Top 3 movies ever

[s dot carter]

1. Braveheart
2. The Matrix
3. Shawshank Redemption
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9,748. Howard the Duck 2

[vinnypunditsheros]

There's a Howard the Duck 2?

I think I was seven when the first one came out. I thought the puppet was funny and wanted a copy of Playduck. The scary monster at the end was scary. All in all, it was an enjoyable movie but that monster scared the crap out of me. Did I mention I was seven?

Poltergeist scared the shit out of me too, and I think that came out earlier than Howard. I sure didn't want a tree to eat me like it did that unlucky kid in the movie.

A third and final movie that scared the crap out of me when I was but a wee lad is The Gate. It came out in 1987, so I was eight. It's a terrifying tale of a gateway to hell, which is in a kid's backyard. They opened it by playing a heavy metal album backwards. Those punk kids and their music.

A few years ago I rented it to see just how scary it was. Turns out it might be the worst fucking movie I've ever seen.

[CosmonautLaunchPad]

I remember the Gate. Didn't they use a model rocket to kill the big monster at the end? I saw that movie not to far back also. I was shocked at how cheezy the affects were. I think it scared me as a kid too.

[southhampton]

In no particular order

V for Vendetta
Fight Club
The Return of the King

[heemeehead]

1) Paradise Alley



2) Bad Santa - Thurman Merman is hysterical

3) Rocky IV

[oleanron]

I've decided to take three movies to represent three categories: one sci-fi/action movie, one drama and one comedy.

1.) Superman, 1977. It was a tough toss-up between this and Star Wars (when I saw it in 1977, it was just Star Wars, none of this "Episode IV" bullshit), but Superman just nudged it out, simply because while Star Wars created a mythology, Superman was the ultimate version of the ultimate icon. Everything about this movie was just perfect: the casting, the directing, the sets, etc. The thing I love about it most is that it's almost three different movies: the first act on Krypton is very sterile and Shakespearean, shot through a fog lense to give a little bit of lumienessence. The second act in Smallville is more like a Frank Capra, all-American movie of the 50s: blue skies, yellow wheatfields, red-blooded teen-agers. Then you get to Metropolis, where it's BANG: the pace picks up and it's rapid-fire, and bright, like a comic book. Just great stuff.

2.) Casablanca, 1942. Any guy who has ever been jilted by a woman will relate to the scene when Humphrey Bogart sees Ingrid Bergman for the first time since she left him a "Dear John" letter. The look on his face just says it all. Even though I'm happily married, I still watch that movie and remember that one girl from college who just totally broke my heart. And the best part of this movie is that it doesn't end the way you think it would. [SPOILERS ABOUND] If they made this movie today, the studio would demand that Bergman go off with Bogart. And the movie would've sucked.

3.) Caddyshack, 1980. There are at least a dozen movies I could've nominated for this slot: Airplane!, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, any Marx Brothers movie, but in the end, I had to go with the 'Shack. With the exception of IAM3W (which boasts over 30 of the greatest comedians from the 1920 through 1960), probably the greatest cast of comedians ever assembled: Chevy Chase (when he was still funny), Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield and the great Ted Knight. From Chase's ruminations on life ("What's wrong with lumber? I own two lumberyards." "Yeah, you don't seem to spend much time there." "I'm not quite sure where they are."), to Murray's war vs. the gopher ("Um, isn't it illegal to kill the golfers, sir?"), to Dangerfield's savagery of the upper-class ("This is a restricted country club, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, Wang"), to Knight's determination to keep Dangerfield out of Bushwood Country Club ("YOUUUUU will NEVER be a member of BUSHWOOD!" "Member? I was thinking of buying the joint!" "BUH-BUH-BUUUUY BUSHWOOD!?!"). Just flawless.

[cassian]

New to this board so I will take a stab.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Excalibur
3. Highlander

[CosmonautLaunchPad]

cassian said:

New to this board so I will take a stab.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Excalibur
3. Highlander

Welcome to the BevelWagon!

[rimrocka44]

Top 3 Movies I need to see: Boondock Saints, Braveheart, The Godfather

3 Movies I will never see: Lord of the Rings 1, Lord of the Rings 2, Lord of the Rings 3.

[rimrocka44]

And if we are talking about 3 great movies from like '86-'88 ish. How about:

1) Disorderlies
2) Labyrinth
3) La Bamba

[wutang]

I don't consider them the best films ever but my personal favorites are

1. Blow
2. Training Day
3. Friday

[heemeehead]

Captain Ron, er, Olean Ron--if you have never seen Paradise Alley, Bevelators such as CosmonautLaunchPad and myself, suggest you see it ASAP. It's a lot like Rocky but instead of boxing, it has Wrestling. You won't get to see Sly get mangled in an alley, because he doesn't need the evening exercise. You will see Terry Funk and you might be able to recognize a very young Ted Dibiase. I know you like your old school wrestling. There's a lost wrestling manuever called the ice clamp that you don't see in modern wrasslin.

This production was also featured on Yogi and a movie.

[vinnypunditsheros]

Speaking of Sly, who's going to see Rocky Balboa?


Me too.

[oleanron]

Hemee, I heard about Paradise Alley. I've been meaning to track it down.

I had a pretty bad experience with Stallone when I worked on Saturday Night Live. The guy was a dick to me and he had no right to be. After all, I'm the one who had to sit through "Cobra."

Actually, yeah, he did sorta have a reason to be a dick to me (I fucked up, but it wasn't my fault--I had to show him through the underground garage my second day and I had to ask someone for directions--it wasn't a big deal, but he got pissed. And the guy who told me to do it gave me the wrong directions), but he didn't have to be.

[thebonabus]

oleanron said:

Hemee, I heard about Paradise Alley. I've been meaning to track it down.

I had a pretty bad experience with Stallone when I worked on Saturday Night Live. The guy was a joystick to me and he had no right to be. After all, I'm the one who had to sit through "Cobra."

Actually, yeah, he did sorta have a reason to be a joystick to me (I General Tso's Chickened up, but it wasn't my fault--I had to show him through the underground garage my second day and I had to ask someone for directions--it wasn't a big deal, but he got pissed. And the guy who told me to do it gave me the wrong directions), but he didn't have to be.

since you have met him in person, how tall is he? I've heard rumors he is anywhere from 5-foot-3 to barely bigger than a fetus.