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Top 3 movies
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 RE: Top 3 movies
August 12, 2015 at 1:10 am
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(August 12, 2015 at 12:43 am)Exian Wrote:How did I forget LA Confidential? It is part of my bestest ever movie collection.(August 12, 2015 at 12:14 am)Thena323 Wrote: 1. Gattaca Do all Mariachi Trilogy films feature Antonio Banderas? If so, I may have to check them out. Btw, True Romance is not a chick flick...it's a ultra-violent Tarantino flick (in case you didn't know). I think you'd like it. What's this Curly Sue movie you're talking about? Sounds entirely too whimsical and adorable for grown woman such as myself! (August 12, 2015 at 12:20 am)Marsellus Wallace Wrote: I fucking hate "Shawshank redemption", why so many people like that movie ?!!!Triumph of the human spirit? (August 12, 2015 at 12:26 am)lkingpinl Wrote:Bruce Wayne, specifically. I did like the first Batman, with Michael Keaton, though.(August 12, 2015 at 12:22 am)Thena323 Wrote: Never seen The Dark Knight (I have an issue with Bruce). But, #'s 1 and 2 are righteous picks! 
1.Dirty Dancing
2. The Ring 3. Annie  (August 11, 2015 at 11:17 pm)TRJF Wrote: Easy. I keep a list of every movie I've ever watched (412), including a ranking of the top 50. I amend the ranking every year or so, adding new films. I especially enjoyed your #1 and found it creative and lots of fun. 
Ugh... Top 3 is a tough choice. But let's say - in no particular order:
1. "Brain Candy" (Kids In The Hall movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116768/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 2. "A Mighty Wind" (but honestly - I could fill this list with just Christopher Guest movies; I named this one, because of the subject matter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 3. "Kung Fu Hustle" (Stephen Chow made THE perfect movie once and not enough people know that) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/ It pains me, that there's not enough room in the top 3 for anything directed by Terry Gilliam ("Jabberwocky", "Brazil", "12 Monkeys"), or written by Charlie Kauffman ("Being John Malkovich", "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind")... Any and every Python movie, a bunch of Muppet ones... and probably a dozen others.
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 RE: Top 3 movies
August 12, 2015 at 7:11 am
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2015 at 7:51 am by Alex K.)
Alien
Gosford Park The Fifth Element --- Alien does everything right. The exposition is breathtaking, it takes its time to establish an atmosphere like few other films I know. I love the score, the way it underlines the mood and themes of the film is almost unparalleled. If I hear the whispy main theme consisting only of two chords played over and over again, I get shivers down my spine and am immediately transported into the film. The portrayal of the quirky crew as a mix of blue collar types and more aloof personnel is great. The monster isn't shown too often. Sigourney Weaver! Like in most Altman films, there is so much going on in Gosford Park, there are more main characters than I care to count, and in a very appealing upstairs/downstairs framework, all the intrigue, scheming and status differences are mirrored in the realm of the servants, and the two worlds get intermingled in amusing and heart breaking ways. Funny: the Americans observing British society. Great score partly consisting of music by Ivor Novello actually played by character Ivor Novello in the film. Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith at their best. Ok, the Fifth Element is harder to defend intellectually. Many many social satire details and overall great fun. Gaultier costumes and Gary Oldman! Another movie where I adore the score, which generates a great mood of scifi mystery, drama and grandeur. --- Disclaimer: ask me on another day and the list might change somewhat. I'd say there are about 10 contenders for place 2 and 3 depending on mood: "Jaws", "Blade Runner", "Die Hard", "Jurassic Park", "Nashville", "Starship Troopers", "Aliens" come to mind... I really like the original Star Wars trilogy and ST II, IV, VI, VIII, but they would be more like honourable mentions. "Stargate" is also in the nostalgic category for me. "Moon" is a great recent science fiction film, but too depressing to watch it as manically often as the others. Don't get me started on my list of guilty pleasures... Die Hard 4 anyone?
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 RE: Top 3 movies
August 12, 2015 at 8:37 am
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2015 at 8:39 am by Faith No More.)
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Children of Men 3. Twelve Monkeys (August 12, 2015 at 1:10 am)Thena323 Wrote: Btw, True Romance is not a chick flick...it's a ultra-violent Tarantino flick (in case you didn't know). I think you'd like it. Not quite. Tarantino wrote it, but he didn't direct it. It's fantastic, though.
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