Gosh so much to cover, I've seen most films listed. A few comments of relevance (or not):
Mr. In-between said:
Gummo. Many people claim to have seen that movie, but I doubt that they really have because then they'd have far less hope in mankind than they usually do.
Seen it. I'm also a very optimistic person who think nihilism is for idiots, but then maybe I wouldn't be if I lived in a suburban nightmare as depicted in that film. Hated the film by the way. I can see what they were going for but I don't think it works, I thought
Kids (by the same screenwriter) was far better realised.
Casual Shinji said:
One of my favourite films ever. I cried like a baby during most of it. It had even more impact on me because I went into the film not knowing what it was going to be about. I later picked it up on DVD and found out that the film has spoilers in the promo material on the back of the box! A film that must be seen from a position of total ignorance for the correct sledgehammer effect.
That said:
Brotherhood of the wolf, it's basically a french (better) version of the wolfman, with a great cast to boot.
That damn film kicks serious ass. I don't even know how to describe it really, but just incredibly gobsmackingly awesome.
2012 Wont Happen said:
Lars and the Real Girl. Someone on the site has probably seen it, but probably not many.
Seen this, hilarious, a film I'd totally recommend to absolutely everyone. Haven't laughed that much AND felt so awkward while watching a film in a
long time.
The Ruler of Nosgoth said:
Synecdoche, New York. It's an art film starring Phiilip Seymour Hoffman. One of my favorite movies of all time.
That film was very good (and very mindfucky) but could have used some editing. Kaufman is better when someone else is directing his scripts.
-Samurai- said:
Wild Zero is a movie about space zombies that came to Earth. Easily the weirdest movie I've ever seen. Also Japanese.
Not only have I seen Wild Zero but I played a gig with the featured band Guitar Wolf. The GW bass player even used my bass onstage because he broke a string on his own. What kind of psycho breaks
bass strings jesus...
ChromeAlchemist said:
Okay then...Perfect Blue?
I've seen this, the anime, yes? Thought it was pretty good, smarter and better-paced than Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Evangelion and all that other nonsense everyone raves about. Still misogynistic as all hell though (needless fanservicey sexual assault scenes urgh) but then par for the course in that style I guess.
JUMBO PALACE said:
Equilibrium. It's a scifi movie that came out around the same time as the matrix so it go overlooked. It's really good though.
People seem to love that film on this forum but I thought it was total B-grade trash. The lead character's transition from loyal to rebel isn't peroperly handled or explained (clearly key scenes got left on the cutting room floor), and the gun kata stuff... sheesh.
[Kira Must Die said:
]Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathy_for_Mr._Vengeance] and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathy_for_Lady_Vengeance].
Both part of the Vengeance Trilogy, which also include Oldboy, which I also doubt anyone has seen(From where I live, anyways.)
Seen all three. However I don't live where you do so maybe that's why.
sinsfire said:
Meet the Feebles: an old Peter Jackson movie
Pi: the number not the desert
Seen both. MTF was the first Peter Jackson film I ever saw, I saw it when it came out in the cinema. Would you believe that a couple people in the audience
left the cinema during the opening song (just before the "come on you fat slag move your ass" line) because they thought it was
really a Muppets film and not a parody?
Shaun_Emmerich said:
High Tension? That was a great horror film.
I have a copy of that dubbed into Thai for some weird reason. Still a great film and it's not like you need the dialogue to apprecaite it...
My pick: Kitchen. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122133/
I'll be pretty impressed by anyone who's seen this film, and even more impressed by anyone who can tell me where I can get it on DVD.