[Yojimbo]

Originally posted by Zooropa

Eyes Wide Shut is a classic case of love it or hate it. I really don't think there is any middle ground with it. I also believe that to be able to understand it and appreciate it, you have to be able to identify in a certain sense with Tom Cruise's character. If you really analyze it and look at it on an observant level, the movie is so deep and layered that it's ridiculous. That's one of the great things about Kurbrick; he always he a point in even the most minor actions of characters in his movies.

But enough Kubrick talk. I'm turning this thread into the Stanley Kubrick discussion and getting it off topic.

LOL, there's no denying that it was a meitculously shot movie with layers of symbols and all that...but it's also a plot that moves as slow as molasses and isn't very exciting. Yes, I know that sounds like the typical attention-deficit viewer...but a good director (and must-see movie) shouldn't let all his vision and meaning weigh down the movie. I liked the movie after I saw it, but now that I think about it, I gave it the benefit of the doubt only because it was Kubrick and I thought there had to be some genius to it...if it were someone else, I think everyone would've passed it off as awkward directing.

But to go on topic...I don't know if the whole movie of Full MEtal Jacket is must-see...but all the scenes with Gomer Pyle definitely are.

[jguitarfreak]

The must see movies

The Matrix
Mission:Impossible
LOTR
Princess Bride
The Patriot
Jurassic Park & The Lost World
ALL the star wars titles
Blue Streak
MIB
Shrek

[smudge]

Dream Team
Face off
Volcano
The Towering inferno (Classic)
One Flew oVER tHE Cooku's Nset
The Rainmaker
Jerry Mcguire

[Adam]

1)LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
2)Episodes 4-6
3)The Princess Bride
4)The Patriot

The above films are great for everyone. However, if I created a top ten movie list, perhaps one would only be listed.

Not because I like movies with gratuitous sex or violence; but because true art can never be appreciated by the masses. If it did, it would not be good art, because it must sacrifice its most precious novelties and wonders for the sake of simplicity itself.

[superchick13]

1. wedding planner-funny and sweet
2. the man with the golden gun-violent and it's james bond!