[HCSF] What are your favorite movies besides Star Wars?

I don't understand either-I thought Spiderman 2 was AWESOME - WAY better than even the first one!!

Anyways, wow - long lists...well, I can narrow mine down to a top 10 (a whole trilogy or series counts as ONE):

1. Star Wars Saga
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. Harry Potter Series
4. Braveheart
5. Gladiator
6. X-Men Collection
7. The Mummy Collection
8. Jurassic Park Trilogy
9. Indiana Jones trilogy
10.The Mask of Zorro

...Runners up are Tombstone, and The Patriot. Pirates of the Carribean and Independence Day are close too. Other movies like I, Robot and Van Helsing - I think those could be new favorites on my list-when I get them...I just saw them within 2 months ago, and only once, so it's too early to tell.

Believe it or not, Jurassic Park was my running #1 for years, until about a year after Phantom Menace came out-then I started to get more and more into SW. I liked it before, but not nearly as much as now. NOT enough to come on web forums and post about them!!

SO THAT'S THAT...

 

How'd we miss Braveheart? Jurassic Park is a good one as well.

And Hoosiers!

What about The Jerk?

 

Spiderman 1 had some serious problems, but it captured the "Spiderman" mood effortlessly

Spiderman 2 is one big problem, that being that is captures the mood of a weak "Dawsons Creek" episode effortlessly

Seriously, there was nothing redeeming in that movie -nearly everything had been handled in part 1, the only interesting aspect was Doc Ock. And they even managed to mess that up.

It's bad when what's supposed to be a movies SUBplot completely dwarves it's main plot (Spidey vs Ock).

With that, i'll add another favorite movie:

Lost in Translation

 

Darth_BELO Looks like you were unable to just list 10, even after lumping trilogies/series into one. It?s OK. There are a lot of good movies out there?.

Obi-Frans Haven?t seen Spidey 2 but am less likely to now? I liked Lost in Translation too, but none of my friends did?.

Glad to see the support for Hoosiers out there. It is probably my favorite standalone movie of all time. I admit it has its flaws (as the Sports Guy pointed out on ESPN Page 2) but it is a true feel good underdog movie. I watch it every year before the NCAA Selection Show in March.


Bee

 

Top Ten Movies/Trilogies

1. Braveheart
2. Star Wars --all five so far
a. Empire
b. Attack
c. New Hope
d. Return
e. Phantom
3. LOTR
a. Return
b. Two Towers
c. Fellowship
4. Cassablanca
5. Monty Python & Holy Grail
6. Spaceballs
7. Alien/Aliens
8. Shrek/Shrek 2
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. X-Men/X-Men 2

Special mention:
Dances with Wolves
Top Gun
Back to the Future
Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Iron Will
Ice Age
Spider-man/Spider-man 2
Secondhand Lions
Any "Road To ..." movie with Hope & Crosby

Stand alone movie that was more than a movie to me--> The Passion of the Christ
It was absolutely beautiful visually and emotionally.

I like several other movies that were listed as well. NCAA March Madness -- UK all the way, baby!

 

I really enjoyed Spiderman 2, possibly even more than the first one. But I've been a huge Spidey fan my entire life, and I think they really capture the spirit of the early 60s and 70s Amazings...

the life of Peter Parker and his trials and tribulations with girls, money, and jobs, are just as important to the character of Spiderman (if not MORE important!) than the web-slinging, wise-cracking superhero aspect. It's part of what makes Spiderman far more compelling than, say, Superman (IMHO).

I think Lost in Translation was quite good, but not as phenomenal as everyone else seems to think. Bill Murray at least is finally getting the recognition he deserves.

Hmmm...also enjoyed Boondock Saints, Salvador, John Carpenter's Vampires. Can't believe I forgot the Princess Bride. Inconceivable!

 

the life of Peter Parker and his trials and tribulations with girls, money, and jobs, are just as important to the character of Spiderman (if not MORE important!) than the web-slinging, wise-cracking superhero aspect. It's part of what makes Spiderman far more compelling than, say, Superman (IMHO).

Very true, too bad that ALL those aspects have been handled in the first one.

Spiderman 2 is just one big detour to bringing Mary Jane & Peter together, the rest told me nothing new regarding Spider or Petey.

Plus, those 'trials and tribulations' should never become more important than a main villain. It's part of the underlying whole of Spiderman, not the obvious. They could've/should've been way more subtle and creative with it.

 

I definitely agree with you Dustin... it's just as important if not more so that we understand who Peter Parker truly IS, he isn't just Spiderman, and he doesn't just kill the bad guys. I mean even the villains in the Spiderman movies are three dimensional, it all balances out nicely. I find it much more satisfying to actually CARE about Peter as a person. He's a normal guy, he has normal problems. And he just happens to be a superhero. For someone relatively uninformed about the comic book stories, I didn't know whether he and MJ would eventually get together... I figured and hoped, through all his normal guy screwups. And it's so gratifying that he eventually does get her, even through all of it, and not only that... he's freaking Spiderman! Ahh! It's so well done!! Though we should perhaps agree to disagree.

 

1. Lotr's
2. Harry Potter's
3. Kevin Smith Film's
4. Surviving Christmas
5. Back to the Future 1-2-3
6. Shall We Dance
7. Spider-man 1-2
8. PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl
9. Kill Bill 1-2
10. Timeline

 

But it's the exact same Pete...sigh, you're right let's move on.

On another note, i don't think i'll be in your threads (RS) anymore - lol, not because of this. But i don't want to know all the OS stuff like that.

Sawwy

 

1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
3. Bend It Like Beckham
4. All of Ewan's movies (excluding SW Prequels)
5. Velvet Goldmine
6. Love Actually

I'm sure there are other ones.

~aeryn

 

Can I mention Candy Striped Nurses on here?

Must include Kentuck Fried Movie...

 

Momento.

Probably my favorite film. It gets me excited to see what Christopher Nolan is going to do with Batman.

I like most comic book movies, just becuse im a fan of heros. And i need to defned Spiderman 2 for a sec. As a film, that movie was awesome. It was cross genra if you really look at it. Most of the scenes with Ock were shot like a horror film. In the hospital ther was one spotligt on the victems as the arms came around, itnercuts of people screaming. Later we hear shaking and some girl in an office actually gets up and runs at the screen with her hands on her cheeks screaming as he busts in.

The love story also worked and i was a big fan of it. Showing that Peter Parker has stuff he has to do. Stuff thats not just being spiderman. He needs to pay rent, and he needs to have a job. Plus the caracters are amazing, there is almost 40 years of character history in the film.

I think it was one of the better films of the year.

Wow, now that i got that out of my system...

Im a fan of:
Ninja Turtles (really dark film)
Back to the Future
Snatch <--there is quality
Anything by Bryan Singer


i cant really think right now, still thinking of spidy 2. sorry.


--Ice Jedi--
Back for Revenge

 

I love Sam Raimi's nod to Evil Dead 2 in the hospital scene with the nails scraping the floor.

 

So far, very few people have mentioned what I consider to be the best film of all time - The Shawshank Redeption. Believe it or not, I am more into artistic types of film than action or *shudder* science-fiction.


Oh, and by the way:

"The Matrix is overrated." - Mace Windy




Mace Windy,
five years of windiness!

 

The Believer
Hamlet(2000)
Gattaca
Resevoir Dogs
Kill Bill v2
PI
Memento
All of Wes Anderson's films
Dr Stangelove
The Big Lebowski
Napolean Dynamite
Evil Dead 2
The Passion of The Christ
The Matrix: Reloaded
X2

 

All the Star Treks
Back to the Future Trilogy
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist
UHF
Men in Black
Men in Black 2
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Dumb and Dumber
Houseguest
Independence Day
Rat Race
Spaceballs
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Stroker Ace
Spy Hard
The Naked Gun, 2, 33 1/2 The Final Insult
Clue
Ladder 49

All I can think of.

 

Nice to see UHF in there!

I can't believe I forgot Shawshank (did I?), definitely one of the greatest movies of all time.

For old times' sake, I'd throw in Gremlins and The Goonies in there.

And I also forgot Transformers: The Movie. Best movie and definitely best soundtrack of all time. "You've got the touch! You've got the powerrrrrr!"

 

Ohmygod... "Clue"! Of course, how could I have forgotten! That movie = comedy gold.

And "Shawshank" is definitely one of my favorites, as is "The Green Mile"... both are amazing.

 

Das Boot
Tokyo Story
Scent of a Woman
Basic Instinct
Out of Sight
Ocean's Eleven (both versions)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Way of the Dragon (Bruce Lee)
Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee)

 

Well since I do not have the time to type all of my favs go to my web: www.geocities.com/moviereviews01. Click on DVD collection. They are my favs besides Star Wars. Bare in mind my wife's collection is in there as well.

And I loved Spider Man 2. Was better then the first by far.

 

Mace Windy - Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions were overrated. The original Matrix was very good. I saw it the first weekend it came out - before all the hype and loved it. The second two pretty much disappointed me.

Shawshank is very good. Think I said it before, but I will say it again...

Garth - Transformers The Movie is great. Great soundtrack. You mentioned, "The Touch" but I would like to submit that "Dare" is the best song on that soundtrack. "Dare to believe you can survive..."


RS77 - Clue is comic genius. "picked up the dagger, raaaaaaaannnnnn down the hall, and stabbed the cook!" Tim Curry was great in that movie. Actually, I don't think there was a bad performance in the movie. When I see those actors in newer roles, I still refer to them by their Clue pseudonym....

 

The Shawshank Redemptuon is probably my favorite live-action film ever, and I'm somebody who usually despises "arthouse" movies(Too boring and pretentious for my tastes).

And, yes... I find the Matrix trilogy to be overrated too. I especially HATE HATE HATE how Cypher effortlessly kills two worthless side characters but stalls because the top-billed Keanu and Carrie are the only ones left, and then breaks into a lame monologue about him being the "Chosen One", giving just enough time for the One Token Side Character Who Lives Among With The Main Cast(c) to kill him.

 

I never even bothered to see the 3rd one. Which one was that? Revolutions?

One of the funniest things I've ever seen is Will Farrell impersonating the Architect in that MTV Movie Awards spoof.

"Vis-a-vis! Ergo! Concordantly!"

 

Since I've been bitten by the insomnia bug, I feel like posting other favorites of mine:

The Mummy/The Mummy Returns
Harry Potter 1-3
Jurassic Park Trilogy
The Sixth Sense
Signs
Lost in Translation
The Game
Shrek/Shrek 2
Batman
The Green Mile
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
The Little Mermaid
E.T. the Extra-Terrestial
Jaws
Pinnochio(The Disney animated film, not the recent Roberto Benigni fiasco)
Bambi
Rush Hour
Die Hard Trilogy
Jumanji
Rocky Series
The Emperor's New Groove
Lilo & Stitch
Groundhog Day
Independence Day
Miracle
Spy Kids 1 and 2(3-D was horrible... in a entertaining way)
Stuart Little/Stuart Little 2
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Austin Powers 1 and 2(Haven't seen 3)
Titanic
Liar Liar
Bruce Almighty
The Truman Show
Freaky Friday
Space Jam
True Lies
Last Action Hero(I'm serious)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Home Alone 1 & 2
Kindergarten Cop
Problem Child(Greatest guilty pleasure EVER)
All four Child's Play flicks
Speed
The Mask