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Post by regalsin on Nov 2, 2010 12:21:31 GMT -5
so I want to know what films you consider the
the absolute best must see, life changing
the next absolute best life changing
last newest best
favorite etc etc
you know, since television is dead, and nobody watches television no more, since they forced us to buy computers hiddens as screens, that has built in cameras, and secretly balh blah blah spy on us.
mine are.
Soylent Greens
THX133
Cerks Two
Pulp Fiction/Mad Max original
Dumplings
Picnic
Suicide Club
Wild zero ( earthbound prodigy ),
My Wife is a Gangster 2 and 1.
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Post by HJ on Nov 2, 2010 13:25:03 GMT -5
you know, since television is dead, and nobody watches television no more, since they forced us to buy computers hiddens as screens, that has built in cameras, and secretly balh blah blah spy on us.  |
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Post by Peytral on Nov 3, 2010 5:36:22 GMT -5
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. I'm totally serious. -Tom Wait What |
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 3, 2010 10:10:01 GMT -5
Hmm, favourite movie? That's a tough one. All the movies I've seen from Akira Kurosawa have been fab, like Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Ikiru (although, Seven Samurai and Ikiru are definitely put above Rashomon, in my eyes). But, I've also watched Blade Runner at least 15 times, along with Batman Mask of the Phantasm and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, possibly even more that that! I watched Batman Mask of the Phantasm 8 times the month I got it, so yeah, I like the movie. Just a bit  I also really like Golgo 13: The Professional, it's one of my favourites. |
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Post by Incog Neato on Nov 3, 2010 10:11:53 GMT -5
This would make for a cool film. |
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Post by sushi on Nov 3, 2010 10:17:48 GMT -5
LEAVE REGIS ALONE!
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 3, 2010 10:24:30 GMT -5
Why not just legitimatize this thread, and talk about our favourite films.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 3, 2010 14:37:25 GMT -5
You can still watch tv, you just have to wear an aluminum hat so the estra testereal allens can't read your brains.
reminds me of collared greens.
Anyway, in my aluminum hat, I watch House; The Event; Boardwalk Empire; and Modern Family.
Movies: Seven Samurai ranks highest, followed by Count of Monte Cristo.
My collective favorites are Yojimbo;
Ran (Kurosawa outdoing Shakespeare at his own story);
Sword of Doom (the greatly superior remake of Daibosatsu Toge which was woefully unfinished);
Fight Club;
and Monte Python and the Holy Grail (still makes me laugh)
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Post by sushi on Nov 3, 2010 14:40:26 GMT -5
Reminded me of the Soylent System.
W-o-o-o-o-o-o!
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 3, 2010 14:42:32 GMT -5
Charleston Heston (stilted): "Soylent Green is. . . wels."
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 3, 2010 16:20:23 GMT -5
I need to see Ran and Throne of Blood. I've got Hidden Fortress on the way from the library.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 4, 2010 5:21:11 GMT -5
Smithee, Lady Gaga aside, you have pretty good tastes. Wyrdwad, Falcom aside, you do not!  |
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 4, 2010 5:40:53 GMT -5
Hahaha, thanks, bro!
HAHAHA, ziiiinnng, Wyrdwad!
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Post by HJ on Nov 4, 2010 10:38:40 GMT -5
Oh, this turned into a real thread. Well, my favorite TV series are Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother.
Movies are a bit tougher. I don't really have ONE movie I consider better than all others, but my favorites are probably Forrest Gump, The Last Samurai, and Sin City.
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 4, 2010 11:02:11 GMT -5
I just saw Sin City recently, it was pretty solid! Like, I wanna read the comics a lot. The Last Samurai is totally under-appreciated. People seem to hate on it because it has Tom Cruise. But that film is one of my champions, I should put that on the list. Scrubs is great too, gotta get season 5!  |
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Post by sushi on Nov 4, 2010 12:07:18 GMT -5
Got any spare torhes, raison? |
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 4, 2010 19:32:23 GMT -5
[Lights up the torhes]
Yeah, I haven't seen Pee Wee [snicker] since I was a kid, but I didn't even like it then. If I didn't like something even as a child, I'm sure as hell not going to like it now.
And you guys are right about Scrubs; I stopped watching the show after seeing the whole series like three times. And Last Samurai is a great flick. Tom Cruise [as an actor] doesn't bother me, and the movie had Hiroyuki Sanada, who is one of my favorite actors.
OH YEAH: I left out a new show that just started last week: The Walking Dead. How could anybody NOT watch this?!
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 4, 2010 21:02:25 GMT -5
Actually not much went over my head as a kid. I was pretty precocious, considering I was reading Stephen King at 11 and none of that went over my head. Pee Wee just annoyed the hell out of me, and my patience level has decreased dramatically.
Also; I loathe Tim Burton. Hated him as a kid, hate him now.
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Post by AllenSmithee on Nov 4, 2010 21:12:59 GMT -5
Don't forget Ken Watanabe [in terms of Last Samurai]. Guy's had leukemia since the 80s and has Hep C. Bad-ass. Not to mention his being a great actor.
As for the Walking Dead, ever read the comic, Raison? It's pretty great, I'm up to the 9th volume, should get caught up quick whence I get this job. A-toi-tee-toi-tee-toi.
EDIT: Me and Raison are quite in line in tastes. I'm not a Burton fan either. Never really could get into his shit (and I mean shit as in his movies suck, like shit isn't good because it smells and can cause disease so it means it's a bad movie when I call it a shit one, right? get it? yeah? okay, now we laugh, muwahahaha)
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Nov 4, 2010 22:47:19 GMT -5
Glad to see somebody finally agrees with me 'bout Burton. I'm usually in the minority on that topic.
Didn't know all that about Ken Watanabe. It's too bad. He's also quite talented; I just feel Sanada doesn't get enough love in the west. I've actually seen him in -many- more roles than Watanabe, and while he usually plays either a villain or a mean goodguy (he drowned Sayeed!), he really showed his range in Twilight Samurai, where he played a more sentimental role (like you'd expect from Ken Watanabe).
As for comics, I've actually only ever read Berserk. I plan to read Blade of the Immortal next, if I ever actually catch up. (I tend to give priority to all my text-only books)
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