Hey, I wanted to check with you guys and see what your favorite movies were. I think it would be a cool thing to talk about and find out what some of us are into as far as movies go.
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Hey, I wanted to check with you guys and see what your favorite movies were. I think it would be a cool thing to talk about and find out what some of us are into as far as movies go.
Geez... there are so many :)
Wall Street & Caddy Shack come to mind quickly.
Oh yeah... I still haven't seen Lord of the Rings yet Squidly. :D
See LOTR. It is grand.
I've been a big Star Wars fan my whole life.
Lets do it this way.
Ten Movies you'd take with you if you were stranded on a deserted island.
In no particular order, here are mine. Most are of the "guilty pleasure" variety:
1. The Thing
2. Goodfellas
3. Aliens
4. American Beauty
5. Blade Runner
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Patton
8. Escape from New York
9. Fight Club
10. Goldfinger
1 Wall Street
2 Star Wars Set (Only counting as 1!! LOL)
3 Caddy Shack
4 Ferris Buellers Day Off
5 Patton (Watched this last weekend)
6 Grand Prix (VHS only unfortunately.. greatest racing footage!)
7 Highlander
8 Ronin or Bullitt
9 Diggs Town
10 Aliens (The best by far of the Alien movies)
A few Honorable Mentions:
Blade Runner
Beverly Hills Cop Series (1-3)
Lethal Weapon Series
Goodfellas
The Godfather Series
The Natural
Field of Dreams
Highlander Series
First Knight
Excalibur
3 Musketeers
The Hunt for Red October
In no order
Saving private Ryan
The Hunt for Red October
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Star Wars
Usual Suspect
Lord of the Rings
Gladiator
Most "Car" Movies (Ronin, Driven, Taxi, etc)
The English Patient
And a Few Mexican Movies (have you seen any?)
Sorry i had to add
The Goonies (ahh childhood)
1 The Matrix
2 The Fisher King
3 Batman (1&2 ONLY)
4 Edward Scissorhands
5 Fight Club
6 Tommy Boy
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
8 Gladiator
9 Bull Durham
10 Tombstone
Honorable Mention: Star Wars, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Animal House, Star Trek (1,2, and 6 ONLY), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Se7en, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Pulp Fiction
Keep in mind that I wouldn't admit even liking many movies on that list to some of my snotty, artsy friends, but I'm okay with sharing the "real" list with you guys... ;)
1 Falling Down
2 Gettysburg
3 Braveheart
4 Memento
5 Cube
6 John Woo's Hard Boiled (w/ dubbed english)
7 Rumble in the Bronx
8 Raising Arizona
9 Mad Max
10 The Godfather (parts 1 and 2 only)
Honorable mention: Tombstone, Casino, Rat Race, Unforgiven
1. Caddyshack
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Airplane
4. The Producers
5. Braveheart (
6. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (and I'm not talking about Gunny, Choozoo, and Stitch ;) )
7. Star Wars
8. It's a Wonderful Life (still makes me cry)
9. Kelly's Heroes
10. The Great Escape
These are in no order and one's that just came to mind.
El Marachi?Quote:
Originally posted by [AK?]Pancito
And a Few Mexican Movies (have you seen any?)
I'm sure we can each come up with a million different permutations... remember when putting your list together to think of movies that you could watch over and over...ones that would serve as companions on this island.
I didn't include Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or The Godfather because:
A) I can't just pick one of the series.
B) I've seen them so many times ... SO. MANY. TIMES. That a lifetime
of repetition on the island would be redundant.
It's interesting to see some of the lists here... I like Caddy Shack, but there's no way I could watch it 50 times. Maybe...MAYBE once a year. :)
Ditto Airplane, Tommy Boy, and any Batman...
But hey, that's what makes us all different... ;)
I can watch Tommy Boy over and over again (and I do). The funny parts just get funnier because you know they're coming up... :)
01. Blade Runner
02. Army of Darkness
03. Fight Club
04. Rushmore
05. The Royal Tenenbaums
06. Out of Sight
07. Brazil
08. Memento
09. The Professional
10. Zero Effect
11. American Beauty
Blade Runner is at the top of the list, but all the others are in no particular order.
No order
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Le Pacte des Loupes
3. Tommy Boy
4. Animal House
5. Blackhawk Down
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. The Matrix
8. Monty Python's The Holy Grail
9. The Last of the Mohicans
10. Band of Brothers (I know it's a mini-series, but it has theatrical quality).
Honorable mentions:
The Godfather
Braveheart
Seven Samurai
The Professional
Unforgiven
The Untouchables
Outlaw Josie Wales
M*A*S*H
Schindler's List
Army of Darkness
I guess you could say "That's gonna leave a mark" on your brain... ;)Quote:
Originally posted by [AK]Zorro
I can watch Tommy Boy over and over again (and I do). The funny parts just get funnier because you know they're coming up... :)
Okay, here is my list
1. Escape From New York
2. Spider-Man
3. HEAT
4. GlenGary GlenRoss
5. Manhunter (not Red Dragon)
6. Aliens
7. The Thing (1982)
8. Seven Samurai
9. Tombstone
10. The Empire Strikes Back
Honorable Mentions
1. Scarface
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. The Last of The Mohicans
4. The Last Boyscout
5. Die Hard
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. The Matrix
9. Black Hawk Down
10. Batman (Tim Burton)
Look here Angel Eyes, don't make me dump your body in the nameless grave like the dirty dog you are!Quote:
[i]6. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (and I'm not talking about Gunny, Choozoo, and Stitch ;) )[/B]
:-)
1. Cassablanca
2. Star Wars (the 'first' one, not episode 1)
3. Goldfinger
4. Thunderball
5. A Shot in the Dark (the second Pink Panther movie though I like them all... the ones with Peter Sellers that is)
6. Baseketball
7. Orgazmo (Palooka is Choderboy!)
8. The Spy Who Loved Me (I used to have a huge crush on Barbara Bach)
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Its a Wonderful Life (it is the one christmas movie this athiest has got to see every year)
Edit... damn dirty double posts.
Which reminds me... The Planet of the Apes (the ORIGIONAL, not that abomination by Tim Burton) should be up there somewhere.
01. Blade Runner
02. City of Lost Children
03. Fight Club
04. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
05. Casablanca
06. Public Enemy
07. Goonies
08. Scarface (the original Howard Hawks version)
09. The Matrix
10. Metropolis
these are just what came to mind... I went to film school so I can't easily make a top ten list when I've seen half the movies in existence..
War PEZ
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I forgot... I like all movies where an unlikely hero puts on his "Liberal Wussism" hat and fights the crummy establishment..... ie: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington...
War PEZ
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1. AntiTrust
2. The Matrix
3. Remember the Titans
4. Braveheart
5. Fight Club
6. Black Hawk Down
7. A Walk to Remember
8. Star Wars Series (even though EP1 is horrible thanks to Jar Jar)
9. High Fidelity
10. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Honorable Mention:
Queen of the Damned
Office Space
Mallrats
Van Wilder
X-Men
Spiderman
MST3K: The Movie
In other words, any movie with Sarandon, Baldwin, or directed by Rob "Meat Head" Reiner. :DQuote:
Originally posted by [AK?]War PEZ
oooo,
I forgot... I like all movies where an unlikely hero puts on his "Liberal Wussism" hat and fights the crummy establishment..... ie: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington...
War PEZ
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Hey... I listed Wall Street didn't I?!?!?! ;) LOL
1. Fight Club
2. Snatch
3. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
4. Any Farrely Bro's movie. (Dumb and dumber, something about mary, etc.)
5. Any Kevin Smith movie. (Mallrats, Chasing Amy, etc.)
6. Office Space
7. Gladiator
8. Se7en
9. Devil's Advocate
10. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
How could I forget Office Space? One of my favorites!
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Best movies by far are:
1.Better Off Dead
2.Childs Play
3.Dumb and Dumber
4.Lord Of the Rings
5. Star Wars (you can never go wrong)
I forgot a few other cool movies that didn't make the list
Three Days of the Condor
Dawn of the Dead (The full un-cut version)
Resident Evil
The Ugly the Bad and the Good ( or Bribo, Bribo, Bribo)
Tommy Boy
The Prince of Darkness
In the Mouth of Madness (I'm a big pre 1995 John Carpenter fan)
In no particular order
1. Any Star Wars save EpI
2. Any of the LOTR series, provided Two Towers and ROTK are as good as FOTR
3. The Matrix
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Dogma (I like all of Kevin Smith's films except Chasing Amy, but this one is my favorite)
6. Office Space (I can creep my girlfriend out with my dead-on impressions of Milton and Lumberg)
7. Highlander
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Face Off - John Woo's best American film by far
10. Any James Bond movie with Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan
Honorable mentions to Suicide Kings, Boondock Saints, and just about every movie Jackie Chan has ever made.
1. The Matrix - made me look at the world suspiciosly
2. The Star Wars series - I liked them all regardless of what people say
3. Predator - Arnold at his best!
4. LOTR - Very nice, never read the books though
5. Payback - Gibson's just a badass
6. Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone - Laugh all you want but the box office receipts never lie
7. Rose Red - One of the scariest movies I've ever seen
8. Indian Jones Series - l33t 5h1t!
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The first movie - I don't care what anyone says. I've watched this movie almost 100 times!
10. Dumb & Dumber - ****ing hilarious! Two summer's ago, my brother watched it just about everyday throughout the whole summer months. He has it memorized word for word.
Illdayo your wrong about box office receipts never lying, you didn't happen to watch Titantic did you??? hmmmm PU!!!!!!!!!
That's one of my gf's favorite movies. Plus, you can't seriously dislike that movie. The love story part was kind of cheesy but the rest was cool, IMO :)
Titanic totally sucked!!!! I wrote 2 papers on the sinking of the ship in college. The story is too interesting to throw stupid love stories and chases for diamonds and all that crap in it. Just a blatant attempt to get teenage girls coming back to watch it for the umpteenth time!
I have to admit that I did like the effects during the final moments of the ship's sinking, but they only lasted for about 10 minutes. It wasn't worth the price of admission for that.
What about..
Flight of the Intruder
Platoon
Year without a santa claus... ETC
Come on you guys...
Heh, yeah Rocks, but we can only pick 10 movies... It's real tough to narrow it down...
Who said anything about only naming 10 movies, I just asked in the beginining who loved what movies, if you had a list of 53 movies, I'd enjoy to see what they all are.
Squid i relooked at your list and I gotta say, anyone who has Escape From New York and The Thing on there list. Is okay in my book. :-)
And to get gunny and choozoo off my back,
I love the movie Heartbreak Ridge!!! I meant to put it up on my list but for some reason I left it out. My bad.
Well if the sky's the limit, check out my DVD list...
Some are my wife's picks, and others were freebies, but it'll give you a good idea of what I like.
Or you could not look at his DVD list, you might be there for hours.. what you up to now, Squid?
ROFL, 288.
One question?... when would you find time to watch 288 movies? :tongue: I don't even have that many movies if I put vcr tapes and dvd's together... I'm still about 250 sort of that mark.. :tongue:
Don't let them get to you Squidly, i have 195 DVD's.. Good piont on the time issue. I guess I will have to watch more TV.. LOL