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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Binch Lover wrote: |
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This is nearly and impossible question to answer, but let me give it a shot. Here are my lists in no particular order.
Movies:
Annie Hall
Brazil
Fight Club
The Big Lebowski
The Fall
Citizen Kane
Fargo
Duck Soup
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Graduate
Books:
On the Road
Still Life With Woodpecker
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1984
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Breakfast of Champions
The Dharma Bums
The Jesus Mysteries
A confederacy of Dunces
It was really hard to pick only 10 for each! My brain hurts now. |
We have very similar tastes, in movies and books! I guess I should check out the ones on your list I haven't read/seen. |
Seconded. I like your list, but while I really like most of your movies, I hate Fight Club and am indifferent to Eternal Sunshine. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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my last list for today, top ten tv shows:
Deadwood
Star Trek: TNG
Farscape
Arrested Development
Da Ali G Show
Doctor Who(Original)
Home Movies
Futurama
The Upright Citizens Brigade
Extras |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:10 am Post subject: |
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books:
Crime and Punishment - dostoevsky
Short Stories collections - Chekov
Ask the Dust - Fante
Journey to the End of the Night - Louis Ferdinand Celine
Post Office - Bukowski
The Rum Diary (a new edition for me) - Hunter S Thompson
Nine Stories - Salinger
Heart of Darkness - Conrad
Roads to Sata: A 2000 mile walk through Japan - Alan Booth
Travels with Charley: In search of America - Steinbeck
Movies...too hard. I tend not to watch movies more than once or twice (if it's very good)...2-3 hours and it's over. I guess Pulp Fiction and the Big Lebowski are the only two I've seen enough times to say they are favorites. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| seonsengnimble wrote: |
| I hate Fight Club and am indifferent to Eternal Sunshine. |
I hated Fight Club until the ending. Then WOW and I was glad I'd sat all the way thru it. The part that got me hooked on Pitt as an actor was when he licked the mustard off the knife--standing there in a women's bathrobe.  I shivered.
Another one that was a great ending: Wild Things.
You must watch the credits.
TV SHOWS:
OC
Entourage
City Confidential
48 Hours Evidence
Clean House
Gordan Ramsey's F Word
McGiver
Wings
Tool Time
Hanna Montana
Law & Order |
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Tycho Brahe
Joined: 15 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon, SK
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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i think coming up with a definitive list is too hard.
but if i had one peice of advice to pass on it is this
the following books should be read by as many people as possible;
Maus
Catch 22
the age of extremes |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Books:
The Brothers Karamazov
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Yes! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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No. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Ronald McSanta had a TV show? |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| seonsengnimble wrote: |
| Binch Lover wrote: |
We have very similar tastes, in movies and books! I guess I should check out the ones on your list I haven't read/seen. |
Seconded. I like your list, but while I really like most of your movies, I hate Fight Club and am indifferent to Eternal Sunshine. |
I think Fight Club is an amazingly dense movie that has a lot to say about our culture. I actually used this movie for my final thesis paper for university.
Eternal Sunshine I think is like a dream put to film but not so illogical that it is unwatchable. |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| Tycho Brahe wrote: |
i think coming up with a definitive list is too hard.
but if i had one peice of advice to pass on it is this
the following books should be read by as many people as possible;
Maus |
Maus is a wonderful story. Read this in a Jewish-American Literature class in college - the best "book" (it's 2 graphic novels that form a single volume) I ever read for a class by far. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:30 am Post subject: |
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Ronald McSanta had a TV show? |
Did I spell that wrong? It's been awhile. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Movies in no reel order:
Ran (Japanese)
Fight Club
Blade Runner
Shawshank Redeption
Demolition Man (I loved the futurespeak)
Carlito's Way
Mutiny on the Bounty (Brando version)
Taming of the Shrew(Taylor version)
Books:
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
The Assyrian
The Bible (a good read)
Shogun (wicked book
Genghis Khan by Leopold de Hartog |
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Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:53 am Post subject: |
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I'll admit, I have mainstream and childish tastes.  Anyway, none of these are in any paticuar order. Putting TV shows too just because I saw a couple of other people do it and I want to fit it in.
TV Shows:
-This is Wonderland
-Corner Gas
-Big Bang Theory
-Rick Mercer Report
-CSI: Miami (though I enjoy the others as well)
-Extras
-Two and a Half Men
-Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
-Spiderman (Yes... the new cartoon series.)
-The Wrong Coast
Movies
Atonement
Aladdin
Labirynth
Princess Mononoke
Adventures in Babysitting
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
An Affair to Remember
Seducing Mr. Perfect
Wizard of Oz
Books
Speak
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Life, the Universe and Everything
Willy Visits the Square World
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Animal Farm
Monster (Comic)
20th Century Boys (comic)
Rurouni Kenshin (Comic) |
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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To the people who posted the TV lists after mine: good taste (for the most part)--I love good television.
Here's my Top 10 Movies:
Lost in Translation
Rush Hour 2 (I know, I know--whatever, I find it hilarious and can watch it over and over again)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Ratatouille
Children of Men
Saving Private Ryan
Old School
Anchorman
The Usual Suspects
Top 10 Comics:
Calvin & Hobbes
Y: The Last Man
The Goon
The Boys
Amazing Spiderman
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Maus
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
One Piece
The Punisher (Ennis)
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Bloopity Bloop
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul yo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Tundra_Creature wrote: |
TV Shows:
-This is Wonderland
-Corner Gas
-Big Bang Theory
-Rick Mercer Report
-CSI: Miami (though I enjoy the others as well)
-Extras
-Two and a Half Men
-Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
-Spiderman (Yes... the new cartoon series.)
-The Wrong Coast
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