FIVE FAVORITE MOVIES

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

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:07 AM

oh and LADYHAWLK

WHEDONESQUE

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:13 AM

In my mind, 'favorite movie' can mean many different things. I have seen tons of great movies over the years, but the ones that have affected me long-term or that I return to over and over include...

Amelie
Strictly Ballroom
American Beauty
Dead Man Walking
Fletch

Okay, there is no way I can stop at five!

Romeo and Juliet (with Leo and Claire)
Chicago
Memento
Groundhog Day
Moulin Rouge
Dead Poet Society
Schindler's List
The Emperor's New Groove
The Breakfast Club

Oh God, somebody stop me!

You know, I really hate these lists. I'm gonna spend the next week thinking of films I should have listed also/instead of. (gosh, Whed', noone MADE you reply to this thread) Despite that, I want to thank 'baby for starting it. I have already added another 8 movies to my netflix rental queue based on your recommendations. Thanks, all.

BIKISDAD

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:04 PM

I'd like to second Whedonesque's "Thanks". You have all brought to my mind movies that I would either like to rent or buy the dvd. You Firefly fans have good taste. Of course, that kind of just goes with being a Firefly fan...

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

BENDIS

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:42 PM

My favorites in no particular order are:

Conan the Barbarian

Blackhawk Down

Spaceballs

Blade Runner

Big Trouble in Little China

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SPLIBERTARIAN

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:26 PM

Ok, top five in no particular order:

Babe - I adore Farmer Hoggett's quiet confidence and ultimate triumph when everyone else thinks he's lost it. We rented this movie in college as a joke, and, well, now I've listed it in my top five. Similarities to Firefly: Umm...no aliens.

Office Space - Cubicle humor dead on. Ron Livingston examining his life, then taking control (or, losing it). Similarities to Firefly: Funny, funny, funny.

Pink Floyd: The Wall - Movie poetry, not prose. Good music and a tortured soul. Similarities to Firefly: Vera.

The Sound of Music - Well, I'm a sucker for a musical, but it's about love and song opening a man up to his family again after loss. I always choke up when Captain von Trapp sings Edelwiess at the concert and his voice chokes off. Maria joins in, and soon the entire audience is singing of their love for Austria in defiance of the Nazis in the front row. Similarities to Firefly: Losing home to a totalitarian regime.

Gladiator - "The General who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an empire." Russell Crowe. Need I say more? Similarities to Firefly: Fighting for your life.

Seconds go to:
Lawrence of Arabia
Brazil
O' Brother Where Art Thou
The Princess Bride
Fight Club

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:05 PM

5? Have yall seen the deleted scene in High fidelity? Okay, I promise not to edit this post later :).

1 Fight club My all time favorite film, but I'm not allowed to talk about it.

2 Gandhi The scene with Martin Sheen not being able to look, *shivers*. While I disagree with Gandhi's religous views, I don't think I know of a better human being. Not much related to Firefly I can think of.

3 Reservoir dogs My favorite until I saw Fight club. Like Firefly, has a bunch of bad people, some of whom have a strange sense of honor. While I don't like Jayne, I really like Mr. Blonde.

4 Memento I can't remember if there's some Firefly similarities.

5 Gattaca An underrated SF film, which I think is better than 2001 and Close encouters of the 3rd kind. Firefly has some SF touches.

I'm a movie junkie, so gotta mention others seen above I really liked: Fellowship of the ring, The princess bride, Dark city, The matrix, T2, Glory, The fifth element, Grosse Pointe Blank, Braveheart, Mr Smith goes to Washington, Chasing Amy, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, American history X, 12 monkeys, Contact, Aliens, LA confidential, Dead poets society, and Groundhog day.

Someone mentioned Moulin rouge!, which is the only film I've ever rated below 3/10 on imdb.

Hey, I've got my imdb voting page open, so some English language films I didn't see mentioned: City Hall, Dances with wolves, The big blue, Francesco, Good Will Hunting, The Hurricane, Modern times, Regarding Henry, The shawshank redemption, Snow falling on cedars, The Terminator.
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SHADOWVESSEL

Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:46 AM

You know, it's times like these you realize you watch entirely too much TV. I've got a huge DVD collection and an even larger "List of..." with my future DVD's. Here goes, though. I'm surprised I haven't seen a couple of these on the list.

Aliens: The Special Edition
Simularities: It's got that gritty, real feel to it, you know?

X2
Simularities: Ensemble cast and also resembles The Empire Strikes Back. Not to mention Joss' involvement with X-men now.

Highlander(The original, not the crappy rest of the franchise)
Simularities: ...uh...there was a drunken sword duel in which Conner was stabbed numerously, just like Mal.

Mallrats
Simularities: Kevin Smith is one of the coolest dialogue writers there is and this one wasn't as popular as the rest of his work. Kind of like Joss and Firefly.

Out Cold
Simularities: These guys were hi-larious when it came down to their drinking, just like Mal and Jayne.

I could probably name off another twenty flicks easy, but since my posts keep doubling, I won't.

(Gorramn Double Post)
"I'll be in my bunk."

SANMI

Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:27 AM

just a few more

FAR AND AWAY(one of the greatest romance of all time)

spaceballs

moll flanders

titan A.E(joss whedon)

peter pan (2003)

BADGERSHAT

Thursday, May 27, 2004 5:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SevenPercent:

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-

Dude, I really thought for a while that I was the only person on Earth-That-Is who totally loved Dark City!

And as for the "Who's in control" movie genre--I'll go back even further, to the dreaded Mouse, and list... "Tron"

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

NUR

Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:16 PM

drum roll please......(in no particular order)

Princess Bride Jayne and Fezzik are very similar, and Badger IS Vizzini.

Captain Blood (starring Erol Flynn) A man, his love for his ship and crew, and romantic tension that both will deny...hmmm

Finding Nemo Simon as Marlin searching for River as Nemo.

...and because they're just soo damn great but you really have to strech for a Firefly reference:

The Last of the Mohicans(starring Daniel Day Lewis) Horses and guns and fighting the establishment just wanting to live your life and two siblings one protective, one a delicate little girl and a very uptight man that has to learn to get along when out in the wild (black)and a Book-esque figure in Chingatchkook and maybe its a little more like Firefly that I'd origionally thought...interesting

Dirty Pretty ThingsBoth have a very multicultural cast (yeah, this one is weak but my righteous anger that Fox cancelled Firefly is VERY similar to my anger that Sofia Coppola's little translation movie beat the genius of Dirty Pretty Things in the Oscars)

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WOO! Other Dark City fans! I'd never imagined that it was so popular but I'm glad that it is. Similar to Firefly in the evil scientists messing with people's head and their very own Alliance populated completely by Shinzon of Remus clones.

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