(July 5, 2013 at 11:36 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:I seem to remember including the disclaimer that my list was based of my viewing frequency... while I was in my early teens...(July 3, 2013 at 7:30 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Seriously... I must have watched it some 50 times... there was no youtube back then... nor internet... And only some 100 VHS tapes.
Yes, but you watching a movie 50 times or more doesn't make it worthy of inclusion on a list. I've seen Men in Tights over 50 times, and probably the same with Army of Darkness. I think Army of Darkness is a classic, amazing B-flick, but I wouldn't make it a Top 10 of movies you should see for the way they influenced people or cut the edge of cinematography.
Oh well...
(July 5, 2013 at 11:36 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'd have included Lord of the Rings as a whole because WETA basically rewrote entire programs in order to animate the movie, and Peter Jackson and his writing crew completely raised the bar for book-to-screen adaptations (no matter how you feel about The Hobbit). He went on a massive undertaking - writing, shooting, CGI'ing, sets, props, costuming - and managed ALSO to cast nigh-on perfect people for each role. That's the sort of thing I'd expect out of a movie put into the top 10. Something that was crafted - not just some action flick that people really enjoy.I like your thinking, but production values aren't everything.
Titanic and Avatar also had some pretty high production values... does that make them on par with LotR?
(July 5, 2013 at 11:36 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:Ah.. the female lead... awesome performance at the table!(July 3, 2013 at 7:30 pm)pocaracas Wrote: What?! A guy taking the hearts of other guys out while they remained alive sucked ass?! It was a great idea!
Plus: alligators and a minimum of nazis.
No, the movie was fucking bullshit. The female lead was annoying as fuck, the movie played on pretty much every Eastern stereotype you could get, Harrison Ford was far from charming, and I don't give a fuck if there are nazis in a movie if it's well done as a whole.
The rest, yeah, you're right, stereotypical.(July 5, 2013 at 11:36 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Honestly, and I know I'm about to get punched virtually for this: Crystal Skull was a better film. While we're being petty about it, it might have only been better because I have the strange Jew-fro hots for Shia LaBeouf, but there you go. When a movie of young Ford is so bad that I don't even have the hots for Ford in it...it's very, very bad.
Honestly, I've never understood what women see in Ford... he's not even symmetrical. His nose is too large...
Ah, maybe it was the whip, and, when he was Han Solo, he was a good friend with a very furry alien.
A tiny comment on the crystal skull... as far as I'm concerned, just another Indy movie.
