Educating Jacob

[Steve-O]

Argh.  I hate making these lists, as I will invariably leave something essential out on account of me being totally addle-brained when I'm at work.  Also, a lot of the good ones have already been mentioned (though I will presume to second the recommendations for both Caddyshack and Dawn of the Dead.)

Oh, well, here are ten more, in no particular order:

The Jerk
Babe
Suspiria
The Incredibles
The Breakfast Club
Animal House
It's a Wonderful Life or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (assuming you, like everyone else in the world, have seen the former)
Poltergeist
Trading Places
Being There

[Tripe]

Ok it's past the deadline but I was steaming Asparagus and missed the deadline myself so I'll allow it.

Alright the first wave of the list is closed, give me a mo and I'll compile the viewing list.

[Courtney]

anyway sorry I'm late, class ran long, anyway the shocking revelation is............................... no one recommended Star Wars!!!............... again

I feel like no one's ever recommended it to you because it's never occurred to anyone that there exists a human being who hasn't seen it.  It would be like saying "you know what you should totally start drinking?  Water."

[Tripe]

Ok Here we go:

Look Downward Angel, no need to clutter the thread with multiple iterations.

I included bout of Steve's Capra suggestions because with Jacob it's best not to assume

Did I miss any?

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

anyway sorry I'm late, class ran long, anyway the shocking revelation is............................... no one recommended Star Wars!!!............... again

We already did that earlier. 

wait, I thought I was only doing the ones from this thread

[Courtney]

Wait, is School for Scoundrels actually on the list?  I though Faith was just saying she was watching it.  And it was terrible.

[mrbasehart]

Wait, is School for Scoundrels actually on the list?  I though Faith was just saying she was watching it.  And it was terrible.

The original is really rather good. 

[Tripe]

wait, I thought I was only doing the ones from this thread

Which was inspired by that one, alright, let's be completest then:

12 Angry Men
The Adventures of Mark Twain
A Few Good Men
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Alien
Amarcord
American Beauty
american pyscho
Animal House
At Close Range
Babe
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Being There
better off dead
Blue Velvet
Boogie Nights
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Caddyshack
Casualties of War
Cat People
Cinema Paradiso
Coffy
Coonskin
Dark City
Dawn of the Dead.
DIe Hard
Don't Play Us Cheap
Dracula (Coppala) (Just to contrast to the Universal version. Plus it's very well filmed, even if the acting is a bit off.)
Dracula (Universal)
F For Fake
Fargo
Field of Dreams
Foxy Brown
Fritz the Cat,
Ghostbusters
Glengarry Glen Ross
Grave of the Fireflies
Grey Gardens
Grim Prairie Tales
Heavy Traffic,
I Walked With A Zombie
Ikiru
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
It's a Wonderful Life
Jaws
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Less Than Zero
Life of Brian
Mad Max
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Napoleon Dynamite
North by Northwest
Old School
one flew over the cuckoos nest
Out Of Sight
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Poltergeist
Porco Russo
Psycho
Raising Arizona
Rear Window
RepoMan
Roger Dodger
Roman Holiday
Say Anything
School For Scoundrels - The Original with Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael
Secretary
Silence of the Lambs
Singin' in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode ?: Ewoks Caravan of Courage
Suspiria
Sweet Land
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
The 400 Blows
The Big Lebowski.
The Big Sleep
The Breakfast Club
The Exorcist
The Godfather Part Three
The Godfather Part Two
The Incredibles
The Jerk
The Maltese Falcon
The Ring (for the current Japanese influence on horror)
The Shining
The Station Agent
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
The Thing (Carpenter)
Trading Places
Vertigo
Wages of Fear
Watermelon Man
Wild Strawberries
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
You Can Count On Me

[Tripe]

Wait, is School for Scoundrels actually on the list?  I though Faith was just saying she was watching it.  And it was terrible.

The original is really rather good.

And that's the one I'm talking about. The books it's based on are great as well

[Courtney]

OOOOOOHHHH, the original, gotcha.  Somehow forgot about that one.  She mentioned it in context with Napoleon Dynamite so I assumed it was that one.

[mrbasehart]

So he has to watch Ghostbusters twice?

[Tripe]

So he has to watch Ghostbusters twice?

He will watch it over and over for as we know it's one of the greatest achievements of film maker like ever.

Also I know the "The" in many title screwed up the alphabetizing, Excel what're you going to do?

OOOOOOHHHH, the original, gotcha.  Somehow forgot about that one.  She mentioned it in context with Napoleon Dynamite so I assumed it was that one.

I think it was just the john Heder connection

[Courtney]

Off subject, but does anyone else think that the subject line of this thread sounds like it would be the title of a film in which a young man is educated in the carnal ways by an older woman?

[mrbasehart]

Off subject, but does anyone else think that the subject line of this thread sounds like it would be the title of a film in which a young man is educated in the carnal ways by an older woman?

I think he may be open to offers...Courtney. 

[Tripe]

Off subject, but does anyone else think that the subject line of this thread sounds like it would be the title of a film in which a young man is educated in the carnal ways by an older woman?

Or by Michael Caine

I like Courtney's version better.