What DVDs should I rent?

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Martin Thoene
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:21 pm

Yep! The World's Fastest Indian is brilliant. Anthony Hopkins is superb and you don't even have to like motorcycles to enjoy this movie.

As Mark says, anything Kurosawa....I already chose 2 :D

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Post by Dave C » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:18 pm

Fight Club
Donnie Darko
American Psycho
Last King of Scotland
Hotel Rwanda
Ghost World
Pan's Labyrinth
Natural Born Killers
American Beauty
Godfather trilogy
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Post by Mark in Vancouver » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:30 pm

Ooh, yeah - Pan's Labyrinth is amazing.
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Post by The Kapenta Kid » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:27 pm

Here are a couple of largely overlooked superb movies that I tend to keep watching over and over again on video.
Fat City--John Huston
Barton Fink--Coen Brothers

I suppose the movie that I rewatch the most--hundreds of times--is Carol Reed's The Third Man with Orson Welles. For me it is possibly the best movie ere made, if that description has any meaning, which I doubt :)
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Post by Dr. Momfish » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:41 pm

Someone recently recommended Last King of Scotland. Said it wasn't something they rent out. The son in law or someone did and it's awesome.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:38 am

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Post by Martin Thoene » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:00 am

Dr Momfish wrote:
Someone recently recommended Last King of Scotland. Said it wasn't something they rent out. The son in law or someone did and it's awesome.
The Last King of Scotland is available for rent at Blockbusters.

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Post by Jim Powers » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:06 pm

Here's just a few in no particular order:
Planet of the Apes: The original from '68. How can you beat that Rod Serling penned ending.
Alien and Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Third Man
The Indiana Jones trilogy
Witness: Another Harrison Ford gem. The barn raising scene is fantastic as is the musical score
The Manchurian Candidate: The original from the early '60's. One of my favorite movies and a real period film. Everyone smokes!
The Birds: A great one by Hitchcock as well as another period film. Almost everyone smokes in this one too. :wink:
Shane: The scenery is gorgeous!! Probably the most realistic western in many respects. The "gunfighter escaping his past" story has been done many times but never this well.
Rear Window: Another great Hitchcock film
Psycho: Showering will never be the same.
The Hunt for Red October: A great submarine film
Hoosiers: A great sports movie and underdog tale. I am a bit biased on this one being a Hoosier. I was in the Hickory home gym a couple of weeks ago.
Breaking Away: A great "coming of age" film that was filmed and is set, in Bloomington, Indiana.
Star Wars Episodes 4, 5 and 6. The original films are just fun to watch.
If you like Star Trek, the Wrath of Khan (#2), The Undiscovered Country (#6) and First Contact (#8) are the best IMHO.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
There are more...I just can't think of them right now. :wink:
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:12 pm

The Green Mile

Now thats a must!! 8)
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Post by Ken » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:40 pm

A few from the list of movies that I own.

The Bad Seed
Best in Show
Blazing Saddles
Bubba Ho-Tep
A Clockwork Orange
Curse of the Were Rabbit
Dr. Strangelove
The Fisher King
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Kung Pow: Fists of Fury
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Repo Man
The Road Warrior
Run Lola Run
Shadow of the Vampire
Signs
Silverado
Spirited Away-subtitled
Them!
This is Spinal Tap
Twelve Monkeys
Young Frankenstein
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Post by Jim Powers » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:48 pm

Now there are some of my favorites that I forgot.
Blazing Saddles: "Mongo only pawn in game of life"...
Young Frankenstein:
etc, etc...
The Killer Klowns is so bad...its good.
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:50 pm

Anyone seen Shooter yet? I dunno if it's worth renting.
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Post by Tinman » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:14 pm

Spinal Tap,
Is'nt that Meathead and the Amps that have ELEVEN on them? :lol:

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Post by Dave C » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:19 pm

Ken wrote: Run Lola Run
Wow, first time I've seen that recommended. I loved it. Great movie to put on while you're on the treadmill.
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Post by Martin Thoene » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:21 pm

Yes Tinman, the classic '11' scene.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AhVWJgIzftE

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