MoFo 1 Year Celebration Blowout, Top 35 Countdown [Archive]

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 12:49 PM

January 29th, been a year since my join date, feels like time for a countdown update. grab a cocktail, don't hold back posting random gifs at any time, making random comments, it's all in bounds. enjoy

http://media.giphy.com/media/Cj3Ce7e8h2EKY/giphy.gif

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 12:50 PM

if my calculations are right, the blowout festivities should last about a week, as i'll post around 5 movies a day. kicking it off with ~

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/FMJ_Leonard_zpsf9c9242e.gif?t=1391013813

i am in a world of *****, yes. but i am alive
and i am not afraid

#35. Full Metal Jacket
(Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

a pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has
on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training
to the bloody street fighting in Hue

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/FMJ_fire_zpsb6dcca0a.gif?t=1391013821

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 12:59 PM

Yoda

01-29-14, 12:59 PM

Nice. :up:

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 01:09 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/theThirdMan_smirk_zpsc8e40da0.gif?t=1391015204

nobody thinks in terms of human beings. governments don't
why should we? they talk about the people and the proletariat,
i talk about the suckers and the mugs - it's the same thing.
they have their five-year plans, so have i

#33. the Third Man
(Carol Reed, 1949)

pulp novelist holly martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna,
only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend,
black-market opportunist harry lime

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/slice_the_third_man_movie_image_01copy_zps14d60439.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0

donniedarko

01-29-14, 01:24 PM

So far I've only seen Ran, I didn't really get it, congrats on the year though.

edit: I've also seen the first half of FMJ buy my DVD was scratched, I got a new copy but still haven't finished the movie

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 01:32 PM

so this was my first Lynch, & i watched it very recently. was weird but good, i was engaged the whole run-time. thanks you guys for bringing this one to my attention

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/BV_screenshot_zps561f1a1c.jpg

heineken? f* that *****, Pabst Blue Ribbon!

#32. Blue Velvet
(David Lynch, 1986)

the discovery of a severed human ear found in a field
leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer
and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/FDbeCOYamFGuY/giphy.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYKYmAMnT0

donniedarko

01-29-14, 01:33 PM

I can get with that, great movie! Watch more Lynch

mark f

01-29-14, 01:48 PM

http://www.graphics20.com/funny/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Engagement-Graphics-15.jpg

Nostromo87

01-29-14, 01:49 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/bogart_zps10f97fd0.gif?t=1391015715

you won't need much of anybody's help. you're good
chiefly your eyes, i think, and that throb you get in your voice
when you say things like, 'be generous, mr. Spade'

#31. the Maltese Falcon
(John Huston, 1941)

in 1539, the Knights Templar of Malta, paid tribute to Charles V of Spain,
by sending him a Golden Falcon encrusted from beak to claw with rarest jewels
~~~ but pirates seized the galley carrying this priceless token
& the fate of the maltese falcon remains a mystery to this day ~~~

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Maltese_dreams_zps4dba4295.gif?t=1391016993

Daniel M

01-29-14, 02:06 PM

I know I've said this before, but your lists are so f*cking cool man. Every film so far is probably at least a 4 in my book. Especially love Blue Velvet.

BlueLion

01-29-14, 02:40 PM

What better way to start a list than with a Kubrick film? FMJ is terrific. Blue Velvet is also awesome.

cricket

01-29-14, 04:27 PM

That's about where I have Full Metal Jacket on my list, and I also love Blue Velvet and The Maltese Falcon. I haven't seen Ran or The Third Man yet, but would like to.

honeykid

01-29-14, 04:50 PM

Apart from the first film, it's all good. :cool:

Miss Vicky

01-29-14, 05:05 PM

Is it bad that I've not seen any of these movies yet?

rauldc14

01-29-14, 05:07 PM

I've only seen The Maltese Falcon, and I wasn't all that thrilled with it.

Mr Minio

01-29-14, 05:07 PM

Is it bad that I've not seen any of these movies yet?

Yes.

honeykid

01-29-14, 05:31 PM

It's not bad, per se, but I do urge you to see The Third Man asap, as I think that's the one you'd like the most.

Mmmm Donuts

01-29-14, 05:34 PM

Is it bad that I've not seen any of these movies yet?

I'm the same. Out of these ones, Full Metal Jacket is the closest on my watch list.

BlueLion

01-29-14, 05:40 PM

Yes.

+1

Ran is the only film I haven't seen from this list so far but it's been on my watchlist for a while now and I intend to finally see it sometime this year.

Thursday Next

01-29-14, 05:58 PM

It's not bad, per se, but I do urge you to see The Thin Man asap, as I think that's the one you'd like the most.

It's The Third Man that's on this list, but The Thin Man is also very good. :)

honeykid

01-29-14, 06:50 PM

Thanks, TN. I've fixed it now. :)

Guaporense

01-29-14, 08:13 PM

All great movies, among those I watched (didn't watch the Falcon movie yet). My favorite is Ran, closely followed by Full Metal Jacket (from two great masters of cinema of the second half of the 20th century, Kubrick and Kurosawa).

Guaporense

01-29-14, 08:18 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/ran1985_zps4ccfd0e6.gif?t=1391014504

in a mad world, only the mad are sane

#34. Ran
(Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

an elderly lord abdicates to his three sons,
and the two corrupt ones turn against him

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Ran1985_02_zps9dda86fd.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8to5vOkkXI

Ran is as beautiful as films can get. Also note that it was the most expensive Japanese film of the 1980's. Interestingly that such a serious film (in artistic terms) could be given such a large budget. Hollywood gives the big budgets to the crappy projects (let's do a Transformer's sequel, let's give it a 300 million dollars production budget).

honeykid

01-30-14, 06:32 AM

Interestingly that such a serious film (in artistic terms) could be given such a large budget. Hollywood gives the big budgets to the crappy projects (let's do a Transformer's sequel, let's give it a 300 million dollars production budget).
But that's because Hollywood think about selling worldwide to non-English speaking countries. Therefore, you don't want something like dialogue making things complicated. This means you spend on spectacle. It's also why gross-out/slapstick comedies do well.

Mr Minio

01-30-14, 08:42 AM

...passing through to post movie comics I made...

http://i61.tinypic.com/1zbrpyh.jpg

Nostromo87

01-30-14, 02:21 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/danielpgiphy_zps806e185c.gif?t=1391034840

i'm an oilman, ladies and gentlemen..
..as an oilman, i hope that you'll forgive just good old fashioned plain-speaking
now this work that we do is very much a family enterprise
i work side by side with my wonderful son, HW
i think one or two of you might have met him already

#30. There Will Be Blood
(Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

a story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness,
focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/ThereWillBeBlood_countdown_zps8ea2011f.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EhQd4nugps

teeter_g

01-30-14, 02:32 PM

Full Metal Jacket and There Will Be Blood are my favorites on the list.

Nostromo87

01-30-14, 02:34 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/BladeRunner_03_zpsd512987f.gif?t=1391044264

a new life awaits you in the off-world colonies
a chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure

#29. Blade Runner
(Ridley Scott, 1982)

Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants
who hijacked a ship in space & have returned to earth seeking their maker

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/BladeRunner_01_zps9457c648.gif?t=1391044270

that was irrational of you, not to mention unsportsmanlike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o

rauldc14

01-30-14, 02:39 PM

This list feels more like a Rauldc14 needs to see these films thread.

Nostromo87

01-30-14, 02:42 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/TempleOfDoom_Ford_zpsf18629c3.jpg

fortune & glory, kid
fortune & glory

#28. Temple of Doom
(Steven Spielberg, 1984)

after arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village
to find a mystical stone. he agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult
plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/?ref_=nv_sr_3

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Doom_heart_zps9c7fe6a2.gif?t=1391106999

nothing shocks me
i'm a scientist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbDn7l6HcWQ

Nostromo87

01-30-14, 02:57 PM

http://31.media.tumblr.com/076260ac28bea864d318b358e8f32b52/tumblr_mkhmetUr6q1qgd9cpo1_400.gif

it appears we share the same passions.. three, anyway
i count two. motoring and .. baccarat. i hope the third is where your real talent lies...
one rises to meet a challenge

#27. GoldenEye
(Martin Campbell, 1995)

james bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center
to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113189/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/brosnan_countdown_zps3c22bd47.jpg

it was the job we were chosen for...
of course you would say that. james bond, Her Majesty's loyal terrier, defender of the so-called faith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgFS6AYoVc

Nostromo87

01-30-14, 03:10 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/JamesDean_driving_zps27b02886.gif?t=1391108603

why do we do this?
you got to do something. now, don't you?

#26. Rebel Without a Cause
(Nicholas Ray, 1955)

a rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town,
finding friends and enemies

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/JamesDeancountdown_zpsf9ec5864.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EnBC3lrTeU

rauldc14

01-30-14, 03:13 PM

Goldfinger is my favorite Bond but I was born in the 80s.

Guaporense

01-30-14, 03:13 PM

But that's because Hollywood think about selling worldwide to non-English speaking countries. Therefore, you don't want something like dialogue making things complicated. This means you spend on spectacle. It's also why gross-out/slapstick comedies do well.

Well, a movie like Gravity had a 100 million dollar budget and is a serious artistic effort in my book. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is also a very faithful adaptation of the novel (film critic Noel Vera said that the problem of the Lord of the Rings movies just was that they followed Tolkien and his bad writing too closely).

Miss Vicky

01-30-14, 03:18 PM

Love Temple of Doom. Easily my favorite Indy movie.

Still not seen any of the others, though.

Mr Minio

01-30-14, 03:27 PM

Miss Vicky has a lot of catching up in both this and 80s MoFo list threads for sure. ;d

seanc

01-30-14, 03:36 PM

Goldeneye has always been my fave Bond film.

Cobpyth

01-30-14, 03:40 PM

I've seen all of these films, except Ran and I LOVE most of them. GoldenEye and Rebel Without a Cause are probably the ones I like less of your list, but I still think they're good films.

GoldenEye is definitely one of the better Bond films. However, it has nothing on classics like Goldfinger, Dr. No or The Spy Who Loves Me.

Rebel Without a Cause is sometimes a little bit sentimental and takes a few strange turns, in my opinion, but it's still an eventful film that is great to watch.

As I said, I love all your other picks. I also really like your layout. Great job! :up:

Miss Vicky

01-30-14, 04:11 PM

Miss Vicky has a lot of catching up in both this and 80s MoFo list threads for sure. ;d

I have way more catching up to do than that, but I work full time and there are only so many hours in the day. I am working on it, though.

cricket

01-30-14, 06:31 PM

There Will be Blood wasn't on my favorites list because I hadn't seen it then. I have seen it now, and I love it. Temple of Doom is great too! I don't care for Sci-Fi but I also like Blade Runner, and GoldenEye is cool too.

Haven't seen Rebel Without A Cause.

Miss Vicky

01-30-14, 06:47 PM

Oops, I missed the post of There Will Be Blood.

I have seen that one and actually own the DVD. But I really, really don't like that movie.

BlueLion

01-30-14, 06:49 PM

I have seen that one and actually own the DVD. But I really, really don't like that movie.

How come? Daniel Plainview alone is better than all films on this list thus far.

Miss Vicky

01-30-14, 07:04 PM

How come? Daniel Plainview alone is better than all films on this list thus far.

I was completely apathetic to Plainview and to the story itself. I didn't find him to be interesting, likable or detestable enough for me to care what became of him and I certainly didn't care what became of the preacher boy played by Dano, though his demise was pretty unique.

I've felt the same way about Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk Love. Only the performances in The Master redeemed it, but I still don't like the movie itself.

Guaporense

01-30-14, 07:06 PM

How come? Daniel Plainview alone is better than all films on this list thus far.

I think that Blade Runnner is better than There Will Be Blood while Ran is about as good.

rauldc14

01-30-14, 07:08 PM

I was completely apathetic to Plainview and to the story itself. I didn't find him to be interesting, likable or detestable enough for me to care what became of him and I certainly didn't care what became of the preacher boy played by Dano, though his demise was pretty unique.

I've felt the same way about Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk Love. Only the performances in The Master redeemed it, but I still don't like the movie itself.

The only thing good I've seen from PTA is Magnolia. That one is good. I haven't seen Boogie Nights or There Will Be Blood though.

BlueLion

01-30-14, 07:09 PM

I was completely apathetic to Plainview and to the story itself. I didn't find him to be interesting, likable or detestable enough for me to care what became of him and I certainly didn't care what became of the preacher boy played by Dano, though his demise was pretty unique.

I've felt the same way about Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk Love. Only the performances in The Master redeemed it, but I still don't like the movie itself.

I see. PTA isn't your thing then.

I think that Blade Runnner is better than There Will Be Blood while Ran is about as good.

Blade Runner is quite cool (haven't seen Ran), but to me There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece and Plainview already is one of the most memorable characters in all of cinema.

Miss Vicky

01-30-14, 07:10 PM

The only thing good I've seen from PTA is Magnolia. That one is good. I haven't seen Boogie Nights or There Will Be Blood though.

I haven't seen Magnolia. I doubt I'd like it and probably won't ever watch it. I will, of course, see the upcoming Inherent Vice but I'm not looking forward to it.

Guaporense

01-30-14, 07:19 PM

Blade Runner is quite cool (haven't seen Ran), but to me There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece and Plainview already is one of the most memorable characters in all of cinema.

Yeah, I agree, There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece, it's also in my top 30-40 favorites. It was in my top 5-6 once but it dropped as I watched more masterpieces, since I watched There Will Be Blood in the cinema in 2007 when I was 18. So it was one of my first contacts with an adult film masterpiece.

Blade Runner, while being weaker in terms of human drama, is a masterpiece of visuals and of science fiction themes. It's possibly the best American movie made in the 1980's.

BlueLion

01-30-14, 07:22 PM

Blade Runner, while being weaker in terms of human drama, is a masterpiece of visuals and of science fiction themes. It's possibly the best American movie made in the 1980's.

I agree. That's why it made my 80s list.

Guaporense

01-30-14, 07:35 PM

Though for me I am not sure if I like Blade Runner over The Empire Strikes Back. Both are the two best American science fiction films since 1980 (too bad that both date from the early 1980s, great sci fi doesn't happen so often anymore in Hollywood, apparently).

Frightened Inmate No. 2

01-30-14, 09:11 PM

magnolia is easily my least favorite pta film. everything else he's done ranges from pretty good to very good.

Nostromo87

01-31-14, 03:12 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/oToole_zps0f2145af.gif?t=1391117975

yes, you were great..
nine centuries ago
time to be great again, my lord

#25. Lawrence of Arabia
(David Lean, 1962)

a flamboyant and controversial British military figure
& his conflicted loyalties during his World War I service in the Middle East

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/LoAlongshot_zps3fd9f314.gif?t=1391117848

i think you are another of these desert-loving English...
no Arab loves the desert, we love water and green trees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YTCK_i4Qw

Nostromo87

01-31-14, 03:23 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv103qWiRQ1qbvn8yo3_250.gif

i'm looking for the owner of that horse
he's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar, and he's a pig!

#24. the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
(Sergio Leone, 1966)

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance
against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Wallach_Ugly_zps1869117f.gif?t=1391124969

two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money
we're gonna have to earn it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ1NQNnSECU

Nostromo87

01-31-14, 03:52 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/hustler_newman_03_zps26a8469e.gif?t=1391125353

so i got talent. so what beat me?
character

#23. the Hustler
(Robert Rossen, 1961)

an up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion
in a high-stakes match

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/hustler_Newman_02_zps67626fa6.gif?t=1391197183

what if I don't pay ya, Bert?
you don't pay me? you're gonna get your thumbs broken again. and your fingers
if i want 'em to, they're gonna break your right arm in three or four places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sP7MIgBtr4&feature=youtu.be

Nostromo87

01-31-14, 04:07 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/ItHappenedOneNight_02_zps2f0a4c35.gif?t=1391125598

the walls of Jericho will protect you from the big bad wolf

#22. It Happened One Night
(Frank Capra, 1934)

a spoiled heiress, running away from her family,
is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/ItHappenedOneNight_zpsbbba7dbc.gif?t=1391125613

the walls of Jericho are tumbling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSKDj-Mq05E

Cobpyth

01-31-14, 04:10 PM

Love The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Hustler and It Happened One Night. Somehow I haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia yet, which really is a sin.

VERY good list so far and looking forward to the rest!

Nostromo87

01-31-14, 04:17 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/strangelove_zps7856c694.gif?t=1391199194

the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost, if you keep it a secret
why didn't you tell the world, eh?

#21. Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb
(Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

an insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust
that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/strangelove_scott_zps4a8fe3c3.gif?t=1391199214

are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be?
i mean, he'll see everything, he'll... he'll see the Big Board!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOGnUFoI

Miss Vicky

01-31-14, 04:57 PM

I've seen It Happend One Night and I thought it was good but not outstandingly so. I just watched Dr. Strangelove last night and was quite bored by it overall, but I thought the character names were quite amusing.

Not seen the others

BlueLion

01-31-14, 05:02 PM

I just watched Dr. Strangelove last night and was quite bored by it overall, but I thought the character names were quite amusing.

The dialogue and their gestures weren't?

Miss Vicky

01-31-14, 05:03 PM

The dialogue and their gestures weren't?

Not especially, no. Although the gag about Strangelove battling with his arm was amusing at first, but it got dragged on too long.

Cobpyth

01-31-14, 05:10 PM

I just watched Dr. Strangelove last night and was quite bored by it overall, but I thought the character names were quite amusing.

What about the insightful and razor sharp satire on (Cold) War politics? The film is much more than just a comedy, in my opinion.

Miss Vicky

01-31-14, 05:11 PM

What about the insightful and razor sharp satire on (Cold) War politics? The film is much more than just a comedy, in my opinion.

I understood the satire and I'm not saying it wasn't well done, but since I've pretty much zero interest in war politics it didn't amuse me.

Cobpyth

01-31-14, 05:16 PM

I understood the satire and I'm not saying it wasn't well done, but since I've pretty much zero interest in war politics it didn't amuse me.

Fair enough.

Miss Vicky

01-31-14, 05:41 PM

it's a good bet there's literally no movie ever released that everybody is amused by, can't please everyone miss Vicky :)

You don't have to tell me that. The list of movies that I don't like but are popular commercially and/or critically is quite long so I'm very familiar with the concept. :)

cricket

01-31-14, 05:53 PM

Love The Hustler and TGTBATU. I was half asleep when I watched Dr. Strangelove; I need a do over on that one.

The Gunslinger45

01-31-14, 09:25 PM

Wow one movie I have not seen. The Hustler. I highly approve of Dr Strangelove as you know. :D

EDIT: I have not seen Rebel without a Cause yet either.

honeykid

02-01-14, 01:29 PM

Jesus! WTH happened to this list? Horrible, horrible choices, with the exception of The Hustler and Lawrence Of Arabia.

BlueLion

02-01-14, 02:10 PM

Jesus! WTH happened to this list? Horrible, horrible choices, with the exception of The Hustler and Lawrence Of Arabia.

It's an awesome list and it needs even more Kubrick. Deal with it. :cool:

honeykid

02-01-14, 02:30 PM

Nothing needs more Kubrick.

Guaporense

02-01-14, 02:33 PM

Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Dr. Strangelove are masterpieces.

Not seen the others.

Cobpyth

02-01-14, 02:36 PM

Not seem the others.

You must be doing it on purpose by now. :p

Guaporense

02-01-14, 02:44 PM

You must be doing it on purpose by now. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InsspuvAmBs

Pussy Galore

02-01-14, 03:00 PM

From your list so far

Loved (9 or 10/10): Dr.Strangelove, The Good The Bad And The Ugly

Liked(8/10): Full Metal Jacket, The Maltese Falcon, Blade Runner, Temple of Doom, Rebel Without a Cause, The Hustler, It Happened One Night

Not bad (7/10): Ran, Blue Velvet, Lawrence of Arabia,

Disliked (less than 7/10): There Will Be Blood (I should rewatch it)

Haven't seen: The Third Man, Goldeneye

Nostromo87

02-01-14, 03:30 PM

http://media0.giphy.com/media/xX9pLS93WWogg/giphy.gif

were you listening to the dude's story, donny?
i was bowling
So then you have no frame of reference here, donny,
you're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie

#20. the Big Lebowski
(Coen Brothers, 1998)

'dude' lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski,
seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/bigLebowski_countdown03_zps60fa80a4.gif?t=1391281182

sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. he fits right in there.
and that's the dude...
& even if he's a lazy man - and the dude was most certainly that.
quite possibly the laziest in los angeles county,
which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNlUhW0azKI

Miss Vicky

02-01-14, 03:33 PM

Awesome movie!!

The Big Lebowski is hands down the best comedy I've ever seen. Laughs from start to finish. Also Gutterballs is the most entertaining dance sequence I've ever seen. #3 film on my top 100.

cricket

02-01-14, 03:58 PM

It took me some time, but I really started to like The Big Lebowski after multiple viewings. It's an extremely enjoyable movie.

honeykid

02-01-14, 04:07 PM

YAY!! Me likey Lebowski. :yup:

Nostromo87

02-01-14, 04:43 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/OnTheWaterfront_zpsd92c1197.gif?t=1391284834

'kid, this ain't your night. we're going for the price on wilson.'
you remember that? 'this ain't your night'
My night? i coulda taken Wilson apart

#19. On the Waterfront
(Elia Kazan, 1954)

an ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/OnTheWaterfront_CD_zps50c10aeb.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwvsV5cAks

Pussy Galore

02-01-14, 05:14 PM

The Big Lebowski awesome, funny, entertaining film

On The Waterfront beautiful character study

Nostromo87

02-01-14, 05:36 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/sauron_countdown_zps767c0884.gif?t=1391289046

we must join with him, gandalf
we must join with sauron
it would be wise, my friend

#18. the Fellowship of the Ring
(Peter Jackson, 2001)

a meek hobbit of the shire and eight companions
set out on a journey to mount doom to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/sauron_02_countdown_zps26caaf65.gif?t=1391289061

against the power of mordor there can be no victory

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/MySword_zpsf990ed2d.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/AndMyBow_03_zpsd897660c.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/gimli_cd_zpsdf6ea4a3.gif?t=1391288824

nine companions. so be it
you shall be.. the fellowship of the ring
great, where are we going?

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/sauron_ring_countdown_zps8be72af1.gif?t=1391289034

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaJZLKT4qr0

Nostromo87

02-01-14, 05:52 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/orson_kane_dancing_zpsaa2ea808.gif?t=1391290844

you're right, i did lose a million dollars last year
i expect to lose a million dollars this year. i expect to lose a million dollars next year.
you know, mr. thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year,
I'll have to close this place in... 60 years

#17. Citizen Kane
(Orson Welles, 1941)

following the death of a publishing tycoon,
news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/7ODatKL3WXYZy/giphy.gif

i don't think there's one word that can describe a man's life

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/DRINKSHOT-CitizenKane-02_zps6a80ddbd.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8u4tIlUqA

Miss Vicky

02-01-14, 06:02 PM

Can't stand Lord of the Rings. Any of them.

Citizen Kane I thought had some great cinematography and was decent, but I wasn't that impressed with it overall.

Haven't seen On the Waterfront.

Mmmm Donuts

02-01-14, 06:12 PM

Loved both Lord of the Rings and Citizen Kane, so have a couple reps, sir. :up::up:

Nostromo87

02-01-14, 06:28 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/cuckoo_countdown_02_zps57301bce.gif?t=1391291928

if mr. mcMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally,
i'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way

#16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(Milos Forman, 1975)

upon admittance to a mental institution,
a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/cuckoo_countdown_zps127e20b4.gif?t=1391291958

what do ya mean, we can't watch the World Series?
even when i was in the cooler we watched the Series...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l00C74Ziy8U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_oxddcwR5U

Miss Vicky

02-01-14, 06:30 PM

Love Cuckoo's Nest.

cricket

02-01-14, 07:11 PM

Love Cuckoo's Nest.

Yep

Pussy Galore

02-02-14, 02:21 AM

I love Cuckoo's Nest, like Citizen Kane and find Fellowship ok

Guaporense

02-02-14, 02:51 AM

Didn't get On The Waterfront and Cuckoos nest but love all the rest. :)

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 05:47 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Michael_Vito_02_zps3768ecf3.jpg

it was an abortion, michael

#15. the Godfather Pt. II
(Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

the early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed
while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate
stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071562/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/DeNiro_GF_ptII_zps4f372bec.gif?t=1391372482

do me this favor. i won't forget it. ask your friends in the neighborhood about me
they'll tell you i know how to return a favor

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/MichaelCorleone_ptII_zpsaba3320e.gif?t=1391372628

the soldiers are paid to fight- the rebels aren't
What does that tell you?
They can win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1KNvFv_Tg

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 05:48 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Brando_Vito_Cornstalks_zps0722474e.gif?t=1391373934

only don't tell me that you're innocent
because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry

#14. the Godfather
(Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Vito_Brando_Scare_001_zpsf6db8927.gif?t=1391373862

mikey, why don't you tell that nice girl you love her?
i love you with all-a my heart, if i don't see-a you again soon, i'm-a gonna die

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/godfather_reeds_america_02_zpsf2171fe5.gif?t=1391374439

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPMDSozt1Nk

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 05:49 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/psychocar_zps348a3070.gif?t=1391375596

oh, for heaven's sake
a girl works for you for ten years, you trust her

#13. Psycho
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

a Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client,
goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=nv_sr_3

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc1spyhx041qbqoxjo1_400.gif

i must have one of those faces you can't help believing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tek8QmKRODw

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 05:50 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/HanSolo_countdown_zps4ebd6770.gif?t=1391376742

well princess, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer

#12. the Empire Strikes Back
(Irvin Kershner, 1980)

after the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the empire on their newly established base,
luke skywalker takes advanced jedi training with master yoda,
while his friends are pursued by darth vader as part of his plan to capture luke

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/?ref_=fn_al_tt_7

http://media.giphy.com/media/nDk0O29Q7CLy8/giphy.gif

luminous beings are we, not this crude matter
you must feel the force around you-
here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes

http://media.giphy.com/media/d2sdxvH0u2oU0/giphy.gif

Calrissian, take the princess and the wookie to my ship
but you said they'd be left in the city under my supervision!
i am altering the deal, pray i don't alter it any further

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNv5sPu0C1E

The Gunslinger45

02-02-14, 05:56 PM

Great additions!

The Rodent

02-02-14, 05:57 PM

Where's #11?

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 06:35 PM

http://media.giphy.com/media/b11IT7yJjxP2M/giphy.gif

any trouble boy?
no old man, thought i was having trouble with my adding
it's alright now

#11. For a Few Dollars More
(Sergio Leone, 1965)

two bounty hunters track down a Western outlaw

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/dollarsmore_groggy_countdown_zps1af62089.jpg

go into town alone, amigo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4kaFLs_KvI&feature=youtu.be

Nostromo87

02-02-14, 09:16 PM

hope everyone enjoys their super bowl sunday evening

http://media0.giphy.com/media/GCLlQnV7wzKLu/giphy.gif

cricket

02-02-14, 11:57 PM

One great movie after another.

Swan

02-03-14, 12:00 AM

Whoa, never realized Klaus Kinski was in that.

Guaporense

02-03-14, 12:22 AM

Whoa, 5 wins in a row.

Pussy Galore

02-03-14, 12:38 AM

For a Few Dollar More is great, but not better than The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The rest is fantastic specially Psycho

Nostromo87

02-03-14, 03:58 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/IntergalacticFunk_005_zps81e64e74.jpg

get in there you big furry oaf, i don't care what you smell

#10. Star Wars
(George Lucas, 1977)

luke skywalker joins forces with a jedi knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids
to save the universe from the empire's world-destroying battle-station,
while also attempting to rescue princess leia from the evil darth vader

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/?ref_=nv_sr_2

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Jawa_countdown_zpsbf636ed1.jpg

woo-tee-dee!

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/StarWars77_countdown_zpse3fe941a.gif?t=1391452775

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mteABLRYvTk

Nostromo87

02-03-14, 03:59 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/SunsetBlvd_countdown_02_zps9cd654aa.jpg

the stars are ageless, aren't they?

#9. Sunset Blvd
(Billy Wilder, 1950)

a hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star
who has faded into hollywood obscurity

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/nLD20OgpndiEw/giphy.gif

nothing else! just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMZVXi2c2U

Nostromo87

02-03-14, 04:00 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/DI_countdown_02_zps0e609455.jpg

same chair, same perfume, same anklet?
i wonder if i know what you mean
i wonder if you wonder

#8. Double Indemnity
(Billy Wilder, 1944)

an insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme
that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/UwbUDqfzqQYE0/giphy.gif

didn't get the money...
& i didn't get the woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7-d-MJH0Sg

rauldc14

02-03-14, 04:04 PM

Psycho, Sunset Boulevard, and Double Indemnity are all gems.

honeykid

02-03-14, 06:12 PM

The last three are superb choices. :up:

Nostromo87

02-03-14, 06:48 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/SinginInTheRain_countdown_zps10896c52.gif?t=1391457814

moses supposes his toeses are roses
but moses supposes erroneously
moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses
as moses supposes his toeses to be

#7. Singin' in the Rain
(Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)

a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/Ic5WdfgiXAlZm/giphy.gif

dignity. always dignity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vWQSgR8H0

Nostromo87

02-03-14, 06:49 PM

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8bhl8NbE11rnm1ldo1_500.gif

once you've saved a person's life, you're responsible for it forever

#6. Vertigo
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

a retired san francisco detective suffering from acrophobia
investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife,
all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://25.media.tumblr.com/23239b9d4cec811b488fd28d9d823221/tumblr_mww4ecyBR41qghl49o1_500.gif

i don't think Mozart's going to help at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTz5olYqrk&feature=youtu.be

Cobpyth

02-03-14, 06:50 PM

The last four choices are pure brilliance. :up:

Miss Vicky

02-03-14, 06:51 PM

+rep for Psycho, Vertigo and Sunset Blvd.

I think I'm one of the few people in the world who doesn't care for Star Wars (any of them) or The Godfather.

BlueLion

02-03-14, 06:59 PM

This thread is awesome.

The Gunslinger45

02-03-14, 10:33 PM

Can't wait for the top 5!

honeykid

02-04-14, 09:59 AM

+ rep for Singin' In The Rain. I just don't enjoy Vertigo and think it's dull.

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 05:01 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Chinatown_Driving_zpsde8ecab6.gif?t=1391493047

what can you buy that you can't already afford?
the future, mr. Gits

#5. Chinatown
(Roman Polanski, 1974)

a private detective hired to expose an adulterer
finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/dunaway_chinatown_02_zps72077953.jpg

i don't see anyone for very long, mr. Gittes. it's difficult for me

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Chinatown_Binoculars_zps268c0aef.gif?t=1391493088

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAn2aB_bmsU

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 05:01 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/55694d5c044293f3a45b7d453c6b333e/tumblr_myft0q9f5o1smrjhwo1_250.gif

we ran everything. we paid off cops. we paid off lawyers. we paid off judges
everybody had their hands out. everything was for the taking

#4. GoodFellas
(Martin Scorsese, 1990)

henry hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/TNMeuM5Zyv60w/giphy.gif

jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/rayliotta_goodfellas_zps7e037496.gif?t=1391489389

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJkzHT6ngok

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 05:02 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/taxidriver_cannes_countdown_02_zps05a42111.jpg

i had black coffee and apple pie with a slice of melted yellow cheese
i think that was a good selection

#3. Taxi Driver
(Martin Scorsese, 1976)

a mentally unstable vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in new york city
where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action,
attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/cybill_shepherd_taxidriver_02_zps917c5cfa.jpg

they cannot touch. her

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/bickle_TaxiDriver_03_zpsa12a128a.gif?t=1391493461

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt92SmF3YXc

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 05:03 PM

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/Beethoven_aCO_zps4658ab3c.jpg

how art thou?! thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil

#2. a Clockwork Orange
(Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

in future Britain, charismatic delinquent alex deLarge is jailed
and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government
in an effort to solve society's crime problem

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/yozFHdPNK3foc/giphy.gif

viddy well, little brother

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/ACO_countdown_zps64c5d892.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLoVSAcz7M8

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 05:03 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdbccidGVk1rcs4u2o1_250.gif

wendy, i'm home

#1. the Shining
(Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

a family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter
where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence,
while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://media.giphy.com/media/OSFujnfimzM40/giphy.gif

no charge to you, mr torrance
no charge?
your money's no good here. orders from the house

http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n617/frankog10/wendy_countdown_03_zpsffcfb924.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVTF1c5Bt0

honeykid

02-04-14, 05:54 PM

5-3 are great. + rep. The top two. :nope:

Miss Vicky

02-04-14, 05:57 PM

+rep for Goodfellas.

I haven't yet seen Chinatown or The Shining, though both are on my watchlist. I didn't like A Clockwork Orange and didn't care for Taxi Driver.

christine

02-04-14, 06:37 PM

Enjoyed reading your list. Great that you had Double Indemnity up there in your top 10 :)

Cobpyth

02-04-14, 06:42 PM

That is one of the best top 5 endings I've seen on a list so far on this forum. Each one of them is an absolute favorite of mine.

:up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

christine

02-04-14, 06:47 PM

thank you :) just looked at your drop-down top 10. was hard to leave Angels with Dirty Faces off this countdown, love that movie

Fantastic film! I must revisit my top 100, it's been a while...

The Gunslinger45

02-04-14, 07:21 PM

Excellent list dude!

Daniel M

02-04-14, 08:32 PM

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 08:46 PM

Daniel M

02-04-14, 08:52 PM

rauldc14

02-04-14, 08:54 PM

I've seen 17 of the 35. Most of what I've seen is great, except Strangelove, Falcon, and Singin. I respect them all though except the overrated Strangelove.

cricket

02-04-14, 09:04 PM

3 of your top 4 are in my top 4. Chinatown is in my top 15 and The Shining is in my top 25. Yea, I like your list.:)

Lucas

02-04-14, 09:14 PM

Full Metal Jacket 4+
Ran
the Third Man 3.5+
Blue Velvet 4.5+
the Maltese Falcon 3.5+

There Will Be Blood 4
Blade Runner 5+
Temple of Doom 4
GoldenEye
Rebel Without a Cause

Lawrence of Arabia 4
the Good, the Bad & the Ugly-4.5
the Hustler
It Happened One Night
Dr Strangelove 4

the Big Lebowski 3.5+
On the Waterfront 4.5
the Fellowship of the Ring 4.5
Citizen Kane 5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3.5

the Godfather Pt II 4.5
the Godfather 5
Psycho 4
the Empire Strikes Back 4.5
For a Few Dollars More
Star Wars 4
Sunset Blvd 4.5
Double Indemnity
Singin' in the Rain
Vertigo 4.5

Chinatown 4.5
GoodFellas 4.5
Taxi Driver 4.5
A Clockwork Orange 4
the Shining 5

Nostromo87

02-04-14, 10:36 PM

thanks to everyone for the responses & the reps

this countdown was lots of fun to make. hope you guys kicked back with a cocktail or two and enjoyed it

looking forward to seeing cobpyth's countdown unfold, as well as anyone else who's gonna be taking a crack at a countdown soon

now what the hell am i gonna do, guess i'll watch a movie :idea:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/1dfe2771f428d06c93f949bfe8bdb486/tumblr_n08b5ggzkp1rdkw6to1_400.gif