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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:34 PM
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Ok- recommend some REALLY good movies to rent.....
I joined blockbuster online, 14.99/mo with three movies out at a time. I am building my list and need to fill it up.Please tell me what I should see and why you enjoyed it. It doesn't have to be a new one, just one you enjoyed.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:36 PM
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1. Ha ha ha ha ooooh no.
Don't you remember when Blockbuster fined you?
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:40 PM
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6. Never been a member
There are no late fees on this.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:36 PM
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2. Liberty Heights
It's by Barry Levinson and set in the 1950s....revolves around two brothers who are Jewish and growing up in the Baltimore area..handles issues of race and a changing America very well.

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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:39 PM
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5. Plus, Adrien Brody is in it.
Seeing my future husband will be a thrill for you.

:)
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:57 PM
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11. I really don't want to hijack a thread...BUT....I
think we will have to discuss Arian Brody's future wedding plans....

After all I am working on the chuppah as we speak and the rabbi has already been chosen....














*um this is joke...don't think I am that delusional to think someone as gorgeous as AB would be seen w/me!!!
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:07 PM
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17. That level of work is impressive, but...
I even sat through "The Singing Detective".
Did you?
Huh?
Didn't think so (it wasn't that good and Adrien's part was really small!).

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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:41 PM
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7. I enjoyed that movie.
It was a really good flick! Great suggestion though!
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:36 PM
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3. What kind of movies do you like?
gotta start with something, you know.
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:51 PM
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9. Fair enough.
I enjoy movies that tell an interesting story and spark the imagination. Hidden humor is a plus, I hate the obvious Jerry Lewis type of gags.

I enjoyed movies such as;
Always
The gods must be crazy
The original "around the world in 80 days"

I also loved;
Thelma & Louise
The long kiss goodnight
My cousin Vinny
Goodfella's
Casino
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bmovies Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:37 PM
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24. Try....
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:37 PM
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4. Giant.
An oldie, but Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean are wonderful in it.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:44 PM
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8. Some I enjoyed
Big Fish
Butterfly Effect
Man on Fire
Goodfellas
Godfather all 3 of them
The Village
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Gone with the wind


there's more .. but I'm drawing a blank LOL
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:54 PM
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10. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?
Was that good? I saw it and thought about it. I will check that one out!
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:59 PM
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14. Oh yeah....one of my friends surprised me when she
said she enjoyed that movie...this is a HYPER intellectual and HYPER critical person....She was the LAST person I expected to enjoy Harold and Kumar!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:09 PM
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18. it IS very funny!
I did enjoy it very much.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:58 PM
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12. Cool Hand Luke - Paul Newman and
The Last Detail with Jack Nicholson
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:43 PM
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26. "What we got here is a failure to communicate."
My favorite all time line from a movie. Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke... who was a neighbor of mine when I live in SoCal.
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alvis Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 07:59 PM
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13. Bubba Ho-tep
In honor of Ossie Davis. He was a very good John F Kennedy.


:)
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:01 PM
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15. Crimson Tide, nuclear sub thriller, Hackman, Denzel, My fav. nt
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:03 PM
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16. A Family Thing...
starring Robert Duval and James Earl Jones. You'll like it.
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phillysuse Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:46 PM
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19. All The President's Men
Timely since Deep Throat is apparently ill.

Besides, it will tell you how the mean stream media
has failed us now.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:30 AM
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30. Exactly what I was going to say...
Great movie and shows how lazy reporters are today. It was amazing watching these guys uncover Watergate. I read the book, also, and it is fascinating. If Watergate happened today, the lazy MSM would just sweep it under the carpet -- just like they do with everything else this crooked administration does.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 08:57 PM
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20. The Sting
Watch it again. One of the most perfect movies ever made.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:07 PM
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21. The sting is awesome. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is
another. Chemistry out the wazoo. Also, Hellboy is a total hoot. Loved it. Return of the Dog Soldiers (I think that's right) with
Tom Berringer. Wonderful, great movie.

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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:08 PM
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22. Whale Rider, Nights of Cabiria, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edited on Sat Feb-05-05 09:09 PM by sundog
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bmovies Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:18 PM
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23. BB sucks
I hate, hate, HATE blockbuster online. Their service sucks.

Got only 12 dvds in my first month and a half with Blockbuster (in comparison, I got 28 from Netflix even though I have been with them only one month and one week). Most dvds from them takes from 5-6 days in shipping. On several occasions, no movie came to me at all. And when I had a replacement sent to me (after waiting for a whole week) due to the missing movies, the replacement would disappear as well (after waiting another week). At one point, I went a whole 12 days without receiving a single dvd from them. In those same 12 days, Netflix had sent me 7 dvds.

On the 13th day I finally got in a dvd from Blockbuster. I also got 2 dvds from Netflix that same day. So, in those 13 days I got only one dvd from Blockbuster, but 9 from Netflix. Netflix is well worth the few extra dollars (only 1-2 days shipping).

I've already sent two or three complaining emails to BB, all to no avail. Still the same lousy service.

I'm not saying that will happen to you. Many of blockbusters customers are quite satisfied with the service, but in my experience its been nothing but a nightmare.


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webjamn Donating Member (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 09:43 PM
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25. Waking Ned Devine
It's a very funny Irish movie. Also rent Jeremiah Johnson wit
h Robert Redford.
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 10:35 PM
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27. Never Cry Wolf. Robocop (first one only). Whose Life Is it Any
Way?. Secondhand Lion.
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baba Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 11:39 PM
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28. Garden State. n/t
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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 11:40 PM
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29. Brazil, Valley of The dolls and
The Butterfly Effect
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:32 AM
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31. Some oldies...
Bringing up Baby (hilarious!!)

Singin' in the Rain

Caine Mutiny


Not an oldie but one of my favorites:

The Commitments
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 02:35 AM
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32. 12 Angry Men, Ran, any Richard Pryor concert
.
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