Need movie rental help!

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:07 PM

My wife and I have that Blockbuster monthly subscription where we can watch as many movies as we want for one price.. blah..blah..

Anyhow, I think I've seen just about every new release and I'm starting to watch movies I haven't seen that friends tell me I need to see.

Example, a friend just called and told me I must see Office Space, so.. that's on my list for tonight.

What else can you fellow FOFC'ers tell me I need to see. I like just about any theme.

Thanks!!

Todd

rkmsuf · 01-07-2005, 01:09 PM

Somehow you haven't seen Office Space? Shame, shame.

How about and oldy but goodie...

Tag - The Assasination Game.

Crapshoot · 01-07-2005, 01:10 PM

Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind
Garden State

Suicane75 · 01-07-2005, 01:11 PM

Sunshine State

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Somehow you haven't seen Office Space? Shame, shame.

How about and oldy but goodie...

Tag - The Assasination Game.

Don't think I remember that one.

It's on the list, thanks!

1. Office Space
2. The Assasination Game (Tag)

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:12 PM

Thanks! Keep them coming!

Todd

gottimd · 01-07-2005, 01:12 PM

Haven't seen office space?!?! Where have you been? Have you by chance seen a space fantasy movie that came out around 1977, called Star Wars?

Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart

There are just too many to name. Check online for "Best Movies" or something on the lines of "Can't miss movies of all time".

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:13 PM

Garden State will be the 2nd movie we get tonight! I've heard alot about that movie.

Todd

rkmsuf · 01-07-2005, 01:14 PM

I went for obsure forgotten goodness in my reccomendation.

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gottimd

Haven't seen office space?!?! Where have you been? Have you by chance seen a space fantasy movie that came out around 1977, called Star Wars?

Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart

There are just too many to name. Check online for "Best Movies" or something on the lines of "Can't miss movies of all time".

Seen both of these movies. I "don't think" I've seen Office Space, but I could pop it in and say, "I remember this".

I know I can do a search, but I figured I would get alot of interesting titles from people on here, plus it's a nice guide for me to come back to for more suggestions.

Todd

Desnudo · 01-07-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

I went for obsure forgotten goodness in my reccomendation.

The teaser sounds like a porn movie intro.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084756/posters

jbmagic · 01-07-2005, 01:18 PM

Rounders

great Poker Movie

rkmsuf · 01-07-2005, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jbmagic

Rounders

great Poker Movie

Never heard of it.

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbmagic

Rounders

great Poker Movie

Seen it, and yes it is a good movie.

Todd

MrBug708 · 01-07-2005, 01:20 PM

Mississippi Burning. The story actually made the front page of the Times today. The man responsible is being brought up on Murder charges.

Glengoyne · 01-07-2005, 01:22 PM

Clerks, if you haven't already.

I just watched Big Fish, and really enjoyed it. We have been doing the Blockbuster monthly thing as well. One thing I'm really enjoying is getting a whole seasons worth of a TV Series on DVD without actually buying the set. I'm in the middle of Firefly right now, and I highly reccomend that as well.

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 01:26 PM

Watched Mississippi Burning, Clerks, and Big Fish. All good ones.

Thanks,

Todd

Suicane75 · 01-07-2005, 01:27 PM

American Splendor slipped under the mainstream radar and it's a great film.

Glengoyne · 01-07-2005, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suicane75

American Splendor slipped under the mainstream radar and it's a great film.

Very good,and I didn't expect it at all.

DeToxRox · 01-07-2005, 01:28 PM

The Big Lebowski
Fargo
The Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Narc (Very underrated imho)
PCU

Franklinnoble · 01-07-2005, 01:30 PM

Cool Hand Luke

Mustang · 01-07-2005, 01:32 PM

A Midnight Clear

Raiders Army · 01-07-2005, 01:41 PM

I always recommend the movies in the room in the back. Not exactly big on plot, but for some reason, you can watch them over and over again.

Suicane75 · 01-07-2005, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiders Army

I always recommend the movies in the room in the back. Not exactly big on plot, but for some reason, you can watch them over and over again.

I took that advice once and ended up renting "Heavy Into Jeff". I didn't watch it over and over.

chinaski · 01-07-2005, 01:48 PM

American Splendor is really really good, Paul Giamatti is turning out to be one of the bettor actors in film..... however avoid Garden State, starts off good - then takes a big nose dive into a big pile of cheese. It is a good excuse to stare at Natalie Portman for 90 minutes tho.

For newish movies to dvd, id suggest "Hero". akin to Crouching Tiger, but has more of a Brothers Grimm story line, its really well done.

Raiders Army · 01-07-2005, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I took that advice once and ended up renting "Heavy Into Jeff". I didn't watch it over and over.

I'm not familiar with guy porn.

Suicane75 · 01-07-2005, 01:51 PM

Twin Falls, Idaho

Raiders Army · 01-07-2005, 01:52 PM

Can't Hardly Wait--funny movie with Jennifer Love Hewitt
Empire Records--see Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger before they got really famous...great soundtrack
Young Guns--although it's not in the movie: "I'll make you famous."

Chubby · 01-07-2005, 01:52 PM

I second Cool Hand Luke

also, The Longest Yard and The Punisher (so you can play find the FOFCer)

Desnudo · 01-07-2005, 01:52 PM

Life is Beautiful

Bad-example · 01-07-2005, 02:13 PM

Undercover Brother - Eddie Griffin is hilarious.
U-571 - A very good WWII submarine movie.
Amazon Women on the Moon - A funny, episodic movie similar to Kentucky Fried Movie.
The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin in a dramatic support role. A good drama that draws you in.

rkmsuf · 01-07-2005, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad-example

Amazon Women on the Moon - A funny, episodic movie similar to Kentucky Fried Movie.

That's even a Guttenberg you have there.

korme · 01-07-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind
Garden State

umm, he couldn't have suggested two better movies for the year 2004.

moriarty · 01-07-2005, 03:01 PM

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind really suprised me ... good flick.
The Office (BBC television series if you haven't seen it - not really a movie I know, but on DVD)

Arles · 01-07-2005, 03:08 PM

Noises Off (Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve prior to the accident)
The Game with Michael Douglas
Confidence (Edward Burns, Hoffman - very good, IMO)

BigJohn&TheLions · 01-07-2005, 03:27 PM

The Taking of Pelham One, Two, three
Assault on Precint 13 (1976)

Karlifornia · 01-07-2005, 03:46 PM

Requiem For A Dream
Seven
Do The Right Thing

rafini · 01-07-2005, 06:45 PM

Looking through my DVD collection, here are some you might not have seen yet:

25th Hour
American History X
The Butterfly Effect
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Fight Club
For Love of the Game (pretty good semi-chick flick)
High Fidelity
IGBY Goes Down
Matchstick Men

Glengoyne · 01-07-2005, 07:00 PM

For the Love of the Game...A Chick Flick?

Well OK I see where you are coming from, but I firmly consider this a baseball movie..err ...that women can enjoy.

panerd · 01-07-2005, 07:04 PM

American Movie: I went with this off of a recommindation in a FOFC thread last summer and it is one of the best (and to me funniest) movies I have seen in a while. I was very pleasently surprised. It is a documentary about the production of a very low budget horror movie and the people in the film are 1000 times better than anything a writer could ever create. (especially grandpa and his loser friend)

cthomer5000 · 01-07-2005, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panerd

American Movie: I went with this off of a recommindation in a FOFC thread last summer and it is one of the best (and to me funniest) movies I have seen in a while. I was very pleasently surprised. It is a documentary about the production of a very low budget horror movie and the people in the film are 1000 times better than anything a writer could ever create. (especially grandpa and his loser friend)

I second American Movie.

AENeuman · 01-07-2005, 07:16 PM

Really not sure why they made movies after Cool Hand Luke....
That being said...
Hustler (Newman and GC Scott, Gleason)
It Happened One Night (first and best romanitc road trip movie)
Murder on a Sunday Morning (very sad documentary oscar winner, like being hit with a baseball bat for two hours, in a good way)
Sweet Smell of Success (Lancastor as the prick and Curtis as the patsy, great jazz sound track)

I too was lost on movies so I just started watching the best pictures nominations, then forgien and documentaries. That's the good thing about the rental thing; if you watch 2 or 3 a week you can put up with some dudes in order to get to the gems.

Loren · 01-07-2005, 07:25 PM

We saw Hero and i liked it, it's pretty cool and im a sucker for subtitles.. Garden State, I'd rented it as my "chick flick" since im alone all week movie, surprised any guys liked it

I loved it enough to consider buying it though, it's all sweeet all and stuff.
Im headed out to get Troy and Little BLack Book, but im a girl soo yeahhh.
Still cant believe someone hasnt seen Office Space,
"mm excuse me e e i beleive you have my stapler"
When nothings out I always like
Very Bad Things, Sweetest Thing, Heathers, really anything with Jon Favreau, Stiller, the husband thinks im warped but I doo love my Urban Cowboy, Coal Miners Daughter and Little House on the Prarie dvd's

anything else I like would be a "kids movie"

..
did NOT watch Eternal Sunshine when it was in the house last week, i cannot stand Jim Carrey

aran · 01-07-2005, 07:32 PM

Troy was really bad... but i read the illiad, so my opinion is tainted. Nothing like sitting there during a movie and subconsciously picking out all of the problems with the plot.

I would suggest Pulp Fiction and Magnolia. If you want a real messed up film, see if you can get your hands on Pi.

Loren · 01-07-2005, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aran

Troy was really bad... but i read the illiad, so my opinion is tainted. Nothing like sitting there during a movie and subconsciously picking out all of the problems with the plot.

I read the Illiad, but THISS has Bradd Pitt in it

but I understand, Ive done the same thing you do to every movie based on an anne rice book.

Craptacular · 01-07-2005, 07:44 PM

I second the nomination for PCU.

The Fifth Element
UHF (if you like Weird Al and/or stupid comedies ... pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards)
Tombstone

aran · 01-07-2005, 08:12 PM

I'd also highly recommend Hero. It's quite a kickass movie once you understand how the plot is being revealed. There are some very amazing cinemagraphic moments in there.

MizzouRah · 01-07-2005, 08:35 PM

Great ideas in here, thanks again!

I have a nice list for next week.

Todd

Flasch186 · 01-07-2005, 08:48 PM

Punisher?

Rich1033 · 01-07-2005, 09:43 PM

The Salton Sea is a very good movie.

01-07-2005, 01:09 PM	#2
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chinaski College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon	American Splendor is really really good, Paul Giamatti is turning out to be one of the bettor actors in film..... however avoid Garden State, starts off good - then takes a big nose dive into a big pile of cheese. It is a good excuse to stare at Natalie Portman for 90 minutes tho. For newish movies to dvd, id suggest "Hero". akin to Crouching Tiger, but has more of a Brothers Grimm story line, its really well done. __________________ CCFL - Buffalo Bills IHOF - Houston Mustangs GML - San Diego

01-07-2005, 01:10 PM	#3
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind Garden State

01-07-2005, 01:11 PM	#4
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Sunshine State

01-07-2005, 01:12 PM	#6
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Thanks! Keep them coming! Todd

01-07-2005, 01:13 PM	#8
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Garden State will be the 2nd movie we get tonight! I've heard alot about that movie. Todd

01-07-2005, 01:18 PM	#12
jbmagic Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2004	Rounders great Poker Movie

01-07-2005, 01:20 PM	#15
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Mississippi Burning. The story actually made the front page of the Times today. The man responsible is being brought up on Murder charges.

01-07-2005, 01:22 PM	#16
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	Clerks, if you haven't already. I just watched Big Fish, and really enjoyed it. We have been doing the Blockbuster monthly thing as well. One thing I'm really enjoying is getting a whole seasons worth of a TV Series on DVD without actually buying the set. I'm in the middle of Firefly right now, and I highly reccomend that as well.

01-07-2005, 01:26 PM	#17
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Watched Mississippi Burning, Clerks, and Big Fish. All good ones. Thanks, Todd

01-07-2005, 01:27 PM	#18
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	American Splendor slipped under the mainstream radar and it's a great film.

01-07-2005, 01:28 PM	#20
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	The Big Lebowski Fargo The Usual Suspects Goodfellas Narc (Very underrated imho) PCU

01-07-2005, 01:30 PM	#21
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Cool Hand Luke

01-07-2005, 01:41 PM	#23
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	I always recommend the movies in the room in the back. Not exactly big on plot, but for some reason, you can watch them over and over again.

01-07-2005, 01:51 PM	#27
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Twin Falls, Idaho

01-07-2005, 01:52 PM	#28
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Can't Hardly Wait--funny movie with Jennifer Love Hewitt Empire Records--see Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger before they got really famous...great soundtrack Young Guns--although it's not in the movie: "I'll make you famous."

01-07-2005, 01:52 PM	#29
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	I second Cool Hand Luke also, The Longest Yard and The Punisher (so you can play find the FOFCer)

01-07-2005, 01:52 PM	#30
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Life is Beautiful

01-07-2005, 02:13 PM	#31
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	Undercover Brother - Eddie Griffin is hilarious. U-571 - A very good WWII submarine movie. Amazon Women on the Moon - A funny, episodic movie similar to Kentucky Fried Movie. The Spanish Prisoner - Steve Martin in a dramatic support role. A good drama that draws you in.

01-07-2005, 03:01 PM	#34
moriarty College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: A negative place	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind really suprised me ... good flick. The Office (BBC television series if you haven't seen it - not really a movie I know, but on DVD)

01-07-2005, 03:08 PM	#35
Arles Grey Dog Software Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL	Noises Off (Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve prior to the accident) The Game with Michael Douglas Confidence (Edward Burns, Hoffman - very good, IMO) __________________ Developer of Bowl Bound College Football http://www.greydogsoftware.com Last edited by Arles : 01-07-2005 at 03:21 PM.

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01-07-2005, 06:45 PM	#38
rafini High School JV Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach	Looking through my DVD collection, here are some you might not have seen yet: 25th Hour American History X The Butterfly Effect Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Fight Club For Love of the Game (pretty good semi-chick flick) High Fidelity IGBY Goes Down Matchstick Men

01-07-2005, 07:00 PM	#39
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	For the Love of the Game...A Chick Flick? Well OK I see where you are coming from, but I firmly consider this a baseball movie..err ...that women can enjoy.

01-07-2005, 07:04 PM	#40
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	American Movie: I went with this off of a recommindation in a FOFC thread last summer and it is one of the best (and to me funniest) movies I have seen in a while. I was very pleasently surprised. It is a documentary about the production of a very low budget horror movie and the people in the film are 1000 times better than anything a writer could ever create. (especially grandpa and his loser friend)

01-07-2005, 07:16 PM	#42
AENeuman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: SF	Really not sure why they made movies after Cool Hand Luke.... That being said... Hustler (Newman and GC Scott, Gleason) It Happened One Night (first and best romanitc road trip movie) Murder on a Sunday Morning (very sad documentary oscar winner, like being hit with a baseball bat for two hours, in a good way) Sweet Smell of Success (Lancastor as the prick and Curtis as the patsy, great jazz sound track) I too was lost on movies so I just started watching the best pictures nominations, then forgien and documentaries. That's the good thing about the rental thing; if you watch 2 or 3 a week you can put up with some dudes in order to get to the gems.

01-07-2005, 07:25 PM	#43
Loren High School JV Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: i live in tx	We saw Hero and i liked it, it's pretty cool and im a sucker for subtitles.. Garden State, I'd rented it as my "chick flick" since im alone all week movie, surprised any guys liked it I loved it enough to consider buying it though, it's all sweeet all and stuff. Im headed out to get Troy and Little BLack Book, but im a girl soo yeahhh. Still cant believe someone hasnt seen Office Space, "mm excuse me e e i beleive you have my stapler" When nothings out I always like Very Bad Things, Sweetest Thing, Heathers, really anything with Jon Favreau, Stiller, the husband thinks im warped but I doo love my Urban Cowboy, Coal Miners Daughter and Little House on the Prarie dvd's anything else I like would be a "kids movie".. did NOT watch Eternal Sunshine when it was in the house last week, i cannot stand Jim Carrey __________________ Lorennnn...

01-07-2005, 07:32 PM	#44
aran High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA	Troy was really bad... but i read the illiad, so my opinion is tainted. Nothing like sitting there during a movie and subconsciously picking out all of the problems with the plot. I would suggest Pulp Fiction and Magnolia. If you want a real messed up film, see if you can get your hands on Pi. Last edited by aran : 01-07-2005 at 07:33 PM.

01-07-2005, 07:44 PM	#46
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	I second the nomination for PCU. The Fifth Element UHF (if you like Weird Al and/or stupid comedies ... pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards) Tombstone

01-07-2005, 08:12 PM	#47
aran High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA	I'd also highly recommend Hero. It's quite a kickass movie once you understand how the plot is being revealed. There are some very amazing cinemagraphic moments in there.

01-07-2005, 08:35 PM	#48
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Great ideas in here, thanks again! I have a nice list for next week. Todd