Movie Recommendations

[dragonrage]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

One of the best and first movies I ever saw, yes it is a western but it is just awsome.

The Quick and the Dead, is pretty good as well.

Gladiator, that is a given.

Goodfellas, good movie.

As BoC mentioned "The Professional" as it was re name for the American audience. My favorite line from this movie, " No woman, no kids" bang. oh yeah.

Fight Club, is a must see as previously stated.

After the Sunset, is a good movie as well.

Devil's Advocate, awsome movie.

Man on fire, One of the best movies i've seen in the last few years.

Pirates of the Caribbean, "duh" I'm a big Johnny deep fan.

Sleepy Hollow, Secret window and a few others that i'll keep to myself for now.

Nightmare Before Christmas.

Corpse Bride.

Interview with a Vampire.

Underworld

Pulp Ficton. Enough said.

Shawshank Redemption.

The Green Mile.

Happy Feet, this moves is just pure fun and laughter not much and yet is makes you wonder.

Well there is a whole lot more that but this is good for now.

[masamuneehs]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

One of the best and first movies I ever saw, yes it is a western but it is just awsome.

The Quick and the Dead, is pretty good as well.

hmm, you left out "Once Upon a Time in the West" (not to be confused with that shitty Once Upon a Time in Mexico movie with Antonio Banderas) and "For a Fistful of Dollars" . Both those are directed by Sergio Leone, the same guy who did Good, Bad, Ugly. Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite Leone film, and I'm a sucker for Westerns (helps explain why I like anime so much)

I actually think that "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" isn't as good as the first ("Fistful of Dollars") and borrows so heavilly from the second ("For a Few Dollars More"). I saw them in the order they were made, so by the time I got to the third one, it seemed much less novel and groundbreaking than what it is for most people, since they don't even know about the earlier "Man with no Name" movies.

John Ford's "The Searchers" is also one of the best westerns I've ever seen. John Wayne doesn't have his typical 'sheriff/hero' role, and it's refreshing to see a Western that is as dark and serious as this one is.

[Board of Command]

2006 mentions:

Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish movie with subtitles)

Babel (you're gonna need the subtitles if you pirate this movie)

Stranger Than Fiction

[Zati]

Nice Jose Calderon sig BoC. Raptors! CB4

My favorite 2006 movies (might have forgot some) and I know some people might not like the ones I do :

A Scanner Darkly (nice cast with Reeves + Downey Jr. and the animation job done is great),

Alpha Dog (I hate Justin Timberlake but this movie is pretty good),

Apocalypto (Mel Gibson directed movie and its awesome)

Babel (Pitt did a pretty good job in this movie and I enjoyed it)

Blood Diamond (DiCaprio was great and just an awesome movie!),

Borat (Jagshemash, My name a Borat!),

Cars (pretty good animation movie),

Casino Royale (Daniel Craig did a great job with Bond and definately must see),

Children of Men (Clive Owen is becoming one of the great actors of recent and this movie shows the gritty dark side of future),

Click (Sandler + Beckinsale, good movie and near the end had some nice moments)

Crank (not bad if you like action and the same guy from "The Transporter"),

Deja Vu (not bad, Denzel travelling back in time)

Fast Food Nation (kinda of like "Super Size Me" and this was great about the reality of fast food),

Jet Li's Fearless (Li portraying an old Chinese martial arts legend and great action scenes)

Flags of Our Fathers (nice war movie and another great Clint Eastwood directed movie)

Flushed Away (I loved it, great delightful animation movie, Roddy!),

Half Nelson (great acting done by Canada's own Ryan Gosling portraying a teacher with a drug problem),

Happy Feet (awesome voice cast and a nice fun animation movie),

Idiocracy (directed by Mike Judge ("Beavis and Butthead", "Office Space"), Luke Wilson did an alright job and this movie had funny moments)

Letters from Iwo Jima (another awesome war movie by Clint)

Little Children (not a kid movie at all, Winslet + Connelly, Rated R),

Little Miss Sunshine (Steve Carell ("The Office") is one of my favorite comedic actors and his great in this),

Lucky Number Slevin (terrific cast including Willis + Freeman + Kingsley and I liked it)

Ice Age 2 (liked the first one and this sequel wasn't that bad),

Inside Man (Denzel + Owen, bank robbery and just a great movie)

Pan's Labyrinth (fantastic movie, reminds me of the animation movie "Spirited Away")

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (Johnny Depp! not much to say but watch it!),

Stranger Than Fiction (Will Ferell in a more serious role + Dustin Hoffman and just an overall nice movie)

The Departed (remake of HK's "Infernal Affairs" and with an all star cast including Jack Nicholson and Damon + DiCaprio, I enjoyed it but the HK version is still the best),

The Good Shepherd (directed by De Niro about spies with a great cast like Matt Damon + Jolie)

The Holiday (romance comedy with Jack Black + Winslet and Diaz + Law, not bad and I like almost anything so I thought this was alright)

The Last King of Scotland (Forest Whitaker did an amazing job and just won the Best Actor award for his performance in this movie),

The Last Kiss (Zach Braff ("Scrubs") + Rachel Bilson ("The O.C."), same thing like "The Holiday" with a cast that I like and an average movie. Bilson!)

The Lives of Others (terrific movie, great performances by the whole cast),

The Illusionist (great visuals and Norton!)

The Prestige (brilliant movie with magic and Bale + Jackman rivalry),

The Pursuit of Happyness (Will Smith at it again, great performance),

The Science of Sleep (read el_boss's review),

Underworld: Evolution (vampires and werewolves, but to be honest I watch this because of Kate Beckinsale)

Volver (nice foreign movie and Penelope Cruz!),

X-Men: The Last Stand (X-men!)

[el_boss]

There are only safe bets on the entire list.It look more like a list of movies that you should think are good unless you're an idiot. I hate those kinds of lists. It's like people who think that they are smart just because they have read classic novels. "Ooooo I've read Dostojevskij. I am so smart. I am so smart. S M R T! I mean S M A R T!!"

[SK]

The Illusionist, thought it was a good movie, filmed very well if you're into that sort of thing. You don't figure it all out until the movie is just about over, which is a plus. Check it out.