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Favorite Movies
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:36 pm
by Modnar
I know this is a useless topic, but what the hell, here it is.
Whats everyones top movies around here, like fav Sci-fi,Action,Drama, overall kick ass movies?
For me ide have to say I love-
Ichi the Killer,Sharkskin man peach hip girl,versus,blade runner, all tarantino, clerks,moonchild, sin city, TNMNT, big lebowski... i could go for a while...
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:30 pm
by randomwab
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Sorry if this comes of slightly grumpy, but im very tired!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:40 pm
by Rick Deckard
I like this thread better. The opening post isn't as aggressive and the thread-maker has actually bothered to list some of his own. I've nothing to contribute to it, though.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:10 pm
by Modnar
....sorry, didnt mean to offend, i missed that thread so it doesnt matter if anyone posts or not.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:25 pm
by ReasonWhyNot
To a name a few.....
Stage Door
Stagecoach
The Grapes of Wrath
Tokyo Story
Seven Samurai
Ran
Sword of Doom
Floating Weeds
Ugetsu
High Noon
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Spirited Away
8 1/2
La Dolce Vita
The Apu Trilogy
Lone Wolf and Cub series
The Third Man
Murder, My Sweet
Throne of Blood
Touch of Evil
Yojimbo
Little Caesar
Scarface (original)
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Rules of the Game
Grand Illusion
Paths of Glory
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove
The Killers (original)
The Killing
Citizen Kane
My Man Godfrey
Chinatown
Repulsion
Knife in the Water
A Nous la Liberte
All Quiet on the Western Front
Duck Soup
His Girl Friday
M
Jules and Jim
The 400 Blows
The Lady Eve
Sullivan's Travels
Unfaithfully Yours
Laura
Psycho
Vertigo
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
The Maltese Falcon
Umberto D.
The Bicycle Thief
Open City
Shoeshine
Nosferatu
Faust
MASH
Rififi
Secret Honor
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Wild Bunch
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Godfather Parts I and II
Othello (Welles' version)
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Jaws
The Leopard
The Invisible Man
Hoop Dreams
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Grave of the Fireflies
Kings Row
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
The Lady from Shanghai
The Wages of Fear
Diabolique
Shadow of a Doubt
Au hasard Balthazar
Julius Caesar
Wild Strawberries
The Seventh Seal
A Night to Remember
The Thin Man
The Battle of Algiers
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
Samurai Assassin
Midnight Cowboy
Casablanca
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Father of the Bride (original)
Detour
La Strada
Nights of Cabiria
I Vitelloni
Five Easy Pieces
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
Metropolis (original)
The Searchers
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Flowers of St. Francis
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
The Honeymoon Killers
Macbeth (Polanski's version)
Menace II Society
A Tale of Two Cities
Ben-Hur
Bonnie and Clyde
The Asphault Jungle
Out of the Past
Children of Paradise
The River
The Bank Dick
The Great Dictator
On the Waterfront
You Can't Take It With You
Sansho the Bailiff
Vampyr
It Happened One Night
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Magnificent Seven
Bullitt
Strangers on a Train
A Tale of Two Cities
Notorious
Mutiny on the Bounty
Raise the Red Lantern
Henry V
Limelight
The Longest Day
Kwaidan
Hara-Kiri
The Great Escape
Cape Fear (original)
The Dirty Dozen
Guns of Navarone
Rashomon
Kagemusha
The Red Badge of Courage
The Quiet Man
Black Narcissus
Beauty and the Beast (original)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein
Night and Fog
Gone with the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Mummy
City of God
The Night of the Hunter
The Red Badge of Courage
Smoe Like it Hot
Bringing Up Baby
Double Indemnity
It's a Wonderful Life
Gaslight (both the original and the remake)
You see now why I'm reluctant at making lists?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:30 pm
by Silvertear
My favorite movie? Probably "The Wall" by Pink Floyd...
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:24 am
by 8bitsonic
Let's see...
UHF
Problem Child
Problem Child 2
Little Nicky
The Naked Gun 2 1/2
I'm a sucker for low-brow comedy.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:20 pm
by TheFiend
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:10 pm
by randomwab
I found a new love for Donnie Darko not to long ago, i always liked it but i really enjoy it now more than ever
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:29 pm
by Jonathan Ingram
Just steer clear of the Director's Cut.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:58 pm
by Gin-Ryu
Jonathan Ingram wrote:Just steer clear of the Director's Cut.
How come?
Shouldn't the movie be even better?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:15 pm
by TheFiend
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:19 pm
by ReasonWhyNot
Gin-Ryu wrote:How come?
Shouldn't the movie be even better?
Think of it in the same way as Lucas' director's cut of the original Star Wars trilogy. Greedo shoots first, an unimposing CG Jabba, Hayden Christiansen in the final line-up, and a bad dance number round out Lucas' "improvements". Of course, I haven't seen the Donnie Darko director's cut, so I can't tell you specifically what's worse about that version in comparison to the original, but directors who can't help but needle with their work years after its initial completion (almost always through the use of CG) are never a good thing. I never even liked Donnie Darko though, so I'm already kind of biased towards the director's cut.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:34 pm
by randomwab
Jonathan Ingram wrote:Just steer clear of the Director's Cut.
comically it was this which got me back into the entire DD thing, for me, i felt the Directors Cut basically laid the story down to plain for the audience, in the original, i felt it was more open to thought and interperitation, where this one didnt, and plus, digital dreams, what was that about, i am going to buy the theatrical cut as it is soo cheap and see what was added too the DC cause i didnt think too much was but it seems way longer than the theatrical, if anyone has it what was its running time, the DC was about 2hours 10minutes
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:35 pm
by ReasonWhyNot
Just check out the IMDb to find out the differences between both versions.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:39 pm
by TheFiend
I agree random it seemed that they tried to make it more accessible for a larger audience, which took away some parts that were open for the audience to interpret.
Also some of the cuts from the scenes and especially the music changes gave parts of the film a different atmosphere and emotion. I personally feel that the added cg wasnt necesary because it took away the ambiguity from a few of the scenes as to what was actually happening.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:31 am
by Jonathan Ingram
I don't necessarily dislike the Director's Cut, I just prefer the original by a long margin. The Director's Cut makes everything too clear, and loses some magic because of it. It is of course though Kelly's right to do what he likes with the re-release, I'm just glad the original is available.
In fact though, if I remember rightly, the original version was already how it was meant to be and he just added stuff for the Director's Cut (i.e. it wasn't populated with scenes already filmed). I just heard that from a friend though...
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:18 am
by Rick Deckard
I think, for the Director's Cut, he just put the scenes back in that he was forced to take out in the first place, in order to keep the running time down. I don't think there are any alterations to the scenes that were already there (unless there are - I don't know, I haven't seen it).
According to my DVD, the original's running time is 108 minutes, by the way.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:01 am
by Painaxl
Rick Deckard wrote:I think, for the Director's Cut, he just put the scenes back in that he was forced to take out in the first place, in order to keep the running time down. I don't think there are any alterations to the scenes that were already there (unless there are - I don't know, I haven't seen it).
Well, there was 20 minutes of "never-before-seen-footage" which I would have to assume could not include deleted scenes from the first DVD which was popular enough to warrant the DC in the first place. There was also the aforementioned CG in between the cutscenes.
Here's my DD thing:
My girlfriend and I saw it two and a half years ago or so and really loved it. We watched it many times. She made me a Frank the Bunny outfit for halloween (a really good one, too). We watched it more. She's finishing school as a fashion designer and used the movie as her inspiration for her senior line (which won a nice award, no less). We went to go see the Director's Cut in the theaters and I remember thinking it was ok, if a little over the top with the meaning. I bought her the DVD for her birthday this May.
Two weeks ago she says that I should probably take the DVD back, she's not going to watch it. Now, thinking that I bought a crappy gift or her taste in movies has suddenly shifted violently, ask why. She says, "I've already seen the original soo many times that there's nothing to watch the DC for." I think that's how most fans of the original feel: The many different mysteries and things left out of the original is what really made it so rewatchable. Everything's out in the open in the DC.
Not to mention, it is quite noticeably longer. Sometimes, cuts are good.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:50 am
by Jonathan Ingram
It's only 20 minutes longer, I wouldn't say that was loads, but otherwise yeah - the Directors' Cut is just too much. Much of the inserted stuff doesn't only explain too much, thus reducing the capacity for interpretation, but it's just intrusive and dissimilar from the rest of the movie.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:59 am
by randomwab
I think most of what was included in the DC was just simply not needed, it was fine as it was
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:02 pm
by Aujla
Well anywho I too like Donnie Darko, as well as:
Pi
Ichi the Killer
The Big Lebowski
'Burbs
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
Big Trouble in Little China
Little Shop of Horrors (1986 Remake)
Willow
Versus
From Dusk Til Dawn
Heat
Aliens
Predator 2 (not 1!)
Happiness of the Katakuris
The Fearless Vampire Killers
and...
Shaft Goes to Africa
Well that's all I can think of right now, interesting no?
[EDIT]
Bubba-Ho-Tep
Near Dark
Ghost Dog
Warrior (aka Musa)
Well that's pretty much my favourite films I've ever watched to date

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:21 pm
by randomwab
Ichi The Killer in every way is a great film, i would be simply lying to myself if i said it was not a favourite, Kakihara, the lead in the film, is in my opinion, one of the coolest on screen characters ever created, and the ending on the roof top is nothing short os masterful, when Ichi is chasing Kakihara, the camera work and music is so great, i could go on further but i wont, just go see the film, and if i havn't said it befoe, Bubba Ho-Tep is also a favourite of mine
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:44 pm
by Modnar
Anyone see the completely unrated version of ichi, its pretty fraking great....and sick, and aujla, your flavor in movies are almost identical to mine... but predator one is great, and i have to add that i loved the Warriors.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:38 am
by Aujla
Yeh, The Warriors as in the that 70s film? Well that was pretty sweet, I hear Rockstar are making a game of that.