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morakanokbs
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject: what are your favorite movies? |
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balzor

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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: Re: what are your favorite movies? |
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Pro Tip: When making a thread about favorites things, OP should always provide answers to the question.
That said, Current top 5 in last few years are: Inception, Sunshine, The Dark Knight, Hurt Locker and Inglorious Bastards. This is not all-time, just recent |
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Man on Street
Joined: 28 Aug 2010 Location: In the Seoul
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Fried Green Tomatoes
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Perfect Man
27 Dresses
Where the Heart Is |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010 Location: Multiverse
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Allen's 'Sleeper' is a beautiful, tight little film' And made 27 years ago no less! The confidence, the satire, the bold irrevernt comedy, the daring to play with convention, make fun of convention both cinematic and societal... And the decision to go in a deliberate direction that made it at times look low budget and even silly... The confidence and genius of that!
One of the most spirited films I've ever seen and definitely one of my faves of his now. So bold, so assured, so damn likeable, witty and funny.
He did go a bit ott with the Buster Keaton pastiches, but that's only one small element that's a touch unlikeable in a film otherwise brimming with insight, wit, intelligence, bravado and a very wise, sensual humour...
Fantastic.
And to think the majority of cinema goers would think it a poor film because of those very things such as the irreverence, the deliberate slapstick, low budget, incompetent feel of it. They would never realise the sophistication, the skill; the knowing confident, strong, subtle art it takes to make a film like this.
Lovely: a stimulating breath of fresh air into my film collection indeed. |
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NYC_Gal

Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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What About Bob?
Baxter: Beware of the dog who thinks.
American Psycho
Little Shop of Horrors
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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The Life Aquatic
There Will Be Blood
American Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
Alice in Wonderland(cartoon)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
All the Friday The 13th flicks.
Closer
Let The Right One In
Just off the top of my head. |
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Hotwire
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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There Will Be Blood
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YES.
'I'm done.' |
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Rothbard
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
In Bruges
Memories Of Murder |
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Rothbard
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickBateman wrote: |
The Life Aquatic
There Will Be Blood
American Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
Alice in Wonderland(cartoon)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
All the Friday The 13th flicks.
Closer
Let The Right One In
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2007 was an extremely good year for film. No Country, There Will Be Blood, Assassination Of Jesse James (superior to those other two more highly lauded films, in my opinion. American Gangster, Hot Fuzz, Last King Of Scotland, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, Science Of Sleep, haha even The Simpsons movie.
The Life Aquatic isn't as highly heralded as it should be. "This is the kitchen. Some of the most sophisticated equipment on the ship is here." The dry way that Bill Murray delivers that line kills me every time. |
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tefain

Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Location: Not too far out there
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Hotwire wrote: |
| Allen's 'Sleeper' is a beautiful, tight little film' And made 27 years ago no less! |
I agree, though it was released 37 years ago. And now I'm feeling very old... |
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Hotwire
Joined: 29 Aug 2010 Location: Multiverse
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| tefain wrote: |
| Hotwire wrote: |
| Allen's 'Sleeper' is a beautiful, tight little film' And made 27 years ago no less! |
I agree, though it was released 37 years ago. And now I'm feeling very old... |
Yeah, I never was good at math.
The scenes where he's done up as the android man-servant are pure acting genius. |
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: |
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The Life Aquatic
There Will Be Blood
American Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
Alice in Wonderland(cartoon)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
All the Friday The 13th flicks.
Closer
Let The Right One In
Just off the top of my head. |
2007 was an extremely good year for film. No Country, There Will Be Blood, Assassination Of Jesse James (superior to those other two more highly lauded films, in my opinion. American Gangster, Hot Fuzz, Last King Of Scotland, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, Science Of Sleep, haha even The Simpsons movie.
The Life Aquatic isn't as highly heralded as it should be. "This is the kitchen. Some of the most sophisticated equipment on the ship is here." The dry way that Bill Murray delivers that line kills me every time. |
That pregnant *beep* is playing us like a cheap fiddle!
Why is *beep* censored? Terrible.  |
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PatrickBateman
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:34 am Post subject: |
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I forgot to add...
Conan The Barbarian(With audio from Arnold and Jon Milius)
Ghostbusters
Trading Places
The Labyrinth |
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brickabrack
Joined: 17 May 2010
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:50 am Post subject: |
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Slang Blade was pretty good.
The Temple of Doom
Breakfast Club
Ping Pong Playa |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Chinatown
Casablanca
The Princess Bride
Night Moves
War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise version) Not a big Tom Cruise fan, but he did a good job and the movie is intense most of the way through. |
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