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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How are you versed in Mel Brooks movies?

Noooot very well. I think I've seen Spaceballs and maybe something else?

There are actually quite a few I haven't seen that I get the "OMW you haven't seen that?" reaction for, so I might not have seen all of my recommendations. Anyways:

- Hitchcock stuff - The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, etc
- Psycho
- Donnie Darko
- Any National Lampoon Vacation movies (though Christmas Vacation is the best and best known, I think)
- Back to the Future
- Gone With the Wind
- Casablanca
- People say you should watch Lawrence of Arabia, but after watching my roomie watch it, I would actually recommend skipping it. |D
- The Godfather
- Pulp Fiction

That's all for now, but I can ask my film buff roomies and see what their recommendations are. |Db

Dead Poet's Society
We watched this in the class I internshiped with. It was REALLY good and I think a must see. Very inspiring in a way.

Arsenic and Old Lace
A black-and-white film that my mom introduced me to. It's been awhile since I saw it but it's supposed to be funny.

And I feel since I just finished with a Tennessee Williams course that I am obligated to recommend A Streetcar Named Desire the 1951 version. It has Marlon Brandon in it. I only saw clips in the class but the play was really good.

- I've seen quite a few Hitchcock (Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Psycho, most of The Birds) although I have been meaning to see Spellbound.
- Have NOT seen any National Lampoon ones...
- Seen Back to the Future, Gone With the Wind, Casablanca and Lawrence of Arabia
- Have NOT seen The Godfather, Pulp Fiction or Donnie Darko, so those are possibilities!

Okay, here you go.

- Blazing Saddles
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Producers
- Young Frankenstein (my favorite movie!)

And be sure to watch them in a rental or something, the TV versions are all edited to hell and back and you'll miss all the best jokes. ESPECIALLY for Blazing Saddles, which I am convinced would never, ever be made today.

Fried Green Tomatoes. Good movie, at least most people I talk to like it.

Okay, thankyew! :O (Also, what do you want for a sketch. XD)

I've seen/own Blazing Saddles...and yes I agree with this sentiment. It's funny...but to me it wasn't nearly as funny as Robin Hood or Spaceballs.

Also, Robin Hood: Men in Tights is probably my favorite movie...although Spaceballs does come close.

I still need to see Young Frankenstein.

Oooh I might do Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, since I haven't really seen those. (Or I've only seen parts of Young Frankenstein.) Thankees!

Wow so you haven't seen any of those movies? /feels awesome.

Aahhh...hmm. Might need to think about that actually.

Oh and here are some more that are the "lesser known" ones.

- History of the World Part I (I love it, but it's veeeery dirty... for the 70's.)
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (This one isn't all that good, but it's worth a watch.)

Outside of the realm of Mel:

- Monty Python's Life of Brian (if you can handle brief full frontal male nudity)

Here's some more MODERN comedies that get the GG Seal of Approval:

- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Dodgeball
- So I Married An Axe Murderer
- Both Wayne's Worlds. REQUIRED VIEWING.
- Zombieland if you haven't seen it yet

I think I saw PARTS of Dead Poet's Society ages ago, but it's been long enough that the movie'd probably be new anyway. XD

Okay, whenever you think of something!

aw, no kh marathon? ):

I'm not much of a movie person, but I second the Donnie Darko recommendation. Try to avoid the Director's Cut; the pages of 'The Philosophy of Time Travel' randomly inserted between scenes are really annoying. Plus it's more fun to read the pages at the Web site.

-Also Air Force One.
-The Godfather is a given but I've never been able to sit through that movie, personally.
-The original Halloween is good for a laugh

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.

Everyone bugs me for not having seen Zombieland. XD; But at least that and the first Wayne's World are possibilities...

Oh man TOTALLY seconding Wayne's World(s), and adding in Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure

She hasn't seen Zombieland. She had my copy for nearly three weeks and never watched it. :|

Don't worry, I intend to fix that one.

WAYNE'S WORLD IS THE MOVIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

YOU MUST WATCH IT

Yeah, I sadly don't think I'll be able to do the KH marathon after all. :( HOWEVER, I still wanna do the Disney-movies-in-BBS marathon! That I'm totally down for.

Air Force One I saw ages ago; Halloween I have not!

Oh come on. I'm a total chicken when it comes to zombie/scary/thriller movies and even I was okay for Zombieland

YOU HAVE TO SEE ZOMBIELAND LYNX!

OKAY THEN

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/

EVEN MORE COMEDY MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS BY GG: (spawned as I dug through our collection looking for my Young Frankenstein DVD)

- Mystery Men
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (either funny as hell or the stupidest thing you shall ever watch)
- Office Space

Zombieland is not scary at all, the first five minutes is all zombie gore and after that they barely even feature it at all!

*biased*

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