FIVE FAVORITE MOVIES

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HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Monday, May 24, 2004 5:32 AM

Hey, i thought it would be cool if we listed our top five favorite movies and then tried to find as many ways they are similar to Firefly as we can.

Mine (in no order)

The Lord of the Rings: (all three) they count as one because they are a trilogy.
similarities: Firefly was cancelled, and J.R.R.Tolkien was kicked out of the catholic church...that counts as a similaty right?

The Princess Bride:
similarities: Mal and the crew are like space pirates and Wesley was the Dread Pirate Roberts.
Wesley promises to always come for Buttercup, like Simon promises to always come for River.

10 Things I Hate About You: (hey, i'm a teenage girl, what can i say?)
similarities: based on the Shakespearian play The Taming of the Shrew and Joss loves Shakespeare.
The first impression of Patrick is that he's a total ass, which is a lot of peoples first impression of Mal.

The Breakfast Club:
similaties: misfits of their school vs. misfits of the universe

Edward Scissorhands:
similaties: Edward was out of place in the world of his love's, just like Mal was out of place in Inara's world

EDIT:after thought and observation i have desided to replace 10 things i hate about you with Moulin Rouge...because i'm an idiot and forgot to put it in and it was late last night when i started this post.

there we go. now you try

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MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

EBONEZER

Monday, May 24, 2004 5:45 AM

Good god, we are quite the crazy obsesed fans arn't we. Ok, these are in no particular order:

Indiana Jones (all three)
Similarities: Ummmmm. Guns. And there's a horse or two in both. And a tank!

Signs
Similarites: Spaceships

Finding Nemo (i know, little kid movie, but its fun!)
Similarities: There is a dentist in Finding Nemo, and the cast of firefly has teeth. Alrighty then, moving right along.

A Knights Tale
Similarities: Alan Tyrdic (Wash) not sure how to spell his last name

Timeline (just finsished watching it so its on my mind. Terrible acting, but you can overlook it because the thing is kind of fun)
Similarities: Ummmm, theres, um, this, uh. Explosions! Things blow up in Timeline, something blows up in OuG (OuG right?)

I wouldn't say that these were my FAVORITE favorite movies (ok, Indiana Jones is and signs is up there, but the others, not so much) just the first ones I could think of.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

SERGEANTX

Monday, May 24, 2004 6:19 AM

Fun thread! OK.....

Joe vs. the Volcano
similarities It's about a guy who's basically lost his faith and struggles to discover what's worth living for. It's also filled with odd dialogue that sounds more like Shakespeare than 'Friends'.

Lawrence of Arabia
similarities An insightful character study of a complex and tortured man.

Ghost World
similarities The story of a girl who sees the world differently than her peers.
http://bigempire.com/filthy/ghostworld.html

Little Big Man
similarities A western(?) about a man torn between life in the wild frontier and the burdens of civilization, finding his place in neither. Very funny and very sad.

The Sraight Story
similarities A wonderful movie that moves at its own pace. Not to only was it a G-rated Disney movie directed by David Lynch (yes, the David Lynch) but the original edit of 'Serenity' employed the music from this movie for about half its soundtrack.
http://bigempire.com/filthy/straightstory.html

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

SEVENPERCENT

Monday, May 24, 2004 6:25 AM

Let's see, it's hard for me to think of my favorites, because I'm one of those guys who has to categorize everything (fav. comedies have to be separate from dramas, etc.) - But if I had to pick five of my all-time favorites-

Comedy- Snatch- One of the funniest movies of all time- Jason Statham as the good-guy crook that gets in way over his head is fantastic in a Firefly sorta way-

Drama- Fight Club- The guy who wrote the original book, Chuck Palahniuk, is one of my favorite writers (check out his latest, Diary, for a creepifying thriller)- Helena Bonham Carter is vaguely River-esque in her nuttiness, not to mention the ultimate split personality, Tyler Durden (Pitt, Norton)

Sci-Fi- Dark City/Matrix- Before the Matrix, Dark City was the ultimate 'what's real, who is in control' Sci-fi thriller- If you've never seen this movie, you should, and soon- It is probably one of the best movies ever made; it's very reminiscent of the way some of the best Twilight Zones used to be- The Strangers, who perform mind control/personality experiments on the residents of the Dark City are everything the Blue Hands wish they could be- But the Matrix is so great (the first one) it's hard to choose between them-

Classic- Casablanca- Bogey. Bergman. Mal. Inara. Do I need to say any more?

Action- Reservoir Dogs- Great crime movie, and the movie that paved the way for Pulp Fiction- Bunch of criminals, one undercover cop, watch them all stab each other in the back to get to him- And after seeing this film, will you ever think the same way about Steeler's Wheel again? ('stuck in the middle with you')

Honorable mention- Breakfast at Tiffany's (sigh- Audrey Hepburn), O Brother Where Art Thou, Alien, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects (best. crime movie.ever.), Mulan (I'm a sucker for that one)

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

QUICKSAND

Monday, May 24, 2004 6:57 AM

You're all crazy. And it does NOT count as one movie just because it's a trilogy. Because "The Matrix" was awesome and "Return of the Jedi" was a piece of gossal. And you know it.

Fight Club
It's weird comparing movies to a TV show, but I don't have 5 TV shows I like. 'Fight Club' doesn't have a LOT in common with Firefly, other than the fact that it's about people trying to find their place in this world/universe. And both are really well-told stories, that exist in more than one medium. Oh, and flying is a recurring theme in both.

The Princess Bride
Duh.

Heat
This remains one of the best movies I have ever seen, and I never get tired of it. It is epic in scale and emotion, in a way that 'Lord of the Rings' couldn't be, because you KNOW you're watching CGI, and this movie is all real locations, no special effects, not a single sound stage. The characters are real people, each with their own obsessions, each with that which drives them. They're not all perfect, but they move forward, ever forward, the best way they know how. That, to me, makes each of them (and the story) just as real as anything in 'Firefly.'

Miller's Crossing
This movie came out in, what, 1990? Does that make me old? Man, you. This movie had it all-- stylized dialogue, fast-paced banter, tight plotting and some real gut-wrenching emotion and relationships thrown in there. You know that quote on this site from Joss about, what, make it serious, scary, and then for God's sake, tell a joke? This movie is that, but with less jokes. But it's sneaky, and Joss is sneaky.

Reservoir Dogs
It's very difficult to write a story with so many characters and keep them all separate, in dialogue and in tendencies. 'Firefly' pulls this off, as does 'Reservoir Dogs.' Each character here you can see reflected in the Firefly males... Mal is Mr. White, Simon is Mr. Orange. Jayne I think would be Mr. Pink... if Jayne were 5'8" and a weakling. These are men without the Heart of Serenity, without the women who make them what they are-- Kaylee, Inara, and Zoe. And sure, River too.

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STICKS

Monday, May 24, 2004 12:29 PM

Terminator 2...probaly one of the best if not the best sequel ever.(they had to taint it with the dire T3 rise of the machines)

Fight club...hollywood hated this movie on its release,but in my opion its a modern day classic.

Lilo & stitch ...the most un-disney film ever,brilliant and extremely funny.

Glory....an all star cast morgan freeman,denzel washington etc, a brilliant historical drama with some of the best battle scenes ever filmed.

Halloween...suspence over gore,in what has to be a horror classic. which paved the way for both jason and freddy.

CALHOUN

Monday, May 24, 2004 1:34 PM

AlIENS -

Similarities - Sci Fi in the future.

The Aliens are soo scary and the marines with their hi-tech weaponry are awesome (Luv the sound of those pulse rifles)

STAR WARS -

Similarities - Sci Fi

Any Sci Fi buff would have to rate Star Wars right up there.

DUNE -

Similarities - Sci Fi

A lot of people didnt like this movie I think it has to do with if you had read the books before seeing the movie.

SHANGHAI NOON -

Similarities - Westerny

I love Jacki Chan and Owen Wilson

MATRIX 1&2 -

Similarities - Sci Fi

Groundbreaking special effects some of the best action scenes ever.

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I struggled to remember my favourites movies so I may be back to ammend the list.

EST120

Monday, May 24, 2004 2:03 PM

Ummm.... in no particular order:

1. The Fifth Element - science fiction, so I guess that makes it similar to Firefly

2. Pirates of the Carribean - Similar to Firefly because the main character (Jack Sparrow) is so in love with his ship and he will do anything for it, just like Mal. All he wants to do is sail.

3. Grosse Pointe Blank - maybe since the main character is kind of a dark personality, kind of like Mal.

4. Pitch Black - another sci fi.

5. Sliding Doors - I am not a woman, but we all have our quirks, right? This movie is not at all related to Firefly.

BIKISDAD

Monday, May 24, 2004 2:25 PM

Having to think this early in the morning... "Doctor, my brain hurts!" (Monty Python - never mind).

1. Chariots of Fire - My fav movie of all time. It has nothing to do with sci-fi, but the title sounds like it could. The main characters are British and so is Badger, so they must be related...?

2. Moulin Rouge - OK, before you go start calling me a "girly-man" for liking a musical, please note that both Joss and Tim have said that they LOVE this movie. So do I. Now call us all "girly-men". I dare ya.

3. Braveheart - A little (OK, a lot of) death and destruction (just to prove my manhood) - downtrodden Scots outnumbered by the English. They fight back anyway. Browncoats vs. the Alliance!!!!!!

4. Casablanca - Same similarity as mentioned above. Plus, it's a movie that I can watch over and over again, just like Firefly...

5. Tombstone - one of the best westerns ever made. Moral ambiguity and pragmatism as a result of living a tough life on the frontier (or, the Rim, in Firefly speak).

"That'll put marzipan on your pie plate, bingo!"

STICKS

Monday, May 24, 2004 2:33 PM

tut tut compareing the english with the alliance.
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