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05-15-2005, 02:24 PM
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What are your three favorite movies?
I have a Netflix subscription and have rented at least a hundred movies over the past few years. In looking for movies to rent that I have never seen I thought some of you might have some ideas for excellent movies and why they are excellent?
Last night I saw Disclosure which is a thriller about...computers and technology. Made in 1994 it mentioned 100 millisecond hard drive access times. Which to me seems kinda slow. This makes me curious though. What are the lowest hard drive access times now? By the way, it was an excellent movie but you cant watch it in front of the kids (sex scene). The plot is complex with a few twists. My favorite movies of all time are: -Das Boot (in German with English subtitles)... the dubbed version stinks because the emotions of the German actors carry over much better than the dubbed US voice actors who seem to have gone without their coffee that morning. -2001 a Space Oddysey....You have to read the book to understand it. -Top Gun...The flying scenes are still intense but I can do without the non-flying scenes. Its a great movie with 5.1 surround sound cranked up, a good subwoofer and nobody else in the house who is going to yell at you to turn the volume down. Fast forward through the love scenes and the volleyball scene (you know who they did the volleyball scene for).
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05-15-2005, 02:39 PM
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The Boondock Saints
Poolhall Junkies The Bridge on the River Kwai These are 3 of some of my favorites, I have many and even three it's hard to choose.
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05-15-2005, 03:03 PM
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Fellowship of the Rings
The Two Towers Return of the King If you feel I cheated with that section. All the Star Wars and Star Trek movies. Quote:
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05-15-2005, 04:07 PM
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Top Gun The Blues Brothers (the original, not the remake)
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05-15-2005, 05:14 PM
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05-15-2005, 05:19 PM
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Top Gun
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05-15-2005, 05:31 PM
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its hard to narrow it to three, but if i had to it would probably be:
boondock saints the count of monte cristo donnie darko i have a huge collection of dvd's, and my interests vary a lot, i could fill a whole page on movies i watch all the time craig
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05-15-2005, 05:31 PM
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1. Kill Bill 1 & 2 (actually all the Tarantino movies)
2. The Matrix (The original) 3. Tie between The Toxic Avenger Part 1 / Scarface / Taxi Driver / Donnie Darko
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05-15-2005, 05:41 PM
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1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Matrix 3. Resevoir Dogs |
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05-15-2005, 05:45 PM
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1. Donnie Darko
2. Empire Records (strange, i know) 3. Goodfellas Its hard to pick three, i have so many favorites. Scarface, Godfathers, and Once upon a time in America get honorable mention 
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05-15-2005, 05:50 PM
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How about checking out something really different...Asian cinema (with subtitles).
A Tale Of Two Sisters Battle Royale Cure Dark Water Ichi The Killer Pulse Cricket
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05-15-2005, 06:22 PM
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wow thats alot of violence cricket, you should recommend a good disney movie to watch after those
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05-15-2005, 06:28 PM
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nocturnx , going by his list he probably has never seen a Disney film.
 As for Hal, no kidding on 2001. Which I actually feel I understand that movie as well. For those of you that have seen it and need to know more with out reading the book, check out the movie 2010. It does explain why Hal did malfunctioned. Actually he didn't. So far, top gun and 2001 seem to be on the top of the list. Gimpy, 1. The Shawshank Redemption, really good film. Last edited by Byte 2.0; 05-15-2005 at 06:32 PM. |
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05-15-2005, 07:57 PM
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Blazing Saddles
The Outlaw Josey Wales Where the Buffalo Roam |
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05-15-2005, 08:22 PM
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Armageddon
The Bible Shrek
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05-15-2005, 08:28 PM
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Predator Good Will Hunting
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05-15-2005, 10:12 PM
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I wouldn't say these are my 3 "favorite" movies, but I do like them alot:
The Professional Pulp Fiction L.A. Confidential Been watching a lot of Asian cinema lately and found the ones mentioned in my previous post to be very interesting and different from typical Hollywood fare. But looking at my DVD collection...yes, I do tend to gravitate towards violent movies. Cricket
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05-16-2005, 12:58 AM
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A tough question...I guess I'll go with:
The Boondock Saints The Big Lebowski Snatch |
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Even if you're not a Star Trek fan I reccomend First Contact. Great movie. Other favorites: I, Robot; Apollo 13; and the ever popular Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail. Runaway, runaway!!!!
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05-16-2005, 08:05 AM
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Boondock Saints
Mallrats (any Kevin Smith movie) Jonnie Neumonic (Sp?) Some odd choices i know, but classics to me all the same. Sub-topic 3 Favortie Directors Tarantino Kevin Smith Sam Rami Sub-Sub-Topic 3 favorite actors Kevin Spacey Jason Lee Colin Farrel (hes Irish I have to show love to my peeps)
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cricket, if you get IFC on your cable system, they have an excellent documentary on the development of action movies in Hong Kong Cinema (quasi-insultingly titled Chop-Socky: Cinema Hong Kong). Good hour or so and a quick overview of how HK action films have changed over time (themes, levels of violence, story source material etc) As to my favorite 3 movies...it is tough to limit the list to just 3, but here goes: The Godfather (I & II, III was horrible except for the conclusion scenes) Leon (also known as The Professional...This was Natalie Portman's 1st major role in film) Metropolis (a whole new way of looking at the future0. |
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05-16-2005, 12:55 PM
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Tough to pick three, but here goes
Braveheart The Game Gattaca @mbossman2 Metropolis was a really interesting flick. The version I saw was a black and white silent film with subtitles. Kind of cartoonie by today's standards, but the make-up does really help show the emotions the actors are trying to portray.
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05-16-2005, 01:08 PM
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Don't think I can pick FAVORITES, but these are some that I really enjoy. I'll probably think of 30 more once I've posted this.
Shawshank Redemption (or pretty much anything with Morgan Freeman) The Incredibles The Abyss I'll also give honorable mention to: Labyrinth The Great Outdoors
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05-16-2005, 01:14 PM
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My three favorites:
South park: the movie The patriot The count of monte Cristo |
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05-16-2005, 01:43 PM
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Question for bigandy and Radioactiveninja: What was it about Boondock Saints that makes this particular movie a favorite of yours? I've seen it and didn't think much of it...in fact, seeing Willem Dafoe play a gay FBI agent was down right disturbing.
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05-16-2005, 01:54 PM
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1. Zoolander
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05-16-2005, 02:55 PM
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-Top Gun
-Dawn of the Dead (the new one) -Schindlers List
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05-16-2005, 03:03 PM
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05-16-2005, 03:40 PM
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The Sting.
The Green Mile. Oceans 11 (NOT the remake, the original rat-pack version).
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