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Post by Shovelman on Jul 17, 2009 20:53:38 GMT -5
#73 Run Lola Run It may be excessive and it may be a bit frustrating but this movie is like the equivalent of a sugar rush with some bran flakes. It has three scenarios, all caused by the slightest difference of choices or movement. There's almost a giddy joy in seeing how everything works out if you slipped at one point, just missed an important time...didn't scream loud or close enough. This might make you think next time you're in a rush. Awesome Moment 1: Screaming makes gambling much easier Awesome Moment 2: "The ball is round, a game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory. Off we go! " Awesome Moment 3: Lola thinking of the people who she can try to get money off of
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 17, 2009 20:55:08 GMT -5
Run Lola Run? Never heard of it.
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Post by The Raven on Jul 17, 2009 20:56:42 GMT -5
So I remain the only weirdo here? Of course.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 17, 2009 20:58:55 GMT -5
So I remain the only weirdo here? Of course. Especially if you never heard of Run Lola Run
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 17, 2009 21:01:19 GMT -5
Oh, well. Works for me.
Maybe I'll do one of these 100 movie thingies myself one day, just to see how many times I can get called a weirdo in one thread.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 17, 2009 21:01:55 GMT -5
#72 Enemy of the State What happens when Tony Scott wants to make a movie about invasion of privacy? Explosions happen as a man descends into a hell of government intrusion where even the one man who helps wants nothing to do with him. What makes this movie is the chemistry between Will Smith and Gene Hackman as they argue and Will Smith accidentally ruining Gene Hackman's plan by making a phone call...which leads to an explosion. You gotta love it. Awesome Moment 1: The ending shootout Awesome Moment 2: Will Smith escaping from a hotel Awesome Moment 3: Jason Lee's chase scene
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 17, 2009 21:05:22 GMT -5
#71 JFK Is this movie based on some sort of fact? Who gives a crap, just look at all the cinematic techniques used in this. Different film stocks, colored filters, archived footage...and so much more. It's the only film that Olive Stone's excessive directorial flourishes work to make a movie into a true classic. Sure, you may or may not believe it, but JUST LOOK AT IT! Awesome Moment 1: The Zapruder footage Awesome Moment 2: Donald Sutherland challenge Kevin Costner to follow the why's and who's Awesome Moment 3: The death of the Magic Bullet theory
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 17, 2009 21:06:00 GMT -5
And that's it for the night
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 17, 2009 21:09:08 GMT -5
I've never seen either of those movies, but I've at least heard of the first one.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 7:31:17 GMT -5
#70 From Dusk 'til Dawn The movie starts and some old cop comes into a convenience store and starts monologuing with the clerk. He goes to the bathroom and suddenly, George Clooney and Quentin Taratino appear with female hostages, almost out of nowhere. Then Clooney says "I will turn this place into the f***ing Wild Bunch." and you know right there this movie is going to be awesome. For the first half, this movie oozes with coolness as Clooney and Taratino make their rules to a hostage, kidnap Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis and make their way to Mexico into a club. Suddenly, this movie pulls the rug right out of you as vampires appear...yeah, those types of vampires. This movie still drips coolness out the pores but now with a vengeance. I love this movie and everything about it, but not the sequels even though the second one is full of sex and violence making it difficult for me to dislike it. Awesome Moment 1: George Clooney's discovery of the female hostage and what Taratino did to her. Gotta love Clooney's head motions here. Awesome Moment 2: "No thanks, I had a wife." Awesome Moment 3: Salma Hayek's dance
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 18, 2009 11:03:20 GMT -5
I watched part of that the other day. I think I like the sequels better, though.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 11:28:26 GMT -5
I watched part of that the other day. I think I like the sequels better, though. Sheesh, forget weirdo. You're an ultra weirdo.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 18, 2009 11:30:47 GMT -5
Eh. That could just be because I saw the sequels long before I ever saw the original.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 11:32:25 GMT -5
#69 Castle in the Sky Miyazaki's best work...at least the ones that I've seen. For all the beautiful scenes like Spirited Away or Kiki's Delivery Service has Castle blows them all away. I seriously think that any frame, any drawing, any detail could be framed into a museum...and not anime museums but real ones. Of course, there's more to this than really beautiful art work. It has characters you care about in some really awesome action scenes. I still have a ways to go to finish up Miyazaki's filmography but I don't think anything is going to top this. Awesome Moment 1: The establishing shots when everyone reaches The Castle Awesome Moment 2: The first scene Awesome Moment 3: "I can't see you clearly yet, goblin, but you sound like Pazu. And if my old eyes don't deceive me, that's a she-goblin with you."
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Post by bob on Jul 18, 2009 11:34:18 GMT -5
I haven't seen the last 5 you posted
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 11:39:02 GMT -5
#68 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Innovative and a blast to watch, those are two descriptors that any movie wants blaring on its posters, video covers and ads. Usually most movies that blare these are out-of-context or made by quote-whores...but not Roger Rabbit. Take away the entertainment value (I'll come back to it in a second) and you have two types of lessons being taught: a film lesson in combining animation with live-action and a cartoon history lesson where virtually every Warner Bros. and Disney character appears in this. But only a fool would take away the entertainment value as the movie is a mad combination of noir and slapstick cartoon comedy. I will even go as far as to call this movie genius in it's techniques and construction I cannot say enough good things about this. Awesome Moment 1: The opening cartoon Awesome Moment 2: Eddie Valient's trip to Toon Town Awesome Moment 3: What Judge Doom really is
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 18, 2009 11:40:38 GMT -5
I've seen both of those, and liked both of those, though my liking for Who Framed Roger Rabbit has faded over the years.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 12:40:31 GMT -5
#67 The Shining Think of the masters of horror movies like Craven, Carpenter or Cronenburg. You wouldn't think of Stanley Kubrick because most of his films aren't explicitly horror but most of his movies do have a horror element. Paths of Glory was the horror of short-sighted military judgments. Strangelove was the horror of nuclear war. Clockwork Orange was the horror of manipulating a person. Full Metal Jacket was the horrors of army life. But The Shining was a different type of horror. It was actually an obvious horror movie with the sense of dread and whatnot. But even when the horror is in the forefront it still is pretty scary. Kubrick knows when to unleash the horrors of the hotel and when to prep us for the scare but it never comes which is infinitely creepier. And I saw this on TV...I'm too scared to watch this uncensored that's how scared this made me and that's the ultimate compliment to any horror film. Awesome Moment 1: Jack Nicholson getting a drink in the hotel bar Awesome Moment 2: HEEERRRRE'S JOHHHNNNNYYYY Awesome Moment 3: Room 237
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 18, 2009 12:46:31 GMT -5
And we're back to movies I've never seen, though I have heard of this one before.
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Post by thelesserevil on Jul 18, 2009 12:58:34 GMT -5
Jack Nicholson getting a drink in the HOO-TEL BAR!
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