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[fineleg]

Any English Movie Recommendations for Friday Night at the Theaters?
(Temporary thread - will delete or move it later).

I think some of the new movies running in theaters in USA are:
INSIDE MAN, ICE-AGE2 (cartoon, yes), (new)Pink Panther....

Any recommendations?

[kingcool1432]

U left out Basic Instinct 2, how cud u  

[kban1]

Constant gardener - good movie
Wedding crashers -- funny

both on DVD

Syriana -- good, but in theatres

[kingcool1432]

Anyway, haven't seen it yet but hear "V for Vendetta" is good, if u dont mind the violence .. Made by The Wachowskis ( The makers of 'The Matrix')

[colonel]

If you're renting on DVD, get " A History of Violence". Great movie! I assume you've seen Crash?

[RicePlateReddy]

Syriana -- good, but in theatres

Applause for you. This is one excellent, not to be missed movie.

[kban1]

not sure what your movie tastes are

but
Crash
City of God
Twice upon a yesterday
Open Your eyes (Foreign Movie section)
Final Cut
The Girl in the Cafe
The Station agent
Brothers McMullen
She's the One
13 Conversations about one thing
Head above Water

are all good movies and available on DVD

[colonel]

I haven't seen anything but Crash and City of God from your list. From what I have seen, Crash was one of the best movies of the year andrightfully won the Academy award, in my opinion. City of God is another great movie. Of late, I also liked The Libertine. Check it out at the theaters.

[fineleg]

I haven't seen anything but Crash and City of God from your list. From what I have seen, Crash was one of the best movies of the year andrightfully won the Academy award, in my opinion. City of God is another great movie. Of late, I also liked The Libertine. Check it out at the theaters.

I have not seen Crash yet.

[fineleg]

not sure what your movie tastes are

but
Crash
City of God
Twice upon a yesterday
Open Your eyes (Foreign Movie section)
Final Cut
The Girl in the Cafe
The Station agent
Brothers McMullen
She's the One
13 Conversations about one thing
Head above Water

are all good movies and available on DVD

I dont prefer 'Violence' movies.
I like Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Slick-Action, Heist, good cartoons, romantic comedy etc.

I've seen Station Agent and liked it.

[fineleg]

U left out Basic Instinct 2, how cud u  

Good catch, but BASIC INSTINCT 2 has got very poor reviews? Anyone know why?
Its a D+

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808715824&cf=critic

[kban1]

Twice upon a yesterday - romantic comedy
Open Your eyes (Foreign Movie section) - unique, not sure what genre
Final Cut - drama
The Girl in the Cafe - drama
The Station agent- drama
Brothers McMullen -romantic comedy
She's the One - romantic comedy
13 Conversations about one thing - part drama, part comedy
Head above Water - comedy

[dextrous]

U left out Basic Instinct 2, how cud u  

Good catch, but BASIC INSTINCT 2 has got very poor reviews? Anyone know why?
Its a D+

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808715824&cf=critic

the chic is old now.

[fineleg]

DVD is fine too...U can give me DVD listings as well.

[tombaan]

btw if ur chatting when are u planning to watch the mvie

[fineleg]

btw if ur chatting when are u planning to watch the mvie

Planning to get a DVD (slight change of plan from theaters,....) so will get in another hour or so.

[kban1]

fineleg:

almost all the movies i gave u are available on DVD --try hollywood videos

[tombaan]

where are u based out of?

[Jai]

Not all of them are new, but my recommendations would be:

Crash
Memoirs of a Geisha
Syriana
Munich
Constant Gardener
Hotel Rhwanda

[kban1]

Jai, was not giving fineleg a new movie list, just a good one.

should have included memoirs and Hotel Rwanda

[tombaan]

what about return of magnificient seven

[kban1]

havent seen it tombaan ? is it good ?

[tombaan]

not seen it got the dvd ....but i am too drunk for any movie :>

[arjun]

What about Tsotsi? A fine movie, though a little too predictable.

[feverpitch]

jakey 'harold and kumar go to white castle' le ke dekh... achcha comedy hai..

[achutank]

ape ka rape

bindya gaadi meh bandook uske saadi mein

love  day

[dhruvdeepak]

im going to suggest something really OLD, but my uncle coerced me into watching it, and it was a beauty:
The Bridge on the River Kwai

It is set in WW2 amongst British POWs, wonderfully made film.

[natty]

A couple of fun DVD movies

Anger Management (Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler)

Ferris Beuhlers day off (Mathew Broderick and a nice short role by charlie sheen towards the end)

King Kong is on sale at walmart for $13 and I kinda liked it.. and spiderman 1 too

[fineleg]

im going to suggest something really OLD, but my uncle coerced me into watching it, and it was a beauty:
The Bridge on the River Kwai

It is set in WW2 amongst British POWs, wonderfully made film.

Yes, thats a great movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

[toney]

I saw Crash on Friday night. Awesome movie.

Anybody saw V for Vendetta yet?

[colonel]

glad you liked crash. i thought it one of the very few movies that talk about race relations without preaching.other one of this type i like is american history x.

haven't seen v for vendetta. it's getting good review here.

[toney]

colonel, that was exactly my feeling about the movie. Also, it doesnt show this false fairy tale BS about how there is no racism anymore etc which a lot of people are trying hard to assert. This way, people will relate to the characters and think, OK, now I understand how I sound when I say this.
BTW, there was at least one person who I thought represented me. Maybe a combination of two.

[colonel]

You're absolutely right. Take, for instance, the young policeman in the last scene. I like to think that I am not a racist. However, given my social conditioning about a single black man being a threat, who knows how I may have reacted if I had  a gun in my hand at that moment? In the end the man who spoke against racism ended up committing a murder based on no other stimulus but race.

BTW, check out American History X. This was the first film I saw when I first bought a DVD player after coming to the United States in 2001 .  Also, my room mate Feverpitch and I saw Hustle and Flow the other day. I think you'll like it. It looks at the gansta rap phenomenon without trying to glorify it. I personally can't appreciate rap music (it's just a matter of taste and no comment intended on the music itself), but there is a rare human quality in the movie which made me like it. Even though I don't emotionally relate to the music, nor do I have much exposure to the predicaments of poor black people in the USA.

[toney]

Anyone seen V For Vendetta yet? I heard really good stuff about it but need a more desi opinion.

colonel, Havent seen American Histroy X. Will try to get that.

almost all the movies i gave u are available on DVD --try hollywood videos

Is that some site like NetFlicks or a store like BlockBusters?

[dhruvdeepak]

Anyone seen V For Vendetta yet? I heard really good stuff about it but need a more desi opinion.

colonel, Havent seen American Histroy X. Will try to get that.

almost all the movies i gave u are available on DVD --try hollywood videos

Is that some site like NetFlicks or a store like BlockBusters?

actually had the misfortune of only seeing half of 'V'. Went to watch Ice Age 2 ( girls, what can you do, I liked the original Ice Age tho) and you know how these cinemas work, there is no one to check who goes into what cinema hall when once you pay and get in the main area. Went into 'V' thinking it was a 11:00 show but it had actually started at 10, so saw what remained of the movie. Was quite good, def. worth a watch. will write more about it once i go watch the whole thing.

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

inside man, now out in theatres a lot of political satire
the introduction is with the song chaiya chaiya in the background and the remaining song is played with the end credits, and the sikh guy in the movie is funny.

[pieterSAN]

Got directed here by Fineleg from the Fearless/Foolish Thread on Langer....new movies that are worth watching. FYI, I am not a fan of loud movies...I like it when movies are subtle with symbolism. So if you think "Black" was a really good movie then my taste in movies may not appeal to you.

Sideways (A writer and his actor friend embark on a road-trip through California wine country before the actor get married)
Cinderella Man ( The story of a boxer who captured the imagination of the people struggling during the Depresseion)
Capote (An absolute gem of a movie by a director in his first feature film. The story of how a writer develop's a relationship with a murderer while researching the facts of the case)
Walk The Line ( A biopic on Johnny Cash's life that zones in on Cash's realtionship with June Carter)
Lila Says ( French movie about the relationship between an Arab immigrant teen and White girl - For those who really like artistic cinema.)

Slightly Older
Quills (About Marquis de Sade's days at a mental asylum. Geoffrey Rush at his best. Fun thing to do - compare the perfomance by Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line to his performance in Quills)
The Yes Men (Hillarous documentary on two men who impersonate WTO officals at  different settings.)

 

A special word on the Capote. I believe Philip Seymour Hoffman is the best actor in America so I am not going to say anything about his performance as Capote as I am likely to be biased. However, the portrayal of Perry Smith by Clifton Collins jr. is a masterpiece. This movie is worth watching for his performance alone.

[flute202020]

Guys, sometime back, we had a thread about all time Fav movies..just opened netflix account. I want to judge how good your choices are  , can someone point me to that thread? I tried search but not able to zero in on the thread. any help is greatly appreciated

[dextrous]

Random List:
Philadelphia (serious)
Little Miss Sunshine (comedy)
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Glory (serious)
Donnie Darko
Life is Beautiful (italian)
No Man's Land (Serbian)
Runaway Jury
War Room (documentary about Clinton's 92 election)

[flute202020]

Random List:
Philadelphia (serious)
Little Miss Sunshine (comedy)
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Glory (serious)
Donnie Darko
Life is Beautiful (italian)
No Man's Land (Serbian)
Runaway Jury
War Room (documentary about Clinton's 92 election)

thanks dex. I already saw most of them except war room & donnie darko, but I too really liked everything in your list . I will try these two. any other suggestions?