Good Unknown / Independant Movies.

[Clipse]

Was wondering if you guys could recommend any movies, most mainstream movies suck ass.

Some kind of movies like
Once
This is England
Rescue Dawn
Little Miss Sunshine
Into The Wild
Waitress
The Lives of Others

Any suggestions will do, thanks in advance.

[BayernWake]

Laws of Gravity.

[oman]

Someone could probably post links to a couple of "Best Movies" drafts on these boards that you could probably just go down the list and pick things.

Although if I were you I would pm Via Chicago and just watch whatever he tells you to until either all the melanin escapes from your skin or you decide to enroll in grad school.

[oman]

If you like little movies like Once, I would recommend a movie I saw long ago called "Proof" with Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe.

Not sure why I thought of it but it was a nice little flick.

http://croweitalia.altervista.org/Proof/RussellCrowe_Proof_09.jpg

[churchill2000]

The Science of Sleep - Gael Garcia Bernal, superb actor in my opinion
The Motorcycle Diaries - ^
Noi - Must see
The Clearing - Can't go wrong with Robert Redford
The Lost City - Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman need I say more?

[Daniel from Montréal]

Grégoire Moulin contre l'humanité (Grégoire Moulin vs the World (?))

[Panfilo]

What constitutes an Indie film nowadays?

Anway my take

Duck Season (Temporada de Patos)
Son of the Bride (El Hijo de la Novia)
Cronicas
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Water

[Vermont Red]

"Junebug"

[chapulincolorado]

Was wondering if you guys could recommend any movies, most mainstream movies suck ass.


Define unkown. Some of the movies posted here are pretty well know.

I recommend this movie:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009GV9FK.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115941752_.jpg

[oman]

"Junebug"


Got good reviews but kind of a downer with characters who aren't all that likable. IF I am going to take a roadtrip or hang out with some folks in an indie movie, I have to like them just a bit.

One persons opinion.

[Vermont Red]

Got good reviews but kind of a downer with characters who aren't all that likable. IF I am going to take a roadtrip or hang out with some folks in an indie movie, I have to like them just a bit.

Then you wouldn't like my family.

[BayernWake]

"Junebug"

I went to school where this was filmed...actually one of my classmates was some type of assistant in the making of the film. Another one of my classmates was an extra.

In any case, I liked it.

[TheSlipperyOne]

Unknown and indie movies are all crap.

Big studio films are always the best and the only way to go. And they need to be in English.

[oman]

I went to school where this was filmed...actually one of my classmates was some type of assistant in the making of the film. Another one of my classmates was an extra.

In any case, I liked it.

I am just trying to make sure that we don't turn Clipse off of indy movies, even though summer blockbusters are much better. Worst case, the Day and Night Watch movies dubbed.

For reference, Clipse, all the commie bastards in The Lives of Others, as well as the guys in This is England who beat up the singer for the English Beat were more likable than the folks in Junebug, or for that matter, Vermont's family.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/5ae1/ThisIsEngland.jpg

[Clipse]

I am just trying to make sure that we don't turn Clipse off of indy movies, even though summer blockbusters are much better. Worst case, the Day and Night Watch movies dubbed.

For reference, Clipse, all the commie bastards in The Lives of Others, as well as the guys in This is England who beat up the singer for the English Beat were more likable than the folks in Junebug, or for that matter, Vermont's family.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/5ae1/ThisIsEngland.jpg

Milky was so likeable :(

I have nothing against blockbuster movies, most of them just suck though.

[TheSlipperyOne]

I have nothing against blockbuster movies, most of them just suck though.

But since the blockbuster movies are the top earners all-time they are obviously the best movies out there even when there are obvious bad ones like Star Wars Episode IV, Jaws and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[Clipse]

That's like saying albums are great because of their album sales, that means 50 cent and Akon would be music gods. It doesn't work like that, I appreciate movies that gross a million and actually have good acting and a plot then something mainstream that makes 100+ million like 'Meet the Spartans'

[Via_Chicago]

Someone could probably post links to a couple of "Best Movies" drafts on these boards that you could probably just go down the list and pick things.

Although if I were you I would pm Via Chicago and just watch whatever he tells you to until either all the melanin escapes from your skin or you decide to enroll in grad school.

That makes my day. :)

[TheSlipperyOne]

That's like saying albums are great because of their album sales, that means 50 cent and Akon would be music gods. It doesn't work like that, I appreciate movies that gross a million and actually have good acting and a plot then something mainstream that makes 100+ million like 'Meet the Spartans'

The cream always rises to the top. 20 million people can't be wrong. If they all like it and you don't then you're in the minority and that means you're wrong.

[JeremyEritrea]

Define unkown. Some of the movies posted here are pretty well know.

I recommend this movie:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009GV9FK.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115941752_.jpg

My wife and I saw that at the DC Film festival back when it was first released. What a weird flick.