Originally posted by NicolaiSMetropolis is a wonderful film! Great choice, Nic! Fritz Lang had one helluva dark imagination! lol
In no particular order, as I just like all this movies very much, and I had to refrain myself to ten.
1. Magnolia
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Once upon a time in the west
4. Lock, stock and two smoking barrels
5. Blade Runner
6. Metropolis
7. Clockwork orange
8. The cube
9. The great dictator
10. Deerhunter
I think there is a definite pattern here of Tarantino films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) and Kubrick films (Dr.Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange). I've always considered Kubrick the greatest director of all-time and Tarantino to be one of the most entertaining, and it's cool so many people seem to agree with me on this! Except no1 of course, but no-1 cares about no1. 😉
Originally posted by seraphimvultureRead the book. While most of the movie is a very accurate adaptation of the book, the endings are completely different.
I loved Fight Club's style and a lot of its dialogue, but the ending was just absolutely dreadful. For no1 to add it to his list shows proof that not all old bastards are wise! 😉
The book is a top notch read, and the movie is a top notch watch. Its all the little clever bits in it. Its really best on about the 3 or 4th viewing, when you start to see everything.
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Originally posted by no1marauderWith the acception of The Village, Unbreakable is the worst Shyamalan film yet, and one of the worst comic book movies (which doesn't necessarily have to be based on a certain comic book!) in years, which is saying something. And yes, the absence of naked girls did ruin the ending somewhat, just as it also ruined the ending of Casablanca for me. 🙁 All that aside though, I never said I didn't enjoy Clerks, it's a really funny indie flick, but I LOVED the Jay & Silent Bob characters! They remind me a lot of Beavis & Butthead, lol, and yes I am a Beavis & Butthead fan and I got balls enough to admit that, ya geezer!
Since there were no half-naked teenage girls in the ending of Fight Club, I'm not suprised you didn't like it: but the sight of a bunch of capitalist swine buildings being blown to bits made my anarchist heart flutter. Clerk ...[text shortened]... values of chess pieces could even begin to understand either film!
Oh, and by the way:
Pawn = 1 point
Bishop = 3 pts.
Knight = 3 pts.
Rook= 5 pts.
Queen= 9/10 pts. (I've read both scores in different books!)
It's too bad we all can't just beat up on measily 1300s and 1400s to up our ratings. Then maybe we'd understand you a little better.
Originally posted by seraphimvultureWhat a peasant! Did you actually think Signs was a good movie? Please, I know you're lacking in taste and maturity but don't even tell me that that movie didn't stink to high heaven! Beavis and Butthead is about your speed; although they'd both probably beat a pathetic Metalhead like you in chess! And BTW, I see you cowardly withdrew from the Balder Grouped Random after I entered; not that I blame you - you've said before you wouldn't enter tournaments you had no chance of winning and once I entered your already slim chances dropped to zero. Just have Boris keep matching you with 1200's and you rating might creep up a point or two now and then, but if you want to head to what I call MarauderCountry you have to actually beat some good players once in a while!
With the acception of The Village, Unbreakable is the worst Shyamalan film yet, and one of the worst comic book movies (which doesn't necessarily have to be based on a certain comic book!) in years, which is saying something. And yes, the absence of naked girls did ruin the ending somewhat, just as it also ruined the ending of Casablanca for me. 🙁 ...[text shortened]... p on measily 1300s and 1400s to up our ratings. Then maybe we'd understand you a little better.
Originally posted by no1marauderlol I didn't even notice you had entered it, oh well. And yes I won't enter a tourney that is boasting 2000s and what-not, for with my current gameload it's really a waste of my efforts, just like understanding your senile blabbering is ALSO a extreme waste of effort! And Signs was a very suspenseful movie, you twit! You only got to see two aliens in the whole damn movie and yet it still keeps on the edge of your seat! But of course being a shallow b*stard sort of limits your understanding of such things, doesn't it?
What a peasant! Did you actually think Signs was a good movie? Please, I know you're lacking in taste and maturity but don't even tell me that that movie didn't stink to high heaven! Beavis and Butthead is about your speed; although they'd both probably beat a pathetic Metalhead like you in chess! And BTW, I see you cowardly withdrew from th ...[text shortened]... head to what I call MarauderCountry you have to actually beat some good players once in a while!
Originally posted by Natural ScienceWell come on, it worked in Sixth Sense at least......
The formula for a Shyamalan movie: Use cheap scares to keep the audience "on the edge of their seats" for an hour and forty-five minutes, then drop a bombshell in the form of an "incredible revelation" which astute members of the audience will have already guessed.
Originally posted by no1marauderi read the whole post already, but the fact remains that you made a mistake by saying my first sentence ('Casablanca?'😉 was moronic.
Read the whole post, not just one word and you might (MIGHT) be able to figure it out!
ok, well let's cut to the chase: i guess the sentence to which you are reacting with such sensitivity is the one in which i suggest your choice of favourite movies might have been influenced by their prominence on critics' 'greatest ever' list. why is it moronic, rather than, say, simply wrong, to suggest this? methinks thou dost protest too much: you are sensitive to the suggestion because perhaps there is truth in it. it is even more plausible following your remark about Citizen Kane being dull. yes, it is not the easiest movie to 'get' and i certainly didn't on the first try, but persevere and you will perhaps be rewarded. of course, some people won't get it, no matter how many times they see it - the kind of people who pick their favourite movies from critics' 'greatest' lists, because they frankly do not know the difference between a great movie and a good movie, for example.
'Why you presumptous greenhorn: I've been watching these newfangled talkies even before I stormed the beach at Normandy!': i think i can see your problem now - cinema has been going downhill ever since the Lumiere brothers retired, is that it? those were the days - they knew how to make movies back then in the golden age, and it only cost a penny, including the news of the world and a giant bag of popcorn...
Originally posted by seraphimvultureGod, you actually liked Signs? I now have something else besides your lack of chess skills to pity you for, my carrion eating friend. Vulture is also a good username for someone who so obviously fears the top players on the site. I might have one foot in the grave, but I say bring 'em on!
lol I didn't even notice you had entered it, oh well. And yes I won't enter a tourney that is boasting 2000s and what-not, for with my current gameload it's really a waste of my efforts, just like understanding your senile blabbering is ALSO a extreme waste of effort! And Signs was a very suspenseful movie, you twit! You only got to see two aliens ...[text shortened]... of course being a shallow b*stard sort of limits your understanding of such things, doesn't it?
Originally posted by dfm65You're the only Aussie I've ever heard of who completely lacked a sense of humor. Moronic means "very stupid" and it is stupid to say someone picks their favorite movie because of a critics list; if I went by critics list I would have lavishly praised Citizen Kane rather than saying it was boring (that means "dull"😉; I GOT it just fine, thank you. Now go peddle your pretend cultural superiority somewhere else.
i read the whole post already, but the fact remains that you made a mistake by saying my first sentence ('Casablanca?'😉 was moronic.
ok, well let's cut to the chase: i guess the sentence to which you are reacting with such sensitivity is the one in which i suggest your choice of favourite movies might have been influenced by their prominence on critics' ...[text shortened]... den age, and it only cost a penny, including the news of the world and a giant bag of popcorn...