The greatest movies no one has seen

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-23 02:26am

Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-23 03:55am

A Boy and His Dog. This is Don Johnson in his pre-Miami Vice days. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it's about a man who can talk to his dog. Extremely odd ending, but very, very funny and twisted.

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2003-02-23 04:11am

Well there'a a post-apocalyptic movie called Six String Samurai. I thought it was pretty good, but then again I have been noted to be a geek and like movies that are considered "out there" by my friends.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 04:16am

desertjedi wrote:Well there'a a post-apocalyptic movie called Six String Samurai. I thought it was pretty good, but then again I have been noted to be a geek and like movies that are considered "out there" by my friends.

Dude, that movie rocks.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-02-23 05:43am

Bad Taste

You'll find it in the foreign film section, unless you happen to live in NZ.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-02-23 02:46pm

Spyder wrote:Bad Taste

Damn you, beat me to it.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-02-23 03:17pm

Durandal wrote:A Boy and His Dog. This is Don Johnson in his pre-Miami Vice days. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it's about a man who can talk to his dog. Extremely odd ending, but very, very funny and twisted.

Reminds me of a book I read from an Australlian author. The main character had the ability to communicate to a degree with animals. He used this while he traveled through the post-apocalyptic lands of Australlia.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-02-23 03:21pm

His Divine Shadow wrote:
Spyder wrote:Bad Taste
Damn you, beat me to it.

Really cool example of a low budget alien/horror movie. Was most likely filmed with a camcorder.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-02-23 03:21pm

October Sky: This is a wonderful movie about 4 highschool students who were challenged by one of their teachers to make something of their lives. They were living in a dying coal town and there was no real future for any of the kids. They took up an interest in building toy rockets and firing them into the sky. After plenty of testing they start getting it right and they make it into the national science fair. At one point a fire is started and it is blamed on the kids because a rocket was seen. One of the kids teaches himself calculus IIRC and proves that their rocket was physically incapable of reaching the target. Sadly the teacher that inspired them had been ill and she took a turn for the worse. She did not live to see them go to college.

The movie is based on a true story and each of the 4 kids got college degrees, at least one even went to work for NASA.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 03:47pm

Musa, if you like Braveheart, you'll like this.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-23 03:50pm

Brotherhood Of The Wolf. I saw this on DVD months ago and it was awsome, yet no-one i told about it had heard of it.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 03:57pm

Darth Pounder wrote:Brotherhood Of The Wolf. I saw this on DVD months ago and it was awsome, yet no-one i told about it had heard of it.

Really? It was out in theaters.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-02-23 04:18pm

Darth Pounder wrote:Brotherhood Of The Wolf. I saw this on DVD months ago and it was awsome, yet no-one i told about it had heard of it.

I rented the DVD about a month ago as well. I thought it was good but they could have done without all the metal crap on the animal. I like that it was based on a true story but they should have stuck closer to the research. All that martial arts stuff seemed a little tacked on too.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 04:25pm

Mark S wrote:I rented the DVD about a month ago as well. I thought it was good but they could have done without all the metal crap on the animal. I like that it was based on a true story but they should have stuck closer to the research. All that martial arts stuff seemed a little tacked on too.

Which DVD version did you rent?

I thought the metal stuff was needed to make it a monster, instead of it being really obviously a lion, especially considering that they had a nature guy looking for it. And didn't the evidence in reality lean towards a stripped hyena or something?

Oh yeah, I thought the martial arts was actually pretty cool. And at least they went with savate, as opposed to using something that was totally out of place. I think the dates are a bit wrong, but still, at least they didn't have the guy do aikido or something.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-02-23 04:30pm

Alright.. two movies you HAVE to see

1) Das Experiment
2) The Changeling

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 04:32pm

Trytostaydead wrote:Alright.. two movies you HAVE to see

1) Das Experiment
2) The Changeling

Was Das Experiment the one inspired by the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-02-23 04:33pm

neoolong wrote:
Trytostaydead wrote:Alright.. two movies you HAVE to see

1) Das Experiment
2) The Changeling
Was Das Experiment the one inspired by the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Si!

The Great Unbearded One · Post by **The Great Unbearded One** » 2003-02-23 04:34pm

theski wrote:
3. Dog Soldiers

Hell yes, in my top 10 list, I'm British and think this is one of the best in recent years from our little Island!

* Time Bandits

* Mean Machine

* DONNIE DARKO! << kick ass movie people, go and see! Great soundtrack too!

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-02-23 04:37pm

I didn't know there was more than one version. It was in english if that's what you mean.

I believe the evidence in reality pointed to it being a dog/wolf cross, trained to be an attack animal by sadistic bastards that just wanted to see people get torn to pieces and have everyone else scared shitless. They figure the guy who finally shot it was actually its master since he was able to basically walk right up to it and plug it in the head without it attacking. If they wanted to make it a monster than they should have just made it a monster. That would have been a good movie too.

As for the martial arts, I still think they could have had fight scenes that were just as good and stayed within the time frame.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-02-23 04:40pm

The Great Unbearded One wrote: * Time Bandits

That movie was great.

Soulman · Post by **Soulman** » 2003-02-23 04:41pm

Alyeska wrote:October Sky

Agreed, that was a good film...

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-23 04:42pm

Mark S wrote:I didn't know there was more than one version. It was in english if that's what you mean.

I have the 3 disc Canadian release. There was also an American one. I think that one was missing some stuff.

I believe the evidence in reality pointed to it being a dog/wolf cross, trained to be an attack animal by sadistic bastards that just wanted to see people get torn to pieces and have everyone else scared shitless. They figure the guy who finally shot it was actually its master since he was able to basically walk right up to it and plug it in the head without it attacking. If they wanted to make it a monster than they should have just made it a monster. That would have been a good movie too.

I got the hyena thing from the DVD booklet. Gave some history about the story.

As for the martial arts, I still think they could have had fight scenes that were just as good and stayed within the time frame.

What do you mean? It was pretty much the same timeframe, if I remember correctly. The dates for savate being created have been differing when I looked it up.

The Great Unbearded One · Post by **The Great Unbearded One** » 2003-02-23 04:45pm

* Chopper

* Two Hands

* The Dish

* Kentucky Fried Movie

* Top Secret

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-23 04:59pm

The Milagro Beanfield War

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-02-23 05:00pm

Neoolong:

The version I saw had three discs. I got the dog thing from the interview they did in one of the special features with the French historian who had written a book on the subject. He said it was most likely a half-wolf in reality but understood why they used a lion. It wouldn't be as dramatic or scarey because a wolf wouldn't be able to flail people around like the thing did in the movie.

Maybe you're right about savate. I didn't think it looked that much like hollywood kung fu though.

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