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Post by Erik Rupp on Aug 23, 2009 14:29:46 GMT -5
We're not necessarily talking about the films that you think are the 10 Best films of all time, but your 10 favoritesI know that can be a tough one, but it's always fun to see what titles end up on the lists. Here is my Top 10 movies list (in no order)... Seven Samurai Warlock (1959) The Big Sleep The Petrified Forest Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Aliens Die Hard Goodfellas The Shootist Open Range Bubbling under (very close, could end up on the list on a different day)... El Cid The Shawshank Redemption The Towering Inferno Shane The Maltese Falcon To Have and Have Not I know I'm forgetting several titles that I'd want noted. Oh well...  |
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Post by John, Your Pal on Aug 28, 2009 22:53:45 GMT -5
I'll start with these:
The Wizard of Oz
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Graduate
Cape Fear (with DeNiro)
Vacation
Falling Down
Fast Times
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Post by sean on Aug 29, 2009 21:04:54 GMT -5
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (2009)-This will probably change when I get the dvd
The Dark Knight
Friday the 13th (2009)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
A Nightmare on Elm Street
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Scream 3
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 4, 2009 21:02:35 GMT -5
Not sure I can get to 10, but let's see, in no particular order:
Aliens
T-2
The Abyss
Titanic
T-1 (notice a pattern?)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Casablanca
The 39 Steps
The First 20 Million
Gettysburg
Plus,
Fly Away Home.
=Bob
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Post by wrongo on Sept 4, 2009 21:29:01 GMT -5
Let me first prefix this by I am not a move goer.... I perhaps got to the "flicks" one may be twice a year, and I might be suffering from ADD when it comes ot watching movies on DVD.... Oh well..... So here's my top 'n' in no particular order Young Frankenstein MP and the Holy Grail Blazing Saddles The Producers (w/Zero Mostel) M*A*S*H Kelly's Hero's The Day the Earth Stood Still Forbidden Planet Guns of Naverone Sgt. York Yeah I know all over the map  |
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Post by Erik Rupp on Sept 5, 2009 1:27:52 GMT -5
Not sure I can get to 10, but let's see, in no particular order: Aliens T-2 The Abyss Titanic T-1 (notice a pattern?) Bob, as long as I've been reading your posts I would have never guessed that you were a big James Cameron fan. I love his work as well. OK, now those are more of what I would have expected on your list - and I really like a lot of them (sadly, I have yet to see The 39 Steps and Gettysburg - but I will get around to them eventually). I like your list a lot Bob. (Although I know virtually nothing about The First 20 Million...) |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 5, 2009 20:45:14 GMT -5
OK, now those are more of what I would have expected on your list - and I really like a lot of them (sadly, I have yet to see The 39 Steps and Gettysburg - but I will get around to them eventually). I like your list a lot Bob. (Although I know virtually nothing about The First 20 Million...)[/quote] You have got to see both, especially Gettysburg. Best Civil War movie I've ever seen. The prequel is Gods and Generals, but I don't consider it to be as good.
The First 20 Million is a rather unknown Adam Garcia movie. He leaves a sales weasel position to join a cutting edge computer firm, gets stuck on a stupid project that nobody wants and enlists 3 total geeks in order to develop "the 99 dollar computer". Jake Busey plays one of the geeks. Rosario Dawson is the love interest. Not for everyone, but it's a good computer geek movie.
And yeah, I'm a huge Cameron fan. No director comes close to him when it comes to SF.=Bob |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 6, 2009 20:15:18 GMT -5
I would add one more to this list - "Steal Big, Steal Little". Has Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Joe Pantaliano, Rachel Ticotin and some others.
Story of very young twins who were illegals and taken in by the wife of the owner of a huge ranch in Santa Barbara County (Andy Garcia plays both roles). When the adults split up, one twin goes with the mother, the other goes with the father. When the mother dies, the twin who went with the father tries to sell off the land for development to a scumbag played by Kevin McCarthy. Corrupt judge played by David Ogden Stires and corrupt sheriff played by Charles Rocket (who sadly killed himself a few years back).
To a certain extent it's political on the lefty side, but it's more a movie about twin brothers who have to come to terms with each other.
=Bob
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Post by uwshooter on Oct 9, 2009 11:24:17 GMT -5
Not sure I can get to 10, but let's see, in no particular order: Aliens T-2 The Abyss Titanic T-1 (notice a pattern?) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Casablanca The 39 Steps The First 20 Million Gettysburg Plus, Fly Away Home. =Bob The Abyss had the worst ending of any potentially great film I have ever seen. The story is they ran out of money. Dumb ending. |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Oct 24, 2009 22:10:51 GMT -5
Not sure I can get to 10, but let's see, in no particular order: Aliens T-2 The Abyss Titanic T-1 (notice a pattern?) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Casablanca The 39 Steps The First 20 Million Gettysburg Plus, Fly Away Home. =Bob The Abyss had the worst ending of any potentially great film I have ever seen. The story is they ran out of money. Dumb ending. Apparently you're not all that critical about SF books that you read, since many of them end in the same manner as The Abyss. And quite frankly, the ending fit the story and the story was very, very good. =Bob |
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Post by uwshooter on Nov 2, 2009 23:09:42 GMT -5
The Abyss had the worst ending of any potentially great film I have ever seen. The story is they ran out of money. Dumb ending. Apparently you're not all that critical about SF books that you read, since many of them end in the same manner as The Abyss. And quite frankly, the ending fit the story and the story was very, very good. =Bob Fine Bob, but Google the Abyss. Virtually every review of this movie ever written agrees that it was a great movie, with a weak ending. |
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Post by Erik Rupp on Nov 4, 2009 23:35:26 GMT -5
I thought the ending worked pretty well.
I'm not sure which version of the ending I like better, though (theatrical or extended version) - I haven't watched the DVD in a while.
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