Odd movies you should rent:

[bigloo]

OK, basic idea of this thread is if you end up watching an offbeat movie not in the limelight that you think others will enjoy. Post the name, a imdb link maybe and quick overview and why you think others will like it.

I will start:

Movie: Kenny
IMDB Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822389/
Brief Overview: Australian movie about a port-a-pottie technician/salesman. If you enjoy English humor, you will love this. If you dont understand the English the English speak and have no clue on some basic aussie/english/new zealand/south african slang, maybe skip it, but all in all, I think everyone would enjoy this. This movie had me

[Da Klugs]

Being There

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/

In the right mood a truly funny movie. Ironic, metaphoric, sweet and silly.

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart and Richard Basehart. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This was the last Peter Sellers film to be released while he was alive.

The screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and the award winning screenwriter Robert C. Jones, winning the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Film) Best Screenplay Award and the 1980 Writers Guild of America Award (Screen) for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There

[MajorCaptSilly]

Things to do in Denver When You're Dead

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/

A great Warren Zevon song and n excellent movie. Great acting by Chris Walken, Andy Garcia, and Steve Bucemi. Strange plot, strange ending. Everything I love in a movie.

MCS

[Swampper]

I have two:

Windy City Heat

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383053/

A slow show business want-a-be is given the lead role in a Bruce Willis type action movie. Very funny, but kind of sad, however the subject Perry, was well paid to be in this film.

Idiocracy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Two words: President Camacho!

[bigloo]

I have been adding these to my blockbuster Queue. I also second Idiocracy, great movie, its all int he electrolytes!

Originally Posted by Swampper

Idiocracy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Two words: President Camacho!

Brilliant movie

[perogee]

The best movie that I have seen lately is

Brick
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/

Film Noir in a highschool setting. A really great watch, I highly recommend it.

[gettysburgfreak]

Revenge of the Nerds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088000/
Reason: Plain hilarious

Highway to Hell........

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104418/

This movie is a riot....and kristy swanson goodness.

[68TriShield]

If a older flick is ok,here's one
http://www.escanabathemovie.com/

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

If a older flick is ok,here's one
http://www.escanabathemovie.com/

That movie was great. I don't know if I've laughed so hard in a long time.

Also check out Super Sucker.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293624/

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

If a older flick is ok,here's one
http://www.escanabathemovie.com/

Jeff Daniels best movie IMHO...

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Comicbookfreak

Jacob's Ladder.

Awesome film

Originally Posted by theycallmedan'lboone

Gunga Din

Gunga Din was a good one as well.

[fxpose]

Anyone seen this 1996 film with James Spader and Holly Hunter? (not to be confused with a recent film of the same title) I liked it.

Crash

Went to Crash in the theatre back in the day w/my girl at the time not knowing what to expect. Weird and wonderful. Prompted discussion for the next month. Truly a strange movie.

Originally Posted by fxpose

Anyone seen this 1996 film with James Spader and Holly Hunter? (not to be confused with a recent film of the same title) I liked it.

Crash

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by Vitis

Went to Crash in the theatre back in the day w/my girl at the time not knowing what to expect. Weird and wonderful. Prompted discussion for the next month. Truly a strange movie.

Most definitely. I caught this film the first time by accident on the Independent Film Channel while flipping channels several years ago. Since then, I've rented this film twice. I don't mind seeing it again. My kind of strangeness.....

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by fxpose

Most definitely. I caught this film the first time by accident on the Independent Film Channel while flipping channels several years ago. Since then, I've rented this film twice. I don't mind seeing it again. My kind of strangeness.....

I'm intrigued George. I'm going to have to search for it on cable or actually drag myself to the video store to find a copy.

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by ucla695

I'm intrigued George. I'm going to have to search for it on cable or actually drag myself to the video store to find a copy.

Actually, I caught parts of it on the IFC several months ago and watched the last half of the film with Frank.
You should definitely rent this film when you get the chance.

See you guys tonight!

[Langod]

Tampopo



An odd little Japanese movie. It's a "foodie" movie in that, at the center of the major plotline, it has to do with a Noodle Shop. You could draw parallels to it being kind of a Japanese Western. (No cowboys, though.)

Here's a more standard description:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.

[Comicbookfreak]

Jacob's Ladder

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

One freaky movie starrring Tim Robbin's as a former Vietnam Vet who has trouble seperating what's reality and what's hallucination. One that must be watched more than once to truly appreciate.

Into the Wild

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

Sean Penn directed and wrote the screenplay for this biographical movie about Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) about a guy who after graduating from college, gives away his entire savings account and hitchikes to Alaska to live only on his whits and the land. And in the process he meets many people and with that has many different life experiences. This movie explores what happens when man abandons his need for money and possessions and lives off what the land provides, which shows all of us how easy life really is in these modern times. A must see iimho.

Snatch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/

Directed by Guy Ritchie and with an all star cast that includes such notible actors as Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina. This movie ties many stories into one and is very humorous and quirky, and incluse everthing from Boxers, bookmakers, Russian mobsters and many others all trying to track down a stolen diamond. Another very good off beat movie and a must watch.