A friend recently asked me for some movie recommendations. Do I acknowledge far too much OCD if I mention that I keep a list of all the movies I’ve watched? 🙂 I have a good rationale for it, really! Oh well, that’s a story for another time.
Anyway, I went digging through the list and came up with some interesting and eclectic choices. It’s been forever since I wrote in this blog; I figured this would be a good excuse to share. So, here’s a list, in no particular order and with a bare minimum of commentary:
Twin Falls Idaho
Punch Drunk Love – ignore that it’s starring Adam Sandler. Honest.
The Basketball Diaries
Ravenous – a Civil War-era western, vampire movie. No, really.
Wonder Boys
Glengarry, Glen Ross
Titus – Anthony Hopkins doing Shakespeare
The Lion in Winter
City of Lost Children
Delicatessen
Secretary
Fight Club
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
12 Monkeys
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Trainspotting
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Clerks
State and Main
The Big Kahuna
Election
Rushmore
Grosse Point Blank
Grifters
High Fidelity
Short Cuts
The Player
The Sheltering Sky
Raising Arizona
Barton Fink
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Memento
One more note: If you rent DVDs, and you don’t already use Netflix, what on earth are you waiting for?
Netflix sounds highly appealing to me. The problem is that I’m just a single person who rents movies using a 2 for 1 coupon about once a month. My monthly total is around $3 versus $20. Renting movies is also a last ditch type thing that I do with a friend.
i have the “cheap” netflix plan … $12 a month or so for 4 movies.
i’m way too lazy to go to the video store, this is great because it ensures i watch on average one new movie a week. 🙂
I had no idea they had a cheaper account. Nothing on their web page mentions such a deal, only the $20 a month plan.
I’ll have to think about this after I move (early next month). I already went to amazon.com to look at new TV sets. It is pretty sad that my lcd monitor (15″) is bigger than my TV (13″).
my top 3:
– remember the titans
– playing by heart
– good will hunting