[wishlist] to-see checklist
Submitted by Nick Vane on Mon, 09/16/2002 - 08:04
Tags:
- Triumph of the Will
- anyting by Buster Keaton from the 1920s
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Nashville
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- The Harder They Come
- A Clockwork Orange
- Slackers
- Waking Life
- Help!
- Let It Be
- Gimme Shelter
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Parenthood
- Annie Hall
- Six-String Samurai
- Ran
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Don't Look Back
- The Last Waltz
- Being John Malkovich
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
- Shaft
- Shaft Goes to Africa
- A Beautiful Mind
- Dancer in the Dark
- The Breakfast Club
- Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
- Pulp Fiction
- Lagaan
- Car Wash
- Requiem For a Dream
- Fargo
- On the Waterfront
- Some Like It Hot
- The Dirty Dozen
- MASH
- American Beauty
- Strange Parallel
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- El Mariachi
- Kurt and Courtney
- Trainspotting
- Billy Elliott
- Little Nicky
- Mr. Deeds
- Life of Brian
- All You Need Is Cash
- 24-Hour Party People
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
- Rock and Roll High School
- Donnie Darko
- 8 Mile
- Phone Booth
- I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
- The Kid Stays in the Picture
- Sling Blade
- Monsters, Inc.
- The Laramie Project
- Krush Groove
- The Blob
- Dog Day Afternoon
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- The Godfather
- The Godfather, Part II
- The Godfather, Part III
- SLC Punk
- HWY
- 200 Motels
- Head
- Children of the Corn
- Stop Making Sense
- The Song Remains the Same
- Blank Generation
- À Nous la Liberté
- Modern Times
- La Dolce Vita
Author Comments:
yeah...I haven't watched a whole lot of stuff. chalk it up to reluctance to pay theatre prices, to a lack of friends who want to see offbeat (and/or crappy) films, or just to plain ignorance, but there are a lot of movies I would like to see at some point in my life.
it may take years, but i'd like to clear out a large chunk of this list.
any recommendations?
The Seven Samurai is probably my favorite movie from this list, but there are lots of great ones on here. I only recently saw Trainspotting myself and loved it. And it's nice to see The Hudsucker Proxy on here - it doesn't often make anybody's "to see" list, and many folks don't seem to care for it much in relation to other Coen movies, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit. Of course, I saw it when it came out and that was quite awhile ago now. I should rewatch it to see if I still feel the same way.
You should post a "movies I like" list or something like that. I'm also partial to the Favorites by Genre lists if you're looking for a template. That would make it easier to give recommendations, since we'll have a better idea of what you've already seen and what you like.
good call. i'll work on that today.
...and it's done three weeks later.
Hi Nick, I enjoyed your Favorites by Genre list, but it turns out I'm not smart enough to tell you what you should watch from this list based on a few of your favorites. So I did this instead.
Sweetness. You're a good man.
On a rainy day, when you're in a romantic mood, watch Hannah and her Sisters
Read the book, then watch A Clockwork Orange
Watch Dancer in the Dark alone, when you're in the mood to really concentrate
Dude - Watch the Breakfast Club TODAY with as many people and refreshments as possible, and not the edited for TV version
Lagaan - wonderful wonderful. Watch only with people who don't make fun of cheesiness, and be prepared for a long sit
El Mariachi - watch as a double-feature with Desperado. Very different but complementary
You could also have drug night with Requiem and Trainspotting. Watch Requiem second though. My friend Nathan and I couldn't talk after watching it.
Donnie Darko - don't try to figure it out when you first watch it.
God, there are so many great ones (and ones I haven't seen) on this list, I wish I could watch them all with you. Hope my advice is helpful and not annoying.
See Godfather I and II RIGHT NOW.