The Best Movie You Didn't See This Year

[Furtherman]

<p>Let's hear your recommendations.</p><p>I'm not talking about a movie that ended up on Monday's Box Office report, I'm talking the smaller, independent or just not as popular movies.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My pick: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421238/" target="_blank">The Proposition</a></p><p>A great film about Irish outlaw brothers&nbsp;and the British Captain who is hired to capture them in the Australian Outback in the 1800's.&nbsp; Brothers wanted for a horrible crime, one brother is sent to kill another in order to save the youngest.&nbsp; It's bloody and beautiful.&nbsp; And written by Nick Cave!</p><p>If you have Cablevision, it is available now On Demand.&nbsp; Dial it up!</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[GonzoStyle]

<p>Well i'd have said &quot;little miss sunshine&quot; a few months ago but apparently now that its hit dvd, everyone has seen it.</p><p>But one movie I do reccomend is &quot;<strong>Brick&quot; </strong>it's a very entertaining and updated noir, or neo noir. Basically take one of the old detective noirs from the 40's, make it current with a bunch of high schoolers and not as well directed but pretty well acted and written.</p>

[KC2OSO]

I walked out on <strong>Babel </strong>though I probably should have stayed.&nbsp; I was really enjoying it but my wife was having a hard time with it so we left.&nbsp; She didn't like the chicken part.&nbsp; If/when it goes to DVD I'll rent it.

[ShelleBink]

<strong>KC2OSO</strong> wrote:<br />I walked out on <strong>Babel </strong>though I probably should have stayed.&nbsp; I was really enjoying it but my wife was having a hard time with it so we left.&nbsp; She didn't like the chicken part.&nbsp; If/when it goes to DVD I'll rent it. <p>I met the producer of the film and was going to see the premiere, but missed it coz of a previous engagement.&nbsp; I wish I had seen it, but I'll check it out soon enough.</p>

[angelinad128]

I never got a chance to see The Departed.

[MadMatt]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br />I never got a chance to see The Departed. <p>Good movie, but over-hyped.&nbsp; Very enjoyable, but not the best I have ever seen.</p><p>I thought <strong>Man on Fire</strong> was a great movie.&nbsp; It's everything <strong>The Punisher</strong> <em>should</em> have been.</p><p><strong>Inside Man</strong> was also a great flick that was a lot better than I expected it would be.</p><p>These two might have been mentioned too many times to count in this thread, but I haven't seen too many movies this year.</p>

[Fallon]

I saw The Good Shepherd last week and thought Matt Damon was fantastic, but the movie in a whole was just okay.

[Don Stugots]

<strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br />I never got a chance to see The Departed. <p>Good movie, but over-hyped. Very enjoyable, but not the best I have ever seen.</p><p>I thought <strong>Man on Fire</strong> was a great movie. It's everything <strong>The Punisher</strong> <em>should</em> have been.</p><p><strong>Inside Man</strong> was also a great flick that was a lot better than I expected it would be.</p><p>These two might have been mentioned too many times to count in this thread, but I haven't seen too many movies this year.</p><p>&nbsp;i wanted to see the departed but for some reason it never happened.&nbsp; Matt, i thought the same thing about the punisher.&nbsp; </p>

[EffMeBoobs]

<strong>GonzoStyle</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Well i'd have said &quot;little miss sunshine&quot; a few months ago but apparently now that its hit dvd, everyone has seen it.</p><p>But one movie I do reccomend is &quot;<strong>Brick&quot; </strong>it's a very entertaining and updated noir, or neo noir. Basically take one of the old detective noirs from the 40's, make it current with a bunch of high schoolers and not as well directed but pretty well acted and written.</p><p>Brick is a great movie, I enjoyed it.&nbsp; The best part was how it ended with The Pin.</p>

[yomudder21]

Little Children is a great movie with great writing and acting.&nbsp; The middle got a bit slow and the movie didn't need to be as long as it was but it was a very interesting film.

[Jujubees2]

<font size="2"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Shoot, if the movie wasn't made by Dream Works or Pixar I didn't see it this year.&nbsp; I don't have much free time and when I do, the wife suggests we take the kids to the movies.<span>&nbsp; </span>I did get us tickets to Avenue Q for Christmas!</span></p></font>

[zildjian361]

<p>The Prestige </p>

[JoeYaDeadHomey]

<p>im with zildjian the prestige. very very good, not a lot of people saw it, and just great performances all around.&nbsp; plus scarlett johanssen in a corset. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>my personal pick go see the last kiss. kind of a chick flick for guys. i loved it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>let the personal attacks begin ^_^ </p>

[epo]

<strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br />I saw The Good Shepherd last week and thought Matt Damon was fantastic, but the movie in a whole was just okay. <p>I saw it also.&nbsp; Good, not great.&nbsp; Of course it probably didn't help that DeNiro took 2:40 to tell that story.&nbsp; </p><p>However, thumbs up to Angelina for looking fucking spectacular.&nbsp; </p>

[GonzoStyle]

<strong>EffMeBoobs</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>GonzoStyle</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Well i'd have said &quot;little miss sunshine&quot; a few months ago but apparently now that its hit dvd, everyone has seen it.</p><p>But one movie I do reccomend is &quot;<strong>Brick&quot; </strong>it's a very entertaining and updated noir, or neo noir. Basically take one of the old detective noirs from the 40's, make it current with a bunch of high schoolers and not as well directed but pretty well acted and written.</p><p>Brick is a great movie, I enjoyed it.&nbsp; The best part was how it ended with The Pin.</p><p>that motherfucker was one bad ass kid</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>epo</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br />I saw The Good Shepherd last week and thought Matt Damon was fantastic, but the movie in a whole was just okay. <p>I saw it also.&nbsp; Good, not great.&nbsp; Of course it probably didn't help that DeNiro took 2:40 to tell that story.&nbsp; </p><p>However,<font style="background-color: #ffff00"> thumbs up to Angelina for looking fucking spectacular</font>.&nbsp; </p><p>Awwe! Thanks!! Your so sweet!!&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[epo]

<strong>angelinad128</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>epo</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br />I saw The Good Shepherd last week and thought Matt Damon was fantastic, but the movie in a whole was just okay. <p>I saw it also.&nbsp; Good, not great.&nbsp; Of course it probably didn't help that DeNiro took 2:40 to tell that story.&nbsp; </p><p>However,<font style="background-color: #ffff00"> thumbs up to Angelina for looking fucking spectacular</font>.&nbsp; </p><p>Awwe! Thanks!! Your so sweet!!&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="20" height="20" /></p><p>Despite rumors to the contrary, I really am a sweetheart.&nbsp; <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/happy.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Never saw Letters from Iwo Jima. Didn't see Flags of Our Fathers either.

[FUNKMAN]

<p>i saw two movies this year, King Kong and Saw III</p><p>yuck!!!!!</p>

[yarpwizard]

<p><font size="2"><strong>Never saw Babel....when was it out.</strong></font><br />&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<p>really how can we say whats the best movie we never saw </p><p>if we never saw it ???</p><p>basically it'd have to be a tie between every movie you didnt see</p>

[Ritalin]

<p>Man on Fire is definitely on my most underrated films list. </p><p>I don't know if it came out this year, but I caught Thank you for Smoking on the in demand a couple of days ago, and I thought that was really good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[DJEvelEd]

I haven't seen the Good Shepard only because the bootleg guy in Jersey City disappeared. I don't pay for shit anymore. I'd rather watch movies at home where I can pause and rewind if I missed something good. I can tell people to &quot;shut the fuck up&quot; in my house too.

[Dan 'Hampton]

I saw Babel last night courtesy of Netflix and have to say that the acting in it was far superior to Departed. Don't get me wrong I liked the Departed but the ending of it seemed like the easy way out.

[klaus_kinski_Jr]

Brick
The Prestige
This Film Is Not Yet Rated


all well worth your viewing time

[burrben]

<p>my personal pick go see the last kiss. kind of a chick flick for guys. i loved it.


i really liked the last kiss too

i thought half nelson was a great film. great acting

[cougarjake13]

children of men

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Keep an eye out for Out of the Blue. I saw it at the Toronto International Film Festival last year but I don't think it has US distribution yet.

From the IMDB: Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13-14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana,a small New Zealand seaside village. It came in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped in the village for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and underarmed local policeman risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. By dawn 13 people lay dead. This is a true story.

A tough one to watch but well worth it.

[A.J.]

I never got a chance to see The Departed.

Nor did I.

[hedges]

Haven't seen "Borat".