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franksredhot · Post #41 » by **franksredhot** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:19 am

Dambo wrote:

Thanks for the reply!

Mr Puddles · Post #42 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:37 am

Some recommendations based on your list of favorite movies (all of these are pretty famous so not difficult to find)

Thriller:
Memento
Mystic River
The Usual Suspects
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Michael Clayton
ex machina (Science fiction)
Twelve Monkeys (Science fiction)

Watchable chick flix (this category always comes in handy:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy, Stupid, Love
American Beauty
As Good As It Gets
Easy A
jerry maguire (not quite a chick flick but close enough)

Gangster
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Carlito's way
Infernal affairs (Cantonese)

Drama
City of God
Platoon (war)
Whiplash
Warrior
Once Upon a Time in America (over 4 hours long though)
Requiem for a Dream
Good night and good luck

Best basketball movies
He got game
White men can't jump
Space Jam
Blue chips (actually not that good, but features Penny & Shaq as well as cameos from legends like Bird and Bob Cousy)
Coach Carter
Hoop dreams (documentary)
Semi-pro

franksredhot · Post #43 » by **franksredhot** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:46 am

Mr Puddles wrote:Some recommendations based on your list of favorite movies (all of these are pretty famous so not difficult to find)

Thriller:
Memento
Mystic River
The Usual Suspects
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Michael Clayton
ex machina (Science fiction)
Twelve Monkeys (Science fiction)

Watchable chick flix (this category always comes in handy:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy, Stupid, Love
American Beauty
As Good As It Gets
Easy A
jerry maguire (not quite a chick flick but close enough)

Gangster
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Carlito's way
Infernal affairs (Cantonese)

Drama
City of God
Platoon (war)
Whiplash
Warrior
Once Upon a Time in America (over 4 hours long though)
Requiem for a Dream
Good night and good luck

Best basketball movies
He got game
White men can't jump
Space Jam
Blue chips (actually not that good, but features Penny & Shaq as well as cameos from legends like Bird and Bob Cousy)
Coach Carter
Hoop dreams (documentary)
Semi-pro

Thanks! Awesome list, i'd say i seen a little over half the movies you posted. American Beauty is great!! I've been meaning to watch L.A. Confidential.. The Silence of the lambs and Whiplash for a while now i think i'm gonna go with silence of the lambs right now thanks again!

Post #44 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:09 am

franksredhot wrote:Pretty bored feel like watching a movie

I'd say my top 5 are

The Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting
The Green Mile
Rain Man
Dumb And Dumber

No particular order..

I'm all ears boys, any recommendations?

I am your man. Tell me what genre you want.

Post #45 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:12 am

Mr Puddles wrote:Some recommendations based on your list of favorite movies (all of these are pretty famous so not difficult to find)

Thriller:
Memento
Mystic River
The Usual Suspects
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Michael Clayton
ex machina (Science fiction)
Twelve Monkeys (Science fiction)

Watchable chick flix (this category always comes in handy:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy, Stupid, Love
American Beauty
As Good As It Gets
Easy A
jerry maguire (not quite a chick flick but close enough)

Gangster
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Carlito's way
Infernal affairs (Cantonese)

Drama
City of God
Platoon (war)
Whiplash
Warrior
Once Upon a Time in America (over 4 hours long though)
Requiem for a Dream
Good night and good luck

Best basketball movies
He got game
White men can't jump
Space Jam
Blue chips (actually not that good, but features Penny & Shaq as well as cameos from legends like Bird and Bob Cousy)
Coach Carter
Hoop dreams (documentary)
Semi-pro

Actually this list is extremely solid, though I love most all the Tarantino movies.

It's also missing American History X. I think that, LA Confidential, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, are my top 5.

If you like action, The Terminator and Aliens.

Post #46 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:18 am

Spoiler:

You guys can also check out the media forum here too...just go to board index and find it...we have a discussion now going on about best tarantino movies...but we discuss tv and movies daily.

Mr Puddles · Post #47 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:39 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Some recommendations based on your list of favorite movies (all of these are pretty famous so not difficult to find)

Thriller:
Memento
Mystic River
The Usual Suspects
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Michael Clayton
ex machina (Science fiction)
Twelve Monkeys (Science fiction)

Watchable chick flix (this category always comes in handy:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy, Stupid, Love
American Beauty
As Good As It Gets
Easy A
jerry maguire (not quite a chick flick but close enough)

Gangster
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Carlito's way
Infernal affairs (Cantonese)

Drama
City of God
Platoon (war)
Whiplash
Warrior
Once Upon a Time in America (over 4 hours long though)
Requiem for a Dream
Good night and good luck

Best basketball movies
He got game
White men can't jump
Space Jam
Blue chips (actually not that good, but features Penny & Shaq as well as cameos from legends like Bird and Bob Cousy)
Coach Carter
Hoop dreams (documentary)
Semi-pro

Actually this list is extremely solid, though I love most all the Tarantino movies.

It's also missing American History X. I think that, LA Confidential, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, are my top 5.

If you like action, The Terminator and Aliens.

Thanks, I'm actually really into 80s action, Terminator and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time (there is a special place in my heart for movies like Predator & Commando - over the top 80s action flicks). Tarantino movies are such classics that I felt it was almost redundant to include them. American History X is a good call.

Mr Puddles · Post #48 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:42 am

franksredhot wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Some recommendations based on your list of favorite movies (all of these are pretty famous so not difficult to find)

Thriller:
Memento
Mystic River
The Usual Suspects
Se7en
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Michael Clayton
ex machina (Science fiction)
Twelve Monkeys (Science fiction)

Watchable chick flix (this category always comes in handy:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy, Stupid, Love
American Beauty
As Good As It Gets
Easy A
jerry maguire (not quite a chick flick but close enough)

Gangster
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Carlito's way
Infernal affairs (Cantonese)

Drama
City of God
Platoon (war)
Whiplash
Warrior
Once Upon a Time in America (over 4 hours long though)
Requiem for a Dream
Good night and good luck

Best basketball movies
He got game
White men can't jump
Space Jam
Blue chips (actually not that good, but features Penny & Shaq as well as cameos from legends like Bird and Bob Cousy)
Coach Carter
Hoop dreams (documentary)
Semi-pro

Thanks! Awesome list, i'd say i seen a little over half the movies you posted. American Beauty is great!! I've been meaning to watch L.A. Confidential.. The Silence of the lambs and Whiplash for a while now i think i'm gonna go with silence of the lambs right now thanks again!

Cheers, hope you enjoy it! If you end up liking Silence of the Lambs - Red Dragon is a surprisingly good/ underrated prequel that would be great to watch after. The original adaptation of the same book called "man hunter" is also good.

Post #49 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:43 am

Mr Puddles wrote:Thanks, I'm actually really into 80s action, Terminator and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time (there is a special place in my heart for movies like Predator & Commando - over the top 80s action flicks). Tarantino movies are such classics that I felt it was almost redundant to include them. American History X is a good call.

I saw the new Terminator on IMAX today and it was awesome. I posted about it in the media forum, and if you look at the imdb message boards for the movie you will see me, but if you liked the first two, you will like it.

Mr Puddles · Post #50 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:44 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Thanks, I'm actually really into 80s action, Terminator and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time (there is a special place in my heart for movies like Predator & Commando - over the top 80s action flicks). Tarantino movies are such classics that I felt it was almost redundant to include them. American History X is a good call.

I saw the new Terminator on IMAX today and it was awesome. I posted about it in the media forum, and if you look at the imdb message boards for the movie you will see me, but if you liked the first two, you will like it.

I can't watch the new one yet because I live in China and it might not get released here. Am planning on flying to Hong Kong soon to watch it actually

, until then I'm trying to avoid all spoilers and trailers

Post #51 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 5:52 am

Mr Puddles wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Thanks, I'm actually really into 80s action, Terminator and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time (there is a special place in my heart for movies like Predator & Commando - over the top 80s action flicks). Tarantino movies are such classics that I felt it was almost redundant to include them. American History X is a good call.

I saw the new Terminator on IMAX today and it was awesome. I posted about it in the media forum, and if you look at the imdb message boards for the movie you will see me, but if you liked the first two, you will like it.

I can't watch the new one yet because I live in China and it might not get released here. Am planning on flying to Hong Kong soon to watch it actually , until then I'm trying to avoid all spoilers and trailers

Well if you liked the first two it won't disapoint. I also saw some fantastic trailers...one was IMAX exclusive for Mission Impossible..they showed a 5 minute sequence and it was crazy good. The other I posted in the Media Lounge here.. viewtopic.php?f=68&t=1127957&start=382

Post #52 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 9:03 pm

I saw Spy today. I am not really a fan of Melissa McCarthy but I heard good things about this one so I decided to check it out. Anyway, for about the first 20 minutes I thought "man, this is ridiculously stupid and over the top..I'm not gonna like it." but then once it hit me that this was supposed to be more like Naked Gun, Airplane or Top Secret, I kind of looked at it from a different perspective, and it just got funnier and funnier and I don't think I've laughed that hard in a while. I saw it right after my brother texted me the Aldridge news, so it was nice timing for getting some laughs.

I suggest if you not in a good mood, and want a good laugh and like those kinds of movies, to check it out.

aIvin adams · Post #53 » by **aIvin adams** » Sun Jul 5, 2015 5:26 pm

i finished watching the daredevil series on netflix yesterday.

it started good but the last three or four episodes was just lot of crying and i dunno what it was about. do not recommend.

RunDogGun · Post #54 » by **RunDogGun** » Sun Jul 5, 2015 7:17 pm

From the eighties, I always loved the original Highlander. I thought it had an interesting premise, and decent transitions from past to present. It's also interesting to see movies on the big screen, and then later either on TV, or cable. Sometimes deleted scenes get added to TV versions.

Lately, I liked the Pitch Perfect movies. I literally hate musicals, except South Park movie, but I really enjoy the silliness of the PP and PP2.

Other comedies you can't go wrong with: Caddyshack, Stripes, Grandma's Boy, Blazing Saddles, Team America(or any Trey and Matt movie), Fired Up, Yes Man, The Rocker, Role Models, too many to list. All of which should be easy to get.

MrMiyagi · Post #55 » by **MrMiyagi** » Sun Jul 5, 2015 7:44 pm

A few thing currently available on Netflix that I really like:

Nightcrawler - Crime thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Peaky Blinders - 1920's London gangster series starring Cillian Murphy and Sam Neill
Luther - Modern police drama starring Idris Elba
Once Upon a Time in the West - Late 60's western starring Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Late 60s western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
Chinatown - Early 70's crime drama starring Jack Nicholson
Daredevil - Small-time Marvel Superhero series starring Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio
Bloodline - Family oriented crime drama starring Kyle Chandler
Trevor Noah: African American - great stand-up special by Trevor Noah
Snowpiercer - Sci-fi/Action movie starring Chris Evans

Post #56 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Jul 5, 2015 11:57 pm

Mr Puddles wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Thanks, I'm actually really into 80s action, Terminator and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time (there is a special place in my heart for movies like Predator & Commando - over the top 80s action flicks). Tarantino movies are such classics that I felt it was almost redundant to include them. American History X is a good call.

I saw the new Terminator on IMAX today and it was awesome. I posted about it in the media forum, and if you look at the imdb message boards for the movie you will see me, but if you liked the first two, you will like it.

I can't watch the new one yet because I live in China and it might not get released here. Am planning on flying to Hong Kong soon to watch it actually , until then I'm trying to avoid all spoilers and trailers

Someone just told me that their was an important hint about the next movie at the very end of the credits, so make sure to stay for that. I missed it, but may see it again at the theater.

Post #57 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 12:33 am

I watched it over the weekend and I was very impressed. I heard from friends who seen it that it wasn't very good and read reviews which was along the same lines. But I was personally blown away by it. The story wasn't overly complicated but it was still clever enough to not just be a remake of previous Terminators. I loved the visual effects. Acting was pretty good. There was a bit of humor sprinkled here and there. Pacing to me was just fine too. It's a 2hr film but it never felt like it dragged on or was too short.

Biggest plus in my books was that I felt the nostalgia after watching it. The last two Terminators were pretty poor in my opinion and it garnered zero emotions from me. I'd give it a 8/10

I missed the post-credit scene too...

alldayeveryday · Post #58 » by **alldayeveryday** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 1:54 am

Anyone check out Mr. Robot on USA? I thought it was pretty decent. (I'm in the IT/Healthcare sector so I could be a little biased)

MrMiyagi · Post #59 » by **MrMiyagi** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 5:02 am

alldayeveryday wrote:Anyone check out Mr. Robot on USA? I thought it was pretty decent. (I'm in the IT/Healthcare sector so I could be a little biased)

I couldn't get into it.

Post #60 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Jul 6, 2015 4:22 pm

alldayeveryday wrote:Anyone check out Mr. Robot on USA? I thought it was pretty decent. (I'm in the IT/Healthcare sector so I could be a little biased)

No, but I've heard good things. I do recommend Humans though on AMC. I watched the Swedish version (Akta Manniskor) a while back and thought it was great. Humans looks like an almost identical remake.