Cellar Field of 64, #5: recent films - Page 3

DucksNuts · 04-27-2006, 10:19 PM

OMG I forgot Super Troopers!!!

2nded

Rock Steady · 04-27-2006, 10:40 PM

Actually, I'm looking forward to the contest helping me to decide what movies to watch to catch up to the 21st century. Go Cellar-64-Movies!!!! Ra !!!!!!!!!!!

smoothmoniker · 04-28-2006, 12:07 AM

There is a UK movie that didn't get much press here in the US called "Millions". It's maybe the most perfect family movie ever made - innocent enough for children, but complex and wonderfully made. See it.

The rest of the list:

Crash (2004)
Hotel Rhwanda (2004)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
The Incredibles (2003)

Cyclefrance · 04-28-2006, 04:00 AM

Have to add:

Keeping Mum

Nice Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith black comedy in the true 'Ealing' style - it won't win, but is one to get out on DVD if you fancy something light and chuckly to watch....(suppose it should go in the DVD thread but probably everyone interested is looking here anyway at the moment, and, hey, it's lazy Friday...)

Ibby · 04-28-2006, 04:05 AM

Serenety is thirded. I don't much watch movies anymore, I have about the same contempt for modern movies as I do for modern music. But Firefly/Serenety are really good, getting the right balance between sci-fi and old-fashioned, funny and serious, inane and intellectual.

chainsaw · 04-28-2006, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

There is a UK movie that didn't get much press here in the US called "Millions". It's maybe the most perfect family movie ever made - innocent enough for children, but complex and wonderfully made. See it.

I agree. Very cute and well done.

glatt · 04-28-2006, 10:59 AM

Millions is a good movie, but my kids would be scared to see it. There are a few frightening scenes. (For little kids.)

Undertoad · 04-28-2006, 11:41 AM

Points of procedure:

- By general consensus we treat the LOTR films as one. Anyone disagrees speak now or forever hold your peace.

- There was no consensus on the Harry Potter movies, the floor is open to debate this question.

- After figuring out the Potter matter, there will be a massive renomination round of all films nominated once.

glatt · 04-28-2006, 11:44 AM

Might as well lump Harry Potter together too.

smoothmoniker · 04-28-2006, 12:16 PM

LOTR is one story set over three films

Potter is a series of stories set in the same place with the same people.

Treat LOTR as one, treat Potter individually.

Elspode · 04-28-2006, 02:26 PM

I concur with SM.

wolf · 04-28-2006, 04:31 PM

Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
Sin City
Team America: World Police
Gladiator
The Passion of the Christ
The Matrix (series)
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

chainsaw · 04-28-2006, 04:50 PM

Sorry to keep being the movie Nazi, but The Matrix (1) was released in 1999.

wolf · 04-28-2006, 05:13 PM

Like LOTR, it's one movie released in three segments, IMHO.

Cyclefrance · 04-28-2006, 06:00 PM

Go along with Smoothmoniker - LOTR = 1, HP = several

04-27-2006, 10:40 PM	#32
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04-28-2006, 12:07 AM	#33
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	There is a UK movie that didn't get much press here in the US called "Millions". It's maybe the most perfect family movie ever made - innocent enough for children, but complex and wonderfully made. See it. The rest of the list: Crash (2004) Hotel Rhwanda (2004) Cinderella Man (2005) Finding Neverland (2004) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Secondhand Lions (2003) The Incredibles (2003) __________________ to live and die in LA

04-28-2006, 04:00 AM	#34
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Have to add: Keeping Mum Nice Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson and Maggie Smith black comedy in the true 'Ealing' style - it won't win, but is one to get out on DVD if you fancy something light and chuckly to watch....(suppose it should go in the DVD thread but probably everyone interested is looking here anyway at the moment, and, hey, it's lazy Friday...) __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears Last edited by Cyclefrance; 04-28-2006 at 05:56 AM.

04-28-2006, 12:16 PM	#40
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	LOTR is one story set over three films Potter is a series of stories set in the same place with the same people. Treat LOTR as one, treat Potter individually. __________________ to live and die in LA

04-28-2006, 02:26 PM	#41
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I concur with SM. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-27-2006, 10:19 PM	#31
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	OMG I forgot Super Troopers!!! 2nded

04-28-2006, 04:05 AM	#35
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Serenety is thirded. I don't much watch movies anymore, I have about the same contempt for modern movies as I do for modern music. But Firefly/Serenety are really good, getting the right balance between sci-fi and old-fashioned, funny and serious, inane and intellectual.

04-28-2006, 10:59 AM	#37
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Millions is a good movie, but my kids would be scared to see it. There are a few frightening scenes. (For little kids.)

04-28-2006, 11:41 AM	#38
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Points of procedure: - By general consensus we treat the LOTR films as one. Anyone disagrees speak now or forever hold your peace. - There was no consensus on the Harry Potter movies, the floor is open to debate this question. - After figuring out the Potter matter, there will be a massive renomination round of all films nominated once.

04-28-2006, 11:44 AM	#39
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Might as well lump Harry Potter together too.

04-28-2006, 04:31 PM	#42
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04-28-2006, 04:50 PM	#43
chainsaw Wingnahningning... Er somethin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 90802 Posts: 368	Sorry to keep being the movie Nazi, but The Matrix (1) was released in 1999. __________________ I have no life, so I watch movies.

04-28-2006, 05:13 PM	#44
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Like LOTR, it's one movie released in three segments, IMHO. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-28-2006, 06:00 PM	#45
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Go along with Smoothmoniker - LOTR = 1, HP = several __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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