Is Serenity the best FILM ever made & if not what Motherf**king is? by Darkfly

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Is Serenity the best FILM ever made & if not what Motherf**king is?

POSTED BY: DARKFLY
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Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:55 AM

Now I've been around long enough to know that everybody loves the film Serenity on this forum,right?

But how many of you actually think Serenity is the best film ever made and if not what film is.

JUST PUT LIST YOUR TOP 10 FILMS in this post cause I'm interested to know what films are better & even if you think Serenity is the best film put your top 10 films down anyway.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:42 AM

FISKMASEN

1. Pulp Fiction (heheh.. topic. ^^)
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Deer Hunter
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. The Untouchables
7. Kill Bill vol. 1
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. The Godfather I
10. The Godfather II

Okay, so, EDIT: I thought about it, and Serenity just doesn't end up in my top 10.
But, on the other hand, it's my favourite Sci-Fi movie. ^^

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:09 AM

DARKFLY

Mine are...

1]Serenity
2]Casino Royale
3]The Matrix
4]Batman Begins
5]Batman[1989]
6]Wing Commander
7]Superman Returns
8]Pulp Fiction
9]Hot Fuzz
10]The Spy Who Loved Me

For me there is no film like Serenity,its completely unique in every way.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 3:13 AM

WALRUS

1]Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2]Snatch
3]Goldeneye
4]American Beauty
5]Dead Poets Society
6]Serenity
7]Waynes World 2
8]Waynes World 1
9]Casino Royale
10]Jeremy Clarkson - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 3:20 AM

FISKMASEN

Ah, yeah, completely forgot Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. ^^
Gotta watch that again.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:39 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Yup it is SERENITY :D

Thereafter:

WAGES OF FEAR
JEAN DE FLOURETTE
MANON DE SOURCE
CITY OF THE LOST CHILDREN
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
TAMPOPO
TRON
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
AKIRA
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
THE DESCENT
THE CROW
RIFIFI
AMELIE
OPERATION CONDOR

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:02 AM

MYCOUSINISAREAVER

I would have to go with:

1. Amadeus
2. Serenity
3. Crouching Tiger
4. Brotherhood of the wolf
5. Thomas Crown Affair
6. Fearless
7. Anchorman
8. Sliding Doors
9. Goodfellas
10. Dracula

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:31 AM

JORUNE

My favourite picture would have to be Casablanca. Other films that I enjoy and in no particular order are
Once upon a time in the West
Metropolitan
Police Story
Goodbye Lenin
Star Wars: A New Hope (Han shot first!)
The Entire run of Heimat (season 1, 13 films)

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:23 AM

DECAF

1. Grandma's Boy
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Fight Club
4. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
5. Serenity
6. Batman Begins
7. Legend of the Drunken Master
8. Lucky Number Slevin
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Gross Pointe Blank
HM. Gladiator

lol, ok, kidding about #1... replace that with Usual Suspects

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:11 AM

DARKFLY

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Originally posted by Decaf:
1. Grandma's Boy
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Fight Club
4. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
5. Serenity
6. Batman Begins
7. Legend of the Drunken Master
8. Lucky Number Slevin
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Gross Pointe Blank
HM. Gladiator

lol, ok, kidding about #1... replace that with Usual Suspects

good choices,notably Serenity,Batman Begins,Pulp Fiction,Lucky numner Slevin And Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:54 AM

ALLIETHORN7

For me...
Serenity
Star Wars; Return of the Jedi
Lady in the Water
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars; A New Hope
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last Samurai
Gladiator
Tremors
The Day After Tomorrow

-Danny

I wanna take the Bullet,
The one aimed straight for your Heart;
I wanna meet the wolves halfway,
And let them Tear me APART,
But that's not the way they do it here...
THRICE RULES!!!!!!!!!

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:58 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

If I was gonna spend a year on a Space Station, and I could bring 10 DVDs with me...

1) A L I E N
2) The Empire Strikes Back
3) Equilibrium
4) Excalibur
5) Le Mans
6) The Matrix
7) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8) The Princess Bride
9) Pitch Black
10) Serenity

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:17 PM

DONCOAT

Heheh, gotta love a top ten list with "Tremors" in it!

This is really an impossible question to answer. There are plenty of movies that I like better than "Serenity" for one reason or another. For example, there are lots of movies that are funnier (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Caddyshack) or have a more profound message (The Killing Fields, Schindler's List). The Lord of the Rings trilogy brings a beloved world to life, as do the Harry Potter films.

But there's one scale on which "Serenity" has no peer for me. It's the one movie I can watch over and over again without getting tired of it.

For me, most DVD purchases turn out to be rather poor decisions, since in so many cases I'll watch it once or twice and then it gathers dust forevermore.

When it comes to "Serenity" , though, I can (and have) popped it in anytime and enjoy another visit with my "other family". I've lost count of our reunions.. and that's a good thing.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:04 PM

BULLETINTHEBRAINPANSQUISH

I'm not touching that question. Not with a ten foot pole. It would be too much like this

for me.

Mal gives control of the ship to Zoe...
Mal: If I'm not back in an hour, you come, and you rescue me.
Zoe: What? And risk my ship?

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:14 PM

CAPTAINCOUPI

I've not actually got around to re-ordering what my top ten would look like in my head since first seeing Serenity those few months ago.

My top ten used to be quite StarWars heavy, but those films are gonna be relegated a long way down the list now, (apart from Empire). They just don't seem to speak to me any more since seeing our BDM.

Thinking the Top five would be:

Serenity
Army of Darkness
Empire Strikes Back
Yojimbo
Shawshank Redemption

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:19 PM

PENGUIN

Deciding what is the best film ever is difficult...but I watched it again tonight. No other film has touched me like this film has. I've watched it god-know-how-many times now and each time it draws me in and holds me. I get teary eyed the last 10 minutes of the film (and a few other times too!)...from River's speech to Simon to the very end.

Best film ever??? It just might be...at least in my little world!

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:44 PM

BORNTOFLY

My taste in films is ever changing, although the top one remains a constant.

1. Serenity
2. The Matrix
3. The Professional
4. Karas
5. Renaissance
6. Stagecoach
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. V For Vendetta
9. Die Hard
10. Fistful Of Dollars

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:51 PM

ETHAN

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Rashomon
3. Gattaca
4. Infernal Affairs
5. Hamlet (Brannah version)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. ET
8. Zeileg
9. Monty Python's Holy Grail
10. Nixon

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:14 PM

MARINA

Well I'm getting ready to spend 12 months in South Korea. And while I know it's not a space station, I still want to make sure I bring my DVD essentials. My list is, therefore, primarily "most-watchable" rather than critically "best."

In alphabetical order:

About a Boy
Gladiator
Goodfellas
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Love, Actually
Moulin Rouge
Mystic River
Serenity
Walk the Line

plus over a dozen Disney animated features.

Don't make faces.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:41 PM

STARSNUFFER90

For me, Serenity may not be the best movie ever, and I don't know a way to decide what is truely the BEST (of anything). One aspect of Serenity that makes it special for me is that it is associated with firefly, and I love firefly. Serenity really is a movie I can watch many times and still love, especially if it's showing new people what the series is all about, and in that aspect, it is the best movie.

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Inara: Why would I want to leave Serenity?
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Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:39 PM

DARKFLY

Quote:
Originally posted by BornToFly:
My taste in films is ever changing, although the top one remains a constant.

1. Serenity
2. The Matrix
3. The Professional
4. Karas
5. Renaissance
6. Stagecoach
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. V For Vendetta
9. Die Hard
10. Fistful Of Dollars

Nice see some more unique films like Renaissance[gooddddd] and V for Vendetta which are both brilliant

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:43 PM

BORNTOFLY

Quote:
Originally posted by Darkfly:
Quote:
Originally posted by BornToFly:
My taste in films is ever changing, although the top one remains a constant.

1. Serenity
2. The Matrix
3. The Professional
4. Karas
5. Renaissance
6. Stagecoach
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. V For Vendetta
9. Die Hard
10. Fistful Of Dollars

Nice see some more unique films like Renaissance[gooddddd] and V for Vendetta which are both brilliant

ad check out my new signature,funny

Our universe is cool but Joss's verse is cooler.

Well, I try. I watch movies a LOT. Kinda goes hand in hand with being a film student.

And damn, but that is one AWESOME sig.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:52 AM

LWAVES

Having seen a lot of these types of lists (even on this board) it can be a tricky question, as people have pointed out.
Some people get confused between 'best' and 'favourite' movies. Serenity is one of my favourite movies but it wouldn't be in my ten best.

To me a favourite movie can be a badly directed, badly acted, piece of go-se with 'cheese' dripping off of it. But if it has something that holds a special place in your heart, then it becomes a favourite.
For best movie, to me, you would have to be more technical and less emotional about it.

Also as people have stated tastes are ever changing. In another six months this list might have some changes to it.

Anyway ten 'best' films in no order:

LOTR Trilogy
Goodfellas
Hero
Shaun Of The Dead/Hot Fuzz
Godfather Trilogy (okay maybe not 3)
The Usual Suspects
Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind
Shawshank Redemption
Leon
Batman Begins

Proof I can't count as that is more than ten, but there you go.

John

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 1:28 AM

CALHOUN

A quick list off the top of my head(I reserve the right to change at any time)

Serenity
Aliens
Dune
Matrix
Heat
Star Wars(A new hope)
Terminator
Black Hawk Down
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Pitch Black
Van Helsing
Donnie Darko
Highlander
Pirates of the Caribbean
Shanghai Noon
Mad Max 2

Thats about 10 isnt it.

Pretty impressive list though aint it..

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:06 AM

MARINA

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:

Dune

The movie or the miniseries? Just curious; I've never seen the Lynch version.

Don't make faces.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:31 AM

GLADIATOR32

Right, my turn! My list seems to change often, but these are the 'timeless' movies - one's I can watch over and over and over, yet never get even slightly bored...

1. Serenity
2. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
3. Terminator 2
4. Aliens
5. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
6. City Of Lost Children
7. Commando
8. Predator
9. Napoleon Dynamite
10. Gladiator

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:37 AM

ERGASTER

Nah, probably not the best move EVER, but I don't know what that would be.

I'll work with the notion that "best" means "favourite", and not necessarily "superb acting/directing/story/etc.etc.etc".

In no special order:

Serenity
Platoon
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Aliens
Local Hero
Planet of the Apes (original!)
Pitch Black
Shaun of the Dead
The Sting
Master and Commander
Young Frankenstein
The Maltese Falcon

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:54 AM

22CLAWS

Entirely pointy.

1. The Princess Bride
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Serenity
4. Natural Born Killers
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Wild at Heart
7. Highlander
8. The Outlaw Josie Wales
9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
10. Fight Club

I don't know that if I went back and watched all these movies again, they would all hold up, but they each had a big impact on my life, at the time.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:52 PM

CALHOUN

Quote:
marina wrote:
Sunday, March 25, 2007 08:06
Quote:

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Originally posted by Calhoun:

Dune

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The movie or the miniseries? Just curious; I've never seen the Lynch version.

The Movie (The David Lynch version not the Alan Smithee hack)
The books are all well worth reading too.

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