What are your favourite movies (**BESIDES Serenity**) by 20thCentFoxHater

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What are your favourite movies (**BESIDES Serenity**)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:54 PM

DO NOT say "Serenity", because we all know everyone here qualifies it as one of their favourite movies.

My favourite movies BESIDES Serenity are:

1. Braveheart 2. Gladiator 3. Sin City 4. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition 5. Star Wars Trilogy (the OLD trilogy) 6. Lord of War 7. Donnie Darko 8. V For Vendetta 9. Black Hawk Down 10. For A Few Dollars More 11. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 12. Batman Begins 13. The Matrix 14. Brotherhood of the Wolf 15. Bowling for Columbine

"I aim to misbehave." "Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:23 PM

JOSSISAGOD

I'm gonna have to agree with your list 'cause any other movie I've seen was not even close. You know what movie I'd put in the number one slot, but I can't say it. I've never seen Bowling for Columbine. Also, I'll add the Jurassic Park Trilogy. Edit: forgot to add, Big Trouble in Little China and The Pricess Bride and Batman Begins(Batman and Batman returns were good, but "Begins" was better. JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

"Welcome to Jurassic Park." Adam Park, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:30 PM

SADLITTLEKING

My Top 11 favorite movies, in alphabetical order...

Galaxy Quest Jurassic Park Phone Booth Spaceballs Star Trek: First Contact The Matrix Underworld Underworld: Evolution V for Vendetta X-Men X2

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:58 PM

RMMC

Hmm...other than 'Serenity' you say? Man, this is gonna be one weird list, I'll warn ya. :wink: In no particular order (and ocassionally clumped):

1.) Lord of the Rings (I refuse to differentiate. To me it is, and should be, viewed as one big @ss movie.) 2.)Clue 3.) Silverado 4.) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 5.) Muppet Treasure Island 6.) The Adventures of Robin Hood (The one with Errol Flynn) 7.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8.) Spiderman/Spiderman 2 9.) Star Wars (Han shot first, dammit!)/Empire/Jedi 10.) Lost Boys 11.) Young Frankenstein 12.) The Princess Bride 13.) Lethal Weapon/Lethal Weapon 2 14.) Raiders of the Lost Ark/Last Crusade 15.) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 16.) Slap Shot 17.) Romancing the Stone/Jewel of the Nile 18.) X-Men/X-Men2 19.) Dracula (Bela Legosi) 20.) 12 Angry Men

Told ya it's be weird. :smile: Huh. Kinda longish, too. And it'd be longer if I had a functioning brain. :biggrin:

********** RMMC "To make a long story short.." "Too late." -- Wadsworth (Tim Curry) and the other suspects, 'Clue'

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:01 PM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I knew I forgot something!!! God! I'm an idiot. Well you can add these to my list as well:

- Raiders of the Lost Ark - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 12 Monkeys - Training Day (Denzel was such a hardcore badass in that)

"I aim to misbehave." "Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:09 PM

THENCDUCK

The Matrix Equilibrium All Star Wars Lord of the Rings Underworld Underworld Evolution V for Vendetta Pitch Black Chronicles of Riddick Pulp Fiction X-Men 1 and 2 Anchorman Wedding Crashers Rounders The Bourne Idenity and Surpremacy Office Space

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:19 PM

RMMC

Quote:
Originally posted by 20thCentFoxHater: I knew I forgot something!!! God! I'm an idiot.

If you are, it makes me a much bigger one because I forgot these. :banghead:

21.) Underworld/Underworld Evolution 22.) Pirates of the Carribean 23.) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension 24.) King Kong (original and newest versions only) 25.) MIB/MIB2

The worst bit? Most of these movies are on the frickin' shelf just 2 feet away! *sigh*

****************** RMMC (Yes, the below is just pointing to me, old dumbi. :-) :stupid:

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:32 PM

ROLAND19

In order of awesomeness (and excluding Serenity, for whatever reason): The Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump American Psycho Clerks. The Professional Batman Begins The Empire Strikes Back Chasing Amy The Matrix Jurassic Park Highlander Dirty Harry Se7en Dogma Reservoir Dogs Big Fish Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Terminator 2: Judgement Day Spider-Man 2 Stand by Me Shaun of the Dead Lethal Weapon The Muppets Take Manhattan Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness The Untouchables Happy Gilmore The Outsiders The Dead Zone

That's all I can think of at the moment.

------------------------------------------------- The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. - Buffy

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:07 PM

COPILOT

I'm going with #2 The Royal Tenebalms sp? #3 Cecil B Demented #4 Donnie Darko Orginal followed by the directors cut #5 All things Kevin Smith (except that horrid clown raping movie Vulgar) #6 What the Bleep do we know #7 Matrix #8 The wishing Stair #9 Wag the dog #10 Farienheit 911

An I carried such a torch

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:31 PM

REGINAROADIE

For me, this is a loaded question, since there are som many favorites for genres and su-genres and stuff like that. I'm just gonna go with what comes off the top of my head.

AMADEUS- This is in my mind, the best fucking movie ever made. This is the movie that perfectly captures the pain and ecstasy of being an artist. It's a great meditation on man's relation to God. It's a period piece that's actually exciting and not boring since it find so many contemporary parallels. It has great music attached to it and it's just so perfect.

BACK TO THE FUTURE III- I know a lot of people think this is the weakest of the BTTF movies, but I don't care. I saw this movie when I was 6, and it was the movie that spearked a lifetime passion for film. It's the movie that made me who I am.

CLERKS- All of Kevin Smith's movies, actually. But this is my absolute fave for obvious reasons.

LAST NIGHT- I'm writing my essay on this movie since it's not only the best end of the world film IMHO, but it's also my favorite Canadian movie. I would so this film to anyone who scoffs at Canadian cinema and wonders what it has to offer.

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL- I always thought "THIS is how you do an action film" whenever I see this flick. This is without a doubt the most balls to the wall, razor sharp, no holds barred action flick. And the reason I say that is that when you watch the action scenes, you feel the punches to your face and the bullets that rip through your gut.

GARDEN STATE- So far, this is my favorite movie of the decade because it perfectly captures my generation. And the final twenty minutes of this film is the most perfect thing you've ever seen.

Anything by Stanley Kubrick- This man is what I call a REAL director. This is a guy who works on a whole other level of consciousness that we can only grasp to understand. Any one of them.

FANTASIA- This is still in my mind the pinnacle of the animated medium. Just one segment alone should be able to convince you.

I got a lot more, but it's late and I wanna go to bed.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "I think one of the greatest things about modern America is the computerization of medical records. As a volunteer sheriff, I can look up anyone's psychiatric records and their surgical histories. Yeast infections. There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably...because we're down river...from that old bread factory."

Dwight - The Office - 209 - E-mail Surveillance

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:43 PM

PSILONAUT

in no particular order:

amelie sympathy for mr. vengeance memento out of the past fight club seven samurai oldboy eternal sunshine of the spotless mind se7en a bittersweet life

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:52 PM

AZTECHROME

1. Dr. Strangelove 2. Metropolis 3. Taxi Driver 4. O Lucky Man 5. Tout va bien

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:11 PM

STROKINGMYPETER

ok, i love doing this!!!! my favorite movies are:

1. The Big Lebowski - Absolutely the smartest most hilarious movie ever. FANTASTIC. Highly recommended.

2. Dazed and Confused - An essential and accurate depiction of life in the 70s. And a damn fun movie to watch too.

3. 2001: A Space Odyssey - More than a sci fi pic. The most thought provoking film I've ever seen. Unbelievably far ahead of its time. Most people even today don't understand it.

4. The Shawshank Redemption - Excellent script, great acting, great direction, great story. Very powerful movie.

5. The Breakfast Club - What Dazed and Confused was for the 70s this is for the 80s. Funny and even insightful at times. Excellent.

6. Schindler's List - Spielberg at his very best. Powerful, tragic, and inspiring. Every person should see this movie.

7. Star Wars - One of the most influential films of all time. Completely revolutionized the movie industry forever. And at the same time it is a hella fun movie to watch, with cool special effects even today. I honestly whole heartedly prefer the special effects of this movie then the computerized effects of today.

8. Crash - I am reluctant to put a new movie on here because I havn't had much time to let it sink in and it hasn't really been measured by the test of time, but this movie was fantastic. I've only cried once in my life in a movie theater, and it was during this movie. Outstanding film and very deserving of the Oscar it won.

9. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Landmarks in the history of cinema. Great entertainment and fantastic visual achievements.

10. Blade Runner - What an extremely haunting view of the future!! I really love this movie. Gets my vote for best sci fi pic ever, even though 2001 is higher here. So haunting! Great villain too.

11. Raiders of the Lost Ark - An absolutely essential part of American culture and cinema. Very fun movie with a cool plot and Harrison Ford at his most bad ass.

12. Jurassic Park - I never ever get tired of this movie. It is just so much god damn fun!! An awesome plot with awesome ass special effects and amazing music with good acting combines to make one hell of a good movie.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:57 PM

BELUGASMOM

In no particular order, and, sorry, I still don't know how to make paragraphs: The Matrix............Diva.............The Philadelphia Story........12 Monkeys............The Front.............Silverado..........STNG:First Contact.............Star Wars (FIRST one made, ever)............Casablanca..............North By Northwest...........Independence Day..........Wizard of Oz...........Dr Strangelove..........The Last Waltz.............Tommy...........Dances With Wolves...............Repo Man..............Buckaroo Bonzai.........Tapeheads...........Grifters...........Say Anything.............The Maltese Falcon...........The Sixth Sense...........American Beauty...........LA Confidential...........Between the Lines.........Parting Glances.........Impromptu............Pulp Fiction.............to be continued............?

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:00 PM

FALLENANGEL

Damn. Where to begin? Mostly all the lists here are the same as mine. Anyways here's mine.

1) Moulin Rouge 2)Phantom of the Opera(silent/'04) 3)Walk the Line 4)Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 5)Gone With The Wind 6)Dazed and Confused 7)The Goonies 8)Savinf Private Ryan 9)The Fearless Vampire Killers 10)Clerks 11)Monster Squad 12)Charlies Chaplin movies 13)Sleepy Hollow(Tim Burton's.) 14)To Kill A Mocking Bird 15)The Princess Bride 16)Forrest Gump 17)It Happened One Night 18)Reservoir Dogs 19)Se7en 20)The Breakfest Club 21)Casablanca 22)The Crow 23)Dark City 24)Donnie Darko 25)Singin'In the Rain 26)Cabaret 27)Dust 28)Chicago 29)Roman Holiday 30)Interview With A Vampire ...and that's all I can think of at the moment. There's more, I'm sure.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:27 PM

ORPHEUS

Wow. My favorite movies? You asked for it...:

1) Raiders of the Lost Ark 2) The Empire Strikes Back 3) Lord of the Rings 4) Star Wars 5) Clerks 6) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7) Serenity 8) Unbreakable 9) Shaun of the Dead 10) Goldeneye 11) Back to the Future 12) Aliens 13) The Fifth Element 14) The Iron Giant 15) Brazil 16) Hellboy 17) The Hudsucker Proxy 18) Evil Dead 2 19) Once Upon a Time in Mexico 20) The Truman Show 21) The Big Lebowski 22) Jurassic Park 23) Chasing Amy 24) Dawn of the Dead (1978) 25) Jaws 26) Die Hard 27) Army of Darkness 28) Apollo 13 29) Road to Perdition 30) X-Men

Yeah, I've plotted this thing out weeks ago....

____________________ "Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:32 PM

MILT

Shawshank Redemption Lost In Translation Fight Club Casablanca Collaterall Office Space Donnie Darko Sideways A Beautiful Mind Almost Famous Capote Braveheart 25th Hour Good Night, and Good Luck United States of Leland

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:54 PM

BERENTAUR

Some random order...

Lord of the Rings (all of them, but particularly Fellowship) Before Sunrise & Before Sunset Donnie Darko In My Father's Den Equilibrium 28 Days Later Pride and Prejudice (both the BBC version and the 2005 film version) Dead Poet's Society Garden State Shaun of the Dead Little Women Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Goonies Dark City

I'll think of some more later (that I'll feel guilty for forgeting)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:38 PM

GIXXER

Grosse Pointe Blank Pride & Prejudice (Firth / Ehle) Dave Aliens Dog Soldiers Pulp Fiction Amelie La Haine Apocalypse Now One From The Heart Serendipity Band of Brothers Blues Brothers High Fidelity The Big Lebowski Anything Coen. Dusk Till Dawn Mad Max Top Gun The Right Stuff Kevin Smith's catalogue. Christopher Guest's catalogue Extended versions of the Lord of The Rings Freaky Friday (Lohan / Curtis) Gregory's Girl Full Metal Jacket The Princess Bride Roxanne Steve Martin when he was funny. My Blue Heaven, especially. Groundhog Day Miss Congeniality The non-shockingly bad Addams Family films. Leon. Sod the New Star Wars. Natalie Portman really can act. Honest. Good Haircut too. The Killer The Iron Giant Hellboy Indiana Jones films The good Star Warses Titanic (Just kidding - making sure you're paying attention...) Love Actually The Die Hards Under Seige Speed Godzilla. No idea at all why everyone hates this Bubba Ho-Tep Pretty Woman The Last Boy Scout. "Hit me again, and I'll Kill you." Being John Malkovich Anything John Cusack Muriel's Wedding My Cousin Vinny. Maximum toikage. Amadeus. That bit where F Murray Abraham sneaks a look at the wind serenade, and it plays in his head? Wow. Much Ado about Nothing Non-sappy Arnies. School of Rock The Sure Thing The Toy Stories Strictly Ballroom Brazil Twelve Monkeys Usual Suspects Pitch Black Big Batman Begins The first Keaton Batman Buckaroo Banzai Clueless Tremors. (I'm betting Slither will occupy the same affectionate corner of peoples' hearts. I've only seen the trailer, but Nathan looks right at home. It'll all be OK.) LA Confidential. Blimey, Crowe. Galaxy Quest The Wedding Singer Once Were Warriors. Bloody depressing, but incredible. Touch of Evil His Kind of Woman (Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price (in full-on Sir Alexander Dane mode) v. Gangsters. No contest.) Night of the Hunter Kiss Me Deadly. I've heard of hard-boiled, but ( to quote Kirk Douglas) this is 20 minutes. 39 Steps, Donat version Mary Poppins The Sound of Music

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"Listen to me, Lucy Moran, you just listen. When the Tacoma Sperm Bank was looking for donors, naturally I applied. It's my civic duty and I like whales. A routine physical examination revealed that I'm sterile. Sure I thought it meant that I didn't have to take a bath, but the doctors told me the truth. They told me I can't have babies. So what I wanna know now is why are you having one and how?"

(Deputy Andy)

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:59 AM

AUSSAY

I like lots of movies, and my list of favourite would change everyday probably

Heres most of my consistant favourites though

LOTR Trilogy Fight Club Empire Strike Back Master and Commander Gladiator Memento Crash The Count of Monte Cristo Anchorman Aliens The Matrix Finding Nemo Saving Private Ryan Cool Runnings Spinal Tap Heat Collateral Die Hard Rocky (the original only) Hotel Rwanda Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Labyrinth Dr Strangelove The Ghost and Mrs Muir It's a Wonderful Life

"Shake your head boy, your eyes are stuck"

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:40 AM

SIXSHOOTER

Quote:
Originally posted by Gixxer: Grosse Pointe Blank

The only chick flick you will ever hear Dan Akroyd threaten to shoot someone between the eyes and then fuck the brain hole.

Pure movie magic.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:51 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Well I love these sort of lists, but this could go on forever. I'll try and just list my absolute favourites, and in no particular order:

Forrest Gump Star Wars Saga ('cept Episode 1) Titanic Back to the Future Trilogy Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Donnie Darko Dark City The Matrix Phantom of the Opera (2004) West Side Story The Green Mile The Truman Show The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Road to Morocco The Paleface Finding Nemo Toy Story 1&2 Batman Begins Spider-man 1 & 2 X2 Zoolander Josie and the Pussycats Dodgeball The Ring Father of the Bride Unbreakable Terminator 3 (yeah that's right, Rise of the machines!) Superman While You Were Sleeping Austin Powers Trilogy Galaxy Quest Groundhog Day Hot Shots 1&2 I Robot Independence Day Jurassic Park Leon Pieces of April Garden State The Mask Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:24 AM

SICKDUDE

Dang, if these are the lists of "favourite" movies, I'd hate to see the lists of "pretty good" movies....

Okay, mine (in no particular order): Unforgiven Aliens Star Wars (all six of them!) Strange Brew The Man in the White Suit Princess Mononoke Laputa Castle in the Sky Grave of the Fireflies (no relation!) Wings of Honneamise (Royal Space Force)

"It's a cow."

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:49 AM

MALSGIRL

My list will be another with a weird kinda' mix to it. Also if you enjoy rating movies and recommending them, may I suggest you check out filmaffinity.com You rate movies and then they show what movies other people with similar taste recommended (might I also point out that this another way to promote Firefly/Serenity). Ok well here's my list in no particular order:

-Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) first movie I saw more then once in the theater -Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann) -Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans) -Anything by Jean-Pierre Jeunet -Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrman) -A la folie, pas du tout aka He Loves Me He Loves Me Not (Laetitia Colombani) if you haven't seen this one you should really check it out -All three Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson) -The Dish (Rob Sitch) a lovely little Australian movie -The Fifth Element (Luc Besson) -Army of Darkness (Sam Rami) BRUCE!!! -The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Terry Gilliam) -The Mummy (Stephen Sommers) OK I know it's sorta' cheesy but damn it's entertaining -Ed Wood (Tim Burton) -The Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen)

OK that's just a partial list, that I could come up with off the top of my head.

_____________________________

"You will keep a civil tongue in that mouth or I will sew it shut." ~Mal to Jayne

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:10 AM

BULLET1510

Movies I love other than Serenity are (in no particular order - apart from Blue Velvet)

Blue Velvet Hard Boiled (sub-titled not dubbed!!!) Bubba Ho-Tep Donnie Darko (original version) Evil Dead 2 (Dead By Dawn) The Empire Strikes Back His Girl Friday Pitch Black Fight Club Urbania Once Upon A Time In America (Directors cut) Memento Lost Highway American Beauty Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Apocalypse Now Tremors Happy Together & Ashes of Time (Wong Kar Wai rules!)

There's lots more, but I am at work, supposed to be working so...

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:19 AM

ISAACSHEPHERD

-Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe -Lord of the Rings -Matrix -Empire Strikes back -X-men -Pirates of the Carribean -Goldeneye -Knights Tale -Dodgeball -Monty Python and the Holy Grail -Underworld1+2 -Harry Potter 1+2

The Bible's a bit fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:44 AM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I think I will have to add one more movie to my list,

The Last Samurai

This is THE ONLY movie starring Tom Cruise I can stand to watch. It was also the only movie I ever cried at when I watched it, and I've watched many movies with sad parts (ie- Serenity, Braveheart, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan). If you don't know what I mean, go watch it and you will know. Truly under rated and amazing film.

"I aim to misbehave." "Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:21 PM

CARTOON

Even though I done this in the past, compiling a list of favorite films is difficult -- mostly because of the specific criteria used to judge a film.

If my criteria was simply how much I enjoyed a film, few films would outrank "Serenity", "Galaxy Quest" and the original "Star Wars" trilogy. (For example, there are great films included in my list which throughly depressed me -- and which I would never want to watch again -- as opposed to something like "Serenity", which I could watch repeatedly, and enjoy with every viewing.) So, my list is based on more than just an "enjoyment" factor.

I also believe that one should judge a film based upon their initial viewing of it (which in some cases, could be many decades ago) -- as opposed to what they thought of it after years of subsequent viewings.

Lastly, I believe every picture is better seen in a theatre -- so there could be some bias regarding films initially seen in a theatre* as opposed to films initially seen on TV.

That being said, here is my top 20 films...

1. Schindler’s List (1993) 2. Ben Hur (1959) 3. Citizen Kane (1941) 4. Hamlet (1948) 5. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 7. A Tale of Two Cities (1935) 8. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 9. The Godfather (1972) 10. Star Wars (1977)/Return of the Jedi (1983) 11. The Sound of Music (1965) 12. The Big Parade (1925) 13. Casablanca (1942) 14. Gone With the Wind (1939) 15. Bambi (1942) 16. Aliens (1986) 18. Serenity (2005) 19. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 20. The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) (2001-2003)

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:33 PM

JPSTARGAZER

I couldn't believe no one had mentioned any of Coppola's Godfather films, but cartoon snuck it in. Other than that, all of you people seem to have great taste in movies (and TV shows, but we all knew that).

"All I got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth...the rest is up to you" --Bono

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:02 PM

SEARINGFLESH55

I love so many!! I've seen over 1600 (yes, I know thats pitiful!) so its really hard to narrow it down but here it goes, in no particular order because that's just askin' too much!

*5th Element *The Professional *Grosse Pointe Blank *Adventures of Baron Munchausen *Clash of the Titans *Bubba Ho-tep *Fight Club *Forbidden Zone (this is one f'ed up movie) *Gummo *Labyrinth *LotR Trilogy *Return to Oz

There are sooo many more but that pretty much covers the movies I can watch over and over again and never grow tired of them.

I am Joss' bitch!

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:09 PM

In no particular order, here's some weird ass combinations..

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Back to the Future Trilogy Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs Sin City Ferris Bueller's Day Off Final Destination Trilogy Scream 1 & 3 Nightmare on Elm Street Series Friday the Thirteenth Series Bill & Ted's Adventures (and the comics) Matrix Trilogy True Romance Very Bad Things Buffy the Vampire Slayer Child's Play Series Lost Boys

Movies I'm Gonna Love But Haven't Been Made Yet..

Serenity Trilogy Chuckie vs. Alien The Adventures of Buffy and Marty McFly Back to the Future Part 4 (I know, its cruel to say it) Robert Rodriguez meets 13 13 vs. Neo The movie about Blind Melon

I think a little chaos is in order.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:12 PM

oh God, I forgot about every Bruce Campbell movie ever made, and every comic book movie ever made. Just combine your lists with mine and that'll be accurately showing what I love.

FIGHT CLUB!!!

I think a little chaos is in order.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:47 PM

THINGY

Wow, some you really got into this topic. I'll make my response simple.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. Batman Begins 3. The Pricess Bride 4. Garden State 5. The Empire Strikes Back

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... + "She's in Congress?"

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:00 PM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Here are my all-time favorites (in no particular order).

2001: A Space Odyssey Easy Rider THX 1138 American Graffiti Citizen Kane The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the sequels/remakes suck) The Exorcist (the prequels/sequels suck) Pulp Fiction Oh God! (an inspiring tale diguised as a comedy) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope The Star Wars Holiday Special (because it actually dared to show that the characters normally have boring lives) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back The Shining Raiders of the Lost Ark Blade Runner The Day After Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Terminator 2: Judgment Day Schindler's List Forrest Gump The Shawshank Redemption What Dreams May Come The Green Mile Fahrenheit 9/11 Napoleon Dynamite What the Fuck Do We Know!? Brokeback Mountain Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:14 PM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I think I should also add Saving Private Ryan to the mix as well.

"I aim to misbehave." "Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:11 PM

THEPISTONENGINE

Last of the Mohicans I, Robot

I'd actually go so far as to say I, Robot is a better movie than Serenity.

_____________ Carry the Nuttin'

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Friday, March 24, 2006 8:21 AM

MECHMECHANIC

Bill & Ted's Exellent Adventure Spaceballs Smokey and the Bandit Any and every Bruce Campbell movie All the Star Trek movies Galexy Quest All six Star Wars movies The Indiana Jones Trilogy The Die Hard Trilogy Highlander The original Robin Hood with Errol Flynn The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Mal: You wanna run this ship? Jayne: yes! Mal: Well... you can't.

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Friday, March 24, 2006 9:28 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

All of the Billy Jack films, Leon The Professional, Rob Roy, The Bodyguard with Sonny Chiba (BRUTAL FILM), The Buddy Holly Story, Coalminers Daughter, Walk The Line, Hero (Jet Li ROCKS), Man On Fire, Fools Rush In (Mathew Perry is a PUD, but Salma Hayek is SMOKIN'), September Tapes, and most of the movies mentioned by everyone else.

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Friday, March 24, 2006 10:12 AM

ACRAZYIVAN

I'm gonna make this easy. Here's the link to my DVD Aficionado page.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=exarkunss1

Everything there goes on my list. I figured putting 197 items on the post might get a little hard to slog through.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

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Friday, March 24, 2006 11:13 AM

KAZE

Serenity sorta redefined my standards for a good movie. A lot of what i've seen recently i probably would have liked if i hadn't seen Serenity. I just expect more from a movie now. Anyways here's some movies i love, i'm sure i'll forget to list some of what's been mentioned, you people like some good movies.

The Crow Evil Dead movies The Princess Bride Houseguest Star Wars ep 4-6(gotta agree with the person who said the effects were great for the time and i do think they are better than most CGI stuff now. The original versions are the best to me for effects and everything else they changed.) Big Trouble In Little China Sleepy Hollow Labyrinth Indianna Jones and the Last Crusade Pirates of the Carribean Moulin Rouge Highlander Die Hard What Dreams May Come

I know there's lots more but that's all that i can think of at the moment

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Friday, March 24, 2006 11:19 AM

MOONBEAM

Young Frankenstein Man on Fire Rio Bravo Blackhawk Down Michael Collins Fight Club The Matrix The Alamo (2004) Bad Santa Mad Max, Road Warrior, and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Last of the Mohicans Star Trek: Wrath of Khan

"At ease was never that easy to me. I don't relax by parting my legs slightly and putting my hands behind my back. That does not equal ease. At ease is not being in the military. I am at ease, bro, because I am not in the military." - Mitch Hedberg

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Friday, March 24, 2006 12:05 PM

AGIRLYMAN

Internal affairs True Romance Braveheart Gladiator Man on fire The Matrix Above the law Firelight Die Hard MI2 Malcolm X Glory Blade Planes trains and automobiles Tommyboy Seven Episodes 5,6, and 3. Aliens Dances with wolves The spy who shagged me

Gorramit, I can't remember them all...

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?

Tee Hee

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Friday, March 24, 2006 10:09 PM

BELUGASMOM

"Grosse Point Blank" is a CHICK FLICK??!!!!?????!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:51 AM

GIXXER

GPB as a chick flick?

Of course it is.

10 year school reunion, long lost romance, caring PA concerned about her boss's mental outlook and steering him in the right direction, true love in a wary sort of way, fathers giving their blessing, therapy sessions, questioning if it's love, or a new found respect for life.

And what has to be one of the best martial arts fights ever. None of that cod-Kung-Fu sterility and detachment Hollywood and TV uses to show fights, but without anyone actually getting hurt. ( eg Martial Law. All the cops do Kung-Fu, and so does every single bad guy. How many dojos can that city have?)

GPB is an ideal date movie, too. If the girl, or boy doesn't like it, you'd be better off binning them right away.

G

"Don't tease me, you know what I do for a living."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:41 AM

ZZETTA13

Although there are plenty of good and Great movies I'll post a short list of my faves.

Si/Fi

Planet of the Apes (the old one) Aliens Starship Troopers The Thing (both old and new) The Day the Earth Stood Still Terminator

None Si/Fi

Forest Gump To kill a Mockingbird The Good,Bad and the Ugly Unforgiven

Funny: High Anxiety Young Frankenstein

there are many others but the list is ever developing :) Z&C

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:14 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

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Originally posted by ACrazyIvan: I'm gonna make this easy. Here's the link to my DVD Aficionado page.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=exarkunss1

Everything there goes on my list. I figured putting 197 items on the post might get a little hard to slog through.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

Now why didn't I think of doing that?

Here's mine, if anybody's interested http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=needsalt and I must say CrazyIvan - we share similar tastes... but then again, of course we do - us browncoats have good taste

----- Needy. Male Companion a.k.a. First Boy Whore of Destiny ----- www.myspace.com/needsalt

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:35 AM

ACRAZYIVAN

Wow - we sure do have similar tastes. I must say it's interesting to see all of the different cover art on Region 2 discs.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:52 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Quote:
Originally posted by ACrazyIvan: Wow - we sure do have similar tastes. I must say it's interesting to see all of the different cover art on Region 2 discs.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

Yeah I know They're not the only difference, usually the US versions have more extras... well it was until recently. Not only did the international versions of Serenity have more extras (And different artwork), but Fox released 2 disc versions of films like I Robot, Day after tomorrow and Man on fire before the US. Its about time too :wink:

----- Needy. Male Companion a.k.a. First Boy Whore of Destiny ----- www.myspace.com/needsalt

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