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Your Top 5 Favorite Movies of All Time
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2. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
3. V for Vendetta
4. Let Me In
5. Inception
This just doesn't feel right, I need to continue
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
7. The Dark Knight
8. Caddyshack
9. Sweeney Todd
10. Jurassic Park
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2- This I won't explain to much because I think everyone here knows why :P The cinematic end to my childhood, and the emotional epic farewell that was portrayed perfectly on the big screen. It made me gasp, laugh and cry and I will never forget watching it.
3. Beauty and the Beast (Disney)- The music, the characters and the simple story of this pulled me in when I was younger and I didn't realize how much I loved it until I went to Disney World this past summer and saw Belle and the Beast and ran to them like I was a marathon runner lol I just love Belle I relate to her so much as someone who loves books but doesn't quite fit in and I thought the story was so sweet she was more relateable than any other Disney princess for me it never felt like an animated movie just an epic tale of love and looking past appearances
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's- This movie introduced me to Audrey Hepburn, and she just amazed me. This movie kind of indulges in my fantasies of the high life and that's why I like it, it's a break from reality. I hated Mickey Rooney as a Chinese man, it make me cringe but I always FF those scenes
5. Forrest Gump- This is when I was introduced to the master that is Tom Hanks. I was at home one weekend with my sister and they were playing a Tom Hanks marathon, and they started with this. I was so confused at first, but then I realized what they were doing and I thought it was so charming and clever and touching. Tom Hanks just pulled me in and made me feel what he was going through, and I know a lot of people think this movie is cheesy and overrated but I love it. After this they played Castaway, Big, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan and I could easily switch in any of those in 5th place. I love Tom Hanks
4. Saving Private Ryan
3. Return of the King
2. The English Patient
1. Schindler's List
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Honorable mentions:
The Hours
Les 400 Coups
Doubt
Bright Star
The Village
Dancer in the Dark
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and i continue........
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4. The Dark Knight
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
oh and add Toy Story 3 to my list.
02. Titanic
03. Lord of the rings trilogy (I think they are like one film)
04. The Dark Knight
05. BraveHeart
06. Rise of the planet of the apes
07. Gladiator
08. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows p2
09. Spirited Away
10. Star wars - return of the jedi
Other close favourites include: Deathly Hallows 1 and 2, The Pianist, Meet the Parents, The Strangers, The Inbetweeners, Donnie Darko..
1. Back to the Future
2. Almost Famous
3. Stand by Me
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Social Network
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Donnie Darko
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Inception
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Social Network
Yeah, yeah, I know. It changes on the dailyyy.
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2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. In the Mood for Love
4. Dogville
5. Les Trois Couleurs: Bleu
6. Les Trois Couleurs: Rouge
7. 2046
8. Network
9. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
10. All About Eve
11. Eyes Wide Shut
12. 2001: A Space Odyssey
13. Mulholland Dr.
14. Gosford Park
15. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
16. Sunset Boulevard
17. Hero
18. Schindler's List
19. The Pianist
20. Harry Potter Final Trilogy: Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Part 1, Deathly Hallows Part 2
Yeah, I couldn't choose a top 5. I can actually continue and create a list of 200 favorite films or something. :-))
BTW, I adore Henrick and Cadmus' choices.
2. DH2
3. Atonement
3 POA
4. Zodiac
15. The Godfather 2
14. Lawerence of Arabia
13. How to Train Your Dragon
12. Terminator 2
11. A New Hope
10. Patton
9. Children of Men
8. Apollo 13 - (Not 18, the new one, 13 with Tom Hanks in 1995)
7. Schindler's List
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
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So could I, loll, I had to post at least 15; no chance I was leaving it just at 5
I'm so glad that there are people over here that appreciate Mean Creek
4. The Social Network - I went into this film not expecting much and I thought it was just fantastic.
3. Wall.E - This was just Pixar at their best really. I love Pixar and I adore this film.
2. Edward Scissorhands - I just love this film. I think it's fantastic.
1. The Dark Knight - A truly incredible film. Everything is just perfect.
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as a whole.
5. Rambo (the newest one)
Others in no order
Avatar
Children of Men
Predator
Aliens
Transformers
District 9
Enemy of the State
She's Out of My League
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
Finding Neverland
August Rush
Peter Jackson's King Kong
X-men First Class
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Hornorable Mentions: Toy Story 3, The Departed, Rise of the planet of the apes, The hangover 1 and 2.
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2- HARRY POTTER SERIES (all of them)
3- LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (all of them)
4- INCEPTION
5- AVATAR
1. Vertigo
Runner-up in psychological thriller: Psycho
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Runner-up in fantasy: Pan's Labyrinth
3. The Lion King
Runner-up in animation: The Incredibles
4. The Green Mile
Runner-up in drama: American History X
5. Children of Men
Runner-up in sci-fi: Inception
Honorable mentions to Casablanca (romance), Four Weddings and a Funeral (rom-com), Casino Royale (action), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (western) and Some Like it Hot (comedy).
First off, I'll start with Heath Ledger. He did great in his performance; I'm not denying that. Yet, Oscar buzz before the film even came out? I want to look back and try to imagine had he not died, had the crazy amount of buzz created by his death not been there, had it received regular marketing like any other film, and whenever I try to think 'what if' I simply get the fact that Heath's performance is treated god-like. Ask yourself this: could anyone else have played the Joker? The answer is yes. Think of other iconic roles. Could anyone else play Han? Could anyone else play Rocky? Could anyone else The Terminator? My answer to that: no. Heath was great, don't get me wrong, but it's way way way overhyped.
Batman Begins had a much more interesting story. We see Bruce Wayne; his thoughts, his feelings, his becoming of the Batman. Gotham is a much more realistic place with corruption and crime. Gotham in TDK is a super-hero Chicago in which one villain has all this plans work PERFECTLY! Every goddamn plan, and yes the joker is a schemer, every plan just works. Flawlessly. It's quite unrealistic. In TDK, we learn nothing new of Bruce. He's simply put; just there. The Joker seems to have as much screen time, and that bothers me quite a bit. Look at how much Bruce grew in BB and how much in TDK. Huge difference. You might argue 'oh it's the second film, not an origin.' It's a good argument, but let me point you to Spider-man. One reason why people like Spidey 2 over Spidey 1 is the emotional struggle Peter has with himself; not with a villain.
Nolan's action scenes in BB and TDK are very close up and it's hard to follow. When Batman has the sonar vision (or whatever), the editing is all over the place.
And now, the infamous boat scene. TDK worked so hard on building a gritty city of fear and corruption that the boat scene really lost for me. Almost as unrealistic as the Spiderman 2 train scene where he loses his mask, but at least in Spidey 2, we can use the excuse of 'everyone loves him and wouldn't do a thing to bring him down.'
What I want from Returns is more Batman! It's as simple as that: focus on your character. We got little to nothing of Bruce Wayne, which is extremely disappointing.
Hopefully after reading this, you'll see it's not a perfect film. Put in your top 5 if you will, but I personally think BB is much better.
Overhyped because of a death. And you know 70% of people hadn't even seen BB before he died.
I'm just disappointed with the fact we don't grow with our protagonist. At all. Not even a smudge.
Bruce is losing hope hes been hurt so much hes like in the corner and he doesnt have a clue what to do whereas in BB he thinks he can do ANYTHING but the joker is a bigger threat to him. Bruce loses the girl he loves because of the Joker which hurts the character and the way he will evolve in the next movie.
2. Harry potter 4
3. Harry potter 7 part1
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
5. In Bruges
The Joker takes Rachel away: another plan that works perfectly.
And then there's the dismal performance by Maggie Gylenhall.
2.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
3. The Social Network
4. Inception
5. Black Hawk Down