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PartyLikeARockstar
10-24-2008, 09:42 PM
Am I the only one who can laugh at the Saw series but leaves a movie like that terrified; ready to tear the battery out of my cell phone and never connect to another IP address? It's insane...think if they do THAT in the movies, what is real life spy-tech doing now? Conspiracy theorists, unite!
Luke122
10-24-2008, 10:48 PM
www.prisonplanet.com
www.infowars.com

Enemy of the State was a good film also.
SXRguyinMA
10-25-2008, 10:31 AM
so was it good? :?
FrooP
10-25-2008, 10:42 AM
eagle eye = full epic win
SXRguyinMA
10-25-2008, 11:07 AM
good, I want to go see it :D
jdbnsn
10-25-2008, 05:23 PM
Well, there is always Nineteen Eighty-Four. I think it did a very good job of capturing the mood and imagery from Orwell's classic. However, if you haven't read the book I wouldn't bother because there is so much skipped over in the film that it barely makes sense unless you know the story behind it. But for someone who enjoyed the book, it makes a nice video cliff's notes walk down nightmare lane.

http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/big_brother_theater.jpg
Crimson Sky
10-25-2008, 06:59 PM
Fritz Lang's Metropolis (http://www.kino.com/windowsmedia/metropolis_100.html). The silent Masterpiece that started it all.
OvRiDe
10-26-2008, 12:38 AM
Damn.. Jon and Paul beat me to both of them! :D

Some other interesting films along those lines are

Fahrenheit 451 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/)
Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/)
Crimson Sky
10-26-2008, 07:48 AM
Fahrenheit 451 is one of my top 3 books of all time!.
SXRguyinMA
10-26-2008, 08:07 AM
:stupid: good book :up:
Pointy_Stick
10-26-2008, 08:19 AM
Ghost in the Shell. Maybe not about Orwellian dystopias, but its got that cyberpunk/technology feel. Also, The Matrix as GITS was a major influenece over that movie, though I dare say everybody on the planet has seen The Matrix by now.

I'm also going to throw out V for Vendetta for its themes of oppression and rebellion and Children of Men for the same reasons and also because it contains in my opinion the best action sequence ever committed to film
(spoiler)The long, long take where Theo goes to rescue the baby in Bexhill(end spoiler)