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1. Heat
2. Manhunter
3. Ali
4. Collateral
5. The Insider
6. Miami Vice
7. Thief
8. Public Enemies
9. The Last of the Mohicans
10. The Keep
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:1. Heat
2. Manhunter
3. Ali
4. Collateral
5. The Insider
6. Miami Vice
7. Thief
8. Public Enemies
9. The Last of the Mohicans
10. The Keep
I really liked Mohicans and The Insider. Manhunter is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. And Collateral is a miss. Haven't seen the rest. So I'd go:

1. The Insider
2. The Last of the Mohicans














3. Collateral
























































































































































4. Manhunter
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Well, Broderick is in Godzilla. And yeah, Cusack is in 2012. I kinda like Cusack though. He seems like a bit of a psychopath.
Yeah, I tend to like Cusack, too.
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Office Space
Idiocracy
Beavis and Butthead do America
Extract

all are great.
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Unforgiven

the rest.
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BurtReynolds wrote:Unforgiven

the rest.
Pretty much correct. Although High Plains Drifter and Gran Torino are also great. Just not in the same league.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Unforgiven

the rest.
Pretty much correct. Although High Plains Drifter and Gran Torino are also great. Just not in the same league.
I thought I liked him more until I looked at his credits.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
I could understand why Manhunter wouldn't be someone's bag. It's a pretty idiosyncratic movie. Does it come off as laughable to you? I've heard other people say that.

I think it's fucking amazing, though. Gorgeous movie.
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BurtReynolds wrote:Unforgiven

the rest.
Pretty much correct. Although High Plains Drifter and Gran Torino are also great. Just not in the same league.
I thought I liked him more until I looked at his credits.
He's made a lot of shit, that's for sure.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park
Jaws
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Minority Report
Tin Tin
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Catch me if You Can
Schindler's List
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
War of the Worlds
Munich
Always
Lincoln
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Hook
Indiana Jones Crystal Skull
The Lost World: Jurassic Park


*I'm excluding Close Encounters of the Third Kind for now because I haven't seen it in ages, and I can't remember it. I think its good though. The rest I haven't seen.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
I could understand why Manhunter wouldn't be someone's bag. It's a pretty idiosyncratic movie. Does it come off as laughable to you? I've heard other people say that.

I think it's fucking amazing, though. Gorgeous movie.
One of my best friends in this world, a dude whose opinion I respect more than most, is in your camp. He thinks it's a masterpiece. And, yeah, I found it utterly laughable. The acting (outside of Cox, who does a decent enough job) is just awful. But just about every aspect of that movie had me rolling my eyes or frustrated at its ineptitude.

To this day it's one of the biggest fights my friend and I have ever had about a film.
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Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill 2
Reservoir Dogs
Inglourious Basterds
Kill Bill 1
Jackie Brown
Django
Death Proof
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Apocalypto
Braveheart
The Man Without A Face
Passion of the Christ
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BurtReynolds wrote:Unforgiven

the rest.
Gran Torino
A Perfect World
Mystic River
Letters from Iwo Jima
Million Dollar Baby
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter
Unforgiven
Bird (I love Forest Whitaker)
Play Misty for Me
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Alien /Blade Runner (can't decide)

Legend
Black Hawk Down
Gladiator
Thelma & Louise
Matchstick Men

Hannibal
Black Rain
G.I. Jane
Kingdom of Heaven

Prometheus
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
I could understand why Manhunter wouldn't be someone's bag. It's a pretty idiosyncratic movie. Does it come off as laughable to you? I've heard other people say that.

I think it's fucking amazing, though. Gorgeous movie.
One of my best friends in this world, a dude whose opinion I respect more than most, is in your camp. He thinks it's a masterpiece. And, yeah, I found it utterly laughable. The acting (outside of Cox, who does a decent enough job) is just awful. But just about every aspect of that movie had me rolling my eyes or frustrated at its ineptitude.

To this day it's one of the biggest fights my friend and I have ever had about a film.
I would never hold that reaction against someone. I love it, but again, it's so weird and idiosyncratic that I could totally see it coming off as ridiculous.
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Interesting rankings, Burt. I really wish I could love Legend. I want to feel that love so badly.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Interesting rankings, Burt. I really wish I could love Legend. I want to feel that love so badly.
Eh its not really that great, but its in my wheelhouse.

But any movie with Tim Curry as the Devil deserves at least an 8 out of 10.
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BurtReynolds wrote:But any movie with Tim Curry as the Devil deserves at least an 8 out of 10.
That's probably the main reason I want to love it. Also, it LOOKS fucking beautiful. I just have trouble connecting with it on an emotional/thematic level. It's pretty, but there's just nothing else there. I'll just watch Labyrinth instead.
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1. Broken Embraces
2. The Skin I Live In
3. Talk to Her
4. All About My Mother
5. Volver
6. I'm So Excited!
7. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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