Yo!
After having a very long weekend of work, I am having a "do nothing" day today and thought it might be fun to take the time to hand pick from my DVD collection some cool films that you should all go out and buy, (or shall I say download and rip from pirate bay) as some of you little rebels might prefer to do!
So we will start with,
The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont.
My dad absolutely loves this film and he made me sit inn and watch it with him one evening after school when I was about 14, I think? At that point I was really not interested in films with this much substance and I would of much rather opted for something like Hey Arnold at that time, but I sat and watched it anyway and am really glad I did. It tells such a great story and has such an amazing philosophy on life. Its a classic and it never gets old! Im sure you have all seen it anyways, but if not, I suggest you seriously go get it!
2.) Jaws, directed by Stephen Spielberg
Do you remember how scared you were and how long it took before you were able to go back in the water after seeing this film? I think it took me years before I could do it!
This film is timeless. I must of seen it about 30 times now and it never gets old! Everybody must see this at least once in there life time, so you know what to do!
3.) The Wedding Singer, directed by Frank Coraci
I revisited this film just the other night and it is still today one of my favourite films! Its the funniest shit ive ever seen! I was in tears with laughter, snot running down my face, it was amazing! Its a light comedy set back in the 80's, so straight away it has my vote. The 80's was such a great time, especially for music and I always hear such great stories from my parents about what it was like back then. I wish I could go and revisit that decade and be 18 years old or something, it would be such jokes! anyways check out this funny scene below and tell me your not not laughing hard the whole way through...
4.) Home Alone, directed by John Hughes
I'll start off by saying, John Hughes you are my hero!
John Hughes was such a great director and was responsible for so many great cult films sparked from the mid 80's to early 90's. He had such a way of telling a story of what it was like for kids growing up in surbaban life and I think he was so well loved by a lot of kids of our generation growing up. Home Alone was the first film I saw of his work and I fell in love with it instantly. I remember going to school the next day after watching it, wanting to be Macaulay Culkin. I went to school dressed up as him thinking I was so cool. Kids would laugh at me, but I know they were just jealous!
Other films you MUST watch by him are The Breakfast Club, Home Alone 2, Uncle Buck and Sixteen Candles. They are all amazing!
5.) Heat, directed by Michael Mann.
This one has come up a few times on my blog, as im sure some of you may have noticed.. But I thought id throw it in here anyway! A great story of two men working for different sides of the law and are addicted to their jobs. It has an epic shoot out scene during the middle of the film and the film score is amazing. Its a classic and if you are yet to watch it, then this is the film for you. Has a great vibe to to it and also stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.. say no more!
6.) Sunshine, directed by Danny Boyle
The film has such an incredible vibe to it. The minute you put this film on, you are instantly transported somewhere else. The cinematography in this is amazing and I also love the music. Im a massive fan of Danny Boyle, especially after 28 days later and the fact that it has Cillian Murphy in it, just makes it even better. So, I guess it was inevitable I was going to watch it! Anyways Check out the trailer below yo!
7.) Wedding Crashers, directed by David Dobkin
This is such a lads film! Crashing a strangers wedding and sleeping with an endless string of hot girls is basically every boys dream! I love this film and I usually watch this with a beer when I am getting ready to go out to a club or something. Such a great vibe film and I have made a packed with a friend to make sure that one day we go and do this at least once!
Check it out...
8.) Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson
Rain Man has such a touching story. The relationship that you see develop between Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman's character on screen really comes across well. I would recommend anybody to watch this. They dont make films like this anymore! It sucks!
10.) 48 hours, directed by Walter Hill
Any film starring Eddie Murphy during the 80's is without doubt worth checking out! The guy is a fucking legend! I love how he has no shame in making a joke of himself and others around him. He is so clever how he can manage to turn any scenario in life into a joke and he does this on screen in every film hes ever been in, its just amazing. I thought id put this one out there, as a tribute to his work. This was also his first film. The sheer stupidness of it and the one liners will no doubt have you on the floor, laughing. Id also recommend Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2, Trading Places, Coming To America and Another 48 hours. Get on it yo!
11.) Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, directed by Lasse Hallstrom
I watched this a few years back and remember thinking I had struck gold when I saw both Johnny Depp and DiCaprio were starring in the same film together. I am massive fans of both those dudes and it just had such a great story attached to it. I don't think there is one person that would not enjoy this film, so definatily watch it, its awesome!
12.) Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson
This was always going to be a winner for me, simply because it has Demi Moore in the film playing somebody that seduces the fuck out of somebody. All I will say is Michael Douglas mate, you lucky son of a bitch! But more importantly, are you mad?! Just be a man and do it!! Seriously! I would honestly kill for a night with this girl!
The film is based on Michael Critchons novel of the same title. It deals with the themes of how easily sexual harassment can be used in politics and business in an attempt to destroy a persons career. its a popular issue that has been used so many times, especially in the office/corporate world. I would just like to pay tribute to Barry Levinson for bring my dreams to life! I salute you!
12.) Catch Me If You Can, directed by Stephen Spielberg
You will see DiCaprios name appear a lot within my film collection. He's sort of hero of mine shall we say... I think in this film he is at his best. In Catch Me If You Can, you see him play a young man who is a forger, mainly with cheques, but you quickly discover that he doesnt just do it with cheques, he is a forger in everything that he does and it begins to work out incredibly well for him! He ends up making millions of pounds from constantly impersonating somebody else. Its based on a true story and character, Frank Abagnale, who actually did all this during the 60's and then later on went to work within the FBI unit to track down people just like him. How cool is that??
This film taught me a lot about the human condition as well and how really, if you have the confidence, you can fool anybody and get what you want in life. Id also recommend this film for any guy out there who is struggling with the ladies.. it has some great tips on how to pick up girls!
13.) Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese
I'll end on this, because I literally just watched it for the second time with a mate late last night and discovered a new love for it.. It funnily enough also has Mr DiCaprio in it!
This film didn't really grab me the first time, I thought it was too obvious, but I must admit watching it the second time I realised that its actually the complete antithesis of that. I completely got it this time. For any of you out there that like your psychological thrillers, this ones for you. Its a real mind fuck. Which is probably why I like it so much to be honest. I also like the emotional journey it takes you on as a viewer. Its so messed up and is extremely tragic. I like how DiCaprio and Scorsese really take you through that. DiCaprio has a great way of letting you inn as an actor and he is a real artist for that. This film is also a great testament to Scorsese's work, as its really not often that the commercial film industry would finance a film like this!
Other Scorsese films you should watch are Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York (Daniel Day Lewis looks scary as fuck in this), The Aviator and The Departed.
That ended up taking me a lot longer then I thought, but I enjoyed every second of it! I hope you were all digging it, too and are heading out to buy some of them yo.
Peace. X
After having a very long weekend of work, I am having a "do nothing" day today and thought it might be fun to take the time to hand pick from my DVD collection some cool films that you should all go out and buy, (or shall I say download and rip from pirate bay) as some of you little rebels might prefer to do!
So we will start with,
The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont.
My dad absolutely loves this film and he made me sit inn and watch it with him one evening after school when I was about 14, I think? At that point I was really not interested in films with this much substance and I would of much rather opted for something like Hey Arnold at that time, but I sat and watched it anyway and am really glad I did. It tells such a great story and has such an amazing philosophy on life. Its a classic and it never gets old! Im sure you have all seen it anyways, but if not, I suggest you seriously go get it!
2.) Jaws, directed by Stephen Spielberg
Do you remember how scared you were and how long it took before you were able to go back in the water after seeing this film? I think it took me years before I could do it!
This film is timeless. I must of seen it about 30 times now and it never gets old! Everybody must see this at least once in there life time, so you know what to do!
3.) The Wedding Singer, directed by Frank Coraci
I revisited this film just the other night and it is still today one of my favourite films! Its the funniest shit ive ever seen! I was in tears with laughter, snot running down my face, it was amazing! Its a light comedy set back in the 80's, so straight away it has my vote. The 80's was such a great time, especially for music and I always hear such great stories from my parents about what it was like back then. I wish I could go and revisit that decade and be 18 years old or something, it would be such jokes! anyways check out this funny scene below and tell me your not not laughing hard the whole way through...
4.) Home Alone, directed by John Hughes
I'll start off by saying, John Hughes you are my hero!
John Hughes was such a great director and was responsible for so many great cult films sparked from the mid 80's to early 90's. He had such a way of telling a story of what it was like for kids growing up in surbaban life and I think he was so well loved by a lot of kids of our generation growing up. Home Alone was the first film I saw of his work and I fell in love with it instantly. I remember going to school the next day after watching it, wanting to be Macaulay Culkin. I went to school dressed up as him thinking I was so cool. Kids would laugh at me, but I know they were just jealous!
Other films you MUST watch by him are The Breakfast Club, Home Alone 2, Uncle Buck and Sixteen Candles. They are all amazing!
5.) Heat, directed by Michael Mann.
This one has come up a few times on my blog, as im sure some of you may have noticed.. But I thought id throw it in here anyway! A great story of two men working for different sides of the law and are addicted to their jobs. It has an epic shoot out scene during the middle of the film and the film score is amazing. Its a classic and if you are yet to watch it, then this is the film for you. Has a great vibe to to it and also stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.. say no more!
6.) Sunshine, directed by Danny Boyle
The film has such an incredible vibe to it. The minute you put this film on, you are instantly transported somewhere else. The cinematography in this is amazing and I also love the music. Im a massive fan of Danny Boyle, especially after 28 days later and the fact that it has Cillian Murphy in it, just makes it even better. So, I guess it was inevitable I was going to watch it! Anyways Check out the trailer below yo!
7.) Wedding Crashers, directed by David Dobkin
This is such a lads film! Crashing a strangers wedding and sleeping with an endless string of hot girls is basically every boys dream! I love this film and I usually watch this with a beer when I am getting ready to go out to a club or something. Such a great vibe film and I have made a packed with a friend to make sure that one day we go and do this at least once!
Check it out...
8.) Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson
Rain Man has such a touching story. The relationship that you see develop between Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman's character on screen really comes across well. I would recommend anybody to watch this. They dont make films like this anymore! It sucks!
9.) Batman Begins, directed by Christopher Nolan
I'll keep this short, because otherwise I wont stop! Christopher Nolan is a life saver for taking on the challenge of rebooting the Batman franchise after it was turned into such a joke by previous directors that thought it would be a good idea to cast people like George Clooney to put on the bat suit! I mean, seriously? anyways, this film is not only a great action film, its extremely inspiring and takes you on an epic journey. its also just fucking awesome!
The following up being The Dark Knight is just as epic, so make sure you get on that as well, you wont regret it!
Any film starring Eddie Murphy during the 80's is without doubt worth checking out! The guy is a fucking legend! I love how he has no shame in making a joke of himself and others around him. He is so clever how he can manage to turn any scenario in life into a joke and he does this on screen in every film hes ever been in, its just amazing. I thought id put this one out there, as a tribute to his work. This was also his first film. The sheer stupidness of it and the one liners will no doubt have you on the floor, laughing. Id also recommend Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2, Trading Places, Coming To America and Another 48 hours. Get on it yo!
11.) Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, directed by Lasse Hallstrom
I watched this a few years back and remember thinking I had struck gold when I saw both Johnny Depp and DiCaprio were starring in the same film together. I am massive fans of both those dudes and it just had such a great story attached to it. I don't think there is one person that would not enjoy this film, so definatily watch it, its awesome!
12.) Disclosure, directed by Barry Levinson
This was always going to be a winner for me, simply because it has Demi Moore in the film playing somebody that seduces the fuck out of somebody. All I will say is Michael Douglas mate, you lucky son of a bitch! But more importantly, are you mad?! Just be a man and do it!! Seriously! I would honestly kill for a night with this girl!
The film is based on Michael Critchons novel of the same title. It deals with the themes of how easily sexual harassment can be used in politics and business in an attempt to destroy a persons career. its a popular issue that has been used so many times, especially in the office/corporate world. I would just like to pay tribute to Barry Levinson for bring my dreams to life! I salute you!
12.) Catch Me If You Can, directed by Stephen Spielberg
You will see DiCaprios name appear a lot within my film collection. He's sort of hero of mine shall we say... I think in this film he is at his best. In Catch Me If You Can, you see him play a young man who is a forger, mainly with cheques, but you quickly discover that he doesnt just do it with cheques, he is a forger in everything that he does and it begins to work out incredibly well for him! He ends up making millions of pounds from constantly impersonating somebody else. Its based on a true story and character, Frank Abagnale, who actually did all this during the 60's and then later on went to work within the FBI unit to track down people just like him. How cool is that??
This film taught me a lot about the human condition as well and how really, if you have the confidence, you can fool anybody and get what you want in life. Id also recommend this film for any guy out there who is struggling with the ladies.. it has some great tips on how to pick up girls!
13.) Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese
I'll end on this, because I literally just watched it for the second time with a mate late last night and discovered a new love for it.. It funnily enough also has Mr DiCaprio in it!
This film didn't really grab me the first time, I thought it was too obvious, but I must admit watching it the second time I realised that its actually the complete antithesis of that. I completely got it this time. For any of you out there that like your psychological thrillers, this ones for you. Its a real mind fuck. Which is probably why I like it so much to be honest. I also like the emotional journey it takes you on as a viewer. Its so messed up and is extremely tragic. I like how DiCaprio and Scorsese really take you through that. DiCaprio has a great way of letting you inn as an actor and he is a real artist for that. This film is also a great testament to Scorsese's work, as its really not often that the commercial film industry would finance a film like this!
Other Scorsese films you should watch are Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York (Daniel Day Lewis looks scary as fuck in this), The Aviator and The Departed.
That ended up taking me a lot longer then I thought, but I enjoyed every second of it! I hope you were all digging it, too and are heading out to buy some of them yo.
Peace. X
