Not a movie, but I've been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently. I'm about halfway through Season 2 now.

I'd never seen any of it before, but a buddy of mine whose taste I trust implicitly (he got me into Doctor Who and The X Files, how could he steer me wrong?) has been telling me to watch it for months.

So, now that I have a real Internet connection, I've been Netflix Instant-watching it. And it's pretty fantastic.

The first season started a little rough, but picked up in its last half-to-two-thirds. Season 2 has been superb so far, especially the Halloween costume episode.

I also watched the 1992 movie (with Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland) before watching the series. I'm glad I stuck with watching the series, because the movie was a bit of a turn-off - a bit too on the ridiculous side. And I start watching the series, only to find out it's not canon at all - vampires in the series don't fly, turn to dust when they're killed, and have weird "vampire faces" when they ... erm ... want to, I guess. And Buffy never burned down the gym in the movie. And her parents are huge cunts in the movie, whereas they're quite nice in the series.

Anyway, my point is, I'm enjoying the series, despite thinking that I wouldn't, and I'm excited for the next five-and-a-half seasons.

Oh, and for anyone who's seen it and Angel - would you recommend watching Angel in tandem with Buffy, or watching them separately (in which case, I'd watch all of Buffy before watching any Angel)?