The Ultimate Movie Thread of Ultimate Destiny

Sub-Human said:
Akratus said:
[spoiler:455254d525]The Dark Crystal
The lord of the rings
The Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
Watchmen
Inception
The Prestige
Inglourious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shutter Island
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Intouchablés
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Matrix
Snatch
Inglorious Basterds
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Cube
Drive
Das Boot
The Truman Show
The Man from Earth
The Phonebooth
Forrest Gump
Se7en
Lord of War
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Saving Private Ryan
Highlander
Gran Torino
The Avengers
The Sixth Sense
Inside Job
Star wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Full Metal Jacket
Star wars: Episode IV A new Hope
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Alien
Looper
Kill Bill Vol. 1
District 9
Akira
Memento
Minority Report
Sherlock Holmes
Equilibrium
Hellboy
El Labirinto del Fauno
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Clerks
The Help
Terminator
The Conspirator
Die Hard: with a Vengeance
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I, Robot
Sunshine
The Guard
The Last Samurai
Boondock Saints
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
X-Men: First Class
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
X-Men 2
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Clerks 2
Dogma
Falling Down
Four Lions
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Die Hard
Back to the Future
The Incredibles
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Trading Places
Shooter
Thor
Surrogates
Hidalgo
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Toy Story
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Black Hawk Down
Ghost Rider[/spoiler:455254d525]
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I'm guessing you haven't seen enough good movies? T3rminator, Surrogates, Looper, X-Men - what a joke.
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Updated list:
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The Dark Crystal
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Shawshank Redemption
The Two Towers
Fight Club
Watchmen
Inception
The Prestige
Return of the King
Inglourious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shutter Island
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Intouchablés
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Schindler's List
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Matrix
Inglorious Basterds
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Snatch
Drive
Das Boot
The Truman Show
The Phonebooth
The Man from Earth
Forrest Gump
Se7en
Lord of War
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight
Cube
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Saving Private Ryan
Highlander
Gran Torino
The Avengers
The Sixth Sense
Inside Job
Star wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Full Metal Jacket
Star wars: Episode IV A new Hope
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Slumdog Millionaire
Alien
Looper
Kill Bill Vol. 1
District 9
Akira
Minority Report
Memento
Equilibrium
Der Untergang
Crank
Sherlock Holmes
Hellboy
El Labirinto del Fauno
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Clerks
The Help
Terminator
The Conspirator
Die Hard: with a Vengeance
The Animatrix
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I, Robot
Sunshine
Collateral
The Guard
The Last Samurai
Boondock Saints
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
X-Men: First Class
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Clerks 2
Dogma
Falling Down
The Longest Day
Four Lions
Die Hard
X-Men 2
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Back to the Future
The Incredibles
Trading Places
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Cabin in the Woods[/spoiler:455254d525]

Am I cool now?
 
Is it updated? It's still full of crappy B-movies that could easily be replaced with much better ones. In terms of modern art, ever watched The Departed? The Reader? To fit your taste, any of the Bourne movies? A movie to replace Full Metal Jacket (or supplement it) is Apocalypse Now. Three Kings if you like war movies...

Bla bla, I could go on forever - you have so much to watch. Go and watch!! And remove Lord of the Rings :)
 
Sub-Human said:
Is it updated? It's still full of crappy B-movies that could easily be replaced with much better ones. In terms of modern art, ever watched The Departed? The Reader? To fit your taste, any of the Bourne movies? A movie to replace Full Metal Jacket (or supplement it) is Apocalypse Now. Three Kings if you like war movies...

Bla bla, I could go on forever - you have so much to watch. Go and watch!! And remove Lord of the Rings :)
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I couldn't get into the Departed. It's about only cynical assholes doing nothing I should care about.

I did very much like three kings!

I've seen the Bourne flicks, nothing special. And I can't remember enough about them to find out where they belong on the list.

I've seen the the making of the lord of the rings quite a few times, based on it's costumes, props and other art alone it deserves to be on my list.

I'm betting there's quite a few on my list you haven't seen.

You're entitled to your opinion, but why do you dislike my list so? Aren't these good movies?:

The Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
Watchmen
Inception
The Prestige
Inglourious Basterds
Pulp Fiction
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shutter Island
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Intouchablés
Schindler's List
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Matrix
Inglorious Basterds
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Snatch
Drive
Das Boot
The Truman Show
The Phonebooth
The Man from Earth
Se7en
Inside Job
Lord of War
Cube
Minority Report
El Labirinto del Fauno
Clerks
The Conspirator
Collateral
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Reservoir Dogs

EDIT: I've updated it again:
[spoiler:b229621273]The Dark Crystal
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Shawshank Redemption
The Two Towers
Fight Club
Watchmen
Inception
The Prestige
Return of the King
Pulp Fiction
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shutter Island
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Intouchablés
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Schindler's List
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Matrix
Inglorious Basterds
No Country for Old Men
The Shining
Snatch
Drive
Das Boot
The Truman Show
The Phonebooth
The Man from Earth
Forrest Gump
Se7en
Lord of War
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight
Cube
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Saving Private Ryan
Highlander
Gran Torino
The Avengers
The Sixth Sense
Inside Job
Star wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Full Metal Jacket
Star wars: Episode IV A new Hope
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Alien
Kill Bill Vol. 1
District 9
Akira
Minority Report
Memento
Equilibrium
Der Untergang
El Labirinto del Fauno
Crank
Sherlock Holmes
Hellboy
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Clerks
The Help
Terminator
The Conspirator
Die Hard: with a Vengeance
The Animatrix
Looper
I, Robot
Sunshine
Collateral
The Guard
The Last Samurai
Boondock Saints
X-Men: First Class
Aliens
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Clerks 2
Dogma
Falling Down
Four Lions
Slumdog Millionaire
Die Hard
My name is Nobody
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
X-Men 2
Back to the Future
Trading Places
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Longest Day
Three Kings
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance[/spoiler:b229621273]
 
Akratus, you got plenty of good movies in your list. You got plenty of movies I find silly also, but why should you give a shit? :D It's your list, and taste is subjective :D
 
zegh8578 said:
Akratus, you got plenty of good movies in your list. You got plenty of movies I find silly also, but why should you give a shit? :D It's your list, and taste is subjective :D
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It's kind of weird. The movies I find best are the ones with the best and most inventive story. But I have like this secondary sense for aesthethics and ideas that sometimes overrides that. It's why I love the Dark Crystal so much, and why I like superhero movies. It doesn't make sense to some, but I think I just get to enjoy that much more.

Anyone else have any lists? I would like to see some.
 
You have some great titles on there, buddy. All I'm saying is that it's funny seeing 'Fight Club' stand there along with 'Crank'. And when you say you appreciate good stories, you miss out on thrillers like LA Confidential, Burn After Reading, Michael Clayton, aforementioned Departed?

I really like human interaction and feelings in my movies, so obviously the LoTR trilogy does not make it to the list. Instead, I opt out for something like 25th Hour.
 
Crime movies should be about unsympathetic assholes. Its like the Way of The Gun:
"I didnt sympathize with anybody!"
"Well you shouldnt. These are horrible people." (from the commentaries).

God i love that movie (and the dorector/writer and the commen
taries)
 
Sub-Human said:
I really like human interaction and feelings in my movies, so obviously the LoTR trilogy does not make it to the list. Instead, I opt out for something like 25th Hour.
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I can't exactly see things from your perspective. . .

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEMdXhfO-Wk[/youtube]

Except, 25 hours sounds really good. And I do like Edward Norton. . .
 
Not a "definite list", but these are the movies I have procured so far:

Blood diamond (I consider it an okay movie. Dicaprio does a good accent!)
Cidade dos homens/City of Men (Excellent stuff, both the movie and the series)
Disney's Dinosaur (Come on, I'm a dino-geek! It's a must!)
El labirinto del fauno
Eternal enemies: Lions and hyenas (Documentary, but excellent)
Hero
Hotel Rwanda (Not super-amazing in any way, but I have a penchant for movies concerning African conflicts)
Jalla Jalla
Jason bourne 1 and 2 (Decent action)
Jurassic Park (The 1st is a gem, the rest, meh)
La vita e bella
Mad Max 2
Mary and Max
Men who stare at goats
Mononoke Hime
Moonwalker (Apart from starring MJ, this is a bizarre-as-hell movie)
Mulholland Drive
Nausicäa
No country for old men
Nokas (Well done and relistic rendition of a dramatic, heavily armed bank robbery in Stavanger, Norway, some years ago)
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Polytechnique (Gruesome but excellent)
Pulp fiction
Road to perdition (I like the pace of it)
Saving private Ryan (A definite must)
Schindlers list
Se7en
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Cute)
Free Jimmy (By Norwegians for Norwegians, too much "insider humor" for non-Norwegians. Trying to distribute it abroad was a huge mistake)
Snatch
Svidd neger (One of my favorites. Very bizarre Norwegian dark comedy)
Team America
The full monty (Very charming)
The godfather (Another must. Never bothered much with the sequels)
The good, the bad, and the ugly (Classic)
The Incredibles
The lord of the rings (Never a huge fan, but sometimes I enjoy the whole.. "magic" of it)
Titanic (Lol. Sue me)
TMNT (Not a big fan, but fun nostalgia)
Torrente 3 (Spanish humor, quite funny!)
Traffic
Training day
Trainspotting (A favorite)
Trolljegeren
Waltz with Bashir (Another favorite)

Movies I have yet to get, but want to get, are Memento, Fight Club and Ravenous, amonst many others I'm not remembering right now.
 
zegh8578 said:
Polytechnique (Gruesome but excellent)
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An excellent movie, yes. Villeneuve took a tragedy and tackled the subject with sobriety without white-washing the whole thing.
 
Ilosar said:
zegh8578 said:
Polytechnique (Gruesome but excellent)
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An excellent movie, yes. Villeneuve took a tragedy and tackled the subject with sobriety without white-washing the whole thing.
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It is one of few violent movies where I actually dread the violence that is to come, and really hope for the characters involved. Precisely because you know it follows real events, and therefore won't necesarily end well for everyone.
 
Cidade dos homens/City of Men (Excellent stuff, both the movie and the series)
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In case you didn't know, the creators of the series also directed the film City of God (much more recognised internationally).
 
34thcell said:
Cidade dos homens/City of Men (Excellent stuff, both the movie and the series)
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In case you didn't know, the creators of the series also directed the film City of God (much more recognised internationally).
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I was well aware :]
I really enjoy City of God too, but it's one of these movies that are SO obviously good - that I simply keep forgetting it :D
 
Akratus said:
Except, 25 hours sounds really good. And I do like Edward Norton. . .
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Ye, it's one of those dramatic movies. The ending alone is a masterpiece that deserves an Oscar.

It also has Philip Hoffman (his acting was top-notch). 'Before The Devil Knows You're Dead' and 'Capote' are very entertaining, I'd certainly recommend that you watch them if you haven't already and they might find a spot on that list of yours.
 
Just finished watching Flukt (Escape)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VKqGrmx_t4[/youtube]
Set in the immediate aftermath of the bubonic plague (which devastated Norway, virtually transforming it into a lawless wasteland).
It has an odd pace, and leaves a couple of twists and turns to be fixed, remedied, or maybe replaced altogether - but! It is about goddamn time we try our hands on some "medieval dramas", but I am still waiting for a proper "viking movie".

The same director also made the "Cold Prey" series, which I have not seen yet, because I'm not a fan of slashers (They tend to be repetitive...), but due to their good reviews, I am growing curious.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6NNQ3VAb3w[/youtube]

It's amazing how far visual effects technology has gotten. I had no idea that the New York City featured in The Avengers was COMPLETELY CGI! Wow. Honestly, this is how CGI and visual effects in general should be...
 
Some guy in 1911 said:
It's amazing how far visual effects technology has gotten. I had no idea that the New York City featured in Bob Drinks Some Booze On 6th Street was COMPLETELY a set! Wow. Honestly, this is how sets and visual effects in general should be...
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