Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[macbk]

Add 2 Hercules films for this year as Hollywood doing the same kind of movie twice so close

I really wanna trust the Rock's take on the character. Hopefully it's not a total waste.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I believe Jonah showed his true colors when he told that pap photog off. People show their true colors in moments of duress. I don't believe his apology at all. He could've easily called the dude something else as there are a number of choice words he could've used yet he chose what he did... It is what it is... Not surprised that an actor is prejudiced...

 

[IATT]

Love good will hunting.. Love..

So many moments

 

[darthska]

I didn't just read Good Will Hunting minimized to, basically, a bromance... did I?

 

[mronegative]

What typa reading comprehension...

A romance movie for bros =/= bromance.

I Love You Man is a bromance. Don Jon is a romance movie for bros.

 

[big j 33]

"I gotta see about a girl"

A buddy once quoted that line to me and I just smiled ear to ear and replied "Son of a *****, stole my line" That's probably my favorite line in a movie full of great quotes and Robin Williams story about how he met his wife and them acting out the home run and everything was just perfect.

Good Will Hunting is almost too good of a movie... it does it all so damn well. Great performances, brilliant writing, every scene matters, memorable characters.. it's definitely one of my top 10 movies.

 

[darthska]

What typa reading comprehension...

A romance movie for bros =/= bromance.

I Love You Man is a bromance. Don Jon is a romance movie for bros.

Nah, cuz the way you had said it... cuz see I thought you meant... you know what? We're good. Romance movie... for bros. Got it.

*whew*

 

[rck3sactown]

Watching The Grey....

Started the movie awhile ago but drank too much and didn't get too far into the movie sort of excited to finally check this out

 

[big j 33]

I'm so glad we just avoided another Ska back and forth...

I'm still recovering from the last one.

 

[rck3sactown]

"I'm going to start beating the **** out of you in the next five seconds." 

 

[japanair21]

I'll go on record to as saying that I enjoy The Dark Knight Rises more than The Dark Knight. I'm not saying it's a better film, because it's not, but I personally enjoy it more.

And this might be the most out there thing I say about the topic, but I prefer Jack over Heath. Heath was great, but just not the kind of Joker I prefer. To me, Jack killed it. I know it's not a popular opinion, but that's how I see it.

 

[Nawzlew]

Watching The Grey....

Started the movie awhile ago but drank too much and didn't get too far into the movie sort of excited to finally check this out

Liam Neeson

 

[denni5themenace]

I too enjoyed tdkr more than tdk. Although both were great.

 

[noskey]

I'll go on record to as saying that I enjoy The Dark Knight Rises more than The Dark Knight. I'm not saying it's a better film, because it's not, but I personally enjoy it more.

And this might be the most out there thing I say about the topic, but I prefer Jack over Heath. Heath was great, but just not the kind of Joker I prefer. To me, Jack killed it. I know it's not a popular opinion, but that's how I see it.

It depends on the type of villain people prefer. Jack's 'Joker' was a more straight-criminal, villain, out to be a criminal. Heath's had a twist where he was a psychotic, mentally-broken man out to torch the world; not as heavy on the criminal side. Instead of being a foe for Batman a la Jack, he was a foil, working to break Bat's spirit and principles rather than commit crimes for personal gain and/or fun.

I enjoy both actors' versions of Joker, but if I had to choose I think I'd go with Heath's version as it's more constrained and rare to see that take in a superhero movie.

 

[rck3sactown]

finished The Grey....

I'm glad I finally got around to watching it

the film nailed pretty much everything I could want in a survival flick: Liam Neeson (and his voiceover narreration), nature being a badass, a quote in which the character hangs on to, and proper portrayal of despair... which if you can't nail in a survival movie then you are obviously doing it wrong 

The pain that Neeson's character was bottling up thru out the flick was fleshed out nicely and revealed at the end. His character had some depth I didn't really expect.

Overall, I give it a surprisingly exciting 6.5/8 (the post credit scene deserves a giant stoneface though).

On a scale of HIMYM episodes, this movie is probably "Right Place, Right Time"

 

[japanair21]

Just by running down a list of my collection, here are a list of a few movies that I couldn't live without seeing in my life ever again. Narrowing it down to one is like asking which of your kids you love more, when you have 600 kids.

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
Alien (James Cameron)
American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
American History X (Tony Kaye)
Batman (Tim Burton)
The Big Lebowski (Coen brothers)
Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter)
Cabin in the Woods (Joss Whedon)
Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma)
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
The Dark Knight Rises (Chris Nolan)
Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero)
Day of the Dead (George A. Romero)
Dracula (Tod Browning)
Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse)
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin)
The Fly (David Cronenberg)
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (Joe Zito)
Fright Night (Tom Holland)
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
Gremlins (Joe Dante)
Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
I Saw the Devil (Jee-woon Kim)
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Insidious (James Wan)
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
The Mist (Frank Darabont)
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven)
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
Puppetmaster (David Schmoeller)
Return of the Living Dead (Dan O’Bannon)
Robocop (Peter Verhooven)
Rocky (John G. Avildsen)
Rocky 3 (Sylvester Stallone)
Saw (James Wan)
Secret Window (David Koepp)
Serendipity (Peter Chelsom)
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
Skyfall (Sam Mendes)
Slither (James Gunn)
The Social Network (David Fincher)
Star Wars (George Lucas)
Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)
They Live (John Carpenter)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
Zombie (Lucio Fulci)

I think the name that shows up the most is easily Stanley Kubrick, and by no coincidence, he's by far my favorite director. If you point a gun to my head and make me narrow it down to ten...

Big Trouble in Little China
Carlito's Way
A Clockwork Orange
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dawn of the Dead
Full Metal Jacket
Halloween
Inglorious Basterds
Night of the Living Dead
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars

That's eleven. I can't do it..

If I HAD to cut one off, it might be Inglorious Basterds. But I love that damn movie so much. Maybe Full Metal Jacket, as the second half of the film isn't as great as the first half, but that might be the best opening act of any film ever.

Trying to narrow it down even more, to five?

A Clockwork Orange
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Halloween
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars

That's it for me. I already cut out most of the horror movies that I basically base my entire hobby on, and I can't cut anymore else out. I can be placed in front of a TV with those five films on repeat for the rest of my life, and I will have to be content with those five.

Those are about as five different of movies as you can probably get... .

 

[japanair21]

It depends on the type of villain people prefer. Jack's 'Joker' was a more straight-criminal, villain, out to be a criminal. Heath's had a twist where he was a psychotic, mentally-broken man out to torch the world; not as heavy on the criminal side. Instead of being a foe for Batman a la Jack, he was a foil, working to break Bat's spirit and principles rather than commit crimes for personal gain and/or fun.

I enjoy both actors' versions of Joker, but if I had to choose I think I'd go with Heath's version as it's more constrained and rare to see that take in a superhero movie.

See, I completely get it. I do. And for people who really enjoy the comics and the real back-story behind The Joker, it's perfect for them.

I grew up on the Burton Batman films, the animated TV show, and the old 60s television series with Adam West. It's not that I am not capable of processing the excellence of Heath Ledger's performance, I still love it greatly, it's just different from what I perceive as The Joker, you know?

It's funny, but it's kind of the complete opposite of how I feel about Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter. I always felt like Anthony Hopkins was really good, played the part really well, but always felt like he didn't quite have the confidence and style that he always was described as. Mads kills it. From very early on, Mads just seemed like a comfortable, natural fit, more akin to what I feel like Hannibal Lecter should be portrayed as.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I couldn't stand any of the pre-Nolan Batman flicks. I never liked Nicholson's Joker because of the Burton cartoon aspect of his portrayal/performance. It felt like Edward Scissor Hands to me only Joker was killing folks... My 10 year old can't even watch the pre-Nolan Bat flicks, he says their crap.

As someone whose been watching Hannibal from jump, I agree that Mads has done a superb job in the lead show but comparing Hopkins to Mads is unfair IMO because Mads' had the luxury of fleshing out his character for 26 or so 1 hour episodes (26 hours) versus Hopkins little bit of time.

 

[leavemeglazzies]

Just by running down a list of my collection, here are a list of a few movies that I couldn't live without seeing in my life ever again. Narrowing it down to one is like asking which of your kids you love more, when you have 600 kids.

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
Alien (James Cameron)
American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
American History X (Tony Kaye)
Batman (Tim Burton)
The Big Lebowski (Coen brothers)
Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter)
Cabin in the Woods (Joss Whedon)
Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma)
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
The Dark Knight Rises (Chris Nolan)
Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero)
Day of the Dead (George A. Romero)
Dracula (Tod Browning)
Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse)
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin)
The Fly (David Cronenberg)
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (Joe Zito)
Fright Night (Tom Holland)
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
Gremlins (Joe Dante)
Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
I Saw the Devil (Jee-woon Kim)
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Insidious (James Wan)
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
The Mist (Frank Darabont)
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven)
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
Puppetmaster (David Schmoeller)
Return of the Living Dead (Dan O’Bannon)
Robocop (Peter Verhooven)
Rocky (John G. Avildsen)
Rocky 3 (Sylvester Stallone)
Saw (James Wan)
Secret Window (David Koepp)
Serendipity (Peter Chelsom)
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
Skyfall (Sam Mendes)
Slither (James Gunn)
The Social Network (David Fincher)
Star Wars (George Lucas)
Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)
They Live (John Carpenter)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
Zombie (Lucio Fulci)

I think the name that shows up the most is easily Stanley Kubrick, and by no coincidence, he's by far my favorite director. If you point a gun to my head and make me narrow it down to ten...

Big Trouble in Little China
Carlito's Way
A Clockwork Orange
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dawn of the Dead
Full Metal Jacket
Halloween
Inglorious Basterds
Night of the Living Dead
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars

That's eleven. I can't do it..

If I HAD to cut one off, it might be Inglorious Basterds. But I love that damn movie so much. Maybe Full Metal Jacket, as the second half of the film isn't as great as the first half, but that might be the best opening act of any film ever.

Trying to narrow it down even more, to five?

A Clockwork Orange
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Halloween
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars

That's it for me. I already cut out most of the horror movies that I basically base my entire hobby on, and I can't cut anymore else out. I can be placed in front of a TV with those five films on repeat for the rest of my life, and I will have to be content with those five.

Those are about as five different of movies as you can probably get...

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Good list. Here are my personal top 50 movies of all time, very different in terms of genre as well:

50. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1966 (Sergio Leone)
49. Drive, He Said - 1971 (Jack Nicholson)
48. The Godfather - 1972 (Francis Ford Coppola)
47. 2001: A Space Odyssey - 1968 (Stanley Kubrick)
46. Glengarry Glen Ross - 1992 (James Foley)
45. Carlos - 2010 (Olivier Assayas)
44. Escape From Alcatraz - 1979 (Don Siegel)
43. Sex, Lies, and Videotape - 1989 (Steven Soderbergh)
42. First Blood - 1982 (Ted Kotcheff)
41. Dumb & Dumber (Peter & Bobby Farrelly)
40. Style Wars - 1983 (Tony Silver)
39. Thief - 1981 (Michael Mann)
38. Rocky - 1976 (John Avildsen)
37. Il Sorpasso - 1962 (Dino Risi)
36. White Men Can't Jump - 1992 (Ron Shelton)
35. Der Untergang - 2004 (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
34. Goodfellas - 1990 (Martin Scorsese)
33. The Birds - 1963 (Alfred Hitchcock)
32. Hoop Dreams - 1994 (Steve James)
31. There Will Be Blood - 2007 (Paul Thomas Anderson)

30. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 1991 (James Cameron) 

29. Five Easy Pieces - 1970 (Bob Rafelson)
28. Casino - 1995 (Martin Scorsese)
27. No Man's Land - 2001 (Danis Tanovic)
26. Paris, Texas - 1984 (Wim Wenders)
25. Do the Right Thing - 1989 (Spike Lee)
24. La Haine - 1995 (Mathieu Kassovitz)
23. Pulp Fiction - 1994 (Quentin Tarantino)
22. They Live - 1988 (John Carpenter)
21. Something Wild - 1986 (Jonathan Demme) 
20. Videodrome - 1983 (David Cronenberg)
19. The Thing - 1982 (John Carpenter)
18. Buffalo '66 - 1998 (Vincent Gallo)
17. Barton Fink - 1991 (Joel & Ethan Coen)
16. Naked - 1993 (Mike Leigh)
15. Alien - 1979 (Ridley Scott)
14. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 1964 (Stanley Kubrick)
13. Reservoir Dogs - 1992 (Quentin Tarantino)
12. Heat - 1995 (Michael Mann)
11. El Espíritu de la Colmena - 1973 (Víctor Erice)
10. Unforgiven - 1992 (Clint Eastwood)
9. Harakiri - 1962 (Masaki Kobayashi)
8. Persona - 1966 (Ingmar Bergman)
7. Aguirre, the Wrath of God - 1972 (Werner Herzog)
6. Psycho - 1960 (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. 3 Women - 1977 (Robert Altman)
4. A Clockwork Orange - 1971 (Stanley Kubrick)
3. Taxi Driver - 1976 (Martin Scorsese)
2. The Shining - 1980 (Stanley Kubrick)
1. Drugstore Cowboy - 1989 (Gus Van Sant)

 

[maxximus1]

^ You don't remember this, do you?

"Who will cry for the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry for the little boy?
Abandoned without his own.

Who will cry for the little boy?

He cried himself to sleep.

Who will cry for the little boy?

He never had for keeps.

Who will cry for the little boy?
He walked the burning sand

Who will cry for the little boy?

The boy inside the man.

Who will cry for the little boy?
Who knows well hurt and pain

Who will cry for the little boy?

He died again and again.

Who will cry for the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be

Who will cry for the little boy?

Who cries inside of me?"

Damn I remember it but just remembered
Didn't come to me at first but yea I kinda remember that from Antwone fisher

I remember dude reciting it

 

[am1x90xnike]

Straight up walked out of Rises, have yet to see anything after Bane died...I'm kick myself for staying that long.


If you don't like Nicholsons Joker or Keaton's Batman, Carey's Riddler, Arnold's 'Freeeezzzzzeee' yea, too me, those are the movies for the people that love movies in general, as opposed to those who like movies to be cool. They were campy and cliche, but ill be damned if a Batman movie marathon came on and I didn't watch em all...except rises of course.


No love for John Q? 'Im not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me.' That is the only movie I've ever seen that caught me in my feels....shed slight year when his son gave him the strongman at the end.

 

[equality]

Straight up walked out of Rises, have yet to see anything after Bane died...I'm kick myself for staying that long.
 

Damn you hated it THAT much?

 

[am1x90xnike]

Yea. I love the source material, huge batman fan as far as I remember. I thought he was Batman to much in this movie. The whole prison story was unecessary to me (I know the reveal). Cat women's character was pretty useless. The message was shallow. The turn was so wack to me...and to top it off...Bane didn't get bigger or have the juice. First scene was epic...after that, eh, ya got it. I enjoied Batman and Robin more, may watch that tonight.

 

[zyzybalubah1]

Walked out of Rises pretty pissed...still haven't watched it since opening day. Actually own the blu through a nt secret Santa gift lol.

 

[venom lyrix]

Everything about Good Will Hunting was incredible dialogue wise.

Ben telling Matt what he hopes for every day when he knocks on that door.

The scene that Venom posted.

Matt talkin about takin that job and the rabbit hole it could lead to.

Ben's interview for Matt.

The relationship between Robin Williams and the Math wiz.

Just an insanely creative movie. Truly was.

and to think that Ben and Matt were under 25 when they wrote and had the film purchased is incredible.

my bucket list consists of writing a screenplay and to think these 2 won an OSCAR for the film they wrote at such a young age is unreal. So good