# Just got a giant ass flat screen. Any must see movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280 "2012-02-18T22:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/1 "2012-02-18T22:26:20Z")
My forums are: Netflix. Hulu plus and On Demand. I do like a good story plot but I’m also interested in movies with a lot of visual effects (eye candy) type stuff. Thanks for any suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/2 "2012-02-18T22:48:13Z")
Avatar DVD? I dont think Netflix/Stream has anything I want to see, and I still pay for it. Maybe, The Mosquito Coast or Close Encounters? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/3 "2012-02-18T23:06:06Z")
Random selection that fits your criteria: _Super 8_ _Zombieland_ _Attack the Block_ _Captain America_ _Prince of Persia_ _Kung Fu Panda 2_ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/4 "2012-02-18T23:11:04Z")
Movies that have a lot of special effects, eh? Well, if you rate special effects above plot, here’s the movies I’ve seen that I’ve found to have the best special effects (please note that some of these movies’ plotlines suck royally, however): 2012 Bad Boys 2 G.I. Joe Any of the Die Hards (especially after 2) Any of the Transformer movies The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Titanic (yes, I went there) Any Marvel superhero movie ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/5 "2012-02-18T23:16:14Z")
[Baraka](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/) [Koyaanisqatsi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/6 "2012-02-18T23:17:43Z")
All on Netflix: Cliffhanger Black Hawk Down Iron Man 2 Ong Bak 2 Trollhunter Aeon Flux ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/7 "2012-02-18T23:23:05Z")
Some documentaries on Netflix: WWII in HD The Blue Planet (series) Encounters at the End of the World Journey into Amazing Caves Everest: IMAX ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/8 "2012-02-19T00:05:16Z")
Attack of the Clones. The space battles will rock the big screen. Also, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/9 "2012-02-19T00:24:47Z")
> [@Jamicat](#): > > Maybe, The Mosquito Coast or Close Encounters? WTF? He asks for movies with a good plot and amazing special effects, and you suggest _Mosquito Coast_? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/10 "2012-02-19T00:32:53Z")
Lord of the Rings (in general, the SFX gets better each movie) The freeway sequence from the second Matrix movie Brian ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/11 "2012-02-19T02:20:02Z")
Go for the big, sprawling, blockbuster, summer popcorn films! Most of them were designed for watching on big screens. Indiana Jones series, Star Treks, Star Wars, Bourne series, Jaws…and you might be surprised to see that even the old classics like Wizard of Oz, Casablanca and Gone With The Wind take on a new life when seen on your “giant ass flat screen”. ---
**Author:** ![cdsilv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cdsilv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdsilv)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/12 "2012-02-19T02:57:06Z")
Lawrence of Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/13 "2012-02-19T03:12:14Z")
I’ll give you three that aren’t likely to be mentioned that I doubt they are available on Netflix streaming, but they do look freaking awesome on a huge screen: [Electra Glide In Blue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070022/) [The Incredibles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/) [Vexille](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970472/) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/14 "2012-02-19T03:16:29Z")
**Pleasantville** has visual moments that I’d like to see on a big screen again. Great movie, too. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/15 "2012-02-19T03:24:20Z")
Barry Lyndon ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/16 "2012-02-19T03:27:14Z")
Nature documentaries: Life (with David Attenborough) Planet Earth Blue Planet Oceans Winged Migration Microcosmos ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/17 "2012-02-19T03:31:33Z")
Apocolypto ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/18 "2012-02-19T04:06:23Z")
Visually stunning films that are great for big screens _Holy Mountain_ directed by Alejandro Jodorowski _Santa Sangre_ also directed by Alejandro Jodorowski _Apocalypse Now_ directed by Francis F Coppola _The Abyss_ directed by James Cameron _Eraserhead_ directed by David Lynch _Mulholland Drive_ also directed by David Lynch _Cleopatra_ directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz _Big Fish_ directed by Tim Burton _Blade Runner_ directed by Ridley Scott _Spaceballs_ directed by Mel Gibson I 2nd the _Barry Lyndon_ suggestion. Most other Kubrick films apply too. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/19 "2012-02-19T04:28:46Z")
A Man for all Seasons Wind ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280/20 "2012-02-19T04:29:13Z")
Not a lot of eye candy SFX, but Lawrence of Arabia is best on a big screen. The outdoor desert vistas are so dramatic that scaling them down is depressing. I saw the film in Detroit, at the Fox Theater, in 1989, when the theater was re-opened. Huge movie screen, and I fell for Peter O’Toole all over again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-giant-ass-flat-screen-any-must-see-movies/613280.md?page=2)