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06-20-2011, 08:13 PM
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I'm jumping to the end and skipping a few but....
1st - William I just got Le Mans on Blue Ray. I LOVE that movie. One of my all time favorite flicks is "Glory" with Mathew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, and Denzel Washington. Story of the 1st Massachusetts black regiment to actually see combat in the Civil War. An amazing story. BK
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06-20-2011, 08:26 PM
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06-20-2011, 08:35 PM
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Might favourites not mentioned yet are:
Happiness. A Todd Solondz movie (Welcome to the dollhouse) This movie is what American Beauty should have been. So many great moments. Do not eat the tuna sandwich. The Warriors. Original version
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06-20-2011, 08:43 PM
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"Most have never heard of" can certainly take on a different meaning if you missed the original release.
In that case, I nominate "The Right Stuff." I grew up in the Apollo era, but TRS is about what came before; specifically the Mercury program, which laid the foundation for the eventual moonshot. It also touches on the end of the cowboy/test pilot era, with tidbits of Chuck Yeager's feats. A contrast between The Right Stuff, as a something you are born with, and the right stuff, as something carefully molded by some savvy handlers. I will grant you, it is a look in reverse, with some very rose colored glasses. On a more recent note, "Worlds Fastest Indian" is more recent, overlooked pick; an understated and beautifully filmed biopic, with sir Anthony Hopkins in the lead.
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06-20-2011, 08:54 PM
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I actually kind of liked:
Hey, Hey, its Esther Blueberger Its an Australian coming of age story for a young 14 year old girl. With Toni Collette and Keisha Castle-Hughes it has two Oscar nominees and the young actress playing the lead character steals the show. Its not a Hollywood movie with a tidy plot and a clean ending, but for anyone who was ever 13/14 and didn't know what to make of it there is something that resonates here. I doubt most people have heard of this one, it only grossed like $800k in Australia. I think Blockbuster actually carries this title as they are trying to position themselves as more indie after the dishNetwork deal. However, an absolutely incredible and epic movie with William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin that I doubt many have heard of is: The Cooler My god was that a great movie! I second the vote for: Dinner Rush Most people have never heard of the film with Matt Dillon and Christina Applegate: Employee of the Month A freakin' great movie as well just not your usual clean and tidy Hollywood ending so most fat Americans don't even have it on their radar. Last edited by mtnbke; 06-20-2011 at 09:00 PM.
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06-20-2011, 09:27 PM
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The Keep
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Romania, 1942, a detachment of the German Army is sent to gaurd a mysterious Romanian citadel located on a strategic mountain pass. When soldiers begin to be mysteriously murdered, the SS arrives to deal with what is thought to be partisan activity. What the SS finds, however, is an evil force trapped within the Keep and a force which will do anything in order to escape. Interesting review below.... *** This review may contain spoilers *** "Michael Mann is one of Hollywood's most acclaimed filmmakers nowadays (with modern classics like "Collateral" and "Heat" on his repertoire) but, just as so many talented directors, he started his career in the horror genre with the uniquely sinister and atmospheric "The Keep". Not being much of a fan of large-budgeted blockbusters, I hence consider this to be one of his most remarkable achievements, alongside the marvelous Hannibal Lector film "Manhunter". "The Keep" is adapted from Paul Wilson's novel with the same title. Personally, I haven't read it (yet), but approximately 90% of the reviews I've encountered so far are stating that the film version is overall weak and lacking in comparison with the book. Well, that must be a pretty damn amazing book then, because I thought the film already was petrifying as hell and easily one of the darkest & most unsettling fantasy-tales I ever beheld! The screenplay isn't without flaws, indeed (I'll come back to that later), but the horrific atmosphere Mann creates is insanely intense and the choreography & set pieces are nearly perfect. Nearly every sequence just oozes with suspense and you'll get the feeling that something ominous & creepy awaits the characters behind every corner. Not that you care too much about them, because…well…most of them are Nazis, but still the constantly lurking presence of pure evil truly sends cold shivers down your spine. The story's set-up is reminiscent to that of a morbid fairy-tale, with a sinister keep located somewhere in a remote Carpathian area and hiding an evil breed that is supernaturally guarded by an angel-like warrior. When a squadron of Nazi soldiers brutally claims ownership of the keep, the evil force is awakened and immediately begins to gruesomely kill the perpetrators. The almighty Nazis eventually require the help of a reluctant Jewish professor to discover the source of the evil, while his beautiful young daughter experiences a dream-like romance with the godly guardian of the keep. Simply put, "The Keep" is a masterfully photographed and fascinating fantasy-tale that gives everyone of us a lesson in sheer tension. Especially when the evil force hasn't yet taken on a monstrous shape and dwells around the impressive fortress like fog, the tension is almost unbearable. The first few killings of Nazi soldiers are quite gory, too, since their bodies are cut in half or their heads are literally blown to pieces. Admittedly it loses a bit of its tremendous impact once it takes the form of a flashy red-eyed demon firing off laser beams, but then still it remains a pretty damn scary movie! During the film and actually for quite a while after finishing it, the plot holes and severe improbabilities didn't occur to me at all. Only afterwards, when analyzing this perplexing film experience, it comes to the surface that Mann's screenplay seems incomplete and raises quite an amount of questions that remain unanswered here in the film version. Logical questions, actually, that you tend to overlook when you're sucked into a hi-tech visual masterpiece like this. Assuming the monster – Molasar – represents the gathering of many malicious forces, how and by whom were they bundled into one location? Who built the keep and what purpose serve the silver crosses other than eerie decoration? What's the significance of the talisman that keeps Molasar inside the walls of the keep whether or not the guardian angel is present? And who's eventually the biggest menace to mankind? He…or the Nazis? I suppose this is what everyone means when they're referring to the novel as being superior. I imagine Paul Wilson gives a lot more background to the keep and to the monster in particular. There were several eminent actors involved in this film, and not just for the principal roles. Even though Scott Glenn receives top billing as Glaeken Trismegestus – the guardian – he has very little to do, actually. Particularly Gabriel Byrne impresses as the relentless & cruel Nazi Commander Kaempffer (complete with the ugliest haircut imaginable), and so does Jürgen Prochnow as the 'good-hearted' and concerned army Captain caring more about the fates of his team members than about the success of Hitler. Ian McKellen is a bit disappointing as the Jewish professor, but maybe that's partly due to the fact his lines were dubbed after finishing the movie. Why the hell did they do that? Overall I'd say "The Keep" is a highly recommend horror film and really one of the only 80's efforts that truly manages to frighten you! Here's to hoping it gets a fancy DVD-release anytime soon. "
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06-20-2011, 09:33 PM
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06-20-2011, 10:21 PM
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The Starfighters !!!
Oh wait that was one of the worst movies ever made and I bet I'm the only one here to have watched the whole thing. I was 10. I've really agreed with a lot of movies that have been posted and now I've got some great ideas for movies to rent.
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