice of complete tools at work which usually ends up with me mindlessly watching Boat Trip or White Chicks *shudder*.

Inspired by another movie-related post, I would like to have a thread of movie recommendations. The average 2p2'er is relatively intelligent, so your picks are welcomed. I will drop some of my own recommendations if there generates some interest, and hopefully some decent movie-related debate will ensue.

[GrandmaStabone]

I will start this off by recommending

Waking Life

Mystery Science Theater 3000 : The Movie

Grass (if you have any interest in the War on Drugs)

[jason_t]

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I just watched this when I was in NYC a couple of weekends ago. Awesome idea.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

War of Words or Word Wars (the one about Scrabble pros)

Spellbound

Mr. Show Dvds

-Craig

[Backstabr]

Time to get netflix, dude.

[Wes ManTooth]

City of God

[Popinjay]

My Life as a Dog

saddest movie ever

[plaster8]

Two documentaries:
American Movie
One Day in September
(I also second the "Word Wars" nomination)

Two other movies:
Citizen Ruth
All the President's Men (why not, what with all the Deep Throat stuff in the news -- it's actually a very good movie, I thought)

[Senor Choppy]

The Incredibles.

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City of God

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[GrandmaStabone]

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City of God

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I have seen this. It was very good, but overrated IMO...

[GrandmaStabone]

May I also offer

The Big Kahuna

House of Sand and Fog

I Heart Huckabees

[Moozh]

Best movie of last year:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[GrandmaStabone]

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Best movie of last year:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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meh

[WillMagic]

You really, really have to get Netflix. That way you can actually get some of the more obscure movies.

That said...go see:

Lone Star
Being There
Le Samourai
Yojimbo

- Will

[WillMagic]

No. Close, but no.

Last year's best movies:

1) Million Dollar Baby
2) Before Sunset
3) The Incredibles
4) Maria Full of Grace
5) Hotel Rwanda
6) Eternal Sunshine
7) Sideways
8) Garden State
9) Kill Bill v. II
10) Closer

[smokingrobot]

Carol Reed's The Third Man

Anatomy of a Murder

The Big Sleep

The Killing of A chinese Bookie (cassavetes [sp?], not his best but good nonetheless)

Solaris (the original by Tarkovsky; NOT the george clooney one)

all of wes anderson's movies (obvious)

all of the movies that Charlie Kauffmann wrote the script

The Thin Red Line (by far one of the best war films out there)

which connects us to wong kar wai's

Chungking Express
or
Fallen Angels

(they were supposed to be one flick, but were divded into two)

8 1/2

The Holy Girl (i havent seen it but my friend whose opinions on movies i trust like no other wouldnt shut up about this flick)

Waking Life (linklater)

5 easy pieces

Chinatown

if i think of anything else i'll add it.

[smokingrobot]

charlie kaufman is a genius.

[smokingrobot]

i really think eternal sunshine was a much better film than you have on your list there... the incredibles was fun, but nowhere does it compare to the other movies on your list.

i dont know, im all about kaufman's writing, i think he is the best film writer of present day.

also, how about lost in translation? was that released in 04? or 03?

[smokingrobot]

netflix. yes.