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Crankyfeet

Ditto music. I don't think I've reached old-boy staus yet, but when are we going to see songwriting again that approaches the quality of the 60's and early 70's. I teened in the early 80's but this era beginning with the Beatles stands out for me. Maybe because all the songwriters were high as a kite then.

I don't even listen to the radio much anymore.

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DiabloScott

In line with this, though Krakauer tells us up front that McCandless died, Penn postpones this knowledge till the very end of the film.

See Krakauer did this the right way, there's no suspense about what will happen to the guy, everyone knows he's going to die in the end, it even says so on the cover of the book. Krakauer gives us little hints about the circumstances and voyage through life that brought the guy to the broken down bus and in that process we come to know the character and understand his drive.

In the movie they're going to try and make his death a surprise even though not one person who goes to see it doesn't already know. I think it's gonna suck. I really like movies where they play with time and jumble the sequence... straight chronological story telling in movies or books is just boring.

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Crankyfeet

SPOILER ALERT? I stopped reading after one sentence. Are you giving away plot details before I read the book or watch the movie. Can I take my hands away from my face yet?

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thoughtforfood

I am holding judgement until I see the movie. The reviews are good, and it sounds like the movie presents an unbiased opinion of his life.

Eiger is good, as well as Into Thin Air. Krakauer is a very engaging writer, and I like Penn's work as an actor, and to a lesser extent as a director.

Saw Yuma, and liked it, but was a little pissed at how it devolved into suspended reality at the end.

Want to see the Kingdom movie.

My top 10, no particular order:

1. Raising Arizona
2. Requiem for a dream
3. Apocalypse Now!
4. Trainspotting
5. Down by law
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
9. Unforgiven (Eastwood western, not the other one)
10. The Boondock Saints

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Crankyfeet

Interesting turn of thread, my top ten movies of all time. Mmmmm.....

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Crankyfeet

Can't argue with them TFF. Off the top of my head and in no particular order(I'm sure I'll think of ten more within 15 minutes).

1.Cinema Paradiso
2.Groundhog Day
3.Shawshank Redemption
4.Usual Suspects
5.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6.Three Days of the Condor
7.Jaws
8.Strictly Ballroom
9.Bourne Ultimatum
10.Broadcast News

Special mention: Bullets over Broadway and the Godfather trilogy. (PS and The Empire Strikes Back)

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nns1400

Okay, my list is gonna be different for obvious reasons, but...

1. The Wedding Singer
2. Young Frankenstein
3. Groundhog Day
4. Braveheart
5. The House of Flying Daggers
6. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
7. Lonesome Dove (miniseries, so not sure if it counts)
8. Memoirs of a Geisha
9. Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery
10. Midnight Run
Also any John Cusack movie, and the Spiderman trilogy

Movies I Love to Hate: An Officer and A Gentleman, Road House, Cape Fear, and Dirty Dancing.
(IOW, I will watch them in order to enjoy mocking them)

This is off the top of my head, so tomorrow I would probably pick 10 different ones.

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Crankyfeet

Oh and 10 more that I actually really enjoyed but are not impressive enough for showing off:

Gladiator
Meet the Parents
Austin Powers - Intl man of Mystery
Austin Powers - The spy who Shagged me
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Something About Mary
Star Wars
40 year old Virgin
American Beauty
The Goodbye Girl

I love to hate Richard Gere and Patrick Swayze too, and add in Steven Siegal and Claude Van Damme, maybe Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Jennifer Lopez trash.

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American Beauty
Once Upon a Time in America (the long version)
Salvadore
Pulp Fiction
Before Sunrise
Jaws (still don't like going in the ocean)
The Killing Fields
Casablanca
Bad News Bears
Hooper
The Deep

I haven't seen most of these in many years. They probably all suck.

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Damn. I forgot Lost in Translation. Awesome movie.

Crankyfeet

OK, I've got to be honest Jenn, whilst I am pretty sure you are Jennifer Anniston (I mean its the perfect forum for escaping the pressures of stardom), I have to admit, I'm not Spiderman, or Mike Myers, or David Fumero, or Chris Carmack. I figure I have to get this off my chest first to avoid any more delusion. In total modesty, I can honestly say, I am better than those fairies.

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Bro Deal

Now this is a nice turn in the thread.

I don't have a top 10, but ten films I really dig(g).

1) Casablanca
2) Godfather 1 & II
3) Flesh + Blood
4) Bladerunner
5) Gattaca
6) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7) Angel Heart
8) The Ninth Gate
9) Conan the Barbarian
10) Chungking Express
11) Biodome

Okay, maybe I'm joking about that last one. It's really not as bad as it was made out to be.

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Crankyfeet

Already got about 20 movies to watch on DVD now. Good stuff guys. I mean if these films are good enough for TFF, Frigo, PP, Jennifer Aniston, and Bro Deal....they're good enough for me.

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I never got what all the hub bub was about American Beauty.

I was never a big fan of Once Upon a Time in America. I remember it as being ponderous and slow, much like I remember Once Upon a Time in the West.

It has been a long time since I saw Salvadore. This was from a time before Oliver Stone lost it and could write and direct a decent flick.

Pulp Fiction rocks. What else can be said other than it is too bad that Tarantino seems to be trying too hard on everything he did after this. I haven't seen Death Proof yet but hear good things about it.

I have never seen Before Sunrise. Generally I like Ethan Hawke's movies so I will have to check this out.

I don't think Jaws holds up very well. Perhaps because it has been copied so much. I like the animatronic shark a lot more than the bad CGI stuff they often use today; it looks a lot more real.

The Killing Fields depressed me. I don't think I would want to watch it again.

Casablanca is an Fing great with an incredible script. I love the Bogart films of that era. Treasure of Sierra Madre, Sahara, The Maltese Falcon, The Caine Mutiny, etc.

The Bad News Bears I barely recall. I think I saw it on TV once. There were two or three sequels if I remember right.

Hooper does indeed suck. I caught it on cable a few months ago. It is better than the Smokey and the Bandit movies... It is Burt Reynolds being Burt Reynolds. Boy, did he go downhill after Deliverance.

I always liked the The Deep. Richard Harris is always great.

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