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05-30-2009, 09:17 PM
Well, the title kind of tells it all. I was gonna say "top 10 favorite movies" but then I realized my list on Facebook is way more than that hee hee. So, just make a list of your top 1 to 1000 favorite movies, or anywhere in between. There's probably a thread like this, but I couldn't see it, so I'll make a new one lol. Here's my top 30!
1) Raiders of the Lost Ark: This is my all time favorite movie. The classic action adventure movie. It has lots of sentimental value to me. I spent most of my lil' kid life watching this in the afternoon, or on long car rides. I think it was the first movie I ever saw that didn't suck, as in it wasn't "Timmy the Tooth" or something.
2) Pulp Fiction: Pulp Fiction has the best screenplay ever written. Everything the characters say is lots of fun to listen to. And the iconic breakfast scene very well may be my favorite scene in any movie. Samuel L. Jackson is bad@$$ already, and then he says all that cool $#!t to boot.
3) Empire Strikes Back: I say Empire is my favorite of the Star Wars, but really the original trilogy as a whole was really good. Way ahead of it's time to in visual style. It's just your all around classic good vs. evil movie.
4) The Big Lebowski: In my opinion, this is the funniest movie ever made. Funniest scene is when Walter "rolls out". That's about the closest I've ever come to peeing while watching a movie. The characters in this movie are so well written. The Dude has to be about the coolest man ever put in a movie (I named myself after him! He abides".
5) The Shawshank Redemption Beautiful movie. Only movie that ever made me that chocked up at the end. Great representation of friendship, and caring for each other.
6) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Gotta love Eastwood. The visual style of this movie was great. Plus it was one of the best scores Ennio Morricone ever wrote, which is saying something, out of his 500= scores.
7) Rear Window: Who would have thought a movie that takes place inside a room would be so interesting. Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favorite director of all time. His movies didn't really feel as dated as the other films that came out around his time (40's-60's). The acting and whole visual direction of the films (cinematography and all that) seemed like they could be from any movie today. As was common with lots of movies back then, the acting felt a little stiff and forced, and the camera didn't take many risks with different shots. It was kinda like "I'm here to show you what's happening. Not help tell the story". Hitchcock helped to break those bonds, and create some really wonderful films.
P.S. - Don't think I'm biased to the classics. I love old films, and don't think the things I talked about are a setback. It's just that Hitchcock made it better.
8) Raging Bull: This is my favorite movie based on some ones life. Very believable look at some ones life. The way Martin Scorsese passes time is amazing too.
9) Vertigo: Really good mystery. James Stewart is one of my favorite actors. Also SPOILER, this is really one of the first movies that has that downer ending that makes you go "aw, I don't want that to happen". I love depressing endings!
10) Fight Club: This is the ultimate "guys" movie. Didn't see that one comin'!
11) The Dark Knight: R.I.P Heath Ledger. The Oscars did a good job of snubbing this one in February. They gave Ledger the Oscar for best supporting actor like they should have, but it didn't even got nominated for best picture or director. I feel it should have at LEAST got nominated for both of them. It was my pic for winning them, but I would have understood if it didn't. They're just to afraid to nominate a comic book movie for those. They think it would be unprofessional or something...nazis :(
12) Psycho Another Hitchcock classic. I saw this when I was 12. It was the first really creepy movie I had ever seen. I was up for weeks after watching it.
13) Apocalypse Now: This is my favorite war movie. You really see the hell of war, and how it affects people.
14) 2001: A Space Odyssey: Really a visual stunner, especially for the 60's.
15) Goodfellas: Everything in this movie felt believable. One of Joe Pesci's best roles. And he says the f word a lot! I love the f word!
16) Memento: The non linear time line in this movie was great, and I think it even tops Pulp Fiction in the way it's told. You think the movie wouldn't be as surprising if you knew how it ended from the beginning. You'd be wrong.
17) Se7en: I love dark movies! Fincher always creates a good atmosphere for his films. This was one of the most appropriately gritty, and tense atmospheres you could hope for to match a movie. I have to bash the last half a minute though. They should have ended it with that helicopter shot of Brad Pitt. The final scene at night with Freeman talking to the cop isn't a bad scene, it just kinda lightens the ending note of the film, rather than having it feel like you totally just got shot in the face. It gives you some closer, which is not always a bad thing, but with the way this movie ended, you don't need closer.
18) Fargo: Fargo has a really good blend of characters. Once again, the Coen brothers have written a huge batch of excellent characters. You have the rude and crude Steve Buscemi, the pleasant Frances McDormand, and everyone in between.
19) The Departed This has to be my favorite ending in a film :)
20) Oldboy: The only foreign film on my list. This is the only one of the "Vengeance" trilogy I've seen yet, but boy did I love it. You really care about the main character. This movie isn't a straight forward "I'm mad and I'm gonna kill everyone that made me mad!" revenge movie, but it takes time to make you care if he gets revenge or not.
21) Citizen Kane: Well, I doubt I need to say anything about this one. It's the common "best movie" ever. It does a very good job of telling the story of someone's life. Plus it was one of the first movies to put a little twist on things at the end.
22) Saving Private Ryan: The opening half hour is almost enough to make you sick. Very touching story.
23) North by Northwest: One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever made. Gotta love the corn scene!
24) The Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is one of everyone's favorite villains. For only being on screen for 17 minutes, he really makes his point.
25) Unforgiven: Another Eastwood western! Not his typical tough guy role, even though that's what he ends up being. Really great cast.
Honorable Mention:: These are movies that didn't quite make my list of top 25, and some of which that might not even make top 50, but they still need recognition for being what they are.
The Lives of Others, Clerks, Toy Story, The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Casino, Chasing Amy, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, Die Hard, Up, Donnie Darko, Gomorra, The Green Mile, Heat, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects.
Shew...lotta typing. What about you guys?
1) Raiders of the Lost Ark: This is my all time favorite movie. The classic action adventure movie. It has lots of sentimental value to me. I spent most of my lil' kid life watching this in the afternoon, or on long car rides. I think it was the first movie I ever saw that didn't suck, as in it wasn't "Timmy the Tooth" or something.
2) Pulp Fiction: Pulp Fiction has the best screenplay ever written. Everything the characters say is lots of fun to listen to. And the iconic breakfast scene very well may be my favorite scene in any movie. Samuel L. Jackson is bad@$$ already, and then he says all that cool $#!t to boot.
3) Empire Strikes Back: I say Empire is my favorite of the Star Wars, but really the original trilogy as a whole was really good. Way ahead of it's time to in visual style. It's just your all around classic good vs. evil movie.
4) The Big Lebowski: In my opinion, this is the funniest movie ever made. Funniest scene is when Walter "rolls out". That's about the closest I've ever come to peeing while watching a movie. The characters in this movie are so well written. The Dude has to be about the coolest man ever put in a movie (I named myself after him! He abides".
5) The Shawshank Redemption Beautiful movie. Only movie that ever made me that chocked up at the end. Great representation of friendship, and caring for each other.
6) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Gotta love Eastwood. The visual style of this movie was great. Plus it was one of the best scores Ennio Morricone ever wrote, which is saying something, out of his 500= scores.
7) Rear Window: Who would have thought a movie that takes place inside a room would be so interesting. Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favorite director of all time. His movies didn't really feel as dated as the other films that came out around his time (40's-60's). The acting and whole visual direction of the films (cinematography and all that) seemed like they could be from any movie today. As was common with lots of movies back then, the acting felt a little stiff and forced, and the camera didn't take many risks with different shots. It was kinda like "I'm here to show you what's happening. Not help tell the story". Hitchcock helped to break those bonds, and create some really wonderful films.
P.S. - Don't think I'm biased to the classics. I love old films, and don't think the things I talked about are a setback. It's just that Hitchcock made it better.
8) Raging Bull: This is my favorite movie based on some ones life. Very believable look at some ones life. The way Martin Scorsese passes time is amazing too.
9) Vertigo: Really good mystery. James Stewart is one of my favorite actors. Also SPOILER, this is really one of the first movies that has that downer ending that makes you go "aw, I don't want that to happen". I love depressing endings!
10) Fight Club: This is the ultimate "guys" movie. Didn't see that one comin'!
11) The Dark Knight: R.I.P Heath Ledger. The Oscars did a good job of snubbing this one in February. They gave Ledger the Oscar for best supporting actor like they should have, but it didn't even got nominated for best picture or director. I feel it should have at LEAST got nominated for both of them. It was my pic for winning them, but I would have understood if it didn't. They're just to afraid to nominate a comic book movie for those. They think it would be unprofessional or something...nazis :(
12) Psycho Another Hitchcock classic. I saw this when I was 12. It was the first really creepy movie I had ever seen. I was up for weeks after watching it.
13) Apocalypse Now: This is my favorite war movie. You really see the hell of war, and how it affects people.
14) 2001: A Space Odyssey: Really a visual stunner, especially for the 60's.
15) Goodfellas: Everything in this movie felt believable. One of Joe Pesci's best roles. And he says the f word a lot! I love the f word!
16) Memento: The non linear time line in this movie was great, and I think it even tops Pulp Fiction in the way it's told. You think the movie wouldn't be as surprising if you knew how it ended from the beginning. You'd be wrong.
17) Se7en: I love dark movies! Fincher always creates a good atmosphere for his films. This was one of the most appropriately gritty, and tense atmospheres you could hope for to match a movie. I have to bash the last half a minute though. They should have ended it with that helicopter shot of Brad Pitt. The final scene at night with Freeman talking to the cop isn't a bad scene, it just kinda lightens the ending note of the film, rather than having it feel like you totally just got shot in the face. It gives you some closer, which is not always a bad thing, but with the way this movie ended, you don't need closer.
18) Fargo: Fargo has a really good blend of characters. Once again, the Coen brothers have written a huge batch of excellent characters. You have the rude and crude Steve Buscemi, the pleasant Frances McDormand, and everyone in between.
19) The Departed This has to be my favorite ending in a film :)
20) Oldboy: The only foreign film on my list. This is the only one of the "Vengeance" trilogy I've seen yet, but boy did I love it. You really care about the main character. This movie isn't a straight forward "I'm mad and I'm gonna kill everyone that made me mad!" revenge movie, but it takes time to make you care if he gets revenge or not.
21) Citizen Kane: Well, I doubt I need to say anything about this one. It's the common "best movie" ever. It does a very good job of telling the story of someone's life. Plus it was one of the first movies to put a little twist on things at the end.
22) Saving Private Ryan: The opening half hour is almost enough to make you sick. Very touching story.
23) North by Northwest: One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever made. Gotta love the corn scene!
24) The Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal is one of everyone's favorite villains. For only being on screen for 17 minutes, he really makes his point.
25) Unforgiven: Another Eastwood western! Not his typical tough guy role, even though that's what he ends up being. Really great cast.
Honorable Mention:: These are movies that didn't quite make my list of top 25, and some of which that might not even make top 50, but they still need recognition for being what they are.
The Lives of Others, Clerks, Toy Story, The Exorcist, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Casino, Chasing Amy, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Taxi Driver, Die Hard, Up, Donnie Darko, Gomorra, The Green Mile, Heat, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects.
Shew...lotta typing. What about you guys?