Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

Citizen Kane can suck it.

Discuss.

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I have seen that movie many times and I agree.    It has it all:

terrible acting
Denise Richards
War against giant bugs
The future
giant brain sucking slugs
big ass weapons
spaceships
Neil Patrick Harris
Johnny Rico

and lots of quotable lines:

"if you don't do your job I will shoot you"

http://youtu.be/yhwJHF1Amkg  (http://youtu.be/yhwJHF1Amkg)

Richards getting naked has little to do with a movie being great.  Its a nice addition to the movie, but Wild Things  is not on the same level as Starship Troopers

Road House?

The Princess Bride?

Quote from: Dougfish on February 24, 2015, 13:27:56 PM
The Princess Bride?

come on doug.  fun movie, but we are talking serious contenders here.

Can't pull over anymore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8LPdTX4Hk0#)

I think you are right Ben.  S.T. held the title for many years, but Super Troopers is probably the current title holder.  That moving is amazing.  "All right meow"

Quote from: Jfey on February 24, 2015, 13:59:15 PM
I think you are right Ben.  S.T. held the title for many years, but Super Troopers is probably the current title holder.  That moving is amazing.  "All right meow"

That opening scene to me is funny as shit.  "Pull over man!  Pull over more!"

The meow scene is another good one, thought about posting it instead.

Lots of great movies out here.
I think it's wrong to  pick a comedy as the greatest movie ever. Not sure why, but the best comedy I've seen is still Dumb and Dumber followed closely by Bad Santa.

Now back to Starship Troopers.
I think that when that movie came out, people weren't as up on satire as they are now, but basically the film is a redux of Full Metal Jacket to make the same case that Team America World Police did a decade later. Lampooning fascism, pointing out the ridiculousness of wartime propaganda, and juxtaposing modern american hawk  culture against the rise of Naziism (to become a citizen). This is somewhat subtle, but notice the stage is set  in Argentina (where the Nazis escaped after the war) and the uniforms are basically SS knockoffs. Yet it's clearly aimed at Americans. I just think it's pretty clever. "God damn bugs whacked us Johnny."

Also, not sure I've ever seen a woman hotter than young Denise Richards. Yeah, she's older now and been Ma-Sheened, but wow was she good looking in her 20s.

X2 on Dumb and Dumber, a classic.

2 old and 2 newer = the best, the greatest

http://youtu.be/hcaOIRYwsWg (http://youtu.be/hcaOIRYwsWg)

http://youtu.be/3jkNDgel8C0 (http://youtu.be/3jkNDgel8C0)

http://youtu.be/m44NQUIOaiQ (http://youtu.be/m44NQUIOaiQ)

http://youtu.be/R0jhpgMXZug (http://youtu.be/R0jhpgMXZug)

While I love Super Troupers, I'll make a case for the American history lesson that is Forrest Gump.

Quote from: Grannyknot on February 24, 2015, 13:29:09 PM

Quote from: Dougfish on February 24, 2015, 13:27:56 PM
The Princess Bride?

come on doug.  fun movie, but we are talking serious contenders here.

The two most quotable movies I know are TPB and Blazing Saddles.
And come on, you've got:

"Andre the Giant was the greatest human being on earth
At 7'4" and 540 pounds, Andre knew he was scary. (The first time Chris Sarandon's daughters saw him, they ran screaming.) To help people relax, Andre called everyone "Boss," and when Robin Wright got the shivers between takes, he would warm her by resting a huge hand on her head, like a hat. One day, Andre casually mentioned that Waiting for Godot playwright Samuel Beckett used to drive him to school in rural France, after he grew too tall for the school bus. Beckett, who had hired Andre's father as a handyman, owned a convertible and took the top down to chauffeur Andre to class. Elwes asked what on earth the wrestler and the Nobel Prize winner talked about. Said Andre, "Mostly cricket."

But, boy, could Andre the Giant drink.
In one night, Andre could polish off three bottles of cognac and 12 bottles of wine and feel only a little tipsy. He kept a flask of cognac in his costume, but his favorite drink was a monstrosity called "the American," a 40-ounce beer pitcher filled with whatever booze he felt like that day: merlot, brandy, beer, vodka, whatever. The first time Andre the Giant and Robin Wright went out for dinner, he ordered four appetizers, five entrees and a case of wine. While bar-hopping with Elwes in New York, the two were politely tracked by an off-duty cop who was hired to keep an eye on Andre in case he fell over and hurt someone — again. (Andre generously bought the officer several drinks.) And the night of The Princess Bride's first script read-through, Andre got so drunk at the hotel bar that he passed out in the middle of the lobby. The hotel employees couldn't move him, so they put velvet ropes around his snoring corpse and told the maids not to vacuum until he woke up. "

I think Princess Bride is a fair choice. It makes me happy that Fred Savage is a Bears fan in the movie and that Columbo is his grandad.


Forrest Gump? Good movie. Great movie. Too much 'Bama though. Like freaking Bama fans needed that ego boost. Why couldn't he have played for Vandy?  Only way it could've been worse is if he went on to play for the Packers.

One way to tell if a movie is great is if it gets copied, like I mentioned before with Full Metal Jacket.
Big Fish is essentially a Forrest Gump knockoff.

Tough call. Got to be either Point Break

http://youtu.be/78s7DO5eehQ (http://youtu.be/78s7DO5eehQ)

or Tropic Thunder

http://youtu.be/utPTtw0sNbA (http://youtu.be/utPTtw0sNbA)

tf, you just like point break because they talk like tranny the whole movie.
admit it. bruh

Fuck, I forgot about Tropic Thunder.

"You just went full retard."

Goodfellas is my favorite.

and Ric flair claims hes seen Andre down over a hundred beers in a sitting multiple times.  Said his roadie could drink over 50.

Did someone say Ric Flair?

http://youtu.be/ct7IWkiiWgA (http://youtu.be/ct7IWkiiWgA)

Quote from: steelrain202 on February 24, 2015, 16:22:01 PM
my brother put flair in a head lock one time many years ago. it was hilarious

Very jealous. 

It does buck the trend, but I'm gonna X2 Last of the Mohicans.  Great movie, great soundtrack, all filmed around Asheville too.

I like all of the "Last of the ____ " movies.

Last of the Mohicans
Last of the Dog Men
Last Samurai
Last Starfighter

In each, the last of the ____ inevitably ends up being a white guy who is better at being a ____ then all the native born _____ who trained him.

But seriously, Last of the Mohicans is a great flick.

Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Pulp fiction
Ben-Hur

C'mon guys...no love for Apocolypse now? A little heart of Darkness, I kno ya'll love creepin up sketchy ass rivers... amirite?

Also a fan of what Terry Gilliam did with "Fear and Loathing in LV" but maybe need to go back and watch it sobrerer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kqFwVuQ-Hg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kqFwVuQ-Hg#ws)

For those who like em a little creepy, this is a winner.   This should not be mistaken for the lame assed murican version.

http://youtu.be/MpGNPkdknvc (http://youtu.be/MpGNPkdknvc)

This the grand pubah of hink and zany.

http://youtu.be/SRdxZxZGJqI (http://youtu.be/SRdxZxZGJqI)

Quote from: ruttness on February 24, 2015, 19:10:17 PM
Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Pulp fiction
Ben-Hur

'c;
I knew you were a fellow sick fucker.

Come on 'scro..... IDIOCRACY

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DYpfHBicjQk

Idiocrqcy is great.

How bout First Blood or Predator? 

Home Alone?

Home Alone and Christmas Vacation are on top of my greatest holiday movie list. Cometo think of it, they are the list.

Respek


http://youtu.be/O7fsM9q27sc (http://youtu.be/O7fsM9q27sc)

http://youtu.be/nN23cFLHE7s
Second Hand Lions-Duvall is my favorite and this is one of my favorites

QuoteSecond Hand Lions-Duvall is my favorite and this is one of my favorites

Definitely two thumbs up for this one.

Hmmm...

Since I did not see but parts of Starship Trooper, I passed this thread until today.  I admit I like what is usually described as "chick flicks", but I also like most of the films mentioned in the thread that clearly don't qualify in that regard (Apocalypse Now for example - great, great flick!).

So I think Princess Bride is one of the best, but I was surprised the Love Actually didn't make the thread.  As a film project, this is, IMHO, a perfect film.  That being said, either you loved it or you hated it.

Discuss...

TB

Quote from: troutboy_II on February 25, 2015, 16:10:29 PM
Hmmm...

Since I did not see but parts of Starship Trooper, I passed this thread until today.  I admit I like what is usually described as "chick flicks", but I also like most of the films mentioned in the thread that clearly don't qualify in that regard (Apocalypse Now for example - great, great flick!).

So I think Princess Bride is one of the best, but I was surprised the Love Actually didn't make the thread.  As a film project, this is, IMHO, a perfect film.  That being said, either you loved it or you hated it.

Discuss...

TB

GTFO. Discussed

I told Rody and Woolly I liked the princess bride, we were drinkin by the Soho.....I was ridiculed mercilessly... didn't cry #winning  d:b

One more reason I like you, Spork.  'c;

I am some guy on the Internet. You killed my father. Prepare to be berated with lunacy and unreasonable political ideology.

I liked Andre the giant.

I'm a fan of comedies.

And porn

That's about it

Bruce Willis can eat a dick

Spaceballs ftmfw

#stillridiculingyoumericlessspork, #gohangwithtb2andkarl for punishment


we needa go fish soon spork and get wooooolly out

I've learned something new.  Rhody loves good beer, fishing from a bote, and the new thing, movies.  Carry on bitches.

#whothafuckiskarl #iwannafishinafancyboatandgetwoollyhighasakitedude

Quote from: NCsporksman on February 25, 2015, 20:09:17 PM
#whothafuckiskarl #iwannafishinafancyboatandgetwoollyhighasakitedude

x2

damn woolly where's tp when we need him?

#sporkneedstoupdate

#revisittheoldtroutphiservstroutboyposts


oletimers rule!

Paint Your Wagon. "I was born under a wandering star." Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ouch.  Have you seen it?

Quote from: gillman on February 25, 2015, 22:02:57 PM
Paint Your Wagon. "I was born under a wandering star." Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ouch.  Have you seen it?

Yes, a very enjoyable movie.  Lee Marvin was a cool dude!

I am surprised no one has mentioned Pitch Perfect, one of my favorites.

http://youtu.be/cNSx1RdPl04 (http://youtu.be/cNSx1RdPl04)

Others appreciated:     

http://youtu.be/qiSAbAuLhqs (http://youtu.be/qiSAbAuLhqs)

http://youtu.be/L-9jd3K4SpI (http://youtu.be/L-9jd3K4SpI)

Sorry, sorry, drinking.

Apparently they're remaking Starship Troopers?

Terrible Idea.

Anyway, good article on the film here:

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/191583-the-only-good-bug-is-a-dead-bug-starship-troopers-and-the-politics-o/ (http://www.popmatters.com/feature/191583-the-only-good-bug-is-a-dead-bug-starship-troopers-and-the-politics-o/)