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#82
11-12-2004, 10:50 PM
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Re: Best movie you\'ve ever seen.
"So did you think they lived up to the books? Great movies, I agree. But.....? "
I don't think any movie has ever lived up to the book it came from. Lots of books to movies are like that including, The Sphere, Jurassic Park, The Lord of The Rings and The Stand. 
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#84
11-12-2004, 11:15 PM
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The classics are overrated......
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[ QUOTE ] Yeah whatever saltcracker, the point is that the people in this thread have surprisingly bad taste in movies. [/ QUOTE ]naw, see that is just your opinion. There are plenty of "good" movies I don't like at all. People just have different taste. I will say though that those people that said Rounders need to reevaulate their decision. I like the movie a lot, but it has some serious flaws to it. [/ QUOTE ] I put Rounders on my list of favorite movies because as an undergrad my buddies and I would wind down after the large masses of people left the crib by playing spades and drinking Bacardi with just enough coke for color till the wee hours of the morning. When the sun started to rise we would put on a movie and fall asleep to it. Rounders was one movie none of us got tired of watching. That alone is more than enough reason to put it on the best movie list. Cool Hand Luke is an awesome movie but I just can not watch it over and over. I saw the movie all the way through once and I've never made it completely through a second time. It's just too depressing. However, I will never get bored of the opening scene. To me Rounders is a much better movie than cool hand luke because to this very day I can still stay up till sunrise playing cards (now it's hold'em instead of spades) and then fall asleep to Rounders with a smile on my face. Too me, that is more important than anything else in a movie. If I can't watch it with my buds, it's not on my A list. Lock stock and two smoking barrels, Snatch, Scarface, Carlito's Way, Spaceballs, Tombstone, and most Adam Sandler movies kindof fall in category. I just bought Casablanca and Citizen Kane 30 minutes ago so I can't comment on those yet. If you can't respect Rounders I highly doubt you ever hung out with the kind of crowd I did. I loved those days, there aren't words powerfull enough to describe how much fun I had.
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#85
11-13-2004, 01:12 AM
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Re: Best movie you\'ve ever seen.
Amadeus
Full Metal Jacket Godfather LOTR III Spirited Away
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#86
11-13-2004, 02:10 AM
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Re: The classics are overrated......
In high school, after going out separately with friends or after a date or whatever, my cousin and I would meet at my grandma's house and watch wierd science. this was every weekend for about a year. Doesn't make it a classic. doesn't even make it a great movie. Kelly LeBrock was hot. that was it.
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#88
11-13-2004, 03:11 AM
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Re: Best movie you\'ve ever seen.
'Ben Hur' is always worth watching for a good 40 minutes whenever it's on TMC or History Channel. Worth watching from start to finish maybe once every year or two. 'Sand Pebbles' is also decent for flipping through.
Although they are no cinematic masterpieces, i could watch any Sean Connery Bond (and most Non-Connery Bonds) from any point in the movie at any time of day. 'Gladiator' has huge replay value, surprised it hasn't been mentioned. I'm also a huge fan of 'The Great Escape' and 'A Bridge Too Far,' both of which have dynamite casts and a great WW2 backdrop. 'North By Northwest' is probably my favorite Hitchcock films as I'm too lazy to delve into all the clever artsiness of his other work. 'The Getaway' is fun to watch. 'Reservoir Dogs' has a lot of great dialogue. And why hasn't 'Blade Runner' been mentioned yet. But for my all time favorite movie I'll offer something somewhat unique: 'Zulu'- A great battle movie showing the resilience of a small band of British Gentlemen led by Michael Caine using a proper accent.
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