OT: What the hell,lets see what everyones taste in movies ar

mobiggins · Post by **mobiggins** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:47 am

There are literally hundreds of drama movies I can recommend, so I´ll just do top ten directors. This might be numbered one to ten, but it´s not really in any order.
 
 1. Akira Kurosawa
 2. Krzysztof Kieslowsky
 3. Robert Bresson
 4. Vittorio DeSica
 5. Sergei Paradjanov
 6. Ingmar Bergman
 7. John Cassavettes
 8. Yasujiro Ozu
 9. aw, hell, there are so many....
 Billy Wilder, Hitch*****, Welles...
 
 Comedies:
 
 1. Office Space
 2. Airplane!
 3. Top Secret!
 4. Kentucky Fried Movie
 5. Naked Gun
 6. Bad Santa
 7. Story of Riki (not a comedy, but funny as hell anyway)
 8. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut.
 9. Happy Gilmore
 10. can´t think right now...

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:06 am

Mo I see you have Bad Santa listed. I wanted to check that out it. The trailers look funny as hell!

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:55 am

I´ll just add a few to the ongoing discussion:
 
 Hunt For Red October
 Natural Born Killers
 Platoon
 Pink Floyd: The Wall
 Dead Man Walking
 U-Turn
 Harry Potter Movies
 Run Lola Run
 Terminator Movies (1 and 2 anyway)
 Alien
 
 
 Monsters Inc.
 The Wedding Singer
 South Park: The Movie
 Trading Places
 
 [ This message was edited by: James_E on 07-01-2004 06:57 ]

ProvoAnC · Post by **ProvoAnC** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:01 am

I take it action movies are included. I didn´t see it in anyone´s list...but Ronin is by far the best movie. Nothing beats it.
 
 ´Cept maybe Forest Hump or Pokeahotass
 
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mixdj1 · Post by **mixdj1** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:50 am

Provo:
 
 Ronin does indeed kick some major ass! PK and I had it on our lists.
 
 mixdj1

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:36 pm

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 Brando,
 
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 Actually, Spooky, no embarassment -- I forgot that 8 and ) makes the embarassed face.
 
 I am in PK´s boat that it´s not Christmas for me without Christmas Story. I grew up in northwestern Indiana, which is where Jean Sheppard, the author of the book, grew up. It captures Christmas from the kid´s perspective like no other film. "Not a finger" is in permanent conversational rotation in our family.
 
 Good call on South Park. That´s an absolutely brilliant parody of the American musical.

slimer · Post by **slimer** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:43 pm

Some extras from my list that have been left out here or just need reiterating.
 
 The Royal Tenenbaums
 High Fidelity
 Far From Heaven
 Rushmore
 The Talented Mr. Ripley
 Spirited Away
 Gattaca
 The Princess Bride
 Waking Life

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:20 pm

Good thing reading these lists jogged the memory a bit. I have a hard time remembering them all. I´ll leave action movies out of the drams category:
 
 Comdey:
 Office Space (I live this movie every day, so it´s both funny and scary at the same time).
 Happy Gilmore
 Old School
 Animal House
 Caddyshack
 Slap Shot
 
 Drama
 Braveheart
 Legends of the Fall
 True Romance
 Leaving Las Vegas
 
 Some movis are hard to categorize. Is the Matrix action, sci-fi, drama, or a mix ? Same geos for a movies like High Fidelity. Is it a comedy, drama (is has it´s serious spots), or romance?
 
 -Matt

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:40 pm

1. Wings of Desire
 2. Decalogue
 3. Ordet
 4. North by Northwest
 5. Lawrence of Arabia
 6. Aguirre the Wrath of God
 7. Magnolia
 8. The Harder They Come
 9. Ikiru
 10. Drugstore Cowboy
 
 Comedy (with a few quirky drama cheats):
 
 1. Groundhog Day
 2. Adaptation
 3. Trouble in Paradise
 4. Monty Python and Holy Grail
 5. Fish Called Wanda
 6. Being John Malkovich
 7. High Fidelity
 8. Duck Soup
 9. Lady Eve
 10. Raising Arizona

Cincinnati_Kid · Post by **Cincinnati_Kid** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:59 pm

rented Seabiscuit tonight boys will see soon if it joins the list <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_wink.gif">

mobiggins · Post by **mobiggins** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 3:04 am

You got great taste in movies, blub.
 
 Ikiru is one of my all-time faves. Really shows that Kurosawa is one of the best all-around directors ever. If not THE best.
 
 The Decalogue, though not a movie per se, leaves me speechless every time. I got a chance to see it on the big screen last year, and it was SO good! Amazing stuff. I like Dreyer, too, but I prefer Passion of Joan of Arc over Ordet or Day of Wrath or any of his other films.
 
 Give Sergei Paradjanov a shot if you like challenging cinema. Of his four major films (the soviets put him in Siberia for his films, so he only made 4 major ones in his lifetime) three are available on DVD: The Color of Pomegranates, Ashik Kerib, and The Legend of Suram Fortress. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is his seminal work, but it´s only on VHS, though worth checking out.
 Something tells me that if you like The Decalogue, Ordet, and Wings of Desire, you´ll like Paradjanov´s oblique nod to divinity. It´s some great stuff.

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:15 am

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 Cincy it made my top 10,let me know what you thought about it.

Cincinnati_Kid · Post by **Cincinnati_Kid** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:52 pm

will do jack...watching it later tonight with christine & bradley
 
 i had also rented Out of Time (denzel) which we watched last night

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:14 pm

Comedy (in no particular order)
 Slap Shot
 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
 Friday
 Dumb and Dumber
 Animal House
 Weird Science
 Sixteen Candles
 Caddyshack
 Happy Gilmore
 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
 Life is Beautiful (also best drama)
 
 Drama (in no particular order)
 Life is Beautiful (also best comedy)
 Pulp Fiction
 Reservoir Dogs
 Lord of the Rings trilogy
 The Godfather
 Scarface
 Shawshank Redemption
 Silence of the Lambs (put the lotion in the basket)
 Jaws
 Angel Heart

Cincinnati_Kid · Post by **Cincinnati_Kid** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:34 pm

whoops missed a comedy...
 
 
 "O Brother Where art Thou"

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:36 pm

Angel Heart? Man, I remember going to see that movie when I was like 12 or 13 years old. That movie creeped the hell out of me. To this day, I couldn´t watch that movie again.