wow....you just made a good point....
???

Pork chop, pork chop, greasy, greasy, Casablanca beats Citizen Kane fucking easy, easy. Not that I think it's the greatest flick of all times, not even close infact, but then again I do enjoy more than a fair amount of cheese in my flicks.

//implying we usually dont

no not at all
that's a singular
implying you (just the one of you) usually don't

just 1?

//that was luci- this is lena- give me 1 example--- asshole

¿do you know- to this day i have not seen the original vanishing point?

also- to this day i have not seen the original texas chainsaw massacre- tho i have worked with someone who was able to access some of the police files from the original case ttcm was lifted- apparently psycho & silence of the lambs were lifted from the same

i havent actually seen ttcm... its actually on hire at the moment, sitting downstairs on the kitchen bench... but after what my sister said... i dont think il bother- just go see the remake... supposedly there is a 10minute chase seen where the guy (obviously) chases after the chick who is screaming... its so pathetic that its laughable.. i mean anyone in that situation would know that you Dont go Upstairs! and 2ndly, you Stop Screaming! ...*sigh* old movies... the exorcist was in its own way still shocking tho...

and also- its not the best movies of recent times, its the best movies of ALL time... which means that the age of the movie shouldnt come in to it... if a movie of the past has changed the way movies are made today, influenced a certain genre, or were "masterpieces" in their time, then surely it shouldnt matter that they are old... meaning that they simply shouldnt just be viewed as not as good simply cos they arent as realistic etc...

i think im fighting a pointless battle...

// also- to this day i have not seen the original texas chainsaw massacre- tho i have worked with someone who was able to access some of the police files from the original case ttcm was lifted- apparently psycho & silence of the lambs were lifted from the same

all based loosely on the serial killer ed gein. Ed made his furniture from human skin and bones, skin for the leather, bones for the structure, they found a bowl made of a human skull, apparently he was an extreme recluse and as well as murdering people for his furniture, he would exhume bodies from the graveyard and take them home for his collection. he was caught in the late 50's and died of cancer in the mid 80's. Perhaps one of the most bizarre things they found in his house was an entire suit made from human skin.

Psycho played on the psychology of eddie, who was obviously quite focussed on his mother, TCM split eddie's personality up into a freakish bloodlusting family.

I've always wanted to see a movie about Albert Fish, although I'm pretty sure that Hannibal Lecter may have some basis in Al. Mr Fish was a very educated gentleman, he murdered his neighbour's daughter and to set his mind at rest, wrote them a letter, saying he had developed a taste for human flesh in china, then went about detailing exactly how he murdered her with the grand finale of "she died a virgin"

make a good story!

// i havent actually seen ttcm... its actually on hire at the moment, sitting downstairs on the kitchen bench... but after what my sister said... i dont think il bother- just go see the remake

libelle, don't be a sheepie, watch the original, it's a bit dated, sure, but so are a lot of classics ... it's also one of the most gruelling horror films i've seen! there's a scene in American Psycho where Pat Bateman is watching the video, if you know the film well it's obvious which bit, if you don't know it well, look out for the screaming woman and the psycho with the chainsaw on the TV

or just watch the stupid movie!

Sure you know the ending. And maybe it isn't top 5 material, but Passion of Christ is a pretty good horror!

by Italian job i'd guess you are talking about the new one with flat characters, lame jokes and Marky Mark
instead of the all time classic Italian job
with michael caine
benny hill
noel coward
and soundtrack by quincy jones

too true

but i'd say lcajmo is an edward furlong fan
notice she included T2 right under American History X

also looks to like John Travolta, Nicholas Cage
all action films

yeah great film

his new one id okay as well
i like it how he is boss of 'drive by records'

//Gangs of New York
What a fucking tragic waste of time that was.

true romance
oldman, hopper, walken, gandolfini,
just to name a few

yeah, the old one had all the minis as well
the characters are a little more colourful (in particular Charlie)
but the new one is pretty good- gotta love ed norton (except in keeping the faith)
the first one is great because of the 'cliffhanger'

//other hardcore movies
Man bites dog is a good one.

Not being one to argue with a woman (or anyone else for that matter) who happens to be clutching a hatchet. I'll just smile and nod "each to their own"....

she's got ya there chris... lena o - your top 5 immediately please.. see how yours stack up

impossible- i have a list of hundreds- & they are all 1st equal- ¿how do you expect me to isolate 5?

//for someone so willing to pass judgement- it sure dont seem like you know what a good movie is

i didn't pass judgement
just made some comments...

not willing to put my top 5 up yet
still fine tuning it

some more films up there for me are

whale rider
Bad Taste
Amelie
red
white
blue
Underground!!!( almost forgot)
one flew over the cuckoos nest
chicken run
goldfinger
the man with the golden gun
the world is not enough
Dazed and Confused
Kill Bill 1
Baron Munchausen
Snatch
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Ferris Beullers day off
16 candles
The Pianist
Waking Up in Reno
Salon Kitty
Ghandi
Gerry
Catch me if you can
Big
About a Boy
Back to the Future
taxi driver
magnolia
the apple game

looks like i'll have to make more revisions
5 is a difficult number

Ghandi & Big are awesome movies.