If you ever want... A GOOD MOVIE

[superfan]

But, it does count as a "shared activity."

Hey, sharing is good!

I never said anything about true romance.

True Romance is a movie written by Tarantino but directed by Scott. Stars everybody...Slater, Arquette, Oldman, Val Kilmer, Pitt, Dennis Hopper, Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Sam Jackson, Tom Sizemore, Gandolfini, et.

If you wanna lil violence, lil romance, et. THIS you must see.

True Romance is one of my all time favorite movies. One of the best movie lines ever is in this movie (Walken spoken to Hopper):

"When you die, tell the angels in heaven you've never seen evil so singularly personified as in the face of the man who killed you."

My favorites are pretty well covered in this thread -- Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, Hoosiers, Skin's fave ("Hello, Clarice"), and of course... Tombstone.

Also agree on Strange Days. A couple other good scifi movies are Dark City and Fifth Element.

Others I would add that are a little off the radar -- Ronin, The Game, New Jack City, Carlito's Way, The Saint, The Transporter. Not all of these are necessarily great movies, just personal favorites and highly recommended.

[woodbuck27]

quotes by "Guiness"

"Deer Hunter. Hard to describe."

woodbuck27:

How about this? An Epic work of movie making with Robert DiNero and Christopher Walken at or close to their BEST. Some would be a tad dragged down by it's length but it's a wonderful movie all so Darn good.

Pretty much all about...The Boys!

"Honorable mention: Driving Miss Daisy "

woodbuck27: Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman are suberb here.

I like Mogan Freeman in anything. Ahhhh errrr, in any movie.

Haven't seen Slingblade - I definitely will now.

woodbuck27:

Acting acting acting by Billy Bob Thornton. Suberb film from a standpoint of a character study and you'll hate Country Singer - Dwight Yokum who plays the villian as he's effective in his role. I was surprised that DY would do that well.

I hope you enjoy Sling Blade Guiness.

As a non-list nominee, I have to say I'm disappointed Pulp Fiction isn't on the list.

The more I see this movie the better it gets. Different and a V. good movie.Over the top too many solisd scenes. John Travolta,Samuel l. Jackson and Uma Thurman...what not to like?

Everybody. If it threw you down the first time... try it again.

"I'm surprised so many of you liked Braveheart. I guess the movie just pissed me of because it was such a ridiculout re-write of history. It would be akin to someone making a movie about how the Bears won Super Bowl I. Yes, that bad Watch Rob Roy instead."

Oh Oh! Not a Canadian... with an English background?

You didn't enjoy "the action" Guiness?

Rob Roy is "the real shit". I really dug that movie. I really like Jessica Lange too. The final sword fight is too good. Excellent movie.

Noone mentioned Apocalyse Now. Martin Sheen and eventually we get a taste of Marlon Brando and his madness. The famous helicopter scene is etched in my grey matter.

I must have seen close to every Vitnam War movie ever made. There's a whack of them.

[Iron Mike]

Love the reference Iron Mike. People always look at me funny when I say "I'm trying to listen to the song!!!"

Heh heh heh heh heh..........

[Iron Mike]

American Movie (if you are from wisco this is a must)

Mark Borchardt: Do you think this is a little bit cathartic for you?
Mike Schank: Uh, very cathartic, Mark.
Mark Borchardt: Do you know what cathartic means?
Mike Schank: No.

[Iron Mike]

........how 'bout David Cronenberg's 1979 horror film "The Brood?"

[woodbuck27]

First off...Superfan and 100 Posts.

I was prowd of that milestone as well Superfan.

Congratulations Packer fan.

" My favorites are pretty well covered in this thread -- ++ Usual Suspects ++, Shawshank Redemption,*** Blade Runner, Hoosiers, [b]

** Skin's fave ("Hello, Clarice")** ". . . . superfan

woodbuck27:

++ a very fine movie

** this movie " Hello Clarice "... I'm not familiar with it but have to check it out.

*** that movie is one fine early Sci-fi flick. Before it's time.

" Others I would add that are a little off the radar --$$ Ronin, The Game $$, New Jack City, Carlito's Way, The Saint, The Transporter. Not all of these are necessarily great movies, just personal favorites and highly recommended. " superfan

woodbuck27:

$$ Really enjoyed both of these movies. The others, I havn't seen " The Transporter " sounds like a sequal to " The Fly ", which wasn't a bad movie and the rest are good as well.

I always say, if I'm going to invest 90 -120 minutes on a movie, then I'm DARN WELL...going to find something in that movie I can take away fr. it as being decent, maybe add to who I am.

Movies can be alot like reading good books. Educational and offer a certain perspective on some aspect of life, that puts us right there.

Now there are movies I actually had to give up on after an hours patient patience, but I don't involve myself in alot of discrimmination.

Yet... I'm somewhat fussy and see things a certain way.

This has turned out being a solid thread that has opened my eyes to some new prospects for movies "this Winter".

Thanks PACKERRATS.

[Guiness]

Wow guys - fabulous thread. So many of my favorite movies listed here, and everytime someone mentions one, I say 'oh ya!'. And a lot of recommended ones I'm going to go see.

Kudos to Bucky for picking out the one everybody seemed to miss though; Apocolypse Now.

BTW No English backround here. But the funny thing is that I know a Scotish guy, and he laughed about the movie. Said the running joke in the UK is that the English won the battle and the war, but they won the movie! I understand revisionist history as it pertains to movies, but flat out changing the victor is ridiculous!

BTW Bigguns, you're WAY out of character!!! You should be pimping Barbershop

Woodbuck - Hello Clarice is the tagline from Silence of the Lambs. I always wanted to know what he said to the guy in the next cell to make him choke himself to death with his own tongue

Want a weird one? Anyone else actually sit through Dogsville? Almost unwatchable, art house style movie, but worth it. Disturbing.

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BTW No English backround here. But the funny thing is that I know a Scotish guy, and he laughed about the movie. Said the running joke in the UK is that the English won the battle and the war, but they won the movie! I understand revisionist history as it pertains to movies, but flat out changing the victor is ridiculous!

The results in the movie were true. The Battle of Sterling Bridge was a huge success for William Wallace and the Scots. Wallace then lost at Falkirk, like the movie. He continued to raid England until he was caught and executed. Edward the Longshanks died on his way to Scotland and his son took over the army for the battle of Banekburn. Robert the Bruce and his Scots were outnumbered in this battle, but they won, keeping them independent for the next century. Robert the Bruce is Scottland's true hero.

[superfan]

Woodbuck, thanks for the congrats. As Guinness said, "Hello Clarice" is a reference to Silence of the Lambs.

The Transporter doesn't have anything to do with The Fly. It's a movie starring Jason Statham -- not a name most people know, but people say "oh, that guy" when they see him. He's most known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. He was the driver in The Italian Job and the bad guy in Collateral. The Transporter is a decent action movie, not as good as Ronin IMO, but if you liked Ronin you will probably like it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293662/

[pacfan]

a list of some more good movies:

Mystery, Alaska: a sleepr hit for me.

Nobody's Fool: A Paul Newman fan

Rising Sun: this movie is a bit cliched, but I liked just the same

King Arthur (with Clive Owen): this version really made an impression on me

Untouchables: A shoot'em up movie, but I enjoyed Sean Connery's performance

The Long Riders: cool movie

A Few Good Men: "you can't handle the truth!!!"

[woodbuck27]

" BTW No English backround here. But the funny thing is that I know a Scotish guy, and he laughed about the movie. Said the running joke in the UK is that the English won the battle and the war, but they won the movie! I understand revisionist history as it pertains to movies, but flat out changing the victor is ridiculous! " Guiness

OK your not of English extraction... many won't admit that (are you in denial?)

All the same. If you've you've been drinking Guiness for longer than 5 years... you don't turn into a pumpkin...rather "an Englishman" and then you start imagining that "the English" won every conflict down through history.

Be cautious Guiness.

I thought that my research when Braveheart came out, established "in Fact" that Braveheart was fairly accurate, but I won't stand by that without more research.

" Woodbuck - Hello Clarice is the tagline from Silence of the Lambs." Guiness

Duhhhh OK. Sometimes... I'm really slow.

I was wondering what ever attracted Skinbasket to a movie entitled "Hello Clarice".

Guiness ...you should have " let me fly ", on trying to find that movie...hahahaha !!

I'm sadistic like that....I love a practical joke as long as it's not on me.

Movie Trivia:

Few movies have ever won the five top Oscars:

Best Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Director, and Picture. "The Silence of the Lambs" is one of those movies.


Can anyone determine other movies where this was the case?

I always wanted to know what he said to the guy in the next cell to make him choke himself to death with his own tongue ...

I understand that Hannibal Lecter suggested to his jailhouse mate...

" eating out at McDonalds that evening and the poor fella had a MAC Attack. "Guiness,

but... it's just a rumor.

"Want a weird one? Anyone else actually sit through Dogsville? Almost unwatchable, art house style movie, but worth it. Disturbing. " Guiness

So Dogsville's... the Pitsville?

There is another movie I never heard of Guiness.

Have a Great Weekend.

[Guiness]

Ok ahaha, you likely know more about it than I do - it's been a while since I took a look at it, and my memory is foggy.

The best, and possibly true, part of that movie is the insinuation that he was the father of the Queen's unborn child

Don't know the answer to your question Woodbuck. I do know that Patton won five oscars, but they weren't the big ones. American Beauty won 5, Private Ryan did as well; but again, not all the big ones. Why do I know all this? *sigh* I'm not sure. I don't even really watch many movies!

[Tyrone Bigguns]

American Movie (if you are from wisco this is a must)

Mark Borchardt: Do you think this is a little bit cathartic for you?
Mike Schank: Uh, very cathartic, Mark.
Mark Borchardt: Do you know what cathartic means?
Mike Schank: No.

Mike Schank: Here is what it think of lottery... It's like, when you play the lottery, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose... But it better than using drugs or alcohol - Because when you use drugs and alcohol, especially drugs, you always lose.

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Ok ahaha, you likely know more about it than I do - it's been a while since I took a look at it, and my memory is foggy.

The best, and possibly true, part of that movie is the insinuation that he was the father of the Queen's unborn child

Sorry, I'm quite a history nerd. And "Braveheart" is one of my favorite movies, so I had to defend it. You are right about "Braveheart", in that it is filled with historical inaccuracies. The problem is that we really don't know much about William Wallace. He won the battle of Sterling Bridge, lost the battle at Falkirk, he terrorized the English by leading small raids in to England, and he was caught and executed. That's about it. Nobody is even sure what family of Wallace's he came from. Most everything else is fiction used to enhance the story.
Another good historical movie that's almost completely untrue is "Gladiator".
I put these inaccuracies aside and realize what these movies are; myths and works of fiction based LOOSELY on history. Homer did the same with "The Iliad", and Shakespeare too with "Julius Ceasar" and "Anthony and Cleopatra".

[Green Bud Packer]

i have to add "dead calm".nicloe kidman is young and hot.check it out.