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I will rank your favorite movies lists on a scale of 1-10
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That's ok, I hold no value in your opinions of movies i like, or dislike. I do think going for a brisk 30 minute walk/jog will help your heart last longer, though.
[/QUOTE]Make it so he can critique movies during so, and you got yourself a jogger.
I can't help giggling each time Amy posts in this thread. If I could give her rep again and again, it'd have happened here.
lolz
Hence I didn't even bother adding mine.
Example. here's what I just now finished watching: Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) (TV). It was awesome and despite my tears currently drying on my face I *cough* somehow *cough* think Charlie would still rate it a 1. [/QUOTE]
And in this instance, he'd be right.
I like to have a McDonald's hamburger every now and then, but that doesn't mean I don't recognize that it's crap on a bun.
But opinions... subjective, blah blah blah, your movies are bad and you should feel bad.
I really hate that show, to be perfectly honest.
I have no idea what the wizards of waverly place is.
Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Princess Bride
Lawrence of Arabia
It's a Wonderful Life
Apocalypse Now
Mountains of the Moon - pretty standard Victorian Era costume drama, but it is about one of my heroes and Geography.
Wrath of Khan
Marathon Man
Citizen Kain - easily the best Drama filmed.
Monkey Business
Blazing Saddles
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Still the best Robin Hood movie, by far.
Raising Arizona
The Life of Brian
and the Holy Grail
The Searchers
It is hard to make these lists, there are so many great movies that I love but not on much of a personal level.
Star Wars
Princess Bride
Lawrence of Arabia
It's a Wonderful Life
Apocalypse Now
Mountains of the Moon - pretty standard Victorian Era costume drama, but it is about one of my heroes and Geography.
Wrath of Khan
Marathon Man
Citizen Kain - easily the best Drama filmed.
Monkey Business
Blazing Saddles
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Still the best Robin Hood movie, by far.
Raising Arizona
The Life of Brian
and the Holy Grail
The Searchers
It is hard to make these lists, there are so many great movies that I love but not on much of a personal level.
Let's let Ame tell you allll about it!
It's a strong drama created by the juxtaposition of intermagical marriage and the troubles of raising children in the fast paced world of New York. It's the kind of show sophisticated adults enjoy.
I love it, and I just ran out of episodes.
Of course, I don't expect most guys to be watching the same stuff I do. That'd be akin to expecting a 65 year old man to watch Fred: The Movie (the trailer alone is awesome). Just not their thing.
Ah, so you've seen the movie then? Otherwise it would be kinda silly to judge it, now wouldn't it?[/QUOTE]
I have, actually. My little sister is a fan of the show. Because of this, I've also seen many of the episodes.
Solid list - all the ones I've seen, anyways. 8/10
Good list. 9/10
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Fact: the more episodes a season a television show has, the lower quality it probably is.
Wizards of Waverly Place has 30 episodes in a season.
You're HBO logic is making Mr Rogers very unhappy.
My list in this party. No particular order because it depends on my mood:
Memento
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
The Thin Man
Dial M for Murder
Rope
The Departed
Notorious
Rear Window
Great Dictator
Modern Times
Shoulder Arms (a bit short, but it should count)
Mother
Reservoir Dogs
My Neighbor Totoro
Spirited Away
Robin Hood (the Disney film)
Gangs of New York
Fellowship of the Ring (IMHO, the best of the three)
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
O Brother Where Art Thou
There Will be Blood
In the Name of the Father
Terminator 2 (the first one should be up here too, but I'm trying not to series stack)
the Godfather
Snatch
Up
the Incredibles
Brotherhood of the Wolf (admitted total guilty pleasure)
Red Cliff
Memento
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
The Thin Man
Dial M for Murder
Rope
The Departed
Notorious
Rear Window
Great Dictator
Modern Times
Shoulder Arms (a bit short, but it should count)
Mother
Reservoir Dogs
My Neighbor Totoro
Spirited Away
Robin Hood (the Disney film)
Gangs of New York
Fellowship of the Ring (IMHO, the best of the three)
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
O Brother Where Art Thou
There Will be Blood
In the Name of the Father
Terminator 2 (the first one should be up here too, but I'm trying not to series stack)
the Godfather
Snatch
Up
the Incredibles
Brotherhood of the Wolf (admitted total guilty pleasure)
Red Cliff
Pretty great list. I haven't seen a lot of them though! 9/10
My TV thing is pretty absurd and even I don't believe it, that was just pure trolling, I apologize. I am not a huge British TV fan/guy. I mean, what I've seen has been pretty good, but I don't worship it. They have 6 episodes a season/series over there. I can't even stand by it on Cable any more because there are a lot of Cable shows walkin around with 12 episodes that are just as average as CSI and their 25 episode orders. And there are a lot of hilarious sitcoms on Network, too.
Memento
The Godfather 1 & 2
The empire strikes back
Lord of the rings trilogy
Indiana jones 1
Taken (i found liam Neeson incredible in that movie)
Terminator 2
Aliens
Trainspotting
The good, the bad and the ugly
Snatch
Matrix
The Dark Knight
Gladiator
Pulp Fiction (almost forgot that one)
Road Warrior
The Godfather 1 & 2
The empire strikes back
Lord of the rings trilogy
Indiana jones 1
Taken (i found liam Neeson incredible in that movie)
Terminator 2
Aliens
Trainspotting
The good, the bad and the ugly
Snatch
Matrix
The Dark Knight
Gladiator
Pulp Fiction (almost forgot that one)
Road Warrior
This is going to be tough. The following is in no particular order yada, yada, yada...
Casablanca - probably the greatest movie I've ever seen. Was hesitant to watch it because of how much it's quoted and referenced, glad I did because I can't think of a single thing wrong with it.
The Godfather - 1 & 2 are both magnificent films deserving a spot on the list, but if I can only pick one it would have to be the first. A fantastic tragedy.
Up - Only movie I can think of were I cried because I was sad, cried because I was happy, and cried because I was happy and sad.
It's a Wonderful Life - Jimmy Stewart is probably my favorite actor of all time, and this is probably the greatest feel good movie of all time, that I happily watch every year.
Mr Smith Goes to Washington - I would vote for him.
Big Fish - Just a good movie.
The Longest Day - I wanted to include a war movie in my list, and this edged out Black Hawk Down.
Wall-E - This one's for Dave. In seriousness this is probably my favorite Pixar movie. I really loved the themes.
Remember the Titans - I love sports movies and this edged out Pride of the Yankees. Really shows that sports can represent something more than just the game.
Superman - A VHS rented from Blockbuster watched on a TV in my Mom's classroom during the summer was my first exposure to the Man of Steel. The movie has many flaws, and didn't age well, but Christopher Reeves is not one of them. I believed a man could fly. Also IMO the best score John Williams ever made.
Casablanca - probably the greatest movie I've ever seen. Was hesitant to watch it because of how much it's quoted and referenced, glad I did because I can't think of a single thing wrong with it.
The Godfather - 1 & 2 are both magnificent films deserving a spot on the list, but if I can only pick one it would have to be the first. A fantastic tragedy.
Up - Only movie I can think of were I cried because I was sad, cried because I was happy, and cried because I was happy and sad.
It's a Wonderful Life - Jimmy Stewart is probably my favorite actor of all time, and this is probably the greatest feel good movie of all time, that I happily watch every year.
Mr Smith Goes to Washington - I would vote for him.
Big Fish - Just a good movie.
The Longest Day - I wanted to include a war movie in my list, and this edged out Black Hawk Down.
Wall-E - This one's for Dave. In seriousness this is probably my favorite Pixar movie. I really loved the themes.
Remember the Titans - I love sports movies and this edged out Pride of the Yankees. Really shows that sports can represent something more than just the game.
Superman - A VHS rented from Blockbuster watched on a TV in my Mom's classroom during the summer was my first exposure to the Man of Steel. The movie has many flaws, and didn't age well, but Christopher Reeves is not one of them. I believed a man could fly. Also IMO the best score John Williams ever made.
Which is why it's amazing that they didn't re-master or re-record it for Superman Returns. Well, that was hardly the only problem with that movie.
When you study the production of that movie, it is a marvel that it was even good. The film went through 2 directors, 6 writers only 2 of them worked together, and a long lists of edits from the "Production Code." Yet it held together well, and is a solid drama/comedy.
Of course, Ingrid Bergman makes any film better...
Gladiator, Snatch, and Road Warrior are way overrated. Taken is hilariously overrated since the movie is mostly just trash.
Because one is 20 minutes too long and falls apart in the last act, and the other is just another mediocre superhero movie?
A couple weird picks (The Longest Day is the best war movie ever?), but still really solid. 7/10
Brdige on the River Kwai
Drunken Master
Goldfinger
A Beautiful Mind
Memento
The Machinist
The Pursuit of Happyness
Drunken Master
Goldfinger
A Beautiful Mind
Memento
The Machinist
The Pursuit of Happyness
minus points for Beautiful Mind and Happyness, the rest is okay or haven't seen. 5/10
The sonar stuff is just boring and really terrible. I really don't like the action sequence with Batman in the construction building, the boat sequence is hackneyed beyond belief. I also thought the stuff with Two-Face/Gordon/Batman at the very end just didn't work that well. I would think much fonder of it all if the movie ended with the hospital exploding/Joker burning the money, and somehow the last conversation with Joker/Batman stayed in the movie.
ALSO I am terrible at remembering to put actual number ratings. Math is 5/10
ALSO I am terrible at remembering to put actual number ratings. Math is 5/10
hehe, my top 10 movies to be rated by Charlie? This should be funny.
In no particular order except the first:
Dark City (The Director's Cut)
Seven
Galaxy Quest
Stardust
Ran
Reservoir Dogs
Leon (The Professional)
The Shawshank Redemption
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Blues Brothers
Man, Top 10 lists are hard to make!
Edit: I agree with Charlie on the sonar scenes in Dark Knight. The movie would have been much better without it. It was confusing and visually stunted.
In no particular order except the first:
Dark City (The Director's Cut)
Seven
Galaxy Quest
Stardust
Ran
Reservoir Dogs
Leon (The Professional)
The Shawshank Redemption
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Blues Brothers
Man, Top 10 lists are hard to make!
Edit: I agree with Charlie on the sonar scenes in Dark Knight. The movie would have been much better without it. It was confusing and visually stunted.
Average-to-good list, but MAN I hated Stardust. 6/10
While we're shitting on The Dark Knight, some other things since I saw it fairly recently again: the whole CSI bullshit with the bullet fragments getting fingerprints? I love to see Batman as a detective, don't get me wrong, but I'd rather see Sherlock Holmes than Horatio Caine. Every line that the co-driver in Dent's prisoner-transfer truck says was probably written by Michael Bay, and the movie would be better if he was never born.
Dave
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Okay, here's a list of movies that if I find them on I will not turn it.
Shawshank Redemption
Amadeus
Raising Arizona
Better Off Dead
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club (I know, I know...)
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
The Life of Brian
Band of Brothers
There are others which are my favorites but I can't watch them very often - Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, etc.
Shawshank Redemption
Amadeus
Raising Arizona
Better Off Dead
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club (I know, I know...)
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
The Life of Brian
Band of Brothers
There are others which are my favorites but I can't watch them very often - Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, etc.
I would have added Black Hawk down as my favorite war movie. But after the Invasion of Iraq, I can't stomach seeing so many US soldiers die in one movie. The times have changed my attitude towards it, the film is still fantastic though.
Dave
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Good movie, kind of a stupid message.
I don't think the message is stupid, I think the message is one thing, where the characters take it is a whole other thing... There's nothing wrong with wanting to not be controlled by consumerism or wanting to understand who you are and why you are the way you are, but where Tyler goes with it is... batty to say the least. Not to mention that part of the subtext in the film is how easy it is to find disassociated people who will go along with it and what that says about our culture in general.
Is Band of Brothers "legal" to add for the purposes of the thread? I would argue that it's the best film presentation of war I've ever seen, but it's unfair to compare it to movies which had 5 times less time to fit a narrative. Could any two consecutive episodes of BoB be considered sufficiently closed as their own narrative to compare to other war movies of similar length (the first two eps, for example).
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