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On April 18 2015 10:52 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 10:41 Eppa! wrote:On April 18 2015 09:26 Scip wrote:
Damn, I wish I had an objectively good taste
I did like Infernal Affairs but it's not exactly Zack Snyder level Its easy to have good taste you get a broad knowledge of anything then just choose whatever the person who is judging thinks is good. I'd only consider like one of those movies as a personal favorite of mine TBH. But it's still a good collection.
Its not about what you think are the best movies but what you see as good movies. This is the essence of what good taste is in anything.
Its very relevant idea of how you should adjust when running a restaurant or making friends.
I will check out some of the movies you listed.
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i still haven't gotten an answer on what Cheep has against Rod Steiger playing a Nazi concentration camp survivor.
although to be fair its been like a year since I've seen it. hell of an ending though
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Hmmmm, to get Wolfenstien Old Blood when it hits...
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
Fiddler on the Roof
Full Metal Jacket
Samsara (from what I hear, I only saw 1 part and it freaked me out lol)
V for Vendetta
Lars and the Real Girl.
ps I repeated Full Metal Jacket cause it was a total mindfuck, but I also could have repeated a lot of other movies. I just think Full Metal Jacket was cray.
double ps Man I could add Saving Private Ryan too.
triple ps I just think I am easily provoked into thought.
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I watched the first part of VHS the other day, need to take that shit in parts, can't go all at once.
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Hi I love movies and I'm really disappointed I missed the meat of this conversation!
1) 2001: A Space Odyssey. (I actually very often dislike Kubrick's movies, but for some reason his style really works here for me. This decision is also affected in that I saw the movie in an actual Cinerama with the proper screen size and excellent sound distribution. Also Douglas Trumbull is the man).
2) Synecdoche, New York. (It's a good movie. A realllllly good movie. Maybe that makes me a poser but I liked it anyways).
3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry).
4) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (If only I knew somebody who didn't immediately fall asleep when watching Westerns, I could show them the awesomeness that is this movie. Clint Eastwood plays Clint Eastwood but nobody cares because Ennio Morricone is pretty damn awesome. It's odd, a lot of my top movies aren't the best movies I've ever seen. I don't know why I like them so much.)
5) Whiplash. (As someone who has in the past gone fairly deep into the music world, this movie rang to my bones and shook me up. I took the entire movie personally. It was also gorgeously edited and the music selection was done well, although I wish they didn't put Buddy Rich and Charlier Parker up on a pedestal, as neither were the masters of their respective musical fields, but it made for a better story. Ugh I love this movie more every time I see it.)
6) The Grey. (Underrated movie starring Liam Neeson, he gives an even better performance than usual, as his wife died in an accident in the snow just a couple years before shooting this movie. You can tell some of his character is guided by that experience. This movie might have gained some points just by me expecting it to suck, so take that as you will).
I love juuuuuuust about every movie ever though (I think I heard Wei mention American Psycho, another fav of mine), so making this list is really hard for me outside of 2001 ASO. And I think I heard Parnage mention Galaxy Quest? Nobody I know has seen that, so I'm glad you're there for me buddy <3
Seriously though Parnage I say "AND IM DRAGGING MINES" every other day and nobody ever gets it 
On April 18 2015 11:42 JonGalt wrote:
Fiddler on the Roof
Full Metal Jacket
Samsara (from what I hear, I only saw 1 part and it freaked me out lol)
V for Vendetta
Lars and the Real Girl.
ps I repeated Full Metal Jacket cause it was a total mindfuck, but I also could have repeated a lot of other movies. I just think Full Metal Jacket was cray.
double ps Man I could add Saving Private Ryan too.
triple ps I just think I am easily provoked into thought.
FMJ was meh for me. I loved that improvised scene though. I saw Samsara also on a huge Cinerama screen, it was pretty cool. I love me some pretty movies. Hell, I even liked Avatar more or less.
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3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry).
Clearly you should read the Hobbit instead Jeff. It'll be more your taste, I'm sure.
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On April 18 2015 12:05 Lord Tolkien wrote:Show nested quote +3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry). Clearly you should read the Hobbit instead Jeff. It'll be more your taste, I'm sure.
The Hobbit is far more brief and to the point, so it's nice to read it to the kids I tutor! The rest of the Rings books? Maybe they wouldn't be as much of a hit. Perhaps I could smuggle in the Silmarillion?
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
On April 18 2015 12:00 GhandiEAGLE wrote:Hi I love movies and I'm really disappointed I missed the meat of this conversation! 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey. (I actually very often dislike Kubrick's movies, but for some reason his style really works here for me. This decision is also affected in that I saw the movie in an actual Cinerama with the proper screen size and excellent sound distribution. Also Douglas Trumbull is the man). 2) Synecdoche, New York. (It's a good movie. A realllllly good movie. Maybe that makes me a poser but I liked it anyways). 3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry). 4) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (If only I knew somebody who didn't immediately fall asleep when watching Westerns, I could show them the awesomeness that is this movie. Clint Eastwood plays Clint Eastwood but nobody cares because Ennio Morricone is pretty damn awesome. It's odd, a lot of my top movies aren't the best movies I've ever seen. I don't know why I like them so much.) 5) Whiplash. (As someone who has in the past gone fairly deep into the music world, this movie rang to my bones and shook me up. I took the entire movie personally. It was also gorgeously edited and the music selection was done well, although I wish they didn't put Buddy Rich and Charlier Parker up on a pedestal, as neither were the masters of their respective musical fields, but it made for a better story. Ugh I love this movie more every time I see it.) 6) The Grey. (Underrated movie starring Liam Neeson, he gives an even better performance than usual, as his wife died in an accident in the snow just a couple years before shooting this movie. You can tell some of his character is guided by that experience. This movie might have gained some points just by me expecting it to suck, so take that as you will). I love juuuuuuust about every movie ever though (I think I heard Wei mention American Psycho, another fav of mine), so making this list is really hard for me outside of 2001 ASO. And I think I heard Parnage mention Galaxy Quest? Nobody I know has seen that, so I'm glad you're there for me buddy <3 Seriously though Parnage I say "AND IM DRAGGING MINES" every other day and nobody ever gets it Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 11:42 JonGalt wrote:
Fiddler on the Roof
Full Metal Jacket
Samsara (from what I hear, I only saw 1 part and it freaked me out lol)
V for Vendetta
Lars and the Real Girl.
ps I repeated Full Metal Jacket cause it was a total mindfuck, but I also could have repeated a lot of other movies. I just think Full Metal Jacket was cray.
double ps Man I could add Saving Private Ryan too.
triple ps I just think I am easily provoked into thought. FMJ was meh for me. I loved that improvised scene though. I saw Samsara also on a huge Cinerama screen, it was pretty cool. I love me some pretty movies. Hell, I even liked Avatar more or less.
LITERALLY everything you say about movies is invalidated because you have never cried during one.
#ManUp&LetItOut
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Silmarilion is great for lore, story wise? It's pretty eh to read to people imo. It doesn't have a concise story, it's spread out over the first two ages in like 500 pages I think?
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
Fizz is FPed on other team.
"The game has been disbanded because Cheep did not pick a champ"
Blames it on busy playing phone games.
YEAH OK
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On April 18 2015 12:13 JonGalt wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 12:00 GhandiEAGLE wrote:Hi I love movies and I'm really disappointed I missed the meat of this conversation! 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey. (I actually very often dislike Kubrick's movies, but for some reason his style really works here for me. This decision is also affected in that I saw the movie in an actual Cinerama with the proper screen size and excellent sound distribution. Also Douglas Trumbull is the man). 2) Synecdoche, New York. (It's a good movie. A realllllly good movie. Maybe that makes me a poser but I liked it anyways). 3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I'm basic, but to me it always amazes me how much fantasy stems from this. It's a good movie, obviously, but the reason it's so high on my list is because it allows me to enjoy the best parts of the quintessential fantasy novel without actually having to read it, since I find the books to be pretty dry). 4) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (If only I knew somebody who didn't immediately fall asleep when watching Westerns, I could show them the awesomeness that is this movie. Clint Eastwood plays Clint Eastwood but nobody cares because Ennio Morricone is pretty damn awesome. It's odd, a lot of my top movies aren't the best movies I've ever seen. I don't know why I like them so much.) 5) Whiplash. (As someone who has in the past gone fairly deep into the music world, this movie rang to my bones and shook me up. I took the entire movie personally. It was also gorgeously edited and the music selection was done well, although I wish they didn't put Buddy Rich and Charlier Parker up on a pedestal, as neither were the masters of their respective musical fields, but it made for a better story. Ugh I love this movie more every time I see it.) 6) The Grey. (Underrated movie starring Liam Neeson, he gives an even better performance than usual, as his wife died in an accident in the snow just a couple years before shooting this movie. You can tell some of his character is guided by that experience. This movie might have gained some points just by me expecting it to suck, so take that as you will). I love juuuuuuust about every movie ever though (I think I heard Wei mention American Psycho, another fav of mine), so making this list is really hard for me outside of 2001 ASO. And I think I heard Parnage mention Galaxy Quest? Nobody I know has seen that, so I'm glad you're there for me buddy <3 Seriously though Parnage I say "AND IM DRAGGING MINES" every other day and nobody ever gets it On April 18 2015 11:42 JonGalt wrote:
Fiddler on the Roof
Full Metal Jacket
Samsara (from what I hear, I only saw 1 part and it freaked me out lol)
V for Vendetta
Lars and the Real Girl.
ps I repeated Full Metal Jacket cause it was a total mindfuck, but I also could have repeated a lot of other movies. I just think Full Metal Jacket was cray.
double ps Man I could add Saving Private Ryan too.
triple ps I just think I am easily provoked into thought. FMJ was meh for me. I loved that improvised scene though. I saw Samsara also on a huge Cinerama screen, it was pretty cool. I love me some pretty movies. Hell, I even liked Avatar more or less. LITERALLY everything you say about movies is invalidated because you have never cried during one. #ManUp&LetItOut
I mean I almost cried during The Fox and the Hound when I was 7.
On April 18 2015 12:14 Crusnik wrote:
Silmarilion is great for lore, story wise? It's pretty eh to read to people imo. It doesn't have a concise story, it's spread out over the first two ages in like 500 pages I think?
My lord did that one whiff
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Come play pictionary with us
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On April 18 2015 12:35 WaveofShadow wrote:
Come play pictionary with us
Give me five minutes.
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1) Because the Silmarilion is a post-humorous publication and summation of all of Tolkien's notes and writings by his sons, and was not written to be a concise story or novel, and spans dozens of projects that JRR never finished and published, from the earliest ones like the Fall of Gondolin + Show Spoiler +(the first, and most complete draft, written immediately after WWI, and contains archaic terms/concepts like gnomes and the like) (there are two drafts: once back in high school and wallowed in my Tolkien obsession, I could recite like...600? lines of the second draft, but digression)
You get more complete stories in the Unfinished Tales/History and Lore series.
Heck, a better example would be the Children of Hurin book that was released, and contains a polished version of the Lay of Turin. I would recommend that as an introduction if you're interested in the backstory, as opposed to the Silmarilion, which is better described as the legendarium's bible
And since we're back on the topic, my actual list of favorite movies would look something like this,
Lincoln
Dr. Strangelove
Letters from Iwo Jima
Saving Private Ryan
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut, the theatrical release is shit)
City of Life and Death
La Haine
Prayers for Bobby
Spirited Away & Princess Mononoke
Lord of the Rings has always held a soft spot in my heart, but as massive pro-book Tolkien nerd, it does not live up to expectations. + Show Spoiler +
Hmmm. Now that I've written this out, I sense a common theme in my movie taste...
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On April 18 2015 12:14 Crusnik wrote:
Silmarilion is great for lore, story wise? It's pretty eh to read to people imo. It doesn't have a concise story, it's spread out over the first two ages in like 500 pages I think?
just listen to nightfall on middle earth. 
so apparently we've now moved from movies that make you think to favorite movies?
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Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time?
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On April 18 2015 13:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time?
Nah dude, that's just actors. If you need to physically change for a role, you can spend literally all your free time adapting to it.
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On April 18 2015 13:44 Gahlo wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2015 13:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Jeez, after watching that Superman v Batman trailer release, I wonder if affleck is juiced to the gills to get that big within a short amount of time? Nah dude, that's just actors. If you need to physically change for a role, you can spend literally all your free time adapting to it.
You can't train every day without taking roids. Roids all about the recovery time, allows you to train every day, multiple times a day.
It'd be one thing if he was already pretty swole, but it looked like he put on like 40-50lbs of muscle in like a year.
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Force of Will is the best children's card game.
It's exactly like Magic the Gathering, except with anime pictures.
Nothing can go wrong ever.
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