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If you like Weird Al and references to 80's pop culture, do I have a movie for you!
But seriously, I at least, find this movie hilarious and extremely quotable. I am amazed that that I have never run into someone who has seen it as well, it has a good plot, characters are likable and the references never fall flat. If you like Weird Al, this is a must watch.
But seriously, I at least, find this movie hilarious and extremely quotable. I am amazed that that I have never run into someone who has seen it as well, it has a good plot, characters are likable and the references never fall flat. If you like Weird Al, this is a must watch.
Nah, I actually agree with you on that one. The Descent is good, but I think Dog Soldiers has more charm to it. Doomsday, a more recent film of his, was just so-so though which is a shame I guess.the December King said:
Troll Hunter is also a good choice
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Missed you posting this. I concur with this also.elvor0 said:
UHF is an amazing movie.Sovereign _909 said:
Also, Nicolas Cage's Wicker Man is the funniest thing ever.
I kinda doubt anyone has heard of this movie "Confessions", it's a story about a young highschool teacher taking revenge on her daughters killers, who happen to be her students. This film is unusual in a sense that it doesn't focus on physical violence, but rather on mental. It features a few examples of most brutal mindrape I've ever seen on TV. By the end it's impossible not to feel for those poor little bastards...
Two movies by and starring Takeshi Kitano, a.k.a. the coolest Japanese dude ever.
The score is by Joe Hisaishi, who most of you will know for his work in Ghibli movies.
The score is by Joe Hisaishi, who most of you will know for his work in Ghibli movies.
yes, nice one.MindFragged said:Troll Hunter is also a good choice
for good abscure movies, I sometimes end up watching movies from Scandinavian origin. Never let me down once.
A particular great gem: Dead Snow
nice if you like gore, but combined with plenty of wacky scenes, it becomes an absolute hilarious slaughterfest!
Nazi Zombies, do I need to say more?
Starts off slow, but the pace keeps going and going, right over the top 'till you piss your pants laughing.
I took it with me on a bus trip of our university (23-24 year olds). Everybody gave me that weird 'dafuq' look for the first 30min.
In the end all the guys high-fived, because it was sooo damn sweet
The 1970's Three and Four Musketeers are probably some of the most accurate adaptations of the Dumas Novels put to film and contain some of the most inventive sword fights I've ever seen. They're a little silly but still highly recommended.
I'd recommend "The Damned United". It's a look at the life of football manager Brian Clough and provides a great look into the psyche of a "win-at-all-costs" coach.
I'm gonna go with Serenity. I know that most of geek culture has seen it but in terms of the general public seeing it, it was a flop unfortunately. I love it and it is my favorite movie. But in terms of the geeks on this forum, I want you people to go see Indie Game. It's a documentary about the people that created Fez, Super Meat Boy, and Bastion. Every gamer needs to watch this at least once in order to see the difficulty and business behind indie game development.
Well a lot of people are mentioning japanese films so... The Good, The Bad and the Weird would have to be mine. It is truly an awesome film. I'm not sure how under-the-radar it actually was, but I've never heard anyone else mention it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zew2yWGDC8
...awesome film.
Also, for whoever likes horrors, I'd recommend Martyrs. Pretty cool idea, gory as hell and French! (If I remember correctly). It's, like, my favourite horror film after Rec.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zew2yWGDC8
...awesome film.
Also, for whoever likes horrors, I'd recommend Martyrs. Pretty cool idea, gory as hell and French! (If I remember correctly). It's, like, my favourite horror film after Rec.
I'm sure more people than I have seen this but I feel it doesn't get mentioned as much as it should.
Dead Man. Starring Johnny Depp (pre-Pirates when I feel he was somewhat better as an actor and not watered down) and directed by Jim Jarmusch, it is a great film. It also has a small connection in Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog (another classic). I won't give anything away but its a western movie about a guy named William Blake who gets wounded on his way out to the west. An indian named Nobody (Gary Farmer) finds him and mistakes him for the poet William Blake and patches him up sending him on a journey through a strange land. A cameo by Iggy Pop is awesome and worth watching for, and the movie has numerous William Blake (the poet) quotes all through it. It also has Crispin Glover, another favorite of mine.
If you haven't seen it, do so. Pretty sure its on Netflix Instant queue.
Dead Man. Starring Johnny Depp (pre-Pirates when I feel he was somewhat better as an actor and not watered down) and directed by Jim Jarmusch, it is a great film. It also has a small connection in Jarmusch's film Ghost Dog (another classic). I won't give anything away but its a western movie about a guy named William Blake who gets wounded on his way out to the west. An indian named Nobody (Gary Farmer) finds him and mistakes him for the poet William Blake and patches him up sending him on a journey through a strange land. A cameo by Iggy Pop is awesome and worth watching for, and the movie has numerous William Blake (the poet) quotes all through it. It also has Crispin Glover, another favorite of mine.
If you haven't seen it, do so. Pretty sure its on Netflix Instant queue.
The Matador. Or as I like to call it, the movie that proves that Pierce Brosnan can indeed act. It's a pretty dialogue-heavy movie, but some of the things that are said are pretty memorable. Most of it is Brosnan talking about the hardships of being an assassin for hire.
Oh and there's a twist at the end.
Oh and there's a twist at the end.
The Interview, starring Hugo Weaving. Entire movie about an interrogation which leaves you guessing till the end.
Black Dynamite, starring Michael Jai. People may have heard of the animated series, but they NEED to see the movie.
Three movies with Nicholas Cage:
Stolen - Taken except the main characters does everything BUT kill people.
Trespass - Rule of Cage is in full effect in this movie, it's so mediocre but Cage makes it.
The Rock, also with Sean Connery, this movie is actually pretty well known but no one talks about it these days.
Black Dynamite, starring Michael Jai. People may have heard of the animated series, but they NEED to see the movie.
Three movies with Nicholas Cage:
Stolen - Taken except the main characters does everything BUT kill people.
Trespass - Rule of Cage is in full effect in this movie, it's so mediocre but Cage makes it.
The Rock, also with Sean Connery, this movie is actually pretty well known but no one talks about it these days.
Yeah Session 9 is severely under appreciated. From reading about it, you'd expect a generic horror film; but it's more unique than that.ItouKaiji said:
Since this is a gaming website final fantasy's advent children may not be all that obscure but in general popular culture it sure as hell is so that's my entry.
I hear it gets slammed for a poor story and a reckless disregard for the laws of physics. But I personally never played ff7 so I didn't get the story anyway and the physics thing actually makes sense to me: you're making a movie about a bunch of relatively ordinary people, who by the end of the original game had demi-god level powers. What they do in the movie is really no crazier than the game.
So in other words: probably not a thinking man's movie. But if you're just in it for some physics defying combat, hoooo boy does it deliver! I mean there's swordfights on motorcycles. Swordfights. On. Motorcycles.
I hear it gets slammed for a poor story and a reckless disregard for the laws of physics. But I personally never played ff7 so I didn't get the story anyway and the physics thing actually makes sense to me: you're making a movie about a bunch of relatively ordinary people, who by the end of the original game had demi-god level powers. What they do in the movie is really no crazier than the game.
So in other words: probably not a thinking man's movie. But if you're just in it for some physics defying combat, hoooo boy does it deliver! I mean there's swordfights on motorcycles. Swordfights. On. Motorcycles.
Absolutely incredible movie for several reasons, including but by no means limited to:elvor0 said:
The three main actors all being incredible
Soundtrack (Der Leiermann springs to mind)
Surprisingly laugh-out-loud
Beautifully held balance between humour and genuinely touching moments
'YOU'RE AN INANIMATE FUCKING OBJECT!'
A few moments later: 'I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object, darling..'
AND YES. Watched it with a friend, neither of us with any idea what we were getting into and it is just brilliant.Lovely Mixture said:
OT: If anyone likes martial arts movies with appallingly brilliantly terrible special effects, I recommend Storm Warriors. (I think that was what it was called... or maybe Warriors was the sequel. I forget. Either way, the first one in that series is worth watching.)