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OK, what are the good recent sleepers? I though Pitch Black was a rocking flick, but not a lot of people liked it. What else is out there that is good, but not that popular? I hate going to the video store & seeing the empty shelves where the movies I want to see are supposed to be. I need a few backups that no one knows about....
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02-21-2001, 01:54 PM
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The Tao of Steve was really good.
Office Space is hilarious.
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02-21-2001, 02:12 PM
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I loved Office Space - I about popped a vain laughing at that - it's too true. I especially loved when they took the printer out to an empty field and went medieval on it...
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02-21-2001, 02:24 PM
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Hmm, weird. I liked pitch black as well. Not many people I know did.
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02-21-2001, 02:39 PM
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been thinking of renting pitch black, but i didn't want to throw my $4.10 to blockbuster blindly. i think i'll check it out..
i thought "x-men" was pretty cool.. "hollow man" blew. "what lies beneath" was really quite good - i was surprised. those are my latest rentals. hrmm.. or just go out and keep watching "crouching tiger.." once that hits DVD, i think i'll be buying a player 
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02-21-2001, 05:36 PM
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02-21-2001, 07:24 PM
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hummina hummina..
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02-21-2001, 10:49 PM
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Okay, I'm a girl, but...
Anna & The King was excellent... I honestly didn't think I'd like it, but I started watching and it just drew me in. It was a great movie.
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02-22-2001, 06:16 AM
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I agree. We have a printer in my office that we would all love to do that with! stupid stupid thing. |
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02-22-2001, 02:45 PM
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you might wanna consider this player... region-free.... http://us.yesasia.com/prdDept.asp?se...pid=1001806162 gonna get mine next month... bills bills bills.. =P |
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02-22-2001, 03:29 PM
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I agree, Office Space was a great movie. Another that didn't get huge billing was Final Destination. Good movie with some freaky scenes.
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02-25-2001, 03:30 PM
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heh, I go the Crouching Tiger VCD also.....i think for this VCD, the quality is really good. Yo ucan find those VCDs at chinese shops or bookstores usually (In San Bagriel area, CA)
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02-25-2001, 07:39 PM
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I thought The Sixth Sense was the most boring movie ever!!!!! I dont know how the hell it became popular, except for the last 10 min it was so slow.
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02-26-2001, 01:34 AM
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I just saw "The Game" with Michael Douglas. Pretty good flick. Kinda disturbing though. I don't know if this is a 'sleeper', but I never heard of it until it came out on dvd.
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02-26-2001, 11:06 AM
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I had forgotten about 'The Game'. That movie was excellent - if you haven't seen it, go rent it.
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02-26-2001, 03:47 PM
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Not a sleeper, but a fantastic movie:
Usual Suspects I've seen it about 712 times, and I love it everytime I see it. Blu
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02-27-2001, 01:11 AM
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very bad things
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02-27-2001, 06:03 AM
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wonder boys, tho i may be biased because i watched as they filmed a large part of it at my school.
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02-27-2001, 01:25 PM
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I thought that Cast Away was a sleeper! I was in the theater and started falling a sleep.
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03-28-2001, 04:07 AM
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watch SHALLOW GRAVE. It's the movie Danny Boyle directed right before he became famous with Trainsoptting. It stars Ewen Mcgregor. It's a great suspense/murder mystery/black comedy with all the unpredictable plot twists you've come to expect from British cinema.
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04-04-2001, 06:05 AM
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Ok does a Sleeper mean that it didn't do well in the theatres but that it was a kick ass flick, or is it a movie that was boring in the theatres and put you to sleep? Whatever it is, one of my favorite movies of all time that didn't do that well in the theatres(I'm not for sure tho) was GATTACA. Uma baby, you make me feel all tingly
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04-05-2001, 02:25 AM
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I whole heartedly agree with EsDeeLoco, GATTACA was a great movie. All the guys had lumps in their throats and all the women were at the least crying, some where actually bawling. Wonderful movie, sorta like watching a German movie from the old days cause of the sephia tone. Very surreal in some ways, I just loved that movie. Excuse me, I need the find the DVD now.
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04-05-2001, 06:30 AM
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Same ? as EsDeeLoco
What do you mean by Sleeper movie?
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04-05-2001, 11:10 AM
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A sleeper movie is one that didn't do well on the big screen but was a great movie anyway. |
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04-06-2001, 05:50 PM
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Not a sleeper, but a great movie...The Rock!
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