2017 TV/Movie/Book Thread with Spoilers

chonestown · Post #141 » by **chonestown** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:20 am

Hell, here's the top 10
Taxi Driver
Harlan County, USA
Stranger Than Paradise
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Coming to America
No Country for Old Men
Bad Lt: Port of Call: New Orleans
Jackie Brown
Hoop Dreams
Paris, Texas

thomchatt3rton · Post #142 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:21 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Ha, fitting. The only one on that list I've seen is Zodiac (agreed, I like it a lot).

What do you mean by, "Ha, fitting"?

jute2003 · Post #143 » by **jute2003** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:21 am

Between doing some more thinking and seeing some other lists I'd prolly add

Southpaw. I'm a sucker for Rachel McAdams and boxing movies

Zombieland

Now You See Me

Men of Honor

The Sandlot

A Walk to Remember. I like the soundtrack and I'm a sap

The Guardian

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Post #144 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:26 am

thomchatt3rton wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Ha, fitting. The only one on that list I've seen is Zodiac (agreed, I like it a lot).

What do you mean by, "Ha, fitting"?

It seems like you and I have different tastes, is all.

thomchatt3rton · Post #145 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:27 am

F*cking lists. Always with the forgetting. Another underappreciated gem is

Sugar (2008) From the team who wrote and directed Half Nelson and Mississippi Grind. It's about a super talented Dominican baseball player coming to the US to try to climb the ladder to the MLB. Couldn't understand why this wasn't more celebrated or more remembered.

thomchatt3rton · Post #146 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:54 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
thomchatt3rton wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Ha, fitting. The only one on that list I've seen is Zodiac (agreed, I like it a lot).

What do you mean by, "Ha, fitting"?

It seems like you and I have different tastes, is all.

That list was my top lesser-known, forgotten, or underappreciated movies- not my top ten all time. If you liked "Zodiac", there's no reason why you wouldn't like any of the others. Except for "The Tenant" and maybe "Dream Life of Angels", none of them are any less-accessible than "Zodiac".

Siefer · Post #147 » by **Siefer** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:47 am

I had to limit myself to 30 minutes so that I'd actually go to bed. Could go back and forth on these and a half dozen other great films.

Brick
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
3:10 to Yuma
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Nightcrawler
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Prestige
28 Days Later
City of God

SupremeHustle · Post #148 » by **SupremeHustle** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:26 am

thomchatt3rton wrote:I couldn't ever make a true top 10 list- not without a 2 week sabbatical from my job to really work on it.

So, here's a list of

Some Favorite Movies that might be Forgotten, LIttle-Seen, or Underappreciated

Flirting (1991) My teenage self would never forgive me if I left this one off. I love it. IDK why this isn't an enduring teen classic, a la Breakfast Club. Noah Taylor and Thandie Newton are both outsiders in their respective private schools in 60s Australia. They fall in love. Nicole Kidman is there too.

The Vanishing (1988) is one of the finest movies ever made in terms of plotting, editing and pure filmmaking-- and the ending is unforgettable. Kubrick called it the scariest movie he'd ever seen. I can't recommend it enough.

The Wages of Fear (1953) Might feel slow for the first 30 or so minutes, but this is one of the most exciting and tense action/suspense thrillers ever. Until I saw it, I didn't know they made movies like this in the 50s. Beautifully shot, tough, intense, smart and ultimately a very moving and beautifully tragic story too.

Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991) 5 or 6 Coen movies are right up there for me but these 2 are my favorites, just for personal reasons (and John Turturro reasons).

The animated Rankin & Bass The Hobbit (1977) and the Bakshi LotR (1978) For childhood reasons.
This version of The Hobbit is far superior to Jackson's and both are more faithful to the books than the Jackson's (but I didn't hate PJ's LotR). Both are underrated in terms of their visual influence on all things fantasy that came afterwards, I suspect.

I'm inordinately fond of FF Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) It's cheesy, but its also pretty cool. Plus, check out the cast (and remember its 1983) Matt Dillon, Nic Cage, Dennis Hopper, Mickey Rourke, Gary Oldman, Diane Lane, Chris Penn, Laurence Fishburne and Tom Waits.

The Tenant (1976) Not the best Roman Polanski movie by any stretch, and kind of a mess, but for some reason I really love this movie. There's really nobody else like Polanski. Speaking of, his Death and the Maiden (1994) is criminally unappreciated and forgotten about- Sigourney Weaver suspects her dinner guest Ben Kingsley of something monstrous, but can't be sure...

The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) This one fell off the face of the Earth. Last I checked, not even Amazon had a US-region DVD copy for sale. F*cking beautiful movie. Cannes famously couldn't decide which of the two leads to give "Best Actress" to, so they gave it to both of them.

Zodiac (2007) The best David Fincher movie. It's hard to make an extremely long and intricate thriller about the hunt for a real-life serial killer who everyone knows was never caught in real life and actually make it thrilling. So if you pull it off don't you deserve the title "Best David Fincher Movie"?

Withnail and I (1987) Perhaps the greatest movie ever made not called "Airplane!".

Miller's Crossing is my jam!

thomchatt3rton · Post #149 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:27 am

chonestown wrote:Hell, here's the top 10
Taxi Driver
Harlan County, USA
Stranger Than Paradise
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Coming to America
No Country for Old Men
Bad Lt: Port of Call: New Orleans
Jackie Brown
Hoop Dreams
Paris, Texas

Good list! But please do explain to me the appeal of "Bad Lieutenant: Nic Cage". Because I do not get it.

HKPackFan · Post #150 » by **HKPackFan** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:21 am

No order but top 5 and bottom 5 have a gap.

TOP 10 MOVIES

Star Wars IV, V, VI (don't make me separate)
LOTRs I, II, III (Don't make me separate)
Aliens (sad the sequels have been so bad )
Inception (this movie always pulls me in so deep!)
Warm Bodies (Teresa Palmer all day. All day. I could watch her just brushing her teeth, but I this is the most entertaining take on the zombie genre ever, I've watched it a dozen times. Love Rob Corddry, the soundtrack, and the Shakespearean rom-com, action plus horror zombie mashup).
E.T. (all time classic).
Dead Pool (never laughed that much in a theater before)
Braveheart (classic)
Terminator (James Cameron makes 2 of my top 10)
Untouchables (De Niro & Sean **** Connery! Incredible acting & soundtrack & story, I can't stop watching if this movie is on.)

Honorable Mentions: 300, Life is Beautiful, Slumdog Millionaire, Avatar, The Dark Night (I like Nolan and Cameron a lot I guess).

emunney · Post #151 » by **emunney** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:46 pm

If we're talking underappreciated movies this decade, I have to throw Take Shelter out there.

Post #152 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 2:03 pm

The Good Place is back tonight.

Post #153 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 2:51 pm

Watch on YouTube

I would be more into this if it didn't star Jon Bernthal. I really don't like him.

glenn · Post #154 » by **glenn** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:11 pm

I hate the Punisher in general as a character, but actually though his plot was one of the best parts of the second season of Daredevil. It went bad when it started focusing on demon ninjas.

Pretty forking happy for the Good Place to start.

FrieAaron · Post #155 » by **FrieAaron** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:22 pm

Yeah, any Coen Brothers fan who hasn't seen "Miller's Crossing" or "Barton Fink" needs to do so. The score for the former is a great one as well.

My 10 favorite movies of the 2010s so far:

The Social Network
Manchester By the Sea
The Tree of Life
Drive
Mad Max: Fury Road
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nightcrawler
Birdman
Les Miserables

If going back 10 years instead of just since 2010, I'd have to make room for these movies:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Wall•E
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Road

MikeIsGood · Post #156 » by **MikeIsGood** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:23 pm

This was a nice few-minute distraction. I am, without a doubt, missing some movies here. I only spent about 5 minutes thinking, and didn't look through lists to jog my memory. There's a recency effect for sure, with one exception.

Half Nelson
Lost In Translation
The Lives of Others
28 Days Later
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (**** yeah)
Garden State
Catch Me If You Can
Snatch
District 9
Dark Knight

chonestown · Post #157 » by **chonestown** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:58 pm

thomchatt3rton wrote:
chonestown wrote:Hell, here's the top 10
Taxi Driver
Harlan County, USA
Stranger Than Paradise
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Coming to America
No Country for Old Men
Bad Lt: Port of Call: New Orleans
Jackie Brown
Hoop Dreams
Paris, Texas

Good list! But please do explain to me the appeal of "Bad Lieutenant: Nic Cage". Because I do not get it.

It's a Herzog film done with the naivete and audacity of a film school student, basically a mixture of craft and balls.

Iguana cam.

Lucky crack pipe.

"His soul is still dancing."

It's a great cast with a legendary gonzo/tender Cage performance. Herzog claim he never saw Ferrara's original is one of the greatest troll jobs in cinematic history or one of those it's so crazy it's true revelations.

Movies that I ran out of room to include, among others:
North Dallas Forty
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot [Eastwood and young Jeff Bridges]
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Annie Hall
Purple Rain
*ETA: Putney Swope

Post #158 » by **humanrefutation** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:13 pm

Alright, movies since 2010? In no particular order:

Django Unchained
Mad Max: Fury Road
Gravity
Logan
Moonlight
12 Years a Slave
Hidden Figures
Get Out
The Martain
Edge of Tomorrow
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
The Big Short

Nightfall · Post #159 » by **Nightfall** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:08 pm

My list for the decade so far (in no particular order and valid only for the next 5')

Birdman
Django Unchained
Mad May Fury Road
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Ex Machina
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Inception
A Separation
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash

and about 50 honorable mentions

Lippo · Post #160 » by **Lippo** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:03 pm

M-C-G wrote:
Lippo wrote:
M-C-G wrote:
Been a really long time since I have thought about a top 10 list, but if I am leave out the total Sci Fi (Star Wars, Avengers, Lord of the Rings etc.) off the top of my head in no particular order

Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Fight Club
Memento
6th Sense
V for Vendetta
3:10 to Yuma
Tombstone
There will be blood
Gangs of New York

I'm sure I am missing some others, but those come to mind, and Hell or High Water is right there in the mix.

No Braveheart?

I knew I'd miss an obvious one.

yeah basically my list exactly if you sub in Mel's masterpiece for Daniels abstract TWBB, maybe take out 3:10 and throw in Blade Runner