I'm going to watch a movie every night, and you're going to choose for me.

[Leonard Leroy]

Tonight's menu:

Talk to Me (have not watched yet)

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

or

Once Upon A Time In The West (watched years ago and I have a DVD someone bought for me and haven't opened)

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

or

Hachiko monogatari (Haven't watched but I liked the tale and I've been posting sad dog pictures and Jurassic Bark is always mentioned. This is the original Jurassic Bark)

The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death

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Please propose movies for me to watch that are on HBO In Demand, preferably. But I will download movies to watch if you want me to.

Also: have to be good movies

[julzkind]

i vote doggy one.

and not on the list, Teen Witch.

[Leonard Leroy]

*Good movies only

[fattybfat]

The house of flying daggers??

[Leonard Leroy]

may tomorrow or something. But choose something from the OP for now.

[sarcastic]

I would personally watch the dog one, so my vote goes to that one.

Other movies of interest.

This Is England, Green Street Hooligans, Kung Fu Hustle (cause I saw it yesterday lol)

[Leonard Leroy]

I actually watched Green Street Hooligans. But I always wanted to watch This Is England. I'll keep that in mind.

I'll download it just to have it handy. Looks like I'm watching Hachi's Story.

I'll probably end up giving a little mini review afterwards.

[fattybfat]

^Kung Fu Hustle is awesome

Shaolin soccer as well

[Leonard Leroy]

Seen em both.

But I never bothered to watch House of Flying Daggers.

[fattybfat]

internal affair?

[Leonard Leroy]

been there, loved that. Going to have to recommend some really recent stuff, because I'm just catching up now. I've seen most of the popular "good" movies like 2000-2005 when I was a full on movie nerd.

I want to watch Good Night and Good Luck as well.

[habia]

I watched Faces and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, both by Cassavettes, the past two nights.

Recommended. Dude's an artist. Probably should watch Faces first.

tonight watch the asian one.

another asian one which is terrific: Pale Flower by Masahiro Shinoda. About isolation, gratuity and desperation. Really had a big impact on me.

[Leonard Leroy]

Now that's what I'm talking about.

[m1sterko]

koroshiya ichi

pretty cool if you read the manga, and wanna see film adapt

[Leonard Leroy]

ew anime's gay.

But I've seen it. Ichi the Killer wasn't exactly an obscure title. Hah.

[beefcake]

Killer Clowns from Outer Space. Killer soundtrack...

The whole movie's on YouTube!

[Wesley Pipes]

This movie was on bootleg 4-5 months before it even released.

[Clockwork_killa]

Crows Zero, because its awesome, best thing Miike has done in a while.

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[lestat]

Watch Steven Chow's old stuff

[the_state]

I would personally watch the dog one, so my vote goes to that one.

Other movies of interest.

This Is England, Green Street Hooligans, Kung Fu Hustle (cause I saw it yesterday lol)

This Is England and Kung Fu Hustle are both very, very good movies.

[the_state]

This movie was on bootleg 4-5 months before it even released.

classic.

"hi, my name is elvis honkey!"

[jcotteri]

I watched Faces and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, both by Cassavettes, the past two nights.

Recommended. Dude's an artist. Probably should watch Faces first.

tonight watch the asian one.

another asian one which is terrific: Pale Flower by Masahiro Shinoda. About isolation, gratuity and desperation. Really had a big impact on me.

i like these.. take advice plz

[mpcec]

Have you seen Five Easy Pieces? If not watch that.

[kunk75]

i watch 5 deadly venoms and flash gordon each at least once a week. leonard, have you seen both?

[Guest chemi]

ever see django?

if you enjoy spaghetti westerns, that could greatly interest you

[sawyer]

if you haven't seen them already, i'd say these movies are worth your time:

• afro cinema
  • killer of sheep
  • superfly
  • chameleon street

  [*]amerindian cinema

  • the business of fancydancing
  • smoke signals
  • atanarjuat / "the fast runner"
  • skins

  [*]cinema latino

  • cielo dividido / "broken sky"
    
  • cidade de deus / "city of god"

  [*]boat/ship related

  • around cape horn
    
  • captain ron
    
  • wackiest ship in the army
    
  • master and commander

i tried to avoid the most obvious suggestions, not all these movies are the most critically acclaimed, but some are great cult flicks for drinking games (wackiest ship) and others have striking cinematography and voice (broken sky)

[High Monika]

Tonight's menu:

Once Upon A Time In The West (watched years ago and I have a DVD someone bought for me and haven't opened)

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

This is, quite possibly, the most epic description of a movie ever.

Shaolin soccer was fucking garbage while Kung Fu Hustle was brilliant (irrelevant since you've see, just wanted to say).

Blazing Saddles. Watch it over and over and over.

[landho]

Once Upon A Time In The West (watched years ago and I have a DVD someone bought for me and haven't opened)

Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Love Once upon a Time in West. One my favorite movies; Sergio Leone's best. After that, watch Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. The best western ever made and one of the best movies of all time. Also, shows you what it means to be a man.

i watch 5 deadly venoms and flash gordon each at least once a week. leonard, have you seen both?

God, love Five Deadly Venoms. I first saw it as a child and got so excited that at arts-and-crafts time at the daycare I persuaded my friends to make Venom masks (the ones from the beginning of the film) so we could go in the yard later and play-fight. I got to be Lizard.

That scene with Scorpion, Toad, and the wet napkins in prison is really chilling.

Kunk, do you have a good version? All I have is a shitty transfer that looks like it was ripped straight from VHS. It's super murky. I love Cheng Cheh's films, but sometimes his pacing seems off. They were cranking out those films in a few days, though, so I guess they can't be too polished.

[silence_kid]

I liked Talk To Me. not a clasic or anything, but I wasn't disappointed.

[kunk75]

i have a great copy and would be happy to burn it for you. ever see the follow up? they are all crippled in some form or fashion, i.e., blind, missing an arm.

first saw 5 deadly venoms on channel 5 saturday afternoon movie when i was 5 or 6.

i injured myself numerous times trying to climb my walls. had all the masks from a chinese import store in my neighborhood.

the dub is awesome. "poison clan rocks the world" is a classic.

Love Once upon a Time in West. One my favorite movies; Sergio Leone's best. After that, watch Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. The best western ever made and one of the best movies of all time. Also, shows you what it means to be a man.

God, love Five Deadly Venoms. I first saw it as a child and got so excited that at arts-and-crafts time at the daycare I persuaded my friends to make Venom masks (the ones from the beginning of the film) so we could go in the yard later and play-fight. I got to be Lizard.

That scene with Scorpion, Toad, and the wet napkins in prison is really chilling.

Kunk, do you have a good version? All I have is a shitty transfer that looks like it was ripped straight from VHS. It's super murky. I love Cheng Cheh's films, but sometimes his pacing seems off. They were cranking out those films in a few days, though, so I guess they can't be too polished.