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[ThunderEvermore]

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.

[NoSex]

I'm not gay.

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.

[S-Majere]

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

[ThunderEvermore]

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.

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.

[Djlunatix]

Is this in any particular order?

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.

[NoSex]

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

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.

[ThunderEvermore]

Grizzly Man is fantastic, Herzog's narration is meditative, insightful, and haunting.
The Corporation
The Thin Blue Line
The Man With a Movie Camera
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

[Smarmosaur]

1. yeah...screw this.

[xtwitchyx]

1. yeah...screw this.

Hee hee, I like that answer.

[NoSex]

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

Netflix?

1. yeah...screw this.

I don't get it.

[arcanum]

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

[ThunderEvermore]

Blockbuster Total Access.

[NoSex]

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.

[ThunderEvermore]

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.

[NoSex]

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.

[ThunderEvermore]

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

[misoshiru]

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

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.

[NoSex]

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

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."

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.

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.

[Djlunatix]

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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[vehvih]

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

[xtwitchyx]

16. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (heh)

Shit, I forgot about that one.

[NoSex]

Top 5 Ultra Violent Scenes according to Me.

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.

1. Y Tu Mama Tambien

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.

[vehvih]

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.

[Djlunatix]

you really just need to dedicate some time to seeing some movies that fall outside of popular opinion or AFI Top 100 lists.

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.

[AThorpedo]

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.

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.