this isnt a rival film thread or anything....i was just wondering what are peoles top five films in here.....rank them from one to five (one being your favourite and so forth) and in a week or so ill tot up everyones votes and post the soccergaming players ultimate top 5.....make sure u think good and hard about this cos u only get one post, and dont let anyone else influence your choices.....ready steady COOK!.......i mean GO!

1. Back to the Future
2. Groundhog Day
3. The Natural
4. Vanilla Sky
5. ...

:D

1 - Usual Suspects
2 - Pulp Fiction
3 - Shawshank Redemtion
4 - Fight Club
5 - Braveheart

(honourable mentions which dont count; american history X, primal fear, serpico, l.a. confidential)

My fav movies:


1 - Pulp Fiction
2 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3 - Cidade de Deus aka City of God
4 - Apocalypse Now
5 - American Beauty



just one honorable mentions or else I'd be here all afternoon.

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels



There are my favs... doesn't mean they're the best... The Godfather 1 & 2 are still ahead of any other film in terms of quality

Geez this is a hard one! Some hard choices, some controversial choices, but the first three are movies which I grew up loving. Scary Movie, to me, was one of the first big "spoof" movies, and many have since followed. Zoolander, a bit of a wildcard, I saw it the other night and I found it incredibly funny. :rockman: (H)

(not in order)
1. Home Alone
2. Independence Day
3. Jurassic Park
4. Scary Movie
5. Zoolander

1. Terminator 2
2. Sling Blade
3. Bus 174
4. Touching the Void
5. Brazil

1. Aliens
2. American History X
3. Terminator 2
4. Predator
5. The Ring

(pasted from Callum's film thread)

My top 5: (although it varies from time to time)

1. The Bounty (Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins)
2. Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis, historically very inaccurate, but still amazing..)
3. Whale Rider (must see!)
4. In the Name of the Father (Daniel Day Lewis, just awesome)
5. Lost in Translation



Some other favourites of mine (in no particular order):
Platoon, Casualties of War, Donnie Darko, Monster, City of God, The Piano, Traffic, Wall Street, The Red Violin...

1)higher learning
2)Freddie got fingered
3)Back to the future
4) The anchorman
5) Rocky 4

1) The Matrix
2) Rocky III
3) Terminator 2
4) Superman
5) Gladiator

Originally posted by ::shinji::

1. The Bounty (Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins)
Dude, if you like that film you NEED to see the original 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, it wipes the floor with the Hopkins version and the Brando version, and is one of the most amazing films ever made.

I'm gonna be different and post my top 25, see my film thread for reasons.

01. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino)
02. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
03. The Godfather 1 and 2 (Francis Ford Coppola)
04. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
05. From Dusk Til Dawn (Robert Rodriguez)
06. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 version - Frank Lloyd)
07. Miller's Crossing (The Coen Brothers)
08. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
09. Diva (Jaques Beneux)
10. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
11. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
12. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
13. Eight and a Half (Federico Fellini)
14. Scarface (Brian De Palma)
15. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)
16. The Usual Suspects (Brian Singer)
17. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
18. Get Carter (Mike Hodges)
19. The Silence of the Lambs (Johnathon Demme)
20. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino)
21. The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers)
22. The French Connection (William Friedkin)
23. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch)
24. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)
25. Monty Python's The Life of Brian (Terry Jones)

let this not be a trend ok :)......top 5 will suffice.....oh and by the way mr. clitoris (if that is your real name!) From Dusk Til Dawn gets the boot from ur top 5 and u have to decide between godfather 1 and 2 to go numbers 3 and 4 with trainspotting at 5......

Originally posted by turnandcough
let this not be a trend ok :)......top 5 will suffice.....oh and by the way mr. clitoris (if that is your real name!) From Dusk Til Dawn gets the boot from ur top 5 and u have to decide between godfather 1 and 2 to go numbers 3 and 4 with trainspotting at 5...... I suppose I cant just count two Godfathers, it has to be all or one, and GF3 would pull it down to about #8. I really cant choose between 1 and 2 though, 1 has awesome acting and some wonderful scenes, but 2 has those fantastic flashbacks and a better storyline. I think 2 has to be my favourite by a tiny margin, despite Brando and Caan.

BTW, for anyone who's interested, Mr Simon Clitoris is a character from an extremely funny sketch writting by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie about spoon bending.

1. Ringu
2. Signs
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Battle Royal
5. Kill Bill (Volume 1 & 2)

Though remind that I'm a big Hitchkock and James Bond fan and I didn't put them in here to get some diversity

Best Hitchkock: The Birds
Best Bond: Goldfinger

1: A Clockwork Orange
2: Requiem for a Dream
3: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4: Welcome to the Dollhouse
5: Pulp Fiction

Honorable Mentions:

- Star Wars Trilogy
- Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Casino
- Election

5. Predator
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Office Space
2. Old School
1. Swingers

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
3: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas I only laughed when Benicio Del Toro farts in the bathtub.

Aweful movie :nape:

Dr. Strangelove
The Producers
The Godfather I
Back to the Future
Snatch

1. Dumb & Dumber
2. Old School
3. Terminator 2
4. Heavyweights
5. Mean Girls (H)

1. City of God
2. Pulp Ficton
3. Office Space
4. Dumb and Dumber
5. Zoolander:mrpimp:

1 - Scarface
2 - Princess Mononoke
3 - Starsky & Hutch (New one)
4 - Old Skool (Will Ferrel)
5 - Goodfellas

1. Black Hawk Down
2. Gone In Sixty Seconds
3. Lord Of The Rings
4. Home Alone
5. Titanic (A Classic!!!)

Originally posted by Vagegast
I only laughed when Benicio Del Toro farts in the bathtub.

Aweful movie :nape:

Awful?

get a clue man.

1. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
2. Home Alone 2
3. Terminator 2
4. Gladiator
5. Bad Boys

1. Village, The (2004) ***** (5)
2. Magnolia (1999) ****1/2 (4.5)
3. Usual Suspects, The (1995) ****1/2 (4.5)
4. American Beauty (1999) ****1/2 (4.5)
5. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) ****1/2 (4.5)

Also:
- Pulp Fiction (1994) ****1/2 (4.5)
- Unbreakable (2000) ***1/2 (3.5)
- Requiem for a Dream (2001) ***1/2 (3.5)
- Memento (2000) ***1/2 (3.5)
- Donnie Darko (2001) ***1/2 (3.5)
- Fight Club (1999) **** (4)


I want to see these 2004 films:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset
Garden State
Motorcycle Diaries, The
Collateral
Sky Captain and the World of tomorrow

1. Star Wars trlogy (dvd is the best thing ever)
2. The Rock
3. Gladiator
4. Bram Stoker's Dracula :Bow:
5. A Clockwork Orange

Originally posted by Callan
1. Village, The (2004) ***** (5)



i personally thought this movie was utter garbage...

Originally posted by manutd4eva
1. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
2. Home Alone 2
3. Terminator 2
4. Gladiator
5. Bad Boys

bad boys?! that was one of the most overrated,cheesy storyline and actors sorry will but that was a bad film same with bad boys 2.

my top five

1. Carlito's Way
2. Godfather part 2
3. Gladiator
4. Big Daddy
5.Last Samurai

Originally posted by Mutt
i personally thought this movie was utter garbage...

I didn't.

Originally posted by Callan
I didn't.

what about the movie made u put it in your top 5? ...

the plot went nowhere.... could pick the ending from the start... and it wasnt in the slightest bit scary. lol...

im no film reviewer mind you.

Can't make a top five. The movies I really like(d); Gladiator, Fight Club, Collateral, Vanilla Sky, Office Space, Girl Next Door, Pulp Fiction and some more I can't think of right now.

Originally posted by Mutt
what about the movie made u put it in your top 5? ...

the plot went nowhere.... could pick the ending from the start... and it wasnt in the slightest bit scary. lol...

im no film reviewer mind you.

Why does it really matter what I like?

You want a reason, here it is:

I couldn't pick it from the start, good for you, you are smarter than me, I believed it was extremely clever, it was original, creative, unexpected and was at some points scary.

The film is a masterpiece, the colours, everything about it is just fantastic. Look at the way the red is saturated, it's almost like blood, it is freaky.

And the acting is sensational. It is original, creative and touching. The character played by Adrian Bordy (Noah Percy) is exactly how those people act, and I know because my cousin has the same problem, and they cannot talk, they cannot write, they act like children and they want attention, they don't know right from wrong and that is exactly what Adrian Brody does here.

Pheonix and Howard are great, although Pheonix could have done more he still played his part very well. This film has one of the most memorable quotes, listen to when Pheonix and Dallas are speaking on the porch, it is fantastic.

The twist just hits me, it is very original, and you couldn't have picked it from the start, there no evidence of it, it is completely unexpected. You probably say "i figured it out" but really you just took a wild stab and said "yeah, i bet it's in present time, and not set in 1897". You wouldn't have picked the real twist: "the village is an extremely large piece of land privately owned by the Village elder HUNT who purchaes this land with money his father donates. He and other elders meet at a couciling centre, here they feel for each other as each member has lost someone in their lives. After the idea is explained that the members can start their own Village to avoid the harsh reality, HUNT and the other elders move into the Village for a peaceful life, and in an attempt to keep their offspring in, they lie about frightening creatures that reside in the woods, however, the ousiders, unaware of the village mind you, believe that it is a 'wild animal sanctuary', and as HUNTS father is so rich, he has tipped off the government so no aircraft can fly over the Village." If you did pick the twist in exactly those words instead of "i bet it is set in 2004", I would be extremely impressed. But that is the twist, oh yeah, and let's not forget the other so many twists... remember? That the beasts are human... no wait, they are real... oh no, that's just that mentally challanged guy.

The film is very original, and very touching, it is sad, and very clever, for example, the Village is pointless... not the film, the actually Village, just read the newspaper at the end. And how the beasts are the elders, how the Adrian is a beast, how he dies, how he lays there, how he is upset, it's touching, you don't know what to think or how to think for him.

Put yourself in the Village's shoes would you, that's what you are meant to do in situations like this. Watch the film, think about how they would feel with red cloacked beasts roaming through their town, you would absolutly sh!t yourself. And don't say you wouldn't, because right now you have a fear, it may be of say a snake, and what if you grew up and finally realised after about 30 years, that snakes are not real?

After watching it I couldn't stop talking about it for weeks, it was fantastic, and I liked it, a lot of people did not, and I don't care, good for them, and they say "i picked the twist", wow, you're really good, how about you go and enjoy the film instead of trying to work it out, and even if you could how does that make you any better?

I don't care, the film isn't just driven by its ending, it has very many different elements to it that people need to appreciate, but unfortunatly do not. People like you, and many others, just assume it suckes because you don't like the ending or believed it was predictable, where in actual fact it is completely surprising. There is more to a film than just an ending, and I liked this one a lot. Out of all of MNS's films this is the best, followed by The sixth sense, unbreakable and signs.

And for all those who say "it's a load of rubbish, it is so FAKE" then what the hell did you expect? You knew BEFORE you went into the cineama that it would be about Monsters and beasts.... are monsters and beasts real? Hell no, so what makes it any different? That it didn't turn out the way you wanted it? Well hell, if you could make a better film why don't you go and do so, I mean god, this guy got millions for this film, if you could do better, if you could have a better twist then why not write your own "village"?

Enjoy it for what it is, not for what it isn't. But hey, if you don't like it, that's respectable. I just don't like people who don't respect my opinion on a film that I liked a lot because they thought it was crap.

That is my opinion on the film.

well it's really discussable but the Village is certainly no masterpiece.

But mind you that there are people here that put Home Alone 2 and Bad boys in their lists so... that's not so bad :p

Originally posted by Virgo
well it's really discussable but the Village is certainly no masterpiece.

But mind you that there are people here that put Home Alone 2 and Bad boys in their lists so... that's not so bad :p

I reckon it's pretty damn good.

lol I know yeah, it's quite funny... :p I guess a lot of people don't really care much for films hehe.

Originally posted by Callan
Why does it really matter what I like?

You want a reason, here it is:

I couldn't pick it from the start, good for you, you are smarter than me, I believed it was extremely clever, it was original, creative, unexpected and was at some points scary.

The film is a masterpiece, the colours, everything about it is just fantastic. Look at the way the red is saturated, it's almost like blood, it is freaky.

And the acting is sensational. It is original, creative and touching. The character played by Adrian Bordy (Noah Percy) is exactly how those people act, and I know because my cousin has the same problem, and they cannot talk, they cannot write, they act like children and they want attention, they don't know right from wrong and that is exactly what Adrian Brody does here.

Pheonix and Howard are great, although Pheonix could have done more he still played his part very well. This film has one of the most memorable quotes, listen to when Pheonix and Dallas are speaking on the porch, it is fantastic.

The twist just hits me, it is very original, and you couldn't have picked it from the start, there no evidence of it, it is completely unexpected. You probably say "i figured it out" but really you just took a wild stab and said "yeah, i bet it's in present time, and not set in 1897". You wouldn't have picked the real twist: "the village is an extremely large piece of land privately owned by the Village elder HUNT who purchaes this land with money his father donates. He and other elders meet at a couciling centre, here they feel for each other as each member has lost someone in their lives. After the idea is explained that the members can start their own Village to avoid the harsh reality, HUNT and the other elders move into the Village for a peaceful life, and in an attempt to keep their offspring in, they lie about frightening creatures that reside in the woods, however, the ousiders, unaware of the village mind you, believe that it is a 'wild animal sanctuary', and as HUNTS father is so rich, he has tipped off the government so no aircraft can fly over the Village." If you did pick the twist in exactly those words instead of "i bet it is set in 2004", I would be extremely impressed. But that is the twist, oh yeah, and let's not forget the other so many twists... remember? That the beasts are human... no wait, they are real... oh no, that's just that mentally challanged guy.

The film is very original, and very touching, it is sad, and very clever, for example, the Village is pointless... not the film, the actually Village, just read the newspaper at the end. And how the beasts are the elders, how the Adrian is a beast, how he dies, how he lays there, how he is upset, it's touching, you don't know what to think or how to think for him.

Put yourself in the Village's shoes would you, that's what you are meant to do in situations like this. Watch the film, think about how they would feel with red cloacked beasts roaming through their town, you would absolutly sh!t yourself. And don't say you wouldn't, because right now you have a fear, it may be of say a snake, and what if you grew up and finally realised after about 30 years, that snakes are not real?

After watching it I couldn't stop talking about it for weeks, it was fantastic, and I liked it, a lot of people did not, and I don't care, good for them, and they say "i picked the twist", wow, you're really good, how about you go and enjoy the film instead of trying to work it out, and even if you could how does that make you any better?

I don't care, the film isn't just driven by its ending, it has very many different elements to it that people need to appreciate, but unfortunatly do not. People like you, and many others, just assume it suckes because you don't like the ending or believed it was predictable, where in actual fact it is completely surprising. There is more to a film than just an ending, and I liked this one a lot. Out of all of MNS's films this is the best, followed by The sixth sense, unbreakable and signs.

And for all those who say "it's a load of rubbish, it is so FAKE" then what the hell did you expect? You knew BEFORE you went into the cineama that it would be about Monsters and beasts.... are monsters and beasts real? Hell no, so what makes it any different? That it didn't turn out the way you wanted it? Well hell, if you could make a better film why don't you go and do so, I mean god, this guy got millions for this film, if you could do better, if you could have a better twist then why not write your own "village"?

Enjoy it for what it is, not for what it isn't. But hey, if you don't like it, that's respectable. I just don't like people who don't respect my opinion on a film that I liked a lot because they thought it was crap.

That is my opinion on the film.

nice =)

i wasnt trying to wage a war....

1.LOTR(ROTK>FOTR>TTT)
2.Titanic
3.Catch Me If You Can
4.Matrix(Part 1)
5.Kill Bill Vol. 2

Titanic is still the most overrated movie ever :rolleyes:

probably only on par with Mulholland Dr.

Originally posted by Tajike
1. Ringu
2. Signs
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Battle Royal
5. Kill Bill (Volume 1 & 2)

Though remind that I'm a big Hitchkock and James Bond fan and I didn't put them in here to get some diversity

Best Hitchkock: The Birds
Best Bond: Goldfinger

I change my Top 5 after last weekend:

1. Ringu
2. Shadow of the Vampire
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Battle Royale
5. Kill Bill (both Volumes)

Originally posted by Callan
I reckon it's pretty damn good.

lol I know yeah, it's quite funny... :p I guess a lot of people don't really care much for films hehe. Most of my friends think I'm mad wasting so much time watching films :p, they just cant see the attraction, then there's one or two who think I dont watch enough.

Originally posted by Tajike

Best Hitchkock: The Birds
Best Bond: Goldfinger I agree with you on Goldfinger as the best Bond, but The Birds is one of my least favourite Hitchcocks - I would rate The 39 Steps and Psycho way above it.

Monty Python films are the best for me(H) I just love that type of movies.

Originally posted by PSVFOREVER
Monty Python films are the best for me(H) I just love that type of movies. Yup I love those too. Why arent you back at school yet?

1. Team America World Police
2. Shark Tale
3. LOTR all verisons
4.Johnny English
5. Kill Bil both volumes

I don't watch many movies, here are the ones I like:
1 - Independence Day
2 - LOTR
3 - City of God
4 - Teenagers (H)
5 - MIB

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
I agree with you on Goldfinger as the best Bond, but The Birds is one of my least favourite Hitchcocks - I would rate The 39 Steps and Psycho way above it.

nice. I actually bought this Hitchcock's Misteries DVD a few ago with 'The 39 Steps', 'Rich & Strange' and 'Young and Innocent'.

Ive only watched The 39 Steps so far and it was excellent. the chopper scene was laughable but there were close to zero special effects back then so who cares.
but yeah, very good movie. havent seen many Hitchcock films as an adult like to say which one is better

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
I agree with you on Goldfinger as the best Bond, but The Birds is one of my least favourite Hitchcocks - I would rate The 39 Steps and Psycho way above it.

I've seen almost every Hitchcock movie - except for the really old ones (The Rope, 39 Steps...) - and yes, Psycho belongs with the best.
I've heard the same comment (The Birds not being that good) enough over the years, but I got my own personal reason to rate it as one of the best I've seen yet. :)

Originally posted by Kibe Kru
I don't watch many movies, here are the ones I like:
1 - Independence Day
5 - MIB

the pain :o :(

Originally posted by Hakeem
nice. I actually bought this Hitchcock's Misteries DVD a few ago with 'The 39 Steps', 'Rich & Strange' and 'Young and Innocent'.

Ive only watched The 39 Steps so far and it was excellent. the chopper scene was laughable but there were close to zero special effects back then so who cares.
but yeah, very good movie. havent seen many Hitchcock films as an adult like to say which one is better How many people alive can say they have seen the orginal 39 steps in the cinema? I can through sheer luck. I was in Peterborough and I passed an arthouse cinema, so I stuck my head it to see what was on and it turned out they had broken or lost their main feature, so they just stuck on whatever they had in the old stock rooms, and when I went in the original 39 steps was just starting.

To be honest, it really makes little difference with this particular film, but it was still cool. I do think it is excellent, just above Psycho IMO.

BTW, while on the subject of Hitchcock films, Dial 'M' For Murder was the second film I ever saw (the first being Bambi). I cant remember it though :p

Originally posted by Tajike

I've seen almost every Hitchcock movie - except for the really old ones (The Rope, 39 Steps...) - and yes, Psycho belongs with the best.
I've heard the same comment (The Birds not being that good) enough over the years, but I got my own personal reason to rate it as one of the best I've seen yet. Go on, tell us. Loads of people say that and the reason is usually something really weird and traumatic like being locked in a room with some birds as a child. It was a very groundbreaking film, but I wouldnt call it as brilliant as some of the others.

Originally posted by Virgo
the pain :o :(
I don't watch many, as I said in my post, and you obviously don't have to like what I like and the reverse is true...
I'm just a little kid in a big body and I enjoy watching movies like the ones I posted... I'm sorry if I disappointed you.....

Originally posted by Kibe Kru
I don't watch many, as I said in my post, and you obviously don't have to like what I like and the reverse is true...
I'm just a little kid in a big body and I enjoy watching movies like the ones I posted... I'm sorry if I disappointed you..... Ahhhhhhhhh. That post made me think 'God Virgo's a bastard' :(

sorry but just to think that someone can consider Independence Day as their favourite movie gives me the creeps (H)

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

TROD.

My fave films

1. Trainspotting
2. The Godfather part 1
3. Resevoir Dogs
4. Spirited Away
5. Shaun Of The Dead

why only Godfather part 1?

TROD.

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
Ahhhhhhhhh. That post made me think 'God Virgo's a bastard' :(

Lmao, his post was emotional :p

1. Star Wars Trilogy
2. Indiana Jones Trilogy
3. Unforgiven
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Beverley Hills Cop

Honourable mention to The Godfather, The Usual Suspects, The Fight Club, Desperado (Salma:p )

Originally posted by Virgo
There are my favs... doesn't mean they're the best...
.... I'll make your words mine...

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
I agree with you on Goldfinger as the best Bond, but The Birds is one of my least favourite Hitchcocks - I would rate The 39 Steps and Psycho way above it.

Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Live and let die, Moonraker... I dunno they are all rather good but I cannot remember half of them considering I saw them all when I was about 10 years old... besides the newer three... which are just sh!t... actually die another day is not to bad... the world is not enough and tomorrow never dies are just pathetic...

I didn't care much for 'the spy who loved me' or 'the man with the golden gun'... probably because I have seen them a lot... oh yeah and 'dimonds are forever' and 'never say never again' are pretty sh!thouse aswell... Oh yeah, and 'on her majesties (sp) secret service'... I hated that...

I dunno, I have seen them all... they are nothing fantastic... they are good but not GREAT... I wonder what the new ones will be like...

1. Schindler's List >> just saw it recentely, it's brilliant
2. 21 Grams
3. 12 Angry Men
4. The Pianist
5. Uprising >> I'm I the first one to pick a TV movie? :o

Also: Snatch, Mystic River, All the President's Men, Kill Bill, Sixth Sense, American History X, Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Memento

Hated: Star Wars, Shawshank Redemption (not hated, just overrated)

Originally posted by Vagegast
1. Schindler's List >> just saw it recentely, it's brilliant
2. 21 Grams
3. 12 Angry Men
4. The Pianist
5. Uprising >> I'm I the first one to pick a TV movie? :o

Also: Snatch, Mystic River, All the President's Men, Kill Bill, Sixth Sense, American History X, Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Memento

Hated: Star Wars, Shawshank Redemption (not hated, just overrated)

You put Uprising in you top 5 films, and only MENTIONED all those others there? That's really weird... ah well... we all have our own tastes...


But seriously... there is a reason why it was made for TV only... :crazyboy:

Originally posted by TROD
why only Godfather part 1?

TROD. There are some crazy people who think GF1 is far better than 2. They are crazy though.

Originally posted by Vagegast

1. Schindler's List >> just saw it recentely, it's brilliant
2. 21 Grams
3. 12 Angry Men
4. The Pianist
5. Uprising >> I'm I the first one to pick a TV movie?

Also: Snatch, Mystic River, All the President's Men, Kill Bill, Sixth Sense, American History X, Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Memento

Hated: Star Wars, Shawshank Redemption (not hated, just overrated)TROD. Good to see someone mentioning the awesome Schindlers list at last, I wondered when it would come up, awesome film.

I cant believe you think The Shawshank Redemption is over-rated - its the most underrated film of all time! Do you know how much it flopped at the box office when it first came out? It's only now that people are finally starting to appreciate it's brilliance.

Originally posted by zlojack

Honourable mention to The Godfather, The Usual Suspects, The Fight Club, Desperado (Salma ) Desperado sucks ass, if it wasnt for the awesome Tarantino cameo it would be one of my least favourite films ever. The storyline is IDENTICLE to El Mariachi except hes taken out the cool quirky bits, he completely sold out his best friend by casting Banderes instead of him and the attempts at humour jsut suck so much.

Originally posted by Callan

Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Live and let die, Moonraker... I dunno they are all rather good but I cannot remember half of them considering I saw them all when I was about 10 years old... besides the newer three... which are just sh!t... actually die another day is not to bad... the world is not enough and tomorrow never dies are just pathetic...

I didn't care much for 'the spy who loved me' or 'the man with the golden gun'... probably because I have seen them a lot... oh yeah and 'dimonds are forever' and 'never say never again' are pretty sh!thouse aswell... Oh yeah, and 'on her majesties (sp) secret service'... I hated that...

I dunno, I have seen them all... they are nothing fantastic... they are good but not GREAT... I wonder what the new ones will be like... New Bond films are pretty gay, they've taken the gadgets and unrealistic elements from being cool to just being stupid. The originals rock though, Goldfinger is an awesome, awesome film. From Russia with Love is damn good too, and Spy who Loved Me. We wont mention Diamonds are Forever :p

Originally posted by Callan
You put Uprising in you top 5 films, and only MENTIONED all those others there? That's really weird... ah well... we all have our own tastes...


But seriously... there is a reason why it was made for TV only... :crazyboy: Hmm, but I really liked it. So it might not have been the best movie ever but the story was really appealing. It was about the Warsaw ghetto uprising, it's emotionally appealing.

ok...im gonna end this now by announcing the sg players official top five films...thats right...the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.....now before people start moaning about this, bear in mind that i just totted up the amount of votes each film got and what position they were in the top fives they were extracted from.....i didnt just conjur it up out of thin air....ive seen all but one of the films on it and in my personnal opinion only one of the 4 ive seen deserved to make it...well without any further delay, here it is...the sg players official top five films, as voted for by you, the sg players, who, over a period of a few weeks, sent in their top five films in order for me to make the sg players official top five films, as voted for by you the............:)

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Gladiator
3) Lord of the Rings
4) Terminator 2: Judgement Day
5) Kill Bill

i realise that there are 5 films within the lotr kill bill titles but no-one really specified which was their fav so i treated them as collective units....apologies to all hardcore list makers for my non-distinctive list

Originally posted by turnandcough
ok...im gonna end this now by announcing the sg players official top five films...thats right...the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.....now before people start moaning about this, bear in mind that i just totted up the amount of votes each film got and what position they were in the top fives they were extracted from.....i didnt just conjur it up out of thin air....ive seen all but one of the films on it and in my personnal opinion only one of the 4 ive seen deserved to make it...well without any further delay, here it is...the sg players official top five films, as voted for by you, the sg players, who, over a period of a few weeks, sent in their top five films in order for me to make the sg players official top five films, as voted for by you the............:)

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Gladiator
3) Lord of the Rings
4) Terminator 2: Judgement Day
5) Kill Bill

i realise that there are 5 films within the lotr kill bill titles but no-one really specified which was their fav so i treated them as collective units....apologies to all hardcore list makers for my non-distinctive list Us hardcore list makers are getting mighty pissed off with your soft ass list making :crazyboy:

Seriously though, I cant believe the people here prefer Gladiator and Terminator 2 to things like The Godfather.

Good call on the number 1 slot though.

i mean why not all godfathers calumn, not just number 1?

TROD.

Originally posted by TROD
i mean why not all godfathers calumn, not just number 1?

TROD. Well, the reason things like Trainspotting, Shawshank Redemption, Mutiry on the Bounty etc arent getting so many votes isnt cos people have bad taste, it's just cos people havent seen them, and the same goes for The Godfather 2 - its damn hard to get hold of outside the trilogy box which is expensive and hardly ever shown on TV - however, I thought that pretty much everyone had seen The Godfather.

alot of people chose films that they enjoyed over films that they thought were really good....there's a difference....i really enjoyed ace ventura, whereas i thought usual suspects was a great film.........now thats not saying that i didnt think ace ventura was a good film, or that i didnt enjoy usual suspects....its just that they are both in different leagues...i chose to put the films from league 1 in MY list, others chose the enjoyable ones from the lower leagues, which is perfectly valid....it just meant that films like home alone got more votes than the godfather!!! of course no-one thinks that home alone is better than the godfather, but maybe they enjoyed watching it more.....

Originally posted by turnandcough
alot of people chose films that they enjoyed over films that they thought were really good....there's a difference....i really enjoyed ace ventura, whereas i thought usual suspects was a great film.........now thats not saying that i didnt think ace ventura was a good film, or that i didnt enjoy usual suspects....its just that they are both in different leagues...i chose to put the films from league 1 in MY list, others chose the enjoyable ones from the lower leagues, which is perfectly valid....it just meant that films like home alone got more votes than the godfather!!! of course no-one thinks that home alone is better than the godfather, but maybe they enjoyed watching it more..... I cant believe anyone would enjoy watching Home Alone.

whats more enjoyable than watching people getting hit with irons and scalded with blow torchs, especially when they cant even swear about it??? the answer is: alot of things but between the ages of 8 and 13, home alone was the best christmas movie ever.........christmas was never really christmas till you'd seen home alone at least three times in the space of week....unlike the godfather though, its sequel didnt out do the original...the woman who cares for the birds was just pushin it

I understand the Home Alone thingy there.
plus, lots of people's favorite movies are the ones you watched as a kid, when you werent comparing cinematography, and plot twists, or even if some scenes were ripped off from other movies.
Home Alone is an excellent movie. specially if you watched it as a kid (and I agree with the christmas thingy. put the FOX channel all chirstmas week and watch Home Alone 1 and 2 all week long :p), same goes for me with The Goonies, The Neverending Story and more (Y)

I thought the part in the hotel with the TV in Home Alone 2 was hilarious.

Home Alone aren't bad comedies really, of course no one in their right mind that has a little knowledge about movies would put them as their favourite movies but they are very enjoyable especially if it's the first time you see them. I love Joe Pesci also.

Now... Home Alone 3 that's utter trash.


My favourite movie when I was a kid:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092513/ (H)

nah i prefer the TV scene in Home Alone 1

"ill give you, to the count of 10 to get your no good, dirty ass outta here.... 1.. 2... 10!!"

lol

TROD.

pulp fiction
Snatch
Jackie Brown
scarface
donnie darko

oh and shawshank redemption certainly deserves a mention.

Carlito`s Way
Snatch
I am Sam
Life is Beautiful
Taxi

Originally posted by Hakeem
I understand the Home Alone thingy there.
plus, lots of people's favorite movies are the ones you watched as a kid, when you werent comparing cinematography, and plot twists, or even if some scenes were ripped off from other movies.
Home Alone is an excellent movie. specially if you watched it as a kid (and I agree with the christmas thingy. put the FOX channel all chirstmas week and watch Home Alone 1 and 2 all week long :p), same goes for me with The Goonies, The Neverending Story and more (Y) My mum bought it for me when I was a kid and I switched it off after about half an hour. I can understand what you mean though, I'll always have a soft-spot for Toy Story and I'll always curse the day my mum sat me infront of Bambi.

godfather 1,2.3
gladiator
carlitos way
last samurai
big daddy

You're a bit late mate, the votes were counted ages ago and this thread has been inactive for months.

What's your top 5 movies off all time?

My list:

1. American Beauty
2. Fight Club
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Seven
5. Trainspotting

my pretty basic favourites...

Memento
Fight Club
Trainspotting
Pulp Fiction

and lost but not least Rear Window by Hitchcock from 1954
pure classic thriller

1. The Ring
2. Jurassic Park
3. Speed
4. The Matrix
5. The Terminator 2:Judgement Day
6. Saving Private Ryan (how could i forget it)

Good, posted mine before but it kinda change during the last months...
So, here's the updated version:

1. Ring
2. Buffalo '66
3. Battle Royale
4. Ichi The Killer
5. Ring 0: Bâsudei

LOTR: Triology
Harry Potter and all its parts
Shrek 1&2
The Matrix
Harold and Kumar

there is no A-Team movie is it? :confused:

Well, there's one coming out in 2006 :p

ohh my bad, i got mixed up with my dvd collection

My newly evaluated (an extra long :p) personal toplist:

01. Amadeus (Milos Foreman)
02. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
03. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper)
04. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino)
05. The Godfather 1 and 2 (Francis Ford Coppola)
06. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
07. Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd)
08. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
08. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick)
10. La Strada (Federico Fellini)
11. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer)
12. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
13. Eight and a Half (Federico Fellini)
14. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
15. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston)
15. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
16. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
17. The French Connection (William Friedkin)
18. Schinder's List (Steven Spielberg)
19. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Milos Foreman)
21. Miller's Crossing (The Coen Brothers)
22. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)
23. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurisawa)
24. The Third Man (Carol Reed)
25. Get Carter (Mike Hodges)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (Johnathon Demme)
27. The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway)
28. Monty Python's The Life of Brian (Terry Jones)
29. Withnail & "I" (Bruce Robinson)
30. Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows)
31. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock)
32. The Usual Suspects (Brian Singer)
33. The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers)
34. The Night Of San Lorenzo (The Taviani Brothers)
35. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
36. Diva (Jean-Jaques Beneux)
37. Scarface (Brian De Palma)
38. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)
39. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino)
40. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch)

In no particular order

1. Braveheart
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Schindler's List
4 One Flew over the Cockoo's Nest
5. Blazing Saddles/History of the world Part II

1. Terminator 2
2. Cable Guy
3. Butterfly Effect
4. Green Mile
5. Quills

of course there are lot of more movies i like....

In no particular order:

- Gladiator
- American Beauty
- Donnie Darko
- Pulp Fiction
- GoodFellas

EDIT: Donnie Darko replaced Me, Myself & Irene (though it's without doubt the funniest movie ever)

1. Schindler's List
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2. The Godfather
3. American History X
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Life Is Beautiful

the godfather, francis ford coppola
à bout de souffle (breathless), jean-luc godard
ladri di biciclette (the bicycle thief), vittorio de sica
annie hall, woody allen
os cafajestes, ruy guerra (just to put something nobody here will ever watch, ho ho -- but that is a good film indeed.)

SpiderMan 1
See Spot Run
Air Force One
Police Academy 1
Elling

:)

In no particular order

Van Helsing
LOTR series
The Thing (80's B-movie)
Radio Flyer
The master of disguise or something like that

Originally posted by Joe Star

Van Helsing

You can't be serious?? :p

I thought the start was entertaining, but after 25 minutes the movie got more and more boring.

He must be taking the piss.

Dunno........it sorta struck a chord with me :)

shawshank redemption
any given sunday
american history x
gladiator
oceans 11

honourable mention: the big lebowski

Originally posted by Dream Team
1. Schindler's List
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2. The Godfather
3. American History X
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Life Is Beautiful

schindlers list??? bit depressing isnt it?? weird choice for your favourite film of all time, i agree with the second tho:p

I can't give a top 5 so here is my Top 18 and Growing.

Amadeus
American Beauty
American History X
Fargo
Full Metal Jacket
Gandhi
Glory
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
L.A. Confidential
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
LOTR
The Shawshank Redemption
Spider-Man 2
The Usual Suspects
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
X2

Good Job SlayerDeus:D

1-Brave Heart.
2-Most wanted.
3-Fight Club.
4-City of angels.
5-The green mile.

1. The Longest Day
2. SPR
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Gladiator
5. Apocalypse Now

Honorable Mention: MrBean Movies(I don't know why, they just amuse me)..And anything with Rodney Dangerfield.

Damn, like alot of people, I just cant limit it:
-Lock, Stock...
-Fight Club
-Office Space
-A Bridge Too Far (probably my alltime fav, but I love war movies)
-Shawshank Redemption
-Dr. Strangelove
-25th hour (alot of people didnt like this, i know)
-Lawrence of Arabia
-Platoon

Honorable Mentions
-2001 (scared me more than any horror film ive ever seen)
-Gandhi (great portrayl by Kingsley)
-Glory
-Thin Red Line (again, not very popular)
-FMJ (shouldnt have more than one 'Nam film on there :p )
-Animal House
-Subway (the Luc Bessin film, only seen it once or twice, but was a very cool movie)
-Mystic River (very very good, i wouldnt yet call it great)
-Rushmore (funny, strange, absurd, good movie)

edit: damn, SlayerDeus reminded me, Glory and Gandhi would have to make my honorable mention list too

good call on 25th Hour. not a favorite of mine but a great movie (Y)

Originally posted by Hakeem
good call on 25th Hour. not a favorite of mine but a great movie (Y)

Yah, when i first saw it, it blew me away. Then for a time, i felt kind of like a sucker, like it was some melodramatic crap, with unrealistic situations (his father driving him to jail) and unrealistic characters (former drug dealer, telemarketer, and schoolteachers as friends) but the best part for me lay in the way certain scenes were set up, or executed, like when he is ranting in the bathroom mirror, or that final reminicense scene or when PS Hoffman is moving through the club (apparrently a spike lee trademark, dragging a character on a dolly like that) and i guess what i liked most wasnt plot related, it was how it was done differently in the visual realm

Certainly I felt the same way with 25th Hour. But it has fallen out of favor with me I have no idea why, I just didn't think it did much for me after watching it a 2nd and 3rd time.

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
My newly evaluated (an extra long :p) personal toplist:

01. Amadeus (Milos Foreman)
02. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
03. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper)
04. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino)
05. The Godfather 1 and 2 (Francis Ford Coppola)

Calumn, I'm glad to see you liked my recommendation of Amadeus. It is truely a classic film of history.

Yes! Thank you so much - it was totally on your recommendation that I looked into this film, and I can honestly say it's the best film I have ever seen. I made a thread about it somewhere.

Wow, Thats a ringing endorsement if ever i saw one :o I know theyre from roughly the same period, but is it anything like Barry Lyndon (also a movie i hope to be checking out soon :p )

Nah they're nothing like each other - but Barry Lyndon is a really good film. They're both set a round about the Regency period but the things portrayed are totally different. Barry Lyndon is about a poor peasant man who rises up in the world, through luck and his own cunningness, until he is a high player, and it then charters his fall back down again. Ryan O'Niel plays Redmond Barry really well, and the narrator is Sir Michael Hordon who has probably the worlds best theatrical voice, plus there is an awesome cameo from Leonard Russiter, so all in all I definately recommend it. One of my very favourite Kubrick flicks.

My list :p

1. O brother where art thou
2. Braveheart
3. Lock, stock...
4. Gladiator
5. Shawshank Redemption

My list in no particular order (and i´m sorry for not be able to post only 5)

La Vita é Bella (Roberto Benigni)
LOTR (trilogy) (Peter Jackson)
Matrix (only the 1st) (Andy Wachowski/Larry Wachowski)
Aliens (only the 2nd) (James Cameron)
Dead Poets Society (seize the day!!) (Peter Weir)
American History X (Tony Kaye)
Braveheart (Mel Gibson)
The Godfather (trilogy) (Francis Ford Coppola)
Once upon a time in America (Sergio Leone)
Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)
Star Wars original trilogy (George Lucas)
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino)
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
Shakespeare in Love (John Madden)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
8½ (Federico Fellini)
2001 (Stanley Kubrick)

1. Snatch
2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
3. Trainspotting
4. 28 Days Later
5. Apocalypse Now

1)Drunken Master and The Legend of Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)
2)The Lord of Rings trilogy
3) Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Jackie Chan)




EDIT:
1)Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)
2)Return Of The King
3)The Legend of Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)
4)Two Towers
5) Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Jackie Chan)

City of God
Pulp Fiction
Enemy at the Gates
Fight Club
Training Day

great list Horatiu. not sure about Enemy at the Gates. didnt convince me (:/)

i cant really do mine, but some:

Star Wars original Trilogy (BEFORE DVD ****ness)
Jurrasic Park ( i grew up with this film)
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (funniest movie ever)
Quick Change (Bill Murray, Geena Davis)
Apocolypse Now (cinematic brilliance)
The Matrix (what a film)
Run Lola Run (inspired my interest in films)
Aladdin (A masterclass of how to make an animated film)
Planet of the Apes (legendary)
Flash Gordan (Legendary)
Any James Bond movie
Battle Royale (a simply fantastic film, so much going for it)

TROD.

1) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) The Matrix
4) The Return of the King
5) Ocean's Eleven

(also: Fight Club and Empire Strikes back)

Enemy at the Gates
is it the film about Russian and German snipers with Ed Harris? if it is, i just can't forget how Khrushev arrived to Stalingrad and Red Army acting like guerillas:rofl: :rofl:

City of God
Pulp Fiction
Memento
Fight Club
American History X

Close Calls
Requiem For A Dream
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Reservoir Dogs
The Godfather
The Shawshank Redemption
American Beauty
Se7en
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Sin City

1. Star Wars Trilogy
2. Indiana Jones Trilogy
3. Back to the Future Trilogy
4. All 007 films
5. Gladiator

Close Calls:

Scarface
Training Day
Saving Private Ryan
True Lies
Happy Gilmore

1.The Lord of the rings trilogy EE
1.The Godfather Part 1 and 2
1.Band of brothers (mini series)
1.Braveheart
5.Sin City

Mine are:

1. Lord of the Rings (best is rotk, then ttt, then fotr)

2. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

3. Forrest Gump

4. Shrek 2

5. Baseketball

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Godfather Trilogy
3. Rocky Series
4. Scarface
5. Rounders
6. Star Wars Movies
7. Troy
8. Gladiator
9. Pirates of the Carribean
10. Titanic
11. Jurassic Park Series
12. Spider-Man
13. Terminator Series
14. Indiana Jones Series
15. Catch me if you can

so much for top 5 :p

Pulp Fiction
Gladiator
Forrest Gump
LOTR Series
The Matrix (just the first one)

The Big Lebowski

Top 5 ? It`s kinda hard but if I have to choose :
1. Forrest Gump
2. Life is Beautiful
3. Godfather 1,2,3
4. City of God
5. Leon

I think it was only top 5 so that guy could compile an overall toplist easily, now that he's done it feel free to post toplists of any number you like.

1 Scarface "Say hello to my little friend !"
2 8 Mile
3 Pulp Fiction
4 American History X
5 Dont be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood

As of now...

Matrix Revolutions
Kill Bill
Friday
Gladiator
Pulp Fiction

1.One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
2.Taxi Driver
3.A Clockwork Orange
4.The Deer Hunter
5.Five Easy Pieces

Honorable Mention:

Easy Rider
Raging Bull
The Apartment
Swingers
Slap Shot
Reservior Dogs

I would like to slightly update my list :p

1. Dumb & Dumber
2. Old School
3. Terminator 2
4. American History X
5. Mean Girls / Wedding Crashers :(

As I'm absolutely bored, I'll kill some time by posting my top 10...

My Top Ten:

1. Ring (Nakata Hideo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/
Legend. First movie ever after which I could proudly say it's a masterpiece. The ending is so sudden and horrifying it gave me countless sleepless nights.

2. Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara (Nakata Hideo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308379/
Might I say that this is the only movie ever to reach a "Ring-like" level of brilliance. The way the story is told: so calm and slow (you'd almost think you're watching a drama) during the first hour, just to explode in that last half hour into the best horror movie ever made by mankind. (would be #1 if I didn't have such great memories and intens emotions of watching "Ring")

3. Koroshiya 1/Ichi the Killer (Miike Takashi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/
Think away the gore and the grotesk showing of the characters, and you'll end up with an intens story about the complex relationship between Good and Evil. Besides, Kakihara owns all Hollywoodian villains...

4. Battle Royale (***asaku Kinji) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
This one actually shocked me the first time I saw it: knowing that kids - at the same age as my little brother - had to play this sadistic game... One of the few horror movies that actually make you think after watching it.

5. Ju-On 2 (Shimizu Takashi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367913/
Great build up to one of the most freaky scenes in movie history. It also has my fav movie moment ever. Why better than the first (third actually) one: this one has a less complex and better told story.

6. Kairo (Kurosawa Kiyoshi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
Haven't seen this movie in its entirety yet (had to rent it and just then the DVD player got tired of it) but what I've seen is impressive already. Might buy it one of the next weeks and give it a better rating...

7. Ju-On (Shimizu Takashi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364385/
Also a legend. If it wasn't for the crappy story-telling it would make the top 5. Every single character in this movie gives you the creeps. Also has the best death-scene ever.

8. Ring 0: Bâsudei (Tsuruta Norio) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235712/
A mix of Shakespeare and Ring-horror which works magnificently. A peacefull movie that - just like Honogurai - explodes at the end and unleashes horror in splendid amounts. *confession: I'm scared of going to the woods after having seen this movie*

9. A Tale Of Two Sisters (Ji-woon Kim/only non-Japanese movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365376/
rented this one and really need to get my hands on it. It's the complexity of the story and the beauty of it that caught my attention. Again a great combination of horror and drama.

10. Kyua/Cure (Kurosawa Kiyoshi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123948/
Bought this one yesterday: see it as somesort of Japanese version of Se7en, only better. Just like Battle Royale, it's a movie that requires a second seeing to fully understand the story/message

1. Terminator 2
2. The Godfather Part 1
3. Se7en
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

1. Lord of the Rings trilogy
2. Euro Trip
3. Scary Movie 3
4. Van Helsing
5. The Hole

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