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[ca_aok]

To anyone that thinks post count actually has any meaning I just noticed the senegal's and ca_aok's are almost identical.

Disgraceful. I should start spamming, maybe someday soon I'll get close to anon's

The books are waay better but that pretty much can be said about any movie from Grapes of Wrath to Kick Ass.That said I'm a Tolkien fan and I more or less disliked the movies for precisely that reason.

How much of his other work have you read?

Black Hawk Down is Ridley Scott at his best where he is given a story that concentrates on the action and the visuals (his strengths) and not character development where he tends ,even in a movie like Gladiator, to get overly gooey (technical term).

True, I've always found Gladiator a bit "off". It has a nice soundtrack though.

SPR I tend to agree with the French that the first 20 minutes are as inventive and brave as anything that you are going to find in Western cinema and after that it is more or less cliche.Although Speilberg's never bad ( OK Temple of Doom was)and Barry Pepper's devoutly religious sniper is pretty neat.
Star Wars only the first 3( with ESB clearly the best - even by Return it was starting to degenerate with the Ewoks) after that it is merchandising,money making crap .
I still love Trey Parker and Matt Stone long after I should probably have stopped(Orgazmo).

Btw with that list you've more or less just dispelled any small chance that you are actually female.

Pretty much this, though South Park was still in its golden years when the movie was made. Blame Canada!

[IdolEyes787]

My favourite 5 movies all time
-> Lord of the rings(though the books are waaay better)
-> Black hawk down(this movie is mind blowing!)
-> Saving private Ryan(read above)
-> Star wars(what can i say ? ah yah, über)
-> South Park,bigger,longer and uncut(no comment)

You're joking, right? I'm not trying to be offensive, but how old are you?

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
So what are some of your favorite movies Mr high and mighty?

[Quarterquack]

The only worse list of movies I've ever seen in my life was this:

1. Twilight
2. Never Back Down
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
4. Gladiator
5. Iron Man
6. The Proposal
7. Forever Strong
8. The Dark Knight
9. The Blind Side
10. Mission: Impossible III

[ca_aok]

The only worse list of movies I've ever seen in my life was this:

1. Twilight
2. Never Back Down
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
4. Gladiator
5. Iron Man
6. The Proposal
7. Forever Strong
8. The Dark Knight
9. The Blind Side
10. Mission: Impossible III

Had to be a troll. The only movie on that list I actually enjoyed was The Dark Knight. Mercifully I've never been subjected to watching Twilight, definitely glad I was single when that movie came out

[IdolEyes787]

How much of his other work have you read?

I can't be sure with things still coming out occasionally but pretty much everything,even though I find a lot of it overly complicated and "dry".I have even read things by his son.

Also I have every Tolkien calendar dating back to the 70's ,my one true enduring link to geekdom.

[senegal]

Umm OK but maybe you could tell me exactly which "rule" I broke so that I won't do it again?

Rule 9.

My favourite 5 movies all time
-> Lord of the rings(though the books are waaay better)
-> Black hawk down(this movie is mind blowing!)
-> Saving private Ryan(read above)
-> Star wars(what can i say ? ah yah, über)
-> South Park,bigger,longer and uncut(no comment)

You're joking, right? I'm not trying to be offensive, but how old are you?

I don't think that its's important

.

[ca_aok]

I can't be sure with things still coming out occasionally but pretty much everything,even though I find a lot of it overly complicated and "dry".I have even read things by his son.

Also I have every Tolkien calendar dating back to the 70's ,my one true enduring link to geekdom.

I stopped at LOTR/The Hobbit/The Silmarillion/The Unfinished Tales/The History of Middle Earth Series. I think I have a few others around here somewhere too.

Rule 9.

I'm sure it'll go just as well as your last report

Also, I'd love to know how his post was interpreted as racist. Stupidity is not a race one can discriminate against.

[Quarterquack]

So what are some of your favorite movies Mr high and mighty?

Since you asked me what some of my favorites are*, I'd have to say The Curious Case of Benjamin Button/Rain Man/Seven Pounds (go for it, you can make fun of this movie as everyone else does)/Pulp Fiction/Forrest Gump and those are the ones that spring up to mind at the moment.

I never said I have great taste in movies, I just don't believe that that could have been anyone's list. I was ticked off that he probably googled a few reviews over the past few days, and came back prepared to "wow" you with a crappy list of "classics"; and that is exactly what those movies are in most people's opinions (although, I never really liked LOTR/SW).

* - I never actually have a favorite list of anything. I think it's disrespectful/annoying because I will always end up forgetting some good movies/albums/games (not true, I'm very picky when it comes to games), so I'm never naive enough to come up with a "Top 5" list or say that a certain movie I've seen sits above all others.

EDIT: "Everybody's Fine" isn't that bad either. It completely bombed at the box office, but I thought that for what it was, I don't regret it ending or progressing the way it did, rather than follow suit with hundreds of other cliche scenarios.

[IdolEyes787]

* - I never actually have a favorite list of anything. I think it's disrespectful/annoying because I will always end up forgetting some good movies/albums/games (not true, I'm very picky when it comes to games), so I'm never naive enough to come up with a "Top 5" list or say that a certain movie I've seen sits above all others.

I couldn't agree more, my top 5 list (if required under penalty of death to make one) changes daily if not hourly as I remember(or forget) something that I liked.
I always say Man for All Seasons is my favorite movie even though not having seen it for many years it probably isn't any more. I just like movies like that or Zulu where there are strong moral choices and characters to look up to for one reason or another and hopefully a bit of action involved .

Like your movies as different as they are they all share certain similarities as well.

Rule 9.

My favourite 5 movies all time
-> Lord of the rings(though the books are waaay better)
-> Black hawk down(this movie is mind blowing!)
-> Saving private Ryan(read above)
-> Star wars(what can i say ? ah yah, über)
-> South Park,bigger,longer and uncut(no comment)

You're joking, right? I'm not trying to be offensive, but how old are you?

I don't think that its's important

.

Nothing is important and everything is important ,that's basically how life works.

There's a Rule 9?

[ca_aok]

I think my taste in TV and movies is far too mainstream. I'd definitely get picky on music and games though (pro tip: Modern Warfare 2 is not the best shooter ever released).