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luxinterior 12.08.2006 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue
oh. my. god.
you get 20 brownie points.

Doug?
Rockos Modern Life?
Double Dare?
All That?
Real Monsters?


All That was so funny back then. And Kenan & Kel, can't believe I forgot that. "Who loves orange soda?" I always loved that because orange soda was my favorite.

k-krack 12.08.2006 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue
NICE list, man

buffalo 66 is on my top 50
did you catch The Brown Bunny?

Naw. I just watched Buffalo '66 after The Brown Bunny was already out of the "art movies" section of the theatre, so that was a bummer. I'll try to find it somewhere to rent.

atari 2600 12.08.2006 08:15 PM

Remember how when you first saw Buffalo '66 (well maybe not you young tykes) and you thought to yourself what bright futures Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci must surely have?

hahaha

Those were the days...

static-harmony 12.08.2006 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue
oh. my. god.
you get 20 brownie points.

Doug?
Rockos Modern Life?
Double Dare?
All That?
Real Monsters?


I love real monsters, rocko moder life, and doug, I still watch the first two on the other nick owned station.

LittlePuppetBoy 12.08.2006 08:20 PM

1.Seven Samurai
2.Memories
3.Donnie Darko
4.12 Monkeys
5.Lord of the Rings Trilogy
6.Cowboy Bebop
7.Aliens
8.2001
9.Hidden Fortress
10.Saving Private Ryan

I'm too lazy to put another 10

cryptowonderdruginvogue 12.08.2006 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by luxinterior
All That was so funny back then. And Kenan & Kel, can't believe I forgot that. "Who loves orange soda?" I always loved that because orange soda was my favorite.


they were.... african-americans, right?

cryptowonderdruginvogue 12.08.2006 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by static-harmony
I love real monsters, rocko moder life, and doug, I still watch the first two on the other nick owned station.


THE N
hahahah

cryptowonderdruginvogue 12.08.2006 08:33 PM

that was a joke, by the way
so no one get all defensive
i knew that they were black

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 08:44 PM

30 of my favorites for different reasons.

2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Lolita (1962)
The Big Red One (1980)
Goodfellas (1990)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Funny Games (1997)
Rope (1948)
Star Wars (1978)
Shock Corridor (1963)
The Godfather (1972)
Pi (1998)
Halloween (1978)
Wise Blood (1979)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Tron (1982)
Stalker (1979)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Gummo (1997)
Europa (1991)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Duck Soup (1933)
Lonesome Cowboys (1969)

... and many many more.

luxinterior 12.08.2006 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue
THE N
hahahah


I love The N. Degrassi 4 Evah.

k-krack 12.08.2006 08:49 PM

Dammit, there's a few I forgot in my haste:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Reservoir Dogs
Annie Hall
High Fidelity
Being John Malkovich
And of course, Star Wars (Empire, in particular).

atari 2600 12.08.2006 08:49 PM

Empire is the best movie and the most entertaining, yes, but Star Wars is the best film, I suppose. I don't think Jedi (ROTJ) would make my top 100.

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh
The Big Red One (1980)


Oh man...it's a really good war movie that often gets overlooked, but the production values (from what I remember anyway) are abhorrent. It does have Mark Hamill though hehe.
I'd go for The Dirty Dozen or The Killers as a Lee Marvin movie, I think, but, then again, he is really good in The Big Red One. I suppose that, in the end analysis, you're picking it more for Fuller than Marvin.

Lee Marvin is my stepdad's favorite. He also loved Steve McQueen.

Stay far away from Marvin appearances in Cat Ballou and Paint Your Wagon though.

more personal trivia:
The only movie that, as a child, my stepfather ever forced me to sit down and watch is Sergeant York. It's a true story and it's pretty damn good.

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 08:57 PM

Johnson: Would you look at how fast they put the names of all our guys who got killed?
The Sergeant: That's a World War One memorial.
Johnson: But the names are the same.
The Sergeant: They always are.

I love the way Fuller always has a character in his movies named Griff.
One of my alltime favorite movies. It's in my top five.

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 09:01 PM

Have you seen Sam Fullers Verboten! atari?

atari 2600 12.08.2006 09:05 PM

No, I haven't. I remember seeing The Big Red One on some cable channel one afternoon years ago though and being glued to it.

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 09:08 PM

I laughed at how they hide in the cave and keep shooting germans that run in looking for cover from enemy fire. At a certain point there's literally a pile of them at the entrance of the cave. :D
Awesome!

atari 2600 12.08.2006 09:10 PM

Oh yeah, I remember that scene now.

The Big Red One really makes you care about the characters. Moreso than a lot of, or most, war movies. Full Metal Jacket and Combat! the TV series are about the only war dramas I can think of that also have such marvelous characterization. Saving Private Ryan and HBO's Band of Brothers were okay.
Apocalypse Now and Platoon had some sketches of characterization that are masterful, but both of those are more like allegories or morality plays really.

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 09:15 PM

The Steel Helmet has great characterization too.
Most of Fullers movies do.

I also enjoyed The Thin Red Line, Platoon and Hamburger Hill to a certain degree.

atari 2600 12.08.2006 09:17 PM

It's good for me to know that there is still some great stuff out there I haven't gotten to yet; thanks for the recommendations.

Tokolosh 12.08.2006 09:21 PM

Paths of Glory is a good courtroom drama.
Sublime role by Kirk Douglas.


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