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Guest Coffey
Hmmm...

 

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2

3. LOTR Trilogy

4. American Beauty

5. Reservoir Dogs

 

So, your top five is a top eight? That doesn't seem real fair....

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Guest Agent of Oblivion

Favorite Moments:

 

Fargo-Shep beats the hell out of Carl.

 

Fargo-Mike breaks down crying

 

Caveman-Atouk nonchalantly discards the wheel and axle

 

Outside Providence-The morning after the party, when there's some guy sitting on the floor, eating a HUGE spoonful of ice cream.

 

Fear and Loathing-Picking up the hitchhiker

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Favourites right now:

 

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Sin City

3. Terminator 2 (its a little kid mark out thing, I freaking love that movie)

4. Batman Begins

5. Kill Bill Vol 1.

 

Honorable Mentions: Silence of the Lambs, Batman, Kill Bill Vol 2, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, Red Dragon, American History X, Batman Returns, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 and 2 (yet another childhood thing), Remember the Titans, Beverly Hills Cop.

 

EDIT: Really hard to pick what I liked better out of Sin City and Pulp Fiction, they're almost on equal terms. Batman Begins was awesome as well.

Edited by Nice Guy Adam

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Funny moments:

 

Dr Strangelove - Gen. Ripper explains the fluoridation conspiracy.

 

Love and Death - Diane Keaton announces her marriage.

 

The Big Lebowski - interrogating Little Larry.

 

The Pink Panther Strikes Again - the entire opening scene.

 

Dark Star - arguing with the bomb.

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Favourite moment - Stuck In The Middle With You - Reservoir Dogs.

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Guest KingofHarts

Leaving Las Vegas

Wizard of OZ

Silence of the Lambs

Resevoir Dogs

Clerks

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Top five that I've been watching recently.

 

Barton Fink (dir. Coen)

Magnolia (dir. Anderson)

Stranger Than Paradise (dir. Jarmusch)

Sideways (dir. Payne)

8 1/2 (dir. Fellini)

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Favorites right now

 

5.) Re-Animator

4.) Dr. Strangelove

3.) The Big Labowski

2.) Dawn of the Dead (original)

1.) Night of the Hunter

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My top five favourite films until I start drinking again (because then it changes):

 

21 Grams

The Shining

BAD SANTA

Goodfellas

Apocalypse Now

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I'm drinking right now but, shockingly, I wouldn't change the list all that much. Maybe I'd add The Truman Show in Apocalypse Now's place, but not much.

 

Anyways, my top five favourite movie climaxes of all time that I remember right now (no order)-

 

The aformentioned Truman Show: Truman crashes his boat into the wall

Heat: Pacino kills DeNiro

The Shawshank Redemption- all of it

The Exorcist- Damien falls down the stairs

Romero- Romero is assassinated

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Guest ken adams

Action/sci-fi (in no particular order)

 

1) Empire Strikes Back

2) Aliens

3) Wrath Of Khan

4) Uncommon Valor

5) Halloween

 

Comedy

1) Office Space

2) Swingers

3) Team America

4) Anchorman

5) Shaun Of The Dead

 

Honorable mentions

1) Parenthood

2) LA Story

3) Any Which Way You Can

4) For Your Eyes Only

5) Lord Of The Rings

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Guest Coffey

Mine keeps changing. I can't settle on a definitive list that I'm happy with. For example, I love movies like "Rudy" & "First Blood" but even with sentimental value, I can't put them above stuff like "The Godfather."

 

When I was growing up, I was a sucker for cheesy action movies like "Robocop," "Predator," "Commando," & "Bloodsport." I can't put them on a "best" list. Stuff like "Die Hard" might come close but then I'll look at the list a couple of days later and think "there's no way."

 

I like "Scarface" a lot. For a long time, I thought it was my favorite movie. I've watched it many, many times. The problem is, I've seen is so many times that I don't want to watch it anymore. Not to mention is so long, you have to devote a good portion of your day to actually sit down and watch it.

 

I'm a big fan of horror movies. It's certainly my favorite genre, however I feel awkward having them on a greatest of all-time list, even if it is supposed to be a personal list. Movies like "The Thing" & "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" are classics but how do they compare to the greatest movies?

 

I don't even want to think of how hard this list would be if I actually sat down and took my time with it. The "Rocky" movies, the "Indiana Jones" movies, the "Aliens" movies, the "Godfather" movies. Then throw in my favorite comedies, sports movies, horror movies and gangter movies. It's not going to be possible.

 

I do know that my earlier list is nowhere near what I'd answer now.

 

Recently, I've been enjoying "The Way of the Gun" & "The Boondock Saints." I really like "The Rookie" & "The Hunted" as well. That's four of my current favorites, but certainly not my all-time favorites.

 

It's a good thing the thread title said "Of all-time, at the moment."

 

I've been told before that I have a "common" list of favorite movies. Which is odd because a lot of movies that people love, like the newest "King Kong," "Fight Club" or "Batman Begins" I loathe. Yet, if I throw "Scarface," "The Godfather," & "Goodfellas" and/or "Pulp Fiction" & "Reservoir Dogs" on a list, suddenly I can't form my own opinions or I have generic tastes.

 

Whatever.

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Hmm....in no order:

1. Kiki's Delivery Service(my favorite Miyzaki movie)

2. Enter the Dragon(Return may have a more realistic end fight, but Enter is just such a classic and the first real kung fu movie I ever saw)

3. Citizen Kane(not sure it's the best movie of all time, but it's very, very good)

4. Dracula(Bela's best movie, of course, and it avoids some of the weird issues White Zombie has that drags that down)

5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

 

honorable mentions:

Kill Bill Volume 1(yes, I like spotfets)

City Hunter(Jackie at his slapstick best)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind(I've begun to like this better than Princess Mononoke)

Return of the Dragon(Bruce Lee's best end fight, it showed such promise had he not died)

Original Star Wars Trilogy(first live action movies I liked)

Robin Hood(my favorite Disney movie)

 

I watch mostly wrestling and anime TV shows, though, so there's a lot of mainstream stuff I've missed

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Guest Queen of Pain

Mallrats

Beauty and the Beast

Donnie Darko

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy

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The Usual Suspects

Unforgiven

The Matrix Trilogy

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

 

Only five is REALLY hard :o

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De Niro performances:

 

Raging Bull

Taxi Driver

The Godfather Part II

Heat

Goodfellas

 

Current favorites:

 

The Shawshank Redemption

Almost Famous

Leon: The Professional

Boogie Nights

Purple Rain

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Top 5 in no order:

 

Blade Runner

Fight Club

Memento

The Machinist

Gattaca

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Musical moments in non-musical movies:

 

1. Magnolia - "Wise Up"

2. Almost Famous - "Tiny Dancer"

3. Goodfellas - "Layla"

4. Boogie Nights - "Sister Christian"/"Jessie's Girl"

5. Shaun of the Dead - "Don't Stop Me Now"

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Guest adamsummers

top five, no order.

 

1: We Were Soldiers

2: Meet the Parents

3 Matrix

4: X-2

5: Memento

 

Honorable mentions: Kill Bill, star wars, LOTR, Office Space, American History X

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