One hundred movie challenge (2008 Edition)

[mischief]

1. Singing in the rain
2. Hairspray
3. Bride & Prejudice
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. St Elmo's Fire
6. Secretary
7. Guys and Dolls
8. The Golden Compass
9. The Outsiders
10. Superbad
11. Some kind of wonderful
12. The Reaping
13. 300
14. Sweeney Todd
15. Pirates of the Carribean 3
16. Atonement
17. Zodiac
18. Pretty in pink
19. Walk the line
20. 10 things I hate about you
21. Starter for 10
22. Juno
23. Run fat boy, run
24. No country for old men
25. Saw 3
26. Saw 4
27. Stardust

28. Crash
29. Clueless
30. Football Factory

[Wicked]

Originally Posted by Wicked

1. Just Friends
2. The Princess Bride
3. Finders Fee
4. 11:14
5. Dirty Deeds
6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
7. Its a Boy Girl Thing
8. Accepted
9. Alpha Dog
10. Cry Wolf
11. Wristcutters: A Love Story
12. The Invisible
13. The Ten
14. The Girl Next Door
15. The Lookout
16. Stay Alive
17. Caffeine
18. Hackers
19. Bad Girls From Valley High
20. How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
21. The Hitcher (remake)
22. Bring It On: In It To Win It
23. High School Musical
24. High School Musical 2
25. A Cinderella Story
26. John Tucker Must Die
27. Smokin Aces
28. The Other Side
29. Sweeney Todd
30. Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
31. American Pie: Beta House
32. AVP2
33. Slackers
34. Wedding Crashers
35. American Pie
36. I Know Who Killed Me
37. Knocked Up
38. Cloverfield
39. Rocky Horror Picture Show
40. Jersey Girl
41. Mean Girls
42. National Treasure
43. The Best Man
44. Wedding Daze
45. xXx
46. Superbad
47. Deathproof
48. Nancy Drew
49. 300
50. Solstice
51. Untraceable
52. The Eye (2008)
53. Penelope
54. Sex and Breakfast
55. Agent Cody Banks
56. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
57. D.E.B.S
58. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
59. The Cave
60. The Wedding Singer
61. All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
62. Clueless

63. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Wicked]

Originally Posted by Wicked

1. Just Friends
2. The Princess Bride
3. Finders Fee
4. 11:14
5. Dirty Deeds
6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
7. Its a Boy Girl Thing
8. Accepted
9. Alpha Dog
10. Cry Wolf
11. Wristcutters: A Love Story
12. The Invisible
13. The Ten
14. The Girl Next Door
15. The Lookout
16. Stay Alive
17. Caffeine
18. Hackers
19. Bad Girls From Valley High
20. How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
21. The Hitcher (remake)
22. Bring It On: In It To Win It
23. High School Musical
24. High School Musical 2
25. A Cinderella Story
26. John Tucker Must Die
27. Smokin Aces
28. The Other Side
29. Sweeney Todd
30. Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
31. American Pie: Beta House
32. AVP2
33. Slackers
34. Wedding Crashers
35. American Pie
36. I Know Who Killed Me
37. Knocked Up
38. Cloverfield
39. Rocky Horror Picture Show
40. Jersey Girl
41. Mean Girls
42. National Treasure
43. The Best Man
44. Wedding Daze
45. xXx
46. Superbad
47. Deathproof
48. Nancy Drew
49. 300
50. Solstice
51. Untraceable
52. The Eye (2008)
53. Penelope
54. Sex and Breakfast
55. Agent Cody Banks
56. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
57. D.E.B.S
58. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
59. The Cave
60. The Wedding Singer
61. All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
62. Clueless
63. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

64. Die Hard 4.0

[Pier Angeli]

1. Saturday Night Fever
2. This Is England
3. The Science Of Sleep
4. Superbad (not through choice - fucking awful)
5. Tell No One
6. Goodbye Lenin!
7. True Romance
8. Anchorman
9. Paris Je T'aime
10. Sherrybaby
11. Volver
12. Once
13. Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
14. Love Etc
15. Control
16. There Will Be Blood (first cinema trip this year!)

[Shannow]

1 - Aguirre, Wrath of God
Epic tale of Spanish Conquistadors searching for Eldarado, getting hopelessly lost in the jungle, losing their lives, laws and minds along the way. Highly recommended.
2 - Wristcutters - A love story
Strangely non depressing tale about a lad who offs himself to discover he's went to a special afterlife for those who commit suicide, where everything is dull and grey and no-one is allowed to smile, who finds out that the woman he killed himself over has done the same, so sets out to find her. Special appearance by Tom Waits also, great wee film.
3 - Stardust
One of the best fantasy films i have seen i years, in the spirit of 'The Princess Bride' or 'willow'. Great performances, brilliat writing, fun, romance, swords, witches adventure. Easily one of my favorites of last year. Young lad sets out to find a fallen star to bring back and win the heart of his true love.
4 - I am Legend
Absolutely brilliant first hour ruined by a complete cop out of an ending. Worth a watch regardless for one of Wil Smith's finest performances.
5 - Blade Runner Final Cut.
If i need to explain Blade Runner to you, go fuck yourself. Ridley Scott goes back to clean up and tweak one of the masterpieces of cinema, and does it very well, you'll barely notice most of the changes, as it should be, this is no ham handed Lucaseque 'Star Wars' butchering job.
6 - Dragon War
This is easily one of the worst films ever made, with no attempt made at coherence, continuity or acting, and as such, i can't reccomend it highly enough. Absolutely BRILLIANT shite film.
7 - Perfume - The story of a Murderer
Based on the bestselling novel, the tale of a young ladf in 17th century france with an unnaturally acute sense of smell who learns t become a perfumer, and uses his new found education to preserve the scents of beautiful women he murders to create the ultimate perfume. It's very good, yet lacking something in the delivery, i feel.
8 - Willow
I loved this a s a kid, and love it now. Fantasy adventure, trolls, evil witches, heroic warriors, halflings, fairys, prophecy and all the other genre sandfasts. Splendid stuff for anyone that isnt a joyless cunt.
9 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Better than I remember it being, but it's no 'Road Warrior'.
10 - Pitch Black
Solidly decent Sci Fi movie about beasties that like to feast on flesh and live in the dark.
11 - Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the ring
Part 1 of Peter Jacksons adaptation of the Trilogy and still makes me giddy like a little boy every time, despite some of my reservations.
12 - Beowulf
An impressive cast dragged down by a very distracting visual style that is not consistent enough to immerse the viewer, which is really a shame as the take on the legend is actually fairly interesting and could have been a lot better. bit of a disappointment.
13 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Classic Jack Nicholson movie with him in one his best roles as the guy fighting the system in a mental institution. Brilliant film, absolutely a must see.
14 - Gangs of New York
Despite Leonardo Di Caprio being an utter sack, this manages to be an entertaining flick, helped mostly by the rest of the cast headed by Daniel Day Lewis as a sadistic gang leader in 1800s America during the civil war and the draft
15 - Casino Royale
Best Bond film in fucking years, Daniel Craig is awesome and the franchise gets a well needed kick up the arse, James Bond is dead, long live James Bond.
16 - Stay
Fantastically surreal mindfuck of a film with Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. A disturbed young lad tells his new shrink that he's going to kill himself in less than a week, and in trying to save his patient, his own reality starts to dissolve around him. Beautiful film, and very few people seem to have seen it, I recommend, most highly.
17 - Sweeny Todd
This could not be more Tim Burton if it tried, and it's Burton at his best. I'm not a fan of musicals in general, but absolutely fucking loved it, amazing performances by an outstanding cast, with liberal splashing of blood all over the place.
18 - The Golden Compass
Despite a number of really good actors, this manages to completely unimpress. Flat, charmless, uninteresting. I have never read the books though know many who love them, and i feel truly sorry for them to have been landed with such a steaming turd of a movie from it.
19 - Resident Evil Extinction
I knew this was going to be gash, but lordy, they managed to make it gash in a 'not even entertainingly' gash way Piss poor movie all in, as Paul Anderson continues to milk a fantastic videogame series to death. With any luck, someone will kill him, and Resident Evil 4 can be a reboot for the film franchise as much is it was for the games.
20 - Alien vs Predator Requiem
Alarmingly, not as bad as I expected after the utter tripe that was aborted onto the screen in the first installment. It's not a great movie by any standards, but manages to be enjoyable nonsense that I'd have no lasting complaints about being on in the background during a night of drinking with mates.
21 - Hatchet
Tagline to this was 'it's not a remake, not a sequel and it's not based on a Japanese version'. Good old fashioned nonsense horror movie, tons of gore, titties and laughs. Cameos by Freddy Krueger and the Candyman. Bunch of teens take a boat trip through a Louisiana swamp at night and end up hunted and picked off one by one by a mutated deranged psychopath wielding the weapon of title. Brilliant fun.
22 - Cloverfield
Hype aside, a solidly refreshing take on a very tired genre. Hand held camera footage might give some motion sickness though. A lot better than expected.
23 - Conan the Barbarian
Big Arnie in one of his defining roles. Fucking belter of a film. It has James Earl Jones for chrissakes. The mighty Conan seeks to avenge his fathers death at the hands of big Darth Vader voice himself. Great stuff.
24 - A Knights Tale
The late Heath Ledger as a young peasant pretending to be of noble birth so he can compete in in knightly jousts and earn a few extra pennies for him and his mates. Fun and enjoyable.
25 - Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley Scott's fucking awesome movie about the crusades. Avoid the theatrical cut and get the extended one, theres a ton of plot added in. Absofuckinglutely incredible piece of cinema, TREMENDOUS cast, let down only by the casting of Orlando Bloom in the leading role. He might have been alright had it not been for the strength of everyone else in fairness, he falls a bit flat. Rarely has the term 'epic' been more apt a description.
26 - Alien 3
The unloved runt of the litter of the Alien franchise that was, while not attaining the genre defining status of it's predecessors is aa bloody decent film in its own right, returning a little to the feel of the first film with one creature hunting and killing the rest of the cast one by one in claustrophobic tunnels on the prison planet Ellen Ripley's escape pod crash lands on.
27 - Alien
Hard to believe this film is as old as I am and still holds its own visually to this day. Simply one of the best sci fi and horror films ever crafted. Ridley Scott knows his shit, even back then, absolute must see of a film.
28 - Star Wars Ep 3
The least worst of the Star Wars prequels. Suffers a lot from the younger generation of actors not having the baws to say 'here George, this line is fucking pish'. Some of the writing is ASTOUNDINGLY bad, but the ending is actually very satisfying.
29 - Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks created one of the funniest films ever, right here, and at the same time managed to get a bloody good anti racism piece at the same time. Gene Wilder on top form, also. Bonkers and amazing, if you haven't ever seen this, go fuck yourself.
30 - Juno
Tale of a 16 year old girl that gets herself up the duff, written in a very 'teen cool' way, i found it incredibly absorbing and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to
31 - Rambo
It's FUCKING RAMBO.
32 - Snakes on a Plane
Samuel L refused to do this unless they kept the title. If you need me to tell you the plot you have lentils in your braincase. Best watched with mates and booze. Incredibly silly, incredibly enjoyable.
33 - There Will be Blood
The title does not lie. Daniel Day Lewis is fucking incredible in this as an oilman back at the start of the industry. Incredibly tense, and magnificently filmed.
34 - The Name of the Rose
Sean Connery and a young Christian Slater in a magnificently atmospheric whodunnit set in a monastery in the 1300s with rumors of the devil bringing the holy Inquisition around. Really creepy, and really fucking good.[/quote]
35 - Children of Men
ASTOUNDINGLY awesome film, set 20 years from now, only for the last 18, no-one on earth has been able to have kids, and the world is falling apart. Some of the msot incredible scenes i can remember watching, with the camera not cutting for 5 minutes or so at a time. Absolutely brutal, and incredibly powerful, see this, you won't regret it.
36 - Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix Very rushed feeling film, having seen the thickness of the book I can only imagine how much they had to remove to keep this a reasonable length, but in doing so they have removed most of whta i enjoyed about its predecessors, though they can't really afford to be dilly dallying as their main cast creep ever nearer their twenties instead of the mid teens they're supposed to be.
37 - Hard Candy
The heartwarming tale of a 14 year old girl who meets up with a 32 year old man on the internet, and the enjoyable day they spend together. Not for the faint of heart.
38 - Die Hard 3 - Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons hamming it u to a degree he only bettered in 'Dungeons and Dragons'. Action, explosions, motherfucking yes.
39 - Die Hard 4 - Yet another day in the life of Bruce Willis, on par with the rest of the series as enjoyable nonsense with tons of shit blowing up, ridiculous stunts (he leaps onto a frickin jump jet for chrissakes) and crazed bad guys out to do some crimes. Great stuff.
40 - Brotherhood of the Wolf - So, you take a period drama, a martial arts movie, a monster/werewolf movie, throw in some elements of a whodunnit and evil church conspiracies, add in Monica Belluci's tits, some of the most beautiful cinematography and fight choreography you're evr going to see in your puff, and this is what you get. Outstanding film, and somewhat unique in its multi genre approach, an idea which could easily have fell on its arse. Only just realized the UK version is missing a whole subplot.
Anyway, this is awesome, and contains the single greatest, 'breast into mountain' fade you will ever see on film.
41 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - the first time Harrison Ford donned the whip and hat, and the benchmark still against which all action adventures are held to. Spawned a thousand imitations, none of which has ever come close. An absolute joy to watch, unless you're a fucking idiot.

42 - The Prestige Fantastic cast and set design, not quite sure whether I liked it or not ad may need to watch it again. Tale of obsessive magicians attempting to outdo each other in 1800's london.

[Henry Chinaski]

1. Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. Flags Of Our Fathers
4. The Black Book
5. Downfall
6. Batman Begins
7. Batman
8. Batman Returns
9. Batman Forever
10. Batman and Robin
11. Good Night And Good Luck
12. Enron - The Smartest Guys In The Room
13. Children Of Men
14. This Is England
15. The Insider
16. Rocky Balboa
17. Shortbus
18. Brokeback Mountain
19. SS Experiment - Love Camp
20. The Machinist
21. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
22. No Country For Old Men
23. American Pie: Beta House
24. Midnight Cowboy
25. The Human Stain
26. Good Will Hunting
27. Dead Poets Society

[Wicked]

Originally Posted by Wicked

1. Just Friends
2. The Princess Bride
3. Finders Fee
4. 11:14
5. Dirty Deeds
6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
7. Its a Boy Girl Thing
8. Accepted
9. Alpha Dog
10. Cry Wolf
11. Wristcutters: A Love Story
12. The Invisible
13. The Ten
14. The Girl Next Door
15. The Lookout
16. Stay Alive
17. Caffeine
18. Hackers
19. Bad Girls From Valley High
20. How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
21. The Hitcher (remake)
22. Bring It On: In It To Win It
23. High School Musical
24. High School Musical 2
25. A Cinderella Story
26. John Tucker Must Die
27. Smokin Aces
28. The Other Side
29. Sweeney Todd
30. Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
31. American Pie: Beta House
32. AVP2
33. Slackers
34. Wedding Crashers
35. American Pie
36. I Know Who Killed Me
37. Knocked Up
38. Cloverfield
39. Rocky Horror Picture Show
40. Jersey Girl
41. Mean Girls
42. National Treasure
43. The Best Man
44. Wedding Daze
45. xXx
46. Superbad
47. Deathproof
48. Nancy Drew
49. 300
50. Solstice
51. Untraceable
52. The Eye (2008)
53. Penelope
54. Sex and Breakfast
55. Agent Cody Banks
56. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
57. D.E.B.S
58. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
59. The Cave
60. The Wedding Singer
61. All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
62. Clueless
63. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
64. Die Hard 4.0

65. Southland Tales

[lu.]

Originally Posted by lu.

14) monster in law
15)juno
16)the lion witch and the wardrobe
17)awake
18)children of men
19)human traffic


out of curiosity, i take it im only supposed to put films ive seen for the first time?!

20) the brave one- really upset me this film did
21)marie antonette- started well but last half hr ruined it

[Shannow]

1 - Aguirre, Wrath of God
Epic tale of Spanish Conquistadors searching for Eldarado, getting hopelessly lost in the jungle, losing their lives, laws and minds along the way. Highly recommended.
2 - Wristcutters - A love story
Strangely non depressing tale about a lad who offs himself to discover he's went to a special afterlife for those who commit suicide, where everything is dull and grey and no-one is allowed to smile, who finds out that the woman he killed himself over has done the same, so sets out to find her. Special appearance by Tom Waits also, great wee film.
3 - Stardust
One of the best fantasy films i have seen i years, in the spirit of 'The Princess Bride' or 'willow'. Great performances, brilliat writing, fun, romance, swords, witches adventure. Easily one of my favorites of last year. Young lad sets out to find a fallen star to bring back and win the heart of his true love.
4 - I am Legend
Absolutely brilliant first hour ruined by a complete cop out of an ending. Worth a watch regardless for one of Wil Smith's finest performances.
5 - Blade Runner Final Cut.
If i need to explain Blade Runner to you, go fuck yourself. Ridley Scott goes back to clean up and tweak one of the masterpieces of cinema, and does it very well, you'll barely notice most of the changes, as it should be, this is no ham handed Lucaseque 'Star Wars' butchering job.
6 - Dragon War
This is easily one of the worst films ever made, with no attempt made at coherence, continuity or acting, and as such, i can't reccomend it highly enough. Absolutely BRILLIANT shite film.
7 - Perfume - The story of a Murderer
Based on the bestselling novel, the tale of a young ladf in 17th century france with an unnaturally acute sense of smell who learns t become a perfumer, and uses his new found education to preserve the scents of beautiful women he murders to create the ultimate perfume. It's very good, yet lacking something in the delivery, i feel.
8 - Willow
I loved this a s a kid, and love it now. Fantasy adventure, trolls, evil witches, heroic warriors, halflings, fairys, prophecy and all the other genre sandfasts. Splendid stuff for anyone that isnt a joyless cunt.
9 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Better than I remember it being, but it's no 'Road Warrior'.
10 - Pitch Black
Solidly decent Sci Fi movie about beasties that like to feast on flesh and live in the dark.
11 - Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the ring
Part 1 of Peter Jacksons adaptation of the Trilogy and still makes me giddy like a little boy every time, despite some of my reservations.
12 - Beowulf
An impressive cast dragged down by a very distracting visual style that is not consistent enough to immerse the viewer, which is really a shame as the take on the legend is actually fairly interesting and could have been a lot better. bit of a disappointment.
13 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Classic Jack Nicholson movie with him in one his best roles as the guy fighting the system in a mental institution. Brilliant film, absolutely a must see.
14 - Gangs of New York
Despite Leonardo Di Caprio being an utter sack, this manages to be an entertaining flick, helped mostly by the rest of the cast headed by Daniel Day Lewis as a sadistic gang leader in 1800s America during the civil war and the draft
15 - Casino Royale
Best Bond film in fucking years, Daniel Craig is awesome and the franchise gets a well needed kick up the arse, James Bond is dead, long live James Bond.
16 - Stay
Fantastically surreal mindfuck of a film with Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. A disturbed young lad tells his new shrink that he's going to kill himself in less than a week, and in trying to save his patient, his own reality starts to dissolve around him. Beautiful film, and very few people seem to have seen it, I recommend, most highly.
17 - Sweeny Todd
This could not be more Tim Burton if it tried, and it's Burton at his best. I'm not a fan of musicals in general, but absolutely fucking loved it, amazing performances by an outstanding cast, with liberal splashing of blood all over the place.
18 - The Golden Compass
Despite a number of really good actors, this manages to completely unimpress. Flat, charmless, uninteresting. I have never read the books though know many who love them, and i feel truly sorry for them to have been landed with such a steaming turd of a movie from it.
19 - Resident Evil Extinction
I knew this was going to be gash, but lordy, they managed to make it gash in a 'not even entertainingly' gash way Piss poor movie all in, as Paul Anderson continues to milk a fantastic videogame series to death. With any luck, someone will kill him, and Resident Evil 4 can be a reboot for the film franchise as much is it was for the games.
20 - Alien vs Predator Requiem
Alarmingly, not as bad as I expected after the utter tripe that was aborted onto the screen in the first installment. It's not a great movie by any standards, but manages to be enjoyable nonsense that I'd have no lasting complaints about being on in the background during a night of drinking with mates.
21 - Hatchet
Tagline to this was 'it's not a remake, not a sequel and it's not based on a Japanese version'. Good old fashioned nonsense horror movie, tons of gore, titties and laughs. Cameos by Freddy Krueger and the Candyman. Bunch of teens take a boat trip through a Louisiana swamp at night and end up hunted and picked off one by one by a mutated deranged psychopath wielding the weapon of title. Brilliant fun.
22 - Cloverfield
Hype aside, a solidly refreshing take on a very tired genre. Hand held camera footage might give some motion sickness though. A lot better than expected.
23 - Conan the Barbarian
Big Arnie in one of his defining roles. Fucking belter of a film. It has James Earl Jones for chrissakes. The mighty Conan seeks to avenge his fathers death at the hands of big Darth Vader voice himself. Great stuff.
24 - A Knights Tale
The late Heath Ledger as a young peasant pretending to be of noble birth so he can compete in in knightly jousts and earn a few extra pennies for him and his mates. Fun and enjoyable.
25 - Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley Scott's fucking awesome movie about the crusades. Avoid the theatrical cut and get the extended one, theres a ton of plot added in. Absofuckinglutely incredible piece of cinema, TREMENDOUS cast, let down only by the casting of Orlando Bloom in the leading role. He might have been alright had it not been for the strength of everyone else in fairness, he falls a bit flat. Rarely has the term 'epic' been more apt a description.
26 - Alien 3
The unloved runt of the litter of the Alien franchise that was, while not attaining the genre defining status of it's predecessors is aa bloody decent film in its own right, returning a little to the feel of the first film with one creature hunting and killing the rest of the cast one by one in claustrophobic tunnels on the prison planet Ellen Ripley's escape pod crash lands on.
27 - Alien
Hard to believe this film is as old as I am and still holds its own visually to this day. Simply one of the best sci fi and horror films ever crafted. Ridley Scott knows his shit, even back then, absolute must see of a film.
28 - Star Wars Ep 3
The least worst of the Star Wars prequels. Suffers a lot from the younger generation of actors not having the baws to say 'here George, this line is fucking pish'. Some of the writing is ASTOUNDINGLY bad, but the ending is actually very satisfying.
29 - Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks created one of the funniest films ever, right here, and at the same time managed to get a bloody good anti racism piece at the same time. Gene Wilder on top form, also. Bonkers and amazing, if you haven't ever seen this, go fuck yourself.
30 - Juno
Tale of a 16 year old girl that gets herself up the duff, written in a very 'teen cool' way, i found it incredibly absorbing and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to
31 - Rambo
It's FUCKING RAMBO.
32 - Snakes on a Plane
Samuel L refused to do this unless they kept the title. If you need me to tell you the plot you have lentils in your braincase. Best watched with mates and booze. Incredibly silly, incredibly enjoyable.
33 - There Will be Blood
The title does not lie. Daniel Day Lewis is fucking incredible in this as an oilman back at the start of the industry. Incredibly tense, and magnificently filmed.
34 - The Name of the Rose
Sean Connery and a young Christian Slater in a magnificently atmospheric whodunnit set in a monastery in the 1300s with rumors of the devil bringing the holy Inquisition around. Really creepy, and really fucking good.[/quote]
35 - Children of Men
ASTOUNDINGLY awesome film, set 20 years from now, only for the last 18, no-one on earth has been able to have kids, and the world is falling apart. Some of the msot incredible scenes i can remember watching, with the camera not cutting for 5 minutes or so at a time. Absolutely brutal, and incredibly powerful, see this, you won't regret it.
36 - Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix Very rushed feeling film, having seen the thickness of the book I can only imagine how much they had to remove to keep this a reasonable length, but in doing so they have removed most of whta i enjoyed about its predecessors, though they can't really afford to be dilly dallying as their main cast creep ever nearer their twenties instead of the mid teens they're supposed to be.
37 - Hard Candy
The heartwarming tale of a 14 year old girl who meets up with a 32 year old man on the internet, and the enjoyable day they spend together. Not for the faint of heart.
38 - Die Hard 3 - Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons hamming it u to a degree he only bettered in 'Dungeons and Dragons'. Action, explosions, motherfucking yes.
39 - Die Hard 4 - Yet another day in the life of Bruce Willis, on par with the rest of the series as enjoyable nonsense with tons of shit blowing up, ridiculous stunts (he leaps onto a frickin jump jet for chrissakes) and crazed bad guys out to do some crimes. Great stuff.
40 - Brotherhood of the Wolf - So, you take a period drama, a martial arts movie, a monster/werewolf movie, throw in some elements of a whodunnit and evil church conspiracies, add in Monica Belluci's tits, some of the most beautiful cinematography and fight choreography you're evr going to see in your puff, and this is what you get. Outstanding film, and somewhat unique in its multi genre approach, an idea which could easily have fell on its arse. Only just realized the UK version is missing a whole subplot.
Anyway, this is awesome, and contains the single greatest, 'breast into mountain' fade you will ever see on film.
41 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - the first time Harrison Ford donned the whip and hat, and the benchmark still against which all action adventures are held to. Spawned a thousand imitations, none of which has ever come close. An absolute joy to watch, unless you're a fucking idiot.
42 - The Prestige Fantastic cast and set design, not quite sure whether I liked it or not ad may need to watch it again. Tale of obsessive magicians attempting to outdo each other in 1800's London.

43 - Doom - Fairly enjoyable sci fi monster action nonsense, , let down by dull score and less action than one might have hoped for

[pANDAS Radio]

Originally Posted by lu.

21)marie antonette- started well but last half hr ruined it

Should they have changed the ending?

[Shannow]

1 - Aguirre, Wrath of God
Epic tale of Spanish Conquistadors searching for Eldarado, getting hopelessly lost in the jungle, losing their lives, laws and minds along the way. Highly recommended.
2 - Wristcutters - A love story
Strangely non depressing tale about a lad who offs himself to discover he's went to a special afterlife for those who commit suicide, where everything is dull and grey and no-one is allowed to smile, who finds out that the woman he killed himself over has done the same, so sets out to find her. Special appearance by Tom Waits also, great wee film.
3 - Stardust
One of the best fantasy films i have seen i years, in the spirit of 'The Princess Bride' or 'willow'. Great performances, brilliat writing, fun, romance, swords, witches adventure. Easily one of my favorites of last year. Young lad sets out to find a fallen star to bring back and win the heart of his true love.
4 - I am Legend
Absolutely brilliant first hour ruined by a complete cop out of an ending. Worth a watch regardless for one of Wil Smith's finest performances.
5 - Blade Runner Final Cut.
If i need to explain Blade Runner to you, go fuck yourself. Ridley Scott goes back to clean up and tweak one of the masterpieces of cinema, and does it very well, you'll barely notice most of the changes, as it should be, this is no ham handed Lucaseque 'Star Wars' butchering job.
6 - Dragon War
This is easily one of the worst films ever made, with no attempt made at coherence, continuity or acting, and as such, i can't reccomend it highly enough. Absolutely BRILLIANT shite film.
7 - Perfume - The story of a Murderer
Based on the bestselling novel, the tale of a young ladf in 17th century france with an unnaturally acute sense of smell who learns t become a perfumer, and uses his new found education to preserve the scents of beautiful women he murders to create the ultimate perfume. It's very good, yet lacking something in the delivery, i feel.
8 - Willow
I loved this a s a kid, and love it now. Fantasy adventure, trolls, evil witches, heroic warriors, halflings, fairys, prophecy and all the other genre sandfasts. Splendid stuff for anyone that isnt a joyless cunt.
9 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Better than I remember it being, but it's no 'Road Warrior'.
10 - Pitch Black
Solidly decent Sci Fi movie about beasties that like to feast on flesh and live in the dark.
11 - Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the ring
Part 1 of Peter Jacksons adaptation of the Trilogy and still makes me giddy like a little boy every time, despite some of my reservations.
12 - Beowulf
An impressive cast dragged down by a very distracting visual style that is not consistent enough to immerse the viewer, which is really a shame as the take on the legend is actually fairly interesting and could have been a lot better. bit of a disappointment.
13 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Classic Jack Nicholson movie with him in one his best roles as the guy fighting the system in a mental institution. Brilliant film, absolutely a must see.
14 - Gangs of New York
Despite Leonardo Di Caprio being an utter sack, this manages to be an entertaining flick, helped mostly by the rest of the cast headed by Daniel Day Lewis as a sadistic gang leader in 1800s America during the civil war and the draft
15 - Casino Royale
Best Bond film in fucking years, Daniel Craig is awesome and the franchise gets a well needed kick up the arse, James Bond is dead, long live James Bond.
16 - Stay
Fantastically surreal mindfuck of a film with Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. A disturbed young lad tells his new shrink that he's going to kill himself in less than a week, and in trying to save his patient, his own reality starts to dissolve around him. Beautiful film, and very few people seem to have seen it, I recommend, most highly.
17 - Sweeny Todd
This could not be more Tim Burton if it tried, and it's Burton at his best. I'm not a fan of musicals in general, but absolutely fucking loved it, amazing performances by an outstanding cast, with liberal splashing of blood all over the place.
18 - The Golden Compass
Despite a number of really good actors, this manages to completely unimpress. Flat, charmless, uninteresting. I have never read the books though know many who love them, and i feel truly sorry for them to have been landed with such a steaming turd of a movie from it.
19 - Resident Evil Extinction
I knew this was going to be gash, but lordy, they managed to make it gash in a 'not even entertainingly' gash way Piss poor movie all in, as Paul Anderson continues to milk a fantastic videogame series to death. With any luck, someone will kill him, and Resident Evil 4 can be a reboot for the film franchise as much is it was for the games.
20 - Alien vs Predator Requiem
Alarmingly, not as bad as I expected after the utter tripe that was aborted onto the screen in the first installment. It's not a great movie by any standards, but manages to be enjoyable nonsense that I'd have no lasting complaints about being on in the background during a night of drinking with mates.
21 - Hatchet
Tagline to this was 'it's not a remake, not a sequel and it's not based on a Japanese version'. Good old fashioned nonsense horror movie, tons of gore, titties and laughs. Cameos by Freddy Krueger and the Candyman. Bunch of teens take a boat trip through a Louisiana swamp at night and end up hunted and picked off one by one by a mutated deranged psychopath wielding the weapon of title. Brilliant fun.
22 - Cloverfield
Hype aside, a solidly refreshing take on a very tired genre. Hand held camera footage might give some motion sickness though. A lot better than expected.
23 - Conan the Barbarian
Big Arnie in one of his defining roles. Fucking belter of a film. It has James Earl Jones for chrissakes. The mighty Conan seeks to avenge his fathers death at the hands of big Darth Vader voice himself. Great stuff.
24 - A Knights Tale
The late Heath Ledger as a young peasant pretending to be of noble birth so he can compete in in knightly jousts and earn a few extra pennies for him and his mates. Fun and enjoyable.
25 - Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley Scott's fucking awesome movie about the crusades. Avoid the theatrical cut and get the extended one, theres a ton of plot added in. Absofuckinglutely incredible piece of cinema, TREMENDOUS cast, let down only by the casting of Orlando Bloom in the leading role. He might have been alright had it not been for the strength of everyone else in fairness, he falls a bit flat. Rarely has the term 'epic' been more apt a description.
26 - Alien 3
The unloved runt of the litter of the Alien franchise that was, while not attaining the genre defining status of it's predecessors is aa bloody decent film in its own right, returning a little to the feel of the first film with one creature hunting and killing the rest of the cast one by one in claustrophobic tunnels on the prison planet Ellen Ripley's escape pod crash lands on.
27 - Alien
Hard to believe this film is as old as I am and still holds its own visually to this day. Simply one of the best sci fi and horror films ever crafted. Ridley Scott knows his shit, even back then, absolute must see of a film.
28 - Star Wars Ep 3
The least worst of the Star Wars prequels. Suffers a lot from the younger generation of actors not having the baws to say 'here George, this line is fucking pish'. Some of the writing is ASTOUNDINGLY bad, but the ending is actually very satisfying.
29 - Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks created one of the funniest films ever, right here, and at the same time managed to get a bloody good anti racism piece at the same time. Gene Wilder on top form, also. Bonkers and amazing, if you haven't ever seen this, go fuck yourself.
30 - Juno
Tale of a 16 year old girl that gets herself up the duff, written in a very 'teen cool' way, i found it incredibly absorbing and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to
31 - Rambo
It's FUCKING RAMBO.
32 - Snakes on a Plane
Samuel L refused to do this unless they kept the title. If you need me to tell you the plot you have lentils in your braincase. Best watched with mates and booze. Incredibly silly, incredibly enjoyable.
33 - There Will be Blood
The title does not lie. Daniel Day Lewis is fucking incredible in this as an oilman back at the start of the industry. Incredibly tense, and magnificently filmed.
34 - The Name of the Rose
Sean Connery and a young Christian Slater in a magnificently atmospheric whodunnit set in a monastery in the 1300s with rumors of the devil bringing the holy Inquisition around. Really creepy, and really fucking good.[/quote]
35 - Children of Men
ASTOUNDINGLY awesome film, set 20 years from now, only for the last 18, no-one on earth has been able to have kids, and the world is falling apart. Some of the msot incredible scenes i can remember watching, with the camera not cutting for 5 minutes or so at a time. Absolutely brutal, and incredibly powerful, see this, you won't regret it.
36 - Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix Very rushed feeling film, having seen the thickness of the book I can only imagine how much they had to remove to keep this a reasonable length, but in doing so they have removed most of whta i enjoyed about its predecessors, though they can't really afford to be dilly dallying as their main cast creep ever nearer their twenties instead of the mid teens they're supposed to be.
37 - Hard Candy
The heartwarming tale of a 14 year old girl who meets up with a 32 year old man on the internet, and the enjoyable day they spend together. Not for the faint of heart.
38 - Die Hard 3 - Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons hamming it u to a degree he only bettered in 'Dungeons and Dragons'. Action, explosions, motherfucking yes.
39 - Die Hard 4 - Yet another day in the life of Bruce Willis, on par with the rest of the series as enjoyable nonsense with tons of shit blowing up, ridiculous stunts (he leaps onto a frickin jump jet for chrissakes) and crazed bad guys out to do some crimes. Great stuff.
40 - Brotherhood of the Wolf - So, you take a period drama, a martial arts movie, a monster/werewolf movie, throw in some elements of a whodunnit and evil church conspiracies, add in Monica Belluci's tits, some of the most beautiful cinematography and fight choreography you're evr going to see in your puff, and this is what you get. Outstanding film, and somewhat unique in its multi genre approach, an idea which could easily have fell on its arse. Only just realized the UK version is missing a whole subplot.
Anyway, this is awesome, and contains the single greatest, 'breast into mountain' fade you will ever see on film.
41 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - the first time Harrison Ford donned the whip and hat, and the benchmark still against which all action adventures are held to. Spawned a thousand imitations, none of which has ever come close. An absolute joy to watch, unless you're a fucking idiot.
42 - The Prestige Fantastic cast and set design, not quite sure whether I liked it or not ad may need to watch it again. Tale of obsessive magicians attempting to outdo each other in 1800's London.
43 - Doom - Fairly enjoyable sci fi monster action nonsense, , let down by dull score and less action than one might have hoped for

44 - 30 days of night - A hell of a lot better than i was expecting, and aside from the ending being a bit of a wet fish, not a fucking bad vampire movie at all, indeed, made me think very much of John Carpenter in the directorial style.