Moulin Rouge
The Matrix
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
Shrek
Kill Bill
28 Days later
Dawn of the Dead
and the rest i don't feel like saying, The Specialists Time!
In no particluar order, with a handy opinion, stating why...
The Matrix: the first Matrix film was excellent, a milestone in cinema and special effects. Even though the second two films surpassed the effects, the first film had more substance and will always be the best in the trilogy.
Shaun of the Dead: The best comedy ever in my opinion, and definately the kick up the arse the British film industry needs. Plus it's a dream come true for a massive Spaced fan like myself.
Evil Dead 2: Probably the best horror comedy in the world, innovative in terms of plot and effects, the middle entry in the trilogy was by far the best.
BrainDead: a close second best horror comedy, plus, you have to respect the official bloodiest film ever, especially when it's as funny as it is and has the best scene involving a lawnmower in film history.
Pulp Fiction: Need I say more. A perfect film.
Idle Hands: An underrated comedy horror film, with the genius of Seth Green, and great special effects that don't detract from the unpredictable and original plot
Memento: A film with completely backwards narrative. Gives you a sense of smugness when you work out what the hell's going on. It's very cleverly twined together.
Terminator 2: I grew up watching this film pretty much every day. It's better than the first and second, and is groundbreaking in terms of CGI. Great plot, great effects that stand up even today, great film.
Dude, Moulin Rouge (I get made fun for liking it ) and The Matrix are Awesome! The Adventures of Baron Munchausin is pretty good too. I like how they travel all over the place.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And, in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we'll do.
Near, far, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Ok then, others I like:
Bowling for Columbine
Roger and Me
Fight Club
Steve Zissou: Anne-Marie, do all the interns get Glocks?
I'm quiet partial to the Night of the Living Dead series, old and new. Low budget movies are funny too. Here's a tip, if you ever come across a movie called "Demonia" Run far, far away. And then run smore. Then smore. Finnally go find the movie, Night of the Zombies. That movie is such a rip off of the original Dawn of the Dead that you will totally be LYAO. The cheap effects are retarded too. So yeah.
The good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Matrix
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Being John Malkovich (favourite)
Toy Story
Full Metal Jacket
the Alien Trilogy
Bowling for Columbine
All those people saying '28 days later' I wish I could agree. It started out as one of the best movies I've ever seen... the ending was just utter shit. The whole thing with the soldiers just wanting women was trash...
Favourite movie... probably something with bad quips like "You're fired"... True Lies, Terminator 2 and so on.
Show me the power child,
I'd like to say,
That I'm down on my knees today,
Gives me the butterflies,
Gives me away,
'Til I'm up on my feet again,
I'm feeling outshined.
Of course I love the Monty Python movies, but that's obvious when Terry Gilliam directed Baron Munchausin. Also of note are Brazil and Time bandits.
Also Killer7, that was a freaking awesome and at the same time hilarious film. On the same sort of wavelength, some show I saw called WW3 was awesome, not sure if it was a movie though.
Boohoo!(no sarcasm indended)Why hasnt 'Shaun of the Dead' been released downunder yet?? Bah, they haven even released SPACED on DVD here!
Oooh, but some other movies I am looking foward to ARE:
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Film Version)
AND
Red Dwart (film version)
Both are of similar genres, but methinks the first will be the better of the two, but I hope the best for both.
Oooh and slightly off topic I am interested in the US Remake of the britcom, THE OFFICE. Just thought you'd like to know.
'oh yeah? he's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?'
What's with everyone lovin' the new Dawn of the Dead. It's one of the worst films I've seen this year -- just mindless action and average comedy sequences. It does absolutely nothing to explain how the infection started, or provide any sort of closure at the end. The characters are all just stereotypical horror movie fair and the plot is so predictable that any trace of horror is rung out of the movie because you can see it coming from a mile away. Not to mention they ripped off the Zombies from 28 Days Later. Luckily, I work at a theatre so I didn't have to spend money on it...
Requiem for a Dream- !!! one of the greatest films of all time IMO
Akira- needs no description
Green Mile- its kinda good, in a great way
Matrix- styled to fcuk
Kill Bill- again, styled
Pi- cuz its mad
Leon- cuz its kinda frenchy
Enemy of the State- just wow
...im sure theres loads more i just cant think right now.
Ok, I see that you dont like the plot, or characters and thats fine. BUT! How can a movie that came out in 1996, be copying a movie that came out in 2003? What kind of sense does that make??? And btw, From Dusk Till Dawn was awesome. But im not defending the movie, im just stating your error.
Dawn of the Dead was just showing us all what it'd be like if something like that happened, it'd be chaos, no one would know what happened, everyone's dead.
But when all is said and done, Brazil is the greatest film ever made.
"Your very own number... on your very own door... and behind that door... your very own office!"
Boy's From Brazil
Harry Potter Series
The Matrix/ The Matrix Reloded
Nightmare Before Christmas
Beetlejuice
Bruce AllMighty
Dogma
They Crawl
Wolf Man (the original, filmed in CHEESEY VISION!)
Eightlegged Freaks
Lord of the Rings sucks. Read the books. (The second one was okay).
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (and other Monty Python movies)
Remember kids, eventually, you'll die if you look at the screen to long, because your head will explode.
Fine Garbage since 2003.
CURRENT PROJECT:
-Paying off a massive amount of debt in college loans.
-Working in television.
Steve Zissou: Anne-Marie, do all the interns get Glocks?
Anne-Marie: No, they have to share one.
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Registered 23/09/2002
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16th May, 2004 at 05:47:40 -
y'know strangely i find myself agreeing with JD again. the LOTR books are too long, overly verbose, the and the writing is average at best. people are just overwhelmed by the "breadth" of the world Tolkien creates, but as i see it, anyone can make up a thousand words and string them all together to create an imaginery place. very little of the background information tolkien gives is relevant, and very few books need such depth in order to be successful. hoorah for the films, i say, Jackson cuts out all the bullshit and creates something genuinely entertaining.
Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt:
Cheesy acting, but the best stunts ever.
Cast Away:
Brilliant apart from the end.
Rush Hour:
Superbly funny - and makes fun of Americans!
Equilibrium:
Like the Matrix, without the hype.
Shaun of the Dead:
Funny AND gory.
Lord of the Rings:
The books were crap - the films were excellent.
Forest Gump:
Needs no explanation.
I also saw part of a film called Battle Royale the other day. The plot was that because Japanese children today didn't respect their elders, some had to take part in a game where the winner was the last one alive. Rather disturbing in some parts.
I think the LOTR books are good as are the films. The Harry Potter books are really fantastic, just get over the fact that they are popular and the films are average at best. As far as books go, read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy...NOW!! And the Snickett books, they are great fun.
My all time favourite movie is The Shawshank Redemption.
Following that; in extremely vague order of preference:
- Leon
- Dirty Harry
- Get Carter
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
- Braindead / Dead Alive
- South Park The Movie
- Cowboy Bebop The Movie
- Dawn of The Dead (original)
- Day of The Dead
- The Thing
- The Green Mile
- Good Will Hunting
- The Life of Brian
- About a Boy
- Ghostbusters
- Twelve Monkeys
- Army of Darkness
- Evil Dead 2
- Terminator 2
- Pulp Fiction
- Forest Gump
The new Dawn of the Dead is nowhere near as good as the old one, but is still the best horror film for quite a few years. If you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead; don't bother. Just download a trailer off the internet and watch that - 90% of all it's funny moments are contained within.
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) and The Matrix are Awesome! The Adventures of Baron Munchausin is pretty good too. I like how they travel all over the place.
