Xixax Film Forum

Are we gonna do this whore, or what?

Like modernage, GT, and myself discussed. 25 top films, in real order. No ties, no extras, no "nor particular order" (though I myself am fond of those).

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Tina says: "Start your engines"

I would like to take this time to announce that I hate lists and really small text and I will take no part in this.  No sir

um, how is this different from the other million boring as fuck list threads already up?

i feel a lockin comin on.

gentlemen, gentlemen, I had no intention to anger or annoy you. Only post if you must. Myself and some fellow xixaxers were discussing this yesterday. There is a point system and so on...

I had hoped that the thread would only be lists, but I guess that is quashed now.


Also, as an idea, edits should be allowed, so that the lists are constantly evolving...

25.magnolia
24.shawshank
23.pi
22.minority report
21.fight club
20.2001
19.in the bedroom
18.the limey
17.traffic
16.gangs of new york
15.adaptation
14.Jesus' son
13.talk to her
12.fargo
11.8 1/2
10.lost highway
9.blue velvet
8.fire walk with me
7.mulholland drive
6.fear and loathing in las vegas
5.American Beauty
4.Short Cuts
3.Tigerland
2.The Godfather Trilogy
1.REQUIEM FOR A DREAM



BTW-this always changes




EDIT: just one more thing: if you were wondering why no one was ready and willing to participate in the beginning refer to IDLE CHATTER PAGE 3  SUBJECT NUMBER 39 containing 7 PAGES started by usermane GRAND EPIC w/91 REPLIES and 1166 VIEWS...... :wink:  :lol:

Are we posting opinions of favorites or of bests?

definitely favorites.

Quote from: themodernage02definitely favorites.

i wonder if my list gave it away :roll:  :wink:

Well, mine is kind of both, though some I like better than others, and some are just brilliant and favorites:[list=1]

• Magnolia
• American Beauty
• Fight Club
• Pulp Fiction
• Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Waking Life
• Annie Hall
• Donnie Darko
• Clockwork Orange, A
• Casablanca
• When Harry Met Sally...
  
• Groundhog Day
• Contact
• Princess Bride, The
• Dead Poets Society
• Singin' in the Rain
• Requiem for a Dream
  
• Dancer in the Dark
• 12 Angry Men
• Storytelling
• Big Lebowski, The
• Trois couleurs: Rouge
• Rushmore[/list:o]It's hard to truncate a list like that, but I think this is pretty good.
  
  Oh, and I noticed NEON MERCURY put his in reverse order.  Not sure if that's for points or whatever, but Magnolia is #1, so that's 25 points for that.  Yeah.

Quote from: P
i feel a lockin comin on.

:yabbse-thumbup:

Reverse order seems cool:

25. Reservoir Dogs
24. Big Deal On Madonna Street
23. Badlands
22. Carnal Knowledge
21. Catch 22
20. Zelig
19. Nashville
18. The Last Temptation Of Christ
17. Amarcord
16. Fight Club
15. Short Cuts
14. Salesman
13. LA Confidential
12. Boogie Nights
11. All The Real Girls
10. Apocalypse Now
9. Walkabout
8. Ghostbusters
7. Glengarry Glen Ross
6. A Clockwork Orange
5. Raging Bull
4. 8 1/2
3. My Life To Live
2. Taxi Driver
1. Magnolia    (surprise surprise)

25. TIE: Chinatown and Schindler's List
24. Three Colors Trilogy
23. Easy Rider
24. ET
23. Pulp Fiction
22. City Lights
21. Singin' In the Rain
20. A Clockwork Orange
19. Touch of Evil
18. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
17. It's a Wonderful Life
16. Annie Hall
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. Goodfellas
13. East of Eden
12. On the Waterfront
11. Nashville
10. Magnolia
 9. Shoot the Piano Player
 8. Rebel Without A Cause
 7. Hannah and Her Sisters
 6. Raging Bull
 5. The Deer Hunter
 4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 3. Melvin and Howard
 2. Dr. Strangelove
 1. Vertigo

*sigh*

ties and trilogies are a no-no.

okay - then replace them with Three Colors: Blue, and It Happened One Night

merci

I like this combo:

Quote from: eward
18. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
17. It's a Wonderful Life

God, this is an interesting thing to make yourself do. You try to impose rules (no more than 1 film per director, etc...), then you think "well - there shouldn't be rules", then you try again, and it just looks wrong, and... Well: this is the result of two different methods:
1. Magnolia  
2. Buffalo 66  
3. The Ice Storm  
4. Before Sunrise  
5. Vertigo  
6. Stardust Memories
7. 8 1/2  
8. Monty Python's Meaning of Life  
9. Diner  
10. Barton Fink  
11. Harvey
12. American Psycho  
13. Punch-Drunk Love  
14. 2001    
15. When Harry Met Sally  
16. Casablanca  
17. Fight Club  
18. Seventh Seal  
19. Philadelphia Story
20. The Truman Show  
21. The Big Lebowski
Edt:22. Edward Scissorhands
Edt:23. LA Story
24. American Pie
25. Citizen Kane

Edit: Fuck!... First change I've realised I've needed to make: substitution Matter of Life and Death for Edward Scissorhands.

Edit 2: Fuck again! Second change: Substitution of Dazed and Confused for LA Story.

Quote from: children with angelsI like this combo:

Quote from: eward
18. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
17. It's a Wonderful Life

24. American Pie
25. Citizen Kane

And me this one

Quote from: Booth

Quote from: children with angelsI like this combo:

Quote from: eward
18. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
17. It's a Wonderful Life

24. American Pie
25. Citizen Kane

And me this one

Yeah... You know - they're both great films: I really love them both on a very personal level. But if you aked me which one I wanted to watch right now, I'd probably have to go with the Weitz brothers.

i have limited myself to one movie per director, because it made sense to me to do so.  variety is the spice of life. here we go...

1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Magnolia
4. Rushmore
5. Aliens
6. Batman
7. Jerry Maguire
8. Raising Arizona
9. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
10. Eyes Wide Shut
11. ET: the Extra Terrestrial
12. Toy Story
13. Kill Bill: Volume One
14. Amelie
15. Total Recall
16. Moulin Rouge!
17. Big Trouble In Little China
18. Forrest Gump
19. Fight Club
20. Rear window/Vertigo/Psycho
21. Road to Perdition
22. Night of the Living Dead
23. CQ
24. The Apartment
25. Good Will Hunting

ever changing, but thats how i feel this minute.

1.  A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
2.  E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg
3.  Dumbo (1941) - Ben Sharpsteen
4.  JFK (1991) - Oliver Stone
5.  The Godfather: Part II (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
6.  Jungle Fever (1991) - Spike Lee
7.  Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson
8.  Midnight Cowboy (1969) - John Schlesinger
9.  Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
10.  The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
11.  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - Martin Scorsese
12.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Steven Spielberg
13.  Wall Street (1987) - Oliver Stone
14.  2001: A Space Oddyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick
15.  Heat (1995) - Michael Mann
16.  Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese
17.  The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Irvin Kershner
18.  Sleeping Beauty (1959) - ??? ????
19.  Primary Colors (1998) - Mike Nichols
20.  Secrets & Lies (1996) - Mike Leigh
21.  Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott
22.  Do the Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee
23.  Lenny (1974) - Bob Fosse
24.  Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Mike Figgis
25.  The Straight Story (1999) - David Lynch

1. Captain Ron
2. No Holds Barred
3. Blown Away (Corey Feldman and Corey Haim)
4. Police Academy (The Edited for TV Version)
5. Magnolia
6. Gone Fishin'
7. Log Jammin'
8. The Wiggles Fun Playtime
9. Casablanca
10. The Falcon and the Snowman
11. American Airline's Presentation "Hamburger University," Flight 188 Cleveland to Las Vegas.
12. Highway of Death (10th Grade Driving Class)
13. "So You've Bought A DuraTrimmer" Instructional Videotape
14.  Thermospa Free Instructional Videotape
15.  Raging Bull
16. "Coverting Homosexuals to Catholicism" 9th Grade Catechism
17. Psycho (Van Sant)
18. Waiting For The Man (Adult Movie)
19. Boogie Nights
20. Neighbor Showering (Personal Home Movie)
21. Neighbor Showering 2 (Personal Home Movie)
22. Requiem For a Dream
23. To The Extreme
24. Neighbor Showering 3 (Personal Home Movie)
25. Touch of Evil

That's a fuckin original list if there's one :-)

25. Requiem For A Dream [2000 | Aronofsky]
24. M*A*S*H [1969 | Altman]
23. Boogie Nights [1997 | Anderson]
22. La Ronde [1950 | Ophüls]
21. The Royal Tenenbaums [2001 | Anderson]
20. Reservoir Dogs [1991| Tarantino]
19. Apocalypse Now [1979| Coppola]
18. Le Cercle Rouge [1970 | Melville]
17. American Psycho [2000 | Harron]
16. Barton Fink [1991 | Coen]
15. Raging Bull [1980 | Scorsese]
14. Eyes Wide Shut [1999 | Kubrick]
13. Amélie [2001 | Jeunet]
12. Rashomon [1950 | Kurosawa]
11. Monsieur Hire [1989 | Leconte]
10. Taxi Driver [1976 | Scorsese]
09. Punch-Drunk Love [2002 | Anderson]
08. Fargo [1996 | Coen]
07. The Seven Samurai [1954 | Kurosawa]
06. Chinatown [1974 | Polanski]
05. Magnolia [1999 | Anderson]
04. Casablanca [1942 | Curtiz]
03. Pulp Fiction [1994 | Tarantino]
02. The Hidden Fortress [1958 | Kurosawa]

01. Lawrence Of Arabia [1962 | Lean]