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Posted by Crono on Mon Feb 9th at 11:08pm 2004

I'm just curious, what are your guyses favorite movies/films at the moment and why? (No mentioning your enormous pile of ripped movies, Orph . . . ~slowly hands Orpheous a CD~)

If you can't narrow it down to one, like the top three or something.

For me (in no particular order):
12 Monkeys
-It's a great film, it's probably, In my opinion, Brad Pitt's best role. I also make jokes with my friends about if it had a sequel lol.

The Last Samurai
- Whoa, was I surprised by this film. I expected some mundo Cruise crap, but I got an amazing story with beautiful cinematography.

Event Horizon
- Beautiful (in a film making way). This is the only movie that I have ever seen which actually scared me while I was watching it . . . great. Hopfully P. W. Anderson's filming skills will make AvP not a piece of crap, just like Resident Evil (bad story, acting, but I loved it.)

there's a million more amongst them:

The Royal Tenenbaums

Fight Club
(I'm sick of morons, not anyone here, but people I've personally met, claiming this is the best film ever, it's good, but come on.)

Punch Drunk Love

A Clockwork Orange
(shut-up that rape scene isn't that bad)

The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions
(Obviously being a lover of ther book series, I would inherently love the films, once put together correctly)

The Matrix
(I enjoyed the ones after it, Reloaded wasn't that bad once I could skip the rave . . . and Revolutions was great, but neither were even close to their predicesor, which is a completly different feel altogether, so you can't really compare them besides the fact that their in the same series, not to mention the article Simulacra and Simulation is bleeding from every pore of that film, it's even on the cover of the green book for christ sake lol)

The Big Lebowski
(Its just a great movie)

Heat
(oh man)

Okay, that's about the end of my favorites, there's a lot of older films I haven't seen yet that I'm dying to see (Scarface).

So, now it's your guy's turn. [addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Mon Feb 9th at 11:20pm 2004

Scarface is great stuff if you can look past the bad suits, awful sets and bad soundtrack.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
This is just amazing movie making, and will certainly go down in history as possibly the best fantasy epic made.

Monty Python And The Life of Brian
Nothing beats the scene where they all hide from the roman guards in really obvious positions (like putting a sheet over your head, stuffing your head under the table, behind the curtain, beinhd a wooden stool), and yet around 50 or so guards only find a spoon. In the place they forgot to look the first time.

Monty Python And The Holy Grail
"I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of eldeberries!"

The Matrix Trilogy
You may flame when ready

Minority Report
Great mind-twister

Blade Runner
Even better mind-twister. That Philip K. Dick eh?

Fight Club
BEST. FILM. EVER. Oh come on Crono, you were just asking for it

12 Monkies
More mind twistage. Brad Pitt is just brilliant.

Unbreakable
Another good Bruce Willis movie.

Phone Booth
Yummy 24-stylised thriller.

I'm sure there's probably around 10 times more, but that's enough for now. [addsig]



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Posted by Monqui on Mon Feb 9th at 11:41pm 2004

Magnolia.
I like it.

Oh, and it's "Monkeys". [addsig]



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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Mon Feb 9th at 11:55pm 2004

Kill Bill. Oh yes, oh yes.

Lost in Translation. Bill Murray = great.

Identity. Whores don't get second chances.

Ghostworld. Funny + good.

[addsig]



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Posted by Monqui on Tue Feb 10th at 12:00am 2004

The opening song for Ghostworld more than makes it worth a rental (the song is Jaan Pehechaan Ho, by Mohommed Rafi, if you care). The rest of it is good, in a really depressing sort of way. My 2 bits. [addsig]



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Posted by Cassius on Tue Feb 10th at 12:05am 2004

The Usual Suspects

Fight Club

Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues parts 1 and 2 (not a movie but pure genius nonetheless)

Bandits

K-PAX





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Tue Feb 10th at 12:15am 2004

the first three alien films rock....

apocalyps now....

and the first ten minutes of saving private ryan....

theres more, but im pissed beyond words at the moment...forgive me.

Doc B...

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Posted by Crono on Tue Feb 10th at 12:22am 2004

I forgot about the Usual Suspects. . .that movie's great as well. I'll fix the spelling mistake up there.

Real Folk Blues is amongst my favorite episodes in the Bebop series (along with Jupiter Jazz and Pierre Le Fou (I know I spelt it wrong so.)

I didn't dig Magnolia as much as Punch Drunk Love (same writer and director), although it is one film that proves Tom Cruise is a good actor, even if he's a prick.

Also, did you guys see Boondock Saints (great as well) [addsig]



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Tue Feb 10th at 12:35am 2004

Young Frankenstein - Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks at the absolute TOP of their game. The parody movie which all other parody movies aspire to be, but just can never reach.

Royal Tannenbaums - This movie just rocks hard. No movie has succeeded at making me laugh and creeping me out in quite the same way.

Reservoir Dogs - The best Tarantino film, ever. Great cast and an absolutely superb script and story. The budget-concious-yet-not-missing-a-thing feel is just ten kajillion bonus points.

Brazil - My favorite Terry Gilliam movie. 12 Monkeys is a great choice, but I prefer this one. The Lloyd Wright-esque sets, the mechanical computers, that incredible scene where they abduct Buttle... and an absolutely unconventional storyline. Takes a while to sink in just how great a film this is.

Punch-Drunk Love - PT Anderson is definitely another director I really respect. Any movie that can make Adam Sandler seem so talented obviously worked hard to get where it is. The actress playing his sister (the one we see outside of the party) did an incredible job. I love how just when it gets too serious, someone walks into a glass door. The nuances are amazing, like when Luis Guzman shows up wearing a suit, or the blurry character in the background of the supermarket scene.

Those aren't necessarily my Top top 5, but they definitely serve as a good sampling of what I like in movies.

Runner ups:

Any Christopher Guest Mockumentary
The Princess Bride
Office Space
T2: Judgement Day
Lord of the Rings
Wet Hot American Summer

Upcomers to watch out for:

Anchorman
Good Omens

Release it already!:

Martin & Orloff





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Tue Feb 10th at 1:33am 2004

ahhh....young frankenstein.....forgot about that one....thats prolly my all time favorite comedy....."hieeee, i aint got no bo-ooody, and a no , body cares for me, yakataaa....heyyy!!!" gene hackman as the blind man?....killer stuff...

Doc Brass...

[addsig]



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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Feb 10th at 1:49am 2004

Id have to say.........

Fight Club (who didn't know that was comming)

T2 (still has great effects today)

LOR series (just as a whole otherwise Id say Return of the king)

runnerups: 12 monkeys (I crave science fiction)
Princess Bride (man with six fingers)
The wholoe star wars trilogy *bust it out during a rainy day)
American Wedding (not much to say here)
Dude wheres my car (although i feel defiled afteer watching it, as though i walk away stupider)





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Posted by Cash Car Star on Tue Feb 10th at 2:30am 2004

Dude, Where's My Car? Gah. Even as far as stupid stoner movies, you can do better than that one. Cheech & Chong, Wayne's World, Bill & Ted (although the drugs aren't quite as explicit in the last two). Guess it's better than How High, though.

I saw American Wedding and it just seemed too slapped together. I mean, on the one hand you do have the incredible comedic talents of Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge, along with the very promising Alyson Hannigan, but instead for some reason it just seemed to focus on Sean William Scott accidentally embarassing himself while trying to impress some chick who really wasn't that great. I can't figure out why they stuck with that plotline, it just didn't have it. January's (I know some months make good girl's names, but is January really one of em?) character seemed to change every scene she was in, the rivalry between Finch and SWS seemed muted as there wasn't really any back and forth. That other friend became even more so a background prop than in the earlier movies. Another thing is a lot of the dialogue was written so that characters have temporary deafness, not being able to hear what's going on right in front of their face... But I guess high-brow adult comedy and not just a more explicit PG-13 gross-out was too much to expect.





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Posted by Gorbachev on Tue Feb 10th at 2:48am 2004

Ghostworld is great on DVD (watching the Deleted scenes with Doug...priceless.)
Slap Shot - Classic, really funny...but maybe only if you actually play hockey.
Gladiator - Really liked this one.
The Last Samurai - Much better than I had expected.
Mortal Kombat - Always liked it for some reason, way better than the 2nd movie (1st one has actual martial arts.)
Demolition Man - A lot of sly humour, a good laugh.
Back to the Future - Great stuff.

And more I can't think of at the moment, I really should be studying

[addsig]



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Posted by GreenDragon on Tue Feb 10th at 2:54am 2004

Gone in 60 seconds

I love the scene were....hell i just love the whole movie even the intros pretty cool.





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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Feb 10th at 4:39am 2004

In no particular order, the movies I could watch over and over and never get bored:

Original Star Wars Trilogy
LOTR Trilogy
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade
Aliens
Terminator 1 and 2
Matrix
Saving Private Ryan
The Big Lebowski
Ronin
Battle Royale





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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Feb 10th at 4:56am 2004

LA Confidential: I wish I could beat the crap out of women beaters too!

Fight Club: a good exploration of the consequences of fallowing an idea to the extrmity of logical thought.

Boondock Saints: Yah, kinda psycho, but admit it. you wish you could kill rapists too.

Further down the list: snatch, lock stock and two smoking barrels, bandits, the fugitive, whitness, der kreiger und die keiserin, ferris bueller's day off, father goose, operation petticoat...

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Posted by wil5on on Tue Feb 10th at 6:20am 2004

I like mind-bending movies, eg. Fight Club, Unbreakable etc.

I like war movies, eg. Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now (also a mind-bender...)

THE MATRIX!!! OMG!!! The original is excellent, Reloaded wasnt as good, and I havent seen revolutions yet but I hear its worse again.

But ATM, my top 3 would have to be the LOTR trilogy, with ROTK at the top. Hopefully the extended version will include the scourging of the shire!

[addsig]



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Posted by fishy on Tue Feb 10th at 6:23am 2004

the green mile must be one of the best films i've ever seen.



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Posted by Crono on Tue Feb 10th at 6:24am 2004

Revolutions is way better then Reloaded. If you like anime at all you'll love it.

I'm sick of people bashing Reloaded and thus Revolutions because of the Reloaded chip on thier shoulders.

They're not horrible movies, jesus, what about Michael Bay's movies?? They're crocks of s**t! (Thank God no one has listed a Michael Bay movie as one of their favorites . . . yet, if you're going to . . . just don't) [addsig]



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Posted by Forceflow on Tue Feb 10th at 7:00am 2004

Trainspotting, 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle is talented, and so is Ewan Mcgregor)

The Matrix Trilogy (tho the first one still is the best one)

Star Wars ehm ... trilogy + ep1 & ep2

Traffic, Requiem For A Dream, ...

(more to come)






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