I stand by my stand.
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2009 4:06:53 pm PDT #3308 of 30000
brillig
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2009 5:29:40 pm PDT #3309 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I stand with connie.
evil jimi - Aug 04, 2009 8:10:52 pm PDT #3310 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I also stand with Connie. Last Action Hero is a very clever movie, and one of Ahnold's best. Shane Black co-wrote the screenplay. He was also responsible for The Long Kiss Goodnight, Monster Squad, and, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
As for the list; about the only thing I got worked up enough about was not having Galaxy Quest, Serenity, and Dark City closer to the top.
DavidS - Aug 04, 2009 8:20:10 pm PDT #3311 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
On further review I've seen 83 of the top 100 Science Fiction movies.
As an addendum on my 2001 note, I'll say that I think there are lots of interesting ideas in Clockwork Orange, The Killers, Paths of Glory, and other Kubrick flicks. But 2001 is best in its moments of cold irony and bleak humor and least good in it's "epic philosophies."
Kathy A - Aug 04, 2009 8:51:40 pm PDT #3312 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I finally got around to watching my dvr recording of I Know Where I'm Going just now while I was burning it to dvd. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it the first (and only) time I saw it twenty years ago.
Halfway through it, I was grinning at the romance developing between Torquil and Joan--it was such a Harlequin instant-combustion thing, but so well done, especially by Wendy Hiller with her confused panicking over her developing feelings for the oh-so-sexy-in-his-kilt Killoran.
And Local Hero owes soooo much to this film.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2009 4:17:15 am PDT #3313 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Huh, there are only 16 movies on that list I haven't seen.
If Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind made the list I think The Manchurian Candidate belongs there too.
Totally agree with this statement. Hell, if Eternal Sunshine belongs there, so does Being John Malkovich.
Strega - Aug 05, 2009 5:49:02 am PDT #3314 of 30000
If Star Wars belongs there, so does Plan 9 From Outer Space.
le nubian - Aug 05, 2009 6:14:24 am PDT #3315 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Why is "The Stepford Wives" there? For some reason, I don't feel like that film fits.
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2009 6:18:46 am PDT #3316 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I haven't seen it, but weren't they robots or clones or something that required tech to create?
going back a bit:
Hell, if Eternal Sunshine belongs there, so does Being John Malkovich.
Because BJM involved magic and ES involved science?
le nubian - Aug 05, 2009 6:24:23 am PDT #3317 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, help me out here:
just the existence of a robot does not make a scifi film. Or does it? I think I'm arguing myself into a corner, because ET is on the list, and despite the fact the title character is an alien, I'm not sure I would put that on my list of top scifi movies either.