[AnypecekceS]

clerks is an awesome movie it's one of my favorites but i haven't seen all that many independent films but i saw the cooler and that was pretty good. Also i dont know if this was even in theatres but i'd never heard of it was shade. It has a pretty good cast with sly stallone and jamie foxx and others i just can't think of them but it's about poker and that's a good movie.

[bubborn]

I was going to post it as a poll, but there are infinite choices. 8)

My favorite Indpendent Film is, NO QUESTION, Pulp Fiction!

Quentin Tarantino comes up with some crazy movies!

The actors/actresses in PF fit their characters perfectly. The only one that was a little off was Bruce Willis as the boxer, but since it wasn't originally written for him, it's okay, besides, it still worked great especially in the pawn shop scene.

The dialog in this movie is awesome. I like how Quentin implied the passage from the bible and how at the end, in the restaurant, it caused Jules confusion on what it meant and why he said it. BRILLIANT!

Quentin uses the weird time frame in all of his movies and he makes it work great. I like how the beginning of the movie leaves us with these people at the restaurant robbing it, and then in the end we see the resolution, as all the parts of the movie inter-connect.

The violence factor is awesome. I for one, can take the violence in Quentin's movies and I LOVE it! I was happy to see Tim Roth didn't get shot in Pulp Fiction because of the impact it had in Reservoir Dogs with him screaming and crying while he lay in the backseat in his own blood, but when Uma overdosed on heroin, which she believed was cocaine, I was leaning out of my chair (all 100+ times I've watched it) with my mouth open. It is amazing.

The way the characters react to one another in PF is great. I like how Travolta and Jackson have the conversation in the car about the Royal with Cheese and all of that, and then they use it in the apartment as common knowledge. Another thing that I found really cool/funny was the conversation between them about rubbing feet.

I love Pulp Fiction along with Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill. (Haven't seen Jackie Brown)It is an awesome movie all around.

[maclaudser]

Sorry mistake. If someone could delete this.

[ July 12, 2004, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: The Fettmeister ]

[adoreorerie]

haha Weird Al, Clerks is an awesome movie.

And YES Pulp Fiction is an independent movie because Quentin refused to give into Mirimax's requests. HAHAHA! Take that! lol

I must see this Donnie Darko that you speak of. It seems like a good movie to me.

[M4tHkBw2]

I'll be the one to say Clerks

[sciectotacype17]

I gotta go for Donnie Darko if that is independent. One Mofo of a movie. Does anyone actually know what it is about yet??

[ July 11, 2004, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: The Fettmeister ]

[gZAhTyWY]

I would have to say Robert Roodriguez' El Mariachi. Great film that really proves that you can do alot without millions of dollars (the budget was $7,000).

Troma's films needs to be mentioned. Terror Firmer, Toxic Avenger, Cannibal: The Musical, Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town.

Peter Jackson's Bad Taste is also great, same goes for John McNaughton's Henry: A Portrait Of A Serial Killer.

And, Pulp Fiction is not an independent movie.

[Japakefrope]

Originally posted by Undercova Brotha:
Originally posted by The Fettmeister:
I gotta go for Donnie Darko if that is independent. One Mofo of a movie. Does anyone actually know what it is about yet?? Yes, there are quite a few Donnie Darko heads around the forums, somewhere. It was released about 3 years ago, but seems to have a growing fanbase. The re-release a few weeks ago didn't seem to help it any, though. Donnie Darko is a massive cult hit in the U.K

[ July 11, 2004, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: The Fettmeister ]

[nushentelve]

Hey studcrackers, I agree with you The Cooler was pretty cool...

As for favorite independent movie? there are too many to name, lol. I agree with several here, Pulp Fiction, Evil Dead and Donnie Darko all are great movies. Hmm... but i dunno, can i call Requiem For A Dream an independent movie? I sure hope so... and if i can, that's my favorite, in fact, that's my favorite overall movie.

[Rurcextedutty]

Pulp was absolutely awesome. never did see Johny Darko though i've heard good things about it. As for independant films i'd have to go with "The Evil Dead" as i'm a horror buff and I kind of view "Evil Dead" as more of an indie film than Pulp as pulp had more studio backing (mirimax) and definately had more stars (Travolta,Jackson,Kietel all known actors ) It also had a large opening and got quite a bit of publicity whereas Evil dead basically opened at drive ins and had no stars whatsoever (Bruce Campbell later became more popular)
So long story short i'd go with Evil dead over pulp only because I don't really view Pulp fiction as the same type of guerilla indie film making I associate with Evil dead.