This is war.

[icarus]

I'm looking for art house films, costume dramas (go light on the history because he likes history), light romantic foreign language comedies (he fled from the Japanese version of Shall We Dance?).

Anything wildernessguru would hate. Because I want revenge, damn it, for the last two hours spent watching Army of Darkness.

I can't believe he likes this.


ETA: Don't tell me you like it because I will disown you, lol.

ETA: Thank you, guys, this is turning into an excellent rec-list of movies.

ETA 2: I'm making up a post with the names of all the movies recc'd here.

Oh, oh, oh! I love Bollywood movies! He'll hate those -- he can't even stand the music. Anyone have some recs?

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Re: Oh yeah, recs

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) in particular sounds wonderful.

Icarus

Re: Oh yeah, recs

[enname.livejournal.com]

Sen to chihiro is. Try to not get a dubbed version though.

Re: Oh yeah, recs

[orca-girl.livejournal.com]

*nods* I was thinking of adding this to the list of Miyazaki movies above. It's got the young-girl heroine, and then it's got a metric ton of weird, WEIRD Japanese folkloric crap, frequently crowding every corner of the screen. It's very trippy and occasionally inexplicable. (And that equals "even more wonderful", in my book.)

In terms of Miyazaki films that a guy who likes action would hate hate HATE, though, I'd put them in this order:

Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service ('cause there *are* dirigibles)
Spirited Away

Oh, marvelous.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm lining up the Miyazaki festival right behind the Gene Kelley and Bollywood movies -- because I'm so going to need something cool to wash this down. *g*