top 5 of your favrotie films

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– The Man from Earth - Normally, a movie with pacing like this, where not much happens, and 98 percent of which is dialogue, would bore me to tears, but the subject matter is fascinating, and the movie is actually well executed.

– Blade Runner - I fall asleep every time I try to rewatch it nowadays but, man, do I love everything about that movie. It is the only movie I have memorized every line of every scene from and can play back in my head in its entirety from beginning to end.

– 2001 A Space Odyssey - Dated as Hell. Heck, it was dated as Hell in 2001, but I still enjoy it.

– The Prophesy - Yeah it is filled with schlocky pseudo religious mumbo jumbo, but Christopher Walken and Eric Stoltz were pretty good in it. The sequels Prophesy II and Prophesy III were okay. I hated Prophesy IV and didn’t bother with Prophesy 5.

– Aliens - And not solely because I had a terrible crush on Sigourney Weaver back then. :slight_smile:

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Fargo
The Third Man
A Separation
Cool Hand Luke
The Lion in Winter

Fargo and The Third Man are permanent entries in my top 5. The other three slots are subject to change depending on my mood.

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In no particular order:

All About Eve
The Wizard of Oz
The Shawshank Redemption
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Broken Blossoms

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In no particular order:

The Blues Brothers
The Jungle Book (the original)
Goodfellas
The Producers
The In-Laws

Hm, four out of five are comedies, and the fifth has famous comedic scenes.

Of course, my answers may vary, except for Blues Brothers and Jungle Book, which are so beloved, I drop the “The” when referring to them.

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  1. Airplane (This will always be number one no matter what)

  2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

  3. Stranger Than Fiction

  4. Snatch

  5. The Other Guys
    2-5 change order and are subbed here and there, but those are pretty consistent across the board.

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  1. Trainspotting
  2. The Godfather
  3. Notorious (Cary Grant/Ingrid Bergman version, not the rap one )
  4. In Bruges
  5. Fargo
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Raging Bull
Miller’s Crossing
King Kong (the real one)
Animal House
True Grit

First 3 are solid, after that a lot of contenders.

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Fantasia
Men In Black
Young Frankenstein
The Lion In Winter
The Big Lebowski

in no particular order

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Tough to pick only 5, but today’s list:

  1. Jaws
  2. The Dark Knight
  3. No Country For Old Men
  4. Empire Strikes Back
  5. Kill Bill I & II

Tomorrow it could look like this:

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Good Will Hunting
  3. The Shawshank Redemption
  4. The Blues Brothers
  5. Armageddon
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No order:
The Maltese Falcon
Badlands
Hombre
The Godfather
Life of Brian

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These two are solid, been here for years.

  1. Lilo & Stitch
  2. The Shawshank Redemption

These vary over time, but currently,
3. The Thin Man
4. The Edge of Tomorrow
5. Iron Man

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Coincidentally, I rewatched Pleasantville last night for the first time since it came out in 1998.

Damn, that IS a fine movie. My eyes filled up when the first color appeared, when Tobey McGuire got the fresh-baked oatmeal cookies, when the books in the library started to fill in, and more other times than I care to admit.

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American Grafitti
American Pie
American Beauty
Coming to America
Captain America The First Avenger

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What do you mean comedic; comedic, how?

I liked it the first time I saw it, but on rewatching, I was surprised how much I liked it. It’s a gorgeous movie to look at, but I kinda wonder if the joy of the story only comes through after the visual impact has worn off a bit. And I can’t think of any other movie that has quite the same message, arguing in favor of (for lack of a better word) corruption.

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Based on movies that I will watch whenever I come across them:

Fargo
Unforgiven
Dances With Wolves
Little Big Man
Lord of the Rings (any of the three)

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Fargo
Hunt for Red October
Apollo 13
Memento
Zorro, the Gay Blade

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The Wrath of Khan
Gentleman’s Agreement
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the King

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A Clockwork Orange
The Emperor’s New Groove
Reservoir Dogs
Poltergeist
The Shawshank Redemption (I tried not to pick it because it’s on so many other poster’s lists, but dang, that’s a good movie).

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I don’t see it as “corruption,” although the Don Knotts character did!

More that “sex is good for you,” “books are good for you,” “fine art is good for you,” “rock n’ roll and jazz are good for you.” These are all sentiments I can heartily endorse.

I was so happy to see the teenagers and the oldies – living in that circumscribed, monochromatic world – BOTH discovering and enjoying boinking, Huckleberry Finn, Cezanne, and Miles Davis.

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I would say the message is that finding your true self is good for you. What caused a character to change from black-and-white to color was different in each case: love, painting, books, music. . . It’s an argument against conformism.