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| TranceXtasy |
I'm probably sure that this has been done on this board previously, but I'm just curious about films you have seen that have made a significant impact on you, and as a result remain vivid in your memory. Personally, I have just about had it with the traditional cookie-cutter Hollywood films. It seems that Hollywood for the most part, is mass producing garbage that only appeals to the lowest common denominator. Here is a selection of films that I really enjoyed and that have remained dear to me:
Donnie Darko
Memento
American Beauty
A Beautiful Mind
Requiem for a Dream
Pi
City of God
Amelie
A Clockwork Orange
The Pianist
The Deer Hunter
Mulholland Dr.
Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Garden State
Bowling For Columbine
The Matrix
Fahrenheit 9/11
Platoon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Gattaca
Fight Club
Magnolia
The Usual Suspects
American History X |
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| Vivid Boy |
Transfromers the movie/...totally chnged who i am today
but seirously
Vanilla Sky
American History X
goodfellas
a bronx tale
cant think of any others right now
oh ..
stand by me
and (believe it or not) The Beach (actually made me think abt some issues we face in society today)) |
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| bluerose |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film I highly recommend. I saw it with my girlfriend when we were going through some hard times, and it hit us both really hard. Amazing film, can't recommend it enough. |
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| Miss Julia |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceXtasy
Requiem for a Dream
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WERD!! |
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| TranceXtasy |
| quote: | Originally posted by bluerose
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film I highly recommend. I saw it with my girlfriend when we were going through some hard times, and it hit us both really hard. Amazing film, can't recommend it enough. |
Actually I am waiting for it to come out on video, I have read really good things about it and can't wait to see it. |
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| alec |
| Gattaca is just an amazing movie! Really thought provoking, such a well done movie. I don't understand why it didn't get an oscar! |
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| e*motion |
The Buttefly Effect..
just finished watching it..
insane. |
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| MarkT |
TranceXtasy named a lot of good films...so without repeating any...and off the top of my head:
Sunshine - scammed out of the Oscar contention due to the producers delaying release and holding out for a better distribution deal.
Elephant - just very well made...thought provoking.
Barbarella - crazy! (keep in mind the year in which it was made and imagine how avant garde it would have been at the time)
Lost in Translation - Senn Penn was very good in Mystic River, but Bill Murray was ROBBED!!!
Bullworth - in your face message, but still quite relevant...and pretty damn funny at times.
Shawshank Redemption - in my top 10...should have beat out Forrest Gump for best pic that year.
To Kill a Mockingbird - top 10 too...Gregory Peck was amazing.
To Sir with Love - just for nostalgia...the first "big" movie I remember watching when I was really young...Sidney Poitier...respect! |
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| DeE420 |
| Life is Beautiful. there's more, but most of them have been named and the others i cant think about off the top of my head. |
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| starsearcher |
| Magnolia...Vanilla Sky (not so original I guess though a remake) |
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| Crazy Serb |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
Lost in Translation - Senn Penn was very good in Mystic River, but Bill Murray was ROBBED!!!
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Agreed! |
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| Dr. Z |
I'd like to say that Vanilla sky, Lost in translation and most definitely the butterfly effect were NOT thought provoking.
More like, trying to be. |
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