My top 78 Sci-fi and fantasy flicks.
POSTED BY: DarthJohn
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 19:20
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LIke i said, Indiana Jones is pure action adventure! not fantasy or sci-fi.
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Seriously, are you telling me this is better dialogue than the stuff in RotS? And as for bad acting, I refer you to, "You're not my father! That's impossible!!" *shudders*
It all goes back to something Harrison Ford said to Lucas about the original Star Wars: "You can write this s***, but you can't say it." And he's right. One reason it's called a space opera (at least in my mind), is because it's a soap opera in space, bad dialogue and all. I always thought the bad dialogue was part of the charm (except for the prequel trilogy, there's no excuse for some of the garbage that spews out of Anakin's mouth).
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"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
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Originally posted by Jumpy:
Hold the phones! Stop the presses! You don't have Matrix up there!
I know! That's the big thing I was wondering! I see how some people could not like them, but the concept is great!
~A message from Serenyty~
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'Like I said, Indiana Jones is pure action adventure! not fantast or sci-fi.'
Hmm Have you seen them??? lol. Just kidding. I see your point, but seriously...they are borderline adventure/fantasy. A Holy Grail that restores wounds and youth??? Pandora's box???? A PhD with a whip??? lol. Whereas the films are not strictly fantasy they do have elements of it...so yeah guess it is a matter of opinion!
Love, Ally
'Comfort me with apples for I am sick of love' -Solomon
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
There was always something about The Matrix that bugged me,
Yeah, it's called Keanu Reeves acting abilitly.
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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Looking back over this list, I gotta say that a lot of it feels thrown on. The top ten or so are fine, but when you get down to lumping the Batman movies together, both versions of Chocolate Factory, Time Bandits with Brazil, and both X-men films being one entry, it really feels like you just listed them as they came to mind.
(I'm a compulsive listmaker, I do this a lot, so I'm far too attuned to stuff like that)
Don't get me wrong, the fact that you made the list in the first place is great. Just saying it could use a little tweaking. For example, if you're gonna list both versions of a movie as one entry, then Mad Max/The Road Warrior and Alien/Aliens should be like that too. Unless you really feel like one is just a little better than the other, then it's justified.
I really don't mean to sound rude or anything, just saying the list could stand a little further editing.
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"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
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I got to number two, saw this list was nothing like I'd put together and kinda lost intrest. I think you're letting your love for Star Wars cloud your judgement. In fact, if you seperate Star Wars into each movie, only the first two would be in my top twenty. And no Wrath of Khan? No Matrix? Sure, the last two stunk, but the first one was really good story telling in the way of putting the first and second half of the movie together without giving away any clue of what is going to happen. And where are any of the animated Batman movies? They're SO much better than the live action ones. You have Superman at the bottom of your list, but no Spiderman?
Oh, and Independence Day, Men in Black, The Hobbit, Starship Troopers, and Mortal Kombat are all above Highlander and E.T.? The first Highlander was really good. I don't know about top 30 good, but so much better than the easilly forgotten (if you're lucky) other movies listed above it.
Your list, your views, but I'm sure you expected to take a little bit of a beating from this list. I think it is safe to say, we differ in movie taste -- we'll leave it at that.
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Like i said it before and i say it again, i thought "Matrix" was too overrated! give me "Blade Runner" over that movie any day or maybe "Dark City" which "Matrix" was just a knock-off.
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Quote:lol, no, not that....I just felt there was a better way to produce energy than sucking heat off a human body (or electricity or whatever). And the sanctuary named Zion with Neo being 'the one'...all too religious for me- should have known they were gonna crusify him in the end, though
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
There was always something about The Matrix that bugged me,
Yeah, it's called Keanu Reeves acting abilitly.
God, the more I think about it...GRRR
[Highlander was the last time I ever want to hear about 'one']
No one Chrisisall
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