What is the best movie you have ever seen?
Mine is Terminator 1 and 2 specialy 1.
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What is the best movie you have ever seen?
Mine is Terminator 1 and 2 specialy 1.
Yeah they were ok. I've got no single favourite movie - I watch so many of the damn things.
Favourite actors is easy (no particular order):
Steve Buscemi
Harvey Kietel
Tom Cruise (in most of his movies)
Chris Tucker
Tom Hanks
Jim Carrey
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Jackie Chan
Nicholas Cage (in 1 or 2 of his movies, most of the time I find him annoying. I think Face/Off and The Rock are the only two I enjoyed actually)
Which brings me to Sean Connery
That's about it :p
I think it's impossible to know. Someone else will always be naming some other movie that I will immediatly want to post on my favorite list. But here goes an effort. Of the top of my head, my favorite movies ever:
Blade Runner
Once Upon a Time in The West
Pulp Fiction
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
How come no one's mentioned Star Wars?
Pulp Fiction. Donnie Dark is really awesome too.
I only mentioned my best, but there are also other movies which I really like. I really loved independence day when I saw it for the first time. But one year later I saw it and saw it was not that good.
Star Wars is good. It is very looks like to Lord of the rings, fight of good and bad. I have seen 4 of its six episodes.
I don't see Lord of the rings as a very good movie.
Titanic was good, but more told to be good than it really was (It could be if the girl was a little more beautiful!).
Shining was not a good movie.
I like old James Bond movies.
Face-off is a really good movie.
One of the most ridicules movies that I've ever seen is Tomb Raider.
Total Recall was good.
And Hot Shots, very funny.
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B-13, french movie is good too.
The Matrix trilogy ESPECIALLY the first one. Those 3 movies just blow all other movies outta the water.
Heh, you must not see many movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
I'd either go with The Shawshank Redemption or Pulp Fiction as my favorite movie. My favorite scene ever has to be this: warning: may contain inappropriate material
I have Pulp Fiction on my iPod so worship me.
Also, an awesinine movie is Snakes on the Plane. Go see it or be killed.
SLC Punk! and Malcolm X
American History X is one of my favorites.
Also, I have to agree with the first Matrix movie. It's an awesome movie.
i don't have an all time fav, but here is a couple i really enoy:
seven samurai (and almost every other kurosawa film)
raging bull
deer hunter
apocalypse now
platoon
citizen kaine
legends of the fall
taxi driver
dog day afternoon
heat
pi
the ninth gate
full metal jacket (many other kubrick films as well)
Well, there's good movies and good movies.
Good movies doesn't neccessarily have a happy end because life sucks. Good movies doesn't have a replay value because they are disturbing and while you are glad you watched them, you don't want to watch them again:
"Die Brücke" ( German for The Bridge ), probably one of the best anti-war movies ever. B/W. In '45, a group of friends between 14 and 15 are pressed into service with the Wehrmacht, the German Army. The war is already lost, US troops are over the Rhine. The teenagers get sent out to defend a small local bridge. The bridge is meaningless. Driven by their naive heroism and all the propaganda they have been fed, they assume positions and prepare for a heroic defense. Totally unprepared for the reality of war, thinking of it as nothing more but playing cowboys and indians and getting medals in the end, they open up fire on a US tank column trying to cross the bridge. Unsurpisingly, this does not end well.
And then, there's good movies, that you can watch time and again:
Pirates of the Carribean
Bad Boys
I Robot
Matrix
Sky Captain
Groundhog Day
Equilibrium - Chritian Bale.
Of course there are others but they have been metioned so I left them out.
Léon (1994) (aka The Professional) Imdb linkage
Thats the movie I like most.
The first few:
1. Ying Xiong / Hero
2. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
3. Fight Club
4. The Matrix
5. Dogville
6. It's a wonderful life
7. American history X
8. Pulp fiction
9. Terminator 2
10. Star Wars
11. Kill Bill
12. Bubba Ho-tep
Based on an awsome novel by Manfred Gregor and one of my favorite war books.Quote:
Originally Posted by nvoigt
I don't really have any "favorite" movies, but I really like The fast and the furious 3, which happens to be the last movie I saw.
Try watching Memento. I think you'd like it cause you'd definitely relate to it. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ThWolf
>> Pulp Fiction. Donnie Dark is really awesome too.
Yeah! I like pi too ... am, I like the lord of the rings (see sig). I like this link (Donnie Darko Memorable Quotes - "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion", HAHAHAHA). Fight club rocks too, the shining wasn't nearly as good as the book, The Green Mile was OK I guess, the Shawshank Redemption was very good.
This link
Pulp Fiction just rocks. A lot of good memories (ain't seen it for like 2 years). That tasty burger clip... is that where some guy bursts out of the toilet with a .44 (or something very revolver-y and big) and completely misses with all 6? I forget exactly :(
That's the beginning The Bonnie Situation. It starts out at the end of the scene I posted but is way later in the movie from the scene I posted. To summerize, the "tasty burger" scene is where Jules and Vincent go to pick up Marcelles' briefcase from the guys who screwed up the operation.
I'm familiar with the name, but if it is a movie about racing, know just one thing:Quote:
Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom
Racing is not something I really really love. In fact, I never liked it and pretty much hated it. But then I started to learn to drive, and now its a lot more interesting (I also play Need for speed, Toca race driver which is too realistic).
Well, you're in luck. It has nothing to do with racing. Rent it sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThWolf
The Boondock Saints - probably my favourite one
Other ones I like are
- Full Metal Jacket
- Fight Club
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Batman Begins
The first one that comes to mind is The Last Samurai.
I've seen tons of movies but those are ALWAYS my top 3. Another movie I liked alot was V for Vendetta, which just HAPPENS to be from the creators of The Matrix ;). Oh looks like a lot of people agree with me on The Matrix part. So in the words of Howard Dean, "Byaah!"Quote:
Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom
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I see a lot of people talk about Pulp Fiction and I haven't seen it. Do you think it's worth a look? What kind of movie is it?
I don't :)
Matrix for me was a series of cheap philosophy coupled with bad dialogs. Just an attempt at putting to movie one of the most ancient philosophies (that which we all are a dream of some higher being) and place it in a post modern world.
I also couldn't stand those "Oh It hurts so much to love you" type-of relationship between the two main characters. I mean... c'mon! Lighten up! It's reminiscent of those film noir and the femme fatale versus absent minded stylish hero. *watch out, I'm feeling sick now*
Nice SF though. What really saved the movie. The rest was... boring. What was it? 4 movies right? On all of them Neo with a Duh! expression and whats-her-name taking him by the hand.
I and several others have considered it one of the greatest movies they've ever seen... ... yeah I think it's worth a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
While I did like the first of The Matrix trilogy (which is the only one I've seen others mention here), I though two was mediocre and three was just rubbish. You can over analyse the plot all you want it was still lousy. In your defense, though, I can see some movies in this post that are certainly worse than The Matrix.
Oh, if you want to know what Pulp Fiction is like, you can watch the clip I posted. It won't ruin the movie for you.
You might just be the first person I see who describes him/herself as "having seen tons of movies" and who haven't seen Pulp Fiction. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
It is definately a must to see that movie.
I wish I have never seen the movie just to enjoy seeing it again for the first time.
It's that good :)
Yeah, I'll concede the point that the second and third Matrix movies weren't as good as the first. The first was incredible, the other two were good. Yeah I don't know why I haven't seen Pulp Fiction, it sounds like a movie I'd watch. My favorite kind of movies: Horror/Thriller, Action, Comedy (in that order). Just two nights ago I saw The Descent and it was horrible :\. Horror my ass it was stupid and they explained nothing in the movie, things happened for no reason, etc. Oh and Mario, the relationship between Neo and Trinity was kinda... stupid, for lack of a better way to say it. Ahh well that little element didn't affect the movie as a whole for me.
Titanic. And yes, I'm g'damn serious. Go to hell.
There will be one less in this topic if you don't shut that 'ole in your face!Quote:
Originally Posted by ethic
I'm pretty sure that's one of Cruise's best movies to date - it's so well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prelude
I can't watch the last 20 minutes without welling up / lumpy throat.
Damn guns.
Awww... those meanies ;)
I liked him in Vanilla Sky. Nice movie. Not on my fav list. But nice still. TC is nowehere close to my favorite actors.
As much as he freaks me out on TV, he's probably one of the most consistent actors of his generation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario F.
Oh, I liked lord of war too.
>> ... consistent actors of his generation.
Consistent doesn't mean good! I can give you lots of examples of bad acting that's consistent!
>I'm pretty sure that's one of Cruise's best movies to date - it's so well done.
I'm not normally a big Tom Cruise fan, but he pulled that one off very well. It's rare that I actually cry while watching a movie, and despite seeing it at least a dozen times so far, I still get teary at various parts. ;)
I don't think i've ever cried from watching a movie ... and if I did, at the age of 13 or so I began to deny every instance (which didn't occur), of it happening!!
That's because you are dead for so long
Not like that movie, The Sixth Sense though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario F.
Nice movie too!
From when Shymalan(sp?) could still surprise us. Now, when a movie from him comes we already know that the end is always the least expected... So it becomes somewhat easy to predict :)
EDIT: And the young actor just reminded me of another great movie; A.I.
EDIT *2: And the director reminds me of two movies I should add to my favorite movies of all time list... Schindler's List and Color Purple.
Really? Like never ever not once ever bloody ever?Quote:
Originally Posted by twomers
Weirdo. :p
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Originally Posted by Mario F.
Y'know, when I watched it in the theatre I thought it was pretty boring, mainly because it was a little stretched out and had too much explinations. But a few weeks ago I re-watched it and was surprised how well it aged. It could have been released last week with the same effect. It goes without saying that I liked it much more, though the ending did have too much closure. I ususally prefer when movies leave much up to the imagination as possible without letting loose too many loopholes or deus ex machina. It was still a good movie.
Minority report not so much, but still good.
I also came to grips with the fact that despite it's '90s esque hair-band wildness that is a Michael Bay film, I still love the guy's movies. The Island and Bad Boys in particular (minus part two). If hell were ever to need scinematic direction, then it would be from Michael Bay. Destruction opera at it's finest.
Flipping through my dvds, I decided to introduce a new category: relatively good movies. What is it ? Movies that should have sucked, but didn't, movies that delivered more than expected, movies that are trashy but still good:
Barb Wire. No, seriously. Taking into account that this movie had to live with Pamela Anderson as lead actress, it was pretty darn good. Not absolute good, but certainly not as crappy as one would have thought.
Pieces of April. Ok, I admit, the trailer sounded like comedy and I would have watched a movie about dentists at work eating live snails if it only had Katie Holmes starring. But it turned out to be more than the facade and a really good movie, although everything but comedy.
Has anyone here seen Troll 2?It's a great story about goblins (Not trolls), from Nilbog, When we watched it, my friends and myself, it was rated the 6th worst movie of all time. EDIT :: Olé, it's now second worst!!
AI I wasn't too fond of.
I thought AI was pretty boring. I think the most memorable scene was "don't drop me David, I'll break..." ... "ouch.".
The kids name was David, right?
brain dead :D
Don't be stupid, who'd call a kid (or robot, he looked so read), Brain Dead?
I was starting to think you were a guy again >.< until I saw that statement it reminded me you're not. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prelude
>> I was starting to think you were a guy again >.<
I thought I was the only one. Sorry!!
lol, i was referring to the best movie ;) [edit] favourite i mean [/edit]Quote:
Originally Posted by twomers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braindead_%281992_film%29
If you'd believe it, I've seen it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven Arkadon
I'm a woman. And I can be a man during the commercial breaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
Beat that.
I don't speak Italian. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mario F.
We have three kinds of movie:
Good movie, but makes you sad.
Bad movie and makes you sad.
Good movie and make you feel happy and or satisfied..
And I only like the last type.
I saw Kubrik's "eyes wide shot". But I didn't understand the movie's context and purpose very well.
Indiana Jones was an enjoying movie too.
I think I saw that movie.Quote:
"Die Brücke" ( German for The Bridge ), probably one of the best anti-war movies ever.
No one can really beat that. But why really pretending to be a man when you are not?Quote:
I'm a woman. And I can be a man during the commercial breaks.
Beat that.
[edit]
Or vice-versa. (Though it may be useful sometimes if you know how to do it)
The Internets: Where everyone is male until proven otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
VERY hard to be prooven.Quote:
The Internets: Where everyone is male until proven otherwise.
Lol, so very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by indigo0086
Remembered one:
An Italian movie, The Church, based if memory serves me right on a German movie, The Cathedral.
The Church had everything to fail. Italian, bad casting, low budget and a gore thematic that could only be saved with lots of money spent on SFs. And yet... it's one of the best horror movies I have ever seen. Once the seal of the cathedral is open and the demons start to silently pour out and take possession of the party, you will be greated with one of the most innovative horror movies to date.
Ooh thanks for that Mario that inspired me to ask: What's the BEST horror movie you've ever seen? I'll just "assume" that The Church is yours Mario ;) So the language is in Italian on that movie? Does it have subtitle capability?
The one I saw was subtitled, yes.
Now I'm just curious but you can speak fluent Italian no?
>> Trinity: "Neo... nobody has ever done this before."
>> Neo: "That's why it's going to work."
Actually, he says "I know, that's why it's going to work.". You missed the "I know,".
Are you sure? I can't believe I missed that. I'll watch that bit again and change it, but right now I don't wanna. Thanks for pointing that out though.
Ilsa, she wolf of the SS. No I didn't like the movie, but some scenes appeal to my sensibilities.
Too many
The Shawshank Redemption.1994
have you even seen a Chinese movie - Ba Wang Bie Ji(Farewell My Concubine)imdb page
Err... nope :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jmd15
I speak Portuguese, English and Spanish. By order of fluency.
I always thought being fluent in Portuguese made you at least conversational in Spanish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario F.
And it's correct. But I just feel more comfortable around English which I have known and spoke since a child. My wife being an Aussie, the fact I lived there many years, and my profession as a programmer also helped making english my second language.
>I was starting to think you were a guy again >.< until I saw that statement it reminded me you're not. Sorry.
I am a guy. As indigo said, male until proven otherwise. I don't care enough to prove otherwise, and I don't seriously expect anyone to take my word for it. So nya. :p
What anime is that avatar from prelude?
>What anime is that avatar from prelude?
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu.
Oh crap, what's that picture I've been using to keep me company for the last few years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prelude
>Oh crap, what's that picture I've been using to keep me company for the last few years?
It's a random collection of pixels, of course. Or a picture I found on google images. It could even be a picture of someone I hate. Muahahaha! ;)
Lol, wow I'm embarrassed. I thought somebody told me you were a girl! Oh and btw Mario happy 1 day late birthday.
It's Prelude's exgirlfriend who he now has tied up in his basement cause she cheated on him. I know this for a fact and I could prove it in 100 words or less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prelude
>Lol, wow I'm embarrassed.
Don't be. I was being facetious. :rolleyes:
>I know this for a fact and I could prove it in 100 words or less.
This I want to see. :)