# REALLY "one of a kind" movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394 "2003-10-30T05:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/21 "2003-10-30T21:56:54Z")
_Miracle Mile_. Nothin’ else like it. ::movie comes to an end:: ::dead silence in theatre. or at home with friends in front of the vcr:: “…whoa…\…” ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/22 "2003-10-30T22:17:07Z")
Carny I think. Don’t remember anything else like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/23 "2003-10-30T23:32:42Z")
Stand by me ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/24 "2003-10-30T23:38:25Z")
Adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/25 "2003-10-30T23:56:10Z")
Oh, yeah, Porco Rosso. Can’t believe that slipped my mind, it’s my favorite Miyazaki. All of Hayao Miyazaki’s stuff is pretty weird-ass, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/26 "2003-10-30T23:58:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*What’s that Shatner movie that’s in Esperanto? \*\* [Incubus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059311/) It’s like Kurosawa and Bergman collaborated on an _Outer Limits_ episode. Or maybe not. Anyway, I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/27 "2003-10-31T00:02:18Z")
Leningrad Cowboys Go America ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/28 "2003-10-31T01:21:21Z")
Fight Club ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/29 "2003-10-31T01:32:07Z")
There’s a Shatner movie in Esperanto? And a movie called **Bambi Meets Godzilla**? I think I need to see those. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/30 "2003-10-31T01:36:31Z")
“The Wicker Man” “When the WInd Blows” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/31 "2003-10-31T01:48:15Z")
Hmm, just saw a TV ad for an upcoming broadcast of _Deliverance_, and was about to suggest it, but then realized: hey, that was a dumb movie! Maybe making Neal Beatty squeal like a pig was shocking once, but the movie’s impact has been diluted by 30 years of parody. ---
**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/32 "2003-10-31T01:50:32Z")
I love fight club, but haven’t there been a whole bunch of multiple personality (or dissasociative identity disorder, if you prefer) movies? It’s even mentioned as cliche in another one of a kind movie, adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![IUHomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@IUHomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IUHomer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/33 "2003-10-31T02:09:33Z")
The Fifth Element? Was that a serious suggestion or a sarcastic one? I hope the latter. ``` I think Fight Club is about more than just Multiuple Personality Disorder. That is a small part of it. I think parts of Fight Club are very original and funny, like the part with him addicted to the self help groups and arguing with the girl over who gets to go to what group. Memento is the first one that came to my mind. I always thought Swingers, in its own way, was very original. I hate admitting it, but its pretty much a romantic comedy from the male perspective. The idea behdind it is pretty old and standard : guy looking for girl. However, it portrays the main character at least in a very real life manner that, ironically, is also very original for a movie. He is neither a stereotypical male pig just after sex and he is not some hunk or great, wonderful nice guy that "just hasn't found the right girl." He is the average guy tyring to rebound from his break up. And the interaction between the men in the movie is very well done also. Again, they are not stereotypical horny teen agers/twentysomethings. You see a real bond within the group of friends and have real moments where they bond together. Its a fresh take on an old scheme. Grosse Pointe Blank. Very underrated comedy in my opinion. Best in Show too. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/34 "2003-10-31T02:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by look!ninjas \* > \*\*And a movie called **Bambi Meets Godzilla**? I think I need to see those. \*\* Not really a movie but a short. I bet you can find it for free on the internet somewhere. I guess I’d nominate “A Boy and his Dog.” The one with Don Johnson. I don’t know of any other movie where when the boy gets the girl he eats her. Whoa, there’s a special collector’s edition on DVD coming out soon. That’s surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Shiva418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Shiva418](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva418)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/35 "2003-10-31T02:19:14Z")
As soon as I read the thread title, **Satyricon** popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/36 "2003-10-31T04:55:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fern Forest \* > \*\* I don’t know of any other movie where when the boy gets the girl he eats her. > \*\* Oh, I could name a few. It rather depends on your definition of “eat” though . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/37 "2003-10-31T05:39:09Z")
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg - A very sad Sixties French drama about an unwed mother, except that all the dialogue is _sung_ rather than spoken. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/38 "2003-10-31T05:39:42Z")
[/quote] \*\* And a movie called **Bambi Meets Godzilla**? I think I need to see those. \*\* [/QUOTE] It is so short, the opening credits run into the closing credits. The 70’s were good. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/39 "2003-11-13T10:47:30Z")
Oh, just for the record… **The Brave Little Toaster** ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-one-of-a-kind-movies/210394/40 "2003-11-13T11:10:41Z")
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