Three for Free

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 06/05/2016 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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What three movies, underappreciated in your opinion, do you find yourself recommending all the time?

1) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (2008) - Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, a young Eliza Dushku, Dennis Farina, and Alan Rickman at his Alan Rickmaniest; about the early California wine industry and the famous blind taste test against French wines. Damn I love this movie;

2) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (2015) - screenwriter !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (Roman Holiday, Spartacus, Papillon) is persecuted and blacklisted in 1950s Hollywood. Bryan Cranston as good as you’ve ever seen him, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane;

3) !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (1976) - Zero Mostel, Woody Allen, Herschel Bernardi - a nebbish poses as a screenwriter to submit scripts written by blacklisted writers. Funny at times and a good look at what the blacklist did to its victims.

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:03

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Moon

Blazing saddles (underappreciated in our time...why has no one seen this movie?!)

Rad

Baeromez > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:04

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Primer

True Romance

Tombstone

Steve in Manhattan > Baeromez 06/05/2016 at 17:04

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Seen only True Romance out of those- man does it hold up.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:04

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My citroen won't start > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:09

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Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)- My favorite movie weirdly enough, could not get my friends to watch it till the end.

A Serious Man (2009)- the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person — a mensch — a serious man?

Amour (2012) - Critics loved it, but again every single person I spoke to found it too bleak, sad and monotonous. I loved it, it made me cry in public which is something I had never done (my grandmother always told me crying in public was classless and a sign of weakness). The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne suffers a stroke which paralyses her on the right side of her body.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:10

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The Prestige.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Baeromez 06/05/2016 at 17:11

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Seen true romance and primer and theyre bloody brilliant. Might have to check out tombstone.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:11

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Bunraku

Wasabi

Titan AE

HammerheadFistpunch > My citroen won't start 06/05/2016 at 17:12

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Life aquatic is pretty great

My citroen won't start > HammerheadFistpunch 06/05/2016 at 17:14

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My favorite movie, 56% at rotten tomatoes and a box office failure, go figure.

coelacanthist > My citroen won't start 06/05/2016 at 17:14

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I'm watching life aquatic right now! Crazy.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > HammerheadFistpunch 06/05/2016 at 17:16

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Blazing Saddles is fantastic.

bob and john > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:17

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Speed racer

I,Robot

The original Transporter

Steve in Manhattan > HammerheadFistpunch 06/05/2016 at 17:17

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“The Sheriff is near!”

Steve in Manhattan > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 06/05/2016 at 17:18

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Have not seen it.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 06/05/2016 at 17:18

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Thirded.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:21

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I’ll just give you two.

Shawshank Redemption

O’ Brother Where Art Thou?

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:22

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The Men Who Stare At Goats, Tropic Thunder, Kingsman

HammerheadFistpunch > My citroen won't start 06/05/2016 at 17:22

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Saw it in an empty theater can confirm both flop and excellence

JustWaitingForAMate > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:22

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The Way of The Gun (2000) - Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro in a kidnapping plot. The story is simple, but the gun play is realistic and not over the top Hollywood shootouts.

Hot Fuzz (2007) - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as cops investigating a series of murders in a small English village. Shenanigans ensue.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:27

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THX 1138 (1971): Great sci-fi with a Lola T70

Rubber (2010): I love the monologue.

Amelie (2001): Reasonably well known, but properly odd.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:37

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You need to change that. I would give anything to watch it again for the first time.

Steve in Manhattan > My citroen won't start 06/05/2016 at 17:51

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Wes Anderson ... don’t get me started. Life Aquatic, Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest - I just don’t get it.

Agrajag > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 17:57

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Joe vs. The Volcano

A Very Long Engagement

2010

My citroen won't start > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 18:04

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Love all of those, especially Darjeeling Limited.

Baeromez > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 06/05/2016 at 18:10

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It’s hands down my favorite movie. Val Kilmer is outstanding as Doc Holiday.

misfitmascots > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 18:13

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Seven

Usual Suspects

The Patriot

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 18:18

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Godfather Part I — before you point out the obvious. please know it’s disgusting how many people my age have never seen any of the movies.

The Iron Giant — I DON’T NEED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF

Black Swan — most revolting best movie ever.

My bird IS the word > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 18:21

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Big trouble in little China (Kurt Russell in 80s mulleted glory)

From dusk till dawn (Quentin Tarantino, George clooney, and others)

Hobo with a shotgun (Rutger Hauer)

Steve in Manhattan > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 06/05/2016 at 18:22

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High praise indeed.

Jcarr > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 18:43

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Confidence (2003) - A great grifter flick featuring Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti, Donal Logue, and Luis Guzman.

The Equalizer (2014) - Great Denzel flick.

What Dreams May Come (1998) - Robin Williams at his best.

Steve in Manhattan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/05/2016 at 18:46

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Similarly, lots of people in that age bracket haven’t seen The Shining. They are unaware of the first five Planet of the Apes movies. And I always recommend Three Days of the Condor - it’s among my top 10.

Steve in Manhattan > HammerheadFistpunch 06/05/2016 at 18:54

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Fun fact - Young Frankenstein, released the same year as Blazing Saddles, 1974. The original Frankenstein (1931) had magnificent sets for the scenes in the la-BORE-atory. Mel Brooks called up Universal and asked if they still had the sets, and if so could he use them. The sets you see in the 1974 movie are the same ones used in the 1931 movie. So cool.

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve in Manhattan 06/05/2016 at 19:00

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That’s cool, I didn’t know that. Those two movies I have a hard time picking a favorite between.

Steve in Manhattan > HammerheadFistpunch 06/05/2016 at 19:04

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They used to run all the Universal monster movies on one of the UHF channels when I was growing up. We used to scare the shit out of ourselves.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Steve in Manhattan 06/06/2016 at 19:47

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Bunraku

Wasabi

Titan AE

Dusty Ventures > Steve in Manhattan 06/06/2016 at 22:16

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I’ll echo Tim. The Prestige is magnificent

Dusty Ventures > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 06/06/2016 at 22:17

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Oh fuck yes