Perfect Blue is great! You should watch it soon.
I'll also recommend Kite. Pretty dark and disturbing, but a good flick none the less :)
I'm also mostly into series/OVAs. Out of my 50-or-so+ Anime DVDs, I think only about 5 are actual, theatrical films, heh.
You shouldn't feel stupid. Someone had to tell me what it meant once too ;)
I understand your apprehension though. Sometimes those internet otaku can be a little rough :laugh:
"Original Video Animation", also seen as "OAV" (Original Animated Video). They're pretty much interchangable. An OAV is usually episodic, like a TV series, but are released (obviously) on video. All this means to the viewer is that;
a) The stories are usually a little "tighter" than your...