My top 10 movies

[stevetseitz]

This was the original BBC production with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, Correct? It was quite good.

[Singinchica2004]

He was amazing as Mr. Darcy I don't think anyone could've played him better.

[jacobic216]

Someone mentioned Prime Cut to me at work just last month. I have every intention on seeing it. I heard great things and I love all of those actors.

[casey_choas66]

1. Mulholland Drive- Anyone who did not like this film or said it was nothing more than an attempt to shock people are the ones who don't understand director David Lynch and probably never will. Lynch has made a mind boggling opus here that one could watch a million times and still probably not pick up everything the film has to offer.

2. Sixth Sense- Bruce Willis gives a powerhouse of a performance in this amazing and extremely dramatic take on a young boy looking for truth and a worn out shrink looking for answers. A materpeice of modern suspense.

3. Casino- Most of the cast and crew from Goodfellas returns for a pumped up version of Martins Scorseses ganster classic set around a Las Vegas nightclub. Robert De Niro is amazing as always and Joe Pesci is perfect as his short tempered ganster friend.

4. Donni Darko- Pretty much a teen version of The Sixth Sense with a totally different story. Donni is forced to face reality when he has visions of a giant rabbit telling him when the world will end, also forcing him to make the decision of wanting to live his life with love or fear.

5. Green Mile- Tom Hanks is masterful and Michale Clake Duncan is heart shattering in this big scren adaption of Stephen King's novel, quite possibly the saddest film ever made.

6. American History X- Edward Norton is yet to top his mind blowing performance as a skinhead who is sent to jail after killing three balck men trying to break into his house one night to return onlt to find his brother following his footsteps. Heart breaking from beginning to end.

7. Natural Born Killers- Oliver Stone's satire on how violence is portrayed in the media will proove brillient to some and a huge headache to others, nevertheless it is nothing short of mind blowing and having been released around the time of the O.J. Simpson trail couldn't have prooved to be more accurate.

8. Bully- Some call him a genious, some call him a dirty old man but I call him a true film maker. Lary Clark's haunting follow up to his debut film Kids is nothing short of horrifying, it is the true story of a group of teens who decide to kill a local bully. A terrifying wake up call for all teens and parents alike.

9. Made- By far the funniest ganter film ever made. Swingers duo, Vince Vaugh and John Favrou team up once again in this hilarious tale of two guys who after taking one last job will be made men, just to bad they think everyone is against them.

10. Lost Highway- Not a perfect film but makes the list because it is by far the scariest i have ever seen. David Lynch goes a little heavy on the symbolism sometimes making the film very hard to follow but fans of his work will love it. Robert Blake is sure to draw nightmares for weeks as a pale-faced mystery man.

Top 5 Worst Films

5. The Boondock Saints- I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t like my action in slow motion. The story of two losers who think they are doing God’s work by killing off the scum of the Earth is about as pathetic as it sounds. Never once exciting or funny, this Natural Born Killers rip-off is a definite pass.

4. The Way of the Gun- This would-be action caper doesn’t make the least bit fo sense. Two idiots decide they can collect some big bucks by kidnaping the pregnant daughter of someone important, or something like that? The film is so sketchy on the details it is almost impossible to follow. Also, the birth scene gives all new meaning to the term tasteless.

3. Very Bad Things- Take the “Things” out of the title and this film would be self explanatory. A group of the most annoying characters possible start dying off one by one after the are plagued with the memories of a bachelor party in Las Vegas gone terribly wrong. Supposedly a black comedy, this film doesn’t have one laugh of one character you wouldn’t want to kill yourself. The only fun part or it is watching all the characters die off so you don’t need to listen to their whining anymore. It also has an ending to stupid for words.

2. Fight Club- If director David Fincher wanted us to believe that we haven’t evolved a bit from the scum that once inhabited this planet than he has succeeded beautifully. A lot of people find some deep meaning in the events of this film but I can find nothing significant in a bunch of losers finding redemption in beating each other into a bloody pulp. Not only is this pathetic attempt at David Lynch one of the worst films I have seen, it also has one of the dumbest ending my eyes have ever had the misfortune of seeing. Note- This is by no means a kung fu movie, it is an exercise in bad taste that goes from a trashy dark comedy to a confusing supernatural ghost story, skip it at all costs.

1. Freddy got Fingered- If anyone knows what this film is about please tell me because I have no idea. Writer, director and star Tom Green presents an hour and a half of gags and gross out bits that may have been funny on his show directed towards unsuspecting people, but here almost all of them fail horribly. But since that is exactly what Green wanted this film must have been a huge success for him, just to bad it is a huge headache for everyone else

[stevetseitz]

Many non-traditional choices, but I like it. When I worked at a small "mom & pop" video store (one of the best on the west coast) for a time after high school I tried to see as many different movies as I could. I also went to all the film festivals. It broadened my appreciation of film as an art form.

I have a theory on critical movie watching: Like any hobby it takes a while to get good at it. It takes a while to break away from your comfort zone and start delving into the classics or foreign films. I would go on "western" kicks or "Japanese" cinema periods where I would see everything available.

[tabuno]

It's quite obvious that casey_choas66 has a good taste in quality movies.

[docraven]

Coming up with a top ten list of films is not easy. From time to time I think about this, and the list constantly changes, but here is one idea. Most are frequent top ten films. I wonder how many people have seen Carlos Saura’s amazing flamenco treatment of CARMEN. FEARLESS might be a surprise to a lot of people, but I find the film compelling and strengthened by a great performance by Jeff Bridges. I haven’t read anything in this forum about the films of Zhang Yimou. JU-DOU is just one of several of his films that provides a fascinating and powerful vision of a country we Americans as a whole know little about.

Some of My Favorite Films:
1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
2. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995)
3. THE SEVEN SAMURAI
4. CARMEN (Saura)
5. FEARLESS
6. JU-DOU
7. LE GRAND CHEMIN
8. SCHINDLER’S LIST
9. RUN LOLA RUN
10. GLADIATOR

[Russ]

Here's my top 10 - with some memorable quotes (which I might have abit wrong)

Reservoir Dogs - "Everyone wants to be Mr Black"

Raising Arizona - "Nope - not unless you think round's funny"

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World - "Even business men who lie and cheat every day have to pay taxes"

2001:A Space Odyssey - "Open the pod bay doors Hal!"

Dial M For Murder - "What's all this nonsense about about spaghetti?"

Casablanca - "Round up the usual suspects"

Muriel's Wedding - "Are you black?"

Love Serenade - "I don't like it - I don't like it at all!"

Trainspotting - "Because I told you to bing the f**ing cards"

Romper Stomper - "We're the good lookin' boys from Canberra!"

I can't inderstand why Reservoir Dogs isn't everyone's number 1 choice. There's something there for everyone.

And I would have thought that someone else would have thought that a three hour super comedy featuring the best actors available at the time deserves inclusion in any top 10 also. Still, you could argue about that forever.

[stevetseitz]

I thought I was the only one who could STAND this movie! It's hilarious. (Especially when Jonathan Winters single-handedly destroys a service station.) I rarely see it make a "top ten" list though! Now that takes cajones...

[tabuno]

"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" - I never figured that this movie would be in a top ten list, my mind having gone in different directions. But I did love the movie; and as a comedy it had some real great technique and movie stars. Comedies, like comedians have often been overlooked as to their greatness. It's good to see this movie title here.

[Gregster]

My top ten:

1. The Godfather (1972) - The greatest film of all time. Nothing more!

2. Halloween (1978) - Easily the best horror film. Riveting and a superb score.

3. Blade Runner (1982) - Brilliant, dark and visual. A stunning thriller with a great soundtrack.

4. Pulp Fiction (1994) - Superb interweaving stories of gangster life. Enjoyable and hilarious.

5. Scream (1996) - The best film parody ever. Pokes fun at horror and knows it doing it. Funny but also a great horror film.

6. One Fle Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - There was just something about it I loved, maybe theoriginal story and great acting!

7. Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Kubrick's best film: a startling depiction of war and a superb first half of training.

8. Godfather part II (1974) - Not quite as good as the original but highly satisfying nonetheless.

9. Goodfellas (1990) - Scorsese's masterpiece: voilent, clinical and sometimes funny look into a life of crime.

10. The Deer Hunter (1978) - A film that has everything and one of De Niro's best performances ever. Oh and the Russian Roulette sequence!

[Russ]

to stevetseitz

What are cajones? I'm assuming that cajones are testicles - but I might be wrong.

Also, I'm hoping that cajones is an Americanism (perhaps a North Americanism) that I'm just not familiar with.

As for IAMMMMW, it seemed to be on television when I was a kid about once a year on a lazy Sunday arvo. I liked the destruction of the service station, bit I particularly liked the early scene where they were trying to divvy up the cash - you know - you get one share for being a person in a car, once share for having a person in a car, 3 for being a person in a car at the crash site. I actually came up with a fair formula (which I won't detail here) but I bet Milton Berle's mumin law would've spewed at it.

Cheers

[pmw]

cajones=espanol for testicle(s) if Im not mistaken. Sound right Steve?

[stevetseitz]

You know just a figure of speech. :)

[SinjinSB]

Originally posted by pmw
cajones=espanol for testicle(s) if Im not mistaken. Sound right Steve?

I believe the word you guys are thinking of is COJONES.