Movies
by robbo650 on Jan 5, 2009 7:08 PM MST
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Its probally just me but after a week of "whose going to be the next Head coach" and all the evaluations of the possible canidates i get a little bored of it.(NO offense but all the post had blended in to one for me). So i decided to ask Mile HIgh Report what movie or scene from a movie is your favorite.
My favorite movie is Talledega Nights:the ballad of Ricky Bobby. And my favorite movie scene is the fight scene from anchorman. "Whered you get a grenade from??" "I dont know" Priceless
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Sticking with Will Ferrell,
I liked Step Brothers a lot and then 300 was sweet.
My 2009 cuts/trades/etc: Prater, Hall, Young, McCree, Maneul, T. Bell, B. Bailey, C. Bailey, Slowik, Englenberger, Winborn, Pittman, Ramsey, Webster. (Subject to Update)
by broncodude793 on Jan 5, 2009 7:19 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Not a Will Ferrell fan
My favorite movies right now are Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall
by broncofan91 on Jan 5, 2009 7:35 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
The chess pieces scene
in Forgetting Sarah Marshall was hilarious. Sadly, that’s probably a pretty revealing commentary about myself.
They call me Bubblegum.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 6, 2009 7:05 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I got a few
Remember the Titans for favorite football movie and then The Dark Night and Elf with Will Ferrell
In Bowlen We Trust!
by broncoboy on Jan 5, 2009 7:57 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I could use a good movie..
Right now I’m watching League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and losing about 5 IQ points an hour. It’s freaking retarded.
My favorite movie changes about once a month, but the list has included The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the King, Anchorman, The Dark Night, and Joe Dirt. Except for Joe Dirt.
I don’t really have a favorite scene… Basically every scene in RotK was epic, and stuff.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 5, 2009 7:59 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Ouch
that movie sucks baaaaaad I’m watching the fiesta bowl
by broncofan91 on Jan 5, 2009 8:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
me 2!
GO LONGHORNS!!!! hopefully one of my football teams can end the year on a high note!
In Bowlen We Trust!
by broncoboy on Jan 5, 2009 8:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah not right now....
hopefully colt can make some more plays with his feet. he didnt do that in the 1st half. plus he is the only one that can run the ball on UT. the RBs suck!
In Bowlen We Trust!
by broncoboy on Jan 5, 2009 8:18 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
thats what im talking about
colts their best rusher
In Bowlen We Trust!
by broncoboy on Jan 5, 2009 8:26 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh snap the Fiesta Bowl is on.
My dad was into “LXG.” Or at least the girl that played the vampire. And the car Tom Sawyer drives is cool. Wait, did I just type that? Did I seriously just f*cking type that?! Oh well, time to go steal the remote and my sanity.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 5, 2009 8:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Anchorman is the single funniest movie ever created. I hope they don't make a sequel, like I've been hearing. It would only lower the legend of Ron Burgundy.
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 5, 2009 8:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I Tivo'd it
(League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that is) because I was watching the Fiesta Bowl (I love seeing Ohio State lose).
Sounds like I should just delete it without bothering to watch it.
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 9:58 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
For great comedy
You can’t miss The Princess Bride.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 5, 2009 8:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
cue Guru
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:30 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Inconceivable!
Which leads me to one of my favorite lines
Have fun storming the castle!
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 9:59 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You keep using that word...I don't think it means what you think it means
Was it hard? "It hurts. But tough times don’t last — tough people do. That’s life." - Mike Shanahan
by Steve O' on Jan 6, 2009 6:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Best movie = Brigadoon
Best scene = any scene that featured a Bond girl!
Movie quote used today = “Ricky Bobby, that’s crazy talk” (I was doing some consultation for new construction that would replace a National Guard facility).
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
by Arctic Bronco on Jan 5, 2009 8:09 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Brigadoon is only seen once every hundred years, similar to a good Al Davis personnel decision
"Brigadoon is a musical that tells the story of a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every hundred years, though to the villagers, the passing of each century seems no longer than one night. The enchantment is viewed by them as a blessing rather than a curse, for it saved the village from destruction.
According to their covenant with God, no one from Brigadoon may ever leave, or the enchantment will be broken and the site and all its inhabitants will disappear into the mist forever. Two American tourists, lost in the Scottish Highlands, stumble upon the village just as a wedding is about to be celebrated, and their arrival has serious implications for the village’s inhabitants."
Unfortunately, the arrival of the lost American tourists precipitates romantic developments. It is still a great movie notwithstanding the romance aspect.
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
by Arctic Bronco on Jan 5, 2009 9:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Godfather anyone?
I also really love Little Miss Sunshine. What a combination i know…
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 5, 2009 8:43 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Does that make "Johnney Dangerously" your favorite?
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 5, 2009 9:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a comedy
The main character was Keaton (Original Batman)
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 5, 2009 9:26 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll have to check it out sometime
interesting combo
by broncofan91 on Jan 5, 2009 9:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Good movie in its day, but a little past its prime
“It’s an 88 magnum, it shoots through schools.”
or how about
“You farging sneaky bastages.”
Thanks to Mike Shanahan, a great coach who will be dearly missed.
Since we have to hire someone, please get a defensive coach Mr. Bowlen.
Hillis for starter next year. He wears special thigh pads so his solid brass balls don't give him repeated thigh contusions.
by 53guys on Jan 6, 2009 6:17 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Why you miserable cork soaker. This is fargin war!!!.
"Calling all cars. Calling all cars. Be on the look out for… now listen to this: Dangerously and accomplices dressed as nuns driving a sedan covered with… oh you’ll love this… duckies and bunnies.
Calling all cars. Calling all cars. Come to Dooley’s bar and grill. I’m buyin’. "
Johnny Dangerously is good, but I will take any of the good 80’s SNL guys’s movies – Beverly Hills Cop, Spies Like Us, Fletch, etc.
The closest I came to pissing myself in a theater was the “Uncle Fucker” song in the South Park movie.
by MattR on Jan 5, 2009 10:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the scene in the classroom.
Cartman: “Shut up Kyle you fucking Jew!”
Mr. Garrison: “Eric, did you just say the F word?”
Cartman: “What, Jew?”
Kyle: “No, he’s talking about fuck. You can’t say fuck in school, you fucking fatass!”
And then the “Kyle’s mom is a big fat bitch” song by Cartman, especially when she shows up at the end…
I loves me some South Park.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 4:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon now..........
Best Movie of all time was Lonesome Dove. Robert Duvall is the best actor that ever lived. My favorite football movie is either Remember the Titans, Rudy, or the tribute documentary of the Broncos first Super Bowl win. LOL Also liked Facing the Giants. As far as comedy goes, I like the old classics “Strange Brew” and “Tommy Boy”. Although Just about any Jim Carrey movie cracks me up too. Good post man, lightens things up a bit. LOL
The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???
by Broncofan on Jan 5, 2009 9:18 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I thought Lonesome Dove was a television mini series
If that’s the case perhaps Shogun or other such mini series could be included.
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 5, 2009 9:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It was.........
But it’s still my favorite.
The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???
by Broncofan on Jan 5, 2009 9:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Then Shogun wins.
But only because I’m an insanely insane Japanophile.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 4:46 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Japanese Culture is top of cool in whole world
fun happy time.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:38 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
When you have game shows like this, you win at everything ever.
You just have to be careful when you go there, as demonstrated by this safety sign.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 2:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Shogun
The movie with Richard Chamberlain sucked – what a wimp. But the book is one of the best novels ever – I’ve read it ten times or so.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 11:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Ditto
Jim Goodman for Broncos GM!
by Emmett Smith on Jan 6, 2009 1:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Shogun
It’s based on historical fact. All of the main characters, including Blackthorne and his ship, the Erasmus, were real. Blackthorne lived out his life in Japan, building at least one ship that sailed to S. America. His name was actually Will Adams. Mariko was a real person, Catholic and multi lingual.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 2:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
I never knew that. I didn’t know the Japanese would accept a foreign… Don’t ant to spoil the ending in case anyone here hasn’t read it. See, now I need to go read it again. I just don’t have the time.. It’s a little big.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 2:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Should we start talking Anime?
Rurouni Kenshin in the OVAs (as opposed to the manga TV show).
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal = WIN.
"That’s what the Denver Broncos are…we want to win championships, and I think we will in the near future. I’ll always be a part of that."
- Former Broncos Coach and Future HOF Mike Shanahan, 12/31/08
by Colorado_Kitten on Jan 6, 2009 12:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
POKEMON!!!
lol, just kidding. I actually used to hate the Pokemon anime with a passion. I thought it took away from the “coolness” of the games. (In case you’re wondering, I don’t really care about it anymore. Pokemon is sort of a repressed memory to me now, though I could still probably name all of the original 151 in order if a gun was pressed to my head. lol)
I think anime are actually better in Japanese. I like it when they get all angry and their heads get huge… WTF am I talking about? Is anyone still reading this? If you are, WTF are you still reading this for?? I’ve gone off the deep end. And into shark-infested waters. Or bear-infested waters.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 2:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh Yeah...................
My favorite line was from Lonesome Dove when Captain Call (Tommy Lee Jones) comments after giving a brutal beating to a belligerant man and he notices the crowd of people standing there gawking at him in shock because he nearly killed the man, he is socially awkward and his comment was hilarious. He explains the beating by saying, “I hate rude behavior in a man, won’t tolerate it.” Guess you had to be there but it was funny.
The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???
by Broncofan on Jan 5, 2009 9:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Great line
Great scene. I love Lonsesome Dove, but can’t watch it after Gus dies.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 11:53 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
A move about prison with a simiar feel to mafia
“The Shawshank Redemption” was good.
As far as scenes: The ending of “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly” was good as was Legolas taking out the Elephant in “Return of the King”.
The sports movie “Invincible” was good as was “Rudy”
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 5, 2009 9:20 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Shawshank is awesome
Invincible is pretty good too
by broncofan91 on Jan 5, 2009 9:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Shawshank redemption is my #1 alltime movie
“Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’. That’s god-damn right. For the second time in my life, I am guilty of committing a crime. Parole violation. Of course, I doubt they’ll toss up any roadblocks for that. Not for an old crook like me… I find I am so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I always liked...
Some birds weren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright.
I hope I quoted that right.
Col. Sandurz: Prepare ship for light speed!
Dark Helmet: No, no, no, light speed is too slow!
Col. Sandurz: Light speed, too slow?!
Dark Helmet: Yes, we're gonna have to go right to . . . ludicrous speed!
Col. Sandurz: Ludicrous speed?! Sir, we've never gone that fast before. I don't know if the ship can take it.
Dark Helmet: What's the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?
by orangeblood on Jan 6, 2009 2:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
And there is always Wied Al's movie UHF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbbNCWZ2lvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc
by MattR on Jan 5, 2009 10:15 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I loved UHF
“Hey Baldie!” There’s only one justice. His own. Ghandi II
Plus the guy teaching poodles how to fly and sticking turtles to the ceiling. It so stupid and so funny.
by CalgaryFan on Jan 6, 2009 7:49 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Tslices top ten
Being the movie freak i am here is my top ten
1. Braveheart (FREEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDOMMMMMMMM)
2. Gladiator. (I can watch this movie anytime anywhere)
3. The Last Samurai ( Any tom cruise movie but this one is his best)
4. The Dark Knight (Thank you Heath Leger)
5. Saving Private Ryan (Best WW2 movie period)
6. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner as john dunbar can’t go wrong there)
7. The Shawshank Redemtion (CLASSIC)
8. The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Its basically one long awesome 3 part movie)
9. Pineapple Express ( I never thought i would laugh because of James Franco)
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Long and slow but is one of my new favorites)
Outside Looking in
Godfather Trilogy, Indiana jones movies, The Legend of the Falls, Young Guns, Superbad, Old School, Wedding Crashers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Honorable Mentions
Rudy, Remember the Titans, Rocky (All of them), The Departed, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, 300, i could seriously go on and on
Mile High Salute
by TommyTSlice on Jan 5, 2009 10:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I like almost all of those
I didnt really like The Last Samurai
by broncofan91 on Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Good list
Thanks to Mike Shanahan, a great coach who will be dearly missed.
Since we have to hire someone, please get a defensive coach Mr. Bowlen.
Hillis for starter next year. He wears special thigh pads so his solid brass balls don't give him repeated thigh contusions.
by 53guys on Jan 6, 2009 6:20 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Those are all good ones.......
Except I haven’t seen. 10 yet but I like all the others.
The player who thinks he can and the player who knows he can are two different players, which one are you???
by Broncofan on Jan 6, 2009 7:18 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Going somewhat old school
Best movie is This is Spinal Tap (classic)
Best sports movie…Hoosiers
by BroncoJeff on Jan 5, 2009 10:41 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
"They go up to eleven."
CLASSIC
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:42 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I would have to say
The Dark Knight, American History X, Shawshank Redemtion is a classic, oh and Fight Club
by gnarlybroncodude on Jan 6, 2009 12:30 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
I have to add the ones I forgot last night, because I was practically drunk and high
by being made to watch 30 minutes of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
If we include miniseries, you have to use Shogun. I brought it up before and I’m going to say it again. Shogun Shogun Shogun.
Also, CITIZEN KANE!! How has no one brought this up yet?
Best sports movie…. hard one (must. resist. saying. that’s what she said.) but I’ll have to go with Rudy. It’s a great movie in its own right, but it is made 1000x better when you realize that it has a defensive linemen who played a Hobbit in LOTR.
The Godfather is probably my favorite movie, but I have to be in the right mood to watch it. Right now… no.
Best comedy ever: Anchorman. No doubt. Then (in no particular order) Talladega Nights, Dodgeball, the South Park Movie, and I know I’m forgetting about 5 so I’ll post them later.
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 4:57 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
If you have Citizen Kane
Then you need to have Shakes the Clown,. Afterall, it was the “Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies” :)
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 3:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Top 4
In no particular order:
Shawshank, Braveheart, Goodfellas, Platoon.
And by the way. If we are going to give love to comedies, can someone (besides me) please mention the funniest movie of all time…Caddyshack!
Col. Sandurz: Prepare ship for light speed!
Dark Helmet: No, no, no, light speed is too slow!
Col. Sandurz: Light speed, too slow?!
Dark Helmet: Yes, we're gonna have to go right to . . . ludicrous speed!
Col. Sandurz: Ludicrous speed?! Sir, we've never gone that fast before. I don't know if the ship can take it.
Dark Helmet: What's the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?
by orangeblood on Jan 6, 2009 5:45 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Caddyshack
The best part for me was that I was actually a caddy and all of the characters in the movie (especially the golfers) had real-life equivalents at the club where I worked (Castle Pines between Denver and Castle Rock). We had to be careful not to recite lines while we were out on the course!
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 10:08 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep,
he was the founder and a prominent oil person in Denver (who I won’t name because he might be able to track me down, still).
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Bah
Best movie of all time was Last of the Mohicans. It had so many elements of different movies and the acting was outstanding. You couple all the well placed and developed genres with great acting and a score that jumps off the screen, and you have my favorite movie ever.
They call me Bubblegum.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 6, 2009 7:07 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
In terms of individual scenes
Few scenes strike me as the opening scene from Reservoir Dogs when they’re having the discussion about tipping waitresses and Mr. Pink presents an insanely compelling argument about why it’s total bullshit. Great, great scene.
They call me Bubblegum.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 6, 2009 7:09 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Tarentino
has epic dialogs, and it is his #1 gift to moviemaking. His #2 gift is transforming his love for great cinema into some of the most well integrated direction in film today, but in my mind, his plotting needs a phenomenal amount of work to be even passingly bad… His direction of a CSI season finale was immaculate, and his scene setup throughout movies like RD and PF are beautiful. But his dialogs are out of this world, and not because of the overtones of crazy, but because they are really so concrete and observation oriented. For all the cursing in the dialogs, anyone who listens to them and then thinks about what they are saying can usually come away saying, “I can dig it.” For reference see his epic dialog describing the Top Gun screenplay….
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:53 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Tarentino
Dusk to Dawn? George Clooney and Tarantino himself hijack a RV driven by Harvey Keitel ( a disilusioned minister) and his daughter (Juliet Lewis) and son and they all end up in a cantina on the border, hoping they can hold out until daybreak.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 6:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Definately a good one
Also like Desparado, star the hottest women ever in Salma Hayek
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 7:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Mohicans
the final action sequence with the rush up the mountain, and Chingachgook taking out Magua is an exceptionally powerful scene. The young girl commits suicide and Hawkeye is at the edge of his ability to just keep up with Ungua’s father as he rushes up the hill to avenge his son, the old man intent on destroying Magua, while Hawkeye is levelling Hurons to the left and right of him….
Definitely one of my top ten all time action sequences. And the music while all that is going on… wowsers.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 8:48 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh hell yeah.
The final scene action scene is a perfect ending to everything. The music only enhances all of it. It’s probably what sold me on the movie overall as my favorite. Endings are the most important part of movies. You can screw everything else up, but if you nail the ending, that’s what people remember. Last of the Mohicans absolutely nails the ending.
They call me Bubblegum.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 6, 2009 2:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of like a Super Bowl
doesn’t matter a whole lot what your story is, it isn’t quite the same without that Super Bowl win to end it…
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 9:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I must agree. It made me want to go feral and become a mountain man....
then I got some terrible skin disorder from lack of potable water and there were no more bad Indians to chase down either. Plus, they kept escorting me out of their casinos and eventually I got ticketed for disturbing the peace. No freedom…I swear.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 2:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
"No, I kill the driver."
The Dark Knight. Start to finish. Perfect.
Favorite sports movie is Miracle.
“I’m not looking for the best players. I’m looking for the right ones.”
Favorite comedy is Dodgeball.
“Thank you, Chuck Norris.”
“Thank you, Peter.”
"That’s what the Denver Broncos are…we want to win championships, and I think we will in the near future. I’ll always be a part of that."
- Former Broncos Coach and Future HOF Mike Shanahan, 12/31/08
by Colorado_Kitten on Jan 6, 2009 8:22 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
i just laughed when
i read “thank you chuck norris”
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 4:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am about 5 years behind most people
so I have yet to see movies like Dark Knight, or anything current. But here is a top five:
1. Shawshank Redemption:
Andy Dufresne: That’s the beauty of music. They can’t get that from you… Haven’t you ever felt that way about music?
Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn’t make much sense in here.
Andy Dufresne: Here’s where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don’t forget.
Red: Forget?
Andy Dufresne: Forget that… there are places in this world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s something inside… that they can’t get to, that they can’t touch. That’s yours.
Red: What’re you talking about?
Andy Dufresne: Hope.
2. Leon: most people know this fantastic flick as “The Professional” which means you need to go out and get the uncut version titled “Leon.” Natalie Portman brought a sense of virtue to the history of crappy “Lolita” stories by portraying one of the most poignant loves ever shown on screen. Tight and gripping plot, a vile and enjoyably loathsome arch villian (Gary Oldman) and an epic hero (Jean Reno), a man short on intellectual stature but whose soul experiences a profound enlargement after falling in love with a little girl, and whose quick wit and ability prove to be the match for the vllian’s intelligence and brutality.
3. The General’s Daughter: I am not a huge fan of Travolta, but he stepped up in this movie bigtime. Classic scoring, tightly integrated plot that keeps you guessing, sharp and concise dialog and superb casting. This is a movie that takes an uncompromising look at human values against the backdrop of a military base, a feat not successfully accomplished since From Here to Eternity. But Eternity’s focus was the destruction of value while Daughter’s focus is the preservation of values. The latter always wins in my book…
4. Unforgiven: I love a good shoot em up western, and I will watch any movie starring ol Clint, but Unforgiven brings an element to the western genre that at once validates it and enervates it. The heros aren’t typical, you have never seen these kinds of bad guys before, and the plotting is simple yet relentless at pushing Bill Munney(Clint Eastwood) and Little Bill(Gene Hackman) into a conflict that at the outset looks to be a battle between two devils, but becomes a dark struggle between two different principles of Justice. The story looks at redemption, justice, and more, and its most striking feature is that it makes LIFE matter, by not glossing over death. Westerns are famous for treating death as a triviality, with the “good” guy having no problem killing tens if not hundreds of “bad” guys. Unforgiven makes death a struggle, and in doing so, highlights the value, and valor, of life.
Little Bill Daggett: You’d be William Munny out of Missouri. Killer of women and children.
Will Munny: That’s right. I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.
5. The Princess Bride: I don’t have a lot of comedy among my favorite movies, but a top ten would not be complete without the most fundamentally perfect comedy ever made. By wedding comedy with fantasy this movie created a synthesis of values and gave humor, which is normally a function of a more range of the moment approach to life, a scope and a vastness rarely seen. Humor lends itself to “quipping” and to great soundbites, and few sources are as rich for great quotes as TPB. The only comparable source I can think of would be the body of work of Monty Python.
Westley: [as he is unsuccessfully fighting Fezzik] Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?
Fezzik: I just want you to feel you’re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 9:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
General's Daughter
Styg – gotta disagree about the “superb casting”. I love Madeline Stowe (Mohicans, Stakeout) but she was terrible in this movie. Travolta was just passable. Read the book (by Nelson DeMille) and I think you might agree.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 1:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Now that I think about it
stowe did feel “canned”. But the climactic scene with Clarence Williams, Cromwell and Travolta facing off in that office….whoooo! The music, the lighting the direction….that scene can truly bring you to the edge of your seat, and Williams is unreal. However Travolta was definitely outclassed in that scene. I can agree with describing his performance as “passable.” Too often it is his performance that yanks me out of a movie experience, so not doing that in this film may have tempted me to give him too much credit.
I had no idea it was based on a book and will be checking that out for sure. If the movie falls short of the book it will affect its ranking in my eyes. There is no excuse for a movie not doing justice to a good plot and characterization that has already been created. I understand that book to movie and movie to book are akin to translations, but nothing is more difficult in writing than learning to craft plot, with clear, consistent characterization being a distant second, but still important. When those two tasks are done, producers need to be blamed for not bringing in the best talent and direction that they can muster….
Shawshank is a good example of a movie that “moviefies” a written story, while lending the gifts of moviemaking to it to make it “better”.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 3:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
The Bourne trilogy
I never made it past the first movie, so I can’t say with 100% certainity, but they pretty much took the outline of the characters and plot of the first book and then went off in their own direction. I don’t think the second or third movies had any connection to the second or third books whatsoever. I have heard they were enjoyable action films from people who had not read the books. (I don’t think I have met anyone who has both read and seen the trilogy) But having read and loved the books, I can’t watch a bastardization of the original.
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 3:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
As someone who hasn't read the books ;)
I can say that the fight scenes in those moves are worth the price of admission. They are gripping, and they are unlike fight scenes you have seen anywhere. brilliantly conceived. That said, outside of higlights don’t bother. I read early Ludlum (wolf’s hour, swan song) and I can imagine that the books are awesome…
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
So I have to ask
Did you see the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? Did you read them? Great movies that did give and take with the books, but still are fantastic as a movie trilogy…
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 5:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
saw LOTR and loved em, but have not read it
I do know people who have done both and the impression was very similar to yours. Obviously there is always stuff that has to get cut from long books like LOTR (or Tom Clancy for that matter). But the Bourne movies were completely different. DesertBroncoFan’s comment below is a pretty good summation of how I felt walking out of the theater. The movies don’t even feature one of the key characters from the books – the reason that Jason Bourne is undercover to begin with and basically his archnemesis throughout the trilogy. (For a single movie I can see doing this and making an altered plot work, but a trilogy??)
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 5:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah sure
But LOTR didn’t have Tom Bobadil in the first one and I still thought it was the best movie I had seen to that date. :)
Sorry, but to me Tom is a pretty necessary part of that journey…you’ll have to read the books and you really really should. They are quite worth it and have a lot of stuff you don’t see in the movies or happened very very different from the movies.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 11:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I was turned off by the movie version
of The Bourne Identity. I finally saw it after finishing the book and was totally confused because it didn’t seem to follow the book at all.
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
One of the few Nelson Demille's I haven't read
but I love the rest of his stuff.
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:07 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Demille
One of my favorite writers. Just finished Upcountry for the 6th or so time -kind of a sequel to Generals’ Daughter, in that Paul Brenner is back, this time in Vietnam in the late 90’s
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 5:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Styg...I thought I had you pegged for Mystery Alaska!
Was it hard? "It hurts. But tough times don’t last — tough people do. That’s life." - Mike Shanahan
by Steve O' on Jan 6, 2009 4:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I recall enjoying that movie
Russel Crowe vs. the NY Rangers, right? I don’t really remember what it was about…
I do have some favorite “Alaska” movies, including The Edge with Hopkins and Alec Baldwin and i liked Jeremiah Johnson, though I don’t think that was Alaska, it was still a pretty tough wilderness.
I also identify pretty strongly with some of the characters in Perfect Storm and other “at sea” movies. I’ve never been anywhere as anti-human as a storm at sea.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 9:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought The Perfect Storm was too sad and hit too close to home
I grew up in fishing villages in the Aleutians and have fished off and on since I was a teenage in the 70s, so I have lost many classmates, friends and acquaintances to fishing deaths. The fact that they characters in the movie decided to accept more risk and stay on the fishing grounds happens all too often.
I was given the book several years ago, but haven’t been able to read it yet. Now that I am on the second year of a sabbatical from fishing maybe I can read it.
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
by Arctic Bronco on Jan 6, 2009 9:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Here is my favorite movie moment of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-K3MU7-fA&feature=related
One doesn’t need an IQ to appreciate this one.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 10:11 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Favorite line from braveheart
in a movie FILLED with great lines:
Robert’s Father: Longshanks required Wallace. So did our nobles. That was the price of your crown.
Robert the Bruce: DIE. I want you to die.
Robert’s Father: At last, you know what it means to hate. Now you’re ready to be a king.
Robert the Bruce: My hate will die with you.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 11:16 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct. There isn't one line in that movie that isn't great.
Best movie of all-time in my humble opinion.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 11:52 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Or:
You have BLED with Wallace; now bleed with me!
AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! Que inspirational music…
WALLACE! WALLACE! WALLACE! WALLACE! WALLACE!
AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!
In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn; they fought like warrior poets, they fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom.
In case you wish to relive that moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnom0VBG0Mk&feature=related
My favorite character in that movie was the Irishman. Dang, now I gotta go watch that movie when I get home. My wife hates the movie now because I recite it word for word and it drives her crazy. I can’t help it…I’ve watch this movie more than any other.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 12:07 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Saying goodbye in their own way. Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes.
"That’s what the Denver Broncos are…we want to win championships, and I think we will in the near future. I’ll always be a part of that."
- Former Broncos Coach and Future HOF Mike Shanahan, 12/31/08
by Colorado_Kitten on Jan 6, 2009 12:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Uncle Argyle is the bomb! :)
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 1:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
My Favorites
- Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail – Classic Drinking Movie
- Caddyshack – Reality to a former caddy
- No Way Out – Costner as a CIA agent, or is he?
- Silverado – Great soundtrack
- A Fish Called Wanda – Kevin Cline’s best movie (oh yeah, Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese)
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 10:20 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Blade Runner
With Harrison Ford and Sean Young – a futuristic film about what it means to be human. Sean Young is stunning. (Don’t get the Director’s cut.)
Breaker Morant – based on a true story from the Boer Wars. Excellent period piece.
Enemy at the Gate. Stalingrad, WWII. Makes Saving Private Ryan look soft. One of the best love scenes ever.
The Gods Must Be Crazy. Both of them are fun, a little wacky.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 11:05 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Forgot about
The Gods Must be Crazy. Definitely have to have the right frame of mind for them (my wife doesn’t have it – of course she doesn’t get most of the movies I like, either).
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 11:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I love that flick!
I used to get choked up when Xi was refusing to eat in the prison after he killed that goat.
"That’s what the Denver Broncos are…we want to win championships, and I think we will in the near future. I’ll always be a part of that."
- Former Broncos Coach and Future HOF Mike Shanahan, 12/31/08
by Colorado_Kitten on Jan 6, 2009 12:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Leaving Las Vegas. Just because Elizabeth Shue is so good.
Palmetto. Elizabeth Shue again. She plays the young wife of an old rich guy – she cooks up a plot to get money from him and gets Woody Harrelson involved. Hitchkockian plot. Shue is absolutely tremendous.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 11:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Everybody's All American
…was pretty awesome because there’s a scene where our protagonist plays as a fading star in the snow with the broncos at old mile high in the late 70’s. It’s super cool because it’s super accurate…
Okay not may favorite move but relavent to the site…
J
by Jezru on Jan 6, 2009 12:45 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
There was a great episode of "Murder she Wrote"
that featured a murder and intrigue at the top of the Broncos orginization as well. I don’t think they named names or anything, but they used Mile High Stadium and the offices.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 3:07 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
sweet...i'll have to find the episode online somewhere. :)
I used to watch that show with my g-ma back in the day.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Favorite movies:
1. Repoman -you either love it or hate it, but pure genius
2. Pulp Fiction – QT best
3. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – Best Western ever
4. Enter the Dragon – Sorry, Bruce Lee was the master of action
5. Animal House – Too funny
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:04 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Repo man
In a class by itself
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 1:05 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Cop movies
Mulholland Falls, with Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Dern, John Malkovitch, and one of the Baldwins.
LA Confidential, with Russel Crowe, Kevin Spacey. The script people did a fantastic job of redoing a very complex book.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 1:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Good list, my favorite cop movie is Heat with Deniro and Pacino
Probably would be my 6th favorite film, riveting begining to end
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Favorite Scene
1. Ending of Repoman “What about our relationship” – Auto’s Girlfriend, “What” -Auto, “What about our relationship?!” – Auto’s Girlfriend , “F&%@ that!” – Auto, “You piece of Sh&%!, I’m glad I tortured you.” -Auto’s Girlfriend, Auto leaves in the the Chevy Nova that is now a space vehicle, “This is intense.” – Auto, “Life of a repoman is always intense.” – Miller
Pretty much any scene in that movie is classic.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:11 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Here's the ending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEyz4y8eM5k
Too funny
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Another great scene
Death of Duke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKIaS0lh-uo&feature=related
Freaking so funny
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Link doesn't work right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKIaS0lh-uo
Try this link for Death of Duke
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Great stuff
Best all time comedy: Animal Crackers, Marx Brothers. The bridge scene ws some of the best physical comedy every filmed. They made them stop improvision when the camera was rolling because the camera men were laughing so hard the things jiggled.
Best fantasy movie – LOtR, extended edition.
Best action flick – Dark Knight Ledger will get the oscar for it, hands down.
Shogun? The series was great, but the book was better. Clavell was a genius
Jim Goodman for Broncos GM!
by Emmett Smith on Jan 6, 2009 1:27 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Honerable mention for the Princess Bride
“Hallo! My name is Inyudo Montoya. You killed my father. Now you must die!”
“Stop saying that!”
Classic
Jim Goodman for Broncos GM!
by Emmett Smith on Jan 6, 2009 1:28 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
That is a classic movie moment. I recall running around with a fake sword repeating that phrase when I was a boy. lol
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 1:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
"Inconceivable!"
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 1:35 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Correction
“Hallo, my name is Inigo Montoya…”
:)
I have the book at home.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 2:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Favorite Movies No One Has Mentioned.
American Beauty, American Psycho, Apocalypse Now, Apollo 13, Aviator, Batman, A Beautiful Mind, Bicentenial Man, Big Fish, Casino, Cinderella Man, Crimson Tide, Die Hard, Dr. Strangelove, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Exorcist, A Few Good Men, Finding Nemo, Forrest Gump, Friday Night Lights, Full Metal Jacket, Good Will Hunting, Heat, Hero, Hook, The Hunt for Red October, Interview with the Vampire, Jaws, Jerry McGwire, L.A. Confidential, The Majestic, Major Payne, The Matrix, Meet Joe Black, Memento, The Negotiator, The Passion of the Christ, Philadelphia, Pirates of the Carribean, Platoon, Requiem For A Dream, Scarface, Scent of a Woman, Se7en, Rocky, Shrek, The Silence of the Lambs, Super-Size Me, Terminator, Top Gun, Training Day, Twelve Monkeys, The Usual Suspects, V for Vendetta, Van Wilder, What Dreams May Come…
by ejruiz on Jan 6, 2009 2:43 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
+1 for
Big Fish, Full Metal Jacket, Good Will Hunting, Interview with a Vampire, Top Gun, What Dreams May Come
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 2:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Full Metal Jacket was great.
I remember watching that with my best friend(who is now a marine serving in Iraq on his second tour of duty) when we were like 10-11 years old.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Full Metal Jacket
The Drill Instructor was a real Marine DI. They hired him as a consultant but liked him so much they got rid of the actor and used the DI.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
R Lee Emery
I love his role as the gay coach in Saving Silverman.
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 3:18 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe
the Marines promoted him to a real Gunny based on all the work he did in film to promote the Marines positively. Not sure about the specifics.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
he was
given honarable gunny status(what ever that means)
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 5:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Pet name
for Gunnery Sergeant. It is the 7th enlisted ranking, just below Master sergeant and just above Staff sergeant. It is the staff path for NCOs.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 5:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ya i know
i dont understand the honorable part
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 5:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ahh, right
its a good thing I didn’t post the whole history of the marine corp then. :)
I’m guessing it was honorary because he was no longer enlisted, so not technically entitled to the upgrade.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 5:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
or the retirement benefits!
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I loved the first half, the second half was good but not great
Excellent early Vincent D’Onofrio.
(and not surprised you loved the movie given your sig)
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 3:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
D'Onofrio is something special
I haven’t liked all his roles, but he brings something exciting to every role he plays.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 3:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
fifteen dolla
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Casablanca
How’d we forget that? I watched it in a theater about 15 years ago, and there was a spntaneous standing ovation at the end.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 2:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen it.
Not a very big fan of old movies…
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Old movies
I don’t generally like the oldies either, but check out Casablanca. It’s worth a standing ovation.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to think of a WW2 movie
that I wanted to endorse, as i have loved so many of them, and i finally settled on listing Casablanca and Sound of Music. They deal with the underlying issues of the war as well as or better than almost any movie that made its name with explosions and rifle fire.
That said i just finished rewatching Band of Brothers, from beginning to end, practically non stop. It is becoming a yearly thing for me.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 3:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
LOVE that film
but i think that Wolfgang Peterson gave it something that was distinctly “Non-German”, despite the fact that it was completely about Germans.
But it was definitely a technically superb film, the actors were all wonderful, especially the captain (Jurgen Prcohnow).
My favorite scene was when the ship was disabled and sitting on the bottom, and the Chief Engineer stumbled out of the engine room after working non stop to plug all the leaks, bail all the water, fix the pumps, the compass, the trim tanks and nearly every other critical component, while CO2 has been steadily filling the wounded ship “saved” on a “shovelful of sand”. he rattles off the list of everything that is fixed, barely able to move because of oxygen deprivation. The captain delivers the line. “Good. Good. Get some rest.” also barely able to move. then the chief sags for just a moment, before smiling and stumbling back into the engine room, saying “Just a few small repairs left…”
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:01 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Das Boot
Great acting. The scene where some seaman is about to panic, and Prochnow takes off, comes back with a pistol to shoot the guy before the panic spreads (I guess). The seaman’s buds have him under control, so Prochnow doesn’t shoot him. One of the most tremendous scenes I’ve seen.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 4:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Johann
the deaf engineer. That scene had me trying to talk him down before the captain got there from my couch! And then of course Johann redeemed himself by going underwater to help patch the holes. He wasn’t willing to be the dead weight who stood by while his captain perished. Awesome.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
U boats
I could not have made it in a submarine. Way too claustrophobic. those guys were tremendous, especially in WWI and II, with the crappy little boats they had.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 4:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You are right about Peterson and the "non german" thing
But at the same time, it is difficult to make a movie for an American audience with a Nazi crew as sympathetic characters. I think Peterson realized he would not be able to pull that off it was too authentically German.
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 4:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
No, I agree completely with what you are saying
and I would rate the movie very highly, but I just don’t consider it exemplary of WWII flicks, because its depiction of the submariners was connected to “true” naziism in only two places (once at the beginning during the party, and again when they are given the orders to go through the strait, or to put it bluntly, committ suicide) and in all other spots is almost “American” in its idealism.
I look at Naziism as that attempt to create unreality on earth, a devoted and consistent attempt to realize the existence of the reality envisioned by Kant and Hegel. To that end it is almost a requirement for me that Nazis be depicted properly or I just can’t suspend my senses and get into the “mood” of a WW2 flick. I gotta have those bad guys!
I’d actually be interested in what DJ Bronco thinks about all of this, since he is German.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 5:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
No Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein either
I am sorry I left the Usual Suspects off the list
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by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 3:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Blazing Saddles Yes
Young Frankenstein??
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Can they even show Blazing Saddles on TV anymore?
It is so completely politically incorrect.
And if we are talking Mel Brooks, then you have to mention History of the World, Part 1. “It’s good to be the King”
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 3:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's hard to watch Blazing Saddles on TV, everything is edited out and it doesn't make much sense
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"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 3:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course AMC is showing Blazing Saddles right now
Not sure how edited it is though.
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 10:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Best line edited out of Blazing Saddles
The balck sherrif is with, was it madeline Khan? she asks, “Is it true what they say about you people?” The lights go down and she says “Oh, it’s ture, it’s true!”
The line Brooks edited here was “Madame, that’s my arm!”
Jim Goodman for Broncos GM!
by Emmett Smith on Jan 6, 2009 10:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It was pretty hacked up
When the first raid on Rock Ridge occurs with the church choir singing, they cut out the last word of the song (rhymes with quit). I turned it off at that point!
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by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 7, 2009 10:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I have enjoyed almost every
Gene Wilder flick I have seen. haunted Honeymoon is a lot of fun, especially the scene where he knocks the guy out in the coal bin, and then is caught, except that the guys who found him think the knocked out guys legs are his, because of the way he is standing over the body in his robe, with the legs hanging out of the bin.
When the legs start twitching and kicking, it is absolutely priceless….
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 3:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
What hump?
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by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 3:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Requiem for a Dream
was a beautiful movie, but I can hardly watch it, because it is just too sad. Very much a work of art. Lots of emminently watchable movies on your list, several that are exemplary of either their genre or of the actor or directors who worked on tehm.
Great list!
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:04 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
IMDB top 250
The top voted 250 can be seen at IMDB (Internet Movie Database)
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 6, 2009 2:48 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
That list is awful
and should be avoided at all costs.
They call me Bubblegum.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 6, 2009 2:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
That list...
It has a few good ones that haven’t been mentioned here: High Noon; Big Sleep; Fargo; Patton; and Harold and Maude (a story of a 16 year old boy who falls in love with a 60 something woman).
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Fargo!!
How did we not say that???
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 3:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
out of 250 you pull out 5? :)
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
Out of the 250, a number had already been mentioned here. Some are foreign films, and many I hadn’t heard of. For the rest, i agree with Slam Dunk
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
lol!!!
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 3:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
It seems an OK list. I don’t agree with all their choices but there are several thousand people voting. If people are interested in a specific type of movie list they can choose under Genre
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Jan 6, 2009 8:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Tombstone
Val Kilmer is tremendous as Doc Holiday (he’s pretty drunk, facing off with someone. Someone says to Doc, you’re so drunk, you’re seeing double. Doc pats his two guns and says, I have two guns, one for each of you)
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 3:48 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
That's a movie I enjoyed a lot more when it came out
Kilmer is great in it, but I am at the point where I can’t stand to watch Costner in anything, even his “good” movies. I am still more partial to the Spagetti Westerns. Also Outlaw Josey Wales is an underrated western, but I prefer his earlier work.
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by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 3:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You're confusing "Tombstone" with "Wyatt Earp"
Costner played Earp in “Wyatt Earp”, and Dennis Quaid was Holiday. (Quaid was good). “Wyatt Earp” started when Wyatt was a kid (Gene Hackman was his father). Tombstone only takes place in Tombstone. Can’t bring the name of the actor that played Earp to mind right now. Well known, and not good in thepart, but I can’t get his name
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 4:01 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am confused, damn you Costner, his crappy movies have scared me!
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:04 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't like Costner much eaither
but he bought some favor from me with Tin Cup. I don’t know why but he pulled off that role very well.
Also, speaking of Josey Wales, was that the one with the old Indian? It seems like there was another, very similar western that Clint did… nevermind, just rememberd. Joe Kidd.
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:07 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Costner
He’s not an actor. All he can do is play Costner. He was good in Bodyguard, but that’s because he just was himself (or do I like the movie because Whitney Houston is so hot?).
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 4:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Whitney Houston is? or WAS? so hot? lol
You can only smoke so much crack before it starts to show…. She was hot in that movie though. Wowsa!
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wowsa
I could die happy if I could do that scene in where she’s dancing with Costner.
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by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 4:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ditto.
Costner is such a tool.
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
he’s good at playing himself. he would probably get an Oscar for playing somebody with a Napoleon complex…
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I always had that complaint about Costner…good to see people who know what they are talking about…he’s a horrible “actor”.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 5:14 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
The only movie I liked him in was JFK.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 5:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
The Postman you mean? heheh
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 5:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Bull Durham?
"WTF" By Zappa. 1/5/09
I can deal with bears....sharks on the other hand.......of course, I am not talking about if I were menstrual(I’m a guy so that isn’t it), but yeah. I can deal with bears if my arm or something was bleedin’, but sharks? I’ll pass on those. The worst feeling in the world is to be out in the surf and feel something very large brush up against your leg as you were alone waiting for your next wave. I don’t think I’ve gone out past waist deep in the ocean since. lol It was probably just a damn dolphin or something, but yeah. Screw sharks and the evolutionary train they rode in on!
by papigrande on Jan 6, 2009 9:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wyatt Earp was played by Kurt Russell
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me of another great movie: Overboard.
My wife and I always enjoy catching that movie on TV. My daughter loves it too. Good family flick.
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Great movie.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone mention The Waterboy
Although I will say I like Happy Gillmore more for Sandler movies
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I prefer Happy Gilmore....
Sandler hasn’t made any good movies in a while. Bedtime Stories sucked…my daughter liked it but it was not funny to me at all.
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by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 4:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, most of Sandler movies have blown
Don’t mess with the Zohan, was pretty funny.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I was surprised that I found myself laughing at Zohan
usually I don’t like Sandler movies (except Big Daddy).
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"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
The Sportscenter clip from The Waterboy
About the Michigan towel boy experiment is just hilarious.
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 4:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
That and the one with Lee Corso and Chris Fowler giving the play by play
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
One more film under the radar, but excellent
Boondock Saints
Didn’t have a wide release, but well worth renting it, William Defoe has one of the most amzaing roles ever.
Also Wild at Heart is an awesome and twisted movie, through in Blue Velvet in that vain
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
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by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:25 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Defoe blew me away in that movie
one of the few times where an actor actually managed to give me the creeps…
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 4:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Which one (Boondock Saints or Wild at Heart)
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"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 4:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
boondock saints
I haven’t seen Wild at Heart, but I will take your question as a recomendation for Defoe’s performance in that one!
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by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 5:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Very creepy, just insane
Wild at Heart is not for everyone, a David Lynch movie so it is strange and can be somewhat hard to follow, but great character actors in that: Nicholos Cage, Laura Dern, Defoe, and Isabella Rosillini
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 5:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
Point Break…fantastic film
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 5:14 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
A few non mentioned
Beerfest-stupid funny kind of movie
Star wars original??-come on guys.
Waterworld-JK
Guardian- two bad actors(Costner and kutcher) make a pretty good movie
Jurassic Park- im watching it now
American History X-(Dont like saying it because it makes me feel racist but great flick)
Harold and Kumar-HILARIOUS
And for mini-series-GENERATION KILL was awesome
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 5:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
For beer movies I go with Animal House (greatest film to promote alcoholism) and Strange Brew
For the pot smoking movies, Half Baked and Jay and Silent Bob strike back
Almost forgot to ad one of my favorites: Mall Rats
But there are no wrong answers.
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 5:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Mall Rats is great, and Jay and Silent Bob strikes back is horrible
and thats coming from a big kevin smith fan. Chasing Amy and both Clerks are great
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 6:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You gotta love Jay and Silent Bob strike back
If nothing else for Morris Day and the Time!
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 7:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Beerfest was funny but It's not like I'd ever watch it again. I just like when the fat guy dies then comes back
And I love AHX
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 6:02 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
i am truely suprised
i got so many responses.
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 5:23 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Responses
So, should we ask, outside of the Broncos/NFL, and movies, do any of us have a life? LOL
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 5:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
nope
during the dull time in march we all hide in caves
by robbo650 on Jan 6, 2009 5:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I play PS3 and work.
I went to Brownies with the wife and kid yesterday… I have a life, but MHR is all consuming at times.
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 5:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am taking a 2 month sabbatical from graduate studies, so
now I have time for watching more football and blogging on MHR!
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
by Arctic Bronco on Jan 6, 2009 9:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it is a good release
from all the stress we have all built up around the unexpected coaching search.
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 6, 2009 5:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Get away movies
Captain Ron, with Kurt Russell and Martin Short (a new york family goes to the Caribbean to get a boat left to Short when his uncle dies)
Six Days and Seven Nights, with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche. The only movie I watched, then rewound and watched again, the same night.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 5:51 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day Lewis.
This movie ended up being replayed about a half dozen consecutive times at a friend’s house as different people kept coming in and getting sucked in at different points of the movie and then wanting to watch it from the start. I am pretty sure I was on the couch for at least 6 hours that day watching that movie :)
by MattR on Jan 6, 2009 5:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Anything with Edward norton...
Him and Jack Nicholson are my fave, faves. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest is amazing and Chinatown is b.a.
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 5:59 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Chinatown
It’s great, but I like Nicholson’s sequel, Two Jakes, better, especially since it was done so many years after Chinatown, and it’s hard to tell.
Anyone looking for a sign will find one. JB Freeman
All signs fail in time of drought. James M. Green
by bradley on Jan 6, 2009 6:01 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
How about boondock saints? And Pulp Fiction..?? God I hope people said those..
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 6:03 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
boondock saints is already mentioned...within one of the 200 or so comments. lol
This is my GAP, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my GAP I am useless, without me, they will run through my GAP. I will protect my GAP and have my brothers back on his. I will not be moved from my GAP, I am a crazed dog that patrols this area and will defeat all who entire it. I own this GAP, it is mine. I bought it with blood and sweat. I will not be pushed. I will not be moved. This Sunday I will make a stand and a statement.
by Tim Lynch on Jan 6, 2009 6:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
And I really like Memento... And the first Matrix... I own all three but the first one is the only good one
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 6:05 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
regarding memento
Merlin’s experience with the movie.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 6:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I watched the first one
after it had been out for a while. It was still new to me though, as I had been at sea for over a year, so I got some friends and we went and saw it in Portland at the Kennedy School, the only theatre I know of where you sit on a couch and eat pizza and have beer brought to you…
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 9:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
whoops
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Jan 6, 2009 9:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah and a little movie called the Big Lebowski...
Which just happens to be something like…THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!
Yes, I'm a Diamondback and Suns fan. So you may be wondering, "Why does this fool like the Broncos so much?"
A: The Cardinals are too hard of a pill to swallow. Oh yeah and that Elway dude....
by Elway4Prez on Jan 6, 2009 6:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I forgot two: Borat and Zoolander
Borat is too freaking funny and I think Will Ferrell best movie is Zoolander
"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
by Broncoman on Jan 6, 2009 7:58 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
The Greater Good!
Hot Fuzz! and Shaun of the Dead! Edgar Wright is brilliant!
"That’s what the Denver Broncos are…we want to win championships, and I think we will in the near future. I’ll always be a part of that."
- Former Broncos Coach and Future HOF Mike Shanahan, 12/31/08
by Colorado_Kitten on Jan 6, 2009 8:57 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Best Westerns: The Unforgiven & The Outlaw Josey Wales
Best Marine Corps movie: Jarhead (I was a Marine Corps sniper and was in a Surveillance and Target Acquisition platoon just like the main character)
Best Roman movie: Gladiator (what a tear jerker, rewound it and watched it immediately after the first time I saw it)
Best Comedy: Sleeper, with Woody Allen (This movie will make you laugh so hard you should wear adult incontinence diapers!)
Best Sports movie: Slapshot (It is humanly impossible to go to a rink and not hear references to the Hanson brothers)
Best Medieval movie: The Warlord, with Charlton Heston. Great period costumes, weapons and armor.
I agree, Larsen shouldn’t get any bigger. I am getting tired of his bone crushing hits knocking the pixels off my TV, once they fall to the floor they are very hard to find.
by Arctic Bronco on Jan 6, 2009 10:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Sleeper
filmed in a couple of locations around Denver.
The UFO home off I-70 in the mountains and the Cape in Sundance Hills off Dayton between Belleview and Orchard (I grew up just down the street from this one and actually saw some of the filming).
"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game
"tough times don't last, tough people do" - Mike "The Mastermind" Shanahan
by DesertBroncoFan on Jan 7, 2009 10:53 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow...gotta go there
Conan the Barbarian…classic epic fantasy movie.
Clash of the Titans
Star Wars Episode I …(kidding)
Red Dawn (America invaded by Russians…how can you go wrong?)
Strange Days (I highly suggest this one if you like weird)
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Jan 6, 2009 11:54 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
WOW!
You guys have named a lot of really great movies and this has been a fun subject. I think we are all forgetting the all time classic of all. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think anyone has mentioned…wait for it…it’s the greatest movie ever made…it’s got everything from romance to action to violence…
ROADHOUSE
The Double Douche – Sam Elliot
Don’t eat the big white mint. – Sam Elliot
Col. Sandurz: Prepare ship for light speed!
Dark Helmet: No, no, no, light speed is too slow!
Col. Sandurz: Light speed, too slow?!
Dark Helmet: Yes, we're gonna have to go right to . . . ludicrous speed!
Col. Sandurz: Ludicrous speed?! Sir, we've never gone that fast before. I don't know if the ship can take it.
Dark Helmet: What's the matter Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?
by orangeblood on Jan 7, 2009 5:09 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Honorable Mention - MP and the Holy Grail
“She turned me into a newt!”
“A newt?”
“Well, I got better….”
In Goodman We Trust
by Emmett Smith on Jan 10, 2009 12:50 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
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