anymore indie films to watch?

[SUfrenzyy]

What are some great indie films?


these are mine:

-eternal sunshine
-the science of sleep
-garden state
-Amélie
-Everything is Illuminated
-requiem of a dream


oh &&& how's ONCE, i haven't seen it yet ??

[reductiondesign]

Congratulations, you've listed one indie film, and you haven't seen it.

[neo506]

Congratulations, you've listed one indie film, and you haven't seen it.
haha I came in here to say the same thing

[colorlesscliche]

I think you've confused indie with hipster.

[RestingBird]

who cares if there not indie films you know what he means why are people such dicks on forums

[FondestMemory]

why dont people use punctuation on forums

[colorlesscliche]

If you want to make a credible discussion, you should probably know what you are talking about before doing so.

[RestingBird]

why dont people use punctuation on forums

Yes, where is your question mark?

[colorlesscliche]

That went over your head.

[RestingBird]

Jesus christ I know he was being sarcastic
Im just stating how peoplel are dicks on this forum for no reason and you're proving my point

[colorlesscliche]

I have a reason, so you're proving no point.

[CstSnow]

Haha, geeze this was pretty funny, but to the OP watch Reed Fish.

[RestingBird]

Why the fuck is there a reason?
People take shit way too seriously
Who cares if someone doesn't know what genre of film or genre of music the original poster just want to state how she liked the movies and wanted to watch similar ones

[CstSnow]

Easy there buddy, dont make a big deal out of it, you will just end up looking stupid, just like anyone else who gets angry on the internet.

[colorlesscliche]

Then I guess she should have said: I've watched these movies, could you recommend others like it? Not: I'm so fucking hip and watch shitty non-indie movies that I think are indie.

[RestingBird]

Not angry at all, tired of seeing people post and then get attacked by the next five posts

[Smash Adams]

since you've seen garden state you're done watching indie films

[colorlesscliche]

If she made an intelligent post, none of this would have happened. Plus, you're just taking it too far.

[summer skin]

since you've seen garden state you're done watching indie films
Wrong.
You forgot about The Last Kiss...

[CstSnow]

Then I guess she should have said: I've watched these movies, could you recommend others like it? Not: I'm so fucking hip and watch shitty non-indie movies that I think are indie.


While they definitely are not "indie" movies I wouldn't say all the movies she posted were shitty.

[uchiha]

I love how there are two pages of replies and not one is in response to his original question.

(and here is another reply that fails to answer it)

[CstSnow]

I love how there are two pages of replies and not one is in response to his original question.

(and here is another reply that fails to answer it)

Hey! I said that they should watch Reed Fish, haha.

[Jessooker]

Amelie isn't indie, it's foreign, none of them are actually indie.

[Chris Fallon]

Lol @ this thread

[FondestMemory]

reed fish was shit.

i hated that movie. i was mildly entertained til the bullshit they pulled in the middle. then i didn't give a fuck anymore. such a letdown.

[atticusfinch]

this thread is funny.

i'm going to the florida film festival this weekend to see Kabluey and possibly Cake Eaters.

[WakingTheMisery]

I'm going to suggest a few:

16 Candles
The Breakfast Club
High Fidelity

I hope they are indie enough. :)))

[chokeychicken]

lol

i love how people say stupid things and then call somebody "a dick" when they call them out on it.

the movies listed weren't indie. they are hipster movies with large followings and large budgets. the complete opposite of indie movies.

[gilatron5000]

Brick was pretty good.

[Getup and Dance]

Not indie, but on the lines you requested about.

A Scanner Darkly
I Heart Huckabees
King of California

[heyozzie]

i wanted so bad to like brick but i actually hated it.
scanner darkly was ok, but i heart huckabees was a bit below average. and i know someone is gonna say squid and the whale, which had its moments, but was overall disappointing.

not sure if 'the ten' by the stella guys (mostly david wain) would be indie, but its worth watching just for the catscan part.

if you have any interest in time travel or physics at all, go out and rent primer. it'll blow your mind.

also, shark attack 3: megaladon. it will blow your mind chief. and yes, i'm serious. (i'm not)

[Kif]

This thread is awesome.

[CstSnow]

reed fish was shit.

i hated that movie. i was mildly entertained til the bullshit they pulled in the middle. then i didn't give a fuck anymore. such a letdown.

blasphemy i love that movie

[FondestMemory]

i wanted so bad to like brick but i actually hated it.
scanner darkly was ok, but i heart huckabees was a bit below average. and i know someone is gonna say squid and the whale, which had its moments, but was overall disappointing.

not sure if 'the ten' by the stella guys (mostly david wain) would be indie, but its worth watching just for the catscan part.

if you have any interest in time travel or physics at all, go out and rent primer. it'll blow your mind.

also, shark attack 3: megaladon. it will blow your mind chief. and yes, i'm serious. (i'm not)

i, also, hated brick. agree on squid and the whale, it was mediocre at best. but i liked i heart huckabees a lot.

and primer is fucking fantastic.

blasphemy i love that movie

i just don't understand why it was done the way it was. i was digging it, up until the movie theater part. then i just fucking hated it. they had a good thing going, then fucking blew it by trying too hard to do something different. it could have been good, but it lost me in the middle. like, i was seriously pissed off.

schulyer fisk alone is worth watching it for though. giant crush on that chick.

[heyozzie]

and primer is fucking fantastic.



Yes! i was really hoping someone in this thread would have seen it. Probably one of the coolest/complex/multi-layered movies i've ever seen. very very under the radar.

[AShannon04]

I hated Brick and couldn't even make it all the way through the film. I just couldn't get into it at all. The dialog, which I know was done that way on purpose, just took away from the whole feeling of the movie, IMO.

[Jessooker]

I hated Brick and couldn't even make it all the way through the film. I just couldn't get into it at all. The dialog, which I know was done that way on purpose, just took away from the whole feeling of the movie, IMO.

I bought it over a year ago and I've only made through 20 minutes of it.

[PDon11]

The Piano Teacher for something dark and Rocket Science for something lighter.

[new_arbiter]

If you liked all those movies, I'd recommend The Station Agent.

[micahistheballs]

I Am Legend.

[Colorblind!]

I didn't understand Brick, but I liked it because imdb told me it was cool to like it.

Dude, Donnie Darko : THE indie film.

[lfdfforever]

Then I guess she should have said: I've watched these movies, could you recommend others like it? Not: I'm so fucking hip and watch shitty non-indie movies that I think are indie. eternal is amazing sir

[Jumpoff]

I enjoyed Brick. Was a fun to watch movie... but I watched it at like 4AM, so I would'ev considered most movies good.

Though nonindie, you should really check out:

Throne of Blood
Kaiden
Seppuku
12 Angry Men
City of God
Carindaru (sp?)

[whiteboypain]

I just peed a little...um, anyone have a napkin?

[ThexQuietxCull]

I didn't understand Brick, but I liked it because imdb told me it was cool to like it.

Dude, Donnie Darko : THE indie film.

GTFO

[ThexQuietxCull]

I enjoyed Brick. Was a fun to watch movie... but I watched it at like 4AM, so I would'ev considered most movies good.

Though nonindie, you should really check out:

Throne of Blood
Kaiden
Seppuku
12 Angry Men
City of God
Carindaru (sp?)

pretty decent list you are sporting there

[chokeychicken]

jesus, some people have some terrible movie taste in here.

[garggggh]

Most films aren't indie any more. Everything is owned by something more conglomerate.

Anyway, my tops lately:

Killer of Sheep
Network
All About Eve
Sunshine

I wish my goddamned Bergman downloads would work :(

[aminorthreat55]

It's amazing how well Network stands up after 30 years, and how much more poignant it is as well. Anyone wanting to go into journalism/media should be required to watch Network and Ace in the Hole on the first day.

[Colorblind!]

GTFO

LOL!
Seriously, you should know better.

[positive hearts]

Sunshine was really lame, when Freddy Krueger started killing people at the end, ugh. I thought that a few of the movies the original poster liked were quality films, even if they aren't street cool because they're indie or what have you. Eternal Sunshine is one of my all-time favorites. How about Eraserhead?

[Jessooker]

Sunshine was one of my favorite movies last year.

[Colorblind!]

Sunshine was not lame at all.

and I believe his name was "Todd Packer"
(apparently, some people need to be told I'm not being serious)

[Ravenna]

Throne of Blood


Maybe the best Shakespeare adaptation ever. you do well.


Dude, Donnie Darko : THE indie film.

not so much.

[Jumpoff]

Maybe the best Shakespeare adaptation ever. you do well.


Maybe, but I've yet to see Ran so I can't call it the best yet.

[Colorblind!]

not so much.

PEOPLE!
IT WAS A JOKE!
-_-

[Jumpoff]

PEOPLE!
IT WAS A JOKE!
-_-

It's hard to tell considering some people actually believe that.

[Ravenna]

Maybe, but I've yet to see Ran so I can't call it the best yet.
Haha I'm currently writing an essay on Ran for my Shakespeare class. I probably enjoy TOB more because I haven't had to write about it. You need to see it Ran though, one of the most gorgeous films ever made. The scale of the entire film is incredible, it puts nearly every 'epic' made in this century to shame.

[Colorblind!]

It's hard to tell considering some people actually believe that.

that's true, many do.
But I would not have survived this long on this site if I truly thought like that.

[Jumpoff]

Haha I'm currently writing an essay on Ran for my Shakespeare class. I probably enjoy TOB more because I haven't had to write about it. You need to see it Ran though, one of the most gorgeous films ever made. The scale of the entire film is incredible, it puts nearly every 'epic' made in this century to shame.

I can't wait to see it. Haven't been able to because.. only way I can see these movies is through download. Will be a while before I get it, unless I finally get a job and get a netflix account.

[positive hearts]

I don't think Donnie Darko is an indie movie or anything like that but I still think it's a really neat film.

I thought Sunshine was pretty good until it turned into a slasher flick. Up to that point I enjoyed it.

[Colorblind!]

Sunshine never turned into a slasher film, it just actually had a conflict in it that wasn't against the sun.

[FondestMemory]

sunshine's one of my favorite movies in years.

[Bob Payne]

I feel bad for anyone who hasn't seen sunshine in theatres. While its a good film, half the experience was seeing the visuals on the big screen. There's nothing like being in almost complete blackness, only to have the entire theatre be blinded white. Good stuff.

[AShannon04]

I never even heard about Sunshine until recently. Weird. Anyways, I just added it to my Netflix queue and am looking forward to checking it out.

[positive hearts]

I saw it in theaters and the visual experience when they were in the viewing room and the scenes outside the spaceship were great. I guess you guys weren't bothered by the fact that the filmmakers seemingly abandoned or at the very least didn't feel that the original premise of the story was enough to sustain the whole film, so they added a crazy serial killer dude who spoke to god for seven years or something. It was like the last third of the movie was part of a different film almost.

[reductiondesign]

Like everyone else, evidently, I loved Sunshine up until people started getting killed by that guy.

[FondestMemory]

I saw it in theaters and the visual experience when they were in the viewing room and the scenes outside the spaceship were great. I guess you guys weren't bothered by the fact that the filmmakers seemingly abandoned or at the very least didn't feel that the original premise of the story was enough to sustain the whole film, so they added a crazy serial killer dude who spoke to god for seven years or something. It was like the last third of the movie was part of a different film almost.

they didn't abandon anything. everything was involved in the original premise of the story. maybe they took it somewhere different than you expected them to go, but they never strayed away from the story. everything fit together.

[Sargent Sausage]

napolian dynamite ftw

[oranjeman]

I Heart Huckabees...which isn't completely indie, but is still a good movie, and is stacked with a load of great actors.

[Jumpoff]

I Heart Huckabees...which isn't completely indie, but is still a good movie, and is stacked with a load of great actors.

I liked that movie.

[garggggh]

It's amazing how well Network stands up after 30 years, and how much more poignant it is as well. Anyone wanting to go into journalism/media should be required to watch Network and Ace in the Hole on the first day.

Everyone should be required to watch. Some of the monologues, especially when the big conglomerate guy is addressing Beale, some of the best moments ever. And, when you watch it, you seriously recognize how many references there are to it: I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!

Sunshine was great. Not one of Boyle's best but I liked the whole premise. Plus, Underworld added a great soundtrack to the film and it's a new twist to 2001: Space in my opinion.

[chokeychicken]

sunshine was my favorite movie last year

[ThexQuietxCull]

Everyone should be required to watch. Some of the monologues, especially when the big conglomerate guy is addressing Beale, some of the best moments ever. And, when you watch it, you seriously recognize how many references there are to it: I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!

Sunshine was great. Not one of Boyle's best but I liked the whole premise. Plus, Underworld added a great soundtrack to the film and it's a new twist to 2001: Space in my opinion.

while Sunshine was one of my top 10 from last year, please please do not compare it to 2001: A Space Odyssey ever again

[garggggh]

Granted 2001 is like 10000x better than Sunshine, if you don't see the influence, you should watch the film again.

[Chris Fallon]

Glad the spoiler tags weren't used - I haven't see Sunshine yet.

[Colorblind!]

Glad the spoiler tags weren't used - I haven't see Sunshine yet.

You still don't know the outcome of the movie, or how it happened. and this film never becomes a slasher.

Go watch it.

[stayillogical]

Not angry at all, tired of seeing people post and then get attacked by the next five posts

I've learned to just be silent and laugh at how immature some people sound. Reminds me of the "popular" group in high school, and the lyrics to Admit it!