One Of A Kind Films - Blu-ray Forum

carpaltonnel · 04-17-2009, 03:03 PM

These movie favorites are totally fresh to the viewers eyes. After watching these films/or during viewings you realize that you have never seen anything like it before. They are groundbreaking for a moment, or possibly for years to come.
The movie could be an older film or new, tell your experiences below.

mikejet · 04-17-2009, 03:09 PM

Speed Racer
Being John Malcovich
The Fall

zahinn · 04-17-2009, 03:14 PM

The Matrix
Memento
Toy Story 1
Pirates of the Caribbean

....Hey who said they all have to be critically acclaimed

jdc115 · 04-17-2009, 03:15 PM

If I were to just name one, then it has to be Gummo. See my Avitor

master_8ball · 04-17-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by zahinn

The Matrix
Memento
Toy Story 1
Pirates of the Caribbean

....Hey who said they all have to be critically acclaimed

Are those really one of a kind? Memento's the only one of those that didn't have a sequel or trilogy... Matrix was great, but did remind me of Dark City.

Memento is on my list along with: A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, Eraserhead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider.

i am sure I could think of more if I was at home looking at my dvds.

Secretagentnumber6 · 04-17-2009, 03:35 PM

I gotta say The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The perspective of the entire movie is unbelievably engaging. It is seeing through the eye of a man who is a prisoner of his own body. The movie is unlike anything I had ever seen before and a great movie.

carpaltonnel · 04-17-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by master_8ball

Are those really one of a kind? Memento's the only one of those that didn't have a sequel or trilogy... Matrix was great, but did remind me of Dark City.

Memento is on my list along with: A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, Eraserhead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider.

i am sure I could think of more if I was at home looking at my dvds.

Great picks master8ball! Love them all. Toy Story was one of a kind for a moment I believe...plus peoples picks come with a personal opinion clause

Rom1 · 04-17-2009, 03:38 PM

Don't forget "Blue Velvet" guys

mikejet · 04-17-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rom1

Don't forget "Blue Velvet" guys

OMG The Candy Colored CLOWN!!!!

jdc115 · 04-17-2009, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by master_8ball

Are those really one of a kind? Memento's the only one of those that didn't have a sequel or trilogy... Matrix was great, but did remind me of Dark City.

Memento is on my list along with: A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, Eraserhead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider.

i am sure I could think of more if I was at home looking at my dvds.

Good choices, I forgot about Spider, so much better then A Beautiful Mind.

Others if I am not choosing just one:

Naked Lunch
Happiness
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Vernon, Florida
Freaks
Ken Park (though I don't really like it, it was one of a kind)

steve_dave · 04-17-2009, 03:57 PM

Akira brought Anime to the mainstream. At the time of its release, Anime was an underground niche market generally relegated to high priced import tapes or low quality convention bootlegs.

Rumble in the Bronx (1996 Cut) reopened the US market for Hong Kong Kung-fu cinema. Like Anime, this genre lost itself to the niche market after Enter The Dragon's popularity wore off. Now a resurgence of Asian cinema has returned and is healthier than before.

Game of Death did what the Three Stooges started. Finishing a project after the lead actor has passed on. Today, its not unheard of to use CGI masks, shadows, and other tricks to replace a fallen actor with a stand-in. In the 1970s, without computers, the producers used a look-alike covered in fake beards, moustaches, and sunglasses to complete this film. Check out the first shot of Lee's trailer...its an obvious cardboard cut out.

Ong Bak is Thailand's proof that Hong Kong is not the only source for over the top action. What made Ong Bak different was that nearly all of the effects were practical live stunts with Tony Jaa using a new form of Thai kickboxing.

Other groundbreaking films include:

Ghost for its still incredible practical special visual effects.

Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow which was one of the first films to have live actors but CGI elements.

SquidPuppet · 04-17-2009, 04:04 PM

The Fountain
The Fall
The Wizard of Oz
The Sixth Sense
Dark City
Close Encounters...
Baraka
The Elephant Man

Diesel · 04-17-2009, 04:24 PM

Superman was pretty groundbreaking
look how many comic book movies have followed it after its success
and it is still one of the better ones

master_8ball · 04-17-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jdc115

Good choices, I forgot about Spider, so much better then A Beautiful Mind.

Others if I am not choosing just one:

Naked Lunch
Happiness
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Vernon, Florida
Freaks
Ken Park (though I don't really like it, it was one of a kind)

How did I forget Freaks!

Porkchop Express · 04-17-2009, 04:30 PM

The effects in Terminator 2.
Fight Club

surfdude12 · 04-17-2009, 04:31 PM

agrree with: Memento, Dark City, The Fall, Baraka, Requiem for A Dream

Big Fish
The Prestige
The Following
Pulp Fiction
anything Kubrick (Clockwork, Full Metal, Eyes Wide Shut,...)

Chuck Norris Inc · 04-17-2009, 04:56 PM

Friday the 13th! Oh wait, there are like 20 of those.

assydingo · 04-17-2009, 06:44 PM

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Mallrats

Batman1980 · 04-17-2009, 06:47 PM

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Bleh I can't go on, I'll list way too many

dad2erin · 04-17-2009, 07:16 PM

Jaws
Terminator 2
Pulp Fiction
Aliens
Star wars
LOTR

Like others say the list goes on.

04-17-2009, 03:03 PM	#1
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