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The Departed is an all time classic in my opinon the story the acting was suberb Scorcese at his finest. Lucky Number is another gem One of the best crime thrillers of all time. Fellowship Of The Ring another great one. Rocky 3 was decent not my favorite but still good. I havent seen Stripes.

I like Lucky Number Slevin very much. Not a masterpiece in the genre, but a very fine film.

The Departed will always only be for me a good remake of HK masterpiece Infernal Affairs. Socrsese's film does not come close the original's genius.

I haven't seen it Chien, but I'm sure I would like The Departed better. Far less reading involved to get me to the same plot. And now, onto the top 50!

101. A Christmas Story
100. Rush Hour
99. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
98. Snatch
97. Mission: Impossible II
96. The Bad News Bears
95. X-Men
94. Wayne’s World
93. U-571
92. Shrek
91. Wayne’s World 2
90. Cool Runnings
89. Mrs. Doubtfire
88. Home Alone
87. Dumb and Dumber
86. The Poseidon Adventure
85. A Knight's Tale
84. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
83. The Lion King
82. Hot Fuzz
81. Team America: World Police
80. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
79. Animal House
78. Armageddon
77. Good Will Hunting
76. Gladiator
75. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
74. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
73. Borat
72. Billy Madison
71. Orange County
70. Cloverfield
69. Se7en
68. The Patriot
67. Superbad
66. The Bourne Ultimatum
65. Schindler’s List
64. The Silence of the Lambs
63. Forrest Gump
62. The Bourne Identity
61. The Last of the Mohicans
60. Cinderella Man
59. Braveheart
58. Shaun of the Dead
57. Gone Baby Gone
56. The Mummy
55. The Departed
54. Lucky Number Slevin
53. Rocky III
52. Stripes
51. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

50. Full Metal Jacket
49. Jurassic Park
48. Rocky II
47. Remember the Titans
46. Gone in 60 Seconds

What Kubrick did with Full Metal Jacket was just so spot on and so chilling it was an absolute masterpiece. Jurassic Park, who can argue against such an awesome premise? Plus its Spielberg. Rocky 2 I list as my third favorite Rocky film, but they are all pretty close together, I love the first 4 so much. Remember the Titans is one I have seen many many times and it still gets me every time. Denzel is the best actor working today, and he carries this really great film, who knew at the time that Disney could do sports? And a lot of people may disagree on Gone in 60 Seconds but damn it I LOVE that movie. Such an awesome idea and Nic Cage is perfect in his role.

Jurassic Park is a fantastic film extremly entertaing and kick-ass. Remember The Titans is another good one the acting was fantastic and it told a touching story. Rocky 2 was also a good one my 3rd favorite in the Rocky Franchise. I havent seen Full Metal Jacket or Gone In 60 Seconds.

quite a variety of films that I love or hate there geez. Full Metal Jacket's first hour is some of the most harrowing cinema ever made. It's so brutal and Vincent D'nofrio is stunning. Jurassic Park, Im suprised you are the first person besides myself I have seen include it on their list. Its such an amazing piece of cinema and I was so glad I got to see it in the cinema. I remember it being a really hot summer in the UK and we were stood waiting outside the cinema for ages trying to see it. Such a great and unforgetable expericence though,

Now onto my hates. Rocky II? I only really ever liked Rock and Rocky 4, but I guess you must be a really big Rocky fan to have 4 of the movies in your top 100!! Remember the Titans? I can;t stand Denzel Washington. I know you like him, but I seriously see him as one of the most overrated actors working today. He seems to do role after role playing the same character. And Gone in 60 Seconds? Thats how quickly I erased that mess of a movie from my brain. Sorry geez, guess that's a few films where we really differ in opinion.

Well geezer there is a notable MAJOR plot change between "Infernal Affairs" and "The Departed", a change that greatly depreciates Scorsese's film. One change that is not worth his talent. Too bad that change was done.

Considering the follow up of your list, I feel sad (lol) to see "Gone in 60 Seconds" in there... What an unnecessary film in my opinion. Not even fun enough to remember it.
I'm not a big fan of the Rockies.
"Remember The Titans" is a film I greatly appreciated. I haven't seen it in a while, but for an american football movie, it was very entertaining.
"Jurassic Park" and "Full Metal Jacket" are two GREAT films. They totally belong here.

I am a HUGE Rocky fan Surfer. I absolutely love them. I grew up on them. They made me want to be a boxer when i was like 8 years old. Now, Rocky 5 would probably be in the top 3 of my worst films of all time list. I haven't seen the new one as I feel it is unnecessary. I love the first 4. You'll have to wait and see which one I choose on top.

I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on Denzel. I think that his characters are perfect. They may not be all that different but what he brings to every role is just impeccable. I will see a movie just because he is in it. That said, there are only two of his films that are actually on my list. That particular thought made me run through my list and see which actors show up the most. Matt Damon and Hugo Weaving tie with 7. Bruce Willis has 6. I can't really count Weaving though because 5 come from The Matrix and LOTR series', and the other two he just plays a voice. So the actors that show up most are Damon and Willis. Denzel is still my favorite though. He is the only actor I will see a movie just because he is cast in it.

And Gone in 60 Seconds was Awesome!

There are actually quite a few actors that will make me watch any movie they are in. Johnny Depp, Ed Norton, Ray Winstone, Simon Pegg, Julie Delpy, Winona Ryder, Natalie Portman and Audrey Tautou are just a few off the top of my head.

Listing those actors enables me to pretty much guess some of the movies on your list though. I now knwo that all of the Bourne movies will be on there, maybe The Talented Mr. Ripley, Good Will Hunting. With Bruce Willis its gotta be the Die Hard films, Pulp Fiction, Sin City etc.

You got a couple right Surfer but some are completely off, not all of the Bourne movies are on there. Good Will Hunting has already been revealed. You will see...

Simon Pegg is pretty close to making me want to see all of his movies at this point, we'll see if his draw is enough to get me to go see Star Trek, because I otherwise have no interest in it. I love Norton, I'd consider him my second favorite actor, but I wouldn't see any movie he is in. There are no actresses that even come close to being that big of a draw for me. I'm not a huge Depp fan, and I am really put off by the abomination that occured when he and Tim Burton came together in a Satanic ritual and decided to defile one of the greatest films of all time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. That said, I just watched Blow last night and thought he was phenominal in it.

Chienfantome wrote:

I'm not a big fan of the Rockies.

Don't half blame, you Chien, especially as they snuck into the World Series last year. Fortunately, my Diamondbacks have pounded them handily quite a few times this year and....

Oh, yeah, you're French, you don't know much about baseball, I forgot. You were talking about the Rocky films! Gotcha.

(Just kidding, but I have gloat about my D'Backs. Man, are they off to a great start! But I digress....)

50. Full Metal Jacket
49. Jurassic Park
48. Rocky II
47. Remember the Titans
46. Gone in 60 Seconds

50. Quite possibly my favorite Vietnam War film of all time (yes, even more than Platoon. Damn, D'Onofrio was effing creepy in that film.
49. Awesome.
48. Not bad.
47. Also not bad.
46. Didn't care for it either.

Keep 'em coming!

geezer9687 wrote:

I'm not a huge Depp fan, and I am really put off by the abomination that occured when he and Tim Burton came together in a Satanic ritual and decided to defile one of the greatest films of all time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Well, said, my friend, well said. The remake is a piece of crud, one of the worst cinema experiences I've had in the last decade.

numbersix_99 wrote:

geezer9687 wrote:

I'm not a huge Depp fan, and I am really put off by the abomination that occured when he and Tim Burton came together in a Satanic ritual and decided to defile one of the greatest films of all time, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Well, said, my friend, well said. The remake is a piece of crud, one of the worst cinema experiences I've had in the last decade.

Amen to that guys !!
Except their pairing on Sweeney Todd was actually even worse ! THAT was pure abomination.

101. A Christmas Story
100. Rush Hour
99. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
98. Snatch
97. Mission: Impossible II
96. The Bad News Bears
95. X-Men
94. Wayne’s World
93. U-571
92. Shrek
91. Wayne’s World 2
90. Cool Runnings
89. Mrs. Doubtfire
88. Home Alone
87. Dumb and Dumber
86. The Poseidon Adventure
85. A Knight's Tale
84. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
83. The Lion King
82. Hot Fuzz
81. Team America: World Police
80. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
79. Animal House
78. Armageddon
77. Good Will Hunting
76. Gladiator
75. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
74. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
73. Borat
72. Billy Madison
71. Orange County
70. Cloverfield
69. Se7en
68. The Patriot
67. Superbad
66. The Bourne Ultimatum
65. Schindler’s List
64. The Silence of the Lambs
63. Forrest Gump
62. The Bourne Identity
61. The Last of the Mohicans
60. Cinderella Man
59. Braveheart
58. Shaun of the Dead
57. Gone Baby Gone
56. The Mummy
55. The Departed
54. Lucky Number Slevin
53. Rocky III
52. Stripes
51. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
50. Full Metal Jacket
49. Jurassic Park
48. Rocky II
47. Remember the Titans
46. Gone in 60 Seconds

45. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
44. The Waterboy
43. Rocky IV
42. The Prestige
41. Happy Gilmore

The second Lord of the Rings film on the list, the third Rocky film on the list, And two Adam Sandler movies! My two favorites from Sandler, I love them almost equally, Happy Gilmore is slightly ahead. Also The Prestige which I believed was the second best movie of 2006. Very very awesome story. Just a very good surprise in a year that was filled with a lot of sub par films.

A disapointing batch here geezer... Except for The Two Towers of course, out of competition master film...
Okay, The Prestige was also a very good film, but not to the point where it would seat so high on such a list.

So I take it you are not a fan of dumb comedy, Chien. Understandable.

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