July 31, 201311 yr No. The drunk bar fight was Kickboxer. Bloodsport was the one with Bolo Yeung, the "Chinese Hercules".... who also played a villian in Enter the Dragon. Ahh, Kickboxer was with the guy that before each round pointed to the parts of his body that he was going to use to kick VanDamme's @ss. Even better! Screw it, I'm watching all three!
August 2, 201311 yr Speaking of sports movies, what does everyone have on top. The Natural, Hoosiers, and Any Given Sunday come to mind for me if you break it down by sports...... and Slapstick, of course, but it doesn't have much competition from other hockey movies. the only two hockey movies that come to mind are Slapstick ... and Sudden Death. There has to be more solely because I dont want to think of Sudden Death as the 2nd best hockey movie. Slap SHOT! WTF were we thinking!?! I need to do some Hail Marys tonight for that one
August 2, 201311 yr New subcategory - Best movie VILLIANS of all-time (sorry if already covered, but I skimmed through the thread and didn't see anything) I will start off by nominating John Kreese from the original Karate Kid. Whenver I really want to hurt somebody (physically or psychologically), I hear him in my head - "Sweep the leg...... you have a problem with that?..... no mercy" Other considerations off the top of my head would be: The Joker - Dark Knight AND Batman Bill the Butcher - Gangs of New York John Doe - Seven Little Bill - Unforgiven Sugar - No Country for Old Men Hanibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs Nurse Ratchet - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Terminator - The Terminator Jack Torrence - The Shining
August 4, 201311 yr New subcategory - Best movie VILLIANS of all-time (sorry if already covered, but I skimmed through the thread and didn't see anything) I will start off by nominating John Kreese from the original Karate Kid. Whenver I really want to hurt somebody (physically or psychologically), I hear him in my head - "Sweep the leg...... you have a problem with that?..... no mercy" Other considerations off the top of my head would be: The Joker - Dark Knight AND Batman Bill the Butcher - Gangs of New York John Doe - Seven Little Bill - Unforgiven Sugar - No Country for Old Men Hanibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs Nurse Ratchet - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Terminator - The Terminator Jack Torrence - The Shining You got a few right, but you can do better than that! LOL ;) ;) This is a list of Super Villans. Darth Vader Wicked Witch of the West Nurse Ratched Mommie Dearest Frank Booth - He could go from normal to crazy in 0 to 1 second Freddy Krueger Michael Meyers Jack Torrance Amon Goeth Norman Bates Lord Voldemort Stansfield - The Professional Cruella De Ville Annie Wilkes Hans Gruber John Doe - Seven Count Dracula General Zod If only I could have have the power of Darth Vader and Lord Voldemort rolled into one.
August 4, 201311 yr None of those villains can match the real life story of "shoot 'em in the face" Dick Cheney. Good call on Nurse Ratched, however it is spelled Silence of the Lambs sucked. The script didn't explain why Lecter was consulted and Jodie Foster's fake-o Appalachian drawl was cringeworthy.
August 4, 201311 yr None of those villains can match the real life story of "shoot 'em in the face" Dick Cheney. Good call on Nurse Ratched, however it is spelled Silence of the Lambs sucked. The script didn't explain why Lecter was consulted and Jodie Foster's fake-o Appalachian drawl was cringeworthy. Ratched is the correct spelling! in regard to scripts, thats why you read the book!
August 4, 201311 yr How about a libretto? Colonel Kurtz in Apocalyse Now: when he recounted the troops that would cut off babies' arms to make a point Colonel Quarich in Avatar: Transformed from a hunky charismatic leader into a depraved corporate tool who would "kill the babies" of that beautiful indigenous culture. His character development was the best part of Avatar. How about Steven Lang's cannonball delts?
August 4, 201311 yr How about a libretto? Colonel Kurtz in Apocalyse Now: when he recounted the troops that would cut off babies' arms to make a point Colonel Quarich in Avatar: Transformed from a hunky charismatic leader into a depraved corporate tool who would "kill the babies" of that beautiful indigenous culture. His character development was the best part of Avatar. How about Steven Lang's cannonball delts? No to all, as the category is, "Best movie VILLIANS of all-time"
August 4, 201311 yr Was Bill the Butcher really a villain? Some of those old Warner Bros, gangster movies had some pretty bad apples - like the guy who tied the old lady to a chair with phone cord & then shoved her down a flight of steps... The bad guy in Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter (or whatever it was called) was pretty nasty.
August 4, 201311 yr Was Bill the Butcher really a villain? I guess it depends on your viewpoints on immigration :)
August 4, 201311 yr Was Bill the Butcher really a villain? Some of those old Warner Bros, gangster movies had some pretty bad apples - like the guy who tied the old lady to a chair with phone cord & then shoved her down a flight of steps... The bad guy in Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter (or whatever it was called) was pretty nasty. In the scense of "all time" these people are not rememberable villians. Will those people, you mention, be remembered, decades later, like Joan Crawford/Mommie Dearest, Darth Vadar, Michael Meyers, or someone I forgot to put in my initial list Jason Voorhees or his Mother Pamela Voorhees. Even if you've never read Mommie Dearest, never seen or seen bits of Star Wars, the shining, Misery, etc. Quotes from these villians are used in situations today. Hell I've used Mommie Dearest and Star Wars quotes here.
August 5, 201311 yr Best scene from Gangs of New York - Bill the Butcher talking about the only man he ever killed worth remembering - Dicaprio's father. I couldn't find the entire scene. I love at the very end (not shown in this youtube) when he says: "I never had a son. civilization is crumbing"
August 5, 201311 yr Dr. Doofenshmirtz? Plankton? I don't know. I need to get out more. I expect better from you!
August 8, 201311 yr favorites x director? sayles: baby its you wenders: alice in the cities tarkovsky: stalker linklater: slacker tarantino: jackie brown kar wei: chungking express woo: the killer kubrick: the killing bergman: summer with monika takashi: youkai daisensou (the great yokai war) rossellini: stromboli herzog: my best fiend bunel: le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (discreet charm of the bougeoisie) juzu: tampopo malle: my dinner with andre clouzot: the wages of fear kurosawa: yojimbo rohmer: pauline a la plage ray: apur sansar (world of apu) resnais: last year at marienbad ford: the searchers ozu: tokyou monogatari (tokyo story) tourneur: i walked with a zombie honda: matango (attack of the mushroom people) lee: get on the bus coppola: one from the heart demy: les parapluies de cherbourg (umbrellas of cherbourg) malick: badlands polanski: noz w wodzie (knife in the water) welles: f for fake
August 17, 201311 yr wait, hows about famous movie porn title versions instead? harry potter in hermoine's chamber of secrets jackinass the movie an officer and a genitalman ...!
August 21, 201311 yr favorites x director? tarantino: jackie brown kubrick: the killing lee: get on the bus coppola: one from the heart I haven't heard of the majority of your directors, but I don't get any of these choices. Jackie Brown, while enjoyable, is quite possibly the worst Tarantino movie (not counting that grindhouse movie - I never saw that). Coppola has gotta be Godfather or Apocolypse Now. For Spike Lee, I'd put X, 25th Hour, Inside Man, and most importantly, Do the Right Thing over Get on the Bus. Obviously this is all subjective.
August 21, 201311 yr watched Vampire Vixens from Venus last night. Definitely ain't gonna be on nobody's best list. but it did make me laugh
September 10, 201311 yr favorites x director? tarantino: jackie brown kubrick: the killing lee: get on the bus coppola: one from the heart I haven't heard of the majority of your directors, but I don't get any of these choices. Jackie Brown, while enjoyable, is quite possibly the worst Tarantino movie (not counting that grindhouse movie - I never saw that). Coppola has gotta be Godfather or Apocolypse Now. For Spike Lee, I'd put X, 25th Hour, Inside Man, and most importantly, Do the Right Thing over Get on the Bus. Obviously this is all subjective. sorry for the confusion, i didnt follow the thread topic with the list -- these are personal favorites, not necessarily each director's very best movie. and if you havent heard of these directors, thats understandable as many are foreign film directors. if you dont mind subtitles or dubbing, maybe give some of them a try sometime. but how can you hate on jackie brown? i love the star power and laid back l.a. vibe. besides even tarantino' s worst, which jb definately is not, is better than most.
September 10, 201311 yr Well I'm not hating on jackie brown - just saying that it's his worst movie, but his worst movie is better than a lot of people's best movies.
September 12, 201311 yr ~Casablanca. Still the best. ~Elizabethtown. First movie I saw with Holly, that's part of it. But it quite simply worked. ~Star Wars (Episode IV). Actually saw this on its first run. ~Monty Python "The Meaning of Life". ~Almost Famous. ~The Doors. The Academy Awards jumped the shark when Kilmer wasn't even nominated. ~Hollywood Knights. Funny as hell, awesome soundtrack. ~Animal House. Especially with the "whatever became of" extended cut. ~The Final Countdown/The Philadelpha Experiment. A concept I love, moreso in books. ~The Usual Suspects. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled. ~No Way Out. For the same reason as TUS. ~The Boondock Saints. Ditteaux, and then some. Then lots. ~South Park BLU. The ultimate in crude, still done very well. ~Team America: World Police. As much for when it was done as how well. ~Goodfellas. Best of Breed. The second best mob story behind "Wiseguy" (TV series). ~The Hangover. Honorable Mention to: Hot Tub Time Machine because "The Drive" falls short and the Browns go to the Super Bowl. Top Gun for the "Lost That Loving Feeling" scene. Van Wilder. "None" - Tara Reid.
September 12, 201311 yr In no particular order: Layer Cake Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Oceans's 13 Ocean's 11 Animal House National Treasure Notting Hill Empire Of The Sun Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars Braveheart Shawshank Redemption Mission Impossible I Mission Impossible II Saving Private Ryan The Lincoln Lawyer Gladiator Man On Fire The Italian Job No Way Out Silence Of The Lambs Primal Fear Good Will Hunting Thomas Crown Affair Departed Dances With Wolves A Few Good Men Bourne Identity Bourne Ultimatum Casino Royale The Game Invincible Lord Of War Sixteen Candles Gone Baby Gone The Hangover The Town Minority Report Total Recall 10 Things I Hate About You Usual Suspects Lord Of The Rings Twin Towers Ferris Bueller's Day Off A Time To Kill Pelican Brief Pretty Woman Skelton Key Tombstone Shindler's List Platoon Apocalypse Now The Deer Hunter National Lampoon's Vacation Fletch Trading Places Caddyshack The Outsiders Scent of a Woman Jaws Pulp Fiction The Professional American History X Terminator The Pianist The Prestige The Untouchables Die Hard Unforgiven Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Inglorious Bastards Scarface Slumdog Millionaire Rocky Rain Man Armageddon Lord of the Rings Return of the King Avatar Excalibur Mr. & Mrs. Smith Clueless Confidence Cinderella Man Almost Famous Searching For Bobby Fischer Donnie Brasco True Romance A Bronx Tale A Christmas Story Glory Field Of Dreams League of Their Own The Warriors Wall Street Fracture Basic Instinct Road Warrior Jerry McGuire The Hunt For Red October The Last Samurai Spy Game The Matrix The Island Juno The Last King of Scotland City of God Wedding Crashers State of Grace The Doors
September 12, 201311 yr ~Monty Python "The Meaning of Life". Eh, it's always seemed to me like a half-ass effort after the Holy Grail and Brian. Like they were going for sketches from the flying circus but they aren't particularly great sketches.
September 12, 201311 yr One I forgot, “Pump Up the Volume” , doesn’t get a lot of attention, perhaps because it became dated so quickly. Not only did the ‘net make the whole “pirate radio/FCC” thing obsolete, but kids who went to school post Columbine find the openness of the campus unrealistic, even though that’s pretty much how things were. On the “how things were” note, “Dazed and Confused” may be silly but it was a spot-on depiction of mid to late 70s suburban teenhood. And how did I forget “Rock and Roll High School”? P. J. Soles, the Ramones, and the Class of 1980 Mustangs.
September 12, 201311 yr ^ well i most certainly like almost all your choices, but only casabalanca is a greatest movie. good list tho, you reminded me to rewatch some i havent seen on a long time like philadelphia experiment.
September 12, 201311 yr The Ending of 'The Usual Suspects' where Kevin Spacey walks down the street and loses the limp as the cops get the mug shot/sketch is one of the best twists ever in a movie. One of my favorites from the 90's is the underground boxing flick Gladiator with Brian Dennehy, Cuba Gooding jr and James Marshall (the guy from a few good men). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104346/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5
September 12, 201311 yr ^For those that don't read your post first ;) I had forgot all about that Gladiator. Now I have to try and find a copy. "Don't give me this bullsh!t about Murphy's Law. If I run into Murphy, I'm gonna kick him right in the balls. - Robert Loggia's character Pappy Jack The thing I love about Loggia is that every character he ever plays seems to, at some point in the movie, scream out "ALRIGHHHHHT!!!" in his distinctively raspy voice
September 12, 201311 yr The Ending of 'The Usual Suspects' where Kevin Spacey walks down the street and loses the limp as the cops get the mug shot/sketch is one of the best twists ever in a movie. I didn't mention that on purpose. :) "No Way Out" tops it but not by much and Boondock Saints's is at about the same level.
September 12, 201311 yr The thing I love about Loggia is that every character he ever plays seems to, at some point in the movie, scream out "ALRIGHHHHHT!!!" in his distinctively raspy voice I didn't know who Robert Loggia was until you said that. I guessed who it was right away when you said that.
September 12, 201311 yr I just saw the latest Star Trek and really liked it. The first one in the reboot was outstanding and incredibly inventive in the way it completely changed the timeline and threw off every single Treker/Trekie who had his/her Star Trek encyclopedia ready for fact-checking. But the plot of the first one left a little to be desired. It was still good. But the second one (Into Darkness) is great. I really like how they are able to modify the two main characters (Kirk and Spock) based on life-altering events which changed the timeline in this reboot of the series. Speaking of Star Trek, I was talking with someone about which were the best movies. For me, the Journey Home (IV), the Undiscovered Country (VI), First Contact (VIII), and Into Darkness (XII) are outstanding. The Wrath of Khan (II), the Search for Spock (III), Nemesis (X), and Star Trek (XI) are quality movies. Generations (VII) and Insurrection (IX) are somewhat watchable. The Motion Picture (I) and The Final Frontier (V) are both awful. So basically, I guess.... if you want to watch a movie from the franchise, a general rule of thumb is to stick with the even numbers. The Ending of 'The Usual Suspects' where Kevin Spacey walks down the street and loses the limp as the cops get the mug shot/sketch is one of the best twists ever in a movie. I didn't mention that on purpose. :) "No Way Out" tops it but not by much and Boondock Saints's is at about the same level. Agreed on No Way Out. In some ways it is more of a twist than Usual Suspects. At least in Usual Suspects, you are looking for the twist. Disagree on Boondock Saints. That ending was corny. And there is no way that not one of the three were shot
September 13, 201311 yr I just saw the latest Star Trek and really liked it. The first one in the reboot was outstanding and incredibly inventive in the way it completely changed the timeline and threw off every single Treker/Trekie who had his/her Star Trek encyclopedia ready for fact-checking. But the plot of the first one left a little to be desired. It was still good. But the second one (Into Darkness) is great. I really like how they are able to modify the two main characters (Kirk and Spock) based on life-altering events which changed the timeline in this reboot of the series. Speaking of Star Trek, I was talking with someone about which were the best movies. For me, the Journey Home (IV), the Undiscovered Country (VI), First Contact (VIII), and Into Darkness (XII) are outstanding. The Wrath of Khan (II), the Search for Spock (III), Nemesis (X), and Star Trek (XI) are quality movies. Generations (VII) and Insurrection (IX) are somewhat watchable. The Motion Picture (I) and The Final Frontier (V) are both awful. So basically, I guess.... if you want to watch a movie from the franchise, a general rule of thumb is to stick with the even numbers. The Ending of 'The Usual Suspects' where Kevin Spacey walks down the street and loses the limp as the cops get the mug shot/sketch is one of the best twists ever in a movie. I didn't mention that on purpose. :) "No Way Out" tops it but not by much and Boondock Saints's is at about the same level. Agreed on No Way Out. In some ways it is more of a twist than Usual Suspects. At least in Usual Suspects, you are looking for the twist. Disagree on Boondock Saints. That ending was corny. And there is no way that not one of the three were shot The twist I meant wasn't quite at the end.
September 13, 201311 yr Boondock Saints rocks for when they jump out of the second story window still attached to the toilet.
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