I work a seasonal job that is about to end leaving me with about 3 months of off-time. I have a variety of things planned to fill my time productively and semi-productively, but I also want to watch a lot of movies, preferably movies that have some sort of meaning, are classics, or are just genuinely great films. What movie or movies do you think everyone should watch at least once?
Smokey and the bandit
Time Off wrote:
I work a seasonal job that is about to end leaving me with about 3 months of off-time. I have a variety of things planned to fill my time productively and semi-productively, but I also want to watch a lot of movies, preferably movies that have some sort of meaning, are classics, or are just genuinely great films. What movie or movies do you think everyone should watch at least once?
Jeezus, you lazy f'n Millennial. Get another job or go to school. Get out of your Mom's basement. Get off my lawn.
Network
Forrest Gump.
Just so you'll understand the references.
Fight Club
The Godfather (Parts 1 and 2)
A Beautiful Mind
Wolf of Wall Street
I suspect that many film fans might choose “2001: A Space Odyssey,” an epic film with universal themes. But I prefer smaller, more intimate films. Of my favorite films, the one that best fits the bill may be “Ikiru,” Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film about a dying man’s search for meaning and fulfillment in the final days of his life.
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Princess Bride
Dr. Strangelove
Three Billboards...
Life of Brian
Jaws
Cool Hand Luke
Borat
O Brother Where Art Thou
Snatch
In Bruges
Mr. Deeds
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Tropic Thunder (simply to see Tom Cruise's signature career-high performance...)
And because these days many TV shows are better than good movies, I offer you:
1st season of True Detective
The Wire
The Bridge (original Scandinavian version)
Fargo (the season with Kirsten Dunst; she may have played the best.TV.character.ever!!!)
Justified
Rectify
American Vandal season 1
Dexter season 4 and 2
Deadwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Billions
Homicide, Life on the Street
Ray Donovan
Band of Brothers
The Killing (both original and American versions are awesome)
Wallander
Luther
Broadchurch
Happy Valley
The Fall
Line of Duty
Shetland
Scott and Bailey
Borgen
Marcella
That's probably three months' worth of idleness right there, good luck and have fun!
Time Off wrote:… preferably movies that … are classics...To each his own tastes, but if it were me with that time on my hands, I would work my way through a pile of classic literature. I didn't discover until way too late in life that the classics are so-named for good reason. The best books I have read have mostly been old classics, in particular the Russian classics. I am currently working my way through Don Quixote (in one of the important translations; I do wish I could read Spanish...), while at the same time (not exactly the same time obviously, same days...) binge watching a bunch of good TV shows, and waiting for good movies to hit the local theatres. Bohemian Rhapsody will be my next great guilty pleasure... :-)
Warrior.
Best fighting movie ever. Significantly better than any Rocky. Only Raging Bull comes close.
I recommend picking up this book on Amazon. Three to four page summaries by prominent film critics about their best films of all time. Informative and very entertaining. Start from there. If you are on this forum, you might be an athlete. In the theaters right now is Free Solo - about Alex Honnard, who became the first one to climb El Capitan solo - no ropes - with just his body and spirit and a pouch of rock climbing powder. Incredibly inspiring, and will make anyone get off their ass and go change the world, or change themselves. Here is the book. Happy viewing. https://www.amazon.com/List-National-Society-Critics-Essential-ebook/dp/B00D0UY9MW?keywords=the+a+list+films&qid=1540820346&sr=8-8-spell&ref=sr_1_8
Rocket Gibraltar - I think it has a lot of good messages and it's a good story.
theJeff wrote:
Warrior.
Loved this movie and Tom Hardy as Tommy Conlon. Ending was BS, Tommy should have absolutely crushed his brother in the final fight.
Apocalypse Now
Gattaca
"This Is Spinal Tap" is the only correct answer.
Wings of Desire
Full Metal Jacket
"Whispers in the Wind",
"To Each His Own",
"Put It Where It Doesn't Belong",
"My Pipes Need Cleaning",
"All Tt-F*cking, Volume 8",
"I Need Your C*ck",
"A**-Worshipping Rimjobbers",
"My C*nt and Eight Shafts",
"C*m Clean", "C*m-Gargling Naked Sluts",
"C*m Buns 3", "C*mming in Socks",
"C*m on Eileen",
"Huge Black C*cks with Pearly White C*m",
"Girls Who Crave C*ck",
"Girls Who Crave C*nt",
"Men Alone 2: The K-Y Connection",
"Pink P*ssy Lips", oh yeah, and, uh,
"All Holes Filled with Hard C*ck".
and of course, "Happy Scrappy Hero Pup"
It's on Amazon Prime