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JRyneChattanooga on 5/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Nice top ten. I'm interested to know why War of the Worlds is in there. I think it's one of Spielberg's worst movies, but I'd like to know what your reasons are for loving it. I need to see Drive, too. I've heard it's pretty awesome.
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FilmOdyssey on 5/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
yeah, war of the worlds is just like one of my favorite childhood movies cuz i saw it in theaters wen i was 7 and i still love it cuz it just is a great movie and has great effects and that beginning tripod scene is superb, idk, thats my opinion. Drive is amazing, such a great movie even though the actors combined only say like 5 lines in the whole movie, haha, but its good mainly cuz of ryan gosling, he's great and the soundtrack is really good too. i was wondering, are you from chattanooga, TN? cuz i live in franklin, right by nashville.
Reaganeads1842 on 5/28/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
hey
JRyneChattanooga on 6/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Yeah I live in Chattanooga. I still haven't seen Drive, but War of the Worlds has yet to grow on me.
FilmOdyssey on 7/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Yeah, well that's cool that we live close to each other, and I'm doing this thing called The Daily Question, and I already have me, Reelz, and Caesar doing it but basically, every day around noon, I post a question in my comments section and today's was: What is your favorite movie of all time? And anybody can post on what their opinions are. All questions are movie related. Ask your friends about it and yeah
FilmOdyssey on 5/28/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
u need to get started on ur ranking
good movies
Reelz on 6/14/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Thanks! I love Fassbender ever since I first saw him in the film Shame. He was terrific in Prometheus and was definitely one of the best parts of it.I loved Prometheus and I really don't care if anyone disagrees. I absolutely enjoy the feeling of being able to bend my brain and my mind while watching a film and Prometheus never failed to disappoint me in that aspect. It may have a few big unanswered questions, sure, but it leaves those up to open-ended discussions that have different outcomes. Everyone these days always expects a movie to tie up every loose end all the time and if they don't, then they turn that movie into a scum of the filmmaking industry.
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FilmOdyssey on 6/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Yeah, there could be a sequel, there could not be one. We'll have to see.
Reelz on 6/16/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I think the "You don't have it in you" quote was definitely my favorite. I seriously think I was the only one in the theater that was laughing hysterically at it, or even laughing at all. Fassbender's voice is awesome. He's like the Morgan Freeman of Britain.
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smatticus on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Aside from being German you mean :P
FilmOdyssey on 6/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Exactly. Morgan Freeman's best narration is definately Shawshank Redemption. But yeah, my favorite quote was "I didn't know you had it in you, sorry, poor choice of words." I was chuckling at that part.
gosh, im so ticked, im trying to put a picture for my profile pic. its not working. :(
FilmOdyssey on 6/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Can anyone tell me if One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is good?
Reelz on 6/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's an American classic. It may be slow for some, but if you enjoy a great assortment of fleshed out characters and a great story, then you'll like it. It's really good.
MysticSpoon on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's definitely a very acting-driven movie. You'll even see Danny deVito and Christopher Lloyd in the movie, before they became really famous in the 80s. Jack Nicholson gives one of his best performances and he is insanely likable in the movie. I suggest you give it a watch.
FilmOdyssey on 6/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
ok, thanx
jakedoo on 6/21/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's great to see Empire and Last Crusade in your top 10. We all know they are the best installments of their respective film series :P I'm glad you liked Fellowship and Two Towers, let me know what you think of Return of the King after you watch it.
FilmOdyssey on 6/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Thanx, and yeah, I just finished Return of the King like a couple of hours ago. It's at #10. Great battle sequences and a fantastic conclusion to the jaw-dropping series.
jakedoo on 6/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I'm glad you liked it. Fantasy is usually not my thing when it comes to films but I've been a big Tolkien fan since I was a kid and thought Jackson did a great job with these adaptations. Even though the films are so long, there are still many things that couldn't be fit into the films and I would recommend to anyone who doesn't mind reading, to read the books starting with "The Hobbit" which is the prequel to the LOTR trilogy. By the way I can't wait to see the 1st installment of "The Hobbit" this winter!
Yeah, for anybody that is about to see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, just a reminder, the vampires are scary as crap, and the ending is very shocking and if you don't understand the ending, just let me know and I will tell you.
FilmOdyssey on 6/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I think this is the best Top 10 I have had in a while. Any comments on it?
Caesar on 7/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
A great top 10, but where's Star Trek? Only at #13!?! Nooooooo! ;)
FilmOdyssey on 7/1/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Oh, believe me, I loved Star Trek. It's one of my favorite action movies. I need to get it on blu-ray.
I put it at #10, I felt that it could pass Full Metal Jacket, but it can't pass Reservoir Dogs
Caesar on 7/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Oh, the Star Trek blu-ray is probably my all-time favorite; the behind-the-scenes special features are just awesome.
FilmOdyssey on 7/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I just watched Children of Men for the 1st time tonite. Really great movie
FilmOdyssey on 6/28/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Nothin better than ranking movies on Flickchart while drinking a caramel macchiatto from Starbuck's
Hey everybody, i'm gonna be doing this thing called The Daily Question every day in my comments section, and what it is is I ask a question to you guys every day and you answer and we debate on our favorite topics on our favorite type of media: Movies! For Example: What is your favorite Brad Pitt movie? and everybody answers! I will be posting in a couple of seconds. I encourage you guys to be on Flickchart every day for The Daily Question! Here is the first question:
FilmOdyssey on 7/6/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What is your favorite movie of all time? Get to it guys!
Caesar on 7/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
For me, it has to be Star Wars. It's the one movie where I might actually be able to successfully recite the entire movie's dialogue, from beginning to end...I've watched it THAT many times.
Mine, of course, would be Inglourious Basterds. Christoph Waltz is one of the best villains as The Jew Hunter, and as always, Tarantino films have a bit of humor and gore. This is his funniest. I can recite this movie too.
And, Basterds has a great story
Reelz on 7/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Pulp Fiction. It's the only film that I've seen that I still consider to be nearly perfect. It has a fantastic cast, some of the greatest writing in a movie, and so many memorable quotes and scenes. I've seen it multiple times and it still has the power to make me forget what scene comes next. It feels fresh every time I see it, and it only gets better with every new viewing. I love it and it reminds me why movies are my favorite thing in the first place.On a side note, if anyone ever tells me that they didn't like the movie, I'm gonna have to get medieval on their ass!
I've got Inglourious Basterds at #16 and Pulp Fiction at #21, so I'm good with those choices. ;)
Yeah, I did have Drive #1 and Basterds #2 but I moved it up like a month ago because I can watch Basterds more times than Drive. Now Drive is #2. Be sure guys to tell your friends about this. I will release the next question tomorrow at around 12/noon
I wasn't a big fan of Pulp Fiction actually.
Caesar on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I sent a bunch of messages out to my friends, but Flickchart can get pretty slow around the weekends so I'm not sure who saw them.
FilmOdyssey on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Yeah, I understand
Cleckley on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
The Godfather. It needs no defence at this point.
jakedoo on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
"Aliens" is my favorite although "Attack The Block" is biting at it's heels. Both have the perfect mixture of creature design, story, suspense, pacing, character development, dialogue, comedy relief, sound design...I could go on.
MysticSpoon on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Empire Strikes Back. All Star Wars movies (yes, even the prequels, although I don't consider them good anymore) made me love movies in the first place, and Empire is the best one.
smatticus on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Apollo 13
johnmason on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Lord of the Rings. I have a hard time separating it into three movies (though I have done so on my Flickchart). Fellowship would be my favorite third; I counted, and I saw it thirteen times before The Two Towers hit theaters a year later. (I had much more time back then.)My favorite movies can be measured in trilogies: Star Wars as a kid, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future as a teen, LOTR and Nolan's Dark Knight now.
JRyneChattanooga on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Casablanca. I see something new with each viewing and it makes me cry every time.
MrAwesome245 on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
definantly, Star Wars ive seen it more than any movie and know it better then every movie ive seen.
GoodFather on 8/9/2013 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's either The Shawshank Redemption for Fight Club. Both very different but when watching these films I've experienced something like never before. Fight Club showed me a fascinating perspective on pop culture and manhood while Shawshank Redemption moved me, and involved me in characters like never before.
shane24 on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Dark Knight is my favourite Connorwood. I love myself a good villain, so it makes it obvious why I like the film. I will say while I'm commenting that I like every movie in your top ten, all are amazing.
Thanx man
If you like a good villain, have you seen No Country for Old Men?
What are your favorite most Bad@$$ scenes in movies?
Reelz on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I have a few actually. The last 10 minutes of Pulp Fiction when Jules is giving that fantastic speech, the opening car chase in Drive, the huge uncut and realistic war scene at the end of Children of Men, and the Mexican standoff at the end of The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.
I'm not the only one that likes the beginning of Drive. And the beginning credits are good too. Gosling was fantastic for that role
The whole scene in Unforgiven where William Munny avenges the killing of his friend Ned.
1- In "Serenity" when River Tam a 90 pound girl kicks the #&@! out of random bar patrons when a subliminal message triggers her subconscious combat conditioning. Also toward the end when she slaughters dozens of "Reavers" to save her friends.2- In the movie "Ultraviolet" Violet Song Jat Shariff played by Milla Jovovich amazes throughout the entire movie with unearthly agility and aided by nano tech weapons and a sexy color shifting outfit.Those are not my absolute favorites but I thought they deserve some attention as they are generally underrated and are severely Bad@$$!
smatticus on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
The whole second half of the Moria sequence in The Fellowship of the Ring, right from the fight in Balin's Tomb to the fight with the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-Dum. Not only is Balin's Tomb one of (and in my opinion, THE) best fight scenes in the trilogy, but the whole think just screams "badass" and "epic" from start to finish. Plus when you look at how far the characters have come at the start of the movie up until that point, you realise just how much stuff has happened and what and adventure it's all been (and that's about 45 minutes before the end of the movie!). That's also probably the reason why fellowship is my favourite of the LOTR movies.
Hmm, this is a tough one. Strong contenders are the whole hamburgers scene in Pulp Fiction and the Motel scene in Drive.
Yes I have seen No Country, good example, and a good lead-in to the most bad-ass scenes. The flip the coin part is amazing. Love the Nic Cage warehouse scene in Kick Ass (the score to it multiplies my enjoyment) The ear part in Resevoir Dogs, a certain part in Prometheus that I won't say in case you haven't seen it, hulk vs Loki, the standoff in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and I'm predicting from the trailer that I will love the scene where it's said ' when Gotham is ashes....... You have my permission to die' There is a few off my the top of my head.
I've seen Prometheus
My favorite are: The first 10 minutes of Drive including the beginning titles, the Bear Jew scene in Basterds, Hugo Stiglitz in Basterds, the whole fight at the end of Kill Bill V. 1, when Steve Buschemi was escaping in Reservoir Dogs, the scene in Star Trek where young Kirk dove out of the car and the skydiving scene and the fighting right after they land on that metal ledge, and the beginning scene in No Country where Anton chokes the police officer on the ground, that part always gets me
I forgot the scene in Office Space where they steal the printer and they go into a field and beat it up in slow motion, haha
Sheets24 on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
thanks for adding. Most def man : )
Ur welcome
shane24 on 7/7/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I will say that I enjoy all of them also. Technically this isn't just a scene, but the whole battle at the end of 13 Assassins is crazy. Can you do me a favour? Can you just write one comment on my page so I have a quick link to your page? You can then go back to writing on your own page, and it will be a lot easier for me to get here. I will just ask a question to make it simple. Where on your list does the movies change from being good to bad? Or do you have a different way of doing your list?
Yeah
I dont get what your saying
Doesn't matter, it's not that important of a question.
FilmOdyssey on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Ok
FilmOdyssey on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Everybody, tomorrow, I will be posting the next question a little early at around 10:30 so wake up early
casinoiscool on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Fav badass scenes? Elevator stomping in drive. Beginning of fast and furious. The whole avenger movie.
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I remembered the beginning of Drive but I totally forgot about the elevator stomping scene
What is your favorite quote?
Reelz on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
"They speak English in What?!"
Caesar on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
"...And let me be even more frank, just to show you that I'm not a hard-hearted man, that it's not all dollars and cents. She was beautiful! She was young, she was innocent. She was the greatest piece of ass I've ever had, and I've had 'em all over the world! And then Johnny Fontane comes along with his olive oil voice and guinea charm and she runs off. She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous. And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous. Now you get the hell out of here!..."
Pretty much every line from Snatch comes to mind
Jaws: "You're gonna need a bigger boat" and "Smile you sonofab-BOOM!"Several quotes from The Right Stuff: "No bucks, no buck rogers", "'I'm a fearless man but I'm scared to death of you' - 'oh no you're not, but you should be'"A River Runs Through It; "I am haunted by waters"Watchmen; "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"Also pretty much anything in Pulp Fiction leaps to mind, particularly if uttered by Samuel L. Jackson.
Inglourious Basterds: "We in the killin Nazi business, and cousin, business is a boomin'"2001: A Space Odyssey: "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: "You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for seven years!"Braveheart: "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDOOMMMM!""You bled with Wallace, now bleed with me""They fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom"300: "THIS IS SPARTA!""GIVE THANKS MEN, TO LEONIDAS AND THE BRAVE 300, TO VICTORY!"
shane24 on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Vampire's Kiss: 'I'm a vampire!!! I'm a vampire!!! I'm a vampire!!!
shane24 on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
The Untouchables: 'You wanna get Capone? Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone!'
casinoiscool on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Most of fav quotes are from comedies"60 percent of the time, it works every time"anchorman"I have a belly full of white dog crap and now you lay this shit on me" stepbrothers"either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" the dark knightJust a few
Anchorman: 'Smells like Big Foots dick' 'The Human Torch was denied a bank loan' Super: 'Shut up crime, here's the Crimson Bolt!..... crime'
Boonmee on 7/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"
FilmOdyssey on 7/9/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Who is your favorite director?
Caesar on 7/9/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Christopher Nolan2. Quentin Tarantino3. Martin Scorsese
Boonmee on 7/9/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Stanley Kubbrick
*Kubrick
FilmOdyssey on 7/9/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Quentin Tarantino2. Christopher Nolan 3. Stanley Kubrick4. J.J. Abrams5. Martin Scorsese
1. Tarantino2. Nolan3. Kubrick4. Abrams5. *Ridley Scott
If we're doing a full five:1. Kubrick2. Malick3. Kurosawa4. Bergman5. (Woody) Allen
I forgot James Cameron
ironichipster on 7/9/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Kubrick, Tarantino, Nolan, Fincher, Spielberg.
1. Joss Whedon (I want more Firefly!)2. Joe Cornish (wrote and directed Attack The Block)3. Peter Jackson4. James Cameron5. Steven Spielberg
MysticSpoon on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Probably David Fincher.
1. Steven Spielberg2. Peter Jackson3. Ridley Scott4. Christopher Nolan5. Danny Boyle
PiccoloKing on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
P.T. Anderson
I can never decide if it's Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorcese.
MysticSpoon on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
After some thinking, it's a tie between David Fincher and Christopher Nolan. They really should work together; with Nolan as the screenwriter and Fincher as the director.
Also, no mention of Milos Forman? I guess he's my number 2.
The Coens on number 3.
GoodFather on 8/10/2013 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
David Fincher.
MasterofMovies on 8/21/2013 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Christopher Nolan2. Quentin Tarantino3. Steven Spielberg4. Martin Scorcese5. David Fincher6. J.J. Abrahms7. Stanley Kubrick8. Nicholas Winding Refn9. David O Russell10. Robert Zemeckis
casinoiscool on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Lucas, Apatow, Fincher, Scoresse, Carpenter, Refn
Reelz on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Darren Aronofsky, Joss Whedon, and John Hughes.
FilmOdyssey on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
What movie do you think will win the Oscar for Best Picture this year?
Caesar on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Sight unseen, I'll go with Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.
PiccoloKing on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Thanks for accepting dude.I know it sounds crazy but I'm going with The Dark Knight Rises. It's Nolan's last Batman movie and TDK was snubbed in 2008. It stands a chance. The Master will definitely get a nomination.
FilmOdyssey on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Your welcome, and yeah, TDKR does have a chance, IF IT'S GOOD, haha, we all know it's gonna be good.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey :D
If it's good, TDKR could get nominated but it won't win. The academy seem to turn their noses up at the thought of anything in the superhero genre, which is why Heath Ledger's win was a revelation (aside from him being dead of course). Honestly I haven't seen anything else that suggest a Best Picture nomination, let alone a win, but will keep my eyes peeled for early predictions.
It's too early to tell. But I think Moonrise Kingdom may have a shot. Also, The Hobbit, The Great Gatsby, and possibly Djanjp Unchained.
Even though I haven't seen it, I think Moonrise Kingdom has a shot too, because I have heard really good things about it. Hopefully Django will be awesome and replace Basterds and be number 1 on my list.
Boonmee on 7/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Moonrise Kingdom is not winning BP this year. As it is, it may just barely slip in as a nominee. Although this is clearly Wes Anderson's most financially successful and most accesible film, I'm still not sure that the Academy will embrace it fully. As of right now, my predictions for the Best Picture nominees are as follows:1. Les Miserables2. Lincoln3. The Master4. Life of Pi5. Beasts of the Southern Wild6. Anna Karenina7. Django Unchained8. Moonrise KingdomAs for who will win...Hard to say. Les Miserables is shaping up to be a HUGE player, but I don't know if AMPAS will give it to a Tom Hooper film just two years after The King's Speech won. Lincoln looks promising (Spielberg-directed biopic starring DDL), but until we see a trailer, we're in the dark- it could end up being another War Horse (In another words, a big disappointment, critically and awards-wise). The Master looks like the best of the bunch, but I don't think it'll win (It could be divisive). After that, I don't know. Life of Pi could do well as it appears to be this year's Hugo (A critical hit and a big awards player).
FilmOdyssey on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
We got a double question here, who is your favorite villain and name your favorite soundtrack from 1 movie?
FilmOdyssey on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
1. Anton Chigurgh\No Country For Old Men2. Drive's soundtrack
casinoiscool on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
1. Darth Vader2. Drive soundtrack
JRyneChattanooga on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
1. Hannibal Lecter2. Vertigo
TheEgant on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
1. Darth Vader2. Rocky IV - 80's awesomeness galore
Boonmee on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Villain: I agree, Anton ChigurghSoundtrack: I can't decide. Any soundtrack from a Tarantino film.
Caesar on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (4 likes)
I have the exact same answers as TheEgant. :)
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PiccoloKing on 7/11/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
1. John Doe. Freaking love Se7en.2.. The Shining soundtrack for now.
jakedoo on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Xenomorph Queen2. LOTR soundtrack
1. Darth Vader / John Doe / Karl Ruprecht Kroenen / The Joker (Hamill > Nicholson = Ledger). Man, so much to choose from.2. The Empire Strikes Back or Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack.
1. I don't really have a favourite villain, aside from the classic showdown between Darth Vader and Hannibal Lector, but I would also like to toss Forrest Whittaker's Idi Amin from The Last King of Scotland out there as well; brilliant performance.2. All three LOTR films; the greatest collective Soundtrack ever written in my opinion.
MrAwesome245 on 8/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Darth Vader- Star WarsGone with the Wind theme
Villain: Probably The Joker from TDKSoundtrack: Drive (my favorite score is Shawshank Redemption)
FilmOdyssey on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What are your top 3 favorite movie endings
FilmOdyssey on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
1. The Shawshank Redemption2. The Usual Suspects3. I actually loved Buried's ending
Caesar on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Does the totem fall or not?2. "He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight."3. "They fought like warrior poets; they fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom."
Oh, and the endings of Psycho, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Passion of the Christ are also pretty cool.
PiccoloKing on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Se7en2. There Will Be Blood3. The Usual Suspects
jakedoo on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)2. Aliens3. Man on Fire
1. Se7en2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (last 15, 20 minutes)3. I don't know...I think Back to the Future or In Bruges
1. Apollo 13 (no. 1)2. Jaws (no. 4)3. The Shawshank Redemption (no. 11)Going to start numbering my ranking of each film as well, just to give you an idea of where they stand on my list.
1. Se7en - The most perfectly-written ending I've ever seen.2. The Dark Knight3. Heat(These are just off the top of my head...)
MysticSpoon on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Oh yeah, I forgot the Inception ending, that was brilliant. I guess taht's my no. 3, definitely better than the endings of Back to the Future and In Bruges.
MysticSpoon on 7/23/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
4. The Dark Knight Rises
FilmOdyssey on 7/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Hey guys, I'm gonna start doing, like instead of questions, I'll do a couple of matchups that I encounter and you say which one wins, but I'll still do questions though
T2 vs. The Avengers
Boonmee on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Haven't seen either, so I can't judge on this one.
FilmOdyssey on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
WHAT!?!, oh my god. T2 is in my Top 3 action movies, you gotta check that one out, and Avengers is great.
TheEgant on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Avengers needs more time to grow, so I'll go with T2, but...just barely.
I went with T2 too.
The Avengers (14 on my list) thanks to Joss Whedon's handywork. Don't be mad T2, you are still 17 on my list.
I kinda hated the first Terminator and The Avengers doesn't interest me in the least. Sorry...
Do you like action movies, Boonmee?
Sure. It depends, though.
Agree with TheEgant, T2 (no. 18). The Avengers (67) is decent, but needs more time to mature.
T2 with no hesitation. The Avengers is great fun, though.
FilmOdyssey on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What are your Top 3 favorite war films?
1. Terminator 2 (war against the machines)2. Saving Private Ryan (WW2)3. Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam)
PiccoloKing on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
1. Apocalypse Now2. Saving Private Ryan3. Black Hawk Down
jakedoo on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Platoon2. Band of Brothers/The Pacific (same series)3. Saving Private Ryan
TheEgant on 7/13/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Saving Private RyanFull Metal JacketBand of Brothers/Black Hawk Down
I love The Pacific
Caesar on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
This was a tough one, but...1. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2. The Patriot3. Apocalypse Now
Boonmee on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Apocalypse Now2. The Thin Red Line3. Paths of Glory
ironichipster on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Schindler's List2. Apocalypse Now3. Inglourious Basterds
1. Apocalypse Now2. Inglorious Basterds3. Platoon / Pan's Labyrinth (if you can call that a war movie)
1. Platoon (3)2. Saving Private Ryan (23)3. Downfall (30)You could argue Master and Commander (21) as a war film, but I don't think of it as one (since it is ranked higher on my chart than SPR and Downfall). Also The Dambusters (31) Black Hawk Down (47) are worth a mention as just missing out at nos. 4 and 5
I like the fact that you put Master and Commander on there. Personally I don't think of it as a War movie so much as an adventure movie, but I suppose on paper you could class it as a war film.
Sorry, talking to Caesar here.
aquascape on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Saving Private Ryan2. Platoon3. Apocalypse Now ...and many others!
FilmOdyssey on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What are your Top 3 favorite Sci-Fi films?
FilmOdyssey on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Star Trek2. Terminator 23. Children of Men
1. Star Wars2. Star Trek3. The Empire Strikes Back
Actually, I don't know if Children of Men is sci-fi, so i'll just replace it with Empire Strikes Back
jakedoo on 7/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I hope its okay if I do a Top 5 because Sci-Fi is my favorite genre.1. Aliens2. Attack The Block3. Serenity/Firefly4. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within5. Star Wars, Star Trek(SNG), T2, Sunshine, Moon, Titan A.E., FAQ About Time Travel, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Galaxy Quest, Ultraviolet, The Matrix, Alien/3/4/AVP/Prometheus.Um...I got a little carried away :D
Yeah, it's one of mine too, jakedoo. I'm gonna do one too.
1. Star Trek2. T23. Children of Men4. Empire Strikes Back5. 2001: A Space Odyssey6. The Avengers7. Avatar8. Chronicle9. Inception10. Prometheus
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey2. Brazil3. Children of Men
1. 20012. Inception3. The Empire Strikes Back
1. The Empire Strikes Back2. Back to the Future3. Inception
Yeah Children of Men is Sci-Fi
1. District 9 (11)2. E.T. (16)3. T2 (17)However, I'd say these films would do better in action/adventure/thriller and family categories than they would in Sci-Fi, so for a list of traditional sci-fi films, I would give these three:1. Alien (26)2. Children of Men (35, although need to rewatch it again)3. Straight toss-up between Prometheus (43) and Sunshine (44), can't decide which one I like better since they are both very similar films.Also, honourable mentions to other partial Sci-Fi films such as Akira (32), The Fly (29), Inception (46), The Thing (51), and other traditional sci-fis like Moon (49) and Blade Runner (52).Sorry, I know I'm carrying on, but there are some films on my list which are ranked lower than others but I think I better "Sci-Fi films" than there higher-ranking counterparts. I guess people prefer different films for different reasons, and genres can be interpreted on different levels. Technically the highest ranking Sci-Fi film on my list is Jurassic Park (8), but I don't regard it as a better "Sci-Fi" film than the other films I have mentioned. Anyway, these are my top 3 hybrid and traditional Sci-Fi films, sorry once again for embelishing my answer as always :P
PiccoloKing on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Predator2. Inception3. Contact/Minority Report
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey2. The Empire Strikes Back3. Star Wars
Just 3? Oh man, here it goes:1. Empire Strikes Back2. Aliens3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
What are your Top 5 favorite horror movies?
If we're doing "favorite", then:1. The Shining2. Psycho3. Kwaidan
1. Zombie land2. Shaun of the Dead3. Alien4. The Crazies5. Halloween
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari5. Hour of the Wolf
1. The Shining2. Alien3. The Thing
1. Psycho2. Zombieland3. The Silence of the Lambs4. Deliverance5. Jaws
Not a fan of horror, so the following list may seem a little odd:1. Planet Terror (Almost Left 4 Dead: the movie in a way. Awesome movie.)2. Stephen King's The Mist (Great)3. Aliens (Pretty good, have to see it again)I don't really care about the rest, but they're decent:4. Cloverfield5. Predator
1. Jaws (3)2. The Silence of the Lambs (13)3. Alien (26)4. The Fly (29)5. The Thing (51)Also honorable mentions to The Descent (142) and The Blair Witch Project (147). They might not be as good as the films on this list, but they are still the two scariest films I have ever seen to date.
PiccoloKing on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Shining2. Predator3. The Exorcist4. Alien5. Sleepy Hollow
jakedoo on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Attack The Block2. Alien3. Shaun of the Dead4. The Host (2006, Gwoemul is the original title. I like watching it in Korean with English subs.)5. Zombieland
FilmOdyssey on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
What are your Top 5 Animation movies?
1. The Incredibles2. Toy Story 33. Cars4. Monsters Inc. 5. The Simpsons Movie
Never really though about this. According to my list:1. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm2. Rango3. Up4. Toy Story 35. Wall-E
Thought*
TheEgant on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Transformers The Movie (1986)2. Toy Story 33. Wall - E4. Toy Story5. G.I. Joe (1987) & Finding Nemo
Caesar on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Toy Story 32. Shrek3. Toy Story 24. Toy Story5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Oh yeah, I forgot Fantastic Mr. Fox. That'd be my #5, I guess.
1. Akira (31)2. Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (74)3. Finding Nemo (93)4. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (107)5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (108)Honourable mention to The Lion King (110)
casinoiscool on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Toy Story 1, 2, and 3. Pinocchio and Tin Tin
Boonmee on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Spirited Away2. Princess Mononoke3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind4. Pinocchio5. My Neighbor Totoro/ Waltz with Bashir
1. The Lion King2. Up3. Toy Story 34. Batman: Mask of The Phantasm5. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
1. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2. Titan A.E.3. Advent Children (Final Fantasy)4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind5. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
shane24 on 7/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Just the usual Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Toy Story. If I had to go further The Incredibles, Rango, Toy Story 2, Fantastic Mr Fox.
Nobody has The Incredibles! WOW
What is your favorite movie that you cried in?
smatticus on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Hmm, either Road to Perdition (10), Schindler's List (14) or Dear Zachary (17). Road to Perdition is technically my favourite as it is ranked highest, and Schindler's List I haven't seen in ages. But in terms of what made my cry the most, definitely Dear Zachary. That is the only film I have openly sobbed through in public while watching. Extremely sad and emotional charged film, made all the more powerful by the fact that it is a personal documentary about a true story.
FilmOdyssey on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Mine would have to be The Shawshank Redemption.
(3)
Toy Story 3. The end really got to me. It showed me that friends could last forever, but sometimes you got to move on. And Harry Potter 7 part 2. It was a end to something I grew up with.
Caesar on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Showgirls...I kid, I kid. Schindler's List, I think.
The Tree of Life
ironichipster on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
At the ends of Schindler's List and the Social Network.
Schindler's List and the Social Network.
MysticSpoon on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Platoon. Honorable mentions to Toy Story 3, that almost made me cry 3 times during the movie, but never actually succeeded, and to the TV documentary 9/11 with Robert deNiro that DID made me cry (hard), but since that's a documentary, I guess it doesn't really count. And even then, I much rather watch Platoon again.
TheEgant on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Green Mile just whooped my ass...
Probably Gladiator.
Oh yeah, honorable mentions to United 93 as well (24).
And Toy Story 3 and Chronicle
aquascape on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Well not really cried, but a silent tear was on the verge of dropping while watching Hotel Rwanda.
FilmOdyssey on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I can't believe Shawshank Redemption didn't make you guys cry.
MysticSpoon on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Surprisingly it didn't make me cry. Still a damn good movie though.
Man on Fire (During the last 5 min. I'm glad I watched it alone lol.)
What is your favorite trilogy?
Either Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, its really close
I'lll get back to you on Friday...
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, with an honorable mention to the Star Wars trilogy. I just think Rotj is nowhere as good as the first two. The Lotr movies are more consistent in quality.
Caesar on 7/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The Star Wars trilogy, of course. However, the early reviews for The Dark Knight Rises have been great, so I might have to amend this answer later on. ;)
Lord of the rings by a long way. I do like Star Wars a lot, and actually prefer rotj over the other two, but lotr is just so much better for me. It'll be interesting to see what happens with TDKR, if it joins lotr and toy story as the only trilogies without a major weak link (according to most people), but for me lotr will always be the best.
casinoiscool on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Come on, Star Wars of course.
Star Wars.
FilmOdyssey on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Lol
Lord of the Rings I Thought was more emotional than Star Wars
PiccoloKing on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I'm Batman.
ironichipster on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
LOTR.
Lord of the Rings which I suppose will be a "Quintology" after both Hobbit films are released :P
Come on guys! 200 comments!
YES!
FilmOdyssey on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
GOT FREE MIDNIGHT TICKETS TO THE DARK KNIGHT RISES! THANX BIG BRO
What are your Top 3 favorite opening scenes?
1. Drive (of course, u gotta love this scene)2. Saving Private Ryan (Epic beginning)3. The Dark Knight (shows what Joker can do)I'm actually gonna do 5.4. Star Trek (This actually has a powerful beginning, and when the Star Trek logo appears on the screen, EPIC)5. Terminator 2 ("I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle")
1. The Dark Knight (bank heist)2. Raiders (Indy escapes from ancient temple)3. Reservoir Dogs (the tipping scene)4. Saving Private Ryan (D-Day)5. Apocalypse Now (opening monologue)
Boonmee on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Ooh, I don't think I can do just 5. Forgive me, but my 10 favorite film openings ever:1. Paprika (Dream sequence)2. Inception (Dream again)3. A Serious Man (The Dybbuk)4. Children of Men5. Amadeus (Salieri suicide attempt)6. No Country For Old Men (Tommy Lee monologue and Chigurgh strangling scene)7. The Dark Knight (Very cool heist scene)8. The Shining (Opening credits roll as we follow jack driving through the mountains)9. Brazil (Fly in the typewriter mixup)10. There Will Be Blood (Wordless prospecting scene)
Man, PiccoloKing, you have a great list!
I forgot No Country for Old Men
1. The Star Wars opening. I mean my god, so memorable. The crawl followed by the ships and the planets and the lasers...do I really need to say more?2. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Also insanely memorable, I mean: the idol, the plane, the jungle, the boulder, the traps, the atmosphere3. Watchmen. And with that I mean the opening credits, not the very first scene with the comedian, althoguh that scene could qualify too. Great music, great visuals, very memorable. I think the movie itself is great too, although the rest isn't as good as the opening credits. It's fantastic.4. There will be blood. The opening tune, the striking visuals, the hand with oil. Great stuff.5. Hellboy. Great scene, with the rain and the lighting and atmosphere. Another instance where I think the movie is fantastic, but the opening is far superior.
Children of Men's opening is chilling
TheEgant on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Of course I gotta go Star Wars...but all three of the original trilogy had great openings.2. Saving Private Ryan - Duh.3. Butch Cassidy & Sundance - the card game4. Rounders - Mike McD taking a beating...sets the stage for the movie.5. Full Metal Jacket - Can I can the first 40 minutes as the opening?
smatticus on 7/17/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Saving Private Ryan (23)2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7); they are all good, but this one is just epic in every sense of the word3. The Dark Knight (25)4. Akira (32) (The Bike Chase is some of the best animation I have ever watched)5. Children of Men (35)Honorable mentions to Terminator 2 (18), The Shawshank Redemption (12) (which I studied in great detail for English) and GoldenEye (95); highest bungee jump ever filmed for a feature film followed by some great action.
Honorable mentions for me are: Casino Royale (20), No Country for Old Men (19), Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (16), and hopefully, Bane's escape from the plane at the beginning of Dark Knight Rises will be awesome.
Caesar on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Ahhh, nobody mentioned GoodFellas? "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." *trunk is slammed shut, music plays* Best opening ever.Star Wars and Star Trek round out my top 3.
casinoiscool on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Drive, Fast and Furious, and The Dark Knight
1. Two Towers (Gandalf's battle with the Balrog)2. Star Wars (One of the first films to start the audience in the middle of the action)3. Zombieland (gotta love all the slow-mo comical zombie chaos)
What are your Top 5 favorite opening title sequences?
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly2. Pulp Fiction3. Psycho4. GoodFellas5. Zombieland
1. Drive (Who can't have this on their list?)2. Reservoir Dogs (Walking down the street with a black suit and black sunglasses, 1 word, COOL)3. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Very colorful and a cool song playing in the back)4. Casino Royale (2006)5. Se7en (VERY SCARY TITLE SEQUENCE)
Remember, I said TITLE sequence, not opening.
Ah, good call on Casino Royale. THAT'S my #2. Quantum of Solace is probably just outside my top 5.
Boonmee on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
In no particular order:The ShiningCatch Me If you CanNorth by NorthwestNausicaa of the Valley of the WindDr. Strangelove
Quantum of Solace was one of the worst Bond films
The title sequence (and the accompanying song) was one of the best.
1. Drive. Love it2. Goldfinger3.Casino Royale4. Quantum of Solace5. Most likely another Bond film
PiccoloKing on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
1. Fight Club- Going through the narrator's neural network.2. Se7en- Haunting music in the background as John Doe (supposedly) does his research.3. Reservoir Dogs- Little Green Bag. 'Nuff said.4. The Shining- Camera following Jack's car who is heading towards The Overlook.5. Cape Fear- Ripples in the water of Cape Fear River signaling the arrival of Max Cady.
I just wanna say guys, thanx for commenting on The Daily Question. I really appreciate it! We've made it pretty far! Now, i'm including something to amp it up. I'm slowly running out of ideas, and I need you guys to ocassionally tell me what I question you want me to ask for my fellow flickcharter friends. Thanx for making this event pretty big! Conner out.
What is everybody's current BOTTOM 10?
I would like my bottom ten to be anything with Matthew McCounaughey( except Tropic Thunder) I can't stand him.
10. Terminator 29. Star Trek8. Reservoir Dogs7. Braveheart6. Return of the King5. Kill Bill Vol. 14. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World3. The Shawshank Redemption2. Drive1. Inglourious Basterds
Bottom 10 does he mean 1-10 or 11-20?
@casinoiscool - I will see your Matthew McConaughey, and raise you a Shia LeBeouf. Now THAT dude is annoying.@Connerwood1998 - Bottom 10 of your Flickchart (the worst of the worst).
MysticSpoon on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Nice interpretation Connerwood, lol. Anyway, from bad to worst:10. Star Wars The Clone Wars (Although Episode 2 is probably worse, so this may change)9. White Chicks (one of the worst premises ever)8. Hancock (starts off okay, but after the first third turns into bullshit)7. Fanboys (worse than Spaceballs, and I don't like Spaceballs. Unlikable and forgetable characters, and unfunny humor that a regular Star Wars fan won't get)6. Elephant (actually not THAT bad in comparison to another Van Sant movie on this list. Probably doesn't belong on here, but whatever.)5. Napoleon Dynamite (unfunny movie about an annoying asshole. I stopped watching it, I can't stand the character at all.)4. Pink Panther 2 (again, probably doesn't belong here, but whatever. One of the unfunniest movies I've ever seen)3. District 9 (this will cause some controversy I guess...unoriginal, annoying, bullshit ending, zero logic and plotholes)2. Pirates of the Carribean 3 (one of the worst watching esperiences of my life. Long, boring and tedious. Torture.)1. Paranoid Park (I don't like very artsy movies. At all. I don't care if you shout 'you don't get it' at me, fine, maybe I don't. But this particular movie isn't artsy. This is pretentious bullshit. There is no excuse for this movie. Zero, none. You can't convince me. At least with a movie like 2001, which I don't hate, you can convince me what it is about or what the movie is trying to tell. Not with this one. It is all meaningless and a big waste of time. Besides that, the characters are assholes and the movie is...unintentionally unfunny? I don't know how to describe it.)If you like any of these movies, that's fine. I respect your opinion, I hope you respect mine.
Then I messed up on my list
My current bottom 10:10. The Benchwarmers (It should be closer to #1 worst, but this is just where it stands on my list as of now)9. Rebound (Don't know why this is so low. I didn't like it, but not nearly this much)8. The Pacifier7. the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl6. Angels in the Infield5. The (Not so) Amazing Panda Adventure4. The Coutry Bears3. Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story2. Dragon Wars1. Manos the Hands of Fate (Far and away the worst film I've ever seen)
10. The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - I'm probably being too hard on it, but I didn't like how the film deviated from the short story.9. Bride of the Monster (1955) - Hey, they don't call Ed Wood "The Worst Director of All Time" for nothing.8. Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) - It's as bad as the title suggests.7. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) - Just wretched.6. Indestructible Man (1956) - Crappy B movie starring Lon Chaney Jr.5. Casino Royale (1967) - Incoherent garbage. Unworthy of the James Bond name.4. The General (1926) - I know this is controversial, but I found this movie soooo boring. It's mostly just Buster Keaton riding a train. Zzzzzzz.3. Our Hospitality (1923) - This one bored me even more than The General. Sorry, Buster.2. Safety Last! (1923) - I'm obviously not much of a silent film fan. I just don't enjoy them, for some reason.1. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) - A three-hour silent film? Just shoot me.
*Gasp* A silent movie hater? Say it ain't so. The General is a brilliant film! I can understand if you didn't enjoy it, but can you at least acknowledge that it is a well-made film with perfect direction and story-structure?
Caesar on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
@Boonmee - Sure, The General is brilliantly constructed and, in many ways, far ahead of its time; but, in terms of its ability to entertain, it didn't do much for me. I enjoyed The Navigator and Seven Chances much more. Also, I prefer Chaplin's work to Keaton's.Here are my favorite silent-era films: 1. The Kid2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans3. Modern Times4. The Gold Rush5. The Navigator
Boonmee on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Ok, fair enough. :)
smatticus on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Not so much a flickchart bottom 10 but 10 of my least favourite films in no particular order:Sucker PunchThe HangoverLittle NickyCharlie' Angels (and the sequel)ArmaggedonAttack ForceFantastic Four silver surferVan HelsingDonkey PunchTeeth
What are your Top 3 favorite kills?
1. Inglourious Basterds (Nazi gettin' smashed with a bat)2. Drive (The hotel scene, nuff said)3. Saving Private Ryan (Pvt. Jackson's sniper shot in the eye)
1. Ivan Drago kills Apollo Creed. Stop the fight!2. Delacroix's execution in The Green Mile.3. "Mother" murders Marion Crane in the shower.
1. Advent Children (Team AVALANCHE helps Cloud kill Bahamut.)2. Grosse Pointe Blank (John Cusack drops a TV onto Dan Akroyd's head)3. Zombieland (Old lady drops a piano on a zombie for the zombie kill of the week.)
shane24 on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Final Destination 2 (kid,glass,funny) Don't Look Now (you know if you've seen it) There Will Be Blood (I'm Finished!!!)
I will also add from the previous question of my worst movies. I must like to punish myself, because I have seen some very bad movies. 1 The Hottie & the Nottie, 2 Antichrist, 3 Shortbus, 4 12 (2008), 5 Alvin and the Chipmunks, 6 Swept Away, 7 From Justin to Kelly, 8 Son of the Mask, 9 Delta Farce, 10 Crossroads. Honorable mentions: Hero and the Terror, Loose Cannons, Beverly ChIhuahua 2, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, You and Your Stupid Mate, Knights, Silent Rage, Monkeybone, Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher and Gigli. Phew!, I can keep going, but i'll leave it at that.
At number 4, do you mean 12 rounds?
I heard Bane is pretty good in Dark Knight Rises
But Anne Hathaway steals the show as Catwoman
shane24 on 7/18/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
No Boonme, the movie title is actually in roman numerals. I can't write that on my iPad
Top 3 saddest deaths?
Make that Top 5
1. Terminator 2 (Arnie's death, when he sticks his thumb up, it almost made me cry)2. Braveheart (William Wallace's death, FREEEEEEEDOOMM!)3. Forrest Gump (death of his mom, this made me cry)4. Chronicle (SPOILER! SKIP IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN CHRONICLE...................Andrew's death)5. Saving Private Ryan (Every good guy's death)
TheEgant on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Michael Clarke Duncan in the Green mile.2. Denzel and Matthew Broderick gettting capped in Glory.3. Cancer getting Michael Keaton in "My Life."4. The last 30 agonizing minutes of "Million Dollar Baby."5. Creasy bleeding out in "Man on Fire."HM to the first 10 minutes of "Up."
Boonmee on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Don Corleone in the Godfather and the four samurai that perished in Seven Samurai (I'm not saying who for those who haven't seen it).
jakedoo on 7/23/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Captain Gray Edwards in "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within"1. Creasy bleeding out in "Man on Fire" (great choice "TheEgant")2. Boromir in LOTR
FilmOdyssey on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 3 rain scenes?
FilmOdyssey on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Shawshank Redemption (escape from the sewer)2. Saving Private Ryan (Vin Diesel bleeding out)3. Jurassic Park (you guys know this one)
smatticus on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Basically everything that Conerwood said, but would like to add Helms deep in The Two Towers (7) and the shootout in Road to Perdition (10) as number 1
1. Singin' in the Rain (The scene for which the film is named)2. Seven Samurai climax3. Network- "I'm as mad as hell" scene
Forgot about that Two Towers scene at the end
1. Two Towers (helms deep)2. Magneto as a boy in the concentration camp.3. The Burbs (Tom Hanks "I've never seen that, I've never seen someone drive there garbage to the street and beat the hell out of it with a shovel...I've never seen that"
steamountain on 7/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Hey, thanks for the friend request! Nice list :)
Your welcome
Top 3 most suspenseful moments where your heart was pumping?
1. No Country for Old Men (In the hotel where Brolin saw Bardem's shadow under the door, you guys know what i'm talking aboout)2. Drive (same thing like No Country, sees the 2 guys shadow behind the window, then he owns them)
3. Terminator 2 (the escape from the asylum)
1. The scene from No Country For Old Men that you mentioned.2. The Silence of the Lambs- ending in the basement3. The Hurt Locker- Any of the bomb diffusions
FilmOdyssey on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Nice ones Boonmee, and yeah, when I saw that scene for the first time in No Country, my heart was about to beat out of my chest. Actually, that whole night scene was great.
aquascape on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. The Wages of Fear (the whole movie kept me in suspense)2. The Prestige3. Le Trou
1. Aliens (when the marines are retreating from the atmosphere processor)2. When Eowyn and Pippin face the Litch King in Return of the King.3. In "The Kingdom" when Jeniffer Garner is fighting in close quarters combat for her life toward the end.
FilmOdyssey on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Leaving for The Dark Knight Rises!!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
FilmOdyssey on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
The Dark Knight Rises was so awesome
aquascape on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Would you say that it's better than The Dark Knight? (no spoilers please, where I live it opens next week)
I say it's barely better than The Dark Knight.
Boonmee on 7/20/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I, too attended the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and I would say that TDK is still far and away the best of the trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises was exciting and the last hour or so was great, but the film is not without its flaws.
FilmOdyssey on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
I'm in Chicago right now and today, I saw where Johnny Depp was shot at the end of Public Enemies. I'm taking a movie tour tomorrow too where they filmed iconic films. I'll tell you guys where I went tomorrow.
Boonmee on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Very cool.
Boonmee on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Just to keep the conversations rolling:What are your top 3 or 5 NYC-set films?
1. The Godfather2. Network3. The Godfather Part 24. Hannah and Her Sisters5. Annie Hall
smatticus on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Interesting question Boonmee. I just realised that most of my top 100 have nothing to do with New York, but if I go based on overall ranking rather than what I think of the film in terms of New York, it would look something like this:1. The Godfather2. Man on Wire3. The Avengers4. Leon: The Professional5. Annie HallTechnically films like Independence Day, Men in Black, Watchmen and United 93 could/should be on the list since New York is featured, but I'm not going to since New York is rarely the focus in them (Men in Black), is only featured for a few seconds (ID4, United 93), is completely different to it's real life setting (Watchmen). Plus I feel it would be extremely tasteless to bring up United 93 in this list (and a bit false to be fair). Oh, and honorable mentions to Taxi Driver.
Caesar on 7/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Marvel's The Avengers2. The Godfather3. The Godfather Part II 4. GoodFellas5. Gangs of New York
1. 16 Blocks2. War of the Worlds (2005)3. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within4. The Brave One5. TMNT (1990)
PiccoloKing on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
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FilmOdyssey on 7/23/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I saw the Biograph Theater where John Dillinger was shot in Public Enemies and in real life. I stayed in the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago and on the rooftop of the hotel, they filmed the opening scene of Wanted there. And I saw where Nolan filmed the Joker blowing up the hospital in The Dark Knight. Movie filled trip, :)
shane24 on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I'll try a question if I may. What movies do you vow never to watch? Mine are A Serbian Film, Glee, Killers, Valentine's Day, New Year's Day and Hostel 2.
MysticSpoon on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Good one. Definitely Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
Boonmee on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Cannibal Holocaust...never.
smatticus on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
In no particular order:1. Human Centipede 2 (I have seen screenshots of the scenes they cut in order to get it legal in the UK, and I have seen the first one. I intend never to pursue the line of enquiry further)2. Human Centipede 3 (when and if it is ever released)3. The Hangover 2 (hated the first)4. All the High School Musical films5. New Year's Eve6. Green Lantern7. Home on the Range (worst mainstream Disney film ever apparently)There are loads of others, but these were the first which came to mind
Boonmee on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I agree with the sentiment towards Home on the Range. It is awful and you are doing yourself a favor by avoiding it.
MysticSpoon on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Oh, wait. I interpreted the question the wrong way; I thought you asked what movies will I never watch AGAIN. But movies I'll never watch? Hm...- Pirates of the Caribbean 4- Any Saw or Hostel movie- Any Wayans brothers movie- Any Human Centipede movie- Any movie with Paris Hilton in it- Jack and Jill- The Three Stooges
shane24 on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
You won't miss much MysticSpoon.
Nope. That movie is a trainwreck...a huge trainwreck.
FilmOdyssey on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
shane24, I would have to say John Carter, and actually that's about it. Other movies I don't vow to never watch again, but I just HATED John Carter.
Sorry I haven't been posting Daily Questions that much, because I was in Chicago for like 4 or 5 days. I'm back home and i'm ready for more!
Tribute to the people who lost their lives in the Colorado Theater shooting.
MysticSpoon on 7/24/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Another question then: What were your favorite movies when you were a kid? For me:- Monsters Inc. (although even when I was younger I couldn't stand the little girl)- A Bug's Life (first Pixar movie I saw)- Harry Potter 1 and 2 (HP1 was the first DVD I owned)- Pinocchio (Disney)- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney)- The Muppet Christmas Carol (didn't own it, but always watched it when it was on TV. They still show it on Christmas over here)- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (always watched that one at my grandparents' house)- Bean (watched it a lot as a kid...but the movie is actually shit. They just recycled some sketches and made a movie out of it. Watch the sketches instead.)
- Monster's Inc. - Dunston Checks In- The Little Rascalsetc.
When I was really young, these were my go-to movies:1. Toy Story (I watched that at least 100 times as a kid- not even exaggerating)2. Hercules3. Peter Panand then:Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusThe Brave Little Toaster
FilmOdyssey on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Forgot Toy Story
Caesar on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
- Star Wars trilogy (I would always watch when they were on TV)- The Mighty Ducks (I loved that it was set in my home state)- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I was obsessed with the Turtles)
I F*CKIN' LOVED HOMEWARD BOUND!!!To be honest, my favourite films as a kid were pretty much the same as they are now; I grew up with Jurassic Park, Jaws and Apollo 13 (and to a lesser extent The Right Stuff and as a teenager the LOTR trilogy), therefore accounting for 7 of my top 10. I suppose my favourite Disney films at the time (basically the same question worded differently, because most of the films people think of as kids are Disney films) would have been The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (particularly the latter as an adult I might add).
What are your Top 10 Brad Pitt movies?
1. Inglourious Basterds2. Se7en3. Moneyball4. Mr. & Mrs. Smith5. Ocean's Eleven
I did 5
According to flickchart, I have only seen 8 Brad Pitt movies. Here is my top 5:1. The Tree of Life2. Inglourious Basterds3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford4. Fight Club/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
FilmOdyssey on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I've seen 7 movies so that's why I did 5 movies. OH WOW! I've seen "7" Brad Pitt movies! SEE? Se7en Brad Pitt movies. Haha, I just noticed that.
1. Moneyball2. Inglourious Basterds3. Troy4. A River Runs Through It5. Ocean's Eleven6. Se7en7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford8. Legends of the Fall9. Fight Club10. The Tree of Life
MysticSpoon on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Se7en (3)2. Snatch. (9) 3. Fight Club (22)4. Inglourious Basterds (39)5. Burn after Reading (86)6. 12 Monkeys (102)7. Mr. And Mrs. Smith (147)
I have only seen seven Brad Pitt movies as well...how ironic.
Shock! I've only seen 4 :O1. A River Runs Through It (38)2. Babel (160)3. Ocean's Eleven (401)4. Troy (585; lol)Got Inglorious Basterds on DVD, and intend to check out Fight Club, Snatch and Se7en soon though, so going to culture myself a bit more on him in the future.
ironichipster on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Fight Club2. Se7en3. Inglourious Basterds4. 12 Monkeys5. The Tree of Life6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button7. Moneyball8. Mr. and Mrs. Smith9. Ocean's Eleven10. Babel
He's a great actor, and yeah, I have Inglourious Basterds on Blu-Ray and I hope Django Unchained will edge out farther than Basterds.
jakedoo on 7/29/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith2. Twelve Monkeys3. Fight Club4. Moneyball5. Se7en6. World War Z (not out yet but sounds great)
MysticSpoon on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What is the first movie you saw in a movie theater and can you remember anything of the experience? Hercules is the first movie I saw in a theater. I must've been 4 years old, and I can actually remember sitting there. The theater was almost empty, there was just a man with his daughter there. I can't remember much from the movie besides Hades, he was fun.
Hmm, I think mine is seeing Dumb and Dumber. I actually remember sitting on the left side of the theater, about halfway up. And I remember the dream sequence scene where Lloyd returns the briefcase to Mary and he lifts up her skirt as he's hugging her and laughing my ass off.
Anastasia (1997); the Don Bluth animated film. I only remember the film because my sister used to watch it on video many years afterwards. Other than that I just remember rather enjoying myself at the tender age of 5 or 6 with my Au Pair and some of her friends children.
shane24 on 7/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
My first I can remember was actually for a drive-in. I was very young, the movie was Milo and Otis, and I loved it! It has some scary scenes for a young kid! For the cinema it was Jurassic Park. I was seven, yet I can still remember vividly the taste of the popcorn, burnt!! Especially when I ran out of coke to wash it down! Do you ask why I kept eating it? Because I was seven = stupid kid. Plus it was my first time eating popcorn, for every ten pieces that were burnt, I would get a handful so nice, I would risk going back for more. This still stands as the worst popcorn I have ever had, but what a brilliant movie.
I'M TRYING TO THINK!!! I honestly can't think what movie I first saw in theaters. Man, that's disappointing.
Now after The Dark Knight Rises, what are your Top 5 favorite endings?
1. 300 (31)2. Braveheart (8)3. The Dark Knight Rises (9)4. The Shawshank Redemption (3)5. The Usual Suspects (47)Honorable Mentions: Inglourious Basterds (1) Drive (2) Se7en (78) Buried (111) Shutter Island (105) Inside Man (103) Monsters Inc. (120) Toy Story 3 (84) Chronicle (22) 127 Hours (20)
I have to confess I didn't find The Dark Knight Rises nearly as good as I would have hoped; massive let down for me (see my comment on TDK vs TDKR for details). But endings, let's see:1. Apollo 13 (1)2. Jaws (4)3. The Shawshank Redemption (12)4. E.T. (16)5. The Usual Suspects (52)Honorable mentions:Akira (33) (not so much the ending as the entire climatic fight and wind-down following it)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2 (91) (not really a massive HP fan, but this is mainly because of the nostalgic value of bringing back the John Williams Score from the first movie for the final scene and also that moment when you realise just how massive the franchise has been and that it has finally come to an end. Pretty overwhelming actually).
Boonmee on 7/26/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Ten that come to mind in no particular order:2001: A Space OdysseyThe Tree of Life8 1/2Dr. StrangeloveAmadeusThere Will Be BloodPsychoBrazilThe GraduateKwaidan
I can't think of good endings at the moment. But Connerwood, you have some great picks. Unfortunately for me, Shutter Island didn't have the same impact as it did with others because, without me even wanting to, I guessed the ending the very first scene. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the movie, but I was left hoping I was wrong for the whole film.
Thanx Shane, I just found the endings of 300 and Braveheart extremely amazing because every time I watch the endings of those 2 movies, I get chills throughout my whole body. They are truly spectacular, IMO.
FilmOdyssey on 7/26/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 5 MARVEL movies?
1. The Avengers (17)2. Iron Man (30)3. X-Men: First Class (60)4. Hulk (2003 Version) (70)5. Spider-Man 2 (83)
smatticus on 7/26/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. The Avengers (67)2. Iron Man (75)3. Men in Black (89) (apparently it's a Marvel comics production. I had no idea!)4. Kick-Ass (129)5. The Amazing Spider-Man (144)
Me too. I didn't know Men In Black was Marvel either.
btw, just watched Inglorious Basterds. Not as good as Pulp Fiction on the Tarantino portfolio, and probably just a tad below the Kill Bill films, but still a decent film in my eyes. Liked it more than I thought I would :)
Cool
ironichipster on 7/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. X2 (68)2. Spider-Man 2 (71)3. X-Men: First Class (150)4. Spider-Man (159)5. Iron Man (193)
FilmOdyssey on 7/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 5 best explosions?
1. The Dark Knight- Hospital2. Inglourious Basterds- The theater3. Hurt Locker- Beginning4. The Matrix- End Helicopter crash5. Super 8- Train derailHonorable mention: Apocalypse Now, Independence Day, The Dark Knight Rises, Saving Private Ryan, basically every other war film.
smatticus on 7/30/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Two Towers - Breaching the Deeping Wall2. Jaws - Shark blowing up3. Star Wars A New Hope/Return of the Jedi = Both Death Star explosions4. The Bridge on the River Kwai - finale (spoilers)5. Independence Day (quite a lot of them, but my favourite is probably the Empire State Building destruction)Honorable mentions: Matrix - Helicopter Crash, Akira - psionic blast wave, Terminator 2 - pretty much all of them, in particular nuclear blast.
FilmOdyssey on 7/28/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 5 revenge films?
1. Inglourious Basterds2. Kill Bill Vol. 13. Braveheart4. Taken5. Memento
Boonmee on 7/28/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
According to flickchart, these are my top 5 revenge films:1. Harakiri2. The Virgin Spring3. Inglourious Basterds4. Memento5. Gangs of New York
According to my flickchart:1. Gladiator (20)2. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (65)3. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (76)4. Sweeney Todd (86)5. Inglourious Basterds (168)
MysticSpoon on 8/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
According to my flickchart, apparently1. Memento (24)2. True Grit 2010 (34)3. Inglourious Basterds (41)4. Machete (116)And that's all I've seen. Isn't Drive technically a revenge film?
FilmOdyssey on 7/29/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Nobody's commenting anymore
smatticus on 7/30/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
The Olympics have kept me away from my computer for several days now, managed to get to see a few events in and around London.
shane24 on 7/29/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
My favourite revenge movies are Cape Fear, Kill Bill, Braveheart, Gladiator and Inglourious Basterds.
shane24 on 7/30/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Do you have a favourite genre Connerwood?
FilmOdyssey on 7/30/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Does Tarantino movies count as a genre? haha, i'm jk, I'd have to say either War Epics or Sci-Fi/Action/Historical/True Stories/Comedy. That's basically every genre out there, lol. Final Answer: I LOVE ALL MOVIE GENRE'S!
Just an observation, I will soon have to scroll down for five mins on my ipad at the rate you get comments Connerwood! lol.
haha
Top 3 Favorite trilogies?
1. Star Wars/Lord of the Rings: DEAD TIE!!!2. The Dark Knight trilogy3. Indiana Jones
1. Lord of the Rings2. Star Wars3. Alien (bearing in mind the following: 1. I don't consider AVP, AVP:R or Resurrection canon (rather, I just pretend they don't exist since I hate them so much), 2. I rather enjoy Alien3 more than most people and 3. While I prefer Prometheus to Aliens and Alien3, I regard it as a separate series in the same universe (as it should be)).Honorable mentions to the Nolan Batman trilogy, as I felt that TDKR was a very weak entry in comparison to the other two.
jakedoo on 7/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Lord of the Rings2. Star Wars3. Indiana Jones4. Alien (AVP 2 doesn't exist for me but I like all the rest, though the first three are my favs.)
1. Lord of the Rings2. Original Star Wars3. The Dark Knight Trilogy.
The Dark Knight trilogyLOTR trilogyOriginal Star Wars trilogy
TheEgant on 7/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Original Star Wars LOTRToy Story TrilogyHonorable Mention: Jackass Trilogy!!
FilmOdyssey on 7/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 3 legendary guns in film?
1. .44 Magnum - Dirty Harry2. "My Little Friend" - Scarface3. Gun attached to arm - Inglourious BasterdsHonorable Mentions:Model 1887(shotgun) - T2Boomstick - Army of DarknessThe upgraded alien guns - District 9Minigun - T2
1. Hick's shotgun in Aliens ("Eat This!"...also the smartgun.)2. High-tech guns and ammo popping out of Violets wrists in "Ultraviolet".3. The gun they find in "Doom" although the movie wasn't that great, the gun was bad A.
smatticus on 7/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Franchi SPAS 12 in any film it's in. The highest rated one on my list which features it to any great degree is Jurassic Park (even though it isn't fired at all whilst on-screen, only off-screen). Otherwise pretty much everything that was mentioned by you guys (particularly the District 9 guns and the Model 1887 in T2).
shane24 on 7/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Connerwood, I just don't have to answer because your answers are what mine would be the majority of the time. But, I may as well add some more.Noisy Cricket: Men in BlackRailgun: PredatorLeg gun: Planet TerrorGuitar case gun: DesperadoProbably that gun from the Looper trailerThe gun from No Country for Old Men
I forgot the silenced shotgun that you said in No Country
Oh, Travis Bickle has an awesome concealed weapon in Taxi Driver.
Top 5 favorite gunfights? This will be a fun one!
1. The Matrix (you guys know what i'm talking about)2. Saving Private Ryan (D-Day and all the other battle scenes)3. No Country for Old Men (Brolin vs. Bardem in the hotel)4. T2 (minigun)5. Heat (De Niro's crew vs. Pacino's cops)I gotta put 6. Inglourious Basterds (theater)Honorable Mention:Hurt LockerLeon: The ProfessionalRaiders of the Lost ArkWantedDie HardDie Hard 2AliensTrue Grit (2010)Black Hawk Down The Dark Knight3:10 to Yuma District 9Empire Strikes Back
Forgot Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and MI:3 and Casino Royale
Caesar on 8/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Lots of westerns...1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Final showdown)2. Open Range (Classic)3. Tombstone (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)4. Unforgiven (William Munny kills...a lot)5. The Magnificent Seven (Climactic gunfight at the end)
smatticus on 8/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Matrix (ditto Connerwood1998)2. Saving Private Ryan (again, ditto Connerwood1998)3. Platoon (probably the ambush in the rain, although the end border raid is also good)4. Black Hawk Down (pretty much the entire film, but the scene with Gordon and Shugart making their final stand is the most poignant and meaningful)5. Nikita (Opening scene and restaurant/kitchen scene)
FilmOdyssey on 8/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
What are your Top 3 favorite movies of 2012 so far?
1. The Dark Knight Rises2. The Avengers3. Chronicle
Boonmee on 8/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Turin Horse2. Elena3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
casinoiscool on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing SpiderMan
1. Prometheus2. The Avengers3. The Amazing Spider-Man
Top 3 sexy babes in movies?
1. Scarlett Johannson (The Avengers)2. Megan Fox (Transformers)3. Anne Hathaway (Dark Knight Rises)
Caesar on 8/3/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Oh boy, I don't think I could narrow it down to just three...1. Joan Fontaine in Rebecca2. Daniela Bianchi in From Russia With Love3. Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls4. Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday5. Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls6. Emma Stone in Zombieland7. Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider8. Ingrid Bergman in Notorious9. Scarlett Johansson in Marvel's The Avengers10. Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin
FilmOdyssey on 8/3/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I forgot: Emma Stone (Zombieland) OLIVIA MUNN!!! Oh my godAngelina Jolie from any movieKate BeckinsaleJennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)Jessica BielJessica AlbaSalma HayekMila KunisBLAKE LIVELY!!!!Uma ThurmanNoomi Rapace (Prometheus, I actually think she is kinda hot)Charlize TheronBrooklyn DeckerAmanda Bynes (Always had a crush on her when I was little, haha)
FilmOdyssey on 8/3/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
How could I forget Eva Mendes too
Hayden Panettiere and Zoe Saldana
And Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu from Charlies Angels
Jessica Simpson, Christina Applegate, and the hot chick that takes her shirt off in front of Owen Wilson on Hall Pass
AND Jenna Fischer in Blades of Glory!!!
MysticSpoon on 8/3/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
In no real order:- Amber Heard in Drive Angry- Sharon Stone in Total Recall 1990- Rose McGowan in Planet Terror- Stacy Ann Ferguson aka Fergie in Planet Terror- Malin Akerman in Watchmen- Kristen Stewart in Into the Wild
smatticus on 8/7/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Penelope Cruz in Vanilla Sky (even if the film was pants)2. Emma Stone in Zombieland/The Amazing Spider-Man (can't decide whether she looks better blonde or brunette)3. Malin Akerman in Watchmen4. Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot5. Eva Green in Casino Royale (even if she is an ice-cold bitch)
shane24 on 8/3/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Kathy Bates: About SchmidtAnne Ramsey: Throw Momma from the TrainThat fat mum from What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Men in Black: The woman giving birth to an alien squid.Big Momma's House: Big MommaFinding Nemo: Dory
Boonmee on 8/4/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 5/10 foreign language films?
1. Persona2. 8 1/23. The Rules of the Game4. The Conformist5. Last Year at Marienbad6. Cries and Whispers7. Wings of Desire8. Ran9. The Seventh Seal10. Sansho the Bailiff
FilmOdyssey on 8/4/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I don't see that many foreign films
Caesar on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Even though Flickchart lists The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as a Foreign Language film, I'm excluding it from this list:1. The 400 Blows2. Yojimbo3. The Passion of the Christ (Does this count?)4. Rashomon5. The Bicycle Thief
MysticSpoon on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
According to my list:1. Les Intouchables aka Untouchable (35, hilarious and heartwarming comedy drama, based on a true story)2. El Laberintho del Fauno aka Pan's Labyrinth (37, great movie, but kind of hard to watch because of the depressing tone)3. Der Untergang aka Downfall (82, very good but a little too melodramatic at times)4. Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis aka Welcome to the Sticks (90, decent comedy, hilarious in parts)5. Rien a Déclarer aka Nothing to Declare (153, by the same director of no. 4, but not nearly as funny)6. El Orfanato aka The Orphanage (161, I didn't find it that special. Everyone loves it, but I thought it was okay at best)Like Connerwood, I don't watch that many foreign films.
1. Downfall (30)2. Akira (32)3. La Femme Nikita (57)4. City of God (103)5. Jean de Florette (203)6. Manon de Source (204)7. Mongol (207)8. Good Bye Lenin! (220)9. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (246)Haven't seen any others which I have enjoyed yet. Got Bicycle Thieves lined up to watch as well
Actually having read some of the other responses, I'm going to edit that list. Ignore the last post:1. Downfall (30)2. Akira (32)3. La Femme Nikita (57)4. City of God (103)5. Apocalypto (166)6. The Passion of the Christ (178)7. Jean de Florette (203)8. Manon de Source (204)9. Mongol (207)10. Good Bye Lenin! (220)
shane24 on 8/4/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1.I Saw the Devil2. City of God3. Pan's Labyrinth4. Apocalypto5. Oldboy6. Rififi7. Life is Beautiful8. Elite Squad 29. Hard Boiled10. VengeanceHonourable mentions: M, The Orphanage, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, High and Low, Seven Samurai, Let the Right One In, The Killer, Pusher 2, Trollhunter, letters From Iwo Jima, The Chaser, The Good, the Bad, The Weird, 13 Assassins,Downfall, Three Colours: Blue, Persona, Cell 211, Mongol, Kontroll, Rashomon, Headhunters, Ran and The Host.I know that's a lot, but I couldn't help myself.
FilmOdyssey on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 3 car scenes?
1. Drive2. Casino Royale (Aston Martin crash)3. T2 (all the car chase shooting scenes)
shane24 on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Drive2. Ronin3. The French ConnectionAlso: The Driver (you might like this movie Connerwood if you like Drive) Death Proof, Vanashing Point, Bullitt, Mad Max 2 (Road Warrior for Americans)
I just watched Wild Strawberries and now would like to add it my list (above) from Boonmee's question of best foreign films.
Just got a Resrvoir Dogs t shirt!!!
Am I the only flickcharter with the most comments on their profile page?
FilmOdyssey on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Top 3 blu-rays, if you don't have blu-rays, just do like DVDs
1. The Dark Knight2. Saving Private Ryan3. Scott Pilgrim
Honorable Mention: Inglourious BasterdsT2Tron Legacy
Caesar on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I don't know if I'd call these my top three, but these are some good ones I've watched recently:- The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) -- Disc Two has a very cool Making of... documentary of the film.- Star Trek (3-Disc Special Edition) -- Great special features.- John Carter (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo) -- Shows a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that's pretty cool.
Boonmee on 8/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
If we're talking overall picture and sound quality than I'd say the best blu-rays I own are:1. Kubrick blu-ray box-set (If I had to pick one from the set, it'd be 2001)2. Children of Men3. Amadeus
MysticSpoon on 8/7/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
The Amadeus blu-ray? Really? I thought that was one of the more disappointing ones. Not bad, just underwhelming / average, both in audio and video.Anyway, in terms of picture quality, in no order:- Hellboy 1 and 2 (2 is slightly better)- Lord of the Rings Extended(!) Editions (Two Towers has the best imho, Return of the King is a close second)- District 9 (I hate the movie, but the PQ is very good)- Planet Terror (despite the added grain and stuff, the picture is extremely sharp)- Back to the Future (the first one)- Taxi Driver In terms of audio:- Batman & Robin (If you have rear speakers you're gonna love the audio. Too bad the movie sucks)- Lord of the Rings Extended Editions- Fight Club- Apocalypse Now (this movie pretty much invented the 5.1 surround sound, so ofcourse it sounds great)
MysticSpoon on 8/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I forgot to mention the Rango blu-ray. Excellent picture quality.
Don't do Blu-Ray, and don't really have a list of favourites, but The Lord of the Rings extended addition box set is easily my favourite.
FilmOdyssey on 8/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
How do you not like District 9, MysticSpoon?
The quickest and best way to explain why I dislike District 9 so much is to direct you to this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3yiSgv3SeQ&t=27m07sThe review of District 9 should automatically start at 27 minutes and 7 seconds. And to direct you to my review of District 9 on the Independence Day vs District 9 discussion page: http://www.flickchart.com/discussion/5AC29BEEDA/vs/5C137A86A5Let me know what you think :)
I couldn't find the YouTube video, MysticSpoon, but I posted my own comment in the D9 vs. ID matchup if you wanna check that out, and MysticSpoon, what is your YouTube channel name?
I saw it (and responded about the same time), My YouTube account is MysticSpoonAttack. Are you sure you couldn't find the video? Try to search for 'doug walker movies he hates but everyone else loves', and then go to the 27 minutes and 07 seconds mark.
I'll try
I saw that Doug's top ten movies everyone loves but you hate video, is that you, the guy with the glasses?
Nevermind, that's someone else
Caesar on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Doesn't everybody have a few movies they hate that everyone else loves? On the flip side, doesn't everybody have a few movies they love that everyone else hates?"GOOD" Movies I "HATE":- Raging Bull- Monty Python and the Holy Grail- The Third Man- 2001: A Space Odyssey- Pan's Labyrinth- The General"BAD" Movies I 'LOVE":- Con Air- National Treasure- Clash of the Titans- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time- Rocky IV
FilmOdyssey on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
GOOD Movies that I don't like:-Goodfellas-Independence Day-Blade Runner-John Carter (everybody says John Carter is okay. For me, haha, IT WAS TERRIBLE!!!)-The Blair Witch ProjectBAD Movies I love/like:-Hulk (2003)-Holes-Grown Ups-Daddy Day Care-Stephen King's The Mist-The Crazies
GOOD Movies I don't like:The Godfather
BAD movies I love:Public Enemies
I was thinking about asking that, Caesar. Also Connerwood, I wouldn't consider Independence Day a good movie, more like a bad one. Funny how I love ID4 even though I think it's bad, and you think the complete opposite. And you call The Mist a bad movie? I think it's great!'GOOD' movies I hate, really don't like or just don't like:- District 9 (Hate)- Spaceballs (Really don't like)- Batman Returns (Really don't like)- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Really don't like)- Napoleon Dynamite (Hate)- Romeo + Julliet (Hate)- (500) Days of Summer (Really don't like)- Ghostbusters (Don't like)- Grease (Don't like. Talk about giving a wrong message to women. 'Change your look and personality to get the one you love'...ouch. The songs are catchy as hell though)- Alice in Wonderland (The original animated movie. Don't like. Not bad, but I remember being bored as hell as a kid)'BAD' movies I love, really like or just like:- Planet Terror (Love. Even though it's supposed to be bad.)- Batman Forever (Like. Way better than Batman Returns imho)- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Love)- Independence Day (Really like)- Drive Angry (Like)
I forgot to add Friends with Benefits (Really don't like. You know a movie is bad when it actually turns into what it's mocking, in this case a bad romcom. There is a misunderstanding and they think they hate each other...that's in almost every bad romcom ever made. And besides that, the movie isn't funny at all.
smatticus on 8/9/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
"GOOD" Movies which I "HATE" (in no particular order)- The Hangover- Braveheart- Forrest Gump (don't really hate, but don't like it nearly as much as everyone else)- The Dark Knight Rises (ditto from Forrest Gump)- Armaggedon (I don't even think this is a "GOOD" movie, but it's so popular for reasons I can't really understand)- Babe (f*cking talking animals beating Apollo 13 to a visual effects oscar!)- Eyes Wide Shut- Lilo and Stitch- Lost in Translationhonorable mention to Scott Pilgrim"BAD" Movies which I "LIKE/LOVE" (again, in no particular order)- Independence Day- Alien3- The Beach- The X-files (Fight the future, 1998. Haven't seen I want to believe yet)- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAll the other ones I can think of have mixed reviews. Also, interesting as this question is, it's extremely subject to which reviews you've been reading I recon.
MrAwesome245 on 8/10/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Good movies i Hate! 1. Avatar2. Titanic3. Pan's Labyrinth4. West Side Story
Bad movies i love...1. Parent Trap2. Holes3. Star Wars Phantom Menace
FilmOdyssey on 8/5/2012 Reply · Like · (4 likes)
Hey guys, I might start a YouTube channel later in the year, and I will be doing movie reviews, blu-ray reviews (I have a blu ray collection), and other stuff and news involving movies. I will tell you guys when I start my channel if I do
FilmOdyssey on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Top 3 most anticipated movies of the last half of 2012?
FilmOdyssey on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Django Unchained2. Skyfall3. TIE: Dredd and Premium RushHonorable Mentions: LooperThe Man with the Iron FistsTaken 2Red Dawn LincolnThe Hobbit
Caesar on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Django Unchained2. Skyfall3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyI'm also looking forward to Les Miserables and The Master.
MysticSpoon on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
1. The Hobbit (I really hope Jackson doesn't screw up like Lucas)2. Skyfall (The movie looks beautiful, I like the director, I like Bardem...maybe this will make me a Bond fan, because I was never interested in seeing any of them)3. Seven Psychopaths (This will probably turn out to be the most overlooked movie of the year. I love In Bruges, and this is by the same director. And it has Christopher Walken in it...gold.)4. The Master (Paul T Anderson...do I have to say more?)5. TIE: Looper (Looks very interesting) and Killing them Softly (Brad Pitt as a scary bad-ass...I'm in)6. Django Unchained (Although I'm not the biggest Tarantino fan, I'm still interested in what he can do. Leonardo DiCaprio is fucking amazing in the trailers. I'll probably see it.)
7. Les Miserables (Just watched the trailer, it looks amazing. I'm not a fan of musicals though, so I don't know yet if I want to see it.)
Yeah MysticSpoon, Leo in Django Unchained is fit for that role, and he will be nominated definately like Christoph Waltz was as Col. Hans Landa. And as you guys know, i'm a HUGE Tarantino fan and when I saw Prometheus with my family and the Django trailer was playing, i'm like: LETS GO TARANTINO!!! Me and my dad looked at each other after the trailer and said, "THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!" I hope it beats Inglourious Basterds to take the #1 spot on my list.
Boonmee on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Master (PTA back again)2. To the Wonder (Terrence Malick's 6th film- I'm totally there)3. Django UnchainedAlso:AmourCloud AtlasLawlessMekong Hotel
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FilmOdyssey on 8/9/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I'm guessing smatticus doesn't wanna see The Hobbit, just kidding, haha
jakedoo on 8/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. The Hobbit2. Red Dawn3. Some other third movie :P
shane24 on 8/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
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shane24 on 8/9/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Boonmee's number one The Master is definitely a movie I want to see as well
FilmOdyssey on 8/9/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Daniel-Day Lewis will definately be nominated for Best Actor for his role as Lincoln in Lincoln I think, very high chance of winning too
Boonmee on 8/9/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I think he's a lock for the nomination, but not for the win. Spielberg has never directed an Academy-Award-winning performance, and DDL just won his second Oscar 5 years ago. The role is great, and DDL is always solid, but it will be tough competition. He's up against Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) and- to a lesser extent) Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson).
Will Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained count as Actor or supporting? And 5% chance that Jamie Foxx could be nominated, if Django is amazing
Boonmee on 8/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Waltz looks to definitely be supporting, but he's not even on my radar this year. He looks to be doing something very similar to what he did in 'Basterds' (Maybe a little less eccentric, but still similar) and I think the Academy will look elsewhere. If anyone other than DiCaprio gets a nomination, I think it will be Jackson (Although it looks like his role is very small, so maybe not). Now, as for Foxx, I'm not so sure about that. 'Django' looks even more out of the Academy's comfort zone than 'Basterds' did and it'll be interesting to see if this is a 'Basterds' redux (Oscar-wise, of course) or if it goes the way of Kill Bill (Zero Oscar attention). I think it'll be somewhere in between, but either way, I don't think Foxx will get in. Best Actor is usually reserved for actors playing historical figures or big, showy roles (Or both). Foxx looks cool in the trailers and cool doesn't tend to sell with the Academy (See: Ryan Gosling, Drive).
FilmOdyssey on 8/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The only reason Kill Bill didn't get Oscar attention was beacuse it didn't have a powerful story like Inglourious Basterds or even Django when it comes out. KB is just entertainment.
shane24 on 8/12/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
They wrote a message on my page as well Connerwood. At least you got one with a normal name. Mine was called Gift! Ridiculous lol!!! On the serious side, they all should have there pages deleted.
FilmOdyssey on 8/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Haha, yeah, I went to yahoo.com and yahoo'ed her name and it took me to her page and it showed like a hundred messages that she sent to other people on other websites exactly like the one she sent me.
Very likely that I will get The Hunger Games blu-ray on Saturday!
Caesar on 8/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It's only $19.99 on Amazon right now. I'm surprised it's so cheap.
FilmOdyssey on 8/13/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
This saturday at Best Buy, it's $19.99 too
shane24 on 8/13/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Connorwood, where did that ridiculous comment go from that woman? Don't get me wrong, it's good that it's gone. But how? Was it deleted?
FilmOdyssey on 8/13/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
idk really, haha
I'm sure somebody from Flickchart deleted it. I'm certain they don't appreciate jerks spamming up their website.
Yeah, probably
Boonmee on 8/14/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I would think that it was deleted by a administrator or someone. I got one of those comments about a month ago. I replied with the comment "Screw off, spambot!" and both the comment and my reply were gone a day later.
FilmOdyssey on 8/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
shane24 on 8/14/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Awesome, Gift got deleted from my comments as well. You would think if you were a spammer you wouldn't call yourself Gift. That doesn't sound suspect at all!!
yeah, seriously
FilmOdyssey on 8/14/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I love what the developers of Flickchart are doing like with the profile pages. Recently Added Movies and Your Total Movies Ranked by Decade
Boonmee on 8/14/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Yeah, these are really great additions!
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FilmOdyssey on 8/15/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Just to tell you guys, i'm a huge blu-ray collector and i'm so excited because I will probably get the Jaws blu-ray 100th Universal Anniversary, :DDDDDDDD
smatticus on 8/16/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Saw it re-mastered in the cinema over the summer holidays. The only film in my top 10 apart from the LOTR trilogy that I have seen in the cinema to date. It was glorious!!!
Here's a question which I don't think has come up; name your top 5 documentary films (or as many as you have seen). I ask because a friend and I set up the Documentaries society at Durham University and I have seen so many documentary films this year. Mine are:1) In the Shadow of the Moon (9)2) Dear Zachary (17)3) Collapse (34)4) Man on Wire (59)5) Grizzly Man (104)Honorable mentions to An Inconvenient Truth and Super Size Me.
FilmOdyssey on 8/16/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Undefeated (Oscar winner for documentary- 2011. I cried at the end. It was the story of the Manassas Tigers 2009 season and it was set in Memphis, TN (my hometown) so I could relate to it well) (94)2. Restrepo (Oscar winner for documentary- 2010. Story of a platoon spending 1 year in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan who made their stronghold called Outpost Restrepo named after their fallen comrade, PFC Juan Restrepo. They face intense firefights and tight situations during that year. Very compelling) (122)
Boonmee on 8/17/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I love documentaries, so I'm glad you brought this up!1. Man with the Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)2. Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio, 1982)3. Hoop Dreams (James, 1994)4. The Thin Blue Line (Morris, 1988)5. Bowling for Columbine (Moore, 2002)Honorable Mentions:Grey GardensGrizzly ManPowaqqatsi
@ConnerwoodRestrepo is great! I should point out, though, that it didn't win the Oscar. It lost to Inside Job (Which I thought was good, but not as good as Restrepo).
FilmOdyssey on 8/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Oh, I swear I thought Restrepo won
MysticSpoon on 8/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I can't really answer this, because the following (at least the last two) aren't as much documentary films as they are (part of a) documentary series. But anyway:1. Any documentary by Louis Theroux. I absolutely love his stuff. He has a style of interviewing I really like. Not only does he ask people their feelings on a difficult subject, but he also tells those people HIS feelings. If you haven't seen any of his documentaries, then definitely check some of them out, because each of them is fanstastic. The ones I recommend the most are:- 'Louis, Martin and Michael' (Louis tries his best to get an interview with Michael Jackson. A funny but also sad documentary, and actually takes place during the infamous 'baby-dangling incident'. - 'Gambling in Las Vegas' (Louis discovers the world of gambling in Las Vegas)- 'The most hated family in America' (About the Westboro Baptist Church and its people in Texas)- 'Behind Bars' (Louis Theroux visits the San Quentin prison in California, one of the most notorious prisons in America)- 'America's most hated family in crisis' (The follow-up that takes place 4 years after the original. Just as good as the original, HIGHLY recommended if you love the first one)2. BBC nature documentaries (Life of Mammals, Planet Earth, Life, Frozen Planet, all that good stuff.)3. Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts and Walking with Monsters (NOT Walking with Cavemen...that just didn't work.)
Honorable mention to Supersize me.
smatticus on 8/18/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I was thinking more in terms of Documentary films which were given a release on the big screen, but yes the BBC nature documentaries are by far the best on offer. Beats most of the tripe on Animal Planet anyway. Plus Walking with Dinosaurs was brilliant to watch back in the day, but I swear every single documentary made by the same people afterwards was just trying to sponge off the success of Dinosaurs (they kept saying "from the creators of Walking with Dinosaurs" many years later as if they knew they hadn't created anything else to match it).
Undefeated I saw on the big screen but Restrepo I saw on Netflix
@ smatticus True, like I said: 2 and 3 aren't documentary films. Surprisingly enough, 4 out of the 5 Louis Theroux documentaries DO show up in the Flickchart database, so I guess those count, even though they are 'made-for-TV documentary films'. And about the 'from the people who made Walking with Dinosaurs comes...'-thing...yeah, it's true that something like that ('From executive producer Steven Spielberg', 'Quentin Tarantino presents') is just a somewhat misleading marketing technique. But I must say that I think the other 'Walking with...' series were good as well. In fact, 'Walking with Monsters' is my favorite of the three. It was the most interesting, had the best CGI, had good use of practical effects (in Walking with Dinosaurs it looked extremely obvious whenever they used the plastic heads) and was the least boring. So it may be true that they used that for marketing, but it isn't always a bad thing. And you must also realise that after Walking with Dinosaurs there were several knock-offs that look horrendous in comparison with any of the 'Walking with...'-series.
FilmOdyssey on 8/18/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Getting Jaws blu-ray Best Buy exclusive digibook today!!!!
Actually got Mission Impossible 3, Collateral, Patriot Games, and Jaws on regular blu ray, not digibook. I'm expanding my blu ray collection for my future YouTube channel and I will contact some of the movie studios so they can send me free copies of their movies earlier than the street date. So excited but my channel needs to be noticed when I start it so I will tell you guys what my channel will be called and please subscribe and tell your friends. Does anybody have any channel name requests? What should I call my channel?
Caesar on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
If you're going to be reviewing Blu-rays, then your channel's name should communicate that somehow (ex: BluReview or TheBluLagoon).
Boonmee on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I agree with Caesar on the name thing. Also, I think it'd be cool if every once in awhile you posted a video that had some tie-back to flickchart (Like what The Totally Rad Show does with "VS"). Just a thought...
FilmOdyssey on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
FINALLY! A profile picture!
Lookin' good, bro!!
FilmOdyssey on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
thanx
shane24 on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
How you get it to work? Nothing happens when i try to a picture.
FilmOdyssey on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I tried it on a different computer
Boonmee on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Here's a question for today:What are your top 3 theater experiences?Mine in no particular order:The Simpsons Movie: Nearly full theater on the first Saturday it showed on. Everyone was laughing and having fun. It was a great timeThe Dark Knight Rises: This was the second or third midnight screening that I'd ever been to and the theater was almost sold out. Aside from an annoying woman who kept pointing out the obvious as she sat behind me, the crowd was great.The Artist: I saw this at a beautiful one-screen-theater in NYC called "The Paris Theater". I sat in the balcony at a sold-out screening. The crowd laughed and cheered and applauded at the end- it was just an ideal crowd to see a film with.
FilmOdyssey on 8/19/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
1. The Dark Knight Rises: Me too! The midnight screening was awesome! The theater was full completely and when that woman said to Gordon-Levitt that he should go by his real name, Robin (SPOILER), Everybody was cheering! and the scene where Wayne is at the table at the end (Spoiler, again, sorry), BEST EXPERIENCE! HANDS DOWN!2. The Avengers: Same thing, everybody cheered at the best parts, A LOT OF FUN!3. Iron Man: My birthday party, me and all my friends went to the screening of Iron Man, and that beginning scene where Back in Black plays while the humvees are going through the desert, we were like OH YEAH! And the rest if the movie was a ton of fun!
And when I saw TDKR, The Hobbit trailer played and EVERYBODY starts clapping. Same with Man of Steel trailer. Best experience with trailers, i'll tell ya that
I TOTALLY FORGOT THE HUNGER GAMES!!! AGAIN, same as TDKR, everybody clapped and cheered
Caesar on 8/20/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. True Grit - Packed theater, everybody laughing and totally into it.2. Marvel's The Avengers - Same as above.3. Inception - The entire theater groaned when the movie cut to black before we see whether the totem falls. Funny as hell.
ironichipster on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
No Country for Old Men, the Dark Knight and Inception. Everyone seemed stunned by the endings for all of them. Going to a screening of The Room would've been on the list, but I had seen it three times before.
MysticSpoon on 8/23/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes, many people in the theater gasped when Caesar spoke his first word, it was awesome.- Les Intouchables / Untouchable, I was in one of the most lively crouds I've ever seen, it was fun. Everyone seemed to have a great time.- The Dark Knight Rises, I didn't expect people to cry during the movie...but there were some that did, and I was surprised.Not many more I can think of...people in The Netherlands aren't very 'expressive' when it comes to movies in theaters. In many (American) reviews of (good) movies I hear that people cheer and applaud at the end of a movie...something like that doesn't happen here at all, we just silently leave, feeling satisfied.
FilmOdyssey on 8/20/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Getting everything ready for my YouTube channel! When I make it, which should be tomorrow, please subscribe and I will tell you what it's called tomorrow. I think i'll just name it ConnerWood
MrAwesome245 on 8/21/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
How do you upload a picture im so confused? If you see this thanks for the help!
ironichipster on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (3 likes)
Go to your profile page, click the link "edit your profile" that's near the top, underneath how many hours you've watched movies. The first option lets you upload a photo.
MrAwesome245 on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Right... thanks dude i feel very dumb.
FilmOdyssey on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
lol
MrAwesome245 on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Did you have problems uploading a pic at one point because it obviously didnt upload properly.
I did
FilmOdyssey on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
it was this thing called AvatarUpload and u had 2 download this like thing that took forever so i didnt worry bout it. I tried on my new laptop and it worked
FilmOdyssey on 8/22/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
MADE MY 1st YOUTUBE VIDEO!!! Search: Conner Wood and try to find me. My first video is called JAWS Blu-Ray Review
FilmOdyssey on 8/23/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
The video is public! It's called JAWS Blu-Ray Review
Channel name: Conner Wood
please subscribe
MrAwesome245 on 8/25/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
I subbed to your channel ill try to get the word around, dude.
FilmOdyssey on 8/25/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
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shane24 on 8/26/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What the hell is Logorama? Do you recommend it Connerwood?
FilmOdyssey on 8/26/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
It's an animated short that won an Oscar, but it's like this chase scene and everything is made out of logo's from every logo in the world. It's actually really cool
Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't. My channel name is Conner Wood
smatticus on 8/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I've subscribed. My name is DUAnglingsociety.
FilmOdyssey on 8/27/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
sweet, thanx! I will be coming out with a new video today!
shane24 on 8/26/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
I have seen your YouTube video. Keep it up. I don't have a YouTube account, but I'll watch any videos you put up.
FilmOdyssey on 8/26/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Thanx!
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2nd vid is out!
I need the subscribers guys! Sub to Conner Wood on YouTube please!
MysticSpoon on 8/30/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Sigh...I miss the question of the day...What are your favorite comedies?1. Kick-Ass (5)2. The Big Lebowski (6)3. Back to the Future (8)4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (12)5. Midnight in Paris (20)6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (27)7. Galaxy Quest (30...should probably be higher)8. Untouchable / Intouchables (Flickchart apparently thinks it's not a comedy...but it counts) (36)Funniest? - Tie: Kick-Ass and Untouchable. Honorable mention to Galaxy Quest.Least funny (, but still fantastic)? - The Big LebowskiBest movie (from an objective standpoint)? - The Big Lebowski or Back to the Future.
FilmOdyssey on 8/30/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (7)2. Toy Story (9)3. Indy/Last Crusade (17)4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (19)5. Zombieland (31)6. Back to the Future (44)7. Anchorman (58)8. Napoleon Dynamite (82)9. School of Rock (87)10. Hot Rod (106) I know you guys are kinda surprised by this one but ALL of my friends absolutely love this movie. I think it's hilarious as hell!
Boonmee on 8/30/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
My favorite comedies:1. The Big Lebowski2. Dr. Strangelove3. Duck Soup4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles5. Love and DeathThese are the five comedies that make me laugh the most. A "5 Best" list of comedies would look like this:1. Dr. Strangelove2. The General3. Sherlock Jr. 4. Some Like it Hot5. Duck Soup
smatticus on 9/3/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Comedy is probably my least favourite genre, but according to flickchart, my top 10 are:1. Team America (70)2. Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (74)3. Gremlins (88)4. Men in Black (89)5. The Full Monty (90)6. Some Like It Hot (96)7. Shaun of the Dead (104)8. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (106)9. Annie Hall (108)10. Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave (108)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is technically number 1 on this list (66), but I need to rewatch the Indiana Jones films in order to re-evaluate their position, and I also don't really regard it as a comedy film as I do the other films on this list (also with the Italian Job, which should be at number 4). Honorable mentions to Kick Ass (128).
Also this is based purely on ranking; the films on this list I find funniest are:1. Team America2. Annie Hall3. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit4. The Full Monty5. Some Like It Hot
FilmOdyssey on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Will Django Unchained be Tarantino's best?
MysticSpoon on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Hard to say when it's not released yet. It's definitely something different from Tarantino (like Inglourious Basterds was), that may be a good thing or it may be a bad thing. Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing in the trailers, but there are also some scenes in the trailers that have me scratching my head, mostly because of the tone. I'll wait till the reviews show up and then decide if I want to see it or not.
Boonmee on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Doubt it. I can't see it reaching Pulp Fiction levels of greatness...
Will The Great Gatsby be a flop, or a masterpiece?
casinoiscool on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I'm still excited for it even though it got pushed back.
Boonmee on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
That thing looked like a bomb the moment Baz Luhrmann signed on. The trailer didn't change my mind, either. I mean, the fact that there's a JAY-Z SONG IN THE TRAILER indicates that the filmmakers don't seem to be in the right frame of mind for a 20's-set F. Scott Fitzgerald drama.And the choice to move it back was pretty stupid, I think. How many people are going to want to see a film like The Great Gatsby in the summer when all the other studios are releasing their big-and-loud action blockbusters?
MysticSpoon on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I think Baz Luhrmann is overrated as a director to begin with, so I have no intention in seeing it. Romeo + Julliet was a horribly failed experiment of a movie, it is a disaster. 'Let's mix Pulp Fiction with Shakespeare...genius!!'
If The Hobbit was still just 1 movie and not 3, would it have been better?
You do know that The Hobbit was supposed to be 2 movies, right? I don't know if the change from 2 to 3 Hobbit movies is good or bad, I guess it's a good thing. But you have to realise that the three Lord of the Rings movies were based on three long stories; they had to cut some things (like Tom Bombadil) out to make those movies not longer then they are now. But now with the Hobbit we get 3 movies based on 1 relatively short story. That's a completely different situation. So instead of cutting things out, they probably have to add things, from other Tolkien works or even something new. I wonder how that will turn out, I'm looking forward to the first one though.
One three-and-a-half hour movie seems fine to me. Heck, even the original plan (2 movies) seemed ok, but 3 films for The Hobbit is just excessive and quite frankly; greedy. The Hobbit doesn't need to be told in 6 to 7 hours.
I'm excited for Dredd, are you?
It currently has a 100% on RottenTomatoes, with 10 positive reviews...that's awesome and kind of weird at the same time. I have no idea what to expect, I actually think it doesn't look that good. We'll see.
Not my thing, but it looks like it could be good.
smatticus on 9/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I'm there already. I'm not expecting a great film, but I am expecting an enjoyable action flick with plenty of cool (albeit recycled) action gimmicks (kind of like District 9). Plus considering what I've seen in the trailer, and the fact it's been made for only $45 million (mere sixpence compared to most hollywood action films these days), it could be surprisingly good. Plus it's partly British (always good ;D ). So yeah, roll on next Friday.
Should they make another Star Wars to continue it?
Caesar on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Nooooo.
Read the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn...that's basically episodes 7, 8 and 9 for ya. Those books are really good. They shouldn't make movies out of those books though, you really need the original cast to make that work. So my answer is no.
No, but if they do, George Lucas shouldn't write or direct it.
Will Looper be a new great sci-fi action film? I think so
casinoiscool on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Looper will be good. I think it will have many surprising moments.
Looper looks interesting, but I don't think it will be the next 'Inception' or something. But who knows, maybe it is.
It's not my most anticipated film, but I think it will likely be great. Once word gets out about it, I think it could be a big hit.
What movies should they remake?
Gremlins and the goonies would be interesting.
The Maltese Falcon.
I don't like the idea of remaking The Maltese Falcon. It's a classic and a remake would probably look silly next to the original. Plus, who would play Bogey's role. Whoever it would be, the result would look like a child playing in adults' clothing.
Caesar on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
True, it's a classic but it's a classic that most of the general public hasn't even seen, so it'd be no big deal in remaking it. Plus, the movie has been made three times already; what harm would a fourth film do? My main issue with the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon is the horribly miscast Mary Astor. She was just way too frumpy to play the "knockout" femme fatale. She almost ruins the movie (for me, anyway). Give me a remake with Tom Hardy as Sam Spade, Michelle Williams as Brigid O'Shaughnessy and Christopher Nolan directing (he is a Warner Bros. guy, after all). And if a remake is out of the question, why not a modern day sequel? The falcon was never found at the end of the 1941 movie. A sequel to a 70-year-old movie would be pretty intriguing.
MysticSpoon on 9/2/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Speaking of modern day sequels to classic movies, they're making A Christmas Story sequel that is set for a December straight-to-DVD release. Oh, and guess who's directing it: Brian Levant, also known as the director of the Arnold Schwarzenegger 'classic' Jingle All the Way...oh man.
FilmOdyssey on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
What movies shouldn't be remade?
Shawshank redemption. Back to the future. Star wars. The godfather
MysticSpoon on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Nothing should be remade, lol. You don't remake classics, you just don't.
Most films. There are very few movies that could actually benefit from a remake. All films that are bad and old don't need to be remade either. Some stories just don't work- no matter what decade you're setting them in.
MysticSpoon on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
@Boonmee Well...they're remaking the Judge Dredd from the 90s, and that's generally considered to be a bad movie. I don't have a real problem if they remade bad movies, for example I've heard that there are some people that prefer the Hills have Eyes remake over the original, because they didn't like the original.
Boonmee on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
@MysticSpoon Well yeah. I didn't mean all bad movies couldn't be remade. Some, such as Judge Dredd, are ripe for a redoing. It's just that there are some films that are so horrible that I don't think the story could ever be improved without changing every single thing about the original.
I agree. If a movie is bad because the basic story or even the concept is shit, no matter the condition of the original script, then I don't see the point of remaking that movie. If the movie has a pretty good basic story or good concept but a bad script, bad performances or bad directing, then a remake seems like a decent idea. The remake could turn out to be absolute crap, true, but it's better to remake a bad movie than a classic like Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark. With a low bar set by the original, the chances of being better are higher. With an incredibly high bar, it's close to impossible.
Not sure if my comment came up, but @Boonmee and MysticSpoon, the only remakes which have actually worked in the last 20-30 years have been old B-movie horros and thrillers which never really survived to begin with, the best of which would include The Thing (1982 version, not 2011 version, although apparently it's alright), The Fly and to a lesser extent The Hills have Eyes. So yeah, that's probably the best market to tap into for remakes, as there are plenty of bad horrors and thrillers. But the films I think should never be remade would probably include Jaws, Jurassic Park, LOTR trilogy, Shawshank Redemption, The Matrix, Star Wars, Gladiator to name a few.
Boonmee on 9/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
@smatticusI agree. The b-movie/forgotten-horror-pic genre seems to work best when it comes to remakes. In addition to those you mentioned, I heard that "The Crazies" remake was pretty good as well. Do you have any thoughts on that one?
@smatticusI agree. The b-movie/forgotten-horror-pic genre seems to work well when it comes to remakes. In addition to those you mentioned, I heard that "The Crazies" remake was good. Do you have any thoughts on that?
I haven't actually seen (or even heard of) The Crazies. Will look it up though.
A Carrie remake. Good or bad?
Good. Chloe is a great young actress
The new Wolverine movie will be set in Japan. Better than X-Men Origins?
Most likely. It will have a new element that hasn't been used much before.
Man of Steel? Yes or no?
Fuck yes.
No idea. Nolan wrote the script, so that's a good thing, but have you seen the costume? It looks somewhat...silly.
Yesssssssss!
Not a big superman fan, but the teaser looks really good. Nolan producing gives me hope, but Zach Snyder directing drags that hope down somewhat.
smatticus on 9/2/2012 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
Hmm, could go either way. Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder = Ying and Yang. Knowing Zack Snyder the entire thing will be in slow-motion, and consequently twice the actual length. Knowing Nolan and scriptwriter David Goyer, they will hopefully reign Snyder in and put him on the right track. I honestly don't know, but I'm mildly hopeful. Like Boonmee, I am not a big Superman fan.
End of Watch: Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are cops who get themselves in a buttload of trouble. I'm liking where this is going. Wbu?
I'm seeing it. Michael Pena will die at the end.
It looks like it could go either way, but I think it will be at least decent.
Saw the trailer last night when I went to watch The Possession with my gf. The only trailer (apart from Dredd, which I am going to see next week) which actually looked remotely decent. I'm looking forward to watching it. Incidently don't bother with The Possession; if you've seen The Exorcist (and it's millions of copycats), you've seen everything before.
Any reboots that they should do?
Fantastic Four.
Caesar on 8/31/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
John Carter. This time hire a director who knows what he's doing.
Seconded on Fantastic Four. It's a tough comic to make into a movie, but they can surely do better than those two mediocre messes we got a few years ago.
Robocop remake?
Probably be better than the original. Lots of boom.
I love the original movie by Paul Verhoeven for its humor and awesome special effects. A remake though...not a good idea. I've heard that Robocop will become a transformer or something, he will be able to turn into his own car apparently...I don't know about that. We'll wait and see.
RoboCop is a fun movie, but hardly a classic. The remake could definitely surpass the original, provided the right people are involved in making it.
What are the three most disappointing films you've seen in theaters?1. 2012: Just to clarify, I didn't go into this with high expectations. I knew that Roland Emmerich's films were over the top and goofy, but I was just looking for a good time with this one. After all, The Day After Tomorrow was my favorite movie for a few years when I was younger. This, however was dreadful. Not fun, not exciting and way longer than it had to be. It's just an all-around bad movie and I didn't enjoy at all. I think it's the only film that I almost walked out on.2. Amelia: This one looked very promising initially. After seeing the trailers, I was excited to see this. A biopic on Amelia Earhart? I'm there! Instead, this was terrible. It ended up being one of those biopics that plays as a highlight reel for the moments in a person's life. It didn't focus on her character well. It just showed us her accomplishments one after the other and then her disappearance. Oh, and it was bland as hell.3. Prometheus: I only put this at three because it's a better film than the two I mentioned above, but I was expecting a lot more from this than I was with 2012 and Amelia. Next to TDKR, this was my second most anticipated film of the summer. It was entertaining- I'll give it that- but it was still a mediocre movie with surprisingly bad character development and more than a few WTF-moments.
FilmOdyssey on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. 2012: I thought it was going to dominate the disaster genre, but I was wrong. The special effects were amazing, but very cheesy in some parts and impossible situations to get out of, but I had some fun with it.2. Robin Hood (2010): Almost fell asleep during this movie.3. Valkyrie: DID fall asleep during this movie. I basically forgot everything about this movie. I need to rewatch it.
1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars...yeah. I saw this when I still liked the prequels. I saw the incredibly low score on RottenTomatoes, and I still wanted to see it. It was the first Star Wars movie I saw in a theater (and I guess also the last, unless they show the ORIGINAL versions of the original trilogy in theaters). And I was a fan: if it was related to Star Wars, I had to see it. I didn't like it then (because I thought it was too childish), and the more I think about it now the more I hate it. Terrible movie. RottenTomatoes was right, haha.2. Avatar. I had trouble staying awake during the second half of the movie. So boring, nothing happened, I even thought the action scenes were soulless. I didn't care. The movie is not awful like some people claim it to be, but it's not good either. More like 'Meh.'.
Caesar on 9/2/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
1. Super 8 - Star Trek is one of my favorite movies, so I figured I'd love J.J. Abrams' next film. I didn't. At all.2. Prometheus - Incoherent plot. Bummer.3. Fantastic Mr. Fox - I've actually grown to like this movie but, at the time, I was quite bored with it.
I actually loved Prometheus. Admittedly I have had several months to mull it over after my initial reaction and it has dropped in my regards due to an occassionally incoherent tone and pointless characters, but I still rate it very highly, all things considered. Anyway, my top 3 would probably be:1. Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace: in my opinion, the worst of the Star Wars movies (at least the second one, however bad it may have been, had a bit more eye candy and tongue-in-cheek humour, and yes I am being very kind to it even there). Phantom Menace was just boring; they tried to delve into intergalactic politics etc and it just became a massive yawn-fest. When you're a kid of about 8 years old, all you want to see are lightsabre fights and space battles (the former being pretty much the only enjoyable part of the film). And of course it had Jar Jar Binks, which even as a kid I found unfunny at best and homicide-inducing at worst.2. The Dark Knight Rises: I could probably write an essay on the problems with this movie and why I didn't like it, so I'm not going to go into detail here as I've done it a million times before. All I'll say is that it was a massive disappointment in my eyes, had just as many problems as Prometheus did, and yet gets way more credit than it deserves as a movie. The difference is that while both movies had problems, I liked the goods which Prometheus had to offer, but TDKR had nothing to surprise me, very little to intrigued me, and I spent most of the experience sitting in the cinema either thinking "please get better, surely they're building up to something", or simply "wtf!?"3. Quantum of Solace: This was a tough one because the first two are the only films which I can remember seeing in the cinema and actually being genuinely disappointed by. I saw QoS with all my friends for my 17th Birthday, and at the time a lot of us thought "erm, it was alright, but not as good as the last one". Very meh. It wasn't as bad as the first two on this list ( based on initial viewing I must emphasise; for all my bitching about TDKR, it is still a much better movie than QoS), but I rarely come out of the cinema thinking "meh" after so much build up. And as time has gone on, I've come to regard it as one of the worst Bond films in recent years.
Seb on 12/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
completely agree about DKR. all my friends loved it. either i am delusional or they're just wrong. i definitely lean towards the latter.
shane24 on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Just saw your second vid Connerwood, you did well. You seemed more confident and direct, and the changes you did from the first vid made it easier to follow. The Dark Knight Blu Ray for five bucks! Well some are lucky lol! No Bestbuy in Australia!
FilmOdyssey on 9/1/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Thanx man! I just got Star Trek on blu-ray and The Inkeepers which looked really interesting. Be sure to check a review of those on my channel soon!
600 COMMENTS!!! I think I have the most on Flickchart. Haha, thanx to everybody for the support of The Daily Question and everything else!
FilmOdyssey on 9/4/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
3rd Video is up on my channel: Conner Wood, please subscribe. Blu-Ray pickups Episode 1!
shane24 on 9/5/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Just saw the Innkeepers and Star Trek video. Again, you did well. I like how frustrated you get at saying words wrong (don't take that the wrong way) lol. I'm actually watching your new vid as a write this. I haven't finished, but I have to say, awesome Resevoir Dogs shirt.
FilmOdyssey on 9/6/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Thanks! haha
shane24 on 9/5/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
If you ever get a bad Blu Ray, I hope you review it anyway, I would like to see you rip into the film and/or the Blu Ray disc.
The only bad ones I have right now are Alien vs. Predator Requiem and Battle: Los Angeles. You can barely see my blu-rays but they are behind me sitting on the Iron Man 2 stan-dee or statue
FilmOdyssey on 9/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Is The Raid: Redemption good? I'm gonna get it on blu-ray, just wanna know. I've heard it's an awesome action movie.
ironichipster on 9/6/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
In terms of action, yeah. 90% of it is fighting. If you want plot or anything else really, you should look somewhere else.
Ok, thanx
smatticus on 9/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Off to see Dredd 3D today (comes out in the UK today but I believe it comes out in the USA in a few weeks). If you want an opinion on it later, let me know.
FilmOdyssey on 9/7/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
FREAKING LUCKY B*STARD! One of the films i'm most excited for for the rest of 2012. Please tell me how it is!
It's alright. I've never read any 2000AD comics, and it's certainly a thousand times better than the Stallone Judge Dredd. The good points: 1) Deliciously violent action, 2) Dredd's character is pretty much nailed, 3) Very good cinematography in the slo-mo sequences (not to mention a decent excuse for slo-mo, something most modern day directors a la Zack Snyder have yet to utilise) and 4) Overall very impressive production considering the low budget. On the downside: 1) Very little tension in my opinion, which probably relates to the fact that the characters either aren't developed or aren't likeable (which to be fair goes with the turf with Judge Dredd), 2) It does become rather slow at times and 3) Although I haven't seen it, everyone else is comparing this film to The Raid, which is much faster paced and more exciting apparently (which I can believe).So overall, I'd probably give it a 6/10, but a solid action film all the same (even if there could have been a bit more here and there). It's position on my flickchart would probably suggest a lower rating, but 6/10 is good I'd say.
Oh yeah, and the 3D is completely pointless. I'm not a fan of 3D anyway, but I would have enjoyed the film a lot more if I'd seen it in 2D, especially the cityscape sequences, which are very well done. I was so annoyed that I couldn't get to see it in 2D (only one ODEON cinema in the whole UK is showing it in 2D)
Wow! Because Rottentomatoes.com has rated it a 100% so far and 27 critics have reviewed it. It looks awesome I think
smatticus on 9/7/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Most critics this side of the pond have given it a 6 or a 7 like me. I wanted to like it more but it just didn't have the pace I was expecting. It's got plenty of blood, guts, slo-mo kills and drugs trips to keep you entertained, and they nailed the character of Judge Dredd, but it's just lacking the kind of pace which comparable low budget Sci-Fi action films like District 9 had. But still, I'd definitely check it out if I were you. If nothing else, it's a brave attempt to create a comic book film for adults, rather like Watchmen (but unlike Watchmen, which I really like, depending on how you look at it, Dredd either lacks the sofistication of, or doesn't get bogged down by a heavy, murky political plot which Watchmen had). And let's face it, had it been done in Hollywood (as it's a joint US/UK/Indian funded film, directed by a British film director and filmed in South Africa), it would have lost 2000AD's characteristic violence in favour of a big budget PG-13 rated film, which would have been even worse than the Stallone film (which is saying something). So don't be put off by what I've said; I liked it, I just didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would and I wanted a bit more.
FilmOdyssey on 9/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
ok, thank a lot
MysticSpoon on 9/8/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Has anyone seen the Hansel and Gretel: Vampire Hunters trailer? I...honestly don't know what to think about it.
MysticSpoon on 9/8/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Excuse me, WITCH hunters. I was thinking about another movie with a ridiculous concept.
I've seen it. It has the same thingy like Abe: Vampire Hunter, like historical people killing mythological creatures. Well, H&G is fantasy, not historical, but yeah, same-ish concept
Boonmee on 9/10/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Yeah. That looks terrible. I'm so sick of these dark, violent fairy-tale-gone-bad movies that seem to be trending. It looks like a mish-mash of Van Helsing and The Brothers Grimm. Gross...
shane24 on 9/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Ok, to follow from above, what has been the worst 2012 movie you have seen so far? Also, what future 2012 movie do you have low expectations for?BattleshipI haven't seen the trailer, but on the name alone, probably Hansesl and Gretal
FilmOdyssey on 9/10/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
JOHN CARTER! Terrible! Me and my friends were laughing hysterically in the movie theater. I don't think they should've made a Taken 2 but I'll still see it anyway, since I was a fan of the original.
Boonmee on 9/11/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I haven't seen a lot of bad movies this year. My lowest-rated movie so far is God Bless America, which I gave a C minus. It wasn't bad, just mess with script issues.
*a mess with script issues
MysticSpoon on 9/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
'Technically' Chronicle. I really haven't seen that much this year to be honest. Chronicle wasn't bad, it was just a little too predictable and in the last third it forgot it was a found footage movie. I would still rate it a 6.5 or 7 out of 10 though.
Also the new Resident Evil looks terrible!
I've heard
What superhero would you like to see get a movie next?
MysticSpoon on 9/11/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Kick-Ass, ofcourse. Kick-Ass 2, bring it on :D. In all seriousness though, I don't know, I don't read any comic.
FilmOdyssey on 9/11/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Deadpool, Flash (reboot), Giant Man, and yes, i'm hyped for Man of Steel
FilmOdyssey on 9/12/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
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FilmOdyssey on 9/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
First Trailer for the movie Lincoln. It looks great! Check it out!
Boonmee on 9/14/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
I watched it last night. It looks lie a desperate cry for Oscar consideration to me. That being said, I think it'll definitely get nominated in several categories and I don't think a BP win is out of the question. Really, though, that trailer is just overflowing with sentimentality and self-importance. And that music? Seriously, John Williams seems to do the same score for every movie nowadays and the piece they used for the trailer was incredibly overbearing and unneeded. I honestly think the trailer would have been more powerful had some of the moments been without background music.Sorry, that's probably not the reaction you were expecting. Rant over.It'll probably be decent as long as the film isn't as bombastic as that trailer was.
Caesar on 9/15/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Yeah, that trailer didn't impress me much either. And Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln voice is going to take some getting used to.
Meh, it looks and sounds like the War Horse trailer, except with 100% more Lincoln. Both look too sentimental and have almost the exact same John Williams music. Not interested.
What are your Best Picture nominee predictions as of right now?Mine (Ordered by likelihood of being nominated):1. The Master2. Argo3. Les Miserables4. Lincoln5. Beasts of the Southern Wild6. Silver Linings Playbook7. Life of Pi8. Flight9. Django Unchained
1. The Master2. Les Miserables3. Lincoln4. Beasts of the Southern Wild5. Flight6. Argo7. Life of Pi8. Django Unchained9. Cloud Atlas
Maybe Looper
But na
1. Silver Linings Playbook2. Argo3. The Master4. Anna Karenina5. Beasts of the Southern Wild6. Lincoln7. Moonrise Kingdom
Caesar on 9/15/2012 Reply · Like · (1 like)
Oh, and Marvel's The Avengers SHOULD be a nominee considering how well-received it was both critically and commercially. Alas, it'll surely get snubbed just like The Dark Knight four years ago.
Boonmee on 9/16/2012 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Good list, Caesar. Anna Karenina was in my predictions up until a week ago when word from TIFF was that it wasn't extraordinary. I might be reacting to quickly (As it is Joe Wright), but if people don't love it, I think it may have a hard time garnering a lot of #1 votes.