Your top 5 favorite movies at the moment.
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Babel-17
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epicstruggle said:
2 Days in the Valley?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115438/
Blood Work?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309377/
neither one of those. God i hope it was jeff daniels that played the lead. He is a crazy smart detective with many personal issues. He lives in something like a safe, and has ben afflek (?, if i remember correctly) run most of his errands. One specific scene has daniels running on a thread mill to scope on a suspect.Babel-17 said:
epic
In no particular order:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Trois Couleurs
Dead Man
Die Feuerzangenbowle
A Man for All Seasons
Il Sorpasso
Alien
[edit] Le Roi Et L'Oiseau <--- remembered it
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Off the top of my head list, sneaking feeling I've forgotten a really important (to me) one.
Really depends on my mood, sometimes I like certain movies better than others etc.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Trois Couleurs
Dead Man
Die Feuerzangenbowle
A Man for All Seasons
Il Sorpasso
Alien
[edit] Le Roi Et L'Oiseau <--- remembered it
[/edit]Off the top of my head list, sneaking feeling I've forgotten a really important (to me) one.
Really depends on my mood, sometimes I like certain movies better than others etc.
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I think epic is thinking of "Zero effect" with Bill Pullman playing "Jeff Daniels"... and Ben Stiller playing Ben Affleck...
Edit: Oh, yeah... the movies I've rated 10 out of 10 on imdb:
Akira
Alien
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
Fight Club
Goodfellas
Office Space
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction
Taxi Driver
and Ben Stiller playing Ben Affleck... Edit: Oh, yeah... the movies I've rated 10 out of 10 on imdb:
Akira
Alien
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
Fight Club
Goodfellas
Office Space
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction
Taxi Driver
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MPI said:I think epic is thinking of "Zero effect" with Bill Pullman playing "Jeff Daniels"...
Woot! Thats the one. Thanks for helping clear that up. Zero effect was quite a nice movie. epic
A few of my favourite or most remembered films of recent years, in no particular order:
Requiem For A Dream - Probably one of the hardest hitting movies I've ever seen. Almost visceral in it intensity. Afterwards I felt like I'd been punched in the face, hard. Also one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.
Momento - An amazing thriller, that almost plays in reverse, that toys with your conception of time and reality. Brilliantly acted, conceived and realised.
Donnie Darko - Any movie that manages to combine teen angst, comedy, horror, political satire and sci-fi in such a beatiful and humanistic way should be praised. The fact that it's clever, witty, provocative, touching and heartbreaking is all the more suprising. Oh, and beatiful cinematography.
Dead Man's Shoes - Very low budget British revenge thriller that makes up for it's budget with amazing acting and terrifying realism. The lack of Holywood glamour makes this so much more intense and frightening.
Amélie - Beautiful, heart-warming French production that proves that the words "romantic comedy" need not be Holywood slush.
Amores Perros - Kind of like a Mexican 'Pulp Fiction', with even more violence, black-comedy and random thrills. Clever, intense and entertaining on many levels.
Ôdishon (Auditon) - Japanese extreme cinema taken to, erm, the extreme. Lulls you into a false sense of security and then hits you with such itensity that, if you can sit through it all without feeling sick, you are a hardier person than I.
Requiem For A Dream - Probably one of the hardest hitting movies I've ever seen. Almost visceral in it intensity. Afterwards I felt like I'd been punched in the face, hard. Also one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen.
Momento - An amazing thriller, that almost plays in reverse, that toys with your conception of time and reality. Brilliantly acted, conceived and realised.
Donnie Darko - Any movie that manages to combine teen angst, comedy, horror, political satire and sci-fi in such a beatiful and humanistic way should be praised. The fact that it's clever, witty, provocative, touching and heartbreaking is all the more suprising. Oh, and beatiful cinematography.
Dead Man's Shoes - Very low budget British revenge thriller that makes up for it's budget with amazing acting and terrifying realism. The lack of Holywood glamour makes this so much more intense and frightening.
Amélie - Beautiful, heart-warming French production that proves that the words "romantic comedy" need not be Holywood slush.
Amores Perros - Kind of like a Mexican 'Pulp Fiction', with even more violence, black-comedy and random thrills. Clever, intense and entertaining on many levels.
Ôdishon (Auditon) - Japanese extreme cinema taken to, erm, the extreme. Lulls you into a false sense of security and then hits you with such itensity that, if you can sit through it all without feeling sick, you are a hardier person than I.
Spaceman-Spiff
Regular
Top fav movies in 2005:
- Sin City
- A History of Violence
Top fav movies in 2004:
- The Collateral
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Top fav movies in lifetime is too long to list.
- Sin City
- A History of Violence
Top fav movies in 2004:
- The Collateral
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Top fav movies in lifetime is too long to list.
Training Day (One of Denzel Washingtons best)
Last Crucade (all indiana jones are great)
The Professional aka Leon (13 Year old Natalie Portman)
Evil Dead 2 (Duke Nukem stole his lines from!)
Platoon (one of the best vietnam movies of all time)
Alien(s) (last movie that was actually scary)
Casino (the best mob movie bar none)
Heat (with al pacino not burt reynolds, great acting story and action)
Blow (no comment)
Man of War (saw it just recently, definitely worth watching)
Unforgiven (no comment)
Schindler's List (no comment)
i'll problably edit this, 5 movies is impossible! so few movies released in the last few years deserve a nod in my opinion.
Last Crucade (all indiana jones are great)
The Professional aka Leon (13 Year old Natalie Portman)
Evil Dead 2 (Duke Nukem stole his lines from!)
Platoon (one of the best vietnam movies of all time)
Alien(s) (last movie that was actually scary)
Casino (the best mob movie bar none)
Heat (with al pacino not burt reynolds, great acting story and action)
Blow (no comment)
Man of War (saw it just recently, definitely worth watching)
Unforgiven (no comment)
Schindler's List (no comment)
i'll problably edit this, 5 movies is impossible! so few movies released in the last few years deserve a nod in my opinion.
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Shawshank Redemption
Apocalypse Now
FightClub
Matrix
Léon
runner-uppers ^_^;
Snatch
Saving Grace
Pixar movies
Old Boy
Injeong Sajeong Bol Geot Eobtda (Nowhere to Hide)
Jigureul Jikyeora! (Save the Green Planet!)
Musa
Siu lam juk kau (Shaolin Soccer)
Hayao Miyazaki movies
Akira Kurosawa movies
Azumi
Apocalypse Now
FightClub
Matrix
Léon
runner-uppers ^_^;
Snatch
Saving Grace
Pixar movies
Old Boy
Injeong Sajeong Bol Geot Eobtda (Nowhere to Hide)
Jigureul Jikyeora! (Save the Green Planet!)
Musa
Siu lam juk kau (Shaolin Soccer)
Hayao Miyazaki movies
Akira Kurosawa movies
Azumi
No particular order:
The Fifth Element
Memento - Spoiler/hint: Leonard Shelby doesn't actually have a physical memory problem.
Shawshank Redemption
Gattaca
Rain Man
Honorable Mention:
The Usual Suspects
Once Upon A Time In America
Boondock Saints
The Doors (just for Val Kilmer's performance)
LA Confidential
Forest Gump
Cool Hand Luke
JFK (who cares if its accurate)
The Fifth Element
Memento - Spoiler/hint: Leonard Shelby doesn't actually have a physical memory problem.
Shawshank Redemption
Gattaca
Rain Man
Honorable Mention:
The Usual Suspects
Once Upon A Time In America
Boondock Saints
The Doors (just for Val Kilmer's performance)
LA Confidential
Forest Gump
Cool Hand Luke
JFK (who cares if its accurate)
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random movies I like off the top of my head
They Live (oh god, so awesome in every way)
Escape from New York (see above)
Koroshiya Ichi (AMAZING movie)
Visitor Q (it's like getting punched repeatedly)
High Fidelity (whee!)
Anything by Kubrick
Anything by Michael Mann
They Live (oh god, so awesome in every way)
Escape from New York (see above)
Koroshiya Ichi (AMAZING movie)
Visitor Q (it's like getting punched repeatedly)
High Fidelity (whee!)
Anything by Kubrick
Anything by Michael Mann
DigitalSoul
Regular
Not in any particular order-
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghost in the Shell
Léon: The Professional
Aliens
Other personal favs-
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heavens Door
Bourne Identity
Batman Begins
Minority Report
Macross Plus
The Last Crusade
Alien
Princess Mononoke
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghost in the Shell
Léon: The Professional
Aliens
Other personal favs-
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heavens Door
Bourne Identity
Batman Begins
Minority Report
Macross Plus
The Last Crusade
Alien
Princess Mononoke