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Old 12-14-14, 05:00 PM
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Movies that hit on all cylinders?
so i am not talking best movies of all-time or anything, or movies that are on your top best lists, but movies that you think hit on all cylinders because of the movie, the movie making process and anything else that goes into a movie...

The Godfather
Guardians of the Galaxy
Die Hard
The Terminator
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Ghostbusters
Seven Samurai
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Back to the Future
The Empire Strikes Back
Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Libeled Lady
Gone With The Wind
Ghost & Mrs Muir
Out of The Past
The Killers
Band Wagon
The Apartment
Phantom Of The Paradise
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Taxi Driver is the closest to a perfect film, IMO.
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I'll make a guessing game of it.

Spoiler:
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For little ole me:
Almost Famous
Apocalypse Now
Highlander
Sunset Blvd.
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How many threads has Oldboy made?
Is that streaming somewhere?
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I'll make a guessing game of it.

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2. Brazil
4. Children of Men

I thought 1 was Night of the Living Dead but then I noticed the shapes of those people. I've never seen that film. 3 looks familiar.

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Seven Samurai
2001
A Very Long Engagement (we really need WB to put that one on BD)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Apocalypse Now
Hard Boiled
Police Story
Amores Perros
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Pan's Labyrinth
T1
T2
Taxi Driver
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Transformers (all of them)
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
I'll make a guessing game of it.

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1. The day I fired my lighting director
2. Operation! - the game, the musical
3. The day a black man got on the subway
4. Pink Floyd - Animals
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1. The day I fired my lighting director
2. Operation! - the game, the musical
3. The day a black man got on the subway
4. Pink Floyd - Animals


You're response for #3 certainly isn't far off, actually.


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4. Children of Men

I thought 1 was Night of the Living Dead but then I noticed the shapes of those people. I've never seen that film. 3 looks familiar.

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You got COM right. Where's Norm or Rock at? I'm sure they'd get these in an instant.

Ah, memories of the screenshot game
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Re: Movies that hit on all cylinders?
Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
I'll make a guessing game of it.

Spoiler:
1. The Day the Earth Caught Fire
2. Stairway to Heaven (A Matter of Life and Death)
3. The Incident
4.

As for me, I'll go with:

Bonnie and Clyde
Boogie Nights
The Graduate
Unforgiven
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You're response for #3 certainly isn't far off, actually.




You got COM right. Where's Norm or Rock at? I'm sure they'd get these in an instant.

Ah, memories of the screenshot game
Now that I look at it... I don't know why I thought Brazil. Isn't there a bit w/ stairs in there? Like in a dream or something. Not the Potemkin homage but something else.
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You got COM right. Where's Norm or Rock at? I'm sure they'd get these in an instant.

Ah, memories of the screenshot game
Damn, rbrown498 beat me to The Incident. Terrific flick. I'm still waiting for the DVD, but I have it on LD.
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Pulp Fiction
Terminator 2
Back to the Future
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Miller's Crossing
Halloween

Just to name a few.
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Fight Club for me
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A few that I like are Jurassic Park, The Fifth Element and Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
Damn, rbrown498 beat me to The Incident. Terrific flick. I'm still waiting for the DVD, but I have it on LD.
Sorry, Norm! I've still got the LD as well--surely Twilight Time or Kino will release this on Blu, since they're now both pulling from the Fox/MGM library.
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^Good to hear. Hope you're right. There's a U.K. release, but I'd rather have a domestic one.
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