What are some movies you've seen recently that you'd recommend? I'm always on the lookout for new movies to try and I often like recommending them, too, so I thought it might be cool to have a movie recommendation thread.

Some recent ones I'd recommend are-

- Blood Diamond - just an incredible story. Very violent, but excellent if you can cope with the emotion in it
- Dream Girls - probably more of a girly movie, though it's quite dramatic and sad
- Transformers - very well directed and good acting
- 300 - incredible directing and special effects. A very nice story, too. Though, the inaccuracies would annoy you if you've studied Sparta :p

That's all I can think of for now :)

Heres a few I've recently watched I've rated them as 5 excellent and 1 crap.
Shooter 5/5
Fly Boys 100/100 Bloody brilliant film if for the visuals of the planes dog fighting.
Next 4/5
Die Hard 4.0 4/5
Spiderman 3 5/5

Spiderman 3 was too long in the end. By the time it ended, everyone in the cinema was like, THANK GOD! It was good, don't get me wrong, but there were some parts that just went on for too long, as if the people making it were like, we HAVE to make this a reallly long movie.

But it was ok.


Now recomendations:

Transformers.
Die Hard 4.0 was cool.
.....Now I'm trying hard to think of movies....
Havn't really been watching much latley. :(

lol!

My top 3 movies, that I never seem to get tired of.

1. The Fountain - Holy God. I can't stress how much you need to see this film. I can see why it's not popular. It requires some thinking. But it will blow your mind.

2. A Beautiful Mind - Great movie. Will make you appreciate other people a little more.

3. Black Hawk Down - The first war movie where I really feel attached to all the characters. Where they really have.. feelings, and stuff.

I think on the whole, Spiderman 3 was a huge flop. No one I know liked it and it got some terrible ratings.

Despite being a huge John McLane fan, I'm ashamed to admit I still haven't seen the fourth Die Hard.

Heard excellent things about the Fountain, I really should see it. I have the soundtrack actually and the music itself is absolutely incredible.

Have never seen a Beautiful Mind, I don't know if I would ever be able to make myself sit down and watch it, I just can't seem to watch movies like that.

Same with Black Hawk Down. I constantly hear good things, but I can't imagine myself enjoying it.

Black Hawk Down is an Exception. I too love that film for how it portays the events.

A Beautiful Mind was a good film but I couldn't watch it a second time. As for Spiderman 3 it wasn't much of a flop here but then the first and second i really didn't like. Die Hard 4 is good no doubt there.

I absolutly hated the fountain. I found it boring and drawning.

Next is good and the ending is unexpected. As for Fly Boys hell thats worth checking out. The air battles and camera imagery alone make that film a must but the fights are wow. And the storyline was written by someone who could write on true events. Some sad moments especially when they lose the tiger.

And Shooter was well written well acted and good all round. Best for a saturday night viewing though.

Good Will Hunting was cool... one of my favorites.

The problem with Spiderman 3 was they crammed too much into it - 3 villians, two of whom were brand new to the series and therefore had to be developed from scratch. On top of that they added a triangle between Peter, Mary Jane, and Gwen Stacy.

When all was said and done, it made for shallow, rushed character development. Still, the Spidey combat scenes had that whirlwind precision that was pure thrill.

Spider man was all dazzle, with no depth. Like fools gold.

Shooter is an awesome movie, I rate it highly.

American History X is gruesome and brutal, but a good watch, and quite enlightening.

Black Hawk Down is an Exception

With a capital E what's more.

Dr. Strangelove, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

You know, if you're into that kinda thing.

August Rush - its still in theatres but it is a really really good movie. I absolutely love it.

I know Pirates of the Caribbean are a big hit (i love them). The third one just came out on DVD this past Tuesday. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix comes out on Tuesday...

Um, I watched The Notebook last night....that was really good. I cried.

It was mentioned before and I'm going to mention it again....TRANSFORMERS! I loved that movie.

But that's all I can think of right now....
:)

Another Must see Children Of Men. I watched it loved it bought it.

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (At World's End)

One word: Fantastic!

I thought it was mediocre.

I'd recommend Letters from Iwo Jima. It is a world war 2 film, directed by Clint Eastward, from the Japanese point of view. I was in floods of tears by the end of it, it was so moving.

I remember I really wanted to see that...

Enchanted. Ok, so I have not seen it yet but it looks immense. Anyone seen it??

Yeah. One word Crud.

And Pirates of the Caribean 3 At Worlds End also lacked. I found the film rubbish. It felt as though a load of actors had gotten together dressed up and played lets have a doss about. And were the hell did the plot go. Still i really did like one part of the film THE CREDITs couldn't have come sooner either.

I really didn't like Children of Men.

I loved it. But then it was British and Britts do the gritt unlike the yanks.

I saw a very interesting and hilarious movie called Lars and the Real Girl starring Ryan Gosling which I think would be worth checking out if you can.

The movie 'Scarecrow' staring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino was awesome... the acting was flawless, of course.

Children of Men was okay, but it was a disappointment after the book.

I'd give TAXI 4.5/5. It's a great movie.

I wanted to see Children of Men when it was in the cinemas but still haven't gotten around to it, even though it's on DVD. I loved Pirates 3, it made me laugh more than the first two and I thought it was very well done. I'd also like to see Scarecrow, I've heard good things about it.

Another one I would recommend is the Holiday, just a really nice, feel-good movie. Sin City is another masterpiece, as is Brokeback Mountain, though many wouldn't agree.

I also love the Wrong Man (Lucky Number Slevin is the American title). It's similar to the Departed, but I think it's better.

Pirates 3 was really good, though i liked 2 ( Dead Man's Chest) better.

Pirate OTC, bored me to death.

Especially the last one, it just rolled on and on and on, I turned it off after an hour and a half.

If anything saves the movies from complete damnation it's Johnny Depps acting, my God he was funny as Jack Sparrow.

I enjoyed Children of Men because I'm into speculative fiction, I'm interested in reading the book.

As for favourites, I like the ole 80's early 90's chick flicks, like Some Kinda Wonderful and Pretty in Pink.

lol. I'm such a girl.

If anything saves the movies from complete damnation it's Johnny Depps acting, my God he was funny as Jack Sparrow.

Yeah, Johnny Depp played the part of Jack Sparrow perfectly.

Anyone see the previews for Johnny Depp's new movie? Sweeney Todd? It's so funny... his character in that movie talks like Jack Sparrow and looks like Edward Scissorhands. I'm so excited to go and see it.

I have and it looks as if its worth my money, lol. When it comes out in Australia, I'm definately going to have a look-see.

I'm looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp in Sin City 2. Definitely not his style of movie, but I'm sure he'll do something great.

Johnny Depp is just great in any movie.

Anyone see the previews for Johnny Depp's new movie? Sweeney Todd?
I can't stand Tim Burton movies. They're all so gothic and depressing. I'm, amazingly, not a fan of Johnny Depp either. I find the POTC movies laughably bad and very lame.

I'm still yet to see Children of Men but Clive Owen's face physically repulses me.

I also love the Wrong Man (Lucky Number Slevin is the American title). It's similar to the Departed, but I think it's better.
Really? I thought it was pretty bad, certainly nowhere near as good as The Departed. Scorsese is a genius. Check out Casino, which is my personal favourite.

Recent movies I'd recommend are: Into the Wild and Rogue (an Australian film that I doubt would get much screentime in the rest of the world - by the director of Wolf Creek)

Other movies:

American Beauty - a classic if you haven't already seen it.

Contact - better than Forrest Gump IMO, but Robert Zemeckis is all-class (excluding Beowulf which was terrible, even in 3-D)

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - bringing brutality back to the horror genre, which has been lacking in recent years. Also directed by Alexandre Aja who is my vote for best Horror director of this decade.

Hard Candy - an intense and excellent movie with a heavy adult theme (full of twists)

Anyway, just my selections.

I saw Into the Wild and thoroughly enjoyed it. Actually I would have cried at the end if I didn't look away from the movie screen to prevent myself from shedding a tear. I love Sean Penn's movies. All of the film's music was written and performed by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam)... he did such a wonderful job too, I was completely moved.

GO SEE IT!

I can't stand Tim Burton movies. They're all so gothic and depressing. I'm, amazingly, not a fan of Johnny Depp either. I find the POTC movies laughably bad and very lame.

I'm still yet to see Children of Men but Clive Owen's face physically repulses me.

I like some Tim Burton movies, but they're mostly a little weird for me.

I like Clive Owen :p He's particularly nice looking in Sin City :)

Really? I thought it was pretty bad, certainly nowhere near as good as The Departed. Scorsese is a genius. Check out Casino, which is my personal favourite.

Recent movies I'd recommend are: Into the Wild and Rogue (an Australian film that I doubt would get much screentime in the rest of the world - by the director of Wolf Creek)

Haha, really? I loved it, I thought it was very well done and very entertaining. The Departed was great, but I couldn't get into it. I hired out Casino once, but never got around to watching it. Goodfellas was good, though very violent.

I really want to see Rogue, but I don't think it's out here yet.

Other movies:

American Beauty - a classic if you haven't already seen it.

Contact - better than Forrest Gump IMO, but Robert Zemeckis is all-class (excluding Beowulf which was terrible, even in 3-D)

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - bringing brutality back to the horror genre, which has been lacking in recent years. Also directed by Alexandre Aja who is my vote for best Horror director of this decade.

Hard Candy - an intense and excellent movie with a heavy adult theme (full of twists)

Anyway, just my selections.

Only seen the Hills Have Eyes out of those and I hated it :p Just too much gore for me. Have been recommended Hard Candy quite a few times, though, and I'd really like to see it, but keep forgetting.

Some good reviews there lol... put me off plenty ;)

I haven't seen any films for a while and my mind is drawing a blank on any notable ones...

If you want to watch a movie that will make you cry and make you very, very depressed, watch 'Grave of the Fireflies".
It's an anime, about two orphans in WW2 Japan. It starts off with the narrator dying and goes downhill from there. Its semi-based on a real life story, so very realistic. The animation is superb. The voice acting (it comes in English so no subtitles) is excellent, the five year old sister is really 5 years old. And while its anti-war it doesn't make one country good and the other bad. It is mostly anti-pride. It shows many times how Japanese military pride, and the older brothers pride destroyed Japan, and caused so many hardships for his sister and himself.
If you want proof that a cartoon can deal with mature themes, and be just as good as the best live action movie watch this.

Wow that certainly sounds interesting. Cartooney type things usually aren't my preference but if I come across that and its as good as you say then i may make an exception.

I don't like Anime, but that sounds very well done.

I've had another Anime movie recommended to me many times, but I can't remember what it is right now. Spirited Away?

I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but is anyone else curious about "The Golden Compass"? I looks really good, but I wanna read the book first... and I can't wait! hehe

That is done by the same company and director. Its a very good movie if you like fantasy.
Its about a young, apathetic girl forced to grow up when she and her parents end up in the Spirit world. Little bit of romance, some danger, some mystery, and a lot of wonder. Disney did the dub for it, and they did one of the best English dubbings I've ever heard.
If you can rent it do so. Its a nice, fairly light hearted movie, with some morals to it. But it doesn't beat you over the head with them.

I have looked for it, but I can imagine it's quite hard to come across at your local video store.

I know there's one at the video store near me. :D

A friend recommended it to me awhile ago. Apparently there's a dog in it that expels breath as a laugh or something? Is that right, Dom? Anyway, we laugh about it even though I haven't seen it.

Where in Aus are you? Near the Blue Mtns, per chance? :p

You wish. ;)

Adelaide. Nice place.

I have a movie question for you, since you live in the Blue Mountains.

What Australian movie was filmed in the Blue Mountains where the residents of two farm properties are being terrorised by an unknown creature, which is supposedly a panther-size feral cat?

Another question: have you seen any of these panther cats out there? They're now roaming the Blue Mountains, have been caught on tape numerous times. Been on the news here. Government conspiracy apparently, and they've been covering it up for 100 years. But it's still quite spooky (if you live out in the bush) to suddenly come across a panther when you're not in North, South, Central America?

Did that last one even post? The site went all whacko.

You wish. ;)
I have a movie question for you, since you live in the Blue Mountains.

What Australian movie was filmed in the Blue Mountains where the residents of two farm properties are being terrorised by an unknown creature, which is supposedly a panther-size feral cat?

Another question: have you seen any of these panther cats out there? They're now roaming the Blue Mountains, have been caught on tape numerous times. Been on the news here. Government conspiracy apparently, and they've been covering it up for 100 years. But it's still quite spooky (if you live out in the bush) to suddenly come across a panther when you're not in North, South, Central America?

To be honest, I don't know :( I haven't heard of the film.

I have heard of them, but I don't know that they're actually real. I know something of the sort exists, but I think the size is an exaggeration.

P.S: Yup, it did :p

Oh thank goodness. :)

I didn't expect you to guess the movie. I saw it on ABC late one night and it was interesting so I managed to buy it. In the Winter Dark - I don't recommend it, but it's okay.

And if you ever see one of these monstrous creations, please tell me. It'd make my day. :p

Lmao, I shall ;) :p Feral cats can get very scary.

The Sound of Music

Simply because it's fun to boo at the nazi's in the comfort of your own home.

I know there's one at the video store near me. :D

A friend recommended it to me awhile ago. Apparently there's a dog in it that expels breath as a laugh or something? Is that right, Dom? Anyway, we laugh about it even though I haven't seen it.

There's an Asian dragon that looks kind of dog like. A monster that spits. The main villain smokes a lot. And there is a spirit that smells REALLY bad. But no dog that does that.

Somewhere in time is a beautiful movie.

I am actually named after the lead character.

I liked Time After Time, with Malcolm McDowall as H.G. Wells, David Warner as Jack the Ripper, and Mary Steenburgen as Wells' love interest in the present day (1979). In Wells' own time, constables in London track Jack the Ripper to a dinner gathering held by Wells, where it is discovered that the Ripper is a doctor, one of Wells' guests. The doctor steals the time machine that Wells had been pointing out to his guests to escape justice, but did not know of an auto-return feature. When the machine returns empty to Wells' lab, he resolves to follow the murderer and return him before he can ruin the paradise that Wells believes the future to be. When he arrives in 1979, he soon discovers that the future is no paradise. The Ripper has resumed his killing spree in a time where he is just one of many serial killers. But he wants Wells' machine so he can pursue his murderous hobby with all time at his disposal, and abducts Wells' new love interest to force Wells to hand over the key.

The movie has plenty of action and humor, and the interactions between the naive Wells and the psychotic doctor are wonderful.

Just watched 'The constant gardener' again, that's a great film!

I know of the book, didn't realise there was a film.

I haven't seen it yet, but I Am Legend looks ridiculously good.

Hmmm, I don't have the time to read through all the posts and I'm quite sure it has already been made, but just for good movies' sake, I fully recomend Blade Runner. This film is masterfully directed with beautiful and haunting imagery in a far-off dystopian future. Harison Ford delivers a wonderful performance as a pained and dark blade runner. This film basically is the inspiration for all sci-fi of today. Also, the Final Cut edition is coming out sometime in December meaning you can full on enjoy it if it's your first time! :D

I saw Blade Runner for class last year, and it was amazing, it made a deep impression in me. I want to read the book it was based on (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) but I've yet to find it.

I saw 300.
I like 300 I think its awesome. And I think everyone should watch it because its just that awesome.

Blade Runner has always been one I've been meaning to get around to.

The Constant Gardener is another.

300 was quite good.

I just watched Blade Runner a few months back, it was real good, but the graphics don't stand up to todays graphics.

Well obviously the graphics are not quite as sophisticated, but for the time period considered they are pretty damn good. It's not really fair to say they're inferior given the fact that they're over 20 years old. Still impresses me everytime I see it. Oh, and don't slack off on seeing Blade Runner. See it now and live forever!

I keep meaning to watch Blade Runner, too.

Saw Lethal Weapon 1 for the first time the other day and enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Also love 300, it's so well done. I have a 'tonight we dine in hell!' poster on my bedroom wall :p :D

Haha, I'd agree with ya there. Lethal Weapon actually turns out to be pretty cool and funny. Try watching Lethal Weapon 2 also.

A movie? Versus- Japanese movie though. Pretty funny. And violent with lotsa blood.

I haven't seen it yet, but I Am Legend looks ridiculously good.

Yeah, I hope to go see that one with Banzai when he's up here for New Year :) If anyone watches it let me know what you think without ruining the plot or giving anything away :D Same for the Golden Compass! Lol.

300 was quite good.

Yeah I quite liked 300 aswell.

Oh, and don't slack off on seeing Blade Runner. See it now and live forever!

I keep hearing it mentionned but haven't gotten round to actually watching it, or finding it... What's it actually about?

It's about a future cop who specialises as a 'Blade Runner', which is terminating replicants (articially-created humans). I'm pretty sure he comes out of retirement to kill four replicants who have escaped from their 'housing' planet and made it to Earth.

I'll see if VIE agrees.

That sounds pretty good :D

Batman

don't forget robin.

Batman Returns

Batman Forever.

NOT Batman and Robin

Batman Begins

I quite like the Batman films :)

Yeah they are rather good. (Not that I'm a fan or anything.)

Raven by no means would anyone think you were a batman fan at all :p

Are you sure

Ermm....

I don't really give any clues do I.

I love the Batman films, but Batman Forever was disastrous :p

well yeah but not as appalling as Batman and Robin

That is a good point.

God, it was so bad.

What, you didn't think Ahnuld was amazing as Mr. Freeze???

Trainspotting - a well adapted portrayal of one of the books by my favorite author, Irvine Welsh with solid, on par acting and good directing.

Shawshank Redemption - There's no description necessary, just see it, damn you.

Lord of War - Although, it may have recieved sub par ratings in the box office, I rather enjoyed Nicholas Cage's performance as an arms dealer and found the plot the unraveled around him to be quite interesting. Even though Jared Leto's kind of an elitist prick, he's a good actor, and played the **** up brother quite well. I highly recommend this flick.

I have to disagree with all the high regard for the two new Pirates. Both of those movies were visual eye candy and that's truly it. The character development they made in the original was completely gone in a confusing and eventually unsatisfying plot.

Spiderman 3 was extremely irritating. From Christmas of '06 I was waiting; waiting for it to come out. The only good part was any clip that was in the trailer...

Cogito, nope :) Way too cheesy.

Albatross, I agree in regards to the Shawshank Redemption, that's an incredible movie. I recently bought it but I can't make myself watch it again, it's so sad.

I keep getting told to see Lord of War but I still haven't, I just don't think I'll enjoy it.

Cogito, nope :) Way too cheesy.

Albatross, I agree in regards to the Shawshank Redemption, that's an incredible movie. I recently bought it but I can't make myself watch it again, it's so sad.

I keep getting told to see Lord of War but I still haven't, I just don't think I'll enjoy it.

Lord of War is one of those movies that I approach extremely apprehensively and find myself wrapped into the deep, involving story. Also, the acting on Cage's part was truly fantastic.

If you don't want to spend the four (or five) bucks on a rental there's always those illegal websites XD

Trainspotting - a well adapted portrayal of one of the books by my favorite author, Irvine Welsh with solid, on par acting and good directing.

Shawshank Redemption - There's no description necessary, just see it, damn you.

Lord of War - Although, it may have recieved sub par ratings in the box office, I rather enjoyed Nicholas Cage's performance as an arms dealer and found the plot the unraveled around him to be quite interesting. Even though Jared Leto's kind of an elitist prick, he's a good actor, and played the **** up brother quite well. I highly recommend this flick.

I have to disagree with all the high regard for the two new Pirates. Both of those movies were visual eye candy and that's truly it. The character development they made in the original was completely gone in a confusing and eventually unsatisfying plot.

Spiderman 3 was extremely irritating. From Christmas of '06 I was waiting; waiting for it to come out. The only good part was any clip that was in the trailer...
Wow, excellent taste and opinions! :)

I can't say I really liked Lord of War, though - it was just a B-grade movie that I'll never see again. Leto was great in Requiem for a Dream, which in itself is an amazing movie. It also stars Jennifer Connelly, my favourite actress. She's also quite nice on the eyes. ;)

Wow, excellent taste and opinions! :)

I can't say I really liked Lord of War, though - it was just a B-grade movie that I'll never see again. Leto was great in Requiem for a Dream, which in itself is an amazing movie. It also stars Jennifer Connelly, my favourite actress. She's also quite nice on the eyes. ;)

You're not kidding about Connelly. As far as pleasing on the eyes... Johansson takes the cake. But Johansson lacks what Connelly doesn't...acting skills.

:-D I'm a dirty pervert.

I'm new to this forum; so, I'm curious, is swearing discouraged? Because I swear like a sailor, let me tell you.

Requiem for a Dream was incredible, but so ridiculously depressing. I don't think I could ever see it again, it's too awful. Still, amazingly done, it really opens your eyes. The soundtrack is great, too.

And yes, swearing is automatically censored :)

Really? So I can make a bunch of ****ing asterisks?! Haha.

Requiem For A Dreamw as very good, as depressing as it was.

Transformers.
Black Sheep.
Hot Fuzz.
Die Hard 4.0.

I loved Die Hard 4.

Hot Fuzz took it to new comedic levels with that shoot-out. :p

Hell yeah! I think Simon Pegg has some real talent.

I'm never going to be able to look at swans with a straight face ever again.

Chocolat'

What a wonderful story.

I love Volver by Pedro Almodovar