what are ur ten favorite movies ever? - Page 2

pixxy_phuc · 08-06-2009, 06:10 PM

-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Donnie Darko
-True Romance
-The Professional
-American Beauty
-Requiem For A Dream
-Empire Records
-The Fifth Element
-American Psycho
-Trainspotting

and so on .. too many movies to list.

FineazPR · 08-07-2009, 08:48 AM

Once Upon A Time In America
Goodfellas
King Of NY
Im gonna Get You Sucka
CB4
The Godfather 1,2,&3
All Of Me
Mrs Doubtfire
the fifth element
The Five HEartbeats
..etc, etc..!

JcP · 08-07-2009, 07:23 PM

The Fountain
Just about every disney musical cartoon ever made (Little Mermaid and Lion King especially)
The Dark Knight
Star Trek...almost all of them (newest one especially)
What Dreams May Come
Best in Show
Waiting for Guffman
The Fifth Element
Captain Ron (don't ask me why, for only the Gods know...)
Finding Nemo

shai_hulud · 08-07-2009, 08:22 PM

^ dark knight, really? what was it about that movie that made it in your top 10 pics? I'm just curious not being an ass or anything.

Personally I thought the Jokers plan to capture batman was way too fucking over the top. I guess for a batman movie it was well done but.. I don't know. it was pretty lame over all by my standards. Bear in mind im no movie scientist.

Grieves · 08-07-2009, 08:26 PM

dark knight was good because it shows that good and evil are just matters of perspective, joker wasn't even the best villain in the film, he was the comedic relief..

vanilla · 08-07-2009, 09:34 PM

-office space
-you me and dupree
-rushmore
-jacob's ladder
-donnie darko
-evil dead
-edward scissorhands
-the life aquatic
-benjamin button
-fear and loathing
-fight club

JcP · 08-08-2009, 02:28 AM

edit: ^^^ fuck yea, I forgot about Edward Scissorhands!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aurora

^ dark knight, really? what was it about that movie that made it in your top 10 pics? I'm just curious not being an ass or anything.

Personally I thought the Jokers plan to capture batman was way too fucking over the top. I guess for a batman movie it was well done but.. I don't know. it was pretty lame over all by my standards. Bear in mind im no movie scientist.

well all art/entertainment is impossible to gauge, as one man's treasure is another man's trash...that being said, since you asked:

Dark Knight, to me, is the pinnacle of good storytelling combined with the superhero genre that has (in my lifetime) been relegated to shtick or tongue-in-cheek crappyness. Having the story layered with metaphysics and situations that make you ask moral and ethical questions of yourself (and done well!) put it over the top for me. If you take the time to invest in the mythos of the "dark knight" alongside the "white knight" of Dent, think about the religious undertones of what humanity's true savior will look like, wrestle with the paradoxes The Joker presents...etc....it makes it, to me, one of the best movies ever made...let alone the importance of its proof to production houses that mass-profit and smart scripts are not at odds with one another.

So...

1) it was a superhero movie
2) I found the writing to be absolutely fantastic...the juxtaposition between Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne combined with the chaotic energy of The Joker made it extremely thought-provoking. It was the most blatant meditation on the human condition in mass-media form I think I've ever seen. So I have ENORMOUS respect for the filmmakers because they finally found a way to tell complex and compelling stories in a form that everyone could enjoy.
3) Heath Ledger gives probably the single best performance on film since Pacino in Scarface or Nicholson in The Shining. Subjective, but as an actor I can claim a slight bit of righteousness here. He is absolutely brilliant.

so yea. just my opinion. Everyone I know hates The Fountain too, but that is far and away my favorite movie to date...maybe I have weird taste.

kronickrip · 01-30-2010, 03:12 AM

who hasnt heard of blazing saddles come on haha

tedkennedy · 01-30-2010, 12:42 PM

ran
yojimbo
sanjuro
throne of blood
harikari
the big blue
slc punk
lord of the rings (all three)
bejing bicycle
tokyo godfathers
princess mononoke

i am forgetting so many good ones

~1~ · 01-30-2010, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ©antSEEme

srsly? besides young frankenstein, its one of mel brooks best known movies. not to mention richard pryor being part of it.

Cleavon Little stars with Gene Wilder as the good guys in Blazing Saddles.

Pryor was to have the starring role but Brooks was unable to secure financing with him attached so he was a co-writer and is un-credited. Mongo was his idea.

MellowLady · 01-30-2010, 04:44 PM

1. GoodFellas
2. Avalon
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Die Hard 4
5. How High
6. Half Baked
7. Suckers
8. Crank
9. Burn After Reading
10. Assault on Precinct 13

shai_hulud · 01-30-2010, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JcP

edit: ^^^ fuck yea, I forgot about Edward Scissorhands!

well all art/entertainment is impossible to gauge, as one man's treasure is another man's trash...that being said, since you asked:

Dark Knight, to me, is the pinnacle of good storytelling combined with the superhero genre that has (in my lifetime) been relegated to shtick or tongue-in-cheek crappyness. Having the story layered with metaphysics and situations that make you ask moral and ethical questions of yourself (and done well!) put it over the top for me. If you take the time to invest in the mythos of the "dark knight" alongside the "white knight" of Dent, think about the religious undertones of what humanity's true savior will look like, wrestle with the paradoxes The Joker presents...etc....it makes it, to me, one of the best movies ever made...let alone the importance of its proof to production houses that mass-profit and smart scripts are not at odds with one another.

So...

1) it was a superhero movie
2) I found the writing to be absolutely fantastic...the juxtaposition between Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne combined with the chaotic energy of The Joker made it extremely thought-provoking. It was the most blatant meditation on the human condition in mass-media form I think I've ever seen. So I have ENORMOUS respect for the filmmakers because they finally found a way to tell complex and compelling stories in a form that everyone could enjoy.
3) Heath Ledger gives probably the single best performance on film since Pacino in Scarface or Nicholson in The Shining. Subjective, but as an actor I can claim a slight bit of righteousness here. He is absolutely brilliant.

so yea. just my opinion. Everyone I know hates The Fountain too, but that is far and away my favorite movie to date...maybe I have weird taste.

The writing was damn good, I'll agree, and the message came across clear as fuck. I just really hated the shitty plot - why be strong in all other fields? why not have a more convincing plot?!

Štulic · 01-30-2010, 05:54 PM

1. Avatar
2. The Matrix
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Good Fellas
5. The Godfather
6. The Usual Suspects
7. American Beauty
8. Fight Club
9. Memento
10. Forrest Gump

Sir-Ex · 01-30-2010, 08:04 PM

I would like to add Avatar to my list.

Also... WILLOW!!!!

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Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,108 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,722 Posts	dark knight was good because it shows that good and evil are just matters of perspective, joker wasn't even the best villain in the film, he was the comedic relief.. __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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