Movies, Books, Comics to watch/read before I die

[lizetm]

This where I will list movies, books, and music that people suggest I watch/read to ... its so that I don't forget about them. I have the worst memory in the world.

Please feel free to comment on this post whenever you think of something for me to watch/read

Comments

[invicta_affect]

Books, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. It will rock your world

[gutterflower_86]

oh! i read somewhere they're making that into a movie... with cameron diaz, dakota and elle fanning ok, maybe not. aparently the girls backed out and now abigail breslin is staring as anna... idk about this... :S
i still really wanna read it though.

[lizetm]

What's it about? o.O

[gutterflower_86]

from Jodi Picoult's website
"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now."

[gutterflower_86]

omg so many...
movies
garden state
leon: the professional
driving lessons
beyond borders
now and then
domino
across the universe
numb
star wars (all six)
books
the gunseller
lullaby
speak

i could go on... lol
i guess thats what happens when you work at blockbuster

[lizetm]

Is it sad that besides the star wars movies, I haven't seen any of those films? XD

My sis read speak, I saw the film. Kristin Stewart was great in it. :)

Thanks for the recs. Can you tell me a bit about the books?

[gutterflower_86]

star wars is EPIC lol
and i haven't seen the film version of speak yet, i didn't wanna ruin the book version lol but its good?! ill have to rent it then!
and the books...
the gunseller is by Hugh Laurie and its mind blowing how much of a genius that man is. i've read it twice. its a very witty mystery-esk novel...
and lullaby is quite the opposite. its a creepy story about an ancient bed time story that kills people if its read aloud... lol sounds odd i know but all chuck palahnuik's books are kinda insane. his writing is often described as "satirical horror stories" idk i thought it was really weird and intriguing

[lizetm]

Hugh wrote a book? Cool, I totally didn't know. Shows the fan I am. XD

Hmmm, I really hate horror films, though I haven't really read any horror books. I'll give it shot though, sometime in the future.

Speak, for what I can remember, is a heartbreaking film. Its sad, sad, sad. Very well acted if I remember. IDK, its been about 2 yrs since I saw it. :)

[rissa333]

Some of them you may have already read or seen, but just a few off the top of me head:

Books:
His Dark Materials trilogy
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

Films:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (sure you already have seen)
Best in Show
Little Miss Sunshine
Office Space
Leon
Shaun of the Dead
Rushmore
The Usual Supects
This is Spinal Tap

[lizetm]

Haven't read the Lovely Bones, nor seen those movies except LOTR and Shaun of the Dead, which I love. So, very good list. Thanks. :)

[rose_freckles]

Books: 1984, anything by Jane Austen, Lord of the Flies, Atonement, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, One Flew Over The Cuckcoos Nest, I Capture The Castle

Movies: Moulin Rouge, Pulp Fiction, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Sin City, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, The Virgin Suicides, Garden State, any of the Tim Burton movies, Labyrinth, Monty Python movies, 21 Grams, Mullholland Drive, Crash, Girl Interrupted, The Shining , Atonement, V for Vendetta, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Empire Records, Shaun of the Dead, The Prestiege, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Yes...I procrastinate way too much.

[lizetm]

Ah, 1984. I still haven't seen the film for that one yet. I've been meaning to since I read it last year. Man, I miss high school. :P

Nice movie list there. I've seen a few, but most I haven't. Thanks. :)

PS. You know you are talking to the #1 procrastinator in the world, right? XD

[theonlysong]

Sabriel, Lirael, & Abhorsen by Garth Nix :P you should add a music catagory too

[lizetm]

Those are the ones you read, right? I'll add them.

Music? Hmm, ok. :P

[theonlysong]

yes ma'am :)