The Gnat's Top 100

I'm a big fan of Lost Boys as well. The only gripe I had were that the Vamps were so easy to kill.

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10. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)


A very funny movie, has everything with sex, violence and an absurd plot , mainly I love it for the humor throughout, very biting and witty humor.

9. Mirrormask (2005)


A well crafted fantasy world, very beautiful film. A little bit simple/childrenny, but that doesn't bother me at all and works well into the the story/beauty of the film.

8. Donnie Darko (2001)


A very complex film when it looks at reality, a fairly simple film in some ways with how it deals with it, the over-arching moral theme.

7. Serenity (2005)


A good movie for the show, great combination of sci-fi and western that it is.

6. Doctor Strangelove (1964)


Brilliant commentary on what was going on, actually takes from real things that were going on (to some extent). Peter Sellers is great in this film.

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I knew you were gonna have Serenity on there somewhere I love that you have it so high, I take it then you also own the show to yes? Man I miss it, wish it was still on.

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Yup, I have the show. It is one of many travesties that FOX has committed when cancelling shows. Futurama and Arrested Development are two other notable ones.

5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)


A very interesting story which Kubrick brought to life brilliantly on the screen. Also extremely disturbing, both from the aspect of what the main character does and the aspect of what is done to the main character.

4. Primer (2004)


Budget for the film was $6,000, and it is one of the best time travel films (if not these best) in my opinion. It doesn't dumb down time travel, or have the disappearing person issue or any those weird/funny problems typical to a time travel film. While it doesn't have the absurdly stylized shine that most Hollywood films do, it works because in a starker looking image, it comes across as more realistic time travel.

I have added more to my bigpond movies to see thanks

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3. American Beauty (1999)


A very well done film. The story is very good in the film, and the acting by Spacey is very memorable.

2. The Virgin Suicides (1999)


A very good adaptation of the book. Sophia Coppola does a good job of keeping the same feeling as the book. Also, this film is visually very good. There is one shot that is a little odd, but not terrible, but like most of her, Sophia Coppola's, films, she does a veyr good job with it visually.

1. Finding Neverland (2004)






My favorite film of all time. I like the story in this film, it is fairly simple and nothing profound on the basic level, in fact some people look at it suspectly because J.M. Barrie basically leaves his wife to start hanging out with another woman, but there is more to this film then that. This film has to do so much with growing up (or not growing up), and the whole point of the film is showing J.M. Barie's character's progression towards a balance of those two things. Also, this film was the film that got me back into writing/film, because it is really inspiring, typically the "adult world" tries to force people as they grow up into doing the responsible thing, but this film shows someone who is doing what he loves, and while he is considered odd for that, it really becomes what is good in the film, in the people in the film.

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An interesting number one Gnat. I like it a lot too, very emotional and heartbreaking at the end. Johnny Depp is good in the film as he downplays Barrie which gives the stage to the boys and thus creates something very magical.


If you're interested in Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies family as well as their portrayal in the film, I'd recommend reading Andrew Birkin's book JM Barrie and the Lost Boys http://www.amazon.com/J-M-Barrie-Los...0154193&sr=1-1

I knew you were a big softy just like me Gnat, great job!

I will have to check that out. I heard about the book after seeing the movie, but I didn't get around to reading it then, or couldn't get my hands on it, one of the two.

Great list Gnat... and awesome number one... you may have just helped me decide which movie I want to watch... thanks for sharing...

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Well, I did this list a week ago and came up with the list more then that ago, and already I probably would change some things adding both Juno and Stardust to the list, don't know what I would bump, but I saw both of those after I had created my list, and I enjoyed both of those enough to put them on the list.

I loved Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and it's cool seeing it so high on your list. That's one movie that I think I would watch enough to justify buying.

Have never understood all the fuss over Lost in Translation.

Gideon58 strikes back on a 7-year-old thread

And by quoting a super long post to reply to one tiny part of it, no less.