lynxgriffin | Movie requests

Yes, two posts one right after the other, but I don't have much else to do right now so I'm posting anyway.

OKAY SO, in the month of August (so a couple of weeks from now) I think that I am going to hold off on any video games until BBS comes out, and instead focus on movies. For how much I want to, y'know, work in entertainment, I don't think that my movie literacy is up to snuff. So in the month of August, I will make it a point to watch one movie that I haven't seen yet every day of the month. 30 new movies should help me a bunch!

Flist, I want YOU to recommend me movies to watch! It can be anything you can think of, but since I am specifically looking to expand my movie literacy, I am looking for classics and/or landmarks in film. The sort of things people go "what, you haven't seen that?!" when you mention not having seen it.
- Black and white films are a-o-kay, even encouraged. Any time period is fine.
- Comedy, drama, action, don't care what it is, as long as it's good. I am not a fan of horror/slasher and would rather avoid horror recs (unless it's a classic/landmark film, like 'Alien.')
- No classically bad films, please! I get plenty of my bad-film dosage from MST3K! Would prefer good films for this.
- I love animated films the most, but just FYI, you will be VERY hard-pressed to find a Disney film that I haven't seen.
- If I've already seen it, I'll let you know!

EXTRA CREDIT: If you can link me to your movie rec on YouTube, Hulu, iTunes or any other place online, in return I will give you a free sketch request! (Something small and non-complicated, please.)

THANK YOU FLIST! And in return, I'll offer up a few movies that are pretty classic that other dudes may not have seen yet:

Wait Until Dark (Thriller/Suspense, 1967)
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Comedy, 1963)

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The original Wicker Man is pretty amazing, imo. It's a psychological thriller (but it has no actual "scare" moments, it's all atmosphere really), but it does have some sexual content if that sort of thing bugs you.

Pi: Faith in Chaos is one of my favourites, and A Tale of Two Sisters (but god, the original Korean version, please). Both are thrillers; Pi psychological and Tale being a more classic ghost story (and also the sort of movie you have to watch twice to get the full effect of).

THRILLERS ASIDE.

If you haven't seen them already: Both Vampire Hunter D movies (though the second is much better; the first one shows its age and seems cliche now even though it was novel at the time), The Abyss, Grave of the Fireflies, Akira, Full-Metal Jacket, annnd...I'm not sure I'd recommend A Clockwork Orange because I walked out of it going "I want that 90 minutes of my life back," but it's definitely something else.

I've heard of Wicker Man before, so maybe that one...

Ahh with the non-thrillers I've seen pretty much all of those except for Full-Metal Jacket, and I have been considering A Clockwork Orange, even if it does end up being one of those movies that I hate. \o_O/

Wicker Man is exceptionally good. The end seriously had me going DDDD8 without anything in the film ever actually crossing the line from unsettling to horror-film scary.

Clockwork is basically extremely fucked up. I think when I watched it I just didn't get the point; I'd read up on the film's themes before you watched it. You might be able to appreciate it better that way.

Oh, also, Jin-Roh (which is another anime classic so you've probably seen it). There's A Boy And His Dog which is...lmao. It's weird and screwed up but it won a prize for best sci-fi film the year before Star Wars came out. So it's interesting to see with that in mind haha.

Oooooh creepiness... XD

Yeah, it sounds like one of those movies that is probably best appreciated in context... (I've never read the book for one, so maybe just reading up on the story ahead of time).

Don't think I've even heard of A Boy And His Dog. :Oa

It's a post-apoc about a guy and his telepathic dog. They're roaming the wasteland in search of food and end up finding this aristocratic underground society, and it's basically their ~*adventure*~ in this fucked-up landscape.

Huuuuh that is odd. XD Hopefully it's good post-apoc stuff (I hear The Book of Eli sucked; not that it's related at all, just in that it's also post-apocalyptic.)

I second the Wicker Man recommendation. Wonderful film. Edward Woodward (the The Equalizer guy, but he's done some other really amazing stuff) and Christopher Lee.

Hell, since we're talking about Edward Woodward: Breaker Morant.

I considered rec'cing VHD: Bloodlust and Akira myself, but given lynxgriffin's aversion to horror, I wondered if they might be too gory for him. I realize the two don't necessarily go together, but...
Grave of the Fireflies... good, but dear sweet god it's depressing.

Hey, have you seen Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind? It's an early Miyazaki, and it's quite good.

I'm a complete horror wuss, but I've seen VHD: Bloodlust and was just fine with it. It has horror concepts (vampires, etc) but isn't straight-up scary, so I think it'll be fine.

I have been told I would not be able to handle Akira, so. Yeah. |D

Ok, originally that referred to the first VHD movie, which is gorier, imo. I kinda f***ed things up in editing... my bad.
Yeah, I don't think Bloodlust is that bad at all, gore-wise.

As for Akira: Yeah, there's a few really unpleasant scenes, like Tetsuo imagining his guts falling out, and lovely stuff like that. Not to mention the whole end of the film with Tetsuo turning into a giant icky blob... O_O

I actually have Grave of the Fireflies on DVD (and yeah, I haven't watched it since I got it...it's just not a movie you can really pop in and enjoy easily. D:)

I DO have Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and just haven't watched it yet; I did read the entire manga.

Yeah, I've seen Grave of the Fireflies once, and I'm not sure I'd wanna sit through it again. Which is kind of sad, but... yeah...

Re: Nausicaa: Cool. Hopefully you can get around to watching it soon. Have you seen other Miyazaki films? I highly recommend checking his stuff out if you've not done so.

Rescuers Down Under icon FTW!!

It's kinda like Passion of the Christ...you see it once and you're kinda done for a lifetime. 8<

I've seen his more recent stuff, like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo! I actually haven't seen Totoro yet.

I looooooooooove RDU. It's really underrated, and I think certain scenes from it had a big influence on my art.

I don't think I could ever watch that movie more than once. Grave of the Fireflies made me cry. >.>

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