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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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 Posted - 09/06/2005 : 11:25:02 [Permalink]
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OK, my faves
Wizards (1976) -- classic tale of good and evil animated.
Animal House (1980) -- Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
The Blues Brothers -- If you're not from Chicago, you don't get half of the jokes.
LoTR trillogy -- OK, it's recent but tremendous.
America's Sweethearts -- Exposing the insanity that is Hollywood.
Ghostbusters -- Yes, it's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
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Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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Subjectmatter
Skeptic Friend
173 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 13:28:43 [Permalink]
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| I know it's been said before but I really must re-iterate Dr. Strangelove. If movies had a god, it would speak in a german accent and have Nazi Tourettes (syndrome). |
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Plyss
Skeptic Friend
Netherlands
231 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 15:19:29 [Permalink]
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I'd like to suggest "Se7en". Fairly new, but already a classic in the thriller-genre. Then again, maybe i just remember it so fondly because it was the first movie i took a girl to ;)
I also quite enjoyed "Remains of the Day" and "Driving Miss Daisy".
As for the rest, well, i have a pretty poor taste. I loved "Alien", "Tremors", "Bad Taste", "Braindead" and the 1978 version of "Dawn of the Dead" (as well as pretty much every George Romero movie). Am i obsessed with monsters and zombies?  |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 15:43:06 [Permalink]
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There are so many great (and bad movies), and I'm such a big movie geek, I could fill this thread with movie choices.
So, in the interests of restraint, I've decided to approach this genre wise.
I'm gonna start with "War movies".
This covers a hell of a range in itself, so I've further broken it down thusly:
WW1:
Paths of glory
Johnny got his gun
WW2:
Schindlers list
The piano
(Honourable mention to the first twenty minutes of "Saving Private Ryan)
Korean war:
M*A*S*H*
Bridges of Toko-ri
Vietnam war:
(Apart from those already mentioned)
Platoon
Full metal jacket
(Oh, btw, I'm sooooo glad no one has mentioned Tarantino yet, although it's only a matter of time, I'm sure.)
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 17:34:15 [Permalink]
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I'd also recommend The Gods Must Be Crazy.
quote:
A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from.
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The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 17:56:16 [Permalink]
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"The gods....." is great.
Part two is worth seeing, also.
Has any one seen "Insignificance"?.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089343/
"Albert Einstein has come to the city to give a lecture about his work. When he retires to his hotel room later in the evening he has the most unexpected visitor; Marilyn Monroe! And things get more complicated when senator McArthee and her ex-husband show up in the same hotel and the same room..."
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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soda_farl
New Member
43 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 18:18:12 [Permalink]
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| Being John Malkovich was a fantastic movie, and my all time favorite is On the Waterfront. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 18:28:10 [Permalink]
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".....Malkovich." was the beginning of a trilogy, the other two parts being "Adaption" and my favorite of the three "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind."
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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soda_farl
New Member
43 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 19:00:48 [Permalink]
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| I had no idea that it was part of a Triology. I saw Adaptation but not Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. I'm in the mood for a gut busting comedy so the next thing on my agenda is "The 40 Year Old Virgin". Allegedly, it's hilarious. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2005 : 19:09:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Plyss
...(as well as pretty much every George Romero movie). Am i obsessed with monsters and zombies?
But, but, but... Knightriders had neither zombies nor monsters. Although the set was nearly destroyed by a tornado during filming.
Seriously, Knightriders is worth a viewing if you're interested in seeing the Arthurian legend (sortof) retold on motorcycles. And/or see Stephen King in one of the most disgusting roles I think he's ever had.  |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2005 : 16:06:27 [Permalink]
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Hmmm.....horror movies?
Not my genre, really.
All those entrails and body parts tend to melt into one amorphous heap in my mind.
The top of the pile for me is "Hellraiser" (the original, but all the sequals are worth a look, also).
Peter Jackson started out in horror and "Brain dead" is a great example of full on gore making. He also directed "The frighteners", which is a load of fun.
And a bit out of left field, "The Blair witch project" and it's latter day companion piece "Open water".
Oh, and I forgot to add "The passion of the Christ".
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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LizW
Skeptic Friend
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 07:50:33 [Permalink]
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OK, Numerous mentions of George Romero but nobody went for the classic.
Night of the Living Dead: 1968 Low budget, black and white, paranoia, racism, and a few zombies thrown in to keep things interesting.
I would also like to put my support behind
Children of the Corn: Homicidal fundamentalist children and Linda Hamilton, what more could you want?
Poltergeist: Written by Stephen Speilberg and Directed by Tobe Hooper. With JoBeth Williams and Craig T Nelson. Scary, funny and for some reason it makes me nostalgic for the early eighties.
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Fripp
SFN Regular
USA
727 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 08:28:13 [Permalink]
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If you are all going to start mentioning horror movies, we have to remember the Evil Dead trilogy: The second one is my fave.
Exorcist 1 and 3
Both versions of the Thing.
Videodrome
Jaws
One hour Photo. (yes, I consider this horror. The movie is just uncomfortable to watch.)
Alien
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"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only 2-meters wide! That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! You have any idea what this is going to do to my credit?!?!"
"What? Oh, oh, 'just rebuild it'? Oh, real [bleep]ing original. And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite?" |
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
1536 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 10:08:22 [Permalink]
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Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 10:27:14 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by furshur
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
I was just going to say that one.
Blazzing Saddles!!
Dances with Wolves
The Hunt for Red October
Die Hard
Rocky (Original Only!!)
Schindler's List (1993 but I don't care)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket
Cool Hand Luke
This Is Spinal Tap
And my all time fav. - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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