Pick your favorite movie

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:22 am

from the list, just random shit.

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Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:34 am

Dune's an odd inclusion here. I love Lynch but its by far the worst movie on here. I just copped the Blu-ray and rewatched it last month actually. The mini-series Dune is better.
Surprising film nerd disclosure: I have never seen Wrath of Khan or any of the original Star Trek movies.
From the list my favorite is probably Robocop, but Raiders and Predator are right up there.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:28 am

Robocop. All day, all night.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:39 am

you shut your dirty mouth about Dune Tommy

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:51 am

Predator may not be the best movie on the list, but it's easily my favorite and one of the most re-watchable movies of all time.

"Get to the Choppa!!!"

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:57 am

unclebengi wrote:Predator may not be the best movie on the list, but it's easily my favorite and one of the most re-watchable movies of all time.

"Get to the Choppa!!!"

True. Voted Robocop but could've easily been Predator.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:19 pm

drizzle wrote:you shut your dirty mouth about Dune Tommy

That probably sounded more negative than I intended as I do actually like Lynch's Dune. Its just too big of a story to tell in 2 hours and the special effects haven't dated well.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:26 pm

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:38 pm

It was funny to see Jodorowsky get interviewed about Lynch's Dune. His sons were insisting he go to a screening (he didn't want to), but he went and was thrilled when it turned about to be "shit". I don't 100% remember the quote but it was something along those lines.

I enjoyed Dune, but it did feel like a half baked movie that wasn't a true artistic vison it was likely intended to be.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:19 pm

dune is by far the worst david lynch movie. that's fo sho

voted jedi just because of childhood

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:26 pm

Dune has an incredibly even ratio of success to failure. You get to see some of Lynch's best and worst work, sometimes within the same shot. FWIW I think I prefer it to Lost Highway, although I'm not sure you can make an objective case for that

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:33 pm

lost highway lands somewhere in the middle for me. i like it more than inland empire. i would rather re-watch it than eraserhead, the elephant man or straight story.
i can't really hate on lynch anyway you slice it tho.. dude is top 5 to me

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:50 pm

unclebengi wrote:It was funny to see Jodorowsky get interviewed about Lynch's Dune. His sons were insisting he go to a screening (he didn't want to), but he went and was thrilled when it turned about to be "shit". I don't 100% remember the quote but it was something along those lines.

ha, yeah, loved that. was kind of waiting to see if it'd be brought up all movie long and his giddiness at it's shit was a lovely thing

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:25 pm

Robocop is the best movie made since Apocalypse Now

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:31 pm

great list, tough pick....but I got this problem, see....cops don't like me....so i....don't....like....cops....but i do fucking love Robocop.

And I let everyone know by wearing this neat ball cap

insides even better

ric · Post by **ric** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:39 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:Dune's an odd inclusion here. I love Lynch but its by far the worst movie on here. I just copped the Blu-ray and rewatched it last month actually. The mini-series Dune is better.
Surprising film nerd disclosure: I have never seen Wrath of Khan or any of the original Star Trek movies.
From the list my favorite is probably Robocop, but Raiders and Predator are right up there.

I almost went with dune but predator takes it for me here almost terminator as well. The thing about dune that I like is just its grandish scope

Ramen · Post by **Ramen** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:55 pm

Voted Robert Cop.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:48 am

Predator

gotta admit, never seen platoon or finished Dune.

christian from austin · Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:31 am

Kace · Post by **Kace** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:03 pm

Return Of The Jedi. I like Dune too.

Homer Simpson · Post by **Homer Simpson** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:18 am

Star Wars

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:43 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:
drizzle wrote:you shut your dirty mouth about Dune Tommy
That probably sounded more negative than I intended as I do actually like Lynch's Dune. Its just too big of a story to tell in 2 hours and the special effects haven't dated well.

Page to Screen: Dune (1984) can’t capture the novel’s incalculable brilliance

http://www.avclub.com/article/dune-cant ... nce-233858" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:55 pm

Khan!!!!!!

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:24 pm

Lethal Weapon. Can watch it anytime and enjoy the shit out of every minute.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:48 pm

blastmaster wrote:Lethal Weapon. Can watch it anytime and enjoy the shit out of every minute.

lethal weapon and monster squad were the first two movies written by shane black. not a bad start.

Cash Rulz · Post by **Cash Rulz** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:59 pm

I get sucked in to Rocky every gotdamn time its on.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:42 pm

if you want to watch a space epic about a desert boy living in the shadow of his powerful father who turns out to be the messiah and conquers the evil space empire with implausible emphasis on 1v1 combat, dune is really not the best option.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:50 pm

i appreciate the lengths you took on that one but Dune rules so stfu

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:57 pm

read the article djjeffresh posted. it argues that what made the novel great cannot be represented easily in a film.

djjeffresh wrote: Page to Screen: Dune (1984) can’t capture the novel’s incalculable brilliance

http://www.avclub.com/article/dune-cant ... nce-233858" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

imo the changes needed for dune to succeed as a film -- simplifying the mysticism, streamlining the plot, replacing imaginative characters with visually striking ones -- pretty much turns the film into star wars. the lynch movie sucks, the miniseries sucks, every dune adaptation sucks and always will -- except star wars.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:23 pm

You're putting too much weight into the viability of the source material. The 'changes needed' you're listing are needed for a successful adaptation, but we're not ranking successful adaptations here. Lynch's version fails as an adaptation on several levels but that failure is outweighed by the movie often succeeding on its own terms as spectacle. So the net for the movie itself, even with the dumb shrieking weapons, is still positive. It's not better than Star Wars but despite similarities in basic plot outline, it has its own distinct feel to it that is very enjoyable (even if not always intentionally enjoyable).