Some Of My Favorite Films
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Topic: Some Of My Favorite Films
Posted By: Morningrise
Subject: Some Of My Favorite Films
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 16:46
| A pretty varied selection of some of my favorite films. Pick your favorite of the list. |
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 16:51
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Mulholland Dr.! Also a fan of: M, Psycho, To Kill a Mockingbird, 2001: A Space Oddyeesy, Godfather, Videodrome, Blue Velvet, Dancer in the Drak, Donnie Darko. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:01
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The only one I haven't seen is Chasing Amy, and it's really too hard to choose between others. 2001 is the one I've seen the most times, but there are various ones that I've seen many times. The only one I was disappointed with is Eyes Wide Shut. I guess 2001 has been too important to me since I was a child not to vote for even though I have sort of a desire to go with Wild Strawberries or Dancer in the Dark. No, I'll go with Wild Strawberries. |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:02
And I'm also a fan of Special Agent Dale Cooper.
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ole-the-first wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:16
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Impressive list. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:17
Nice to hear it!  ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:31
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Voted for Rebecca, I really love that movie. Never been a fan of Godfather(s). I missed a lot of the classics, unfortunately. ------------- |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 18:03
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You are trying to kill us, aren't you? I voted Barton Fink just because |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 18:06
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I like every movie I've seen out of these (most), except for two. What the hell are those Kevin Smiths films doing on a nice list like this? Mulholland Drive and Strawberry Place. The former got my vote.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 18:22
I was expecting some comment like that beforehand, lol. The truth is that while Kevin Smith has put out some really crappy movies throughout his career, and he's probably not a proficient director, he has indeed proven to be a hell of a writer. Clerks and Chasing Amy to me are proof of that. The dialogues are clever, sharp, funny, and the characters of both movies are memorable. But of course, to each his own.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 18:57
| Clerks is awesome |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 19:25
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I've only seen a small handful of those. Out of the ones I've seen, I'm going with Psycho. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 20:14
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Mulholland Dr.? He$%, no. Tough call between Donnie Darko, Godfather, and To Kill ... TK -> DD ... GF ... The final answer is: Godfather, because I want to watch it again. I just really like DeNiro's character, the young Vito. Smart, generous, understanding ... . The plot of Donnie Darko is easy to digest. To Kill ... is a bit ... no, it's quite ... turning-off on occasions, I must admit.
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 20:47
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2001! Probably my favourite movie of all time along with the LOTR movies.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 21:05
Speaking of Clerks, have you all people seen the original ending of Clerks? If not, here it is. Do not miss this.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 21:37
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Zelig is brilliant, and Rashomon, not a huge fan of much of the others on list. I did just watch The Great Escape which I love. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 11:17
Lots of my favourites here.  Voted for Videodrome.
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:46
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Wild Straws! Genius, Genius Genius Genius!!!!! If you haven't seen it yet, watch it three times! |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 15:15
| Eyes Wide Shut |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 19:09
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Great list. I love 2001, I think Apocalypse Now should be on the list to, 'cause is one of my favorites. But I voted for Citizen Kane, which is maybe the most elaborated movie at the time. It's impressive how much the movie pushed all boundaries, right? ------------- |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 23:22
If that's the case then you should have voted for Godfather Part 2.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 17:28
| Good stuff. Voted for Rashomon. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 18:30
| Nice list! Haven't seen 'em all but I threw in my vote for Videodrome. It's amazingly creepy and one of my favorite Cronenberg movies. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 20:16
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I see someone beat me to the punch asking how Clerks got on a list like this... Seeing Videodrome here throws me for a loop also. I like Videodrome quite a bit but it just doesn't seem to fit. I gotta disagree about Clerks having witty dialogue. I think that's the worst part of the whole film. To me it's unrevelatory about the characters uttering it which makes it fluff. Theres nothing deep or poignant mentioned in the first half of the film. Mr. smith seems to think I want to hear all of his uninteresting personal thoughts on the mundane world voiced through shallow characters. I don't. To be fair maybe the film explodes in the second half which I could not continue to watch. Memorable characters... yeah I hafta agree with that. However I attribute that mainly to the actors and not their lines. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: May 11 2012 at 23:59
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You would love Ingvar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, I think. Prog Trivia: Agalloch sample a quote from that film on The Mantle. 2001 is the greatest film ever made. Kubrick is the greatest director of all time, Kurosawa comes 2nd place. Happiness (1998) is the funniest comedy ever made. Awesome list of films.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 12 2012 at 00:37
Thanks.
I've seen plenty of Bergman's films (The Seventh Seal included), but Wild Strawberries still remains as my personal favorite. Still have to watch Persona though, of which I've read lots of good things.
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 12 2012 at 01:14
As I've said before, to each his own.
What really bugs me, for the lack of a better word, is the easy criticism. I'm not saying that your critics weren't fundamented. Your arguments are totally valid, even if I don't agree with them.
What I'm saying is that right before I posted this poll, I knew someone would stand up and say something against Kevin Smith. I bet the same would have happened if I had included any movie by Tarantino or Spielberg. Some directors are easy to hate. The same way some bands are easy to hate. A Dream Theater poll appears and there's always someone saying "They suck. They are worthless".
I'm sure there must be people around here who think Bergman or Tarkovsky movies are slow or boring. Or don't like artists like Univers Zero, just to put an example. But you'll never see anyone saying "Univers Zero sucks so bad". Oh no, that's politically incorrect.
Why can't I enjoy a Kevin Smith movie as much as a Kurosawa one? Who's entitled to say which things are better than others?
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 12 2012 at 01:31
| ^ How does one know whether or not we are entitled to something like that? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 12 2012 at 02:28
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well we surely won't agree on everything on such a big list, for instance I think Being There is dull, Eye Wide Shut was Kubrick's worst, Psycho was not Hitchcock's best, and Chasing Amy
is kinda silly; but they're all well-made films that deserve any praise
they get. As opposed to recent things like J. Edgar or Captain America or stuff. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 12 2012 at 19:48
You're right. I kinda mispoke when I said " list like this." It YOUR list so I have no business commenting on any single addition. I'll only amend however by saying it's only my personal opinion of Clerks and not its inclusion on your list that I direct my comments to. I shoulda done more to make that clear, sorry. You can enjoy a Kevin Smith movie as much as any movie and I will not judge you or your list for it. I try hard not to cheer lead by just throwing out statements like " they suck so bad" and walking away. That's pretty damn useless imo. The popular saying is 'opinions are like a****les......' but I amend it to say 'Opinions without reasons are like a****les....' And just for fun I'd like to mention that YOU entitled us to say which things are better than others by posting this poll :) ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 13 2012 at 02:22
Definitely.
It's only a list. It's far from being an absolute truth. It's subjective and most of all, arguable, so I guess you could say I kinda mispoke there as well. And I don't have any problem if someone says "I don't like Clerks for "X" reasons" just as you did.
It's just that when I read "on a list like this", I thought to myself: why WOULDN'T Clerks belong here or be out of place?. After all, it is MY list.
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