Originally posted by Sylvrfalcn
movie
In no particular order:
Circle of Iron ("The Silent Flute" in European release)
-- Excellent, martial arts philosophical, Bruce Lee co-wrote
The Long Kiss Goodnight
-- Better than average action flick with violence
Drunken Master (re-released on DVD in 2002)
-- (NOT more recent theatre release called The Legend of Drunken Master)
-- Both starred Jackie Chan, but very different stories.
-- Great & funny training scenes, Fun
The Princess Bride
-- Fun, funny, adults and kids,
The Dark Crystal
-- Puppets with a message, but excellent
LadyHawke
-- Medieval action fantasy, swords, romance, share with your significant other
Blade Runner - Director's Cut
-- SciFi Classic, dark, thoughtful action
Iron Monkey
-- If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
-- This lacks the depth and grandeur, but otherwise excellent
Benny and Joon
-- a good movie, humerous psychodrama, family & love
Waking Ned Devine
-- British, fun, funny, low-key
Fairy Tale: A True Story
-- Children photograph fairies, period piece of late 1800's, Arther Conan Doyle believes
Willow
-- 'magical' adventure for adults and children
The God's Must be Crazy
The God's Must be Crazy II
-- Funny, thoughtful, low-budget
Medicine Man
-- Sean Connery in the jungle
-- Fun, funny, thoughtful, touching, romantic
The Sixth Sense
-- You want to watch it again to see the clues
Lorenzo's Oil
-- Parent's search for, and find, treatment for their child's untreatable condition
Plunkett & Maclean
-- Highwaymen of the 1700's just being themselves
Joe Versus the Volcano
-- The first 15 minutes of the movie I can watch over & over.
-- Most people are looking at their watches and at each other within the first minute.
Groundhog Day
-- Once we pass the test we can move on
Dead Poet's Society
-- What's important?
Quigley Down Under
-- American cowboy marksman in Australia, What's right?
The Dream Team
-- 'Crazies' from institution take field trip to city and get lost,
-- Sometimes crazy is not the right word.
Blazing Saddles
-- Western that needs to be seen in the drive-in at midnight
-- with lots of buttery popcorn and soda.
Monty Python's The Search for the Holy Grail
-- "I'm not dead yet."
Frank Herbert's Dune (2000 release date, with William Hurt)
-- (NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. Not the original Dune from many years ago, that was horrible)
-- Classic SciFi book done justice on the screen
-- Kingdoms in space, backstabbing, rebellion
Monsters, Inc
-- Fun & funny
The Indian in the Cupboard
-- Watch it with the kids
