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Hey, flist! Does anyone have any film recommendations? Because while I watch a LOT of TV I hardly watch any films at all, and now that I've run out of TV shows to marathon I thought I'd start watching films instead. :D I'm open to pretty much all genres except horror, and I especially like films that pass the Bechdel test.
Seriously, when I say I hardly watch any films at all I mean that you could recommend me something really mainstream that everyone and their mother has seen, and I probably won't have seen it. So, yeah, any suggestions at all would be appreciated!
Seriously, when I say I hardly watch any films at all I mean that you could recommend me something really mainstream that everyone and their mother has seen, and I probably won't have seen it. So, yeah, any suggestions at all would be appreciated!
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If you liked Pan's Labyrinth, you might enjoy a few of del Toro's other films. The Devil's Backbone is good but might fall into the dreaded horror genre!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/
Watched a decent british film from last year during the weekend as well, Fish Tank:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232776/
And for the good old comedy, you can't beat Pixar! If you missed Up from last year or Wall-E from the year before, they're both definitely worth a watch.
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Right, hope that helps, I'm sure there are loads I've missed off but it's difficult just off the top of my head :p
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Okay, you should watch benjamin button, that is good and mainstream.
Mamma Mia, just be drunk first.
And if you have seen them then enhanted, yeah it's half cartoon but it is awesome and mainsteam.
Yeah, I really suck at this and everyone else gave you brainy movies that I have never seen, sorry
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I bought The White Ribbon last week actually, it's on the agenda for this evening!
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Comedy gold: Drop Dead Gorgeous (mockumentary about a small-town beauty pageant. basically an all-female cast. fucking hilarious.), Zombieland (best zombie comedy since Shaun of the Dead…which you should also watch), Saved! (teenage Christian girl gets knocked up by her gay boyfriend. religious hypocrisy made funny!)
Action packed: City of God (life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. PHENOMENAL movie.), Children of Men (dystopic future where humans have become infertile. sounds like a cheesy premise but it’s really not.)
Drama-rama: Girl, Interrupted (Angelina Jolie is crazy and it’s awesome), The Reader (a little slow, but with Kate Winslet being her usual amazing self), The Virgin Suicides (lol, self-explanatory title.)
Fantasy Fun: Stardust (my fave fantasy film of the past decade, full of Claire Danes and Michelle Pheiffer hotness)
So Bad They’re Amazing: The Fifth Element (um...scifi where Bruce Willis and Mila Jovovich save the world. completely ridiculous, completely awesome), Starship Troopers (earth is at war with bug aliens. hilariously badly acted satire of militaristic culture.)
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Not specific to that, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my all-time favorites. And
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Although if a girl and her mother don't count as two "women" then it doesn't pass the Bechdel test, but they don't talk about boys and stuff.
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Romance: Fried Green Tomatoes, Romancing the Stone, (500) Days of Summer, Loving Annabelle, The Last of the Mohicans, Titanic is a must-see if you've never seen it.
Hallem Foe, Gloria (the original version), Foxes, Matilda, Twelve Monkeys, Girl Interupted, Howard the Duck (so bad its good), Willow, and everything James Cameron has ever made. I could go on forever...
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Also lighter films include: Walk the line, Law Abiding Citizen, Looking For Eric, This is England, Hot Fuzz (for the lolz).
IDK.. there's so much!
Is there any TV shows that you would recommend, because by film/tv ratio is about 65/35.
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I like all sorts.. Skins (obv), Parks & Recreation, Madmen, HIMYM, 30 Rock, Dexter, Sex and the City (oh dear), Peep Show, AdFab, Gossip Girl...
That may or may not be helpful, but I'm pretty open minded so I'll be chuffed with any recs. :)
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Yes, I'm watching Legend of the Seeker and it's ridiculous but I lol at nearly every ~serious utterance... what an amazingly cracky show :)
I've seen ads for The Good Wife, and it does look really interesting so I think I'll give that a go. Also, I think I missed out on Veronica Mars so I'll have to give that a go too. :)
Greek and Chuck.. also noted, thanks! Good job it's the holidays soon. I prefer to watch series stuff when a big night out has ensued and I can whip out a nice cup of tea and chill the next day. :)))
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naissance des pieuvres, a league of their own, kissing jessica stein, heathers, frida, boys on the side ...
favorites that don't have much more than one main one:
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, all the real girls, hard candy, peter pan (2003), lucas ...
the thing about people asking for movie recommendations is i can never remember the movies i really, really liked. meh.
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The Stoning of Soraya M.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asH9sUD0A-s&feature=related
Gattaca:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OYCmynrRU&feature=related
The trailer makes the film seem like a superficial thriller but its really better than that.
Playing by Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqSInFQ_d8
It's better than the trailer. promise.
Religulous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gxc0XEoQpQ&feature=related
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Forgot, there's one more -
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