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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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 Posted - 09/03/2005 : 05:17:43 [Permalink]
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If we say movies pre 1990, then Lord of the Rings is disqualified, as well as The Matrix.
Star Wars IV, a New Hope
This was my first sci-fi cinema experience. Awesome, this is a classic.
Labyrinth
Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, and Jim Henson's puppet factory, in a fantacy tale. Good music.
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Not the lame Hollywood adaption, but the original movie based on Frederick Forsyth's novel. A race against time to identify and stop an assassin with a contract to kill the French president.
A few of my favourite movies has already been mentioned, like Big Trouble in Little China, Bladerunner, 2001 (and 2010). |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 05:22:24 [Permalink]
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I must post again here :-)
I also have to vote in The Godfather (parts one and two) and one of my personal favorites - Patton. I also like Papillion, with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:03:06 [Permalink]
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After my three movies (that may at any time be subject to change), I'd also like to mention a movie that didn't make the list this time:
Planet of the Apes. |
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woolytoad
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:16:19 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Not the lame Hollywood adaption, but the original movie based on Frederick Forsyth's novel. A race against time to identify and stop an assassin with a contract to kill the French president.
Ugh ... I watched this once. I couldn't stand it. I said to a friend that it was as if they had filmed it scene for scene like a book. He promptly informs me that yes, it extremely close to the novel.
The car chase took like 30 mins (or so it seemed) and they were driving like grannies.  |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:25:41 [Permalink]
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I don't quite know if this is the right place to bring this up, however there are two movies that I would like to mention.
"Independance day (I4)" and "War of the worlds".
Niether of these movies might nescessarily rate in anyones top ten, however they explore the theme of invasion by a superior technology in what I think are interesting ways.
I see them as metaphors for invasions suffered by indiginous races wordwide when confronted with such alien constructs.
The one major difference is that the inferior thechnology seems to somehow win out in the end up there on the big screen, despite us earthlings throwing rocks and sticks at physics bending weaponry.
There is a major twist on this theme in "WOW" when it actually turns out that disease is responsable for the demise of the invaders.
This to me is particularly ironic considering that 95% of the indigenous population of South America was wiped out by European born deseases and the US was one of the first governments to use biological warefare by giving its indidenous population blankets infected with smallpox. |
"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:34:57 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
If we say movies pre 1990, then Lord of the Rings is disqualified, as well as The Matrix.
Pre-1990, I was still wetting my diapers 
I thought this was an all-time favorites thread. But pre-1990... mm... I'll have to think this.
Edit: actually, I liked a few mentioned here that are pre-1990. My bad.
Edit 2: Silence of the Lambs and there was another who just fell out of my mind. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:38:02 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
I don't quite know if this is the right place to bring this up, however there are two movies that I would like to mention.
"Independance day (I4)" and "War of the worlds".
Niether of these movies might nescessarily rate in anyones top ten, however they explore the theme of invasion by a superior technology in what I think are interesting ways.
I see them as metaphors for invasions suffered by indiginous races wordwide when confronted with such alien constructs.
The one major difference is that the inferior thechnology seems to somehow win out in the end up there on the big screen, despite us earthlings throwing rocks and sticks at physics bending weaponry.
There is a major twist on this theme in "WOW" when it actually turns out that disease is responsable for the demise of the invaders.
This to me is particularly ironic considering that 95% of the indigenous population of South America was wiped out by European born deseases and the US was one of the first governments to use biological warefare by giving its indidenous population blankets infected with smallpox.
Yes.
War of the Worlds, how could I forget it? It's a delicious movie, even with all the internal inconsistencies - that are consistent with the novel, to an extent. |
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"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:41:19 [Permalink]
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Again lol:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) with Sir Alec Guiness and Willaim Holden. |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:47:58 [Permalink]
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Apocalypse Now. Saw it when it was first released. Only time I've ever seen an audience just sit in silence when the movie ended.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Caddyshack. Rodney is great!
Life of Brian. Great spoof on you-know-who. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 08:51:41 [Permalink]
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Spectator I: I think it was "Blessed are the cheesemakers".
Mrs. Gregory: Aha, what's so special about the cheesemakers?
Gregory: Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:01:27 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by R.Wreck
Apocalypse Now. Saw it when it was first released. Only time I've ever seen an audience just sit in silence when the movie ended.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Life of Brian. Great spoof on you-know-who.
Agree with all of the above.
I also was in the cinema on opening night for "Apocolypse now" and it reminds me that I also had a mind bending experience at the opening night of "The deer hunter".
"This is this. This isn't something else, this is this. From now on, you're on your own." |
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Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:43:13 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by R.Wreck
Apocalypse Now. Saw it when it was first released. Only time I've ever seen an audience just sit in silence when the movie ended.
In my opinion, frame for frame, Apocalypse Now is the best movie ever filmed.
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GeeMack
SFN Regular
USA
1093 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:51:13 [Permalink]
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I don't watch a lot of movies, but I do have some favorite older ones. They are more or less classics, and I'll usually give them my attention if they come on the oldies movie channels on TV.
I really like Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity from 1944, with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. I enjoy most Alfred Hitchcock films. I could simply list them all, but if I had to pick a couple I especially like they would be Rear Window from 1954, with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, and Strangers on a Train from 1951, with Farley Granger and Robert Walker.
A lot of the old sci-fi flicks are fun to watch even though I've seen them a hundred times. One of my favorites in this genre has been mentioned a few times already, the original War of the Worlds from 1953, with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. Another one I like a lot is Invasion of the Body Snatchers from 1956, with Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, and Carolyn Jones. And I enjoy seeing The Day the Earth Stood Still from 1951, with Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, and Billy Gray.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:53:42 [Permalink]
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First off, I want to thank all of you for not choosing Titanic. You have restored my faith in humanity.
Some other movies I think should be on any must see list are:
Duck Soup
The Marx Brothers go to war. Nuff said…
The Third Man
Orsen Wells gives the greatest speech as Harry Lime justifying crimes against humanity ever delivered in any movie. It's pure evil. The musical track is intoxicating.
”M”
Fritz Langs German language film about the underworlds search for a pedophiliac serial killer (played by Peter Lorrie) because the law is cracking down on them.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Tobe Hooper scared the hell out of us while simultaneously inventing a movie genre that is still with us. And he did it with a tiny budget and almost no blood…
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock kills off the star of the movie in the first forty minutes.
Blue Velvet
David Lynch at his very best. This movie has many creepy moments but it would be hard to top Dean Stockwell's lip-sinking of Roy Orbisons “In Dreams” as so creepy that one might feel the need to bathe after seeing it.
Young Frankenstein
This really funny film even tops itself with Peter Boyle (as the monster) visiting the blind man, played by Gene Hackman, in one of the funniest ten minutes in movie history. Mel Brooks is a national treasure…
I could go on and probably will when I have more time.
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 10:15:12 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Kil
...Duck Soup
The Marx Brothers go to war. Nuff said…...
Great zany film. Saw it last night on our friend's big screen TV. The "mirror scene" is a classic, and someone commented on the parallels between the singing-dancing-declaration of war-musical sequence and Bush's "singing-dancing" declaration of war on Iraq.
Also, in addition to Apocalypse Now, which is a masterpiece, Apocalypse Now Redux is worth seeing. |
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