[atari 2600]

Uncle Junior is watching Paths of Glory in the season premiere of the last season of The Sopranos. He's in a delusional state and Tony asks him get up to eat and then Uncle Junior goes upstairs and gets a gun and comes down and shoots him because in his dementia he thinks Tony is someone from his past.

The premiere for season 6, "Members Only," also utilizes William S. Burroughs' & Bill Laswell's "Seven Souls" for the opening and closing music.

[ALIEN ANAL]

oh geez how did i forget Children Of Men, thats deff up there with my top 10

[LifeDistortion]

"Stand By Me"
"Ghost World"
"Ed Wood"
"2001: A Space Oddessy"
"The Princess and the Warrior"
"House of Flying Daggers"
"Harold and Maude"
"The Wild Bunch"
"Igby Goes Down"
"Frenzy"
"Time and Tide"
"Trainspotting"
"Welcome to the Dollhouse"
"The Virgin Suicides"
"The Killing"
"Resivior Dogs"
"City of Lost Children"
"A Christmas Story"
"Amadaus"
"Full-Time Killer"

[k-krack]

Damn, and one last addition... Natural Born Killers

[touch me i'm sick]

amadeus was awesomeb

[atari 2600]

Life Distortion...as always...quality.

Hey, I think that's the first Ed Wood/Burton mention. It certainly tops any Tennenbaum-y Life Aquatic-y goof. Ditto for just about any John Hughes movie.

I had Amadeus at number 20 and it got bumped. So did The Last Emperor.

You spoiled my next taunt hehe.

My other honorable mentions were Full Metal Jacket and Midnight Cowboy that were in the top 20 until they were cut.

Oh How
I do love Repo Man though...make that any Alex Cox film...(on the subject of The Last Emperor and Alex Cox, watch the Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) documentary.
and How
I love The Big Lebowski...make that any Cohen Bros. film.

[porkmarras]

Wow!This is like those real 'end of the year' polls.You know,the ones that matter.

[davenotdead]

john waters stuff is such shit...can't say i wasn't expecting it though...and how can this thread be this long without one mention of Alice in Wonderland? also, City of God was not mentioned enough, it is really an amazing experience...and the Passion of the Christ...A History of Violence...and Gangs of New York (Daniel Day-Lewis! Come on People!)...ok...now i feel better...also, I saw Miyazaki and Spirited Away mentioned, but I think Princess Mononoke is his best, though i love spirited away and his other stuff as well, but PM stands head and shoulders above the rest to me....

[ALIEN ANAL]

has anyone here seen the wizard of oz 2, i really think its a great film and recommend it. Realy different from the stupid musical first one.

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by davenotdead

john waters stuff is such shit...can't say i wasn't expecting it though...and how can this thread be this long without one mention of Alice in Wonderland? also, City of God was not mentioned enough, it is really an amazing experience...and the Passion of the Christ...A History of Violence...and Gangs of New York (Daniel Day-Lewis! Come on People!)...ok...now i feel better...also, I saw Miyazaki and Spirited Away mentioned, but I think Princess Mononoke is his best, though i love spirited away and his other stuff as well, but PM stands head and shoulders above the rest to me....

I think the only Disney animated feature that's in my top 100 is Bambi.
While Alice in Wonderland has more thrills and spills, Bambi is a true delight for the ages. The animation, storytelling, editing, soundtrack, voicings and (animated) cinematography are bar-none.

City of God is fucking intense.

The Passion of the Christ is a quivering pile of poo next to Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ adaptation from the very great Nikos Kazanstakis novel. And it's even better than Gangs of New York, although, as you alluded, Daniel Day-Lewis is extremely underrated.

A History of Violence (& Cronenberg, in general, is overrated...not bad, but overrated...sort of like Brian De Palma).

I think Spirited Away is best. That movie really gets into your head. I rented it with McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Bloody Sunday (all good) and remember coming away from it in a good way.

Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, "Bourne" movies) is an amazing talent.
United 93 is maybe the best film of 2006.
The Departed is number two.
Three...perhaps Half Nelson.

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by ALIEN ANAL

has anyone here seen the wizard of oz 2, i really think its a great film and recommend it. Realy different from the stupid musical first one.

Dude, I'm stoked...and I gotta tell you...I've been meanin to tell you that I just like saw this movie ---
it's Chocolate Star Wars*...you gotta like totally see it, man.

(*Homer's video request)

On a side-note and hate me if you will (no one here will hehe), because these are good movies, but The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, It Happened One Night, The African Queen and Gone With the Wind do not crack my top 100.


TV on the Radio plays Conan after the break...
Conan's got this wacky www.hornymanatee.com thing goin' down. He mentioned the url address as a one-off improvisational joke and since there was no such site, FCC rules made the show buy the domain name they mentioned on-air.

[atari 2600]

As for a short list of other noteworthy B&W movies:
(the ones I mentioned in the top 20 obviously: Psycho, Dr. Stangelove (full title withheld ...hell, I'm writing just as much anyway...I should really stop typing) Raging Bull & Young Frankenstein)
...clumsy
>transition...
On the Waterfront, In Cold Blood, Cape Fear, The Night of the Hunter, The Seventh Seal, High Noon, The Incident, Targets, Touch of Evil, Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, To Kill a Mockingbird, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, the original King Kong, all the Hitchcocks, Chaplins...all that is fantastic.
why a period?

[Norma J]

Back to the Future
Indiana Jones
Karate Kid
Chopper
Young Einstein
Blow
Fight Club
Star Wars
Dig (doco)
Dog Town VS Z Boys (doco)
Jackie Brown
Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Big Fish
Mallrats
Air Heads
Wonderland
The Castle
Two Hands
Taxi Driver
Good Will Hunting
He Died With a Felafel in His Hand
Point Break
Ned Kelly

[atari 2600]

No one has listed Rebel Without A Cause yet.
A valid argument could be made that approximately haha eight of your picks may be better than Rebel Without A Cause. It leaves the other twelve picks in the dust, however.

Please excuse me, haha.

[UVRAY]

You've just about included all my own favorites there, Cryptowonder. Such stellar taste in films, if I may say.


I would add Betty Blue and Barfly.

I also recently watched Matt Dillon's performance as Henry Chinaski in Factotum. I didn't like the film first time but after watching it again I do. I don't think it's as good as Mickey Rourke in Barfly but it's an accurate portrayal of Bukowski's character.

[luxinterior]

At one point I was way into Rebel Without A Cause. You know, I am kind of in the mood to watch it now, hahaha. But I started to think that Giant and East of Eden are probably better. Love all three though.

And yeah, I definitely forgot On The Waterfront. Don't know how that happened.

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by UVRAY

You've just about included all my own favorites there, Cryptowonder. Such stellar taste in films, if I may say.
.

It's a crock-of-shit.

Originally Posted by UVRAY

I would add Betty Blue and Barfly.

I also recently watched Matt Dillon's performance as Henry Chinaski in Factotum. I didn't like the film first time but after watching it again I do. I don't think it's as good as Mickey Rourke in Barfly but it's an accurate portrayal of Bukowski's character.

I agree and will go as far as to say it's not nearly as good. Plus, no Faye Dunaway. I generally like Matt Dillon though.

[davenotdead]

Originally Posted by atari 2600

I think the only Disney animated feature that's in my top 100 is Bambi.
While Alice in Wonderland has more thrills and spills, Bambi is a true delight for the ages. The animation, storytelling, editing, soundtrack, voicings and (animated) cinematography are bar-none.

City of God is fucking intense.

The Passion of the Christ is a quivering pile of poo next to Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ adaptation from the very great Nikos Kazanstakis novel. And it's even better than Gangs of New York, although, as you alluded, Daniel Day-Lewis is extremely underrated.

A History of Violence (& Cronenberg, in general, is overrated...not bad, but overrated...sort of like Brian De Palma).

I think Spirited Away is best. That movie really gets into your head. I rented it with McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and Bloody Sunday (all good) and remember coming away from it in a good way.

Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, "Bourne" movies) is an amazing talent.
United 93 is maybe the best film of 2006.
The Departed is number two.
Three...perhaps Half Nelson.

well, im really not a bambi person...give me alice, sword in the stone, and jungle book...jungle book has without a doubt the best music, its rad....and even the black cauldron when you're feeling dark, or the 3 caballeros when in a party mood...actually, the 3 caballeros gives JB a run for its money for best music....old-school disney ruled so much...michael eisner is going to hell.

perhaps i do need to watch Gangs of new york again, as really it could have been a much better movie...i was just so dazzled with DDL...really, it was my first DDL experience, and he just had everyone else by the balls for the whole movie, even scorcese...i just loved the atmosphere and DDL i suppose, as im really not a big fan of dicaprio or cameron diaz...

i dont care what you say, the passion is amazing, and please dont even try to lump it in with that 'Last temptation" shite....

I agree with you that De Palma and Cronenberg are over-rated, and that may be a reason why I love AHOV so much....I was expecting to label it as 'more Cronenberg drivel', but instead I felt like someone right-hooked me on the jaw...the pacing is brilliant....the violence is quick, brutal, and not hollywood-glorifying at all...there is remorse...its so real...i am just so impressed with this movie.

[atari 2600]

The Jungle Book is a fun movie.
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It (A History of Violence) beats the hell out of Crash and some of the other big movies that year. Wait...it was last year haha. Mortensen is good. Ed Harris is good at what he does. As storied as Cronenberg is, A History of Violence is probably his best.
Of course, it could never have the shocking impact of Videodrome or some of his other movies, but that was another time.

[cryptowonderdruginvogue]

m kjizzin all over myu pantrs