Your favorite movies

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

It is becoming manifest (moneyfest?) that Hollywood is morally and creatively bankrupt. Maybe it is time for a remake of Gone with the Wind complete with an orgy at Belle Watling's bordello.

Most, if not all, of the attempts at space opera have been rather poor. Some of them spend too much time trying to explain the impossible technology, while others are obsessed with a moral message.

A good plot would be the first manned mission to Mars. Lots of boredom as the crew interact on the long way there, and nothing eventful happens after they get there. Then there is the homeward bound trip. Think of a remake of Mr. Roberts without Jack Lemon and James Cagney.

Or how about a good tragedy like Hamlet, where everyone dies at the end due to the moral failure of the hero, and only the minor characters survive to die in a desert? Something like On the Beach except even more depressing.

As for remaking Red Dawn, why bother with the NK's? Just have the school captured by a home-grown Al Qu'eida cell. Leave the poor NK's to rot in their own sauce.

  Edited April 14, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[airman15 4,113]

For me, when it comes to sequels, I always say "If the original was perfectly fine, don't try to make it better".

  Edited April 15, 2011 by usfighter15  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

For me, when it comes to sequels, I always say "If the original was perfectly fine, don't try to make it better".

Amen. The worst remake lately has been 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. Even though the Michael Rennie original was stilted and in black and white, and typical of the genre at the time, it was quite a good film compared to the dreck in the sequel. Go, Gort, go!

[FreewayofFlight 41]

I am a big fan of the disaster flicks.

2012, The Day After Tomorrow, etc.

I also like a good parody/comedy movie.

Side note: I think Jennifer Aniston should do more dramatic roles aside from the Rom-Coms.

[blade2k5 1,523]

They remade The Thing as well

http://the-thing-movie-2011-trailer....make-2011.html

the one based on John Campbells short story Who Goes There? not the Fantastic 4 guy

It's not a remake. It's a prequel.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Watched Evolution last night. It is now on my favorite commercials list. Head and Shoulders indeed. So the aliens were giant dandruff. Almost as good as SCTV.

[airman15 4,113]

As much as i dislike remakes, film adaptations from novels are even worse. I read a novel by Clive Cussler and it was titled Raise the Titanic!. The basic plot is that the United States is trying to build an anti-missile plan called the Sicilian Defense Plan that requires a rare mineral called Byzanium to power everything. Dirk Pitt, the main character leads a marine agency to salvage the Titanic because it has been rumored to carry the Byzanium when it embarked on its only voyage. At the same time, the Soviets try to stop the American team because they know if the Sicilian Plan is put into full cycle, It would render the USSR's nuclear arsenal useless. The book was fantastic, and was praised by many critics as well as becoming a bestseller. I watched the film adaptation (which was directed by Jerry Jameson, by the way) and it was HORRIBLE! It did not follow the book very well, the special effects were cheesy and i can see why the critics gave the film Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Supporting Actor (David Shelby).

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I just re-watched Wall-E. It just struck me today that the ending credits scenes do not make sense. It shows the decimated earth recolonized and fixed up by descendents of Axiom (and possibly the rest of the fleet). Rebuilding infrastructure and farming seeds from one of the seedvaults might account for the flora but it showed fish, turtles, and birds as well. Those must have been extinct for at least 600 years (turtles were probably extinct for 800+ years before the movie)

[Ceafus 88 1,899]

My favorite are the Transformers Series, Zombieland, and Talladega Nights.

[Terring 6,476]

Contact

2001: Space Odyssey

2010: The year we make contact

Wall-E

The lion king

Forest Gump

The green mile

Close encounters of the third kind

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I love Avatar and Inception.

[PontiacFiero84 109]

Just to name some.

- Taxi Driver ( 1976 ) with Robert De Niro , I love the gritty feel that movie has about NYC in the 70s.

-Hot Fuzz ( 2007 ) Bloody ( As the British would say ) hilarious police crime movie.

-Tron ( 1982 and 2010 ) Both great scifi movies.

-Man on Wire ( 2008 ) Superb documentary about Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center.

-Smokey and the Bandit series ( 1977 - 1980 - 1982 ) Great southern comedy , and of course the Trans-AM!

-City Island ( 2009 ) Great drama / comedy with Andy Garcia.

-Punch Drunk Love ( 2002 ) Im not really a fan of romantic comedies but this one with Adam Sadler is witty and hilarious!

-Bullitt ( 1968 ) With Steve Mcqueen , this has also a great car chase with the Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang.

-Boondock Saints ( 1999 ) I saw this very recently , and it was very good crime movie in my opinion , I need to see the 2009 sequel.

-The Warriors ( 1977 ) WARRRRIOOORS COME OUT TO PLAYYY lol

-The French Connection ( 1971 ) In my opinion this movie has one of the greatest car chases in history/

-Falling Down ( 1993 ) With Michael Douglas , great action movie in a stressed out Los Angles.

-Godzilla Series

-Back to the future trilogy

-Juice

I have alot more to name , but I feel that's enough

  Edited August 5, 2011 by PontiacFiero84  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Of flicks seen recently, I give the nod to Avatar, and the King's Speech.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I also loved the Brave Little Toaster.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Here I am eating garlic waiting for the second half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The first part, of course, felt unfinished. Besides, I've read the book.

[x493x 446]

Here I am eating garlic waiting for the second half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The first part, of course, felt unfinished. Besides, I've read the book.

I'm still waiting for Fast Five to come onto DVD (I'm assuming that's what you're waiting for with Harry Potter too). Sadly, I missed it when it was running in theaters due to more important issues.

I still say that the Fast and Furious movies are the best ever, no matter how stupid others think they are.

  Edited August 12, 2011 by x493x  

[Jamesrules90 133]

Here I am eating garlic waiting for the second half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The first part, of course, felt unfinished. Besides, I've read the book.

I'm still waiting for Fast Five to come onto DVD (I'm assuming that's what you're waiting for with Harry Potter too). Sadly, I missed it when it was running in theaters due to more important issues.

I still say that the Fast and Furious movies are the best ever, no matter how stupid others think they are.

Fast five (or Fast and Furious five as it is sometimes called in England, seriously I had no idea what it was called) is really good, I saw it at the cinema and enjoyed it.

[Jelendria 3]

I absolutely love Miyazaki movies!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Just watched a movie called Sunshine on Syfi.

Sort of a combination of Silent running,Alien and 2001.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Just watched a movie called Sunshine on Syfi.

Sort of a combination of Silent running,Alien and 2001.

Was Chris Evans in it?

[Easy Bakes 253]

Just watched a movie called Sunshine on Syfi.

Sort of a combination of Silent running,Alien and 2001.

Was Chris Evans in it?

Yes he was.

Was wondering were i had seen him before. He was The Human Torch and Capt. America

Syfy actually running a good set today.

Sunshine, ST:Generations, Total Recall, The 5th Element and Blade Runner.

seen them all before but its better then mega whatever vs super whatever. and the abnormal paranormal ghost hunters wittiness academy.

  Edited August 14, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Watched "From Hell" last night with Johnny Depp. Quite a moving performance. It followed the Jack the Ripper plot quite accurately and in gory detail. Definitely rated X. I enjoyed it, so I'll add it to my favorites list.

[Odainsaker 2,137]

I just finally watched Sofia Coppola's mesmerizing Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst as the infamous queen. You won't learn too much in depth from this movie about the contorted politics leading up to the French Revolution, but for a visual spectacle of life in the lavish court of Versailles, probably no other movie made has captured so thoroughly that ultimate aristocratic bubble world. With astounding access throughout the grounds and Palace of Versailles, we get an architectural feast for the eyes as we wallow with the cluelessly doomed royal teens in powdered wigs and pastries.

At the other end of the cinema spectrum was Japanese sci-fi flick Returner, starring Kaneshiro Takashi. The filmmakers here deliberately take/borrow/steal from Independence Day, The Matrix, Transformers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Alien, The Terminator, Millenium, and even E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, such that part of the absurdity of this movie is in counting the oh-too-blatant references. While we are at it, throw in yakuza and John Woo for good campy measure! Kaneshiro Takeshi struts totally cool in dark sunglasses, trenchcoat, and anime hair, which just makes everything else happening in the movie around him seem more over-the-top and ridiculous. It's fun, and even funny, but don't look for serious, groundbreaking science fiction here, let alone original ideas.

Since it finally came out on U.S. DVD, I also got to see 13 Assassins ("Juusannin no Shikaku"), Japan's own "Best Film"-nominated jidaigeki chop-schlocky combining samurai Edo period costumes and melodrama with modern gore. Think Seven Samurai and Chuushingura on steroids, as the Shogunate dispatches a team of samurai to eliminate a psychopathically callous and politically dangerous lord. I must be getting desensitized, for despite all the creative sword slashings and spraying squibs, the scene that freaked me out was of the hungry wildman biting into a struggling walking stick and sucking out the insect's protein-rich insides. Yikes...we are definitely not watching Kurosawa here!

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I could not wait for Avatar to be over, and didn't want to root for either side as I wished for some good ol' M.A.D.

Marie Antoinette was indeed quite visually stunning. If you want a more Asian-flavored story with a similar feel, hunt down "Sakuran" with Tsuchiya Anna. The acting and the story aren't any better than M.A., but the clothing and the setting are just as amazing. Of course for me, the music was the best part, as the incredibly talented Shiina Ringo was tasked with writing the songs. And what songs they are. We also get a boob montage, and you can't go wrong there, either.

[hamsterTK 93]

Small Soldiers. A 90s movie about AI from a defense system a la skynet being planted into GI Joe style toys by mistake. You can't not love this movie.

Fight Club. Some people either take away the wrong message or hate it, but if you really ruminate on the plot its pretty good. If it put you off, try watching it again.

Idiocracy. Because Wall-E sucks compared to this one. More hot wings!

Goodfellas. I'm not a mafia movie fan but there is something about this one(the filmaking and way the story is told) that makes it good. It certainly doesn't glamorize the mob lifestyle but instead tries to portray things realistically. The plot takes place over a period of nearly 40 years and traces the history of the Italian-American mafia in greater NYC from its rise in the 1950s to its fall in the 1980s.

Madagascar. Yeah, the obnoxious family movie with the stupid penguins and lemurs. I happen to like it Do not touch de feets!!!!

I just re-watched Wall-E. It just struck me today that the ending credits scenes do not make sense. It shows the decimated earth recolonized and fixed up by descendents of Axiom (and possibly the rest of the fleet). Rebuilding infrastructure and farming seeds from one of the seedvaults might account for the flora but it showed fish, turtles, and birds as well. Those must have been extinct for at least 600 years (turtles were probably extinct for 800+ years before the movie)

In the future why not just develop virtual reality that replicates a hedonistic lifestyle without the need for material goods? They can make robots that feel love, so why not put everyone in the matrix where they can suck down as many buy n' large slurpees as they want without ever gaining weight?

Wall-E wasn't sci-fi, it was some morality thing for people who care about first world problems for like 5 minutes then dump their candy trash on the floor of the theater after seeing it. And then feel enlightened because consumerism is bad or something like that, after they buy a print copy of "adbusters"

Sorry. I am a terrible, cynical person.

  Edited August 16, 2011 by hamsterTK  

[Jelendria 3]

Hedonism Bot!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I am watching Up right now for the first time and it struck me how sad it is.

[_marsh_ 1,118]

Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, American Psycho, all great movies. (However I can't leave the LOTR trilogy & Star Wars out ) Though I've only started getting more into movies as of recently, I was never really into them when I was younger. I need to work on watching more to broaden my opinion.

  Edited December 17, 2011 by _marsh_  

[emperordaniel 1,281]

LOTR trilogy

Both Star Wars trilogies

Anything made by Pixar Animation Studio

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

(I'm sure there are others as well...)

I omitted the other two Narnia films, as only the first one was reasonably accurate to the book imo. Prince Caspian's accuracy was so-so, and don't even get me started on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Now that I have a decent sound system (head set), I just watched both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows again. Finally got all the dialogue.