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  • RxDawgRxDawg Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I'm seeing a lot of Shawshank claims. And it's brought up in many other greatest movie of all time discussions. This has always surprised me a little bit. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie. But it's never really moved the meter for me as much as it seemingly does others. I think it could be because of how I saw it. I believe I was on a cruise ship, and it was playing on loop on the TV. So I was in and out and saw the movie in chunks rather than sitting down and seeing it all the way through.

  • orlandoorlando Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    I remember going with a rowdy bunch to see Porky’s, while not the best movie it was funny and we had a good time. 
  • MarkBoknechtMarkBoknecht Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Love that movie. I saw this movie for the first time in the early nineties, not even knowing of it's existence. It didn't have the same feel as the earlier "Eastwood" movies, not as much action I suppose. But, I think Sergio Leone's work here is his best.

    And the soundtrack: the recurring musical scores are absolutely stunning.

  • JoelSidneyKellyJoelSidneyKelly Posts: 3,678 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    1. Gone With the Wind
    2. Godfather 1&2
    3. My Fair Lady
    4. Mullholland Dr.
    5. Vertigo
    6. Raising Arizona
  • Casanova_FlatulenceCasanova_Flatulence Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Sooooooooo nobody's seen Eraserhead? What's the matter with you people? It's a cult classic!

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    JoeSidneyKelly. That is a very eclectic list, and a dam good one. The 15 minute intro to Raising Arizona may be the funniest ever. I've never seen My Fair Lady and it's not the type movie I usually like, but there are always exceptions like The Remains Of The Day. I usually dislike movies or series focused on Royal Brits' households, but that movie is superior.

  • DawgBonesDawgBones Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I actually saw it in a theater when it first came out. Very... ummm how shall I say "trippy"

  • DvilleDawgDvilleDawg Posts: 2,698 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I have never seen Gone With The Wind all the way through. I've also never read the book from start to finish. I have tried many many times, I just can't ever seem to get through it.

  • JoelSidneyKellyJoelSidneyKelly Posts: 3,678 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate


    Anything Lynch is at least a 7/10. Eraserhead gets a 9 from me.

    "Oh, you are sick."

  • Casanova_FlatulenceCasanova_Flatulence Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    It came out when I moved to London in '77. I remember seeing Eraserhead movie posters all over London. I didn't see the film until around 2002. After 5 minutes I turned to a neighbor and said, "Is this for real? I'm ready to S-can this thing, but I find myself oddly curious to see if this can possibly get anymore bizarre." His response, "Let's keep going."

    The chicken carving scene had us busting a gut!!!

    Lynch's last movie with Laura Dern is equally as bizarre!

  • greshamdiscogreshamdisco Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    @RxDawg, mad respect for actually watching it. The slow first half may be because the guys who wrote it featured themselves in that part. However, it does build up the suspense in a way. I remember how happy I was when I realized he was still alive. Sad that he was living in poverty, but crazy he ends up playing to huge crowds. Just a great story. Glad you liked it. 
  • FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited June 2019

    some not mentioned or not enough mentioned.

    Bad Santa (2003)  Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac

    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Patricia Neal, Michael Rennie, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray very decent sci-fi

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter very decent sci-fi

    Steve Jobs (2015) Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet

    Alien (1979)  Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt

    Aliens Sigourney Weaver

    Ghostbusters (1984) Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Rick Moranis

    Big Lebowski (1998)  Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, John Turturro 

    Starman (1984) Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith very decent sci-fi

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) David Bowie, Candy Clark, Rip Torn, Bernie Casey strange sci-fi

    The Last Starfighter (1984) Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart decent sci-fi very under-rated

    Empire Records (1995) Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, Liv Tyler implausible plot but <-- CAST!

    Hildago (2004) Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson, T.J (the horse)

    Kin (2018) Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, Zoë Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid, James Franco decent sci-fi

    Cedar Rapids (2011) Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alia Shawkat "NTS"- not too shabby

    The Dirty Dozen (1967) Lee Marvin,  Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas

  • texdawgtexdawg Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    Man. Completely forgot this one. Has anyone mentioned Slingblade
  • scooterdawgscooterdawg Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
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