Diamonds in the rough, your favorites

Toka · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 05:55 am »

Quote from: nathanm on 27 Feb 2008, 07:50 pm

I really liked it, but scary?

Many slices of scary out there...more of the "gradual, impending doom" type here...should have been more specific. But, glad you liked it.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #21 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 06:00 pm »

mcullinan · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 06:09 pm »

Crank Directors: Mark Neveldine. Brian Taylor
Wow what a kick ass action flick! Fun, Funny, and Lots of Action.
Mike

BrassEar · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 09:03 pm »

Quote from: lcrim on 27 Feb 2008, 10:00 pm

Don't know how in the rough they are but 2 to rent:
Run Lola Run
Memento

I second the Momento rec. Absolutely BRILLIANT film. Brain food.

Cacophonix · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 09:09 pm »

i loved "run lola run", the first time i saw it a few years back. I again watched it with my wife recently, and was not exactly as pleased with the movie.

Memento OTOH .. is a classic.

I liked Mulholland Drive a lot as well. Very hard movie to decipher (atleast to me), but once u get a hang of whats going on, it'll keep you pinned in your seat till the end.

nathanm · « **Reply #25 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 09:10 pm »

Quote from: Toka on 28 Feb 2008, 05:55 am

Quote from: nathanm on 27 Feb 2008, 07:50 pm
I really liked it, but scary?

Many slices of scary out there...more of the "gradual, impending doom" type here...should have been more specific. But, glad you liked it.

In that sense, yes. Although the ending was a surprise to me, I didn't see it coming. I thought some sort of weird supernatural or symbolic thing happened when he came out of the cave. Mainly because Christopher Lee had changed clothes in like five seconds and had no makeup on. I also had trouble buying into the idea that the cop knocking out the guy and taking his costume could have been adequately planned by the townsfolk. Other than that it made sense.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #26 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 09:42 pm »

Yeah, if you saw Mulholland Drive, you know Naomi Watts was headed for bigger things. That was a tour de force of a performance. And speaking of things Mulholland, Mulholland Falls is nothing much to write home about except that the music in that sucker is gorgeous and it's so period like. Copland is another movie with simply superb music. And True Believer with James Woods (also a diamond, I think). Great themes these. So, has Basic Instinct. Good music, that is.

rockadanny · « **Reply #27 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 11:28 pm »

"Igby Goes Down" is another good 'un.

PhishPhan · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 02:08 am »

Quote from: Zero on 27 Feb 2008, 10:06 pm

"Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"

I guess a good follow up would be "Snatch"

Two great films.

I'll add some more to the list. "Swingers" and "Made" are always good for a laugh and have decent soundtracks.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 09:35 pm »

Listening to a new arrival I got right here on AC, La Revancha Del Tango, I thought of another lil off beat movie . . Assassination Tango. The opening and closing scenes of the tango are to die for. The movie is cool, too.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #30 on:** 1 Mar 2008, 12:48 am »

I must be on a hot streak here . . Basquiat. Nice use of Miles Davis in this, too.

WGH · « **Reply #31 on:** 1 Mar 2008, 01:18 am »

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (El Espinazo del Diablo) by Guillermo Del Toro

This Spanish language movie is easily as good as Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth which won 3 Oscars. He is currently scheduled to direct the two upcoming Hobbit films.

PhilNYC · « **Reply #32 on:** 2 Mar 2008, 01:37 pm »

I love a lot of the movies being listed here. But I guess I'm wondering what makes something "in the rough" here?

Some of my favorite films that didn't do huge box office numbers (and haven't already been mentioned):

Six Degrees of Separation
The Spanish Prisoner
Bulworth
The Usual Suspects
Return to Paradise
Lost Highway
Swimming with the Sharks
The Player

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #33 on:** 3 Mar 2008, 06:29 am »

You sorta got it, Phil NY mothajumpin C! Stuff that didn't do big box office or, more importantly, is worth seeking out. To which I'll add add Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's funny, funny pictures. Not to be too obscure or anything. One thing about David Lynch I admire is his appreciation for the female body. Thank You For Smoking is a very good smaller recent picture, IMO. And for seedy character movies, a genre to it's own, probably, The Bad Lieutenant and City Of Industry.

ZLS · « **Reply #34 on:** 3 Mar 2008, 11:23 am »

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Wrong Box
Danny Aiello: Dinner Rush
Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby: The Freshman

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #35 on:** 4 Mar 2008, 01:59 pm »

The Wrong Box- Totally. Love this. Bedazzled, too (not the latest version, please).

ZLS · « **Reply #36 on:** 5 Mar 2008, 12:02 am »

aa The original Bedazzled (Peter Cook & Dudley Moore) is indeed a classic! FWIW,Peter Cook's demonstration as Satan as to how he got kicked out of heaven is priceless.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #37 on:** 5 Mar 2008, 10:06 am »

Bloodly good for you, Zee. I wish everyone here could appreciate this. I get to So Cal, we'll laugh together. And you could introduce me to Red Wine (you know what I mean, I wouldn't come empty handed) and your Omegas.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #38 on:** 9 Mar 2008, 06:38 pm »

Oh Lucky Man. Directed by Lindsey Anderson (If) and starring Malcolm MacDowell (Helen Mirren has a bit part). An awakening. Never been a movie like it. Just made it to DVD.

Speaking of Helen Mirren, The Long Good Friday with Bob Hoskins as a London crime boss.

ZLS · « **Reply #39 on:** 10 Mar 2008, 03:40 am »

From Dusk Till Dawn (The Original) Robert Rodriguez's homage to Mexican Vampire Movies. Cheech Marin as a pitchman enticing people into the club...(I can't think of a way to clean it up) that is just hilarious. Salmya Hyak dancing wearing a snake and not much else; what more can you ask for?
Lonestar-A John Sayles Movie that has a killer soundtrack (see R&B thread) Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Morton, Chandra Wilson and more. It has one of the best and funniest discussions about prejudice anywhere.