Favorite/Best Movie?

[Buckeye]

Are you thinking about The Postman Always Rings Twice?

The man is a genius actor which I said in so many words.

I rest my case.

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Originally Posted by headhawg

Maybe, but there are certainly actors who were brilliant in their crazy role. Heath Ledger as The Joker in Dark Knight comes to mind.

Completely true, and I was honestly thinking of him and that role while typing what I said. (Dead honest).



Ledger was absolutely brilliant in that movie.



The Dark Knight is an amazing movie. The entire Nolan/Batman series is pretty damn special.

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Alright...

Favorite Movie:

My favorite movie of all time is Star Wars. The original. I guess it is now known as Episode IV or something.

It was the first movie I watched in a movie theater. Pops bought the soundtrack and we listened to it many nights after. My parents purchased an enumerate amount of Star Wars figures and toys.

I can still remember as a little boy in that theater when the music and symphony sounded at the start of that movie. It was incredible.


Best Movie:

For me, it isn't great acting but the story. It is a movie that brings you in and grabs you. Makes you feel like you are actually a part of that movie and feel the emotions of any or everybody.

For me, that movie is Shawshank Redemption.

[Buckeye]

I'll throw in Escape from New York.

Wolfen was the best movie I ever saw, but Gone with the Wind might fit in somewhere from a story line point of view.

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Amazing

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[Buckeye]

Consider The Outlaw Josey Wales as well.

I could go on, but I'll stick with Wolfen.

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

Consider The Outlaw Josey Wales as well.

I could go on, but I'll stick with Wolfen.

The Outlaw Josey Wales was damn good.



Great camera work back in that day. One of Clint's best, and arguably his best.



High Plains Drifter was damn good too. Unforgiven was his best though.

[jk3521]

Both Nicholson and Eastwood are movie icons and irreplaceable. The last of the movie "stars". Everything they did was a must see. Both in their eighties,now. So that's about it for them. Sad.

[HalvOnHorseracing]

One of the posts made me think of Robocop. Peter Weller, who always acts kind of stiff, looked good in the Robocop get-up. Lot of good lines in the movie.

Speaking of Peter Weller, I'm going to confess I really liked "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension." Actually, John Lithgow stole the movie with his portrayal of Dr. Emilio Lizardo. Of course Buckaroo Banzai gave us the great movie quote, "remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing

One of the posts made me think of Robocop. Peter Weller, who always acts kind of stiff, looked good in the Robocop get-up. Lot of good lines in the movie.

Speaking of Peter Weller, I'm going to confess I really liked "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension." Actually, John Lithgow stole the movie with his portrayal of Dr. Emilio Lizardo. Of course Buckaroo Banzai gave us the great movie quote, "remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

Austin Powers said something like that in a Las Vegas casino.

[ultracapper]

Oh yea. Heath Ledger was freakin' insanely good in the Dark Knight. Has to be one of the finest portrayals of a character since the turn of the century.

Freakin' awesome.

I'm glad someone was able to man up and say Star Wars. Come on, we've all seen them and have been entertained. I mean, Darth Vader. That is a very cool bad guy character.

I kind of think Rogue One is the best of the bunch, though the acting, particularly by the female lead, was awfully weak at times. But then the acting in all those movies, from Star Wars' Mark Hamill to, well, I guess Mark Hamill in The Last Jedi, could have been a lot stronger.

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

Oh yea. Heath Ledger was freakin' insanely good in the Dark Knight. Has to be one of the finest portrayals of a character since the turn of the century.

Freakin' awesome.

I'm glad someone was able to man up and say Star Wars. Come on, we've all seen them and have been entertained. I mean, Darth Vader. That is a very cool bad guy character.

I kind of think Rogue One is the best of the bunch, though the acting, particularly by the female lead, was awfully weak at times. But then the acting in all those movies, from Star Wars' Mark Hamill to, well, I guess Mark Hamill in The Last Jedi, could have been a lot stronger.

Star Wars was something nobody had ever seen before.
It was 40 years ahead of its time.


The special effects aren't "weird" even 40 years later.

Movies, comic books, and everything else in between are made due to the original Star Wars.

It is a cinematic masterpiece the likes of which we have never seen before, or ever after.

It took you to a world of unknown, brought you in, and made you believe everything about it was real.

Tatooine. Chewbacca. Darth Vader. The Force. Luke. Princess Leia, Yoda, the Death Star.

40 years later, and movies are still being made about that "world".

Tell me another movie that has had more influence than Star Wars and you are simply lying to yourself.

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by Lemon Drop Husker

Star Wars was something nobody had ever seen before.
It was 40 years ahead of its time.


The special effects aren't "weird" even 40 years later.

Movies, comic books, and everything else in between are made due to the original Star Wars.

It is a cinematic masterpiece the likes of which we have never seen before, or ever after.

It took you to a world of unknown, brought you in, and made you believe everything about it was real.

Tatooine. Chewbacca. Darth Vader. The Force. Luke. Princess Leia, Yoda, the Death Star.

40 years later, and movies are still being made about that "world".

Tell me another movie that has had more influence than Star Wars and you are simply lying to yourself.

I was 14 when it came out. I saw it 3 weekends in a row, missed a couple weekends, and saw it 3 more weekends in a row. Anytime one of the neighborhood guys or school pals said they were going to see it, I went. It really was an experience. A feel good good-guys win, bad-guys lose, but with a ton of flair.

Just like you, I've always realized how it has embedded itself into our generation, and how we've passed it on to the next generation, a generation that can imagine anything that the laws of physics will allow.

It ultimately was a blessing in disguise that Lucas had the marital problems that forced him to shelve it. The series now is a part of 2 distinct generation's psyche.

A simple story really, but told with unparalleled flourishes, in the most unlikely of settings. The setting for the whole series could be set in the Australian Outback, and the same general story line, with all it's themes, could be told effectively.

I was waiting for somebody to bring it up. It's a pariah for serious people that must be challenged when being entertained, that must watch every presentation with a critic's eye. It's the "nerds" thing, even though, by the time the 2nd trilogy started rolling out, that stigma was pretty much gone, and everybody pretty much admitted that it was about time to start the story up again.

[Actor]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

A simple story really, but told with unparalleled flourishes, in the most unlikely of settings. The setting for the whole series could be set in the Australian Outback, and the same general story line, with all it's themes, could be told effectively.

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[HalvOnHorseracing]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

Austin Powers said something like that in a Las Vegas casino.

Of course Buckaroo Bonzai was released 13 years before Austin Powers.