Recommend a Film.

[frazeHFC]

Aye i am the same as those that think The Hurt Locker is class too, defo recommend everyone giving it a watch tonight!

I thought i would hate them with churches etc but i absolutely love The da Vinci code and Angels and Demons, definately worth a watch.

[Dinkydoo]

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The town is a good film as well

Forgot about that one - seen far too many films.

If anyone hasn't seen them and has a bit of time on their hands, the Rush Hour films and Friday (first one only) are classic Chris Tucker - I still laugh after watching them all on several occasions.

Forgot to include 'Requiem for a Dream' in my earlier list too.

[.Sean.]

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It's a brilliant film

The town is a good film as well

Really enjoyed it.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Jacob's Ladder

[frazeHFC]

Black Hawk Down - Love that film.

[Don Giovanni]

War films:
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Black Hawk Down

Foreign Films:
City of God (the book is brilliant also)
Delicatessen
Pans Labyrinth

The Jack Nicholson Collection:
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
As Good as it Gets
The Departed (even just the opening scene where Jack walks into to the grocery store to the sound of the Stones is brilliant).

Musical movies:
Ray
Walk the Line
The Blues Brothers
(the muic is fantastic, obviously)

Westerns:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bad Day at Blackrock
True Grit (both versions are very good)

Random flicks:
Clockwork Orange
Train Spotting
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Catch Me If You Can
The Matrix

Multiples:
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter

Romantic Epics:
Doctor Zhivago

Puppet Films:
Team America

Guilty Pleasures:
The Warriors

[frazeHFC]

Lord of the Rings are epic, i could basically go through all 3 films saying every characters words.

[SteveHFC]

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Black Hawk Down - Love that film.

[Future17]

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Just watched the decendants with George Clooney, i have no idea why thats up for so many awards? A waste of an hour and a half in my opinion.

Just watched this too and thought it was pretty good. Deals with some familar, depressing themes, but walks a fine line between sad and funny and I thought that made for a fairly enjoyable watch - especially if it's cinema night and it's her choice.

In general terms, I would recommend Hot Fuzz (have to watch it a few times to get all the jokes), Heat, Seven, Dogma, Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Van Wilder, Batman Begins and the first of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films (it's brilliant).

[Peevemor]

Bigfoot and the Hendersons

[Pete]

Films that I'd recommend:

Bloodsport. JCVD at his finest and Bolo Yeungs pecs are a separate character.

Predator. Genius and the first real fusion of action and suspense.

The last dragon. Bruce Leroy...the black Bruce Lee faces up to the shogun of Harlem and his gang...and wins!

Trading places. Funny on every level...and especially in today's economic climate. Probably may favourite.

Animated ones I'd recommend would be Up and Despicable me.

[Peevemor]

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Films that I'd recommend:

Bloodsport. JCVD at his finest and Bolo Yeungs pecs are a separate character.

Predator. Genius and the first real fusion of action and suspense.

The last dragon. Bruce Leroy...the black Bruce Lee faces up to the shogun of Harlem and his gang...and wins!

Trading places. Funny on every level...and especially in today's economic climate. Probably may favourite.

Animated ones I'd recommend would be Up and Despicable me.

I'm not sure about that.

[easty]

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Just watched this too and thought it was pretty good. Deals with some familar, depressing themes, but walks a fine line between sad and funny and I thought that made for a fairly enjoyable watch - especially if it's cinema night and it's her choice.

In general terms, I would recommend Hot Fuzz (have to watch it a few times to get all the jokes), Heat, Seven, Dogma, Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Van Wilder, Batman Begins and the first of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films (it's brilliant).

Van Wilder........really? I didn't think much of that at all.

Batman Begins is really good but I think The Dark Knight was better.

You can't go wrong with a bit of Die Hard With A Vengance or Terminator 2.

[PeeJay]

"Lock, stock & two smoking barrels" - briliant British movie directed by Guy Ritchie


"1900" by Bernardo Bertolluci - Robert DeNiro, Gerard Depardieu, Donalth Sutherland - well worth a watch..

"Red Violin" - terrific story - Francois Gerard....

[magpie1892]

Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) - Good plot, incredible performances.
The Stunt Man - underrated classic
Adam & Paul - Dublin junkies; funny and moving

[Pete]

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I'm not sure about that.

Sorry, It should have stated that I, personally appreciated it in that sense.

[hibeenicol]

I saw the devil is a brilliant film if you can put up with subtitles.

http://youtu.be/tkwEFKdTckk

[Gatecrasher]

I also enjoy Scrooged as a christmas movie.

Schindler's List
The original Oceans Eleven (The Rat Pack )
Friday (mentioned above)
The Running Man (Classic Arnie)

[Future17]

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Van Wilder........really? I didn't think much of that at all.

Batman Begins is really good but I think The Dark Knight was better.

You can't go wrong with a bit of Die Hard With A Vengance or Terminator 2.

I'm not usually a fan of US-made comedies, so maybe it's just because it's a bit different from the usual character/slapstick comedies that seem to be produced en-masse.

I liked The Dark Knight but felt it was maybe 30 mins too long. I preferred Batman Begins as I like prequels and I felt it did a good job of showing the creation of the character. Plus Bale and Neeson were very good together.

Die Hard With A Vengeance is a classic.

[bandylegs_jLeighton]

Favourites from before my time:

Once Upon a Time in the West
Lawrence of Arabia
High Noon
Its a Wonderul Life
Godfather

Childhood favourites:

Ghostbusters
Die Hard
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Last 20 years:

Bourne Trilogy
Slumdog Millionaire
Donnie Darko
The Incredibles
Rushmore
Kill Bill
Matrix


Guilty Pleasures:

Arnie movies (Commando, Total Recall etc.)

[blackpoolhibs]

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Just watched this too and thought it was pretty good. Deals with some familar, depressing themes, but walks a fine line between sad and funny and I thought that made for a fairly enjoyable watch - especially if it's cinema night and it's her choice.

I watched it at home I thought it was too far fetched, and couldn't understand why he was traipsing all over the place while his wife was about to die, even though she'd been cheating? You could also tell right at the start what he was going to do with the land.

I watched The Help last night, now that was a good film, thought provoking and a decent amount of humour too.

[Dinkydoo]

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I saw the devil is a brilliant film if you can put up with subtitles.

http://youtu.be/tkwEFKdTckk

Great revenge film; although a bit too long iirc.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Most of the WWII epics are good, A bridge too far, Guns of Navarone etc, etc.

The Deer Hunter
Appocalypse Now, in fact, most Vietnam war films ive watched ive enjoyed, not too sure why though!

Guilty pleasures

The Abyss
The Firm (not the Tom Cruise one)
The 39 Steps (Robert Powell version)

[.Sean.]

Top thread boys


Guity Pleasure - Notting Hill. Quite like a 'chick flick', usually a bit of totty on show and easy to watch.


I should be embarassed about having watched Titanic in excess of 50 times, but am no - Cannae wait for it at the Cinema in 3D!

[BroxburnHibee]

List could be endless.

Most of mine have been mentioned already

Fight club
The dark knight
Its a wonderful life
DHWAV
Field of dreams
Amelie
Bourne Trilogy

Favourite animated move - Finding Nemo

Favourite western has to be the classic - The Searchers

If I was only allowed to watch one film ever again though, it would have to be the awesome......

Shawshank Redemption - absolutely love it.

[Dinkydoo]

Guilty pleasures eh:

Starship Troopers Trilogy
Superbad
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Scream Trilogy (I've purged the fourth from my memory)
A Nightmare in Elm Street 4
Planet Terror
Scary Movie (all)
How High
Urban Legend
The Faculty
Old School
House on Haunted Hill
Dragon Lord
Mortal Kombat

[The_Exile]

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Whats Lovefilm like? Noticed you can get unlimited films for about a fiver a month? Also there is another site called Netflix aswell which is an American company I think. Do you get up to date films?

Yeah you can get unlimited streaming for a fiver a month, but unsure if they have more or less content than Netflix.

I'm on the 14.99 a month deal, you can get unlimited rentals and streaming, plus Xbox, Ps3, Wii, PSP, DS games etc, you get 3 discs at home at a time, no late fees etc, I watch a lot of films so find 14.99 a month to be a pretty good deal considering I'd probably spend more than that on DVD's/Games if I didn't rent them. You can drop down to 2 discs at home at a time for £11.22 a month.

I've heard of people saying the films go missing in the post etc, but I guess that will happen from time to time, they haven't missed a beat with me though, whenever I've sent a film back I've got a new one through the letterbox within 2 days. I usually send old ones back on Thursday and have new ones through on Saturday in time for the weekend.

Think I might have a couple of '2 months free' offer codes, if anyone fancies one just drop me a pm.

[Future17]

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I watched it at home I thought it was too far fetched, and couldn't understand why he was traipsing all over the place while his wife was about to die, even though she'd been cheating? You could also tell right at the start what he was going to do with the land.

I watched The Help last night, now that was a good film, thought provoking and a decent amount of humour too.

Yeah, it's a fair point, although I think because he could essentially choose when she died he was trying to "tie up loose ends" for want of a better cliche. I liked the slight lack of reality in the situation he was placed in, combined with having to deal with his daughters and his father-in-law giving him **** and talking about the faithful, devoted wife.

I didn't really understand the part about the land. If the Trust was having to dissolve in seven years anyway, it sounded like he was just going to waste the next seven years fighting a legal battle when he'd just had the lack of relationship with his daughters highlighted for him.

Not seen The Help, but might suggest it next time it's her choice....sounds a better option than War Horse.

[KB1]

Most of mine have been mentioned already, but a personal is Fargo by the Cohen brothers

[SRHibs]

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Joined Lovefilm a wee while ago so have been racking up the viewing hours, any recommendations from folks? Doesn't have to be recent films, but have got right into movies again so will watch pretty much anything, as long as it's not romantic ****** comedies.

For what it's worth, just watched a film called Melancholia, it took a few days for the whole thing to sink in as it was visually stunning, I'm still undecided if it's genius or cack though, over 2 hours long so the pace was slow, but didn't detract from the obvious quality of the film. Basically it's about a woman who's suffering depression and having just got married, a new planet appears from behind the sun and heads towards Earth, won't give away the ending, but the final shot in the film has stayed with me for a good few days!

Got a few coming in the post but need to build my order queue a wee bit, my preference is science fiction or a good action/thriller flick. Basically anything with a properly good story.

The ending to Melancholia is given away within the first 10 minutes. I think Von Trier's reasoning was that the question of whether the world would end or not would have detracted from the story, and taken focus away from the characters. Personally, I would've liked not to have known.

I found it to be an extremely chilling ending - probably one of the scariest I've seen. Brilliant film though IMO.