Hand in your Geek Card. What movies are a must see?

[GalileoAce]

I'm surprised you consider TMP your fav... It had barely enough story for a tv episode (seeing how it was based on one!), and the rest was filled in with (incredibly awesome for it's day) FX.

Though the Director's Cut DVD is pretty awesome

I say it is my favourite, but that doesn't mean I think it is the all-round best of the series. I like the slowness and the grandeur and the awesome score by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. I like the passages of stillness in the movie. I just love watching it. It is beautiful.

The Director's Cut is the best version. Robert Wise wasn't able to complete the movie before the studio released it into theatres. The theatrical was always rather unfinished.

You know I have to agree with you there.

[GalileoAce]

Who is the "Master"?

[Dexter Morgan]

I never knew it was necessary to watch Star Wars in fullscreen.

[Phlexor]

The story was good...but you have to think about it later to realise what it could've been.

Watch 'The Wrath of Khan' and 'The Undiscovered Country' back-to-back and what need is there for 'Nemesis' which was a faulty construct hoping to repeat the greatness of the two by rehashing elements of their plotlines... and missing the point.

I'd have to say that ST:6 The Undiscovered Country is the most all round enjoyable trek film of them all.

[Phlexor]

THX-1138.

And to be a real geek, you need to prefer it to Star Wars.

What about the Remastered THX-1138?

(I has the dvd of it)

It's OK. I have that on DVD, too.

As far as a clean up and remastering go, it was one hell of an effort, considering how white the movie is.

[Phlexor]

I never knew it was necessary to watch Star Wars in fullscreen.

I'd consider it a crime.

[DirtDawg]

I don't know that what I'm actually holding could be called a Geek Card, but if I don't get a hotfix of Milla Jovovich occasionally,  I get all rotten inside.

 

[enronh]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

[odeon]

"Peeping Tom" is such a boring film, though.

Whaaaaat?!!!

Its a work of genius.

It's *boring*.

And "The Trouble with Harry" is better than "Vertigo". So there.

'The Trouble with Harry' is a great movie... erm but 'Vertigo' is the greatest of all the Master's films. I don't think you'd find many who would agree with you there, Odeon

But then... I'm a movie NERD

I don't have to have anyone agreeing with me to know that I think "Harry" is better.

[odeon]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

Don't know what you consider "foreign" but "Illuminated..." is American.

[enronh]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

Don't know what you consider "foreign" but "Illuminated..." is American.

Yeah America is foreign to me. Very Foreign 

Sure, its the odd one out. I was thinking foreign events etc.

[Blasted]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

As a film geek lemme add my own list  

Since we're talking of Ozon, I love Swimming Pool and 8 femmes.

Films:
Water Lilies
In the Mood for Love
Chungking Express
2046
A Clockwork Orange
Happiness
Palindromes
Mulholland Dr
Blue Velvet
The Elephant Man
Delicatessen
The City of Lost Children
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Unveiled
Trainspotting
Big Fish
Innocence
The Button-Pinchers
Dark Horse
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Lilja 4-ever
Fucking Amal
The Three Colours trilogy
Chicago
Closely Observed Trains
Bad Education
Tie me up! Tie me down!
All About My Mother
Amarcord
Brazil
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Persona
The Seventh Seal
Pi
Bound
Pan's Labyrinth
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Paris, Texas
Wings of Desire
Perfume
Y tu mama tambien
Annie Hall
May
Vertigo
Pulp Fiction
Passport to Pimlico
Amelie
Singin' in the Rain
Batman
Batman Returns
The Dark Knight
Blazing Saddles
Aimee and Jaguar
Fingersmith
Goodbye Lenin!
Gadjo Dilo
Noi Albinoi
Metropolis
The Believer
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Boys Don't Cry
Harold and Maude
Breaking the Waves
Eating Raul
Spirit of the Beehive
Wild Tigers I have Known
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (thanks Lucifer and odeon!   watched it after hearing you two talk about it)
Lost and Delirious
The Magdalene Sisters
Frida
The Science of Sleep
Heaven
Das Experiment
But I'm a Cheerleader!




Now lets see who matches me film-wise  

[odeon]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

Don't know what you consider "foreign" but "Illuminated..." is American.

Yeah America is foreign to me. Very Foreign 

Sure, its the odd one out. I was thinking foreign events etc.

Where do you live?

[Blasted]

I don't know that what I'm actually holding could be called a Geek Card, but if I don't get a hotfix of Milla Jovovich occasionally,  I get all rotten inside.

 

I Milla Jovovich!

[enronh]

Here's a few foreign films I enjoyed

La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) Francois Traffaut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) - Luis Buñuel
Everything Is Illuminated - Directed by Liev Schreiber (adapted from the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer)
Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica
Le Temps qui reste (Time to Leave) - Francois Ozon

All of Kubricks films as well

Don't know what you consider "foreign" but "Illuminated..." is American.

Yeah America is foreign to me. Very Foreign 

Sure, its the odd one out. I was thinking foreign events etc.

Where do you live?

Ireland dude