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Steve46 · 04-10-2012, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

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Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

Own 58/100

Seen 75/100

Al_The_Strange · 04-10-2012, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

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Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

Seen 86/100 (and I haven't seen 14/100)
Own 79/100
Dislike 2/100

Yep, I dig your list.

Foggy · 04-10-2012, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Seen 86/100 (and I haven't seen 14/100)
Own 79/100
Dislike 2/100

Yep, I dig your list.

You should get The Room watched, it's your type of film

surfdude12 · 04-10-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

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Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

sick list!

I've seen 64/100 (bolded in spoiler)

The Artist and Total Recall were genius picks. I need to revise my list

Liked all except District 9. I enjoyed, but not crazy about, Children of Men (

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) and Reservoir Dogs (

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surfdude12 · 04-10-2012, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

Bolded the ones I own 59/100.

Seen 78/100.

did you see Last Year at Marienbad? Interested to hear your thoughts on that. Seems up your alley?

surfdude12 · 04-10-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jvince

I've seen 60 out of your 100, and I love 25 of them, especially Mulholland Dr., Last Year at Marienbad, Memento, Baraka, The Shining, Pan's Labyrinth, Big Fish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Silence of the Lambs, Coraline, The Empire Strikes Back, and 127 Hours. Those films are just absolutely

works, imo. The only ones I really dislike are The New World and of course, The Lives of Others. Awesome list though, Surf.

Thanks. Actually, I think many of them I saw as a result of all the polls you did, so thanks!

Yeah, The New World is definietly a polarizing one. As we all know, Malick employs this whispering narrative voiceover to evoke emotion in the viewer. Its SO BLACK OR WHITE - either you LOVE IT or LOATHE IT. There is literally no in between with it

Steve46 · 04-10-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

did you see Last Year at Marienbad? Interested to hear your thoughts on that. Seems up your alley?

I bought it, watched it, hated it, traded it in.

I didn't like Hiroshima Mon Amour either.

I guess Resnais isn't for me?

surfdude12 · 04-10-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

I bought it, watched it, hated it, traded it in.

I didn't like Hiroshima Mon Amour either.

I guess Resnais isn't for me?

haha, too funny. what do you think of Malick films generally?

Steve46 · 04-10-2012, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

haha, too funny. what do you think of Malick films generally?

I own The Tree of Life and enjoyed it. Haven't seen the rest.

Foggy · 04-10-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

sick list!

I've seen 64/100 (bolded in spoiler)

The Artist and Total Recall were genius picks. I need to revise my list

Liked all except District 9. I enjoyed, but not crazy about, Children of Men (

[Show spoiler]

) and Reservoir Dogs (

[Show spoiler]

)

I think with Children of Men,

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Also, with Reservoir Dogs, I like it more for the characters and dialogue over the storyline, the film keeps very minimalistic and is carried by the actors and the humour they generate through their characters, over the situations they're placed in. Plus I can't not give a place for my favorite film

Foggy · 04-10-2012, 06:48 PM

With slight mention of Britian...

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

It's been too long since we had a good Aardman animation (that Christmas one was a lie!

)

The Pirates, is of course filled to the brim with sly British wit and charm (it starts off with two jokes that will go straight over the heads of American audiences) but it also features various odd science jokes, pirate jokes, some strange forth wall breaking jokes, a dib and a dab of slapstick and pop culture and it probably hits 90-95% of the time

Although it never had me in complete hysterics, but I smiled thoroughly throughout it all

The characters are also quirky and over the top as you'd come to expect, with none of them actually having names, the main characters, is simply called Pirate Captain, and most the supporting characters are referred to as "The Pirate who like sunsets and kittens" and "The Pirate who is strangely curvaceous". The voice actors also portraying the characters also fantastic, I didn't recognise Hugh Grant as the Pirate Captain, nor did I realise David Tennant played Charles Darwin (I did however, notice Brian Blessed was playing Pirate King, but you can never not tell when Brian Blessed is in the room

)

I like the art style, the trademark stop motion animation, along with some charming 2D animation, the occasional CG effects where essential to the film, but a tad distracting.

My only two problems I have with the film is the fact that it blatantly steals a song from Flight of the Concords (and doesn't even seem to realise it

) and the ending starts to run out of fuel and runs off fumes till the fact where it just feels like it cuts off, it's not an anti-climax, but it just felt like it needed another minute to wrap up completely. Also, the ending doesn't feel so dissimilar to another Aardman animated film (You'd understand if you saw it

)

With Chicken Run in mind, it isn't as good as that film, Chicken Run is more mature in it's ideas and delivery, while this just feels suitable to any audience with a little bit of pandering. Nevertheless, The Pirates is just plain great fun, it's better than the Wallace and Gromit film and Flushed Away at the very least, it's just one hell of a charming film

8.5/10

Al_The_Strange · 04-10-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

You should get The Room watched, it's your type of film

The Room - The Flower Shop Scene - YouTube

Wow, that dialogue is, like, poetry, man.

SquidPuppet · 04-10-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by surfdude12

"didn't like" might be too strong. just "not top 100 worthy". I gave American Beauty 3.5/5 stars. Here is an exchange I had with Higgy:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=9901

As far as Love Actually, I guess it was ok, but to be honest I think I'm biased because it was my ex's favorite film and admitting it was good is too hard for my ego

Honestly, if I watched it tonight, I might give it 3.5 or 4 stars.

Gotcha. Fair enough.

SquidPuppet · 04-10-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jvince

Lol, NSE? I'm very SE.

It's overrated and manipulative. I can't care for stupid characters.

Heartless bastard.

SquidPuppet · 04-10-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

my thoughts on each one, above...

A lot of your NSI's are MSIs.

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wh... how.... WTF!

how in the hell did you not LOVE Fantastic Mr. Fox?! i mean, i know you're old and senile (

), but still, you seem to still be pretty "with it". and the humor seems right up your alley. what gives?!?!

I plan to watch that again someday. It felt too dry and deliberate in its effort to be clever. I think it MAY have been my mood that day, so I told myslef to give it another shot someday.

SquidPuppet · 04-10-2012, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve46

I bought it, watched it, hated it, traded it in.

I didn't like Hiroshima Mon Amour either.

I guess Resnais isn't for me?

I hated both as well. Not because my personal taste didnt allow me to enjoy them, but because they are objectively confirmed trash. Right down there with Breathless.

SquidPuppet · 04-10-2012, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Wow, that dialogue is, like, poetry, man.

Haa haaaaaa haaaaaaa

Romulus · 04-10-2012, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

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Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

63/100 for me.

Some painful reminders of classics that I've never gotten around to seeing...

jvince · 04-11-2012, 01:21 AM

Since everyone's posting their top 100 list, I thought I'd share mine as well. In alphabetical order:

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Steve46 · 04-11-2012, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jvince

Since everyone's posting their top 100 list, I thought I'd share mine as well. In alphabetical order:

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12 Angry Men (1957)

50/50 (2011)

127 Hours (2010)

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

A Bittersweet Life (2005)

A Bug's Life (1998)

A Moment to Remember (2004)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Almost Famous (2000)

Annie Hall (1977)

Baraka (1992)

Battle Royale (2000)

Before Sunrise (1995)

Before Sunset (2004)

Big Fish (2003)

Black Christmas (1974)

Blue Valentine (2010)

Children of Men (2006)

City of Life and Death (2009)

Confessions (2010)

Coraline (2009)

Cure (1997)

Dead Alive (1992)

Departures (2008)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Drive (2011)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Election (1999)

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Fantasia (1940)

Flipped (2010)

Ghost World (2001)

Heat (1995)

Hero (2002)

I Saw the Devil (2010)

Inception (2010)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Kick-Ass (2010)

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

Léon: The Professional (1994)

Let The Right One In (2008)

Linda Linda Linda (2005)

Lost in Translation (2003)

Love Exposure (2008)

Melancholia (2011)

Memento (2000)

Memories of Murder (2003)

Minority Report (2002)

Mon Oncle d'Amérique (1980)

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

My Sassy Girl (2001)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Pleasantville (1998)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Rear Window (1954)

[REC] (2007)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Rushmore (1998)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Scream (1996)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Stand By Me (1986)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Super 8 (2011)

Swing Girls (2004)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Double Life of Veronique (1991)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Fall (2006)

The Graduate (1967)

The Incredibles (2004)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

The Little Mermaid (1989)

The Mist (2007)

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

The School of Rock (2003)

The Shining (1980)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Thing (1982)

The Truman Show (1998)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Toy Story (1995)

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Trick 'r Treat (2007)

Up (2009)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

WALL•E (2008)

Watership Down (1978)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Own 48/100

Seen 61/100

I need to own The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic and I would love to see Election.

04-10-2012, 06:48 PM	#27651
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:30 Blu-ray collection:3609 DVD collection:47	With slight mention of Britian... The Pirates! Band of Misfits It's been too long since we had a good Aardman animation (that Christmas one was a lie!) The Pirates, is of course filled to the brim with sly British wit and charm (it starts off with two jokes that will go straight over the heads of American audiences) but it also features various odd science jokes, pirate jokes, some strange forth wall breaking jokes, a dib and a dab of slapstick and pop culture and it probably hits 90-95% of the time Although it never had me in complete hysterics, but I smiled thoroughly throughout it all The characters are also quirky and over the top as you'd come to expect, with none of them actually having names, the main characters, is simply called Pirate Captain, and most the supporting characters are referred to as "The Pirate who like sunsets and kittens" and "The Pirate who is strangely curvaceous". The voice actors also portraying the characters also fantastic, I didn't recognise Hugh Grant as the Pirate Captain, nor did I realise David Tennant played Charles Darwin (I did however, notice Brian Blessed was playing Pirate King, but you can never not tell when Brian Blessed is in the room) I like the art style, the trademark stop motion animation, along with some charming 2D animation, the occasional CG effects where essential to the film, but a tad distracting. My only two problems I have with the film is the fact that it blatantly steals a song from Flight of the Concords (and doesn't even seem to realise it) and the ending starts to run out of fuel and runs off fumes till the fact where it just feels like it cuts off, it's not an anti-climax, but it just felt like it needed another minute to wrap up completely. Also, the ending doesn't feel so dissimilar to another Aardman animated film (You'd understand if you saw it) With Chicken Run in mind, it isn't as good as that film, Chicken Run is more mature in it's ideas and delivery, while this just feels suitable to any audience with a little bit of pandering. Nevertheless, The Pirates is just plain great fun, it's better than the Wallace and Gromit film and Flushed Away at the very least, it's just one hell of a charming film 8.5/10

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04-11-2012, 01:21 AM	#27659
jvince Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:239 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:15	Since everyone's posting their top 100 list, I thought I'd share mine as well. In alphabetical order: [Show spoiler]

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