Your top 10 favorite movies?

Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...

I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:

Godfather I
Godfather II
Goodfellas
Dirty Harry
Caddyshack
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
Napoleon Dynamite
The Graduate
Apocalypse Now
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GodfatherII
GodfatherI
Animal House
Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot)
River Runs Through It
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Outlaw Josie Wales
Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.")
Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)

Honorable Mentions

Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one)
Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy)
Darkest Hour
Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)

Horror/Scary Shit

The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
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You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.

I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
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I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.

Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.

Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.

I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.

But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
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The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...

Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....

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Too me, Plainview and Bill the Butcher are basically the same character on different coasts.
 
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...

I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:

Godfather I
Godfather II
Goodfellas
Dirty Harry
Caddyshack
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
Napoleon Dynamite
The Graduate
Apocalypse Now
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GodfatherII
GodfatherI
Animal House
Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot)
River Runs Through It
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Outlaw Josie Wales
Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.")
Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)

Honorable Mentions

Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one)
Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy)
Darkest Hour
Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)

Horror/Scary Shit

The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
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You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.

I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
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I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.

Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.

Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.

I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.

But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
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The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...

Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....

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The opening of Gladiator ranks right there in the "let's get off to a good start" film making category.

"On my command, unleash hell."

Can you imagine going up against the Roman army at its peak? They were just so much better than everybody else, it was hardly even fair.

You should start a thread of "top 10 greatest empires in human history". Rome would be my #1.
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I did. You voted in it.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/51599/greatest-empire-in-human-history/p1
 
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...

I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:

Godfather I
Godfather II
Goodfellas
Dirty Harry
Caddyshack
Animal House
Blazing Saddles
Napoleon Dynamite
The Graduate
Apocalypse Now
Click to expand...

GodfatherII
GodfatherI
Animal House
Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot)
River Runs Through It
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Outlaw Josie Wales
Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.")
Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)

Honorable Mentions

Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one)
Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy)
Darkest Hour
Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)

Horror/Scary Shit

The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
Click to expand...

You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.

I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
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I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.

Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.

Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.

I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.

But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
Click to expand...

The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...

Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....

giphy.gif
Click to expand...

The opening of Gladiator ranks right there in the "let's get off to a good start" film making category.

"On my command, unleash hell."

Can you imagine going up against the Roman army at its peak? They were just so much better than everybody else, it was hardly even fair.

You should start a thread of "top 10 greatest empires in human history". Rome would be my #1.
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I did. You voted in it.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/51599/greatest-empire-in-human-history/p1
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Damn. I must've been on one of my Cuban kicks that day. Racist.
 
Godfather II
Godfather I
Shawshank Redemption
Glory
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A New Hope
The Power Of One
Dumb and Dumber
Anchorman
Batman Begins[/b]
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Over Dark Knight. Bold.
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Dark Knight's almost assuredly a better film thanks to Ledger's performance but I thought Begins was the perfect handling of the origin story. I loved every minute of it. Visually it was such a fantastic counter/rebrand to Batman & Robin.

It was everything July 10th needs to be for UW...
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Dialed in.

Except for the uw part. Hoping for pink tutus.
 
Mohicans was filmed in the county I gradiated high school from.

I know, I know, take this to the "movie locations you've been to" thread.
 
I should have poasted then read everyone's lists. I left so many off - my list is ones I can watch over and over. Left off Silence/lambs, Holy grail, Dead men don't wear plaid, and some others

Dawn of the Dead (original)
Ghost
Godfather series
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Great Escape
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Lord of the Rings (extended version – short sucks)
Patton
Peter Pan
Rocky Horror Picture Show
 
Cruel intentions 2
American Pie 6
Cocktail
Roadhouse
Batman and Robin
How to Teach a Dragon
Meet Joe Black
Fellowship of the Ring
Me Myself and Irene
Underworld Rise of the Lycans

Fight me bitches
 
Apocalypse Now
The Shining
Natural Born Killers
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Royal Tenenbaums
There Will Be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
Rushmore
The Big Lebowski
Twilight Zone: The Movie
 
Goodfellas
Casablanca
Full Metal Jacket
Godfather
Heat
Jaws
Terminator II
No Country for Old Men
Top Gun
Raiders of the Lost Ark
 
The Watchmen
Braveheart
Old School
Casino Royale
3:10 to Yuma[/b]
Godfather 1/2
Empire Strikes Back
The Dark Knight
LOTR The Two Towers
Master and Commander
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Gonna hang me in the morning A’fore this night is done
 
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Shawshank and Sneakers. I’d have to like think and stuff to fill out the other 8.

ETA: guess I would put the Usual Suspects on the list too.
 
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The Big Lebowski
Heat
Kids In the Hall: Brain Candy
Bottle Rocket
Fight Club
Legends of the Fall
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Braveheart
Good Will Hunting
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

This was hard. No way this list is accurate.
 
I'll give it a shot. I tend to go blank under pressure to list favorites, so...

Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
Godfather
True Romance
Get Shorty
Silence of the Lambs
Team America World Police
The Shining

If I did this in an hour at least five of those would probably change.
 
I'll give it a shot. I tend to go blank under pressure to list favorites, so...

Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
Godfather
True Romance
Get Shorty
Silence of the Lambs
Team America World Police
The Shining

If I did this in an hour at least five of those would probably change.
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We could Netflix-n-chill...
 
I'll give it a shot. I tend to go blank under pressure to list favorites, so...

Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
Godfather
True Romance
Get Shorty
Silence of the Lambs
Team America World Police
The Shining

If I did this in an hour at least five of those would probably change.
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We could Netflix-n-chill...
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#metoo

@chuck has exquisite taste for a gear chucker.
 
Good lists Fellas!! Keep 'em cumming. I am going to rely heavily on these when it comes time to seed the "Hardcore Husky's All Time Favorite Flick" Tournament.
 
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