So, like this, except holding a sword?
Yesss!!
Make it so.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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DavidS - May 02, 2010 4:04:21 pm PDT #8156 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Beverly - May 02, 2010 4:14:56 pm PDT #8157 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ha! No sword, but instead, The Glaive!
But there were firemares! A point could be made they were the best part of the movie.
Neeson was also in Excalibur, pre-Krull, and in Next of Kin (oy), all pre-Darkman.
Polter-Cow - May 02, 2010 4:22:13 pm PDT #8158 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But there were firemares! A point could be made they were the best part of the movie.
It's certainly one of the first things I think of when I think about the movie.
Kathy A - May 02, 2010 4:33:14 pm PDT #8159 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
BBCA is currently showing V for Vendetta, which I can never surf past when it's on tv. I really should pick up the dvd for it.
One of my favorite movie lines: "For three years, I had roses, and apologized to no one."
DavidS - May 02, 2010 5:21:20 pm PDT #8160 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of my favorite movie lines: "For three years, I had roses, and apologized to no one."
Great line for sure.
I've mentioned it before but I'll note that Moore almost certainly based the Valerie character on Claude Cahun whose experience during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands is very similar.
Frankenbuddha - May 02, 2010 7:42:46 pm PDT #8161 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I could see Tim Burton doing Lidsville.
Sadly, I wouldn't trust him with it at this point unless it was stop-motion.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 03, 2010 6:15:50 am PDT #8162 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
At least they could save money by re-using Johnny Depp's wig and wardrobe from Alice in Wonderland.
tommyrot - May 03, 2010 9:45:13 am PDT #8163 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.
Some of these I haven't heard of.
6: The Iron Giant
Yay!
4. Troll 2
?
3. Let the Right One In
Double-yay!
Could Let the Right One In be the best vampire movie of all time? Some critics think so, although it certainly wasn’t the biggest vampire flick of 2008 (that would be Twilight). The plot of the film is simple: a young, troubled boy meets a strange girl who only comes out at night. It’s touching, funny, genuine and terrifying – a difficult task for any movie. This gorgeous Swedish film is being remade for American audiences, but watch the original and you’ll see why Let the Right One In is one of the most acclaimed horror films in decades.
Quote: I’m twelve. But I’ve been twelve for a long time.
2. Donnie Darko
Yay!
The second movie on this list about time travel, Donnie Darko is probably the biggest “disaffected teen” cult movie since Heathers. The hallucinogenic story of young Donnie Darko has become a favorite of emo kids anywhere, thanks to its brooding central figure and the world-altering importance he carries. If you haven’t seen it, don’t be afraid of the movie because of its self-important fans – it’s actually a pretty good movie by a talented filmmaker. Unfortunately, writer/director Richard Kelly may have let the success of Donnie Darko go to his head; his next movie was the bewildering catastrophe Southland Tales, a film that’s developed its own cult following, primarily because of how bad it is.
1. Office Space
Yay!
How could any movie other than Office Space take the number one slot? Sure, it’s over ten years old at this point and so popular it hardly feels like a “cult” film anymore – it’s a cult film that broke through to a mainstream audience. The success of Office Space is entirely due to fans who convinced their friends to watch it, who in turn told their friends and so on. In that regard, it’s the perfect example of a cult movie. A box-office flop, Office Space found a second life on the then-new format of DVD, growing and growing in popularity as the years went by. This simple story of a fed-up office worker has sold millions of copies, inspired a real-life line of red Swingline staplers, and been named one of Entertainment Weekly’s best comedies of the last 25 years. Not bad for a film that barely made $10 million dollars in theaters.
Hayden - May 03, 2010 9:47:34 am PDT #8164 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The documentary Best Worst Movie will fill you in on the Troll 2 mania. And it's a pretty good documentary!
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2010 9:51:43 am PDT #8165 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
4. Troll 2
?
You haven't heard of Troll 2 ? Heh. I've only heard of it, I think, because of the various EW articles about it related to Best Worst Movie, a documentary about it. It is not actually a sequel to the movie named Troll and is, in fact, about vegetarian goblins.
Some good movies on that list, though I'm one of the few people who didn't love Let the Right One In. But in its defense, I was really tired when I saw it.