Favorite Movies

Ddawg wrote:

Still wanting to put up my ten, and probably putting way too much thought into it.

Let'r rip. No right or wrong answers - unless you pick Natural Born Killers - one of the worst movies ever made. :sick:

Okay, here it is, TVRC's top ten movies, in no particular order.

1. Holes. I love how Jon Voigt's character is named "Mr. Sir." Gus from "psyc" also has a role.

2. The Matrix.

3. The Jazz Singer. The scene where Neil Diamond sings "hello again" is pure inspiration.

4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The final scene where Spock sacrifices himself to save the ship always makes me cry. It's ridiculous, but it just pulls on the right emotional strings for some reason. My wife openly makes fun of me for it, and I have to just put up with it.

5. Dan in Real Life. If you haven't heard of this one, you should definitely see it. It has Steve Carrell and Dane Cook in "serious" roles (well, mostly serious) and is an all around feel good movie. I now have Pete Townsend's "Let my love open the door" on my ipod.

6. The Bourne Series. Haven't seen the new one yet, but I heard it's good.

7. Mamma Mia. Okay, I have no shame and I am totally comfortable with my masculinity as I post this. I am fully prepared to be made fun of. Do you worst. I totally sandwiched this one between two completely unrelated movies, hooray for eclecticism.

8. Empire Strikes Back. The personal growth that occurs between Luke and Yoda is awesome. There's also a new exoplanet that scientists have found that really sounds a lot like Hoth.

9. Braveheart. This one came out while I was in high school and I subsequently taught myself how to play the bagpipes.

10. Enemy at the Gates. Like many others on CC, I'm sure there are war and history buffs. I had no idea about the Eastern Front of WWII prior to seeing this, but subsequently read lots of other material and learned about it. I imagine one day we will see a movie about the 900 day siege of Leningrad. 900 freakin days. I also have a bucket list item to go and see the world's largest statue (at least, as of 1967), which stands on the easternmost point where the Nazis advanced into Stalingrad/Volgograd. Pretty cool to have a statue that is calling defenders from the east to drive back the Nazi invasion. Here's some more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamayev_Kurgan

Enemy at the Gates is highly underrated. Ed Harris is great and Jude Law gives arguably his best performance.

Bought my Mosin Nagant after reading the story behind enemy at the gates. I was tempted to have it be my first rated r movie in 18 years but I couldn't do it. Here's a list of movies I like:



The Empire Strikes Back

Red Dawn (wolverines!!!!!)

The Godfather I and II

Enter the Dragon

Braveheart

Hero

Mad Max



And a couple of obscure ones you can catch on Netflix:

Troll hunters - best mocumentary I've seen

Flame and Citroen - best WWII movie out. It's in Dutch though



[ Post made via Mobile Device ] http://cougarcorner.com/images/mobile.png" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%">

Troll Hunter is epic!

Do you like your Mosin? I see them around gun shops everywhere, and they're typically dirt cheap. I've thought about getting one for awhile. That gun turned the tide of the war on the Eastern Front, and really, the war generally.



Also, if you're thinking about an R-rated movie, I believe the Matrix would be the one to reach for first. Someone also told me that it was rated PG-13 in theaters, but R on dvd, but I have no source for that. It's the only R-rated movie I currently own.

jvquarterback wrote:
Bought my Mosin Nagant after reading the story behind enemy at the gates. I was tempted to have it be my first rated r movie in 18 years but I couldn't do it. Here's a list of movies I like:



The Empire Strikes Back

Red Dawn (wolverines!!!!!)

The Godfather I and II

Enter the Dragon

Braveheart

Hero

Mad Max



And a couple of obscure ones you can catch on Netflix:

Troll hunters - best mocumentary I've seen

Flame and Citroen - best WWII movie out. It's in Dutch though



[ Post made via Mobile Device ] http://cougarcorner.com/images/mobile.png" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%">

I love the Mosin as a collector's piece - though I hesitate to say that for a gun I bought for < $100 two years ago. I have the octagonal receiver which is supposed to be worth more. I think when all of the surplus rifles are sold it will be just like any other WWII guns out there but from what I here only the Ukranians are selling now and the Russians still have millions of rifles so there isn't any hurry.



It is painful to shoot though. It has an incredible kick and looks like a cannon when shot with fire coming out of the barrel. It's hard to shoot more than 5 rounds because my shoulder is dead afterward. My friend has a bunch of extras and has actually taken it hunting. But it is dirt cheap to shoot. I bought a bunch of surplus steel encased (corrosive) Bulgarian ammo from an online dealer - I told my wife the ammo was part of our food storage. But you have to clean it right away if you use the corrosive ammo which is also a pain.



Maybe that is why the Russians issued a rifle to every other soldier and the others only were issued five rounds to use after the others with the guns had died or couldn't pick up their rifles after firing five rounds.



Big 5 has ads for them for 120-140 all the time and you can get them for about 100 at gun shows in Arizona still. Make sure you take a barrel light though some of the barrels are rotten so make sure you check it out. Can't go too wrong for the price though.



I was at a gunshow a couple years ago and a guy wanted to sell me a case of 20 for $1500. Looking back maybe I should have gone for it with what looks to be coming in the next 10-20 years.



PS I just DVR all the rated R movies so I've seen most of them. Matrix is good I just can't get past Keanu.

No votes for Rocky? That's messed up.



Here's my list:



Rocky

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

Gladiator

The Godfather

The Departed

Groundhog Day

Moon

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Going by the Book



[ Post made via Mobile Device ] http://cougarcorner.com/images/mobile.png" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%">

Schmoe wrote:
Enemy at the Gates is highly underrated. Ed Harris is great and Jude Law gives arguably his best performance.

I bought the clean flix version--when clean flix still existed. It is an incredible story, if you like the World War II genre. When Clean Flix was about to go out of business due to the Hollywood suits I got Enemy at the Gates, Saving Ryan's Privates (my wife always loves that joke), and the Band of Brothers series. There may be more World War II films I got, but I can't think of any offhand.



Too bad they went out of business, but I believe there is a DVD or Blu Ray player that will now edit the movies you put into it. So, there is still a way to see the movies you want to, even if one doesn't want to watch rated R movies.

I've heard that Cleanflix went out of business in Utah, but not in Idaho. Any confirmation of this?

It's always impossible to narrow down movies, but here is the top 6.



Rocky II

Glory

LOTR Trilogy

Kill Bill

Terminator 2

It's a Wonderful Life