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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:39 am
by Earthblood
I'll use Danlo's categories.....
Sci Fi: Fantastic Voyage, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars
Horror: Carrie, The Shining, IT (TV movie)
Western: Pretty much any John Wayne flik
Fantasy: Excalibur, Dragon Slayer
Comedy: Animal House, MP &Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, Big Fat Greek Wedding
Drama: Godfather 1 & 2, BraveHeart, Forest Gump
Mystery: not a big mystery fan....
Mob/gangs: Warriors ROCKED!
Sports: The Replacements (funny/drama)
Music: The Last Waltz (The Band and special guests), Grateful Dawg
Animation: Heavy Metal, The Wild Thornberries (I love that show too!)
Comedy Animation: Ice Age
Stand-up: Eddie Murphy Live, Robin Williams at Carnigie(sp?) Hall
Chick Flick: Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias
Guy Flick: Any Steven Segal movie
Crappiest movie ever made: Super Troopers (unless you're smoking bongs....
Foreign:
All time favs: Godfather/Animal House
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:29 am
by Vain
Segal is cool !!
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:46 pm
by Skyweir
.... I love good stand-up! I watched this great late night stand-up show from New Zealand .. it was sooo funny .. I lmao!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 6:05 pm
by KrillOfLoric
Here are my additions to the favorite movies list:
Action/Drama: Red Dawn
Stand up: Robin Williams Live on Broadway
Western: Tombstone, Maverick
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:33 pm
by birdandbear
Brinn said:
If you liked Manos let me recommend "Plan 9 from Outer Space" which is another classic!
My theatre company is adapting Plan 9 into a musical. If it remains on schedule, it should open in October. It looks like it's going to be absoloutely hilarious.
Okay here goes:
Sci Fi: Star Wars (original trilogy, I'm not so enthused about the new ones), The Matrix, The Fifth Element
Action: The Die Hard movies
Horror: the Alien movies (all), the Blair Witch Project
Western: Tombstone, Silverado
Fantasy: both LOTR movies (and most likely the third as well), Ladyhawke, Labyrinth, Legend
Comedy: Office Space, Dogma, Mallrats, Four Rooms
Drama: Schindlers List, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, American History X
Mystery: The Others
Mob/gangs: Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs
Sports: er, blech
Music: Chicago, Moulin Rouge, The Sound of Music, Hair, any old Disney musical
Animation: Akira, Wizards, Ralph Bakshi's LOTR movies
Kids Movies: Shrek, Lilo and Stitch, Monsters inc.
Stand-up: All George Carlin, Robin Williams at Carnegie Hall, Bill Cosby Himself, all Richard Pryor
Chick Flick: The Hours, Fried Green Tomatos, Steel Magnolias
Guy Flick: Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (I personally thought this was just about the stupidest thing I'd ever seen, but watching my husband and his friends watch it was really funny. My husband was crying he was laughing so hard. Must be a guy thing.)
lol
Crappiest movie ever made: Orgy of the Dead
Foreign: Amelie, Run Lola Run, About a Boy (hey, it's a British film)
All time favs: LOTR, Schindlers List
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 1:32 am
by Brinn
Wow B&B! That's an interesting project!
BTW, I noticed on another thread that you are a big fan of the Dark Tower Series. I am a huge fan as well and can't wait for "Wolves of Calla". Have you had a chance to read the prologue that was published on his website? I think It's called Calla Brynn Sturgis and it's great. Nice to see another Tower fan and good luck with Plan 9!
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:54 am
by birdandbear
Thanks Brinn, Maybe I'll publish the review when it goes up. I have read the Wolves of the Calla prologue, and I'm annoyed that I can't read "The Tale of Gray Dick" an excerpt from the same book that's only available in a magazine called Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern that I can't afford a subscription to. According to the official website though, we should see the remaining three books before the end of next year, With Wolves coming out (limited edition hardback as per the others) in November of this year. Also, the first four are being re-released in hardback in June, with the Gunslinger having been revamped with an additional 35 pages!
Here's a link to the Dark Tower news section of the official website.
www.stephenking.com/future.html#togd
How cool is that??!!
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 3:29 am
by Brinn
Nice!
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 5:49 pm
by Zahir
Hmmmm...I can't say I have one top film for each genre. But here're my picks:
Science Fiction Blade Runner, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Cold Lazarus (okay that was a miniseries but still), 12 Monkeys, The Terminator, The Road Warrior
Fantasy Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian, Dragonslayer, Labyrinth, Devil's Advocate, The Prophecy, Dogma, Harry Potter, The Last Temptation of Christ, Neverwhere
Horror The Ring, The Haunting (original b&w), Eyes of Fire, The Others, Jacob's Ladder, Flatliners, Candyman
Gangster The Godfather 1 & 2, Goodfellas, Robin and the Seven Hoods, The Professional
Period Piece The Duellists, The Warlord, Amadeus, Lion in Winter, The Red Tent, Lady Jane, Cyrano de Bergerac (w. Depardieu)
Love Story They Might Be Giants, Joe VS the Volcanoe, Griffin and Phoenix, Harold and Maude, The Lover
Comedy My Cousin Vinnie, Clue, Oscar, Young Frankenstein,
War Gettysburg, Kelly's Heroes, Patton, Aliens
Thriller Silence of the Lambs, Seven, Double Trouble (the one about twin brother gynecologists), Alien, Basic Instinct, The Game
Shakespeare Henry V (w. Branaugh), Richard III (w.Richardson), Twefth Night (w.Helena Bonham Carter)
Vampire Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lemora, Inverview with the Vampire, Graveyard Shift II
I could go on and on.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:36 pm
by Brinn
"Double Trouble" about twin brother gynoecologists?!?!!
Was David Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" also about twin brother Gynoecologists, released under a different name?
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:17 pm
by birdandbear
Oh no! I left out the Harry Potter movies!
And as far as Shakespeare: Titus, w/ Anthony Hopkins and Glenn Close is the best! Really visually stunning. Except for the artsy fartsy intro...
.... A Midsummer Nights Dream, with Michelle Pfeifer and Kevin Kline....Othello, with Lawrence Fishburn and Kenneth Brannaugh....anything with Kenneth Brannaugh(Hamlet!)....the Fifteen Minute Hamlet....ooohh, and Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead....
You just had to bring up Shakespeare didn't you?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:45 am
by danlo
Kevin was deliciously slimy as Iago in Othello!
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 6:47 am
by Zahir
Okay. Got the title wrong. Dead Ringers it is, then. (Really beat myself over the head on that one)
Be warned--Shakespeare is a big subject with moi.
Oh, and Titus had Jessica Lange, not Glenn Close. Good movie, though. I thought Midsummer didn't really work, although some individual things worked very well indeed. Kevin Kline was the best Hamlet I've ever seen, period. Way better than Olivier, imo.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:45 am
by danlo
well Zahir, this was on the stage, not in the movies and way back in 1973-but the best damm Hamlet I ever saw, and I kno this is hard 2 believe, was a skinny Stacey Keach. The stage effects were intense and Keach was absolutely mesmerising!
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2003 5:23 am
by Zahir
Danlo, I've nothing but respect for Stacey Keach, so the thought of his Hamlet being good doesn't surprise. Intrigues, but not surprise.
The worst Hamlet I ever saw was in NYC, with Dirk Benedict in the title role. Really.
Incidently, did you know there's been a tendency in productions of Hamlet during the last couple of decades to have Ophelia give away anything but flowers during her "mad" scene? One production had her giving away long brass nails. The Kline production had her giving away pieces of Hamlet's shredded love letters.
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:09 pm
by Skyweir
lol ..
my favourite part in the Kevin Kline A Midsummer nights dream .. was the line ..
oh eyes can you see??? .. that had me chuckling for days!!
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 9:15 am
by Infelice
My all time favourite is LOTR- and I just know I`m gonna love the third.
Other notables:
Blair Witch Project - my ultimate fear - lost in the woods at night
Twin Peaks-The Movie (and the TV series)
Fire Walk With Me
Mullholland Drive
Blue Velvet ( I love David Lynch)
The Harry Potter Movies
Forrest Gump - yes, my life really is like a box of chocolates
An Interview With A Vampire - I wanted to become a vampire
The Andy Hardy movies
Any comedy with Jerry Lewis
Wuthering Heights - I was in love with Heathcliffe for a long time
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 2:42 pm
by Skyweir
Mullholand Drive was weird yet strangely appealing ..
and I love Forest Gump .. what a classic!!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:48 am
by jacob Raver, sinTempter
Western - Tombstone
Gangster - Godfather 1/2
Scifi - Star Wars holy Trilogy
Fantasy - LOTR
Drama - A Few Good Men
Mystery - Chinatown
Thriller - Usual Suspects
Suspense/Horror - Jaws
Epic - Lawrence of Arabia
Action - Die Hard
Superhero/Comic - Dark Knight
War - Apocalypse Now
Comedy - Dr. Strangelove
Romance - Shakespeare In Love
Animation - Incredibles
Documentary - Fog of War
Family - Back 2 the Future Trilogy
Sports - Miracle
Musical: Moulan Rouge
Multi-Genre: Fight Club
Most Hated Movie: Batman & Robin
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:00 am
by Cail
Western - Tombstone
Gangster - Godfather
Scifi - Alien/Aliens
Fantasy - Legend (flawed, but still)
Drama - 12 Angry Men
Thriller/Detective - Two different genres. Best detective film is probably The French Connection. Best thriller is probably Breakdown.
Suspense/Horror - Jaws
Epic - Lawrence of Arabia
A/A - I have no idea what this stands for, but if it's action/adventure, you deserve to be turkey-slapped (look it up).
War - The Big Red One
Comedy - Blazing Saddles
Romance - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Animation - Heavy Metal
Documentary - Hemo the Magnificent
Family - Back 2 the Future Trilogy (really hard to argue with this)
Sports - Brian's Song