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  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    edited August 2014
    CrevsDaak said:



    There's also stuff like the Cap. A movies, yes, I fell asleep while watching the first one, so I am not even thinking of watching the second one.

    Second one was about 100x better than the first in my opinion. The first was mediocre, the second was one of my all time favorite superhero movies (Probably only trailing The Dark Knight and about even with The Avengers
    Ravenslight said:

    CrevsDaak said:

    @booinyoureyes‌

    booinyoureyes said:

    CrevsDaak‌ I'm coming to Argentina and we are having a slumber party, eating ice cream, complaining about girls and then watching this movie. Also want to see these two movies (which is crazy considering so many say they are the best ever)

    Really? Yaaay!

    @meagloth‌ Y U NO LIKE SW?!?!?!
    Sniff… Are girls allowed? I promise not to listen while you complain about girls. I’ve never seen Citizen Kane and it has been so long since I watched Gone with the Wind, or eaten ice cream…

    That really does sound like fun! :)
    @Ravenslight‌ we'll make an exception if you bring popcorn!
  • RavenslightRavenslight Member Posts: 1,609
    @booinyoureyes said:

    we'll make an exception if you bring popcorn!


    You’ve got a deal!
  • DreadKhanDreadKhan Member Posts: 3,857
    Ep 1 wasnt truly great cinema, but I was much more disapointed by Ep 3. That movie was atrocious. I have seen no more epic a fail than the newlu minted Vader's utterly emotionless (yet also utterly over the top) 'Noooo!'

    Lucas made no secret that 4-6 were just plain better, thats why he made them first. 1-3 are like the Silmarilion, background required for the real story. The racial stereotypes as aliens would have been poor taste in the 80s, but in Ep 1 we actually had a covetous space Jew, an anthropomorphic space caribean frogman, and of course, the crooked Chinese businessmen. Yeesh!

    Its pretty much true that SW movies are family oriented, but for a good while, SW was for grown ups... or at least late teens; the novels were a bit more 'adult', though still very conservative morality-wise. Fans got used to this stuff, and 'bam!' We get very uninspired storytelling packaged with breath-taking effects, and several very good wooden replicas of some really talented actors. That said, if not being compared to 4-6, the prequels would seem like decent scifi movies.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    DreadKhan said:


    Its pretty much true that SW movies are family oriented, but for a good while, SW was for grown ups... or at least late teens

    When? The original trilogy ended with the main character throwing a bonfire party with living teddy bears!
  • DreadKhanDreadKhan Member Posts: 3,857
    The Expanded Universe. Some was truly awful imho, but as a rule it was grittier and darker. If you only watched the movies, even then you gotta admit Empire was fairly grim and dark. Everything truly awful is done offscreen though.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    edited August 2014
    @meagloth It's not just superhero movies, that's just a very obvious and current example. You have the same in any genre and often sub-genre, too.

    Monster Horror: (Ancient Evil) in (Unsuspecting Location) appears, (City) is in panic. A team of (Scientists/Military Expert) has to find a solution, while going against the higher ups (Scientists/Military Experts). It turns out (Ancient Evil) is there because (Curse/Punishment of Deity/Pollution). In the end, (Scientist/Military Expert) saves the day and the higher ups (Scientists/Military Experts) were wrong all along.

    Zombie: A (virus/curse) makes that the dead walk. A small group of (Stock Characters) survives and tries to make their way to (Scientist With Cure/Remote Location Safety). Some (Usual Victims) get eaten. Someone has to kill a (Loved One). In the end, (Scientist With Cure/Remote Location Safety) is not what they expected. Everything is (Doomed).

    Torture Porn: A group of (Stock Characters) gets captured by (Mad Sadist) in a (Remote Location). They are (Sadistically Tortured) for (Vague Reasons/Fun) by (Mad Sadist). (Hero) manages to escape. Either (Hero), after failing to save (Friends), takes (Bloody Revenge), or (Mad Sadist) one-ups and kills (Hero), too.

    This can be applied to nearly every genre and sub genre. And the formula only varies in details. If you have seen enough in this genre, the things hailed as "ground breaking" are just regular deviations of the default. For example, I often hear how exploitation is "Innocent girls get slaughtered by crazy maniacs" and how fresh and new Hostel was for having male victims. The subgenre is decades older than Hostel, and while the very first movie (Gore Gore Girls) had indeed female victims, it took less than 3 more movies to "shake things up" and have male victims. It's nothing special anymore for a long time.
    The actual exceptions to the formula change major things - as example in this gory area, "Martyrs" changes the "Vague Reasons/Fun" in a way no other movie has, though the first "Saw" has a similar reason (and then used this very reason as an excuse to keep adding more and more absurd gore, which is why I only like the first two).

    I have a whole stack of reviews written that I mean to post on my blog, and always postpone because "it all sounds like I hate movies anyway". There are so many instances where I blame the story for going nowhere or being boring to begin with and say it probably has to do with my short attention span. Sometimes, that's probably it. In other cases, it's really that I have seen far too many movies to not see the "twists" from miles away, but someone who has seen less would find it refreshing and different. I only watch movies now (and much less than I used to) to find the rare gems that break the monotony. In a way, it's really sad because I used to love movies.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @CrevsDaak‌ yes, boo is right. Captain A. Two was far better than one.
    And (though I do intend to see 300 one day ) I didn't mean blood and guts, I'm not really about that(though it certainly has it's place) I meant exactly what I said. The fight choreography. See, when you watch a movie like this, you have too look at the fighting like a dance, not a fight. You see, every single motion is carefully plotted and practiced, and I think they did very well in the second movie.
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    Miss Boo and I recently watched American Hustle. Though it was a highly regarded movie we were both left disappointed. I would like to see Sin City 2 sometime soon as well (though I also found the first one disappointing)

    What did you guys think of Guardians of the Galaxy? It was pretty fun, I thought. I have read a lot of the comics a few years back, and didn't think it would ever be suitable for a film adaptation, but they did a good job. In fact, many people I know enjoyed it more than I did, which is a good sign for Marvel movies.

    Anyone here see any movies currently in theaters? Are any of the current crop any good (like Sin City, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie or The Giver)?
  • TheElfTheElf Member Posts: 798
    booinyoureyes said:


    When? The original trilogy ended with the main character throwing a bonfire party with living teddy bears!

    Still though, in the original trilogy it was little things like that here and there. The prequels felt like they were really just written for children to me. Even if you did remove Jar Jar.
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2014
    Kenneth Branagh's films of Hamlet and HenryV, which I have watched many times.

    I found "The Station Agent," with Peter Dinklage, to be a good one for sharing with friends.

    Finally, "The Hour of the Pig," which I love partly because I was so happy to have discovered it (seems hard to find). Stars Colin Firth as a Medieval French lawyer who relocates to the countryside and represents a woman being tried as a witch, the case hinges on the testimony of a pig (I may be misremembering here). anyway, trust me, its amazing, if you live in America I think it isn't that hard to find on DVD. (Ian Holm, William Nicolson, Colin firth)
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2014
    Now that I'm thinking of Medieval films..

    The Name of the Rose: A monastery is plagued with strange murders and the inquisition is summoned to investigate (throwing oil on the fire, if you like). Sean Connery plays a relatively rational monk in the middle of it all, trying to discover the truth!! (Christian Slater (yes, really (no tonsure though)), Sean Connery, Ron Perlman, F Murray Abraham and a host of European actors)

    Robin and Marian: Sean Connery as Robin Hood and Audrey Hepburn as Marian. Set a couple of decades after most of the usual films end; An old, Robin returns from the crusades after the death of King Richard. This really is the best Robin hood film out there. (Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, William Nicolson, Ronnie Barker, Ian Holm, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Denholm Elliott)
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    @Daunt‌ Impeccable taste for a canine! I salute you


    @JLee‌ I just found out the most INSANE piece of trivia today, and I feel like you are one of the few people who would appreciate it. Otto Preminger... was in the 1960s Batman television series (yes, the campy Adam West one)... as MR. FREEZE.

    lol, I was shocked.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b787kzR3DJA

    Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the greatest, most respected directors in the history of film

    You could say that is pretty "Wild!"
  • rufus_hobartrufus_hobart Member Posts: 490
    booinyoureyes said:




    @JLee‌ I just found out the most INSANE piece of trivia today, and I feel like you are one of the few people who would appreciate it. Otto Preminger... was in the 1960s Batman television series (yes, the campy Adam West one)... as MR. FREEZE.

    Haha that to me is one of the greatest things about the Adam West Batman show, all those awesome villains played by celebrities of the day, especially when they changed actors just about every season!
    I think my favourite was Vincent Price as Egghead though: "Back I say! This is a radar egg, and the slightest vibration will make it ...(pause for extra evil emphasis) EGGSPLODE!"

    Fair enough, not as big a jump from Laura to Mr Freeze, but he never fails to make me laugh. My only regret is that Orson Welles never got a gig...
  • booinyoureyesbooinyoureyes Member Posts: 6,164
    edited September 2014
    rufus_hobart said:

    My only regret is that Orson Welles never got a gig...

    makes haughty expression and checks his nails
    wasn't good enough



    I just looked up some of the guest stars...
    Eli Wallach was also Mr Freeze???
    Bruce Lee???????
    Libarace and Cliff Robertson??

    I never knew they had such pull. I guess Jesus musta been too busy to play Alfred or something
    Post edited by booinyoureyes on
  • JLeeJLee Member Posts: 650
    @booinyoureyes‌ @rufus_hobart‌ Holy random! That's so funny. I will have to check those out.
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    edited September 2014
    This is a really hard question - because for me it depends so much on context. This is not going to be a thorough list as my memory is pretty bad tonight but here goes.
    Off the top of my head -

    The Shining
    Blade Runner
    LOTR trilogy (Pete Jackson) - just like the books I consider all three movies to be one.
    Excalibur - the 80s version
    Dr Strangelove - to me Peter Sellers at his very best
    The 1st Pirates of the Carribean - the Black Pearl

    This might give you the impression I like lighter movies and/or escapism but I have liked some much more serious movies
    Older movies that blew me away, who's names I can remember tonight -

    The Killing Fields
    The Piano
    The Draughtsman
    Whale Rider
    Coriolinus
    We Have To Talk About Kevin
    Brokeback Mountain
    Only Lovers Left Alive - The.Best.Vampire.Movie.Ever!

    I've included a few kiwi movies, but I'll add one more that probably nobody else has heard of, as it never got international release.
    Boy- This made me laugh harder than any movie I have ever seen, and it also made me very homesick.

    @meagloth I've got 2001 the book. The best thing to do is watch the movie, then read the book, then watch the movie again. So much more of it makes sense that way. I'm not so keen on the rest of the books in that series, but the first remains a classic.

    @Ravenslight my hubby and I watch firelfy and Serenity the same way. We binge over a few nights on the whole series with Serenity to follow.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited September 2014
    I don't think I could have done anything but binge watch Firefly/Serenity.

    And you have a good list of movies :)
  • NWN_babaYagaNWN_babaYaga Member Posts: 732
    Aliens, Empire strikes back, the Goonies come spontaneous to my mind.
  • VitorVitor Member Posts: 288
    edited May 2015
    Updated

    1. Gladiator
    2. Mad Max: Fury Road
    3. The Dark Knight
    4. The Godfather
    5. Conan the Barbarian
    6. Excalibur
    7. Silence of the Lambs
    8. Seven Samurai
    9. The Departed
    10. Pulp Fiction
    Post edited by Vitor on
  • SharGuidesMyHandSharGuidesMyHand Member Posts: 2,582
    edited May 2015
    JLee said:


    The Third Man

    Wow, this was the first movie that popped into my head when I saw this thread - I was shocked to see it included in the very first response!
    booinyoureyes said:


    The Usual Suspects is one of the first movies to blow me away, and I credit it with awakening my love for film in general.

    Same here, it easily ranks among the best movies of all time IMO.
    booinyoureyes said:


    Once Upon a Time in America is another movie that really captures my imagination.

    Same here, it can rival any movie for the unofficial title of "best western ever."
    JLee said:

    Crazy fact about Boo: I actually prefer For a Few Dollars more over The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

    Not so crazy, I feel the same way - GBU may have had more individually memorable scenes (like Eli Wallach's graveyard jog, or the final 3-way shootout), but I think FFDM may have been the better movie overall. In fact, it irks me a bit that FFDM seems to get "lost in the shuffle" among Leone westerns today, when GBU and OUT actually recycled some of the action and themes that were already in FFDM.


    While we're on the subject of epic Leone movies, I would recommend the unedited version of Once Upon a Time in America, Leone's try at an epic Prohibition gangster-era film.

  • NonnahswriterNonnahswriter Member Posts: 2,520
    Almost all of my favorite movies are animated/kid films. I don't know why. There's just something about the art and the music and the plots that seem much more memorable to me than a lot of live-action films. Plus, I'm one of those types who doesn't think you need a lot of sex/violence/cursing to make a good movie, and children's animated films are pretty good at not-including it, but still telling an enriching story that both adults and kids can relate to.

    Some of my favorites out of Disney include:

    Mulan - Probably my favorite Disney movie of them all. Love the artwork, love the portrayal of ancient China, love the awesome female-empowerment, and the song "Be A Man!"

    Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Again, beautiful animation and artwork, great cast of a variety of characters, and one super-duper-epic adventure about a city lost under the sea.

    Treasure Planet - Reocurring theme? I LOVE GOOD ANIMATION. Plus, it's not often you watch a Disney movie featuring an angsty teenage boy just trying to find his place, and doing it well.

    And since we're talking about good animation... Pixar films! Pretty much anything they do is drop-dead gorgeous, but my biggest favorites are:

    Finding Nemo - It was not easy animating all of those little salt-particles in the ocean, let me tell you. Not to mention the super-heartwarming (and sometimes heart-wrenching) quest for a father looking for his son.

    Up - AFJEIA;JFEIS;AJIE;SAMI;ESAJ I love this movie I love this movie oh my good golly Jesus I love this movie!! The animation, the story, the simple lines of dialogue that tell SO MUCH in SO FEW WORDS. "Phylis isn't my mom." Did you see that!? ALL OF THE FEELS IN JUST. FOUR. WORDS!

    Toy Story 3 - Because what other movie makes you bawl your eyes out and play with your toys as soon as you get home?

    @bengoshi Already mentioned the Studio Ghibli films, but he left my two favorites off the list. So!

    Castle in the Sky - One of my first Ghibli films, and one that I've watched over and over again as a child. I adore this movie. Everything about it is just enchanting, from a girl falling from the sky, the magic blue crystal, the whimsical space pirates, and of course the castle itself. And the end is very bitter-sweet too.

    Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind - So many powerful images in this movie... The spore-riddled forests and towns, the gigantic bugs, and many needless explosions that all send the same message--war is bad. Like, super evil bad. Oh, and we should probably take better care of the planet and its creatures if we as a species want to survive. (Both of which are pretty reoccuring themes in Miyazaki's work...)

    For anything that's not Disney, Pixar, or Ghibli (which...now that I think about it, are all owned by Disney... Uhhhh...) I'm also a huge fan of:

    The Road to El Dorado - Another childhood favorite by Dreamworks, about a pair of Spaniard con-men who make an unexpected journey to the new world and become the "gods" of El Dorado, the city of gold. Awesome animation, as always. And a lot of really touching moments between two friends who desire different paths, but don't want to be without each other.

    And, last but certainly NOT least, my newest addition to the list:

    The Lego Movie - OH. MY. GOSH. This movie. THIS MOVIE! We went into the theater expecting a good time. We expected the goofiness, the nonsensical plot and characters, and the ever quotable one-liners that came with anything that had the Lego name stamped onto it. What we did not expect was the heart-wrenching twist that appeared about 3/4ths of the movie and the assault on our Feels. I don't want to give it away, and those of us who have seen it all the way through know what I'm talking about. If you haven't seen it yet, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU STILL DOING READING THIS!? Go watch The Lego Movie! NOW!!
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Nonnahswriter said:

    If you haven't seen it yet, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU STILL DOING READING THIS!? Go watch The Lego Movie! NOW!!

    I've already got a whole list of movies people have told me to go see. So I'll just add it to the bottom.

    :)
  • DreadKhanDreadKhan Member Posts: 3,857
    Big Hero was pretty entertaining, regarding animated stuff not strictly for kids. The opening bit could have ended up an entire movie of its own, but I loved Custom Robo. I wasn't strictly sober, but I rarely am for movies.

    For non-animated, I really got a kick out of Welcome to Shanghai. Pretty different movie, and very full of ambience. Unique and entertaining.
  • TuthTuth Member Posts: 233
    I can't list my favourite movies from the best, because they're too different. I like some better than other, so no particular order, those are my absolute favourites:
    - Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DIY in the 21st Century (2011) - documentary about my favourite bands, inspiring to create your own vision of art no matter what.
    - Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) - extraordinary experience.
    - Journey to the Edge of the Universe (2008) - love the outer space, stars, black holes and beyond.
    - American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) - biography about my biggest inspiration in life.
    - Valhalla Rising (2009) - if I were to choose only one favourite movie, it would be this one. The atmosphere is just ovewhelming.
    - Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) - the slow pace was amazing, sinking in that amazing world.
    - The Man from Earth (2007) - I was in awe after this one, very thought provoking.
    - Equilibrium (2002) - I like the concept of utopia, like in 1984 by George Orwell.
    - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - probably my favourite fantasy movie.
    - Krull (1983) - loved it as I was a child, love it today as well, fantasy + sci-fi.
    - The Thing, by John Carpenter (1982) - the atmosphere and suspence is so well done in this one, not knowing who is human.
    - Conan the Barbarian (1982) - my favourite fantasy movie, until LotR showed up, still love it to this day.
    - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) - the movie version of Fallout.
    - Highlander (1986) - didn't age very well, but still holds up in my opinion.
    - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - masterpiece by Monty Python.
    - Braveheart (1995) - love the medieval times, very emotional and just awesome overall.
    - Aliens (1986) - the movie version of StarCraft, just the Protoss are missing.
    - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - I would say it is the closest to the perfect movie in my opinion.
  • Amber_ScottAmber_Scott Member Posts: 513
    edited May 2015
    MAD MAX FURY ROAD AAAAAAAAAAH!

    *lights office up with flamethrower guitar*
    *drives away in war rig*

    My actual favorite movie of all time is Iron Man. Other favorites are:

    Dark City

    The Shadow

    The Last Unicorn

    A League of Their Own

    Clue

    Megamind

    The Crow

    Casablanca

    ...and much, much more!
  • wubblewubble Member Posts: 3,156
    I'll attempt to form something of a list here though I will undoubtedly forget at least 40% of it.

    in no particular order:

    Christopher Nolan batmans

    One flew over the cuckoo's nest

    Blade runner

    Dirty Harry

    Bullitt

    The Great escape

    The good the bad and the ugly

    Gran torino

    Gladiator

    walk the line

    Star wars (original trilogy)

    Memento

    Last samurai

    terminator

    Monty python's Life of brian

    Monty python's holy grail (incidentally if anyone ever gets the chance to see Spamalot I highly recommend it)


    Rocky horror picture show

    Casino royale

    The world is not enough

    Goldeneye

    Sharpe (everything but sharpe's gold) B******

    Hornblower (nearly pood my pants watching 5 and 6, if you've seen them you'll know why)

    Lord of the rings

    The island

    tron

    Time bandits

    Interstellar

    Pitch black

    Mrs doubtfire

    dead poet's society

    good will hunting

    Harry potter

    saving private ryan

    castaway

    a knight's tale

    Love Actually (yes I know it's a bit naff).



    too indecisive?
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