Topic awaiting preservation: movie recommendation

Hello

Can anyone suggest a good movie that have the following criteria:
- a nice subject
- more talking than action scenes
- suitable for listening: watch it once but listen to it many times.

I selected two movies so far: bedazzled and Scent of a Woman.

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Regards,
Elias

There is one that comes to mind, but I can't quite remember the title..

It's justtow guys sitting at a dinner table in a returant talking for a nhour and a half...it's called 'my dinner with'...someone

My Dinner with André

w/o googling, I thought you were kidding.

that sounds a nice movie, thanks for the link!

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Regards,
Elias

The Princess Bride Great to listen to or watch over and over!

Labyrinth, with David Bowie, though only because it's a personal favourite.

Not sure about the talking to action scene ratio though.

It kind of depends on what genre you're looking for. What do you mean by "nice" subject?

I personally love the dialog in Fight Club, Trainspotting, and Snatch. Of course, none of those have what I'd consider a nice subject.

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Legend... to round out the classic fantasy tales. How about "So I married an axe murderer"? I always enjoy that one.

It kind of depends on what genre you're looking for. What do you mean by "nice" subject?

I personally love the dialog in Fight Club, Trainspotting, and Snatch. Of course, none of those have what I'd consider a nice subject.

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wow... am i wrong... or did Krets just double post the same post with GrythusDraconis slipping inbetween them?


now thats weird.

Amadeus
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Any old movie with Jet Li or Jackie Chan.

I also enjoy just listening to cartoons and Comedy Central.

yeah listening to cartoons is strangely very good

oh, yes labyrinth is definitely good to listen to! it's one of my favorites! though, the few movies i do own, i've watched enough that i know where in the movie it is by the dialog. so i would suppose that any movie that you like would be good to listen to.

maybe if you're just looking for something to listen to...try audio books.

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I'd strongly recommend Andrei Tarkovski's 'Andrei Rublev' and/or 'Stalker'.

There's little or no action in either, and the soundscape is beautiful in both.

Donnie Darko!!!
Also, if listening is your thing try Waking Life. Its almost nothing BUT dialogue



[This message has been edited by Schitzoboy (edited 09-10-2003).]

The Commitments - Lots of Irish accents, lots of music, lots of 'fookin idjits'. Love that movie.



Evil in theory, not so much in practice...

Thanks for your recommendations so far.

Just realized that 'nice' is so vauge and relative, let me explain my goal:
I like stimulating movies where actors are talking funny things, talk in an articulate manner...
By immitating their way, I can enhance my accent and ofcourse my vocab.

Althought that might sound funny to some, but that's how birds learn to sing, by simply immitating the master bird singer then they enhance their style which was originally immitated.

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Regards,
Elias

one of my fave's - "The Man Who Wasn't There" by the Coen brothers

Some personal faves, I think they fit the criteria:

Fight Club
Leon
American History X
The Pianist
Life is Beutiful
Trainspotting

lallous - its not only funny, but one of the best methods i have found to learn proper pronnunciation.

*looks for da good movie list sheet somewhere in my room*

Movies i like, tho many ppl wont understand or will find stupid:
Glam
Possession (its french, but who in the hell cares? =) ).
Requiem for a Dream
S. (many ppl surely hate it, i really like it. got some strange idioms mix up, btw).
Chocolat
The Devil's Advocate
The Goddess of 1967 (i think i watch too much silly movies)
Fight Club
Domenica
Ghost in the shell (i need to watch it completely, tho)
The meaning of Life (actually i have not seen it, its just taht a friend of mine finds it great)
The Real Blonde
Pulp Fiction
Natural born Killers

etc etc etc

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Another good movie: The Boondock Saints. More Irish accents, though a lot of cussing and violence. Good movie, though.

I don't know any old movies like from the 80's and such...well because I was born in 1985, but hey, I'd suggest the following movies if you want to just listen, but also for watching.

Money Talks (Chris Tucker and Charley Sheen = Funny!)
The Fifth Element (Another Chris Tucker, but not as comedic, just a good movie IMO)
Liar Liar (Jim Carey, nuff said...)
Undercover Brother

For that last one, I have never actually watched it before, my step-dad has watched it like 4 times and I was there to hear it everytime, quite funny when you just hear it, I have yet to actually watch it.

I actually like anything with Jim Carey and Chris Tucker in them but that's just me.

I like Nemo !

I watched half of catch me if you can last night, a good film which i think is "listenable"

Oh yes, some more:

Pi (Best movie 3 \/ /-\ R)
Memento
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Out of Africa
The Princess Bride
Serial Expirements Lain (Episodic Anime Movie. Very fucked up)

serial experiments isnt a movie

sweet as though very fucked up...

I have been wanting to watch Lain during some time, no luck at all, other than a comic i have somewhere hosted.

How come i forgot Memento?! That movie was great.

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ocean's 11 (some great dialogue)
princess bride (already mentioned, one of my faves)
toy story and toy story 2 (good contrast in the voices of the main characters)
the matrix (interesting dialogue and lawrence fishburne has an incredible voice)

chris


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The Shawshank Redemption


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Ooohhh yeah The Shawshank Redemption is a great movie, I highly recommend it.
Also I would suggest Con Air and Escape From L.A.

Just saw Count of Monte Cristo today, it was pretty good. I'd recommend it.



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ya know, you could try some of those 'books on tape' or such.... the guy they've got talking is always mighty proper and articulate....


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Ughh, had to listen to "Tuesdays with Maury" (wrong spelling I think) on tape and it was...in 1 word, Horrid. The only thing good about it was not actually having to read it hehe, I don't think I ever will either after hearing it on tape.

Yup, books on tape are great. Especially for poetry, like Shakespear or Goethe.

And another movie:

Silence of the Lambs (but not Hannibal, which was just stupid)

My House in Umbria
A Beautiful Mind
Primal Fear
The Excorcist -- The Directors Cut
The Devils Advocate
Leon (aka 'The Professional')
The Substitute
Tombstone

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Well, I could go on and on about movies... but based on your criteria I would suggest:

Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Anything done by Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob)
The Cider House Rules
Being John Malcovich
Amadeus
Dead Poets Society
Pump Up the Volume
Interview with a Vampire
Leon (In America it was called "The Professional")
Any John Cusack movie, especially Grosse Point Blank and Hi Fidelity
Reservoir Dogs
Se7en
Love and Death
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sleepy Hollow
Clue
Point Break
Ninth Gate

Once you've watched and/or listened to those, come back and I'll recommend some more

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A Mix of Good Movies:

Good Will Hunting
Forrest Gump
American History X
The Shawshank Redemption
Scent of a Woman (Very Good Choice)
Devils Advocate
The Matrix (If you havent seen this one, and you like Science Fiction, unexplanable things then you really need to see it, and the second one, and the third one )
The Fifth Element
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Gladiator
Red Dragon (Prequel to the Silence of the Lambs)
Fight Club
Vanilla Sky
As Good As It Gets
The Negotiator
Pulp Fiction
Seven
Training Day


There are tons of other good movies but I cant think of more...
I'm Telling You, Anything with Al Pacino.

Am I the only one in here who thought that Memento sucked ?
Lates.



[This message has been edited by Archonian (edited 09-12-2003).]

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Leon (In America it was called "The Professional")

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Yes, but remember not to pick up the one title "The Professional," and pick up the movie titled "Leon," because they cut out nearly 45 minutes of the original footage of the movie Leon when they made the American ("The Professional) version. Someone must of thought that they could avoid controversy by taking out a main plot device in the movie.

Hello

I'ld agree that anything with "Al Pacino" or "Robert De Niro" is fine for listening.
The Matrix is good too (already know it by heart )

Thank you all for the recommendations! Will try to consider all of them in my quest.

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Regards,
Elias

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Yes, but remember not to pick up the one title "The Professional," and pick up the movie titled "Leon," because they cut out nearly 45 minutes of the original footage of the movie Leon when they made the American ("The Professional) version. Someone must of thought that they could avoid controversy by taking out a main plot device in the movie.

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Wow, when I was younger the The Professional was one of my favorite movies but I had never heard about this. I'm gonna have to try to find "Leon" now. Thanks for the tip!



[This message has been edited by Petskull (edited 09-18-2003).]

The original "King Kong".

The List, man...The List

How could we forget Schindler's List?

Yes.

Schitzo: Actually, I guess it's onlt 25 minutes or so. I just came back from Blockbuster, and happened upon it.

one of my fav has always been Star Wars or Road to Perdition

Best movie I've seen in a looooong time is WHALE RIDER.

I can't believe I didn't list this one: a nightmare before christmas. Perfect listening material, awesome songs, and is actually listenable and watchable the whole year round.

Here are my recomendations:

-Hellraiser series
-Perfect Blue
-The Pianist [in case you haven't seen that yet]
-Finding Nemo
-Ghost in the Shell
-Donnie Darko
-Amelie [I haven't actually seen that one but because of my art teacher's demand I probably will]

[This message has been edited by Yannah (edited 09-23-2003).]

Thanks to you, people, I have just watched The Princess Bride. Very good movie, and this Robin Wright is soooooo beautiful.

About the Pianist, I also watched it, today, to be exact, and it's too jewish for my taste and sort of tiresome. The guy is always running away, running away, and then the War ends and then the movie ends.