I feel obliged to list some favorite movies after edgrimly and chopper posted their own lists. I'm going to try and avoid repeats even though some of their picks might be on my list (Blood Diamond, Lost in Translation, and Caddyshack especially)...so here goes:
Comedy: Dumb and Dumber, Coming to America, The Naked Gun, Road To ______
Not many movies make me laugh out loud through the whole thing but these did.
War Movies: Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, All Quiet on the Western Front
Even after seeing it countless times, Full Metal Jacket is still as engrossing as it was the first time. You won't find any Clive Cussler (Sahara) style filmmaking -war as an awesome X-treme sport-save the day and make it home by the weekend to bang all the hot chicks- in any of these though.
--Honorable Mention: Paths of Glory, 3 Kings, Thin Red Line, The Battle of Algiers
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Terminator
Like Full Metal Jacket, I can watch the Fifth Element over and over and enjoy it every time.
Horror/Action/Thriller/Suspense etc.: The Italian Job, Munich, Mulholland Drive, Heat, Bourne Trilogy, The Devil's Advocate
Not even Neo-Ted Theodore Logan could ruin The Devil's Advocate, though try he did.
--Honorable Mention: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Had it not been made by Disney, this could have been a much greater movie. I know it's cliche to say that the book was better than the movie, but in this case there's no contest.
A few more: Opening Night/Woman Under the Influence/Faces, The Game, Cloak and Dagger, Touch of Evil, To Have and Have Not
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The first "The Hills have Eyes" is bad ass also. not to mention Saw 1 and 2.
Actually I thought the first (first "new") 'The Hills Have Eyes' wasn't that good. I haven't seen the original Wes Craven one though, which might be good since Wes Craven did it.
....and Saw was good, but not great. Average for it's genre in my opinion
If only for the gore man. If a horror movie, mch like a war movie, has gore than it is good in my eyes. The dude eating the guts out of the mom....priceless.
Hey didnt know the quickest or easiest way to reach you about fantasy football. You have the draft set for 11:30 ET, thats actually 10:30 here. You may want to change that. Team McGair wanted me to ask you if you know what you are doing with all the point adjustments and the new WR/TE position. He trusts you but was just wondering if you knew what you were doing or just clicking buttons or doing what Nickerson told you to do.
clicky on buttons is fun
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