The Discussion of The Top Ten Films according to CGR

**Sean** · 02-21-2003, 01:27 AM

Yeah I know why you did it Duda. I smarts.

**Sean** · 02-21-2003, 01:29 AM

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Originally posted by Rach
Art is not the ONLY mod in here.....

Sean, the way to make Reise aware of the other thread, post a link and say "Hey Reise...let's continue this disscussion HERE" That would have been ideal.

But I'm trying to make your job very unpleasant and then you will step down and then I can take your place and then I can control the Movies and the Music. MUhahahahahahahahahahaha!

Rach · 02-21-2003, 01:37 AM

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Originally posted by AtlasShrugs
Yeah I know why you did it Duda. I smarts.

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Originally posted by AtlasShrugs
But I'm trying to make your job very unpleasant and then you will step down and then I can take your place and then I can control the Movies and the Music. MUhahahahahahahahahahaha!

I don't think that will ever happen!

***Art*** · 02-21-2003, 03:50 AM

xXx is a very fun action movie.

The Royal Tennenbaums is a brilliant film, and what may be the only thing keeping it off my list is the fact that I don't own it, and have only the memories of seeing it once... thought that didn't stop me with Punch-Drunk Love

In my opinion, Unbreakable was much better than The Sixth Sense or Signs. I've seen it several times already, and it's one of my favorites. One thing I have to say about M. Night is that he deals with people VERY well in his films... as in, how things relate to the individual instead of the large group.

As for Travis' comment... you have to be fair about this. Sean criticized Reise's list first.

And Reise, if you're going to comment to Sean about the rules, you should make sure that you are following them first. The rules say 10 movies, not several lists of 10 movies.

And sean... tisk tisk... you should know better.

That is all, my friends.

Danny · 02-21-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by Rach
Art is not the ONLY mod in here.....

Sean, the way to make Reise aware of the other thread, post a link and say "Hey Reise...let's continue this disscussion HERE" That would have been ideal.

Hmm... Rach, I just clicked the link you posted in the other thread, and it led me to this very screen... making a new post with that^^ quoted. Might wanna change that.

Rach · 02-21-2003, 02:13 PM

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Hmm... Rach, I just clicked the link you posted in the other thread, and it led me to this very screen... making a new post with that^^ quoted. Might wanna change that.

Ugh....that's what you get for multi-tasking and haveing too many windows open at once....you grab the wrong link

*goes to fix it*

Danny · 02-21-2003, 03:18 PM

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In my opinion, Unbreakable was much better than The Sixth Sense or Signs. I've seen it several times already, and it's one of my favorites. One thing I have to say about M. Night is that he deals with people VERY well in his films... as in, how things relate to the individual instead of the large group.

As much as I love Unbreakable, I'd say that The Sixth Sense and Signs both have it beat. As stunning as the ending was in Unbreakable, There's no way it could live up to the shocker ending of The Sixth Sense.

The Sixth Sense has a way of very gradually getting creepier and creepier, until finally, it appears to have subsided, when the ending hits you like a freight train. Also, I love the way M. Night doesn't come right out and say *SPOILER* "Omigosh, he was dead the whole time!" but rather, he gives you a few hints, and allows you to come to the realization on your own, which makes it that much more effective.

Then there's Signs, and although it didn't have a shocker ending as did The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, it was still amazing to see all the loose ends tied up, and every little detail come together perfectly and seemlessly, all in one scene.

Unbreakable almost seemed like it tried to accomplish too many unrelated things... *SPOILERS* First was his sour relationship with his wife, then was his trying to come to grips with the fact that he is, indeed, superhuman, and then on top of it all, Samuel L. Jackson (forgive me, I forget his name in the film) is a criminally insane mass murderer? I could see the deal with him coming to grips with the fact that he's a superhero, and then finding out that the man who's been trying to convince him of this is the one who caused the trainwreck that should have taken his life (not to mention two other acts of terrorism), but his relationship with his wife just seemed like an unnessecary variable that really had no point, and didn't add much of anything to the main plot. Having said all that, I still freaking love this movie, and would quickly reccomend it to just about anyone.

**Sean** · 02-21-2003, 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by mNighthawk007
As much as I love Unbreakable, I'd say that The Sixth Sense and Signs both have it beat. As stunning as the ending was in Unbreakable, There's no way it could live up to the shocker ending of The Sixth Sense.

Endings aren't everything.

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Unbreakable almost seemed like it tried to accomplish too many unrelated things... *SPOILERS* First was his sour relationship with his wife, then was his trying to come to grips with the fact that he is, indeed, superhuman, and then on top of it all, Samuel L. Jackson (forgive me, I forget his name in the film) is a criminally insane mass murderer? I could see the deal with him coming to grips with the fact that he's a superhero, and then finding out that the man who's been trying to convince him of this is the one who caused the trainwreck that should have taken his life (not to mention two other acts of terrorism), but his relationship with his wife just seemed like an unnessecary variable that really had no point, and didn't add much of anything to the main plot. Having said all that, I still freaking love this movie, and would quickly reccomend it to just about anyone.

*SPOILERS*

The wife subplot was needed to show that Brucie-pie wasn't complete and couldnt' be happy as someone he wasn't. That was part of him becoming the hero. Also, without the wife subplot the character becomes less human. People in real life are unhappy and become resentful of other people. Thats what was true of Bruce's character. By coming to grips with who he was, it brought his whole life back together. The missing piece of his life was put in and everything began to work properly again. The real human nature of the film is why I love it. But every person notices different things about movies and loves them for different reasons. I can understand why someone would prefer those other films, but I'll defend Unbreakable when its attacked. It is unbreakable.

Danny · 02-21-2003, 03:50 PM

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Endings aren't everything.

Yes, I know. I guess I divided that paragraph at an odd place... the rest of my explanation of The Sixth Sense (the part that you didn't quote) is the reason I see it as a superior movie to Unbreakable. Not just because of the ending.

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The wife subplot was needed to show that Brucie-pie wasn't complete and couldnt' be happy as someone he wasn't. That was part of him becoming the hero. Also, without the wife subplot the character becomes less human. People in real life are unhappy and become resentful of other people. Thats what was true of Bruce's character. By coming to grips with who he was, it brought his whole life back together. The missing piece of his life was put in and everything began to work properly again.

Ahhh... I see now. I'm not exactly the most intillectual human who's ever walked the earth, so I tend to miss things like this when they aren't as blatently stated.

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but I'll defend Unbreakable when its attacked. It is unbreakable.

I certainly didn't mean to attack it. As you can see, it is also on my list. I love the movie, I was just comparing it to Shyamalan's other films, and explaining why I felt that it wasn't as good as Signs or The Sixth Sense.

**Sean** · 02-21-2003, 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by Art
As for Travis' comment... you have to be fair about this. Sean criticized Reise's list first.

I prefer the term "attacked" not "criticized"

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And sean... tisk tisk... you should know better.

I know, I know, but I didn't think he knew about this thread. I wanted to make sure we could have our fun.

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Ahhh... I see now. I'm not exactly the most intillectual human who's ever walked the earth, so I tend to miss things like this when they aren't as blatently stated.

I just took a philosophy test. I'm all intellectual right now.

"BrooksB" · 02-27-2003, 05:51 PM

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1) **Amelie** (Le fableux destin d'Amelie Poulin)
2) Chocolat
3) Fantasia 2000
4) Forest Gump
5) Monsters, Inc.
6) Lilo and Stitch
7) Shrek
8) Miss Congeniality
9) Legally Blonde
10) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I thought this would be a list I could relate to upon seeing the first pick, but I was disappointed by the following 8, and figured the last one was a fluke. How can you so enjoy Amelie, but also enjoy the likes of Shrek, Lilo and Stitch, and Legally Blonde, etc...???

**Sean** · 02-27-2003, 05:57 PM

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I thought this would be a list I could relate to upon seeing the first pick, but I was disappointed by the following 8, and figured the last one was a fluke. How can you so enjoy Amelie, but also enjoy the likes of Shrek, Lilo and Stitch, and Legally Blonde, etc...??? [/B]

She's probably one of the many oblivious and non-proud people that just like what they like and are comfortable with that. She doesn't need to justify he/she doesn't need to justify his/her tastes to anyone.

"BrooksB" · 02-27-2003, 06:12 PM

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She's probably one of the many oblivious and non-proud people that just like what they like and are comfortable with that. She doesn't need to justify he/she doesn't need to justify his/her tastes to anyone.

Yeah, but I just thought that was weird seeing those films mixed with Amelie.

**Sean** · 02-27-2003, 06:18 PM

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Yeah, but I just thought that was weird seeing those films mixed with Amelie.

Yeah, its certainly a bit wacky, but just look at my tastes in movies and music. My weirdo goofball too.

"BrooksB" · 03-01-2003, 11:52 AM

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I thought that that would be kind of obvious. Sean Penn playing a retarded father, trying to save his daughter from being taken away, enter Ms. Phiffer as lawyer to be made to help. That is obviously trying to be a movie nominated for awards. It was designed to draw in two demographics those who would like to consider themselves intellectual and emotional, heart strings getting pulled people. I said it was pseudo-intellectual due to the fact that it came of as forced, sappy, corny, and poorly made. Most of that first demographic would say that it was kind of trying to appeal to them and failed. It was a movie that tried to be kind of intellectual and failed at it. Does that clear things up Brooksie Baby? I can field more questions if needed.

Sorry it took so long to reply to this, but I didn't realize this thread even existed until recently.

I never got the impression it was trying to be extremely intellectual. It was somewhat intelligent, and that kept it from being a dumb sappy corny movie. Forced? Poorly made? Failed at being intellectual? Could you expound upon those?