Top 10 Movies

Bloo · Gender: Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 3131 Location: vertigo

Here's my number 10.

10 - The One - Jet Li kicks ass! Especially his own! Which, in this movie, he really does!

And if I could choose more...

11 - Rush Hour II - Jacki Chan and Chris Tucker! Woo!
12 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - You got to love the giant bunny.
13 - Predator 2 - Hmm...
14 - Spider-Man2 - With Great Power... Comes a Great Ass-whoopin ability!
15 - Around the World in 80 Days - Again, man. Jacki Chan.
16 - National Treasure - F*cking brilliant! And no hostile swearing! Which, in some cases, is a bad thing...
17 - I, Robot - Will Smith, plus the future, plus some kick ass robot named Sonny is sure to get on my list! (I don't know if I spelled the robot's name right.)
18 - Ghost in the Shell - I just like it. What??
19 - Spirited Away - Again, I just like it.
20 - Alien 3 - I love it! I can't believe it's so underrated!

Zephon · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject:

1. Alien and Aliens (both are tops)
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Apocalypse Now
4. MP Holy Grail
5. Excalibur
6. Boxing Helena
7. Super Troopers
8. Starship Troopers
9. Clerks
10. The Last Starfighter

I left out my personal hell movie, Blackhawk Down, only because it probably only ranks with those of us that were there.

Complex_Number_States · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject:

Aramor · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

I agree with you on the military suckiness part. I mean, how long have they lived at peace, but knew about the Bugs? Why did they not develop better weapons? A simple Minigun would probably be better against those things than those fully automatic Moritas... I mean, it took them several seconds with a group of soldiers to take down an Arachnid... just take something like a tank with you... it would've been better for the economy to send them in with butterknifes...
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Simon_Says · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

Aramor · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that's exactly why I like so many movies... sheer entertainment...
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Complex_Number_States · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:38 am Post subject:

You are just funning me, right pandaman? I mean, you aren't seriously lecturing me, are you?

The thing is, the people who went to see Starship Troopers, the geek brigade who was waiting outside the theater to see the first show on the opening day, weren't looking for light entertainment. They were looking for a movie made from a Heinlein novel. And they were, as a group, seriously disappointed with the weak shadow they found in its place.

People who were looking for light entertainment might have been the target audience some dim-witted studio executive (yes, redundant, I know) thought he was shooting for. That would explain why the movie was such a flop.

Instead of making a movie Heinlein lovers wanted to watch, they made a movie almost no one wanted to watch.

Apologies to Zephon.

Doogie der SS Officer didn't help matters any.

Wait, leetle teensy light bulb goes off.

Maybe the only people who liked it were members of the military. And maybe they all did. I seem to recall some retired general giving it a very good review.

Hmm.
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Zephon · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

i think what truly drew me into this movie was the absolutely horrific military. from the very first guy at the processing center who had no arms or legs and was so proud to be infantry to the boot camp DI who throws knives through your hands to the very idea of a nuke-headed rpg. it was such a parody of the regular military that i loved it. i don't know that the movie makers were going for that particular thing, but that's how i took it.

then there is the underlying theme that humans take their superiority over any other form of life for granted. once again, mankind dismisses a race based on the idea that they are "stupid" and about has its ass handed to him. social commentary at it's finest.

or maybe the movie really was just a violence/gore/hackfest with no redeeming qualities that i projected some onto. if that is the case, it was kinda brain-numbingly dull.

Aramor · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

Zephon · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:12 am Post subject:

sarcastic or not, it was still pretty damned silly and also makes you wonder exactly who was it that took his arms and legs? apparently it was the training that made him into the man he ended up being. because we always train with live rounds. well, we do sometimes, but only in heavily restricted environs.
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Aramor · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

I think a previous encounter with an Arachnid got him like that. Just like Rasczak... Ratcheck... the teacher with the missing arm dude...
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zombieopanic · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:47 am Post subject:

Bloo · Gender: Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 3131 Location: vertigo

No, the just end up that way.

Predator. · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:38 am Post subject:

Hmm, i don't know about top 10, but my top 5

1. War of the Worlds
2. Don't Say A Word
3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
4. Alien Vs Predator
5. Speed
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Bloo · Gender: Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 3131 Location: vertigo

You mean to tell me that AVP is your number 4?

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