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Hexy
High Emperor
Joined: 28 Jun 2002
Posts: 621
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quote:
Originally posted by Lintra
@Hexy - At the time I saw the movie I had a really good explanation of the mini people (the ones who greeted the blond when she got to LA). I can not, for the life of me, remember what it is now!
I *think* it had to do with dreams and expectations buried in the dark haired woman's mind. Her mind used them as foils, the pressures of innocent expectations of the past perverted by actual subsequent events that fell far short of the dreams going in. Dang! That was a mouthful and I am not 100% sure it is what I meant to say *Lintra rubs his temples and looks quizzical*
Yeah, they were kinda weird. But they fit the story quite well.
*SPOILERS*
Well, I always thought that the old mini couple represented her guilt or something since she ordered those hitmen to kill the black haired woman. The blue key signified that the deed was done and when the old mini man and woman came she went mad and shot herself with grief or something? I think that scene was one of the few that were played out in "reality".
And another thing... that whole resturaunt scene, with the hiddeous man. What was THAT about?
About Lost Highway. At first I thought it would be some horror flick with the whole party+phone conversation. Then it was completely derailed in the end with the desert house and Mr. Eddie. Never liked that. |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
Let me see... I have many favorite films, but which of them I favor most depends on my mood.
Right now my favorite movies are (in no particular order)
Fight Club
Black Hawk Down
The Empire Strikes Back
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Aliens
Ghost in the Shell
The Usual Suspects
Ravenous
Pitch Black
Reservoir Dogs
Final Fantasy
One more recent movie that managed to impress me was Vanilla Sky. I did not know what it was about, not at all, so I did not expect anything at all, and I was pleasantly surprised. In fact, it impressed me enough to make me think about it for quite some time. The only other more recent
'film' that made such a deep impression on me was Band of Brothers, but it's not a movie so it doesn't qualify.
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Remus
Overgrown Cat
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
My favorites still pretty same as i discussed last year http://www.rpgdot.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11705
To make thing simple, my favorites according to genre and roughly ranked (Better films mention first - just roughly):
Drama
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- Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
- The Shawshank Redemption (T. Robbins & M. Freeman)
- Thelma & Louise (S. Saradon & Geena Davis)
- Scent of a Woman (Al Pacino & Chris O' Donnell)
- Rocky (Part 1)
- The Insider (Al Pacino & Russell Crowe)
- Eat Drink Man Woman (excellent directing by Ang Lee)
- Philadephia (Tom Hanks & Denzel Washiongton)
- Magnolia (1999; pretty good)
Musical
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- Les Miserables (the best musical concert)
- Moulin Rouge (Chicago? meh)
- The Sound of Music (Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews)
Romantic
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- TiTanic (1997)
- Sense & Sensibility (Huge Grant, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet; great directing from Ang Lee)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (Julia Robert)
- Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise - "Give me the money!!!")
- When Harry met Sally
- Sleepless in Seattle
War
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- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Full Metall Jacket (Directed by Stanley Kubrick's)
- Apocalypse Now
- Platoon
Sciene Fiction
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- Alien Trilogy (star Wars Trilogy keep dropping in my favorites list - sorry, George)
- The Abyss
- Contact (Jodie Foster)
- Terminator 2 (the first one start to look bad)
- The Matrix (*Keanu Reeves turning around, looks puzzled & say* "Huh...?")
- Jurasik park 1
- The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis)
- E.T
- Blade Runner
- Star Wars trilogy
- Armageddon (1998)
- 2001: A Space Oddysey
Western
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- Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
- The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis)
- Ride with the Devil (Another good film from Ang Lee, starring Tobey Marguire and Jewel - the Alaskan singer).
- Silverado
- Dances with Wolves
- Far And Away (interesting scene of Nicole Kidman peeking Tom Cruise)
Crime
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- The Silence of the Lambs (Jodie Foster)
- Seven (Brad Pitt & M. Freeman)
- Godfather 1 & 2 (Al Pacino, R. De Niro, Marlon Brando)
- Natural Born Killer
- American History X (Edward Norton)
- GoodFellas
- sexy Beast
- Pulp Fiction
- Casino (Robert De Niro)
- Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro)
- Leon: The Professional (Jean Reno, Garry Oldman &
- Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, The Usual Suspects (interest on the films dropping)
Animation
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- Shrek
- Babe ("A little pig goes a long way")
- Toy Story 2
- South Park: Bigger, longer, uncut
Comedy
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- Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (LOL...LOL...Jesus Christ!)
- There's Something About Mary (Cameron Diaz = nasty)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (Renee Zellweger = nasty)
- American Pie, Part 1 (nasty teenagers)
- Liar Liar (Jim Carrey)
- The Mask (action-comedy, Jim Carrey)
Action
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- Speed (Keanu Reeves & )
- Mission Impossible (Part 1)
- U-571 (M. McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Bon Jovi, Harvey Keitel)
- Air Force One (Harrison Ford; the film look & sound very nice on DVD)
- Heat (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro)
- The Fugutive (Harrison Ford)
- Predator (Arnie the big muscle swinging minigun ^-^)
Thriller & Mystery
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- Momento
- Mulholland DR.
- The Game
- 12 Monkey (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt)
- Dark City (Jennifer Connelly, Rufus Sewell)
- Breakdown (Kurt Russell; very good thriller)
- Kalifornia (Brad Pitt, Julie Lewis, David Duchovny)
- Fatal Attraction (Never cheat on your wife!!!)
- Scream (part 1 - it's surprisig for a slasher movie creeping into my list)
Fantasy (sword & sorcery)
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- The Lord of the Ring (Part 1 & 2)
- Conan The Barbarian (Arnie the big muscle swinging huge sword)
Horror
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- The Exorcist (still the best for me)
- Poltergeist 1 & 2 (the third one sucks)
- The Shining (Jack Nicholson, directed by Standley Kubrick)
- Rosemary's Baby (by Roman Polanski, recently won the Oscar for The Pianist)
- The Sixth Sense (Horror movie for children  )
- From Dusk Till Dawn (George Clooney)
- Hellraiser trilogy + Part IV
- Dracula ("love never dies")
- Lord of Illusions
- Wishmaster
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (Part 1), Halloween & Friday the 13th (look bad for today standard)
#My longest post, eh? |
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dagoo7
Head Merchant
Joined: 07 Nov 2002
Posts: 58
Location: USA |
Heres three off the top of my head:
Bottle Rocket - Just saw this again this weekend. Hilarious. Same director as Rushmore and Royal Tenenbaums with Owen and Luke Wilson, but much better than the other two. If you have'nt seen it yet, check it out.
Dr. Strangelove - nuff said
Brazil - Terry Gilliam dystopia movie, bizarre but excellent |
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Wed May 28, 2003 8:46 pm |
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Krzychu
Hidden Character
Joined: 25 May 2002
Posts: 1738
Location: It is my little secret. |
Only one movie comes to my mind as for now:
Aliens < 
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Wed May 28, 2003 9:25 pm |
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Kayla
High Emperor
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Posts: 2114
Location: Australia |
Drama
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- Forrest Gump
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Thelma & Louise
- Philadephia
-The Green Mile
- What Dreams May Come
Live Musical
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- Les Miserables
- Chess
Romantic
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- Ghost and Mrs Muir
- Never Been Kissed
- Ever After
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
-Immortal Beloved
War
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- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Platoon
Sciene Fiction
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- Alien Trilogy
- Blade Runner
- The Abyss
- Contact (Jodie Foster)
- Terminator
- The Matrix
- The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis)
- Star Wars trilogy
- Deep Impact
Western
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- The Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day-Lewis)
-Tombstone
Crime
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-The Professional
- Reservoir Dogs
-The Usual Suspects
- The Untouchables
- The Silence of the Lambs (Jodie Foster)
- Godfather 1 & 2 (Al Pacino, R. De Niro, Marlon Brando)
- Natural Born Killer
- American History X
- GoodFellas
- Pulp Fiction
- Casino
- Taxi Driver
- Fargo
Animation
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- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Shrek
- Babe
- South Park: Bigger, longer, uncut
Comedy
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- There's Something About Mary
- Monty Python (Meaning of Life, Life of Brian and Holy Grail)
- Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Baarrels
- Snatch
- Mars Attacks
- American Pie, Part 1
- Red Dwarf (not movie... but who cares)
-High Fidelity
-Ordinary Decent Criminal
Action
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- Heat
-Black Rain
- Braveheart
- Devil's Advocate
- Fight Club
- Mississippi Burning
- Go (maybe this should be under comedy?)
- North by Northwest
- One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
- Quills
- Warlock & Warlock 2
- The Prophecy & The Prophecy 2
Thriller & Mystery
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- Momento
- Mulholland DR.
- The Game
- 12 Monkey
- Copycat
- Death and the Maiden
Fantasy (sword & sorcery)
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- The Lord of the Ring (Part 1 & 2)
- Ladyhawke
- Willow
- Legend
- Merlin
Horror
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- The Exorcist
- The Shining
- Rosemary's Baby
- The Sixth Sense
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Dracula
Some of these probably aren't in the right categories- it's early in the morning and I haven't had coffee.
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Wed May 28, 2003 11:20 pm |
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
Can't believe I forgot Brazil...
and 12 Monkeys...
..and Blade Runner
 Shame on me |
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Wed May 28, 2003 11:35 pm |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
I'm very OLD fashioned  I like the old MGM musicals. Favourite film would be 'Singing in the Rain' followed by almost any Fred Astaire film.
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Thu May 29, 2003 10:01 am |
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Finarfin
Baron of the Court
Joined: 20 Nov 2002
Posts: 345
Location: London |
and straight story is the best movie in which nothing happens
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Thu May 29, 2003 10:56 am |
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elkston
High Emperor
Joined: 21 Sep 2002
Posts: 691
Location: North Carolina, USA |
This is just off the top of my head, but usually those are really your favorites cause you don't have to think long about it.
The Godfather Parts I & II
2001: A Space Oddessy
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Vanishing (original 1988 Dutch version NOT the remake)
Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs
Alien
Aliens
No Way Out
From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Excalibur (what a gorgeous looking movie)
The Road Warrior
The Shining
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
The Parralax View
The Manchurian Candidate
Vertigo
The Andromeda Strain
The Exorcist
Being John Malkovich
A Fish Called Wanda
Patton
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Thu May 29, 2003 2:22 pm |
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hwfanatic
Average Fanatic
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Posts: 2850
Location: Belgrade, Serbia |
quote:
Originally posted by piln
and 12 Monkeys...
Yeah... It's a great movie...
*hm?* Well, I can't think of any others than Braveheart at the moment, so... |
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Thu May 29, 2003 10:03 pm |
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Iron Man
Dazed and Confused
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 773
Location: Location Location |
How could I forget about resivoir dogs? Hey, Why do I have to be Mr. Pink?
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Thu May 29, 2003 10:08 pm |
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Kayla
High Emperor
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Posts: 2114
Location: Australia |
I think I need to redo my lists, I keep thinking of other movies I love that I didn't put down, and I am ashamed of myself. That's what happens when you write a list with no caffine in your system.
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Thu May 29, 2003 11:18 pm |
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Lintra
Elf Friend
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
quote:
Originally posted by Kayla
I think I need to redo my lists, I keep thinking of other movies I love that I didn't put down, and I am ashamed of myself. That's what happens when you write a list with no caffine in your system.
No caffine? No chocholate? What *were* you thinking??? 
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Fri May 30, 2003 1:03 pm |
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Rawis
Gorthaur
Joined: 01 Apr 2002
Posts: 1861
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is one of the best movies I have seen.
Event Horizon is one of the scariest and coolest movies I have seen... The Star Wars movies are great too. |
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