EWB's Top 50 Movies List

[TGC]

The Crow is a nice addition if not totally unexpected.

Love Trainspotting, even if I can't understand half of what is said.

I also love Boondock Saints and Anchorman, but don't believe either belong on any list like this.

Forest Gump is a modern classic, so no complaints.

[Guest mAXi]

Anchorman ?

I watched it but i didn't think it was that good, certainly not good enough to be high up on a Top 50 list.

But im happy Forrest Gump made it, i wasn't expecting it too because EWB members aren't the type i'd expect to like that kind of movie. Not even i like those kind of movies but this was an exception, really amazing film that deserves it's place.

[Mysterio2000X]

Nice for the Crow, but god, Boondock Saints is so fucking overrated. The movie was fun the first time around, but that's about it.

Trainspotting's a pretty damn good movie.

And the other two.. eh, I could've done without.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Now, Trainspotting is an EXCELLENT movie...Although this image and poster is better...

An iconic movie poster from the 90s...especially for those of us who watched it back then...

Edited November 14, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[Scruffy The Janitor]

EDIT: gah, ignore this post....didn't see post's below the list (I don't know how I could have missed them; but they weren't on my version of the thread)

Edited November 14, 2006 by Steaming Pile Of Shit

[Liam]

Skummy, I'm curious as to the reasons behind your hatred of the South Park movie? Are you not a fan of the show?

And I gotta agree with TGC... how the fuck does Saw make this list but Se7en and Memento do not? Saw fucking sucked. Great premise, executed horribly due to some of the most piss poor acting ever seen in a successful horror film. Memento and Se7en are two equally creepy movies with even more of an original premise and have the likes of Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, and Kevin fucking Spacey to round out their casts. The list has been pretty solid so far, but that is just criminal.

With Skummy, thats what I assumed....and I was surprised he detested Requiem. I loved that film.

And I like Saw, so I'm not going to argue it off the list, but I definitely think Memento should have made it.

Aliens>Alien

But anyway, nice selection so far.

Nah, Alien > Aliens.

Depends what you want out of the movie I guess.....

Aliens > Alien, for me. Maybe if I'd been around at the time, I might have preferred Alien as it broke the mould somewhat, but watching it when I did, I just preferred Aliens.

Though I think it is criminal that Terminator looks like it has been beaten by its sequel...horrible decision.

Oh, and 40 Year Old Virgin? Meh.

[Laice07]

I hated Boondock...so very much. But that hatred goes away because of my love for Forrest Gump and The Crow. Anchorman was a good film, no doubt, and at times hilarious, but 28? I'd be more happy if 40 year old Virgin and Anchorman switched places. To each his own I guess.

[Skummy]

Skummy, I'm curious as to the reasons behind your hatred of the South Park movie? Are you not a fan of the show?

I'm a fan of the show only to a point. I couldn't stand the earlier series, when it was essentially half an hour of "Hey, swearing's funny", and fairly heavy-handed "controversy". The movie was just an extended version of that, and if it's not funny in half an hour, it's certainly not going to be funny as a feature-length film. That said, the recent few series I've enjoyed. The only thing I found funny in the film was "Operation Human Shield".

As for Requiem For A Dream...I just can't stand it. Probably because all through the time I was studying media I had people hyping it up for me about how much I'd love it and how I really needed to see it, and I just found it phenomenally underwhelming.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

24. Back to the Future

23. A Clockwork Orange

22. The Shining

21. This Is Spinal Tap

20. The Godfather Part II

[ACCBiggz]

That was a mighty fine group.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ahhh Clockwork Orange...Perhaps the best political film ever made (a bit better than Strangelove).

Shining's a great movie though - modern horror film makers should learn - less is more.

The kid trundling down those corridors, turning round the corners as we follow him, hundreds of metres from his parents, one of whom is slowly going mental anyway....THAT'S chilling - not legs being chopped off every 2 minutes.

[Rashid]

Fuck yes, now I'm happy.

Clockwork Orange and The Shining easily rank in my Top 10 Movies Ever list. And Back to the Future would definitly be in my Top 3. Thought I liked Part 2 just a bit more.

I'd give all 3 of those movies 9.5/10.

Never saw Spinal Tap or any Godfather movie.

[GoGo Yubari]

Spinal Tap. Awesome.

[Liam]

Spinal Tap. Awesome.

QFE

[Mysterio2000X]

w00t @ the Kubrick movies.

I've never been a big fan of the Back to the Future movies, I've never seen Spinal Tap, and I prefer the original Godfather to the sequel. That being said, it is another nice batch of films.

[Laice07]

No qualms about this batch, all excellent films.

[Rashid]

Kinda early, but from what I've seen so far, this is the best list I've ever seen on EWB.

Just hoping for Wizard of Oz.

[The Hardcore Canuck]

19. Star Wars: A New Hope

18. Scarface

17. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

16. Office Space

15. The Usual Suspects

[Rashid]

IV A New Hope: 2 Thumbs Up. 9/10

VI Return of the Jedi: 2 Thumbs Up. 9/10

Scarface: 2 Thumbs Up. 9/10

Office Space: never saw

Usual Suspects: never saw

I'm loving this list more and more.

Wait, only 14 movies left. *crosses fingers for Wizard of Oz*.

[Laice07]

Star Wars. Surprised Office Space is in there, didn't think it would, but glad that it did. This list is missing one more Star Wars title and I know its going to be somewhere around the top 5