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[RichieDagger]

Without giving it any thought, list ten movies you really enjoy, off the top of your head in no particular order.

 

Mine:

Spoiler

12 Monkeys

Pulp Fiction

Taxi Driver

Freaks

Sleepers

A Clockwork Orange

The Burbs

Slingblade

Silence of the Lambs

Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

Edit:

Thought I should strike these four, as I have stuff in line of sight that may have caused undue subconscious influence.

 

Four more:

Alien

House

Apt Pupil

The Good Son

Edited by RichieDagger, 25 July 2015 - 12:23 PM.

[Cleffy]

Letters from Iwo Jima

Braveheart

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Star Wars Trilogy (1970s)

Indiana Jones (Whichever you want)

Die Hard (The first one)

Edited by Cleffy, 25 July 2015 - 01:40 PM.

[Nirvanna21]

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Necronomicon

Housu

Ju-On: The Curse

Evil Dead 2

Jurassic Park

Club Dread

In the Mouth of Madness

The Avengers

The Thing

 

There are many others that should make this list, but It can be hard to think of them all.

[RichieDagger]

@Nirvanna21

 

Yeah, I had a few more that came to mind too, but I already hit ten. The idea was for it to reflect a pure, impulsive thought stream. The subconscious association of the phrase "really enjoy" with specific movie titles should more accurately portray what you consider to be a good movie than a pretentious ranked list of top 10 (or whatever) best movies of all time. Yeah, Citizen Kane is good, by the criteria of a professional critic, but its not the first thing that comes to mind if I want to be entertained.

Edited by RichieDagger, 26 July 2015 - 04:07 PM.

[Nirvanna21]

@Nirvanna21

 

Yeah, I had a few more that came to mind too, but I already hit ten. The idea was for it to reflect a pure, impulsive thought stream. The subconscious association of the phrase "really enjoy" with specific movie titles should more accurately portray what you consider to be a good movie than a pretentious ranked list of top 10 (or whatever) best movies of all time. Yeah, Citizen Kane is good, by the criteria of a professional critic, but its not the first thing that comes to mind if I want to be entertained.

 

Spoiler

It's a sled.

 

[RichieDagger]

Terrible, I was hoping the community would have more to offer, so I would have something to watch this coming weekend.

 

@Nirvanna21

Between what you and Cleffy came up with, all that I haven't seen is Riki-Oh and Housu. I'll have to check them out soon.

 

Anyway, if someone came here with the same intent, here's ten more from me:

Spoiler

The Usual Suspects

Seven

Fight Club

Memento

They Live

Oldeuboi (Oldboy)

The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

The Shining (Kubrick version)

Office Space

The Lost Boys

[Necrohealiac]

this is off-topic. only the obsessives visit this area of the forums. here be dragons.

The Usual Suspects (although it can only really be watched once imo)
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Se7en
Die Hard
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Blade Runner
Toy Story 3

One of my criteria is rewatchability in that if it comes up on TV or w/e I wouldn't mind sitting through the whole thing again or at least through key scenes. Usual Suspects is the only exception but it's just so masterfully done that I had to include it on my list.

PS Harrison Ford is the best

[Nirvanna21]

this is off-topic. only the obsessives visit this area of the forums. here be dragons.

The Usual Suspects (although it can only really be watched once imo)
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Se7en
Die Hard
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Blade Runner
Toy Story 3

One of my criteria is rewatchability in that if it comes up on TV or w/e I wouldn't mind sitting through the whole thing again or at least through key scenes. Usual Suspects is the only exception but it's just so masterfully done that I had to include it on my list.

PS Harrison Ford is the best

 

Here's my question, what version of Blade Runner do you recommend o_O, I I have only Final Cut.

[Necrohealiac]

i don't know which version i saw

also since that was a stream of consciousness list, i missed some of these classics:

godfather pt 1 and 2
heat
midnight run
airplane

[RichieDagger]

Here's my question, what version of Blade Runner do you recommend o_O, I I have only Final Cut.

 

I've seen both, and I don't recall any significant difference. Generally, I'll opt for the original theatrical version of anything the first time around.

 

Edit:

Second thought, I really don't remember it clearly now, but this may be one of those movies that they butchered by trying to work in an alternate ending with the previously unused footage.

 

...10 more.

Spoiler

Hackers

Donnie Darko

The French Connection

Quigley Down Under

The Road

Hobo With a Shotgun

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Forest Gump

They Live

The Goonies

Edited by RichieDagger, 30 July 2015 - 03:23 AM.

[RoadGamerCarlo81]

12 monkeys
Alien
Predator movies
The avengers
Iron man
Die hard
Terminator
Hobo with a shotgun
Ferris bueller's day off
26 year diary .. Starring Makii Onaga

Btw some of the movies I based on others list
As for now..

[Cleffy]

Don't worry, most movies are piles of -_- slapped together with a generic plot glorifying past film making. There hasn't been a good movie in years since they are all cookie cutter. You are much better served with Cable Television Series like Game of Thrones, Vikings, and Band of Brothers. It's hard to list good movies because there aren't many good movies. When we look back to movies we watched, there is a sense of meh.

[RichieDagger]

^I concur; however, not one TV series I've enjoyed has ever concluded before it sours on me. I've been watching more Spanish and Korean movies lately, but I hate reading subtitles. I find that, if their is a lot of action or subtleties, I miss them in my peripheral vision while I'm following the dialog. I hate crappy voice acting in the English dubbing too, but sometimes they're a necessary evil.

[Necrohealiac]

what tv series have you watched? breaking bad was excellent start to finish

[RichieDagger]

Yeah, I did like Breaking Bad. Prior to that, the last thing I really followed was X-files. I'm hoping they do better with the new mini-series.

Supernatural was enjoyable, but it should have ended several seasons ago.

I wanted to like Hannibal, but they screwed up the Will Graham character.

Bates Motel I wish they did in the proper period; just wish Norman would stuff his mother already.

Don't recall what else at present. I think that's why I gravitate towards anime. Even if its not so great, I can hold out because I'm only in it for 26 episodes, typically.

 

[Necrohealiac]

Veep is still ongoing but it's been consistently great from season to season so far. each ep is also only 30 mins and a season is like 10 episodes so it's not hard to catch up.

I need to get around to watching The Wire.

[Nirvanna21]

I don't watch TV series much, but this has caught my eye something FIERCE!

 

[Cleffy]

Series based on Army of the Dead? Sounds promising.

[kokeshicat]

suggestion: how bout postin 10 good movies per genre? (like horror, adventure,anime,mushy whutevs)

[Nirvanna21]

Too much effort, assume most of them are in my pile...

 

[kokeshicat]

wow. you weren't kidding with the "pile" @_@ i take it back then LOL 

[RichieDagger]

I haven't seen anything about an Evil Dead series 'til now; I'll look into it.

Also, forgot about Walking Dead. I was hoping it would get wraped up by now, but they could probably drag it out indefinitly.

The Strain has been watchable, but I have not read the books. If I read the books first, odds are I'd hate it.

 

8/11/2015 Edit:

10 more. Actually had to think a little, so these probably run counter to my initial premise.

Spoiler

American History X

Stuck

I'll Follow You Down

The Jacket

Escape from New York

SLC Punk

The Killing

Dr. Strangelove

Shawshank Redemption

O Brother, Where Art Thou

 

Edited by RichieDagger, 11 August 2015 - 08:04 AM.