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100 movies to see before you die

Started by Valmy, March 24, 2009, 08:20:21 AM

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Savonarola

#60
March 25, 2009, 09:05:52 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 25, 2009, 08:53:06 AM


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In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Ed Anger

#61
March 25, 2009, 09:09:55 AM
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Caliga

#62
March 25, 2009, 09:10:37 AM
I wanted some damn props for using an interrobang earlier in the thread. :(
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charliebear

#63
March 25, 2009, 11:25:58 AM
I've seen 26 of them.  I didn't think I would have seen that many, as I'm not much of a movie buff.

BuddhaRhubarb

#64
March 25, 2009, 12:13:39 PM
Every single one of them. some dozens of times.
:p

Scipio

#65
March 25, 2009, 01:08:23 PM
90.  Most of the ones that I've missed are foreign.
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The Larch

#66
March 25, 2009, 05:05:19 PM
Quote from: Alatriste on March 25, 2009, 01:56:21 AMNational Lampoon's Animal House? If I have to watch it before I die, I'm worried about enthropy killing the Universe before I buy the farm.

For us it's neglectable, in the US it seems to be iconic. It's a matter of bias in the drafting of the list.

Oh, and around 50 here.

Ed Anger

#67
March 25, 2009, 05:07:42 PM
Animal House is easy to watch. Skip any parts with Donald Sutherland and karen Allen with him and the road trip. Then it is very watchable.
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Benedict Arnold

#68
March 27, 2009, 02:20:40 AM
Decent list.  Also, I'm proud of my fellow Languishites for shouting down Martinus and his Groundhog Day hatred. :hug:

Savonarola

#69
March 27, 2009, 08:52:35 AM
Quote from: The Larch on March 25, 2009, 05:05:19 PM
Quote from: Alatriste on March 25, 2009, 01:56:21 AMNational Lampoon's Animal House? If I have to watch it before I die, I'm worried about enthropy killing the Universe before I buy the farm.

For us it's neglectable, in the US it seems to be iconic. It's a matter of bias in the drafting of the list.

Oh, and around 50 here.

I'm surprised Animal House doesn't tranlate well to Europe; it has some of John Belushi's finest work.  Is it because the Frat House stereotypes don't apply to the European University system?
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Sheilbh

#70
March 27, 2009, 01:30:29 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on March 27, 2009, 08:52:35 AM
I'm surprised Animal House doesn't tranlate well to Europe; it has some of John Belushi's finest work.  Is it because the Frat House stereotypes don't apply to the European University system?
I think so.  I'm with the Spaniards in that it's not a film I'd heard of until I came to this board.

Also John Belushi's nowhere near as famous as I think he is in the US.  I mean I think he did Saturday Night Live there for some years so he's got this history for Americans.  I, at least, only really know him from the Blues Brothers.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#71
March 28, 2009, 01:27:34 PM
Blues Brothers & Animal House are both seminal films for a certain generation(mine) in North America (and by NA I mean US & Canada.) Sheilbh. Most Males my age have seen these films a zillion times. Like a classically trained Shakespearean actor quoting the bard.: I/We used to be able to quote any passage you asked back in tha day from these movies, Caddyshack, and other SNL related material.

There's a very sentimental attachment to many of these films felt by many people between 40 and 50 in Canda & the US.
:p

Oexmelin

#72
March 28, 2009, 02:43:08 PM
Quebec excepted. No fraternities here. Never saw Animal House (never heard of it either) and discovered Blues Brothers very late. Strangely, the other National Lampoon stuff were unfrequently aired (at least I vaguely recall some of them with Chevy Chase).
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Ed Anger

#73
March 28, 2009, 03:45:08 PM
Quote from: Oexmelin on March 28, 2009, 02:43:08 PM
Strangely, the other National Lampoon stuff were unfrequently aired (at least I vaguely recall some of them with Chevy Chase).

For the love of god, skip European and Vegas vacation. The first one and the Christmas one are good.
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Queequeg

#74
March 28, 2009, 10:42:47 PM
84.  Pretty good, I guess.
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