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calibroncogrl47

02-13-2007, 07:01 PM

What are your top 3 fav Movies of all time. It can be anythinr Comedy, Action, Drama, Romance... ?

Mine:

Notebook
How to loose a guy in 10 days
Step up

Cheesy

02-13-2007, 07:05 PM

Terminater
Rocky series
Alien
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison

SmithOverTO

02-13-2007, 07:59 PM

Star Wars I-III
Gladiator (Amazing music, amazing acting, excellent history)
Remember the Titans (Great movie for my son, gung ho footballer)
Saving Private Ryan
Toy Story (Still hilarious and suitable for kids of all ages...1-99 ;)

MasterShake

02-13-2007, 08:03 PM

All mine are series almost:
Star Wars Saga
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Airplane!
Superman I,II,and Returns

Snapping Turtle

02-13-2007, 08:04 PM

My favorite movies are:

Tommy Boy
Anchoman
Office Space
Never Been Kissed
Remember The Titans
A League of Their Own
61*
and
Beauty and the Beast

Cheesy

02-13-2007, 08:05 PM

Well, for me Star Wars was automaticly in there. ;)

*Atwater*

02-13-2007, 08:29 PM

The Halloween Movies
Blood in Blood out
Mi Vida Loca
Mi Famila
Backdraft
3
Airplane
The Rocky series
Rudy

The Dark Knight

02-13-2007, 08:33 PM

SmithOverTO

02-14-2007, 06:35 AM

:eek:
Please tell me you meant IV-VI

Dammit, stupid Roman numerals. Confusing. Yeah, I meant 4-6 :mad:

calibroncogrl47

02-14-2007, 07:03 AM

RealBronco

02-14-2007, 07:14 PM

1. Gladiator
2. The Departed
3. Batman Begins
4. The Boondock Saints
5. Jurassic Park
6. Batman
7. Poolhall Junkies
8. The Lord of the Rings (trilogy).
9. King Kong
10. Tombstone

These are just a few. And only some are absolute. Of course there are hundreds more but that's my current top 10.

SmithOverTO

02-14-2007, 07:17 PM

RealBronco

02-14-2007, 07:30 PM

Oh yes Gladiator is awsome...:rockon:

yeah. and people are like: "why cuz it's got blood and action?"

and i'm like: "sit down and let me teach you something about film-making genius, first of all, that's not even what makes the movie. to start, and this is a simple one....we'll go with the actors who made it amazing. the brilliant performance by pheonix alone is awesome. then we have the actual story, which is unique and interesting, and intertwines a little bit of actual roman history. then we'll move on to the incredibly brilliant cinematography...which i still cannot get enough of. and then finally we have the most brilliant motion picture score anyone will ever hear. composed by hans zimmer, and featuring lisa gerrard. just simply incredible. now, are there any other dumb questions you would like to ask me about why i think Gladiator is the best movie ever? as if the Best Picture and Actor Oscar wasn't a good enough indication for you."

hahaha. well, you can see the point. it's one helluva movie ;) :rockon:

Charlie Brown

02-16-2007, 09:54 PM

Star Wars I-III
Gladiator (Amazing music, amazing acting, excellent history)

I can't stand that movie. Extremely inaccurate. That's a Hollywood movie that paid no attention to the real history of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

Anyways, my favorite big-time movies are, in no particular order:

Leon: The Professional
Blue Velvet
Clerks, Clerks II, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
True Romance
Hannibal Lecter Series (minus Hannibal Rising; no interest in it)
Clay Pigeons

broncosfanscott

02-16-2007, 10:32 PM

Child's Play Series (friends wonder why, there is something about a serial killer cabage patch doll that gets me...there will be one more)
Star Wars Saga
Matrix trilogy
Smokey and the Bandit
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
Happy Gilmore
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Iron Eagle

Burgess56

02-17-2007, 12:50 AM

My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump. Great movie!

Mike1709

02-17-2007, 02:10 AM

Bond series (in particular my favourite is Die Another Day)
Toy Story (1 & 2)
Shawshank Redemption
Cool Runnings
Rush Hour (1 & 2)
Ghostbusters (1, 2 & 3) :rockon:

Just a few of my very faves

MileHighStud

02-17-2007, 03:03 AM

First off my Hat comes off to those who mentioned the Rocky Series before me :salute: . Those are great films!!!! for me they are

Rocky's 1,2,3,4,5,Rocky Balboa(6)
Bram Stokers Dracula
Empire of the Sun
The Crow
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Those are my all time BEST Movies

RealBronco

02-17-2007, 09:18 AM

I can't stand that movie. Extremely inaccurate. That's a Hollywood movie that paid no attention to the real history of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

Anyways, my favorite big-time movies are, in no particular order:

Leon: The Professional
Blue Velvet
Alexander (very accurate historic film)
True Romance
Hannibal Lecter Series (minus Hannibal Rising; no interest in it)
Clay Pigeons

Whoa....whoa....WHOA! First of all they weren't trying to be historically accurate...so I don't see why people are up in arms about that. That's not even the point of Gladiator and it's not about Marcus Aurelius or Commodus...it's about a fictional character.

And second....you say that Gladiator is horrible and then turn around and tell me that Alexander is on your favorites list and is historically accurate? ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Alexander was the worst excuse for film making I have ever seen. Horrible casting, NOT accurate battle sequences... there was nothing about Alexander that was accurate or "great". And the fact that it came from Oliver Stone makes it even worse. You'd expect a guy like him to produce a really well done piece of cinema...but then you get crap.

Wow. I can't believe I just read that...

SmithOverTO

02-17-2007, 09:26 AM

Charlie Brown

02-17-2007, 09:39 AM

Commdus was actually historically accurate. He was known to enter the Gladitorial arenas to fight (Granted, wounded and crippled glads) and Marcus Aurelius WAS the last emperor to expand Roman territory before the relapse AND he was known as the "Philospher"

And, yes, Maximus is a cartoon character. He's honor, revenge, justice...everything. He's the good guy.

And I owe you a CP, RealBronco. Gladiator is a pinnacle of film making.

No, Commodus was not accurately portrayed. Yes, he did take part in Gladiatorial games dressed as Hercules. He firmly believed that he was a reincarnated Hercules. He even went before the Senate dressed as Hercules demanding for them to recognize as Hercules reborn. Not only that, but he was what would today be called a Pedophile. He had wanton sexual relations with boys and girls that were quite underage. Thank the gods that his wife and some senators bribed his wrestling friend (also his homosexual lover) to strangle him in his bath.

Yea, Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher. I have many of his writings with me in my private library. I'm not disputing that. What I am disputing is the way in which he was portrayed. He was portrayed as physically weak and a non-factor on the field of battle. You did not see him actively take part in any of those battles in the movie. He did not shy away from battles. He led his troops into battle as Roman Emperors were supposed to. He led his troops into Germania. Not the other way around (as depicted in the movie) where he was merely a figurehead that followed in the footsteps of his soldiers.

Charlie Brown

02-17-2007, 09:45 AM

Alexander was the worst excuse for film making I have ever seen. Horrible casting, NOT accurate battle sequences... there was nothing about Alexander that was accurate or "great". And the fact that it came from Oliver Stone makes it even worse. You'd expect a guy like him to produce a really well done piece of cinema...but then you get crap.

So, let me get this straight.

You are saying that Alexander was complete and total fiction. I should have known that Homophobia was this rampant. Alexander WAS a homosexual. He had a horse named Berseus that he loved a great deal and had since he was a lad. He did fight a vastly superior Persian army. He did pursue the assassins of Darius to the ends of the world. You don't want to know their fate - because I KNOW their fate. I've mentioned their punishment before... As he expanded his empire he named many, many places Alexandria. He did outlive his homosexual lover. He did have plans to expand his empire farther into the Mediterranean. I find it extremely funny that you embrace a film of complete and total BS fiction like 'Gladiator' and ignore a very accurate portrayal of the life of Alexander. But, then again, I should have known that the educational system of the United States was this lagging.

Oh, and BTW. Alexander isn't one of my favorite movies :) LOL. I just put it up there to stir the pot and bring about this conversation. Because I wanted to complain about the educational system.

Skywalker

02-17-2007, 09:55 AM

STAR WARS

1) Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2) Epsiode VI - Return of the Jedi
3) Episode V - Empire Strikes Back
4) Episode IV - A New Hope
5) Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6) Episode I - The Phantom Menace

:D

Others...

V for Vendetta
Spider-man and Spider-man 2
Happy Gilmore
School Of Rock
Friday Night Lights
Remember The Titans
Pirates Of The Carribean
White Chicks
Tommy Boy
Coming To America
Just Like Heaven
The Day After Tommorow
Wayne's World
Dikie Roberts: Former Child Star
Shallow Hal
Mean Girls
Black Sheep
Tommy Boy
The waterboy
Rat Race
Batman
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2
Uncle Buck
Never Been Kissed

EDIT: I went through all my DVD's :heh:

SmithOverTO

02-17-2007, 01:34 PM

No, Commodus was not accurately portrayed. Yes, he did take part in Gladiatorial games dressed as Hercules. He firmly believed that he was a reincarnated Hercules. He even went before the Senate dressed as Hercules demanding for them to recognize as Hercules reborn. Not only that, but he was what would today be called a Pedophile. He had wanton sexual relations with boys and girls that were quite underage. Thank the gods that his wife and some senators bribed his wrestling friend (also his homosexual lover) to strangle him in his bath.

Yea, Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher. I have many of his writings with me in my private library. I'm not disputing that. What I am disputing is the way in which he was portrayed. He was portrayed as physically weak and a non-factor on the field of battle. You did not see him actively take part in any of those battles in the movie. He did not shy away from battles. He led his troops into battle as Roman Emperors were supposed to. He led his troops into Germania. Not the other way around (as depicted in the movie) where he was merely a figurehead that followed in the footsteps of his soldiers.

Yup, I agree completely.

RealBronco

02-17-2007, 04:58 PM

So, let me get this straight.

You are saying that Alexander was complete and total fiction. I should have known that Homophobia was this rampant. Alexander WAS a homosexual. He had a horse named Berseus that he loved a great deal and had since he was a lad. He did fight a vastly superior Persian army. He did pursue the assassins of Darius to the ends of the world. You don't want to know their fate - because I KNOW their fate. I've mentioned their punishment before... As he expanded his empire he named many, many places Alexandria. He did outlive his homosexual lover. He did have plans to expand his empire farther into the Mediterranean. I find it extremely funny that you embrace a film of complete and total BS fiction like 'Gladiator' and ignore a very accurate portrayal of the life of Alexander. But, then again, I should have known that the educational system of the United States was this lagging.

Oh, and BTW. Alexander isn't one of my favorite movies :) LOL. I just put it up there to stir the pot and bring about this conversation. Because I wanted to complain about the educational system.

I never said he wasn't a real person. And I never stated anything about him being homosexual. I really don't care whether he was or wasn't. What I'm saying is that Oliver Stone's "Alexander" was a piece of crap. I was stoked that there was going to be a film about Alexander the Great, but then I watched it (and walked out of it) after I realized that the movie didn't do him justice whatsoever. First off, the casting was horrible as I already stated. I love how they got an Irishman to play him. And Angelina Jolie? Are you kidding me? That was rediculous. And she never even aged. Where was the makeup with that? The only good portrayal was Val Kilmer because Val Kilmer is a badass.

I know Alexander single handedly conquered the majority of the middle east. He's also mentioned in the Bible. I bet you didn't know that. He's the only one that was ever successful in razing the capital city of Tyre. The Babylonians couldn't even do it.

I'm just saying that Oliver Stone ruined a great historical figure and didn't depict anything the way it happened. The battle scenes were rediculous.

And if you wanted to talk about the educational system that is another thread entirely and belongs in the "Anything But Football" Forum, not "Entertainment"

And you still seem to think that Gladiator was trying to be an historical film when it clearly was just Ridley Scott's personal vision. And even still, with loosely basing characters off of real people he did a good job. And sure emperors were known to lead their troops into battle but you must have missed the part where when Gladiator starts, the Marcus Aurelius of this film was already practically on his death bed but was still able to march out to the field and watch over his troops.

Pheonix's portrayal of Commodus wasn't far off from the real one. He was a pervert, psychotic, murderer who found it entertaining to fight in the arena. But of course if you're going to mix the fictional portrayal up with the real versions then I guess Stone knew exactly what Alexander looked like. He must have had terrible looking blonde hair with Irish blood right?

The difference between motion pictures and history is that motion pictures are fake and never accurate portrayals of history.

So as far as film making goes, Gladiator is still the best in this topic. Alexander belongs on the cutting room floor. There was nothing ingenius about Alexander. Not the score, not the acting, nor directing, or even the cinematography. To even think about comparing Oscar winning material with such autrocity is rediculous.

Charlie Brown

02-21-2007, 07:02 PM

basing characters off of real people he did a good job

Hell no he didn't.

I highly doubt the Roman Soldiers wore quasi-futuristic clothes. Ridley Scott did a very crappy job with portraying those historic characters. The film was a piece of crap that I would never and will never own. Extremely inaccurate portrayals of the Romans. I sure didn't see Commodus saying he was Hercules reborn. I sure didn't see Commodus show up at the Senate dressed in Lions skins. I didn't see any of that. I saw an extremely inaccurate movie. I saw a movie in which the Senate gained control of Rome. Sorry, that's not the Roman Republic. It's the Roman Empire. Following Commodus' death it was a period known as the Year of the Five Emperors in which Four seperate Emperors died after extremely short reign. Plus Commodus himself wore a mustache and beard.

Anubis

03-10-2007, 07:35 AM

Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Crow
300
Dog Soldiers
Jaws
Boondock Saints
Tommy Boy

LbloodOjunkieG

03-10-2007, 10:55 AM

The Big Lebowski is one of the best movies of all time.

Nick

03-10-2007, 11:49 AM

1. The Shawshank Redemption

2. The Usual Suspects

3. Forrest Gump

4. Casablanca

5. To Kill a Mockingbird

Notable mentions (no paticular order):

Brians song

Field of Dreams

Rear Window

Pan's Labyrinth

The Godfather

Pulp Fiction

Braveheart

American History

Full Metal Jacket

IT

The Shining

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

MasterShake

03-10-2007, 06:34 PM

TOP 10:
1. Star Wars Saga
2. Die Hard Trilogy
3. Rocky Series (except 5)
4. Aliens 1 and 2
5. All Kevin Smith movies except Jersey Girl
6. Legend
7. UHF
8. Team America: World Police
9. The Last Dragon (BRUCE LEROY!)
10. Donnie Darko

BleedforBroncos

03-10-2007, 06:50 PM

Clerks
Goodfellas
Wedding Crashers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Office Space
The Departed

aberdien

03-10-2007, 08:07 PM

In no certain order:

Toy Story
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
Walk The Line
The Lion King
The Green Mile
Back To The Future Trilogy
Casino Royale
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
The Mask (screw the 2nd one)

there's probably more...

Bronco51

03-12-2007, 10:20 AM

Being a music lover, "Almost Famous" is one of my all time favorites! Great movie!

2 Minute Warning

03-12-2007, 05:57 PM

Hard Days Night
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast Club
Pretty Woman
and many more..................

MileHighStud

03-12-2007, 06:00 PM

A movie I usually dont always include in my "favorite all time" is a film titled "Dear Frankie" It definitely is a great movie, that I recomend everyone one in here see. Great movie!!

Looks

03-12-2007, 06:13 PM

Wow, there are a lot but here are a few:

Godfather I & II
Hellraiser
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Crash
Reservoir Dogs
American Graffiti
Saw
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
American History X
City of God
Something about Mary

Jared

03-12-2007, 06:39 PM

Top 3?

wow.

Ok.

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Empire Strikes Back

Broncosinindy

03-14-2007, 08:12 PM

13th warrior
Full metal Jacket.
Gladiator

BVP

03-14-2007, 10:02 PM

Top 3:

Rudy Greatest football story of all time!
Remember The Titans
Friday Night Lights

What can I say? I love football movies.

sneakers

03-14-2007, 10:05 PM

My favorite is "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"!

sneakers

03-14-2007, 10:07 PM

The Big Lebowski is one of the best movies of all time.

And overrated too!

DawgFanatic

03-14-2007, 10:07 PM

Too many to list, but Scarface is up there too......

BigBroncLove

03-14-2007, 11:20 PM

Top 3

BraveHeart (first time you see that movie... great stuff)

The Big Lebowski

Saving Private Ryan

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Other Favorite movies

Star Wars trilogy
Indiana Jones trilogy
Super Troopers
Old School
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Snatch
The Shawshank Redemption
Naked Gun
Serenity
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (just like the book :D)

broncosfanscott

03-15-2007, 12:32 AM

One more movie that goes on my list (should be on every guy's list) is 300

2 Minute Warning

06-16-2007, 06:31 PM

For now I'm sticking with The Breakfast Club and Steel Magnolis and Driving Miss Daisy and HELP! and many more lol, depends on my mood. :)

D3N7ER 8r0I\I<05

06-16-2007, 06:37 PM

One more movie that goes on my list (should be on every guy's list) is 300

YES! You beat me to it.