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  Posted 12 November 2005 - 08:56 AM

Hollywood likes to put out brainless, recycled crap, but once in awhile there are original movies that make you think.
Sometimes you have to watch them more then once to understand them.
i.e. clever twist ending, strong theme or lots of subtext.

So what 3 movies make your "WOW" list?

Rounding out my list.......
1. Donnie Darko- thought provoking, had to watch multiple times to grasp meaning and themes.
2 Molholland Drive (David Lynch has his own unique style!!)
3. Saw -My fav horror film of 2004, has great twist ending

Honorable Mention: A Sixth Sense- Clever twist ending, strong acting

Have fun.

Posted 12 November 2005 - 03:37 PM

Three movies:
1. Batman Begins("wow", really good script)
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy ("wow", really good setting)
3. Matrix Trilogy ("wow", nice special effects)

Honorable mention: Shawn of the Dead ("wow", how funny can they get)
Dishonorable mention: Napolean Dynomite ("wow", how dumb can they get)

Posted 12 November 2005 - 06:45 PM

1) Falling Down (kinda old, but very well made, extremely thought provoking)
2) The Game (an awesome movie ... not particularly thought provoking, but very interesting, and 100% original )
3) Matrix 1, and 3 (Revolutions) (the first one is still the best ) (the second one does not deserve to be on the list, it was horrible )

Dishonorable mention: Star Wars 1-3: Wow, the worst movie trilogy of all time

This post has been edited by H_TeXMeX_H: 12 November 2005 - 06:52 PM

Posted 12 November 2005 - 09:29 PM

I was thinking more on the line of anti-hollywood, atypical movies. Not big blockbuster necessarily.
If I chose my all-time fav movies, my list would be different.

Elite7..I liked Batman Begins, but wouldn't call it thought-provoking. (Pretty straight forward, predictable).
Neither the epic Peter Jackson trilogy.... but it would appear on my top 20 all time list though.

TMex, I agree with the MAtrix (only liked the first original, before it went overboard on SFX/CGI) since it was confusing, original (at that time) and thought provoking... mixing different realities and themes.

Posted 17 November 2005 - 01:12 AM

The top 3 movies that make me think:

1. K-Pax (so simple and psychically-mentally, so complicated, The BEST!)
2. Fargo (the film about humanity...)
3. Movies by M. Night Shyamalan like Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village

Ah and I like the horror/suspense genre very much. Stephen King adaptations like Sleepwalkers, etc. in the past. Nowadays: The Ring (Ring2 wasn't too memorable), yea Saw (haven't seen Saw II. yet), The Grudge, etc. just for fun.
David Lynch and his special/unique athmosphere films are my other favs. It began with the TV series: Twin Peaks, and continued with Mulholland Drive (well I had to watch it some.... times to understand but each time I watched it I discovered more & more meanings).

But these are just very few. I love movies (ahh, and their music so much)

Posted 17 November 2005 - 03:36 AM

Amelie, The Godfather (I-III), 21 Grams ...

A Good Woman and Lost in Translation (both with Scarlett Johansson ) are also nice

Right now, i'm watching Lost (the TV series). It makes me think a lot... everytime i take the plane

Posted 17 November 2005 - 06:33 AM

QUOTE(euromix @ Nov 16 2005, 08:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Right now, i'm watching Lost (the TV series). It makes my think a lot... everytime i take the plane

Speaking of planes.. may want to stay away from "Flight Plan" with Jody Foster.

Posted 18 November 2005 - 12:35 AM

Best plane movie has gotta be Final Destination ... perfect for an in-flight movie too

Posted 14 December 2005 - 01:00 PM

Posted 14 December 2005 - 02:03 PM

QUOTE(Shaakaal @ Dec 14 2005, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

JUMANJI was a real fun for sure.

Do you really find it interesting? I think it is a little childish...

Posted 17 December 2005 - 04:32 PM

Posted 05 August 2006 - 11:42 AM

QUOTE(euromix @ Dec 14 2005, 03:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you really find it interesting? I think it is a little childish...

me too and boring

Posted 08 August 2006 - 12:57 AM

  Posted 09 August 2006 - 11:50 AM

Posted 16 November 2006 - 10:32 AM

Hitchcock > not all his movies but about 75% (huge fan )

Mullholland Dr. YES

Memento

Cube YES

Requiem For A Dream


p.s. don't wanna be an a$$ but Y are you posting movies like jumanji, kate and leopold or idk...star wars...
i understand Matrix cuz it has a very good point , "machines controlling humans in the future thing".

...lol....GF...muahahahah


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