So...What are your all time favorite movies?
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reservoir dogs
fist of legend
GRINDHOUSE
pulp fiction
FIGHT CLUB
36th Chamber of the Shaolin
Shaolin and Wu Tang
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
and anything else by Hayao Miyazaki
fist of legend
GRINDHOUSE
pulp fiction
FIGHT CLUB
36th Chamber of the Shaolin
Shaolin and Wu Tang
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
and anything else by Hayao Miyazaki
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How bad@#$ is it in face/off when there's the line "I hate cops" and it's followed with a cop getting blasted in the chest with a shotgun? I'm not about killing cops, it's just holywood at it's best.
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The dude you’re replying to made his last post on Jan. 6, 2008. ![lol](images/smilies/lol.gif)
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It's winter that means it's time to wake up old threads, nothing wrong with that. I wonder if some of the previous posters have changed their mind about some of their picks.
All time favorite is a tough choice, how bout top five instead?
1. My cousin Vinny.
2. Billy Jack.
3. Empire strikes back.
4. Shawshank redemption.
5. Any movie made in the 80s.
All time favorite is a tough choice, how bout top five instead?
1. My cousin Vinny.
2. Billy Jack.
3. Empire strikes back.
4. Shawshank redemption.
5. Any movie made in the 80s.
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[QUOTE=texaspandj;20074475]It's winter that means it's time to wake up old threads, nothing wrong with that.
It was just a movie that I think is great that not many people know about so I searched for it, and mentioned it.
I am puzzled why that's hard to understand, but seeing who thought what they thought I am not surprised.
It was just a movie that I think is great that not many people know about so I searched for it, and mentioned it.
I am puzzled why that's hard to understand, but seeing who thought what they thought I am not surprised.
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As much as I hate Zombie threads...this one is decent.
These are some of my favorites
Big Lebowski
The Room
The Guns of Navarrone
Wayne's World
The Party (Peter Sellers is hilarious)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The real Star Wars (you know Episode IV A New Hope but Empire and Return of are also quite good)
Once Upon A Time...The Revolution aka Duck, You Sucker! aka A Fistful of Dynamite
These are some of my favorites
Big Lebowski
The Room
The Guns of Navarrone
Wayne's World
The Party (Peter Sellers is hilarious)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The real Star Wars (you know Episode IV A New Hope but Empire and Return of are also quite good)
Once Upon A Time...The Revolution aka Duck, You Sucker! aka A Fistful of Dynamite
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I like most of the Coen Brothers movies, and a lot of Kubrick... On that note I was recently exposed to Barry Lyndon - some of the landscape filming and backdrops are just jaw-dropping.
edit: I'm into the Miyazaki films too, and I'm not even an anime person.
edit: I'm into the Miyazaki films too, and I'm not even an anime person.
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The Wizard of Oz
The original Frankenstein movies
Most of the classic movies on Svengoolie
The original Frankenstein movies
Most of the classic movies on Svengoolie
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Five Centimeters per Second (2007)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (AKA Journey to Agartha) (2011)
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Wow that is beautiful. Which do you recommend to start with out of the aforementioned three?
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Five Centimeters has very deliberately slow pacing. Very calming, very contemplative, very adult. Camera panning that is SO slow, it almost goes undetected. And it's a beautiful romantic drama.
The other two are ever-so-slightly more traditional films. Emphasis on ever-so-sightly. Still aimed at adults, still deep and heavy, still gorgeous. They just have a different pacing. Nothing like modern American cinema, though.
You can decide. Five Centimeters was the first I saw and it caused me to instantly seek out all his work. A couple old ones still aren't available on home media in the states.
I consider his films "experiences", not escapism entertainment (which I also dig).
If you enjoy adult animation I have a few others to recommend. FWIW, I only recommend movies that have blown me away. Not 3 star, not 4 star, not 5 star. Only flicks that get permanently tattooed in my brain on the first viewing. Films that affect me.
Chico and Rita. (2010) Takes place in Havana during the late 40s and early 50s and present day. The storytelling is brilliantly non-linear. Absolutely fantastic. The animation, the period clothes, the period cars, the MUSIC, the PASSION of the culture, it's all awesome. A beautiful celebration of life. The tunes alone are worth it.
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Waltz with Bashir (2008) It's an Israeli film about a couple guys having dinner. During conversation they both discover that they have significant repressed memories caused by PTSD from their time in 1982 Lebanon war. 100% adult. Genius non-linear storytelling that peels back layer after layer. HEAVY war drama. Powerful themes at work here. A lot of it is very surreal.
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And if you've made it this far...
This one is Studio Ghibli, but not Miyazaki.This one is on my top ten list of all time. It left me bawling on the floor like an 8 year old girl. F'cked up my head for a few days. Tragic. Think "Sophie's Choice" type tragic. Think "Aronofsky" type tragic.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Two small siblings try to survive in post WWII Japan, alone, after America bombed a lot of their country into oblivion. Food? Good luck. Shelter? Good luck. Assistance? Good luck.
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