Favourite Movies

[Lodis]

Your all-time favourite movies. Your recent favourite movies. What's on your radar?

Top 5

City of God
Fellowship of the Ring
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction

What I consider to be my favourite movies tends to be determined by the re-watchability of a film. The movies I have listed in my top 5 and those below are the kinds of movies I can watch repeatedly and often gain more respect and admiration for with successive viewings.

Other all-time favourites: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Big Fish, Cool Runnings, Ghost in the Shell, Hero, Kill Bill, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Planet of the Apes (1968), Road to Perdition, Seven Samurai

Recent favourites: Casino Royale, Howl's Moving Castle, Pan's Labyrinth, Ratatouille

[Indigo]

Didn't we just have a thread like this?

[Lodis]

Hyde closed it.

[Indigo]

Okay.

Lets see...

My all time favorites:
The shining
Beetle juice
Edward Scissorhands
The others
Artificial Intelligence
A Tale of Two sisters
The Nightmare before chirstmas
The Grudge
Borat
Scarry Movie 1 and 2
The Naked Gun series
Airplane 1 (not two)
Lord of the Flies

Recent Favorites:
V for Vendetta
Corpse Bride
The Blair Which project
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

[Hyde]

For the record, if the previous argument extends over to here, this one will be closed too....so let's try this amicably people.

[LagDragon]

For the record, that other thread shouldn't have been closed. I had just posted in it before it was closed, Hyde, and I didn't feel the mild bickering was that big of a deal, as I'm sure you could tell. Thanks for going against my better judgement in front of the entire board.

In fact, I'm going to talk to you about this later.

And I'm sure I'm not the only one who's still curious as to why Vlad thinks Donnie Darko is the cat's ass.

[Hyde]

For the record, that other thread shouldn't have been closed. I had just posted in it before it was closed, Hyde, and I didn't feel the mild bickering was that big of a deal, as I'm sure you could tell. Thanks for going against my better judgement in front of the entire board.

You were being incredibly far from Impartial and if you don't like what I did, I'm sorry, but I don't regret it.


And I'm sure I'm not the only one who's still curious as to why Vlad thinks Donnie Darko is the cat's ass.

He, like everyone else here, is entitled to think whatever he wants. I enjoyed Donnie Darko myself. If you didn't...hey, fine. As the saying goes....."That's why Baskin Robbins has 32 flavors...." Because not everyone likes the same thing and they don't need to justify to you, to Dreamless, to ANYONE why they do....

[LagDragon]

Like I said, I'll talk to you about this later. Only for the sake of saving this thread.

For the rest of you, don't be afraid to question somebody's choices or tastes in movies. It makes for interesting discussion. Far more interesting than simply listing your favourite movies.

[Hyde]

For the rest of you, don't be afraid to question somebody's choices or tastes in movies. It makes for interesting discussion. Far more interesting than simply listing your favourite movies.

I'm gonna say this again...no one HAS to defend their choices and no one else needs to attack them for it....which is not to say someone can't disagree. Saying "Oh I hate that movie...." is a lot different than saying "You're dumb for liking that movie."

[Atlas]

We need a ****ing reality show. We just need Dreamless to join us again and we could have a dandy little free-for-all.

Also, thread closed or not, if you want to attack someone's opinion on this forum go right ahead, but if you're a bonafide asshole about it, I'm on the defending commitee and I'll throw rocks at your testacles.

Oh, and...

Terminator 2: JD
Fight Club
Saving Private Ryan
High Fidelity
Groundhog's Day
City of Lost Children
Cinderella Man

[Electric Banana]

Mentioned in the other thread:
Who Loves the Sun
Life is Beautiful
Spirited Away
Silent Hill
50 First Dates
Stranger Than Fiction

Others:
Alice in Wonderland (1985, made for TV)
Someone Like You
Equilibrium
Mallrats
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Jerk
Three Amigos (I love Steve Martin!)
Eagle Vs. Shark

[LagDragon]

I'm gonna say this again...no one HAS to defend their choices and no one else needs to attack them for it....which is not to say someone can't disagree. Saying "Oh I hate that movie...." is a lot different than saying "You're dumb for liking that movie."

Hyde, don't worry; you'll be able to get the last word in. I'm making a thread in the Staff forums so we can all weigh in on this. Try not to ruin another thread, please?

Also, I'm asking ever so politely that nobody else responds to this argument in this thread. This thread is for favourite movie discussion, and let's keep it that way.

[Atlas]

Mentioned in the other thread:
Who Loves the Sun
Life is Beautiful
Spirited Away
Silent Hill
50 First Dates
Stranger Than Fiction

Others:
Alice in Wonderland (1985, made for TV)
Someone Like You
Equilibrium
Mallrats
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Jerk
Three Amigos (I love Steve Martin!)
Eagle Vs. Shark



Mallrats! Now that was a great movie. I remember when I first saw that. It was like Jay & Silent Bob + Dazed & Confused + Superbad all in one.

[Electric Banana]

My friends and I, in high school, would quote it every day...we knew it so well we could recite all the lines while watching the movie. It was pretty bad. lol It's my favorite, BY FAR, of all of the Kevin Smith movies... However, the Clerks cartoon was gold.

[Atlas]

Which sucks because Clerks 2 was shit.

[Electric Banana]

Agreed, except for "you never go ass to mouth!"

[Atlas]

Haha... oh my LORD that was a funny conversation.

[LagDragon]

I liked Clerks 2. :(

[Electric Banana]

I liked Clerks 2. :(It's okay Lag, I still love you.

[Phakiel]

My favourite Smith flick is Dogma.

Jersey Girl made me wanna puke salt.

[LagDragon]

My favourite Smith movie is Chasing Amy. Definitely not the funniest or anything, but it's my favourite. Probably has a lot to do with the fact that I had a crush on Joey Lauren Adams when I first watched it.

[Atlas]

My favourite Smith flick is Dogma.

Jersey Girl made me wanna puke salt.

I've heard people hate on Dogma here, but I liked it. I agree on the Jersey Girl thing. And wtf was up with the Will Smith cameo?

[LagDragon]

I've heard so many bad things about Jersey Girl I never even bothered watching it.

Was Will Smith actually in it? Don't worry; I don't care about spoilers.

lols...

[Phakiel]

It was a short cameo, he was just there to teach Ben Affleck about how important it is to be a father instead of getting a high paying job and providing in much better ways to his kid which would make him a better father. Instead he walks out of the interview and goes on to play a part in Sweeney Todd with his daughter.

[Devil King]

In no particular order:

1. The Fountain
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. Sunshine
4. VHD : Bloodlust
5. Nightmare Before Christmas
7. The Crying Game
8. The Last Minute
9. Pan's Labyrinth
10. Brotherhood of the Wolf

[Lodis]

There seem to be a lot of Tim Burton fans around here. I like some of his movies a lot. Others not so much. I certainly respect directors that manage to stamp a signature on their work just by the way they film. Regardless of whether I like the movies or not, it's something I can appreciate. Burton is one for sure, Tarantino, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, etc as far as the modern ones are concerned.

[Atlas]

In no particular order:

3. Sunshine



Not many people I know have seen this. I saw it in theaters with some insane expectations, which is probably why I was so extremely dissapointed. I guess I wanted more space action and less... well, you know.

[Cyrus the virus]

Just an FYI, spoilers haven't been showing up for me when I click the button :( I tried IE and it doesn't work there, either.

Mine are:

Terminator 2
Shawshank Redemption
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Office Space
Fifth space is interchangeable between 2o0693968 movies.

[Atlas]

I have had the same problem. I'll take it up with the guys.

[Cyrus the virus]

That makes me sad :( I love to be spoiled.

[Indigo]

For the rest of you, don't be afraid to question somebody's choices or tastes in movies. It makes for interesting discussion. Far more interesting than simply listing your favourite movies.
There is a fine line between questioning and criticizing. Questioning someone's tastes is all good, it can probably make you understand what the person sees in the, in this case, movie in subject, which can lead to making people look at it from another point of view. But if you're just being argumentative about it then it turns to criticism which really should not happen. If you want to question someone, then do it with respect.

[Tenacious P]

You guys probably get sick of seeing this title in my posts, but since we must have 10,000 reincarnations of the same thread, I have no choice.

Big Trouble in Little China

[Atlas]

Lol... Blue, please explain the spoiler thing a bit more ^_^

[Atlas]

Cool beans.

It's kind of big

But funnyunlike Adam Sandler

Hahaha...

[Powerslave]

Well, at least in this thread it doesn't only have to be only 5, so let's try it again in a somewhat-ordered top 20 list (and I remembered a couple more that I forgot):

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Seven Samurai
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lawrence of Arabia
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2001: A Space Odyssey
Throne of Blood
Apocalypse Now!
Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Casablanca
Dirty Harry
Once Upon A Time in the West
The Godfather I
The Shining
The Corporation
Manufacturing Consent
Chinatown
The Matrix

[Blackdragon]

The One
Matrix Revolutions
Resident Evil 2
The Inside Man
Shawn Of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
I Am Legend
I, Robot
V For Vendetta
Iron Man
Blade
Terminator 2
Rurouni Kenshin: Samurai X
Man In Fire (I think it's In anyway. Starred Denzel Washington)
Training Day
The Transporter
Butterfly Effect (I know I'm going to catch some flack for this one.)
300
Hero
Unleashed
Fearless

aaaaand that's all for now.

[Cyrus the virus]

There is a fine line between questioning and criticizing. Questioning someone's tastes is all good, it can probably make you understand what the person sees in the, in this case, movie in subject, which can lead to making people look at it from another point of view. But if you're just being argumentative about it then it turns to criticism which really should not happen. If you want to question someone, then do it with respect.

Screw that, I'll criticize movie choices as I see fit. What are we, babies? If someone likes Gigli they're going to hear about it.

[Indigo]

Well as much as I love crticizing people, it is not a good look for the forum, and we should all understand that.

[Hyde]

Screw that, I'll criticize movie choices as I see fit. What are we, babies? If someone likes Gigli they're going to hear about it.

Gotta side with Cyrus on this. If someone here claims to have enjoyed Gigli, we should reserve the right to ban them.

[Phakiel]

I agree. This should be in the FAQ/Rules section of the new Allrpg.

[Cyrus the virus]

Well as much as I love crticizing people, it is not a good look for the forum, and we should all understand that.

I would hate to see a forum where nobody was allowed to criticize each other. That's frightening!

Nothing wrong with some criticism, anyway. If you're not a pussy you'll take your criticism and a discussion will come out of it.

Gigli was soooo bad :eek:

[Atlas]

I would hate to see a forum where nobody was allowed to criticize each other. That's frightening!

Nothing wrong with some criticism, anyway. If you're not a pussy you'll take your criticism and a discussion will come out of it.

Gigli was soooo bad :eek:


How could you say that about the almighty Ben Afleck?

BITCH, YOU GOT CRITISIZED.

[Cyrus the virus]

ugh i will am reporting u this is unaceptabnle

[Atlas]

Yeah, you better run. > _ >

Yeah, it sucked, though.

^_^

[LagDragon]

There is a fine line between questioning and criticizing. Questioning someone's tastes is all good, it can probably make you understand what the person sees in the, in this case, movie in subject, which can lead to making people look at it from another point of view. But if you're just being argumentative about it then it turns to criticism which really should not happen. If you want to question someone, then do it with respect.

Please don't lecture me, Fallen.

[Indigo]

I just just being argumentative. But okay.

[Hyde]

Then it's agreed.

Anyone who professes liking the movie Gigli shall henceforth be banished from AllRPG.

[Indigo]

Yeah, I think it's safe to say we all agree.

[Atlas]

Safe!

[Matron]

Never seen it, never wanted to see it.I hate J-Lo with a passion, and avoid every movie she's in.

[Devil King]

Howcome you hate J-Lo?

[Matron]

I don't really know, she just bugs me. I liked her ok I guess, before they hyped her up to be the biggest thing in the world, and all you ever saw when you turned on the tv was her and Affleck, or her and P-diddy .

[Indigo]

Howcome you hate J-Lo?

She's too much of an ass when it comes to acting.

Hey Atlas, see what what I did there? ;)

[Phakiel]

I hate J-Lo too, she was too much all at once. Here she was singing, dancing, acting, being a whore, no thanks.

I still think we should put the Gigli clause in our FAQ/Rules. That way we could nip the problem before it infects us.

[Inari]

I don't really get the hate for Jennifer Lopez. Granted.. she's not especially great at anything she does, and the whole reason people even know who she is is because of all the hype but... as far as I could tell she's never come across in the media as being attention whore-y or outlandish. She just apparently surrounds herself with people who know how to bring in publicity. It's not like it's ever even been bad publicity, just oversaturated.

[LagDragon]

She's really sexy.

And Fallen is winning the "bad puns" war with Atlas. It's still close, though. ;)

[Phakiel]

She is ok. Now Kim Kardashian, thats a fantastic fat assed **** right there, I love that bitch. Seriously, i would motor boat that ass even if its dripping with at least 54 different STDs.

Ok maybe I wouldnt, but still, I really like her.

[Inari]

Kim Kardashian is really pretty IMO, but have you seen her reality show? She is 31 flavors of annoying.

[Phakiel]

Cant argue with that.

[Atlas]

Fallen, don't even try to get on my ingenious level. You might think my puns are bad, but when you snicker at night thinking of them after you've masturbated for the fifth time, you know where I'm at. My shit is like maple syrup on yo pancakes in the morning. I put the cool in coolant.

I would also like to add The Royal Tenenbaums to my list of favorite movies.

[Indigo]

Fallen, don't even try to get on my ingenious level. You might think my puns are bad, but when you snicker at night thinking of them after you've masturbated for the fifth time, you know where I'm at. My shit is like maple syrup on yo pancakes in the morning. I put the cool in coolant.



Lol. Just lol.

[Devil King]

She's too much of an ass when it comes to acting.

Hey Atlas, see what what I did there? ;)

I think that's a good thing, though. Can never have enough of that ass.

[Indigo]

I just got Donnie Darko to see what all the fuss was about, however I could only get the director's cut. I'm watching it with some friends tomorrow night, and I'd like to know, is there a major difference between the director's cut and the original copy?

[Phakiel]

No, just little things, nothing major last time i checked.

[Powerslave]

Well, I figured this could go here, but today I watched Michael Clayton, a movie that I never had the most fleeting interest in watching, and found it brilliant. Really made my day. Probably my favourite recent movie, and one of the few good things Clooney's ever done.

[Devil King]

I just got Donnie Darko to see what all the fuss was about.

The world is round, not square.

[Indigo]

Donnie Darko just made it to my top ten. It's just huge.

[Hyde]

No, just little things, nothing major last time i checked.

Except that they totally changed the last scene of the movie, of course.

[Polygon]

I could never pick just one movie out of the hundreds that I like. However, this thread is useful to me in that my pile of movies to see has now just tuned into a mountain.

[?lgarnas Tr?dg?rd]

I could never pick just one movie out of the hundreds that I like. However, this thread is useful to me in that my pile of movies to see has now just tuned into a mountain.

Add Sansho the Bailiff to your list.


I just got Donnie Darko to see what all the fuss was about.

Not much, really. Interesting movie in that it at least it can keep your attention for a while, but they do a really bad job of establishing what the film is trying to do. There's lots of references to time travel, alternate universes, and prescience, but it eventually comes off as rushed.

The ambiguous ending would have worked better if there was more for you to make an educated guess on. Maybe if the movie was intended to leave you completely blank it wouldn't be such a sticky problem for me, but it just seems like every time I watch it I can never correlate what's happening on the screen and what happens in the end.

And for that matter, I've had it explained to me dozens of times, and usually in the same manner, and it still just doesn't make sense. Maybe I should just be less skeptical about it, and kind of accept it as a pastiche type of film, but if I resorted to that, I'd have to apply the same rationale to something like Smoking Aces, and you'll never catch me trying to enjoy that bullshit.

[Jarrid]

The Deer Hunter. I think it is Robert Di Nero, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep's best acting. Such a depressing movie, though.

[Devil King]

Add Brokeback Mountain to my list of faves.

[LagDragon]

Easily one of the most overrated movies I've ever seen.

[Phakiel]

Brokeback didnt bring anything to the table except controversy over two gay cowboy and their relationship. Its like Million Dollar Baby and Chicago, I still dont see what people found so appraisable.

[Cyrus the virus]

I guess I'll throw Crash in there because I really liked the directing and some of the writing.

[Abominari]

One of my least favorite movies of the past decade, Cyrus. That it walked away with the Best Picture award is one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history. You're offending the Lords of the Silver Screen, and their wrath is mighty and quick.

[Cyrus the virus]

I know. I am very much aware of my risk at socially killing myself, here. I can't help just liking it, though. I don't think it's Best Picture quality by any stretch of the imagination.

I still haven't seen Deer Hunter. Nobody seems to want to rent it with me, since it seems so gloomy, and I almost never watch movies alone for some reason. I still have The Prestige sitting by my PS2, and I know it'll be good if I bother to watch it.

[Abominari]

Yeah, Prestige is good. It's even better if you watch it twice.

[Cyrus the virus]

Now you are intriguing me o_O Hm.

OH. I also liked The Departed, which I saw recently. Too bad the ending had been spoiled for me.

[Less Than Liz]

The Departed is an awesome movie.

[Lodis]

The Departed was a strange case for me. I saw it before I saw the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs which is was based off. After I saw Infernal Affairs though I have had a difficult time re-evaluating my opinion of the Departed. I mean I still enjoyed it, and respect Scorsese's film work, I'm just not sure how to view it in the context of a remake. Does that inherently change the way a film should be viewed? Is that being fair to both films? I'm not sure.

[Cyrus the virus]

Oh. American Gangster. <3 Denzel <3

[Phakiel]

The Prestige is the bitch's tits man. Bale is awesome as Bolan and Wolverine...well, Wolverin kinda sucks but thats just because he cant actually act very well. Good movie though, definetely a must watch.

[DrunkSwashbuckler]

I guess I'll throw Crash in there because I really liked the directing and some of the writing.
Thought you had more taste than this, Cyrus. :\

Crash, much like it's spiritual predecessor, Requiem for a Dream, is nothing more than an over-hyped, over-budgeted and over-directed after school special.

[Polygon]

Yeah, Prestige is good. It's even better if you watch it twice.

Really?

I thought it was great the first time around, never saw it a second time. What would you say made it better?

[Cyrus the virus]

Hey now! We all have a few movies we like that are kind of embarrassing. I hope.

[Atlas]

I loved the Prestige as well as The Illisionist.

[Jarrid]

The Illusionist was. . . ok.

And yes, Cyrus. The Deer Hunter is an extremely gloomy movie, and I had to watch it by myself because nobody else wanted to sit through it with me. Bad idea, though. I sat up all night thinking about it. Ugh, crazy.

[?lgarnas Tr?dg?rd]

I know. I am very much aware of my risk at socially killing myself, here. I can't help just liking it, though. I don't think it's Best Picture quality by any stretch of the imagination.

I still haven't seen Deer Hunter. Nobody seems to want to rent it with me, since it seems so gloomy, and I almost never watch movies alone for some reason. I still have The Prestige sitting by my PS2, and I know it'll be good if I bother to watch it.

Crash and The Deer Hunter are interesting comparisons.

I watched about an hour of Crash before I gave up on it. I just don't have the fortitude to be beaten over the head with a directors opinion. It does plenty of bitching about social issues, but never offers any insight as to the cause. It even goes as far as to present social problems through stereotype, which I feel kinda contradicts the message that the director so obviously wants us all to hear.

The Deer Hunter, on the other hand, is engaging. Thrilling, even. I remember the first time I saw it. It was hard to sit through. There wasn't an overall defined message and the director let the characters and the action speak for itself. The decision on what lesson to learn from the film is up to the viewer. It's much more personal, in that regard.

Similar to my recommendation of Sansho the Bailiff earlier.

[Tenacious P]

The Illusionist was a snore fest. The only thing it had going for it was Jessica Biel. <3

[Cyrus the virus]

I think I liked Crash for its aesthetic qualities. That and I was into it and felt myself caring a bit. But that's my own fault!

[Jarrid]

Another favorite movie that I like is Waking Life. I really thought the animation style fit the story and setting of the movie very well. I need to watch it again. . . sober.