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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Geoni on February 23, 2010, 01:50:59 am
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Much like Kiern's Favorite Music thread, this is where you can post good movies. I'm not too old, and I haven't seen all of the movies that are worth watching that were released before...lets say the 80's, so post any of your favorites, and if you have the time add a side note to why the movie/movies are your favorite. I'll say some of my favorite's [in no specific order] If it's in another language please add that on the side!
-Gone With The Wind [U.S.A] Classic, that's all I have to say.
-Amelie [France] I love this movie because it is well written, has good humor, and the acting and cinema-tics are great as well. But what i love the most about this movie is it's score by Yann Tiersen. [This movie is in French but has English subtitles]
-Titanic [U.S.A] I love this movie first and foremost for the screenplay, the acting is great on all of the parts, and the CGI is remarkable for it's time.
-Pan's Labyrinth [Spain..i think] Great storytelling, great acting, cinematic-ally well done, and all together a good movie with the exception that it is a bit sad. :( [Spanish with English subtitles]
-Spirited Away [Japan] Definitely the best animated movie in the history of film in my opinion. Beautiful watercolor style, a story that can entertain a 6 year old child, and engage a 88 year old's at the same time. The score is great, and it is one of those movies you can watch over and over again and still notice something new. [You can find this movie dubbed in about any language]
Slumdog Millionaire [U.S.A] I love this movie because it simply caught the essence of poverty in the world, and it captured it with great cinema-tics to add. The acting was alright, and the score was very upbeat. One of those movies you just can't miss, and will make you feel happy!
Avatar [U.S.A] We all know about this movie if we don't have our heads stuck in the ground. I thought it was a very simple story that stood for environmentalism, and was one of the most beautiful movies i have ever seen. One i say you can't miss in the theaters.
You don't have to make things as complicated as I did, just post the movie, and if there are two for that title please post the version you are talking about.
Reply away! :D [I wouldn't mind seeing some debates about movies! :thumbdown: :thumbup: ]
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im kinda into spoofs, i think they are funny as hell
so id go with any of the Scary movies
definitly Epic movie
Date movie was funny
uhm thats all i can think of right now
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I agree with a lot of those movies Geoni! Let me think...what's good...sorry I can't say why I like them. I just do! Most of them are probably for young kids, but who says adults can't watch kid movies? :P
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (liked since I was very little)
Yellow Submarine (silly movie that doesn't really make sense, many songs come from the Beatles album "Yellow Submarine")
Waltz With Bashir (Israeli movie, talks about one man's search for memories when he was in the Lebanon War)
Le Papillon (French movie, didn't like it at first, but is actually a really cute film)
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood. Nuff said.)
Dinosaur (awesome Disney movie, I was addicted to dinosaurs at the time)
Charlie's Angels (3 women on a mission to save the world. What else can I say?)
The Mummy series (Brendan Fraser doesn't look like he ever ages lol)
Indiana Jones series (Harrison Ford! But watch the original trilogy. I didn't really like the 4th one)
Star Wars series (EPIC WIN)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (\O/)
Stand By Me (I love this movie!)
That's some I can name from scanning wikipedia and off the top of my head :)
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The Last Unicorn - Best animated movie in my opinion. Very unique style and storytelling, it still captures me whenever I look at it.
Hunchback of the Notre Dame - Disney version. Beautiful music and artworks, and I love the message. I can narrate this movie from beginning to end, including the music and sound effects. I broke the video because I watched it so often xD
The Illusionist - Beautiful, Mysterious, Exceptional.
Braveheart - NEVER ever give up for FREEDOM! <3 I cried from the beginning to the end xD
Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Do I really need to explain? MASTERFUL.
Other jewels:
300, Pan's Labyrinth, Gladiator, As Dreams May Come, Ever After, Titanic, Howl's Moving Castle, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (Ardeth Bay FTW ;D ), Treasure Planet, Interview with the Vampire... and many many more.
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Avatar- Cookie-cutter story-line, but innovative effects and Idea.
Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood is a beauty (no homo)
The Hangover- Jokesss
American Gangsterr- I just loved the whole idea of this movie.
Gladiator- i really enjoyed this movie. Good action, but at the same time, proper historical facts.
Braveheart- Mel Gibbs- What A Champ :)
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@Dralion1221 Your the only other person i know who's seen Waltz with Bashir and enjoyed it \o/ I need to check out Le Papillon because that is the only one on your list that i haven't seen.
@Mellas I loved all the movies you mentioned [with the exception that i have never heard of The Last Unicorn] Some of the "other jewels" that you have mentioned are alright, I love HMC, Pans Labyrinth, Gladiator, and Titanic. I haven't heard of As Dreams May Come. Though, i didn't like 300 :P but that's just me.
@Mekora I loved all the movies you mentioned/period/
I guess my movies to see are: The Last Unicorn, Le Papillon and As Dreams May come.
Thanks, and keep them coming people!!!
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Lord of the rings
avatar
star wars
quantum of solace
national treasure
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ah forgot to mention pineapple express and step brothers >:D
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Current Favorites in Alphabetical Order
Almost Famous (USA) - One kid's love affair with rock and roll + Kate Hudson before she started doing crappy rom-coms, what's not to like? Easily Cameron Crowe's best picture.
Bande à part (France) - So good Quentin Tarantino named his production company after it... apparently shot for shot scene remakes aren't the only things he steals. :P
City of God (Brazil) - Mind blowing... Awesome story structure, stylized but still very gritty and real... If I had to pick the best movie I have ever seen (not necessarily my all time favorite ;)) City of God would probably be the one.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (USA) - Proof Charlie Kaufman can make one heck of a movie... as long as he just writes the film and leaves directing to the professionals.
The Royal Tenenbaums (USA) - A little strange but, hey so am I! Wes Anderson's attention to detail in every aspect of the film is incredible plus an all star cast never hurts.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France) - It's a musical where they literally sing every line of dialogue and it still made it on my list. I usually hate musicals. That should tell you how highly I think of this film.
Honorable Mention
High Fidelity, The Bicycle Thief (Italy), Rushmore, Good Bye, Lenin! (Germany), Lost in Translation, I Love You, Man, My Fair Lady (How do these freaking musicals keep sneaking onto my list?!), Moon, and two thumbs up for a few movies already mentioned: Stand By Me, Star Wars Trilogy (Original), and The Illusionist. :thumbup:
Edit: Almost forgot A Clock Work Orange ;) Definitely deserves an "honorable mention."
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Oh yeah, the last unicorn was awesome! Been a while since I've seen it, but I enjoyed it! Thanks for reminding me Melly :)
Quantum of Solace was okay, was more bang then story. (we had to rewatch Casino Royale to get the story lol)
Oh just got reminded by wikipedia! Watch the movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze in it. Very funny and good storyline! <3
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@Marqsaynt all of your movies i haven't seen, which is fantastic! Thanks man, and their foreign too so i can indulge in my international inspiration a bit. I didn't expect the variety of movies i've seen here, and i'm glad to see more "favorite" threads pop up!
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ah forgot to mention pineapple express and step brothers >:D
Very true, pineapple express was ROFLMFAO funny ^^
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I keep remembering films that I should have noted and it's going to seriously bug me till I add them to the list. ::)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Like it better each time I watch it... a single but very major oversight for my favorites list.
Even More Honorable Mentions!
The Seven Samurai (Japan) (with Yojimbo a slightly distant second), Cashback (UK) the short film and a moderate thumbs up for the feature length movie, and M (Germany) how a true thriller should be made. ;)
EDIT: Grr... and Abre Los Ojos (Spain) - The original and Tom Cruise free version of Vanilla Sky and Memento (2000) -one of those films that is never as good the second time around (like Crash) but still should be seen at least once.
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when i was younger, my favorite movie was Van Helsing (the new version with hugh jackman)
don't have one now
NVM I LIE
Die Hard
Indiana Jones
The Jackal (with bruce willis, it may be a remake)
Shoot 'Em Up (changed this one)
whatever, i'm too lazy to make a list
lololol, this movie's got to be awesome (i missed the first half on the television) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsCBToEUm_g
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A Scanner Darkly (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405296/) (surprise, surprise)
Papillon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/)
Enter the Dragon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405296/)
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Hi-five to those who posted Pan's Labyrinth and Clockwork Orange :)
I agree with a lot of the titles mentioned so far .. I especially like movies with strong symbolism, strange twists and scary stuff.
The Game
The Silence of the Lambs
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Saw
Hostle
A Haunting in Connecticut
Eyes Wide Shut
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcism of Emily Rose ( I liked the wicked scenes.. the court room stuff kinda put me to sleep )
The Changeling
A few extra-cheezy B grade flicks:
Basketcase
Rollerblade
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Night of the Iguana, The Man Who Would Be King, The Mask of Demetrious, Let the Devil Wear Black...
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Almost forgot:
Requiem for a Dream
Pink Floyd The Wall (musical film) -- A must see if you like depressing, trippy stuff
Jacob's Ladder
The Amityville Horror
The Children of the Corn
Heh .. guess I have a preference for horror ... funny how you sometimes perceive things differently after you've written them down.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned The sixth sense yet!
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@Rigwyn I can tell you have a great taste in horror flicks. I was glad to see The Silence of the Lambs, The Exorcist, and Rosemary's Baby. And when you were talking about "The Changeling" did you mean "Changeling" with Angelina Jolie?
another addition to the additional movies I have to see from post is Clockwork Orange.
Here is one movie i have to add to my favorites:
The White Ribbon [Germany-has English Subtites] I just saw this the other day and thought it was really unique, but left me hanging. It did however, give me the feeling that i was watching a classic the first time I was watching it (even the trailer for it said that!) It's won a number of things internationally, and i thought it was really good to have a black and white movie come out in 2010.
No Country For Old Men [U.S.A] It was a great thriller, the acting was phenomenal, and the suspense built throughout the entire movie!
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Yes, Changeling- with Angelina Jolie
I thought she acted incredibly well and the story was excellent.
She blended into the move so well that I forgot that she was in it :)
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Here's a few classics that no-one has mentioned yet:
The City of Lost Children
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Amadeus
Killer Klowns from Outer Space ;D
Any early Jackie Chan films (Drunken Master is particularly good)
Bagdad Cafe
The Blues Brothers
The Straight Story
Hope you enjoy :)
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The Amityville Horror
New one (Ryan Reynolds), or old one?
I think the new one is a very good one. Finally a film that will make you afraid :p
I'm a huge movie fan, so I got alot of good movies (and some terrible ones) on my mind :)
Also agreeing with many films already mentioned, so I will just mention some of my favs that I haven't seen yet. First a few obvious ones:
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
The Dark Knight
The Green Mile
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (NI! :devil: )
V for Vendetta
The Girl Next Door ;D
Eurotrip
Also a big fan of Quentin Tarantino movies :love:
Norwegian movies: "Mongoland", "Mannen som elsket Yngve" and "Max Manus".
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The Amityville Horror
New one (Ryan Reynolds), or old one?
I was actually referring to the original.
Saving Private Ryan had a really crazy opening... It really left me thinking...
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Oh, i forgot that I love The Dark Knight, and V for Vendetta, they are my favorite "comic book" movies.
New movies to mention:
Precious: I have to say that this is a great movie, with extremely good acting, and cinematography. It's probably the best acted movie of the 2010 Oscar movie nominee's in my opinion. Here is the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FYahzVU44
Little Miss Sunshine :D : I have to say that this is one of the best comedies of the 2000's and it's touching to add to that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyH_twcMl0
Napoleon Dynamite: Why have I not seen this movie on the fav's yet? It's hilarious. I couldn't control my laughter duing this movie and everybody in the theater kept looking at me. Here is one of the many funny clips from the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On2BMf0E-uY
All of these movies are personal in some way to me, so I have to say watch a trailer before you watch the movie. It's up to you to decide whether it's for you or not.
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Rigwyn, your choice of movies scares me... Probably why I haven't seen any of those movies. ;D I lean more towards cute and funny movies.
Warning: Long list...
- Avatar[US]: Avatar has moved up to my favorite movie of all time for many reasons. It may be a formula movie so are a lot of them. I happen to like this formula.
- Last Holiday[US]: This movie with Queen Latifa and LL Cool J is very sweet. Kinda a unconventional Cinderella story.
- Cars[US]: Also sweet with a good story. Tow Mater however is the biggest reason to love the movie.
- The Princess and the Frog[US]: A really good movie aside from the creepy parts. Not too fairy tale or too Disney, at least not when compared to other Disney movies.
- Hero[China]: Cinematically gorgeous and interesting in the direction of the plot progression. My biggest problem is the ending which to an American can easily seem out of place if compared to the endings of American movies.
- Curse of the Golden Flower[China]: Also cinematically gorgeous. Love the look. Don't care for a lot of the plot thread and certainly not all the blood, but I love the look of it. Has the same ending problem as Hero...
- House of Flying Daggers[China]: More or less the same as the other two... ending included.... but it is interesting from what I saw. I unfortunately missed chunks of it. However, it has Takeshi Kaneshiro... so umm... yeah.
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon[china]: Pretty, but to me it's not as stunning as the others. However, I think it's more realistic in the coloring of the scenes... Again with the ending...
- Legend of Zorro[US]: It has some slow parts but overall it is a good funny movie. Gotta love Tornado. He's a great actor. ;) Not to mention it has a really nice soundtrack.
- Ironman[US]: Liked it's cause it was cool... not because of the plot. :P It strikes me as a definite guy movie... it's about the cool, not the talky stuff in between the cool.
- Die Another Day[US]: Not a big Bond fan but I do like this movie. It kinda got me interested in James Bond for awhile. Love the scenes in Havana and in the icy northern parts of the world. Love Rick Yune... in spite of in movie appearance and love Will Yun lee.
- Star Trek[US]: Second Favorite movie of all time. I was surprised by the whole spock and uhura thing, but I can go with it... sorry if spoiling but considering all the hoohaw on the internet about it I just figure it's up there with knowing who Luke Skywalker's father is... you should just know by now. XD really nice take on the old 60's designs. Everything looks modern without severely deviating from the original look and feel.
- Phantom of the Opera[US]: Fabulous movie... It made me go see the play and I had absolutely no curiosity about the story at all. I didn't even want to go see the movie at first. Love the costumes, better than the stage versions in my opinion. Love the signing, Gerard Butler's singing is a bit jarring at first since he isn't an operatic singer but it works. Patrick Wilson has a gorgeous voice and so does Emmy Rossum, but I'm partial to listening to guys sing.
- Finding Nemo[US]:Cute cute cute fishies!
- WALL·E[US]: This movie is so cute and sweet. I was actually rooting for WALL·E the whole time. Happy to say there is a proper ending for this movie.
- Princess Bride[US]: I like this little quirky fairy tale. The book is fun to read too. I think the best parts are the author commentaries which were put in the movie as well.
Well, finally ran out of movies I could think of. I miss most of them so I can't say I'm up to date aside from a few this last year or so. XD
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House of Flying Daggers' Cinematography > Hero's Cinematography
Hero's Story > House of Flying Dagger's Story (I don't care if that makes me a "commie" for saying so, it's true. :P)
If I had to choose between the two, I actually liked Hero better... I'll almost always pick story over style.
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forrest gump
saving private ryan
Avatar
Star wars
Lord of the rings
Star trek first contact
Nightmare before christmas
Starship troopers
Armageddon
school of rock!
:)
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
That was good ! I don't remember much of it but I do remember enjoying it .. Oh yeah, and people defying physics. :) But I didn't care.. I reminded me of those old 70's kung foo movies where Shao Lin monks did that sorta thing all the time.
Some other enjoyable movies:
Les Misérables ( Movie version )
Bubble Boy ( kinda off-beat humor )
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes er eh .. scratch that XD
Beverly Hills Cop
Lethal Weapon 4 ( I remember laughing almost non stop )
Throw Momma from the Train ( Billy Crystal )
For those Enkidukai fans, the musical "Cats" was put on tape/dvd. I haven't seen the tape, but I did see the play many moons ago on Broadway.
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/18652/cats%201.jpg)
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Okay, "Cats" were friggin loopy, and the crawled towards the audience too much! I mean they were very acrobatic and such, but they just got a bit too close to me. :devil: :whistling:
So Princess and the Frog was good? I was debating even watching that movie because of well...Disney[sunk at the turn of the 2000's], but maybe it won't be a disappointment if I see it. I do need good critical analysis proof though. Oh, and I really need to see "Throw Momma From the Train" again, I haven't seen it in ages, but i do remember it being funny.
Oh, my personal favorite children movies:
-Matilda: Made me laugh, inspired me, and I was glad to see children reading. :) Really a classic, and the book was good to.
Lemony Snickets A Series Of Unfortunate Events Just a really good movie that was and has been different than anything I've seen. Really good job on characters, and conflict. [don't want to post the trailer cause it makes the movie look childish]
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Lemony Snickets A Series Of Unfortunate Events Just a really good movie that was and has been different than anything I've seen. Really good job on characters, and conflict. [don't want to post the trailer cause it makes the movie look childish]
Jim carrey rulez!!!
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For those Enkidukai fans, the musical "Cats" was put on tape/dvd. I haven't seen the tape, but I did see the play many moons ago on Broadway.
(http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/18652/cats%201.jpg)
From now on I shall always picture my character like this XD
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RED DRAGON! with jet li
alien and aliens
alien vs predator
predator
terminator
all those clint eastwood movies
mad max
star wars
lord of the rings
the jackal
indiana jones
die hard
shoot 'em up
army of darkness
i hope this post is long and annoying
drat, could've made it longer... i'm sleepy
btw, how did starship troopers, a series of unfortunate events, and napoleon dynamite get in this thread?
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Here goes..ill probably add more as I think of them ;)
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) [FR] -Beautifully done, i loved the story (maybe because i'm a sap at times hehehe) and the music was great as well.
Amélie [FR]-Already was mentioned, i know, but I just can't get over how cute this movie is
Fried Green Tomatoes [USA]- Nice plot, will probably make you laugh/cry simultaneously
Run Fat Boy Run [UK] - HIlarious.
Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 [USA] -Only recently have I become a huge quentin tarantino fan :)
Inglourious Bastards [USA/DE]- Loved this because so much of the movie was in french.
Will update later likely with more french movies seeing as I am in paris ;)
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Okay, I liked the Kill Bills, but Quentin Tarantino dissapoined me with a messy sense of humor put into Inglorious Bastards. But anyways, I love French movies, and Amelie sparked my interest in them!
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Twilight is the best movie ever. End of story.
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Twilight is the most horribly written novel, and most horribly acted movie that I have both read and seen. beggining of debate.
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Twilight is the best movie ever. End of story.
Sarcasm?
Twilight is the most horribly written novel, and most horribly acted movie that I have both read and seen. beggining of debate.
Well, yes I totally agree, but credit is due to the author who most likely judged the appeal to young teenage girls would be enough to sell the book, especially the movie.
Two favorite movies & must sees:
Boondock Saints 1 & 2
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i don't see how she could go through with her greedy plan, at the cost of millions of young women... meyer's a monster... a monster!
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Your right Sarras, this tweenie vampie nomance ruined good vampire movies like "Nosforatu" for me.
Ah, Nosforatu, another good, but very old classic that is mentionable.
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Ew. Twilight is bad. I fell asleep reading the first page of the book and I fell asleep watching it as well :thumbdown:
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I love being surprised by movies. I just saw "How to Train Your Dragon" today, and it highly succeeded my expectations. It had a great message to it, the creation of the characters was very well developed, the voice acting was spot on for vikings, and the art in 3-D was worth it. I recommend this movie to anybody with kids, because it's worth seeing in the theaters.
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Geoni your such a nerd :P
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i bet he was squealing at ponyo
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i bet he was squealing at ponyo
:@#\
Geoni your such a nerd :P
@ Sarras: Ok...I'm guilty...I love animation, but after watching twilight, *when i didn't even know what it was* I was scared to death by a bunch of squealing pre-teen girls. So, I will never squeal in my life again. Because of twilight.
@Bloodyguy: duh! 8)
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Lol know this is random but I've been watching 'Ghost' with Patrick Swayze in it and I think I kept giggling and making weird noises every 10 minutes XD Shwayze is so cute and funny :D
Second verse! Same as the first! Man, I would watch this movie on rerun just because it's that awesome ^_^
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Lol, Patrick Swayze.
Anyone see Christmas in Wonderland? It was shot in my hometown, my wimmin made me watch it because she extra'd in it. Worst movie ever. Hands down. It's just so damn boring.
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George Clooney's "Leatherhead's" was shot in my home town. That was disappointing since the movie sucked.
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did dralion just call patrick swayze cute? isn't that alphamegamania? ::|
and overtherainbow has a wimmin? i thought he was... wow :-X
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The Hangover was hilarious. I recommend it to anybody who loves a good comedy and want to laugh their butt off.
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Bump! For a good reason.
The best Alice in Wonderland movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxqCxtkPnw Jan Svankmajer's version follows its own dark vision but stays faithful to Lewis Carroll's novel. I think that if he were to pick any of the numerous Alice in Wonderland movies adapted from his "Through the Looking Glass", he'd choose this one.
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Highly recommend The Trollhunter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PGFODxiJc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PGFODxiJc)
If you're ever going to watch a norwegian movie, watch this one :)
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Blood Diamond.
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Twilight is the most horribly written novel, and most horribly acted movie that I have both read and seen. beggining of debate.
It's a piece of crap; Vampire's suck is a good movie however.
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Mr. Nobody