5punk

lol
ive just found out where dog pants' avatar is from
http://stansellseverything.ytmnd.com/

i'm pretty sure i heard the word 5punk in there.

I can't put an order to them, but I'm fond of Starship Troopers, Dog Soldiers, The Alien quadrilogy, Medieval Dead, and Amelie. I'll probably think of something better later though.

Nickface wrote:I can't narrow down 5 movies into my all time top list.

But, I can tell you my top 5 shitty action movies starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000185/">Dolph Lundgren</a>:


1. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105698/">Universial Soldier</a>
2. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102915/">Showdown in Little Tokyo</a>
3. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321997/">Detention</a>
4. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117653/">Silent Trigger</a>
5. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368688/">Direct Action</a>

How is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098141/">The Punisher</a> not in that list? It's a classic. Also, it involves ninjas.

My top 5:
1. The <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068815/">Lone Wolf and Cub</a> movies. Technically six movies, but they're all good.
2. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/">Hard Boiled</a>
3. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362387/">2LDK</a>
4. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690/">Ronin</a>
5. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/">Ichi the Killer</a>
Honorary mention to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082198/">Conan the Barbarian</a>.

The Back to the Future films make me yawn.

eion wrote:<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/">Hard Boiled</a>

Ah, reminds me, 5 game-influencing movies:
1. Blade Runner
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Star Wars
4. Boondock Saints
5. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

And any WW2 game or film made after 1962 owes a hell of a lot to:
The Longest Day
A superb title.

Roman Totale wrote: 5) Eraserhead (actually, anything by David Lynch - yes! including Dune godammit!)

Dune? DUNE?

David Lynch fan I may be, but im also a fan of the dune books. Watching the dune film is therefore akin to having red hot sand pushed carefully into my eyeballs.

Joose wrote:

Roman Totale wrote: 5) Eraserhead (actually, anything by David Lynch - yes! including Dune godammit!)

Dune? DUNE?

David Lynch fan I may be, but im also a fan of the dune books. Watching the dune film is therefore akin to having red hot sand pushed carefully into my eyeballs.

Now, I saw Dune as a kid and enjoyed the fights and worms and fights with worms. Then I enjoyed the book as a teenager and watched the film again. I just saw it as an elaboration on scenes from the books rather than an incomplete story.

Joose wrote:

Roman Totale wrote: 5) Eraserhead (actually, anything by David Lynch - yes! including Dune godammit!)

Dune? DUNE?

David Lynch fan I may be, but im also a fan of the dune books. Watching the dune film is therefore akin to having red hot sand pushed carefully into my eyeballs.

Joose speaks truth. David Lynch should be.

Dog Pants wrote: Now, I saw Dune as a kid and enjoyed the fights and worms and fights with worms. Then I enjoyed the book as a teenager and watched the film again. I just saw it as an elaboration on scenes from the books rather than an incomplete story.

Dune the film has the wierd sonic weapon things, which are not in the books. It also does a load of things without explaining whats going on in any way, leaving people clueless. "why has that big floating grub just vomited light? Hang on, are they on another planet now? how did that happen?" This is not good storytelling.

Also, the big rainstorm at the end is both not in the books, doesnt seem to have any kind of cause, and totally breaks the logic of the storyline. Spice is *needed* for spaceflight to happen, spice comes from sandworms, sandworms are poisoned by water. So Fucking Huge Rainstorm = No more space flight, which in turn leaves Muad-dib the emperor of an unreachable and utterly fucked empire.

Joose wrote:

Dog Pants wrote: Now, I saw Dune as a kid and enjoyed the fights and worms and fights with worms. Then I enjoyed the book as a teenager and watched the film again. I just saw it as an elaboration on scenes from the books rather than an incomplete story.

Dune the film has the wierd sonic weapon things, which are not in the books. It also does a load of things without explaining whats going on in any way, leaving people clueless. "why has that big floating grub just vomited light? Hang on, are they on another planet now? how did that happen?" This is not good storytelling.

Also, the big rainstorm at the end is both not in the books, doesnt seem to have any kind of cause, and totally breaks the logic of the storyline. Spice is *needed* for spaceflight to happen, spice comes from sandworms, sandworms are poisoned by water. So Fucking Huge Rainstorm = No more space flight, which in turn leaves Muad-dib the emperor of an unreachable and utterly fucked empire.

Okay, you got me there. It took me so long to read the book that a few things happened in the film that I just assumed I'd forgotten had happened in the book. I still enjoyed it though, maybe because I'm not a fan.

I agree with everything you say, but there is just something about that film that I love.

The voice of the Guild Navigator rocks too.

Roman Totale wrote:The voice of the Guild Navigator rocks too.

Alright, that is fairly win. But the film is a disgrace... Just like the Dune games made by Westwood... Atredies are red, dammit! Ordos!? ORDOS!?

Roman Totale wrote:I agree with everything you say, but there is just something about that film that I love.

The voice of the Guild Navigator rocks too.

I loved the film also and I've watched it many times. Mostly I enjoyed it as a cool sci-fi romp with some great lines, nice sets, characters and costumes. It didn't really have to make a lot of sense for me as I enjoy that kind of vague pretension. Obviously it doesn't compare to the book (only read the first one) but I think Lynch made a good stab at it, maybe several stabs with a blunt spoon.

mrbobbins wrote: ....
Zatoichi
....

I channel hopped onto this last week - awesome film.

For me:

Kellys' Heroes
Bladerunner (and most other Ridley Scott films)
Smokey and the Bandit (Jackie Gleason *bows*)
Withnail & I
Monty Python & the Holy Grail

also most Kurosawa, Jackie Chan and John Woo (fucking NOT his Hollywood stuff though)

1. Schindler's List
2. Garden State
3. Paths of Glory
4. Royal Tenenbaums
5. High Fidelity

Sheriff Fatman wrote: Bladerunner (and most other Ridley Scott films)

I cannot like that film purely for the fact that the book stamps it into oblivion with it's awesomeness.

The book is 'Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K Dick* and I highly reccomend it to everyone.

*who also wrote the books that the films Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly and many nore were based on.

Roman Totale wrote:

Sheriff Fatman wrote: Bladerunner (and most other Ridley Scott films)

I cannot like that film purely for the fact that the book stamps it into oblivion with it's awesomeness.

The book is 'Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K Dick* and I highly reccomend it to everyone.

*who also wrote the books that the films Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly and many nore were based on.

Not even for the cinematography and atmosphere?

Roman Totale wrote: I cannot like that film purely for the fact that the book stamps it into oblivion with it's awesomeness.

To be fair, the film was an adaptation of the book, not a translation. Expecting a film to compare to a book is somewhat hopeful to say the least.

OMG is he a simulant?, is he not?, does he know?

DIRECTORS CUT!!!!

Oh he's a Unicorn

mrbobbins wrote:OMG is he a simulant?, is he not?, does he know?

DIRECTORS CUT!!!!

Oh he's a Unicorn

Best of all the animals.