Must See Movies

[Guest]

I've seen way too many films to remember them all so before I forget, here's a few worth seeing. Please feel free to add your favorite hidden treasures as well....



Run Lola Run -Don't let the fact that it's in German put you off, just go with the film's breakneck pace and fasten your seatbelt.

The Castle -A quarky comedy from Australia about home and family.

Dead Alive -An over the top zombie comedy featuring kung fu Catholic priests and samurai lawnmower swordsmanship.

Six String Samurai - If you can appreciate a post-apocalypse world filled with a Buddy Holly lookalike, skateboarding barbarians and a soundtrack by the Red Elvises, you'll love this.

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain -If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, see the movie the plot was stolen from....

 

[Semler]

One of my favorite movies of all time is "Glengarry Glen Ross".

Huge performances from Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey. And, it's comming out on DVD soon.

No film that I have ever seen expresses the path that the working man follows better than this one. Lemmon and Arkin are perfect as the salesman who's luck has turned towards the negative. You can literally see their will to live being sucked out of them with every blown sale and missed opportunity. Ed Harris is great as the angry salesman who is willing to do what it takes to save his own future. Kevin Spacey plays the tight -collared boss to a T, pushing people and not giving them the breaks they need. The two most quoted characters of any movie I know are those played by Pacino and Baldwin. Pacino always excels in parts where his anger and ability to create believable outbursts are showcased, as they are in this part. All that I can say about Baldwin is that this is definitely his best performance and the writing for his character is unbelievable. I can watch his 10 minute scene over and over again.

 

[claybeherenow]

what about my favorite, raising arizona?

 

[Master Control]

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain -If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, see the movie the plot was stolen from....

Crouching Tiger was based book 4 of a 5 book series by Japanese author Wang Du Lu. It was witten years ago.