Wow. Ever?

The best movies I have seen that I could think of, are Fight Club, Dracula (original), and Wizard of Oz.

Yeah, Bela Lugosi. The 1931 version.

Fight Club is this movie where this guy and his psycho friend start a fight club, where they and a bunch of other dudes just sit around and fight each other. Without giving too much away, the fight club grows into a kind of cult. Great movie.

Umm.. I've never heard that, and believe me, I usually know these things.

He was addicted to morphine for most of his life.

Aw, yeah, that's gotta be in the top 5.

This coversation has never happened:

"Wanna watch Young Frankenstein?"
"No."

Fight Club is about annihilation of the Self. (just my opinion) Great flick.


My favorite movie is always changing but right now I'd have to say it's, "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things". This is a fantastic movie about a child who is taken from a perfectly good loving foster home one day by police and returned to his drug addicted mother. The movie is cleverly shot from the child's point of view concentrating only on what the child can see, what a child would consider most significant but we as the adult audience can understand what's happening. For example he is in one scene, living in a house where they either sell meth or make it. You're not sure which but it doesnt matter. He spends his time locked to the tv because no one bothers him then, but he has no idea what's happening when the police come. This movie communicates to us, even reminds us from a long distant past what it was ever like to be a confused or frightened at any time as a child. It reminds us what innocence really is. It also shows us in a very real way how society and the state fail children like this.


I know, I know. A barrel of laughs huh? It ain't a happy story no, but I wouldn't ever recommend a 'sad' movie unless it was really really good. It's really an incredible film from an incredible author, JT LeRoy. I would ambiguously suggest finding a way to watch it without spending money however, as the studio just ripped off the writer because she used her pen name.



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This isn't set in stone, but the one that comes to mind is The Usual Suspects. Great movie. The story just seems to fall into place. Good writing and character development.

For those who haven't seen it, it's about Kaiser Soze, a legendary criminal. He manipulates a crew of gangsters and thieves (that he brought together in a very sly manner)to do his dirty work. Many events happen in the movie with the characters not understanding what's really going on, but everything ties together in the end. It's the kind of film you have to watch a few times to catch everything.

As far as comedies go, I'd have to say either Big Lebowski or 40 Year Old Virgin.