No one in my family can understand why I've got Vanilla Sky on DVD and none of 'em will watch it with me again.
It's a total mindfuck, that's why I like it :)
Also under the "total mindfuck" category I think you could put 12 Monkeys and Jacob's Ladder.
Aw crap, I forgot to put Tim Robbins in my list... and Jeff Goldblum (purrr)

Miss Eve I loved her hair!! And her voice - god I wanted to talk like her so much when that movie came out, hehe. And that's the movie where I developed a never-ending lust for James Spader that still thrives to this day :P

Has anyone seen "Honey"? I'm really wanting to rent that one. Kinda looks like an ebony version of Flashdance. I love dance movies; one of the first dates Hubby and I went on we went to see Striptease. They didn't show on the commercials just how racy that movie was truly going to be - I thought it would just be a lot of dancing and pretty outfits! I was SOOO embarrassed sitting in the theatre I wanted to leave; I'm thinking "Oh my god I take this guy out to a movie where there's nekkid women practically fucking each other right on the screen, he's probably sitting there thinking I'm some kind of a pervert!!" lolol

We could do a "List of Movies You Couldn't Pay Me To Watch" thread... I've got a bunch of those :)

Shit add these to my favorites, Colin had to go and mention a Western...
Tombstone
Quigley Down Under
The Magnificent Seven
Unforgiven
Young Guns
The Quick and the Dead (okay the cinematography style was cheesy but it was a good story)

Vanilla Sky is a great mindfuck movie...


I also would include
12 Angry Man with Fonda,
if Vick asked for best 6 and not 5
;-))))

You could not be more wrong.

The story sucked BAD but Sam Raimi's unique visual style is the only thing that made it worth watching.

Joe, what was your beef with Forrest Gump?

This says it better than I could... particularly at this time of night!

But the real question is, what did you like about it?

It's shit.



Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Apr 30 2004, 04:50 AM

This says it better than I could... particularly at this time of night!

But the real question is, what did you like about it?

It's shit.[/b][/quote]
review is very skewed and onesided,
total lack of balance or understanding of the movie and what it was all about.

as for replying me with question to my question,
you are NOT Jewish,
please stick to goim's format and just give me a plain answer
;-)))

What's the difference between a Catholic wife and a Jewish wife?

The Catholic wife tells her husband to buy Viagra.
The Jewish wife tells her husband to buy Pfizer.

I almost put that. I've seen it on LSD. Ummm ... ouch.

I almost put that. I've seen it on LSD. Ummm ... ouch.[/b][/quote]
Colin, why did you ever stop taking drugs?!

:stout:

Some more pre-80's favorites of mine.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The original Planet of the Apes.

Logan's Run (dated now but still cool). This movie would be great for a re-make.

Schindler's List
Braveheart
Dances with Wolves
Forest Gump
Saving Private Ryan

6th Sense
Gladiator
Titanic
Quills
Memento



Last edited by Jesse_DD at Apr 30 2004, 05:37 AM

Colin, why did you ever stop taking drugs?!

:stout:[/b][/quote]
Haven't completely but my usage is down to a few times a year. Just the same as anyone who enjoys certain things less as they get older.

Ah yes, Vanilla Sky is one of my top 10 movies on my top 5 list. The problem with questions like this is that I have 20 top 5 movies.

;)

I do believe that Schindler's List is the BEST movies every though. surprised no one has this on their list

Screw all of you - Forest Gump is on my list :) A few more:

Shawshank Redemption
An Affair to Remember
Gone with the Wind
Casablanca
Princess Bride
Dogma
Brother Where Art Thou
Both Toy Stories
The End of the Affair
The Piano
A Mighty Wind/Best in Show
Oceans Eleven
The Others
Identity
In the Bedroom
Minority Report
Road to Perdition
Barber Shop
Far From Heaven (loved the filming of this)
Gangs of NY
American Splendor
Blue, Red, White trilogy

Probably even more - I love movies :)

This is tough.. today's answer is:

The Godfather
The Breakfast Club
Scarface
The Devil's Advocate
The Quick & The Dead

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Most recent movies I've purchased...

Wallstreet (Greed is good.. )
Lord Of The Rings #1
Lord Of The Rings #2

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Most recent movie rented....

Matrix #3 - hated it.

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Tuff Turf - hahaha.. I have an original copy on VHS. I don't remember the movie but I do remember the girl.. :-)))

Rudy (all time favorite)
Shawshank Redemption
Dances with Wolves
The Gladiator
Forest Gump

Rounding out the top 10

Secondhand Lions ( excellent storyline)
Grumpy Old Men
Grease
O Brother Where Art Thou
Officer and a Gentleman

These three would be the top three without a doubt

The Shawshank Redemption
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
Mr. Hollands Opus


After those three there are a whole myriad of films I could put in there depending on my mood at the time.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
O' Brother Where Art Thou
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country
Star Wars trilogy
LOTR trilogy
The Devil's Advocate
Heat
Se7en
Groundhog Day
Dogma
The Blues Brothers
Chicago
Blown Away
The Patriot
Forrest Gump
Good Will Hunting
Primal Fear
Phenomenon
The Fugitive

lots of good movies listed here:

i must have been high when i left shawshank redemption off my favorites list.

i'd also like to add to my honorable mentions:

the warriors "warriors, come out to play-ay!"
groundhog day
the hudsucker proxy

With you on The Wrath of Kahn, TE ...

Forest Gump was a good movie, but probably wouldn't make one of my "top" lists. Saving Private Ryan is in the same category.

Others I'd probably list, given the day:

Brazil
Freaks
A Few Good Men
The Longest Day

If you wanna go into mindfuck movies, I'd also throw in Memento for sure.

And maybe Brazil...

oooh - I forgot about Momento - add that to my list. And Insomnia too.

oooh - I forgot about Momento - add that to my list. And Insomnia too.[/b][/quote]
Peaches, your always involved in these movie threads BIG TIME...I love it. Your list was a little longer than 5 though, heh....

Swingers
Godfather Part II
Bonnie and Clyde 1967
It's a Wonderful Life
The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit

I also love about 100 more but I'll keep the list short ;-)
Band of Brothers
The Bridge On The River Kwai
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
As Good as It Gets
Forrest Gump
Star Wars



Last edited by JohnV at Apr 30 2004, 09:27 AM

I know - I totally suck at making decisions, lol! :P Heck, if they had said 50, I'd probably come up with 75 :headwall:

I forgot one.. The movie that I got my nick from.. circa 1983.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

my 5 favs

Real Men old comedy sppof movie with John Ritter and one of the Belushis.
Braveheart
One Hour Photo
Shawshank Redemption
Black Hawke Down

Oooh - forgot that one too! Add that to my list (you guys did say 500 top favs, right? B) )

Sort of surprised how many have listed Shawshank Redemption

It's a great movie but didn't think it would make so many top 5 lists

I read the story years ago

It's in Different Seasons from Stephen King by the name of "Rita Hayward and the Shawshank Redemption"

The movie is pretty true to the novella

Get a dog up ya! Classic.

Anyways. hmm. I don't think i could name 5 favourites.

The Shawshank Redemption and Good Will Hunting are probably my two favourite movies. Oh, and Amelie. So there's 3.

Same here.

I could expand beyoind my initial five as well :)

would add
12 Monkeys
Memento
A Boy And His Dog
A Christmas Story
Dogma
Evil Dead (unlike most horror movie fans, I prefer the first ED to the sequel)
Suspiria (all bow to the directing god that is Dario Argento)
Friday The 13th
A Nightmare On Elm Street
To The Devil A Daughter (Christopher Lee sleepwalks through his role, but a damn good movie overall)
The Mummy (my favorite of the Universal classics)
Freddy Got Fingered
American Splendor
RSVP
My Bloody Valentine
The Eye (if you liked The Ring, check out this badboy)
Ringu
Audition
Darkwater
Ju-On (being remade with Sarah Michelle Gellar as "The Grudge")
Stir Of Echos (much much better than "The Sixth Sense" which it's unfairly compared to)
Frenzy (my favorie Hitchcock film)
The African Queen
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Dead Alive aka Braindead
BasketCase
Frankenhooker
Tormeo And Juliet
Eye Of The Needle
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Russian Ark
Crumb


I could go on and on :)

Sykk - How did you leave out "The Maltese Falcon"?

I wont repeat what others said,

but

Casino and Die Hard I are both classics in very different genres ;)

Do I see no John Wayne flicks either?

Rooster Cogburn - great interplay between Wayne and Kathrine Hepburn

I can't believe you guys like Vanilla Sky so much. I think its one of the worst movies Ive ever seen :( Maybe I'm missing something.

That's a great movie - watched it recently on one of the classic movie stations. Not a big Wayne fan myself ... I acutally liked him more in a whole series of B-flick seafarer movies than I did in most of the big-budget films he made later.

Sykk ... please tell me you are talking about the original Mummy, not the one made in the 90s.

Nope, I think the same of some of the above movies - even some of the "classics". Just personal taste.

Another of my faves no one mentioned ... "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Agreed. I felt I had wasted 2+ hours watching it. :(

And Colin, CTHD was also awesome! :okthumb:

Another MIA ... "Boiler Room".

and Goodfellas? LOVE it.