Your Top 5 Must-Watch Movies

• Commander of Awesome

  

  rydawg5;858523 wrote:it was a ton of shock and surprise. you were "bitch slapped" with the reality that some dont like it. its not a huge diss

  
  SMH.
• OSH

  

  Commander of Awesome;858524 wrote:I agree, I've never heard anyone say they didn't enjoy 300, including girls. I suspect he's just one of "those guys" who always has the opposing view point of anything popular.

  
  Not the first time I've heard that -- and as a matter of fact, I even said that in my post.
  
  See:

  Well, I have also been told, "You just don't like anything that is popular" or better explained, "I don't like things because everyone else likes them."

  Good job.
• wes_mantooth

  

  The departed
  Goodfellas
  Halloween
  Animal house
  Fast times at ridgemont high
• Iliketurtles

  

  OSH;857824 wrote:I'll be another to add The Shawshank Redemption!
  
  I can't figure out my next four though. Probably throw in No Country For Old Men, Green Street Hooligans, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (my favorite movie as a kid), American History X, Dumb and Dumber (my favorite comedy), and O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
  
  I am sure there are several that I could put in front of those movies, but I can't think of all of them. I like Airplane!, the Bourne movies, the first 3 Indiana Jones movies, anything by John Candy, the Back to the Future movies, Remember the Titans, and The Green Mile.
  
  
  Movies I despise that people have listed:
  300
  Old School
  Religulous -- more of a documentary
  Hangover
  Slumdog Millionaire

  Religulous was a great documentary but I can see how many would not like it. Other documentary type movies I loved were Thank You For Smoking and Bowling for Columbine. I have heard many people say they weren't a fan of 300 and I can think of many reasons why someone wouldn't liek Old School and The Hangover. The most interesting one to me that you depise is Slumdog Millionaire though I really love that movie and haven't met someone who said they hated it..
• OSH

  

  Iliketurtles;858668 wrote:Religulous was a great documentary but I can see how many would not like it. Other documentary type movies I loved were Thank You For Smoking and Bowling for Columbine. I have heard many people say they weren't a fan of 300 and I can think of many reasons why someone wouldn't liek Old School and The Hangover. The most interesting one to me that you depise is Slumdog Millionaire though I really love that movie and haven't met someone who said they hated it..

  
  Religulous wasn't very good, in my opinion. I even paid to see it in the movie theatre. Bill Maher was just over the top with overgeneralizations. He basically lumped everyone together as "Christian" when that wasn't the case.
  
  I didn't like Bowling for Columbine either. For the simple fact that Michael Moore pieced things together wrong! The whole Charlton Heston thing was completely off base and wrong. And to "put it to" an elderly man with Alzheimer's is completely wrong. On the other hand, Thank You For Smoking was pretty interesting!
  
  My favorite documentary is Once in a Lifetime - The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos. It was incredible. Very factual. There was no "agenda" like most documentaries.
  
  Honestly, I need to watch Slumdog Millionaire again. I saw it late at night and I was rather tired. I own it, so I should go back and watch it again when I am in a more pleasant mood to watch long, drawn-out movies.
• QuakerOats

  One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (by miles over anything else)
  
  Papillon ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARD1l-tr6g )
  
  Shawshank Redemption
  
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  
  Airport ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vn8uX4_hI8 )
  
  
  
  Honorable Mention:
  
  Patton
  Silence of the Lambs
  The Pianist ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itR0-I9idXk )
  The Rookie
  Animal House
  It's a Wonderful Life
  The Sting ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfflhAHbT0 )
  
  Of note:
  
  Raging Bull
  The Bridge on the River Kwai ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFMmJMNRv-Q )
  The African Queen ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2r8_BwkQo )
  E.T.
• Sonofanump

  I like your list, have never heard of Papillion, but:
  

  QuakerOats;858808 wrote:The African Queen

  
  Hated it. Was bored by the acting and plot. IMHO the Big Sleep, Sierra Madre and Maltese Falcon are much better.
• NWIndianNation01

  

  I don't need 5...just 1...
  
  The Human Centipede!
  
  In all seriousness...
  
  Top Gun
  Stargate
  Sphere
  Iron Man
  5th Element
• Commander of Awesome

  

  bigdaddy2003;858491 wrote:It has been pushed back a couple times. It was originally supposed to be released in 2008 or 09 but for some reason they keep pushing it back. I just checked IMDB and now they don't even have anything on it. Strange.

  
  Just found this today about Sin City 2:
  Robert Rodriguez Says "Sin City 2" and "Machete 2" are Ready to Shoot
  Posted: August 9th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
  Robert Rodriguez Says Sin City 2 and Machete 2 are Ready to ShootSubmit Comment
  WeGotThisCovered website caught up with director Robert Rodriguez, who revealed that both "Sin City" and "Machete" sequels have been greenlit and are ready to shoot.
  
  "'Sin City 2' is going good. We're just finishing the script for that. We already got the money," said the director. "We have everything we need so we can just start shooting as soon as we get the pages."
  
  He continued: "And it's the same thing for 'Machete 2.' We've already got the budget, just waiting for the script. As soon as we're finished writing we get to start the shoot."
  
  During Comic-Con, Rodriguez promised that "Sin City 2" will begin filming this year. It looks like that may happen. Stay tuned.
  
  Click here to read more about "Sin City 2."
  
  Source: WeGotThisCovered
  
  Read more: http://worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22537#ixzz1Uq6wV1qs
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Commander of Awesome;860152 wrote:Just found this today about Sin City 2:
  Robert Rodriguez Says "Sin City 2" and "Machete 2" are Ready to Shoot
  Posted: August 9th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
  Robert Rodriguez Says Sin City 2 and Machete 2 are Ready to ShootSubmit Comment
  WeGotThisCovered website caught up with director Robert Rodriguez, who revealed that both "Sin City" and "Machete" sequels have been greenlit and are ready to shoot.
  
  "'Sin City 2' is going good. We're just finishing the script for that. We already got the money," said the director. "We have everything we need so we can just start shooting as soon as we get the pages."
  
  He continued: "And it's the same thing for 'Machete 2.' We've already got the budget, just waiting for the script. As soon as we're finished writing we get to start the shoot."
  
  During Comic-Con, Rodriguez promised that "Sin City 2" will begin filming this year. It looks like that may happen. Stay tuned.
  
  Click here to read more about "Sin City 2."
  
  Source: WeGotThisCovered
  
  Read more: http://worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22537#ixzz1Uq6wV1qs

  Good to hear about Sin City 2. As for Machete 2 I am not real interested. I'm not big on movies where political messages are pushed as hard as they were in Machete. It was generally entertaining but they definitely could have left their message out. I mean I understand a lot of movies have underlying themes but it was pretty outward in Machete. Just not my style.
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  1.) Remember the Titans
  2.) Harry Potter Series
  3.) Shawshank Redemption
  4.) Blind Side
  5.) The Fighter
  6.) Major League
  7.) Dark Knight
• Straight Cash Homie

  1. The Dark Knight
  2. The Hangover
  3. Remember The Titans
  4. Superbad
  5. Saving Private Ryan
• Commander of Awesome

  

  bigdaddy2003;860200 wrote:Good to hear about Sin City 2. As for Machete 2 I am not real interested. I'm not big on movies where political messages are pushed as hard as they were in Machete. It was generally entertaining but they definitely could have left their message out. I mean I understand a lot of movies have underlying themes but it was pretty outward in Machete. Just not my style.

  
  Agreed, they tried to hard with the message in Machete. Would have been better without it. I also don't see a need for a sequel.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Commander of Awesome;861193 wrote:Agreed, they tried to hard with the message in Machete. Would have been better without it. I also don't see a need for a sequel.

  
  Agreed.
• xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

  

  Saving Private Ryan
  The Green Mile
  Forrest Gump
  Black Hawk Down
  Shawshank Redemption
  The Hunt for Red October
• believer

  

  Saving Private Ryan
  Band of Brothers
  Gettysburg
  The Patriot
  Apollo 13
  
  
  Honorable mention:
  
  Casablanca
  Patton
  The Longest Day
  Tora Tora Tora
  Pearl Harbor
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Never Cry Wolf
  Fargo
  Sling Blade
  Glengarry Glen Ross
  Animal House
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Commander of Awesome;858524 wrote:I agree, I've never heard anyone say they didn't enjoy 300, including girls. I suspect he's just one of "those guys" who always has the opposing view point of anything popular.

  Add another guy to the list of those who didn't like 300. when someone I know referred to it as an historic film, I hated it even more. It reminded me of a terrible Star Trek episode.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;861561 wrote:Add another guy to the list of those who didn't like 300. when someone I know referred to it as an historic film, I hated it even more. It reminded me of a terrible Star Trek episode.

  
  Historic like meaning it had history behind it or historic like it was a bad ass movie?
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Big Fish
• iluvz

  Life is Beautiful
  Shawshank Redemption
  Friday Night Lights
  The Sandlot
  Big Daddy/Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison -(its a toss up, just love Adam Sandler)
• NYFan54

  

  Gangs of New York
  Saving Private Ryan
  Pulp Fiction
  Hangover
  Casino
• charliehustle14

  Not necessarily my 'top 5' but I don't feel like rehashing movies everyone else has already said so I'm going with some of my lesser known favorites.
  
  1) Requiem for a Dream
  2) Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
  3) What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
  4) Blow
  5) Children of Men
  
  Also, I was a big fan of Sucker Punch. I went just to watch all the babes in it, but there was some frickin' awesome action and a little bit of a mind-f*** to it. Definitely entertaining
  
  And as a couple curveballs, I laughed very hard at and thoroughly enjoyed both Dispicable Me and Rango. Very entertaining animated films.
• iluvz

  Not necessarily my 'top 5' but I don't feel like rehashing movies everyone else has already said so I'm going with some of my lesser known favorites.
  
  
  
  1) Requiem for a Dream
  
  2) Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
  
  3) What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
  
  4) Blow
  
  5) Children of Men
  
  
  
  Also, I was a big fan of Sucker Punch. I went just to watch all the babes in it, but there was some frickin' awesome action and a little bit of a mind-f*** to it. Definitely entertaining
  
  
  
  And as a couple curveballs, I laughed very hard at and thoroughly enjoyed both Dispicable Me and Rango. Very entertaining animated films.

  These are all great movies, but the very ending of Children of Men just sucked, great movie up until the last 5 minutes!
• charliehustle14

  iluvz;862637 wrote:These are all great movies, but the very ending of Children of Men just sucked, great movie up until the last 5 minutes!

  
  Yeah I agree with you there. It was kind of anti-climatic. But they were trying to stay consistent with the novel.