Must See Movies

Must see movies... hmmn

anything with drew barrymore in it indeed.

she is hot as hell and if I am going to waste my time on dumbin down my brain I hope it involves cute ass girls like her..
 
TastyWheat said:
My love of Dark City aside, I still disagree with its inclusion. If it was a focused on individualism vs. collectivism I could get on board.
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The sheep are asleep and their lives are controlled by a small group of powerful dark lords without their knowledge or consent. What more symbolism do you need???

Once I saw your disagreement to Dark City's inclusion, I figured it would be futile to offer explanations for the other movies you rejected.
 
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Scene from Harrison Bergeron...

In the classroom...

Teacher: "What name is given to the period that started with the end of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union? Morris?"

Morris: "Uh uh, the Cold War?"

Teacher: "Right. And what do we call the period after the Cold War?"

Morris: "The Great Recession."

Teacher: "And what made this recession different from all other recessions before it? Jeannie?"

Jeannie: "It...well it never really ended. It just kept going."

Teacher: "Why?" Garth?"

Garth: "I forget."

Teacher: "Bridget?"

Bridget: Shakes head.

Teacher: "Class? Anyone? Harrison?"

Harrison: "I don't remember."

Teacher: "It's alright. Go ahead."

Harrison: "Well in all previous recessions once the economy bottomed out and production increased unemployment decreased but in the Great Recession because of new and improved technologies fewer and fewer workers were required in all sectors, and with so many people forced from their jobs the traditional economic recovery was impossible."

Teacher: "Exactly, by the year 2015 only 15 percent of the population had jobs. America was divided into two camps: A highly skilled and prosperous elite and an unemployed destitute majority. What happened Next? Garth?"

Garth: "Well the people who didn't have jobs were very unhappy and they started making trouble. Like they bombed buildings and had riots and killed people and stuff."

Teacher: "Right. And that was the beginning of what we now know as... Class?"

Class: "The Second American Revolution."

Teacher: "Right."

Bell rings.

Teacher: "And we'll stop there for today."
 
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AmericasLastHope said:
Scene from Harrison Bergeron...

In the classroom...


Harrison: "Well in all previous recessions once the economy bottomed out and production increased unemployment decreased but in the Great Recession because of new and improved technologies fewer and fewer workers were required in all sectors, and with so many people forced from their jobs the traditional economic recovery was impossible."
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Technocrat much?? Did Vonnegut believed in the so called 'curse of machinery'? I've never read the book, but did see the movie. And I caught a slight whiff of this in the story. If my memory serves me correct wasn't there a scene where the head of the "Corp." contrastly preferred classical music while at the same time using the most recent technology to control the public.
 
purplechoe said:
Here are a few suggestions from me as I'm somewhat of a cinema buff. :p :D

2001: A Space Odyssey - full of masonic symbols
2010: The Year We Make Contact - same as above
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder's vision of America's media circus
Air America - CIA drug smuggling
Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films: The Criterion Collection (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds)- struggle for personal and national freedom (I especially liked Kanal, very intense)
Army of Shadows - Melville's masterpiece about underground fighters in battle against Hitler's regime
The Bad Sleep Well - Kurosawa exposing the corrupt boardrooms in post war corporate Japan
The Beast (1988) - Soviet Union in a futile war in 80's Afghanistan
Casualties of War - Brian DePalma Vietnam war epic
City of God - of the the best films you ever see, Brazilian
Born on the Forth of July - Oliver Stone protests the war
Cypher - great cyber thriller about corporate espionage
The Dreamers - besides all the nudity I find the film to be a great criticism of the French 60's communist movement and Jean-Luc Godard, honest :)
Equilibrium - Fahrenheit 451 with guns :)
Eyes Wide Shut - again Kubrick with masonic symbology
Gattaca - genetic perfection
Glengarry GlenRoss - classic film, "Lie, cheat, steal. All in a days work"
I, Claudius - BBC series about Roman emperors
The Insider - about the tobacco industry, big corporate interests
La Haine - great modern day French film about racial and cultural volatility, immigration
Lawrence of Arabia - I think it's about the middle east or something... ;)
Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue - Polish cinematic masterpiece, uses the Ten Commandments as a thematic springboard, 10 part TV series (if you watch just one thing I recommend make sure it's this)
The Leopard - Italian film about when the aristocracy lost it's grip and the middle classes rose up
Lord of the Flies - I prefer the 1990 version
Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone criticizes the media
Nixon - Oliver Stone again
Nosferatu - the Rudy Giuliani story ;)
The Pentagon Wars - government waste at it's funniest, A Ron Paul fan should love it
Platoon - Oliver Stone war epic
Pump Up the Volume - freedom of speech on the radio
Rome - HBO series historic, Old World Order ;)
Rules of the Game - regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, French
The Ruling Class - Peter O"Toole is hilarious
Salvador - Oliver Stone film about war torn El Salvador
Serpico - Pacino finds out that honesty is not expected to be part of his job as a cop
Stalker (1979) - one of the greatest movies ever made (IMO), Russian film
Traffic - useless drug war
Wall Street - Oliver Stone takes on...
The Wire - HBO series about real life in the streets (drugs, political corruption, etc.)

All of those films are more worthy to be up there than some those you have already listed. :)
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Dang... how'd I miss this? :D Just going back through the thread; starting dloads for some.. :p

Will add them up.
 
Just watched Dr Strangelove.... :eek:

[Insert Bush Administration] & every other war time admin. :mad:
 
TastyWheat said:
Just looked at the list. A lot of good movies, but I don't think these ones are relevant (or relevant enough):
  • South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Just as much satire as the TV show, but nothing profound is really discussed
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What could be more profound than a bunch of cartoon characters being whipped up into a war frenzy with Canada over free speech and where the death of free speech brings about the apocalypse?

The movie addresses many issues.

Freedom of speech/Censorship
Police brutality
The human implantation of the V-Chip
Religion / The end times/ The after life
Homeless Vets
Child abuse (kick the baby!)
Commercialism
Racism
Computer Hacking
Perverted German sex web sites
The death penalty
Brain washing
Addiction
Detention death (happy) camps
Medical malpractice
Pig fucking
Mothers Against Canada
Brian Boitano
Cold poo
War
And Giant clitorises

Even an ass ramming, shit faced, uncle fucker can see that this movie deserves to be on the list. :)
 
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winston_blade said:
"The Thin Red Line" needs to be on this list.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120863/
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It's already on the list, I would have listed it otherwise since it's my favorite war movie.

If I could recommend just one movie from the list I posted, "The Pentagon Wars". It's a made for HBO movie and is very funny.

"A hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the B.F.V. There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work."

http://www.amazon.com/Pentagon-Wars...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219955332&sr=1-1
 
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

If only there were more films like this! This top quality film highlights an evil of the State that actually occurred but at its center the film is about a courageous quest for liberty worthy of Tolkien. In 1931 Australia, it is the official policy of the government that all "half-caste" children (half Aborigine, half white) are to be taken from their families and raised by the State. When three young girls (aged 14, 10 and 8) are taken 1200 miles from their home, they escape and determine to make the epic journey back across desert and wilderness with no resources and with the minions of the State on their trail. The film is notable for the sincere good intentions of the Chief Protector of the Aborigine Populace, Mr. Neville (Kenneth Branagh) and the cleverness and bravery of the 14 year old that leads the escape, Molly (Everlyn Sampi). A libertarian aspect of Molly's story (a true one) that most reviewers seem to have missed is that the breakdown between those who aid the girls and those who seek to recapture them is not a racial one. The Aboriginal tracker Moodoo (David Gulpilil) who works for the government tries just as hard to recapture the girls as the whites. Conversely, whites independent of the government are glad to help the children on their way. Mr. Neville's chilling words sum up the view of the ruthless social engineer: "We face an uphill battle with these people - especially the Bush natives - who have to be protected against themselves. If they would only understand what we are trying to do for them." See this review.

Election (1999)

This bleak, black (and very funny) comedy has many targets but, as the title suggests, democratic politics is a chief one. Our great electoral exercises are here lampooned by focussing on elections for that most meaningless of positions: high school student president. The earnest seriousness of the usual contestants and the nearly religious significance of the civic duty are eviscerated when Tammy (Jessica Campbell) runs on a lark. Her rousing speech to the student assembly would make the film worth it even if it wasn't brilliant otherwise:

Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn't matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it's gonna change anything around here, make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college.
So vote for me because I don't even wanna go to college, and I don't care. And as president, I won't do anything. The only promise I will make is that, if elected, I will immediately dismantle the student government so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again!
[Loud cheering]
Or don't vote for me! Who cares?! Don't vote at all!!
[Cheering] [Standing ovation]

Bananas (1971)

Woody Allen's hilarious second film, in addition to some inspired comedy gags (like Howard Cosell providing live commentary for a political assassination), shows a remarkably even-handed (neither left nor right) insight into political events. As Fielding Mellish (Allen) gets caught up in a left-wing revolution in a small Latin American country, he learns that the U.S. is supporting the brutal military dictatorship. But when the revolutionaries take over, Mellish's naive trust in the left-wing leader is betrayed, "Soon we'll hold free elections and let the people choose their own leaders. You can voluntarily step down..." The rebel leader responds, "These people are peasants. They are too ignorant to vote... I am the ruler of this country. There will be no elections until I decree it."

The film cleverly satirizes U.S. intervention abroad in a way that is, unfortunately, still relevant. As U.S. troops fly to South America to take part in the events, one of them asks, "We fighting for or against the government?". Another answers "C.I.A.'s not taking any chances this time. Some of us are for and some of us are going to be against them." Rated PG-13 for brief nudity.

Europa, Europa (1990)

This has to be seen to be believed. Based on the true story of a German Jewish boy (Solomon Perel) who at various times during WWII ended up in the Communist Youth League as well as the Hitler Youth(!). An intriguing on-the-ground perspective of our ideologically totalitarian age. In German & Russian with English subtitles.
 
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Ok, I've seen Dr. Strangelove... and Dark City....

Both were worthy indeed. Except in strangelove there was a bit about fluoride being a communist conspiracy... hahha.. by the guy who "lost the plot" and wanted to start a nuclear war..

12 Angry Men I'll be checking out next :)

Will be burning them, offering to friends & family etc. :D
 
12 Angry Men......... WOW. That was awesome...

Seriously.. quality quality stuff.

Same with Breaker Morant (epic)... many good liners, starts a tad slow - but REALLY fires up..

^^^ I'm going to burn it, and give it to my neocon mate... Let's see how he hold's up. ;)
 
RCA said:
The sheep are asleep and their lives are controlled by a small group of powerful dark lords without their knowledge or consent. What more symbolism do you need???

Once I saw your disagreement to Dark City's inclusion, I figured it would be futile to offer explanations for the other movies you rejected.
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Just in regards to what you were replying to; the op mentioned "I could get on board if it was individualism vs collectivism".

Having just seen it, I can confirm it was did play a massive role..

I mean really - the Collective (they have a collective mind etc..) they are a dying people... they LIVE of the individuals in a way.. the human bodies..

Edit: Realized I was giving too much away? :) It's pretty worthy.
 
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