Not really interested in movies anymore. Documentaries FTW

[Narmer]

Not sure if it has anything to do with me getting older but I find movies and television shows too predictable. But a (well-done) documentary is far more enjoyable, IMHO. Anyway, I found this site and was hoping there are other sources of documentaries. My favorites deal with crime, science, and history.

http://thedocumentarycenter.blogspot.com/

 

[Ns1]

exit through the gift shop was pretty cool

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

My favourite show on TV at the moment is Air Crash Investigation. It's like an ongoing documentary series about aeroplane accidents. I think it might go by the name Mayday in USA.

 

[Delita]

Fermat's Last Theorem is one of my favorite documentaries:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8269328330690408516#

 

[OCGuy]

Most of the political documentaries are pure propaganda.

 

[acheron]

I haven't gotten into documentaries much, but as far as books go, I've found myself reading a lot more non-fiction (mostly history) than fiction in the past few years, which might also be due to getting older.

 

[dougp]

Restrepo was the last documentary I watched and it was great.

 

[Pheran]

There are some good ones out there. Touching the Void is one of the scariest/most intense things I've ever seen.

 

[zinfamous]

Most of the political documentaries are pure propaganda.

lulz found

 

[lozina]

Most of the political documentaries are pure propaganda.

Anything having anything to do with politics is pure propaganda/opinionated.

 

[Anubis]

There are some good ones out there. Touching the Void is one of the scariest/most intense things I've ever seen.

Spoiler

this is the one about the dude that falls and breaks both legs and crawls miles back to camp right? his buddy thinks hes dead and whatnot

 

[BurnItDwn]

Have you seen Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog?
It is breathtaking!!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093824/

Exit Through the Gift Shop is truly great as well.

Touching the Void also rocks.
Anubis, yes, that's the one

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Fermat's Last Theorem is one of my favorite documentaries:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8269328330690408516#

I didn't know there was a documentary. The book was fantastic - I rank it among my top 3 science books, and I read A LOT of science books. The other two are Carl Sagan's Cosmos (which has a documentary series) and Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe (which also has a documentary).

 

[Delita]

I didn't know there was a documentary. The book was fantastic - I rank it among my top 3 science books, and I read A LOT of science books. The other two are Carl Sagan's Cosmos (which has a documentary series) and Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe (which also has a documentary).

All of those are really good. I want to get around to reading Greene's new book sometime.

http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Reality...9182434&sr=8-1

 

[darkxshade]

Jersey Shore is a great TV documentary on attention whores.

 

[bfdd]

180 south is a pretty good one, great scenery.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

All of those are really good. I want to get around to reading Greene's new book sometime.

http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Reality...9182434&sr=8-1

I want to cockpunch his stupid publisher for not making it available on Kindle internationally. I emailed Brian directly to ask about this, he responded almost immediately with

Thanks for your email--sorry, but I don't know the answer. All best, BG

 

[jhbball]

180 south is a pretty good one, great scenery.

I liked this this one a lot actually.

I also recommend 'Still Bill', a documentary about Bill Withers. It's on Netflix streaming.

 

[Narmer]

Fermat's Last Theorem is one of my favorite documentaries:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8269328330690408516#

Any more math documentaries?

 

[mcurphy]

There are some good ones out there. Touching the Void is one of the scariest/most intense things I've ever seen.

That looks awesome. I just added it to my netflix queue and hopefully I'll have time to stream it tonight.

 

[jhbball]

"Hoop Dreams" is another classic documentary. Highly recommended.

 

[xSauronx]

Have you seen Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog?
It is breathtaking!!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093824/

came in here to post this. excellent documentary. netflix has it streaming, i do believe.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I've heard Helvetica is a great one too

 

[Gooberlx2]

Watched Battle for Marjah on HBO last night. That was pretty good. Restrepo connects you more to the soldiers, but this was great for a straight up account of this singular battle/mission.

 

[Alienwho]

What are your favorite crime documentaries? I love the ones where they explain how people pull off big heists.