Movie Suggestions:)

[CKE]

Well, I only have one more radiation treatment and my mouth feels like I drank a cup o boiling water...my throat hurts too. I am still cautious about low blood counts after my last chemo too. I am home bound for at least another week or two. So esteemed Spyder folk:
Got any good movie suggestions? It only takes a few hours to read what my fav three forums have to offer, after that it is TV or movie time. I will be honest TV sucks now...where have all the good programs gone? I watched Commando today with Arnie. You have to love this movie, Arnie beats an entire army and never reloads once :eek: It ends with a knife fight to boot, does not get much better than that. Think Predator will be next....

So seen any good flicks lately? Take Care and hope everyone is having a great weekend :)
Craig

[Senate]

I don't know what your taste are, so here's a list of good movies I watched on dvd lately:

-Return of the King Extended Edition (will occupy 4h30 of your time, be sure to see the 2 first chapters before :) )
-Bourne supremacy
-Collateral
-Spider-man 2
-Dawn of the dead
-the Punisher
-Manchurian candidate
-Dodgeball
-Chronicles of Riddick

take care!

[The Deacon]

Think Predator will be next.... So seen any good flicks lately? Take Care and hope everyone is having a great weekend :)

Gave up on TV years ago, only use my set for watching DVDs and tapes, sorry to hear it sucks north of the border too. Just watched Predator the other day. Finally had to break down and buy the DVD, wore out the VHS tape, will do the same with Commando as soon as I a DVD of it in the store. Have enjoyed a few others lately too...

The Italian Job - good plot, super car chases.

Transporter - the premise is absurd, but the action is so good you can overlook that.

Dreamcatcher - IMHO, the best Stephen King movie since the original version of The Shining.

Once Upon a Time In Mexico - Canada has produced some fine performers. However, Johnny Depp is NOT one of them, and I normally avoid any movie with him in it, but this one is so bad, it's good.

[Simon G]

The Italian Job - good plot, super car chases.

Deacon,

Hope you're talking about the original! :D

Craig,

I went through the old tape cupboard a couple of weeks ago after night duty, the guy across the street has some heavy duty re-modelling done, not good for sleep patterns. A couple of oldies but goodies,

Grosse Point Blank. Quigley Down Under. Legends of the Fall. Starship Troopers!!

Just got King Arthur as a gift........Oooooohhh BIG knives!!

Take care,

Simon.

[Senate]

OMG I forgot Kill Bill 1&2 in my list... :eek:

see ya

[DAYWALKER]

Aloha Craig!

Good to hear from you! Movies eh? Seriously my brother, try:

ANY Marx Brothers flick you can find! ('specially Duck Soup)

Last Samurai

Out Of Time

Return of the Dragon or Enter the Dragon

Fist of Legend (Jet Li)

Samurai I, II, and III (This stars Toshiro Mifune, as he portrays Miyamoto Musashi)

AND IF you can find this flick, it's all in Japanese, "AZUMI".

I dunno if they have this for rent, but "Gospel of John" and of course, "The Passion"...

God bless you bro!

[silverback]

Since you got lots of time to burn, start with "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". :)

For humour I recommend:
"Frankenstein Junior" (Mel Brooks)
"The Pink Panther Collection"

easy viewing:
"Lock, stock & two smoking barrels"
"Snatch"
"Fight Club"
(don't these feel like a trilogy though they aren't?)
for flavour add "The Boondock Saints"
Top it off with "Payback" (Mel Gibson at his coolest)

something cool, but serious:
"Ghost Dog" (Jim Jarmush movie starring Forrest Whittaker)
"Brother" (japanese movie legend Takeshi Kitano)

Fantasy, SciFi etc.:
can't beat "The Lord of the Rings", of course
"Bladerunner" - even if you know it, watch it again!
the "Indiana Jones Collection" should burn some time
"Spirited Away" is a very nice Anime

If you got the energy, watch all the X-Files. :rolleyes:

Since you like Schwarzenegger, how about "Conan", that's got big knives... :p

I consider all of these a must see and am sure you'll like them.
So, relax on the sofa and don't forget to stock up on movie snacks. :)

Enjoy and get well fast!

[Senate]

Daywalker reminds me that one of the best movie of 2004 was a Korean one:

OLD BOY

One of the craziest film I've ever seen!!
A guy is kidnapped and held in a private housing cell for 15 years. Upon his release, he is given one task by his captor: to find out the reasons why. :eek:

Don't read reviews on the web as you'll get spoilers that will ruin the story and the end!

Watch it, you won't regret it!

anyone else have seen it?

[Jimd]

A few of my old favorites are:
--Glory. It's about the 54th All-Black Massuchusetts regiment in the Civil War. Awesome movie!!!
--The Band of Brothers Series. This is the best WWII flick you'll ever watch, because the series closely mirrors the actual events so close it's scary.
--Blackhawk Down.
--The Outlaw Josey Wales. Clint at his best.
--Pale Rider. Clint at his bestest.

[jbake]

Another vote for Blade Runner - My favorite
The original Star Wars Trilogy is out on DVD
Die Hard is always fun

How about some old war movies?
Where Eagles Dare - I love that movie
The Great Escape
The Devil's Brigade
The Dirty Dozen

-jb

[Shiden]

CKE; I hope you get well soon! Stay Strong!

Film suggestions:

- Lord of the Rings trilogy: it will take you a whole day to watch them
- Usual Suspects: IMHO one of the best films ever, with a great twist
- Se7en: another good movie
- Good Will hunting
- Fight Club: another great movie
- Friends-series: not a movie, but it will make you ROTFLYAO

Good luck!

Shiden

[Ted]

I never turn off 'The Shawshank Redemption' when it's on TV for the gazilion-th time!

[CKE]

Thanks for all the suggestions :) Caught Back to the Future III today and a bit of Total Recall. Watched Dodgeball last night with the Mrs.
Gonna check out some of the oldies...The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Watched some of Josey Wales a few weeks back :) Maybe Back to the Future II and I see there are a lot of new movies out now too. Thanks again :)

[loki88]

Hi CKE , how are u, looking at the list the only movies i can add are

-penetration island 1-14
-Lord of the Strings

:eek:

They have a lot of "action" in them but maybe not the action u are looking for ! :D


JOKE THREAD !!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

[vampyrewolf]

Well, have about 70 movies in my book, and 10 vhs on the shelf...

[Hannibal Lecter]

So seen any good flicks lately? Take Care and hope everyone is having a great weekend :)
Craig

I recommend "I, Robot" as a must-see. I watched it over this week-end past with my Lady, and we were both very impressed.

Ta,

H

[voxnaes]

Since you got lots of time to burn, start with "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". :)

For humour I recommend:
"Frankenstein Junior" (Mel Brooks)
"The Pink Panther Collection"

easy viewing:
"Lock, stock & two smoking barrels"
"Snatch"
"Fight Club"
(don't these feel like a trilogy though they aren't?)
for flavour add "The Boondock Saints"
Top it off with "Payback" (Mel Gibson at his coolest)

something cool, but serious:
"Ghost Dog" (Jim Jarmush movie starring Forrest Whittaker)
"Brother" (japanese movie legend Takeshi Kitano)
"Ran" (Akira Korosawa (?))

Fantasy, SciFi etc.:
can't beat "The Lord of the Rings", of course
"Bladerunner" - even if you know it, watch it again!
the "Indiana Jones Collection" should burn some time
"Spirited Away" is a very nice Anime
"Atlantis" Got the sexiest BadGirl ever animated and some very cool efects

If you got the energy, watch all the X-Files. :rolleyes:

Since you like Schwarzenegger, how about "Conan", that's got big knives... :p

I consider all of these a must see and am sure you'll like them.
So, relax on the sofa and don't forget to stock up on movie snacks. :)

Enjoy and get well fast!

Some added, but this would be a great movie week at my house!!
Vox.

[silverback]

I recommend "I, Robot" as a must-see. I watched it over this week-end past with my Lady, and we were both very impressed.

I beg to differ. The high pitched buzzing you heard during the whole movie was Asimov rotating in his grave. ]http://www.asimovonline.com/[/url]
(CAUTION: SPOILERS!)
Asimov had higher standards of storytelling, so now it's only an average action movie. Watch it for fun, though, and sorry for the rant, couldn't resist. I am a SciFi fan and was quite disappointed. :rolleyes:

Some added, but this would be a great movie week at my house!!

voxnaes:
I congratulate you for your great taste in movies!
I understand this is an invitation to Denmark? :D

[vampyrewolf]

I'm not even going to watch I, Robot... it's like trying to put shakespeare on the screen... IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE!

I keep hunting for books by asimov, possibly the best scientific mind and sci fi writer that we've lost.

[Ted]

While we're at the subject of movies, every year me and a couple of friends go to the All Night Horror Show. That's 4 horror-movies in a theater, starting at 00:00 to 08:00. However, this year there's no show, so we're arranging one ourselves.
The first one on the list so far is The Grudge.
Anybody got good suggestions for really frightening horror/thriller stuff? We've seen all the major Hollywood stuff, but would like to find some creepy unknown stuff, or some new 2005 stuff. We prefer the scary stuff over the bloody stuff.
Thanks,
Ted