Five Films to see before you die

Denerick

Looked down a couple of pages and couldn't see a thread like this, which is a bit surprising. Anyway, I'll start. In no particular order.

Gran Tarino (Moving, if a little cheesy)
La Haine (Great story of 3 distinct ethnic boys running around a French ****hole)
Forrest Gump (You have to be dead inside not to love Forrest Gump)
Dead Man's Shoes (The ending...)
My Cousin Vinny (Needed something lighter in here. Very funny courtroom film with an Italian American New Yorker trying to save his cousin and his Jewish friend in an Alabama murder case)

Krusty_Clown

Denerick wrote: »

Forrest Gump (You have to be dead inside not to love Forrest Gump)

I'm dead inside.

FearDark

No American History X

PFFFFFFFFFFT!!!

starn

The Thing
Apocalypse Now
Rushmore
La Haine
Star Wars

Fysh

From the charter:

Charter wrote:

Do not start posting threads such as:

• Posting Top 5/10/Whatever or Favorite threads. Example.

hop2it

The shawshank redemstion
The silence of the lambs
Micheal Collins
Casino
miracle on 34th street

hop2it

hi fysh WHY no list's ???

IIMII

starn wrote: »

Apocalypse Now

Is on TV now

Fysh

hop2it wrote: »

hi fysh WHY no list's ???

I'm not a mod of the film forum so I can't tell you the official reason, but as far as I know it's because for a while the forum was over-run with loads of list threads that didn't generate any interesting discussion of the films in question.

starn

hop2it wrote: »

The shawshank redemstion
The silence of the lambs
Micheal Collins
Casino
miracle on 34th street

You have to be joking. Aside form Casino all those films are muck

hop2it

ok thanks for that fysh

MrStuffins

Comedy - Airplane
Horror - Let The Right One In (The Decent close 2nd)
Superhero - The Dark Knight
Action - The Martix
Sci Fi - Terminator 1&2..................

.......... just off the top of my head i guess

mle1324

1. kevin & perry
2. malcom x
3. the jackel
4. pulp fiction (i know its a sin that i havent seen it)
5. boyz n de hood

Tusky

The Thing
Goodfellas
Oldboy
The Shining
Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Denerick

starn wrote: »

You have to be joking. Aside form Casino all those films are muck

What a brilliant thought out comment. A credit to boards.ie.

As for the rule about not posting lists, I can see where its coming from but if there is just one of these stickied somewhere surely that would make everyone's lives easier? And no one bothers to read the charter by the way, its a bit silly altogether. Either sticky this thread or one closely related and leave it at that.

James Howlett

Kevin & Perry? Brilliant I love it!

Bit of a mixed bag but heres some I recommend;

Braveheart
Gladiator
The Lion King
Moulin Rouge
Terminator 2

I'm also quite fond of Anchorman & Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Particularly Sarah Marshall I was really impressed with it.

Saibh

Denerick wrote: »

What a brilliant thought out comment. A credit to boards.ie.

As for the rule about not posting lists, I can see where its coming from but if there is just one of these stickied somewhere surely that would make everyone's lives easier? And no one bothers to read the charter by the way, its a bit silly altogether. Either sticky this thread or one closely related and leave it at that.

Charters are there for a reason - to read them!

Denerick

Saibh wrote: »

Charters are there for a reason - to read them!

Charters are a bit like the terms and conditions that come with a new product: You assume its stating the bleeding obvious so don't even think of reading it. I'm pretty sure 99% of boardsies don't read the charters.

MrStuffins

I agree with Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

There's been many really good comedies the last few years.

Anchorman, Step Brothers, Role Models, I Love You Man, Knocked Up, Superbad....................

mle1324

starn wrote: »

You have to be joking. Aside form Casino all those films are muck

micheal collins is MUCK,are you for real:mad:

James Howlett

Superbad yes! Can't believe I forgot that.

So many great lines in that movie.
Could have a thread all to itself.

With Sarah Marshall I thought they got so much right.
The comedy was spot on and well timed.
Then the reason for the relationship ending was well balanced.
THEN the Dracula musical... brilliant.

Fysh

Denerick wrote: »

Charters are a bit like the terms and conditions that come with a new product: You assume its stating the bleeding obvious so don't even think of reading it. I'm pretty sure 99% of boardsies don't read the charters.

Well that's just award-winning right there....not only ignoring the charter to begin with, but then moaning that it has these pesky rules that say you can't do things. When will we learn, eh?

(If you really feel that the absence of a "x number of films you must, for reasons unexplained, view before you snuff it" thread is damaging to the film forum, you could try starting a discussion about it with the mods. They're unlikely to react with much sympathy if you still refuse to read the charter at that point, though...)

Denerick

Cop on, don't be such a self congratulatory...

Do you expect me to feel guilty for not reading the charter?

Saibh

Denerick wrote: »

Cop on, don't be such a self congratulatory...

Do you expect me to feel guilty for not reading the charter?

tbh, I think I will be doing something else with my time before I die, than watching films.

L'prof

Saibh wrote: »

tbh, I think I will be doing something else with my time before I die, than watching films.

So you don't watch films then?

Saibh

jasonorr wrote: »

So you don't watch films then?

I do.

Title of the thread "Five films to watch before you die"

I rather spend my time doing something else than watching films before I die...

L'prof

Saibh wrote: »

I do.

Title of the thread "Five films to watch before you die"

I rather spend my time doing something else than watching films before I die...

I'm just being pedantic as now is before you die...

Queen-Mise

Denerick wrote: »

Charters are a bit like the terms and conditions that come with a new product: You assume its stating the bleeding obvious so don't even think of reading it. I'm pretty sure 99% of boardsies don't read the charters.

You just nailed that there. I tried reading one, but it was painful.

Are there films you have/nt seen or recommending others to see.

To see - citizen kane, never watched it. Whats the black and white xmas one, top xmas movie of all time.

Have seen but would want to see again- magnolia, forest gump, in brugges & willie wonka :-):-)

Denerick

Saibh wrote: »

tbh, I think I will be doing something else with my time before I die, than watching films.

Thats very very very clever of you.

Saibh

Queen-Mise wrote: »

Whats the black and white xmas one, top xmas movie of all time.

It's a wonderful life? (James Stewart)

starn

mle1324 wrote: »

micheal collins is MUCK,are you for real:mad:

Fraid so, off the top of my head I cant think of a half a dozen better flicks to watch Assault on Precient 13, On The Waterfront, 2001: A Space Odessey, Some Like it Hot, Metropolis, Toy Story

As for
The shawshank redemstion (Contrived muck)
The silence of the lambs (2nd rate camp muck)
Micheal Collins (Better, then the first two. But muck)
Casino
miracle on 34th street (sentimental muck)

kensutz

Denerick wrote: »

Charters are a bit like the terms and conditions that come with a new product: You assume its stating the bleeding obvious so don't even think of reading it. I'm pretty sure 99% of boardsies don't read the charters.

And since you don't read charters you end up getting bans and infractions as per:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60267801&postcount=11

CyberWaste

28 days later
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Gladiator
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missingtime

Denerick wrote: »

Charters are a bit like the terms and conditions that come with a new product: You assume its stating the bleeding obvious so don't even think of reading it.

Yea and then you bitch and moan when you realise that you didn't read the contract and expect to get out of it by roaring and shouting.

Idiotic argument.

Denerick

missingtime wrote: »

Yea and then you bitch and moan when you realise that you didn't read the contract and expect to get out of it by roaring and shouting.

Idiotic argument.

Get a life.

Denerick

kensutz wrote: »

And since you don't read charters you end up getting bans and infractions as per:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60267801&postcount=11

Good stalking.

missingtime

Denerick wrote: »

Get a life.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Sweet dreams Denerick.

Saibh

Denerick wrote: »

Get a life.

Denerick wrote: »

Good stalking.

wonder why you're banned from history and heritage forum* :pac:



*as per your sig

Denerick

Anything I say here will be considered inflammatory. Think I'll go to bed. Don't take the internetz so seriously. All this talk of obeying charters and 'idiotic arguments' is making me dizzy.