Always looking for a platform to promote some lesser known films, so here goes:

Bad Boys with Sean Penn, not the Smith/Lawrence guilty pleasure. A brutal look inside a juvie detention center and it has one of the great ass-whuppings in cinema history.

Excalibur the predecessor to today's epics. The battle scenes still hold up pretty well.

Princess Mononoke in particular, but anything by Hayao Miyazaki is worth a rent. PM is a gorgeous fantasy.

I'll second Bad Boys and Excalibur.
And also Big Trouble in Little China.

But not Princess Mononoke.

Glad to see I'm not the only one that likes Galaxy Quest. I swear it's taboo where I live. If I so much as even mention the title, 8 people snarl at me including one that wasn't close enough to hear the conversation.

Galaxy Quest cracked me up! Especially Alan Rickman (Dr. Lazarus).

Best Quote: ' .... and why are you listening to him? Thats a costume hes wearing not a uniform.'

(His lines in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves were also priceless).

Galaxy Quest cracked me up! Especially Alan Rickman (Dr. Lazarus).

Best Quote: ' .... and why are you listening to him? Thats a costume hes wearing not a uniform.'

One of my favorite lines in GQ is, "Oooh . . . that's ... not ... r-i-i-g-h-t!

(His lines in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves were also priceless).

Galaxy Quest is another of my favorites too. And yes, Alan Rickman played a vile evil character in "Prince Of Thieves," but he played it sarcastically, and as you say, some of his lines were just priceless.

Ken V.

One of my favorite lines in GQ is, "Oooh . . . that's ... not ... r-i-i-g-h-t!




Galaxy Quest is another of my favorites too. And yes, Alan Rickman played a vile evil character in "Prince Of Thieves," but he played it sarcastically, and as you say, some of his lines were just priceless.

Ken V.

One of my favorite lines in Galaxy Quest is......

Jason; "Stop for a second, stop. It's all real."
Boy; "Oh my God, I knew it. I knew it! I knew it!"

I was convulsed with laughter in theater. Of course, I bought DVD.

Always looking for a platform to promote some lesser known films, so here goes:

Some more: Excalibur is directed by John Boorman who is also responsible for The General, Hope and Glory & Emerald Forest which are worth a look.

Emerald Forest stars Powers Boothe, one of the great character actors of our time, who stars with Rutger Hauer, Kathleen Turner, and Donald Pleasance in A Breed Apart, a cool little action flick about rare birds.

A couple of writer/directors who typically make movies I enjoy are David Mamet and David Cronenberg.

From Mamet I recommend Spartan, State and Main, Oleanna House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, & The Winslow Boy.

From Cronenberg my list is The Fly, Spider, eXistenZ, Dead Ringers, The Dead Zone, Videodrome, Scanners, & Rabid. When I looked up Cronenberg it showed a film titled History of Violence that is apparently making the rounds at festivals. It stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, and Ed Harris. The premise is an average family is thrust into the spotlight after the dad shoots someone in self-defense at his diner. I can't wait.

Another Day in Paradise with James Woods and Melanie Griffith as a criminal couple who take a young couple under their wings. Woods is great.

And finally Melanie teams with Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta, in his first movie, in Jonathon Demme's comic-noir treat, Something Wild.

::looks around nervously::
supergirl.

::looks around nervously::
supergirl.

Tony, you should say it loud.


Supergirl!

Tony, you should say it loud.


Supergirl!

ROTFLOL! I have too much pride for that.

Tony, you should say it loud.


Supergirl!

Bwahahahaha. Kenji, that was hysterical.

Lisa

My five faves:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
3. Galaxy Quest

(Those first three are my Holy Trinity of Perfect Lisa Movies)

4. Braveheart
5. Highlander

(If it's not Scottish it's crap!)

I am surprised that so many people love Galaxy Quest since it's somewhat obscure (wasn't a huge hit or anything). I actually saw it three times at the theater. And that was when my kids were babies so you can imagine the wrangling that took!

I also LOVE Aliens and Total Recall, but then my top five would be a top 7, so...

Lisa