*Top 5 Movies*

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 02 Apr 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

kayne	02 Apr 2002
Typical Piscean - I love to escape! I am not into drugs, drink occassionally and can't stand gambling... so... MOVIES! I love them! They have got to grab my emotions or intregue to be brilliant :D These are my top 5 movies as of today (they tend to change...) [list=1] [*] Dancer in the Dark (Bjork is INCREDABLE!!!) [*] Moulin Rouge [*] Billy Elliot [*] The Lord of the Rings [*] The Talented Mr Ripley [/list=1] So - what are your top 5 movies?

jade	02 Apr 2002
in no particular order billy elliot cast away matrix AI dark crystal

Malachite	02 Apr 2002
Bearing in mind I'm about two years behind everyone else in new films..;) Gladiator Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Empire Strikes Back Jason and the Argonauts (classic 60s!) Independence Day Short list, hard to pick five, since i tend to forget which ones i've seen!...

Diana	02 Apr 2002
Difficult to choose five movies, but this is the best I could do: Some are old, some are new: 1) Matrix (definitely number one - can't wait for the next two.) Every time I see this movie, I see things I hadn't seen before. 2) My Fair Lady (I always sing my heart out when I watch it). 3) Monthy Python and the Holy Grail. (This is just so funny, each time I split my sides laughing) 4) South Park. (It is so very politically uncorrect, so full of nonsense, and I just love the way the way the mickey is taken out of everything). 5) Ghost in the Shell (A Japanese anime film)

lunalafey	02 Apr 2002
#1 is the top fav. the rest are in no particular order. 1. Man from Snowy River. 2. Matilda 3. Pricilla: Queen of the Desert. 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark 5. MIB

Strange2	02 Apr 2002
Here's 5 of my favorite movies (no order of preference): - 2001: A Space Odyssey - The Man Who Would Be King - Army of Darkness - Tron - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (synchronistically, I'm wearing my "It's only a flesh wound!" T-shirt under my work dress shirt today) Impossible to pick just 5, though.

Diana	02 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Strange2 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (synchronistically, I'm wearing my "It's only a flesh wound!" T-shirt under my work dress shirt today) Oh goody, another Holy Grail fan :D

joya250	02 Apr 2002
Matrix Fight Club Amelie (yes, only three, since I know these will be favorites forever... can't say that about many movies.....)

truthsayer	02 Apr 2002
#1 (all 3 tied for #1)the original star wars trilogy(i want to forget phantom menace was ever done) #2 indiana jones:raiders of the lost ark #3 matrix #4 american beauty #5 fiddler on the roof/my fair lady #6 star trek: insurrection i did love monty python and the holy grail, and 2001. i love just about any movie w/ harrison ford. that includes "blade runner". while "the talented mr. ripley" was well done, the longer i watched it, the more horrified i got. just something about ripley's sociopathic talents made me sick to my stomach. it reminds me of when i went to see "tobacco road" done as a play by the local theater. it seemed most of the audience was rolling in the aisles laughing at how horrible and disfunctional these ppl were. it was impossible for me to laugh or find the play as entertaining b/c i knew such evil exists. maybe i take things too seriously. gotta try to think of a favorite comedy now. *******eureka! "Arsenic and Old Lace" with cary grant*********"what do women want" with mel gibson.

Melvis	02 Apr 2002
Movies! Movies! Movies! I love movies! I haven't been seeing many lately, though. Maybe this list will get me back into the mood! In no particular order: The Princess Bride Original Star Wars Trilogy L.A. Confidential & The Usual Suspects (can't decide which I like better!) The Sound of Music E.T. Jurassic Park Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid & The Sting (that Newman & Redford match-up just does me in every time! *swoon*) The Color Purple It's a Wonderful Life Ferris Buehler's Day Off Shakespeare in Love The Big Chill The Sixth Sense Oops. There's a total of 15 movies in that list! How can you guys pick just *5*? I guess I just don't know when to quit! I'm sure there are also some more recent movies that I'd add to the list, but I just have so many favorite 'classics' that I love certain scenes from. Like the scene on the cliff above the river in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or the part in The Color Purple when Celie is reading all the letters from her sister in Africa and you see scenes of Africa insterspersed with scenes from Celie's everday life. OK. Now I gotta stop writing this reply, 'cause I keep adding movies! Peace, Melvis :TSTRE

destinyawaitsme	02 Apr 2002
in no particular order: - The Graduate - Gone with the Wind - Moonstruck (Nicolas Cage is one of the few men who can pull off the sexy and skanky look :) ) - Gattaca - Blazing Saddles oh, had to come back and add these: -Schindler's List -The Green Mile -Army of Darkness -Monty Python's Life of Brian (always look on the bright side of life..)

jade	02 Apr 2002
oh an gigi - i love that movie. my daughter, fairy and i watch it everytime it's on. :) love, jade

kayne	03 Apr 2002
Oh Amelie !!!! Knock The Talented Mr Ripley down to number 6 and insert Amelie - I loved that movie - and so beautiful and funny! (It made me desperate to learn french!)

lunalafey	03 Apr 2002
Princess Bride, Blazing Saddles, ooh, Harrison Ford!! but then I'm reminded, Mask, the one with Cher and Sam Elliot... and Pharlap... I have not seen alot of movies in many years, you all are giving me a good list.

Diana	03 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by truthsayer #1 (all 3 tied for #1)the original star wars trilogy(i want to forget phantom menace was ever done) I saw an extract of the next episode that's coming out soon. It looks even worse then Phantom Menace :( :(

blumoon	03 Apr 2002
rain man the dream team ghostbusters a league of their own black rain the china syndrome ace ventura pet detective :)

springfish	03 Apr 2002
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pink Floyd The Wall Jacob's Ladder Fight Club Se7en

Kiama	03 Apr 2002
Only 5? Well hard luck... In no particular order.... The Green Mile (WWOWOWOWOWOWO!!!!) All the Indiana Jones films... (Harrison Ford... Yum) All the Star Was films.... Harrion Ford, Yum... ;) Life Of Brian Holy Grail Gladiator Matrix Shine (SEE THIS FILM! ALL OF YOU! Its about a child prodigy, who goes insane at the age of about 19, cuz he is trying to play some of the hardest pieces of music ever, such as Rachmaninov's pieces. Geoffrey Rush is excellent in this, and the character he plays is so wonderful! Its based on a true story to...) Quills (About the Maquis de Sade superfically, and is not really for the easily shocked, but underneath the surface it is all about sexual expression, and freedom of speech. You will end the film, empathising with the Marquis more than ever, despite some of his rather crude writings and pracices....) Cool Runnings Patch Adams Jack Shakespeare in Love American Beauty Harry Potter (Sorry, Malachite!) Lord of the Rings... And probably loads more which I can't think of righ now! Kiama

RedWood	04 Apr 2002
I am about 10 years behind on movies...These are the movies I watch whenever they are on t.v... Big Trouble in Little China (Kurt Russel) Tombstone Stargate Tremors Star Wars Trilogy Indiana Jones Trilogy Gone with the Wind Firewalker (Chuck Norris) Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne..would of married him had I been born in his time) Robin Hood (Disney) Robin Hood Men in Tights Matewan (It is about the West Virginia(where I was born) coal miners finally getting a union(My dad and most of my uncles where in the coal mines) You just can't pick 5...I could go on..

Umbrae	04 Apr 2002
Fight Club Gladiator Brazil Wall Street The Gift

grailmaiden	05 Apr 2002
Love this topic :D No particular order: 2001 Space Odyssey Close Encounters Amadeus The Colour Purple Hideous Kinky Flatliners Deconstructing Harry Manhattan Murder Mystery Monty Python - all of them :cool: Lord of the Rings Star Wars - again, all of them A Few Good Men The Piano aw stop me having such a good time!! Grail

Liliana	05 Apr 2002
Well lets see The Neverending Story (2 and 3 were crap compared to 1) Legend Rocky Horror Picture Show Any heretical or comedical religious movie(include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but I enjoy the tv show more, also the movie Dogma, and stuff like Pi and The Omega Code,got to see 2) Matrix (semi included in above category) higher class or comical ghost/vampire movies (not hack and slash horror flicks, stuff like 6th sense,comical like Bordello of Blood) Guess thats it :)

Pollux	06 Apr 2002
I modified this post! :) After reading through all the other posts, I remembred I really loved some movies I forgot about!!! So, here they come, in no order: THE PIANO LORD OF THE RINGS AMERICNA BEAUTY HOLY SMOKE MAURICE Oops! It's six... :) Sorry but can't leave any out... Next week I am going to see "Amelie" too!!! I risked being too late... but luck backed me up! They reproposed it! DIANA!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE "GHOST IN THE SHELL" TOOO!!!! But I won't include it, it's not really a movie... it's an "Anime"! Good Idea for abother thread... :)

Diana	07 Apr 2002
A lot of you guys are cheating here, or else you don't know how to count up to 5. Now listen carefully, it goes like this : ONE, then TWO, then THREE, then FOUR and then ........ FIVE! :D But if you do it, so will I. To my list I'll add "Terminator 1" and "Terminator 2", and they only count as one 'cos they have the same title ;)

jade	07 Apr 2002
same title???? no way. there's counting involved LOL that makes it VERY different LOL hahahahaha jade

Kiama	07 Apr 2002
*Kiama cannot understand* But, Diana! How can we possibly just pick 5????!!!!!!!!!! There are so many! And we get to pick 5!!!!!! That's like being confronted with every single member of your family, and having to choose just one as your favourite! ;) :p Kiama

Diana	07 Apr 2002
Kiama, if you have any complaints, please refer back to Kayne. I have no responsibility in this sad state of affairs. A registered PM to him should do it. He just woke up one morning with an aim to make life difficult for us movie lovers. Now, a demonstration may be in order here. I'll go and paint my banners and get the loudspeaking system in order. :) :D ;)

mystic	07 Apr 2002
ahhhh movies, the all time greatest escape...... First thoughts.......(not in this order) Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within The Saint AI The Matrix Highlander There is so many to pick just 5, but there they are.....

kayne	08 Apr 2002
A special recommendation of merit goes to the following people: Jade Malachite Diana Lanalafey Strange2 Springfish Umbrae and Mystic Who all successfully found and listed their TOP 5 movies, as instructed. Excellent application of positive selective descrimination! *Three gold stars and an "I am Clever!" sticker.* :D In the Eduation world this is called Positive Reinforcement. :D

Pollux	11 Apr 2002
Well, I think I have to change my Top 5... From 5th to 1st now: 5 - MATRIX Action, thought, philosophy, a hero... and add to this Mr. Reeves! ;) What a soundtrack! And Special Effects! And those clothes, I want some!!! 4 - AMERICAN BEAUTY A strong, yet true and touching portrait of nowadays society, not just American... I cried a lot after I saw it. A MUST. Beautifully Directed, I also find. The interpreters were ok. The Plot clever. 3 - MAURICE Well-directed and interpreted. The adaptation is quite excellent, and when it differs from the book, it is better! :) I am also personally linked to this one, since it's the movie of my "coming out to myself", as Kayne expressed. Maybe this is personal stuff you don't care a straw about, but that's part of my reasons... 2 - THE PIANO Beautiful! Passionate! And so well-interpreted! GREAT!!!! I just love Jane Campion, she's grand - alas, I had to erase "Holy Smoke" to stick to 5 so as to get some positive reinforcement myself... ;) And the Direction! FE, when the little girls talks about her father's death! LOL A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE. 1 - AMELIE I saw it last night. I still have to recover! LOL She's GREAT!!! What a good actress! And the child-Amelie baby-actrees! They are just like! AMAZING! FAST! QUICK! There was not ONE moment in which I didn't feel involved, or I felt distracted... You know how hard it is for a Gemini to keep focused! LOL GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T!!!! P.S. KAYNE I DEMAND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR ME AS WELL!!!!

Diana	11 Apr 2002
Oh dear Pollux, are you an Amelie fan as well? I sometimes wonder if I saw the same movie as other people. It had some amusing moments, and I just love Jamel (the one-armed grocer). But I was pretty bored throughout. I thought it was too sugary, full of spice and all things nice. (I must say though, that the Garden Gnomes were a fantastic idea). Maybe it's better in the dubbed English version?

jade	11 Apr 2002
k-pax. i saw it last night. excellent movie! and pollux, great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pollux	11 Apr 2002
Diana: I saw the Italian dubbed version of Amelie, and it just ROCKS!!! You might think about it, considering you are quite fluent! :) Italian dubbers are GREAT!!! I can say that 50% of foreign movies in Italy is made up by dubbers, since they re-interpret roles. A brief example (this is also for kayne, we started discussing this and I wasn't finished!): MATRIX. I saw it in Italian first (consecutively twice actually!), and I was overwhelmed by the story, the dialogues, THE CLOTHES!!!! I think that was bliss... BUT later I happened to buy a cheap verson of the original language movie. And it was soooooo disappointing (I'll never forget how disappointed I was by the first scenes - Trinity's Escape - and that of the Disco Club - when Neo and Trinity met. :( Of course I am NOT a native speaker, but I can assure you my spoken English is better than my written, and I have seen tons of original language movies, and talked to tons of mother-tongues OF COURSE!!! :) In addition, I have seen all the movies of my Top 5 in original language; "Matrix" and "American Beuty" also in Italian, and "Amelie" only in Italian. I dare say it, Italian dubbers give twice pefect interpretations, since it's not them to play, and they have to stick to that of the actor/ress... And Matrix for me is clear example of this. :p Jade, my reply to you is brief... THANKS! ;) Kisses to you all - :* P.S. KAYNE I WANT POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT!!!

.dc	11 Apr 2002
in no particular order presents: 1. matrix 2. army of darkness 3. dark crystal 4. fight club 5. akira my favorite genres tend to be horror, anime and dark stuff. btw, anyone looking for good anime should try to find (and buy cos you cannot rent it anywhere) LAIN--serial experiments. it's very matrix-y like and very very intense. and long... it's on 4 discs! blessed be, .dc

kayne	12 Apr 2002
WELL DONE POLLUX!!! It looks so good and is well thought out and constructed! You know I am a fan of colour :) You are just too good :D :D :D Well done .dc as well :)

Kiama	12 Apr 2002
I think I deserve positive reinforcement too, cuz I had the kindness to not ignore any of my fave films, thus making them all happy.... :p Kiama *Please, can I have positive reinforcement? And an 'I am Cleverer' badge?*

aeonx	12 Apr 2002
Here goes some of them (I work in a video shop, so I have problems deciding). The order is random: Alien Legacy (all of them, they are GREAT) The Stormriders (Feng Yun) *terrific* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Jason and the Argonauts *classic* Fight Club The Mummy & The Mummy Returns Blade The Robocop trilogy (seriously :) ) Stigmata Gladiator The Sixth Sense *creepy!* The Matrix Army of Darkness Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within *g-r-e-a-t* Looking forward to: Resident Evil Alien V The Scorpion King (have my doubts though) The next Mummy-movie Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Starwars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Blade II Terminator III: Rise of the Machines Sorry kayne, but I just can't decide on five! *s*

aeonx	12 Apr 2002
Diana: Actually, the title of the 2nd Terminator-movie is: Terminator 2: Judgment Day :D Got you! *lol*

kayne	12 Apr 2002
Alright, alright... I have been pressured into yet MORE positive reinforcement :p Well done EVERYONE (even those who didn't stick to the rules... Kiama :p ) for replying to this thread and for coming up with a list of movies that are your favourites :D

Diana	12 Apr 2002
Quote: Originally posted by aeonx Diana: Actually, the title of the 2nd Terminator-movie is: Terminator 2: Judgment Day :D Got you! *lol* aeonx: Ha ha yourself! At least I tried not to cheat. You didn't even try, you've put down 14 movies (and I'm being nice here, 'cos I didn't count all the number ones, twos and threes). :D If you like, I can send you my son's maths tutor. He's specialised in arithmetic (or numerics, as they call it now). Too bad for you, you don't get a sticker. I got one, 'cos Kayne didn't notice that I'd added Terminator. Or else he's just being nice, 'cos he wants me to buy him a cuckoo clock if he comes through Switzerland on his travels. Anyway, now that I've got that sticker, I'm certainly not going to give it back! :cool:

aeonx	12 Apr 2002
Quote: If you like, I can send you my son's maths tutor. He's specialised in arithmetic (or numerics, as they call it now). Great! I'm beginning to get quite desperate at the moment! *lol*

.dc	12 Apr 2002
Quote: Well done .dc as well :) *beams* wasn't a straight A student in college for nothing! i know how to follow directions... *smiles* heck i know everyone has a long list of movies they love, but when it comes right down to it, i'd be happy watching just these 5. and maybe a few more, like star wars... princess monoke...house on haunted hill (remake)... 13 ghosts... etc. thanks for the interesting read. blessed be, .dc

jade	12 Apr 2002
yah kiama!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BluSeraphim	13 Apr 2002
Has anybody seen Like Water For Chocolate? This is the only foriegn film I have ever watched and I shamelessly bawled my way through the whole thing! Having said that, my top five fave's are. Matrix, Highlander, Alien, Terminator, Sixth Sense,and (I'm not going for any badges here!) K-PAX. Thanks for your patience with my blatant disregard for rules, Blu.

Kaleidoscope Eyes	17 Apr 2002
Always happy to share mine. For the time being, they are: Quadrophenia (The Who) A classic "coming of age" flick, and one I really related to for some reason. Features Sting in his movie debut. Yellow Submarine (The Beatles) Iron Giant (Animanted) Snow Falling on Cedars (This was just such a beautiful film: wonderfully photographed, and it really speaks to me concerning the mysteries of love -- "the chambers of the human heart") Moby Dick (The original John Huston version, with Gregory Peck) Well, that's five. But there are so many more!

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