| Movie | Reason I like it |
| Van Helsing | funny, I liked the vampire, girl died in end, another twist on looking glass theme |
| Robin Hood Men in Tights | Mel Brooks |
| Terminator 1 & 2 | |
| Sixth Sense | nice concept |
| Aliens | mother alien, concept, action |
| The Others | beautiful concept |
| American Beauty | nice story, Kevin Spacey |
| Finding Nemo | beautiful story, funny, loveable characters |
| Apollo 13 | great acting, story about space can't go wrong |
| Hero | colours, fight scenes, concept |
| Pirates of the | Johnny Depp, story, underwater scene |
| Ice Age | Squirrel, nice story, good lines |
| Beautiful Mind | Story, Russell Crowe |
| Sleepy Hollow | Johnny Depp, story, Christopher Walken |
| Equilibrium | Gun ‘Kattah’, Christopher Bale |
| Independence Day | Wikkid concept, totally concept driven |
| Underworld | Wikkid costumes, Kraven |
| Passion of the Christ | Gruesome reminder of my faith |
| | Val Kilmer |
| John Q | Nice story, Denzel |
| | Wikkid concept, raptors |
| The Incredibles | Wikkid story |
| Training Day | Denzel |
| Lion King | Nice story |
| Matrix | Wikkid concept, Laurence Fishbourne |
| Magnificent 7 | Lovely western |
| Lord of the Rings Trilogy | Must I explain? |
| Bourne Identity and Supremacy | Concept, Matt Damon |
| Airplane 1 & 2 | Funny beyond relief, all actors are great |
| Something about Mary | Funny stuff, minstrels, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller |
| Blade 1 & 2 | Concept, action, Wesley Snipes |
| Muppets Take | It’s the muppets! Nuff said |
| | Travolta is a master |
| Ocean's 11 (2001) | Nice story, mix of characters work |
| Face off | Travolta, Cage |
| City of | Sad story, Cage |
| Ants | Wikkid story and animation clean |
| Shrek 1 & 2 | Funny stuff |
| Warlock | Julian Sands, concept |
| | Ernie Hudson, dialogue, Tim Curry |
| Payback | Story, Mel Gibson |
| Crounching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Concept, action |
| | Tom Hanks, Denzel, story |
| Demolition Man | Wesley Snipes, nice concept |
| Primal Fear | Edward Norton. Nice story |
| End of Days | Gabriel Byrne, Schwarzenegger, concept |
| Aladdin | Sound track, robin williams |
| E.T. | E.T. |
| Ransom | Mel Gibson, story, Gary Sinise |
| Few Good Men | Tom Cruise |
| Remember the Titans | Denzel |
| James Bond (all of them) | Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan |
| The Score | Story, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson |
| The Fugitive (93) | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, story |
| Shaft | Samuel L. Jackson |
| The Good, The Bad, The Ugly | Clint Eastwood |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Pierce Brosnan, story |
| | Sir Anthony Hopkins, story, concept |
| Shawshank Redemption | Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, story |
| Silence of the Lambs | Sir Anthony Hopkins, concept, story |
| The Sound of Music | Sound track, Julie Andrews |
| Monty Python (all of them) | Everything about them |
| History of the World (Mel Brooks) | Mel brooks is a genius |
| Passenger 57 | Bruce Payne, concept, Wesley Snipes |
| Monster's Inc. | Story, Billy Crystal, John Goodman |
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
My money's worth: the almost complete list
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U included Van Helsing in that list. tsk tsk Hayden. It was a good movie to watch on cable, and maybe a good movie to have a movie lyme with, but It was lackinging creativity from the point of veiw of the Director . Cool Grafics and imagry, great story line, but the Director just decided not to bother to tell the story, and just made a dull action movie out of it. I was disapointed, It had the makings of a great movie but he botched it. You need to see the Japanimie version, and then you will see true story telling.
Van Helsing? Underworld? What those doing there??
Apparently the list was supposed to be everybody's money's worth.
I smell a blog coming.
Underworld.. for real .. other than that it's ok .. what about Airplane to bring back Campion days ?
On my list ..
- Fight Club
- The Usual Suspect
- The Princess Bride
- Seven
- Terminator (1 & 2)
- Spiderman
- Shrek
I am assuming that we are all talking about recent movies, but to mention somthing from the time of Terminator and to leave out the Eternal Classics that defined the Action genre is sacreligous. You all know these movies I speak of, the movies that made Bruce Willis an all time hero, yes ladies and Gentlemen I speak of Die Hard 1 2 & 3. Let us not make such a mistake again, and repent of our transgressions.
Selah
The most interesting thing about your list I found was the domination of suspense/adventure. :-) I have to admit I only just watched Underworld and Van Helsing yesterday for the first time. Thumbs up to both tho I had to adjust seriously to the vampires being good guys in Underworld. :-)
I don't know if I would say that the vampires were the good guys in "Underworld"...Viktor killed his own daughter and spurred on a war between the two species which he led everyone to believe was the Lycans' doing.
There was something weirdly comforting about humans being at the bottom of the food chain such that we didn't seem to matter that much to either group.
No real victims...just vapires agains werewolves.
I forgive your irreverence for “Die Hard” simply because you included the master Piece of all masterpieces. The show that put poetry and elegance to total and complete violence. But then it is from the director who defines totally and completely the artistry that is action. As put most eloquently by a fan; “At his best, director John Woo turns action movies into ballets of blood and bullets”
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