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Post by Shovelman on Jul 18, 2009 21:51:57 GMT -5
And that's it for tonight.
And probably tomorrow cause I'll be gone most of the day
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 18, 2009 22:08:50 GMT -5
#62 The Iron Giant This is, without a doubt, Vin Diesel's best movie. Yes, he was in it....yes, I'm serious, he was the Giant. I first saw this on Cartoon Network's 24 hour marathon of this. I saw about 10, maybe 12 hours of it, that's how much I loved it. At it's core, it's a boy and his pet movies that are designed to tug at the heartstrings and boy, by the end, does it ever. And the animation....an awesome throwback to 50's Disney with the Giant being made in CGI. It truly is an underrated classic. Awesome Moment 1: Hogarth teaching the Giant to talk Awesome Moment 2: "Superman." Awesome Moment 3: "Launch the rockets now!" Good movie. I tend to watch it whenever it gets shown on Cartoon Network, and it never really gets old.
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Post by The Raven on Jul 18, 2009 23:19:02 GMT -5
#61 Planet of the Apes(1968) Before the almost-good remake...before the sequels...there was the original Planet of the Apes. It starts off calm as a crew prepares to hibernate for a couple thousand years going at light-speed for about 10 minutes but suddenly it's balls-to-wall survival as the ship crashes in a lake and one crew member is dead. What awaits the survivors is nothing they could ever imagined...a planet where apes evolved from men to be the overlords! On a final note, without Charlton Heston, this movie would still be an amazingly-paced, skillfully directed satire/action movie but with him at his most pompous is a 60's classic. Awesome Moment 1: Heston's crazy man laugh around the beginning Awesome Moment 2: "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!" Awesome Moment 3: "A planet where apes evolved from men?" Yes! ...that's all I really have to add. Other than the fun fact that the twist that everybody in this generation seems to know anyways (I saw the movie at a young enough age that I wasn't spoiled of the ending) was written in by Rod Serling. Which makes a lot of sense.
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Post by thelesserevil on Jul 19, 2009 1:22:55 GMT -5
Iron Giant is good, never seen Planet of the Apes.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 7:59:46 GMT -5
#60 Toy Story 2 You know why I think the Toy Story movies and Cars(which, unfortunately isn't on the list but should've been) are the best of the Pixar movies? They created such awesome worlds that someone could get lost in like Andy's House, Radiator Springs or in this case, the toy store among other places. Like the first Toy Story, this is even more mind-blowing to the powers of CGI animation and what they could do. The old Woody's round-up TV show, for example, was not puppets...it was CGI models made up to look like puppets and that's one example. Of course, who am I to take away the fun factor of this movie. It's a high-water mark for Pixar and try as they might, I don't think it will be topped (but Wall-E did top them, too bad I haven't seen it when I made the list cause it's top 10 material). Awesome Moment 1: Rex being used as a battering ram Awesome Moment 2: Tour Guide Barbie Awesome Moment 3: The opening scene/fakeout
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 9:22:32 GMT -5
#59 Jaws 1975, Steven Spielberg was a nobody. Sure, he made the awesome Duel by that's TV. He also made The Sugerland Express which made it to theaters even though no one saw it, not even me. The came Jaws, a movie about a killer shark. Granted, this was from a successful book so a decent level of profitability was guaranteed. What no expected was the birth of the summer blockbuster with success that was probably obscene in some countries. The secret to its success that lesser blockbusters tried to follow was simple: a plot that could be summarized in one line, bonding, pseudo-nudity, good suspense and a good amount of blood. What separates Jaws from the other blockbusters, besides being the first, was also the sense of palatable primal fear that Spielberg instilled, especially with that score and the shark kept hidden through most of its running time. As for the sequels...II's fine, III has its moments and IV is horrible proving that there's only room for one killer shark. Awesome Moment 1: "You going to need a bigger baby." Awesome Moment 2: The shot when Roy Scheider sees the Alex Kinter being eaten by the shark. Awesome Moment 3: Quint's death
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Post by The Raven on Jul 19, 2009 11:50:45 GMT -5
You're going to need a bigger baby?
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Post by thelesserevil on Jul 19, 2009 12:10:24 GMT -5
They use babies as bait for sharks.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 19, 2009 13:13:36 GMT -5
They use babies as bait for sharks. I've never seen Jaws... but now I feel oddly compelled to give it a shot.
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Post by thelesserevil on Jul 19, 2009 13:26:44 GMT -5
Well I was joking, sadly, but maybe in the next Jaws installment babies will be used as bait.
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Post by bob on Jul 19, 2009 13:58:32 GMT -5
baby...the other other white meat
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Post by The Raven on Jul 19, 2009 16:25:10 GMT -5
Baby. It's what's for dinner.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 21:32:08 GMT -5
I meant boat! But I am not going to change it cause it's funny and it made you happy
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 21:39:19 GMT -5
#58 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The 1956 Body Snatchers movie was a claustrophobic nightmare shot in a cool, documentary fashion. This version is the '56 version on speed. This movie is always on the go, with something happening in the frame on top of a jittery camera that is unable to hold still. Things pop up in the movie that seems to be a throwaway shot makes much more sense upon repeated viewings. To say anything more would be criminal even though this is a remake and it follows the same generalizations, it has a world of difference in it resulting in a much bleaker movie. All I will say about the ending...it lives up to the hype for it literally knocked me out of my seat and put me in a sitting fetal position. Why I didn't soil myself out of fear I will never know. Awesome Moment 1: Jeff Goldblum's body double "attacks", Goldblum and Veronica Cartwright runs and bumps into a much scarier site....Leonard Nimoy. Awesome Moment 2: What happens to the human host Awesome Moment 3: "This is the health department, we don't have any secrets here."
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 19, 2009 21:41:28 GMT -5
Yet another movie that I've heard of but never seen.
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 22:15:00 GMT -5
#57 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Here it is, the best of the Star Wars prequel. While Episode I had to deal with Jar-Jar and Episode II had to deal with lousy romantic dialogue...Episode III forgoes all childish things and deals with the darkest days of the saga: the fall of the Republic, the birth of Darth Vader and the Jedi Massacre. Sure, I could go on about the special effects but it's Star Wars...those are a given. What makes this one special is the story, the best one since Empire, which is all bright and sunny by comparison. It's almost like George Lucas suddenly remembered what actually made a great movie so good for him. Awesome Moment 1: "What happened? We're smarter than this." Awesome Moment 2: Jedi Massacre Awesome Moment 3: CIS Massacre
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 19, 2009 22:15:31 GMT -5
And that's all I feel like doing for tonight
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jul 19, 2009 22:23:56 GMT -5
I still haven't seen Episode 3 from beginning to end. I keep meaning to, but I can never seem to catch it when it's on TV and I'm too lazy to rent it.
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Post by bob on Jul 19, 2009 22:35:38 GMT -5
Episode 3 is easily the best of those released after Episodes 4-6 were
it's as if the Jedi forced young Skywalker to turn to the darkside
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Post by Shovelman on Jul 20, 2009 6:45:16 GMT -5
#56 Unbreakable I said Bruce Willis would be back. The Sixth Sense hit and suddenly M. Night Shmaylan is the hottest director since Spielberg. His next movie is highly anticipated and the ads make it another Sixth Sense movie. However, it turns out to be a comic-book superhero movie. The public turned on it at an alarming rate. However, while the plot is M. Night's most ludicrous but it turns out to be his best movie. The directing and the camera-work is astounding in it's simplicity. Samuel L. Jackson cools his fire down to a simmer but still is the most awesome part of the movie. There's not even big action scenes like a normal superhero movie, just a small scale fight and rescue. But it was with breaking all the rules of superheroes that M. Night made his masterpiece. I still wait for Unbreakable 2...maybe it won't suck like The Village. Awesome Moment 1: Willis lifting weights Awesome Moment 2: Willis unleashes his touching into the future powers Awesome Moment 3: Samuel L. Jackson's first scene
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