Westside Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Sorry for slacking off over the last few weeks. But if you have a minute stop over at Westside Steve' movie reviews. I just posted a bunch. Let me know what you think. Cheers and fuck the Steelers. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Where do you find the time to watch all these movies? Do you go to the theater or do you get copies and watch them at home? I was just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted November 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Where do you find the time to watch all these movies? Do you go to the theater or do you get copies and watch them at home? I was just wondering I play music and entertain for a living. So with the exception of a road trip or a couple months in the summer time I'd work mostly weekends and have all week to go to movies or whatever. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Probably best to hit the matinees during school year before all the kids screw up the movie with cell phones, talking, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I play music and entertain for a living. So with the exception of a road trip or a couple months in the summer time I'd work mostly weekends and have all week to go to movies or whatever. WSS Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalBrowns Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Westside Stevie...I also happen to be quite obsessed with cinema. Whats your top 5? Mine, in no best to worst order.... 1. Pulp Fiction2. Boogie Nights3. Blade Runner4. Barton Fink 5. Jawshonorable mention...From Russia With Love, Once Upon A Time In The West, Children Of Men, Raiders Of The Lost Ark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalBrowns Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I am a huuuuuuuge Tarantino nerd. I think hes God. One of the few truly original filmmakers left in Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Couch Pulls Out Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 I am a huuuuuuuge Tarantino nerd. I think hes God. One of the few truly original filmmakers left in Hollywood. What say you of the "conspiracy" that all of his movies are in the same universe? Or his foot fetish? I'm not entirely impressed with him, to be honest. He's a fantastic storyteller, but I feel there a few many scenes that are overly gory just to be gory. Not that I'm opposed to gore, I just feel like, unless properly used, it's an empty gesture used solely for shock value and cheap thrills sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 A lot of his movies looked great on pre release, and then sucked when you saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I am a huuuuuuuge Tarantino nerd. I think hes God. One of the few truly original filmmakers left in Hollywood. I hate tarantino with a passion unparalleled by any other hatred I have for entertainment. Why? I can't say I just think he's a douche and all his movies are total unentertaining crap. Resevoir dogs was slightly bearable and that's the highest praise I can muster for any of his films. Of your top five, however, we can agree on one for sure. Jaws is an all time classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I wouldn't put boogie nights in my top five but it was a great film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrb12711 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I think Tarantino is a lot like M. Night Shamalyan (sp?). The guys both made some really good movies a while ago and as a result get free realm to keep making crappy movies. I will say though I really like Django Unchained, but almost every thing post 2000's from him I hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 How can Goodfellas not be in the top 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 well for Me..My top 5 goes something like this.: 1. The Godfather 2. The Ten commandments 5. The Shawshank Redemption 4. Casino 9. The Wild One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconHound Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Westside Stevie...I also happen to be quite obsessed with cinema. Whats your top 5? Mine, in no best to worst order.... 1. Pulp Fiction 2. Boogie Nights 3. Blade Runner 4. Barton Fink 5. Jaws honorable mention...From Russia With Love, Once Upon A Time In The West, Children Of Men, Raiders Of The Lost Ark This is impossible but with Boogie Nights in your top 5 you need some work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Couch Pulls Out Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 My top five: Tremors Tremors 2 Tremors 3 Tremors A 30 minute episode of Community played on loop for 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 my top 5 Pulp Fiction Godfather 2 Outlaw Josie Wales Goodfellas The Great Escape Best line from all movies ever..............Outlaw Josie Wales......."Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgm-sp1-Nhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koalabazooka Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Birth of a Nation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 cmon. you have to judge by genre and classic/80-90's/new cgi, european etc. etc.. you don't even have to have a screenplay to shoot leprechaun v. classic movie making with true cinematographers focusing on subjects to the correct aperture by the 1/19th of focal length is a lost art nowadays. imagine cutting/editing video by just doing that? cutting and splicing by hand. i became audio/video-wise coming of age in the early 70's, so my top five would go against those who saw movies earlier the i did, even though later in life i watched most of what i wanted to via netflix. that being said my top five: 1. exorcist 2. seven 3. texas chainsaw massacre 4. tell no one 5. i saw the devil hon. mention: saving private ryan, a clockwork orange, bullit, dirty harry..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koalabazooka Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 The Deer Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennel Club Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 My top five (in no particular order): The Wicker Man (not the Nicholas Cage remake) Wings of Desire (not the Nicholas Cage remake ) Thin Red Line The Seventh Seal (woe betide Nicholas Cage doing a remake) Badlands (don't you dare Nicholas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Hey all of you movie buffs. I would assume that fairly soon this thread will be moved over to West Side Steve's movie reviews and I hope you guys will also check that page out on occasion. I pretty much agree with Mike that it's just about impossible to pick 5 out of the hundreds of thousands of movies without at least separating them by genre. But I wanted to give one tip of the hat to Mike for selecting Tell No One. I don't usually bother with many foreign films but I did with this one because it was written by Harlan Coben who I think is the best mystery writer working today. Also The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are the two scariest movies ever made. And I put a Clockwork Orange at the top of my list. Albeit my list of favorites. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 but even though it's impossible to pick only five and this list might sway on a daily basis here are five from me. A Clockwork Orange Casablanca The Wizard of Oz Annie Hall Rocky WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 and while we are on the subject I've always thought it was unfortunate that we hesitate to put comedies on 5 greatest of all time list. Here are 5 of my favorites keeping in mind that it's nearly impossible to narrow it down to 5. Animal House Stripes Caddyshack Blazing Saddles Hollywood Knights (And even though it doesn't count as a single film if you take the collective series of Mystery Science Theater 3000 both with Joel and Mike) And I haven't seen it in decades but I remember Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in What's Up Doc. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalBrowns Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Boogie Nights is a masterful ensemble piece with a director at the top of his game. The soundtrack is unbelievable and it is the BEST film about the 1970s period. The cast itself is a spectacle. I guess I love Tarantino because hes consistently new and abundant in his characters, if anyone here has seen Django, you can see Quentin still has a great eye for lighting and dialogue. Anyone who doesnt like him IMO just hates the dialogue and gets bored by it, which I can see, Pulp Fiction may not be the most technically stunning film, but I love everything about it, and think its perfect besides Butch's girlfriends scene. No one here has seen Inglorious Bastards? Amazing film. Amazing acting, amazing writing. Jackie Brown? Alot of ppl say this is his best and most underrated. Give this one a try cuz its his least violent and more subdued. Death Proof? This is meant to be a bad cheesy movie, but it excels at it. Tarantino is a movie nerd who indulges in the excess that cinema can offer. Reservoir Dogs, for the budget, is an amazing accomplishment. Has done wonders for the crime genre. Kill Bill 1 and 2 are great. Good action thrillers that still contain fun comedy and blood splattering. Roger Ebert called the 2nd one "one of the best sequels ever made" Django is fantastic. Just bloody great. I can see why people dont like his films, but if your a lover of cinema, i dont see how you couldnt at least respect him for what hes done to film history. He changed the way film violence could be represented and staged. I love him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hish747 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Pulp Fiction The Matrix 2001: A Space Odyssey The Shining 12 Angry Men/To Kill A Mockingbird Lost (just think of it as the longest movie ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Cool Hand Luke Forest Gump Shawshank Rocky Princess Bride lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Boogie Nights is a masterful ensemble piece with a director at the top of his game. The soundtrack is unbelievable and it is the BEST film about the 1970s period. The cast itself is a spectacle. I guess I love Tarantino because hes consistently new and abundant in his characters, if anyone here has seen Django, you can see Quentin still has a great eye for lighting and dialogue. Anyone who doesnt like him IMO just hates the dialogue and gets bored by it, which I can see, Pulp Fiction may not be the most technically. stunning film, but I love everything about it, and think its perfect besides Butch's girlfriends scene. No one here has seen Inglorious Bastards? Amazing film. Amazing acting, amazing writing. Jackie Brown? Alot of ppl say this is his best and most underrated. Give this one a try cuz its his least violent and more subdued. Death Proof? This is meant to be a bad cheesy movie, but it excels at it. Tarantino is a movie nerd who indulges in the excess that cinema can offer. Reservoir Dogs, for the budget, is an amazing accomplishment. Has done wonders for the crime genre. Kill Bill 1 and 2 are great. Good action thrillers that still contain fun comedy and blood splattering. Roger Ebert called the 2nd one "one of the best sequels ever made" Django is fantastic. Just bloody great. I can see why people dont like his films, but if your a lover of cinema, i dont see how you couldnt at least respect him for what hes done to film history. He changed the way film violence could be represented and staged. I love him for that. Boogie nights +1 for heather graham full frontal. I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfox227 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 In no particular order Major League...which I watch the night before opening day every year Last of the Mohicans Braveheart Shawshank Redemption...which is really cool because I grew up about 2 miles from where it was shot. American History X or Goodfellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalBrowns Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Great list dfox Major League may be the best sports comedy ever made Braveheart is like "dont stop believin" its overplayed and ive heard it a hundred times but theres no denying its a good song still. Shawshank is the tits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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