response 82 of 144:

Jun 13 06:23 UTC 2004

They mentioned many different good movies but didn't mention American Beauty.
American Beauty is one of the most important movies of the century. 20th
century, i mean. I think that movie have shocked a lot of people, including
those here in this conf, because it exposed the bitter north american pattern
& his innocuous lifestyle. Certainly, American Beauty will be in a lot of
people's memory as a picture faithful of the life & soul of some real
characters.

response 84 of 144:

Jun 15 04:52 UTC 2004

Some of my favorites have been mentioned here, although many don't 
really qualify as "underappreciated," such as "The Princess 
Bride."  "Local Hero," a great movie, solidified my own 
Hibernaphilia.  How about "Strictly Ballroom," a very funny Australian 
film?  (Not to mention "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," so much 
better than the idiotic American remake "To Wong FU...")

Anything by the Coen brothers is pretty good in my book.  "The Big 
Lebowski" is one of the best.  Since the success of "O Brother Where 
Art Thou," though, the Coen brothers can hardly be called 
underappreciated.

I am also partial to anything done by Christopher Guest.  "A Mighty 
Wind" was extremely funny...I love folk music, but the next concert I 
attended (John McCutcheon) was made inadvertently funny for me because 
of having recently seen "A Mighty Wind"...darned if many of the folk 
music cliches that Guest skewered in that movie weren't right there at 
the concert...   I finally saw "This is Spinal Tap" last year, and 
since then my husband and I have seen all of these mockumentaries.

response 86 of 144:

Jun 15 17:21 UTC 2004

  Are they the same director?

response 90 of 144:

Jun 15 17:50 UTC 2004

See. I loved that version of "Romeo and Juliet" too! So what was so 
terrible about Moulin Rouge. I couldnt believe how much I hated it.  

Ok, mcnally, you are now officially on my good list. ;) 

response 94 of 144:

Jun 16 15:26 UTC 2004

resp:91 Hahaha. Now that is a good idea! I'll have to make one. 

response 96 of 144:

Jun 16 17:18 UTC 2004

Didn't even touch Moulin Rouge with a bargepole.

response 98 of 144:

Jun 17 05:57 UTC 2004

     I agree with you Maura, anything by the Coen Brothers is
     pretty good. The Coen brothers is great and irreplaceable.
     Each movie these guys is an art. The Big Lebowski is a
     very very good movie but I think Bloody Simple and Fargo
     are the best productions under all point of view.

response 100 of 144:

Jun 18 05:30 UTC 2004

re #82..."American Beauty" doesn't quite count as "overlooked" since it won
the best picture oscar in 2000.  But it is a great movie.

Speaking of films that won best picture, and today might be overlooked by
younger generations, I was in the video store the other day and was
looking at a dvd and a kid of 17 or 18 saw it and said, "never heard of
it, any good?"  The movie was "Midnight Cowboy", the 1969 best picture
winner.  

"Midnight Cowboy" is a great movie, a story of friendship and love between
two drifters, Joe Buck (Jon Voigt) and Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman)  It is
really a love story, about how we all need and look for someone to love
and care about.  There is great chemistry between Voigt and Hoffman in
this movie.  One of the most moving scenes in any movie I can recall is in
this, when Ratso Rizzo dies on the bus, and Joe Buck (Voigt's character)
puts his arm around him and holds him tightly as the bus goes down the
road.  In a lonely world, if you find something or someone you really care
about, you hold onto it for all its worth.  When you find love, you don't
want to let it go.

response 102 of 144:

Jun 19 08:32 UTC 2004

 

     re #99
     If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign
     you're not doing anything very innovative.
     quote by Woody Allen

response 104 of 144:

Jun 19 09:05 UTC 2004

     Marlon Brando remember me a great John Huston movie,
     "Reflections in a golden eye".
     This movie is a classic as well as John Huston for
     the movies.