# What movie should I watch tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699 "2008-05-17T23:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/1 "2008-05-17T23:55:17Z")
I’m way out of touch with current movies and could use some suggestions. More recent likes: Babel, Syriana, Atonement, The Departed, Juno, MI:3, The Bourne Trilogy. More recent dislikes: Little Miss Sunshine In the mood for something along the lines of Good Will Hunting or A Beautiful Mind. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/2 "2008-05-17T23:58:11Z")
current-in-the-theaters or current-rentals? ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/3 "2008-05-18T00:22:17Z")
rentals ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/4 "2008-05-18T00:42:27Z")
Judging from your taste, you’ll like: Across the Universe August Rush Astronaut Farmer Charlie Wilson’s War The Great Debaters In the Valley of Elah Mad Money 27 Dresses ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/5 "2008-05-18T03:19:27Z")
I liked all the movies you mentioned, especially Syriana. I haven’t seen the Mission Impossible movie. [QUOTE=lissener] Judging from your taste, you’ll like: Across the Universe August Rush Astronaut Farmer Charlie Wilson’s War The Great Debaters In the Valley of Elah Mad Money 27 Dresses [/QUOTE] I’m sure it’s way too late, but of those, I’d recommend **Charlie Wilson’s War**. I saw this movie 4 times in the theater. It’s highly enjoyable, especially for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character. Besides being an interesting, little-known and timely story about a serious subject, it’s funny as hell. Just wonderful. I’d rank them in this order: **Charlie Wilson’s War** **In the Valley of Elah** (good acting, but a serious downer, if that’s what you want) **The Great Debaters** (uplifting and, to me, fascinating story) **August Rush** (uplifting and enjoyable, roll-your-eyes coincidences, but good music) **Astronaut Farmer** (mild fun, but mainly worth seeing for Billy Bob Thornton) **27 Dresses** (mild fun, but definitely a trifle, worthwhile only to oogle at Katherine Heigl) **Across the Universe** (my favorite of the bunch, but the one I’d least recommend just because I’m tired of people saying what a piece of shit it is and I don’t need to come back to this thread and hear it from you too. Oh god I love this movie!) \*\* Mad Money\*\* (I didn’t see this because it looked terrible, even though I love Diane Keaton) My favorite new(ish)-on-DVD movie is **There Will Be Blood** , but I don’t know how it would come across on the small screen. I really do think you’d like **Charlie Wilson’s War** though. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/6 "2008-05-18T03:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] I’m sure it’s way too late, but of those, I’d recommend **Charlie Wilson’s War** [/QUOTE] Not at all. I had some TV to catch up on and you, Equipoise, are the winner! I was looking for something that would get sent up twice. No guarantees I’ll like the flick, but hell, I’ve got nothing better to do tonight and that was the point. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-watch-tonight/449699/7 "2008-05-18T03:54:30Z")
\*\*kiss kiss bang bang \*\* is a movie i saw on a casual recommendation and now i recommend it to people who are just looking for any movie to watch. funny as hell. edit: oh i guess i was too late–but if anyone else looking for a movie reads this thread, WATCH **KKBB** and try not to have any preconceptions, just enjoy it.