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Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Metal Gear on January 05, 2004, 05:59:13 AM
Let\'s discuss movies that make you think,or that change your behaviour in any way, in this thread.

A few of mine:

- Fight Club(It actually taught me to be less materialistic)
- Amelie
- Adaptation(I saw it again recently and it rocks).I even have a wallpaper depicting Meryl Streep in the woods(one of the scenes from Adaptation).OHHH YEAHHH!!       :fro:

I\'ve been meaning to see Lost in Translation featuring Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray.It is supposed to be very good.Too bad it\'s not released in Holland yet.


http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: SwifDi on January 05, 2004, 06:22:25 AM
Memento.

If that doesn\'t make you think, then I have no clue what will.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: QuDDus on January 05, 2004, 06:28:02 AM
The lion king. It showed me you can\'t trust your family.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Cyrus on January 05, 2004, 06:32:51 AM
The most recent: T3    I know its lame and the movie has a terrible story line but in reality it might not be far from the truth.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: GmanJoe on January 05, 2004, 06:35:23 AM
Memento
Identity
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: ooseven on January 05, 2004, 08:37:39 AM
Glitter... I sat and cryed as i just realised that my I.Q. was permanently reduced by 20 points.

 
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Originally posted by Cyrus
The most recent: T3    I know its lame and the movie has a terrible story line but in reality it might not be far from the truth.


Cool.... i am a semi out of work bum and my wife works at a vet\'s ...it must mean that we will be leaders in the human resistance. :D
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: kopking on January 05, 2004, 12:04:06 PM
bladerunner,
donnie darko
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: videoholic on January 05, 2004, 12:18:02 PM
It would have to be Tommy Boy..

"Richard, who\'s your favorite little rascal? Alfalfa or is it Spanky."
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: GigaShadow on January 05, 2004, 12:19:43 PM
Donnie Darko - good movie and soundtrack ;)
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: square_marker on January 05, 2004, 12:24:31 PM
Rudy - never give up
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Blade on January 05, 2004, 01:04:52 PM
Lost in Translation was a great, unusual movie. Did it make me think? Nope, not really.

The Matrix made me think.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 05, 2004, 01:30:12 PM
I Spit On Your Grave.
:)
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Jar O Pickles on January 05, 2004, 04:16:22 PM
saving private ryan
rudy
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: nO-One on January 05, 2004, 04:18:03 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I Spit On Your Grave.
:)

Yeah same here, taught me never to take a bath with a lady whom I just forced myself on.

Eeegh, that scene still gives me the heeby jeebies.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Phil on January 05, 2004, 04:52:31 PM
^^

I suppose I\'m glad I have no clue what you are talking about.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: (e) on January 05, 2004, 06:50:20 PM
Hmmm....

Cast Away; One of my favorite movies, it makes me think about if we were to never gain the privileage of technology and still lived like that.

Full Metal Jacket; Made me think about the purpose of the military, and what good it does- other than killing.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Ashford on January 05, 2004, 07:18:41 PM
Jackie Chan\'s The Tuxedo...

I was thinking how much it sucked...

Easily one of his worst...

Action fans must check out Police Story, easily one of his best...
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: theomen on January 05, 2004, 08:23:52 PM
if you use drugs than check out Requiem For a Dream.

And a movie that is a real thinker, my second favorite movie of all time Memento.  Kick ass movie.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: THX on January 05, 2004, 08:43:29 PM
Memento - people still don\'t know it ends in the middle!
Identity - neat little movie with a twist
The 13th Floor - Matrix stole the idea from here ;)
The Game - Craziest ending, either you love it or hate it
The Cell - Freakish!
Fight Club - kinda fanboy-ish, and ironic, but I love postmodern flicks
2001: A Space Odyssey
Contact
Vanilla Sky
About Schmidt
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Evi on January 05, 2004, 09:09:29 PM
- Dumb and Dumber...that made me think too hard...

- Ace Ventura: Whan Nature Calls - the part where Jim Carrey is coming out of the rhino\'s ass...
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: sabrina on January 06, 2004, 01:42:27 AM
I would have to say memento to because  it made  you think
b*st*rd out of caroline because how in the hell can a mom
pick her husband over her daughter which happens to been beating by her stepdad and crossroad why did ever watch it
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Knotter8 on January 06, 2004, 01:58:38 AM
Akira - by Otomo.
Thinks about what and who we are as humans. All life is energy, but with what potential ? Tetsuo grows energy potential so high
it\'s like an amoebe having human powers. So far on the earthly scientific thoughts, this movie scores.
Then there\'s the more spiritual ending where Kaneda worthily says goodbye to his friend Tetsuo without judging on what has happened and Tetsuo returns to his original state of pure life energy into the cosmos. I thought that was beautiful and touching though ; that in the end....we are not bound by our material incarnated earthly forms. I think this story is even a step above Metal Gear Solid\'s \'breaking loose from you\'re genes\' theory.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on January 06, 2004, 03:56:07 AM
Jacob\'s Ladder, the ending is just, WOW!
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 06, 2004, 04:11:23 AM
starwars, i wonder if they will ever truly develope a light saber....
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: ooseven on January 06, 2004, 04:21:58 AM
Dark City (1998) think it came out just before the Matrix (similar in story line)and dealty more with the idea of the "Human Condition" & the concept of the human soul.

It also stars Kiefer Sutherland if you haven\'t seen it before.

A truely underrated film.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 06, 2004, 07:46:05 AM
Memento sucked.
Sorry, guy\'s.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Samwise on January 06, 2004, 08:02:46 AM
NO IT DIDN\'T YOU FLAMING HOMO!

:gman:
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: GmanJoe on January 06, 2004, 08:41:23 AM
I forgot about Mulholland Drive.

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Originally posted by Samwise
NO IT DIDN\'T YOU FLAMING HOMO!

:gman:


Heh....he\'s a flaming asteroid homo. :p
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Titan on January 06, 2004, 02:44:39 PM
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
I forgot about Mulholland Drive.

 

Heh....he\'s a flaming asteroid homo. :p


Worst joke ever :gman:

The Matrix movies made me think. What if life really is a computer program.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: theomen on January 06, 2004, 02:56:37 PM
*Highlights Titan and hits delete
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: jp6666 on January 06, 2004, 03:14:54 PM
shindler\'s list
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: (e) on January 06, 2004, 04:07:53 PM
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Originally posted by ooseven
Dark City (1998) think it came out just before the Matrix (similar in story line)and dealty more with the idea of the "Human Condition" & the concept of the human soul.

It also stars Kiefer Sutherland if you haven\'t seen it before.

A truely underrated film.


ooseven you rock. I would pick Dark City of the Matrix any day. I didnt think anyone else liked it but me. :(
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: SwifDi on January 06, 2004, 05:59:51 PM
I\'m not the least bit surprised that my bag of the stupidest members, ooseven and Spudz, like that horrible excuse for a film.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: (e) on January 06, 2004, 06:45:35 PM
Im not the least suprised that you continue to act like a total loser, afterall its in your genes.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Bozco on January 06, 2004, 06:50:17 PM
Ooooooooohhhh, coming from the guy who thinks dogs could be smarter than humans.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: theomen on January 06, 2004, 08:15:52 PM
*puts peanut butter on testicles and whistles at Spudz
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: nO-One on January 07, 2004, 05:32:42 AM
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Originally posted by ooseven
Dark City (1998) think it came out just before the Matrix (similar in story line)and dealty more with the idea of the "Human Condition" & the concept of the human soul.

It also stars Kiefer Sutherland if you haven\'t seen it before.

A truely underrated film.

plus, the strangers were kick ass cool.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: politiepet on January 07, 2004, 05:37:04 AM
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Originally posted by Ashford
Jackie Chan\'s The Tuxedo...

I was thinking how much it sucked...

Easily one of his worst...


you should see: \'Who am I?\' :laughing:


oh...and....the matrix made me think too....:eek:
please don\'t do things to me, I\'m only human! ;)
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Ashford on January 07, 2004, 09:35:32 AM
I did see Who Am I? and it was decent...

Can\'t compare to Police Story or several others...
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: kopking on January 08, 2004, 01:58:54 PM
i saw dark city ages ago, dont remeber to much about it, was cool when peep changed who they are etc, eg, rich man becomes poor etc.... think thats the film, knotter8 u ever read the akira books??? the film is such a little part of the books
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 02:28:56 PM
If the \'Matrix\' made you think, then you don\'t have much a brain to begin with. The film was cookie-cutter SCI-FI crap.

Memento was nothing more than a gimmick, with little to no replay value.

I cannot say that many films make me think. There are a few, that I thought had valid points, such as \'Natrual Born Killers\' but did I sit and think at the end? No.


With all that said, there are films that no matter how many times I subject myself to them, I am left confused and guess what? They are both David Lynch films.

Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: theomen on January 08, 2004, 04:23:46 PM
Mullholand drive was a pile of steaming shit, it\'s only saving grace was that it was soft-core porn.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: (e) on January 08, 2004, 04:59:16 PM
:laughing:

You shot down him down.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 05:38:46 PM
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Originally posted by (e)
:laughing:

You shot down him down.


Actually, no he didn\'t. He shot the movie down, which is fine. It\'s just like when I said KoRn was a bunch of talentless idiots.  So, no he did not.

It is in my opinion that Mullholand Dr was a good movie. It is in his that it is a terrible film. That does not offend me. Therefor, he did not shoot me down. Nor did he insult me. He insulted the film.

A smart person would understand the distinct difference.
:)
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: GmanJoe on January 08, 2004, 05:56:34 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Actually, no he didn\'t. He shot the movie down, which is fine. It\'s just like when I said KoRn was a bunch of talentless idiots.  So, no he did not.

It is in my opinion that Mullholand Dr was a good movie. It is in his that it is a terrible film. That does not offend me. Therefor, he did not shoot me down. Nor did he insult me. He insulted the film.

A smart person would understand the distinct difference.
:)


The Jitterbug, the miniaturized old people, the scary homeless man, that weird puzzle.....Roy Orbison\'s "Crying" sung in Spanish...weird and intriguing movie.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 06:13:58 PM
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
The Jitterbug, the miniaturized old people, the scary homeless man, that weird puzzle.....Roy Orbison\'s "Crying" sung in Spanish...weird and intriguing movie.


The song "Crying" in Spanish is strangely ...moving..
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: GmanJoe on January 08, 2004, 06:17:29 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
The song "Crying" in Spanish is strangely ...moving..


I have the song. Don\'t ask me how. :p
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 06:30:31 PM
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
I have the song. Don\'t ask me how. :p



I assume you bought the soundtrack.
:)
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Weltall on January 08, 2004, 07:26:32 PM
Matrix Reloaded made me think "Man, I\'d like those two hours of my life back."
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 08:00:31 PM
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Originally posted by Weltall
Matrix Reloaded made me think "Man, I\'d like those two hours of my life back."


Same with Revolutions.

Also, it should be noted that you\'ve been missed Weltall and your presence is welcomed.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Black Samurai on January 08, 2004, 08:09:35 PM
I am getting as far away from this thread as possible before mm comes back.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 08:17:04 PM
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Originally posted by Black Samurai
I am getting as far away from this thread as possible before mm comes back.


Must say that the purpose and meaning of \'Seven Samurai\' and \'Sanjuro\' has kept me awake many a nights.
Title: Movies that make you think
Post by: clips on January 08, 2004, 08:26:54 PM
akira- makes one think about the evolution of human race..clearly on an theoriatical level.

   one week- makes you think about what would you do if you actually caught hiv. it also made me not want to twist out every hot shorty i saw.