10 good picks

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Post by UncleMao » 16 Jul 2005 20:59

Having ransacked DVD rental stores in the last few months, I have decided to compile a periodic list of the 10 most memorable films in order to aid fellow Fubs in their search for a good nights entertainment without getting crap picks or turkeys.

Thus my 10 picks for July (no order of release)
1) Confidence
2) City of God
3) Runaway Jury
4) Rounders
5) Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
6) Arlington Road
7) Mad Max III
8) Open Range
9) Identity
10) Fight Club

I encourage you guys to post picks as well, as I might try your selections.
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Post by Dere33 » 17 Jul 2005 00:57

Great idea Mao!
Not really DVDs but if you see these in the vidi store, pick one up-

1) Clockwork Orange
2) Full Metal Jacket
3) Fight Club
4) Momento
5) Traffic
6) The Graduate
7) Amadeus
8) High Fidelity
9) School of Rock
10) The Replacement Killers

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Post by AngelBaby » 17 Jul 2005 08:28

<span style='color:blue'>I own 3 of Mao's top ten and 4 of Dere's (with one shared between)...

Confidence, Rounders, Memento, High Fidelity, School of Rock, and Fight Club.

My suggestions:

1. Blade Runner
2. Minority Report
3. Run Lola Run
4. True Romance
5. The Ring
6. Equilibrium
7. Se7en
8. Leon
9. Collateral
10. Man on Fire</span>

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Post by Dere33 » 17 Jul 2005 14:11

Oh my. How could I forget....

1 FIRST PLACE ftw) As Good As It Gets

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Post by BlackMage » 17 Jul 2005 23:40

UncleMao wrote:1) Confidence
OMG! Someone else on this planet has seen Confidence and loves it.

1. Count of Monte Cristo
2. What Dreams May Come
3. Big Fish
4. I-Spy
5. Drunken Master
6. Signs
7. We Were Soldiers
8. Be Cool
9. Mr. Deeds
10. Oceans 11

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Post by UncleMao » 22 Jul 2005 05:13

10 for August

1) Thirteen Days (I can't recommend this enough)
2) Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
3) Secondhand Lions
4) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind
5) Adaptation
6) Cube
7) Infernal Affairs (HK movie)
8) Young and Dangerous 1 to 3 (HK)
9) Ong Bak (Thai)
10) I Am Sam (tearjerker)

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Post by BlackMage » 26 Jul 2005 19:12

Cube was a strange movie...there was a sequel that was equally as strange.

My top 10:
10. Harold and Kumar (not the best movie, but good for a laugh)
09. Man on Fire
08. The Pacifier
07. Coach Carter
06. Are we there Yet
05. Bruce Almighty
04. Hide and Seek
03. The Seed of Chucky (again, for the laughs)
02. The Day After Tomorrow
01. Seven

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Post by AngelBaby » 28 Jul 2005 04:09

<span style='color:blue'>Heavensent 10 for August...

1. Appleseed
2. Dawn of the Dead remake Director's Cut
3. 12 Monkeys
4. Black Hawk Down
5. Chasing Amy
6. Chronicles of Riddick Director's Cut
7. X-Men 2
8. Big Trouble in Little China
9. Payback
10. The Bourne Identity</span>

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Post by turtle1 » 29 Jul 2005 05:48

<span style='color:red'>August 10

1) The Godfather Trilogy
2) The Usual Suspects
3) American Beauty
4) The Breakfast Club
5) Back To School
6) Pulp Fiction
7) Mystic River
8) Dumb and Dumber
9) Reality Bites
10) Se7en</span>

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Post by sarah » 02 Aug 2005 22:07

1. Fallen Angels or In the mood for love
2. City of God
3. Fight Club
4. Spirited Away or Grave of the fireflies
5. Rashômon or Ikiru
6. Before Sunrise
7. Trainspotting
8. Big Fish
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind
10. The Graduate

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Post by dcarrot » 04 Aug 2005 00:30

How about sports movies?

I'll start with


1. Field of Dreams

Baseball could use a lift in this 'roids era.

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Post by TheGoodReverend » 04 Aug 2005 00:52

Ten good ones I've netflixed recently:

Malcolm X
Cinema Paradiso
Judgment at Nuremberg
Diner
Bad Education
The Fly
Sunset Boulevard
The Third Man
Moonlight Mile
The Day the Earth Stood Still

As for baseball movies, don't forget Bull Durham

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Post by Grammaton_Cleric » 02 Nov 2005 11:35

1. Equilibrium
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Das Boot
4. Saints and Soldiers (not sure if it is on dvd yet)
5. Stalingrad
6. Black Hawk Down
7. Collateral
8. The Sting
9. Gunner Palace (a documentary)
10. Paths of Glory

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Post by UncleMao » 02 Nov 2005 22:49

Nov 1

1 Princess Mononoke
2 The Lost Battalion
3 The Machinist
4 Bad Santa
5 The Returner
6 Asoka
7 Carandiru
8 Spirited Away
9 National Treasure
10 Batman Begins (Duh)

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Post by steampunk » 03 Nov 2005 00:10

Grammaton_Cleric wrote:2. The Thin Red Line
Even with all the cameos, I found this incredibly boring.
Grammaton_Cleric wrote:3. Das Boot
This can never get old.
Grammaton_Cleric wrote:4. Saints and Soldiers (not sure if it is on dvd yet)
Mmmmmmmm... Mormons.

Edit: It's on DVD - I'm almost positive it was straight-to-video. In fact, I don't believe it was ever on the big screen, unless it was a small showing in Utah, Arizona, and Idaho.
Grammaton_Cleric wrote:5. Stalingrad
Heard decent things about this.
Grammaton_Cleric wrote:6. Black Hawk Down
It was okay, but I thought the book and <a href='http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/sitemap.asp' target='_blank'>newspaper series</a> were better.
Grammaton_Cleric wrote:9. Gunner Palace (a documentary)
Again, heard good things.
UncleMao wrote:2 The Lost Battalion
Finally, a Great War picture. Civil War, WWII, and Vietnam have been done to death (no pun intended).
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