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Saving Private Ryan, probably seen this movie thirty times now. By far my favorite war movie.
Blade Runner 2049, fantastic soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and the cinematography make this movie phenomenal to watch/hear.
Predator, Arnold in the jungle with the beast. Fantastic.
Die Hard, it's a Christmas movie. Don't care what Bruce says.
Alien is one of my top 10 favorite movies all-time. The super quiet creepy effects make this movie so good. Wish more movies would copy this style. The other Alien moves are good too except Resurrection. Bill Paxton is great in Aliens. Prometheus and Alien Covenant are both good but could have been so much better. This franchise could have been the greatest of all but they've really stumbled it since the 2nd movie. Oh well I still love these movies and will always go see a new one if Disney decides to continue. There are some shots/artwork done for a new one that has Sigourney in it and would take place in between Alien 2 and 3 called Alien Awakening.
Last edited by Dawg61; 08-05-2018 at 05:43 PM.
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Originally Posted by
Mjoelner34
In no particular order:
1. Oh Brother Where Art Thou
2. Apollo 13
3. Master and Commander
4. Jeremiah Johnson
Thanks for reminding me of Jeremiah Johnson. watched several times and would watch again. Oh Brother Where Art Thou is fantastic.
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Originally Posted by
Mjoelner34
In no particular order:
1. Oh Brother Where Art Thou
2. Apollo 13
3. Master and Commander
4. Jeremiah Johnson
Master and Commander is a really awesome movie. The attention to detail is astounding.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg61
Saving Private Ryan, probably seen this movie thirty times now. By far my favorite war movie.
Blade Runner 2049, fantastic soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and the cinematography make this movie phenomenal to watch/hear.
Predator, Arnold in the jungle with the beast. Fantastic.
Die Hard, it's a Christmas movie. Don't care what Bruce says.
Alien is one of my top 10 favorite movies all-time. The super quiet creepy effects make this movie so good. Which more movies would copy this style. The other Alien moves are good too except resurrection. Bill Paxton is great in Aliens. Prometheus and Alien Covenant are both good too but could have been so much better. This franchise could have been the greatest of all but they've really stumbled it since the 2nd movie. Oh well I still love these movies and will always go see a new one if Disney decides to continue. There are some shots/artwork done for a new one that has Sigourney in it and would take place in between Alien 2 and 3 called Alien Awakening.
Strong post.
Saving Private Ryan is awesome. The Normandy scene is so ****ing visceral. Speaking of WWII movies from 1998, The Thin Red Line is also an epic masterpiece, though focused on the Japanese front.
2049 was my favorite movie of the year. The original is one of my all time favorite films. Not just scifi, but any category. I was so happy to see the sequel handled by someone who had as much reverence for the source material as I did. Where 1981 Blade Runner set up the world and provided backstory, 2049 absolutely continued and expanded the overall themes....And as you said, the score was ****ing dope. Zimmer did a marvelous job of keeping the main themes from Vangellis' original score, while adding his own touch. Blade Runner 2049 is up there with the greatest sequels ever made.
When I was in kindergarten, Predator was my favorite movie, lol. As long as there were no tits in a film, my parents would let me watch it. Nothing like watching a man having his spine ripped out at 5 years old. Ballin'.
I consider Predator one of the greatest scifi action films ever made. It's made so well, and absolutely holds up today.
Die Hard IS a Christmas movie. Without. A. Doubt. John McTeirman can direct a ****ing action movie: Predator, Die Hard, and though not an action film, The Hunt For Red October is a bad ass movie in its own right.
Don't get me started on the Alien franchise dude, lol. I can go on and on about the original. It's a perfect film. Aliens (the James Cameron sequel) is great too, but more of an action/war movie. It benefits heavily from the world already being set up so perfectly in the original, but it's still a bad ass movie. I actually like Alien 3. I love the prison setting, and that movie had enormous potential, but ultimately was destroyed by its shitty dealings behind the scenes and post-production editing. It's actually David Fincher's (Seven, Fight Club, Social Network, Zodiac) first film, and he was treated so poorly by production he almost gave up directing movies entirely and even now doesn't acknowledge Alien 3 as his own. Since Fincher refused to come back and develop a "directors cut" of the film, the producers did "their best" and released a "collective edition" that is as close to his original idea as possible. It's actually pretty good.
Even though Prometheus has some serious flaws, I really liked how it moved away from the xenomorphs, and instead explored the origins of the "space-jockey", which are now called the engineers. Alien Covenant was probably the most disappointing movie I've ever seen, but I'd have to write you a thesis to delve into that one, lol...
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All the President's Men
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Romero
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The Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day Lewis is just freaking amazing and beautiful cinematography. I love movies with beautiful backdrops. Blade Runner 2049 was also a beautiful movie.
A movie from when I was young was Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee was badass. I probably watched it at least a couple times a week on VHS for about a year. I really wonder how he would have done in films with this better technology. He had to actually slow himself down so the camera could keep up or his movement looked blurry.
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Passengers with Chris Pratt would of been infinity better if he'd awoken 12 passengers because there was an Alien on board he needed help killing. Maybe one day I'll make this version.
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Originally Posted by
Tbonewannabe
The Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day Lewis is just freaking amazing and beautiful cinematography. I love movies with beautiful backdrops. Blade Runner 2049 was also a beautiful movie.
Yep, it's an amazing movie. DDL is great, but I'd like to add that Wes Studi as Magua was ****ing awesome. He absolutely owned that character.
Michael Mann has always been one of my favorite directors. I listed Heat above, and have definitely listed Last of the Mohicans in previous threads. His recent films haven't been met with high praise, but I actually really really like Public Enemies (John Dillinger film staring Johnny Depp) and I actually think Miami Vice (with Jamie Fox and Colin Ferrell) is a hugely underrated movie. Also, Collateral may be Tom Cruise's best role.
The Insider is a masterpiece, and I actually got to watch (from a distance) the scenes set in Pascagoula MS being filmed.
Oh, and Manhunter (1986) is easily the best film featuring Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and it doesn't even star Anthony Hopkins....I know blasphemy, right? Nope...
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Alien
The Matrix
Fury
Sicario
Dantes Peak
The Hurt Locker
Fargo
The Maze Runner
The Town
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
The title of your thread is very interesting to me, Bully. Not that this applies to you, but I know so many people who can watch a movie once and never feel the need to see it again. I've never understood that. I love watching movies. I watch (and collect) movies like people listen to their favorite songs. Over and over and over, lol.
Yeah - I'll watch any movie again if I like it. If my family really enjoys it - we make an event out of it. Call a family movie night on a weekend or over a holiday and watch O, Brother Where Art Thou?, or do a Toy Story marathon.
Over Christmas Break we will watch all the Harry Potter movies, all the Indiana Jones movies (even Crystal Skull), Christmas Vacation, or A Christmas Story. Every Christmas Eve after everyone is gone, my kids (17 & 19) still want to watch "The Veggie Tales Star of Christmas" and then "It's a Wonderful Life".
We call getting sucked into a movie you've seen just because it is on "Shawshanked"
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is fantastic
The Godfather I and II
The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger is phenomenal in this
Interstellar (you have to watch it a couple of times to get it though)
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1. Dr. Zhivago
2. Contact
3. Patton
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
"I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here." -- Arthur C. Clarke
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Jaws
Ghostbusters (original)
Last of the Mohicans
Caddyshack
Major League
Hoosiers
Book of Eli
Hot Fuzz
Friday
Disney/Pixar/Lego movies
Rambo First Blood and the last one Rambo
Rocky 4 and Creed
Beverly Hills Cop, 48 HRs
Money Ball
Braveheart
Den of Thieves
Drive
Gone in 60 Seconds
Fight Club
Both 300 movies
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Anyone that likes scifi action type movies, Dredd is good. It was the reboot of Judge Dredd, the movie Stallone made campy. The new one has Karl Urban as Judge Dredd and it is non stop shooting and killing like the graphic novels.
Deadpool is one that I have watched multiple times.
Mad Max Fury Road is an extremely cool movie. Once again, I just love the look of the film.
Logan - the last wolverine movie. It is a damn shame that it didn't win an Oscar. Patrick Stewart wins it if it wasn't a "comic book" movie. The whole thing is acted beautifully by everyone. I enjoyed The Wolverine but Mangold went above and beyond with Logan. Even if you haven't seen the other movies, you should watch this. Great action sequences and just superb acting.
Thor Ragnarok is up there with Guardians of the Galaxy movies as far as comic book movies go. If James Gunn isn't rehired, I hope they bring in Waititi as director for GG3.
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Originally Posted by
KOdawg1
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is fantastic
The Godfather I and II
The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger is phenomenal in this
Interstellar (you have to watch it a couple of times to get it though)
Nice to find someone else that appreciates Walter Mitty.
I have never sat down and watched the Godfather series. I love movies but most mob movies just don't grab me. This is on my list to finally watch. I have watched Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface, and others but just never watched this one.
The Dark Knight is the best Batman film ever and that has a lot to do with Ledger. He definitely deserved the Oscar that year. I wonder if he hadn't died if he still would have won it.
Interstellar - I love Nolan movies. Very good movie but I have only seen it once. I actually read up on it after just so I understood everything. Interestingly enough, Nolan had some famous astrophysicist work with him on the script to make sure everything was possible. We may find out later things weren't, but as of now for all the information we have on how black holes work, the movie is accurate.
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Outlaw Josey Wales
The Sandlot
Twister
Wolf of Wall Street - I laugh so hard everytime
Rounders
Field of Dreams
Back to the Future
Three Amigos
Any movie with Wesley Snipes
Saving Private Ryan
I will always stop and watch if any of these are on. My wife hates all of them too
Wrap it in Maroon and White
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Smokey and the Bandit (I can quote the whole thing)
Cars (the kid in me I guess)
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
National Lampoons Vacation
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Originally Posted by
somebodyshotmypaw
Smokey and the Bandit (I can quote the whole thing)
Cars (the kid in me I guess)
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
National Lampoons Vacation
Saving Private Ryan and We Were Soldiers are just two damn good movies who were cast and shot perfectly, in my opinion.
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The Right Stuff, The Green Berets. 12 O'Clock High. The Bridge Too Far, The longest Day.
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Blast from the past. Watching sergeant York. 1941
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