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Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 12:02:43 PM   
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ie. if some person likes the average movie x which great movie y should he/she watch?

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 12:04:07 PM   
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You are a film buff from what I've seen of your posts!

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 12:05:15 PM   
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I suppose I'll start: One of my best friends' favourite film is Derailed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailed)
Any films she might like?


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 12:05:48 PM   
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You are a film buff from what I've seen of your posts!
Hehe. Thanks. This is meant for people not on this forum.


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 12:54:28 PM   
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I suppose I'll start: One of my best friends' favourite film is Derailed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailed)
Any films she might like?



LINKS GOT SPOILERS!!!!!

if she likes all suspicion everyone playin everyone type films maybe 'Runaway Jury'?


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 2:44:17 PM   
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Well if she likes Derailed then she needs to start all over again 

i don't really remember much about it - one of those films that is fine to watch but not memorable in any way. Can you tell us if she likes the film because of the actors or just because she likes the whole blackmail plot?


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 5/5/2009 10:49:56 PM   
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I suppose I'll start: One of my best friends' favourite film is Derailed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailed)
Any films she might like?


Malice and Unfaithful (2002) perhaps?



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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 12:49:55 AM   
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Well I think the arthouse movies are out, and independent film. I'd say blockbusters like Iron Man? Who knows if she does like Derailed maybe Sleeping With the Enemy, Erin Brockovich, The Thomas Crown Affair, Unfaithful, Duplicity...

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 12:57:03 AM   
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 Aren't 'great' and 'bad' and 'average' purely subjective terms though? You or I can't define what's a great film for someone else, surely?


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 3:32:05 AM   
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If someone doesn't like movies, they probably don't watch too many movies, maybe they read more.
Should we recommend books instead of movies?

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 3:55:56 AM   
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 I get what the thread is trying to do.

If someone likes Face/Off, they should watch Hard Boiled.

If someone likes The Mummy, they should watch Raiders of the Lost Ark (duh).

If someone likes Disturbia, they should watch Rear Window.

If someone likes Epic Movie, they should be shot.


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 4:15:43 AM   
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 If Someone likes Face/Off they should watch The Killer, pronto.

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 11:40:43 AM   
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I get what the thread is trying to do.

If someone likes Face/Off, they should watch Hard Boiled.

If someone likes The Mummy, they should watch Raiders of the Lost Ark (duh).

If someone likes Disturbia, they should watch Rear Window.

If someone likes Epic Movie, they should be shot.



If someone like Star Wars, they should watch 2001: A Space Odyssey.



No wait...........

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 1:40:22 PM   
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 But what what I'm asking is, would you say if someone likes Raiders Of The Lost Ark they should watch The Mummy? Or if somebody likes Rear Window they should watch Disturbia?

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 4:32:44 PM   
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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 10/5/2009 4:36:12 PM   
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Or if somebody likes Rear Window they should watch Disturbia?
This is not what the thread is about, anyway. What I am trying to do is give people I know recs which they might enjoy based on their current taste.

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 12/5/2009 11:21:57 AM   
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If someone likes From Dusk Till Dawn they should check out Near Dark.





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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 12/5/2009 11:42:35 AM   
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If someone likes The Mist they should see The Thing




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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 12/5/2009 12:09:42 PM   
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If someone likes Gattaca they should give Code 46 a spin.




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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 12/5/2009 12:30:46 PM   
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If someone likes Twilight they should see Let the Right One In.



If someone likes Mulholland Drive they should give Don't Look Now a try.






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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 12/5/2009 9:24:06 PM   
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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 13/5/2009 7:18:21 AM   
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Droll.


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 13/5/2009 11:14:20 AM   
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ie. if some person likes the average movie x which great movie y should he/she watch?


If you like X then you should watch X2 but avoid X3.  

It works for:

X-Men
The Terminator
Star Wars
Robocop
Lethal Weapon
Mad Max
Austin Powers
Alien
Spider-Man
Batman
Beverly Hills Cop
Blade
The Godfather
Pirates of the Caribbean
Scream
The Matrix
Fellowship of the Ring


There are exceptions, like:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Back to the Future
A Fistful of Dollars
The Evil Dead



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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 13/5/2009 6:50:48 PM   
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If you like Fargo...



You should see The Young Poisoner's Handbook.




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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 13/5/2009 9:24:52 PM   
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Star Wars

ROTJ is the best Star Wars film/
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Spider-Man

If you like it, you should be shot.
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Batman

Which ones are you referring to?1989, Returns, Forever?
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The Godfather

May not live up to the first two, but part 3 is solid.
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Pirates of the Caribbean

I haven't even watched the 2nd one although I liked the first.

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Fellowship of the Ring

And leave it without a closure?
Anyway, that's not the point of this thread. My point is recommending good films based upon people's taste in average films.


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 18/5/2009 9:16:53 PM   
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If someone likes Mulholland Drive they should give Don't Look Now a try.

And Femme Fatale.


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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 18/5/2009 9:36:18 PM   
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Anyway, that's not the point of this thread. My point is recommending good films based upon people's taste in average films.



That's what I was trying to ask you at the start of this thread - how do you define a good movie as opposed to an average movie? Rotten Tomatoes? Imdb? It's purely subjective.

That said, any Micheal Bay fans should watch all of John Woo's HK output.





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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 18/5/2009 9:50:09 PM   
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That's what I was trying to ask you at the start of this thread - how do you define a good movie as opposed to an average movie? Rotten Tomatoes? Imdb? It's purely subjective.

That said, any Micheal Bay fans should watch all of John Woo's HK output.
Obviously taste is subjective, but this thread asks how people can be introduced into serious film lover's world. Whatever is popular here is more likely (though not certain) to be good than an average film that came out last week. I am aware that sounds snobby, but there is a reason why some films are more liked and respected here (or in any other serious film lover's place).

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 18/5/2009 10:00:46 PM   
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If someone likes Twilight they should see Let the Right One In.






I really don't think you can recommend Let The Right One In to someone who enjoyed Twilight, and vice versa. The only thing they have in common is vampires, which, in this case, does not mean you can compare the two films on anything other than their vampiric elements - which differ completely anyway!

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RE: Recommendations for people who aren't film buffs - 18/5/2009 10:19:13 PM   
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