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  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2012-10-20 06:55
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    I'm just nosy I guess. What would be the last movie you would watch? Choose maybe up to 5 and rate them?

    I don't want to place additional burdens on your BUT I'm going to anyway....

    Could you please update the first post with a list of the submissions?

    It would be REALLY handy. :)

    Thanks!
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-10-20 09:09
    How about I just list them here?

    I apologize if I overlooked any or misspelled something, but I think this is every movie mentioned so far, in alphabetical order.
    For trilogies or series, I just listed them as (all) for simplicity, even though that may not have been what the original poster meant.
    (imho, several of the Star Trek and Star Wars movies really weren't all that great)

    This is certainly an eclectic collection of movie titles.


    12 Monkeys
    2001 A Space Odyssey
    A Clockwork Orange
    A Passage to India
    Air Force One
    Aliens
    Angels & Demons
    Apollo 13
    Armageddon
    Arsenic and Old Lace
    Atlas Shrugged
    Avatar
    Back to the Future (all)
    Bad Boys 2
    Band of Brothers (TV mini series)
    Bedazzled (original version)
    Bedtime for Bonzo
    Beetlejuice
    Best Years of Our Lives
    Bladerunner
    Brainstorm
    Braveheart
    Brazil
    Colossus,The Forbin Project
    Cowboy Bebop
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Dark Star
    Das Boot
    Deep Impact
    Die Hard
    Dirty Harry
    Don't Look Now
    Dr. Strangelove
    Dreamscape
    Duck Soup
    Enemy Mine
    ET the Extra Terrestrial
    Field of Dreams
    Firebirds
    Forbidden Planet
    Forrest Gump
    Full Metal Jacket
    Galaxy Quest
    Get Carter
    GI Jane
    Gladiator
    Goldfinger
    Goodbye Pork Pie
    Hackers
    Hannah and Her Sisters
    Heartbreak Ridge
    Heathers
    Hunter Prey
    Indiana Jones (all)
    iRobot
    Iron Eagle
    Iron Man
    Jason and the Argonauts
    Kelly's Heroes
    Ladyhawke
    Lantana
    Lethal Weapon
    Logan's Run
    Make 'em Laugh
    McClintock
    Memento
    Memories
    Memphis Belle
    Modern Times Forever
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
    National Lampoon's Vacation
    National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
    North by Northwest
    October Sky
    Once Were Warriors
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Paint Your Wagon
    Pale Rider
    Patton
    Pi
    Planetes
    Primer
    Pulp Fiction
    Pump Up the Volume
    Real Genius
    Rear Window
    Running Scared
    Saving Private Ryan
    Scanners
    Seven Samurai
    Sex, Lies, and Videotape
    Short Circuit
    Silent Running
    Singin' in the Rain
    Sneakers
    Soylent Green
    Spirited Away
    Star Trek (all)
    Star Wars (all)
    Suspiria
    T2
    That Thing You Do
    The Big Lebowski
    The Black Hole
    The Bourne Identity
    The Castle
    The Core
    The Da Vince Code
    The Day the Earth Stood Still (original)
    The Exorcist
    The Fisher King (special version)
    The Freaks
    The Godfather
    The Godfather II
    The Godfather III
    The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
    The Green Mile
    The Hunt for Red October
    The Karate Kid
    The Last Starfighter
    The Librarian Series (made for TV)
    The Life of Brian
    The Lord of the Rings (all)
    The Matrix (all)
    The Meaning of Life
    The Odessa File
    The Outsiders
    The Power
    The Princess Bride
    The Quiet Man
    The Right Stuff
    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Sound of Music
    The Terminator
    The Thin Man
    The Untouchables
    The Usual Suspects
    The Wheeler Dealers
    The Wicker Man
    The Wizard of Oz
    The World's Fastest Indian
    Thunderstruck
    To Catch a Thief
    Top Gun
    Total Recall
    Toy Story
    Tron
    Underworld
    Wargames
    We're No Angels
    Weird Science
    West Side Story
    Witness for the Prosecution
    Wolf Creek
    Woodstock (documentary)
    Yellow Submarine
    Young Frankenstein
    Zardoz

    Okay, some additions, also in alphabetical order.

    Amarcord
    Android
    Apur Sansar
    Caddyshack
    Captain Ron
    Children of Men
    City of Lost Children
    Colter's Run (not released?)
    Contact
    District 9
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills
    Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (YouTube?)
    Enter the Dragon
    Fargo
    Fly Away Home
    Gattaca
    Heat
    IF
    Immortal (Ad Vitam)
    IT
    Jaws
    K-pax
    Laurence of Arabia
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    Never Cry Wolf
    O' Lucky Man
    Ordinary Decent Criminal
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Planet of the Apes
    Ruthless People
    Serenity
    Solaris
    Star Hunter
    Talk to Her
    The African Queen
    The Black Stallion
    The Blues Brothers
    The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
    The Fifth Element
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (trilogy)
    The Gods Must Be Crazy
    The Good, The Bad, The Weird
    The Incredibles
    The Milagro Beanfield War
    The Omega Man
    The Quiet Earth
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    The Sand Pebbles
    The Silence of the Lambs
    The Time Machine (original version)
    There will be Blood
    Unforgiven
    Vicky Christina Barcelona
    Wall-E
    Wings of Desire

    Even more additions...

    50 First Dates
    Always
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    Deliverance
    Ghostbusters
    Mr. Holland's Opus
    Office Space
    Raising Arizona
    The Breakfast Club
    The Philadelphia Experiment
    The Piano
    West World

    9/22/12 another small group of additions.

    Barbarella
    Bridge Over the River Kwai
    Bunny Lake is Missing
    Catch-22
    Flight of the Navigator
    Mrs. Miniver
    Oliver
    Rebel Without a Cause
    Robinson Crusoe on Mars
    Schultze Gets the Blues
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    Stalag 17
    The Birdmen
    The Lost Weekend
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf


    If I counted right, the total is now 241.

    If anybody sees an error, let me know and I'll fix it.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2012-10-20 09:50
    Most of the above are on the favorites list, some more than others. But for appropriateness (if that is a word), for a last movie, why not Soylent Green????

    Just a final thought for this thread ...........

    as long as nothing has gone wrong.......gon rong... on rong.......
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-10-20 10:02
    Have we arrived at the official "geek" movie watching list? Still seems like there are a few missing..

    Jeff
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-10-20 10:21
    "Don't cross the streams!"

    and I'm sure I can think of a few more.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-10-20 12:24
    heater wrote:
    Altogether now:

    "Always look on the bright side of life..."

    Um, wouldn't that be the "broyt soyd of loyf"?

    -Phil
  • VonSzarvasVonSzarvas Posts: 3,450
    edited 2012-10-20 12:43
    Ordinary decent criminal
    K-pax

    Both well worth watching.

    The usual suspects, perhaps the greatest film ever, already mentioned. Well, greatest after sound of music in the right crowd :)
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2012-10-20 15:03
    Definitely some good movies missing from that list.

    Lawrence of Arabia
    The Black Stallion
    Never Cry Wolf
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills
    Gattaca
    The Fifth Element
    Serenity
    Raising Arizona
    50 First Dates
    Fly away Home
    Contact
    Always
    The Piano
    Mr Hollands Opus
    The Incredibles
    Wall-E
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    Deliverance
    Heat
    Solaris
    Planet of the Apes
    Caddyshack
    Captain Ron
    District 9
    Fargo
    Ruthless People
    The Breakfast Club
    Jaws
    The Blues Brothers
    The Gods must be Crazy
    The Sand Pebbles
    Scarface
    Unforgiven
    There will be Blood
    The African Queen
    Colter's Run (providing it ever gets released)
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-10-20 16:21
    Brian Carpenter wrote: »
    I dont watch a lot of flicks but...

    Hunt for Red October

    October Sky

    +1 for October Sky

    Had that and First Contact on my iPhone before it died.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-10-20 16:26
    Does this count as a movie?

    Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

    F    ound it while researching this.

    Watch all three parts. Great musical score.
  • Tracy AllenTracy Allen Posts: 6,664
    edited 2012-10-20 16:39
    This is a great check list. We're always coming over to Netflix and usually blank out when we face the busy red screen that promotes all sorts of fluff and stuff. Forget the last dying wish for a flick. Save those moments for stargazing and warm arms. The flicks are escape after a busy day.

    My wife and I like all sorts of edgy films. Almost anything from the Coen bros.--Big Lebowski and Fargo are already on the list. Was there any Woody Allen on the list? Vicky Christina Barecelona was one of my favorites. Here are a few more for the "foreign" or I should say "international" film category.
    City of Lost Children (Jeunet & Caro)
    Children of Men (Alfonso Cuar
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-10-20 17:30
    Add to list:
    The Silence of the Lambs
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show - if you're heading to the pearly gates, you may as well be doing the Time Warp!!

    Keep off the list:
    Xanadu
    Flash Gordon (yes, the one with the soundtrack by Queen)
    Dune - Sting? Seriously?
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2012-10-20 17:42
    Charlton Heston was in some great films
    Soylent Green
    Planet of the Apes (original)
    The Omega Man

    I also liked all the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy films
    No mention so far for "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"

    "The Time Machine" (Rod Taylor)
    "O' Lucky Man"
    "IF"
    "IT"
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2012-10-20 18:28
    The Milagro Beanfield War :thumb::thumb:
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2012-10-20 22:00
    I've truly enjoyed this thread. Thanks.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-10-20 23:16
    Based on multiple recommendations of this thread, I've just rented and watched 12 Monkeys, which I'd never seen before. It was a good film, and I'd recommend it to anyone who has not yet seen it. Nonetheless, there was nothing it it that could possibly match:
    "Leave the gun; take the cannoli," or
    "'I'm gonna make him an offer he won't refuse. ," or
    "I know it was you. Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."

    'Powerful stuff.

    -Phil
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-10-21 03:38
    The idea behind "one last movie" was just to keep the number of recommendations to the small side and make people really think about their choice(s) and keep the list to the very best, not just good. I knew people would ignore that. :) Personally, I would have no trouble coming up with 25 - 50 "Favorite" movies.

    I'm thinking I should add the list to the first post. Does anybody know what the size limit is for a single post?

    Also, I corrected "Twelve Monkeys" to "12 Monkeys", so now it's first on the list :)
    Did I miss something, or were there no Batman movies mentioned?
    BTW, I thought the Sci-Fi Channel's Dune mini-series was far better than the 1984 theatrical movie.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-10-21 05:09
    Boy, it's going to be a long weekend catching up with all the movies I have missed from the list so far.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-10-21 05:40
    RDL2004 wrote: »
    BTW, I thought the Sci-Fi Channel's Dune mini-series was far better than the 1984 theatrical movie.

    You are so correct. The 1984 Dune was miserable at best. It was.on my "shouldn't be on the list" list.

    Quite an amazing last has been compiled. Should make for some interesting viewinging choices when you just don't know what to watch!
  • RobotWorkshopRobotWorkshop Posts: 2,307
    edited 2012-10-21 05:42
    You can also add:

    Android - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083557/
    The Quiet Earth - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/
    The Good, The Bad, The Wierd - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901487/
    Star Hunter (2nd series was better) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250750/ and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340491/
    Blade Runner
    Buck Rogers
    The Computer wore Tennis Shoes
    Fireball XL5
    Imortal - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/
    Real Steel

    For older odd stuff: (some episodes are good and others painful to watch)
    Space Academy - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075585/
    Jason of Star Command - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078631/
    Star Lost - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069638/
    Ark II - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127989/
    Quark - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/
    Terrahawks - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085099/
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-10-21 05:49
    Unless they REALLY mess it up, by the end of 2013, I'll be adding Ender's Game to this list. IMDB says it's scheduled for a November 2013 list. By the way, those are great books in case anyone hasn't read the series.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2012-10-21 13:43
    I guess the clue at the end my post was missed......

    West World, there was only one Yule Brenner.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2012-10-21 14:38
    Unless they REALLY mess it up, by the end of 2013, I'll be adding Ender's Game to this list.

    They will really mess it up. They don't have much choice. You can't do the homo/pedo stuff that is so central to the story onscreen @ PG-13.
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2012-10-21 16:34
    The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-10-21 16:48
    localroger wrote: »
    Unless they REALLY mess it up, by the end of 2013, I'll be adding Ender's Game to this list.

    They will really mess it up. They don't have much choice. You can't do the homo/pedo stuff that is so central to the story onscreen @ PG-13.

    Ok, now I'm going to have to re-read Ender's Game....I don't remember much of the homo/pedo parts of the story....wow, the things I miss in my naive little world!!
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2012-10-21 16:56
    I added a few more to my previous post - #69

    Raising Arizona
    50 First Dates
    Always
    The Piano
    Mr Hollands Opus
    Deliverance
    The Breakfast Club
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2012-10-21 17:53
    Ender's Game....I don't remember much of the homo/pedo parts of the story.

    Naked little boys fighting to the death is a major theme. Barry Longyear's Sea of Glass is a nice sendup of it.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2012-10-21 17:53
    Since this is morphing into a favorite (geeks?) list how can Office Space be left off?
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-10-21 17:56
    Ok, now I'm going to have to re-read Ender's Game....
    Really.
    In 1999, it placed #59 on the reader's list of Modern Library 100 Best Novels. It was also honored with a spot on American Library Association's "100 Best Books for Teens." In 2008, the novel, along with Ender's Shadow, won the Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors an author and specific works by that author for lifetime contribution to young adult literature.

    I guess all depends on how you look at it...
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-10-21 18:00
    Okay you guys, you were supposed to hold it down to 5 choices :)
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