My top 78 Sci-fi and fantasy flicks.
POSTED BY: DarthJohn
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 19:20
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You've also listed The Crow twice at #12 and #31. Good movie definitely, one of my favorites.
You've only listed one of the Back to the Future movies...did you not like the 2nd or 3rd installments? Personally, the 2nd one was not my favorite at all...but I loved the 3rd one.
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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Lots of good movies there.
But personally i would rank Darkcity much higher. Its one of my favorite movies. Its a shame it didnt do better. I guess a lot of good movies have had this kind of fate.
Equilibrium comes into my mind.
Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing
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Originally posted by Psolaris:
You've also listed The Crow twice at #12 and #31. Good movie definitely, one of my favorites.
You've only listed one of the Back to the Future movies...did you not like the 2nd or 3rd installments? Personally, the 2nd one was not my favorite at all...but I loved the 3rd one.
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
Well i liked the sequels to "Back to the Future" but i loved the first one! I don't have the Crow twice, i just edited the other "Crow" out with "Predator" which was a high school fave of mine.
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Wow, you like all the flicks I like, but why not Firestarter or Logan's Run?
Nitpickin' Chrisisall
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Firestarter was good but not great, so was "Logan's Run" so what movies on my list do you like?
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Serenity is a bit low on your list for my tastes. I can see why the original Star Wars is higher, but "Revenge of the Sith"?
It was good the first time, but come on, Serenity is much funnier, more original, has better acting, and doesn't have an overabundance of using visual effects.
I would personally place Serenity at #1, closely followed by the Star Wars Trilogy (not the new ones) at #2.
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Quote:I OWN like 90% of them!
Originally posted by DarthJohn:
so what movies on my list do you like?
But Serenity is the #1 along side with Blade Runner.
And sorry, but ROTS wadn't that good...
Chrisisall,a Luke fan
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Do you think Lord of the Rings is better than Sith?
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Do you think Lord of the Rings is better than Sith?
i wouldnt put all LOTR movies under one. Simply because the first, FOTR, is so much better then the other 2. Dont get me wrong, i love the other 2. But the first is just magical. And that particular one, i would say it ages ahead of Sith - which imo wasnt that good. It had its moments. But putting 6 sword duels and 4 battles in a movie dont make it. Sith was a fun ride - which i will probably see again someday. But not more then that.
Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing
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Prior to saying anything, just know that I'm not poking fun at anyone for liking Revenge of the Sith, in fact I enjoyed the experience of seeing it. This is just an opinion on its status a "great sci-fi film".
I actually think Sith was "good" at best. I had fun watching it, it was exciting, and on occasion funny (although not always on purpose). I mean, certainly compared to Lucas's last two Star Wars ventures... well heck, it surpasses them by a great deal. But then again, that's not saying much. I think people put WAY too much stock in ROTS. I mean, it certainly has nothing on the original filmic cuts of the original trilogy (if you understand their importance and relevance to the film industry and pop culture).
Maybe its just because the first two prequels were that bad? And seriously, when I think of the tacky dialogue that Lucas put into Sith (The mind boggles, I mean: "What have I done?";"I don’t even know you anymore!"; "I loved you like a brother!"; "Nooooooooooo!" - C'mon George dude!!!) I can't help but cringe. These things could have been done and said in a more natural and realistic sense.
In my humble opinion I don't believe Revenge of the Sith deserves to be above Blade Runner and certain other films that really emphasized and shaped the sci-fi landscape. (By the way its a fantasticly compiled list,and I respect and understand they are YOUR favourites, most of which are among my favourites also 
).
And yes, I do concede that this may be a matter of opinion. And I concede further that I was very strongly against the first two prequels and most importantly over the changes of the original filmic cuts of the original trilogy (Why oh why did he alter Boba Fett's voice, and for that matter take away the dark mystery of his character). HOWEVER: Revenge of the Sith to me had poor dialogue and acting that left something to be desired.For a movie that wants to use these things to convey emotion and message, it did fail in that respect. As for the rest of the movie, the story was good, the action was great and the visuals (the creatures and worlds and machines) were excellent, as they have always been.
When push comes to shove, for Revenge of the Sith to be considered among the giants of sci-fi and fantasy as one of the best, it had to have made me feel something on an intellectual or emotional level. I felt something in A New Hope, in The Empire Strikes Back and in Return of the Jedi, but I felt nothing in Sith, and for me that prevents it from achieving a very high status, especially as high as number two.
btw: Hell yes are Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King better than ROTS! (Lol Two Towers however I'm not sure :P)
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