Greatest movie!... maybe 8-)

average joe · Post by **average joe** » Wed Aug 29, 2001 1:23 pm

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Sam Neil dies perhaps? No? Blast! I was so hoping for that

The only movie Tea Leoni was good in was Bad Boys.... perhaps Deep Impact

Hm, i enjoyed the family man...which she was in. That was a fun little movie.

My favs are Braveheart and The Shawshank Redemption. They are pretty much on equal footing. Saving Private Ryan was dang good. On a much less serious note i love Billy Madison and The Lady's Man, which i've sworn off watching for at least a year-and-a-half since i don't want it to lose its appeal. Leon Phelps, the Lady's Man (aka Tim Meadows) is hilarious. Such a good movie!

Also, a few of the movies you guys are mentioning i haven't seen. They sound good though.

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Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Wed Aug 29, 2001 1:27 pm

Originally posted by Yshania:
DP - what are you on tonight?

Actually, I'm not working tonight.

I have seen to many dead people, in the past few days.

Starting tomorrow, it's 15 hour shifts at the ER. That means more dead people.

I'm starting to see dead people in my sleep.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Wed Aug 29, 2001 8:05 pm

Originally posted by Georgi:
Hmmm, take it easy there Sleepy, someone might get jealous

Yes sleep, someone might get jealous

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 2:40 am

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Fun thing to do: compare and contrast original movies with later remakes.

My fave version of R&J is Baz Luhrmann's version...

Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho - terrible

Thomas Crown Affair remake - a rare improvement on the original, IMO

Planet of the Apes - I haven't seen the original, but I really hope it's better than Tim Burton's version!

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 4:03 am

I'll probably b flamed for this, but I like everything Kevin Smith has done so far.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 4:45 am

@AJ I like Braveheart

@Aegis Flamed? Hey, you could do worse than Kevin Smith... What am I saying, you already mentioned Interview With A Vampire!?!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 4:54 am

Kevin Smith can not direct, but he doies write an entertaining story.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 5:04 am

@Sleep: Agreed. I like his movies just for the mindless Jay and Silient Bob stuff.

@Georgi: What do you have against Interveiw?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 5:08 am

Originally posted by Aegis:
@Sleep: Agreed. I like his movies just for the mindless Jay and Silient Bob stuff.

They are really funnt, Bob is the best, for when he comes out with these excellent pieces of philosipy

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 5:11 am

Clerks is by far the best of his movies. I love how Randell tries to get Dante to admit he tried to go down on himself by saying every guy has tried it.

average joe · Post by **average joe** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 8:47 am

Originally posted by Aegis:
Clerks is by far the best of his movies. I love how Randell tries to get Dante to admit he tried to go down on himself by saying every guy has tried it.

Chasing Amy was prolly my fav. I have yet to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, though i haven't heard good things.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 9:18 am

Originally posted by Tom:
Kurosawa's Ran is one of the best movies ever - better than seven samurai for sure.

in fact i want to watch it now sigh.

Personally, I prefer 7 samurai to Ran, but I actually like Throne of Blood better than coth of them. I still haven't seen Yojimbo(sp?) though, it's impossible to get a copy here. Oh, I love Mifune. What a great actor he was

Some of my other favorite films:

A clockwork orange
Once were warriors
Branagh's Henry V (not Olivier's, that's horribly glorifying and flat)
Once upon a time in America
The red lantern
Boy's don't cry
2001
Blade runner
Deer Hunter

If you can get used to watching old silence films, I really recommend Sergei Eisenstein's "Potemkin". To me, he is probably the greatest director ever.

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 9:20 am

"Put them under the tarpaulin!"

Classic

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 9:48 am

Originally posted by average joe:
I have yet to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, though i haven't heard good things.

I saw the movie opening weekend. It's not Gone With the Wind, but I definitely think if you like Kevin Smith's other movies OR comedies in general you HAVE to see it. I think the worst thing for me is that I saw the previews and commercials for the movie so many times (and laughed a lot) that some great jokes and moments were not a surprise because I had already seen them a bunch of times...There are some PRICELESS moments that were not given away in the ads, though.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 10:37 am

Originally posted by average joe:
Chasing Amy was prolly my fav. I have yet to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, though i haven't heard good things.

I'd have to agree, it is the only one that actually has a plot

The other ones ar ejust wishy washy (but funny) philosiphy.

@CE nice choices, you also have some brutal choices, On a clockwork orange and Once upon a Time in America, are not exactly easy films to watch.

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 11:00 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
a clockwork orange and Once upon a Time in America, are not exactly easy films to watch.

You're right there, Sleep, but jeez what about Boys Don't Cry? And what about The Deer Hunter?! Most people can't even look at the screen for that one....

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 11:08 am

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
You're right there, Sleep, but jeez what about Boys Don't Cry? And what about The Deer Hunter?! Most people can't even look at the screen for that one....

LOL yout right, i mean Vertigo is not exactly the height of happiness, but it is hardly close.

THE JAKER · Post by **THE JAKER** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 11:20 am

I love Vertigo - Hitch was so smart to cast Jimmy Stewart against type as an obsessed man descending into madness. The same way that he cast beloved Joseph Cotton as a strangler in Shadow of a Doubt.

The part in Vertigo where Jimmy loses it, and you just see his face superimposed over the big spiral, and he has all this makeup on and he's just losing it. That's one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, and the fact that it's nice guy Jimmy Stewart just makes it too perfect.

Hitch was so good at casting, he always saw the hidden side of people. Cary Grant in Suspicion. I think he basically ruined Norman Bates/I mean Tony Perkin's life, he typecast him so bad in psycho.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 11:33 am

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
I love Vertigo - Hitch was so smart to cast Jimmy Stewart against type as an obsessed man descending into madness. The same way that he cast beloved Joseph Cotton as a strangler in Shadow of a Doubt.

Hitch was so good at casting, he always saw the hidden side of people. Cary Grant in Suspicion. I think he basically ruined Norman Bates/I mean Tony Perkin's life, he typecast him so bad in psycho.

That is so

i would have more words but i am typless

Yeah that Psycho thing really amuses me, Tony Perkins was seen as a loveable bachelor before Psycho LOL

Vertigo is one of the more realistic portrails of obsession and unrequented 'love'. there is no Hollywood ending, the movie seems at some points like a documentary, i love the scene in the graveyard when we are following Jimmy Stewarts character, the tension is just so well created. i prefer the Love angle to that of Hollywood where there is always this cuteness to it, Hitch always seemed to deal with real issues in real life.

Cary Grant in suspicion is cool, i love that movie, probably my second favourite after Vertigo

average joe · Post by **average joe** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 1:35 pm

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
@CE nice choices, you also have some brutal choices, On a clockwork orange and Once upon a Time in America, are not exactly easy films to watch.

I'll definitely agree with you there, as a group of my friends and i watched A Clockwork Orange. The fact that we started at 11:30 pm prolly had a bit to do with it, but i was the ONLY ONE who stayed awake through the whole thing, and i was kinda wondering why i put forth the effort by the end of the film. Very strange flick.....supposed to be some kinda underground cultural movie. that's why all my friends wanted to watch it. they made me come over and watch it with em. and then i was the only one who actually was slightly interested.