Favorite Movie that isn't so obvious...

let's excuse the "Godfather"'s and the "Citizen Kane"'s and those super Oscar Winning movies... let's think about the awesome movies that don't have as much recognition...

my not-so-obvious favorite movie would be Fight Club. If you watch it more than once, you see that the whole movie was thought up a great deal...and i'm thinking of getting the book soon.

Memento is a fantastic movie that im pretty sure not a lot of people have seen. The whole movie is played in reverse as the lead charactor with no short term memory tries to find out who killed his wife.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/

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i dont really have any favorite movies with little recognition

Donnie Darko,Hardboiled,Gattaca,Equilibrium.Carbine_Wasted

I heard that movie had an ending that was gonna blow my mind i've been meaning to see it!

Donnie Darko,Hardboiled,Gattaca,Equilibrium.Carbine_Wasted

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i dont really have any favorite movies with little recognition

hormagaunt

Then you havent seen enough.

Check out Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko, Being John Malcovich, American History X, and Waking life, then report back.

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say hello to my lil fren!

i dont really have any favorite movies with little recognition

MythofSisyphus

Then you havent seen enough.

Check out Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko, Being John Malcovich, American History X, and Waking life, then report back.

oh man american history x was a movie to remember...edward norton is really a brilliant actor especially when you factor in the rolls he's played (neo-nazi in american history x...i don't know what you can call it in fight club without spoiling the ending...)

Pi. Doubt many people here have seen it.MythofSisyphus

I own it. It's good.

I saw Memento when it came out in theaters. It's also good.

My choice for a great movie that flew under the radar of mass appeal is Lost in Translation. It was critically acclaimed but wasn't hugely successful financially. It's not overly cerebral and doesn't pretend to be. It just perfectly captures the experience of loneliness and discontentedness.

I also think Lessons of Darkness by Werner Herzog is a powerful film.

Although it was successful, I never though of Ghostbusters as a huge favorite movie, even though it is mine. Maybe it's just me really.

[QUOTE="Carbine_Wasted"]Donnie Darko,Hardboiled,Gattaca,Equilibrium.MissRiotmaker

Yep, one of my alltime favorites. Donnie Darko is great...I didn't like the director's cut, though. That computer stuff at the end kind of cheapened the story for me. The theatrical release had a more mysterious air about it.

[QUOTE="MissRiotmaker"][QUOTE="Carbine_Wasted"]Donnie Darko,Hardboiled,Gattaca,Equilibrium.iwokojance

Yep, one of my alltime favorites. Donnie Darko is great...I didn't like the director's cut, though. That computer stuff at the end kind of cheapened the story for me. The theatrical release had a more mysterious air about it.

Agreed. The theatrical release is much better... the whole pages of the book thing ruined it for me. took out the mystery, as you said. part of the fun of watching donnie darko is saying wtf at the end, and then trying to forulate your own theory as to what the hell actually happend.

Hot Fuzz

Memento is a fantastic movie that im pretty sure not a lot of people have seen. The whole movie is played in reverse as the lead charactor with no short term memory tries to find out who killed his wife.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/

lolfiretruck

I love that film. I bought it on DVD without ever seeing it before. I knew the basic plot outline, but when I found out the whole thing was going in reverse I thought it was an awesome way to make the movie.