Help me pick a DVD to watch tonight

[FlashHarry]

An eclectic collection, I admit. . .

1. About a Boy
2. Adaptation
3. AI: Artificial Intelligence
4. Alien
5. Amadeus (Director’s Cut)
6. Annie Hall
7. The Beatles Anthology
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. The Big Lebowski
10. Blazing Saddles
11. Boogie Nights
12. The Bourne Identity (2002)
13. Bowfinger
14. Braveheart
15. Brazil (Criterion)
16. A Bridge Too Far
17. Brideshead Revisited
18. Brotherhood of the Wolf
19. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
20. Catch 22
21. Chasing Amy (Criterion)
22. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
23. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
24. The Coca-Cola Kid
25. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
26. Crimson Tide
27. Dangerous Beauty (a.k.a. The Honest Courtesan)
28. Dangerous Liaisons
29. Dark City
30. Die Another Day
31. The Dogs of War
32. Don’t Look Back (Bob Dylan)
33. Dr. No
34. Dr. Strangelove
35. 8 ½ (Criterion)
36. Excalibur
37. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
38. The Exorcist
39. The Fast and the Furious
40. Femme Fatale
41. The Flight of the Phoenix
42. Gangs of New York
43. Gimme Shelter (Criterion)
44. Gosford Park
45. The Graduate
46. A Hard Day’s Night
47. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
48. Henry V (Branagh)
49. A History of Britain (Box Set)
50. The Hunt for Red October
51. Jaws
52. LA Confidential
53. The Last Temptation of Christ (Criterion)
54. The Last Waltz
55. Lawrence of Arabia
56. Led Zeppelin (2003)
57. Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same
58. The Lion In Winter
59. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
60. The Long Good Friday (Criterion)
61. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Box Set)
62. Mad Max
63. The Matrix
64. Memento
65. Minority Report
66. The Mission
67. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
68. Monty Python’s Life of Brian
69. O Brother, Where art Thou?
70. Office Space
71. Old School (Unrated)
72. Pi
73. Requiem for a Dream
74. The Right Stuff
75. RKO 281
76. Ronin
77. Round Midnight
78. The Royal Tenenbaums (Criterion)
79. Rushmore (Criterion)
80. The Score
81. Sexy Beast
82. Slap Shot
83. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
84. This is Spinal Tap
85. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
86. Stigmata
87. Stripes
88. The Stunt Man
89. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
90. Three Kings
91. Time Bandits (Criterion)
92. Traffic (Criterion)
93. The Transporter
94. X-Men 1.5
95. Yojimbo (Criterion)
96. Young Frankenstein

[youngred]

1. Chasing Amy

or O Brother Where art thou

[gardenista]

3. O Brother over Chasing Amy

I really liked Chasing Amy in the theater, when it was released. But I saw it again recently and I don't think it aged well. Maybe it's just me...

[KCDem]

2. I LOVE Adaptation!

A bit more cerebral than most of the movies I've seen this summer.

Then, just for kicks, South Park. :hi:

[FlashHarry]

4. Yes. A great flick!

Actually, I just watched it the other night. Nic Cage should've gotten an Oscar for that role. (Then again, I think Jeff Bridges should've won for The Big Lebowski.)

[DS1]

5. The Big Lebowski

really, you can't go wrong with this one.

if not that, then Dr. Strangelove

Ronin is always good for some American escapism and car chases.

(as is The Transporter, but Ronin aces it)

Lock, Stock

[FlashHarry]

6. The Transporter was fun. Ronin-lite.

Too bad Frankenheimer is no longer with us. Nobody could film a car in motion like him. I still thing his "Grand Prix" contains the best, most realistic racing scenes yet filmed.

[DS1]

12. Ever listened to the commentary for Ronin?

The Director absolutely drools over the Mercedes they used. What Mercedes? The one that was TOWING the Audi through France at breakneck speeds! :wow:

[FlashHarry]

14. That sounds like Frankenheimer, all right.

One of the last things he did was the first of the groundbreaking BMW Films Internet commercials. He destroyed at least three brand-new 7-series (or was it a 5?) BMWs during the shoot. Crazy shit.

[DS1]

15. 740i Sedan, downloading it now

[thermodynamic]

7. Annie Hall or T2...

T2 rules, but Annie Hall has the right mix of drama and Woody Allen's wacky sense of humor... AH was his last, greatest flick as well. He became more dramatic to the point of psychosis since.

I have The Graduate as well, but there's something just a bit too dark about it... very freaky, in a way.

[FlashHarry]

10. I agree about AH, but check out Deconstructing Harry.

It was twisted, sick and mean-spirited---but I laughed my ass off. Plus, Allen's character was kicked out of college "for giving the Dean's wife an enema." Funny stuff.

[Lorien]

8. Are there any that you haven't seen

already? You've got a lot of great ones there. What kind of mood are you in? Comedy? Drama? Thriller?

Eddie Izzard is hilarious, but then so is Blazing Saddles, Holy Grail, etc. Dangerous Beauty is one I've recommended before; it's both sexy and intelligent (enlightening, too-gawd, it would suck to be a woman in the 16th century!) Adaptation, as noted, is up there on the list. i've heard that Pi is interesting, but I've never seen it. :shrug:

On edit: have you watched the Director's cut of Amedeus yet? There's a good reason why that stuff was cut out, IMHO (a lot of it just bogs the story down). The original is a near perfect film!

[otohara]

9. Boogie Nights or Coca Cola Kid

Boogie Nights is one of the most accurate accounts of the 80's/cocaine and the porn video boom - I was there - No Im no porno star, but I worked in records/video - and man o man - porn videos were hot, hot, hot. Great soundtrack of those days.


Coca Cola kid is hip/cute Austrailian movie - young Eric Roberts - members of then Split Enz/Crowded House in it. Good music

[FlashHarry]

11. Plus, Gretta Scacchi.

Naked, I might add. Ungowa!

[muchacho]

13. Rent

Go rent Donnie Darko.

[FlashHarry]

16. Actually, I've now been sucked into King Kong on AMC

The 70s version, with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. I'd forgotten how funny it is!

[bikebloke]

17. Das Experiment

Just saw this nice German thriller this evening. It certainly beat out the other half of my Double feature
veg-out, Laurel Canyon.

[ZenLefty]

18. GOSFORD PARK???!!!

:o :wow: :o :wow: :o

That's the movie I choose if I want to commit suicide. Just sit down with a razor blade and start watching.

Personally, I'd go with Yojimbo. Can't go wrong with Toshiro Mifune.

A bit disappointed you don't have Seven Samurai, just to compliment it. ;-)

[FlashHarry]

19. Huh? Not a fan, are you?

I thought it was delightful. By the way, The Seven Samurai is next on my list.

[GOPisEvil]

20. I re-watched Yojimbo a few weeks ago...

...it's a wonderful movie.

I STILL say someone should put The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven on either side of the same DVD. Also, someone should do the same with Yojimbo and A Fist Full of Dollars.