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[AThorpedo]

So, who is going to Music Box Massacre III in Chicago this weekend?

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?

[*ersatz*]

HI AMANDA

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

[Djlunatix]

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

-Matt

[NoSex]

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.

[Djlunatix]

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?

[ThunderEvermore]

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)

[Djlunatix]

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)

[misoshiru]

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!

[RememberTheForgo...]

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?

[Tung]

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

[RememberTheForgo...]

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.

[Djlunatix]

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.

[Djlunatix]

9. Le Fate Ignoranti (The Ignorant Fairies) - Ferzan Ozpetek, 2001

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.

[RememberTheForgo...]

Well said.

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?

[NoSex]

I'm almost...afraid.

How old are you?

Top five films made before 1970, please.

Even though I've mentioned several of them

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.

ohmygod, this took forever!

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.

What do ya say?

"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.

[*jeanna*]

Knowledge is power, f**kers


1. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)

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

[NoSex]

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.

[xtwitchyx]

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?

[ThunderEvermore]

How old are you?

Top five films made before 1970, please.

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)

[superstitious]

Top five foreign films, go!

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.

Top five films made before 1970, please.

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

Top five scenes of ultra-violence.

And, top five scenes of diegetic music.

The other two TBA.

[NoSex]

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)

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

[BeCoolHoneyBunny]

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)

Is this in any particular order?

[Smarmosaur]

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)

[ThunderEvermore]

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

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.

[NoSex]

20. 10 things I hate about you-1999 (i needed a filler)

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.

Thornhill's awkwardness around women against his calmness around danger, makes him a character

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.]