Sinewav Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hey guys. My manager at Blockbuster is allowing me to mail-order 1 movie this week that we don't carry in the store. I have no idea what to rent... suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 City of God Oldboy Persona M Ran The General Un Chien Andalou (lol) The Third Man Ugestu Seven Samurai Aguirre, Wrath of God Grave of the Fireflies Let the Right one in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Dark City (Matrix-y) Re-Cycle (Horror meets Alice in Wonderland) Twelve Monkeys (Time travel etc.) Chocolate (Girl beats people up, then beats more people up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycepops Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Chocolate (Girl beats people up, then beats more people up) This this this this this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I dunno how obscure it is over there but jap film Battle Royale is epic. Pretty obscure in uk anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Nice pick. The new(-ish) Zatoichi is pretty cool. Chocolate (Girl beats people up, then beats more people up) Not to mention she learns how to beat people up by watching Tony Jaa movies. I think Blockbuster probably carries Dark City, Twelve Monkeys, and City of God. I second Oldboy, along with any of Chan-Wook Park's other movies (except maaaybe Thirst). Definitely not for people with weak stomachs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I dunno how obscure it is over there but jap film Battle Royale is epic. Pretty obscure in uk anyway. I was gonna mention battle royale, buuuuuutttttttt...... well, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Pitch Black. Dunno if it counts as obscure, but I haven't found it in any of the stores I've been to. Gotta get it online then. But me be scared with handing out of credit card number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-RoN Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Not sure if it's already there: Napolean Dynamite. The humour is so dry, but if you can look past the awkwardness, it can be extremely funny at times. Stupid humour has the ability to break a smirk IMO. Also, Kung POW. Spoof of most 70s kung fu films with Steve Odekirk inserted in vintage 70s clips. There's a battle in there with a cow that yells EPIC WIN at the end. And the villian has some of the best one-liners. Yeah, I'm the king of obscure when it comes to recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 the medicine show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeAuto Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Six String Samurai. Very hard to find, but oh... so worth it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118736/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flare4War Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 The Protector (The plot is cheesy as fuck, but the martial art choreography is awesome.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hal Hartley's Trust. Good luck finding it, and you probably won't like it, but to me it's a classic. Just showed it to Anna for the first time last night. Major bonus points to anyone here who's seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 1 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Everything is illuminated. Its one of the few movies that actually seems to give more and more everytime you watch it. I love it for its habit of revealing something new you didn't pick up on last time each time you watch it. One of, if not the, best movie I have ever watched. It also portrays Elijah Wood (aka FRODO ) as the main character, but that's the only real "mainstream" actor in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Everything is illuminated. Its one of the few movies that actually seems to give more and more everytime you watch it. I love it for its habit of revealing something new you didn't pick up on last time each time you watch it. One of, if not the, best movie I have ever watched. It also portrays Elijah Wood (aka FRODO ) as the main character, but that's the only real "mainstream" actor in the movie. I'll echo that one. Also, great music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Never seen it, but I just thought I'd take this opportunity to gloat that that I saw Gogol Bordello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Never seen it, but I'm inclined to now that I've actually seen Gogol Bordello (shameless brag). Bastard. Anna and I were standing in the 9:30 club, MINUTES away from catching them, when some bad appetizers we had earlier at Gordon Biersch caught up with us, and we had to make a quick exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Calamari Wrestler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke'G Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 UHF Kung Pow: Enter the Fist Deterrence Gojira Rock N Rule Versus Battle Royale Hard Boiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ella guro Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hal Hartley's Trust. Good luck finding it, and you probably won't like it, but to me it's a classic. Just showed it to Anna for the first time last night. Major bonus points to anyone here who's seen it. My brother loves that movie, but I've never seen it. The only Hal Hartley I've seen is The Book of Life, and that was because of PJ Harvey (I <3 her 800 times). I thought it was a good movie though - he has a really interesting style of very stiff acting and fourth-wall breaking but he's also extremely sincere at the same time, which I like a lot. I was a film major at school so I'm all over this movie recommendations stuff. I wish you guys were a little more specific with what type of movie you wanna see, but here are some of my favorites anyway with the directors noted (these aren't necessarily obscure, just some of my favorite movies): 1. Inland Empire (Lynch) 2. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch) 3. Mirror (Tarkovsky) 4. Stalker (Tarkovsky) 5. Cries and Whispers (Bergman) 6. Pierrot Le Fou (Godard) 7. Vivre Sa Vie (Godard) 8. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie (Bunuel) 9. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Rivette) 10. Paris, Texas (Wenders) 11. Night of the Hunter (Laughton) 12. 8 1/2 (Fellini) 13. Nights of Cabiria (Fellini) 14. The Long Goodbye (Altman) 15. Videodrome (Cronenberg) 16. Blade Runner (Scott) 17. Network (Lumet) 18. Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais) 19. Au Hasard Balthazar (Bresson) 20. Brazil (Gilliam) 21. Faces (Cassavetes) 22. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky) 23. Persona (Bergman) 24. Wild Strawberries (Bergman) 25. The Third Man (Reed) 26. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog) 27. High and Low (Kurosawa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrich Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 wtf @ the guy recommending napolean dynamite. obscure my fuzzy ass i'll echo oldboy primarily because it's the best damn foreign film i've seen next to the non-dubbed police story. sweet and lowdown is a great and lesser known flick with sean penn; he does a pretty great job with the egotistical, misunderstood rockstar role. primer is a time travel mindfuck that boasts an insane replay value (to me anyway). nic cage's acting in adaptation rivals his older classic movies, and who can forget david lynch's blue velvet and lost highway? most of these i realize are pseudo-obscure since a lot of film outlets regard them as timeless gems, but they're put plainly some of my personal favorites that i think any movie buff should watch if you want a decent cheatsheet to refer to, check out empire's top 500. goes great with a netflix subscription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brycepops Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Black Dynamite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinaddar Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 A movie I haven't seen in any store or rental place in years... Double Dragon. Don't know how it stacks up against most of the movies in this thread (eg you probably won't like it as much), but it's definitely obscure. I've honestly only seen it once when I was a little kid... But I remember it in the same way I remember the Turtles movies, so... it might be funny to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 I was a film major at school so I'm all over this movie recommendations stuff. I wish you guys were a little more specific with what type of movie you wanna see, but here are some of my favorites anyway with the directors noted (these aren't necessarily obscure, just some of my favorite movies) I'm in school for video production, so I'm a bit of a film geek too. I'm actually kind of surprised to see that I've watched quite a few of these (nonetheless, lots of great recommendations). As far as my preferences go, I left it open ended on purpose because I'll generally watch anything if it's engaging... but if you must know, my favorites tend to be movies that are highly emotionally engaging and/or full of action. Or funny. Normally, I'd enjoy the slower paced and the mind screwy stuff, but my ADHD has been flaring up real bad lately. When I'm in moods like this, my top list consists of stuff like Leon the Professional, UHF, Hard Boiled, Shoot 'Em Up, The Breakfast Club, Man on Fire, Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz, Kill Bill, Total Recall, anything by Pixar... (for the life of me I can't think of any more well-known emotional ones, even though there are tons of them, but I love those too). Everything from the mindless to the heartbreaking. It's a pretty broad range, so if you're debating not suggesting it, go ahead and throw it out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhead Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 The Holy Mountain. Guaranteed to be the weirdest yet most stunning movie you've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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