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Joe Cooning
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Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Most of the stuff by Hayao Miyazaki, Aardman studios and Pixar (what can I say, I love a good animation)

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Posted: 8th Jan 2007 02:31 Edited at: 8th Jan 2007 02:37
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Lots of my favourites have already been mentioned, so I won't list them again apart from Memento which is just brilliant...

The Crow. The original not the numerous straight to video sequels...

Gladiator. Much as I don't like Russel Crowe I enjoyed this...

Ong Bak. Because Tony Jaa is awesome... all of you go an hire it now (if you like martial arts)...

And two of my faves from my childhood...

The Goonies. Chunk rules!!!

The Karate Kid. Crane kick, nuff' said.

The worst films I think I have ever seen are:

Happy Feet... bored me to tears...

Napolean Dynamite... utter tripe


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Quote: "Don't see Matrix 3 then, its worse."

Not a great movie, but unlike 2 I had such low expectations for this one it actually passed them

Quote: "Hell comes to Frogtown"

Roddy Piper rules ........ but the movie stunk.

Quote: "Napolean Dynamite..."

I would have listed this likely if I could have born to watch more than 10-15 minutes of it.

Quote: "The Goonies."

I loved the kid with the inventions (the one that played Shortround in temple of doom). Great movie.

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Cian Rice
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Snakes on a Plane - When a film is made to be intentionally horrible it has to be good.

'We need to make a barrier between us and the snakes.'

SAW I,II,III - The acting sucks, yes. But Jigsaw and his games have really pulled me in and I'm a fanboy, twisted as it may seem I even have a shirt with two chopped off fingers on it. <_<

Se7en - More grisly suspense, but arguably a better film because it had good actors and a greater sense of fear and terror. (That scene with the model ... )

Pulp Fiction - Do I even need a reason?

Night Watch - Very interesting film, some interesting ideas and it even had a good dub. o_O

Spirited Away The.best.Miyazaki.film.Ever. Howl's Moving Castle paled in comparison to the adventure of Chihiro/Sen, and the film just had a magical feeling to it.

Borat Some segments on Da Ali G show may have been better but the movie was still very well done.

Kairo - Pulse was the American version of this film, but it was toned down and not nearly as thematic as this Japanese horror film, which is very similar to the novel Cell by Stephen King (which came out later).

Ichi the Killer - It's Ichi. The Killer.

A Clockwork Orange - One of the best film adaptations I have ever seen. Really did wonders for the book and imo brought in a new audience who couldn't follow the novel.

Rocky III EYE OF THE TIGER!

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Grog Grueslayer
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I love all sci-fi... even the really bad B-Movies but my favorite movie genre is Post-apocalyptic. If everybody hates it... I love it.

Battlefield Earth
The Postman
Waterworld
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hotron
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Posted: 11th Jan 2007 08:16 Edited at: 11th Jan 2007 08:16
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water world
alien(only no1 the rest sucked)
pirates of the carabean
lotr (its good when your in the mood)
hills have eyes it was sickening but it was good
shrek
night at the museum
i robot
starship troopers
the family guy movie(lol)

i think i got most of them there. i watch lots of movies!

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dark coder
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My Favorite film is

Screamers

and then others like

Stargate
Battlefield Earth
Serenity
Dawn of the dead
War of the worlds
Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick
The Island

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Gil Galvanti
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Quote: "War of the worlds"

From the half hour I saw it was way too cheesy for me .

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Matt Rock
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I'm an action movie geek, but I also love comedies, documentaries and a few dramas. My list...

Die Hard: Simply put, the greatest action movie of all time, period. This is the end-all of perfect action movies. An ordinary cop pushed to extraordinary ends, locked away in a skyscraper with a 9mm pistol and no shoes facing a dozen highly-armed and skilled terrorists. I've watched this movie with my family every christmas since it was released and it's the primary tradition my family observes, something I'll do with my kids someday (when I have some that is)

Crank
Snatch
Dr. Strangelove (or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb")
An Inconvenient Truth
Crash
Lethal Weapon
The Jackal (how can you resist Bruce Willis as a bad guy? Cinematic Perfection)
Terminator
Predator (the original, not that stupid AVP garbage)
The Dirty Dozen
Goal! The dream begins (rent this movie if you like football/ soccer right now! Or even if you don't!)
Saving Private Ryan
Meeting People is Easy
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Clerks
Clear and Present Danger


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Benjamin
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Quote: "Titanic - I really liked this one actually. The best part of the movie was when the boat was sinking--- so cool."

Booooring. 2 hours watching a boat sink. I could have spent my time better.

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Matt Rock
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When I saw Titanic in the theater, a girl sitting behind me was crying at the end saying "why did the boat have to sink?" That's when I gave up on the human race.


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Jeku
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Maybe I'm looking through the past with rose-coloured glasses.

Dec. 19, '97, I was working at the local theatre as an usher, and the place was mad busy for 2 months solid. Everyone and their dog went to see Titanic (ok, no dogs).

I was standing in front of the movie door checking tickets and literally had throngs of women begging, pleading, and tempting me with all manner of things trying to get through to the sold out shows.

Looking back, the movie might have been a bit silly, but could they have made it any other way? I mean, it would have seemed more like a documentary if there wasn't some kind of personal story intertwined in there. I really enjoyed it actually.

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Benjamin
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Quote: "Maybe I'm looking through the past with rose-coloured glasses."

Or maybe you're expecting that everyone should like it because it was popular.

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Warren Millers Cold Fusion, Storm, Steeper and Deepr, Black Diamond Rush, Freeriders and most of the others.

New World Disorder 1,2,3,5,6 (havent seen seven yet). Four was ok but that GOD DAMN STROBE EFFECT!! It pissed me off. Also there wernt too many good songs in it.

Kranked 3,4,5 (need to get 6) are the shizzle.

Pirates of the Carribian was good... have only seen sumber one.

The Alien series was dope.

If CSI (the origional one in LasVegas) counts, that is hands down the shizzle.
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Matt Rock
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I dunno, personally, I think it could have been done as a proper drama, showing real-life stories of many of the people onboard, rather than focusing on two people and making it into a love story. I disliked Titanic for the same reasons I disliked Pearl Harbor... although Pearl Harbor actually forced me to demand I get my money back. If I pay $15 to see a war movie, then guess what? I DEMAND TO SEE A WAR MOVIE! Not 15 minutes of action and 3+ hours of love triangle. I want to see Japanese zeros smashing into hillsides, boats exploding, Ben Affleck's face getting shot off. Major disappointment!


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Snakes on a Plane
Everybody thinks this movie sucks *shrugs*
Maybe I love it so much because of the atmosphere in the theater. I went opening night, and it was one of the best times I've ever had at a movie. Hands down. Three chicks came in dressed as a pilot, a snake, and a flight attendant and they ran around and passed out fake safety cards, threw tiny plastic snakes, and ran around the theater like they really were being attacked by the snake. Then, when Sammy (Samuel L. Jackson, for those less informed) said, "I've had it with these motherf*****g snakes on this motherf*****g plane," the whole crowd said it with him and then cheered when he did his next stupid stunt. (No spoilers here)
Now, watching it with people less enthusiastic about it as me kind of sucks, but the movie is so amazing if you actually go into it not expecting anything. It's a Napoleon Dynamite-type film where if you go in expecting something you'll be disappointed. It's a fun film and I recommend it to anyone who wants to watch a movie and have a few good laughs.
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Quote: "Or maybe you're expecting that everyone should like it because it was popular."


Um, no.

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Not in any order:

Eraserhead
El Topo
Pink Flamingos
A Hard Days Night
Naked
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2001: A Space ‘Oddity’
A Clockwork Orange
Tommy
Quadrophenia
pi
Freaks
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill 1&2
Easy Rider
I Heart Huckabees
Clerks1&2
v for vendetta
One Flew Over The Cocos Nest
A Scanner Darkly

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hotron
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titanic was the most borng movie ever made:
Quote: "but could they have made it any other way?"

make it an action or comedy........ or both

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LOTR! w00t!
Harry Potter
Star Wars
War of the Worlds
Terminator

^^ all obvious
now for less obvious:

Flags of our Fathers
Enemy at the Gates <- best WWII movie
Band of Brothers <- best WWII series
iRobot was good
Serenity
Donnie Darko <- everyone has to see this movie, its soo cool, yet soo wierd


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Yeah finnman, another eraserhead fan (that makes 2).

Quote: "Enemy at the Gates <- best WWII movie"


great movie, but read War of the Rats, and you can see how much better it could have been.

Quote: "but could they have made it any other way?"


Not a big love story person, but that is fine. The movie just dragged and the dialogue was so weak I found myself thinking things like "wonder if Tide will get that stain out of the rug?". We went as a group and my wife and I kept giving each other the "oh god when will this end" look.

I don't go to the theater much anymore, generally wait for the DVD's or for the summer when the drive-in is open and our van full of people costs $20 for 2 movies. You get to bring your own snacks so no $7 small soda's, and they have a kitchen in the middle that has that awesome fried food smell you only get at the drive in.. (damn now I can't wait for the summer)

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Quote: "Booooring. 2 hours watching a boat sink. I could have spent my time better."


Quote: "When I saw Titanic in the theater, a girl sitting behind me was crying at the end saying "why did the boat have to sink?" That's when I gave up on the human race."


When it came out on video my wife insisted on renting it. She could only get it on tape. It came as 2 tapes. I held up the first tape and told her "This is where you get attached to all the characters."... then I held up the second tape "And this is where they all die horribly."
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My fav movies are:

Pirates of the carreabean
Austin Power movies
SouthPark the movie

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Saikoro
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Anything by Uwe Boll.


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Gil Galvanti
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Quote: "Band of Brothers <- best WWII series"

I agree, that's an awesome and very well-done series.

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The Green Mile, Se7en, The Family Man..


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Cian Rice
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[sarcasm]Uwe Boll is a phenomenal director, a true visionary. I have never seen a film quite as good as BloodRayne or House of the Dead. One of the best directors in the world.[/sarcasm]

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 14th Jan 2007 23:21 Edited at: 14th Jan 2007 23:21
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Quote: "When it came out on video my wife insisted on renting it. She could only get it on tape. It came as 2 tapes. I held up the first tape and told her "This is where you get attached to all the characters."... then I held up the second tape "And this is where they all die horribly." "

LOL that's classic! My girlfriend loves that movie, she needs to read that lol.

I can't believe I left out Office Space! What was I thinking?!

Office Space
Yeah, that movie was funny... yeah... funny... (not sarcasm, a crappy internet attempt at a Lundberg impression)


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Quote: "The best part of the movie was when the boat was sinking--- so cool."
Really? I've never seen it, but I've heard that British bird gets her bits out at some point in it. Sinking ship? Meh...

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Favourites

James Bond (All)

The Mummy (All)

Rat Race

Also Like:

Star Wars (All)

Pirates of the Carribean (All)

Star Trek (All except the first movie)

Indiana Jones (All)

Movies I'm looking forward to in 2007:

Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End

Shrek The Third

The Simpsons Movie

Man of Science, Man of Faith
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