Favorite Movies

[Hot Lips]

Action/Adventure: Indiana Jones Trilogy/Lord of the Rings Trilogy (extended versions)
Comedy: Young Frankenstein
Crime/Gangster: The Godfather Trilogy/The Usual Suspects
Drama: LA Confidential?
Epics/Historical: Ben Her?
Horror: Alien series / Psycho
Musicals: The Music Man
Science Fiction: Star Wars series
War: Band of Brothers
Westerns: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Fantasy: Harry Potter series

Other: Last of the Mohicans (I WILL find you!) *swoon*

[EvanL]

ANybody seen Shrek2 yet? I saw it 2weeks ago with my girlfriend. I liked it. But i still thought the first one was better. Its a good date movie.

[Hot Lips]

I like Shrek very much, I'm not entirely sure of it's message though. Most people think it's about loving someone regardless of how they look on the outside, but that were true why did Princess Fiona have to be an Ogre in order to be with Shrek? Afterall, she wasn't born an Ogre. I think it's more of a "stick with your own kind" message for that reason. Ogre's should be with ogre's and humans should be with humans.

Anywho, I was talking to a pregnant pal at work about this and she started crying... apparently she decided on a Shrek theme for her babies room and I wasn't aware of it.

oops. :oops:

[Ratamacue]

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[NcDeuce]

Good ones :D

Action/Adventure: The Last Samurai, Pirates of the Caribbean
Comedy: Meet the Parents or Black Sheep
Crime/Gangster: Okay, just thought of one...Heat
Drama: Forrest Gump, Rudy
Epics/Historical: It's a Wonderful Life or A Bridge Too Far
Horror: Shining?
Musicals: Chicago??
Science Fiction: Star Wars series
War: Band of Brothers or Glory
Westerns: Tombstone
Fantasy: LOTR

Other: Top Gun, classic

[EvanL]

I thought the moral was, its better to stay the way you are. And not to look at someone from the outside but from the inside.
But what do i know. Im just an un-emotional 18year old male.

[Hot Lips]

I thought the moral was, its better to stay the way you are. And not to look at someone from the outside but from the inside.
But what do i know. Im just an un-emotional 18year old male.

That sort of what I was getting at. Being happy with yourself and others based on what's inside. Still, I wasn't sure why Fiona had to be transformed into an Ogre just to be with Shrek. I think that worked against the intended message.

[EvanL]

I thought the moral was, its better to stay the way you are. And not to look at someone from the outside but from the inside.
But what do i know. Im just an un-emotional 18year old male.

That sort of what I was getting at. Being happy with yourself and others based on what's inside. Still, I wasn't sure why Fiona had to be transformed into an Ogre just to be with Shrek. I think that worked against the intended message.
Yeh but it made for one hell of a bedtime fantasy :P

[Ratamacue]

Comedy: The Blues Brothers
Crime/Gangster: Goodfellas or The Untouchables
Horror: Aliens
Science Fiction: Star Wars Trilogy, Dune Miniseries, and Aliens (again)
War: Band of Brothers
Westerns: Tombstone
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings

[Macs.]

Does anybody remember "Top Secret" ? :lol:

[Hot Lips]

Westerns: Tombstone

Good one.

[EvanL]

Does anybody remember "Top Secret" ? :lol:
correct me if im wrong. but didnt that have 2 guys disguised as a cow on the cover?

[Vance]

Yeah. Good movie

[Ratamacue]

Westerns: Tombstone

Good one.

Definitely. Haven't seen it in years though, hardly remember it except that it's a badass movie. ;)

[Hot Lips]

Does anybody remember "Top Secret" ? :lol:

Excellent! Yes I remember that one. Laugh every time I watch it. Val Kilmer was great as Nick Rivers.

[Romulus]

Action/Adventure: Indiana Jones Trilogy
Comedy: Dumb and dumber and Tommy Boy.
Crime/Gangster: HEAT
Drama: Few good men
Epics/Historical: Glory
Horror: Childs play 1
Musicals: None, all musicals suck
Science Fiction: Star Wars / Back to the future trilogy
War: Saving private Ryan/ Band of Brothers
Westerns: Shane
Fantasy: Excaliber

Other: Does **** count?

[Bombtrack]

Action/Adventure: Ronin
Comedy: The Big Lebowski
Crime/Gangster: Boyz N Tha Hood
Drama: Fight Club
Epics/Historical: Braveheart
Horror: Dog Soldiers
Musicals: I HATE musicals.
Science Fiction: A Clockwork Orange
War: Band of Brothers
Westerns: Tombstone
Fantasy: Labyrinth (when I was a kid at least)

[Nawlins]

That sort of what I was getting at. Being happy with yourself and others based on what's inside. Still, I wasn't sure why Fiona had to be transformed into an Ogre just to be with Shrek. I think that worked against the intended message.

Does it have to have a message? It's funny and entertaining. If you insist, though, I would say... You can be happy without being rich or beautiful.

Action/Adventure: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by a long shot.
Comedy: I can't pick just one... if it makes me laugh, I like it.
Crime/Gangster: Snatch (The Usual Suspects is a close second)
Drama: Can't think of one right now.
Epics/Historical: As an epic, LOTR gets another vote.
Horror: I hate horror movies. Suspense yes, horror no.
Musicals: My Fair Lady (no laughing, boys)
Science Fiction: Star Trek VI
War: Blackhawk Down
Westerns: Tombstone
Fantasy: Labyrinth and Legend

[Vance]

What I can think of at the moment:

Action/Adventure: Too many to list
Comedy: Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Top Secret, Naked Gun movies, O Brother Where Art Thou
Crime/Gangster: Training Day
Drama: Uhh
Epics/Historical: Gladiator
Horror: Hell I don't know...
Musicals: What's a musical?
Science Fiction: The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Mission to Mars, Total Recall
War: Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Platoon
Westerns: High Plains Drifter, Shangai Noon (Heh) and another Eastwood movie (They called him Preacher, anyone remember the name?)
Fantasy: The Running Man, Jurassic Park

[Fintin]

Action/Adventure: indiana jones...
Comedy: office space
Crime/Gangster: the big labowski/Heat/The Usual Suspects
Drama: Shawshank Redemption
Epics/Historical: American Graffiti...its historical...
Horror: Return to Oz...fecks with your head
Musicals: Blues Brothers
Science Fiction: Alian
War: Glory
Westerns: Unforgiven
Fantasy: Big Fish

Other: coffee and cigaretts....it was interesting...like people watching but movie form

[Hot Lips]

Does it have to have a message? It's funny and entertaining. If you insist, though, I would say... You can be happy without being rich or beautiful.

I suppose not, but most "children's" movies do.

From the official DreamWorks SKG site: "The heart of the story is found in what could be called-in the language of all fables-the moral of the story. Vicky Jenson relates, "The story is about self-acceptance and that things aren't always as they appear. We definitely turn the concept of beauty on its ear, which I think is a very powerful theme."

[molly747]

Action/Adventure: X-Men
Comedy: Raising Arizona, The Birdcage
Crime/Gangster: The Untouchables, Scarface, GoodFellas
Drama: The Shawshank Redemption, Lost in Translation
Epics/Historical: Shichinin no samurai ('The Seven Samurai')
Horror: Pitch Black
Musicals: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Beauty and the Beast
Science Fiction: Star Wars
War: Black Hawk Down, Band of Brothers
Westerns: Tombstone, Dances with Wolves
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings

Other: I have to go with Hot Lips, Last of the Mohicans... whew! That movie kickstarted my puberty...

[molly747]

I thought the moral was, its better to stay the way you are. And not to look at someone from the outside but from the inside.
But what do i know. Im just an un-emotional 18year old male.

That sort of what I was getting at. Being happy with yourself and others based on what's inside. Still, I wasn't sure why Fiona had to be transformed into an Ogre just to be with Shrek. I think that worked against the intended message.

They probably did that with sequels in mind. Gotta procreate to keep the story going.

[Gringo]

Fantasy: Harry Potter series

EEEVVIIILLLLL!!!!!!

[Gringo]

Action/Adventure: The Rock
Comedy: Monty Python's Life of Brian
Crime/Gangster: Pulp Fiction, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver
Epics/Historical: Monty Python's Life of Brian (well it is biblical)
Horror: Alien
Science Fiction: Blade Runner
War: The Thin Red Line, A Bridge Too Far
Westerns: Once Upon A Time In The West, For A Few Dollars More
Fantasy: I don't like fantasy ****
Musicals: I don't like musical ****, except

Gonna paint our wagon
Gonna paint it good
We ain't braggin'
We're gonna coat that wood.

Gonna paint your wagon
Gonna paint it fine
Gonna use oil-based paint
'Cos the wood is pine.

........ Ponderosa pine

[Gringo]

What I can think of at the moment:

Westerns: High Plains Drifter, Shangai Noon (Heh) and another Eastwood movie (They called him Preacher, anyone remember the name?)


Pale Rider

[Khabbi]

Action/Adventure: 1st B.A.S.E
Comedy: His girl Friday
Crime/Gangster: New Jersey Drive
Drama: The Big Blue
Epics/Historical: The Seven Samurai
Horror:Ringu
Musicals: A nightmare befor Xmas
Science Fiction: Total Recall 2070
War: The Bridge over the river Kwai
Westerns: the spageti westers with Clint
Fantasy: DiscWorld

Other: Donnie Darko

BEST TASTE EVER

[Gringo]

Action/Adventure: 1st B.A.S.E
Comedy: His girl Friday
Crime/Gangster: New Jersey Drive
Drama: The Big Blue
Epics/Historical: The Seven Samurai
Horror:Ringu
Musicals: A nightmare befor Xmas
Science Fiction: Total Recall 2070
War: The Bridge over the river Kwai
Westerns: the spageti westers with Clint
Fantasy: DiscWorld

Other: Donnie Darko

BEST TASTE EVER

NO IT'S NOT Mr fat comic book store collector nerd person. :P

[Maverick77]

BlackHawk Down
Braveheart
Platoon
Dawn Of the Dead (old one)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jill Kellys Gretest hits
Dirty Harry

[Rantanplan]

Does anybody remember "Top Secret" ? :lol:

Hey, I'm watching it right now! woot :lol:

[Freibier]

Action/Adventure: Raiders of the lost ark
Comedy: Monty Python's Holy Grail
Crime/Gangster: Scarface
Epics/Historical: Excalibur
Drama: Fight Club :lol:
Horror: Return of the living dead
Science Fiction: Blade Runner
War: All quiet on the western front (original)
Westerns: The good, the bad and the ugly
Fantasy: LOTR

[FRO]

Does anybody remember "Top Secret" ? :lol:

Hey, I'm watching it right now! woot :lol:

When they are introducing everyone.

"This is Deja Vu."

"Haven't we met before?"

Or something like that.

"I don't know any German."

"I know a little German. He's right over there."

That movie is amazing. It's hilarious that Val Kilmer started out in movies like this and Real Genius (is that the right title, the one where he's the genius at a tech university?) and now is considered such a "serious" actor.

[FRO]

I don't know about anyone else, but I have a real hard time deciding which are my favourites, but this is what comes to mind right now.

Action: The Killer (John Woo movie with Chow Yun Fat, HK movie) and Aliens (while a SF movie, that's really just a disguise for kick-@$$ action)

Adventure: Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade (Temple of Doom was alright, but doesn't stack up against the other two)

Comedy: Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail, though Clerks and Office Space are right up there. I'm guessing Get Shorty is pretty much a comedy as well. Hmmm, difficult to decide.

Crime/Gangster: Goodfellas, Snatch, Usual Suspects

Epic: Spartacus, Gladiator (even Ben-Hur, sucker for Roman epics)

Historical: Rob Roy, Brotherhood of the Wolf (though not really historical, I'm not sure where else to put it. Is historical-romance-horror-martial arts a genre?)

Drama: Henry V (Kenneth Branagh's version)

Horror: Alien, Army of Darkness (though pretty much a comedy)

Science Fiction: This is the toughest category, so I'll break it down. Serious SF: Blade Runner; Space Opera: Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back (things started going downhill with RotJ); SF/Adventure: ST2: Wrath of Khan and ST6: the Undiscovered Country; Superhero SF: X-Men

War: Band of Brothers (for action and story) and Black Hawk Down (which is pretty much pure action with story for window-dressing)

Westerns: Again, another tough one. Spaghetti: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Idealized Western: Silverado; Post Modern: Unforgiven; Action/ Adventure Western: Tombstone.

Fantasy: LotR: Fellowship of the Ring (which is my favourite of the trilogy, though all three are awesome) and Excalibur

This, of course, will change tomorrow.

Take care all.

[1Cie GevGn]

I should be able to get a online DVD profile to run in a bit, so hang on

Tadaa

http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/tootall

And I only buy my favorites, so there :)

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

My fave movie of the last decade has to be Curdled with the rather nice Angela Jones I bought the movie and the sountrack as I am a Cumbia fan these days.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0115994/

[Lt_Crooks]

FORREST GUMP !!!!!!

[Damian]

Action/Adventure: Top Gun/Lord of the Rings Trilogy (extended versions)
Comedy: Serendipity
Crime/Gangster: The Godfather Trilogy / The Goodfellas / Scarface
Drama: Once Upon a time in America
Epics/Historical: Gladiator
Horror: Alien / The Evil Dead
Musicals: Moulin Rouge
Science Fiction: Star Wars series
War: Black Hawk Down
Westerns: Once Upon a Time in The WEST

[Ratamacue]

Horror: Pitch Black
Wasn't really all that scary a movie, but Richard B. Rid**** is fvckin' badass.

[Nawlins]

I forgot about Moulin Rouge... that was actually a pretty damn good musical. Strictly Ballroom is pretty good too.

[Ria]

I forgot about Moulin Rouge... that was actually a pretty damn good musical. Strictly Ballroom is pretty good too.

:D :D woot woot Two of my favorite movies :D I love Baz Luhrmann.

[RoBBo]

the shawshank redemption is the bomb!

[Vance]

the shawshank redemption is the bomb!
Word.

[RoBBo]

for favourite war film the award goes to glory, great cast, great movie.

[molly747]

Horror: Pitch Black
Wasn't really all that scary a movie, but Richard B. Rid**** is fvckin' badass.

I don't watch "horror" films, but this one was scary and had monsters in it, and it scared the bejesus out of me.

[RoBBo]

the only movie that has ever really freaked me out was when i watched Event Horizon half pissed at 2am with no lights on, i shant be doing that again.

[Ratamacue]

the only movie that has ever really freaked me out was when i watched Event Horizon half pissed at 2am with no lights on, i shant be doing that again.

I saw that movie in the theaters when I was like 9 or 10...big mistake.

[RoBBo]

:D

[Vance]

She won't let you leave...

[RoBBo]

the chick with no eyes freaked the living **** out of me

[Ratamacue]

I haven't seen it since that time, so I don't remember anything about it. It didn't really scare me at all while I was watching it, but that night...

[Vance]

the chick with no eyes freaked the living **** out of me
F that...she was hot.

The dude dying cause of no O2 or something made me run out of the room.

[Ratamacue]

Horror: Pitch Black
Wasn't really all that scary a movie, but Richard B. Rid**** is fvckin' badass.

I don't watch "horror" films, but this one was scary and had monsters in it, and it scared the bejesus out of me.

You might know about it, but they just released the sequel to Pitch Black in theaters the other day, called The Chronicles of Rid****. Not a horror film, but more of an action/epic I suppose with Rid**** as the main character. Haven't seen it myself, but it was supposed to be pretty good and I think they might have another sequel in the works.

[molly747]

Horror: Pitch Black
Wasn't really all that scary a movie, but Richard B. Rid**** is fvckin' badass.

I don't watch "horror" films, but this one was scary and had monsters in it, and it scared the bejesus out of me.

You might know about it, but they just released the sequel to Pitch Black in theaters the other day, called The Chronicles of Rid****. Not a horror film, but more of an action/epic I suppose with Rid**** as the main character. Haven't seen it myself, but it was supposed to be pretty good and I think they might have another sequel in the works.

I plan on seeing it, I've been hearing about it forever. I don't know if this will have the same feel as PB. The first one had a smaller, more honest feel to it. I just hope the sequel isn't some overblown, SFX-laden blowhard, like (god forbid) XXX.

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

I just hope the sequel isn't some overblown, SFX-laden blowhard, like (god forbid) XXX.
Yes Molly, XXX was so bad I was tempted to ask for my money back from the rental store, after I watched it I spent the rest of the evening wondering what I could have done with the time instead. :)
The nerve gas carrying speed boat at the end was like something of Saturday morning kids TV time.

[molly747]

I just hope the sequel isn't some overblown, SFX-laden blowhard, like (god forbid) XXX.
Yes Molly, XXX was so bad I was tempted to ask for my money back from the rental store, after I watched it I spent the rest of the evening wondering what I could have done with the time instead. :)
The nerve gas carrying speed boat at the end was like something of Saturday morning kids TV time.

I used to think he was cool, back when he was in 'Saving Private Ryan' and he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own movie, but everything he seems to touch now turns into pure crap. 'A Man Apart,' anyone?

[Ratamacue]

I just hope the sequel isn't some overblown, SFX-laden blowhard, like (god forbid) XXX.
Yes Molly, XXX was so bad I was tempted to ask for my money back from the rental store, after I watched it I spent the rest of the evening wondering what I could have done with the time instead. :)
The nerve gas carrying speed boat at the end was like something of Saturday morning kids TV time.

I used to think he was cool, back when he was in 'Saving Private Ryan' and he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own movie, but everything he seems to touch now turns into pure crap. 'A Man Apart,' anyone?

He's actually not all that stupid of a guy even though he certainly seems like it given some of the movies he's been in (the funniest thing I find is that he talks with a bit of a lisp if you've ever seen an interview). The Chronicles of Rid**** definitely isn't a "small" movie like Pitch Black (which was also a pretty low budget; this one has a budget over $100 million) but it's aiming to be more of a huge-scale epic with an entire mythology and universe surrounding it. Basically, Vin Diesel is trying to flesh out everything as much as possible with an animated movie that takes place right after Pitch Black, the Chronicles series, and a video game that has him escaping from a prison before Pitch Black.

[Trigger]

Action/Adventure: Proof of Life, Gladiator
Comedy: Stripes, Ghostbusters
Crime/Gangster: Heat, Scarface, Godfather series
Drama: Forrest Gump, The Sixth Sense
Epics/Historical: Lord of the Rings trilogy
Horror: The Thing, The Exorcist, Jaws
Musicals: Grease, Willy Wonka and the Chocalate Factory
Science Fiction: Twelve Monkeys (no, really), Star Trek series, Star Wars series, Blade Runner
War: Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan
Westerns: Open Range, Tombstone, Unforgiven, Dances With Wolves
Fantasy: Spider Man, The Hulk, X-Men 2

Other (Animated): Monsters, Inc., Roughnecks, Prince of Egypt

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

I watched Runaway Jury yesterday and it was a fairly slick movie with (for a change) an excellent supporting cast. :D