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Flanger-Hanger wrote:I agree with jp about Miracle..., it would be hard to find a better Christmas movie.

Well, what about Die Hard?

Goliath wrote:

Flanger-Hanger wrote:I agree with jp about Miracle..., it would be hard to find a better Christmas movie.

Well, what about Die Hard?

I meant more in the traditional sense.

Flanger-Hanger wrote:I meant more in the traditional sense.

I was being serious. I wouldn't survive all the 'jolly' festivities if it wasn't for John McClane killing off fifteen terrorists whilst blowing up the entire place. A perfect antidote to all the chagarin sweetness if there ever was one.

Yeah, films like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns, Trading Places, and Gremlins aren’t really ‘traditional’ christmas movies, which is what I meant when I said Miracle on 34th Street was my favorite of the genre. In fact, they're "non-traditional" christmas movies, which is apparently a thing (I found this with a quick google search). So I guess that makes Die Hard my favorite 'non-traditional' christmas movie.

Goliath wrote:I was being serious. I wouldn't survive all the 'jolly' festivities if it wasn't for John McClane killing off fifteen terrorists whilst blowing up the entire place. A perfect antidote to all the chagarin sweetness if there ever was one.

Fair enough, but I still feel Miracle pulls off the "Christmas jolly" thing well, which isn't an easy thing to do. But Die Hard is good too.

My personal favorite Christmas move is Nightmare. It's the perfect movie for both Halloween and Christmas, IMO.

I finally saw Butch Cassidy a couple of weeks ago and... I didn't really like it at all. I didn't like the linear narrative and got very few laughs out of it. The Sting fared much better for me.

Anyway, I'm working on a list of films that I'm planning on watching, and in a year or so, I'd like to look over it and see if I have.

Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau)
Breathless
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
My Fair Lady
The Battle of Algiers
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Harold and Maude
Paper Moon
Enter the Dragon
Jesus Christ Superstar
Badlands
The Last Detail
Amarcord
The Conversation
The Man Who Would Be King
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs. Kramer
Being There
Ordinary People
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Fitzcarraldo
The King of Comedy
Scarface
The Breakfast Club
Tampopo
Coming to America
The Last Temptation of Christ
Kiki's Delivery Service
JFK
12 Monkeys
Boogie Nights
The Celebration
Rushmore
In the Mood for Love
Punch-Drunk Love
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Dead Man's Shoes
127 Hours

Plus:

Tarzan, the Ape Man
Rocco and His Brothers
Blow-Up
The Last Picture Show
Eraserhead
The Blues Brothers
The Color Purple
Peggy Sue Got Married
Matador
Law of Desire
Heavenly Cratures
Braveheart
Requiem for a Dream

I actually just finished one of the films I was going to put on my list (The Lives of Others, which I just couldn't get into), and I have two of the others that I've been planning to watch available for me to soon (I pulled out my mom's VHS copy of Rosemary's Baby and rented The 400 Blows from Netflix), so I didn't add them to the list.

Carsl. I've tried numerous times to watch it but then something else comes on that I find better. I even recorded it more than once but I always end up deleting it to save on memory. Cars and I were never meant to be

-Pulp Fiction
-The great Leboswky (sp?)


These seem to be great films that ought to be seen, an are praised by many. But I don't feel compelled at all to watch them. Pulp fiction looks like an orgy of violence, The Great Lebowsky sounds boring.

(now waiting for comment of fans who try to convince me I'm missing something great)

^ Don't watch The Big Lebowski. It's pretty much useless; I found it to have no entertainment value and wasn't funny at all. I know some people will tell you it's marvelous and must be seen, but I think it was a boring, humorless film that should be avoided (unless, you know, you want to waste two hours of your life).

BelleGirl wrote:(now waiting for comment of fans who try to convince me I'm missing something great)

Why try to convince you? If you like this scene, you'll like Pulp Fiction. Otherwise, just skip it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9Qm8mShik

TheSequelOfDisney wrote:^ Don't watch The Big Lebowski. It's pretty much useless; I found it to have no entertainment value and wasn't funny at all. I know some people will tell you it's marvelous and must be seen, but I think it was a boring, humorless film that should be avoided (unless, you know, you want to waste two hours of your life).

BelleGirl, you should definitely see The Big Lebowski (and Pulp Fiction too, although as Goliath said, if you don't like the 'Hamburgers' scene linked by him, then you probably won't like the rest of it).

Goliath wrote:

BelleGirl wrote:(now waiting for comment of fans who try to convince me I'm missing something great)

Why try to convince you? If you like this scene, you'll like Pulp Fiction. Otherwise, just skip it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9Qm8mShik

It loses something the second time around. For that matter, so does the whole movie, and Reservoir Dogs is the same way.

I have to disagree there. Tarantino's films only get better for me as I rewatch them.

Goliath wrote:

BelleGirl wrote:(now waiting for comment of fans who try to convince me I'm missing something great)

Why try to convince you? If you like this scene, you'll like Pulp Fiction. Otherwise, just skip it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9Qm8mShik

Well, watched a great part of it. Now definitely know this is not my type of movie! Great fun right, hahaha , we have a big laugh when the character played by Samuel Jackson shoots an umarmed man to pieces just because he's annoyed (I heard him shooting, only saw the last bit of it). As I expected: an orgy of violence and that's supposed to be amusing and funny.

But maybe fans can explain why they think it's such a great movie. As for me: it turns my stomac!

BelleGirl wrote:Well, watched a great part of it. Now definitely know this is not my type of movie! Great fun right, hahaha , we have a big laugh when the character played by Samuel Jackson shoots an umarmed man to pieces just because he's annoyed (I heard him shooting, only saw the last bit of it). As I expected: an orgy of violence and that's supposed to be amusing and funny.

But maybe fans can explain why they think it's such a great movie. As for me: it turns my stomac!

Er... you just explained it yourself: Sam Jackson, a bigger-than-life character in this movie, shoots a lowlife thief just because he annoys him! Didn't you hear the dialogue?!



It's just masterfully build: the tension is heightened with each and every second. They don't just storm in and kill them off, no, they let them sweat for five minutes before taking their revenge --and they do it all in style. But you have to watch it till the end to enjoy the cleverness of it all.

Oh, and here's another great sequence you're gonna love:

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"When you came pulling in here, did you notice a sign on the front of my house that said 'dead nigger storage'?"
- "No, I didn't."
"You know why you didn't see that sign?"
- "Why?"
"Because it ain't there! Because storing dead niggers ain't my fucking business, that's why!"

Yes right... brutal killing is fun and entertaining as long as you build up to it with a clever dialogue and the victim is a petty thief. Anyway, I saw the scene out of context of the story, knew nothing about the hamburger-eating guy. But did see an agressive guy who enjoyed a killing.

Still not my cup of tea -I've seen plenty of violent movies like Braveheart or Missisippy Burning and even appriciated Fargo. But to me, this is just violence for the sake of violence. I don't enjoy it, however 'clever' or 'witty' it may be.

BelleGirl wrote:Yes right... brutal killing is fun and entertaining as long as you build up to it with a clever dialogue and the victim is a petty thief.

I thought you'd never get it!

disneyboy20022 wrote:Monty Python

Gone with the Wind

Casablanca

Citizen Kane

Purple Rain

National Lampoon - any of the movies

Stripes

Friday the 13th

Nightmare on Elm Street

Juno

Splash

Saving Private Ryan

Footloose (the original - and i haven't seen the remake....) -

Arthur (didn't see the remake nor did I see the original)

The Patriot

300

Gladiator

Blade ( including the sequels I didn't see)

Howard the Duck

Top Gun

all of the Fast and the Furious Movies

all of the Die Hard Movies

The 3 Bourne Movies

Any of the James Bond movies - I've seen trailers but that's about it

Indiana Jones 1 through 3 (I think I watched the first one before, but my minds a bit foggy on it. I'll buy the quadrilogy when it hits Blu ray and will watch it then.

The Sound of Music

The King and I (live action)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

any movies containing Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs etc)

The Last Exorcism ( any of them)

My Neighbor Totoro

Black Swan

the 3 Swan Princess movies (animated)

Hurt Locker

Marley and Me

Star Trek (I have only seen the JJ Abrams one)

Planet of the Apes (though I did see that one from 2001)

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd

Moulin Rouge

The Shining

Dirty Dancing

Inception

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Any of the Rocky Movies with Sylvester Stallone

Any of the Rambo Movies



and i'm sure there are more that I can't think of at the moment

UPDATE These I still have not seen unless otherwise noted


Gone with the Wind

Kindergarten Cop - I saw it, and it was pretty good

Casablanca

Citizen Kane

Purple Rain

National Lampoon - any of the movies

Stripes

Friday the 13th

Nightmare on Elm Street

Juno

Splash

Saving Private Ryan

Footloose (the original - and i haven't seen the remake....) - I'll probably see it sooner than later, given she loves the original and thinks the remake is stupid, though we have free tickets to see the new one....?

Arthur (didn't see the remake nor did I see the original)

The Patriot

300

Gladiator

Blade ( including the sequels I didn't see)

Howard the Duck

Top Gun - I'll watch it, as long as my dad doesn't crank the stereo so loud it makes my autism mind scream at the sound of the jets.....

all of the Fast and the Furious Movies - I am planning to buy all 5 in the new year to watch them

all of the Die Hard Movies - I plan on seeing these in the new year

The 3 Bourne Movies - on my list for 2012

Any of the James Bond movies - I've seen trailers but that's about it

Indiana Jones 1 through 3 (I think I watched the first one before, but my minds a bit foggy on it. I'll buy the quadrilogy when it hits Blu ray and will watch it then.

The Sound of Music

The King and I (live action)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

any movies containing Hannibal Lector (Silence of the Lambs etc) - no no no no no no no no and hell no

The Last Exorcism ( any of them) no thank you

My Neighbor Totoro - I hope so. On my plan for 2012 to buy it

Black Swan - not yet, not sure

the 3 Swan Princess movies (animated) - I think it's on netflix streaming, and i'll watch it then

Hurt Locker

Marley and Me - we just put my dog to sleep, I've heard the ending, kinda avoiding that for right now

Star Trek (I have only seen the JJ Abrams one) only the sequel to the JJ Abrams one that I plan on

Planet of the Apes (though I did see that one from 2001) I saw the original Planet of the Apes. It was pretty good

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow - on my to do list of 2012

Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd - bucket list

Moulin Rouge -- bucketlist

The Shining - probably not

Dirty Dancing - fiance might convince me

Inception - I have it taped on dvr. I will watch it soon

Rocky Horror Picture Show - probably not

Any of the Rocky Movies with Sylvester Stallone - On my to do list

Any of the Rambo Movies - eh, maybe


The Rocketeer - I own it too, it's on my to do list

Howl's Moving Castle - I just got recently for $1 - have not watched it yet

Ponyo - Just got it recently, have not watched it yet

Any of the Studio Ghibli Films except for Spirited away, I want to own the others next year though and watch them. I think I did watch Kiki's Delivery Service, but that was about 12 years ago.

Bambi II - I've had the dvd since I bought it when it was first released, never have got to watching it, and now i Have the blu ray....

Any of the Mission Impossible movies (I just recently bought them, it's on my to do list

The Dark Crystal - On my to do list

Ben Hur

Patton





I'll update more later

Goliath wrote:

BelleGirl wrote:Yes right... brutal killing is fun and entertaining as long as you build up to it with a clever dialogue and the victim is a petty thief.

I thought you'd never get it!

I 'get' it alright. It just isn't my taste. Not everybody has to like mr. Tarantino's style.