I have enjoyed the conversations we have had thus far; many of you have made thought-provoking comments, provided clever insights, started interesting tangents, or have inserted humor. Bravo, keep it up!
Next topic: movies. They have the ability to move us, enlighten us, or simply humor us. Whatever the reason we watch them constantly, but we all have favorites. Access the follow sight which lists its top 100 movies of all time:
http://www.filmsite.org/mrshowbz.html.
Do you agree with this list? Why or why not? What would your top 3 movies be of all time? Why? What do you love about movies? Do you prefer comedy, action, or thriller? Are movies better than books? In all cases? Explain.
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Anonymous,
Why Goodfellas? What is it about? Why do you like it?
i have a few favorite movies. my favorite OF ALL TIME, and people can make fun of me, but it's the Lion King. I just love that movie so much, because it has great music, and it has a great story.
There ae many new movies comin out that i really want to see. Like Devil and case 29 and My soul to take.....im really into scary movies
Anonymous,
I love the Lion King. Did you guys know it is based off of a Shakespearean play: Hamlet? Can anyone see the similarities?????
Taylor,
I love scary movies too, but are unfamiliar with the movies you mentioned. What are they about?
Anonymous Lion King was my fav movie wen i was a kid and i will always love that movie, im a nerd lol
i did know that actually, but i just found that out. ive never seen hamlet though. but my other favorite movies are Tommy, Spirited away, and HELP!
TANSFORMERS! All of them! Best movie of all time!
Finding Nemo is a great movie
I dont agree with this list at all. The movies are all old like i dont like watching movies in black and white. My top 3 movies are Step Brothers, The Boondock Saints 1 and 2, Old School. Step Brothers and Old School are two of the funniest movies i have every saw and The Boondock Saints is the sickest movie i have seen. I like comedy best of all the other groups. I like movies over books because i dont read.
yea those are good movies too. but the scary ones arent scary cuz
Anonymous, or anyone else for that matter,
Did you hear about the scandal involving the 2nd Transformers movie? The racist robots? Anyone know what I am talking about or can find out on the web???
I like a lot of movies and go to see them in theaters usually and there are a lot of new movies coming out that I want to see too. And lion king was my favorite movie when I was really young.
Anonymous,
I agree with the Boondock Saints. I love it! But was the 2nd good too? What was that one about?
well i looked at that list and all of teh movies on there are pretty old even tho i may have seen or not seen them i do not like that list at all because all of the movies are old and just thinking about it is depressing. good old movies would be jason and michael myers the killers that i grew up watching. but i like new movies that are out now a days because the color is better every thing is more real and the effects are way better and its more real life and not so depressing. like the movie "killers" that i just saw two nights ago with ashton kutcher and some female that i forget her name it was very well and i think we should watch it in this class. or watch something like the boondock saints. because i see my self like them killing people when im out of high school bad people that is.
Chris,
What are some movies you want to see in the movies?
There was only like 3 good movies on the list like Forrest Gump, Rocky, and Back to the Future. My top three movies would be, Dazed and Confused, Thirteen, and Good Luck Chuck.
Scandal? Didnt hear about that but ill look it up.
Eric,
So you see yourself as a cop you mean?? In regard to the movie Killer, what is it about? What is it rated? How can I rationalize showing you the movie in class?
I think people put way to much thought into movies now a days. What happened to watching a movie for the fun of it? I can't stand people who have to sit there and completly disect a movie for the morals and the meaning underlining it. It's a movie for Christ sake. Shut up, sit down, and just enjoy it.
i skimmed down the list (i was anonymus but now not) and i didnt know a lot of the movies. but i didnt see the lion king :(
Yeah the second one was pretty good it had a little more humor in it then the first. It was about some little guy who was trying to bring them back to America again to kill the Saints. So he killed a priest to get them to come back. Its movie you have to see.
tha movie devil looks so dumb.
There are some war movies i love too like saving private ryan and pearl haror those movies are intense!
Anonymous,
Keep me posted if you can find it.
Alyssa,
I love Rocky, actually 1-4. I would watch them before an athletic competition to get me pumped up. Dazed and confused is a classic. What is your favorite part?
But on another note and to stop ranting, a few of my favorite movies are 30 Days Of Night, all the Star Wars, Silence Of The Lambs, and basically any comedy.
i forgot about rocky. my favorite's the 4th one
i argee wit you me berry
killers it is rated R i belive. its action packed and ashton kutcher the main star in the movie is cia agent and destroys enemies of the united states and kicks there asses too. but im a soldier so i will be over seas some where killing dirtbags. and the movie isnt as bad as it seems its a love story too after tey get married and he lives a civilian life for 3 years his past comes back and he has to kill again which he doesnt want to do because he dropped all of that for his wife.. there is some comedy in the movie too.
Barry,
You are right somwehat; some movies are not that serious and do not need to be seriously watched. Good movie directors, though, put alot of thought into the creation of the movie: lighting, scene direction, point of view...etc. That is some of the fun, analyzing it and seeing those choices and seeing how they contribute to the overall movie's message.
Best part is when he says something about highschool girls and how he loves them because "I keep getting old but they stay the same age." Or when one of the girls says "Wipe that face off your head bitch."
I love Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins is brilliant in it.
Alright anonymous thats your opinion but im sticking to mine
thats a sick thing to say eric.......
Silence of the Lambs is a great movie!
Eric,
Do you know where you might potentially be stationed?
Alyssa,
Who said that? I know he is a famous actor now. I think it might have been his breakout role...
I do not agree with the list that was given.
A list of my favorite movies would be: To Save a Life, this movie atcually became my favorite the second i saw it in theaters. The movie is about a teen boy names Roger who dosent feel like he belongs in the world anymore becuase of some of the things that are going on in his life. So roger takes fate into his own hands and ends his life, the Movie goes on about Jake the main character trying to figure out what he could of done and if he could have saved Roger. Roger the kid that ends his life believes that school was a place where he was never wanted and no one herd or saw his silent cry for what he wanted and needed. Jake trys to find why he never saw the sugn and to do this he must break all the bariers that high school create with popular adn lonners, cliques and non cliques to discover the answer to the real question of : What do i want my life to be about?
Another Movie that i like would be Push, it was a different kind of movie that really made you think about it.
Shutter Island was a really good movie that i really had to watch adn pay attention to. this movie had Leonardo DiCaprio in it. it was a movie about a detective that went to a insane insylm to fin a lost patient Rachel Solando. But he becomes to start questioning if he is loseing his own sanity while being at Ashecliffe Hospital.
im not really into a lot of new movies. they havent been as good as they use to be.
It seems we can agree on as a group: Silence of the Lambs and Lion King. Anything else?
Side Comment: you guys made a great comment about the lack of cartoons on top lists. I can think of many great cartoon/animated movies that never get listed; it seems critics have biases toward them.
I like a different Genre of movies.
Matthew McConaughey. He was great in that movie. My favorite guy in the whole movie.
Gensis,
Wow, those movies sound amazing. What are they rated?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/transformers-jivetalking-_n_220005.html
Here is a link about the racist rotbot scandal and i think it is so stupid! Just cause of a gold tooth and some other crap! its all stupid...i feel that people are just trying to ruin the movie and they look for every reason! I guess they dont have lives!
Top gun will always be one of my favorite movies!
That's not what i meant. I enjoy seeing a director's creativity come to life. It's the stupid people that sit there next to you in the movie thearter and ramble the whole movie about what this means, the what that "really meant subliminally". Just shut up and watch the movie. I swear dumb people think they're smart cause they can "analyze a movie". Sorry to burst your bubble, but your still and idiot.
Also, there "accents" were similar to the stereotypes of stupid black people....
That's not what i meant. I enjoy seeing a director's creativity come to life. It's the stupid people that sit there next to you in the movie thearter and ramble the whole movie about what this means, the what that "really meant subliminally". Just shut up and watch the movie. I swear dumb people think they're smart cause they can "analyze a movie". Sorry to burst your bubble, but your still and idiot.
i dont know yet its where ever they say. but i leave to ft. benning georgia again in june for a couple months its a pain in the ass because its hot as hell there went up to 120 degrees plus with full body armor on and everything. heat sucks when i was there last june till end of august.. and i like silence of the lambs too. hanible rising i think it was called was great too it showed how he started and went back to germany in ww2 i belive and showed what traumatized him to eat people.
I once was in a scary movie, and someone next to me answered their phone and had a conversation! Those are the people I hate the most in theaters...
To Save a Life is PG-13, shutter island i believe sadly was rated R... But To Save a life is a AMAZING movie...
Eric,
Did you see Red Dragon? It was out third, but was a prequal to Silence of Lambs.
Wow, so, how many years are you enlisted? Going to college on the G.I. Bill?
No the dumbest person I ever sat near in the movies was a guy who fell asleep during the movie and started snoring.
And since we're talking about scandals in movies and the Lion King. There's something i think everyone should look at. In the song where Scar is singing with the hyenas, he is sitting up on a cliff. But did anyone ever notice that the hyenas march past im in a style exactly like the Nazi soldiers did when the marched past Hitler?
Does anyone have a copy of To Save a Life? Maybe we can watch it in class.
People who take there phone out in movie theaters regret it if i see it! I cant stand them!
A movie i like but was kinda disappointed in was Charlie St. Cloud i hoped it wud hav been better.
I agree that isn't anything to get that mad over. The director went with the way the voice actors had taken the characters in the movie. So people shouldn't be saying the robots are racist.
I can get a copy of To save Life!... and Taylor i liked Charlie St.Cloud
Barry, and guys,
There are many scandals in Disney movies. Does anyone know one in Alladan, Little Mermaid, and another one in The Lion King?
Yes the oner in alladan is really funny.. my sister wrote a paper on the differnt scandles.
Genesis,
Can you tell the group, in an appropriate manner, what the scandal is? Do you know more?
i dont know maybe i might go to college i recived alot of papers in the mail to different universities or whatever and im enlisted for 6 years so i have to see combat before my service is up and if im still healthy and well i will probably re enlist
yeah the one in aladin where he is talking to the tiger, little mermaid is the cover of the older version and the priest.
In the new Toy Story when Mr. Potatohead he loses his body and uses a cucumber for a body and he has a hat on but before they show it is him, it is just a black figure and he looks like, lets just say a part of a man...
I liked Charlie St. Cloud but there were some parts that were boring and it was kinda disappointing but overall i still liked the movie
Disney cartoonists are known for placing an innappropriate sexual image or reference in the movie. I did not know that tradition continued...
Disney cartoonists are known for placing an innappropriate sexual image or reference in the movie. I did not know that tradition continued...
Never heard of Charlie St. Cloud. What is it about?
yeah.. thats just how it is in disney movies. it never ends.
I know there's another one in the Lion King. When Simba flops down on the ground and all the dust, or what ever it is, flies up into the sky. If you pause it at just the right time it spell out SEX in the sky. And the one in The Little Mermaid is at the end when she's getting married. If you look closely the priest has an erection. Its pretty funny.
alladan's orginal cover was remade because the casle pillars were in the shape of a male organ.
in Aladdin instead of saying "good kitty donw" he says "good teenagers take off your clothes."
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i actually never knew about the one in toy sroty. althought i havent seen the new one, but ill keep that in mind
Charlie St. Cloud is aout these two brothers that are really close but then the one brother dies
Inception anybody? Instant classic. Also, Taylor is in this class now which is pretty sweet.
Ian,
I love Inception. For those who have not seen it, do you mind if the class blogs about that? It is such a deep movie.
I absoulutly LOVE all the disney movies like up, finding nemo, lion King, and all the princess ones. Also alot of the movies on the list don't interest me too much beacuse I'd rather watch something funny and stupid, but entertaining.
Ian I have to agree that inception is great. It is very thought provoking. Can that really happen? You never know. It was a little confusing though so you have to pay close attention to every detail.
You should definetly show Inception in the class, it really is a good story, and the characters are really easy to relate to
No, no, no… I mind I didn’t see it yet! I want to see it but I haven’t got the chance to get to the movies.
I love inception because it involves an unreliable point of view. Is the narrator crazy, deluded, sane? It really explores the theme of appearance and reality, and the unreliablity of appearances.
Inception was probably the best movie I've seen in a while, besides Lord of the Rings. It really was, and the entire time I was thinking about little signs and stuff in it. Like how we were doing with The Office.. I was thinking like that the entire time. Inception is absolutley amazing, I loved it.
I once saw this thing on youtube about all the times it said sex in the movie and it pionted it out. And I think it was about 200 times its was so weird.
Yeah, it's a movie you have to like see twice, though i never did.
Ian,
How did you find the characters relatable?
Emily,
Crawl out from under your rock and go see that movie!
kaite,i agree,the classic disney movies are amazing, i admit i still watch them all the time.However, the new disney movies are terrible.
Half baked is a really good movie. Although I watched it so many times I still find myself laughing everytime I watch it. I also like scary and funny movies.
Ok, so we have two interesting topics:
Old Disney vs New Disney: which is better and why?
Inception: What little plot details did you see that contributed to the movie's meaning?
Oh and Katie I highly enjoy Disney movies as well.
Stefi,
I love half-baked. What is your favorite part?
I think that to say all old movies are bad is a little narrowminded unless you've seen said movie and can actually discuss WHY it was bad. I agree with this list, I've seen a few of them. Older movies were much better crafted then films today; there was more time put into the plot and character developement, the lines were wuicker and wittier, and because you have to pay attention to them, they hold your interest longer.
Also, a lot of movies coming out today are based off of these classics. Disturbia, for example, was exactly like Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Psyco, as a completely groundbreaking movie when it came out, has set the stage for horror movies everywhere.
To say that just because a movie is in black and white is a really narrow way to approach things, considering a lot of the movies coming out today were influenced so heavily by them.
Inception was freaking awesome btw :D
Also, I agree with what Barry said about people taking some movies too seriously. There are movies meant to make you think, and some that are made to amuse and entertain. People need to learn to tell the difference and stop being so arrogant about some things.
I saw inception at a movie theatre in Philly and the bathroom was stellar.
Jamie i agree the classic disney movies are the best. I love love love Toy Story.
Ginny,
Finally one of you younin' repect the older films. They rock. Any you make an astute point in that many popular current movies are based on older movies (and books as well).
Meghan<3
My favorite movie is probably Big Fish. I have yet to see a movie done by the Coen Brothers that I didn't think was awesome.
I also really like Pirate Radio and American Grafitti but like no one's ever seen those...
I think The old disney movies are just something we'll watch forever, but I think that pixar movies are the best out of them all.
Ryan,
Am I that old. I consider Toy STory current Disney. Old school disney for me is Lion King and all movies before that. What does everyone think?
I probably wouldn't have noticed all of the innappropriate things in the disney movies if they weren't pointed out. I haven't watched them since I was five, so I guess I wouldn't have thought about it that way anyway.
As for the list, it had alot of good classics on it, but it didn't have many newer movies, like 28 Days Later or Shaun of the Dead, because those are really good movies!
One of my favorites is Fight Club. It was based off a book written by Chuck Palahniuk, one of my favorite authors.
The sound of music is my favorite movie. I enjoy singing along. It's a classic.
I think some new disney movies are ok, like UP, and Toy Stiry 3, but the rest are pretty bad.
Jamie,
I agree. The old Disney movies are absolutley awesome. The new ones really are bad.. I don't really know the difference.
Ms. Rotter,
I noticed that!! I remembered, while watching the movie, when we were talking in class about how someimtes the point of view is untrustworthy. Thinking like that helped me get through the movie a lot better then I expected. I don't usually like Leonardo DiCaprio too much but I thought he did pretty good in that movie.
If we are talking Disney Hercules is the way to go?
Well, i feel that Toy Story is a classic because i watched it when I was young. I'm sure your classics differ from mine.
The 3rd toy story was so good i watched it the first day it came out and I cried at the end because it was so happy/sad.
Mrs. Rotter,
To be honest I don't really have a favorite part in the movie because I enjoy the whole movie and I don't think I can choose only one part. I'm constantly laughing during the whole movie. What is your favorite part?
In Inception i thought that the top Leonado's wife gave him( without spoiling to much), was very very significant to the overall story.
Great Sam!
Anna,
I love Shawn of the Dead. DO you know what it is a parady off???
I found the ending of 28 days later a cop out. What do you think?
I liie Fight Club but I think that it's just too overrated, for lack of a better word. I've watched it a few times and it's a really good movie but I sort of feel like everyone so hyped up about it and rave on and on about how amazing it was that it just sort of loses something because of that.
I love the movie Grease. Best movie ever, I like singing along with it.
I was once told I am a movie conosouere.
Ian, You are right. For those who saw Inception, who was right? Leo or his wife? why do you think that?
I'm not a big disney fan...
Megan your completly right thats a great movie.
Wait wasn't Leonardo's character named Cobb?
Ginny,
Fight Club is based off of a book, and it is even better than the movie. Have you read it?
Inception was amazing. I actually saw Inception twice. The very first time, I kept getting confused because I didn't exactly follow whose dream they were in or whose information they were after. The second time, I saw things that I missed and listened to all of the characters conversations and it really cleared everything up. I would highly reccommend seeing this one twice.
Hahaha Meghan.
Anna,
Can you tell Ginny the difference between the book and movie (Figh Club)?
Hot Fuzz anyone?
im so excited for easy A to come out,it looks like a great movie!
Anna,
All good books and films you need to see at least twice to get it.
:)
Speaking of having to see a movie twice to understand it, hss anyone seen Memento?
I haven't read the book but I want to at some point.
Arthur was toatz my favrotie Inception character, Cobb sort of irritated me a lot xP
We could organize a time to go see Easy A together, you know compare it to the Scarlet Letter. What do you guys think?
HOT FUZZ FTW. Has anyoen seen I Love You, Man?
I still have to see inception. I keep meaning to but then i forget because I always forget to go to the movies.
Jamie i completely agree! I also can't wait until Easy A comes out. I really want to see that movie.
Ginny has a point about the whole Fight Club jaune. Everyone builds it all up but it does take something away. But my friend did read the book and he told me that it is better then the film.
I want to see that movie too Jamie it looks so funny.
YES! We really should go to see Easy A.
taylor says toy story is a great movie and im pretty sure it unanamous!
I think Easy A looks entertaining as long as you don't read to deep into it. Maybe not the kind of movie I would go see in theaters, but like when it comes out on dvd if I get the chance to rent it I would.
YES! I would really enjoy it a lot if we all could go see Easy A together. I think that is a very good idea.
YESSS!! ive been waiting months to see easy A. It would be so cool if we all went together.Field Trip!
Haha but on the other hand a field trip to the movies sounds fun.
hey ginny what does FTW mean?
Some of the the best quoting movie I think are mean girls and kicking&screaming.
We can see Easy A as a class field trip it would be an ubber fun time.
I would find Easy A interesting on what it shows about out society. Trust me when I say the two stories will be very different. But our societies are different. No one in the book (Puritan society) would ever voluntarily admit to having premarital sex, and an introduction of a gay character is very modern.
I will try to organize a trip, but I don't know if it will get approved. What is it rated?
FTW means for the win. Like 'yaaaaay I agree with a lot of excitement'.
Can I attend this Easy A viewing?
I think pg13
I have no intention on ever seeing Easy A. It's just another high school movie. More then half the time, the events that take place in those kinds of movies normally wouldn't really happen in real life. I'm sick of all the high school teen drama movies out there.. I just won't go lol.
Has anyone seen the Hurt Locker?
I think it's just rated pg-13.
The movie is rated PG-13. But i really hope it gets approved!
haha megan
Sam,
While you make a valid point that that plot would never happen in real life, most stories/books would not happen in real life. It makes people want to read it, because it is extraordinary.
Movies aren't always supost to be relistic they are supost to be entertaining.
Sam i think you have a negative atittude toward many things.
An Easy A field trip sounds good to me.
I will try to put it in for a field trip. When is it out? Where?
That means we would have to work through the Scarlet Letter pretty quickly...
If we are talking quotable movies you have it all wrong. Monty Python and the Holy Grail along with Hot Rod are have the best quotes around. Oh the goose noise from Hot Fuzz is irressistable.
Sam, I agree so much with you, but I sort of like those kind of lame not realistic high school movies. They're easy to watch cause you don't have to think about it.
Meghan,
I love Monty Python. What is your favorite part?
ian, the hurt locker was pretty interesting. Its not a movie i would watch for a second time though.
I love Hot Rod. My favorite part is when he goes through all that 'legit's tuff then just turns around and gets hit by a car.
Hot Rod is such a goood movie.
I mean 'legit' stuff. This keyboard is hard to type on.
I dont think you want to get me started on that movie I could go on forever.
Please Meghan,
GO ON!
Jamie, yea it was just kind of cool how they did it. It won movie of the year last year, which is odd, did't think it was that good.
If movies were relistic people would die within 10 seconds of a shot out and the high school movies would be so boring. I mean our school could never be a movie because it would be boring.And I'd also like to pion out that most of the movies you probably like are unrealistic sam.
Jamie, yea it was just kind of cool how they did it. It won movie of the year last year, which is odd, did't think it was that good.
Ms.Rotter,
What part do you think is the cop out? The part when Hannnah backs up the car and the infected grabs Major Henry West and kills him, or the part where they make the HELLO sign, and they see the plane? I don't really understand.
I thought it was a good ending. I ended up watching the alternative ending too, where just Hannah and Selena survive, but it wasn't as good as the offical ending.
Also, I believe that Shaun of the Dead is a parody of Dawn of the Dead.
I see your point that most movies are unrealistic, but if it's not my taste then it's not my taste. I do not have a negative attitude towards "many things," I just don't have the same tastes as everyone else and there's nothing wrong with that.
well there is way too much good stuff in that movie to have a favorite but I love when Kevin is watching the movie on his computer and Johnson just keeps popping up and he looks really scared.
Anna,
I mean the part of the movie where a character goes unconscious, wakes up 28 days later, and all the "zombies" are dying. Found it to be too neat of an ending...
I enjoy everything that Meghan posts.
yea it didnt deserve that.
This is Taylor, we should def see Easy A.
Great Sam,
Stick up for your opinions!
taylor really likes movies in general.
I like how Rod has to beat up Frank to get his appreoval.
animal house
Step brothers is the best movie.
Ryan,
Right on. That is a classic! What part do you find funniest?
One of my favorite movies would be american gangster. It is about Frank Lucas who is a druglord in rugged New York in tough times.
Andrew,
I didn't find that movie that funny. I don't know about everyone else, but I am sick of Will Ferrel playing the same role all the time!
I think the Readers picks is more accurate that the Critic's picks
My favorite movie is I Am Legend with Will Smith i dont really like "Disney" movies. I Am Legend has Zombies in it as well..
Step brothers is the best movie.
Anonymous,
I agree as well. Sometimes critics can be to esoteric.
Pat, did you know that I am Legend is based off of a short story?
Pretty much the whole movie is great, the end is always good too
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One of my fav. movies is the Other Guys with Will Farrel as a cop tryin to break a big billion doller money case
the only disney movie that is legit worth conversation is Miracle
Pat,
Does he play the same character? I liked him in Old School and his earlier films, and even the movie he plays an iceskater, but after that, he has been in too many movies playing the same role...
No, what story is it based off of? and is it about basically the same thing?
Inception was probably mty favorite movie the story line ideas and a lot of different things seperate inception from any other movies
Patrick,
It is a short story of the same title, and no, the movie made some changes that make it worse. Do you want me to tell you about some?
one of my favorite movies had to be the Boondock saintsII. Good story can't wait till the second one.
Relax,
I agree. I love the fact that it is an unreliable point of view. Makes it more interesting I think.
Anonymous,
My other classes has sung the praise of the second one. I think its already out on DVD.
Yea
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