FIVE FAVORITE MOVIES

POSTED BY: howdyrockerbaby1
UPDATED: Friday, May 28, 2004 02:05
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BIKISDAD

Monday, May 24, 2004 2:39 PM

If the shoe fits...

EDIT: Besides, I have two positive English references above - Monty Python and Chariots of Fire. OK?

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

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Monday, May 24, 2004 9:46 PM

Okay, my top five films at this moment in time (ask me in 5 minutes, when a different tune is playing and it will change) -

1. Heat - covered above.

2. Almost Famous - Edges out Jerry Maguire as my Cameron Crowe choice. Kate Hudson plays the seductive innocent so well that I defy anyone not to fall for her for the duration of the movie. Very Kaylee.

3. Mr Smith Goes to Washington - the little guy against the corrupt suits, the refusal to lay down and die while there's a breath left in your body.

4. Spiderman - Sam Raimi and co. put my childhood on screen in this one. Its not perfect, but it gets the feel of Spiderman bang on - with great power comes great responsibility. Making the difficult choice even when it hurts - okay, its a fake out, but River's speech in OiS reminds me of this, and is heartbreaking every time.

5. Chasing Amy - best movie about a relationship that can't happen I've seen, and proof that Affleck can act.

"I threw up on your bed"

DEBBIEBUK1

Monday, May 24, 2004 10:31 PM

Well gosh you've all got my favourites:

Casablanca - doomed love story (Mal & Inara, there's a bit of a class thing in Casablanca too I think)

Terminator 2 - fierce maternal love and how your family are not necessarily those related by blood (the Serenity family)

Pulp fiction - the way Tarantino manages to make all the different stories fit together and even though there are lots of characters you still care about them all, the Firefly writers/ Whedonverse writers are excellent at this.

Matrix - great techy stuff and special effects. Also the few against the strong evil organisation.

O Brother where art thou - great use of classic story elements (I love the guy at the crossroads) and music.

Just had an Alan Tudyk evening as I bought A Knight's tale and 28 days today, have only watched the first which I've seen a few times before (it was on all the planes the year I went to Aus so saw it semiconscious). Good lord the hair and the accent! But great entertainment in a unaffected simple sort of way, bet the critics hated it!

MAUGWAI

Monday, May 24, 2004 11:31 PM

Ok, I gotta say, SergeantX, Joe Versus the Volcano? Really? The brain cloud and the orange soda conspiracy? Whatever floats your boat, I suppose...

1) The Matrix trilogy - I could analyze the storyline for days without stopping

2) Romeo and Juliet - the newer one is just brilliantly done to bring Shakespeare into modern consciousness

3) Big Fish - a story about story telling, done well, it makes me cry with happiness

4) The Emperor's New Groove - "Yay, I'm a llama again! Oh, wait..."

5) X Men United - In the theater, I actually forgot I was watching a movie until some guy's phone vibrated beside me.

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister

EBONEZER

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:07 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by maugwai:

3) Big Fish - a story about story telling, done well, it makes me cry with happiness

Oh my god, i love to hate that movie. First off, let me say, i don't cry. Not for movies, not for almost anything else. The first time i saw Big Fish i was on a date and i HAD to cry all through the last part. I tried to be all cool and, "Oh man, i got, um, popcorn in my eye. I'm fine, really." Didn't really work.

The second time i saw the movie i was expecting it, and preparing for it the whole movie, but it still got me.

That is easily one of the greatest movies ever. But I hate it.

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

RAPTOR

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:48 AM

A knights tale. THAT's why alan looked familiar to me whilee watching the FF box set. (i had seen the show on its original run and had seen the movie after but never made the connection)

anyway,

a few of my favs,

Godzilla (98),
similarites.....uh, (cough) moving on...

Tenchi Muyo: In Love,
similarities, not much here either. though there is that family but not by blood thing mentioned earlier (except the whole point of the movie is protecting Tenchi's mom)

Dark city
great movie. the only similarity i can think of may not even apply at all. the final battle in DC is based directly on a anime movie called akira. FF on the other hand, when the previews first aired a number of people at one of the anime forums i go to were saying FF was a rip off of another show called Outlaw Star (ofcourse having not seen the show at this point they were basing this opinion SOLEY on the fact they both have a girl in a box in cryogeneic suspension (and in the same fetal position)). (heh, though i guess i have them to thank for my interest in FF cause it was those annoying threads that made me check out the show in the first place. so, yay for trolls ^_^)

The Lost world: Jurassic Park,
similarites, hmmm... evil corperation maybe?

The Lion King,
shakespearian, very much so.

honorable mentions.

Signs and unbreakable (M. Night is a god), Metropolis (2001-2), dogma, A.I. (only the third time i actually cried with a movie/tv show. the first two being bengi the hunted when i was little and cowboy bebop), The Storm riders, Dragonheart.

Meh, i like too many movies

JADEHAND

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:16 AM

Well, many of my favourites have already been mentioned here, and I have too many movies that I really enjoy to narrow to 5. Attempting:

1) The Usual Suspects. Similarities: The main characters aren't exactly on the right side of the law : ) but you love 'em anyway and rejoice when they get one over on 'the man'. and great story telling.

2) Fight Club. Similarities: see above and throw in some *cough* mild insanites.

3) Gross Pointe Blank. see above. (starting to sense a theme)*Moral Flexability*

4) Sixth Sense. Not too much in common with Firefly, but shares great story telling and twists that make the set up for the twist worth watching the movie again for.

5) Seven. see above

Wow I would have thought Star Wars (4-6) would have made it. *shrugs*

Sticking to theme, honourable mentions go to: The Game, Conspiracy Theory, Mystery Men (it's just Hi-Larious), X-men (both), The Crow (1st one only), and American History X.
Almost forgot: Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness, 12 Monkeys, Fifth Element, Fallen, Contact

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ORANGERFUL

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:54 AM

You would pick favorites among your children!!!

okay, that's always my first response when someone asks me a top 5 kinda question.

I'm a child of the 80s, so I'm a Lucas/Spielberg worshipper all the way. That being said, my top 5 in no particular order, and their relation to Firefly-

Star Wars (Original aka GOOD trilogy) - taught me that scoundrels are always the hottest men in the 'verse and girls that hold their own rock.

Indiana Jones movies - adventure with a sense of humor

LOTR, probably leaning towards Two Towers as most watched - lots of action and plot twists and one character that babbles things that appear nonsensical at the time, but prove important later.

gosh this is much harder than I thought!

Zoolander is my current fave comedy, poking fun at the modeling industry, same way Joss & Co. like to poke fun at most things

Memento & Fight Club - 2 messed up movies that suck you in with characters that are more than meet the eye.

Honorable Mention -
Dark City, one of the best modern sci-fi films.
Kill Bill 1&2, since they were meant to be one movie, amazing mix of action and storytelling!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - okay, I like non-linear, very "OiS" kinda stories. Wish my brain could write that way.

K, done now.

CAGEYBEE

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:32 AM

ooo, movies. i love movies. i'm accidentally forgoing the comparason thing, ok? ok

1. memento- my mind is still bending

2. ocean's 11- its so much fun.

3. la confidential- i may be a closet guy pearce-aholic (see #1), though if anyone mentions the time machine remake, i will vehmently deny any association with that actor.

4. amelie- it never fails to make me smile.

5. finding nemo- its so grand and so small, at the same time

honorable mentions- indiana jones series, the lion king, pulp fiction, fargo, kill bill 1&2, 21 grams, and signs.

me

~Mal- "how drunk was i last night?"
~Jayne- "i don't know. i passed out."

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:45 AM

1. Cannibal the Musical
A desperate group tries to survive as they sing their way across the Rocky Mountains. Also, some flesh eating.

2. Brain Candy - Hard to think of a similarity with Firefly. Oh I know - Canada and Nathon Fillion!

3. Empire Strikes Back
I love Star Wars, even the new movies. I'm eager for Birth of an Empire and I'd welcome Star Wars live-action TV series.

4. Big Trouble in Little China
More similar to the Buffy/Angel verse than Firefly. I wonder if anyone who made this movie ended up working with Joss.

5. The Muppet Movie
I'm not kidding, this is a great movie. Loads of similarities to Firefly.

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