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Postby <:3)~mouse » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:29 pm

any new movie's made by Peter Jackson. and i like lots of the movies with Tom Hanks in them... he can make any movie better than it is.
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Postby harina » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:09 am

Pulp Fiction (there's no need to tell why)
The Rope (maybe the best of Hitchcock's films. It's made to look like as if the whole movie was filmed in one shot.)
Fight Club (just great. and Brad Pitt makes any movie better. ^.^)
Dancer in the Dark (quite touching. and the music is also great)

I would also add these:
Chicago (great music, great storyline)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (great story and characters. something just makes me want to watch this again and again [the reason has nothing to do with Jude Law, no..])

.. although I perhaps wouldn't say they are the best and greatest movies as whole.

I'm sure I forgot something, but I'll add it later. ^.^
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:14 am

Whoa, gravedug'd!

Anyways, I'd have to say that the greatest movies of all time would have to include The Sound of Music, It's a Wonderful Life, most of Hitchcock's films, many of Tom Hanks's films, etc.

As far as my personal tastes go (my own favorite movies), Big Fish, The Last Samurai, The Prestige, the LOTR trilogy, The Princess Bride, and the original Star Wars Trilogy are all noteworthy. XD
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Postby CatHCG11 » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:26 am

Here are some of mine

The Village
Dead Poets Society
I am David
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last Samurai
You've Got Mail
Star Wars
The Princess Bride
Say Anything
Black
Les Choristes
Grave of the Fireflies
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Postby Puguni » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:00 pm

Radical Dreamer wrote:As far as my personal tastes go (my own favorite movies), Big Fish, The Last Samurai, The Prestige, the LOTR trilogy, The Princess Bride, and the original Star Wars Trilogy are all noteworthy. XD


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I don't remember all the movies I've liked, so I'll just currently name the one I adore right now: Little Miss Sunshine. A lot of cursing, but I really loved the satire.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:45 pm

CatHCG11 wrote:Here are some of mine

The Village
Dead Poets Society
I am David
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last Samurai
You've Got Mail
Star Wars
The Princess Bride
Say Anything
Black
Les Choristes
Grave of the Fireflies


Oh man, I forgot about that one. That and Good Will Hunting are both excellent films. Also, I forgot Les Miserables; that's also one of my favorite movies (Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush).
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Postby CatHCG11 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:48 pm

[quote="Radical Dreamer"] Also, I forgot Les Miserables]

I forgot Les Miserables too!
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:39 pm

harina wrote:The Rope (maybe the best of Hitchcock's films. It's made to look like as if the whole movie was filmed in one shot.)

Yup! It was actually 8 shots.

Hitchcock's "best" is always debated. Usually the most note-worthy ones are Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Lifeboat, and some others I can't think of now.

Of course, movies like The Godfather are widely praised, and yes it is that good XD.

Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard rank up there as well.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:05 pm

Neither The Shawshank Redemption nor Casino Royale have been mentioned. I am ashamed at you people.
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:29 pm

I just finished Gladiator for the first time. It makes my list.

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:05 am

Fish and Chips wrote:Neither The Shawshank Redemption nor Casino Royale have been mentioned. I am ashamed at you people.

FORGIVE ME!

Well, Casino Royale I haven't seen. But The ShawShank Redemption is certainly one of the best movies. It ranked #2 n AFI's list.

As for Foreign movies go, JSA, Oldboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Peppermint Candy, and Memories of Murder rank on the list.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:30 am

Oldboy's actually based off an old seinen Manga.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:56 am

Greatest movies of all time, eh...well, I'll just list some of my all-time favorites.

- The Sound of Music
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Green Mile
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Alien
- The Last Samurai
- Lord of the Rings (let's count it as one movie, since it was actually one book. XD)
- Jaws
- Back to the Future
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Men in Black

Phew. I'd better stop now.
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Postby LittleTokyo91 » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:14 pm

Stomp the yard, Kung-fu hustle, and Final fantasy Advent Children
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:02 am

Fish and Chips wrote:Oldboy's actually based off an old seinen Manga.

Yes I know. You think I wouldn't know that? (I'm a seinen fan) =p How dare you question me!~

HOWEVER! Keyword is based. There are MAJOR plot differences besides the beginning parts of the storyline.

And yes, the movie is better. Why? Because of one person: Park Chan-Wook.
LittleTokyo91 wrote:Stomp the yard, Kung-fu hustle, and Final fantasy Advent Children

May I ask why Advent Children? I mean the animation was good, and the fight scenes were pretty. But the movie just downright sucked. I'm sorry. The plot sucked, the character development was incredibly shoddy, it just overall sucked.

I think too many people give Final Fantasy 7 too much credit than deserved.
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Postby bigsleepj » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:13 am

Too... many... good... movies....
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:51 am

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:May I ask why Advent Children? I mean the animation was good, and the fight scenes were pretty. But the movie just downright sucked. I'm sorry. The plot sucked, the character development was incredibly shoddy, it just overall sucked.

I think too many people give Final Fantasy 7 too much credit than deserved.


Agreeeeeex500. FFVIIAC seemed more like a bunch of FF7 fanservice (the unperverted kind XD), advertisements for some phone, and advertisements for Dirge of Cerberus (why else would Vincent have the most screentime apart from Cloud and Tifa? XD). Poor ol' Red XIII got one lousy line, and Yuffie, my personal favorite, only got a little more screentime than that. Boo, I say.

Unless LittleTokyo was joking. If that's the case, hats off to your sense of humor. XD
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Postby LittleTokyo91 » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:39 pm

No i'm quite serious. I just like the movie. I to think that final fantasy can be overated at times, but that doesn't stop me from liking it. ^_^
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Postby Tancos » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:15 am

Some overlooked comedies:
Big Business (Laurel & Hardy)
The General (Buster Keaton)
Monkey Business and Duck Soup (Marx Brothers)
The Lavender Hill Mob
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Wrong Box
Breaking Away
Tampopo
The Incredibles

And a few others:
Forbidden Planet
Dr. Strangelove
The Time Machine
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:51 pm

1.Casablanca
2.any Kurosawa film
3.The Man Who Knew Too Much
4.Stage Coach(original with John Wayne)
5.The Sound of Music
6.The Ten Commandments(with Charleton Heston)
7.The Robe
8.Battleship Potemkin
9.Metropolis
10.Triumph Of The Will(I know Nazis propaganda film but in a time before the
true Evil of the Nazis was revealed to the World this was how they presented
themselves plus for historical reasons)
11.Nosfatru(sp?)
12.Birth of a Nation
13.Ben Hur(Charleton Heston)
14.The Alamo(John Wayne)
15.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
16.Dr.No
17.The Jazz Singer(Al Jolson)
18.Heidi
19.Star Wars:A New Hope
20.Dr.Doolittle(original)
21.Fantasia
22.Princess Mononoke
23.Only Yesterday
24.Whisper of the Heart
25.Sleeping Beauty(Disney)
26.Snow White And The Seven Dwarves(Disney)
27.Peter Pan(Disney)
28.Dracula(Bela Lugosi)
29.Frankenstein(Boris Karloff)
30.I Was A Teenaged Werewolf(Michael Landon)
31.The Blob(Steve McQueen)
32.The Great Escape
33.The Day The Earth Stood Still
34.Forbidden Planet
35.Glory
36.Gladiator
37.Muntiny On The Bounty
38.The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood(Errol Flynn)
39.Captain Blood
40.The High And The Mighty(John Wayne)
41.High Noon
42.Goodby Mr.Chips
43.Mr.Deeds Goes To Town(Gary Cooper)
44.Pride of the Yankees(Gary Cooper)
45.Big
46.The Shawshank Redemption
47.Mr.Smith Goes To Washington(Jimmy Stewart)
48.Harvey(Jimmy Stewart)
49.Help!(The Beatles)
50.Bridge To Terabithia
51.Amazing Grace

I know some of them like Triumph of the Will are a bit controversial but I added them for historical reasons plus the fact that it is still studied and talked about.
Also some of the later may have lower listings than what some might think because I added them as I went along.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:19 pm

mitsuki lover wrote:16.Dr.No

Actually, Dr. No is one of the lesser Bond films. I mean, I appreciate it, because without it the film series might not have started, but there are much better Bonds (as in movies, not actors).
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:16 pm

I put it up there for it being the very first Bond movie and besides it was the only one that came to mind.Give me enough time and I would have added a lot more to the list.To be honest I was trying to be as objective as possible.Ok some of them were subjective but I still aimed for the most part to be objective.
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Postby Cardinalman » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:14 pm

oh so many to choose so little time, Lord of the Rings, Starwars, S.W.A.T., Xmen, the fast and the furious triligy, Beverly hills ninja, Major payne, Narnia, Rush hour 1, 2, and soon to come 3, Pirates of the caribean 1-3 (especially 3 since I saw the day after it came out)
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Postby Danderson » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:59 am

I'd say the The Passion of the Christ should definetly make the list....
....followed shortly by the LOTR Trilogy....

ANd as much as I'd like to claim that the Matrix Trilogy is one of the greatest films ever, I think I might just be the only one....
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Postby CrimsonRyu17 » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:47 am

The Gladiator
The Patriot
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Jurassic Park Trilogy
The Passion of the Christ
BraveHeart
DragonHeart I & II
Jaws
Hidalgo
Indiana Jones

Not particularly in that ordor. Out of all of them, The DragonHeart movies are my favorite. Not saying they're better, I just really love them.
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Postby Sparrowhawk » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:07 am

1. The Thin Man (series, but especially the first one...great witty dialogue)

2. Rear Window (starring Jimmy Stewart, directed by Hitchcock...great acting on Stewart's part and very good use of camera and well written to keep entertainment up even tho the whole movie takes place in Stewart's apartment den)

3. Shrek (the first one...a great collection of comedic talent and a great twist on classic fairy tales)

4. The Quiet Man (starring John Wayne John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgerald , directed by John Ford... a classic romance with great insight into Irish culture during that era and memorable characters)

5. Star Wars episodes IV-VI

Not necessarily in order...I tried to pick the best of different genres. Prob the reason why I have Star Wars over LOTR is because I love the books too much...I think Jackson made three great movies, but they were not LOTR...he changed too much (and I mean changed...not left stuff out...in fact what I liked least was stuff he added or warped...saying that I still like the movies and have the extended edition wtih all the bonus features of all three :D)
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:03 pm

I would have to say when it comes to Star Wars that the first movie episode
IV:A New Hope remains the greatest of the bunch because it became the template for so much of what follows.
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Postby Sparrowhawk » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:49 pm

I agree. It was the best. But Return of the Jedi has this for it: EWOKS!!!! lol i love those things they are hilarious
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Postby rocklobster » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:26 pm

best unmentioned movies:
1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. Blade Runner
3. any Ghibli movie
4. Indiana Jones series
5. Willow
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Postby ich1990 » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:03 pm

The Princess Bride (One of the most quotable movies EVER.)
LOTR
Star Wars IV-VI
M. Night Shyamalan Films
Willow is good, but I liked the sequel books better.

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