55 posts tagged “movie project”
I just watched Steel Magnolias (recommended by Josh) and am about to watch Jaws (recommended by Jeannine). Anyway, so after Steel Magnolias, I'm all weepy so I wanted to watch something fun.
Sorry about the previous movie project post--turns out the black background isn't conducive to the color-coded movie project.
Oh well. It won't be October forever.
Okay. Here's my little color-code guide.
This means I've seen the movie since the project started.
This means I have it on DVD.
This means I've rented it.
This means it's DVR-ed.
This means I have it on VHS. (I know!)
I've heard back from three five seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 people so far.
I have completed 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 lists so far.
My friend Kenny the anchorman said Heat, the LOTR (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) movies, Caddyshack, Miami Vice, Collateral and the Planet Earth series (it's a documentary). I've actually seen LOTR and Collateral but am excited for the excuse to see them again. I also saw Miami Vice which I didn't like as much but I trust Kenny enough to give it another shot.
JennyExiled has suggested What Dreams May Come, Dangerous Beauty, The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons, Center Stage, and Pulp Fiction. (Oxford comma included because she likes it.)
godin_van_cynisme went above and beyond with The Godfather, To Have and Have Not, Of Human Bondage, Auntie Mame, The Uninvited, The Exorcist, The Big Chill, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Clerks, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, The Aviator, Ghost World, Love Actually, Casino, Cape Fear (original and remake), Prince of Tides and the Back to the Future trilogy. Later, she added The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
Peachy, God love her, threw in some movies I'd always wanted to see like The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke and Rudy, plus Taking Lives, Fallen, Roman Holiday, Dumb and Dumber and Amistad.
Steve said To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Moulin Rouge, Legends of the Fall, Crash, The Devil Wears Prada and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen some of them, but most of them I haven't seen recently at all. And no, I haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which yes, I am ashamed of. (Yes, I have it on DVD. It was on sale for $5. You'd risk it, too!)
clippedwings faerie~wings threw in some of my own favorite movies: The Contender and Primal Fear, plus American History X and Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail.
Jeannine said I should see Sound of Music, Field of Dreams, Rosemary's Baby, Accidental Tourist, All About Eve, Die Hard, The Grey Zone, Psycho, Jaws, The Notebook, Little Women, Pacific Heights, Double Jeopardy, United 93 and Boogie Nights. Monday morning, she added Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain.
Susan weighed in with All of Me, Moonstruck, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol, For the Love of Ivy, Giant, Picnic, Dial M For Murder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Patch of Blue, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Angels with Dirty Faces and she also seconded To Kill a Mockingbird.
TheMovieRambler opted for Fail Safe, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, Another Gay Movie, Deep Impact, Lilies of the Field, Desk Set, El Colantito, The Wedding Party, The Miracle Worker, Disturbia, TransAmerica, Vacancy, The Trip and Hannah and Her Sisters and seconded The Godfather (plus parts 2 and 3), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Roman Holiday. (I don't need an excuse to see those movies, but it's still nice to have one. :) )
My friend Leah recommended Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Iron Monkey, Central Station, the Indiana Jones movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade) (really just the first and last, but Blockbuster sends them all together), the Cosmos series, Grizzly Man and The Corporation.
(Fish) said Seven Samurai, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17, Glengarry Glen Ross, Rushmore, Putney Swope, Chinatown, The China Syndrome, The Great Escape, Yojimbo, Talk to Her, The Legend of Drunken Master and Fist of Legend. Today, he added Deterrence.
My BFF Jen said Looking for Richard, Apocalypse Now, Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth), Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Blazing Saddles, Quiz Show, JFK, Murder By Death and she also said that I could credit the Harry Potter movies to her as payback for the six-hour Pride and Prejudice. She also said this is not a complete list.
Ginger_sister said The Fountain, Truly Madly Deeply, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Little Miss Sunshine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Best In Show.
My best friend John contributed Sweet Lorraine, For the Moment, Dazed and Confused, Crossing the Bridge, For Love of the Game, The Cutting Edge, Waking the Dead, Go, American Graffiti, Better Off Dead, Hard Core Logo, Highway 61, The Commitments, Hard Boiled, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, El Mariachi, The Blues Brothers, Grosse Pointe Blank, Fever Pitch and Beyond the Mat.
Josh (Local Josh) said Loggerheads, The Prestige, As Good As it Gets, Volver and Bad Education and then seconded Beautiful Thing and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And then he threw in Beaches and Steel Magnolias, because he thinks that if I die, he and Jon will get Sam. (Mean, mean Josh.)
April said LA Confidential and Usual Suspects. (Or, as I like to call it, a Kevin Spacey double feature! SCORE!) I love Kevin Spacey movies, and I haven't seen these in far too long--LA Confidential since it was in theaters and Usual Suspects...um...I think since I lived at home. So yeah. Years on both. Thank you, April! :)
Amber said Children of Men, Dreamland, The Machinist, Stranger Than Fiction and Corpse Bride and seconded Little Miss Sunshine.
Tall_Rich said the Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, Red and White).
MarsViolet said The Birdcage and seconded Looking for Richard.
Hieronymus said Citizen Kane, Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, Smokey and the Bandit, The Sting, Gimme Shelter, Who Killed the Electric Car and Fog of War.
Kzinti said Airplane, Kung Pow, Ice Pirates, The Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, Shrek, Animal House, The Matrix, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lake House, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Night at the Museum, The Bourne Supremacy, Armageddon, Independence Day, The Green Mile, 50 First Dates and Once Upon a Time in the West. He also seconded Blazing Saddles, Kung Fu Hustle, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future. (Also, I know you said Red Dwarf and Doctor Who, but I'm not doing TV right now.)
musicchick2 said Because I Said So, Charlotte's Web, Freedom Writers, Pursuit of Happyness, Dreamgirls, Memoirs of a Geisha, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Pirates of the Carribean 1, Pirates of the Carribean 2, An Inconvenient Truth, Over the Hedge, An Unfinished Life, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Proof, Brokeback Mountain and Dreamer. She also seconded Crash and Young Frankenstein.
Katie Dickinson said Pecker, Wicked Little Things, Severance, Brick, 28 Days Later and The Host. She also seconded Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Fountain and Pan's Labyrinth.
My friend and new Texas resident Rob said Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Forrest Gump, We Were Soldiers, Flags of Our Fathers, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and seconded the Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter movies, the Matrix and Saving Private Ryan.
Nacwolin said Pretty in Pink, On a Clear Day, Akeelah and the Bee, Antwon Fisher, Bourne Identity, Capote, In Her Shoes, Spanglish, Invincible, North Country and One Punk Under God. She seconded Blood Diamond, Bourne Supremacy, Charlotte's Web, and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Still not too late to add in your own picks. :) No guarantees to when I'll watch these (and it'll probably be in a random order), but I will. :) Also if you already contributed but want to add more, feel free. :)
Also, since some of these aren't available on DVD right now (Looking For Richard, The Uninvited and a few others), I am at the mercy of TV. So cross your fingers. :)
Completed lists:
SweetMisery suggested the Robin Williams movies, but then specified Dead Poets Society.
Gunderson Bee recommended Life is Beautiful.
Wendy said My Summer of Love.
My awesome friend Kimberlee has suggested Coal Miner's Daughter and a couple of movies she's seen recently and enjoyed (Al Franken: God Spoke and The Shooter).
My coworker Bernadette just said I have to see Blood Diamond. (See, we do take recent movies, too!)
Jon said Beautiful Thing and seconded Pan's Labyrinth.
lostdwarf said Clue and Kung Fu Hustle.
My best friend Josh threw in Naked Lunch and Videodrome, plus mentioned he's rewatching the Elm Street series, so I threw that in, too. (Yes, of course I've seen that series, but not in ages.)
My friend Kelly recommended Gaslight.
My friend Laura recommended Miller's Crossing and seconded Hot Fuzz. (Making it now tied with Shaun of the Dead for most recommendations!)
java janie said 28 Weeks Later and seconded 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. Yay for fun with zombies!
Movie: Desk Set
Recommended By: TheMovieRambler
Seen Before? Yes
I saw this a few years ago when I was on my Hepburn/Tracy kick and I liked it okay, but it wasn't one of my favorites. I definitely like it more now (although Woman of the Year and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner are still my two favorites).
In this one, Katharine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, who's in charge of the reference department. Spencer Tracy is Richard Sumner, who's coming in with a computer (seriously the biggest computer ever--it's about the size of most walls) and so everyone starts to think the computer will replace them.
Movie: Psycho
Recommended By: Jeannine
Seen Before? Yes. And if you haven't, you need to.
Also...
Movie: Forrest Gump
Recommended By: Rob
Seen Before? Yes.
Everyone's seen these two, right?
Movie: Raising Arizona
Recommended By: godin_van_cynisme
Seen Before? Yes.
This is the first Coen brothers movie I saw--definitely years ago. (I've also seen Big Lebowski, Fargo, Intolerable Cruelty and the Ladykillers, and I may have seen more than that, I think.)
I actually watched this yesterday (in between my three hour nap and heading to work) and I'm going to try and watch a movie project flick a day (except for my weekends, when I'm still watching TV seasons) until I get burned out again.
Also, thanks to Kzinti, who made me an awesome spreadsheet of the movie project!
There are way too many movies. I blacked out (again) on how many there are. I could open the spreadsheet and tell you, but I'm afraid. I'm just going to take it one movie and a time and finish sometime before I'm 30. I hope.
Okay. Here's my little color-code guide.
This means I've seen the movie since the project started.
This means I have it on DVD.
This means I've rented it.
This means it's DVR-ed.
This means I have it on VHS. (I know!)
I've heard back from three five seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 people so far.
I have completed 4 5 6 7 8 lists so far.
My friend Kenny the anchorman said Heat, the LOTR (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) movies, Caddyshack, Miami Vice, Collateral and the Planet Earth series (it's a documentary). I've actually seen LOTR and Collateral but am excited for the excuse to see them again. I also saw Miami Vice which I didn't like as much but I trust Kenny enough to give it another shot.
JennyExiled has suggested What Dreams May Come, Dangerous Beauty, The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons, Center Stage, and Pulp Fiction. (Oxford comma included because she likes it.)
godin_van_cynisme went above and beyond with The Godfather, To Have and Have Not, Of Human Bondage, Auntie Mame, The Uninvited, The Exorcist, The Big Chill, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Clerks, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, The Aviator, Ghost World, Love Actually, Casino, Cape Fear (original and remake), Prince of Tides and the Back to the Future trilogy. Later, she added The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
Peachy, God love her, threw in some movies I'd always wanted to see like The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke and Rudy, plus Taking Lives, Fallen, Roman Holiday, Dumb and Dumber and Amistad.
Steve said To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Moulin Rouge, Legends of the Fall, Crash, The Devil Wears Prada and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen some of them, but most of them I haven't seen recently at all. And no, I haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which yes, I am ashamed of. (Yes, I have it on DVD. It was on sale for $5. You'd risk it, too!)
clippedwings faerie~wings threw in some of my own favorite movies: The Contender and Primal Fear, plus American History X and Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail.
Jeannine said I should see Sound of Music, Field of Dreams, Rosemary's Baby, Accidental Tourist, All About Eve, Die Hard, The Grey Zone, Psycho, Jaws, The Notebook, Little Women, Pacific Heights, Double Jeopardy, United 93 and Boogie Nights. Monday morning, she added Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain.
Susan weighed in with All of Me, Moonstruck, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol, For the Love of Ivy, Giant, Picnic, Dial M For Murder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Patch of Blue, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Angels with Dirty Faces and she also seconded To Kill a Mockingbird.
TheMovieRambler opted for Fail Safe, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, Another Gay Movie, Deep Impact, Lilies of the Field, Desk Set, El Colantito, The Wedding Party, The Miracle Worker, Disturbia, TransAmerica, Vacancy, The Trip and Hannah and Her Sisters and seconded The Godfather (plus parts 2 and 3), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Roman Holiday. (I don't need an excuse to see those movies, but it's still nice to have one. :) )
My friend Leah recommended Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Iron Monkey, Central Station, the Indiana Jones movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade) (really just the first and last, but Blockbuster sends them all together), the Cosmos series, Grizzly Man and The Corporation.
(Fish) said Seven Samurai, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17, Glengarry Glen Ross, Rushmore, Putney Swope, Chinatown, The China Syndrome, The Great Escape, Yojimbo, Talk to Her, The Legend of Drunken Master and Fist of Legend. Today, he added Deterrence.
My BFF Jen said Looking for Richard, Apocalypse Now, Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth), Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Blazing Saddles, Quiz Show, JFK, Murder By Death and she also said that I could credit the Harry Potter (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire) movies to her as payback for the six-hour Pride and Prejudice. She also said this is not a complete list.
Ginger_sister said The Fountain, Truly Madly Deeply, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Little Miss Sunshine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Best In Show.
My best friend John contributed Sweet Lorraine, For the Moment, Dazed and Confused, Crossing the Bridge, For Love of the Game, The Cutting Edge, Waking the Dead, Go, American Graffiti, Better Off Dead, Hard Core Logo, Highway 61, The Commitments, Hard Boiled, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, El Mariachi, The Blues Brothers, Grosse Pointe Blank, Fever Pitch and Beyond the Mat.
Josh (Local Josh) said Loggerheads, The Prestige, As Good As it Gets, Volver and Bad Education and then seconded Beautiful Thing and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And then he threw in Beaches and Steel Magnolias, because he thinks that if I die, he and Jon will get Sam. (Mean, mean Josh.)
April said LA Confidential and Usual Suspects. (Or, as I like to call it, a Kevin Spacey double feature! SCORE!) I love Kevin Spacey movies, and I haven't seen these in far too long--LA Confidential since it was in theaters and Usual Suspects...um...I think since I lived at home. So yeah. Years on both. Thank you, April! :)
Amber said Children of Men, Dreamland, The Machinist, Stranger Than Fiction and Corpse Bride and seconded Little Miss Sunshine.
Tall_Rich said the Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, Red and White).
MarsViolet said The Birdcage and seconded Looking for Richard.
Hieronymus said Citizen Kane, Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, Smokey and the Bandit, The Sting, Gimme Shelter, Who Killed the Electric Car and Fog of War.
Kzinti said Airplane, Kung Pow, Ice Pirates, The Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, Shrek, Animal House, The Matrix, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lake House, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Night at the Museum, The Bourne Supremacy, Armageddon, Independence Day, The Green Mile, 50 First Dates and Once Upon a Time in the West. He also seconded Blazing Saddles, Kung Fu Hustle, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future. (Also, I know you said Red Dwarf and Doctor Who, but I'm not doing TV right now.)
musicchick2 said Because I Said So, Charlotte's Web, Freedom Writers, Pursuit of Happyness, Dreamgirls, Memoirs of a Geisha, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, An Inconvenient Truth, Over the Hedge, An Unfinished Life, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Proof, Brokeback Mountain and Dreamer. She also seconded Crash and Young Frankenstein.
Katie Dickinson said Pecker, Wicked Little Things, Severance, Brick, 28 Days Later and The Host. She also seconded Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Fountain and Pan's Labyrinth.
java janie said 28 Weeks Later and seconded 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. Yay for fun with zombies!
My friend and new Texas resident Rob said Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Forrest Gump, We Were Soldiers, Flags of Our Fathers, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and seconded the Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter movies, the Matrix and Saving Private Ryan.
My friend Kelly recommended Gaslight.
My friend Laura recommended Miller's Crossing and seconded Hot Fuzz. (Making it now tied with Shaun of the Dead for most recommendations!)
Nacwolin said Pretty in Pink, On a Clear Day, Akeelah and the Bee, Antwon Fisher, Bourne Identity, Capote, In Her Shoes, Spanglish, Invincible, North Country and One Punk Under God. She seconded Blood Diamond, Bourne Supremacy, Charlotte's Web, and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Still not too late to add in your own picks. :) No guarantees to when I'll watch these (and it'll probably be in a random order), but I will. :) Also if you already contributed but want to add more, feel free. :)
Also, since some of these aren't available on DVD right now (Looking For Richard, The Uninvited and a few others), I am at the mercy of TV. So cross your fingers. :)
Completed lists:
SweetMisery suggested the Robin Williams movies, but then specified Dead Poets Society.
Gunderson Bee recommended Life is Beautiful.
Wendy said My Summer of Love.
My awesome friend Kimberlee has suggested Coal Miner's Daughter and a couple of movies she's seen recently and enjoyed (Al Franken: God Spoke and The Shooter).
My coworker Bernadette just said I have to see Blood Diamond. (See, we do take recent movies, too!)
Jon said Beautiful Thing and seconded Pan's Labyrinth.
lostdwarf said Clue and Kung Fu Hustle.
My best friend Josh threw in Naked Lunch and Videodrome, plus mentioned he's rewatching the Elm Street series, so I threw that in, too. (Yes, of course I've seen that series, but not in ages.)
Okay. Here's my little color-code guide.
This means I've seen the movie since the project started.
This means I have it on DVD.
This means I've rented it.
This means it's DVR-ed.
This means I have it on VHS. (I know!)
I've heard back from three five seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 people so far.
I have completed 4 5 6 7 8 lists so far.
My friend Kenny the anchorman said Heat, the LOTR (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) movies, Caddyshack, Miami Vice, Collateral and the Planet Earth series (it's a documentary). I've actually seen LOTR and Collateral but am excited for the excuse to see them again. I also saw Miami Vice which I didn't like as much but I trust Kenny enough to give it another shot.
JennyExiled has suggested What Dreams May Come, Dangerous Beauty, The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons, Center Stage, and Pulp Fiction. (Oxford comma included because she likes it.)
godin_van_cynisme went above and beyond with The Godfather, To Have and Have Not, Of Human Bondage, Auntie Mame, The Uninvited, The Exorcist, The Big Chill, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Clerks, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, The Aviator, Ghost World, Love Actually, Casino, Cape Fear (original and remake), Prince of Tides and the Back to the Future trilogy. Later, she added The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
Peachy, God love her, threw in some movies I'd always wanted to see like The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke and Rudy, plus Taking Lives, Fallen, Roman Holiday, Dumb and Dumber and Amistad.
Steve said To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Moulin Rouge, Legends of the Fall, Crash, The Devil Wears Prada and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen some of them, but most of them I haven't seen recently at all. And no, I haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which yes, I am ashamed of. (Yes, I have it on DVD. It was on sale for $5. You'd risk it, too!)
clippedwings faerie~wings threw in some of my own favorite movies: The Contender and Primal Fear, plus American History X and Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail.
Jeannine said I should see Sound of Music, Field of Dreams, Rosemary's Baby, Accidental Tourist, All About Eve, Die Hard, The Grey Zone, Psycho, Jaws, The Notebook, Little Women, Pacific Heights, Double Jeopardy, United 93 and Boogie Nights. Monday morning, she added Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain.
Susan weighed in with All of Me, Moonstruck, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol, For the Love of Ivy, Giant, Picnic, Dial M For Murder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Patch of Blue, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Angels with Dirty Faces and she also seconded To Kill a Mockingbird.
TheMovieRambler opted for Fail Safe, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, Another Gay Movie, Deep Impact, Lilies of the Field, Desk Set, El Colantito, The Wedding Party, The Miracle Worker, Disturbia, TransAmerica, Vacancy, The Trip and Hannah and Her Sisters and seconded The Godfather (plus parts 2 and 3), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Roman Holiday. (I don't need an excuse to see those movies, but it's still nice to have one. :) )
My friend Leah recommended Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Iron Monkey, Central Station, the Indiana Jones movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade) (really just the first and last, but Blockbuster sends them all together), the Cosmos series, Grizzly Man and The Corporation.
(Fish) said Seven Samurai, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17, Glengarry Glen Ross, Rushmore, Putney Swope, Chinatown, The China Syndrome, The Great Escape, Yojimbo, Talk to Her, The Legend of Drunken Master and Fist of Legend. Today, he added Deterrence.
My BFF Jen said Looking for Richard, Apocalypse Now, Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth), Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Blazing Saddles, Quiz Show, JFK, Murder By Death and she also said that I could credit the Harry Potter (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire) movies to her as payback for the six-hour Pride and Prejudice. She also said this is not a complete list.
Ginger_sister said The Fountain, Truly Madly Deeply, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Little Miss Sunshine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Best In Show.
My best friend John contributed Sweet Lorraine, For the Moment, Dazed and Confused, Crossing the Bridge, For Love of the Game, The Cutting Edge, Waking the Dead, Go, American Graffiti, Better Off Dead, Hard Core Logo, Highway 61, The Commitments, Hard Boiled, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, El Mariachi, The Blues Brothers, Grosse Pointe Blank, Fever Pitch and Beyond the Mat.
Josh (Local Josh) said Loggerheads, The Prestige, As Good As it Gets, Volver and Bad Education and then seconded Beautiful Thing and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And then he threw in Beaches and Steel Magnolias, because he thinks that if I die, he and Jon will get Sam. (Mean, mean Josh.)
April said LA Confidential and Usual Suspects. (Or, as I like to call it, a Kevin Spacey double feature! SCORE!) I love Kevin Spacey movies, and I haven't seen these in far too long--LA Confidential since it was in theaters and Usual Suspects...um...I think since I lived at home. So yeah. Years on both. Thank you, April! :)
Amber said Children of Men, Dreamland, The Machinist, Stranger Than Fiction and Corpse Bride and seconded Little Miss Sunshine.
Tall_Rich said the Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, Red and White).
MarsViolet said The Birdcage and seconded Looking for Richard.
Hieronymus said Citizen Kane, Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, Smokey and the Bandit, The Sting, Gimme Shelter, Who Killed the Electric Car and Fog of War.
Kzinti said Airplane, Kung Pow, Ice Pirates, The Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, Shrek, Animal House, The Matrix, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lake House, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Night at the Museum, The Bourne Supremacy, Armageddon, Independence Day, The Green Mile, 50 First Dates and Once Upon a Time in the West. He also seconded Blazing Saddles, Kung Fu Hustle, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future. (Also, I know you said Red Dwarf and Doctor Who, but I'm not doing TV right now.)
musicchick2 said Because I Said So, Charlotte's Web, Freedom Writers, Pursuit of Happyness, Dreamgirls, Memoirs of a Geisha, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, An Inconvenient Truth, Over the Hedge, An Unfinished Life, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Proof, Brokeback Mountain and Dreamer. She also seconded Crash and Young Frankenstein.
Katie Dickinson said Pecker, Wicked Little Things, Severance, Brick, 28 Days Later and The Host. She also seconded Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Fountain and Pan's Labyrinth.
java janie said 28 Weeks Later and seconded 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. Yay for fun with zombies!
My friend and new Texas resident Rob said Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Forrest Gump, We Were Soldiers, Flags of Our Fathers, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and seconded the Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter movies, the Matrix and Saving Private Ryan.
My friend Kelly recommended Gaslight.
My friend Laura recommended Miller's Crossing and seconded Hot Fuzz. (Making it now tied with Shaun of the Dead for most recommendations!)
Nacwolin said Pretty in Pink, On a Clear Day, Akeelah and the Bee, Antwon Fisher, Bourne Identity, Capote, In Her Shoes, Spanglish, Invincible, North Country and One Punk Under God. She seconded Blood Diamond, Bourne Supremacy, Charlotte's Web, and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Still not too late to add in your own picks. :) No guarantees to when I'll watch these (and it'll probably be in a random order), but I will. :) Also if you already contributed but want to add more, feel free. :)
Also, since some of these aren't available on DVD right now (Looking For Richard, The Uninvited and a few others), I am at the mercy of TV. So cross your fingers. :)
Completed lists:
SweetMisery suggested the Robin Williams movies, but then specified Dead Poets Society.
Gunderson Bee recommended Life is Beautiful.
Wendy said My Summer of Love.
My awesome friend Kimberlee has suggested Coal Miner's Daughter and a couple of movies she's seen recently and enjoyed (Al Franken: God Spoke and The Shooter).
My coworker Bernadette just said I have to see Blood Diamond. (See, we do take recent movies, too!)
Jon said Beautiful Thing and seconded Pan's Labyrinth.
lostdwarf said Clue and Kung Fu Hustle.
My best friend Josh threw in Naked Lunch and Videodrome, plus mentioned he's rewatching the Elm Street series, so I threw that in, too. (Yes, of course I've seen that series, but not in ages.)
Okay. Here's my little color-code guide.
This means I've seen the movie since the project started.
This means I have it on DVD.
This means I've rented it.
This means it's DVR-ed.
This means I have it on VHS. (I know!)
I've heard back from three five seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 people so far.
I have completed 4 5 6 7 8 lists so far.
My friend Kenny the anchorman said Heat, the LOTR (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) movies, Caddyshack, Miami Vice, Collateral and the Planet Earth series (it's a documentary). I've actually seen LOTR and Collateral but am excited for the excuse to see them again. I also saw Miami Vice which I didn't like as much but I trust Kenny enough to give it another shot.
JennyExiled has suggested What Dreams May Come, Dangerous Beauty, The English Patient, Dangerous Liaisons, Center Stage, and Pulp Fiction. (Oxford comma included because she likes it.)
godin_van_cynisme went above and beyond with The Godfather, To Have and Have Not, Of Human Bondage, Auntie Mame, The Uninvited, The Exorcist, The Big Chill, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Clerks, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, The Aviator, Ghost World, Love Actually, Casino, Cape Fear (original and remake), Prince of Tides and the Back to the Future trilogy. Later, she added The People Vs. Larry Flynt.
Peachy, God love her, threw in some movies I'd always wanted to see like The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke and Rudy, plus Taking Lives, Fallen, Roman Holiday, Dumb and Dumber and Amistad.
Steve said To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Moulin Rouge, Legends of the Fall, Crash, The Devil Wears Prada and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've seen some of them, but most of them I haven't seen recently at all. And no, I haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which yes, I am ashamed of. (Yes, I have it on DVD. It was on sale for $5. You'd risk it, too!)
clippedwings faerie~wings threw in some of my own favorite movies: The Contender and Primal Fear, plus American History X and Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail.
Jeannine said I should see Sound of Music, Field of Dreams, Rosemary's Baby, Accidental Tourist, All About Eve, Die Hard, The Grey Zone, Psycho, Jaws, The Notebook, Little Women, Pacific Heights, Double Jeopardy, United 93 and Boogie Nights. Monday morning, she added Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain.
Susan weighed in with All of Me, Moonstruck, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Christmas Carol, For the Love of Ivy, Giant, Picnic, Dial M For Murder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Patch of Blue, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Angels with Dirty Faces and she also seconded To Kill a Mockingbird.
TheMovieRambler opted for Fail Safe, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, Another Gay Movie, Deep Impact, Lilies of the Field, Desk Set, El Colantito, The Wedding Party, The Miracle Worker, Disturbia, TransAmerica, Vacancy, The Trip and Hannah and Her Sisters and seconded The Godfather (plus parts 2 and 3), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Roman Holiday. (I don't need an excuse to see those movies, but it's still nice to have one. :) )
My friend Leah recommended Donnie Darko, Pan's Labyrinth, Iron Monkey, Central Station, the Indiana Jones movies (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade) (really just the first and last, but Blockbuster sends them all together), the Cosmos series, Grizzly Man and The Corporation.
(Fish) said Seven Samurai, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Wild Bunch, Stalag 17, Glengarry Glen Ross, Rushmore, Putney Swope, Chinatown, The China Syndrome, The Great Escape, Yojimbo, Talk to Her, The Legend of Drunken Master and Fist of Legend. Today, he added Deterrence.
My BFF Jen said Looking for Richard, Apocalypse Now, Pride and Prejudice (the one with Colin Firth), Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Blazing Saddles, Quiz Show, JFK, Murder By Death and she also said that I could credit the Harry Potter (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire) movies to her as payback for the six-hour Pride and Prejudice. She also said this is not a complete list.
Ginger_sister said The Fountain, Truly Madly Deeply, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Little Miss Sunshine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Best In Show.
My best friend John contributed Sweet Lorraine, For the Moment, Dazed and Confused, Crossing the Bridge, For Love of the Game, The Cutting Edge, Waking the Dead, Go, American Graffiti, Better Off Dead, Hard Core Logo, Highway 61, The Commitments, Hard Boiled, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, El Mariachi, The Blues Brothers, Grosse Pointe Blank, Fever Pitch and Beyond the Mat.
Josh (Local Josh) said Loggerheads, The Prestige, As Good As it Gets, Volver and Bad Education and then seconded Beautiful Thing and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And then he threw in Beaches and Steel Magnolias, because he thinks that if I die, he and Jon will get Sam. (Mean, mean Josh.)
April said LA Confidential and Usual Suspects. (Or, as I like to call it, a Kevin Spacey double feature! SCORE!) I love Kevin Spacey movies, and I haven't seen these in far too long--LA Confidential since it was in theaters and Usual Suspects...um...I think since I lived at home. So yeah. Years on both. Thank you, April! :)
Amber said Children of Men, Dreamland, The Machinist, Stranger Than Fiction and Corpse Bride and seconded Little Miss Sunshine.
Tall_Rich said the Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, Red and White).
MarsViolet said The Birdcage and seconded Looking for Richard.
Hieronymus said Citizen Kane, Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, Smokey and the Bandit, The Sting, Gimme Shelter, Who Killed the Electric Car and Fog of War.
Kzinti said Airplane, Kung Pow, Ice Pirates, The Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, Shrek, Animal House, The Matrix, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lake House, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Night at the Museum, The Bourne Supremacy, Armageddon, Independence Day, The Green Mile, 50 First Dates and Once Upon a Time in the West. He also seconded Blazing Saddles, Kung Fu Hustle, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future. (Also, I know you said Red Dwarf and Doctor Who, but I'm not doing TV right now.)
musicchick2 said Because I Said So, Charlotte's Web, Freedom Writers, Pursuit of Happyness, Dreamgirls, Memoirs of a Geisha, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, An Inconvenient Truth, Over the Hedge, An Unfinished Life, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Proof, Brokeback Mountain and Dreamer. She also seconded Crash and Young Frankenstein.
Katie Dickinson said Pecker, Wicked Little Things, Severance, Brick, 28 Days Later and The Host. She also seconded Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Fountain and Pan's Labyrinth.
java janie said 28 Weeks Later and seconded 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead. Yay for fun with zombies!
My friend and new Texas resident Rob said Garden State, Good Will Hunting, Forrest Gump, We Were Soldiers, Flags of Our Fathers, Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and seconded the Lord of the Rings movies, Harry Potter movies, the Matrix and Saving Private Ryan.
My friend Kelly recommended Gaslight.
My friend Laura recommended Miller's Crossing and seconded Hot Fuzz. (Making it now tied with Shaun of the Dead for most recommendations!)
Nacwolin said Pretty in Pink, On a Clear Day, Akeelah and the Bee, Antwon Fisher, Bourne Identity, Capote, In Her Shoes, Spanglish, Invincible, North Country and One Punk Under God. She seconded Blood Diamond, Bourne Supremacy, Charlotte's Web, and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Still not too late to add in your own picks. :) No guarantees to when I'll watch these (and it'll probably be in a random order), but I will. :) Also if you already contributed but want to add more, feel free. :)
Also, since some of these aren't available on DVD right now (Looking For Richard, The Uninvited and a few others), I am at the mercy of TV. So cross your fingers. :)
Completed lists:
SweetMisery suggested the Robin Williams movies, but then specified Dead Poets Society.
Gunderson Bee recommended Life is Beautiful.
Wendy said My Summer of Love.
My awesome friend Kimberlee has suggested Coal Miner's Daughter and a couple of movies she's seen recently and enjoyed (Al Franken: God Spoke and The Shooter).
My coworker Bernadette just said I have to see Blood Diamond. (See, we do take recent movies, too!)
Jon said Beautiful Thing and seconded Pan's Labyrinth.
lostdwarf said Clue and Kung Fu Hustle.
My best friend Josh threw in Naked Lunch and Videodrome, plus mentioned he's rewatching the Elm Street series, so I threw that in, too. (Yes, of course I've seen that series, but not in ages.)
I finally finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (as recommended by Steve). I have it on VHS and I'm in the habit of watching 10 minutes of a movie on VHS before bed...and tonight, Cuckoo's Nest ended.
I think I mentioned this before, but I watched it when I was 14 or so and thought it was okay, but it's actually fantastic.
If you haven't seen this, go rent it now. Seriously. You'll thank me later.
Meanwhile...apparently the Shining isn't the only movie where Scatman Crothers gets screwed by Jack Nicholson. Nope, it happens in this one, too.
And you will also get to see a really young Christopher Lloyd. :) It's a win-win!
Movie: Blazing Saddles
Recommended By: Jen and Kzinti
Seen Before? No.
Okay, really funny! I'm glad I finally saw it. That said, I think it's my least favorite of the Mel Brooks/Gene Wilder movies--not because it's bad, because it's not. It's just that I really love Young Frankenstein and The Producers.
Also, I forget exactly how many movies are left to watch, but it's less than 200! YAY! (I think it's hovering in the 190 range.)
