Your favourite movies

[Alyxx Thorne]

Which flicks flick your switch? Here's the topic to list the motion pictures you enjoy the most.

 

I'll give my own top 20:

 

1. Blade Runner

2. The Matrix

3. TRON

4. Avatar

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Original)

6. They Live

7. Alien

8. Star Wars Episodes IV-VI

9. Fight Club

10. Das Boot

11. Ed Wood

12. Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

13. Planet Terror/Death Proof (Grindhouse)

14. Kill Bill

15. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

16. Total Recall

17. The Thing

18. Escape From New York

19. Aliens

20. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

[The Hamburglar]

5. Grave of the Fireflies

4. Bladerunner

3. Akira

2. Nosferatu

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Magamis]

I maybe an adult but I love some kids movies!

 

1. Madagscar 2: Escape to Africa

2. Madagscar

3. Doom

4. Blade Runner

5. Avatar

6. Finding Nemo

7. Shriek (1,2,3)

8. Sherlock Holmes

9. R.E.D (Retired Extremely Dangerous)

10. Pokemon: Rise of Darkrai (Yes, Pokemon fan since 1999)

[The Hamburglar]

I maybe an adult but I love some kids movies!

 

1. Madagscar 2: Escape to Africa

2. Madagscar

3. Doom

4. Blade Runner

5. Avatar

6. Finding Nemo

7. Shriek (1,2,3)

8. Sherlock Holmes

9. R.E.D (Retired Extremely Dangerous)

10. Pokemon: Rise of Darkrai (Yes, Pokemon fan since 1999)

Madagascar was great, but I thought the Penguins would be great on their own.

 

Than that stupid show came out....

[Alyxx Thorne]

I maybe an adult but I love some kids movies!

 

1. Madagscar 2: Escape to Africa

2. Madagscar

3. Doom

4. Blade Runner

5. Avatar

6. Finding Nemo

7. Shriek (1,2,3)

8. Sherlock Holmes

9. R.E.D (Retired Extremely Dangerous)

10. Pokemon: Rise of Darkrai (Yes, Pokemon fan since 1999)

Doom was actually a bit enjoyable even if it got such a huge backlash from the game fans.

 

5. Grave of the Fireflies

4. Bladerunner

3. Akira

2. Nosferatu

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Oh yes, Cuckoo's Nest is an awesome movie. And Akira too.

[Blue]

1. Apollo 13

2. Schindler's List

3. Forrest Gump

4. Spirited Away

5. The Incredibles

6. The Sting

7. Star Wars Episode V

8. Beauty & The Beast

9. Ratatoille

10. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

11. The Mission

12. Singin' in the Rain

13. The Music Man (Meredith Wilson, 1962)

14. Inception

15. Princess Mononoke

16. The Iron Giant

17. Tangled

18. Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

19. Fiddler on the Roof

20. The Dark Knight

 

I'm a big fan of John Williams, Steven Spielberg, Alan Menken, John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Hayao Miyazaki, and in general movies with happy endings.

Also there's no shame in liking Tom Hanks as an actor, so I can also say honorable mention goes to Saving Private Ryan and The Terminal.

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[Alyxx Thorne]

The Iron Giant should probably be on my list as well. It's one of my favourite animated movies.

[Psychotic Ninja]

I maybe an adult but I love some kids movies!

 

1. Madagscar 2: Escape to Africa

2. Madagscar

3. Doom

4. Blade Runner

5. Avatar

6. Finding Nemo

7. Shriek (1,2,3)

8. Sherlock Holmes

9. R.E.D (Retired Extremely Dangerous)

10. Pokemon: Rise of Darkrai (Yes, Pokemon fan since 1999)

Madagascar was great, but I thought the Penguins would be great on their own.

 

Than that stupid show came out....

Well, that stupid show is your answer to "The Penguins on their own".

Anyway, here's my list (2+ guilty pleasures* are included) :

(Not in a particular order)

 

• 1. Fight Club
  2. Office Space
  3. Donnie Darko
  4. Zombieland
  5. Serenity
  6. Spider-Man (1-3)
  7. Harry Potter (1-7 (both parts, even though Part 2 isn't out yet)
  8. Digimon The Movie/Revenge of Diaboromon
  9. Toy Story trilogy
  10. Terminator 2
  11. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Complete)
  12. Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
  13. The Prestige
  14. The Matrix
  15. Point Break
  16. The Lookout
  17. The Rock
  18. Inception
  19. 127 hours
  20. The Original Star Wars Trilogy
  21. 21
  22. Across The Universe**

 

* To me, they're not guilty pleasures, but to others, they may be

** I don't see this as a movie, more of a bunch of music videos that sort of tell a story

Note: I didn't want to make my list too long, so this is the short version.

[Magamis]

I love the part where the guy was on the loo and the demon comes in from the roof.

[BTGBullseye]

I'm definitely going to think of more to add to this list later on...

 

• V for Vendetta
  
• TRON (the original)
  
• Die Hard quadigy
  
• Star Trek movies (#2-#6, the newest movie, Generations, and First Contact)
  
• Serenity
  
• Terminator 2 & Salvation
  
• Back To The Future trilogy (the first one was the best though)
  
• Black Hawk Down
  
• Saving Private Ryan
  
• Apollo 13
  
• Canadian Bacon
  
• Hellboy 1 & 2
  
• Sherlock Holmes (the new one)
  
• Kuffs
  
• Pump Up The Volume
  
• Lightning Jack
  
• Crocodile Dundee
  
• Mad Max trilogy
  
• McHale's Navy
  
• Down Periscope
  
• Under Siege
  
• K-9
  
• Blues Brothers
  
• Valkyrie
  
• Max Payne
  
• Sgt. Bilko
  
• Over The Hedge
  
• Pirate Radio (solely for the music, the rest kinda sucked)
  
• Planet Of The Apes (the original)
  
• Predator
  
• RED
  
• The Expendables
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy
  
• The Book Of Eli
  
• The Green Hornet
  
• The Hurt Locker
  
• The Pink Panther movies (the originals)
  
• The Bridge On The River Kwai
  
• Soylent Green
  
• The Postman
  
• The Shawshank Redemption
  
• Transporter trilogy
  
• UHF
  
• The Simpsons Movie
  
• The Mummy trilogy
  
• Bourne Identity trilogy
  
• Indiana Jones (original trilogy)
  
• The Dirty Dozen
  
• Kelly's Heroes
  
• O Brother Where Art Thou
  
• Monty Python movies (any of them)
  
• The Rocketeer
  
• Waterworld
  
• Pitch Black & Chronicles Of Riddick
  
• The Punisher
  
• Airplane (both)
  
• Gamer
  
• Revenge Of The Nerds
  
• GATTACA
  
• Smokey And The Bandit

 

I know there are many more, but that's all the more I want to write right now.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I agree the first BTTF was the best, but I like the entire trilogy and how all the movies tie in with each other. But apparently Zemeckis actually had no plans for a sequel until the first movie became a hit.

[MepsiPax187]

Avatar was awful. I still don't see how people liked that movie. >_>

[danielsangeo]

Mepsi: Blue cat people! How can you go wrong?

 

Seriously, though. Avatar was a good flick with awesome special effects. The hokey, corny aspects such as "unobtanium" and the recycled storyline didn't really detract for me. I hear that they're going to make a couple sequels and I can't wait.

 

On-topic, off the top of my head, I will list my favorite movies in no particular order (except for the order in which they pop into my head):

 

Time Bandits

Back to the Future Trilogy

Indiana Jones Trilogy

Neverending Story

Enemy Mine

1776

Wall-E

Happy Feet

Toy Story Trilogy

Incredibles

Finding Nemo

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Tangled

Poltergeist

Shining

Exorcist

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Spaceballs

History of the World, Pt 1

 

There are more and I will add them to my list as I think of them.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Avatar was awful. I still don't see how people liked that movie. >_>

Each to their own. I can see how it was a polarizing movie as a lot of things about it are very off.

 

Neverending Story

I have that on VHS. One of my favourite movies. I even bought the Limahl album with the song.

[Jek Jek Roo]

All Tim Burton's, all Spieldberg's, all Tarantino's, Stardust, K-Pax, Treasure Planet, Pirates of The Caribbean, Monty Python and the Holy Grail... Airplane, King Kong, Lotr, Lion King, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Fifth Element, Alien series, District 9, Rango, All Dreamworks' animated, Ace Ventura, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Wild Wild West, Rat Race, Harry Potter series, The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes...

 

uh sorry for the mess... I bet I forgot to mention some other good movies...

[Alyxx Thorne]

That's a lot of good and unusual choices actually. Especially Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I didn't think anyone else actually liked it as much as I do.

[Jek Jek Roo]

That's a lot of good and unusual choices actually. Especially Atlantis: The Lost Empire. I didn't think anyone else actually liked it as much as I do.

 

Thanks

I like the characters. I think it's the best thing in the whole movie.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Yeah, same here. Great characters. And in most cases I watch movies for the characters.

[Jek Jek Roo]

Yeah, same here. Great characters. And in most cases I watch movies for the characters.

 

Me too, the plot isn't much important (it is important of course, I know) as a good and original character.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Treasure Planet was enjoyable too, even if it totally bombed.