Top 5 Movies

[Tom Gavrilos]

Ok here goes: The best ones I can think of right now.

Shawshank Redemption
Boondock Saints
Usual Suspects
Braveheart
Fearless

[Herm]

hmm interesting, mine are...
Super Troopers
The Big Labouwski
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Old School
Apocalypse Now

[Tom Gavrilos]

Never seen Apocalypse now I gotta do that.

Am I the only person who hates Super Troopers and Loves Freddie Got Fingered!?

[Herm]

Am I the only person who hates Super Troopers and Loves Freddie Got Fingered!?

WTF mate? Check yourself into a clinic cause that's INSANE! :confused:

[LongV]

Ok here goes: The best ones I can think of right now.

Shawshank Redemption
Boondock Saints
Usual Suspects
Braveheart
Fearless


..........????:confused: :confused:?????.....plz tell me you at least watched one of the Godfather trilogies.

Here's mine

Godfather part II
District B13
Ocean's 11
No Country for Old Men
Enter the Dragon

[gunnsjmg]

Never seen Apocalypse now I gotta do that.

Am I the only person who hates Super Troopers and Loves Freddie Got Fingered!?


Holy fuckin shit! You're the first person I've ever heard of that hates Super Troopers. I liked both movies but I'd choose Super Troopers over Freddie Got Fingered any day. I'm a big fan of the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe though.:D

[Tom Gavrilos]

Love Godfather I & II those are up there
Havent seen No Country For Old Men
District B-13 dont know better check that out

For Comedy:
WEDDING CRASHERS
Old School
Anchor Man
Freddie Got Fingerred <---- YEAH THATS RIGHT :cool:

[Tom Gavrilos]

Holy fuckin shit! You're the first person I've ever heard of that hates Super Troopers. I liked both movies but I'd choose Super Troopers over Freddie Got Fingered any day. I'm a big fan of the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe though.:D

I dont just not like it. I HATE it
Something about it must rub me the wrong way because everyone I know loves it and I think that makes me hate it even more!:D

[gunnsjmg]

I dont just not like it. I HATE it
Something about it must rub me the wrong way because everyone I know loves it and I think that makes me hate it even more!:D


Hahahaha! I feel ya though. I'm the same with the Saw movies. Dont know why just hate them.
I love so many movies and I've got so many dvds, My collection puts Bockbuster to shame, that I cant pick a top five.
Also, I want to say District B-13 is awsome. :cool:

[Pezzi]

Fight Club
Boondock Saints
The Butterfly Effect
The Professional
..and Mortal Kombat!

[Dannicus]

I am a movie buff...Straight up. My DVD collection is at last count, not including the 10 I bought today, at around 500. My top 5 is an interesting list.

1)The Princess Bride (I know I know....fuck you)
2)Indiana Jones and the Last Crucade (My Two Favorites, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery)
3)Shawshank Redemption (Who doesn't like Morgan Freeman....seriously)
4)15 Minutes (This movie, just plain and simple rocks)
5)American History X (Who would have thunk that the skinny punk from Primal Fear would turn out to be so bad ass)

My honorable mention 5(Not in any particular order):

1)American Psycho (No explanation necessary..if you don't know why...find out)
2)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Just to creep you out with Tim Curry in Drag)
3)The Cincinnati Kid (5 words. Ann Margret and Tuesday Weld)
4)12 Angry Men (With Henry Fonda, not Jack Lemmon)
5)Casablanca (Rick is a man among men)

So there you go.... Movies.. I tend to ramble on about. sorry....

[gunnsjmg]

I am a movie buff...Straight up. My DVD collection is at last count, not including the 10 I bought today, at around 500. My top 5 is an interesting list.

1)The Princess Bride (I know I know....fuck you)
2)Indiana Jones and the Last Crucade (My Two Favorites, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery)
3)Shawshank Redemption (Who doesn't like Morgan Freeman....seriously)
4)15 Minutes (This movie, just plain and simple rocks)
5)American History X (Who would have thunk that the skinny punk from Primal Fear would turn out to be so bad ass)

My honorable mention 5(Not in any particular order):

1)American Psycho (No explanation necessary..if you don't know why...find out)
2)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Just to creep you out with Tim Curry in Drag)
3)The Cincinnati Kid (5 words. Ann Margret and Tuesday Weld)
4)12 Angry Men (With Henry Fonda, not Jack Lemmon)
5)Casablanca (Rick is a man among men)

So there you go.... Movies.. I tend to ramble on about. sorry....



Its great to hear that I'm not the only movie fanatic to the point its disturbing out there. I've probably got around 600-800 or so in my dvd collection. I buy $150-$350 worth every week.

[Ryan]

I love movies and I buy most of my dvd's when a movie store goes out of business or when they have 4 for $20 sales.

Anyway my top 5

1. Office Space
2. The Last Dragon
3. WAR
4. Fast And The Furious
5. all Rush Hour movies

Honorable Mention

1. Unleashed
2. Shooter
3. Romeo Must Die
4. Enter The Dragon
5. Vision Quest

[flying gogo-plata]

1.V for vendetta
2silence of the lambs
3fight club
4blow
5the godfather
and when redbelt comes out it will prolly be #1

[Dannicus]

I love movies and I buy most of my dvd's when a movie store goes out of business or when they have 4 for $20 sales.

Anyway my top 5

1. Office Space
2. The Last Dragon
3. WAR
4. Fast And The Furious
5. all Rush Hour movies

Honorable Mention

1. Unleashed
2. Shooter
3. Romeo Must Die
4. Enter The Dragon
5. Vision Quest

A little Jet Li obsessive are we? Hehe. Not that I have any issue with that. I LOVE Jet. Throw in a little Transporter in there, and you have most of my favorite action movies...but you can't forget The One. Very underrated flick. And my all time favorite Martial Arts Movie....Enter the Fist.

[BadKarmaRising]

Picking 5 is pretty tough.

The Shawshank Redemption
Blade Runner
Tombstone
The Godfather II
Things to do in Denver When You're Dead

[Ghosted3]

I am a movie nut, and it would be damn near impossible to narrow it down to 5 movies...heck 50 would be hard lol. But here are a few that I really like in no particular order

What Dreams May Come
Man on Fire
Waiting
The Departed
The Last Samurai
300

[Ryan]

A little Jet Li obsessive are we? Hehe. Not that I have any issue with that. I LOVE Jet. Throw in a little Transporter in there, and you have most of my favorite action movies...but you can't forget The One. Very underrated flick. And my all time favorite Martial Arts Movie....Enter the Fist.

Oh damn I forget about Transporter. I am a big Jason Statham fan (except Crank)

[Ghosted3]

Crank was pretty jacked up.

[gunnsjmg]

Oh damn I forget about Transporter. I am a big Jason Statham fan (except Crank)

Cant forget the Transporter movies, I think Jason Stathom is the shit. I havnt seen a movie of his I didnt like. :D

[LongV]

..........????:confused: :confused:?????.....plz tell me you at least watched one of the Godfather trilogies.

Here's mine

Godfather part II
District B13
Ocean's 11
No Country for Old Men
Enter the Dragon


Oh yeah...Forgot to mention Die Hard. Yippy Kiyay MF!!!!:cool:

[Eric?!]

Anything With Bruce Lee Is A Given?!

Bad Boys
The Crow
Man On Fire
The Professional
Scarface

[Dannicus]

Cant forget the Transporter movies, I think Jason Stathom is the shit. I havnt seen a movie of his I didnt like. :D

I am a huge Stathom fan...but In the name of the king was horrible...

[sukotsuto]

My top 5:

Enter the Dragon
Ong Bak
Game of Death (real footage, not the butchered edit)
Tom Yum Goong
Return of the Living Dead


Most of the DVDs in my collection are either Martial Arts movies, Zombie movies and many other B-movies. :D

[flying gogo-plata]

Cant forget the Transporter movies, I think Jason Stathom is the shit. I havnt seen a movie of his I didnt like. :D

have u seen in the name of the king? as far as i know there isn't a person on the planet who liked that movie

[michaelwbray]

The Departed
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Usual Suspects
Fight Club

Best movie I've seen recently: Mr Brooks (Kevin Costner). Very good movie.

Favourite comedy: Flying High (I think it was called Airplane when released in the U.S.A.) with Leslie Nielson. Old movie, good for a laugh.

[Dannicus]

Favourite comedy: Flying High (I think it was called Airplane when released in the U.S.A.) with Leslie Nielson. Old movie, good for a laugh.

I just wanted to wish you both luck....we're all counting on you.

[Ryan]

Ok, If they made a Bad Boys 3 and they chose 2 white guys instead of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith who would you choose?

Either of these 2 combinations

Jason Statham
John Cena

Vin Diesel
Johnny Knoxville

[slideyfoot]

'Top' in terms of highest quality, or top as in personal favourites? As if its the former, then the top 5 would probably be something like this:

1. Citizen Kane
2. La Règle du jeu
3. The Godfather Parts I & II
4. Battleship Potemkin
5. Seven Samurai

Though thats just going off a few of the more respected 'top film' polls, like BFI: I've never seen La Règle du jeu or Battleship Potemkin (well, except that famous scene with the pram running down the steps), but given how often they pop up on these lists, I get the impression I really should.

If you just mean my personal top films, then that would be a completely different list (although Seven Samurai would be in the top 10). Its almost all animation, and largely bound up in sentimentality and nostalgia. But meh. As I've shoved these up on Flixster before, might as well reproduce here:

The Flight of Dragons: The Flight of Dragons is not just a film for me, it is a major part of my childhood. I absolutely adore this animation, from the plot (which isn't half-bad for a children's animation), the characters, the atmosphere, the music, and perhaps most of all, the feeling of being immersed in a fully-formed fantasy world (no doubt helped by being based on a book: the explanation of dragon flight is particularly inventive). Its tough to choose between this and Conan as my all-time favourite film, but if I was forced to decide, I think I'd have to pick this.

Conan the Barbarian: Magnificently camp epic smattered with some of the most hilariously macho lines ever, delivered by a man born to play Conan. Beautiful cinematography, sparse dialogue and stunning set design, all brought together though an amazing score by Basil Poledouris. Instead of all that difficult 'talking' business, Arnie was largely left to do what he does best: pose, grunt and hit things.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (Kaze no tani no Naushika): Main reason I enjoyed Nausicaa so much was the feminist overtone; there were strong female characters in both heroic and 'villain' roles; women exhibited intelligence, physical strength, combat prowess, along with the more stereotypical compassion; the 'villains' were not black and white, and indeed some turned out to be quite 'heroic' (the ohmu, for example). Hayao Miyazaki has a number of running themes, which this pre-Ghibli film showcases: strong female protagonist and flight (pretty much every Miyazaki film features something flying, be that a blimp, a glider, a broomstick or his real love, a plane), along with environmental concerns that would be repeated in Princess Mononoke. Also, the full version is plenty longer than 94mins - more like 2hrs, yet another reason its awesome. Hooray for long films!

Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust: Absolutely gorgeous animation, a great Gothtastic plot and lots of cool action sequences. Unusually for an anime, this was intended for an English-speaking cast rather than original Japanese getting dubbed, which may explain why the voice acting is so good (at least IMO: I know there are those who hate the voices, particularly the comic tone adopted for Left Hand). May be a little gory for some, though.

Uproar in Heaven (Da nao tian gong): This 1965 animation from China has been with me for a long time. Judging by my search of The Times archive (yes, I'm that geeky), the broadcast my parents recorded would have probably been from Christmas Day 1981 at 15:40 on BBC 2. I was less than a year old, and have been watching it ever since. The story is all about the famous Chinese mythological figure, the Monkey King, and the frustration he causes the Emperor of Heaven. Everything is Mandarin with no subtitles, but for the BBC broadcast (I'm not sure if this was part of a festival or a commonly added part of the soundtrack) there is a soothing English narration summarising what's going on, which crops up intermittently. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a DVD release in English yet, so I've been relying on my battered old copy from the TV (transferred to DVD, of course, but not great quality). I'd like to add Nezha Nao Hai (Nezha Conquers the Dragon King) too, which similarly has been with me for years, but not seeing it on Facebook movies.

[gunnsjmg]

have u seen in the name of the king? as far as i know there isn't a person on the planet who liked that movie

No I havnt I was waiting for its dvd release. I was really looking forward to it too. Now you got me thinking it might be a waste of time and money cuz I'm still going to get it.

[Oneiros]

Big Lebowsky (my all time favourite)

The Prophecy (Christopher Walken as Arkangel Gabriel - I love C. Walken)

Memento (this one is a sick masterpiece - if you haven?t watched it - go for it right now)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy... I read the Books several times in German and English and I also love the films, wierd, isn?t it?

Then I also like all kind of Zombie Movies...
Some friends of mine and me, we have ongoing "lets watch the worst movies ever" series... on the top

The Hand of Manos
Zombie Child
Mutant City

oh man, those are bad....
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[slideyfoot]

Yeah, Walken rocks: good ol rent-a-psycho. :D


Then I also like all kind of Zombie Movies...
Some friends of mine and me, we have ongoing "lets watch the worst movies ever" series... on the top

The Hand of Manos
Zombie Child
Mutant City

oh man, those are bad....
^^

What do you think to the recent resurgence of zombie stuff, like with Shawn of the Dead? I'm generally not keen on horror, but I did enjoy the horror-comedy thing Simon Pegg managed there. Evil Dead II (never much liked the first one, though the third was good too) is of course the classic of the genre, but Pegg seems to have helped get a mini-revival going.

[BadKarmaRising]

Ok, If they made a Bad Boys 3 and they chose 2 white guys instead of Martin Lawrence and Will Smith who would you choose?

Either of these 2 combinations

Jason Statham
John Cena

Vin Diesel
Johnny Knoxville

Will Smith isn't white?!?

I'd pick The Rock and Steve Buchemi

[ralphc]

Alright here my list:

The Run Down
Seven
300
Histoy of the World, Pt 1
Matrix Trilogy

So many more....

[Dannicus]

Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust: Absolutely gorgeous animation, a great Gothtastic plot and lots of cool action sequences. Unusually for an anime, this was intended for an English-speaking cast rather than original Japanese getting dubbed, which may explain why the voice acting is so good (at least IMO: I know there are those who hate the voices, particularly the comic tone adopted for Left Hand). May be a little gory for some, though.


You cannot even begin to fathom the respect you have gained from me. I salute you. You didn't mention Grave of the Fireflies though...

[Fox1s2]

300
Fight Club
Scarface
Bourne Identity Trilogy
Cradle to the Grave(please tell me some of you guys remember this, first movie to feature MMA?) =D

Honourable mention.

Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
Star Wars Epic
Shooter
Last Samurai
I Am Legend....I know i know....i liked it.

[slideyfoot]

You cannot even begin to fathom the respect you have gained from me. I salute you. You didn't mention Grave of the Fireflies though...

Heh - I may be about to lose it then. While I'm aware of the acclaim, I really didn't like Grave of the Fireflies (or the film it was paired with, My Neighbour Totoro), for a whole bunch of reasons I could post up here if you'd like. I've also got some big fat Studio Ghibli posts up my sleeve (I love Miyazaki, again for a number of reasons), if anyone wants to have a babble about their output on either this or a new thread? Maybe a general anime thread?

[Hadaka Jime]

i love movies, can't this just be a top 20:p no real order...

House of Flying Daggers
The Kingdom
300
Troy
Superbad
Rocky series (4's my favorite)
Pirates of the Carribean 1-3
American Gangster
Fight Club
Beerfest
How High
Van Wilder
Animal House
The Departed
Ladder 49
Shooter
Friday Night Lights
Hoosiers
Rudy
The Golden Compass

sorry i couldn't only say 5, but a lot of good ones, i don't discriminate any genre of movie, i love them all and don't think i've seen many movies i didn't like (don't see vantage point, sucked soooo bad... that's 1 i will never watch again)

[Ryan]

300
Fight Club
Scarface
Bourne Identity Trilogy
Cradle to the Grave(please tell me some of you guys remember this, first movie to feature MMA?) =D

Honourable mention.

Lord of The Rings Trilogy.
Star Wars Epic
Shooter
Last Samurai
I Am Legend....I know i know....i liked it.


I have Cradle To the Grave/Romeo Must Die on 1 dvd :)

[Ari Bolden]

Big Trouble in Little China
Clockwork Orange
Aliens
Last Samurai
Gladiator
Holy Grail (yes, Monty Python)
and my series of DVDs of: Black Adder, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who ( I am a HUGE Brit comedy fan)

chew on that :D

[flying gogo-plata]

Big Trouble in Little China
Clockwork Orange
Aliens
Last Samurai
Gladiator
Holy Grail (yes, Monty Python)
and my series of DVDs of: Black Adder, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who ( I am a HUGE Brit comedy fan)

chew on that :D

ugh! how could i forget Monty python! that's gotta go on my list somewhere

[Nefarious_Angel]

Batman Begins (YAY a new one coming out soon!)
Bourne Trilogy (the books are even better!)
Tombstone
Troy
50 first dates

[Ryan]

Tombstone was awesome. I went out to where it was filmed... neat place!

[Dannicus]

Holy Grail (yes, Monty Python)



I've got Every episode of Flying Circus on DVD....I love brit comedy.


Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were very underrated flicks.

[slideyfoot]

Holy Grail (yes, Monty Python)
and my series of DVDs of: Black Adder, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who ( I am a HUGE Brit comedy fan)


I assume you're not counting Doctor Who as a comedy there, though it certainly has comic touches (especially the more recent stuff)?

Comedy series definitely deserves its own thread.

Always surprised me that Monty P was so successful in the US, as I wouldn't have expected the humour to translate as well as it obviously has over the years. Or perhaps it doesn't, and the US gets something else out of it? I'm guessing Canada is perhaps a little closer to British sensibilities, so might fit them better (though from the brief period I spent there, the TV was pretty bad, mostly from the US anyway. Might have just been I had bad reception in Banff :p ).

The Golden Compass

Really? What did you like about it? Of course its all a matter of personal taste, as with most art forms, but I've not come across too many people who liked it (though it did fine at the box office, so plenty must disagree).

Personally, I thought it was one of the worst book-film adaptations I've seen in a long time. Jumped at random from plot point to plot point as if the screenwriter was in a hurry to finish, took no time to develop characters, and some horrible miscasting: McKellen was completely the wrong voice to go for. Though in its defence, I did think Kidman and Craig gave a good account of themselves, and the lead character wasn't as annoying as I'd expected (I found her a bit irritating in the book too, so didn't have high hopes for her screen version).

Which was a big disappointment, as the source material is excellent.

[Dannicus]

Always surprised me that Monty P was so successful in the US, as I wouldn't have expected the humour to translate as well as it obviously has over the years. Or perhaps it doesn't, and the US gets something else out of it? I'm guessing Canada is perhaps a little closer to British sensibilities, so might fit them better (though from the brief period I spent there, the TV was pretty bad, mostly from the US anyway. Might have just been I had bad reception in Banff :p )

One of my favorite TV shows of all time came straight out of Canada....Trailer Park Boys!!!!

[Hadaka Jime]

Really? What did you like about it? Of course its all a matter of personal taste, as with most art forms, but I've not come across too many people who liked it (though it did fine at the box office, so plenty must disagree).

Personally, I thought it was one of the worst book-film adaptations I've seen in a long time. Jumped at random from plot point to plot point as if the screenwriter was in a hurry to finish, took no time to develop characters, and some horrible miscasting: McKellen was completely the wrong voice to go for. Though in its defence, I did think Kidman and Craig gave a good account of themselves, and the lead character wasn't as annoying as I'd expected (I found her a bit irritating in the book too, so didn't have high hopes for her screen version).

Which was a big disappointment, as the source material is excellent.i never read the book, but i liked it a lot when i saw it in theater, i was a big really enjoyed that whole sci-fi feel with the alternate universe with the dust etc... and how everyone had their own demons etc... i thought it was a cool movie in general, i loved the armored bears and the fight scene of the king and burnison was awesome... overall i found it a very interesting movie and i can see why a lot of people didn't like it a lot but personally i love arctic scenery and am a big sci-fi fan in a sense and again this movie actually started a little slow for most people but i liked it start to finish, surely just my opinion

[slideyfoot]

i never read the book

Ah - yeah, I can see how that could affect your opinion. Films normally struggle to meet fan expectations when they're drawing on well-known source material, particularly as those expectations are often quite unfair. For example, I had lots of things to bitch about in the X-Men films (mainly casting: Jackman was too tall, Berry wasn't anywhere near regal enough, McKellen was far too haggard and scrawny - in fact, the only two castings I was completely happy with were Grammer and Stewart) which a non-comic geek wouldn't give a flying Legacy Virus about. ;)

Then again, I wasn't annoyed at The Golden Compass due to casting (except McKellen. Again - damn, they need to give that guy better suited roles! Its not like there's a shortage of excellent English stage actors with gravitas to choose from), more the butchering of the narrative. Quite literally butchering, as it was chopped up and thrown all over the place.

If I'd come to the film fresh, like you did, then I might have focused more on the various cool ideas from Pullman's book. As it was, I was already fully aware of those, so was looking out for how they'd rework the plot and the characters, which was the glaring weakness of the film.

Then there was the somewhat cowardly muting of the polemic against organised religion, which is very evident in Pullman's original work. Kinda like the anti-Narnia (which interestingly enough, also got toned down on film, though the other way: much less religiosity than the books, which got irritatingly preachy, and even bigoted, the more Lewis wrote).

You should definitely give Pullman's books a try: would be interesting to see if it changed your opinion of the film.

[michaelwbray]

sorry i couldn't only say 5, but a lot of good ones, i don't discriminate any genre of movie, i love them all and don't think i've seen many movies i didn't like (don't see vantage point, sucked soooo bad... that's 1 i will never watch again)

I liked Vantage Point. It was interesting watching it from each of the different perspectives (or vantage points :p).

[Dannicus]

i also liked Vantage Point. Though admittedly I am a huge Forrest Whitaker fan and I thought he did a lovely job in this flick. His other big 2 that I will always love are of course Good Morning Vietnam, and also the Last King of Scotland...LKOS didn't get nearly as much publicity as I feel it deserved. If you haven't seen it, be sure to hit your local video store, or netflicks....its well worth it.

[Ryan]

i also liked Vantage Point. Though admittedly I am a huge Forrest Whitaker fan and I thought he did a lovely job in this flick. His other big 2 that I will always love are of course Good Morning Vietnam, and also the Last King of Scotland...LKOS didn't get nearly as much publicity as I feel it deserved. If you haven't seen it, be sure to hit your local video store, or netflicks....its well worth it.

I like Forrest Whitaker too. Not sure what movie it is that he was in but I really liked it. It was the movie where he and some other people were locked in a room or a house and there was a camera watching them.

[slideyfoot]

I like Forrest Whitaker too. Not sure what movie it is that he was in but I really liked it. It was the movie where he and some other people were locked in a room or a house and there was a camera watching them.

Panic Room?

My favourite Forrest Whitaker film is still The Crying Game, though admittedly I've not seen his recent stuff (would like to check out The Last King of Scotland). Still one of the most effective plot twists in film. :D

[Ryan]

Yes, Panic Room.

[gunnsjmg]

Big Trouble in Little China
Clockwork Orange
Aliens
Last Samurai
Gladiator
Holy Grail (yes, Monty Python)
and my series of DVDs of: Black Adder, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who ( I am a HUGE Brit comedy fan)

chew on that :D


Major props on Brit comedy its great. You've probably seen it already but The Thin Blue Line series is a riot. :D