| |
Site Navigation
Main
News
Forums
Games
Games Database
Top 100
Release List
Support Files
Features
Reviews
Previews
Interviews
Editorials
Diaries
Misc
Download
Gallery
Music
Screenshots
Videos
Miscellaneous
Staff Members
Privacy Statement
|
|
|
|
Lizzy
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 24 Nov 2002
Posts: 117
Location: CA |
My Super Long List:
Drama
- Forrest Gump
- Road to Perdition
- Gone with the Wind
- Casablanca
- Cool Hand Luke
- A Few Good Men
Adventure
- Romancing the Stone
- Indiana Jones series
- The Goonies
- Ghost and the Darkness
Romance
- Pretty Woman
- Ghost
- Princess Bride
- When Harry Met Sally
War
- Black Hawk Down
- Top Gun
- Platoon
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Patriot
- Last of the Mohicans
Science Fiction
- Aliens
- T2
- The Fifth Element
- The Abyss
- Empire Stikes Back
- The Matrix
- X-Men 2
- ID4
- Ghostbusters
- Signs
Western
- Mavrick
- Far and Away
- Blazzing Saddles
- Legends of the Fall
Crime
- The Professional
- Batman
- Oceans Elven
- LA Confidential
- Snatch
Comedy
- Get Shorty
- Dazed and Confused
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Caddy Shack
Action
- MI:1 MI:2
- Ronin
- Hunt for the Red October
- Patriot Games
- Clear and Present Danger
- Tears of the Sun
- Rush Hour 2
Thriller & Mystery
- No Way Out
- The Game
- Basic Instinct
Fantasy & Medieval
- LOTR Series
- Willow
- Galdiator
- Braveheart
Horror
- Se7en
- Resident Evil
- The Sixth Sense
- The Shining
- The Exorcist
- Dreamcatcher
- Jaws
- Identity
- sleepy Hollow
- Jurassic Park
- Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal
-Lizzy 
Last edited by Lizzy on Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:30 pm; edited 1 time in total |
Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:10 am |
|
|
Finarfin
Baron of the Court
Joined: 20 Nov 2002
Posts: 345
Location: London |
Forest Gump - Drama?????
I would call it a comedy (or at least trying to be.....)
i have to say i hate this movie with a passion, it's message is - It's great when your stupid, yeah!
_________________
I didn't get where i am today by talking in clichés, i avoid clichés like the plague, a cliché to me is like a red rag to a bull..... |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:42 am |
|
|
Hexy
High Emperor
Joined: 28 Jun 2002
Posts: 621
|
quote:
Originally posted by Finarfin
Forest Gump - Drama?????
I would call it a comedy (or at least trying to be.....)
i have to say i hate this movie with a passion, it's message is - It's great when your stupid, yeah!
Well, call it a drama-comedy or dramedy.
*SPOILERS*
I mean, it was pretty sad when his wife dies, his friend in 'Nam and all.
I don't know about the message, I would say it's something else. Maybe that everyone can succeed, you don't have to be smart. Gump had some other qualities, like running and playing ping pong, which made him special. |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:53 am |
|
|
Finarfin
Baron of the Court
Joined: 20 Nov 2002
Posts: 345
Location: London |
i saw it more of a celebration of his stupidity, he didn't overcome his stupidness, me succeeded because he was stupid.
_________________
I didn't get where i am today by talking in clichés, i avoid clichés like the plague, a cliché to me is like a red rag to a bull..... |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 1:58 pm |
|
|
Hexy
High Emperor
Joined: 28 Jun 2002
Posts: 621
|
I don't think his stupidity/retardness had anything to do with him succeeding, it was his other qualities and luck.
Besides, even if alot of good stuff happened to him, a lot of bad stuff also occurred. He was mostly lucky, a vicitim of the situations. |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:54 pm |
|
|
elkston
High Emperor
Joined: 21 Sep 2002
Posts: 691
Location: North Carolina, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Rawis
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is one of the best movies I have seen. 
Oh yes. The Road Warrior is the distilled essence of the action movie.
Simple, brutal, to-the-point, brilliant. I love the intro narration with Gibson standing there in a mythic pose, clouds swirling the background....
_________________
All shall hear the words of Karras...the words of Karras |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:06 pm |
|
|
EverythingXen
Arch-villain
Joined: 01 Feb 2002
Posts: 4342
|
I *could* post my favorites list, but Lizzy got them all... 
With the exception under a category called Gothic Fairy Tale I would have The Crow.
_________________
Estuans interius, Ira vehementi
"The old world dies and with it the old ways. We will rebuild it as it should be, MUST be... Immortal!"
=Member of the Nonflamers Guild=
=Worshipper of the Written Word= |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:11 pm |
|
|
lestat14
Tremere Vampire
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Posts: 651
|
Lizzy i loved the alines series as well as the predator series..i still love how ripley kicks alien @$$ in aliens.....anyone ever seen The Thirteenth Warrior? if so what did you think of it?
Lestat
_________________
We are what mortals fear and wish to be...
The Darkness will consume you, and so shall we..
(^) Novice of the RPGdot Shadows(^)
 |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:11 pm |
|
|
EverythingXen
Arch-villain
Joined: 01 Feb 2002
Posts: 4342
|
The 13th warrior wasn't bad at all for borderline fantasy. Well worth a watch, perhaps even a second.
_________________
Estuans interius, Ira vehementi
"The old world dies and with it the old ways. We will rebuild it as it should be, MUST be... Immortal!"
=Member of the Nonflamers Guild=
=Worshipper of the Written Word= |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:13 pm |
|
|
Remus
Overgrown Cat
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
The movie Forrest Gump is not your usual comedy; and personally i will categorize it as a Drama. This movie is not about the main character doing funny, hilarious and stupid things - those comedic moments only serve to bring you the more important things and main purpose of the film: an emotionally involving story of life and not to give up on life, of seeing things from different perspectives, of friendship, of love, and other serious messages. Roger Ebert said:
--------------------------
...this is not a heartwarming story about a mentally retarded man...The movie is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism and takes things for exactly what they are... Eventually it becomes clear that between them Forrest and Jenny have covered all of the landmarks of our recent cultural history, and the accommodation they arrive at in the end is like a dream of reconciliation for our society.
---------------------------
As another critic said, the film "showing how the passage of time brings solace to even the most embittered hearts."
The film doesn't celebrate stupidity, or it is great to being a stupid, or tries to make a jokes on mentally handicapped persons. If i am expecting, or watch this movie as just merely another comedy, well, then, that probably is all i'll going to get. |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:57 pm |
|
|
Iron Man
Dazed and Confused
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 773
Location: Location Location |
quote:
Originally posted by Finarfin
i saw it more of a celebration of his stupidity, he didn't overcome his stupidness, me succeeded because he was stupid.
Stupid is as stupid does  . Anyway, as Roach tole me, Foest Gump was about a generation growing up in America, not about the life of a retard
_________________
This box secretly turns into a picture and laughs at YOU personally when you're not looking. |
|
Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:49 pm |
|
|
Finarfin
Baron of the Court
Joined: 20 Nov 2002
Posts: 345
Location: London |
quote:
...The movie is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism and takes things for exactly what they are...
i'd take issue with that! he doesn't see things as they are, at many points in the movie when he completely misunderstands what is going on, and doesn't say anything profound about what he does understand. unless a box of chocolates is profound! if only his mum had looked at the card that tells you which chocolate is which, i wouldn't have to hear that meaningless atatement over and over.
quote:
If i am expecting, or watch this movie as just merely another comedy, well, then, that probably is all i'll going to get.
please don't assume my motives, thats not how i went to watch the movie, i was told that it was a serious piece of cinema, with some thing to say. but i left feeling that it's only merits were as a comedy and a piece of nostalgia for (then) 40 something americans, and whether the film makers intended it or not i felt it was a celebration of stupidity, and more than a little patronising
_________________
I didn't get where i am today by talking in clichés, i avoid clichés like the plague, a cliché to me is like a red rag to a bull..... |
|
Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:41 am |
|
|
corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
And some people look at a sunset and see only a the red glow of refracted light!!
_________________
If God said it, then that settles it!
I don't use Smileys, I use Emoticons!!
 |
|
Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:29 pm |
|
|
Bartacus
Il Buono
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 4706
Location: Belgium Flemmish part |
First post in this part of the forum, but I'll do it in the right place.
1. Godfather triollogy
2. Star Wars triollogy (4, 5 and 6)
3. The Good, the Bad and The Ugly (western->Clint Eastwood)
Those '3' movies really seperate themselve from the others for me.
4. Star Trek 8 First Contact (for me the best Star Trek movie ever -> Last one sucked)
5. Stargate
6. The Fifth element
De zaak Alzheimer (Belgian pride perhaps, but in this movie everyone was casted right and had almost no mistakes in the story.)
8. Face Off
9. The Matrix
10. The Sixth Sense
_________________
Moderator and Council Magician of the RPGDot Shadows
member of the Sports Fans Forum
Leader's Right Hand at the Gothic Rogues
NFG member |
|
Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:47 pm |
|
|
DarkWeaver
A Dark Prince
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
Posts: 517
Location: The Netherlands |
1.All the Lord Of The Ring Series
2.Pirates Of the Caribbean
3.Gladiator
4.Braveheart
5.All the Indiana Jones Series
Thats it for now, dont go to movies very often lol. |
|
Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:05 pm |
|
|
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next
All times are GMT. The time now is Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:03 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
