I want to go. Are you calling off work to see all of it? Anyone else we are friends with planning on going? Want to drive us to the train station? Eh? Eh?

HI AMANDA

I NEED TO SEE DARJEELING LIMITED :DDDDD
Kind of annoyed that it's all over Myspace, but what can you do.

I'll join, nice variation of movies, including another on of my favorites Adaptation.

-Matt

If you want to join you have to submit a top 20 list to be voted on by our current members.
Yes, sir.

Sounds good, shall I submit through PM or on here?

I'm almost...afraid.

In no particular order
1. Looking for Kitty (2004, Ed Burns)
2. High Fidelity (2000, Stephen Frears)
3. Heat (1995, Michael Mann)
4. History of the World Pt. 1 (1981, Mel Brooks)
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino)
6. Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan)
7. Munich (2005, Steven Spielberg)
8. The Brothers McMullen (1995, Ed Burns)
9. A Beautiful Mind (2001, Ron Howard)
10. The Sure Thing (1985, Rob Reiner)
11. The Fugitive (1993, Andrew Davis)
12. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006, Dito Montiel)
13. The Thin Red Line (1998, Terrence Malick)
14. From Dusk 'Til Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez)
15. Rumble in the Bronx (1995, Stanley Tong)
16. Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
17. White Men Can't Jump (1992, Ron Shelton)
18. Desperado (1995, Robert Rodriguez)
19. The Science of Sleep (2006, Michel Gondry)
20. A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg)

Even though I've mentioned several of them
Top 20:(including animation)

1. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
2. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
3. Pi (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
4. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
5. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
6. Fried Green Tomatoes (Jon Avnet, 1991)
7. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
8. Big Fish (Tim Burton, 2003)
9. Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
10. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
11. The Jazz Singer (Michael Curtiz, 1952)
12. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
14. Sorstalansag (Lajos Koltai, 2005)
15. C'era una volta il West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
16. I am Sam (Jessie Nelson, 2001)
17. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarentino, 1992)
18. Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
19. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
20. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)

just for the hell of it...in no particular order. wow, and since everyone's posting directors' and dates, I guess I should too?

1. 12 Angry Men - Sidney Lumet, 1957
2. Il Postino (The Postman) - Michael Radford, 1994
3. The Italian Job - Peter Collinson, 1969/F. Gary Gray, 2003
4. The Mission - Roland Joffé, 1986
5. Girl Interrupted - James Mangold, 1999
6. Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) - Roberto Benigni, 1997
7. The Adventures of Little Nemo in Slumberland - Masami Hata, 1989
8. Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki, 2001
9. Le Fate Ignoranti (The Ignorant Fairies) - Ferzan Ozpetek, 2001
10. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola, 1979
11. The Killing Fields - Roland Joffé, 1984
12. Good Will Hunting - Gus Van Sant, 1997
13. What Dreams May Come - Vincent Ward, 1998
14. Dead Poets Society - Peter Weir, 1989
15. Tonari no Totoro - Hayao Miyazaki, 1988
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michael Gondry, 2004
17. Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa, 1954
18. Alice in Wonderland - Clyde Geronimi, 1951
19. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta - Hayao Miyazaki, 1986
20. Mona Lisa Smile - Mike Newell, 2003

ohmygod, this took forever!

Well lets see what you have to say about my movie taste. No particular order...

1)The Village
2)Crank
3)Mallrats
4)Now and Then
5)Gone In 60 Seconds
6)V for Vendetta
7)Donnie Darko
8)Fight Club
9)Oceans Eleven
10)The Color Purple
11)Garden State
12)The Princess Bride
13)Matchstick Men
14)White Oleander
15)Dead Poets Society
16)Memento
17)Vanilla Sky
18)Pulp Fiction
19)Pans Labrynth
20)Nemesis Game
What do ya say?

YOu better delete this list. people here don't like donnie darko!

I'm not going to take Donnie Darko off my list just becuase they don't like it or don't approve of it. I admit, it may not be the most ingenious movie in the world...but I happen to like it. If they don't accept me for that or any other movie, oh well. I'm kinda curious to see what they have to say.

Well said.

I was really interested and pleased to see this on your list, while I know nothing about you, its nice to see a movie about AIDS, (my brother has AIDS) make it on someones list.

Thanks for that.

Thanks I suppose...I mean really, what would be the point of putting a top 20 list up here, if I'm just going go change it for someone before they even read it?

How old are you?

Top five films made before 1970, please.



A lot of your answers seem stocked. A lot of them seem cliche. I don't know anything about your taste from this list - nothing. But, you seem to have at least an above rudimentary knowledge of film. So, challenge:

Top five scenes of ultra-violence.




I only like a few of these choices, but at least this isn't the same old shit:

Why Seven Samurai over any other Kurosawa?
And, top five scenes of diegetic music.




"Auto-no" for Vanilla Sky, Gone in 60 Seconds, and V for Vendetta.
This is close to one of the worst applications yet. Absolutely not.

really? when every teen spoof movie does it, something is wrong.

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
But, yes - really.

1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
2. The Evil Dead(I loved all 3!)
3. Wayne's World
4. Back To The Future
5. Sleepy Hollow
6. Airheads
7. Spinal Tap
8. Dead Alive
9. Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
10. Crossroads(The 1986 version!)
11. A Nightmare On Elm Street
12. Corpse Bride
13. Airplane
14. The Naked Gun
15. The Nightmare Before Christmas
16. Better Off Dead
17. Dazed and Confused
18. Almost Famous
19. Detroit Rock City
20. Not Another Teen Movie

There's my f**king list. Happy?

I'm 21. And an 80's fan. To be honest I haven't seen a lot of movies before the 70's.

North By Northwest (1959, Hitchcock)
The Jazz Singer (1927, Alan Crosland)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949, John Ford)
Bonnie And Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, William Wyler)

In no particular order:
Rashômon (Kurosawa.1950)
I know, I know "but it's not The Seven Samurai!" It's intentional, believe me. I have nothing against The Seven Samurai, in fact, I rather enjoy the film. What I appreciated about Rashômon is how it presents the power of perception and how subjective and twisted it can become, depending on who is doing the perceiving.

Through the Glass Darkly (Bergman.1961)
When I saw A Beautiful Mind, this film came immediately to mind. Again, not wanting to discredit A Beautiful Mind, but Glass Darkly (especially for being made so many years beforehand) is a better betrayal of mental illness, isolation and interpersonal relations.

Strictly Ballroom (Luhrmann.1993)
Ok, I'm cheating. But this movie always makes me laugh.

M (Lang.1931)
I'll give YOU film noir. It's on the controversial side, but all I can say about that is, get the f**k over it.

The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo.1965)
How about them politics? I know a lot of people who found this film boring (I attribute much of that to the way it was filmed and because people don't generally give a shit about wars that do not involve the US, which of course is a rarity these days. :P)

I'm going to throw in another one, to make up for Strictly Ballroom.

Faust (Murnau.1926)
It's Goethe's style Faust, not fantastic regardless. Faust is an interesting figure and if you have any desire to see an amazing performance, can deal with a silent film and enjoy good imagery, check this one out (but don't throw eshit at me if you hate it).

I think Metropolis is on my original list, but if it weren't it would be here as well. f**k it,

and METROPOLIS.

See above, I think I did a "2-fer"


The other two TBA.

This is not a convincing list to me; explain North By Northwest over any other Hitchcock.

Is this in any particular order?

the only one in order is number one-duh.
i'll post the mothereffing dates i remember.
1.Dr. Strangelove-1964, Stanley Kubrick
2.Pulp Fiction
3.Forbidden Zone-1980
4.The Last Man on Earth- imnotevengoingtobotherwiththefirstpartofthename Ragona
5.Lost in Translation-Sofia Coppola, 2003
6.Natural Born Killers
7.The Elephant Man-David Lynch
8.Pee-wee's Big Adventure-Time Burton, 1985
9.Freaks-1932
10.Clerks-Kevin Smith
11.Adaptation-2002
12.The Best Years of Our Lives-1946, William Wyler
13.Night of the Living Dead-1968
14.The Blair Witch Project-1999
15.Eraserhead
16.Suspiria-Dario Argento
17.Blue Velvet-19...86/7?
18.A Nightmare on Elm Street
19.Metropolis
20. 10 things I hate about you-1999 (i needed a filler)

Well the most convincing reason for me would have to be how little I've actually seen of Hitchcock's.

But with one of the most recognizable action scenes ever (if it's parodied in a Leslie Nielson movie it must be!), and laying the groundwork for the greatest chase/suspense/thriller movies of all time including The Fugitive, Hunted, Seraphim Falls, etc. It's hard not to love it.

It's a cool mix of suspense, comedy, romance, and action. Thornhill's awkwardness around women against his calmness around danger, makes him a character than most men can really connect with.

As you can tell by my list I tend to stray towards more modern films, and NBNW is a late 50's looking glass into the future of the film industry. It projects the sexual tension, the action, the varying locations, and surprising turns of plot that would make up most of the movies we see today.

NBNW is truly a non-stop thriller that makes most by comparison a guy chasing his leashless dog across a park.

Why do you need a filler? And, of all possible "fillers" why the hell would you pick such an atrocious piece of filth?

Further, why does your list just look like a synthesis of all the accepted applications?

And, lastly, top five head explosions, please.



I like your answer, but I'm still really not a fan of your top 20 - it sort of really turns me off, especially in the case of The Fugitive and A Beautiful Mind. So, I guess since I'm alright with your answer, I'll just throw more challenges at you at the chance that I'll like your answers that much more than your list.

Top five documentaries, please.

[Will other members vote, please? I need some additional input.]

1) Sorry, Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford make me lose control over my bodily functions.
2) Same for Russel Crowe and Ed Harris.
3) I'm not gay.
4) To be honest I don't really do documentaries so much. The few I've ever actually seen include Farenheit 9/11, Who Killed the Electric Car?, and An Inconvenient Truth. And those were just because of school. I like the style and they're things I'd watch I just have to be in a situation where I'd want to watch it. They're the types of things I'd be randomly channel surfing and suddenly pick up because it looks kind of cool and I get sucked in.

Well, since you're not gay, I guess I'm going to have to say, "no."
Try back after you've seen at least a few minutes of a Herzog or Malle documentary.

Hmmmm...I've been trying to name my top 10. It's hard!

1) Labyrinth
2) ALIEN
3) Ghostbusters
4) Die Hard
5) Armageddon
6) The Lord of the Rings
7) 28 Days Later
8) Blade
9) Sin City
10) Interview With The Vampire

The whole "I'm not gay" was a follow up to my irrational responses to those male actors, namely Harrison Ford. But if I were gay, he'd be my man crush.

At any rate, any recommendations? I actually was interested in seeing Grizzly Man.

That is the exact order, and NoSex. Challenge accepted. Aside from campy horror movies and the obvious ones such as hostel and saw..I'll chose more "less cliche" to satisfy your wants.

Know though that the scene in Taxi Driver where De Niro is lying there with his hand mimicking a gun, and as he pulls the trigger, blood starts dripping down, will most likely be in the top 5. That scene is brilliant, and amazingly orchestrated.

Grizzly Man is fantastic, Herzog's narration is meditative, insightful, and haunting.
The Corporation is a brave and investigatory journey into hijacked capitalism - a modern political documentary worth seeing (no Moore fluff).
The Thin Blue Line is a bending and assaulting representation of police incompetence and a broken justice system gone mostly unseen by the societies of America. If you want a film to piss you off, watch this (it's amazing). Morris gives the story with no commentary.
The Man With a Movie Camera is an experimental and historically interesting look at society within an oppressive 1920's Soviet Union. The documentary anticipates many of the later photographic techniques which would be used around the world within the decades to come - way before it's time.
One we can watch at the same time (cause I've been dieing to see it): The White Diamond (2004), another Herzog.

All added to my queue. White Diamond is on the top. It sounds very interesting

1. yeah...screw this.

Hee hee, I like that answer.

Netflix?




I don't get it.

^ I think that was their attempt to list 20 movies, but they gave up instead. who knows.

Blockbuster Total Access.

Lame. You should get the Netflix hookup - they have a much more diverse and obscure library. I just added like forty "euro-trash" flicks to my queue that I very seriously doubt you could get from blockbuster.

P.S. I'm very excited about further exploring euro-trash.

But I get more rentals for my money via Blockbuster. Plus there are some blockbuster exclusives that I have loved in the past, including Bobby.

PS I just got White Diamond in the mail.

I can understand that - Netflix isn't really the best service. But, there are just things here that I couldn't get otherwise.

P.S. I'm jealous. Let me know what you think.

Great, absolutely great. Surprisingly emotional, very personally driven. I was enthralled I must say.

Why Seven Samurai over any other Kurosawa? Well, one of the reasons, is that the Seven Samurai was the first Kurosawa that I watched, and it convinced me to watch other films directed by Kurosawa. And, at the time that I watched the Seven Samurai, I was studying the Meiji era in high school, and in truth, it was the first movie that I had watched that really made me think about the film, the directing, and all. I think I was 13 when I watched it for the first time and the emotions it evoked was a really big deal for me back then.

Top 5 Scenes of Diegetic Music
- Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone in The Mission
- Ave Maria Guarani in The Mission.
- The scene in Shine, where David Helfgott breaks down due to pressure while performing. Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3
- A Streetcar Named Desire, the Polka music that was playing when Blanche's husband killed himself.
- The Pianist.

You're supposed to formulate a top 20 list. Your short ten films. But, don't worry about it - finishing would be a waste of time for all of us. Armageddon gets you a shameful "auto-no."




Alright, I don't hate your list (although Dead Poets make me want to) and I don't love your answers (although suicide makes me want to) - this means we might be able to work this all out.

Top five movies that would be better if they had a hardcore and graphic sex scene.

Top 5 Ultra Violent Scenes according to Me.

5.) Robert De Niro's performance in the end of Taxi Driver. If you don't know which scene..then you don't have the right to judge me.

4.) Saving Private Ryan's realistic representation of the battle scene.

3.) Ichi the Killer - the "meat hook" incident.

2.) Shoguns Sadism - the scene where the people are "boiled" alive, was utterly disturbing.

1.) The Audition- The use of piano wires is horrifying. The scene near the end where Asami has a guy tied to a bed...and slices his foot off with the piano wire, and for nearly a good 20 minutes, he continues to poke acupuncture needles in the guy's eyes... this is truly one of the most gruesome movies I have seen in a long time.

Hostel/Saw/Texas Chainsaw/ please... these movies are child's play compared to Audition and Ichi the Killer.

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Uhh.. I don't really know the rules, like I give a fck :p just posting it for fun. These movies MEAN TO ME. &so should they to you <3

1. Y Tu Mama Tambien
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Good Night and Good Luck
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. The Pianist
7. Babel
8. Children of Men
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. American Beauty
11. Closer
12. 8 1/2
13. Paradise Now
14. Sin City
15. Requiem for a Dream
16. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (heh)
17. Requiem for a Dream
18. The Eye
19. I <3 Huckabees
20. Crash

Shit, I forgot about that one.

That really wasn't what I was looking for at all. What I really wanted was gore:



And, because of my extreme disappointment in your response, I'm going to have to decline your application. You seem to have a genuine interest in film, you really just need to dedicate some time to seeing some movies that fall outside of popular opinion or AFI Top 100 lists. I mean, honestly, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has far more disturbing and interesting meat hooks - in comparison to Ichi the Killer (which is sort of just a joke). I own both Ichi the Killer and Audition - I'm just not particularly proud of it. See some Italian horror, it'll sweat your balls off.



I'm going to watch that movie tomorrow, probably. I'll let you know how I feel about it.

A few questions:

Which Crash, which The Eye, which 12 Angry Men?
Top five monster movies.
Or
Top five movies featuring a largely punk driven soundtrack.

Crash -uhm, released in 2004.
The Eye - that Japanese movie (well at least I think it was Japanese)
12 Angry Men - based on that book 12 Angry Men, released in 1957


Ooh godd, Y Tu Mama Tambien was just BEAUTIFUL. Have fun watching it.

Damn you've watch a hell of movies huh? I wish I could but I just don't have time.

It was worth a shot. But seeing as how you haven't even seen Y Tu Mama Tambien yet, then I honestly lost the point in trying to join anyways. I question whether you have seen any of Alfonso Cuaron's other foreign work, but please spare me the IMDB copy and paste, I'm past the point of caring.

and you are right Texas Chainsaw had bloody scenes, but thats because your also referring to the remade version, where as I'm loyal to the original. Which had no blood on screen, or violent images. Seeing as how you can only seem to grasp ultra violent as the bloodiest images, really shows to me the narrow minded films you like to watch.

Good luck to everyone else.

As someone that has seen and owns Y Tu Mama Tambien, (Nate, watch it soon, I actually would like my copy back pretty soon) I don't consider it something that everyone should see, let alone have it serve as some sort of basis of judgment on someone else's taste. This isn't to say that I think it's a bad movie by any means, I just didn't find it as terribly impressive as you do, apparently.

I think someone is just a little hurt. And, honestly, his comment wasn't too far off if your #1 is Casablanca and #2 is A Clockwork Orange. Your list seemed more like a list of "movies everyone puts on top movie lists because they feel like they're supposed to" and offered little in the way of personalization. At least that's the feel I got from it.