ST ST Complimentary Discussion Thread

A few more from the past 10 years thaf came to mind after my edit limit as I was headed to work to add to my list (SciFi and documentary largely):

Wall.E
A History of Violence
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Snowpiercer
No. (Movie about Chilean referendum)
District 9
Edge of Tomorrow
Zero Dark Thirty
Moon
Midnight Special
Man on Wire (The documentary)
Bowling for Columbine
Waltz with Bashir
Attack the Block
Let the Right One In
The Orphanage

As for favorite all time that aren’t Star Wars:

2001: A Space Oddyssey
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Doctor Strangelove
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
A Clockwork Orange
On the Waterfront
Sunset Boulevard
The Apartment
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Citizen Kane
Chinatown
Network
Altered States
The Truman Show
Glengarry Glenn Ross
One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest
The Wrestler
It’s a Wonderful Life
Groundhog Day
Pulp Fiction
Django Unchained
Saving Private Ryan
Unforgiven
The Magnificent 7
Goodbye Lenin
The Thing
The Fly
A
Back to the Future
There Will Be Blood
Casablanca
Do the Right Thing
City of God
Gandhi
Hotel Rwanda
The 25th Hour
Once Upon a Time in the West
Treasure on the Sierra Madre
12 Angry Men
Paths of Glory
The Untouchables
The Third Man
Topsy Turvy
Amour
My Left Foot
Spartacus
Das Boot
Milk
Schindler’s List
Spirited Away
Talk to Her
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Goodfellas
Almost Famous
Life is Beautiful
Cinema Paradiso
The Shawshank Redemption
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Glory

 

A few more to add:

The third man
Miller’s Crossing
D.O.A
Brazil
Blue Velvet
He Got Game
E.T.
Kill Bill 1
Kill Bill 2
Minority Report
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Escape from New York
The Usual Suspects
A History of Violence
House of Games
The Big Lebowski
Reanimator
The Breakfast Club
Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
This is Spinal Tap
Labyrinth
The Wild Bunch
The Fugitive
The Good, the bad and the Ugly
The Thin Blue Line
Seconds
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Great Escape
The Matrix
The Raid
War Horse
Die Hard
The Terminator
Terminator 2
The Running Man
Total Recall
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Robocop
Predator
Alien
Aliens
The Fly
Inside Out
The Lion King
Grave of the Fireflies
Up
Ratatouille
Toy story 3
Hellboy
The Iron Giant
The Nightmare before Christmas
Persepolis
Sin City
Pan’s Labyrinth
Children of Men
The Sting
Broadcast News
All the President’s Men
Annie Hall
Zelig
Being John Malkovich
Jaws
Rocky
Rear Window
Munich
The Princess Bride
The LOTR trilogy
The Dark Knight Trilogy
The Planet of the Apes Trilogy
Jurassic Park
Westworld
Election
Sideways
Memento
The Grapes of Wrath

 

Ready or not, Accept it or not; May blow your minds.

Saving what we love:



Fighting what we hate:


MJ

 

You know it's funny and hypocritical that there isn't a "Post your complaints about the sequel trilogy" thread but oh well. The great thing about Rogue One is that it doesn't have a deja-vu/after-the-fact feel about it. The sequel trilogy is the very definition of the term meh. Sure the last jedi took some risks but it still manages to feel very much like the day after a great big party. It's just a gigantic unenergetic turd.

 

Please keep things on topic. Anyone going off topic next will be banned.

 

Ready or not....there's more than meets the eye here. Nothing happens by accident.

Looking up ...without hope.



Looking up ....with Hope!


Clenched fist without souvenir.




Clenched fist with souvenir.


MJ

 

Would a little bit of dirt on broom boy's face have hurt?

 

He's not a chimney sweep but he not exactly clean either.

 

Choices. They're not easy to make.







MJ

 

Since I just watched TLJ for the first time recently....

I liked that a bad guy used the "blow them up from the inside" trick that the good guys are known for.

R2 playing that Leia message really worked on me, it was actually a good use of nostalgia as it was nostalgic for the character it was aimed at.

I liked Kylo's blackened scar, I thought they should have kept it.

"You didn't fail Kylo, Kylo failed you". I love that line.

lol evil BB-8!

I admit I really enjoyed the TIE Fighter Attack music with the Falcon on Crait.

 

Crystal foxes. And the design of Canto Bight. And the crystal cave the Falcon flies through in that shot that was in the trailer. They should have had a battle in there, or otherwise featured it.

 

Finn, let me learn you something big. It's all a machine, partner. Live free, don't join.
Rey, I want you to join me. We can rule together and bring a new order to the galaxy.

MJ

 

Luke: I'm going to burn it down.
Yoda: Skywalker...missed you, have I.
*Spark from lightning burns the Jedi Tree (fire all around)*
Luke: So it is time...that the Jedi are to end.
Yoda: Time, it is. For you to look past a pile of old books...
Yoda: Luke... we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.

Poe: No, no. We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down. Skywalker's doing this so we can survive.

Luke's burden, eventually lifted by his greatest sacrifice. A True Jedi!

MJ

 

This is absolutely brilliant and absolutely true.

 

Ready or not?








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MJ

 

While they aren't my favorites the ST films have been some of the most visually pleasing movies I've seen. They are both awesome movies in terms of effects, cinematography, and fight choreography.

 

Agree, and that goes for the Anthologies.

 

I think the design of the Star Fortress Bomber is pretty good. I can visualize it in an SW themed flight simulator where TIE-IN fly around it shooting down A-wings and whatnot. The gun turrets and obtuse form make for interesting trajectories.

 

Only scene I've really loved so far is that little section in TLJ when Luke tells Rey to focus on the life around her and she senses the peace and struggle of environment. A sublime moment, in line with my favorite quiet moments from the existing I-VI saga.

 

Of the ST so far some of my favorite moments are in TFA

Rey's opening scene with the accompanying theme by JW
Rey & Kylo saber battle StarKiller base
Luke at the end of TFA and Jedi Steps theme by JW

In TLJ
Anything to do with Chewie and the Porgs

 

Yeah, IMO Jj is a Master in this kind of scenes.
Another example that I find amazing is the way he introduces Rey. Those seven minutes are just perfect. He gives us everything we need to know about her without the need of dialogues.

 

Against the good.



Against the bad.






MJ

 

Han Solo having as big a role as he did in TFA was nice and somewhat unexpected.
I like the idea of the mind-reading battle that Rey and Kylo Ren had.
Hitting a ship with a hyperspace jump.