Movie Discussion Thread

[jayceheathman]

Originally Posted by El Peefs?????

Not that I watch iCarly or anything but isnt iCarly awesome!?

Doesnt Miranda Cosgrove make more than the other Disney kids? I read she makes about $500,000 an episode. I need to find a way to make that kind of money.

[Chucky]

In no order.

The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
Synechdoce, New York
American Beauty
Do the Right Thing

That was touch....can't believe there is no Kubrick on there. Might edit later

[themaninblack]

The Road wasn't as good as I thought it would be. It was decent but nothing I'm hankerin to watch again anytime soon. The Hurt Locker wasn't as great the second time around while Inglourious Basterds was and I really liked it the first time.

[holt_bruce81]

I couldn't do a top 5 movie list. It's way to hard, I would have to do it by genre.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

I saw Splice tonight, i enjoyed it very much... but sci-fi/horror movies are right up my ally. The basis of the story is not entirely original but it's still pretty twisted.

[BigBanger]

Originally Posted by Brent

your dislike of Love, Actually makes me want to punch this screen

Originally Posted by josh07039

It makes me want to punch every inch of him. That is a glorious film. It makes even the most jaded, pessimistic of us believe in love.

Holy **** guys, I'm pretty sure I said it was a solid movie. Granted, I did think it was closer to mediocracy than greatness and there are noticeable flaws in the film that are universally accepted by even it's biggest supporters, but I said it had it's moments and mentioned two excellent performances. Laura Linney is also exceptional and probably the only non-cliched character in the movie. I could even mention the great scenes between Emma Thompson's character and her cheating husband. But there are just too many characters going through the exact same thing, and I get it, and that is kinda the whole point of the film, but eventually enough is enough, and you get the overwhelming feeling that you just can't wait for the movie to end because it is predictable and repetitive. They could have told the same story with half the cast and cut out a good 30 minutes of the movie.


Anyway, I watched one of my personal favorites made by one of my personal favorites.



I just love this movie and it continues to grow on me with repeated viewings. It's now my second favorite movie of 1998. Simply a great cast all around (Ving Rhames and Don Cheadle are phenomenal in their roles and give two of their better performances of their careers), but what really makes the movie special is the performances and chemistry of George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. Never really been a fan of either (starting to actually think Clooney is more than an average actor as he's been on a pretty impressive run over the last 10 years or so), but both are terrific. I love the opening scene and Clooney is simply perfect for this role since he has that calm, charismatic charm that can talk his way out of just about anything, and then manage to **** up and get caught later. I think this is one of those great films that continually get better with age. I put it in that Collateral and Unbreakable category where they don't really have a definitive genre and kind of go against the grain of everything and for that, get a bit overlooked, but are simply wonderful movies with great characters and performances and some incredibly memorable scenes. This is one of my favorite films of the 90s, and from the look of it, it seems like it could have been released this past year. One of Soderbergh's best's. Some really great writing as well.

[Brown Leader]

"Are we done...cuz I'm freezing my ASS OFF!" Out Of Sight-definitely 1 of my favorites.

I always find I'm one of the few that likes Solaris.

Although I thought Tarkovsky's original was creepier and had a better ending.

[iamscott]

Yeah I agree :)

[Brodeur]

Originally Posted by jayceheathman

Doesnt Miranda Cosgrove make more than the other Disney kids? I read she makes about $500,000 an episode. I need to find a way to make that kind of money.

Start dating Miranda Cosgrove.

[Brent]

[Prowler]

out of sight is my favorite j-lo movie. she needed to be cryogenically frozen after that movie.

i am a solaris fan after having to watch and compare it to the original in a history of modern russia class.

5 random netflix movies that i've watched recently

conan the destroyer
air force one
braveheart
robin hood
ghost and the darkness

[Splat]

Originally Posted by themaninblack

The Road wasn't as good as I thought it would be.

Agreed.

I would be more then fine never seeing it again.

[WMD]

Top 10 is..

1. City of God
2. Memento
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Taxi Driver
5. Oldboy
6. Night of the Living Dead
7. Goodfellas
8. Children of Men
9. The Deer Hunter
10. Cool Hand Luke

I think that sounds about right.

[A Perfect Score]

mine would probably look something like

1. Fight Club
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. High Fidelity
5. American Beauty
6. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
7. The Departed
8. Trainspotting
9. Chasing Amy
10. Star Wars: A New Hope

Something like that...

[Todd Bertuzzi]

1. Usual Suspects
2. Good Will Hunting
3. Fight Club
4. City of God
5. The Departed
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. American History X
9. Clerks
10. KKBB

[Finz99]

Top 10:

Fight Club
Donnie Darko
American History X
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Truman Show
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Pulp Fiction
Memento
Kalifornia
(500) Days of Summer

[Bengals78]

The Big Lebowski
Thank You For Smoking
The Silence of the Lambs
Jurassic Park (Especially after reading the book)
High Plains Drifter
Gran Torino
Caddyshack
Saving Private Ryan
The Original Universal Monster movies
The Monster Squad (if you disagree you probably have no soul)

[fenikz]

There Will Be Blood
Raging Bull
Casino
GoodFellas
American History X
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
In Bruges
Inglourious Basterds

[Bengals78]

I can already tell I will likely be the only one who doesnt put Fight Club in my top 10. IDK know if it would even make my top 20. Never understood the obsession with that movie.

[Brodeur]

The Empire Strikes Back
The Truman Show
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Thing
Chasing Amy

After those five, it's too jumbled.

[keylime_5]

me too bengals78. fight club is a cool movie but it is completely overrated by this age group that i'm in. also it seems like all the top ten movie lists in this thread are more or less the same.

i don't wanna make a top 10 list b/c there are probably about 50 movies that are amongst my top 10 favorite movies. shout out to the star wars trilogy and the "dollars trilogy" that clint eastwood/sergio leone did in the '60s though. and also to caddyshack, animal house, and ghostbusters.

[vidae]

In no particular order:

The Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting
Pulp Fiction
Beetlejuice
Defending Your Life (such a good movie, check it out if you haven't seen it)

After those 5 it's hard to pick 5 more.

[Bengals78]

Originally Posted by keylime_5

me too bengals78. fight club is a cool movie but it is completely overrated by this age group that i'm in. also it seems like all the top ten movie lists in this thread are more or less the same.

i don't wanna make a top 10 list b/c there are probably about 50 movies that are amongst my top 10 favorite movies. shout out to the star wars trilogy and the "dollars trilogy" that clint eastwood/sergio leone did in the '60s though. and also to caddyshack, animal house, and ghostbusters.

They have a Eastwood movie box set for 150 bucks at BestBuy...I want it so bad.

Let me guess, 19-22ish? LOL

[Splat]

Originally Posted by vidae

Defending Your Life

Yep it's good.

I stumbled upon it one day and had no idea what it was about but it was just starting so I watched it and enjoyed it.

[Prowler]

favorite movies that i can watch endlessly

indiana jones and last crusade
empire strikes back
L.A. confidential
terminator 2
the rock
rocky IV
rambo first blood: part 2
demolition man
air force one
major payne

basically anything major with stallone, arnold, or harrison ford.