Friday, January 07, 2005

Personal Recommendations

Thought I'd go a little lighter today, subject wise, and toss out some personal recommendations.

Movies:

1. Fight Club - great social commentary
2. Suicide Kings - great ending (besides you just have to love Christopher Walken)
3. Brotherhood of the Wolf - enjoyable period french film
4. 28 Days Later - best zombie flick I've ever seen
5. Ghost in the Shell - best anime I've ever seen


Other movies deserving mention: Love Actually, Matrix trilogy, LOTR trilogy (extended editions), Something About Mary, Star Wars trilogy (original), From Russia With Love, The Incredibles, Donny Darko, Dark City

Books:

1. Bible - give it a read and make up your own mind
2. 1984 - must read
3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - sooooo many layers
4. Fight Club - the ending is great
5. Running With the Demon - a great fantasy book

Other books deserving mention: The Man in the High Castle, Neuromancer, Animal Farm, Harry Potter (series), Archangel, The Odysey, Frankenstein, Narnia (series)

Music:

1. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - an absolute classic
2. Jet: Get Born - a great new album
3. The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds - another absolute classic
4. The Darkness: Permission to Land - a lot of fun
5. Bob Marley: Exodus - again a classic


More music derserving mention: Led Zepellin, The Who, The Police, The White Stripes, Cake, Nick Drake, The Killers, Collective Soul, W. A. Mozart, U2

Also I would encourage everyone to check out Gustave Klimt (painter).

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