Tuesday, December 29
- I haven't seen it before.*
- It must have some redeeming quality.
- It must be available in some reasonable way.
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The Nanoha A's movie and the Mouretsu Pirates movie.
Also Keroro Gunsou Movie #5. (Which takes place on Easter Island.)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Monday, December 21 2015 01:18 PM (+rSRq)
Bug alert:
I just did something strange to the formatting for my page and I don't know what. Help?
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Monday, December 21 2015 02:25 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Monday, December 21 2015 02:26 PM (+rSRq)
The Mouretsu Pirates movie might be a good one. I've lined up a few recommendations at work, and got an iTunes gift card in our office Secret Santa.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Monday, December 21 2015 04:02 PM (PiXy!)
1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (1 elephant) 2. Twelve Monkeys (3 monkeys) 3. Brave 4. The Prestige 5. Inside Out 6. Inception
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Monday, December 21 2015 04:20 PM (PiXy!)
Better Off Dead
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jackie Chan's City Hunter (I don't know if you can track down a copy - I ended up with a Hong Kong LD, plus a rough translation from Usenet which clarified things, but wasn't absolutely necessary)
Posted by: Hypozeuxis at Tuesday, December 22 2015 05:35 PM (KR/O2)
Have you ever seen The 36th Chamber of Shaolin? It's one of the very best kung fu movies, a shining star in a sea of dreck. Very much worth your while, but it may be a bit difficult to find.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Tuesday, December 22 2015 05:59 PM (+rSRq)
Steven - I haven't seen The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and it's available on Netflix, so I'll put that on the list.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, December 22 2015 07:17 PM (PiXy!)
Posted by: Don at Wednesday, December 23 2015 03:45 AM (0kRhp)
Posted by: Don at Wednesday, December 23 2015 03:54 AM (0kRhp)
I don't think there's supposed to be any ability to edit existing comments. I sure have never seen any such button.
If there's a bug here, it's probably that button showing up.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Wednesday, December 23 2015 06:34 AM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Wednesday, December 23 2015 08:35 AM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Wednesday, December 23 2015 08:36 AM (+rSRq)
Shoot 'Em Up. Which is John Wick done as black humor.
Sin City... the first one, which is very good, as opposed to Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, which is good only if you're deeply familiar with the comics, and even then it's not so great.
The Adventures of Tintin.
The Stranger. My favorite Orson Welles movie, despite it not being anywhere near his best work.
Moneyball. Because I don't know how much you know about baseball, and I'd love to hear what someone who isn't a fan of the sport thinks about the film.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Wednesday, December 23 2015 01:12 PM (zAcee)
I'll take a look at the others - they all sound like good suggestions, but none of them are on Netflix. Netflix Australia doesn't have much of a catalog.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, December 23 2015 01:38 PM (PiXy!)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, December 23 2015 01:40 PM (PiXy!)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, December 23 2015 03:53 PM (PiXy!)
Posted by: Artee at Thursday, December 24 2015 11:18 AM (5blmT)
That alone makes up for the rest of the film.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Thursday, December 24 2015 11:59 AM (zAcee)
Posted by: Artee at Thursday, December 24 2015 12:12 PM (5blmT)
I don't mind watching a movie that's a visual spectacle with an idiot plot, as long as the director doesn't deeply believe it's more than that. Also, I already have Sucker Punch; I think it was on a 2 for $20 sale.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thursday, December 24 2015 01:20 PM (PiXy!)
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift. Big goofy fun with cars in Japan. Notable for being the entry in the FF franchise almost entirely lacking in Vin Diesel. Also notable for a female lead with an almost perfectly square face and a jawline that could cut diamonds. I was shocked at how much I liked it.
Desperado and/or its older, less expensive prequel El Mariachi. EM was shot for $7000. D was shot for $7million. One has Antonio Banderas and a young Salma Hayek. The other was shot for $7000. Both were directed by Robert Rodriguez who also did Sin City and its sequel. I'm a big fan of Desperado, not as huge a fan of EM... mainly because it looks like it was shot for $7000, and the acting is, shall we say, spotty.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Thursday, December 24 2015 02:05 PM (zAcee)
Posted by: Griffin at Thursday, December 24 2015 03:48 PM (fEEE3)
Planes: Fire and Rescue. No, seriously. The first might have just been an attempt to do Cars with an airplane, but the second actually had a decent story.
Oh, and to go with Desperado and El Mariachi, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", also with Banderas and Hayek.
Gattaca
Dark City
Kamikaze Girls - A Gothic Lolita stuck in the hinterlands of Japan hooks up with her polar opposite, a biker chick, and it gets bizarre from there.
Posted by: Mauser at Thursday, December 24 2015 04:49 PM (5Ktpu)
Truth in 24 and Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts--Audi's self-made documentaries about their 2008 and 2011 Le Mans campaigns (warnings for Audi corporate braggadocio and Jason Statham narration)
Posted by: Peter the Not-so-Great at Friday, December 25 2015 12:18 PM (XC8ds)
I'm not big on the Truth in 24 films, though. That's just me.
If you haven't seen it already, might I suggest Big Hero 6 for your list? I just finished watching it (literally, like, 10 minutes ago) and was quite impressed. I think Pixar would have been happy with it if they had done it which they didn't.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Friday, December 25 2015 02:08 PM (zAcee)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, December 25 2015 02:47 PM (PiXy!)
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