Top 10 Fave Movies - Besides Serenity by queenofthenorth

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Top 10 Fave Movies - Besides Serenity

POSTED BY: QUEENOFTHENORTH
UPDATED: Thursday, October 27, 2005 08:48
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:12 AM

Equilibrium was great, although not great enough to be in my top ten...

1) Serenity
2) Blade Runner
3) Star Trek TMP
4) Superman TM
5) Legend
6) Back to the Future movies
7) Star Wars original trillogy
8) Indy's movies
9) Army of Darkness
10) Aliens

They change with the wind, but that's it this week. Honourable mention to Matrix, Mummy Returns, Die Hards, Batman, Spider-man, Desperado, Somewhere In Time, The Road Home (objectivly, the BEST movie ever made), Who Am I, Legend of the Drunken Master, 2002, Abyss, Terminator 1+2, Demolition Man, geeze, I could go on, and on...

Chrisisall

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:42 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Cybersnark:

Yeah, I've seen all the Inuyasha episodes there are. I got impatient and downloaded them all in subbed Japanese :). Unfortunately, Inuyasha, like Firefly, is cut short before its time. Still excellent though. And the Band of Seven episodes are some of my favorite. Also, Swords of an Honorable Ruler is a very good movie. And I agree with you about the epilogue in Inuyasha 2. That was so unnecessary and spoiled the whole kiss that finally happens. Sigh. Oh well. Still a great movie.

P.S. There is zero reference to Naraku, the Shikon Jewel, or anything like that in Swords of an Honorable Ruler. Which really surprised me.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:53 AM

PURPLEYIN

oooh, twelve monkeys is also good!

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:17 PM

XANDERHARRIS

in no order

1.last action hero
2.true lies
3.twins
4.terminator 2
5.predator
6.terminator
7.jingle all the way
8.red heat
9.raw deal
10.kindergarden cop

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:06 PM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Interesting picks.

(Note to self: XanderHarris likes Arnold. Hmm. Terminator movies are indeed very good.)

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:38 PM

SAFFY

I'll take this literally as my "fave" movies and not necessarily "the best films."

1. Moulin Rouge
2. The Goonies
3. Heavenly Creatures
4. Secretary
5. Practical Magic
6. Clue
7. The Princess Bride
8. Wild Things
9. Murder on the Nile
10. Gone With the Wind
11. Love Me If You Dare

I'm no longer sure that any of us is fit to judge a good movie from a bad one! ;)

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:44 PM

THESENTINEL

In no particular order:

Grosse Pointe Blank
Equilibrium
Batman Begins
Frailty
Fist of Legend
Kill Bill (Vol 1 and 2)
LOTR Trilogy
The Princess Bride
Kung Fu Hustle
Seven Samurai

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:57 PM

TMURRIE

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Originally posted by LfO:
Most of my favorites are already well-represented here, but I've gotta push a film that, in my opinion, should have made it big but didn't (like our BDH):

Equilibrium

YES! I totally forgot about that one. Lead man is Christian Bale, who played Batman. Man, thank you for reminding me!

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:18 PM

LADYDAWN

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4. Bill and Ted movies: Hehe. I love these movies. I can't help it. Humor in spades, some sci-fi. Surprisingly good special effects.

EEEE-hehehheeee, YES. Those amuse me.

Also in no particular order...

Devdas (It's a Hindi costume drama. Just stunning all the way through.)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie (This still makes me laugh so hard, even though I've seen it 50 million times.)

Last Night (I haven't seen this in years, I have to admit, but I remember loving it so much.)

Princess Mononoke

Donnie Darko

Interview with the Vampire

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Quills

Akira

Hero (such good music.)

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:10 PM

LIMINALOSITY

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Originally posted by Hjermsted:
* Koyaanisqatsi -
when you watch this, keep in mind the special effects are in camera and not produced by a computer!! Fantastic visuals accompanied by Philip Glass' best musical score.

I loved all the 'qatsis. What incredible filming.

and as usual, OT alert: when you have time, take a peek at the photography of Robert Polidari:

http://www.billcharles.com/polidori/robertpolidori_1.htm

Much resonance with the 'qatsis
He works some as an architectural photographer, so some of his stuff is mostly for the gloss, but oh, the underlying social commentary he has such a hard time muffling! He has 3 spectacular books:
Havana (fab pics of a ruined Havana)
Pripyat and the Zones of Exclusion (the Ukraine, Chernoble, nowish)
and a brand new one, pictures of cities, with rabid SC ravings.

Changing things by gettin' all bendy

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:12 PM

LIMINALOSITY

Thanks for the moviethread lightheartedness!

"The Random Elves of Chocolate Land" (apogees to Doug)

The elves of Pixietex were transported to the Land of Chocolate by way of a freak website accident when each of them simultaneously pushed "post my reply" on a reply containing the word "chocolate".

The speed of light was brought into play by this seemingly random act (photons being notoriously mischievous and slippery fellows), when the resulting combination of 1s and 0s dialed the unpublished cell phone number of the local deity. Always a fan of any joke with the punchline "chaos", it created The Land of Chocolate in the twinkling of its eye.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:51 PM

MIRAND

2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
Chocolat
The Fifth Element
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
A Life Less Ordinary
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrel
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Snatch
Strange Days

Not in this order.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:18 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

Glad to see everyone's enjoying my fun thread! Also good to note that all of you have such good taste in movies. Lots of mention of the Princess Bride -- I love that movie! Also the book. It's on my short list too. Anyways, now I must make a spontaneous trip to the movie store.

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We were talking about chocolate.
That was ten minutes ago!

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:50 AM

DELTAFOURTWO

Okay. I'm sure I'm not the only person with this problem. But it's impossible for me to just pick 10 ABSOLUTE favs. So here ten that I just really love. :)In no paticular order mind ye. ;)

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) 1968
2. Apocalypse Now (Francis For Coppola) 1979
3. The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris) 1988
4. The Ususal Suspects (Bryan Singer) 1995
5. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) 1982
6. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
7. Jaws (Steven Spielberg) 1975
8. Star Wars (George Lucas) 1977
9. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) 1976
10. Fight Club (David Fincher) 1999

Jeez that was tough! I mean it's killing me not listing:
Halloween (John Carpenter) 1978
Rushmore (Wes Anderson) 1998
JFK (OliverStone) 1991
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly) 2001
Fantasia (James Algar, Samuel Armstrong) 1940
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah) 1969
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick) 1975
The Thing (John Carpenter) 1982
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) 1950
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) 1994
Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh) 1998
Clerks (Kevin Smith) 1994
Videodrome (David Cronenberg) 1983
Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki) 1997
Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino) 1997
The Fly (David Cronenberg) 1986
The Silence of the Lambs (Johnathan Demme) 1991
Citizen Kane (Orson Wells) 1941
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz) 1942
Red Beard (Akira Kurosawa) 1965

And the list goes on and on. :D It's just soooo hard to choose.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:18 AM

BLACKOUTNIGHTS

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1. Serenity
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Brazil
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Blade Runner
8. Casablanca
9. Rushmore
10. Goodfellas
11. Chinatown

I shall forgive you your blasphemy ranking Serenity ahead of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But...are you crazy?! Sure, I loved Serenity too, but c'mon. Seriously.

Here's mine...for your criticism. :) This is just off the top of my head. Numbers 6-10 could change on a whim if I thought of something I like better, but 1-5 are right on.

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. Joe vs. the Volcano
3. Serenity
4. The Thin Red Line (Malick's film, circa 90s)
5. The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Army of Darkness
7. Bladerunner
8. Star Wars
9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
10. Pulp Fiction

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:54 AM

CITIZEN

In no particular order:
The Shawshank Redemption
Serenity (whaddaya mean pradictable?)
Alien
Aliens
Pulp Fiction
Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
Monty Pythons Life of Brian
Fight Club (I'm a real man, grr argh!)
Blade Runner
American Pie (what, I'm shallow with an unsophisticated sense of humor)

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you Beeeer Milkshakes!
Okay, the talking ferret was a bit wierd...

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:25 AM

DANDELIONSBLOWINGINTHEWIND

Well...since someone has mentioned "Serenity" in their list, I'll put it in mine too. It seems wrong not to! ;)

-In No Order-
1. The Lion King
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Serenity
4. The Wedding Crashers
5. Clueless
6. Jurassic Park
7. Jaws
8. Red Eye
9. 13 Going on 30
10. From Justin to Kelly (I'm not kidding)

Others I can't not list:
-The Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Chicago
-Grease
-The Island
-Lady and the Tramp
-Beauty and the Beast
-Scream (1,2,3)
-The Posedion Adventure
-The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
-Donnie Darko
much more I know...

Dancing through life, down at the Ozdust, only because dust is what we come to.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:48 AM

STILLSHINY

The Boondock Saints
Star Wars
With Honors
Royal Tennenbaums
The Matrix
The Commitments
When Harry Met Sally
The Princess Bride
Charade
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Don't ask me to put these in order, I know when I think of my favs these come to mind.

and "SERENITY" well that goes without sayin'

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