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Machete
Joined: Jul 29 2012
Posts: 63
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I'm sure this has been done before many times, but I'm new and I didn't want to resurrect an old thread. Plus I'm obsessed with lists and this is a good way for me to see what members of this forum are into.
Mine:
1. Aliens
2. The Thing
3. Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Cross of Iron
5. First Blood
6. Poltergeist
7. The 'Burbs
8. Terminator 2
9. Return to Oz
10. Jaws
The only movies on this list that never change are the first two.
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Sarge
Title: The Self-Titler
Joined: Aug 14 2010
Posts: 598
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As I always going to the movies is my most enjoyable form of entertainment. Even my love for bowling comes second. That being said my favorite dating activity is going to the movies. My wife and son go to the movie at least twice a month and in good months when there are a lot of good movies coming out we go every week. In addition to being a dating coach I am an award winning filmmaker. It is these characteristics that makes me feel qualified to share with you my list of top moves of 2011.
My list of the best movies of 2011.
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I give this move the props of an original story an not that of a remake. Before I saw this movie I prepared myself by watching the original Planet of the Ape series. I loved the original Planet of the Apes movies "It's a mad house" sorry I digress. But the movie that this was based on was the worst of the original series. Now they turned this story around and made it damn near better than all of the other movies. They made the story a animal rights story and not an analogy for racism like the first. It was entertaining and had a message in the same way as James Camron's Avatar.
2. Sucker Punch. Now please let me first say before all my female readers attack me. The next four movies I liked almost equally. Sucker Punch was different. It was imaginative and the story didn't drag. It wasn't crazy entertaining like some of the other movies from 2010. It was just that the movies of 2011 weren't as good as 2010 or even 2009.
3. Real Steal. This movie was fun and emotional. I was rooting for the robot to win. I wished the robot fights scenes were longer. Some people want movies to have unpredictable endings. This movie was very predictable but it was fun. After the Departed I realized I don't like movies that have confusing endings. Matter of fact my life requires so much thought I don't want to have to much calculation in the movies.
4. Captain America. This movie could have easily been my number one movie. I really enjoyed myself in the theater when I saw this picture. For them to take a super hero I didn't care much for and make a movie I would like I have to give them props. I still didn't make me pick up a Captain America comic book. After Wolverine Origins I thought super hero movies were a wrap but Captain America made believe again.
5. Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed the first movie so much I am still watching it on cable. I wasn't scared the sequel to this movie was going to be good. The only thing I was scared of was that there wouldn't be a sequel. I am still waiting for the sequel to Cloverfield. In this economy sequels are not guaranteed and when they do make a sequel it may not have the first one's budget, like Quarantine, Aliens vs Predators and Starship Troopers.
6. Fast Five. This was a high energy over the top movie just the way I like it. Why can't there be a movie like this every week? Some movies this year came so close but messed it up with some corny scene or a story that doesn't make sense.
7. X Men First Class. This was a very good prequel and the product of good character development and back story. This movie renewed my love of the franchise. They even gave the black characters good lines.
8. Priest. I should have seen this movie in 3D. This was one of the movies I was really looking forward to seeing from the trailer. This movie could have been my number two movie but the story got wack at the end. Such a good movie that went downhill.
9. The girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What I was surprised about with this movie was the subject matter. That fact that so many people are reading the books and no one talking about the abuse of women is crazy. Even with the movie being out people rather talk about the acting rather than rape and rape victims. Maybe we really need a girl with a dragon tattoo if we want someone to stop these sick people. In comparison to Lisbeth I still think Precious (of the movie Precious) handled her abuse better. But hold off on a full opinion until I watch the third movie of the trilogy.
10. Thor. This was another movie that made me like a super hero that I didn't like before. I would actually like to see another Thor movie. I hope the Avengers movie is good. Thor is so cocky he made the movie on his lines alone. I would love to see Thor fight better villains maybe one with a mouth like his. If Superman had a mouth on him I would like him better.
I started writing this list before I saw the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I had already put ten movies together . So, when the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo made my top ten it pushed Contagion out but I still wanted to share my thoughts.
11. Contagion. This was one of the best virus global threat scenarios I've seen in a movie. It reminded me of the book World War Z. I hope the writers for the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes watched this movie. |
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Skinr
Title: Minituae Guru
Joined: Jul 17 2010
Location: Elsinore
Posts: 388
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Having seen hundreds of movies, this is almost impossible, so instead I'll pick my favorite from each genre.
Action/Adventure - Die Hard
Bond (basically its own genre, deal with it) - Licence to Kill
Comedy - Army of Darkness
Comic/Superhero - Spider-Man 2
Drama - The Illusionist
Documentary - Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Fantasy - Highlander
Foreign Language - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Horror - Halloween (1979)
Science Fiction - 2001: A Space Odyssey
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 1479
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I just vomitted up the first ten films I could think of in no particular order, and then felt very sad about the distinct lack of Coppola. But I'm going to trust my gut and post the first ten movies that I thought of.
1. Mystic River
2. The Wild Bunch
3. Syriana
4. The Big Lebowski
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Alien
7. Dark City
8. The Last Waltz
9. Tombstone
10. Conan the Barbarian
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Izzy
Title: Mascot Gold
Joined: Jul 25 2009
Location: KC, KS
Posts: 266
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Hmmm, I am just going to go by decade:
2010's - True Grit
2000's - The Prestige
1990's - The Big Lebowski
1980's - The Empire Strikes Back
1970's - The Godfather... I & II
1960's - Dr. Strangelove
1950's - The Searchers
1940's - Citizen Kane
1930's - Frankenstein
1920's - Nosferatu
1910's - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1900's - A Trip to the Moon
*Changed my 2010's selection from Dark Knight Rises
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Skinr
Title: Minituae Guru
Joined: Jul 17 2010
Location: Elsinore
Posts: 388
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A novel idea, Izzy! Here's mine.
2000s: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1990s: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1980s: The Fly (1986)
1970s: Duel
1960s: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1950s: Night of the Demon
1930s: M
1920s: Un Chien Andalou
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4632
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This is in a really rough order, and was extremely hard to make.
1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Donnie Darko
4. The Truman Show
5. Wayne's World
6. No Country For Old Men
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
8. High Fidelity
9. Heathers
10.A Scanner Darkly
That movie is the bomb and so are you for liking it.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16123
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heres my top 15 from the last thread that did this:
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empire strikes back
airplane
beauty & the beast
rocky
mr smith goes to washington
seven samurai
sansho the bailiff
casablanca
T2
goodfellas
reservoir dogs
fight club
ninja scroll
forrest gump
good will hunting
no particular order, and not a definite list. im sure if you ask me tomorrow, the list will be 70% different or so. |
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
Posts: 1777
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I'd still say my list from the last thread is pretty close. Though I've seen a bunch more movies since then so I guess I can make another with the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Once again no real order other than Poltergeist for sure being my number 1. Seen that at least 25 times, but probably more. I could probably make a list of 50 movies I liked enough to have seen a minimum of 5 times, but trying to narrow it down into the 10 I like the most is hard.
1. Poltergeist
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
3. Dogma
4. The Hunger Games (Only seen it once but I'll be buying it when it comes out and wearing out the disc)
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. The Family Stone
7. Easy A
8. Ghostbusters
9. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
10. McLintock!
Honorable Mentions that were considered but didn't make the cut: The entire Harry Potter series, The Shining, High Fidelity, Jurassic Park, Top Gun, and V for Vendetta
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
Posts: 1565
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| Machete wrote: |
I'm sure this has been done before many times, but I'm new and I didn't want to resurrect an old thread. Plus I'm obsessed with lists and this is a good way for me to see what members of this forum are into.
Mine:
1. Aliens
2. The Thing
3. Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Cross of Iron
5. First Blood
6. Poltergeist
7. The 'Burbs
8. Terminator 2
9. Return to Oz
10. Jaws
The only movies on this list that never change are the first two. |
I am in total agreement with number one.
1. Aliens
2. Rain Man
3. Big Trouble in Little China
4. Star Trek, ..let's say.... II
5. Stand By Me
6. Conan the Barbarian
7. Ong Bak
8. The Exorcist
9. Terminator 2
10.Jaws
That's how I'm feeling right now.
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Fighter_McWarrior
Title: Gun of Brixton
Joined: Jun 05 2011
Location: Down by the River
Posts: 1087
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Almost Famous
It's a Wonderful Life
Casablanca
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
An Education
The Big Lebowski
Up
And my favorite, Schindler's List
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Vert1
Joined: Aug 28 2011
Posts: 537
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I actually am planning to only own 10 movies at a time and kick out a movie from the collection if I like something I come across better. List is not ranked.
1. Jacob's Ladder
2. The Matrix
3. Cul-de-Sac
4. Repulsion
5. First Blood
6. Mulholland Drive
7. Final Destination
8. The Defiant Ones
9. Training Day
10. ScarFace
I'll write up about them later.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
Posts: 6749
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No order.
The Last Samurai
Lord of The Rings (Extended Cuts) (And, yes I consider this one movie. Just one 11 Hour and 22 Minute long movie of awesome.)
Spaceballs
Star Trek: First Contact
Shoot em Up
Fearless
Commando
MST3K The Movie
Ghost In The Shell
Airplane!
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Mick Bynes
Title: The Death Metal God
Joined: Dec 04 2012
Location: Pomona, NY
Posts: 59
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In no particular order:
1. Casino
2. The Godfather
3. Scarface (1983)
4. How High
5. Terminator 2
6. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Goodfellas
9. Natural Born Killers
10. Pulp Fiction
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
Posts: 3707
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Also in no particular order:
Hot Shots 2
Ace Ventura 2
The Naked Gun
The Big Lebwoski
No Country For Old Men
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Hero (by Zhang Yimou)
Inglorious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
Vertigo
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marjorieglovr
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The range of movies having name in the lists is observable. Right from one corner to the other. I like many movies but soon after I see them I forget the names. Some of the names would be
Casablanca
The vertical Limits
Titanic
Terminator
and so on.
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LeshLush
Joined: Oct 19 2009
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 1479
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| marjorieglovr wrote: |
The range of movies having name in the lists is observable. Right from one corner to the other. I like many movies but soon after I see them I forget the names. Some of the names would be
Casablanca
The vertical Limits
Titanic
Terminator
and so on. |
Veritably.
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