The "Original, Great Movies" Thread - Blu-ray Forum

TheLaughingMann · 10-09-2016, 02:01 PM

What is this new thread of mine, you ask? Well, in light of another poster who brought up further notions of hatred for how badly remakes, tie-ins, adaptations get treated and fail most of the time (not always, but mostly), I figured that among so many films that are based on true stories, adapted from a book or comic or TV show, or cover some person/place/event that is existent in our own world...there has to be truly original films.

I am dedicating this thread to all of those who know of movies that are great in some way and original. Remakes, adaptations, based on true story tellings (revolving around people that existed or events that happened IRL)...push those aside and anything left over that is good should be worth a place on this list.

Example: Prisoners, 2013. It's a great thriller story that I felt was original enough and had done quite well for itself in lots of ways. And I came away from it thinking it was pretty original. However, the Thing (1982), a great movie, is still based on a prior film that was getting updated.

So if there is a movie you feel is pretty original enough and is good enough to tell us about, post it here. Any number of them you like. Let us compile a list of movies that all of us can look over, try out, and get that sense of "hey, I didn't see this before. I like this." fulfilled.

My entry above is Prisoners, 2013 (yes, I am cheating a bit by citing it twice).

I think it needs more notice. The 1990s were riddled with a lot of good thriller movies (one of my favorites is Red Rock West with Nicholas Cage and the late, great Dennis Hopper...and a pre-surgery Lara Flynn Boyle). Thriller movies usually tend to get bumped down to B-movie levels and usually sent Direct-to-video in today's market. Those few that slip past to get theatrical releases tend not to be good or nominated for anything big. The closest this movie came to substantial award notice was Nominated for Best Cinematography at the Academy Awards in 2014. But it really is good. It turned out a lot better than I expected, and I don't get that feeling much lately when I see a movie.

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