Classic American Movie Recs?

[fickle_goddess]

So, since I have finally discovered that my uni library has a a DVD section, I've been trying to catch up on those 'classic' movies that everyone talks about but that I've never actually seen. So far, I've watched The Breakfast Club, Casablanca, Thelma & Lousie and Romeo and Juliet. The last being the version made by Leonardio-person. AT the moment

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[punk_rock_nerd]

Pretty in Pink

16 Candles

Psycho (the original Hitchcock version)

The Maltese Falcon

The Third Man

Citizen Kane.

[fickle_goddess]

Isn't Psycho a horror film? Or, well, something that's likely to scare me anyway? The first one, I think I've heard about enough to definitely need to watch it. Maltese Falcon, detective-ish thriller? Third Man, already seen because I grew up in Vienna so it was part of a class project. Citizen Kane makes me go "YAY SNOOPY!"

[punk_rock_nerd]

Psycho is creepy. Not out right scary. It's a thriller.

You've seen the Third Man, so I am happy.

Also on the list: Fritz Lang's Metropolis

Spaceballs

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

I sent you links with lists of top 50/100 films of all time as well.

[fickle_goddess]

http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/aa062297.htm

http://www.filmsite.org/momentsindx.html

*sticks links up here for future reference* Ooooh. I've seen the anime Metropolis but only a little of the black-white live action one. And I remember someone else reccing me Spaceballs!

...And Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Not sure how many of these the library will have but I can work my way through them slowly. XD

[xinda]

I suppose if you're going to watch Chasing Amy you could watch the whole series of the movies made by him... Clerks, [something], Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back? Though, no idea if you'd find any of them any good. Maybe Dogma...

I'm terrible at rec'ing movies/anything, because I LIKE so many things and it's not always something that everyone else likes ~_~ Or things like Rocky Horror Picture Show... [sorry, ubber tired, so if there's typos or things you've OBVIOUSLY seen that I have listed, don't smack me too hard].

Fight Club.

High School Musical. Cheesy. Predictable. but fun

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Craft

I'm trying to think of movies that everyone used to say I HAD to watch... like The Breakfast Club. Oh, there's the Goonies? I've never seen it. Or Back to the Future (the first one)... @_@; I donno. XD

I'm tired.

Nightnight.

[punk_rock_nerd]

Mallrats is the one you're missing

[alexshido]

And Jersey Girl.

[xinda]

Wait... Jersey Girl isn't part of that "series" is it? I thought it was that Jennifer Lopez movie? o.o

[perivates]

Since you've already seen at least one Shakespeare, I'm going to recommend Twelfth Night. It's the only one of his plays that I've actually enjoyed, though Much Ado About Nothing is tollerable (in the same way that Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility were

[xinda]

Oh yes! Young Frankenstein is awesome movie!

Okay, here's a question since you recommended some things related to Shakespeare (and seeing how my knowledge of play > movie isn't very good), do you think "10 Things I Hate About You" would qualify? Since, I read that it was based off of something Shakespeare.

[perivates]

It really is! XD

I think it does counts, but I wouldn't really want to categorize it under Shakespearean, because of the modernized setting. Though it is a remake of The Taming of the Shew, it's very separate from the Elizabethan world. Calling it Shakespearean just because it's based on one of his plays doesn't sit too well with me, mostly because of Romeo & Juliet - so many movies are considered "modern-day Romeo and Juliet's", but that was based on Tristan & Isolde, which in turn was based on the Roman tale of Pyramus & Thisbe (if I'm remembering all these connections correctly, that is, since my brain is a bit fried at the moment). So I guess it just depends on the individual and how much a connection they see between a remake and the original.

[xinda]

I need to watch it again xD It's so fun.

Ahh, okay. So the others are more "true" to it (the others you listed in your other comment)? I've never seen them...

That's true, too.

As far as Romeo & Juliet goes... I prefer the older version of Romeo and Juliet over the Leonardo DiCaprio one.

LoL Well, "once upon a time" I would have been able to know about that, but I've been away from it for far too long.

Thanks ^_^

[abrandnewboom]

The Watcher (b/c I say so

[fickle_goddess]

Hah! Serenity is on my list. The Watcher, isn't that horror or a ghost story or something?

LOTR, I hated the second movie so much that I made up my mind on principle to never watch the third. Same for the Matrix, actually. XD

Resevoir Dogs, haven't seen! Breakfast at Tiffany's is on my list.

Bladerunner's an action flick, right?

A Knight's Tale and Batman Begins, already seen. The next two, what are they and why are they classics? I'm mostly trying to watch the films that people keep talking about in books and other films so that I'll know what they're talking about.

...Keanu Reeves? *DIES*

[abrandnewboom]

The Watcher is a psychological thriller movie with minimal gore. It's all about the chemistry between the serial killer and his FBI agent profiler, really. ^^;

Resevoir Dogs is brilliant Tarantino but incredibly bloody, so be warned. ;D

Bill and Ted are the cutest things ever. They're like the ultra light cute versions of Jay & Silent Bob. They have their own little cult following.

Yep, Bladerunner is action. But it's also the ultimate example of classic cult sci-fi. :D (Plus it has Daryl Hannah screaming and writhing a la her eyepatched character in Kill Bill.)

[yukirien]

Off the top of my head, "Memento," directed by Christopher Nolan--interesting narrative style, IMO. "Before Sunrise" starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy--MY kind of romantic film; lots of conversation. Not classics, but they're really good.

I was also fond of "Sunrise" by Murnac. V. old film. That is a classic.

[fickle_goddess]

...I haven't heard of any of those three, but thank you for the recs and the explanations behind them. XD I shall add them to the list of movies I will pick up if I see them anywhere.

[yukirien]

I have "Before Sunrise" on DVD. If you don't find it by the time I get back, I'll lend it to you. Any self-respecting cinema library should have "Sunrise." (Its full title is "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" by Murnau not Murnac and it's from 1927 (it's a silent film). If you have a moment, I recommend the commentaries at the end; the explanations of Murnau's nuances where nice.

Hmm...this is very cool. "Memento" is available at Wellesley, but it's a reserve video at the Science Library. "Before Sunrise" is also available in the library along with "Sunrise".

Speaking of Richard Linklater (director of "Before Sunrise"), I'll recommend "Waking Life" if you're up for something philosophical and questioning. I'll admit that I was really bored the first time I watched it, because it was not at all what I expected and I didn't think there was a plot, but it got exponentially more enjoyable once I started paying attention to the connections. It seems to be a hit or miss film that's also in the library.

[yukirien]

One thing though: the reason why I wasn't paying attention to the film at first was because I went to check out the animation style and spent a while pretty much focused on that and only cursorily (is this even a word?) listening.