Must watch movies

[Ultramaroon]

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[Spuds]

Oh, a more modern movie I discovered but never saw advertised (in the US at least) is 'Eye in the Sky'. Then again, I sometimes live under a rock so....

[NWFRS]

Some real "B" movies and some decent ones,
but they're all films I don't mind re-watching.
Some of my favorites had terrible reviews.

GATTACA.
EQUILIBRIUM.
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS.
28 DAYS LATER.
SUNSHINE.
PANDORUM.
CHILDREN OF MEN.
EX MACHINA.
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL.
DISTRICT9.
ELYSIUM.
CHAPPIE.
THE MACHINIST.
THE JACKET.
SPLICE.
JOHNNY MNEMONIC.
ANNIHILATION.
TIME BANDITS.
PAN'S LABYRINTH.
EVENT HORIZON.
PITCH BLACK.
OBLIVION.
DIVERGENT.
HUNGER GAMES.
WATER WORLD.
THE VILLAGE.
ATOMIC BLONDE.
XXX
1984.
THE ROBE.
THE BLACK ROSE.
PRINCE OF FOXES.
CAPTAIN BLOOD.
SCARAMOUCHE.
BEN-HUR.
THE PIANIST.
DR STRANGELOVE.
THE LAST SAMURAI.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
THE LAST KINGDOM.
THE 5TH ELEMENT.
BLADERUNNER.
A GOOD YEAR.
3:10 TO YUMA.
MUNICH.
KING ARTHUR.
SNATCH.
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
THE KING'S SPEECH.
THE MAN FROM UNCLE.
CHRONICLES OF RID****.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.
MASTER AND COMMANDER.
LORD OF WAR.
etc....etc....etc....

[Impureclient]

Awesome stuff. Keep em coming!

[Sapphireho]

I second "The Kings Speech" and "3:10 to Yuma". Both great.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

"I am as sorry as you are, Dmytri. Don't say that you're more sorry than I am, because I am capable of being just as sorry as you are."

"Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."

[NoHaveMSG]

I am surprised no one has mentioned Kung Fury

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[MarylinPurtill]

On the Lovely Bones, World War Z, and Parasite.

[reni]

+1 for Pitch Black. The rest of the Rid**** movies were garbage in comparison.

Same for the original Alien movie.

And also the original Rambo.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

One of my all time favorite movies! It's the only movie I watch at least once a year. I rarely watch a movie twice.

I have many DVD and Bluray movies with most being scifi or war movies but there are only three of them I watch at least annually.

They are (in order of being favourites):
Jesus Christ Superstar
Tommy
A Clockwork Orange

You can't get much different in themes.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'll also watch pretty much any 1950's era "big monster" movie, mostly for the nostalgia. One of the local channels when I was growing up had an all night monster movie marathon once a month on Fridays and my parents would let me stay up and watch them.

So bad, but so good.

Looking back through the limited list I have posted and seeing the favourites of some of the guys that I know at least the age range here there is a discernible trend. In my particular case you will notice that the majority of my "must see" movies are from a very tight rage between 1969 and 1973.

This would put me between 10 and 14 years old. It is not coincidence that this is the age range where they say you develop the majority of the traits you will carry into adulthood.

It is likely that these movies are etched in or personality more for the impact they had on us developing than the actual quality and content of the film. Even at 50 years later I can tell you my life events surrounding my first viewing of each and every film I have listed here even though none of them were exciting or even eventful.

When I consider my later favourites (like Mad Max, Terminator or Aliens) I can say I love the movie but could not even remotely tell you about the first time I saw it. They are great movies but had zero impact on who I became since that was already established.

The same applies to the monster movies as you said. Although there is most certainly an element of nostalgia involved it could also be that there is a certain level of influence they had in your development as a person. It could be as simple as they contributed to your level of organization or scheduling to make sure you were there to watch them every Saturday. It could also be more complex and had an influence you will never be able to consciously identify.

The older movies that I mentioned most certainly had an effect on my childhood and future growth. People that did not grow up in the 50s to 70s may not understand just how real the threat of nuclear annihilation were back then. Movies such as Fail Safe, On The Beach and even Doctor Strangelove had a message that was real and important for the youth of those eras. We lived with the threat hovering overhead (to many of us very literally) every single day and these films really show the world in which our later selves were formed.

OK so that ended up being a lot longer than the "me too" I started to write. I have never researched the subject and may be full of shit but if there are any psychology students out there looking for a thesis, you are welcome.

[x808drifter]

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[Tcoat]

Idiocracy

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Idiocracy

My DVD of this has made the rounds of our entire building.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

My DVD of this has made the rounds of our entire building.

Unfortunately the news reports of late seem to indicate it may actually be a documentary!