Wednesday, August 10, 2005

three-at-a-time

I just rejoined Netflix. Movie recommendations, please.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

In threes:

Best in Show - This is Spinal Tap - A Mighty Wind

Rushmore - Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Royal Tennenbaums

Donnie Darko - Mulholland Drive - Memento

towwas said...

Wow - there are three movies on that list I haven't seen (Rushmore, Life Aquatic, and Mulholland Drive), and two of them are already at the top of my queue. As you are clearly a person of taste, I'll add Mulholland Drive, too. But, for the record, I thought Donnie Darko was totally lame.

grrrbear said...

Assuming you've already seen the classics of our generation plus the complete John Cusack body of work:

Adaptation
Big Fish
Tao of Steve (maybe, kind of a guy movie but fun nevertheless)
State and Main
Impromptu (may not be on DVD yet)
Sex and the Single Girl (not implying anything - just a funny 1960's "sex comedy" with natalie Wood and Tony Curtis,; may also not be on DVD yet)

towwas said...

Actually, those aren't safe assumptions...I'll be sure to fill the gaps in my knowledge of the Cusack Oeuvre.

grrrbear said...

Start with the 5 top Cusack movies on my blog post from August 1st. That's enough to give you a flavor of his work.

J.Po said...

Team America: World Police
(Has anyone said this yet?)

The Sweet Hereafter
Closer
Pirates of the Carribean
Memento (d'oh ... J.Bro already said this)
Magnolia
Anchorman (**)
Zoolander
Iris
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Center Stage (no, really!)
Season 1, 6 Feet Under

And a few really good documentaries:
- Dogtown and the Z boys
- Scratch
- Born into Brothels
- Everest, or whatever it's called