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General Category => General Chaos => : malyss August 23, 2010, 01:18:01 AM
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Lay out your top ten and why.
Don't try to impress anyone with some art-class bullshit either (I'm looking at anyone who is going to say Citizen Kane... it's not about the top ten movies ever made and how they advanced cinema etc. Just what you actually have seen at least a few times because you wanted to - not because you had to). Hopefully this will show some movies we wouldn't normally think to watch. Or we will discover that we all have roughly the same fucked up taste.
Don't worry about putting them in order - just pick your favourite 10.
1) Star Wars - I credit it with turning me on to sci-fi
2) Army of Darkness - B movies can be awesome too - see my quote
3) Dead Poets Society - Robin Williams can act... holy shit, never saw that coming
4) Conan - I credit this with introducing me to fantasy
5) Equilibrium - I must like it... I have watched it at least 9 times "Have you taken your dose?"
6) Weird Science - I saw this a ton of times when I was a kid, and it was a perfect example of the 80's
7) Porkys - boobs. "Why do they call you Meat?"
8) The Fifth Element - just a fun movie that I watch a lot "Moultipass."
9) Leon - Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman - twisted awesome "No women, no kids."
10) Commando - mindless action with great one-liners "Where's Sully?"
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Hot Fuzz, everything you need from a cop action movie on a Brittish budget
Press Start, best no budget movie ever made
V for Vendetta, Hugo Weaving uses roughly 1,000 "v" words in one speech, tortures Natalie Portman to make her immune to fear, and kills a bunch of guys with knives
Dodgeball, fuckin' Chuck Norris
The Gamers, gaming joke delivery system
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, jokes about gaming that non-gamers can get
Twilight, because with the Rifftrax you'll piss yourself
El Dorado, the Duke in some of his most enjoyable work
Murder on the Orient Express, a Belgian makes a massive guess and a dozen people get away with murder
I can't think of a tenth on right now.
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Murder on the Orient Express, a Belgian makes a massive guess and a dozen people get away with murder
Wasn't this the one with Gene Wilder?
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These movies have affected me more than any other films I have ever seen I think - a combination of their power and seeing them when I was young
The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao
The Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Rashomon
Dr. Strangelove
The Third Man
Full Metal Jacket
Night of the Living Dead
8 1/2
The Thing (carpenter remake)
Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
movies I keep showing to other people so I have seen them many times
Battle Royale
The Room
Versus
The Lost Skeleton of Cadevera
MST3k episodes
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Murder on the Orient Express, a Belgian makes a massive guess and a dozen people get away with murder
Wasn't this the one with Gene Wilder?
No, it was not.
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This is difficult since this is a list that is in constant flux. But if I have to narrow it down to the current list:
10. Return of the Jedi - This movie not only introduced me to the Star Wars universe, but also sparked my appreciation and love for the Sci-Fi genre as a whole. Plus did I mention how much I love space battles?
9. Clue - Brilliant ensemble cast (Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Michael Mckean, Christopher Lloyd to mention a few), hilarious slapstick, dead-on-timing (literally) and the only movie I'm aware of to include all of it's alternate endings in the final cut. Plus I can make the case that this was the first dark comedy I ever saw.
8. X-Men 2 - This movies stands as a testament of how to correctly combine two very different storylines into a coherent and excellent script. The writers of this one not only were able to seamlessly blend one of the strongest X-Men stories of all time God Loves, Man Kills with the continuing Weapon X arc; they were also able to insert decent foreshadowing of the Phoenix Saga as well.
7. The Muppet Movie - "Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending, we've done just what we've set out to doooooooo."
6. Attack the Gas Station - Korean life-lesson movie involving street punks, whipped small buisness owners, over-dressed gangs, delivery boys and one of the best Mexican standoffs ever to be filmed.
5. Wall-E - By far one of the most beautiful and unique pieces to come out of Pixar to date.
4. Iron Man - For finally perfecting part of the comic movie formula and setting Marvel on the path to creating THE GREATEST COMIC MOVIE EVER.
3. The Lord of the Rings (Jackson Trilogy) - By far the best adaptation of any fantasy story to film.
2. Ghostbusters - Science, Sarcasm and the Supernatural. Oh, and Egon.
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark / The Last Crusade - The heros of serialized 20's action pulp reborn in form of a Nazi-stomping-artifact hunting-badass historian!
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*SIGH* I'm never good at top ten lists, but who can resist!
Citizen Kane! <- Not really. Don't think I've ever seen the whole thing :-)
In no particular order....
Amelie
Kontroll
Strictly Ballroom
A Little Romance
The Thing (John Carpenter version)
Conan
Excalibur
Skin Deep
Lord of the Rings
Sixteen Candles
Crap, ten already :-(
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forgot to list why these particular movies are important
The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao - sums up my personal philosophy of life more than any other movie
The Seven Samurai - this is THE action movie because it is truly epic in every sense of the word
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - some dreams, particularly the tunnel dream, still haunt me to this day
Rashomon - I think I learned to appreciate complexity and nuance - what is truth and what is deception?
Dr. Strangelove - The greatest black comedy of all time - subversive and hilarious
The Third Man - the ambiguity of Orson Welles' character and the famous ferris wheel speech
Full Metal Jacket - a war movie that affected me more than any other - one of the reasons why I didn't join the military
Night of the Living Dead - the first movie I saw with an utterly nihilistic ending plus it's pretty fucking terrifying
8 1/2 - again, a movie that made me appreciate complexity in life
The Thing (carpenter remake) - holy shit this is a scary ass movie
All three of these movies probably did more to shape my sense of humor than anything else aside from reading stacks of Mad magazine.
Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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1. Dawn Of The Dead (1979): Smart, funny, horrifying and a poetic statement (and dare I say condemnation?) on American consumerism.
2. Somewhere In Time: The perfect blend of science fiction and romance. Jane Seymour was at her most beautiful when this movie was filmed. One of my late grandmother’s favorite films and film scores. Nuff’ said…
3. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: The best “Indy” flick of the entire bunch!
4. Full Metal Jacket: My mother was in the Marine Corps, my father was in the Marine Corps and all three of my step dads were in the Marine Corps. I grew up in the Marine Corps.
5. Heartbreak Ridge: See above. The thing about Heartbreak Ridge is that it was sort of a musical at the same time: a lot of guys singing in this film that I thought odd. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome could be anyone’s motto.
6. The Empire Strikes Back: Quite simply one of the best sci-fi films ever made. Han Solo pulling a Bear Grylls on that Taun-taun?! Come on!?
7. Dune (the unedited version): The film that David Lynch refuses to admit he ever made. This film inspired just about every “futuristic” revisionist sci-fi film made from then on. Steam-Punks owe a debt of gratitude to this film whether they want to admit it or not.
8. Return Of The Living Dead: Perhaps the greatest zombie comedy ever made with one hell of a soundtrack!
9. Evil Dead II: Sam Raimi finds his creative stride. Bruce Campbell’s fight with his demon possessed hand? Ahhh, pure golden goodness…
10. Ran: Think King Lear with samurai and epic samurai combat. To be honest Kurosawa made many great movies and I think that Dreams deserves an honorable mention as probably his most accessible film. Ross might disagree though…
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I forgot to add the reasons also!
Many of these movies qualify as "romantic" so I guess I'm a romantic.
Amelie: A view of isolation while being surrounded by people and how it is ultimately overcome. This protagonist has an enjoyable sense of justice.
Kontroll: Funny, dark, and mysterious. The symbolic struggle of good versus evil.
Strictly Ballroom: Individualism versus the system.
A Little Romance: Name says it all, plus it had Lawrence Olivier!
The Thing: (John Carpenter version) What Ross said. Scary, and it stands the test of time.
Conan: Revenge adventure made more by astounding music.
Excalibur: One of the most powerful adaptation of King Arthur's tale.
Skin Deep: This movie made me laugh until I couldn't breathe when I really needed it. Full of great lines.
Lord of the Rings: I love these films, despite a few agregious changes (no...not Tom fucking Bombadil) to Aragorn that bug me. Still an amzing piece of cinema.
Sixteen Candles: It was the 80s, you had to be there.
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Inception - One of only a few films in recent history that I've gone and seen again.
The Matrix - Good enough to make me watch the terrible sequels and buy the god-awful videogame. I think that says something.
Independence Day - A yearly tradition (Every July 4th). The world gets blown up, and the president shoots down aliens. KICK ASS.
Terminator II - This is where the Terminator series should have ended. Terminator on Terminator action, and the stop of Judgment Day (except the 3rd movie had to ruin that)
Unleashed - No-holds-barred Jet Li action with a much deeper storyline than 99% of Kung Fu movies. Also Morgan Freeman.
Phone Booth - It created a lot of drama by just having Colin Ferrel stand in a phone booth.
Quigley Down Under - Tom Selleck as a cowboy in Australia. 'Nuff Said
Die Hard - Bruce Willis does all his own stunts.
Planet of the Apes - I knew the ending the whole time, and still, something about this movie got me.
UHF - Weird Al makes a movie. Hilarity ensues.
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Wow, there were a lot of good movies in there. I actually think I need to watch a few of the ones I haven't yet. And memories - the list brought back a lot of good ones.
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Crash, I liked your picks... Especially Planet Of The Apes.
Ethan, Basil Poledouris's soundtrack to Conan The Barbarian is probably one of the finest movie scores ever written. Totally and completely captures the essence of the film. One of my favorite pieces of music of all time. I'm also a huge John Barry fan as well.
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I don't have time to provide explanations, so I'll just give the movies now.
1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Pi
3. Dark City
4. Logan's Run
5. American Psycho
6. Freejack
7. Dave
8. Go
9. Run Lola Run
10. Natural Born Killers
I'm an Aronofsky fanboy and have been since my sophomore year in college when I saw Pi and Requiem.
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Another brilliant piece of music was the score to Aronofsky's film The Fountain.
I love, love, LOVE this movie's score, but as for the movie itself... Well, I tried watching it and honestly, I found it quite unwatchable. It was a bit too "artsy" and dense for me.
Eventually I will give The Fountain a second chance if only for the music.
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As a cinema snob I can say that a lot of the films here are vastly overrated (namely Matrix, Inception, Natural Born Killers). I can't make a top ten but shall just toss out as many as I can.
1. Children of Men - It's the only sci-fi film that I can strongly relate to the setting of. It is also exquisitely shot and acted.
2. M - A classic and I prefer it over Lang's other 'M' film.
3. Forbidden Planet - More important than it is credited for. Terrified me as a child and makes me sit in wonderment today.
4. Leprechaun 4: In Space - The best 'so-bad-it's-good' flick and part of a fairly entertaining franchise. Lots of history with this movie that means whenever me and one particular mate meet up we stick this on.
5. The Big Combo - The best film noir, sadly a genre that many people attribute to more films past 1950 than they do before it.
6. The Believer - While American History X is a great film I much prefer this one as it does more to try and understand prejudice rather than just outlining ignorance.
7. The House by the Cemetary/City of the Living Dead - Two Fulci classics that combine his fantastical surrealism and giallo horror.
8. Vanishing Point - My favourite of the counter-culture films and it has more layers than can be truly enjoyed upon the first viewing.
9. Black Belt Jones/Black Samurai - Two very enjoyable flicks that are some of the 'softer' blaxploitation films about.
10. Lady Snowblood/Female Convict 701 - Both of these are fantastic japanese pinky flicks with the same powerful female lead. I would rate Lady Snowblood higher simply because it isn't a women in prison film.
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Another brilliant piece of music was the score to Aronofsky's film The Fountain.
I love, love, LOVE this movie's score, but as for the movie itself... Well, I tried watching it and honestly, I found it quite unwatchable. It was a bit too "artsy" and dense for me.
Eventually I will give The Fountain a second chance if only for the music.
I really like the Fountain, but I wouldn't put it on my top 10. Requiem, though, is a movie I'll watch over and over and show to anyone that hasn't seen it. It's a really good adaptation of Selby's novel as well.
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As a cinema snob I can say that a lot of the films here are vastly overrated (namely Matrix, Inception, Natural Born Killers). I can't make a top ten but shall just toss out as many as I can.
1. Children of Men - It's the only sci-fi film that I can strongly relate to the setting of. It is also exquisitely shot and acted.
2. M - A classic and I prefer it over Lang's other 'M' film.
3. Forbidden Planet - More important than it is credited for. Terrified me as a child and makes me sit in wonderment today.
4. Leprechaun 4: In Space - The best 'so-bad-it's-good' flick and part of a fairly entertaining franchise. Lots of history with this movie that means whenever me and one particular mate meet up we stick this on.
5. The Big Combo - The best film noir, sadly a genre that many people attribute to more films past 1950 than they do before it.
6. The Believer - While American History X is a great film I much prefer this one as it does more to try and understand prejudice rather than just outlining ignorance.
7. The House by the Cemetary/City of the Living Dead - Two Fulci classics that combine his fantastical surrealism and giallo horror.
8. Vanishing Point - My favourite of the counter-culture films and it has more layers than can be truly enjoyed upon the first viewing.
9. Black Belt Jones/Black Samurai - Two very enjoyable flicks that are some of the 'softer' blaxploitation films about.
10. Lady Snowblood/Female Convict 701 - Both of these are fantastic japanese pinky flicks with the same powerful female lead. I would rate Lady Snowblood higher simply because it isn't a women in prison film.
you would put city of the living dead above Suspiria or Deep Red? Those are the highlights of Italian horror for me.
Forbidden Planet is pretty much the best 1950s sci fi film
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I'll try and list these in order of what I'd prefer to watch at the moment rather than artistic merit...
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark. There are other films that are far more significant, but they don't feature scenes of an archaeologist beating down a dozen Nazis while riding a horse that's chasing a truck that holds the Ark of the Covenant.
2. The Dark Knight. Look, I know its overrated. Its not The Godfather or 2001; its about a guy in a bat costume fighting crime. I get that. But its far, far better than many people think. AND its got Batman.
3. Brick. I got into Chandler and Hammett in high school. This movie depicts what those years should have been like.
4. Miller's Crossing. Its the best film made from the works of Hammett, even though its actually a homage, pastiche, and satire rather than an adaptation. For all the Coen Brother's misanthropic excesses, I forgive them because they made this movie.
5. The Empire Strikes Back. A sequel that builds on the first film and adds depth and complexity without missing out on what made these films fun in the first place. This may or may not have something to do with the screenwriters and directors not being George Lucas.
6. Saving Private Ryan. Another one that tends to get damned by faint praise, but it blew my mind when I first saw it and I still find it potent despite its flaws. I've never seen/heard an audience be so fucking devastated in a movie theater as on this movie's opening night.
7. Glory. True story, fictionalized. Beautifully executed.
8. The Changeling. Creepy ghost story with George C. Scott. Its subdued but sneaks up on you. Also, it makes me look clever for pointing out how its overlooked and yet influenced all those Ring movies.
9. The Thing. Carpenter's masterpiece, I think. Great cast, great atmosphere, great score, great effects, probably had great catering. Just great.
10. The Bourne Ultimatum. I may just be a sucker for moody stories with big action set pieces, but the Bourne films are the leanest, meanest shots of adrenaline I've watched in many years.
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you would put city of the living dead above Suspiria or Deep Red? Those are the highlights of Italian horror for me.
I just much prefer Fulci's art direction and make-up effects over Argento. Now don't get me wrong Argento is pretty fantastic I just prefer what Fulci delivers in producing that dream-like state in all of his movies.
Forbidden Planet is pretty much the best 1950s sci fi film
And the best adaptation of The Tempest on stage or off it.
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you would put city of the living dead above Suspiria or Deep Red? Those are the highlights of Italian horror for me.
I just much prefer Fulci's art direction and make-up effects over Argento. Now don't get me wrong Argento is pretty fantastic I just prefer what Fulci delivers in producing that dream-like state in all of his movies.
Forbidden Planet is pretty much the best 1950s sci fi film
And the best adaptation of The Tempest on stage or off it.
The Beyond seemed the most dreamlike of all of Fulci's work. The finale is pretty trippy. Of course Argento's work can be pretty dreamlike - Inferno's opening is crazy.
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Don't forget The Day the Earth Stood Still (original of course!) for 50s greats.
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Top ten lists are hard. These are 10 I like watching over and over ( in no particular order )
Casablanca - I think the best thing about it is that there is nothing special. Everything just works.
Lord of the Rings - This would have been so easy to screw up. He went and overachieved.
Big Trouble in Little China - ( in BluRay!!!! ) The movie that gave the world Jack Burton. ( It's all in the reflexes )
The Big Lebowski - This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps! They say fuck 292 times. 292 times. fuck.
Stalker - Long but worth the effort. Better than solaris.
Alien - In space, no one can hear you scream. My favorite horror film.
Twelve Monkeys - I love time travel. Brad Pitt is crazy. Look for the original La Jetee. It is cool too.
Star Wars - Changed the world. Easy to look back and criticize now.
The Deer Hunter - DeNiro and Russian Roulette and an hour long wedding scene ( speaking of which why isn't the Godfather on this list? )
The Princess Bride - Has to be one of the most quoted movies.
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In no particular order:
Paths of Glory: My favorite Kubrick film for two reasons: 1-Kirk Douglas and 2-the intense climax. Much more sentimental than Full Metal Jacket, but Kubrick also makes a point of examining that sentiment in the final scene.
Into the Wild: Beautifully photographed and acted. This character study is an excellent adaptation of the original non-fiction book about a college grad who burns all of his money, ditches his car, and lives the life of a tramp, wandering across the American northwest and Alaska.
M: Peter Lorre steals the show. A fan-freaking-tastic performance that actually garners sympathy for a child murderer.
Crimes and Misdemeanors: Woody Allen gets massive kudos from me for comparing, contrasting, and inverting comedy and tragedy in this film. Screenwriting at its finest.
Rear Window: John Michael Hayes manages to gloss over Hitchcock's misanthropy (just a bit) with some warm, engaging characters. Also, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, and Princess Grace.
Vertigo: Like someone took Rear Window and kicked the crap out of its soul. Dark and haunting, visually striking, Vertigo is Hitchcock at the top of his game.
Short Cuts: I almost put MASH on here, but Short Cuts deserves to be on this list much more. The best Altman film that I've seen, and an interesting adaptation of many of Raymond Carver's short stories.
Days of Heaven: Oh my God, there's not a single frame of this movie that isn't beautiful.
Straw Dogs: In Sam Peckinpah's world, sexual tension and inferiority lead to rape and violence. This movie is so brutal that it's hard to watch, and that's what I like about it.
Last Tango in Paris: For all its fucked-upedness, Brando blew his acting wad making this picture (in more ways than one). His monologue at the casket of his dead wife makes me cry almost every time I see it.
I'd also give out honorable mentions to Spirited Away, Barton Fink, Pulp Fiction, Ghostbusters, and The Shawshank Redemption.
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Last Tango in Paris......"all the happy children in the schoolyard"
These lists remind me why I said I can't do top ten lists. So many good flicks.
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impossible to list.
Too many fantastic movies.
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In no particular order whatsoever though the first five are my top five, and this is a list that is ever changing so....
1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - a love of mine since child and has my favoritest quote of all time, you should all know what it is.
2. Three O'Clock High - I was first introduced to this in directing class in college, and it is by far an amazing movie not only in terms of 80's awesome ness but writing, cinematography, editing, acting, i had to own it once i saw it.
3. Attack the Gas Station - caught this at Otakon, its just ridiculous, and whil i was mainly attracted to the comedic elements of it i later learneed that it was basically a social commentary on the youth at the times.
4. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Duh, just further proof why Bruce Timm is amazing.
5. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit - Another beloved film from childhood, there has yet to be any live action animated film to look as good, or as realistic looking as this When i watch this i can believe Eddie Valiant is grabby an animated rabbits ears. something Loony Tunes Back in Action lacked, along with many other things
6. Happiness of the Katakuris - One of many reasons Takashi Miike is a mad genius and can basically direct anything he wants and pull it off. Its a zany film about a family running a bed and breakfast where all their patrons kill themselves or die....and also a musical....with zombies.
7. The Dark Knight - Its not over rated, its rated just right. It is one of the best crime dramas ever mad, that just happens to have batman, the joker, and two-face in it.
8. Oldboy - if you havent seen this, you should. Not only is it a great mystery its twisted as all fuck. And yet still not the most depressing of the vengeance trilogy. Im still unsure of what the ending is, but like everyone i've got my opinion. I hope the long rumored american remake never gets made.
9. Princess Mononoke - My favorite Miyazaki film, probably because its the first one i saw. Its beautiful.
10. Battle Royale - I heard about this so i bought a bootleg copy....Needless to say it was amazing so i imported the UK directors cut. Just a great story and while not original concept even at the time it was written, its still pulled off amazingly...Like oldboy i hope the long rumored American remake never gets made.
Though i could easily list ten of each different genre.....which would be more accurate as i've so many. I wasn't even able to hint on any of my fantasy or horror films.
edit, can't believe i forgot my favorite superhero and animated movie of all time.
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I guess I'll basically list 10 movies I enjoy watching (not necessarily good, just movies most of which I've seen more than once).
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension- May actually be my "favorite" movie if only because I've seen it something like 9 times and find it totally awesome for some reason.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Not necessarily amazing cinema, but it's a fun movie and so visually stimulating I could probably watch it twice in a row
- The Producers (1968) - Very funny and I love to watch Gene Wilder act
- Clue - Another really funny movie that doesn't rely entirely on crude or slapstick humor
- Raiders of the Lost Arc/The Last Crusade - Not sure if I could choose between them, changes based on the mood I'm in
- Hot Fuzz - I love the pacing of the movie and it's got a lot of absurd stuff in it
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - It has it's issues, but I like the leading actors a lot and it has some awesome music in it
- The Fifth Element - It's a wacky sci-fi movie with wacky stuff
- Ghostbusters - Great cast and great line delivery
- The A-Team - Only barely makes the list because I can't think of anything better. Not that I don't like it, I just think there is probably something I would prefer
Honorable mention goes to The Room only because it is mind numbing and beyond description...
I guess a more accurate title for this list (and potentially for others as well) is, "If I could only watch 10 movies for the rest of my life" (hence the large number of comedies)...
Someone should tally up the numbers and rank the movies and create a "Top Ten for RPPR"
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I guess I'll basically list 10 movies I enjoy watching (not necessarily good, just movies most of which I've seen more than once).
Clue - Another really funny movie that doesn't rely entirely on crude or slapstick humor
I'd say my favorite part of that movie related to slapstick humor:
[spoiler=Seriously This Part is Awesome]"I am your singing telegram --" *BANG*[/spoiler]
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In no particular order:
Rear Window: John Michael Hayes manages to gloss over Hitchcock's misanthropy (just a bit) with some warm, engaging characters. Also, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, and Princess Grace.
I can't ever get over how beautiful Grace Kelly is in this. Jimmy Stewart's reluctance to marry her verges on science fiction.
And that full-scale apartment block set!
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I guess I'll basically list 10 movies I enjoy watching (not necessarily good, just movies most of which I've seen more than once).
Clue - Another really funny movie that doesn't rely entirely on crude or slapstick humor
I'd say my favorite part of that movie related to slapstick humor:
[spoiler=Seriously This Part is Awesome]"I am your singing telegram --" *BANG*[/spoiler]
A great part indeed, but I just appreciate that all of the humor isn't of that variety (as many modern movies are)...
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I will admit that the pacing was a pretty good contributor to why that part was awesome. Also, the third ending is the best.
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I can't ever get over how beautiful Grace Kelly is in this. Jimmy Stewart's reluctance to marry her verges on science fiction.
And that full-scale apartment block set!
Yeah, Jimmy Stewart's character had a lot more wrong with him than just a broken leg. She's perfect in every way.
- The Producers (1968) - Very funny and I love to watch Gene Wilder act
One of Mel Brooks' best, and his directorial debut, I believe. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder > Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
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1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - a love of mine since child and has my favoritest quote of all time, you should all know what it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAUW22XrnQw
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1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - a love of mine since child and has my favoritest quote of all time, you should all know what it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAUW22XrnQw
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/04/01/ferris-buellers-day-off-review/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMuj85ngEo
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Someone should tally up the numbers and rank the movies and create a "Top Ten for RPPR"
As requested, here movies with the most votes so far:
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 3
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: 3
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy): 3
John Carpenters The Thing: 3
Star Wars (Episode IV): 2
The Empire Strikes Back: 2
M: 2
The Dark Knight: 2
Ghostbusters: 2
Attack the Gas Station: 2
Clue: 2
Full Metal Jacket: 2
The Fifth Element: 2
Conan: 2
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I guess I'll basically list 10 movies I enjoy watching (not necessarily good, just movies most of which I've seen more than once).
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension- May actually be my "favorite" movie if only because I've seen it something like 9 times and find it totally awesome for some reason.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Not necessarily amazing cinema, but it's a fun movie and so visually stimulating I could probably watch it twice in a row
- The Producers (1968) - Very funny and I love to watch Gene Wilder act
- Clue - Another really funny movie that doesn't rely entirely on crude or slapstick humor
- Raiders of the Lost Arc/The Last Crusade - Not sure if I could choose between them, changes based on the mood I'm in
- Hot Fuzz - I love the pacing of the movie and it's got a lot of absurd stuff in it
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - It has it's issues, but I like the leading actors a lot and it has some awesome music in it
- The Fifth Element - It's a wacky sci-fi movie with wacky stuff
- Ghostbusters - Great cast and great line delivery
- The A-Team - Only barely makes the list because I can't think of anything better. Not that I don't like it, I just think there is probably something I would prefer
Honorable mention goes to The Room only because it is mind numbing and beyond description...
I guess a more accurate title for this list (and potentially for others as well) is, "If I could only watch 10 movies for the rest of my life" (hence the large number of comedies)...
Someone should tally up the numbers and rank the movies and create a "Top Ten for RPPR"
Just remembered what movie I wanted to replace The A-Team with: Fido. I love this movie and I can't believe I forgot about it. Absolutely hilarious and so much fun to watch. Has anyone else seen it?
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In no particular order:
Spaceballs
Clue (i randomly get the song stuck in my head thats playing while theyre pretending noones dead for the cop.)
Silence of the Hams
Loaded Weapon 1
Sweet Rain
Lucky Number Slevin
The Rocketeer
Pirates of the Caribbean 1 (even though 2 and 3 sucked so much I can't watch it anymore)
Project A/Project A 2
Dead Leaves
Honerable mentions:
Love Exposure - for a movie that starts out about a kung fu upskirt pornographer, it took a weird turn (several weird turns actually, was like they kept deciding to make another movie but keep the characters), and unfortunately was waaaaay too long.
Gymkata - hikeeba!
Super Mario Bros / Waterworld - I genuinely like these movies, not in a so bad its good way either
Mystery Men, The Brothers Bloom, The Goonies, Hackers, The Good The Bad and The Weird, and The Gamers 1&2.
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- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - It has it's issues, but I like the leading actors a lot and it has some awesome music in it
Do you mean the original BBC miniseries / film version? Or the new travesty of a movie?
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Or the new travesty of a movie?
Because it was poorly done, because if bears at most a passing likeness to the novel, or because John Malkovich was in it?
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Or the new travesty of a movie?
Because it was poorly done, because if bears at most a passing likeness to the novel, or because John Malkovich was in it?
All three. (I typically like Malkovich too.)
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Well...actually i was thinking more of the life moves pretty fast quote.
Often overlooked tidbit, the garage attendant in Ferris also played Spike in Super Mario Brothers. Because i know everyone was dying to know what else he's done.
That Ferris club thing was....to say the least odd.
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In no particular order:
Sweepers - Dolph Lundgren: World's Greatest Dad Minesweeper
Predator - Saw this last night and thought it might make a good CoC one-shot
Blazing Saddles This enabled me to make jokes at work that nobody else gets. Kids these days.....
RoboCop - To me, this is just a perfect movie.
Commando - (see RoboCop)
Total Recall - (see Commando)
The Running Man - (see Richard Dawson)
John Carpenter's The Thing
Clue
This is Spinal Tap
I like Arnold movies. So what?
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Blazing Saddles This enabled me to make jokes at work that nobody else gets. Kids these days.....
"Qualifications?"
"Stampeding cattle."
"That's not much of a crime.."
"Through the Vatican?"
"Kinky!"
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Mongo is just pawn in game of life :'(
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[doesntgetit]The Game of Life does not have pawns. It has cars that you put pegs in.[/doesntgetit]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10
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Blazing Saddles This enabled me to make jokes at work that nobody else gets. Kids these days.....
"Qualifications?"
"Stampeding cattle."
"That's not much of a crime.."
"Through the Vatican?"
"Kinky!"
"Qualifications?"
"Rape, murder, arson, and rape."
"You said rape twice."
"I like rape."