If you had to recommend one movie for someone to watch before they die, what would it be? Give link to IMDB or RottenTomatoes or something similar.

Im seriously thinking it would be Kurosawa's Seven Samurai

http://imdb.com/title/tt0047478/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seven_samurai/

3/2/2007 3:17:57 AM

very good choice, but i have to suggest kurosawa's throne of blood

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/

3/2/2007 3:20:41 AM

Runtime:160 min
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Color:Black and White

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3/2/2007 3:21:37 AM

^^ o yea, i remember that one now. ive been meaning to rent it. i'll have to get it next

3/2/2007 3:37:42 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWL6j0SvqV0

3/2/2007 3:59:21 AM

that sucked balls.

i want my 2:26 back.

3/2/2007 4:19:02 AM

I was going to say Ikiru, but there's a lot of Kurosawa in here anyway.

The Exterminating Angel

http://imdb.com/title/tt0056732/

or the other "To Live" (Huozhe) that I like:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0110081/

[Edited on March 2, 2007 at 7:46 AM. Reason : .]

3/2/2007 7:45:41 AM

I fell asleep watching Throne of Blood.

ugh.


And I love all sorts of movies.

3/2/2007 8:46:35 AM

You guys need to remove Kurosawa from your asses. Jesus...a thread like this and Kurosawa is all that's in it. I love Seven Samurai as much as the next guy, but....

My recommendation would be Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0071853/

Fuck, if someone's dying, I'm giving them the best laughs I can find.

3/2/2007 9:26:51 AM

maybe you and every other unwashed dork should get off of monty python's nuts.

3/2/2007 10:24:24 AM

^^ its not "one movie to watch while you're dying"

its one movie that everyone should see at least once before they die. and you might love Kurosawa, but you can't seriously recommend his shit as a film that everyone should see.

having said that, the obvious choice is House of Wax.

3/2/2007 11:09:53 AM

i think i'll go with... Brazil
http://imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

3/2/2007 11:12:47 AM

The irony in that is that Brazil is written and directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of Monty Python.

<3 though

3/2/2007 11:20:29 AM

haha, yeah. i didn't even think about that.

the difference is that monty python is played out, and Brazil is terribly underrated.

3/2/2007 11:31:39 AM

Roeg's Don't Look Now It has Keifer Sutherland's dad in it!

3/2/2007 11:33:18 AM

Haha so that's what it's come to now. Donald Sutherland is now simply known as "Keifer Sutherland's dad."

3/2/2007 11:35:18 AM

yeah, this isnt about watching a movie on teh deathbed.

just teh one movie you'd reccommend. (ive been drawing a blank on what to rent lately)

i seriously threw out Seven Samurai, but i didnt expect it to turn into a Kurosawa fest

i guess its not surprising tho. hes only one of the best directors ever

3/2/2007 11:36:42 AM

two of them, but i don't remember names:

the rwandan genocide one
and the one with the female anthropologist getting close to gorillas in the africa

3/2/2007 11:39:14 AM

3/2/2007 11:41:42 AM

Quote :

"you might love Kurosawa, but you can't seriously recommend his shit as a film that everyone should see"

Of course you can. I also recommended a Chinese movie from 1994 and a Mexican movie from 1962. I don't see what's "wrong" with recommending films I love to everyone.

In any case, Ikiru is one of the best films about life and death ever made, and you should definitely see it before you die.

[Edited on March 2, 2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason : .]

3/2/2007 11:57:51 AM

Airplane.

3/2/2007 1:02:17 PM

billy madison

3/2/2007 1:12:17 PM

at least this hasn't turned into some indie art-house faggotry like every music thread does

joe dirt FTW

3/2/2007 1:24:36 PM

[quote]^^ its not "one movie to watch while you're dying"

its one movie that everyone should see at least once before they die. and you might love Kurosawa, but you can't seriously recommend his shit as a film that everyone should see.
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Well, if a person had never seen the movie, and needed to see it before they died, it'd be Holy Grail.

I know you all think it's played out, but that's different.

It's easy to pick something like Seven Samurai that's good and few people have seen. But that's not the point. You're not trying to pick a movie thats great and few people have seen. You're trying to pick ONE movie that they should see before they die.

And i want that one to be the best comedy I can think of.

3/2/2007 1:31:26 PM

Quote :

"and the one with the female anthropologist getting close to gorillas in the africa"

mighty joe young, duh

3/2/2007 2:21:15 PM

haven't seen it yet...but I can almost promise "300"






...damn I sound like a fanboy

3/2/2007 2:44:22 PM

TOP GUN

Loses a few points when it was revealed that Tom Cruise is actually insane, but still the shit.

3/2/2007 4:26:02 PM

Fight Club

3/2/2007 4:31:06 PM

Cool Hand Luke

3/2/2007 5:01:17 PM

Quote :

"haven't seen it yet...but I can almost promise "300" "

wow that's lame.

3/2/2007 5:31:02 PM

the whole nine yards

3/2/2007 5:59:04 PM

Star Wars.

(if you hadn't already)

3/2/2007 6:09:12 PM

Quote :

"Roeg's Don't Look Now It has Keifer Sutherland's dad in it! "

Right director, wrong film

The Man Who Fell to Earth FOR. THE. WIN.

3/2/2007 6:41:02 PM

Just get this book:

3/2/2007 7:05:40 PM

one step ahead of you GOD

3/2/2007 7:18:12 PM

poopface has a movie you guys would love, it has some dude getting his dick sucked by this stripper who is actually an alien in disguise and it bited the dudes dick off and then fucks him in the ear with it. weirdest movie ever. everyone should watch that.

3/2/2007 7:38:44 PM

Hotel Rwanda

Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

Water

3/2/2007 9:56:40 PM

city of god

you have not seen a movie based on a true story until you have seen this one

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 1:32 PM. Reason : sdf]

3/4/2007 1:17:47 PM

lol

3/4/2007 1:42:31 PM

lol

3/4/2007 1:43:32 PM

this thread sucks

i expected a lot better

3/4/2007 1:46:47 PM

the lake house

3/4/2007 3:50:39 PM

[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 4:21 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2007 3:59:25 PM

actually, i think this thread has some promise.
just remember to post a link with your movie.

theres a lot of good movies here, some ive seen,
some i think ill make a point to rent in the near future.

here's a recap so far.




joe_schmoe
Kurosawa's Seven Samurai
http://imdb.com/title/tt0047478/


JohnnyTHM
kurosawa's throne of blood
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/


StillFuchsia
The Exterminating Angel
http://imdb.com/title/tt0056732/
"To Live" (Huozhe)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0110081/


slackerb
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0071853/


ajohnson1
House of Wax
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/


wilso
Brazil
http://imdb.com/title/tt0088846/


Yodajammies
Don't Look Now
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/


0EPII1
Hotel Rwanda
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/


StillFuchsia
Ikiru
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/


humanlitesho
Airplane.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/


sober46an3
billy madison
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112508/


goalielax
joe dirt FTW
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245686/


Maverick1024
TOP GUN
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/


TheOffice
Fight Club
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/


ElGimpy
Cool Hand Luke
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061512/


mootduff
the whole nine yards
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190138/


Flyin Ryan
Star Wars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/


Sousapickle
The Man Who Fell to Earth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074851/


pigkilla
city of god
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/


jbrick83
the lake house
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/




[Edited on March 4, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2007 4:21:43 PM

^i like that you took me seriously, but you got the link wrong.
its http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397065/

3/4/2007 5:33:39 PM

welll.... i thought you might be kidding, but hey, who am i to judge someone else's taste in movies.

It'd be my luck that I'd make fun of your movie then find out it was the one movie you and your grandma always used to watch together before she died or something.

also i thought you were talking about the 1954 movie which I saw was the first major feature released 3-D. and you know, that might just be important .... to .... someone.

Oh well. I never knew Paris Hilton was in a real movie. thanks for enlightening me.

3/4/2007 5:44:50 PM

American Beauty

http://imdb.com/title/tt0169547/

3/4/2007 5:49:59 PM

im torn between breakin' and breakin' 2: electric boogaloo

3/4/2007 6:07:11 PM

electric boogaloo FTW.

without a doubt.

3/4/2007 6:48:51 PM

yeah, i dont know what i was thinking. pootie tang if we are going more recent.

3/4/2007 6:55:50 PM