I have decided (The what movies should Rilla buy thread)

[a500lbgorilla]

To buy a new movie for each letter of the alphabet.

I alright bought:

American History X
Batman Begins (Pre order)

Finish my list of movies to buy

-'rilla

Edited by Michael1123 because Rilla so horribly named the thread that I almost never opened it.

[BoondockSaint]

Carlitos Way

[BoondockSaint]

Desperado

[BoondockSaint]

End of Days or Evolution

[BoondockSaint]

Fight Club

[BoondockSaint]

Good Will Hunting - Gladiator - or Gone in 60 Seconds

[BoondockSaint]

Hackers

[BoondockSaint]

I is a tough one - maybe the Insider - I havent watched in so long i cant remember if it was great or just good.

[BoondockSaint]

the Jackal

[BoondockSaint]

K-Pax - I really liked it but some people dont - K-19 I thought was pretty decent too - Kingpin too if thats ur thing

[BoondockSaint]

Lock Stock & 2 Smokin Barrels

[BoondockSaint]

Mission Impossible 1&2

[BoondockSaint]

The Negotiator

[BoondockSaint]

Outbreak is the only thing I can think of.

[BoondockSaint]

Platoon

[BoondockSaint]

Queen of the Damned

[BoondockSaint]

Rambo - Replacement Killers - Rounders - Rules of Engagement

[BoondockSaint]

Suicide Kings

[LeFou]

Oleanna.

[BoondockSaint]

Taxi Driver - Tears of the Sun

[BoondockSaint]

Underworld

[Trikflow77]

for r......i would suggest rollerball, best movie ever.....muahhhaaa

[BoondockSaint]

the Village

[BoondockSaint]

Way of the Gun

[BoondockSaint]

Xfiles

[BoondockSaint]

Young Guns

[BoondockSaint]

Zorro

FINALLY - I think I got em all

[DaNutsInYoEye]

One of the more creative ways to post pad....

[BoondockSaint]

nah man this is the community they dont even count - I wasnt plannin on doing that many but i once i started i figured i might as well do the whole thing

[vqc]

no i think the posts in here have been counting ever since the reset.

[BoondockSaint]

k ill be able to tell after this post

[BoondockSaint]

Ha shit i guess ur right - well sorry then i didnt realize it - doesnt really make any difference anyway

[BrokeSucca]

Snatch is a must for S.
(The) Italian Job is a better choice of I imnsho.
Ocean's Eleven for O (don't waste the $$$ on 12 though).
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon if you don't have it for C.
Hero for H (not House of Flying Daggers).
Vampire Hunter D for V?
Ninja Scroll for N.

[vqc]

T - Top Gun

[vqc]

A- A Few Good Men

(not htat American History X isnt just as good. I just dont like watching peoples faces getting cremated on curbs or bloody ass rape scenes becuase the protagonist decided to "keep it real")

[Staresy]

I just dont like watching peoples faces getting cremated on curbs or bloody ass rape scenes becuase the protagonist decided to "keep it real")

in that case, B = Bambi

[Miffed22001]

gladiator
the matrix (any but the first is best)
the great escape
goldeneye (yummy famke janssen)
Zulu

[a500lbgorilla]

C has been chosen.

Cincinnati Kid

-'rilla

[koolmoe]

Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[koolmoe]

Fight Club
Goodfellas

[koolmoe]

The Hustler
Italian Job or (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 2nd choice)

[ake]

A - A clockwork orange
B - Battle Royale
F - Fear and loathing in las vegas

[Frizzle02]

P is for Pulp ficition
B is for Big Lewbowski or Blade or Braveheart ... (B is a tough one)
S is for Snatch
F is for fifth element or fight club
M is for Man on Fire
I think Everyone would agree that R is for Rounders

[Staresy]

A – Alien(s)
B – The Breakfast Club
C – Caddyshack
D – Dawn of the Dead (the original, although I also liked the re–make)
E – Enter the Dragon
F – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or Full Metal Jacket (dependant on your mood)
G – The Godfather (Trilogy) (damn it’s hard to overlook Goodfellas)
H – Hellraiser
I – Indiana Jones (Trilogy)
J – The Jungle Book
K – The Killing Fields
L – The Ladykillers (the original)
M – Mississippi Burning
N – Nightmare on Elm Street (come on?!?! classic Freddy!!)
O – Oldboy
P – The Pianist
Q – has to be Queen of the Damned really!
R – Rounders
S – The Sting
T – Trading Places
U – The Usual Suspects (although the Untouchables is quite close)
V – Volcano
W – Wolf Creek (ok, so it is only just out, but damn it is good) …… Weekend at Bernies then!!
X – The X-Files Movie (because I refuse to even remotely consider buying triple X, even in a hypothetical situation like this with virtually no other choice for X)
Y – Young Guns
Z – Zatoichi

[BrokeSucca]

X – The X-Files Movie (because I refuse to even remotely consider buying triple X, even in a hypothetical situation like this with virtually no other choice for X)

X-men 1 or 2

[ihategnomes]

C = Casino
G = Ghostdog
Good Fellas is a close second.
T = Teen Wolf
P = Pi

[Tim Vecchioni]

Tape pieces of ''Sweating to the Oldies'' over climactic parts of rental movies.

[koolmoe]

Jurassic Park (Jaws?)
Kundun (I would cheat and pick To Kill a Mockingbird, though)

[koolmoe]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy (sentimental votes for Lawrence of Arabia and Lost in Translation)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Memento, Monsters, Inc., or Million Dollar Baby depending on your taste)

[koolmoe]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Princess Bride (Pulp Fiction)

[Fortune 500]

C - Clerks
D - Debbie Does Dallas
E - Enter the Dragon
F - Fight Club
G - Grumpy Old Men
H - Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle.
I - Independence Day
J - Juice
K - Kill Bill, Volume 1 and 2
L - Lesbians Love Licking, Vol 7. (Volume 6 was a letdown, IMO. Discuss.)
M - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
N - Nightmare on Elm Street
O - Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?
P - Princess Bride
Q - No Clue
R - Rounders
S - Sin City
T - The Two Towers
U - Usual Suspects
V -Virtuosity
W- Who's The Man?
X - X-Men
Y - Young Guns
Z -Zoolander

[Tim Vecchioni]

DIRTY DANCING

[koolmoe]

Quiz Show
Raising Arizona

[koolmoe]

The Shawshank Redemption (maybe Star Wars or The Shining)
Tombstone (or Taxi Driver)
Unforgiven (Untouchables?)
Victory (Vertigo if you like older movies)
The Wedding Singer
X2 (X-Men 2)

[Trikflow77]

Battle royal is awesome..................

[LeFou]

Gosh, this was harder than I thought it'd be

2001 (freebie!)
12 Monkeys (do you get one for each number, too?)
Amadeus
Brazil
Chinatown
Donnie Darko (ow -- gotta omit Dancer in the Dark)
Ed Wood
Fargo (ow -- gotta omit Fantasia, and Full Metal Jacket)
Goodfellas
His Girl Friday (ow... Hero ... House/Flying Daggers...)
Incredibles
Jaws
Kill Bill
La Strada
Mulholland Drive (ow -- Magnolia)
Notorious
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction (Psycho)
Quiz Show (thanks koolmoe)
Raiders
Seventh Seal (not the dumb Demi Moore movie, that's Seventh Sign)
Taxi Driver
Usual Suspects
Vertigo
Wizard of Oz (Wild Bunch)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Young Frankenstein)
Zelig

[LeFou]

Quiz Show
Raising Arizona

Damn, those are good.

[koolmoe]

Young Frankenstein (Young Sherlock Holmes)
Z


You already picked A, but Apocalypse Now and American Beauty

[Staresy]

Battle royal is awesome..................

Too true. What about the sequel, what is that like? I've heard mixed things.

[LeFou]

Victory (Vertigo if you like older movies)

koolmoe rocks! I must've watched this one about ten times when i was a kid. You're talking about the soccer movie, right?

[koolmoe]

Victory (Vertigo if you like older movies)

koolmoe rocks! I must've watched this one about ten times when i was a kid. You're talking about the soccer movie, right?

Yeah. Sly Stallone and Michael Caine.

Big movie buff here.

[Jay67s]

A Apocalypse Now, Alien
B Blazing Saddles, BraveHeart, Ben Hur
C Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Cincinatti Kid, Cool Hand Luke, Casablanca, CaddyShack
D Dawn Of The Dead, Dead Poets Society
E Enter the Dragon, Escape for New York
F
G The Great Escape, Glory
H Hero, Hackers (any movie with Angelina Jolie), Halloween, Highlander
I Italian Job
J Jaws, Jurassic park
K
L Lord of the Rings
M Magnificent Seven
N
O
P Pulp Fiction
Q
R Rounders, Replacement Killers
S Star Wars, Seargent York
T TombStone
U Underworld, unforgiven
V Vertigo
W The War of the Worlds (orginal)
X x men 2
Y Young Frankenstein
Z
1 12 angry men

all i got for now
there are way too many good "C" movies

[Jeebus Kliest]

I have decided...that netflix and a dvd burner are +EV

[a500lbgorilla]

A Apocalypse Now, Alien
B Blazing Saddles, BraveHeart, Ben Hur
C Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Cincinatti Kid, Cool Hand Luke, Casablanca, CaddyShack
D Dawn Of The Dead, Dead Poets Society
E Enter the Dragon, Escape for New York
F
G The Great Escape, Glory
H Hero, Hackers (any movie with Angelina Jolie), Halloween, Highlander
I Italian Job
J Jaws, Jurassic park
K
L Lord of the Rings
M Magnificent Seven
N
O
P Pulp Fiction
Q
R Rounders, Replacement Killers
S Star Wars, Seargent York
T TombStone
U Underworld, unforgiven
V Vertigo
W The War of the Worlds (orginal)
X x men 2
Y Young Frankenstein
Z
1 12 angry men

all i got for now
there are way too many good "C" movies

All responses from here on out must be in the format.

F cannot be Fight Club as I already own 2 copies.

-'rilla

[koolmoe]

All responses from here on out must be in the format.

F cannot be Fight Club as I already own 2 copies.

-'rilla

Incidentally, are you going for rewatchability, a collection of classics, or something else entirely?

[a500lbgorilla]

All responses from here on out must be in the format.

F cannot be Fight Club as I already own 2 copies.

-'rilla

Incidentally, are you going for rewatchability, a collection of classics, or something else entirely?

I'm not going for anything. Just good movies. I'm sure I'll get enough movies to cover a couple of classics, a couple with awesome rewatchability. Covering all genres etc etc

-'rilla

[jmontis]

A- American Splendor
B - Blow or Belly (not well known, but a good gangster flick)
C - Cincinatti Kid
D - Dave Chapelle dvd series
E - Endless Summer 1 and 2
F - Fight club
G - Gladiator
H - High Fidelity
I -
J- Jay and Silent bob strikes back
K -
L - LOTR series
M - Matrix series
N - ?
O -
P -
Q -
R - Rounders (obvious)
S - Scarface, Saving private ryan,


i dont know anymore off the top of my head

[chardrian]

A - American Pie
B - Bad News Bears/Beverly Hills Cop
C - Caddyshack
D - Do the Right Thing
E - Easy Rider
F - Field of Dreams/Forrest Gump
G - Good Will Hunting/Good Morning Vietnam (Anything w/good and Robin Williams I guess)
H - Hoop Dreams/Hoosiers
I - It's a Wonderful Life
J - Jaws
K - Karate Kid
L - Lion King
M - My Cousin Vinnie/M*A*S*H
N - National Lampoon's Animal House
O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
P - Pulp Fiction
Q -
R - Revenge of the Nerds
S - Silence of the Lambs/Schindler's List/Shawshank Redemption
T - Tootsie/To Kill a Mockingbird
U - Unforgiven
V -
W - White Men Can't Jump/Wizard of Oz
X -
Y - Y Tu Mama Tambien
Z - Zorro

[a500lbgorilla]

D has been chosen.

Dead Poet's Society. Big ups to Jay67s.

-'rilla

[Warpe]

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

[Warpe]

and Young Frankenstein...that's a must have

[LeFou]

ick, chard. your list has some quality on it but quit a bit of shite too -- I'm looking in the K-N region...

[a500lbgorilla]

F is tough. It's between Fletch and Finding Forrester.

-'rilla

[koolmoe]

What was E?

Oh, G - Garden State if you are not up for the gore of Goodfellas or Godfather

[Muxy]

The most productive post i have ever done on FTR.

A - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
B - Blow (2001) (1971)
C - Crash (2004)
D - Donnie Darko (2001)
E - Ed (1996)
F - Forrest Gump (1994)
G - Goodfellas (1990)
H - Hackers (1995)
I - The Italian Job (2003)
J - Jaws (1975)
K - Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
L - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
M - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
N - Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
O - Old School (2003)
P - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Q - Quiz Show (1994)
R - Rounders (1998)
S - Saving Private Ryan (1998)
T - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
U - Underworld (2003)
V - Volcano (1997)
W - Which Way Is Up? (1977)
X - X-Men (2000)
Y - Young Guns (1988)
Z - Zoolander (2001)