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Anybody else likes movies?

 

Anything you found nice should do it, no need to go legendary movies...

In example:

  • One of my favorite movies is the Fight Club. Pretty deep and heavy subtext about madness, creativity, social oppression, revolution and liberation, slaves in white collars and the fight against the system... That, also helped me develop a bit of taste for "mind fuck" movies (with that weird aura of being in a trip the whole movie)... movies that make you think and question reality and everything you know about something, those you can come out from with a new (or not so new) form of insight
  • In the same line we have The Matrix... basically the same, except with more action and cyberpunk fantasy in it... And of course V for Vendetta is also an emotive movie in the same topic
  • Also movies you might find entertaining, doesnt matter if it's just for the action sequences, sometimes, they're worth seeing too
  • If you can find good vampire movies these days they could make it to the list too... I'll just mention Interview With the Vampire and Coppola's Dracula.
  • I'll also mention the first Alien movie... redefined the gender, created a franchise and definitely caused me an impression
  • Consider beautiful movies like What Dreams may Come or movies that made you cry (anybody else cries with movies??)... I cried at the end of The Last Samurai and I also cried like a baby with The Green Mile... Just saw Peter Jackson's King Kong and after diving into the emotional background I felt like crying too... what a fucking tragedy that story...
  • Music helps a lot to make something emotive, so also good music in movies, talkin' about music that made you commit to the story and feel it, whether it's sadness, love, beauty, mind fuck or rage among others.

 

In sum, just anything you deem worthy of being seen, doesn't matter if it's "too mainstream" or not and nobody knows it... just something that could have helped you find your path in life, at a certain moment perhaps, something that shaped who you are, or left you thinking for days, something you considered an amazing scenery something beautiful/amazing/spectacular and/or awesome to watch, Something that perhaps got to your emotive side and took a tear or two out of you. 

 

That, and why you think it's worth watching

No trolling please, if you think it's a good movie doesn't matter if anybody else thinks it's not, it's your movie and it's your reasons

Anything goes, recommendations, comments, life experiences, reviews etc...

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I don't know if this counts, but since this is a Skyrim site after all. This is one of the movie that I made, it a story with some adults scenes in it, so only advices for 18+ audiences. If it's an adventure you seek, try it out (If you're over 18).

 

Mediafire: http://mfi.re/watch/1m4894sq2fxzavv/Black_Flag.wmv

 

More info here: http://www.loverslab.com/topic/40164-skyrim-movie-black-flag/

 

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I finally got The Raid 2 on dvd recently, been looking for it for a long time but could never seem to find it. Anyway, it....was....incredible. I love action movies, the more fighting and stuff the better, it's like porn to me, in fact I literally chubbed up at times from watching the fight scenes in the first Raid. This one has even more and better and more brutal fight scenes than the first, but also a much better and bigger story too. In fact I'd say it's the best action movie ever made.

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Pretty much all the Alien movies. Sure, some are way better than others, but I think the whole package is pretty awesome.

And while we are in the Alien Universe, you also have the Predator movies. The last three ones could be questionable, but I think they had the right ideas, but fucked it up along the way. Still, I am huge Predator fan.

 

Der Untergang (Downfall), based on reality, of Hitlers last days in his bunker. Not to mention, a fuck loads of "Hitler Parody" started to show up on Youtube shortly after. Still, I really like this video. It shows how fucked up Hitler were at the end.

 

Falling Down, a movie who portrays a man, when he just has enough, and snaps. Michael Douglas is just pure gold in this movie.

And while we are on the same subject, God Bless America, about a man, who one day, just has enough of all the fucked up stuff in our society.

 

The Time Machine. Yes, as you have prolly already guessed, it's about time traveling, and a mans struggle to correct certain events.

 

There is prolly tons of more movies out there, but these are the ones I could think of now.

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Entertainment = Army of darkness, is funny, fantastasy also weird

 

intellectual = Russian ark, it show the mounting phase isnt necessary for doing cinema, also have absurd photografy and scenografic powa

 

Horror extreme = Martys,  so extreme and also functionally cured in screenplay

 

 

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Pretty much all the Alien movies. Sure, some are way better than others, but I think the whole package is pretty awesome.

 

Yep... In preference I'd say, 1st and 4th, then 2nd and lastly 3rd... AvP 1 and I won't consider the 2nd cause me don't like it

Alien is still my favorite monster till the day... something so... primitive and survivalist about it...feels so... pure... not to mention the whole ancient thing the plot contains about the origins of it... Some people complain about Prometheus , probably they didn't get it... the whole design of the mythology is nothing else than a lovecraftian horror... that and the unique art designs by Giger... Just pure epicness

 

 

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I'll also agree on the Thing too

 

Just saw "Where the Wild Things Are"

An underground classic from what you find in internet culture

But seriously... they say this story is for children!??!!!

C'me on!! It's about a goddamn child with schizophrenia and dissosiative personality!

All the monsters are traits of him, all doing what they want and not even getting along while the poor sod escapes to a fantasy world to refuge from reality.

You can't seriously tell me that argument is for children!

 

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Where the wild things are is for children. It is imaginative and inventive. A world that a child can "retreat" into. Children retreat into worlds of their own all the time. I had that book as well and when a child I enjoyed it quite a bit.. Then again I am an alien... ;)

 

In all seriousness.. Most fairy tales and such from the past were graphic and violent if you trace them back to the original story. Generations grown up on those stories as well without major trauma or issues in fact some of the best minds and thinkers would have been told those stories ( from the early to late 19th century) before they were "sanitized". Even the little rascals and 3 stooges were shown during Saturday shows at the movie theater where cartoons were shone. (Early 1900 - 1940's. etc before the advent of TV's in every home)

 

I will have to find that movie so that I can see it and compare it to the book (memory).. I think I will enjoy it.

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Too many to fill them all in here...of course the usual suspects like Star Wars (all three parts of them ... wish they'd make movies about the clone wars and stuff, but upcoming sequels will do :) ) and Lord of the Rings surely...but its kinda lame talking about these so I'd rather post some older/less popular (nowadays) movies...

 

The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Robert deNiro, telling the story of how Al Capone was brought down by Elliot Ness and his crew of uncorruptable policemen. Whenever that one is on TV, I usually watch it. Can't really tell why. It's just entertaining me from start to finish. And damn the scene in the train station? Or when DeNiro uses a baseball-bat to ... prove his point? Just awesome, and I like how people dressed back then

 

Dark City: With Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland. Not much to say here to avoid spoilers but: Its a fascinating, kafka-esque-movie. Stunning visuals, mysterious story, a rather cool showdown. Simply a good movie that doesn't tread too much on mainstream-oaths but still is accessable enough for everyday-watchers like me ;)

 

Dragon Slayer: Maybe the darkest (non-cartoon) Disney-Movie ever made. Literally, as the sceneries are mostly lit by fire. Its set in the darkest of middleages. Magic is dying, and so are dragons. But AllyMcBeals assistant sets out to slay the last dragon and save the princess. Probably the best dragon-fantasy-movie ever made. And Vermithrax Pejorative is a much more badass name than Smaug too :dodgy:

 

Star Dust: Featuring the adoable Claire Danes as .. a Star. And Robert De Niro as a ... manlymanish sky-pirate. A beautiful, humourous fairytale-love-story based on a work by Neil Gaiman. What more to ask for? Lots of ideas, fun, action, Claire Danes looks gorgeous :D A movie perfect for the entire family, a romantic evening, or anything else

 

Excalibur: Simply the best movie about the Arthur-Saga. Period. Yes they run around in the most unrealistic armor but ... damn, a movie that uses teh Carmina Burana by Carl Orff? You can count me in. If you like fantasy and/or knights in a more serious setting? Watch it. 

 

I could go on and on like this. So many damn good movies...

 

 

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When it comes to movies, its a "I just saw a good movie" kind of thing with me. I don't watch movies very often, so I don't usually remember my "favorites".

 

That being said, I really think Bad Santa is a really good movie. It comes off as a raunchy anti-Christmas movie, but I think all the little details in it make it a really great movie. Without spoiling too much, the characters are well done in both a serious and comedic manner, all loose ends get tied up, and I really love how it end. It makes me tear up a little each time.

 

Click is another one that comes to mind when I think of good comedies that make me think much more than I thought I would. I expected a comedy that involved toying around with the universe. I got a comedy that goes to surprisingly dark places. Also made me cry a little bit.

 

As a side note, how do you add spoiler tags on here, for future reference?

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Let's see the original first two tmnt movies

the batman movies with Michael Keaton

Shaun of the dead

Back to the future 1-3

Rush Hour 1-2

Total Recall

Predator

Terminator 1-2

Commando

Rocky 1-4

The first Matrix

Cloverfield

Ace Ventura 1-2

Lair Lair

Dumb and Dumber

Superbad

Knocked Up

Ghostbusters

Zombie Land

Indiana Jones 1-3

The original Star Wars movies

Big

Castaway

Forest Gump

Crank 1-2

Transporter 1-3

Double Impact

Time Cop

Bloodsport

Trimmers

Home Alone

Spirited Away

Appleseed Ex machina 

Ghost in the Shell

Akira

Ninja Scroll

Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D Blood Lust

Blade 1-2

Spaceballs

 

 

 

 

Those are some that come to mind

 

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The greatest movies for me:

 

Holy Mountain

Santa Sangre

Fight Club

Haxxan

Forces Occultes

House of Rothschild

Twin Peaks

PIG

All of the Monty Python movies

LOTR and Hobbit saga

Star Wars Saga

Cloud Atlas

Endgame: A blueprint to global enslavement

Vikings series

Valhalla Rising

Viy (Russian movie about a priest and a witch)

Russian mythological cartoon movies

Berserk ARK

Apocalypto

Belcebu: Soy tu puta del infierno

Isi Disi 1 and 2

El día de la bestia

 

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