Film recommendations

[kabbes]

The Italian Job was also awesome, of course. As was The Shining.

Deliverance and The French Connection were good suggestions, because we both liked those.

 

[kabbes]

Amazon recommended me Hopscotch, based on looking those things up. I'm assuming that's also good?

 

[DotCommunist]

I think Deliverance is very much of its time. I was distinctly uderwhelmed. Even the bumrape scene failed to raise an eyebrow (pulp fictions was much harsher)


oooh Scum

 

[butchersapron]

The Shout

 

[kabbes]

One thing you notice about looking up a lot of these films is that they are of a sensible length. A lot of them fit into the sub-100 minute mark, rather than being bloated, turgid affairs that spend hours on special effects or Meaningful Looks. They're understated, in short. It really was the golden era.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Midnight Express

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Rollerball is still quite surprisingly good as a dystopian visionary kind of thing.

 

[DotCommunist]

Soylent Green

arguably Hestons finest hour

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Southern Comfort

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and then there's all those 70s disaster movies

 

[kabbes]

Ah yes -- the disaster movies are great. Of course there is Towering Inferno and Poseidon Adventure. But what else should we see?

 

[Flashman]

Both from 1974, both ace:

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Freebie and the Bean

 

[DotCommunist]

and then there's all those 70s disaster movies

Posieden Adventure (gene hackman ftw) and Towering Inferno are win

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Juggernaut with Richard Harris is probably better than Towering Inferno imo.

 

[Beanburger]

Three Days of the Condor.

 

[subversplat]

Apocalypse Now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What year's was The Cassandra Crossing?

There was another one like Poseidon or Titanic. Maybe something Pacific?

Earthquake
The Andromeda Strain
Airport 197? and Airport 197?
The one with the damn bursting?
The ones with swarms of bees
Meteor

 

[DotCommunist]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (78)

 

[kabbes]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (78)

That is truly great film.

 

[Beanburger]

Rosemary's Baby.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Most boring thread ever

 

[subversplat]

Most boring thread ever

I've not seen that one....

 

[Beanburger]

I've not seen that one....

The sequel was better. TMBTEII: Bored Harder.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've not seen that one....

It's a good 'un


Dirty Harry
oh, and then there's all the Death Wish films

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

All the President's Men?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The sequel was better. TMBTEII: Bored Harder.

Nah, most sequel's are shite

 

[Beanburger]

Nah, most sequel's are shite

Ooooh. I'll take the bait!

Aliens.
Godfather II
Empire Strikes Back
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ooooh. I'll take the bait!

Aliens.
Godfather II
Empire Strikes Back
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

Only seen the first two. Haven't seen Bill and Ted's anything

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

You don't know what you're missing

 

[paulhackett]

How about a Neil Simon film like California Suite (trying to think of something more Woody Allen..) Waltar Matthau, Maggie Smith, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby..