When the Wind Blows and Princess Mononoke are very well known through out critic circles but every time I mention any of these two films to close friends or work buddies they look at me like and act like Gary Coleman in 'Different Strokes'. What the F**k ya talkin about Merlin!
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What Are Your Favourite Unknown Xmas Movie That Only Features This Jolly Old Holiday In The Background? |
11/20/09 |
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Top 10 Favourite Movies That None of your closest friends has Ever Heard of... |
10/14/09 |
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My Top 10 That None of your closest friends has Ever Heard of are... 4 Replies Report to Moderator 
I've always wanted to see When the Wind Blows. Saw it once on the Doovd in the Hoomv, but they were looking £20 for it. I thought it wait for the price to go down, assuming no-one would pay that for it. I was wrong. *sigh* 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Cube is great 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
That's pretty good - I've even seen most of those. My favorite of them is Oldboy. Black Book I thought was too over the top and goofy. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Mine are... 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Love Clue, Eternal Sunshine and any Miyazaki film! 1 Reply Report to Moderator
thats pretty funny. I love the movie and the game. 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Also depending what theatre in the USA you saw 'Clue' at, it had multiple endings. (just like the board game)
I saw it on DVD and there was like 3 or 4 endings, which i thought was pretty cool 
1. Let the Right One In 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Those are some badass choices! I loved Let the Right One In, and I heard they are doing a remake in Hollywood. So how horribly do you think they will screw that up? 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Thanks man 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Ya, they rip off foreign movies when they run out of their own movies to ripoff! Halloween Version 2.2 anyone? 
Not sure the Amnerican version of Let the Right One In will be horrible. I read that the director Matt Reeves has spoken a lot to the author of the book, and it is going to be more of a re-adaptation of the book as opposed to the Swedish film. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Good. If Reeves makes his own version of the story, which acknowledges the fact that the original cannot be improved upon, then he may actually offer a compelling movie. Kind of like having the Burton and the Nolan Batman movies, both are good in their own way.
1 - Yojimbo 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Great idea, Sir Wizard and High Plenipotentiary of Rotten Tomatoes. Here are some in chronological order: 0 Replies Report to Moderator
The ten films I recently had to inform even my most movie-loving friends of... 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Bully FTW!!! (Y) 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Yes!! For some reason I just love stuff nobody else knows about so some of these movies will be perfect for me. I'll be sure to check some out! 1 Reply Report to Moderator
FreakyStyley, I created this group for people just like you! 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
1.The Room 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
1. Lilya 4-ever (2002) 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Oh I loved #3. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Haha, my #3 should be REC. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Session 9 is my favorite scary movie. excellent choice. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
1.Pans Labyrinth 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Pans Labyrinth is phenomenal. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Some great movies for me to check out in netflix. Thanks for the great thread. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
1)Motorcycle Diaries (2004) 0 Replies Report to Moderator |
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Your Favourite Horror Movies That Nobody as Ever Heard of... |
10/2/09 |
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Seeing that the 31st of October AKA: HALLOWEEN, is just around the corner, are there any Horror movies you guys love but not that many people have ever heard of? 0 Replies Report to Moderator
For me there are 3 Horror movies that scare the pants of me and they are not very well known at all... 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Wicked little things is probably the only not really known horror movie that i enjoyed, recently anyways. thats all i can think of right now. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Usually I stay away from the After Dark Horrorfest movies that come around every year, but "Autopsy" may be one of the best horror movies to come out in recent years. It's gory, funny, and takes a slick approach to the classic slasher formula! "Midnight Meat Train" is underrated in my opinion, too. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
White Zombie 1 Reply Report to Moderator
The very 1st Zombie movie, I've got to check that out one day! 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Army of Darkness 1 Reply Report to Moderator
I watched one of the five versions of the Army of Darkness! 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Just to name a few of the last movies I have seen: 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Opera and 13:Game of Death come to mind. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Broken and Storm Warning 0 Replies Report to Moderator
My friends aren't big horror movie buffs, so I've got a fair amount of material to work with here. Don't call this a definitive top ten, so much as a list of ten horror films I think are great but haven't had the chance to share with my friends...yet. If I have to tie the fuckers down and pull their eyelids apart, I will, damnit. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
7. Black Christmas - Possibly the original holday-themed slasher, back before that was an accepted gimmick for struggling horror film-makers to utilise. It's essentially a murder mystery for the viewer, presented with a few stunning sequences and real flair. Not to be confused with the remake, which I've never seen and don't intend to. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Great list, love Dead Set, also try and put the year next to the title of the movie. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Heh heh, well that's the danger with remakes. Technically not your fault, though. I blame the schools. Also, watching a remake can ruin the original for people who've never seen it, which is why I'm gutted about the proposed Oldboy remake. 
Stephen King's It and Misery... 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
American Psycho (2000) 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Audition - I watched it after one of the dudes on "At the Movies" said it was the scariest movie ever. It's actually more disturbing than scary, I'd say. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
If you're looking for a bad horror movie noone has heard of may I suggest "The Car". There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no way to stop... THE CAR! :) I saw this in the theatre in '78 and it was pretty scary by 1978 standards. Today it's just plain goofy. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
20.Blood Simple 1 Reply Report to Moderator 
That is one awesome list. Videodrome, Blood Simple, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Thing rank amongst my favorite movies ever. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
I prefer the original Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,but I prefer the Remake of The Thing. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Trick R' Treat. straight to DVD but honestly maybe b my top 3 horror films todate 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Braindead, Return of the Living Dead, Poltergeist III, Black Christmas, The Thing, Funny Games (not necessarily horror - just adding this...) 0 Replies Report to Moderator |
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New Movies Coming to Theatres... |
10/1/09 |
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Is there any Movies coming to theatres that you are really looking forward to but your closest friends are none the wiser? 1 Reply Report to Moderator 
Black Dynamite - The new homage to blaxploitation! It looks amazing! 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Yep, I'm Looking forward to Black Dynamite, REC2, Daybreakers and Kick-Ass which none of my friends have even heard of! 0 Replies Report to Moderator
YES! It's not available in Canada though - DAMN! 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
A Serious Man 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Up in the air. There is no way they've heard of it. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Well I work at my local cinema and so do most of my mates, so there's an extent to which our social lives revolve around the new releases. That said, I suspect I'll be watching Triangle alone. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
The Road - I missed it at the Toronto Film Fest but I didn't mind because it was coming out in theaters anyway. 0 Replies Report to Moderator |
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What's your unknown favourite movies that friends have not heard of? |
8/31/09 |
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Princess Mononoke and When the Wind Blows, Both to me are animated classics! 3 Replies Report to Moderator
hmmm i've never heard of when the wind blows! who made it?? Another anime that I am surprised not many people have seen is Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal 1 Reply Report to Moderator
When the Wind Blows is a British animation based on the events of cold war between Russia and the west. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
I haven´t seen Mononoke but Nauisicaa and the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky by Ghibli Studios are two amazing animated films that not many know. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
I loved When The Wind Blows. Not to mention the soundtrack which is the best music Roger Waters has done after his departure from Pink Floyd. Genius! 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Mine would have to be "The Boys Next Door." It's a film that, while dark at the time of the making of it (1985), has become even more relevent todat, in the wake of real life tragdeies, like Columbine and Virgina Tech. It's one of the earliest works of Charlie Sheen and one of the most underrated films by Penelope Spheeris. If you look at our world today, especially concerning violence among teens and young adults, this movie will be less a dark crime drama and more like a docudrama into the mind of teenage rage. I think it is an overlooked classic, which nearly none of my friends have even heard of or cares about. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Oldboy and Tae Guk Gi are two that come to mind! 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Old boy is great , I heard Spilberg is doing a remake so in a few years it will surely be very popular and probably in the new version Spielberg will put some aliens in the end explaining all the story, the new version will surely suck. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Spielberg and Will Smith... um yeah... double suck! 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Tae Guk Gi is awesome! On the French side - Delicatessen is another one that folks go "huh?" when you mention great foreign films. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
At first it was Boondock Saints but that was 5 years ago... Id say the newest 3 would be Peter Jackson's Black Sheep, Equilibrium and SciFi/Ninja Movie Death Trance. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Some people I work with have never heard of The Brave with Johnny Depp/Marlon Brando and Project X with Matthew Broderick/Helen Hunt. They are not big movies, but interesting. JD plays a Native American down on his luck living in proverty and he's does anything to bring his family out of the situation. It isn't the greatest movie, but it is a good movie. Project X is about the Air Force doing experiments on monkey's and an officer risking his job and life to save them. Although I don't believe in experimenting on animals it is a good movie. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
So many... 1 Reply Report to Moderator
It's funny that you mention Pi because I've noticed that the general public is largely unaware of it though it has been rated thoroughly on Rotten Tomatoes. Aronofsky's subsequent three films - Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and the Wrestler - seemed much more appreciated by audiences. Pi was incredible. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
The triplets of belleville, which is a really amazing french animated film. Also Howls moving castle, even though its pretty popular on here, most of my friends have never heard of it. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Sunshine. A sci-fi movie from Danny Boyle, I never knew it was from him until I saw Slumdog Millionaire. 1 Reply Report to Moderator 
Gotta agree with that, thought Sunshine was superb - everyone was clueless when I recommended it. Another was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - one of my favourite movies. Surprised when people hadn't heard of it. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Peter Jackson's Dead-Alive comes to mind. I think the fact that it came from New Zealand turned off all of my friends, but when my cousin came into town from down south, I showed it to him immediately. Neither of us could stop laughing! 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Well Dead-Alive is called Brain-Dead over here in the UK. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Jacksons earlier works were groundbreaking and completely underestimated. Bad Taste, Brain Dead & The Frighteners are all excellent. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
I could write a list of swedish movies, but that would be to easy and unfair. But here are a few that have come out this last decade that many have missed and/or never heard of. 2 Replies Report to Moderator
your friends must not get out much :P 0 Replies Report to Moderator
So have they heard of The Dark Knight? 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Most of my friends haven't heard about the Japanese Metropolis or the uncut version of The Thief and the Cobbler. They kick arse. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Except some very close friends...most other friends and co-workers haven't seen or heard of a majority of the films I could name. The most recent is "Prometheus Triumphant: A Fugue in the Key of Flesh". A great take on the classic Mary Shelly story, shot on digital video, but released on DVD with the format and look of an old silent film release. It was a fun viewing just because it was so different. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
You guys should check out The Signal... amazing twist on "Zombie" movies. 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Some of my favorite movies are really unknow for most of my friends, the ones i remember now are boy A and the fall. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
What a lot of people don't know is that 'Boy A' was a one of TV drama here in the UK and never got a theatrical release. 2 Replies Report to Moderator
I actually didnt know that :P 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
Boy A is indeed terrific. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
and so far as I know it hasn't gotten a UK DVD release yet - shame.
Dark City, Laura, Casablanca, The Godfather. Are just a few. 2 Replies Report to Moderator
Everybody knows The Godfather. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
I've never met a person that hasn't heard of at least one of those... you must live in Timbuktu! 1 Reply Report to Moderator
My friends haven't heard of the godfather, Casablanca, Laura or Dark City. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Wow, before I even knew what movies were, I'd see parodies of Casablanca or Godfather in Saturday morning cartoons! Hard to imagine two movies that are more quoted and referenced in other ways than those two. Maybe Wizard of Oz. 
13 Moons (2003) is a nice comedy/drama/ mystery for indie lovers 0 Replies Report to Moderator
One more recommendation: Kontroll (2005) 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
I like Begotten by E. Elias Merhige. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
You LIKE it? I don't think it's possible to like it. Personally I merely felt relieved that I didn't disembowel myself spontaneously after I watched it. 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Pan's Labyrinth and Mongol 0 Replies Report to Moderator
Just to name a few of the last movies I have seen: 0 Replies Report to Moderator
American Splender,Secretary,Visitor Q,The Machinest,Koyaanisquatsi and The Doom Generation,plus any film directed by Bruce McDonald,all get that"what you talkin bout" look. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
I've seen Visitor Q, but I would still give you that Gary Coleman look if you mentioned it to me. It's just that weird! 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Weird,yes but also entertaining. 1 Reply Report to Moderator
Is it though? That's kind of what the movie is asking. Would people watch that guy's "Bully" reality show? 
Swingers, Evil Dead, Boondock Saints, 12 Monkeys 0 Replies Report to Moderator 
The movie Yes and Sublime are great 0 Replies Report to Moderator |
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Merlin H. on 11/20/09 at 4:18 AM
'Friday After Next' is magic and delicious!
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Merlin H. on 11/20/09 at 4:19 AM
also 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'.
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Drew W. on 11/20/09 at 7:05 AM
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorites too. Shane Black, the writer/director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, also wrote several other movies that take place during Christmas including Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Another unrelated movie I like that takes place during Christmas is Terry Gilliam's Brazil.
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Dr.KevinBacon on 11/20/09 at 7:38 AM
The first two Die Hard movies
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Christopher Small on 11/20/09 at 8:22 AM
Jingle All the Way has been forgotten because it's so god-awful - but I love it!
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The Infallible Mr Jessop on 12/4/09 at 4:49 PM
Aside from Black Christmas, I got nuthin'.
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