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If you had to pick 5 movies that are your favorite, for whatever reason, what would they be? You don't have to list them in order, but do put some thought into it.
1. The Godfather - flawless on so many levels.
2. Citizen Kane
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Casablanca
5. The Shawshank Redemption
1. Aliens
2. Groundhog Day
3. Rounders
4. The Matrix
5. The American President
Hee hee. So hard (no particular order).
Leaving out Star Wars: ANH, Good Will Hunting, The Two Towers... and so many others. Why 5, damn you!?! :D
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Book was better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Triptan3s
hmm tough
Scent of a Woman
Gladiator
Old School
Commando
Rocky
Heat
Desperado
S.P.U.N.
The Godfather
Showgirls
3000 miles to graceland
American history X
X men trilogy (so far)
Rounders
Reverse Bukkake III
Reverse bukkake....hmmm...sir, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Fight Club
The Illusionist
Shawshank Redemption
American History X
300
I think this is a pretty good representation of the sort of Movies I like. The original Matrix before sequels would have been on there. The thought of how awesome sequels could be plus how original and awesome the first movie was made it better.
My laughter was out loud. And I know the fact that I didn't respond LOL makes it seem like I wasn't actually LOLing but I was becuase this is LOLable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anosmic
Rain Man
Tombstone
40 Year Old Virgin
Casablanca (glad to see I'm not the only one)
Walk the Line
S.P.U.N? Just looked it up on IMDB and I'm interested. Plz elaborate.Quote:
Originally Posted by XTR1000
in no particular order
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
Star Wars Trilogy
Big Lebowski
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Mulholland Drive
Amadeus
Fargo
2001
Fitzcarraldo
LOTR: 2nd and 3rd films.
Borat.
Scary Movie.
Naked Gun.
Goonies
Naked gun (and simliar nielsen films)
jurassic park -original only-
rounders
mission impossible
FC and AHX are in mine too, but do you really think in 5 years you are going to have 300 in this list?Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
This dates me a little.
Star Wars
Road Warrior
Robocop
Terminator
Six-String Samurai
Lots of good flicks here.... most would be in my top 20.
This is my top 5 at the moment... and if you asked me a week from now, it might change drastically...
Kill Bill
Gremlins (not sure why, but I have an unnatural love of this film)
LOTR: The Two Towers
The Big Lebowski
Shawshank Redemption
Man... so many good films I had to leave off.
I dont really have too many favorite movies, but heres some ive watched that i enjoyed recently:
LOTR trilogy (one of the few movies ive watched more than once)
300
The Prestige
Wet Hot American Summer
The Matrix (first one only, again one of the few movies i could watch more than once)
To answer gabes question, i dont know if id have it up there in 5 years, but it was definately a fuckin badass movie. Ill watch it again when it comes out on video.
1. The great Escape
2. the matrix (first only, rest are crap)
3. Gladiator
4. Shawshank redemption
5. Donnie Darko.
Lists change, the illusionist is a recent addition too and I was really hard pressed to round out my top 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabe
Please explain the prestige. Spoilers in white.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsmrolla06
I saw the Illusionist first thinking it was the Prestige. I ended up loving it then I watched the Prestige and thought it was really corny and poorly written. I figured out the final twist where they're twins once they introduced the teleporting man trick thanks to him saying that the old guy only acts crippled every day of his life to perform that fishbowl trick. Then the twist at the end is that Tesla invents a CLONING MACHINE?! After the Tesla machine, I lost all interested and really couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on. So please explain from there.
Snatch
LOTR trilogy
The Rock
Rad (I'd be surprised if any of you have actually seen this)
Matrix trilogy
I just thought of a good one to replace 300. Brick.
Ok, Prestige spoilers
I guess everytime he did the teleporting man trick using the tesla, it actually cloned him and he never knew if it was him or the clone dropping down into the tank or being the prestige (standing on stage getting the ovations). So every time he did that trick he actually killed a clone of himself. The guy that did the clone trick set up one of the twins but didnt know he had a twin obv.
I did like the illusionist better than the prestige and actually watched it because i thought it was the prestige, but you already listed it so i thought i would list the prestige.
I guess that makes sense. I just got so confused with that whole premise that it ruined the film for me. The Illusionist has an enchanting feel that is just fun to watch.
Ya the end was awesome, i never even saw it coming.
More spoilers
If all the magic he did wasnt real, how the hell did he do the sword thing where it stuck to the ground.
Semi-spoilage?Quote:
Originally Posted by dsmrolla06
If you watch the directors commentary which I highly recommend, he says there are two ways to see the movie. On side A, he is magical and all of his tricks are inhuman. On side B, he is an extraordinary magician but without super powers. The director says that for side B, he tried to take old magic tricks and add one element that can not be explained. The orange tree has actual edible oranges. The mirror has the spirit floating out of the mirror. The dead people walking around off stage. And, of course, the sword trick.
It was based off an iron box trick where a kid would life a box high in the air, set it down and the magician would trigger an electromagnet under the stage. Then not even the most imposing audience member could move it an inch. If you watch the scene, you can hear a little shocking sound as Prince's sword is finally released to him suggesting he had used an electromagnet. Or electroMAGIC!
five seems to be not enough.
- all star wars
contact
houseguest
the shawshank redemption
million dollar baby
ocean's eleven/ twelve
swordfish
snatch
an extremely goofy movie
indiana jones trilogy
the matrix 1
Cool list of movies so far. Quite the variety too.
I know listing five movies is almost impossible, that's kinda what makes the list interesting.
If I did keep going, I'd list:
The Maltese Falcon
Oliver!
Lawrence of Arabia
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Star Wars
Interresting List so far.
In no particular order
Stalag 17
M.A.S.H (the football scene inparticular)
The Dirty Dozen
Casablanca (see several others picked this one too}
Play Misty for Me
It's very hard picking just 5 though.
one.BoonDock Saints!!
two.Se7en
three.Shawshank
for.Full Metal Jacket
fif.Point break
ok, I can keep going.....
TOP 5, PEOPLE!
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIF!
Ok, ok...Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
- all star wars
contact
the shawshank redemption
million dollar baby
ocean's eleven/ twelve
snatch
I think I still can't count.... :roll:
hahaha.Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
You know...I once had a young actor tell me he wanted to "know movies better" and he asked me which movies he should watch. Which ones were good, must sees, classics, etc. I asked how many movies I should list. He replied, as many as I could. I came back the next day with 240 movies. Damn, I wish I had that list now 'cause there's no way I can think of 240 top movies or recreate that list.
Irreversible
Godfather I + II
Mulholland Drive
Psycho
Stevie
some others:
The Departed, Blow, Ronin, Belly, Basic, Boondock Saints, Leon the Professional, The Patriot, Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic.
I could never really narrow down a top 5
zomgs, i forgot the original Saw movie which is awesome.
The Godfather - Excellent. Great score, great direction, amazing performances, great storyline. Just good basically.
The Departed - Ok, so maybe the plot wasn't original, but this is still a sick film. Nicholson, DiCaprio and Damon all turn in wicked performances. Hell, even Ray Winstone does alright! Excellent direction as we've come to expect from Scorsese.
Memento - The archetypal film noir: dark, clever, intruiging. You need to be switched on to watch this, it has two parallel storylines running in opposite directions. This film also has sick replay value, you just keep picking new things up. Watch it.
Pulp Fiction - Predictable choice but hell, this is the best dialogue on any film ever. Also sick performances and sick direction make this a must see.
A Clockwork Orange - Love it. Dark and dreary yet utterly compelling. Can't really say much about this film, you just have to watch it I guess.
Watching these films will increase your quality of life by 2.4.
Blow was cool becuase when I first saw it, the scene where he barters 50k for a shit-ton of chibba I said "He should pay 75k" and sure enough...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bode-ist
http://www.spunthemovie.com/spun/main.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
mikey rourke, brittany murphy, an old volvo, lots of drugs, mullet and moustache cop. nice camera, great soundtrack, very deep sense of humor.
Ronin was an awesome movie a lot of people don't remember.
I'm gonna throw this out there because it was on in this girl's room at a party last night...Disney's Robinhood. That is my favorite childhood movie.
in no perticular order:
-Crash
-lucky number sleven
-Runaway Jury
-the sum of all fears
-Happy Gilmore
1. Braveheart (how has no one mentioned this yet?)
2. The Godfather
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Matrix
5. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Taxi Driver
4. Magnolia
5. Adaptation
I had the old record and played it over and over again. I memorized every word. That tells you how much I liked it as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
I have the special anniversary edition on DVD too.
In no particular order:
Groundhog Day
Goodfellas
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Once Upon a Time in America
(picking only 5 is way too hard, ask me the same question next week and it could be a different 5!)
Casino and A Bronx Tale are both great also.
This is probably the best list other than mineQuote:
Originally Posted by Renton
That's funny I did the exact same thing. I forgot about that old record until I watched that movie for the first time this year and couldn't figure out why I had so much of the dialogue memorized.Quote:
Originally Posted by Borgib
This was a quality flick. It was one of those movies that was really good but for some reason didn't get a lot of attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigred
b/c it was a paint-by-numbers epic with no redeeming value?Quote:
Originally Posted by Galapogos
Main character was badass. Value +1Quote:
Originally Posted by Warpe
Somehow I have never seen A Bronx Tale - Must try and get this DVD. Casino is a great film :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bode-ist
pretty sure no one mentioned What About Bob? One of the funniest movies ever.
come to think of it, there really havent been many comedies mentioned.
I agree with all of them except 300, while a very good movie, it isnt a top 5 IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
apocalypse now
reservoir dogs
office space
fight club
the big lebowski
just annoying coz you never got to see what was in the case. writers couldnt think of anything important to go in it so they never showed itQuote:
Originally Posted by Galapogos
I'd have to think about whether this is in my top 5, but one movie I like that hasn't been mentioned is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Yep, comedies are a tough category since they are so subjective. This is gonna be hard but I'll try to list my 5 top comedies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bode-ist
1. Airplane - still cracks me up.
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - I will never stop loving this movie. Nee!
3. The Blues Brothers
4. Annie Hall
5. Most Marx Brothers or Laurel & Hardy movies.
The Party (Peter Sellers)
I think LA Story is one of the greatest comedies evah ....
Lemme try to list some of mine that haven't been said..and yes JL, I have Rad on my computer :)
American Beauty
Talladega Nights (so quotable)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Super Troopers
Tombstone
They're not my very top 5 favorite, but just good ones nobody's listed (that I see).
Some of my favs:
After the Sunset
Aliens (director's cut)
Contact
October Sky
K-Pax
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Batman Begins
braveheart
rounders
pulp fiction
american history x
Anchorman
1. Sin City
2. Royal Tenenbaums
3. Eternal Sunshine
4. Memento
5. Office Space
1. Orlando - http://imdb.com/title/tt0107756/
2. Man Bites Dog - http://imdb.com/title/tt0103905/
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - http://imdb.com/title/tt0338013/
4. Pans Labyrinth - http://imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
5. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - http://imdb.com/title/tt0060196/
My top movies list is quite dynamic. The only one that is a perennial
favourite is Orlando.
somehow i left "fear and loathing in las vegas" out of my top 5. wtf? i love that movie. 5 is not enough.
(We can't stop here. This is bat country.)
I am convinced Crusher is the most cultured member of this forum by far.
Burp.Quote:
Originally Posted by sauce123
can't believe nobody has put Donnie Brasco on a list yet, great movie.
It's too hard to make a top 5 of all time list, so I will make a list of the top 5 out of movies that I have watched recently.
Pan's Labyrinth
Donnie Brasco ( was on a couple of nights ago)
Talladega Nights
Old School (I try to watch this at least once every couple of months, it may have replaced dumb and dumber as my favourite non-monty python comedy)
The professional
Mostly older movies that I have rewatched recently.
In alphabetical order....
Bad Boys II
Pulp Fiction
Rudy
Saving Private Ryan
Saw I
SAW is such a fucked up movie, kinda like se7en but worse.
SAW II was fucked up too. who thinks of this kind of shit?
Havent seen SAW III? anygood?
Saw II was meh, fucked up for sure, but meh.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrhappy333
Totally forgot they made Saw III and I never saw it b/c of Saw II. I wish they would have just stopped after the first one.
SAW III
It was alright.