The TOPic 5

[Armpit Rocket]

Thought this could be fun. I'll try to change the topic frequently, however sticking to film. Add your top 5 associated with the topic. Feel free to add honorable mentions if you have a tough time deciding on 5.

Simple insrtuctions:

Copy the topic into your reply and add your top 5.

First topic...

Top 5 strangest movies in your collection

5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4. 12 monkeys
3. A Clockwork Orange
2. Blue Velvet
1. Brazil

Dark City gets an honorable mention.

[Armpit Rocket]

Sooo, does this mean it was a bad idea?
Should I try another topic?

[Cuclean]

Top 5 strangest movies in your collection

5. Ichi the Killer
4. Cannibal Holocaust
3. The Wizard of Oz
2. Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)
1. Tetsuo: The Iron man

[Threadkiller]

Top 5 strangest movies in your collection

5. Big Fish
4. Spirited Away
3. Time Bandits
2. Memento
1. Pi

Hard to really put these in order though.

[JasterIsFett]

Top 5 Strangest Movies in your Collection

5. Battle Royale
4. Jacob's Ladder
3. Dark City
2. Memento
1. KIDS

[Antonio_Bay]

Sooo, does this mean it was a bad idea?

Not at all. I went to reply a few days back but could only think of Donnie Darko for my list.

[Threadkiller]

4. Jacob's Ladder

Was actually my first thought when I saw this topic. Reminded me that I should get it in my collection.

[Armpit Rocket]

Not at all. I went to reply a few days back but could only think of Donnie Darko for my list.

Yeah, that's just me being impatient. I saw a dozen views and no replies.

I see Memento listed twice, great show. Love the DVD, full of tons of easter eggs via psych test like menus.

[Threadkiller]

I see Memento listed twice, great show. Love the DVD, full of tons of easter eggs via psych test like menus.That thing drives me crazy. Neat idea but by far my least favorite set of menus to actually operate.

[Armpit Rocket]

Was actually my first thought when I saw this topic. Reminded me that I should get it in my collection.

Fun fact about jacobs ladder... It was a source of inspiration for the silent hill games. I watched again a couple years ago and you can totally see it. espcialy the whole hospital scene.

[Cuclean]

Fun fact about jacobs ladder... It was a source of inspiration for the silent hill games. I watched again a couple years ago and you can totally see it. espcialy the whole hospital scene.

That's interesting, I saw it years ago. I'll watch it again and keep an eye out for it.

[DarthMaulRat]

I feel like there should be a ton of strange DVD's in my collection, but really, I just watch a ton of strange movies with netflix, not too often that I buy them.

Top 5 strange movies I've watched recently:

1. Fitzcarraldo
2. Synechdoche, NY
3. Les Triplettes de Belleville
4. King of California
5. Aguirre, the Wrath of God

[Armpit Rocket]

Next Topic:

Desert Island moives

(I know, I know, rediculous concept but if you were stranded on a desert island and you only had room in your luggage for 5 movies what would they likely be? All arguments aside i.e. "my portable device holds 50 movies" "how would I know I'm ending up on a desert island" I'm learning how you smart asses think. Don't get the idea I dont enjoy it... I'm just setting up a defence grid haha.

[phit_demon]

Desert Island movies:

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Withnail & I
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Jaws



Honourable mentions: A New Hope, Return of The Jedi, This Is Spinal Tap, Spaceballs, Tadpole, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Terminator 2. I would them a great deal.

[Threadkiller]

Desert Island Movies
1. Soft Porn
2. Porn
3. Weirder Porn
4. Weirdest Porn (eventually I'm going to get very bored).
5. A documentary about building boats from scratch.

[JasterIsFett]

Desert Island Movies

1. The Princess Bride
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Spirited Away (or something else by Miyazaki)
4. Forrest Gump
5. Marx Bros: Duck Soup

Possible Alternates:

Eddie Izzard - Glorious
The Big Lebowski
Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Comedy Double Feature

[RobinHoodDaffy]

A New Hope

Hmmmm.....I don't know this flick. But I would miss Star Wars a lot.

[phit_demon]

Hmmmm.....I don't know this flick. But I would miss Star Wars a lot.

Semantics. Whenever I called it Star Wars people always asked me to which of the six I was referring, so I got into the habit of calling it by the ret-conned subtitle.

[donkey]

I watch these movies at least once a month.

Desert Island movies:

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Die Hard with a Vengance
3. Arrested Development Season 1
4. 5th Element
5. Field of Dreams.

[Armpit Rocket]

Desert Island Movies
1. Soft Porn
2. Porn
3. Weirder Porn
4. Weirdest Porn (eventually I'm going to get very bored).
5. A documentary about building boats from scratch.

Man, you're gonna go through cocoanut oil fast! Hahaha.
5. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. The Thing
3. 12 Monkeys
2. True Romance
1. Leon the Professsional

Honorable mentions: The Dark knight, Young Frankenstein, Reservoir Dogs, Empire Strikes back

[Cuclean]

Desert Island movies:

1. Natural Born Killers
2. The Lion King
3. Halloween
4. 12 Angry Men
5. American Beauty

Honourable mention goes to: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Magnolia, Blazing Saddles, The Wicker Man, Spirited Away and The Goonies.

[donkey]

dammit. I shoudl have included some Mel Brooks.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Semantics. Whenever I called it Star Wars people always asked me to which of the six I was referring, so I got into the habit of calling it by the ret-conned subtitle.

Hey, leave the jews out of it!

Nah, I get it. I am just a little persnickety about Star Wars. It seems like everyone is trying to suck all the fun and magic out of enjoying the flicks. I suppose that tirade is best kept for another day, however....

[phit_demon]

Hey, leave the jews out of it!
Zing! :D

Nah, I get it. I am just a little persnickety about Star Wars. It seems like everyone is trying to suck all the fun and magic out of enjoying the flicks. I suppose that tirade is best kept for another day, however....

Your frustration is understandable.

Now that I think about I never saw "Star Wars" since I first saw it on video when I was 3 or 4, which would have been around 84-85, by which point Lucas had already added the Episode IV moniker.

[donkey]

When they re-released it in the late 1990's and they where in theaters, did they label it Star Wars Episode IV?

I dont' remmeber..

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Zing! :D



Your frustration is understandable.

Now that I think about I never saw "Star Wars" since I first saw it on video when I was 3 or 4, which would have been around 84-85, by which point Lucas had already added the Episode IV moniker.

When they re-released it in the late 1990's and they where in theaters, did they label it Star Wars Episode IV?

I dont' remmeber..

It became subtitled "A New Hope" when it got re-released in like 78-79 and they were working on Empire. So it has had that subtitle for a while, but the idea of calling it A New Hope seems to be something that has come with the new era of fans. Star Wars has become the title of the franchise, and the DVD is even called A New Hope.

I am only a curmudgeon waving my fist and telling those god damned kids to get off my lawn.

[phit_demon]

I am only a curmudgeon waving my fist and telling those god damned kids to get off my lawn.

I must reiterate though, for years I did call it Star Wars, but I just got sick of people asking me "Which one do you mean?" so I caved.


I'm scum, I know.

[Armpit Rocket]

I guess I started refrencing it as A New Hope the first time I noticed it back in the 90's when I bought it on video. Up until then it was always just star wars for me.

[Antonio_Bay]

Desert Island movies:

1. Saw
2. Saw 2
3. Saw 3
4. Saw 4
5. Saw 5


A thank you.

[ratm1966]

Since I missed this one....

Top 5 strangest movies in your collection
5-3. It is a three DVD boxed set by "Redemption" called "The Vampire Collection. They are three French movies by Jean Rollin.
- The Rape of the Vampire, The Shiver of the Vampires, and Requiem for a Vampire
2. I drink Your Blood/I Eat Your Skin
1. Zombie Strippers

Top 5 desert island movies in your collection
5. 9 Songs
4. Henry and June
3. Spaceballs
2. The Goonies
1. The Crow

[phit_demon]

Top 5 strangest movies in your collection
5. 9 Songs
4. Henry and June
3. Spaceballs
2. The Goonies
1. The Crow
Do you mean they're your desert island movies?

[Armpit Rocket]

Inspired by the mocking of the SW contest thread

Top five Star Wars Moments

I'm basing mine on first time I saw them.

5. Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon vs Maul
4. Han returns to save Luke from Vader at end of IV
3. Battle on Hoth
2. http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:rD76PWvqrYqRYM:http://www.ugo.com/movies/sexy-halloween-costumes/images/carrie-fisher-star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi.jpg
1. "I'm your Father"

[Kernal2306]

Desert Island Movies:

1. Army of Darkness
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. The Dark Knight

Honorable mention: Hellboy 2, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Iron Man, and Robin Hood: Men In Tights

[Kernal2306]

Desert Island movies:

1. Saw
2. Saw 2
3. Saw 3
4. Saw 4
5. Saw 5


A thank you.

I would like to see this list in like 5 years when there will probably be 10 that you have to choose from.

[ratm1966]

Do you mean they're your desert island movies?

What you talkin' about Willis?

[phit_demon]

What you talkin' about Willis?

Edit function, eh? Why I oughta!

[ratm1966]

Top 5 Star Wars moments:

5. Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon vs Maul (Would've been ranked higher if the scene was a lot longer. Maul was defeted too easily.)
4. Battle scenes on Hoth.
3. Luke's battle with Vader at the end of Empire Strikes Back.
2. Darth Vader turns away from the Dark side of the Force and helps Luke.
1. The first time the Death Star was destroyed.

[Armpit Rocket]

Really, noone else wants to hit up the star wars moments top 5?

[JasterIsFett]

Are we including Expanded Universe because it would take me a few days and quite a few excel spreadsheets to figure that list out.

[dtcb]

Since I'm a pessimist and enjoy griping about things.

Top 5 Shittiest Moments in StarWars films:

5. When you find out that Darth Vader created C3PO as a child on Tatooine (the supposed backwater planet in the outter rim they seem to just keep on showing up at).
4. All the music in Revenge of the Jedi. Jabba's band, the ewok song....Christ!
3. The first time you view the primarily handi-capable jedi council and wonder how any of these grotesque-headed freaks could hold their craniums level, let alone a light sabler.
http://www.mrsmcelwee.com/graphics/jedi_council.jpg
Seriously, guess who wasn't allow to do lightsaber practice for fear his head would be cut off?

2. Ewoks: every goddamn scene with them in it.
1. Jar Jar Binks. Fuck you Lucas, you utter jackass.
http://www.avclub.com/assets/images/articles/article/23421/jarjar-1_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg

[Armpit Rocket]

Are we including Expanded Universe because it would take me a few days and quite a few excel spreadsheets to figure that list out.

LOL, Since we're under the movies movies movies catagory, It should be on film. If there is anything you want to take from "The Clone Wars" "Caravan of Courage" or "Battle for Endor" would be acceptable. Am I missing any other star wars movies? (I'm sure you just wanna include Teek running about as 1 of your top 5) hahaha j/k.

@dtcb, That's hillarious. #3 does look like a modern day Adams family portrait.

[JasterIsFett]

Haha, I could use the the Muppet Special or the Threads of Destiny movie thats coming out in a bit.

Top 5 Star Wars Moments:
5. Order 66 going down and Yoda not taking any of that BS from his clone troopers. Also, I'm lumping this together with Yoda and Obi-Wan storming the Jedi Temple and Yoda just being a badass, throwing his lightsaber at a dude...awesome.
4. "I love you"..."I know". Nuff said.
3. Han flipping the bartender a coin after dealing with Greedo, just awesome and sets up his character very well. "sorry about the mess"
2. Darth Vader force choking Admiral Ozzel and promoting Captain Piett into his position via hologram.
1. Watching the final lightsaber fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan, it was epic until "I hate you!"

Worst 6 Star Wars Moments:
5. George Lucas' general disregard for the authors in the E.U.
4. Jar Jar, and Gungans in general
3. Trying to make the battle droids a comedic relief
2. Midichlorians...F-you, Lucas...F-you
1. "NOOOO!!!"
0. Bonus: Turning Darth Vader into an angsty teenager.

[dtcb]

Oh Jaster, I totally forgot about: "NNNOooooooooooo!" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6icbHgz6fI)

ha! ha! ha! aha! ha!

Worst StarWars Moment Ever!

[Armpit Rocket]

0. Bonus: Turning Darth Vader into an angsty teenager.

What, you did not enjoy emovader?! Hahaha. They did the same thing to peter parker in spiderman 3.

[JasterIsFett]

What, you did not enjoy emovader?! Hahaha. They did the same thing to peter parker in spiderman 3.

Yes, but my entire childhood didn't revolve around Spider-Man...

[Armpit Rocket]

Yes, but my entire childhood didn't revolve around Spider-Man...

Yeah I thought it couldnt get worse after episode 1, thought I was prepared for whatever else lucas was going to throw at us. I mean really, after Jar Jar and the midichlorians... You think your prepared for Boba's a clone!?, Younglings and EmoVader, but you're just not.

[Armpit Rocket]

This topic inspired by Cucleans discovery of Blade Runner.

Top Sci-fi

5. Blade Runner
4. Dune
3. The Thing
2. 12 monkeys
1. Empire Strikes Back

Honorable mentions: Alien 3, Contact, Event Horizon

Technically Star Wars and Dune are space operas, but we are not going to be that nitpicky, are we? :D

[Cuclean]

Top Sci-fi

5. Robocop
4. Alien 3
3. The Thing
2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1. Return of the Jedi.

Honorable mentions: The Thing, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[Antonio_Bay]

Top Sci-fi

5. Robocop
4. Alien 3
3. The Thing
2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1. Return of the Jedi.


Dude, I want to watch movies with you.

My Top 5:

5. Predator
4. The Thing
3. The Invisible Man '1933
2. Star Trek: First Contact
1. Aliens

[Cuclean]

Dude, I want to watch movies with you.


2. Star Trek: First Contact

Great Choice. The best Star Trek movie of them all I believe.

[Antonio_Bay]

Great Choice. The best Star Trek movie of them all I believe.

I could have nerded out and put parts 6,7 and 8 - Sci-fi gold in my eyes.

[Cuclean]

I could have nerded out and put parts 6,7 and 8 - Sci-fi gold in my eyes.

The less said about 5 and 9, the better.

[Antonio_Bay]

The less said about 9, the better.

You mean the awesome jaw-dropping brilliance of driving the big E with an old Spectrum Sinclair joystick doesn't do it for you?

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/Joystick.jpg

:p

[Cuclean]

You mean the awesome jaw-dropping brilliance of driving the big E with an old Spectrum Sinclair joystick doesn't do it for you?

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/Joystick.jpg

:p

The Enterprise Vs the 'Lepers'........No dice!

[Armpit Rocket]

Great Choice. The best Star Trek movie of them all I believe.

I'm not a star trek fan, however I also really enjoyed First contact. Wrath of Khan is still tops in my book. How did I forget about 2001 though? Bah!

"Dude, I want to watch movies with you."

Maybe we should all just get together and watch "The Thing" haha

[JasterIsFett]

Top Sci-fi

5. Blade Runner
4. Dark City
3. Aliens
2. Serenity
1. Empire Strikes Back

It was really hard narrowing it down to just five...

[Blast Thickneck]

Top Sci-fi

5. A Scanner Darkly
4. Blade Runner (sans voiceovers)
3. The Thing
2. Empire Strikes Back
1. The Fifth Element

[Antonio_Bay]

1. The Fifth Element

Aziz! Light!

[Doctor Mowinckel]

Oh boy, sci-fi!

1. Neuromancer
2. Red Mars
3. Green Mars
4. Blue Mars
5. The Forever War

I don't watch a lot of movies, but I read a lot!

[ZBarclay]

Honorable mentions: Alien 3, Contact, Event Horizon
You are allowed no opinion anymore...EVER.

Technically Star Wars and Dune are space operas, but we are not going to be that nitpicky, are we? :D
Generally...operas have...singing. ;)

[Doctor Mowinckel]

Contact as written by Carl Sagan is a fantastic novel.

The film however, toads the wet sprocket.

[phit_demon]

Generally...operas have...singing. ;)

And so does Star Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcb7VPw59s). :D

[ZBarclay]

And so does Star Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcb7VPw59s). :D

That doesn't count and you know it... :rolleyes:

And neither does the added CGI scene with the singing dude in Jaba's Palace. :D

[phit_demon]

That doesn't count and you know it... :rolleyes:
You love it! :D
And neither does the added CGI scene with the singing dude in Jaba's Palace. :D

I'm pretty easy on the special edition versions. Obviously I prefer the originals, but nothing really annoys me in the newer ones. The prequels on the other hand...

[Antonio_Bay]

The prequels on the other hand...

So I went Youtubing to find Jar Jar singing, but instead found these (http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=-seLpFsK784&feature=PlayList&p=D99B6A13717D35C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20). Nice idea.

[phit_demon]

So I went Youtubing to find Jar Jar singing, but instead found these (http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=-seLpFsK784&feature=PlayList&p=D99B6A13717D35C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20). Nice idea.

Nice. :cool:

As an aside, weirdly Phantom Menace is my least hated of the prequels. Clones... is by far the worst.

[phit_demon]

So I went Youtubing to find Jar Jar singing, but instead found these (http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=-seLpFsK784&feature=PlayList&p=D99B6A13717D35C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20). Nice idea.

Nice. :cool:

As an aside, weirdly Phantom Menace is my least hated of the prequels. It reminds me of that magical summer after I finished school. Also, seeing it in the cinema for the first time is still one of my favourite movie memories, since I had never seen any Star Wars on the big screen before then.


Clones... is by far the worst.

[opis420247]

I had never seen any Star Wars on the big screen before then.

The Drive-In where I grew up used to play the entire Original Trilogy as a triple feature once or twice a summer. It rocked.

[Antonio_Bay]

...since I had never seen any Star Wars on the big screen before then.

Have you seen any of the originals in a cinema since? I saw all Special Editions at the cinema, then all three prequels.

When were those Specials- 97/98? Wow, that was when Vialli was in charge of Chelsea!

[/feels old]

[phit_demon]

The Drive-In where I grew up used to play the entire Original Trilogy as a triple feature once or twice a summer. It rocked.
That's awesomesauce™. I'm jealous. :cool:
Have you seen any of the originals in a cinema since?
Sadly, no. I was grounded during the whole cinematic run of the special editions due to hell raising in school. I cursed out my parents for about a year for that particular punishment.
When were those Specials- 97/98? Wow, that was when Vialli was in charge of Chelsea!

[/feels old]
Yup, '97. Tell me about it chief. My 10 year class reunion is on May 8th. Also, I started finding grey hairs this year. :(

[ZBarclay]

Yup, '97. Tell me about it chief. My 10 year class reunion is on May 8th. Also, I started finding grey hairs this year. :(

Cry me a river.

[opis420247]

If I didn't have a red mohawk I'd look for grey hair

[Armpit Rocket]

You are allowed no opinion anymore...EVER.

What you missed it back in the day when I also said I enjoyed Ice Pirates? I should been given a Muzzle then, hahaha. Yeah I know there are some dumpers out there I like.

Generally...operas have...singing. ;)

Space Opera: is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale.

[Armpit Rocket]

If I didn't have a red mohawk I'd look for grey hair

I wish I could grow a mohawk, instead it would look like an exclaimation point.

[Shäne]

What are you old farts in here talking about? :p

[ZBarclay]

What you missed it back in the day when I also said I enjoyed Ice Pirates? I should been given a Muzzle then, hahaha. Yeah I know there are some dumpers out there I like.
Ice Pirates was good. Contact was the crap that crap craps after eating itself.



Space Opera: is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale.
I disallow any and all definition copy and pasting.

[Armpit Rocket]

Ice Pirates was good. Contact was the crap that crap craps after eating itself.. I'll get back to you when I wrap my head around that one.




I disallow any and all definition copy and pasting.
My apollogies but I'm lazy and short on time on my lunch break, Last time, I swear. :o

[phit_demon]

What are you old farts in here talking about? :p

The disrespect of young gurriers! Whippersnappers if you will...

[opis420247]

The disrespect of young gurriers! Whippersnappers if you will...

You kids get off my lawn..

[Antonio_Bay]

Sadly, no. I was grounded during the whole cinematic run of the special editions due to hell raising in school.

May I ask what the crime was?

[phit_demon]

May I ask what the crime was?

Nothing big. I got suspended multiple times during my last two years of school, and it was always for the same thing - a culmination of excessive chattiness in class, never doing homework and turning up late. This would go on for a month or two, with lots of detention, until they finally would snap and "have no other choice" but to suspend me.

I can't begin to tell you how little I gave a toss in school. I had a blast though and I'm still very close to all my school friends, so quids in!

[opis420247]

I can't begin to tell you how little I gave a toss in school.

I got suspended my first day of high school for telling my Algebra Teacher to F--- Off for not knowing his own subject.

[Aaron]

a culmination of excessive chattiness, never doing homework and turning up late.

But he's a changed man now! ;)

[phit_demon]

But he's a changed man now! ;)

Quiet you!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/Mr_Peabody-1.jpg

[Armpit Rocket]

Now I gotta ask since I'm surrounded by troublemakers. Anyones parent have any fucked up discipline for them as a child? My folks were raised Catholic, so my brother and I got some very inspired punishment. We never got smacked around but the worst of it was having to kneel in the corner on the hard ass kitchen floor for extended periods of time. If we were particularly awful, they would throw down some popcorn kernals first. A co-worker and I have had the discussion and she had to kneel on a broomstick.

[By-tor]

Crap, with that kinda punishment I'm glad all I got was the occasional swat on the ass with a belt.

[Cuclean]

If we were particularly awful, they would throw down some popcorn kernals first. A co-worker and I have had the discussion and she had to kneel on a broomstick.


That's just sadistic!

[BOP TILL U DROP]

Crap, with that kinda punishment I'm glad all I got was the occasional swat on the ass with a belt.
Me, too!. Plus the occasional smack with the guitar, smack with the lamp, smack with the iron. I'm sure you all went through that as well....right?

[Armpit Rocket]

Me, too!. Plus the occasional smack with the guitar, smack with the lamp, smack with the iron. I'm sure you all went through that as well....right?

Holy hell, did you say an iron? Seriously? Guitar and lamps too. You leave out the steel chair? By chance were you raised by pro-wrestlers?

[BOP TILL U DROP]

Holy hell, did you say an iron? Seriously? Guitar and lamps too. You leave out the steel chair? By chance were you raised by pro-wrestlers?
Not pro-wrestlers. Just my North Philadelphian mom and dad. I've never been disaplined by dad. But my mom was a different story.

[Armpit Rocket]

New topics.

Top 5 favorite actors
5. Clive Owen
4. Brad pitt
3. Edward Norton
2. Sam Rockwell
1. Gary Oldman

Top five favorite actresses
5. Keira Knightley
4. Scarlett Johansen
3. Kate Winslet
2. Cate Blanchette
1. Natalie Portman

[Antonio_Bay]

Top 5 favorite actors
5. Bruce Campbell
4. Bruce Campbell
3. Bruce Campbell
2. Bruce Campbell
1. Bruce Campbell

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I have to admit, I have favorite actors to watch for fun, and for technique, I wouldn't know how to separate them. Like Dwayne Johnson, for instance, I may not want to see him as Hamlet, but damn, if The Rock ain't one of the most charismatic actors on the screen.

[Cuclean]

Top 5 favorite actors
5. Bruce Campbell
4. Bruce Campbell
3. Bruce Campbell
2. Bruce Campbell
1. Bruce Campbell

Dude, you forgot that bloke from Evil Dead.

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Dude, you forgot that bloke from Evil Dead.

I think that was Campbell Scott.

[Armpit Rocket]

I have to admit, I have favorite actors to watch for fun, and for technique, I wouldn't know how to separate them. Like Dwayne Johnson, for instance, I may not want to see him as Hamlet, but damn, if The Rock ain't one of the most charismatic actors on the screen.

Eh, it's all in fun. I found a way to find the best of both worlds. You don't really even have to throw down numbers if you like. You could always just throw down bruce campbell 5 times. You could even add him to the femal selections. I believe I've seen him in drag, possibly when he was on Xena.

[JasterIsFett]

Top 5 Favorite Actors:
5. Viggo Mortenson
4. Johnny Depp
3. Tom Hanks (everything except Da-Vinci Code)
2. Gary Oldman
1. Christian Bale

Top 5 Favorite Actresses:
5. Anne Hathaway
4. Kate Winslet
3. Rosario Dawson
2. Shannon Sossamon
1. Natalie Portman

[ZBarclay]

I have to admit, I have favorite actors to watch for fun, and for technique, I wouldn't know how to separate them. Like Dwayne Johnson, for instance, I may not want to see him as Hamlet, but damn, if The Rock ain't one of the most charismatic actors on the screen.

Seconded.

[dtcb]

I have to admit, I have favorite actors to watch for fun, and for technique, I wouldn't know how to separate them. Like Dwayne Johnson, for instance, I may not want to see him as Hamlet, but damn, if The Rock ain't one of the most charismatic actors on the screen.

Seconded.

Thirded!

[RobinHoodDaffy]

With the exception of Doom. Ugh. That movie was a cinematic vomit session.

[Blast Thickneck]

Top 5 Favorite Actors:
5. Brendan Gleeson
4. Johnny Depp
3. Clint Eastwood
2. Alec Baldwin
1. Gary Oldman


Actresses ... I honestly don't think I have any favorites, let alone five. Tress MaCneille I guess? Do voice actors count?

[Armpit Rocket]

OK, why am I wiered out that the 2 other people who actually answered both have Gary Oldman on their list? I a huge Gary Oldman fan but I'm very very suprised two other people have him as a favorite. If I even mention Gary Oldman in a movie discussion, about 90% of my friends and 99% of my co-workers, they're like "Who?".

[phit_demon]

If I even mention Gary Oldman in a movie discussion, about 90% of my friends and 99% of my co-workers, they're like "Who?".

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but 90% of your friends and 99% of your co-workers are morons.

[Blast Thickneck]

I get that too. People tend to know who he is by his roles I guess.

- Who?
- You know. Dracula ... the bad guy in The Professional ... Commissioner Gordon
- Oh yeah


I tend to usually start with 'he was Beethoven in Immortal Beloved .. what, you haven't seen that?'

[Armpit Rocket]

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but 90% of your friends and 99% of your co-workers are morons.

I'll agree with the co-worker bit. Most of my friends just have bad taste. Well, a couple could use some special help.

I get that too. People tend to know who he is by his roles I guess.

- Who?
- You know. Dracula ... the bad guy in The Professional ... Commissioner Gordon
- Oh yeah


I tend to usually start with 'he was Beethoven in Immortal Beloved .. what, you haven't seen that?'

Mentioning commish gordon or serious black is the safest bet. I strike out 99% of the time when I mention The Professional or True Romance. Sometimes people will pick up on Fifth element, Lost in space, or JFK. I stopped mentioning Dracula because everytime someone would reply "Ohhhh, the one with Keanu Reeves?!?!?!", I knew I was at risk of having an aneurysm.

[Antonio_Bay]

Lost in Space

This was on the other day. I really like it.

[opis420247]

ACTORS
5. Liam Neeson
4. Giovanni Ribisi
3. Samuel L. Jackson
2. Jason Lee
1. Forrest Whittaker

Actresses
5. Cloe Sevigney
4. Elisha Cuthbert
3. Christina Ricci
2. Anna Paquin
1. Paris Hilton (this was a joke, but when she dies in House Of Wax I believed, just for a second, and was happy.)

[Cuclean]

serious black is the safest bet..

How serious?

http://www.seriouscat.com/SeriousCat.jpg

[Blast Thickneck]

I stopped mentioning Dracula because everytime someone would reply "Ohhhh, the one with Keanu Reeves?!?!?!"
He really was the only thing holding that movie back. Great casting call, give someone with a permanent surfer voice the lead as a Victorian era real estate agent. What the fuck.

[Armpit Rocket]

How serious?

http://www.seriouscat.com/SeriousCat.jpg
That was a very comical way to point out I mispelled sirius. nicely done, haha.

[By-tor]

I get that too. People tend to know who he is by his roles I guess.
'Tis one of my favorites...
http://members.cox.net/lmgoehring/images/movies/sid.jpg

[Jeremy Beadle]

Top 5 Actors

5- Bruce Campbell
4- Gregory Peck
3- Klaus Kinski
2- Christopher Walken
1- Toshiro Mifune

No room for Jack, Johnny, Will Graham or Bob 'oskins. :(

[ratm1966]

ACTORS
5. Val Kilmer
4. Samuel L. Jackson
3. Sean Connery
2. Clint Eastwood
1. Christopher Walken

Actresses
5. Charlize Theron
4. Jamie Lee Curtis
3. Christina Ricci
2. Eliza Dushku
1. Natalie Portman

[Lotism]

Got some catching up to do.
Best Star Wars Moments
1. Hoth - The rescue, the battle, everything on Hoth is Awesome.
2. Darth Maul battle against Qui Gonn and Obi Wan. Although it was constantly interrupted by other scenes.
3. When Vader saves Luke from the Emperor. That gave me goosebumps.
4. Anytime Vader force choked someone. I especially like when Admiral Ozzel(A New Hope) is talking shit about the force and gets put in his place.
5. Death Star Attack Run. Especially when Han saves the day.
Honorable Mentions: The Yoda versus Palpatine battle was pretty cool. Also the Dark Side/Rebels theme music.

Worst Star Wars Moments
1. Ewoks and anything Ewok related.
2. Jar Jar Binks and his entire planet.
3. The Jedi Council. Especially Mace Windu. Sam Jackson is not a good Jedi. And what's with the Purple Lightsaber?
4.The Ewoks. Put a big dent in the quality of this movie.
5.Jar Jar Binks. Yea, they sucked enough to be mentioned twice.

Best Sci Fi
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Predator
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Aliens
5. The Thing
Honorable Mentions: The Matrix, Children of Men, Total Recall, V for Vendetta.

Best Actors
1. Mel Gibson
2. Harrison Ford
3. Gary Oldman
4. Edward Norton
5. Robert De Niro
Honorable Mentions: Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Benicio Del Toro, Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Christian Bale, Bruce Willis & Anthony Hopkins.

None of my lists are ranked from best to worst or vice versa.

[JasterIsFett]

2. Darth Mail battle against Qui Gonn and Obi Wan. Although it was constantly interrupted by other scenes.


Darth Mail?

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/cgo0207l.jpg

[Lotism]

Haha! What Mail? It Clearly says Maul.;)

[JasterIsFett]

http://www.teamdrunkottawa.com/funnay/images/fry-see-what-you-did-there.jpg

[Armpit Rocket]

Honorable Mentions: Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Benicio Del Toro, Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Christian Bale, Bruce Willis & Anthony Hopkins.

I think Ed Harris is one of the most underappreciated actors out there. He lands lots of good roles. Does an excellent job, but never gets much buzz by anyone.

[Jeremy Beadle]

Bit of a misery though. Only beaten by Penn in the humourless bugger stakes.

[Little_Green_Gumby]

Do Pro-Wrestlers count?
If not,
in no particular order...
Top 5 Actors:
Jeff Bridges
Patrick Stewart
Gene Wilder
Simon Pegg
Sam Rockwell
(honorable mentions: Robert Downey, Jr., Nathan Fillion, Jason Statham, Michael Keaton, Kurt Russell, Johnny Depp, Ron Perlman, Larry Fine, Robert Hayes, Tim Thomerson, MR. Bruce Campbell)

Top 5 Actresses:
Madeline Kahn
Carrie Fisher
Selma Blair
Natalie Portman
Naomi Watts
(honorable mentions: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, Rosario Dawson, Liv Tyler, Zooey Dechanel, Amy Smart, Goldie Hawn, Emma Watson, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver)

[Blast Thickneck]

Do Pro-Wrestlers count?

Number one, with a bullet.....
http://www.derok.net/derek3/images/classics/wwf%20mr%20perfect.jpg

[Jeremy Beadle]

(us black actors gotta stick together)

5- Samuel L Jackson
4- Charles S Dutton
3- Yaphet Kotto
2- (the great) Ossie Davis
1- Morgan Freeman

I sat thinking about it for a minute. There's a lot beyond Samuel L, so I went for a top 5. Decided to do an Asian 5 as well.
If someone wants they can do a top 5 whitey's; I probably deserve :/

5- Ryo Ishibashi
4- Takeshi Kitano
3- Song Kang-Ho
2- Choi Min-sik
1- Toshiro Mifune

[Lotism]

It's top 5 actors.. of your choice. Who you pick is up to you. No need to add extra labels.

[JasterIsFett]

we should do a top 5 movies that you think are overrated...

I just had a long conversation with some friends about this.

[Jeremy Beadle]

It's top 5 actors.. of your choice. Who you pick is up to you. No need to add extra labels.

Aye aye Lottie, just mucking about.;)

Top 5 Overrated Movies

5- Casablanca
4- Saving Private Ryan
3- Mystic River
2- The Birds
1- Hero

Special mention for Pan's Labyrinth and Crash.

[ZBarclay]

Just one...Scarface - Al Pacino version.

[JasterIsFett]

Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:

5 - Citizen Kane
4 - Donnie Darko
3 - Scarface
2 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
1 - The Godfather

[Blast Thickneck]

Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:

5 - The Dark Knight (I love this movie, but it's ranked just higher than 12 Angry Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Schindler's List on IMDB ... that's a literal overrating there)
4 - It's a Wonderful Life
3 - Pulp Fiction (True Romance is better, but it's still awesome)
2 - Napoleon Dynamite
1 - Boondock Saints

[Cuclean]

Top 5 most overrated movies:

5. Heat
4. There Will Be Blood
3. North by Northwest
2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (it's my least favourite of the three)
1. Scarface

[JasterIsFett]

5 - The Dark Knight (I love this movie, but it's ranked just higher than 12 Angry Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Schindler's List on IMDB ... that's a literal overrating there)

I will fight you sir! I will unleash the rabid fanboy within me and go apeshit. :)

[Blast Thickneck]

BRING IT ON!

I loved the movie, and each time I've watched it the value has barely diminished, as opposed to Batman Begins which I can't really watch anymore. The move has killer replay value. But I don't count myself in with the people who think it's a travesty that it did not receive a best picture nomination.

Though Nolan gets bonus points for casting the Phil Collins puppet from the Land of Confusion video at the female lead.
http://birdiesong.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/confusion.jpg

[Aaron]

You know how I know you're gay?

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Maggie_Gyllenhaal%20-%203%20-%20Happy_Endings.jpg
This woman is all kinds of hot

[RobinHoodDaffy]

Aaron is right, and he is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gay. You should be ashamed.:D

[Aaron]

HEY!





















... you're right, but still... cheap shot. :(

[Blast Thickneck]

I'm pretty sure the gay one would be the one lusting for Jake Gyllenhall with bangs, but I'm old fashioned.

[Threadkiller]

Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:
2 - Napoleon Dynamite
1 - Boondock Saints

I was going to argue with these until I realized you were using the IMDB ratings, which represent a pretty skewed reality. But that's cool.

Here are five off the top of my head:

5. Basic Instinct
4. Independence Day
3. Life is Beautiful
2. Crash
1. Forrest Gump

[RobinHoodDaffy]

HEY!

... you're right, but still... cheap shot. :(



Luv U Aaron!

[JasterIsFett]

Forrest Gump and Life is Beautiful are on my top 10 favorite movies all time. that cuts me deep threadkiller...its cuts me deep.

[Blast Thickneck]

Actually I was just using those for The Dark Knight, I'm not sure what they're ranked on IMDB. I just didn't like Napoleon Dynamite, and being in college while that movie was out sucked, as every unoriginal fraternity made their own version of 'vote for pedro' shirts. And while Boondock Saints is a cool action movie, so many people I've met act like it's this deep thought provoking movie. But again, all personal opinion.

[Antonio_Bay]

2 - Napoleon Dynamite


I didn't get that film first time round. I barely laughed. Second viewing was a very different experience.

Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it 'cause I can't fit my numchucks in there anymore.

[phit_demon]

Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:

5 - Citizen Kane
2 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
1 - The Godfather

Forrest Gump and Life is Beautiful are on my top 10 favorite movies all time. that cuts me deep threadkiller...its cuts me deep.

Forrest Gump is one of your favourite films, and yet Kane, Nightmare and Godfather are all overrated...


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/wrong01.jpg

[Blast Thickneck]

Confession: I've never seen Citizen Kane.

But I love Rosebud Frozen Peas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1PJTY9AVA).

[JasterIsFett]

I stand by my judgement.

Kane was a well made movie, to be sure, but I found it boring. I think its entirely overrated. Family Guy actually got something right when Peter said about the Godfather "It insists upon itself." I just don't like it, it might be just me.

Nightmare is good, but undeserving of the ridiculous fanbase and cult following that it has.

Forrest Gump is a very well made and very enjoyable movie. I could literally watch it every other day and not get sick of it. I have been called crazy for this before.

[phit_demon]

Forrest Gump is a very well made and very enjoyable movie. I could literally watch it every other day and not get sick of it. I have been called crazy for this before.

I rewatched it around 6 months ago and had to turn it off halfway. I found it embarrassingly cheesy.

[Blast Thickneck]

I found it embarrassingly cheesy.

Don't read the book then. It's even more ridiculous. Off the top of my head, because I read it in sixth grade, he becomes an international chess master and defeats the world champion by cutting a fart which throws the champ off and he accidentally knocks over his own king ... and he becomes an astronaut and the shuttle crash lands in the Outback.

I like that movie, but the best thing about it is the soundtrack.

[Lotism]

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Maggie_Gyllenhaal%20-%203%20-%20Happy_Endings.jpg
This woman is all kinds of hot
How many drinks have you had to believe that lie? My favorite part of the movie is when she dies.

[Blast Thickneck]

http://www.mtv.com/bands/g/genesis/land_of_confusion_281x211.jpg

She was going to wait for me Alfred.

[JasterIsFett]

I rewatched it around 6 months ago and had to turn it off halfway. I found it embarrassingly cheesy.

embarrasingly cheesy or embarrasingly Awesome!

[phit_demon]

embarrasingly cheesy or embarrasingly Awesome!

http://www.lowell.edu/users/grundy/images/cheese.jpg

[Erasmus Cunk]

I don't think I understood Napoleon Dynamite. I got the impression that he has Asperger's Syndrome or something, so all the socially awkward things he does which are (I presume) meant to be funny just came off as sad. It seems like 90 minutes of "let's laugh at the disabled kid!"

Donnie Darko is over-rated. I like it, but it's nowhere near as deep as many over-sensitive teenagers seem to think it is.

American Beauty is another one. And I've only recently come to realize this, as it used to be one of my favourite films. I watched it again recently though, and it's actually full of achingly pretentious pseudo-profundity.

Speaking of which: David fucking Lynch. His entire output seems to exist solely so film students can feel smug about liking him. And condescendingly dismiss anyone who doesn't. Bah.

[JK]

I had to watch American Beauty at work the other day... glad I was getting paid. Just kind of meh. And Kevin Spacey is one of those people I wouldn't mind just punching in the face.

[Erasmus Cunk]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2y0WebFULM) says more about American Beauty than I could.

[phit_demon]

I don't think I understood Napoleon Dynamite. I got the impression that he has Asperger's Syndrome or something, so all the socially awkward things he does which are (I presume) meant to be funny just came off as sad. It seems like 90 minutes of "let's laugh at the disabled kid!"
I have to hold my hands up and admit I loved it at the time. I watched it multiple times on dvd and laughed my ass off. I haven't really thought of it much in the last few years though.

Donnie Darko is over-rated. I like it, but it's nowhere near as deep as many over-sensitive teenagers seem to think it is.
I just think it's a well made little story, plus it's funnier than most people give it credit for.

American Beauty is another one. And I've only recently come to realize this, as it used to be one of my favourite films. I watched it again recently though, and it's actually full of achingly pretentious pseudo-profundity.
Another one I have nothing but love for. I saw this film at just the right time in my life and it has stayed with me ever since. Plus it introduced me to the band Gomez, via this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDk_cwwNbI&feature=related) awesome track.
Speaking of which: David fucking Lynch. His entire output seems to exist solely so film students can feel smug about liking him. And condescendingly dismiss anyone who doesn't. Bah.
I'm no Lynch apologist, and I've seen as much bad as good from him, but I do adore Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. I don't hold to the notion that some people don't "get" his work, because I don't believe that there is anything to get in the strictest sense. I think it's more about his work eliciting an emotional response in the viewer. If you like it, great; if you don't, great too. There's no right answer.

[Aaron]

There's no right answer.

Unless I said it. Then it's ALWAYS right

[phit_demon]

Unless I said it. Then it's ALWAYS right

Suuuuuuurrrrrrrrre. :rolleyes:

[JasterIsFett]

I just think it's a well made little story, plus it's funnier than most people give it credit for.


"how exactly does one suck a fuck?"

[phit_demon]

"how exactly does one suck a fuck?"

"What's a fuckass?"

[Lotism]

And Kevin Spacey is one of those people I wouldn't mind just punching in the face.
Ha!
Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:1 - The Godfather
Really?

Top 5 Most Overrated Movies:
3 - Pulp Fiction


Blasphemy!
This movie is Awesomesauce in every way.

[JasterIsFett]

Really?

yup. I never liked it. Its very much the same as Scarface. It might be that I just don't like gangster movies, but I loved Goodfellas and Donnie Brasco.

Godfather just rubbed me the wrong way...

I'm just leaving myself open with that one aren't I...

[Erasmus Cunk]

I just think it's a well made little story, plus it's funnier than most people give it credit for.

Yeah, it is funny. That's one of the things I do like about it.


I'm no Lynch apologist, and I've seen as much bad as good from him, but I do adore Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. I don't hold to the notion that some people don't "get" his work, because I don't believe that there is anything to get in the strictest sense. I think it's more about his work eliciting an emotional response in the viewer. If you like it, great; if you don't, great too. There's no right answer.

Yeah, I might have been a bit deliberately cunty up there. It's not so much Lynch's films I dislike as the oh-so-earnest film twats, who adore anything he does and sneer at anyone who doesn't. Although I do actually like Blue Velvet.

I also very much like Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXFSFO2yaI&feature=related) despite it's Lynchian influence. I'm a mess of contradictions, me.

[phit_demon]

I also very much like Jam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbXFSFO2yaI&feature=related)...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/2286960264_461ecfd3d6.jpg?v=0

"...take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other, take care of each other..."