what are your fav. 5 movies of all time?

Started by Joey the Cockroach October 16th, 2005 11:13 PM
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I'm more of a throwback.

1. Psycho (1960). The movie that defines Hitchcock is here. The gothic darkness rises in great pitch and the unconventionalism is unsuppressed with the heroine and her fate, the aftermath, and the most unconventional villain, played to dark perfection by Anthony Perkins. The perfect horror movie.

2. Casablanca. A World war II movie that almost dissolved outright because of the constant changing hands. The movie under multiple redos had it all: dead on banter and dialogue, excellent characterization, top notch actors. Except Bergman, who looked half asleep throughout the whole thing.

3. Citizen Kane. The biopic of newspaper giant of William Randolph Hearst by Orson Welles had everything: top humor, darkness, the machinations of Kane as he ballooned to immeasure heights and the fantasy surrounding his death. A true spectule in the purest sense.

4. Serebii: a Timeless Encounter. Yes, it's a Pokemon movie but the first one to attempt cleverness, subtlety and fanboy treats unlike the previous three and the sheer attempt at such cleverness, with one but two fan favorite Legendaries, an agent of the Rocket-Dan as the villain, and we see nuance, actual nuance. This and the dub itself was done well, with all the bells and whistles and one of my favorite animated movies.

5. Sayonara. The novel of Japanese culture and Americanization in the mid 50's made quite the impression as an Air Force colonel (played nicely by Marlon Brando) who didn't care for the Japanese people befriended his subordinate who married a Japanese girl and ended up falling for the head of one of the top Japanese theaters, who also has her issues with the Americans. Both he and her fall into culture issues, job and oblignation issues and finally, end up falling in love. Truly dark and sweet, and while long, it was the perfect length. The perfect race movie. Particularly relevant with me and my recent changes of life.

Of course any movie with Sam Waterston is a gimme. But those are my choices. But that's always subject to change.
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Well here are my top five, I'll go backwards for a countdown effect:

5. Titanic. A true classic.

4. The Lion King. Don't laugh at this but I do think it's a good movie especially if you saw it when it came out.

3. The Silence of the Lambs. This is a great movie, so cool.

2. Boyz In Da Hood. I love this movie but I don't exactly know why.

1. Forrest Gump. This movie is a classic, if you havn't seen this movie go rent it and watch it it's a little long but it's a great movie, the best in my book.
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I certainly wouldn't laugh at the Lion King. It was different as it had a distinction than other Disney films, in that, they had a main character die and that's completely shook up the usual familal status quo of the movies. That and excellent songs, backdrops and top talent working for it. The main reason the Lion King is so popular and long lasting is I feel that it was Disney's swansong of their prime days where from 87 (the creation of Duck Tales) to 94 (creation of Gargoyles), their top of the game, so to speak.

And then after the Lion King, the quality started and continues to go downhill, so I feel the Lion King as a watershed mark. I know Disney wants to recapture that with their plays and things, but...it's not the same nor is it going to be.

Although my favorite Disney movie is the Little Mermaid but the Lion King is certainly one of the top favorites.

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5.Kung Pow---Just totally random and pwns
4.Pirates of the Carribean---Johnny Depp is a greAt actor and is very entertaining
3.Serial Mom---Just too funny
2.Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle---OMG totally random and sooo funny. Keeper
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1.Napoleon Dynamite---OMG this is the best movie ever! So pointless! Which is the point! XD

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Crystal Clair

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My favorite movies are usually the ones with cool features in them like super powers or talking animals or just wholesome movies that are long. My favorites are History of the World, Holes, Cast Away, the Nutty Professor and a few more that just slipped my mind.
Dont get me wrong, I love Pokemon movies but they are kind of limited if you really think about them.