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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:55 am

Updated! biggrin

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:07 am

someone mentioned jan Svankmajer and i would also recommend of his a short called Darkness Light Darkness

i recently watched Apocalypto, and it was beyond expectations.
i especially was fond of the TV series Carnivale too, very cryptic fantasy, makes you wonder about fate and destiny and such.

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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:48 pm

I'd love to add 'A Beautiful Mind' to this list. It's about the life and work of John Forbes Nash and is based off the book. It was really wonderful as both a book and a movie.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:12 pm

Hmmm, do you want me to add Apocolypto to "Just for Fun" movies, then? Updated!

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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:19 am

I can't help but think that the matrix is a spin-off of Ghost in the Shell... well, the latter is one of the best mind twisters for me... especially the movie version, you'd have to think about the lines.

DOGVILLE-- kind of a drag if you're not into art films... but then again nicole kidman shines in this film... very symbolic and philosophical. cheese_whine

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:20 pm

Just as with the Recommended Reading List, I've managed to update the Recommended Viewing List! w00t!

As also stated in the Recommended Reading List, please bring any errors to my attention and I'll be more than happy to amend them!

And please, continue to throw out suggestions for movies! There are a myriad yet to be discovered by your fellow Stoica members! biggrin

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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:40 am

two movies I think everyone should watch if you like to think about just how our world might turn out are V for Vendetta and Children of Men
they are defiantly two of my favorites. I love lots of movies though. shawn of dead, matrix, hot fuz, and minority report being a few favs with many many more though.

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:24 am

I recommend Paprika. Very much so. Its about a dream psychologist, loosely, and the whole thing captures the feel of dreams perfectly. It is beautiful, intriguing, has the most gorgeous soundtrack and will leave you with questions.

What the Bleep?! had a fair amount of controversy surrounding it. Apparently a lot of the 'science' in it is false, or so dumbed down that it is not scientific at all. Several of the people interviewed for it apparently complained that their interviews were cut in such a way that it appeared that they were making claims that they disagree with. I really really enjoyed it, and I own a copy, I think its really good for getting you thinking, but its worth bearing in mind that it might not be scientifically accurate, either in what it presents as fact, or the conclusions it comes to. The message is beautiful and I think very accurate. So well worth watching, it just needs a little awareness of the possible slight misappropriation of scientific terms.

For fun, Jan Svankmeyer's Lil Otik is good, a weird story about a couple who want a baby so much they carve one out of wood... that then comes to life... and is VERY hungry.

I watched 'What dreams may come' a few years ago and remember that being very pretty, with a few questions about life-after-death, souls etc.

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:15 pm

For anyone who loves religious satire, or comedy in general, I recommend The Life of Brian, made by the oh so lovely comedy group Monty Python.

The basic plot is that a baby named Brian is born a few stables down from Jesus. The movie then fast forwards to him as an adult,where he joins an anti-Roman terrorist group (the People's Front of Judea). He eventually ends up being arrested, and during the escape attempt ends up preaching in the marketplace. He is mistaken as the Messiah, and people begin to follow him and worship him.

Its that last part, following and worship him, that the satire begins. It satirizes organized religion, such how it just seems to make people just mindless servants or is just hypocritical.

I'm not going to spoil anything else, so you'll just have to watch it for yourself, or read this article here.

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