150 Indispensable Movies, 15 Overrated Actors, and a Pair of Leopard Geckos (4406 hits)
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Submitted by Razor <Jeremy_21117.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-03-09 11:53:56 EST
Well, it's just about my three year anniversary on Ubersite (don't go by the date I signed up, back in the day you could post without doing so)
Anyway, for some reason, the first "official" post I wrote as Razor got drug back up into the light recently, and bart said: http://www.ubersite.com/m/3959#1192525
So, I figured why not? And after spending an hour or two working on it, I realized that the reason why not is that so many movies fit into multiple categories or blur the lines that you'd get more argument out of whether Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a crime movie or a comedy than you ever would out of a top 100 list.
Well, the end result of it all is that I wound up with a list of 150 fantastic films, which I now present to you here in no particular order. It's not a definitive list of all good movies ever, and probably not the 150 best ever, but if you were starting a movie collection going with these 150 first would cause anyone who visited you to nod appreciatively over your spectacular good taste.
Also, there's some bits below where I talk about good actors, bad actors, and finally I make an impassioned plea for someone with a good heart to take ahold of my lizard.
The Shawshank Redemption
Million Dollar Baby
The Godfather
Casablanca
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Usual Suspects
Memento
It's a Wonderful Life
Silence of the Lambs
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Taxi Driver
Dark City
The Pianist
The Professional
American History X
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Amadeus
Bull Durham
12 Monkeys
A Few Good Men
A Clockwork Orange
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
Blade Runner
The Green Mile
Mystic River
Big Fish
Spartacus
Trainspotting
Stand By Me
Bicentennial Man
Contact
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Spaceballs
Monty Python and the Quest For The Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Almost Famous
The Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
The Big Lebowski
Back To The Future
The Naked Gun
Top Secret!
Young Frankenstein
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Groundhog Day
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Untouchables
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Big Trouble in Little China
Get Shorty
Clerks
Mallrats
Ghostbusters
Amelie
Forrest Gump
Roxanne
Strange Days
Dogma
Princess Mononoke
The Excorcist
28 Days Later
Rear Window
Alien
Jaws
Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Psycho
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Unforgiven
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Matrix
Willow
The Maltese Falcon
Aliens
Gladiator
The Fifth Element
Braveheart
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Princess Bride
Run Lola Run
Die Hard
Pirates of the Carribean
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Shakespeare in Love
Pleasantville
All Quiet On the Western Front
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Glory
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
Toy Story
The Goonies
The Neverending Story
Beauty And The Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
The Music Man
My Fair Lady
Bye, Bye Birdie
A League of their Own
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Truman Show
The Majestic
Super Troopers
Dead Presidents
Interview With A Vampire
Akira
Castle In the Sky
Ghost In the Shell
Ninja Scroll
Mona Lisa Smiles
The American President
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Rocky
Rambo: First Blood
Demolition Man
Mississippi Burning
Vanilla Sky
The Joy Luck Club
Tombstone
The Return of Drunken Master
The Chinese Connection
CB4
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Boys Don't Cry
Tootsie
Police Academy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jacob's Ladder
True Romance
Napoleon Dynamite
Natural Born Killers
The ten worst movies I have ever seen (when I say worst, I don't mean "So bad, they're good", I mean really really awful):
Caddyshack II
Queen of the Damned
Daredevil
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton
Joy Ride
The Cat In The Hat
The Mask
Sister Act II
Ladybugs
My Girl II
Movies I Have Never Seen, so STFU
Schindler's List
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Psycho (Original... I haven't seen the new one either but who would)
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Boondock Saints
Your favorite movie made before 1970
My favorite currently working actors:
Gary Oldman
Kevin Spacey
Johnny Depp
Edward Norton
Morgan Freeman
Alan Rickman
Ralph Fiennes
Ian Holm
Patrick Stewart
Bruce Willis
Brad Pitt
Ice Cube
Jim Carrey
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Nicholson
Tim Robbins
Bruce Campbell
John Turturro
Kurt Russell
Chow Yun Fat
Rick Moranis
Robin Williams
Dustin Hoffman
Bill Murray
Will Smith
Harrison Ford
Cuba Gooding Jr
Ed Harris
Clint Eastwood
Daniel Day-Lewis
Joaquin Phoenix
William Shatner (because he's so bad)
Tom Hanks (see list below as well)
Warwick Davis (go little people!)
My favorite actresses:
Glenn Close
Hillary Swank
Annette Benning
Drew Barrymore
Gwyneth Paltrow
Charlize Theron
Meryl Streep
Kate Winslet
Angela Bassett
Jodie Foster
Natalie Portman
Susan Sarandon
Kathy Bates
Julianne Moore
Kirsten Dunst
Jennifer Connelly
Cameron Diaz
Jessica Lange
Helena Bonhman-Carter
Emma Thompson
Juliette Lewis
Christina Ricci
Passable actors/actresses who are not as good as everyone thinks they are, no matter how hot they might be:
Tom Hanks (Good, but not as good as everyone thinks, still on my favorites)
Wesley Snipes
Arnold Schwarzenneger
Russel Crowe
Mel Gibson
Tobey Maguire
Jenna Jameson
Ewen McGregor
Colin Farrel
Angelina Jolie
Milla Jovovich
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Ryan Phillipe
Meg Ryan
George Clooney
Rising Stars:
Don Cheadle
Jamie Foxx
Emma Watson
Penelope Cruz
Topher Grace
"Thespians" guaranteed to make any movie they are in worse:
Ben Affleck
Kurt Russell (yes, he's also on my favorites list)
Kevin Costner (but I can't count how many Costner movies I love)
Quentin Tarantino
Christian Slater (except in True Romance)
Hayden Christensen
Michael Moore
Leonardo DiCaprio (except in What's Eating Gilbert Grape)
Ashton Kutcher
Jennifer Lopez
Jekkyl And Hyde Actors:
Reese Witherspoon
Demi Moore
Tom Cruise
Nicolas Cage
Hugh Jackman (what a porn star name!)
John Travolta
Uma Thurman
Julia Roberts
Winona Ryder
Most Improved Over The Course of a Career:
Tom Cruise
In completely unrelated news, my wife and I are the owners of a pair of Leopard Geckos that we would like to find a home for. While these Geckos cannot sell car insurance, they do make excellent pets, require minimal upkeep (I'm talking two dollars a week if you're treating them lavishly), and they live an average of thirty years (they are three years old). They can be handled, they pose no threat whatsoever to anything larger than a cricket, and they're just so darn cute.
The Geckos are a mating pair, so if you were so inclined you could raise lil' Geckos and sell them (usually for about 50 bucks apiece for Leopards).
We are looking to give them away because we have two kids now and that's enough for us without having to take care of pets. They come with all the neccessary Gecko stuff, although if you have an aquarium to put them in I'd prefer to hang onto mine, but if that's a dealbreaker I'll give you my aquarium.
The total package is worth over 200 bucks, but it's yours for the low price of free unless you want to give me money for them (which would be nice I guess). You pay for any shipping related costs although honestly I think it would be best for someone who lives within driving distance to take them as it's really unsafe and somewhat expensive to ship lizards in the winter.
http://members.aol.com/msnick1/leopardgeckos.html#KEEPING
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User Reviews
Submitted by crazyaardvark (user info) at 2005-11-03 03:07:05 EST (#)
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Good list.
I agree
Submitted by Viciousriffs (user info) at 2005-11-03 02:47:12 EST (#)
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Life of David Gale
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2005-04-03 03:21:06 EDT (#)
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This is a damn good list.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-27 21:06:22 EST (#)
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Haha, the Salton Sea does indeed rock. Any movie with Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Noffrio (or how ever it's spelled ) munching on brains is bound to be a classic!
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-03-27 20:59:06 EST (#)
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See Boondock Saints. I saw it yesterday, and it kicked ass.
As for who mentioned End of Evangelion, my advice to anybody who does not know the Neon Genesis basic story is don't see End of Evangelion as your introduction to it.
All I remember is giant, bleeding robots, followed by a ten minute series of seizure-inducing flashbacks and the death of the universe.
Submitted by HZRD (user info) at 2005-03-14 14:48:09 EST (#)
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Also add: The Doors movie
Submitted by HZRD (user info) at 2005-03-14 14:40:48 EST (#)
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I don't know if any of these has been mentioned, but you should also add:
The Salton Sea
American Psycho
The Game
Also add to the list of kick-ass actors: Ray Liota, Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Douglas
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2005-03-13 18:21:07 EST (#)
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you completely forgot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
and:
End of Evangelion
Rob Roy
Tank Girl (oh yes)
my sig other votes Ladyhawk
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2005-03-13 16:19:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Huzzah for your great taste in movies. Especially Platoon(best movie ever damnit). But I noticed you had Clerks, did you also see/like Clerks: Animated?
Submitted by sg11588 (user info) at 2005-03-13 10:58:14 EST (#)
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+2 for fucking Army of Darkness. That movie is awesome.
Submitted by RouteTwo (user info) at 2005-03-12 02:52:25 EST (#)
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i second garden state needs to be added. theres a hidden plot--its not a chick flick.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2005-03-12 01:40:23 EST (#)
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oh and i fucking hate its a wonderful life, its just the little girl at the end whose voice is like nails on a chalkboard "every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings"
blackhawk was lousy i found
a really good movie i forget if you have it on there is called the witness. please please please rent it. you will thank me.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2005-03-12 01:37:21 EST (#)
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+2 for sheer effort
most of the movies on there were good, a couple shitty ones though, and a few were absent, for me at least.
but the worst movie of all time is charlies angels 2, hands down. oh my god its so fucking bad!
Submitted by Demolocke (user info) at 2005-03-11 20:57:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It would be a +2 but one of the points got lost in translation.
Haaaha. Wow that was clever.
But seriously, you demonstrated some good taste. Another movie to add to "Worst Ever" might be Phantom Menace.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-03-11 20:34:57 EST (#)
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+2 for mentioning Dark City, an entirely underrated sleeper from which the premise for The Matrix was absolutely based/stolen. -1 for not mentioning Heat with Deniro and Pacino.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2005-03-11 17:54:47 EST (#)
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Hey, Razor. Interesting post. Just to add my two cents, Don Cheadle is my favorite actor at this point. I don't know if you've seen Hotel Rwanda, but it should have beaten Million Dollar Baby at the Oscars. Actually, I thought it was interesting how the Oscars portrayed exactly what the movie was about: people in the "civilized" world caring more about hobbies and sports than they do about 920,000 people being massacred in a span of two months. It was a fantastically awesome movie and Don Cheadle gave a performance that could only be compared to the greatest in the history of film.
I admit I'm slightly biased because I've been a Cheadle fan for a while, but it's a very good movie that actually impacted me in a way Michael Moore could never do.
Submitted by MrRottenTreats (user info) at 2005-03-11 16:49:06 EST (#)
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CB4
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-11 15:23:53 EST (#)
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"Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-10 16:24:48 (#)
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Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-10 15:30:48 (#)
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i also like James Spader but that's because he's a pervert
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Yeah he is, they coudn't possibly have cast anyone better for Sex Lies and Videotape."
or Secretary.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-03-11 14:43:28 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/61743
The truth about the "Fun With Real Email Series"
Submitted by dethcow (user info) at 2005-03-11 13:32:04 EST (#)
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No Doctor Zhivago???????? No Lawrence of Arabia?????????
Still a great list... too bad you haven't seen Dr. Strangelove and Citizen Kane.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-11 12:42:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jaineix (user info) at 2005-03-10 23:42:32 (#)
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I like the list, and agree with most of what you put on...but Starship Troopers? Jesus, Heinlein is turning in his grave. Horrible translation from book to movie, hell, I don't think the people that made Starship Troopers ever even read the book.
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Razor's right, it was Super Troopers...which coincidentally was an equally awful movie (if not more so) with the exception of the first ten or fifteen minutes.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-11 08:29:09 EST (#)
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starship troopers wasn't on my list...
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-03-11 08:11:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2005-03-09 20:23:54 (#)
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-03-10 23:43:14 EST (#)
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i didnt like:
It's a Wonderful Life
American Beauty
Stand By Me
Contact
Back To The Future
Groundhog Day
Amelie
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Princess Bride
Die Hard
Pirates of the Carribean
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Shakespeare in Love
Pleasantville
Finding Nemo
The Goonies
The Majestic
Mona Lisa Smiles
Rambo: First Blood
Demolition Man
Vanilla Sky
Submitted by Jaineix (user info) at 2005-03-10 23:42:32 EST (#)
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I like the list, and agree with most of what you put on...but Starship Troopers? Jesus, Heinlein is turning in his grave. Horrible translation from book to movie, hell, I don't think the people that made Starship Troopers ever even read the book.
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2005-03-10 23:24:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like this list.
But more than the list, I like the admission that it's what YOU like, not The Definitve Movie List of the Ages. Good show.
I haven't read the reviews to see if anything's been said about it, but I work for a pest control company that has a bug/lizard/snake/critter zoo of sorts and they might be interested. Could you IM me at Josie3019 and let me know if someone's laid claim to el lizardos or if I should ask my boss about buying them?
Submitted by drstrangedhruv (user info) at 2005-03-10 22:01:07 EST (#)
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Jessica Alba could improve the shittiest movie just by making a cameo in it.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2005-03-10 19:50:33 EST (#)
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I think you left out Brazil.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-10 16:24:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-10 15:30:48 (#)
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i also like James Spader but that's because he's a pervert
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Yeah he is, they coudn't possibly have cast anyone better for Sex Lies and Videotape.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2005-03-10 16:24:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jungle_Jimanee (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:30:47 (#)
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Please remove:
28 Days Later , Dogma , Spiderman , Spiderman 2
I could not wait to finish 28 days later, it was very shit (I have a degree in Biology, the inaccuracies drove me nuts) and I hated all the characters and the plot. It's just so shit!
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.... You apparently did not understand it then. The inaccuracies are intentional because the movie is more of a societal study then a sci-fi flick. I thought it was quite obvious that Danny Boyle let the audience know that from the get-go.
Someone said Office Space and someone else said Harold and Maude. I agree with both those being on this list. Also WHERE THE HELL IS ADAPTATION??????????? That is seriously Charlie Kauffman at his finest, and quite possibly the greatest screenplay ever written.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2005-03-10 16:16:29 EST (#)
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Another thing: This list should've been alphabetical (quite easy to do on any Word Processing system) and I commend you for putting both Danny Boyle movies on the list (trainspotting and 28 days later) and graciously omitting The Beach. Somehow that movie didn't do the book justice. Otherwise, good list, I disagree with a few choices but that is the beauty of opinion.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2005-03-10 16:13:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Take out Fifth Element add Garden State (I didn't see it on the list) Also, I didn't see any Wes Anderson movies, and you must stop everything you are doing and rent/watch Citizen Kane and Dr. Strangelove immediately, I can't recommend either enough.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-10 15:30:48 EST (#)
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i also like James Spader but that's because he's a pervert
Submitted by EbolaMay (user info) at 2005-03-10 14:33:16 EST (#)
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Interesting. I've seen almost every movie you listed.
Does that make me a geek?
Submitted by pantsarestupid (user info) at 2005-03-10 14:32:20 EST (#)
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thanks. that makes me smile.
Submitted by thaumaturge (user info) at 2005-03-10 14:20:00 EST (#)
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Worst movie of all time: Hollow Man,
starring worst actor of all time: Kevin Bacon.
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2005-03-10 13:57:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I agree with most of these. But you should have layer cake included.
In case you don't what it is, it's by Matthew Vaughn, the producer of Lock Stock and Snatch. He decided to direct this one, and it's brilliant.
Seb's recommendation of the week.
Incidentally, I watched the Untouchables yesterday. I can't stop laughing at that film.
Submitted by Shaun_Rocks (user info) at 2005-03-10 13:46:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Most of your movies I'll agree with.
But Leonardo DiCaprio has gotten better, I used to hate him, but he was really good in Gangs of New York and The Aviator.
Although you don't have Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi, and Willem Dafoe on your best actors list, I think they all deserve some credit.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-10 13:06:18 EST (#)
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"Queen of the Faeries"
HAHAHAHA
again: watch A Boy and His Dog. i hadn't heard it about until last week but so it goes that it's a huge sci-fi cult classic... so i was expecting campiness. but actually it was great, and hilarious(in the good, non-campy way). and it has DON JOHNSON hahahahahahahahahahaha
also: The Butcher Boy
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2005-03-10 12:52:44 EST (#)
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Someone mentioned Billy Wilder in this thread...I couldn't say enough about how much Wilder has done for cinema and he is responsible for writing some of my all time favorite films. I don't hear his name mentioned much unless I'm hanging out with writer/directors that are obviously Wilder fans so they can "borrow" from his craft.
There's just no comparison between Sunset Blvd and Spiderman II.
One of these movies has been revered for over 56 years and the other one stars Dunst who is, as evil people go, a vapid, talentless, piece of shit.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-10 12:25:49 EST (#)
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pants - I own it, I just haven't watched it yet.
I'm actually a little bit of a DVD collection addict. I own about three hundred movies, and I often buy films based on the recommendation of friends. I currently have about twenty-five films in my collection that I haven't watched yet, and when I get the Kubrick collection there will be another three or four more.
I'll get to it eventually, I promise.
Submitted by nrduncan (user info) at 2005-03-10 10:39:59 EST (#)
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"Thespians" guaranteed to make any movie they are in worse:
Michael Moore
Submitted by pantsarestupid (user info) at 2005-03-10 10:35:39 EST (#)
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Please watch Boondock Saints. Please. I beg of you. If you live in New York I'll let you borrow it.
Plus 2 for the list though. Very nice.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-10 09:52:49 EST (#)
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If I left John Malkovich off the list, I really apologize, as he is one of my favorite actors EVAR.
Also, In the Line of Fire should be on the indispensable movies list.
They Live rocked my socks. "I came to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2005-03-10 09:26:55 EST (#)
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they can be shipped through the mail.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-03-10 08:10:12 EST (#)
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You forgot the greatest film of all time.
Buster Keaton's "The General". Made in 1927 by the greatest comic/director/stuntman who ever lived. Black and white. Silent.
Set in the American civil war, Keaton plays a Southern engineer whose train is stolen by Northern spies. This film pioneered so many filming techniques it's mindblowing. Culminated in the largest ever (at the time) battle scene to be filmed, across a river which had just had a full-size train collapse into it from a burning bridge.
Submitted by Affinity (user info) at 2005-03-10 07:40:51 EST (#)
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Where is Short Circuit 2 you arse!
Submitted by BigCore (user info) at 2005-03-10 07:36:19 EST (#)
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Hrrm. I'm trying to remember the name of this actor. He played the son of the emperor in Gladiator.
Oops, did I say son of the emperor? I meant the Queen of Faeries!
Submitted by SullyThePirate (user info) at 2005-03-10 05:59:32 EST (#)
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Switch Vanilla Sky with The Mask.
Submitted by Banga3386 (user info) at 2005-03-10 03:14:51 EST (#)
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They Live mother fucker, They Live!!
http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message_get.cgi?message=111044239424221895
Here is a REALLY real Ubercontest, real prize and all.
Nice list Jeremy, I'm impressed.
Banga
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2005-03-10 03:03:17 EST (#)
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Heh heh. Spartacus. Ghey Menz.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:19:41 EST (#)
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Oh, one final note. I'm glad to see that John Turturro get some recognition. Secret Window was one of the stupidest fucking movies I've ever seen, (and too bad, because in general Johnny Depp has done an excellent job of selecting his roles - he and Bradd Pitt as well) but Turturro was incredible in that role.
Oh, and I don't know if you've seen Ray, but Jamie Fox really was all that. It was every bit as freaky as watching Jim Carey in Man on the Moon. You just completely forgot you were watching an actor. Incredible.
Submitted by Lyric (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:16:28 EST (#)
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I want those geckos!
Unfortunately, I live nowhere near the vicinity of yourself.
Grrr....
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:10:49 EST (#)
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Leonardo DiCaprio (except in What's Eating Gilbert Grape)
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Damn, and I have to disagree with this as well. I could give a fuck about Titantic, but in addition to What's Eating Gilbert Grape he was excellent in The Basketball Diaries and The Beach as well. (Another Danny Boyle Flick...Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later etc.... he's the new Terry Gilliam.)
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:08:26 EST (#)
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Oh, and Joaquin Phoenix is HORRIBLE. River was the man. Dead on about Affleck though. Did you his crying scene in Jersey Girl? If you haven't, do yourself a favor, DON'T! Talk about painful to watch. I felt like I was in a Snickers commercial.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-09 23:04:44 EST (#)
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Not bad, I own a good deal of these. I'd have to say I like Ewan McGregor, but it's debatable as to how much of that is attributed to his acting and how much is attributed to the fact that he's chosen some excellent roles. Trainspotting and Shallow Grave both rock, and he was a passable Obe Wan. (A little annoying, but I think that's what was called in the script. Lucas has his work cut out for him to make up for the travesty that was parts I and II.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:44:11 EST (#)
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Ben Kingsley! Sexy Beast!!!
Submitted by peckerhead (user info) at 2005-03-09 22:35:07 EST (#)
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Good lists. The glaring omission for me was John Malkovich. I mean... see him in "In the Line of Fire" with Clint Eastwood if you have to... Matt Damon did a good job in the Bourne movies; Ben Kingsley is enormously talented (Ghandi and "Searching for Bobby Fischer")
Honorable mentions to some old timers: Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Julie Andrews and Marsha Mason
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:20:53 EST (#)
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Good taste.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:19:43 EST (#)
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you people need to watch A Boy and His Dog ('75)
and Tom Cruise was GREAT in Magnolia, despite what blujnbbyqn may say
Submitted by PeanutButterJellyTime (user info) at 2005-03-09 21:04:36 EST (#)
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TOKYO GODFATHERS WAS MAD FUNNY AND DONT FORGET ABOUT CROOKLYN
Submitted by PeanutButterJellyTime (user info) at 2005-03-09 20:57:21 EST (#)
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AMELIE FUCKIN ROCKED.
Submitted by Durae (user info) at 2005-03-09 20:44:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:23:10 (#)
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Ok. I'll play.
You totally missed Pauly Shore.
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seriously.
very good lists - I was happy to see alan rickman there and other things that I can't remember anymore. Whatever.
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2005-03-09 20:23:54 EST (#)
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what about Christopher Walken? Does he rank anywhere or in any of the lists? just curious is all good choices though.
Submitted by tragiksaint (user info) at 2005-03-09 18:18:39 EST (#)
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no 'Showdown in Little Tokyo'??
good post.
Submitted by GrandsonOfGod (user info) at 2005-03-09 16:16:57 EST (#)
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Where's Bill Nighy?
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2005-03-09 16:06:33 EST (#)
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I was reading you actors list and thinking "Where in the blue fuck is Don Cheadle?" The man is not a rising star, he is a bonafide badass of the screen. Because of him I payed to see Hotel Rwanda in the theatre twice.
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2005-03-09 15:31:26 EST (#)
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Having "It's a Wonderful Life" so close to the top of this list is an automatic +2!
Submitted by roland.flakfizer (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:57:06 EST (#)
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You list John Turturro but leave Brain Donors out of the good movies list? Shame! :-)
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:31:20 EST (#)
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No Goodfellas?
Submitted by Sherman (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:27:17 EST (#)
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+2 for an awesome list. This must have taken some time to put together.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:23:21 EST (#)
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the spiderman movies are all right. I think too much of spidey's wit was cleaved from his character. the only one liner i can remember was the first one when spidey told the neo-nazi from "oz" to "shut up and let the adults handle things" (paraphrased)
as for xena...the blond was hot and the lesbian undertones were more like overtones. i had a lesbian neighbor in my dorm who used to watch xena on oxygen. nothing is funnier than hearing a woman tell you how fuckable another woman is.
Submitted by godking (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:16:22 EST (#)
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Pretty good all around lists. However, leaving off Thora Birch but listing American Beauty cost you a point.
GK
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 14:02:15 EST (#)
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Actually, I'm a huge fan of the Spiderman movies as well, which are vintage Raimi.
I also loved the campiness of Hercules and Xena.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:53:35 EST (#)
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The Dark Crystal.
Submitted by RamJetMax (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:53:25 EST (#)
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you need:
www.craigslist.org not www.ubersite.com
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:49:15 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:39:35 EST (#)
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000600/
sam raimi? are you fucking kidding me. look at that list. just because he had one good series (evil dead) doesn't mean he's a good director.
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:32:35 EST (#)
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Good list, but 2001: A Space Odyssey is a glaring omission.
Also,
The Seventh Seal (you neglect Bergman)
City of God
Ikiru (cannot recommend Kurosawa highly enough)
la Dolce Vita (Fellini)
Mulholland Drive (Lynch - insane in a highly entertaining way)
all Sergio Leone's masterworks
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano - star and director
Billy Wilder
the Coen brothers - Fargo and "The Man who wasn't there" in particular.
The Deer Hunter
John Huston's films
Oliver Stone
There are so many more, but I have to stop somewhere. Films are my passion.
Submitted by A_D_Sweetmeat (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:31:39 EST (#)
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You forgot the greatest movie of all time - Death to Smoochy!
Robin Williams rules the screen in that film.
Submitted by InkyFingers (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:21:55 EST (#)
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You have good taste in movies, actors, etc. However, there are three problems with this list.
1. Tom Hanks is talented enough that his ability should not be questioned here.
2. Jamie Foxx ceased to be a rising star after "Any Given Sunday" and became a full blown Movie Star.
3.Tom Cruise has only played 2 characters in his entire career. You probably saw his recent role with Jamie Foxx and thought, "Wow, this guy has gotten a lot better." Granted, that performance was very good, but up untill that point he has performed as a one-trick-pony.
Still, I agree with most of your list.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:20:07 EST (#)
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Keanu is pretty terrible.
I should clarify that my "favorite actors" list, whlie it does include people who I consider to be phenomenal actors such as Oldman, also includes actors who always seem to wind up in good films, which is why Will Smith is on there.
I could have made the list a lot longer if I had thought it through... guys like Willem Dafoe belong on there.
As far as directors go, here's some off the top of my head that would make me watch their films automatically:
Sam Raimi
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorcese
Steven Spielberg
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino (the jury's still out for some reason)
Ridley Scott
Like I said, that's only off the top of my head
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:13:09 EST (#)
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loving the list. you have good taste in films. you should watch citizen kane, not because it is excellent or awful, but so you can get the parodies in the simpsons etc.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:08:11 EST (#)
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These movies are great:
The Godfather
A Clockwork Orange
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
Monty Python and the Quest For The Holy Grail
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Clerks
Mallrats
The Princess Bride
Most of everything else you listed is either stuff I think is just decent, or I've never seen.
Except for these movies, which are shitty in almost every way:
The Shawshank Redemption
It's a Wonderful Life
The Green Mile
Bicentennial Man
Spaceballs
Back To The Future
Jaws
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Braveheart
Die Hard
Spiderman
Spiderman 2
Finding Nemo
Toy Story
The Neverending Story
Beauty And The Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
A League of their Own
Super Troopers
The American President
Rocky
Rambo: First Blood
Police Academy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Submitted by Smoothe (user info) at 2005-03-09 13:00:51 EST (#)
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A couple that were missed:
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Labarynth
But I won't shoot you for it. If you still need to get rid of the Gecko's, I have a great tank and habitat that I was keeping Anole's in, but they died of some weird mysterious tumor growth thingy. Let me know if you still need to get rid of them toddcanedy.at.hotmail.com
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:56:25 EST (#)
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I would disagree wuth will smith, but won't since i never saw ali. In all the movies I've seen him in he plays the same character.
No Keanu Reeves on list of worst actors?
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:55:55 EST (#)
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L-Gizzle: Maryland
Bicentennial Man: A brilliant film
Kurosawa: Been meaning to see his movies... I know how much of an influence he is, but haven't seen his films
Adaptation: I bought it but haven't watched it yet
Dr. Strangelove: I am buying the Stanley Kubrick collection next month, it has like 8 Kubrick films in it.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:54:49 EST (#)
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come on; contact sucked! foster and mcconaughey had as much chemistry as two love dolls with cocks on their asses.
million dollar baby was about 45 minutes too long
the green mile! that movie had one of the stupidest lines ever: "let me help ya boss." Add that to another poor rendition of the "magical black man." in these movies, instead of being their own super hero, black men help dumb honkies. see: bruce almighty, the matrix, bagger vance, family man...all with black men helping the poor white hero.
"indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark?" the first one was called: "raiders of the lost ark" same goes for "first blood." if you need to help movie neophytes by adding to the title, then they are too stupid to apreciate it anyway.
league of their own...shittiest ending ever. why the fuck should the good catcher lose out to her whiney, no good sister. especially when that sister cries more than a little bitch with a skinned knee.
as for worst movies...most you listed were fair game. EXCEPT "Ladybugs." The kid in that movie (johnathan Brandis) killed himself a couple years ago. that gives his movies cult status.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:49:12 EST (#)
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requiem for a dream?
sad, but good.
oh well. good list all the same.
Submitted by spacemonkey (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:48:25 EST (#)
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pretty good picks over all but let me nit pick a bit.
Bicentenial man is not a good movie. robin williams + sappy = shit
I really cant see how you could put that on the same level as the classics you mentioned.
Also you really should she Dr. Strangelove. Today. Now. And Adaptation. And Wes Anderson's stuff.
Also Dicaprio aint that bad. hes just too pretty.
Finally Bill Murray has had a more impressive carrer than Tom Cruise.
Thats my two cents.
Submitted by Suriyawong (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:48:09 EST (#)
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+2 for an over all good list of movies.
+2 for Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. If either of them are in a movie, I pay to see it in theatres.
-3 for no Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, or Rashomon.
Akira Kurosawa was the man. Bar-none, one of the greatest directors ever.
Otherwise, good job.
Submitted by L-Gizzle (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:46:48 EST (#)
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where do you live? my roomate and i have been trying to decide on a pet that's not messy or hard to take care of, and it seems like geckos would be easy.
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:43:39 EST (#)
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If it was made after 1940 it sucks.
Submitted by espo (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:32:10 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Jungle_Jimanee (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:30:47 EST (#)
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Please remove:
28 Days Later , Dogma , Spiderman , Spiderman 2
I agree with:
Caddyshack II
Queen of the Damned being terrible
I own Caddyshack II on video.
I laughed my way through Queen of the Damned.
I could not wait to finish 28 days later, it was very shit (I have a degree in Biology, the inaccuracies drove me nuts) and I hated all the characters and the plot. It's just so shit!
Fair play for recognizing:
Big Fish , Princess Mononoke , The American President , Ferris Bueller's Day Off , CB4
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:25:33 EST (#)
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Mona lisa smile, WTF.
That ruined an otherwise great list for me.
Tootsie didn't help either.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:23:32 EST (#)
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The Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
American Beauty
Fight Club
American History X
Amadeus
12 Monkeys
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
The Green Mile
Big Fish
Stand By Me
Bicentennial Man
Contact
Spaceballs
Monty Python and the Quest For The Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
Clerks
Ghostbusters
Forrest Gump
Dogma
28 Days Later
Alien
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Matrix
Willow
Aliens
Gladiator
The Fifth Element
Braveheart
The Princess Bride
Shakespeare in Love
Full Metal Jacket
Das Boot
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Glory
The Goonies
The Neverending Story
Interview With A Vampire
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Mississippi Burning
Tombstone
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
True Romance
I love you for listing these movies. not that i don't like the others but these ones
stand out to me.
Although I would also include Young Guns.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:23:10 EST (#)
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Ok. I'll play.
You totally missed Pauly Shore.
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:19:52 EST (#)
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nice, All quiet on the western front....
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:18:30 EST (#)
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While reading though the categories I was thinking; not only does Razor give killer blow jobs but the guy has impeccable taste...then I read the name ice cube. Tell me you threw that in there for comedic value...
BTW, Don Cheadle is one of the most believable actors I have ever witnessed. His small parts have always moved me. His character in Boogie Nights is one of my favorites.
This is a great list. There are some movies listed I have not watched but based on my confidence in your taste now that I have reviewed this list, I will now build up my netflix queue with them.
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:18:25 EST (#)
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Bring It On?
Bring It On Again?
Shalow Hal?
Anna Nicole Smith?
Definate omissions in the best ever list pal.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:12:20 EST (#)
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Yeah there are going to be definite omissions, because this list was a stream of consciousness.
Also re: Hanks, I put him on my list of favorite actors, but I just don't think that he's in the same category as, say, Oldman, Spacey, or Robbins.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:12:16 EST (#)
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Good show.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:11:23 EST (#)
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Goodfellas?
Harold and Maude?
Robert De Niro?
Great list regardless.
Submitted by Skolky2 (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:10:23 EST (#)
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Kevin Costner (but I can't count how many Costner movies I love)
Replace Kevin Costner with Nicholas Cage for me.
That guy is such a bad actor, but his movies kick all ass.
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:10:19 EST (#)
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"take ahold of my lizard"
Anytime, anyplace, any way you want it.
Good list. How long were you working on it? I was especially pleased to find Daniel Day-Lewis on there. Goosebumps form upon my golden flesh as I contemplate his performance in Gangs of New York.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:09:38 EST (#)
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Missing Requiem for a Dream, too. And Minority Report.
I would've liked to see a list of your favorite directors, too.
Here's a short list for me...
Kubrick
Scorcese (his older stuff)
Eastwood
Spielberg
Aronofsky (director of Pi and Requiem)
That's just off the top of my head... I'll have to think of some more later.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:08:08 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Stin (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:07:25 EST (#)
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a million times a better book than film. You should make time to read it, if you enjoyed the movie.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:04:58 EST (#)
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Awesome movie list.
It misses "Pi" though. It's about a paranoid jewish mathematician who's trying to find a pattern in our world. It's a really weird thriller. My favorite.
Knowing you (a bit), I bet you would also like L'auberge Espagnole in many ways. Look it up. It's in spanish, english and french. It also has Audrey Tautou in it...mmmmmmm.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:04:27 EST (#)
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please tell me one of the geckos is called gordon
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:03:00 EST (#)
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Office Space?
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:02:57 EST (#)
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I agree with probably 99% of your list (Which is kinda scary).
I love you for having Gary Oldman top of your "Working Actors" list (In a purely manly way of course).
I also want your Geckos, but somehow I think the shipping to the Uk might screw with them just a little.
-Dave
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:00:24 EST (#)
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I'm not gonna bother to rip this because it's your opinion but...anyone that has "Rick Moranis" on a "Favorite Actors" list, but finds the time to critique Tom hanks somehow, has a screw loose somewhere.
Although Moranis, as Louis Tully in "Ghostbusters" uttered some of the most memorable movie lines ever...
"The superintendent's gonna be pissed..."
and Tully: "Who are you?"
Ackroyd: "We're the Ghostbusters".
Tully: "Who does your taxes?"
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 11:59:23 EST (#)
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Walken is pretty good.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-09 11:58:25 EST (#)
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Christian Slater (except in True Romance)
My favorite movie!
I don't see christopher walken on the best actors list!
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-03-09 11:58:02 EST (#)
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A bunch of definitive lists = sure heat. Good work.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2005-03-09 11:56:09 EST (#)
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Also, I bought the geckos from a professional breeder, not from a pet store, so they are as healthy and well bred as... err... professional breeders can breed them?