Help, please

[anigo]

As you may know, I got a DVD player for Christmas.

I've found out that the local blockbuster video can rent me four not new releases for $10 Canadian (that's $142,805.23 US, not a bad deal)

Anyway, everytime I get to the video store my mind goes COMPLETELY blank, and I can't remember any older movies I wanted to see.

Give me some suggestions.

Anything - any genre, anything.

Comments

[64tbird.livejournal.com]

Shakespeare in Love

American Beauty

LA Story (I love Steve Martin)

First Knight

Tomb Raider (the first one)

X-Men (the first one)

Vacation - with Chevy Chase

The first three Lethal Weapon movies(god they are funny and cathartic)

Oldies:
Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant - oh GOOD
Inside Daisy Clover with Natalie Wood and Robert Redford

Try the IMDB and see if they have a sort by Award type thing. Or randomly type in actors you like.

[gunhed.livejournal.com]

IMDb is great and if they don't have an Award section they do have their Top Movies section which is pretty cool.

I also like to check out which DVD's have "Easter Eggs." Those are extra features that don't show up on the menu - you have to hunt for them (hence the name, Easter Eggs). You can find a lot of DVD related web sites that point them out but my favorite is The Easter Egg Archive.

[anigo.livejournal.com]

I dig these kinds of things. There's another place that you can look these up - sort of a.. crap, the name is leaving me at the moment... urban legends, that's it. I'll try to find it when I get back from picking the kid up and post the link.

[64tbird.livejournal.com]

Parenthood - another great Steve Martin movie

He Said, She Said - Kevin Bacon
(Almost any Kevin Bacon movie from Flatliners to Tremors)

On Golden Pond

The Birdcage

Just about anything with Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act being the best.

[simonmarshall.livejournal.com]

How new is not new? Things like Mullholland Drive are excellent, but only a couple of years old..

[anigo.livejournal.com]

I dunno, anything not considered a new release at Block Buster - say... 6 - 12 months released on video?

[gunhed.livejournal.com]

There's a lot that I would recommend but can't think of right now. Two right off the top of my head would be Moulin Rouge and The Others.

[anigo.livejournal.com]

Ah, you missed the earlier post that said I got Moulin Rouge for Christmas. It's by far, hands down, the best movie in the world - the only movie I've watched twice in theatres and have watched about 10 times since christmas!

[gunhed.livejournal.com]

Actually I did see that one but forgot to comment on it. Check out this page for some really cool Easter Eggs on that DVD.

[anigo.livejournal.com]

Ah, sadly they all appear to be on the second cd of the two cd set, and I only got the one cd version. :(

A few more...

[gunhed.livejournal.com]

Big Trouble in Little China.
Men In Black.
Independance Day.
Anatomy of a Murder.
Dark City.
Terminator 2 Special Edition (has a third version of the movie with an alternate ending).
Anything starring the Marx Brothers.