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Accuse me of making lists--go ahead; you'd be right. I love me the annual (or bi-annual, perhaps) top five, whether it be music, films, books, etc. So. What films dance among the stars in your vision?

1) Ran (from the score, the stark, haunting shots of muted violence, luxurious colors, the general improvement over King Lear [in my estimation] I don't think you can grip further in pathos and drama than Ran)
2) Seven Samurai (my favorite for the longest time; unravels lovingly; is intense but beautiful, gritty, gripping; simple, brilliant plot, characters, colors, camera angles. Everything is astounding, and I never want it to end, but it always does...)
3) A Clockwork Orange (Watching A Clockwork Orange for the first time was like my first viewing of Star Wars and reading T.S. Eliot's Wasteland all rolled into one)
4) Oldboy (revenge doesn't get much better or disturbing; a prime portrait of rage in the main character and beyond excellent in terms of music, plotting, images, and most of all--the nostalgic, serene pace)
5) Whisper of the Heart (by the geniuses of Studio Ghibli; nostalgic beyond description; a perfect portrait of 1995 urban Japan)
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This is a loose five off the top of my head , and Ill doubtless think of others 30 seconds after I post. No particular order.
1) Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
2) Fight Club
3) Serenity
4) Band of Brothers
5) Ravenous
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Mr. Broken wrote:This is a loose five off the top of my head , and Ill doubtless think of others 30 seconds after I post. No particular order.
1) Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
2) Fight Club
3) Serenity
4) Band of Brothers
5) Ravenous
Great choices! :) I don't recognize number 5, but 1 - 4 are some of my favorites as well.
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1. The Princess Bride
2. Gattaca
3. LOTR Trilogy (I know, cheating. idc)
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Honorable Mention goes to: The Fountain, Into the Wild, and Spirited Away.
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In no particular order:

The Big Lebowski
Brazil
Videodrome
Hellraiser I and II (I got them uncut on a double DVD so I count them them as one film here)
Galactic Gigolo --> Click here for a review (and i really own and love that movie)

My top five part two would include

12 Monkeys
Naked Lunch
The Hudsucker Proxy
Nothing Lasts Forever (one of the most under-estimated movies ever)
eXistenZ

Basically it's all Coen brothers, David Cronenberg, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.

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And I forgot Dogma ...
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I blame the failures of the public school system for the last two posts.....I know the teachers were very supportive and encouraging and all that, and I know they said "there are no wrong answers; all we want is for you to try your best", but 5 is NOT 10, ans 5 is certainly NOT 12.
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Kaydene wrote:
Mr. Broken wrote:This is a loose five off the top of my head , and Ill doubtless think of others 30 seconds after I post. No particular order.
1) Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
2) Fight Club
3) Serenity
4) Band of Brothers
5) Ravenous
Great choices! :) I don't recognize number 5, but 1 - 4 are some of my favorites as well.
Ravenous is a highly under rated film, I wont promise that you wont be sorry that you watched, but if you are sorry it wont be because its a bad film.
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dANdeLION wrote:I blame the failures of the public school system for the last two posts.....I know the teachers were very supportive and encouraging and all that, and I know they said "there are no wrong answers; all we want is for you to try your best", but 5 is NOT 10, ans 5 is certainly NOT 12.
Yeah, yeah :P
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Godfather I and II
Schindler's List
Patton
Gettysburg
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Kaydene wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:I blame the failures of the public school system for the last two posts.....I know the teachers were very supportive and encouraging and all that, and I know they said "there are no wrong answers; all we want is for you to try your best", but 5 is NOT 10, ans 5 is certainly NOT 12.
Yeah, yeah :P
Don't worry, in your case the apparent lack of math skills is not a deal-breaker.
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Wow, someone else actually enjoyed Naked Lunch. Criminally underrated film.

In no order...

- Die Hard
- Rocky
- The Terminator
- Until the End of the World
- Blazing Saddles
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dANdeLION wrote:
Kaydene wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:I blame the failures of the public school system for the last two posts.....I know the teachers were very supportive and encouraging and all that, and I know they said "there are no wrong answers; all we want is for you to try your best", but 5 is NOT 10, ans 5 is certainly NOT 12.
Yeah, yeah :P
Don't worry, in your case the apparent lack of math skills is not a deal-breaker.
:lol: idk what that means. Am I coasting by on my sexy avatar? ;)
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Kaydene wrote::lol: idk what that means. Am I coasting by on my sexy avatar? ;)
It doesn't hurt, but I think you bring more to the table than just a sexy avatar.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

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dANdeLION wrote:
Kaydene wrote::lol: idk what that means. Am I coasting by on my sexy avatar? ;)
It doesn't hurt, but I think you bring more to the table than just a sexy avatar.
;) Thank you.
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Stranger than Fiction
28 Days Later
The Hobbit
The Hunt for Red October
Finding Nemo
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Kaydene wrote: ;) Thank you.
You're absolutely welcome.


I suppose I should give my top 5 now:

Dr. Strangelove
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Apollo 13
Young Frankenstein
Snatch
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
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I'm afraid there's no denying
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I thought Snatch was an awesome movie. Did you ever see Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels?
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No, can't say I have. I'm guessing I should?
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
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Get a room you two. It's getting so scandalous in here I can almost hear "When Does Cry".
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