BEST MOVIE TITLES EVER

Started by finlayr, April 16, 2003, 08:39:43 PM

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finlayr

I'll start off--

PULP FICTION

PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

MAGNOLIA

NETWORK

DIRTY HARRY

EASY RIDER

Just off the top of my head...your turn...
Filmmaker

AlguienEstolamiPantalones

didnt we do this once, and then a fight broke out over d.c cab, and how gary busey was robbed of a nomination

finlayr

i dunno if yous did this before--I'm new.
Filmmaker

Dirk

I believe this was the winner last time around.
At wave level, everything exists as a contradiction. Everything is existing in more than one stage/place at any given moment. Everything must move/vibrate and constantly change to exist. Everything, including buildings, mountains, oceans and thoughts.

sphinx

sphinx's opinion
by sphinx

'what's your favourite' or 'what's the best' threads are useless....unless people justify their selections, otherwise it's just a thread of movie titles that could be just as random as anything else

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ShanghaiOrange

Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls...seriously :(

Being John Malkovich

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (References  :roll: )

Blood Simple (There's no such thing as blood simple)

Reservoir Dogs

Apocalypse Now (Probably my favorite)

Being There (Second favorite)

Brazil

Eyes Wide Shut

Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Longest title?)

Full Metal Jacket

Natural Born Killers

Office Space

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Puns  :roll: )

As Good As It Gets

Man Bites Dog

The Hudsucker Proxy (or it it the worst?)

Head (Rumor has it that if they did a sequel the would say "From the people who gave you Head)

The Paths of Glory (lead but to the grave)

Citizen Kane

12 Angry Men

A Clockwork Orange (Robot fruit!  :shock: )

North By Northwest

8 1/2

Throne of Blood

Dawn of the Dead (Best "... of the Dead" title)

Bottle Rocket

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Inherit the Wind

I think that's all of them

Maybe Freddy Got Fingered

:(
Last five films (theater)
-The Da Vinci Code: *
-Thank You For Smoking: ***
-Silent Hill: ***1/2 (high)
-Happy Together: ***1/2
-Slither: **

Last five films (video)
-Solaris: ***1/2
-Cobra Verde: ***1/2
-My Best Fiend: **1/2
-Days of Heaven: ****
-The Thin Red Line: ***

Born Under Punches

I think the filmmaker with the best consisten titles has to be Spike Lee:

DO THE RIGHT THING

SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT

GET ON THE BUS

JUNGLE FEVER

HE GOT GAME

SCHOOL DAZE

xerxes

no one is listening to mr. sphinx

dufresne

When We Were Kings
-pretty much sums up how Ali and Foreman were treated like gods in the months leading up to the Rumble in the Jungle.

Double Indemnity
-great insurance terminlogy.  :-D
There are shadows in life, baby.

oakmanc234

Jaws
Fight Club
Psycho
Raging Bull
Punch-Drunk Love
Vertigo
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
The Terminator
Scary Movie
Panic Room
'Welcome the Thunderdome, bitch'

chainsmoking insomniac

Pi
Pulp Fiction
Punch Drunk Love
Boogie Nights
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Apocalypse Now
King of New York
B. Monkey
Scarlet Diva
Seven
Goodfellas
When Harry Met Sally
....just a few off the top of my head.
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote: 'The world's a fine place, and worth fighting for.'  I agree with the second part."
    --Morgan Freeman, Se7en

"Have you ever fucking seen that...? Ever seen a mistake in nature?  Have you ever seen an animal make a mistake?"
 --Paul Schneider, All the Real Girls

joeybdot

The Exorcist

American History X

Taxi Driver

Raikus

Does no one watch Conan? This was already decided upon. The best movie title in all of existence is...

Pootie Tang[/b]
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow.

MacGuffin

Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeA Clockwork Orange (Robot fruit!  :shock: )
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Inherit the Wind

Quote from: oakmanc234Jaws
Fight Club
Psycho
Raging Bull

All these titles were taken from the novels they were based on ("Inherit..." was based on a play).
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

ShanghaiOrange

What's a novel? :(

I don't know nothin' about no book learnin'.
Last five films (theater)
-The Da Vinci Code: *
-Thank You For Smoking: ***
-Silent Hill: ***1/2 (high)
-Happy Together: ***1/2
-Slither: **

Last five films (video)
-Solaris: ***1/2
-Cobra Verde: ***1/2
-My Best Fiend: **1/2
-Days of Heaven: ****
-The Thin Red Line: ***