Beatle's countdown

[Beatle]

I think this is my first, since others were countups. I think I've seen all the major classics now, except those I'll mention later and My Fair Lady. I'm also afraid I know jack about computers,so I won't be performing any miracles, like Omnizoa or whoever.This is gonna run very slowly because I haven't even completed the list (my top100).

After all those warnings and horrors

https://media.giphy.com/media/CtV5OZL7AV3tm/giphy.gif

I'll be using AFI's list (http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx) as a reference, to get any sort of credibility.

I haven't seen:

Citizen Kane
Duck Soup
Sullivan's Travels
Sunrise
Swing Time

Oh yeah, and I forgot. It's fine even if I'll be here alone by myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3j_fdSpkmE

but a rep or commentary wouldn't hurt. So, why don't you just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOcMkI7KVS4

[Chypmunk]

I'll go out on a limb and say either Help or A Hard Day's Night or possibly even both might make an appearance :idea:

[Beatle]

I'll go out on a limb and say either Help or A Hard Day's Night or possibly even both might make an appearance :idea:

Yes, they might.

Anyway, I finaly saw Citizen Kane,so I can begin.

100. Heavy Metal

https://alchetron.com/cdn/Heavy-Metal-film-images-da3ceb36-11c8-4d95-97c1-2be97e73ef4.jpg?op=OPEN

Year: 1981

Animation (http://www.imdb.com/genre/Animation?ref_=tt_ov_inf), Adventure (http://www.imdb.com/genre/Adventure?ref_=tt_ov_inf), Fantasy (http://www.imdb.com/genre/Fantasy?ref_=tt_ov_inf)


A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Imdb rating: 6.7 out of 25 215 votes

Stars: Richard romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty




The first and last animated entry, I saw this film as a kid in cinema the one and only time when it came out. Still, it had such an impact that it's vivid in my mind, heart and soul after all these years. It got its name because a lot of heavy metal music, like Black Sabbath is used as a soundtrack. There's also eroticism in this. We have this super strong and beautiful girl, I specifically remember how she beat up several bullies at once near the end. It ends with her sacrifising herself in a volcano, because it was the only way to destroy the evil thing.

[Miss Vicky]

I hated Heavy Metal, but good to see this getting underway.

[Beatle]

99. Hell in the Pacific

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Hell4t6.jpg

Year: 1968

Adventure, war

Cast: Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune

Imdb rating: 7.4 out of 6288 votes

Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune make an excellent combo in this crazy war comedy. We have an American and a Japanese WW2 soldier stranded on a deserted Pacific island with Toshiro having his leg hurt. In the begining they're very much against each other (understandably), with also Toshiro having a knife, while Lee's completely disarmed. Toshiro chases him while Lee climbs up on a tree, where Toshiro can't go due to his leg. BUT Lee has NOTHING, while Toshiro has water. He waits for Lee to climb down from the tree but falls asleep. Then Lee, who's still awake tears down his own clothes to form a rope (as I recall) and somehow he ended up with a hook attached to the end of the rope. Trying to reach a bottle downstairs. Some 50 feet. The entire movie's like that. In the end they become friends, but at a critical moment Lee mentiones Jesus. Toshiro, being Japanese of course,just shakes his head. Lee goes: Jesus?! Jesus Christ?! You don't know him?! And at that moment we hear a granate incoming, the two just look at each other,and the entire cabine they were in explodes. The end.

[Beatle]

98. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOJ7TGUG2d0/TsD1bANynMI/AAAAAAAABY8/B0BTOCtYg14/s1600/close_encounters_1_1280x1024.jpg

Year: 1977

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut

Genre: Sci-Fi

Imdb rating: 7.7 out of 148 482 votes

An ordinary man Roy (Dreyfuss) witnesses UFO's, and we have that famous scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txMdGmjmD4

This is a typical Spielberg film, and imo, one of his best. It sort of combines poetry with science, and I reckon that's what Steven is all about. He is indeed a wonderful and intelligent human being imo.

This is hard core sci-fi, and since that's my fave genre I only wish I could put it higher, but the competition is fierce.

[Yam12]

Nice list you going along here althiugh I have to say I haven't seen anything from it yet

[gbgoodies]

98. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOJ7TGUG2d0/TsD1bANynMI/AAAAAAAABY8/B0BTOCtYg14/s1600/close_encounters_1_1280x1024.jpg

Year: 1977

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut

Genre: Sci-Fi

Imdb rating: 7.7 out of 148 482 votes

An ordinary man Roy (Dreyfuss) witnesses UFO's, and we have that famous scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txMdGmjmD4

This is a typical Spielberg film, and imo, one of his best. It sort of combines poetry with science, and I reckon that's what Steven is all about. He is indeed a wonderful and intelligent human being imo.

This is hard core sci-fi, and since that's my fave genre I only wish I could put it higher, but the competition is fierce.



I love CE3K. It would be much higher on my list. :)

[Beatle]

97. Begin Again

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Begin_Again_film_poster_2014.jpg

Year: 2013

Genre: Musical comedy-drama

Written and directed by John Carney

Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo

Imdb rating: 7.4 out of 113 287 votes

I remember having said in Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley thread I don't even know who she is. Well, I do now. She's full of life. Perfectly balanced by an unwined Mark Ruffalo. Both are among my fave contemporary actors now. It's about music industry today. He's a genius music producer who's out of job, and out of life so to speak. She's this brilliant up and coming young talent. So, just when everything f* up for him, he walks into a bar, drinking an endless sequence of bourbons, and when he's just about to kill himself with the 555th one, he hears her sing and life begins. Not just for him, for the entire movie.

[MovieMeditation]

Cool to see you try your hand at something as daunting as a top 100. Even I have yet to do that.

I'm sorry for not checking in here yet, Beatle. It's not that I don't want to pay back all the time you spend in my thread, I've simply been so busy. Compared to last year my activity here on the forum has fallen drastically...

Anyways, a few comments. First, you say you haven't even completed the list yet? Isn't this a top 100? Or is this a NedStark09 thing where it's just a bunch of movies? Or are they just not ranked, or? And you say you will use the AFI list for reference? But isn't this your list? Why look at other lists to come up with what "needs" to be on yours?

With all that said, I look forward to where this is going. :)

[gbgoodies]

97. Begin Again

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Begin_Again_film_poster_2014.jpg

Year: 2013

Genre: Musical comedy-drama

Written and directed by John Carney

Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo

Imdb rating: 7.4 out of 113 287 votes

I remember having said in Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley thread I don't even know who she is. Well, I do now. She's full of life. Perfectly balanced by an unwined Mark Ruffalo. Both are among my fave contemporary actors now. It's about music industry today. He's a genius music producer who's out of job, and out of life so to speak. She's this brilliant up and coming young talent. So, just when everything f* up for him, he walks into a bar, drinking an endless sequence of bourbons, and when he's just about to kill himself with the 555th one, he hears her sing and life begins. Not just for him, for the entire movie.



I tried watching Begin Again a while back because I like Mark Ruffalo, but I just couldn't seem to get into it, even though it sounds like my kind of movie. I'm going to give it another try at some point because I've read some good reviews of the movie.

[Miss Vicky]

I haven't seen any of the last three.

[TheUsualSuspect]

97. Begin Again

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Begin_Again_film_poster_2014.jpg

Year: 2013

Genre: Musical comedy-drama

Written and directed by John Carney

Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo

Imdb rating: 7.4 out of 113 287 votes

I remember having said in Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley thread I don't even know who she is. Well, I do now. She's full of life. Perfectly balanced by an unwined Mark Ruffalo. Both are among my fave contemporary actors now. It's about music industry today. He's a genius music producer who's out of job, and out of life so to speak. She's this brilliant up and coming young talent. So, just when everything f* up for him, he walks into a bar, drinking an endless sequence of bourbons, and when he's just about to kill himself with the 555th one, he hears her sing and life begins. Not just for him, for the entire movie.


I liked this one, but found Sing Street to be superior. I also wasn't a fan of what Carney had to say about Knightley.

[Beatle]

Cool to see you try your hand at something as daunting as a top 100. Even I have yet to do that.

I'm sorry for not checking in here yet, Beatle. It's not that I don't want to pay back all the time you spend in my thread, I've simply been so busy. Compared to last year my activity here on the forum has fallen drastically...

Anyways, a few comments. First, you say you haven't even completed the list yet? Isn't this a top 100? Or is this a NedStark09 thing where it's just a bunch of movies? Or are they just not ranked, or? And you say you will use the AFI list for reference? But isn't this your list? Why look at other lists to come up with what "needs" to be on yours?

With all that said, I look forward to where this is going. :)

It's OK, MM. If anyone loves me here, it's you. And vice - versa. You think it's a coincidence you did this post?

And immidiately, thanks for the support.

This is a top 100 list. :lol: haha, no it's not a NedStark. Although I love that guy! I still haven't completed it, but it's almost finished, I've actually only one more thing to decide. The bottom half is determined. And no. 96 coming up shortly.

I just wanted to see all the great classics before I begin, to make the list more comprehensive. They're not classics without reason, right? That's what I meant. Of course, I simply could've started at any point, f* Kane! But I have too much respect for it, especially having seen The Third Man. So you might say it's born out of frustration, but It'll make the list more comprehensive.

I liked this one, but found Sing Street to be superior. I also wasn't a fan of what Carney had to say about Knightley.

Haven't seen Sing Street. May I ask what did he say, TheUsualSuspect?

[TheUsualSuspect]

It's OK, MM. If anyone loves me here, it's you. And vice - versa. You think it's a coincidence you did this post?

And immidiately, thanks for the support.

This is a top 100 list. :lol: haha, no it's not a NedStark. Although I love that guy! I still haven't completed it, but it's almost finished, I've actually only one more thing to decide. The bottom half is determined. And no. 96 coming up shortly.

I just wanted to see all the great classics before I begin, to make the list more comprehensive. They're not classics without reason, right? That's what I meant. Of course, I simply could've started at any point, f* Kane! But I have too much respect for it, especially having seen The Third Man. So you might say it's born out of frustration, but It'll make the list more comprehensive.



Haven't seen Sing Street. May I ask what did he say, TheUsualSuspect?

Nothing too damning. He questioned her authenticity as an actress and refused to praise her work in the film, while saying everyone else was a joy to work with and really great. Seems to be a low blow to someone who's done some pretty great work in the past and was good in the film in question as well.

[Miss Vicky]

I just wanted to see all the great classics before I begin, to make the list more comprehensive. They're not classics without reason, right? That's what I meant. Of course, I simply could've started at any point, f* Kane! But I have too much respect for it, especially having seen The Third Man. So you might say it's born out of frustration, but It'll make the list more comprehensive.

Is this meant to be a favorites list or a best list? In other words, is this a list of movies you like the most or movies you have the most respect for? I really hope it's the former because truly personal lists are way more interesting than ones filled with "classics."

[Beatle]

Is this meant to be a favorites list or a best list? In other words, is this a list of movies you like the most or movies you have the most respect for? I really hope it's the former because truly personal lists are way more interesting than ones filled with "classics."

A favorites list. :) But a favorite can also be a classic. Anyway, I'm through watching movies just for the sake of the list. I'll just list now the list. It's complete. I'll just do those I've seen. If I see something in the meantime that's list-worthy, I'll list it.

[Miss Vicky]

Yeah a favorite can be a classic too, but I feel like, unless something completely blows you away, it's hard to call something that you've only seen once a true favorite.

[Beatle]

96. Forbidden Planet

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Forbiddenplanetposter.jpg

Year: 1956

Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox

Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen

Genre: Sci-Fi, adventure, action

Imdb rating: 7.7 out of 36 566 votes

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.

I'll never forget this experience. My dad took me to see it at a cinema which shows only classics and old movies around '80, and that's the only time I saw it. Still, it burns my mind even today.

So, we have Leslie in a serious role here. Amazing. He was. But of course, the most beatiful thing, if you can call it that, and the most exciting and frightening is the Monster from the Id. It's transcenedtal. And when we find out in the end it's coming directly from Morbius' MIND....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFr3UyVpRA

I find absolutely intense and engaging the Freud reference; Id, ego and super-ego, realized in a SciFi film. It even has a philosophical aspect. After Morbius finally accepts the truth, he confronts the monster and defeats it, but is fataly injured. It goes to show that one must accept the evil that is reality (within them), because it's the only way to defeat it, even if it kills you. You must be prepared to give your life, no matter how painful that may be, in order to win over evil.

This is an awesome film and a milestone in the Sci-Fi genre for its brilliant and thrilling story and groundbreaking special effects.

[Citizen Rules]

Forbidden Planet was one of the original Movie of the Months here at MoFo. Here's a link if you want to read people's reaction to the movie.

MotM Forbidden Planet thread (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1406869#post1406869)

I personally love that movie! I don't know if you're a fan of the original Star Trek series but Gene Roddenberry 'borrowed' many of the ideas and concepts for Star Trek from Forbidden Planet.

BTW, did you know while you were gone Yoda added a new feature to MoFo...an individual Movie page. The link is at top of MoFo in the header and if you type the name of each of the movies in your countdown and then click their poster when it pops up, you will go to MoFo's new Movie page, where you can read basics about the movie, rate it yourself which is cool....and even read other people's reviews. Check it out!

Forbidden Planet Movie Page (https://www.movieforums.com/movies/830_forbidden-planet.html)

[Beatle]

Forbidden Planet was one of the original Movie of the Months here at MoFo. Here's a link if you want to read people's reaction to the movie.

MotM Forbidden Planet thread (https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1406869#post1406869)

I personally love that movie! I don't know if you're a fan of the original Star Trek series but Gene Roddenberry 'borrowed' many of the ideas and concepts for Star Trek from Forbidden Planet.

BTW, did you know while you were gone Yoda added a new feature to MoFo...an individual Movie page. The link is at top of MoFo in the header and if you type the name of each of the movies in your countdown and then click their poster when it pops up, you will go to MoFo's new Movie page, where you can read basics about the movie, rate it yourself which is cool....and even read other people's reviews. Check it out!

Forbidden Planet Movie Page (https://www.movieforums.com/movies/830_forbidden-planet.html)

Thanks, Rules. :) I'm a big fan of Star Trek. All of it. But my fave is The Next Generation. And out of movies Star Trek: Generations. That movie has a genial build up.

No, I didn't know that, thanks Rules. :) I'll check it out.

[Yoda]

97. Begin Again
Good stuff. I loved Once and I've been meaning to watch this forever, but maybe I'll finally get around to it now after this reminder. Thanks. :up:

[Chypmunk]

I love Forbidden Planet :up:

[MovieMeditation]

Thanks for the detailed reply on the previous page, Beatle. Makes more sense to me now. :up: sounds like it's going to be a good list!

A little tip... Personally I think you should stick to posting your thoughts about each movie and maybe a small summary of the plot, but please keep out the spoilers. I've seen you spoil 3-4 movies now. :) I personally like to see favourite lists because there may be movies we have in common OR there are movies I haven't seen and want to, then your thoughts on the movie might make me interested. But I don't wanna read if you spoil the entire plot of every film. :p

[Beatle]

Thanks for the detailed reply on the previous page, Beatle. Makes more sense to me now. :up: sounds like it's going to be a good list!

A little tip... Personally I think you should stick to posting your thoughts about each movie and maybe a small summary of the plot, but please keep out the spoilers. I've seen you spoil 3-4 movies now. :) I personally like to see favourite lists because there may be movies we have in common OR there are movies I haven't seen and want to, then your thoughts on the movie might make me interested. But I don't wanna read if you spoil the entire plot of every film. :p

Welcome, MM. :) And thanks, I'll try my best.

The thing about spoilers is, I tried it, but for the life of me, I dunno why it's not working. Otherwise I'd be using it like a madman.

Let's see..it's that exclamation mark, right?


There you go...it's not working.

[MovieMeditation]

Welcome, MM. :) And thanks, I'll try my best.

The thing about spoilers is, I tried it, but for the life of me, I dunno why it's not working. Otherwise I'd be using it like a madman.

Let's see..it's that exclamation mark, right?


There you go...it's not working.
It's the dark red !, yes indeed.

What you do is, that you mark the text with your cursor that you want to be in the spoiler tag. Then you go to the exclamation mark and press it and write something like "spoilers for Heavy Metal" and click OK. Then the text you marked should be posted with the spoilers. :)

Like this, Beatle, YOU CAN DO IT!!!

If you still can't get it to work, you can always describe a spoilery scene you like instead of plain posting it. Like, "I loved the twist ending because it was new and refreshing" or "I loved the character arc of *insert name* because of what he did halfway into the picture" etc. Then you describe the spoiler, instead of explaining it, but still get your point across. :up:

[Beatle]

It's the dark red !, yes indeed.

What you do is, that you mark the text with your cursor that you want to be in the spoiler tag. Then you go to the exclamation mark and press it and write something like "spoilers for Heavy Metal" and click OK. Then the text you marked should be posted with the spoilers. :)

Like this, Beatle, YOU CAN DO IT!!!

If you still can't get it to work, you can always describe a spoilery scene you like instead of plain posting it. Like, "I loved the twist ending because it was new and refreshing" or "I loved the character arc of *insert name* because of what he did halfway into the picture" etc. Then you describe the spoiler, instead of explaining it, but still get your point across. :up:

haha yeah ok, thanks, MM!

btw I love your new avatar. I think it's the best so far. I've always wondered who in the hell that is, though. You?

[MovieMeditation]

haha yeah ok, thanks, MM!

btw I love your new avatar. I think it's the best so far. I've always wondered who in the hell that is, though. You?
You're welcome. :)

I think it's my favourite one as well so far. But if you don't know who that is, I don't know if I can consider you my friend anymore. :p

[Beatle]

You're welcome. :)

I think it's my favourite one as well so far. But if you don't know who that is, I don't know if I can consider you my friend anymore. :p

But who IS it, then? :eek: If it's not you?

[MovieMeditation]

But who IS it, then? :eek: If it's not you?
http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/no-country-for-old-men-2007/large_6o0UWX2naW7HK45PDNYmoMIk5qs.jpg

[Beatle]

http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/no-country-for-old-men-2007/large_6o0UWX2naW7HK45PDNYmoMIk5qs.jpg

Oh,I know that. It's your fave, even ahead of Casablanca. Haven't seen it. But since it's your fave...will do before the list is complete.

[MovieMeditation]

Oh,I know that. It's your fave, even ahead of Casablanca. Haven't seen it. But since it's your fave...will do before the list is complete.
Yeah, it's my fav, but there is a long story behind that. In short, it's my fav, but not really, but kinda... Doesn't make sense? Good. Haha, anyways, I don't want you to think it's a better movie than Casablanca. Really, that's why I hate the term "favorite movie" because that's impossible. But No Country has kind of been my go-to favorite pick since I started here and it's a sublime masterpiece, so it can be my favorite any day. :cool:

[Beatle]

Yeah, it's my fav, but there is a long story behind that. In short, it's my fav, but not really, but kinda... Doesn't make sense? Good. Haha, anyways, I don't want you to think it's a better movie than Casablanca. Really, that's why I hate the term "favorite movie" because that's impossible. But No Country has kind of been my go-to favorite pick since I started here and it's a sublime masterpiece, so it can be my favorite any day. :cool:

hhaaa

Yeah it's impossible. Period. I mean there are tons of movies I've seen after which I thought "this is the best movie I've ever seen". haha But 2001 is so far out of this world, it will probably always be favorite. It does to me what No Country does for you. I'm obsessed with it. :cool:

[dadgumblah]

Beatle, loving the list so far. I'm also one of the people on this thread that enjoyed Begin Again immensely. Love that you put that smallish movie in with the biggies. Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Forbidden Planet are two of my all-time favorite movies, regardless of whether they're Sci-Fi or not. I haven't seen Hell in the Pacific yet, but I want to even more now. I've only heard good things about it. Glad you're doing this, Beatle. :cool:

[Beatle]

Beatle, loving the list so far. I'm also one of the people on this thread that enjoyed Begin Again immensely. Love that you put that smallish movie in with the biggies. Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Forbidden Planet are two of my all-time favorite movies, regardless of whether they're Sci-Fi or not. I haven't seen Hell in the Pacific yet, but I want to even more now. I've only heard good things about it. Glad you're doing this, Beatle. :cool:

Thanks, Dadgumblah. :) You've been so supportive of me ever since I joined. :)

[dadgumblah]

Thanks, Dadgumblah. :) You've been so supportive of me ever since I joined. :)

No problem, Beatle. You just seem to have a joy for entertainment, musically and movie-wise, that is infectious.

[Mesmerized]

I love Forbidden Planet :up:


Me too. I love the soundtrack which I own on CD.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSFoILcyqAU

[Beatle]

95. Real Steel

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Real_Steel_Poster.jpg

Year: 2011


Genre: Sci-Fi, drama, family, action, sport


Director: Shawn Levy


Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo


Imdb rating: 7.1 out of 266 082 voices


Synopsis: In the near future, due to excessive brutality and violence, humans are replaced by robots as boxers.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T75j9CoBVzE

This is an awesome movie. In my humble opinion. It's sort of a combo of Rocky, Rocky IV, Over the Top and Transformers.

Hugh Jackman, whom I always loved, plays a former fighter who's sort of down in the dumps. Financial problems, due to his lack of self-confidence he's doing poorly in this modern form of combat where one controls a robot via a remote control, he owes money to a lot of people, and if that's not enough, he's forced to be the father to a son with whom he hasn't been in contact his entire life. The first crucial thing happens when he saves his son's life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLphH2BmzEY

Upon being there at the end of the world, Max (Goyo) discovers an almost disintegrated robot called Atom. He falls in love with him and starts to train him. The robot gradually but surely is becoming his best friend and proves to be much more than his name suggests. Charlie (Jackman) suggests to Max that it's an old prototype, and doesn't stand a chance against modern robots. But Max and Atom prove him wrong time and again. They start winning local events and gradually it becomes clear that Atom is truly something special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_cmaeGDCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0asYCoXPxk

A Japanese robot designer has built Zeus, a seemingly invincible robot, who hasn't even been challenged yet as the world champion. A Russian financier notices Atom and proposes to Max to buy him for a massive amount of money. Charlie thrillingly wants to accept, but Max refuses. Eventually what was inevitable all along comes true. Atom fights Zeus for the world championship. In the beginning, Zeus crushes Atom like an atom, but gradually again, Atom becomes stronger and stronger and eventually knocks him down. Zeus wins on points.

We also have the penultimate crucial scene when Charlie finally decides that for once in his life he'll fight and do the right thing, for Bailey, for Max, and for himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQKxsG7GcDs

The scene when Charlie takes over Max and fights Zeus is one of the most emotionally intense scenes I've ever seen. Especially when it goes into slow motion, and shows Bailey's (Lilly), Max's and Charlie's face. It was a joy to watch. That you finally understand that he is winning the battle of his life just when it absolutelly all came together, and that they all realize it. It was like a celebration of life.

I don't know what's in there in Atom, but he has the biggest heart I've ever seen.

[Miss Vicky]

I don't think I could ever get myself to watch Real Steel. I'd probably just be sitting there waiting for one of the robots' heads to pop up.

http://continuumgames.com/wp-content/uploads/shopp/Rock%20em%20Sock%20em%20Robots.jpg

[gbgoodies]

95. Real Steel

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Real_Steel_Poster.jpg




I'm not a fan of boxing movies, and I haven't seen most of the Transformers movies, but I absolutely love Real Steel. It made my Top 25 list for both the Action Movies and the Sci-Fi Movies countdowns.

[Chypmunk]

Not seen Real Steel , maybe one day if it comes on television.

[MovieMeditation]

Not seen it either. Never really caught my interest, even despite getting surprisingly positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

[Citizen Rules]

GBG keeps trying to get me to watch Real Steel, but like MM it hasn't caught my interest. Maybe one of these days.

[Beatle]

I'm not a fan of boxing movies, and I haven't seen most of the Transformers movies, but I absolutely love Real Steel. It made my Top 25 list for both the Action Movies and the Sci-Fi Movies countdowns.

I'm thanking you here for all the support and constructive posting over the years, GBG. :)

Not seen Real Steel , maybe one day if it comes on television.

Thank God I'll finally get this off my chest. I've been meaning to tell you a big THANK YOU for all you've done for me. THANKS, Chypmunk! :)

[Beatle]

94. Apocalypse Now

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Apocalypse_Now_poster.jpg


Year: 1979

Genre: War, Drama, Epic

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Larry Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford

Synopsis: Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Sheen) is sent to investigate what in God's name has happened to an American colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Brando) during the Vietnam war and to assassinate him.

Imdb rating: 8.5 out of 485 681 votes

Box office: $150 million


This movie, with its dark, claustrophobic, inhuman, daunting and haunting atmosphere is one of my very few favorite Vietnam movies. But I think it's actually universal. It's anti-war in general, and it shows just what war can do to a human being. It can, and unfortunatelly by default does, drive one totaly insane. War is a disease.

Martin goes on an increadible trip along a river, which seems to go on and on, hence illustrating the horrors of war. That metaphore (that it's so long) illustrates it, but along the way we also surgically get introduced to specific horrors, such as Robert, who's also completely lost his mind, and uses the war, the US army, navy, and especially air force (with napalm) to "terminate the fckers", just so he can get space to surf!

It's also very funny to see Harrison in a very early and minor role, while he was breaking through,even though this is 2 years after Star Wars.

And there's no holding back here. It's pretty clear Kurtz wanted to die and in fact killed himself.

It also has an unbelievable re-watch appeal. I want to see it all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkrhkUeDCdQ

[MovieMeditation]

Apocalypse Now is OBVIOUSLY freaking amazing... One of the all time greats!

[Beatle]

93. The Big Blue

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Big_Blue_poster_200px.jpg

Year: 1988

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Action

Director: Luc Besson

Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette

Synopsis: A woman travels around the world just to meet a guy she only saw once.

Imdb rating: 7.6 out of 40 262 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvU_qqOnlAM

I first saw this in cinema in the summer of '91 with a buddy of mine. I was blown away. It's one of (if not the) most calming movies I've seen. There's just a sload of comedy, as provided by Jean.

At the beginning, while he was diving, you see those scube things reading EN ZO (He's French,but portrays an Italian, I LOVE both those nations!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNGbV8h7ESc

Anyway, I love the ocean, so that's one of the main reasons that attracted me to the film. Luc was born to make this movie, there's something oceanic about him. He's Pisces. :p (The Fish).

So, a fierce rivalry developes between a Frenchman Jacques Mayol (Barr) and an Italian Enzo, and it becomes litteraly deadly serious, as they push each other to the and over the limit again and again. Their characters could not be more different. Jacques is calm, almost as if he's stoned all the time, he lives in another world, in Enzo's words. Enzo's more extravagant, and would define the term comic relief in a whole other dimension than was maybe even seen ever before. It is interesting, because I don't know if I ever seen the comic relief becoming actually equal to the main protagonist. But I expected nothing short from the genius Luc. This is Luc at his absolute best, his masterpiece that will endure forever. This is litteraly the work of his life, imho. The film also features an unbelievable score by Eric Serra.


http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Big-Blue.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDc2lptdpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIapSwPvlEc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGa6SbK1HcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYZiVNctmOQ

In the final analysis, the movie (based loosely on real events) is nothing short of an exploration on the meaning of life and death.

http://divezone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the-big-blue.jpg

You were right. It's better down there.

[Beatle]

92. By the Sword

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Bythesword.jpg

Year: 1991

Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Sports

Director: Jeremy Paul Kagan

Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Eric Roberts, Mia Sara

Music: Bill Conti

Imdb rating: 6.4 out of 1275 votes

Synopsis: A recently walked out of jail man joins a fencing academy, only to reveal his true identity.

First of, I have to thank SeeingisBelieving for having it in his favorites, otherwise I might have forgotten about it.

This is a genial film, and the fact it's about fencing excited me even more, because I love fencing.

Maximilian Suba (Abraham) has a lot of problems in his life,and his identity is kept mysterious until the very end. Alexander Villard (Roberts) is the former world champion in fencing, running an academy. Suba joins, and it is gradually shown that there's something frightening about him, as he reveals his scary swording talent. We ultimately find out he's actually the man who killed Alex's father, a world class fencer himself, and that's the reason he went in jail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJD_gTtESDc

This is an unbelievably passionate film, and it captivates you from the word go. It never holds back.

We have this unbelievable climactic confrontation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAdmYWWIPi0

And the ultimate point of the movie is that you don't necessarily have to have evil intentions to do evil - you can be careless too. Suba was just that when he accidentaly killed Alex's father, and he ultimately and successfuly teaches Villard a lesson. You can even call it upbringing.

This is one of the most noble films I've ever seen.

[Chypmunk]

I've not seen either of those latest two.

[MovieMeditation]

I've not seen either of those latest two.
Same.

I've been interested Big Blue though...

[Camo]

Love Apocalypse Now. Haven't seen nor heard of the last two.

[SeeingisBelieving]

First of, I have to thank SeeingisBelieving for having it in his favorites, otherwise I might have forgotten about it.

Thanks Beatle – nice to see it getting a mention.

[cricket]

Apocalypse Now is the only movie I really love so far but I'm enjoying your countdown. I have Real Steel on my watchlist. It's not a movie I was originally interested in but I hear nothing but good things.

[Beatle]

91. Son of the Mask
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Sonofthemask.jpg
This is sort of a joke, bc of my mood lately. It cracked me up, and i don't get the hate for it. It's one of the best comedies. Like when the baby dances. Ha, get this. Budget 84, bo 57.6 mil. I don't get it.

Now this really pisses me off!:


On Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds a rating of 6%, based on 104 reviews, with the site's consensus reading: "Overly frantic, painfully unfunny, and sorely missing the presence of Jim Carrey."

I can't stand and hate Jim Carrey. He's an idiot. With Diaz a female version.

In his review Richard Roeper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roeper) stated "In the five years I've been co-hosting this show, this is the closest I've ever come to walking out halfway through the film, and now that I look back on the experience, I wish I had."

*******

Lou Lumerick of the New York Post (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post) said "Parents who let their kids see this stinker should be brought up on abuse charges; so should the movie ratings board that let this suggestive mess slip by with a PG rating."

You go and **** yourself, Lou! Abuse charges?! How about abuse charges for sw, lotr, exorcist, passion, or any other evil thing?!!!!

It was the most nominated film at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Golden_Raspberry_Awards) with eight, winning for Worst Remake or Sequel,[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask#cite_note-razzies-9) and won several 2005 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinkers_Bad_Movie_Awards), including Worst Actor (Jamie Kennedy), Worst Sequel, and Worst Couple.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask#cite_note-stinker-10) The film earned back $57.6 million of its $84 million budget, making it a box office bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_bomb).

You go strait to hell, RA, you got right Sly though.

When asked in an interview about whether the film's negative critical reaction had damaged Kennedy's morale in wanting do another project like this, Kennedy replied to the interviewer, "Yes. You got me right after a batch of bad interviews so I'm going to be honest with you about this. It does because I'm just being killed, absolutely killed... But honestly, doing this movie is an interesting experience because I just came off my show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jamie_Kennedy_Experiment) and Malibu's Most Wanted (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu%27s_Most_Wanted) where I had a good amount of control. And then in this movie I didn't have any control. I just can't do that. I have to have my voice in there. If I can't, I'm just going to be like I'm doing someone else's thing. I have to have some of my voice because I have my own experiences that I lived through. All I can do is just try to make things independently. That's the only way you can do it. The only way you can do that is if you're a huge, huge, huge star. I'm not there yet. I'm just like a working actor."

Now that's honest and truthfull

The largely negative reviews of Son of the Mask, some of which attacked Kennedy personally, inspired Kennedy to co-create the documentary film Heckler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%28film%29), an examination of both hecklers and professional critics.

******** attacked him PERSONALLY!!!!! We should all check out the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ef4UtxBrUY

[The Gunslinger45]

Nice to see you are doing a new countdown. I dig the inclusion of Heavy Metal and Forbidden Planet. And Apocalypse Now is an easy Top 10 for me.

Keep em coming!

[Guaporense]

Now its a truly personal list.

[Beatle]

90. Double Indemnity

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/mediaviewer/rm3503490560https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Double_indemnity.jpg

Year: 1944

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film noir

Director: Billy Wilder

Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

imdb rating: 8.3 out of 108 386 votes

Synopsis: An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

I bought The Third Man blu-ray last Christmas. I just couldn't get to see it. It was like Murphy's law. Like, I put it on, and immediately power wents out. But i'm used to that. It's always like that in my life. So finally, one night I put it in laptop in the living room and my mom immediately gets up. I decided this time I'll see it no matter what. In addition, I'm going deaf, i don't know why, so I heard almost nothing since I have to keep it low at night. Very low. On top of it all, my mom was yelling all the time, so I didn't get did Trevor kill Lime or not. I wnet to check it on imdb, and come by this film. I saw it recently, only to discover I already saw it long, long ago, and at least once more since. I can't remember what happened when I was 12. Good, because I decided to squeeze it in here at 90, I wouldn't put it higher, but it should make the list.

It's a devious, if not diabolical plot. It's very complicated, twisted,dearranged even. You feel like you go one step forward, then two steps backward all the time.

Storyline

In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and Walter devises a scheme to receive twice the amount based on a double indemnity clause. When Mr. Dietrichson is found dead on a train track, the police accept the determination of accidental death. However, the insurance analyst and Walter's best friend Barton Keyes does not buy the story and suspects that Phyllis has murdered her husband with the help of another man.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Double-Indemnity-LIFE-1944-2.jpg

Fred and Barbara.

This is actually cited as the 1st film noir, the paradigmatic, and as having set the standard for the films that followed in that genre.

http://www.shaviro.com/Classes/FilmIntro/DoubleIndemnity2.jpg
We have this idea here of Walter Neff (MacMurray), visibly in pain and sporting a gunshot wound on his shoulder begining dictating a confession into a Dictaphone for his friend and colleague, Barton Keyes (Robinson). a brilliant claims adjuster. The story, told primarily in flashback, ensues. It's what Scorcese dused to do in Goodfellas and Casino, only it was simpler there.

Neff meats Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck), an original femme fatale who proposes to him the murder of her husband, to get an accident policy. He want's no part of it, but her fatality and beauty and seductivness are too great. They conjure a plan to make it look like an accident, so they get double money, hence the title.

Keyes is very suspicious of all of this all the time, as is his nature, quoting statistics indicating the improbability of suicide by jumping off a slow-moving train, to Neff's hidden delight. As brilliant as he is, he soon deduces Phyllis and an unknown accomplice murdered her hubby.

Like i said, there are all sorts of complications and complicated characters, it's all interwined. (And dearranged, imo). I don't know if it's quite Agatha level, it's different, darker.

In the climactic scene, due to his threats, Phyllis shoots Neff, but doesn't kill him. she can't shoot again. Her last words were that she never loved him until a minute ago, when she couldn't shoot for the 2nd time. He then killes her.

Now this is the most interesting thing. Was she telling the truth? She would shoot him otherwise, right? Why didn't he believe her, then? In the final analysis, it's him who turns out to be the real fat bastard, while she even redeems herself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WRLqzGkzNw

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Double_indemnity_screenshot_7.jpg

Keyes is sure something is not right.

Barbara is bloody brilliant, but for me it's Edward that takes the cake.

[Beatle]

89. The Ninth Gate

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Ninth_gate_ver3.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKc1n-nIIx0

Year: 1999

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Director: Roman Polanski

Cast: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, James Russo, Emmanuelle Seigner

Synopsis: A book with hidden clues on how to summon the devil is being searched by antagonistic parties representing good and evil.

imdb rating: 6.7 out of 144 281 votes

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Ninthgatepic.jpg


Balkan shows his 17th-century copy of The Nine Gates to Corso.

Dean Corso (Depp), a New York rare book dealer, is somewhat of a con artist. But his doings are only a minor evil to what follows. Naimly, he's approached by Boris Balkan (Langella), who has recently purchased a copy of a 17-th century (fictional) book The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, one of the only three extant copies. The book is an adoptation of one written by the devil himself and purportedly contains means of bringing him back and acheaving invincibility and immortality. Balkan's not sure which copy is the true one, and sends Corso on a quest to establish the real one.

He travels to Toledo, Spain where he finds the 2nd copy with "LCF"engravings (lucifer) which slightly differ from Balkan's. The same with the third. He concludes, as he is shadowed by a mysterious young woman (identified only as "the Girl"), that all three copies must be used in a ritual, with all nine simbols.

Balkan eventually gets all three copies through murder. Corso pursues Balkan to a remote castle, depicted in one of the engravings, and finds Balkan preparing the final ritual. Balkan lights himself on fire believing he's immune to suffering, but fails.

Outside, the Girl appears and has sex with him by the light of the burning castle. She tells him that Balkan failed because the ninth engraving he had used was a forgery. On her suggestion, Corso returns to the Ceniza brothers' now vacant shop. By chance, he finds there the authentic ninth engraving. On it, there is a likeness of the Girl. With the last engraving in hand, Corso returns to the castle. He completes the ritual and crosses through the Ninth Gate into the light.

I saw this in 2000. Probably my fave supernatural thriller. The subtle Polanski direction is all over. Imo, this is also Johnny's best role. Frank is also a good cast as an evil villain. The whole thing is phantomic and spookie. Most of all the Girl who is in fact his guardian angel.

[The Gunslinger45]

Brilliant film Double Indemnity! Great call! I saw The 9th Gate a long time ago in the theater.

[Chypmunk]

Never seen Son of the Mask nor had any particular desire to tbh. Double Indemnity is rightfully a classic. I know I've seen The Ninth Gate but sadly it's not one I've retained a lot of memory of.

[Camo]

I agree with most of the bad things said about Son of the Mask but it's cool that you like it. Haven't seen Heckler this is all i've read about it which makes it sound like it's mostly someone who can't take criticism throwing a tantrum, and against regular people not even paid movie critics since he had the reach to attack the regular bloggers doing so on their free time and not the critics.:

Around the halfway point, though, Jamie Kennedy starts exclusively interviewing bloggers who gave Son Of The Mask negative reviews. There's an extended scene in which Kennedy reads blurbs about his movies back to the people who wrote them years before, and it just sort of leaves the camera on their uncomfortable faces as he channels his best Kenneth Branagh. One gets the vibe that this is less a PSA about rudeness and more an opportunity for Jamie Kennedy to spend thousands of dollars bullying nerds who hurt his feelings.

The movie ends by covering the pretty much universally maligned director Uwe Boll's boxing matches against internet critics. Thing is, though, the critics had no boxing experience or training and -- in exactly the sort of fashion you'd assume Uwe Boll conducts his affairs -- they were told it was a publicity stunt instead of, you know, a for-real boxing match with someone who intended to beat the **** out of them. Said another way, the triumphant emotional climax of Kennedy's film is a series of scenes wherein one of the worst filmmakers of all time violently assaults a bunch of unsuspecting nerds who had the temerity to question his artistic genius. Which is a pretty decent metaphor for the film's whole raison d'etre.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-documentaries-that-sabotaged-their-own-message/

Double Indemnity is great. My favourite Wilder and one of my favourite films in general.

[Beatle]

88. He's Just Not That Into You

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Notintoyouposter.jpg

Year: 2009

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Ken Kwapis

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connely, Morgan Lily, Ginnifer Goodwin, Justin Long, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, Drew Barrymore, Sasha Alexander, Kris Kristofferson

Imdb rating: 6.4 out of 139 452 votes

Synopsis: The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_DHhPckJNo

This is a nice little exploration into male - female relations.

The first rom-com here I dedicate to honeykid, for all too well known reasons.

I remember my mom and I were watching this on TV, and crackin upall the time. Now we do have sort of a cliche that a chick Gigi (Goodwin) is looking for Mr. Right out there somewhere light-years away while the whole time he's right in front of her nose (Long). One rarely sees it, right? She just had her focus on the wrong thing. But it works the other way around as well. This is actually a nice little joke on the male species. He thought women are the only ones lost and confused, and while giving her advice all the time, it was him who needed it increasingly, as he was falling for her deeper and deeper.

It also features one of my fave quotes. Alex (Long) to Gigi:

When a guy says he's not into you, it means he's not!

We also have one fat bastard here - Ben (Cooper). A sad, poor and pathetic looser who in fact is the only one completely lost as in the moral code which of course translates devastatingly to male-female relationships.

Probably the most hillarious character is Mary (Barrymore), as she gets into a nightmarish labirinth of cyber dating.

We even have a guy taking advice from two gays about his own relationship, an advice which ruins everything.

And we have yet another cliche - Neil (Affleck) doesn't believe in marriage up to the point that when a completely strait-forward Beth (Aniston, due to the fact she's taken advice from Gigi who's supposed to be all-knowledgeable now after her experience with Alex) asks him either we do it or not, decide finally! He still declines. And she breaks up with him. Of course, a tactics that usually works in these situations is to let go, stop insisting, and he'll then change his mind because she provoqued a contra-effect. But that wasn't the case. First of, she was sincear in not demanding marriage anymore, and second, he changed his mind anyway.

Ultimately, this is neither a feminist, nor a chauvinist film. It's transexual.

[MovieMeditation]

There. I'm all caught up now with your countdown. :)

[Beatle]

87. K2

http://vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhscovers/K2%20-%201.jpg

Year: 1991

Director: Franc Roddam

Cast: Micheal Biehn, Matt Craven

Plot: Two nutters climb K2

imdb rating: 6.2 out of 5791

This is a cult movie among alpinists. K2 is the most difficult and dangerous mountain to climb. It has taken many lives. It's in the western Himalaya.

Micheal plays someone who is too stupid not to go. Matt is a quantum physicist who can't find an answer there, so he climbs mountains.

[Beatle]

86. Lust For Life

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Lust_for_Life_DVD_cover.PNG

Year: 1956

Genre: Biography, drama

Directors: Vincente Minelli, George Cukor

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn

Synopsis: The life of Vincent van Gogh

imdb rating: 7.4 out of 8792 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUHL0h_kQ6s&html5=1

I'm passionate about this film because I see Vincent as my soul mate. We both suffer from mental illness, both of our lives were real failures. We were unable to found a family, make a living or even establish contact with other people.

But through his art Vincent found a way to escape from reality.

Kirk is one of my all time faves and a perfect cast, as they are physically simmilar. Steve McQueen is even closer, but Kirk's performance is out of this world. He himself considers it his best. Anthony as Paul Gauguin is off though. I can't stand him anyway. I'd rather cast Gene Wilder.

The movie is very dramatic as it should be. But at the same time unbelievably realistic. You get a feeling you're really there with him, experiencing it all.

It starts showing what a soul of a human being he was, helping people in a coal mine. This will have a large impact on the climactic confrontation with Paul. He moves to the south of France, atracted by it like so many northern artists. He wants to found an artists community and invites Paul who arrives in 1888. In the mean time his increasing frenzy is shown. He paints like a lunatic, painting after painting. He once even portrayed the Sun in zenith. The director uses here twisting pictures with appropriate music as Kirk narrates like in a dream with a very hypnotic voice. On Christmas a fight breaks out between them with disagreing on painters.

Paul: What do you know about work?

That's when he snaps throwing a glass.

- Get out!

When Paul left, he had a seizure looking himself in a mirror and taking a knife. He then disappears from the screen and cuts his ear off, pushing a hidious cry.

He's institutionalized. We have a dramatic scene him walking in a dark corridor with a technician leading him and a madman from a cell pushes a yell. He almost falls to the floor.

He kills himself.

[edarsenal]

just ran through this and repped the films I've seen. VERY COOL!!

[Beatle]

just ran through this and repped the films I've seen. VERY COOL!!

Thanks, ED!

No. 85. coming up shortly.

[Beatle]

85. Pulp Fiction

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Pulp_Fiction_%281994%29_poster.jpg

Year: 1994

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Rosanna Arquette

Genre: Crime, drama

Synopsis: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

imdb rating: 8.9 out of 1 530 868 votes

I'm dedicating this to neiba.

I wasn't sure if I'll include it, but seeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLMN6g_Od4

again today after a long while left no doubt.

Once in a while comes a film like never seen before. But unlike 2001 and Citizen Kane not in terms of technique renovation. The story does the job here. Nor was it out of its time - quite the opposite. That's what America was like in '94. The absolute key are Quentin's original ideas. My fave is the toaster scene.

The acting is also brilliant and in line with the movie - it's obvious Quentin had everything under control which wasn't easy! I'd pick John, I adore him anyway. He's my fave dancer.

Songs are also brilliantly incorporated, much like in Goodfellas, but in a different way, since Quentin and Martin are two very different men. Quentin's completely unwined.

Last, but not least, there's Uma, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. This was her breakthrough, like Quentins'.

[edarsenal]

LOOVED the whole Jack Rabbit Restaurant scene, nevermind the crazy twist of what happens after.
But then this movie is packed with them. Quentin is a pro at spinning things out of control while still, somehow, maintaining control of what transpires. If that makes any sense.
Can't even COUNT the times I watched this at the theater when it came out and countless more times since.

[Beatle]

LOOVED the whole Jack Rabbit Restaurant scene, nevermind the crazy twist of what happens after.
But then this movie is packed with them. Quentin is a pro at spinning things out of control while still, somehow, maintaining control of what transpires. If that makes any sense.
Can't even COUNT the times I watched this at the theater when it came out and countless more times since.

It doesn't. :lol:

If you're, or anyone else for that matter, wondering why I'm not repping you, it's bc I can't. There's something technically wrong. God only knows I was notorious for repping, so this is balancing out. Still, Iwish I could.

I actually haven't seen it in quite a while, like since the last millenium, so I don't even know what you're talking about. :lol:

I was hesitant to include it bc of all the violence, drugs etc., but after seeing the iconic dance scene...f+ it, this has gotta go in.

My problem with Quentin is that he is a show off, and so is everyone in each of his movies I saw. They're all so full of themselves, and can't get over of how cool they are.

But the dance scene kills it. F* IT.

[neiba]

It's 84 places too low! ahahahah

Thanks Beatle ;)

[Beatle]

It's 84 places too low! ahahahah

Thanks Beatle ;)

:lol:

Welcome. :) But there'll be another certain movie at a certain position. I won't reveal anything, even though I already did. And many others from your list, too. Maybe.

[edarsenal]

It doesn't. :lol:

If you're, or anyone else for that matter, wondering why I'm not repping you, it's bc I can't. There's something technically wrong. God only knows I was notorious for repping, so this is balancing out. Still, Iwish I could.

I actually haven't seen it in quite a while, like since the last millenium, so I don't even know what you're talking about. :lol:

I was hesitant to include it bc of all the violence, drugs etc., but after seeing the iconic dance scene...f+ it, this has gotta go in.

My problem with Quentin is that he is a show off, and so is everyone in each of his movies I saw. They're all so full of themselves, and can't get over of how cool they are.

But the dance scene kills it. F* IT.

no worries about the rep and yeah, they ARE full of themselves, but, for me, it works. So I've always enjoyed it.
It's been a good solid decade since I've seen it last as well, so looks like I need to see it again as well.

[donniedarko]

Son of The Mask... :laugh:

Digging the list so far