Pick Your Favorite Film

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:55 pm

A mix of movies released back in 1997.

The Game

Starship Troopers

Cop Land

Grosse Pointe Blank

Lost Highway

L.A Confidential

Face Off

The Fifth Element

Men In Black

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:58 pm

some good choices. Went with LA confidential, followed closely by the game and face/off

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:00 pm

good choices. enjoy all of these, although some are pretty dated

LA Confidential fo'sho though, that's a top 10 movie of the 90s period

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:42 pm

drizzle wrote:LA Confidential fo'sho though

T Rav · Post by **T Rav** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:44 pm

I'm voting based on the 1997 version of me, and he loved Starship Troopers and Faceoff. ST gets the vote for communal showers.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:49 pm

^^ the 2013 version of me still loves both of those and you should too, they both have a lot going on. but LA Conf is just on a whole nother lever

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:00 pm

Voted Starship Troopers because , of all these movies, if it's on TV , I'm gonna watch it first.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:10 pm

It's been forever since I've seen any of these movies so I can't really call it. I think I enjoyed The Game or Face/Off the most and they're the two movies I'd prefer to rewatch if faced with a choice. I saw Lost Highway about 10 years later, in many late teens, and thought it was brilliant but I'm not sure it would have the same effect on me today.

Thought Cop Land was a bit shit and I suspect that I was right because I saw some of it on the TV recently and got bored.

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:23 pm

Lost Highway

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:37 pm

LA Confidential pretty easily, but a lot of these choices are really fun.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:39 pm

Cop Land

The definition of "wild card"; startlingly well-written (kind of), well-paced, and has a great supporting cast. Lots of replay value too.

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:52 pm

Starship Troopers. I just can't help myself.

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:59 pm

Starship Troopers is another masterpiece by my favorite crazy Dutchman. LA Confidential is a very close second.

Starship Troopers also has the all time greatest commentary track.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:06 pm

Employee wrote:Cop Land

The definition of "wild card"; startlingly well-written (kind of), well-paced, and has a great supporting cast. Lots of replay value too.

it's all about the characters and casting here. the story is whatever but the writing of the characters feels naturalistic, the supporting cast is whoa, and the novelty of fat Stallone still kinda holds up better than you'd expect

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:01 am

how in the HELL is The Fifth Element the only movie with no votes

jimmy78 · Post by **jimmy78** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:41 am

Like all those movies. '97 was a pretty good year!

Grosse Point Blank wins hands down for me.

Endless quotable's from that flick - the exchange between Grocer and Blank in the diner is gold.

Thinking about it, even the supporting actors are pretty much faultless. Ackroyd, Joan Cusack, Arkin, Piven.

I think John Cusack wrote this didn't he? Or co-wrote at least?

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:41 am

Man this shit is too hard.
Probably agree with the idea that LA Confidential is the 'best' movie.
Fifth Element and Starship Troopers are the most rewatchable.
The Game might be the best directed/shot of all of them. Watching the new blu-ray was a revelation.
Also agree that Cop Land is really good. There are 1 or 2 cop movies that come out each year that are direct imitiations of it.

ian e · Post by **ian e** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:49 am

Went with LA Confidential as well. It's so damn well written - especially considering the clusterfuck that the novel was.
Starship Troopers is a close second. Good selection overall.

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:59 pm

Grosse Point Blank
Faceoff for runner up

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:11 pm

Kiran187 wrote:Faceoff for runner up

no, face off is not good, isn't that the general consensus?
i mean...its a bad movie

voted the Game, I wasn't as impressed with LA Confidential as most people seem to be, its solid but not touching the game IMO, maybe i need to rewatch it

i need to rewatch MIB, vincent d'onofrio in edgar suit killed it

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:21 pm

citizen wrote:
Kiran187 wrote:Faceoff for runner up
no, face off is not good, isn't that the general consensus?
i mean...its a bad movie

only if you hate fun and explosions

do you hate fun and explosions citizen?

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:43 pm

Ahh can't decide, LOVE Starship Troopers. But in the end voted Die Hard in outer space.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:58 pm

Tweak Da Leak wrote:Lost Highway

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:43 pm

drizzle wrote:
citizen wrote:
Kiran187 wrote:Faceoff for runner up
no, face off is not good, isn't that the general consensus?
i mean...its a bad movie

only if you hate fun and explosions

do you hate fun and explosions citizen?

eh, indiana jones crystal skull has both and is one of the worst movies i have ever seen, so i don't concur with your point

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:45 pm

crystal skull has explosions but no fun, like none at all

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:25 pm

I liked it.

:free:

Cash Rulz · Post by **Cash Rulz** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:29 pm

Tough. Between Starship and Fifth Element.

Went with Multipass.

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:24 pm

360 wrote:Starship Troopers. I just can't help myself.

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:54 pm

Faceoff is good for what it is which is a no-brainer action flick. At the time it came out it was huge. Possible best Nicholas Cage action flick other than The Rock.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:15 am

Kiran187 wrote:At the time it came out it was huge. Possible best Nicholas Cage action flick other than The Rock.