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"Great films I have not seen"

As some of you may know, and many of you won't, I'm turning into a bit of a film buff, in so far as I love watching films, reading about films and talking about films. So much so, in fact, that the older I get and more movies I absorb, I'm seriously considering including something film-like into possible future careers. Herein lies the rub; I've only been properly into movies for about 4 years or so (wasted the rest of my youth playing videogames and jerking off, frankly) and though I've built up a pretty reasonable DVD collection and back catalogue of movies over the past few years (not to mention a level of trivia that would make the nerdiest film geek blush) I still haven't seen enough truly great classic movies to official call myself a 'buff'.

So here's the thing. I'm setting off to Uni in the autumn, which is round about the time I officially stop having money and being able to buy things. Not only does this suck for obvious reasons, but I'll also lose my broadband super-powers and won't be able to download movies like I can at the moment. Therefore, before I go I'm totally abusing my 1MB connection and am pilfering as much media as possible. I'm talking great, classic movies here, not Dude, Where's My Car or anything starring Freddie Prinze Jr, and I'm also not talking about things that are currently at, or have just been at the cinema - chances are I've seen it if it's half-decent. I want your suggestions for classic movies.

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This right here is a list of all the films I own on DVD. I have a select few burned to disc that I've 'obtained' thanks to Kazaa. Obviously I have also seen a large amount of films, which I subsequently do not own. This list is a small collection of films I have yet to see, plan to in the near future and really should do if I want to build up a proper knowledge of movies.

The Godfather I-III (I'm geniunely ashamed I have yet to see these)
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
Trees Lounge
Schindler's List
Citizen Kane
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Dr Strangelove
Apocalypse Now (see first on list, used to own but lost it)
The Third Man
Das Boot (missed it on telly yesterday)
Chinatown
Raging Bull
2001
Blade Runner (erk)
The Princess Bride (may have seen, not for about ten years though)
The Deer Hunter
The Conversation
Mystic River
Magnolia
Dog Day Afternoon
Miller's Crossing
21 Grams
The Untouchables
Heat
Once Upon A Time IN America
The Game (big Fincher fan)
Killing Zoe
Scarface
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Get Carter (own on VHS, quality is unwatchable)
... and the list goes on.

So, if you'd be so kind to add any movies which you think I'd benefit from watching, I'll appreciate it greatly - even better, stick a link to a cheapo DVD of it. Alternatively (and this is pushing it, frankly) if anyone wants to be super-generous and do me a copy of any of the above on disc, I'd repay them with eternal man-love (and give them a credit in my first movie). Or just a lend - I've got more stamps than I know what to do with, and a mean army of padded envelopes.

I'm seriously giving this a go; apart from girls and music, film is practically all I think about. All help will be appreciated.

Pandaemonium wrote:

> And don't forget Amelie, City of lost Children, and Threads. What?
> Oh? It's been mentioned?

How about the film that bequeathed you your tagline? Altogether now; "Where's your tool?"

Light wrote:
> Threads
> Delicatessen
> Threads
> Man Bites Dog
> Threads
> Threads
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> What? I like Threads...

And don't forget Amelie, City of lost Children, and Threads. What? Oh? It's been mentioned?

"Man bites dog" scares me. It's grim, but gooood. ;)

Threads
Delicatessen
Threads
Man Bites Dog
Threads
Threads


What? I like Threads...

To Live and Die in LA (a must see imo)
Fight Club (fantastic!)
The Animatrix
Duel
8mm
Blow
Falling Down
Heathers
Twelve Monkeys
Capricorn One
Arlington Road
Breakdown
The Time Machine
Planet of the Apes
The Conversation
Casino
Grosse Pointe Blank
Wall Street
A Simple Plan
Mississippi Burning
Rounders
The Insider

One film that you must never see is Monkeybone. It is a "comedy" with Brendan Fraiser in and a cartoon monkey "with attitude". Bascially the monkey is that mate of a mate who spends the entire night down the pub making constant wise cracks, doing p-poor impressions and humilating both himself and by association, your group of friends.

Somehow I won this DVD in a competition that I never knew I'd entered and was aghast to find that the large mystery package I collected from the Post Office was a framed cell from the film, a genuine signed authentic prop (a napkin from the Coma bar) and the DVD.

This film is about as funny as Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps and possibly worse than The Mighty Boosh, or Caterick. Yes it's that bad.

Oh and one film you must see if you want to regress into those blissful childhood days is the Iron Giant. It's a kids film but it is a great kids film.

Wakka wrote:
> I know this is kinda off-topic but I have heard many people talking
> about these but I don't know what these are. What are the regions?
> Like sometimes it says 'Alien - Region 2'. What does that mean?

Well DVD's have different Regions. Europe has Region 2 so if you take your DVDs to say France and put them in a DVD player they would work. Take them to America and they wouldnt as America is Region 1. There are about 8 or 9 regions, from 0 to 8 I think. 0 is Region free so they should work on any player. DVD players sold in the UK are usually region free so sticking in a Region 1 disc will work in a multi-region player.

films you must see:

American Beauty
The Green Mile
Total Recall
Its a Wonderful Life
Enter The Dragon
Silence of the Lambs
Bad Taste
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
American Gigolo
Psycho
Birds
Night of the Living Dead
Liar Liar
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Airheads
Con Air
Lady Snowblood
Highlander
Titanic (original)
City Of Angels
Robin Hood
Bloody Sunday
Toxic Avenger
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Faculty
Tales From the Crypt
Natural Born Killers
Gang Related
Attack on the River Kwai
From Hell
Apocalypse Now Redux

The list goes on.....

And it's the only film I have ever watched over and over and over again. If anything, it's got better with every viewing.

it's like a monty python film

Paradox: wrote:
> So, whats the film about?

Ah. I hate when people ask me that.

Just watch it.
I promise, on my life, that you will enjoy it very, very much. It is beyond briliiant. Columbo's reading the book, for gawd's sake - what more do you want?