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To go along with the many other movie threads.


Which movies have you watched, that while not great, were interesting,
memorable, strange, etc?





Two that i have seen that stick out would have to be "Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run", and the documentary "Cane Toads". What about the rest of you?

One I saw a few times a while ago was on IFC or Sundance...can't remember which. It was a subtitled Benigni film called "The Monster." I laughed uproariously at several of the scenes, none of which can be described in a family-friendly fashion without taking all the things that made them funny away.

Bubba Ho-Tep. I honestly can't watch that movie again because it's so ridiculous. The concept is, Elvis isn't dead, he's in a retirement home, with a black guy who thinks he's JFK (I dunno if he actually is or not, but they explain why he's black nevertheless). Suddenly there's some aliens or something that start feeding off the nursing home patients. I really couldn't believe they were doing thatl It's just so... Wow.

Memento - This is a murder mystery told backwards. Demanding but fascinating, IMO. You'll either watch it a few times to grasp all of the detail(me) of give up after 15 minutes(my wife).

Killer Clowns from Outer Space - The title says it all. Great horror fare for those of us who always suspected that clowns are evil.

Stranger than Paradise - By director Jim Jarmusch, who later directed Sling Blade. This was one of his first. I thought it was hilarious. It's not really about much of anything... definitely an acquired taste.

Leaving Las Vegas..... definately not funny, good movie but very haunting and hard to watch...

Kung Fu Hustle - if you've seen a few Chinese kung fu movies, you recognize the cliches they are ridiculing. At least, I THINK they are trying to ridicule them.

Sexy Beast ....I think that was the name. I didn't know whether or not to be disturbed, worried, nervous, scared, amused, sad.....

Stole my thunder, waz. That was the first (and, so far, only) movie that came to mind when I saw this thread. Good to have this one on DVD with a few days to watch it a couple of times. I thought it was a lot of fun, but it was a lot of work. A key plot element (not giving away any secrets here) is that the main character, who's seeking revenge for his wife's murder, suffers from an inability to form new memories, so he's always trying to figure out ways to retain what he learns (notes to himself, Polaroid photos of people on which he's written stuff like "Don't trust this guy!").

Third vote for Memento. I just saw it this year. That is some good story telling, how it jumps back and forth until it combines into the present. Wow. I like a lot of Tarintino(sp?) movies as well because of how the story jumps around in time.

Fight Club. Just another break from the regular films. I bought the DVD before I had a DVD player(PS2).

Finally, Sin City. Definitely not for kids. I don't really consider it to be a movie or a film. It's just a live action comic book on DVD. Very well done.

OK, I've got another one: Barton Fink, written by Minnesota's quirky Coen brothers. The plot defies description. All I can say is that a writer suffering from writer's block is holed up in a strange LA hotel, where things get weirder and weirder. I saw it with Mrs Somebody and three other couples. I was the only one who liked it.

Other films by the Coen brothers that I've enjoyed: Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, The Ladykillers.

I'd add Blood Simple & The Big Lebowski to your Coen Bros. list Jim. I guess I've liked just about everything they've done. Erik, Sin City was if not the best, certainly the most original and exciting films I've seen in years. It would've been great even if Jessica Alba weren't one of the main characters. "A Simple Plan" by Sam Raimi(Evil Dead, Spiderman I & II), was also an under-publicized(I don't remember it being in the theaters) terrific flick... but that's a bit OT I guess...it wasn't particularly odd or unusual.

w00t! to The Big Lebowski, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Fight Club and Sin City.

I wouldn't actually classify Fight Club as one of these movies though. It's basically just a movie. Albeit it has a great twist and a very awe-inspiring message, but I never saw anything in it that puts it in the category of "Movies that are... umm... interesting." JMO though.

I really want to see Memento and A Clockwork Orange, both of which I've heard belong in this thread (I'm surprised no one's said ACO yet).

And I'll add to the list, Apocalypse Now!, Se7en, and the Evil Dead movies.

I can't believe I'm not the only one on here that watched that, I would also like to add Donnie Darko and Frailty.

Apocalypse Now! & Se7en were both great but both did big business and Apocalypse Now! was nominated for Best Picture as was A Clockwork Orange, another of my favorites which definitely fits in this category. I love Kubrick's films : Dr. Strangelove, 2001 - A Space Odyssey & A Clockwork Orange... classics all and all fit in this category. I highly recommend them all as well as just about everthing Kubrick ever made.

Apocalypse Now was a great movie. Not sure if it quite fits into this thread. Except for the acting of Marlon Brando, of course.