trainspotting

moulin rouge (ewan n' nicole)

lust for life (bout van gogh

rude boy (bout the clash)

vincent and theo (bout van gogh bros)

pulp fiction

Bullets Over Broadway

"No! Dont Speak!"

House of Sand and Fog?

Lleena said:

A Were-Git in London?

Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon
has beatiful cinematography
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"Naked"

smellmyfunk said:

Yes yes

Not sure you'd like what I'd pick.

They all have women eating.

Ace!!! You must listen to me on this one!!! Trust me!!!!

"Cannibal: The Musical"

This was done by the creators of South Park while they were still in college (at my alma mater, the University of Colorado, Boulder). It's a HILARIOUS movie about a Colorado historical figure who ended up eating his entire band of companions as they headed from Utah to Breckinridge, Colorado in search of gold. I promise you that you will laugh your ass off on this one and I recommend it to anyone who's in the mood for a good laugh!

OK. The big problem with this question, is it's almost impossible to find epic/cinematography and relationship/comedy all in one film. It just doesn't happen. Relationship comedies are character-focused so they tend to take place in living rooms not sweeping deserts.

Here are some great films that are high drama, relationship-oriented, great cinematography for the Plasma, and bleak.

The Piano
Fanny & Alexander (3.5 hours can be considered epic)
Eyes Wide Shut
And don't forget Gone With The Wind
La Dolce Vita
Amelie (already mentioned)
Days of Heaven!!!!


Before Sunrise is a delightful relationship movie with no cinematography at all
Mystery Train is smart, minimalist comedy

Best Movies I've seen in 2004, that I can recall right now in my drunken state:

Standing in the Shadow of Motown
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Sex And Lucia
Love the Hard Way
Shattered Glass
City of God
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Secret Lives of AlterBoys
Saved!
Mean Girls

heartbeatocean said:

Sorry, I meant
Before Sunset the recent film by Richard Linklater
I haven't seen Before Sunrise, his earlier one

It sounds like you two have really different tastes in films.

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sweetserene said:

Oh that's on my list too! And Love Actually!!!

doctormcmeekle said:

So Byron and I

dreamfactory313 said:

JOHN!!!

Ok my fav movie ever is footloose...but that is total cheese

Some others that I suggest are...

Bridgette Jones Diary...The Story of my life
Girl Interupted...I cried like a little baby
Malcolm X -Pretty fuckin epic if you ask me
Schindlers List -Another epic one that brought many tears to my eyes
Requiem for a Dream- Someone once suggested this and I watched it and I loved it.

Sweeny79 said:

oh I get it. I'm just generalizing for the sake of someone who knows nothing about the films. I'd say they're way closer to relationship movies than action flicks, sci fi, or horror. a little cinema verité in there, a little My Dinner With Andre. Indeed, hard to categorize.

heartbeatocean said:

yup, very hard... but WAY worth watching

Sweeny79 said:

Yeah, I just wandered into the end of Before Sunset while waiting for another movie to start, then stayed to watch the whole thing after watching my other movie. I woke up the next morning feeling like a changed person!!! That's a rare movie that can do that for you.

heartbeatocean said:

yeah I know what you mean i actually just watched it... the look in his eyes as he watches her dance and she says " Baby, your gonna miss your plane" and he goes " I know" like that was his plan all along... yowsa if I ever wanted to crawl into a movie it was that moment... really floored me. But i'm drunk lonley and romantic right now so...

sweetserene said:

Agreed Btw sweetserene, you have EXCELLENT taste in movies! Every one of your choices gets the thumbs up from me

Here's more suggestions:

GOODFELLAS
Chicago
Coming to America
21 Grams

Requiem for a Dream, City of God, House of Sand & Fog, Pulp Fiction (already mentioned)

wow. A couple of serious films mixed with Eddie murphy's "coming to america"? good stuff....."requiem....." was alright. Fun to see Marlon Wayans beign serious. Jennifer is hot.

CalhounSq said:

Thank you

I especially agree with your choice of Chicago... cinematography and attractive women, a good compromise Ace...

danielboon said:

subhuman09 said:

heartbeatocean said:

It's not an epic, but Manhattan has gorgeous cinematography. So does Stardust Memories. But she's not big on Woody.



Love it. But the sex-quotient is probably too high for her.


Seem 'em all.

Lleena said:

I will consider Bladerunner since it seems to be held in such high esteem by people whose taste I respect. I'll ask her if she's seen it.

Keep those cards and letters comin', folks!

Have I mentioned I like documentaries?