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franklin said:
Aren't you the biggest Jessica Alba fan in the world? I seem to recall posting an Alba pic = autorep from you.
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Ah, you're thinking of Into the Blue. The goddess known as Jessica Alba is the only reason to watch that movie.
 
So many good mentions in this thread. I have to add this:

- Roman Holiday
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Charade
- North by Northwest
- African Queen
- Westside Story (yes, a musical)
- White Christmas
- It's a Wonderful Life
- The Magnificent Seven

...and many more. Yes, they're long-- because they actually spend time on story arc, character development, etc.-- but there are lots of classic films I can see over and over again.

For the sake of argument, there have been some really exceptional films lately. Life of Pi, The Descendents, The Artist, and Gravity come to mind. This is totally personal taste, but I have also re-watched (and will re-watch) The Tree of Life and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

My embarrassing guilty pleasure: I will immediately watch absolutely anything reviewed by MST3K-- the shi**ier, the better.
 
addictionary said:
Never had conversation about it with the old poster The Black Swordsman? (Where is he anyway? I know that he will come with a different account. Did he yet?)

BTW it's my favorite too. But first place belongs to Conan in the world of ink.


My first ever movie to see on theaters. It resides in one of the most special parts of my brain.
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Yeah, I certainly noticed TBS had a Berserk avatar, I mentioned I liked it. I think he said he liked Claymore, Hellsing, and Death Note. But anyway, Berserk is coming out so slowly now that I stopped keeping up with it, it's all downhill after the Hill of Swords in vol 23 or so anyway. If he actually finishes it I'll read the whole thing again.

As for Batman being your first movie to see in theatres... not the same thing, but for me Fellowship of the Ring was the best theatre experience I ever had, bar none, in large part because I went in with such low expectations. I was so sure they couldn't capture LOTR that when they pretty much managed it I was blown away. I was in a daze for hours after seeing that movie. Doubt that first viewing will ever be equaled in my life.
 
olden_undercover said:
So many good mentions in this thread. I have to add this:

- Roman Holiday
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Charade
- North by Northwest
- African Queen
- Westside Story (yes, a musical)
- White Christmas
- It's a Wonderful Life
- The Magnificent Seven

...and many more. Yes, they're long-- because they actually spend time on story arc, character development, etc.-- but there are lots of classic films I can see over and over again.

For the sake of argument, there have been some really exceptional films lately. Life of Pi, The Descendents, The Artist, and Gravity come to mind. This is totally personal taste, but I have also re-watched (and will re-watch) The Tree of Life and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

My embarrassing guilty pleasure: I will immediately watch absolutely anything reviewed by MST3K-- the shi**ier, the better.
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Some good oldies here I forgot. Also, for me add Singin' in the Rain and The Court Jester.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
Yeah, I certainly noticed TBS had a Berserk avatar, I mentioned I liked it. I think he said he liked Claymore, Hellsing, and Death Note. But anyway, Berserk is coming out so slowly now that I stopped keeping up with it, it's all downhill after the Hill of Swords in vol 23 or so anyway. If he actually finishes it I'll read the whole thing again.

As for Batman being your first movie to see in theatres... not the same thing, but for me Fellowship of the Ring was the best theatre experience I ever had, bar none, in large part because I went in with such low expectations. I was so sure they couldn't capture LOTR that when they pretty much managed it I was blown away. I was in a daze for hours after seeing that movie. Doubt that first viewing will ever be equaled in my life.
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I doubt he will finish it. I agree with you. It's far away from the taste it had in the Black Swordsman Arc. Although I do got left curious about how the new power and government of Femto would be.

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The intro to the first LOTR movie is like heaven to me. I wanna live there. But I do believe, you will break your own career record when they cover Silmarillion.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is another perfect movie, almost for Jack's performance alone.
 
LazyD said:
And literally every movie if he navigates around the site

Sorry
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There is a difference between continuity mistakes that happen because they shoot a scene multiple times, or used to obviously get a laugh (helicopter on everest), and continuity mistakes that are absolutely germane to the story and would create an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT story if the mistake didn't happen. Is Mr. Deeds a different story if there are 2 oreos on the pizza instead of 1 or whatever? No. Is JP a different story if there is no cliff for them to fall down and conveniently a tree to fall into break their fall? Yes, completely different story. Not even on the same scale.

For the record it didn't bother me when they had different flavors of ice cream on the table in JP from one cut to the next, or when minor items changed positions. It didn't bother me to see electrical wires in some old westerns. This is going to happen in EVERY movie when they reshoot scenes (except Groundhog Day which was remarkably error free, although there were some). But when you rely on a complete and total change in the topography of a location to move a story along that is just lazy film-making and deserves to be derided.
 
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