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If you haven't seen it, rent the original Shall We Dance. If for no other reason than to have something to compare the JLo/Richard Gere movie to. ALso I hear The Station Agent is pretty good. As a matter of fact I plan to rent that this weekend.

Oh and Die Mommie Die is good campy fun.

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Added Die Mommie Die to my list. That looks fun. The Station Agent sounds too serious... not sure I'm up for that.

Is the 1995 Japanese film "Shall We Dance" the original? That's all Blockbuster has listed, although even it isn't available yet.

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Is the 1995 Japanese film "Shall We Dance" the original?
Yes it is. The difference between the two (IMO) is you get all these undertones that about Japenese society that are part of the reason that he starts taking dance lessons and why he keeps it a secret. I'm really bad at describing stuff, but sereaously, it's a good movie. Bravo sometimes airs it as well.

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I watched Station Agent today. It wasn't too serious at all. Actually had some pretty funny moments in it. It may best be decribed as one of those movies where a group of misfits become friends.

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Here are a bunch:

The Station Agent
Secondhand Lions
Evelyn
A Walk On the Moon
Wonderland
Maurice
Latter Days
October Sky
Mystery Alaska
Y Tu Mama Tambien
J'en Suis (not sure if they have that one)
Being At Home with Claude
A Knight's Tale
Billy Elliot
Calendar Girls
Far From Heaven
Gosford Park
Laurel Canyon
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My House in Umbria
Seabiscuit
Sweet Home Alabama
The Recruit
Trembling Before G-d (documentary)
To Be and To Have (documentary)
Spellbound (documentary)
Searching for Debra Winger (documentary)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (live performance, starring Nathan Lane)

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Aaaaaah! Too many all at once! LOL Obviously I've seen Latter Days, since I'm the one who started

latterdaysfans. LOL I've seen a couple others on there too. Just added "Laurel Canyon" and "The Recruit" to my queue. Having a gorgeous guy in the movie helps, you know? hehe

Of all of those on the list though, do you have maybe 3 or so that really stand out for you?

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They are all great films, but if I could only pick three, 2 would be Secondhand Lions and A Walk on the Moon. The third would much harder but I'm going to pick October Sky (just edging out Wonderland.) It's an older film but an excellent one.

I didn't actually list my all time favourite movie ever because I guessed you'd probably already seen it. It's Rear Window.

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Added A Walk on the Moon. Secondhand Lions doesn't really sound like my kind of thing.

And yes, I've seen - and LOVE - Rear Window. Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart... fabulous.

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Secondhand Lions doesn't really sound like my kind of thing.

Trust me on this one. It doesn't sound like anyone's kind of movie but I don't know a single soul who has seen it who didn't love it. That includes probably a thousand customers who like all kids of films, of all different ages. It's the only movie in the entire time I've worked at Blockbuster where every single person who saw it loved it. They would seek us out to tell us how great it was.

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Huh. Well, okay. I'll keep it in mind. My list is getting way too long now though. LOL

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Far from Heaven. Another quite nuanced performace.

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That just went on my list. Thanks hon!

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How about schlock horror?

Dog Soldiers is a very funny werewolf movie with a british cast.

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OMG - that looks hilarious!! Thanks Finn!

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Cruel Intentions. The Faculty. The original Star Wars, if you haven't seen it. 21 Grams. Lost in Translation. Erm... I could reccomend some enjoyable trash, but I'm not going to.

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kindoftrouble.livejournal.com

Oh, and Velvet Goldmine :) I totally adore/worship that film. It actually RULES.

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I disagree. LMAO But a few friends of mine *love* it, so I think you just have to like the style. It's too.. weird, for me :P

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I'm so glad, I thought I was the only one who just didn't like Velvet Goldmine.

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It's pretty to look at but, I found it confusing and pretentious.

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Cruel Intentions! That was one I wanted to see and couldn't remember. Thanks!!

Seen Star Wars. Seen Velvet Goldmine, but wouldn't mind seeing it again. I'll have to look up those other ones...

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I would also go for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind if you like real quirky romance-drama.

Mulholland Dr. was a good one too.

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I've heard good things about Eternal Sunshine, but Jim Carrey irritates me. Even in non-comedy roles.

Mulholland Dr looks bizarre... but then it is David Lynch.

Got anything where I can see Gale Harold on a motorcycle, or something that would have a similar ::cough:: effect on me? ROFL

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Oh Gael Garcia Bernal has a movie, it may just be hitting the theaters called: Motorcycle Diaries that I'll probably see because I like Gael & I watch pretty much anything Pedro Almovador makes.

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phibetafunkay.livejournal.com

LMAO! Dude, "Wake" is on the Netflix queue, but I haven't heard if anyone even got it in the mail from them yet.

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Hee! Actually, I'm the proud owner of a copy of Wake on VHS. Yay me!!! I'll still buy the DVD when/if it comes out though. Good movie. And Gale riding a motorcycle will always make me hot. hehehe

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If you haven't seen it, Better Than Chocolate is a great lesbian romance/comedy. One of my favorites, not mainstream, but a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

Dreamcatcher wasn't half bad...I enjoyed it

The Butterfly Effect was a great movie. Ashton Kutcher stars...and my hubby kept asking me for the first half an hour if i was sure that it wasn't 'Brian from QaF'! LOL

Enjoy!

Em

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I was suprised at how good Butterfly Effect was becasue it seemed to me that they marketed it more like yet another Ashton goof ball movie.

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lierdumoa.livejournal.com

Really? It seemed to me that they marketed it like a sci-fi thriller. People might have taken it as goofball marketing because at that point they just weren't prepared to take him seriously

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I wondered about The Butterfly Effect... maybe I will check that one out. Will look up the others too. Thanks!

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drkcherry.livejournal.com

I'm thinking about switching from Netflix to Blockbuster. What's the diff other than pricing by about $2 give or take? I also hear Amazon.com is getting into the renting act.

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I tried the Blockbuster thing for my free ipod thing and loved it. I will be up front and admit that I work for Blockbuster but I thought it was great. I got my movies really fast, the slection was better than even what's in the stores and they send you coupons for free in-store rentals as well.

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drkcherry.livejournal.com

I got a flyer from them, but I didn't actually check it out. I know I really have to work to find something to rent from Netflix. I hate paying $23 a month and not really taking advantage of it.

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Don't know. Never used Netflix. ::shrug::

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joesther.livejournal.com

Just reading this thread for the movie recs, but OMG THAT ICON!!

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That's one of my old X-Files manipulations. You can find them here: http://www.squidge.org/~jenepherre/manips.html

The icon on this post is another one of them.

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Right now it's cheaper than Netflix. I think the have an intro special for 2 weeks free and then $17.95 a month as opposed to Netflix's $21.95. Plus you could help someon out with their freeiPod thingy.

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A favorite movie of mine is Get Real. It's gay british high school drama with forbidden love and sooo good. A REALLY fabulous movie. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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I'd also recommend The Crow & Trainspotting

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