Movie requests

[lynxgriffin]

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)

Comments

[theguindo]

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.

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

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

[theguindo]

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.

[lynxgriffin.livejournal.com]

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.)