10 good picks

UncleMao · 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

Open Range
9) Identity
10) Fight Club

I encourage you guys to post picks as well, as I might try your selections.

Dere33 · 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

High Fidelity
9) School of Rock
10) The Replacement Killers

AngelBaby · Post by **AngelBaby** » 17 Jul 2005 08:28

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

Dere33 · Post by **Dere33** » 17 Jul 2005 14:11

Oh my. How could I forget....

1 FIRST PLACE ftw) As Good As It Gets

BlackMage · 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

UncleMao · 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)

Young and Dangerous 1 to 3 (HK)
9) Ong Bak (Thai)
10) I Am Sam (tearjerker)

BlackMage · 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

AngelBaby · Post by **AngelBaby** » 28 Jul 2005 04:09

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

turtle1 · Post by **turtle1** » 29 Jul 2005 05:48

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

Dumb and Dumber
9) Reality Bites
10) Se7en

sarah · 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

dcarrot · 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.

TheGoodReverend · 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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Grammaton_Cleric · 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

UncleMao · 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)

steampunk · 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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