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Title: Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 03:10:02 PM
ok, for years now hollywood has produced the largest amount of crap the world has ever seen. Still though, I find myself believing there is hope, and landing in a theatre with a bad performance, script and action on the screen.

So, i have made a list of cinematic movies that have a great script, actors, and know how to be in each category:

The Sixth Sense: Drama, after a terrible incident, a child psychologist tries to refind himself in a boy with a terrible gift.

Batman Begins: Drama, Action, the story of Bruce Wayne's destiny to become batman.

Forrest Gump: Drama, forrest, though not intelligent, finds himself in many historic events, yet his true love, Jenny, eludes him.

Back to the Future: Action, Adventure, 1985, Doc Brown creates a time machine, 1955, Marty Mcfly accidently kept his parents from meeting, putting his existence at stake.

The Shining: Thriller, a family moves to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father to violence, and his son coninues to see the past and future.

Se7en: Drama, Thriller, two cops, one retired and one new, are after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his motive.

The Matrix: Action, A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.

Sling Blade: Drama, Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.

Million Dollar Baby: Drama, Sport, A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.

I know, there are billions of movies that are great, and there are more i could add. but, these are the movies that hit me the hardest.

Opinions?




 
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 03:42:09 PM
Um, my opinion is that's a fairly solid list of movies. What sort of discussion were you possibly hoping to derive from this?

I guess this is the part where the film geek says 'So, have any of you seen Pi? Seriously, man, you haven't seen a single movie, until you've seen Pi.' And then everyone else mumbles that they haven't seen it yet, and then everyone starts talking about Spiderman. One person thinks the second one went on for way too long, and the first was much better. But another goes on about the cheezy dialogue of the first, and loves the chainsaw scene of the second. Then one person insists that Spiderman sucks big time, and that X-men is much better. There's a few minutes of argument there, until one person makes the unfortunate comment that Spiderman would have been much better if Peter Jackson were directing. ...And then we get in to Lord of the Rings which, needless to say, segues into a 45 minute argument about whether the cameras were too shaky during the fight scenes.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 03:48:26 PM
really, i just wanted someone to give me a good movie i havent seen so i can watch it, because i am bored out of my mind. thats why i listed the movies, because i wanted people to know my tastes and too help me out.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 03:54:24 PM
Well.

Have you seen Pi?
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 04:00:49 PM
no, i havent seen Pi. whats it about, and is it thought provoking with a good plot?
Title: RE: Movies
Post by: nitsu niflheim on June 13, 2006, 04:12:23 PM
Go back to 1934, It Happened One Night.  Classic Comedy!
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 04:21:24 PM
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whats it about

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Plus, mathematicians, secret religious organizations, wallstreet, the universe, Go, and stuff.

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and is it thought provoking with a good plot?

yep.  
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 04:22:26 PM
k, ill try it. thanks!

speaking of comides, have you seen The Jerk? classic.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 04:45:20 PM
So wait, you went with nitsu's crappy suggestion instead of mine? Gah.

..actually, I'm sure It Happened One Night isn't crappy. I've never seen it, though. Maybe I'll go and watch it right now...  
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 04:46:57 PM
Wandering, i wont leave you out. I like drama and action way over comedy. Ill try it, if you try the jerk.
Title: RE: Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 04:50:01 PM
I've tried the Jerk. And, although I ususally find Steve Martin to be painfully unfunny, I laughed.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 04:53:07 PM
THANK YOU!!!  i love that movie. For drama, try Se7en and the Sixth Sense. They both have very good plot twists. Also try Road to Perdition, even though it is not as good as the others in my opinion.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: wandering on June 13, 2006, 04:58:58 PM
Se7en is the only movie on your list I haven't seen. (Oh, apart from Million Dollar Baby. But I don't have high hopes for that one.)

I like David Fincher, so, yeah. I'll probably get around to it eventually.
Title: RE:Movies
Post by: please let me in, please on June 13, 2006, 05:05:12 PM
Million Dollar Baby is an awesome movie,and is worth at least renting. Just try watching, and see what i mean.
Title: RE: Movies
Post by: Pale on June 13, 2006, 06:23:59 PM
No polls please.