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SeattleUte · 01-07-2007, 05:10 AM

Mars Attacks

Jeff Lebowski · 01-09-2007, 02:21 AM

Springtime for Hitler by Bialystock & Bloom on Broadway. That play rocked!

Venkman · 01-09-2007, 02:39 AM

Movie that I was most pleasantly surprised with recently was The Rundown starring The Rock. It was on TNT recently, I'd never even heard of it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good buddy picture with fantastic fight scenes.

SteelBlue · 01-09-2007, 06:12 AM

A good list so far. I'm going to name one that sounds like a joke, but I'm serious: Mean Girls. My wife was watching it on one of the Turner movie channels and I got roped in. I thought it was very well written and I was not surprised to learn that Tina Fey wrote it. She's a very talented lady.

The_Tick · 01-10-2007, 02:28 AM

Grosse Pointe Blanke

That movie floored me.

cougjunkie · 01-10-2007, 03:18 AM

another one was Memento.

RockyBalboa · 01-10-2007, 04:09 AM

Life is Beautiful.

Normally I can't stand most Foreign or Independent movies that end up getting an avalanche of hype from the critics, but this movie was great. I was thoroughly engrossed from beginning to end.

Surfah · 01-10-2007, 05:28 AM

Boiler Room and Rounders. Both of these movies I had little expectation of but thought both were excellent, particularly Rounders which was just ahead of the poker craze.

Surfah · 01-10-2007, 05:36 AM

One more that absolutely blew me away was American History X. I watched it by myself in the theater. I needed to write a paper for a TMA class and chose this movie because I knew it was R and was about race issues.

il Padrino Ute · 01-10-2007, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfah33

Boiler Room and Rounders. Both of these movies I had little expectation of but thought both were excellent, particularly Rounders which was just ahead of the poker craze.

My favorite part of Rounders was when Matt Damon told all the judges what cards they were holding. Pretty funny.

01-07-2007, 05:10 AM	#21
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Mars Attacks __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

01-09-2007, 02:21 AM	#22
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Springtime for Hitler by Bialystock & Bloom on Broadway. That play rocked! __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

01-10-2007, 02:28 AM	#25
The_Tick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 626	Grosse Pointe Blanke That movie floored me. __________________ Spooooooon

01-10-2007, 03:18 AM	#26
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	another one was Memento. __________________ LINCECUM!

01-10-2007, 04:09 AM	#27
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	Life is Beautiful. Normally I can't stand most Foreign or Independent movies that end up getting an avalanche of hype from the critics, but this movie was great. I was thoroughly engrossed from beginning to end. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

01-09-2007, 02:39 AM	#23
Venkman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 1,799	Movie that I was most pleasantly surprised with recently was The Rundown starring The Rock. It was on TNT recently, I'd never even heard of it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good buddy picture with fantastic fight scenes.

01-09-2007, 06:12 AM	#24
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	A good list so far. I'm going to name one that sounds like a joke, but I'm serious: Mean Girls. My wife was watching it on one of the Turner movie channels and I got roped in. I thought it was very well written and I was not surprised to learn that Tina Fey wrote it. She's a very talented lady.

01-10-2007, 05:28 AM	#28
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Boiler Room and Rounders. Both of these movies I had little expectation of but thought both were excellent, particularly Rounders which was just ahead of the poker craze. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

01-10-2007, 05:36 AM	#29
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	One more that absolutely blew me away was American History X. I watched it by myself in the theater. I needed to write a paper for a TMA class and chose this movie because I knew it was R and was about race issues. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"