- This topic is empty.
- Posts
Dylan, I’m 18, and love every single one of those movies on your list.
Chris (the space man),
That’s wonderful to hear! Everytime I hear there’s another teen out there that loves Fellini, Bergman, and the rest of those guys really makes me joyous. Especially that you love every single film on my list (even Obsession, Seconds, In Cold Blood, and The Last Picture Show? very few teens seem to have seen those). For the record, I adore Fargo as well, probably my favorite Coen film (though The Man Who Wasn’t There comes painfully close, if not tied). Fargo has a wonderful score as well.
Knight,
I agree, “Big Fish” is Burton’s best film. I guess it just seems that most people really didn’t like it or weren’t that impressed, at least many that I’ve come in contact with online. But it really captured the way I often look at life when I daydream during the day or when I’m listening to my music trying to conceive ideas for scripts/treatments. Just some immensely gorgeous images and scenes, the characters are wonderful, Elfman’s score is bliss, and it has a circus. Not much more I could ask for, except that I look forward to my next viewing of “Big Fish,” which should be rather soon.
Dylan
1. Spider-Man (possibly soon to be replaced by 2) (Sam Raimi)
2. Armageddon (Michael Bay)
3. Mallrats (Kevin Smith)
4. X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer)
5. Dogma (Kevin Smith)
6. Big Fish (Tim Burton)
7. The Patriot (Roland Emmerich)
8. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant)
9. Jersey Girl (Kevin Smith)
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski)Am I a sucker for big-budget action films or what?!?! Seriously, they’re the coolest movies.
You know, I have to say that Armageddon was way underrated. That film really got to me, and I (my opinion here people) thought that Rabin’s score was really cool. I was totally hooked on Spider-man from the main titles forward (Danny’s SICK ostinatio and chord progression right at the beginning made me shiver), so I hear you on that. Smith’s films are funnier than hell (though I don’t know about Jersey Girl, not a big fan of Affleck), and I still want to hear why Silvestri got canned on his score for Pirates.
Knight (No more long replies, I promise)
Did anyone here find Spider-Man a little bit … uh … dumb? Not a bad movie, just got “silly” in places where it shouldn’t have been.
I’m going to get shreaded to pieces now.
Dumb?! Before you do get shredded to pieces, I’m just curious as to what parts you’re referring to, ’cause I’m not sure what you mean…
Spiderman’s super-detailed suite, for example, was never explained, and the green-goblin had a horrible costume. It reminded me of something from the power rangers, and every time I looked at it, I could never take the scene seriously.
Like I wrote, not a bad movie. It just has it’s flaws that keeps it from being an outstanding movie, in my opinion. And the score just SUCKED!! Just kidding.
I see what you’re saying. I kind of agree about the Goblin costume. It is slightly funny-looking! I liked the Spidey costume, though. Maybe they’ll explain a little about it in the 2nd movie. Other than that, though, I myself have no complaints.
“And the score just SUCKED!! Just kidding.” Yeah. You’d better be.
Alan Silvestri was aboard “Pirates”?!?! I liked Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer, and the other composers’ score for it (see the DVD commentary). Geez, his score for Mission: Impossible was canned as well (but well-replaced). I love Silvestri’s work. “The Mummy Returns” music was beautiful and I loved the Lilo and Stitch score. Anyone seen Van Helsing/heard the score? REALLY COOL!
As for Armageddon, one of my favorite scores. As if the movie makes me teary-eyes enough, the score alone can make me cry. I’m pissed that there’s no track for the asteroid explosion at the end! It’s such good music!
Finally, for Spider-Man, diss it and I will be VERY ANGRY!!! Look at my user name for goodness sakes. It’s my favorite movie. The costumes were really cool. For the record, I loved the Power Rangers as a small child! Anywaty, Spider-Man 2 will most likely be even better, so I might pass out at the end when I see the midnight show.
nerd.
I don’t know if this counts as a movie or not, but my all-time favorite DVD is “Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill.”
The film I most wish I could have seen in the theater: “La Dolce Vita.”
-E
Eddie Izzard rules.
I’m surprised that a couple of people have mentioned Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. I’ve never been able to find the movie version of that around here, but it’s always been one of my favorite plays (probably second, just after Cyrano de Bergerac–another great play I’ve never seen a film version of, though the one that’s supposed to be the best was just re-released on DVD this week so I’ll have to pick it up).
My favorite films:
1 – October Sky
2 – Chocolat
3 – We The Living
4 – Spider-Man
5 – X2
6 – Dr. Strangelove
7 – LOTR
8 – L.A. Confidential
9 – Bend It Like Beckham
10 – Kenneth Branagh’s HamletHonorable mention: Joe vs. the Volcano
Also, I just saw the documentary Power Trip this week and was pretty impressed by that. There were a few flaws, but overall it was a great film (especially for a documentary).
10 –Hey Erika, I Iove that standup routine and I even made a CD copy of it for my own personal use from the HBO showing. I’ve thought about getting the DVD and wondered if the commentary on it was any good (I think it is odd to have a commentary for a standup routine). Any other goodies on it that would make it worth purchasing?
Another favorite movie of mine would have to be the documentary “American Movie”!
Hopefully I’ll get around to naming my Top 10, but not now, I’m busy.
Nat
Eddie Izzard Rulz!
1. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
2. All About Eve (Joseph L. Makiewicz, 1950)
3. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
4. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
5. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
6. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
7. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
9. Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980)
10. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
11. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952)
12. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
13. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)
14. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
15. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
16. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
18. Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
19. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
20. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
21. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
22. The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)
23. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
24. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)There’s my top twenty-five. It’s constantly changing, but mostly just swapping positions.
– Brendan
my favorite movies of all time are
. Edwars scissorhands
. Big fish
. the nightmare before christmas
. spiderman
. chocolat
. bend it like bekhamyeah.. thats basicly it .. i just started getting into elfman. So if there is any other songs that you could introduce me to.. please do so. he is awsome
-stephanie
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.