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Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 14:27
What are some of your favorites?
I'll start with two:
Death Race 2000
Dr. Strangelove
Rschoeneck
01-21-2005, 14:42
A Clockwork Orange!
:munchin
In order to be a "CULT"...don't you need followers?
Like...
Charles Manson
Jim Jones
Harry Christna (don't ask me about the spelling)
Queer Eye for a Straight guy
Survivor
KISS
Run-DMC
Ozzy Osbourne
I'm just trying to clarify your question counselar... :D
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 14:58
In order to be a "CULT"...don't you need followers?
Like...
Charles Manson
Jim Jones
Harry Christna (don't ask me about the spelling)
Queer Eye for a Straight guy
Survivor
KISS
Run-DMC
Ozzy Osbourne
I'm just trying to clarify your question counselar... :D
Yes. We are looking for movies with a cult-like following.
The Reaper
01-21-2005, 14:58
In order to be a "CULT"...don't you need followers?
Like...
Charles Manson
Jim Jones
Harry Christna (don't ask me about the spelling)
Queer Eye for a Straight guy
Survivor
KISS
Run-DMC
Ozzy Osbourne
I'm just trying to clarify your question counselar... :D
Are those your favorites, Guy? :D
TR
Sacamuelas
01-21-2005, 15:07
In order to be a "CULT"...don't you need followers?
Queer Eye for a Straight guy
Guy.. you are REALLY starting to scare me. First living in Homo mecca, now this. :eek: ;) LOL
Are those your favorites, Guy? :D
TR
Law and Order and CSI are mine.
I've watched that Osbourne before...Some of the things his kids say in the house.
My parents would have KILLED me. :D
Most of that stuff I just peruse thru or channel surf. I'm still wondering how this "Extreme Home Make Over" show get these people to pay increase property taxes.
I guess "Extreme Foreclosures" will be the flavor in a few years. :rolleyes:
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 15:16
Yes. We are looking for movies with a cult-like following.
"Star Wars" has a cult-like following, as does (on the small and big screen) Star Trek. I would not describe them as cult movies, however. As Guy notes, consider tightening your criteria.
Like... among other things, despite being objectively bad movies (in terms of acting, storyline, effects or other factors), subjectively you can't stop watching them. That's just one criterion, which could include movies as diverse as The Green Berets and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
That said, nominees:
Army of Darkness
Conan the Barbarian
Grease
Mad Max 2 (Road Warrior)
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:20
Like... among other things, despite being objectively bad movies (in terms of acting, storyline, effects or other factors), subjectively you can't stop watching them. That's just one criterion, which could include movies as diverse as The Green Berets and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I was just about to say that you can define the criteria, but did you just say that The Green Berets is an "objectively bad movie"? :eek: :munchin
Guy.. you are REALLY starting to scare me. First living in Homo mecca, now this. :eek: ;) LOL
Damn...WTF is this?
Let me break it down to you...tooth fairy! :eek:
Living and residing have two different meanings....
I lived in NC however...resided OCONUS. :munchin
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 15:24
Most of that stuff I just peruse thru or channel surf. I'm still wondering how this "Extreme Home Make Over" show get these people to pay increase property taxes.
I guess "Extreme Foreclosures" will be the flavor in a few years. :rolleyes:
Extreme Makeover = Extreme Taxes? Tax Consequences of Home-Makeover TV Shows (http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/05/tax_consequence.html)
From the TaxProf Blog.
Sacamuelas
01-21-2005, 15:25
Let me break it down to you...tooth fairy! :eek:
ROTFLMAO... I am speechless- you win.
Dammit... I can see new a new title for me coming when the Team Sergeant reads this. haha
Jack Moroney (RIP)
01-21-2005, 15:28
Damn, I would have thought cult movies for lawyers would have been Perry Mason, 12 Angry Men, and Heidi(for child abuse of course).
Jack Moroney
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 15:28
Most of that stuff I just peruse thru or channel surf. I'm still wondering how this "Extreme Home Make Over" show get these people to pay increase property taxes.
I guess "Extreme Foreclosures" will be the flavor in a few years. :rolleyes:
Extreme Makeover = Extreme Taxes? Tax Consequences of Home-Makeover TV Shows (http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/05/tax_consequence.html)
From the TaxProf Blog.Also:
The tax makeover can be extreme, too (http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-10-14-carpenters-tax-makeover_x.htm) (warning: annoying USAToday pop-up ads)
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:30
ROTFLMAO... I am speechless- you win.
Dammit... I can see new a new title for me coming when the Team Sergeant reads this. haha
Yeah, I'm sorry but it is even better than Tooth Boy. :D
Extreme Makeover = Extreme Taxes? Tax Consequences of Home-Makeover TV Shows (http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/05/tax_consequence.html)
From the TaxProf Blog.
Every time you come into a thread...I have more stuff to read. If you and RL ever get together while I'm there.
The waiter/waitress is going to catch HELL!
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:32
Damn, I would have thought cult movies for lawyers would have been Perry Mason, 12 Angry Men, and Heidi(for child abuse of course).
Jack Moroney
No, totally the opposite, at least for me. I usually can't stand lawyer movies and lawyer TV shows. They are so unrealistic and stupid for the most part that I can't stand to watch (I assume you guys sometimes have the same issue with military movies and TV shows). Plus, I spend enough time lawyering. In my spare time, I like to do something different.
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:33
I guess "Extreme Foreclosures" will be the flavor in a few years. :rolleyes:
Cool, I can be the star! LMAO
Damn, I would have thought cult movies for lawyers would have been Perry Mason, 12 Angry Men, and Heidi(for child abuse of course).
Jack Moroney
If the Republicans read this thread topic...
Someone will be "Person Non Grata." :D
Hell! Didn't "Sesame Street" have a cult following?
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:39
I think this is a reasonable definition of a cult movie. The link also has a Top 100.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/movie_cult.html
Cult movies are offbeat, strange, quirky, surreal, eccentric, campy, oddball, avant garde, often with outrageous characters, plots, and sets, that usually fared poorly at the box office but continue to live on with devoted and curious audiences.
Cool, I can be the star! LMAO
Oh, they just did one in downtown LA. A parapalegic former HS basketball player.
Better have a police escort! :D
Bravo1-3
01-21-2005, 15:44
It's kind of hard to draw a line between "Pop-Cinema" and "Cult Films". I didn't even try to do that here. Two of them are already listed: Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange.
I'd have to go with:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magnificent Seven
Dogma
The Lost Boys
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Evil Dead
Army of Darkness
Office Space
Mad Max / The Road Warrior 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Stripes
The Untouchables
Caddy Shack
Reservoir Dogs
Trainspotting
The Big Lebowsky
Easy Rider
Scarface
The King of New York
Godfather 1 & 2
Them
Friday the 13th.
The Seven Samurai
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:46
Oh, they just did one in downtown LA. A parapalegic former HS basketball player.
Better have a police escort! :D
I have a story about a wrongful foreclosure case I had in your AO a while back. It's in the Briefback forum.
Radar Rider
01-21-2005, 15:47
I believe that "Repo Man" fits the category perfectly. A lot of nuts like that movie. :cool:
Roguish Lawyer
01-21-2005, 15:48
It's kind of hard to draw a line between "Pop-Cinema" and "Cult Films". I didn't even try to do that here. Two of them are already listed: Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange.
I'd have to go with:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magnificent Seven
Dogma
The Lost Boys
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Evil Dead
Army of Darkness
Office Space
Mad Max / The Road Warrior 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Stripes
The Untouchables
Caddy Shack
Reservoir Dogs
Trainspotting
The Big Lebowsky
Easy Rider
Scarface
The King of New York
Godfather 1 & 2
Them
Friday the 13th.
The Seven Samurai
Oh fine, look them up. :D
I don't think the Godfather or Scarface are cult films. They have cult followings, but they did well at the box office IIRC and won critical acclaim. Godfather won Best Picture, IIRC.
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 16:31
No, totally the opposite, at least for me. I usually can't stand lawyer movies and lawyer TV shows. They are so unrealistic and stupid for the most part that I can't stand to watch (I assume you guys sometimes have the same issue with military movies and TV shows). Plus, I spend enough time lawyering. In my spare time, I like to do something different.Ditto for me for both lawyer and war movies. My brother is the same way about cop movies/TV shows.
I usually stop watching Law & Order after the first half-hour. The court-room stuff isn't interesting to me.
Bravo1-3
01-21-2005, 16:43
Oh fine, look them up. :D
I don't think the Godfather or Scarface are cult films. They have cult followings, but they did well at the box office IIRC and won critical acclaim. Godfather won Best Picture, IIRC.
Actually, I didn't look them up. At least not with google or some other engine. I just looked at my movie rack. I'm a film buff with a collection large enough to open my own rental store :D
As for the acclaim, I thought about that before I posted and almost didn't include those. As I said before, it's hard to decide between pop-cinema (George Lucas / Steven Spielberg monster hits with a dead francise) and cult movies that have influence. One could argue that Dr. Strangelove isn't real "cult" because everyone has seen the scene where Slim Pickens rides the bomb, or Dogma isn't because it's Kevin Smiths biggest grossing film in video sales. Both movies scored huge acclaim from the film community. Same with Pulp Fiction, that was the most community promoted movie of 1995.
I like the Digitaldreamdoor definition though.
And I just remembered 4 more:
Attack of the Killer Tomatos
Kentucky Fried Movie
Used Cars
And for you Kung-Fu Theater fans: The Flying Guillotine
How about Super Troopers, Blazing Saddles, or The Wild Bunch?
Some of My personal Favorites, But not sure if they fit the Criteria.
Other than that, Bravo pretty much nailed my choices, especially:
Monty Python
The Big Lebowski
Office Space
Magnificent Seven
Easy Rider
Caddy Shack
B1-3 has listed some of mine. A few more:
Anything by Monty Python
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Raising Arizona
Fargo
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Blade Runner
The Fifth Element
Who the hell said John Wayne was a bad actor.
The Reaper
01-21-2005, 18:02
What, no "Boondock Saints" suggestion yet? :D
TR
War movies and Westerns are mainstream in our house. It's hard to think of them as cult movies...
What, no "Boondock Saints" suggestion yet? :D
TR
When I saw the title of this thread that was one of two movies I thought of. The other is Rocky Horror Picture show.
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 19:11
I think this is a reasonable definition of a cult movie. The link also has a Top 100.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/movie_cult.html
Cult movies are offbeat, strange, quirky, surreal, eccentric, campy, oddball, avant garde, often with outrageous characters, plots, and sets, that usually fared poorly at the box office but continue to live on with devoted and curious audiences.
A reasonable definition, though their list does not fully conform. For example:
5. A Clockwork Orange and 50. Billy Jack - 1971's "cult classics" which "fared poorly at the box office"? Billy Jack was the top-grossing film released in 1971 (Love Story took in somewhat more, but is counted as a December 1970 release). A Clockwork Orange was 8th, just behind Dirty Harry.
9. Easy Rider - Those damned hippies rode into 4th place in 1969's box office. 1969's military cult classic? Where Eagles Dare.
16. The Princess Bride, 17. The Lost Boys and 33. Raising Arizona - Out of 187 films in 1987, The Lost Boys was 33rd, The Princess Bride was 36th and Raising Arizona was 47th. Not blockbusters, but they hardly "fared poorly." Between The Lost Boys and Princess Bride in box office gross were Can't Buy Me Love and Full Metal Jacket. Weren't they offbeat or strange enough?
18. Scarface and 44. The Big Chill - in 1983, The Big Chill was 13th and Scarface was 15th out of 178 films
30. Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton's film certainly qualifies under the subjective criteria, but it was 25th out of 199 in 1993's box office, just ahead of Last Action Hero, Wayne's World 2 and Addams Family Values. For 1993, movies like Army Of Darkness (which is on the list), Dazed and Confused (which is not) and So I Married an Axe Murderer (which is on lrd's list) are better candidates. For the military-minded, 1993's Sniper is also a mini-cult classic.
42. Pulp Fiction - The 10th highest grossing film of 1994, with a worldwide gross of over $200 million.
57. The Breakfast Club - I would call this a cult classic, and I think at one point I knew every line of the movie, but this was 1985's 15th top-grossing film. The two films immediately ahead of it in box office gross are mini-classics in their own right: Fletch and European Vacation. Into the Night (Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer) is a good 1985 mini-cult classic. 1985 was a great year for so-bad-they're good war movies: Rambo, First Blood Part 2, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Invasion U.S.A. and Commando.
Kyobanim
01-21-2005, 19:18
Enter the Dragon
Star Wars
Behind the Green Door
bberkley
01-21-2005, 19:29
I believe that "Repo Man" fits the category perfectly. A lot of nuts like that movie. :cool:
Just for the music. :cool: :cool: :cool:
The Reaper
01-21-2005, 19:35
I would have to agree with these (though not in this order), and can quote dialogue from all of the below:
1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - (1975) (Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon)
3. Blade Runner - (1982) (Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer)
4. This Is Spinal Tap - (1984) (Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest)
5. A Clockwork Orange - (1971) (Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates)
7. Heavy Metal - (1981) (Animation)
9. Easy Rider - (1969) (Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson)
18. Scarface - (1983) (Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer)
22. Night of the Living Dead - (1968) (Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea)
32. Rebel Without A Cause - (1955) (James Dean, Natalie Wood)
33. Raising Arizona - (1987) (Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman)
42. Pulp Fiction - (1994) (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman)
50. Billy Jack - (1971) (Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor)
51. Mad Max - (1979) (Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel)
53. The Wild One - (1954) (Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin)
57. The Breakfast Club - (1985) (Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald)
59. Flash Gordon - (1980) (Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Music by Queen)
61. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - (1973) (James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan)
65. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - (1975) (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle)
67. Resevior Dogs - (1992) (Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen)
71. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - (1980) (David Miller, Jack Riley, Sharon Taylor)
81. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - (1974) (Marylin Burns, Ed Neal)
91. Groove Tube - (1974) (Chevy Chase, Richard Belzer)
94. The Lords of Flatbush - (1974) (Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler)
95. Kentucky Fried Movie - (1977) (Bill Bixby, George Lazenby, Donald Sutherland)
99. Faces of Death, Vol. 1 - (1974) (Documentary)
And add:
The Green Berets (any John Wayne movie)
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn
The Shootist
The Wild Bunch
Vanishing Point
Apocalypse Now
Quigley Down Under
Dirty Harry (any pre-1995 Clint Eastwood movie)
High Plains Drifter
Hang 'em High
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Outlaw Josie Wales
Unforgiven
Alien (the Trilogy)
Animal House
Blues Brothers
1941
Stripes
Groundhog Day
Caddyshack
Risky Business
Bullitt
Cool Hand Luke
The Great Escape
True Lies
Terminator (the Trilogy)
Predator
Die Hard (the Trilogy)
Ferris Bueller
The Matrix (the Trilogy)
Dr Strangelove
Lonesome Dove
Enter the Dragon (any Bruce Lee movie)
Shaft
Superfly
Dolemite
Open Range
I've been rethinking my list. Are you differentiating between a single movie and movies by certain actors, i.e. Clint Eastwwod, John Wayne, Bruce Lee, Monty Python?
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 20:47
Movies that should be cult classics:
Night Shift ("We're not pimps, we're love brokers"; "Oh dat Barney Rubble, What an actor!")
Zapped
Every Which Way But Loose (though that's captured by TR's "any pre-1995 Clint Eastwood movie")
Hollywood Knights
Used Cars ("You want the solution to inflation? Hi, friends. Marshall Lucky here for New Deal Used Cars, where we're lowering inflation not only by fighting high prices, not only by murdering high prices, but by blowing the living shit out of high prices. Yessir. Here's an example. It's a 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, for sixty-two ninety-nine. That price is too high." [shoots car])
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 20:53
Another: Night of the Comet (1984)
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 21:00
Highlander (the original movie, not the sequels; though I also watched the TV series almost religiously)
Bravo1-3
01-21-2005, 21:27
Zapped? I'm not sure if that's "cult" or "qitch". Does it have an "underground following"? Scott Baio and Willie Ames... wow that was a no talent cast :D
Night of the Comet and Highlander are good ones.
Highlander (the original movie, not the sequels; though I also watched the TV series almost religiously)
Me too...but I suspect for very different reasons. :cool:
How about The Blair Witch Project...
Bravo1-3
01-21-2005, 21:55
3. Blade Runner - (1982) (Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer)
4. This Is Spinal Tap - (1984) (Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest)
7. Heavy Metal - (1981) (Animation)
22. Night of the Living Dead - (1968) (Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea)
33. Raising Arizona - (1987) (Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman)
53. The Wild One - (1954) (Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin)
57. The Breakfast Club - (1985) (Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald)
59. Flash Gordon - (1980) (Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Music by Queen)
91. Groove Tube - (1974) (Chevy Chase, Richard Belzer)
94. The Lords of Flatbush - (1974) (Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler)
Apocalypse Now
Quigley Down Under
Dirty Harry (any pre-1995 Clint Eastwood movie)
High Plains Drifter
Hang 'em High
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Outlaw Josie Wales
Animal House
Blues Brothers
Risky Business
Bullitt
Cool Hand Luke
The Great Escape
Predator
Ferris Bueller
Lonesome Dove
Enter the Dragon (any Bruce Lee movie)
Shaft
Superfly
Dolemite
I can't believe I forgot these.
I like the 80s action films with outrageous plots and bullet proof heroes. Commando, Red Dawn, et el.
Me too...but I suspect for very different reasons. :cool:
umm hmmm. I bet I liked it for the same reason you did, Gypsy. ;)
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 22:13
umm hmmm. I bet I liked it for the same reason you did, Gypsy. ;)For the ladies...
umm hmmm. I bet I liked it for the same reason you did, Gypsy. ;)
:D
Thanks AL, that is quite gentlemanly of you!
NousDefionsDoc
01-21-2005, 22:36
Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
Like... among other things, despite being objectively bad movies (in terms of acting, storyline, effects or other factors), subjectively you can't stop watching them. That's just one criterion, which could include movies as diverse as The Green Berets and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Who the hell said John Wayne was a bad actor.
HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD!
AL, I will accept your corrections of my grammar. I will even accept your corrrections of my German. I will gladly admit that you generally maintain the upper hand in every discussion in which I have seen you participate. You are no doubt a brilliant attorney and a fine officer. You may even be better looking than I am.
BUT YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE! If there is not a rule on blasphemey and heresy on this forum, there should be. I will now research the Admin handbook to determine with which high crimes I may formally charge you before the TS and the other Admins and the High Court of SOG.
Be expecting my Writ of SFus Corpus post haste and forthwith.
BamBam will quite obviously be a witness for the prosecution and a member of the jury.
It's an OUTRAGE! An OUTRAGE Yer Honor!
The Reaper
01-21-2005, 22:39
In keeping with one of my selections:
"Hangin's too good for him!
Burnin's too good for him!
He oughta be cut up in itsy, bitsy pieces and buried ALIVE!!!"
TR
The Reaper
01-21-2005, 22:52
Other cult classics:
Escape from New York
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from LA
Heartbreak Ridge
TR
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 22:55
Who the hell said John Wayne was a bad actor.I'm sorry, did I miss John Wayne's stellar performance as Hamchunk? He wasn't the only actor in that movie. Please do not accuse me of making a statement I did not make.
If that is your idea of a credible witness, you must have loved Joe Wilson. "The President said the Iraqis were trying to buy yellowcake in Africa. I found out they did not actually buy yellowcake in Niger. Therefore, the President LIED!!!!" Sound familiar?
Airbornelawyer
01-21-2005, 22:57
Zapped? I'm not sure if that's "cult" or "qitch". Does it have an "underground following"? Scott Baio and Willie Ames... wow that was a no talent cast :D
Teacher: "Who came up with the theory of asexual reproduction?"
Willie Ames: "Your wife?"
Bravo1-3
01-21-2005, 22:57
In keeping with one of my selections:
"Hangin's too good for him!
Burnin's too good for him!
He oughta be cut up in itsy, bitsy pieces and buried ALIVE!!!"
TR
"He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous, perverted worm!"
mffjm8509
01-21-2005, 23:52
This is a good thread.
Some of these realy arent cult classics but they are several that the teams I've been on have watched consistently on deployments.
Pulp Fiction, several times a day
Dusk till Dawn, or the Selma Hyak snake dance scene anyway, It was SOP for the guys on duty to have this scene ready for us to watch at breakfast before going on patrol in Bosnia.
Reservoir Dogs
The Seige of Fire Base Gloria
Boondock Saints
Quigley Down Under
Suicide Kings
Mad Max
Road Warrior
Full Metal Jacket
These are the ones we've already watched over and over on this trip:
Blackhawk Down
Gladiator
Troy
Troy...
I felt that way when Clinton was in office. :D
"He's my president...HE AIN'T MY C.O."
How about:
1) The Thing (1950's version)
2) The Day the Earth Stood Still
3) Testament
4) The Right Stuff
5) The Atomic Bomb Movie
6) Atomic Cafe
7) Cross of Iron
8) Kelly's Heroes
9) The Dirty Dozen
10) The Legend of Boggy Creek
11) Godzilla vs The Smog Monster
12) Once Before I die
13) Stalag 17
14) Jaws
15) Walking Tall
16) Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry
17) Who'll Stop The Rain
18) Emperor of the North
19) The Lost Rocket
20) Zulu
To name a few of my favorites...
frostfire
01-22-2005, 02:39
It's kind of hard to draw a line between "Pop-Cinema" and "Cult Films". I didn't even try to do that here. Two of them are already listed: Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange.
I'd have to go with:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magnificent Seven
Dogma
The Lost Boys
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Evil Dead
Army of Darkness
Office Space
Mad Max / The Road Warrior 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Stripes
The Untouchables
Caddy Shack
Reservoir Dogs
Trainspotting
The Big Lebowsky
Easy Rider
Scarface
The King of New York
Godfather 1 & 2
Them
Friday the 13th.
The Seven Samurai
magnificent seven and The Seven Samurai (Shichin no Samurai )
ah, the remake and original
Anyone like old Japanese cinema (esp. Kurosawa works) like Yojimbo, Rashomon, Ran, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Shogun Assasin, Jin Roh etc ?
While not having much of "fight scenes" like old HongKong/Chinese cinemas (eg. Bruce Lee), they tend to have better plot and more depth IMHO
No one has mentioned "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai in the Eighth Demension". Or am I a cult of one?
No one has mentioned "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai in the Eighth Demension". Or am I a cult of one?You can add our household to the cult. We indoctrinated our offspring at an early age.
For the ladies...Thank you, kind sir. It's always nice to meet a gentleman who knows what the ladies want.
Jack Moroney (RIP)
01-22-2005, 07:05
Triumph des Willens was probably one of the biggest cult films in history as far as impact. It is still a favorite of all the little neo-nazis and skin-heads world wide. It also kept alive in every college and university that has a film program as one of the best propaganda films ever produced.
Jack Moroney
NousDefionsDoc
01-22-2005, 09:53
Killer Weed
RHPS has to be the big one in the States. Remember all the audience participation?
And the biker films. Sonny Barger was even in one IIRC.
Goggles Pizano
01-22-2005, 11:15
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the present destruction of a great cult classic Assault on precinct 13! OR the other act of heresy The Longest Yard! Hollywood can PC anything folks.
Most of my video catalog has been mentioned. How about these:
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Elephant parts
Queens logic
Rollerball
The Molly Maguires
Fandango
Running scared
The Warriors
Better off dead
Colors
By the way TR....Are you Capt. Lincoln F. Stern?
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:17
Movies that should be cult classics:
Night Shift ("We're not pimps, we're love brokers"; "Oh dat Barney Rubble, What an actor!")
No doubt about that one.
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:22
Escape from New York
One of my favorites. I think I can recite most of the script, at least if I am watching the video.
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:25
The Warriors
Two thumbs up!
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:25
Nice sentencing, admins! LMAO!!! :D
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 13:26
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the present destruction of a great cult classic Assault on precinct 13! OR the other act of heresy The Longest Yard! Hollywood can PC anything folks.
Most of my video catalog has been mentioned. How about these:
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Elephant parts
Queens logic
Rollerball
The Molly Maguires
Fandango
Running scared
The Warriors
Better off dead
Colors
By the way TR....Are you Capt. Lincoln F. Stern?
Have to agree with you on most of that list, GP.
No, I am not Captain Stern.
One of my favorites. I think I can recite most of the script, at least if I am watching the video.
"Call me Snake."
TR
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:34
Movies that should be cult classics:
Night Shift ("We're not pimps, we're love brokers"; "Oh dat Barney Rubble, What an actor!")
I like this one:
Chuck: As we sit here and idly chat, there are woman, female human beings, rolling around in strange beds with strange men, and we are making money from that.
Bill: Is this a great country, or what?
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 13:46
"Risky Business", 1983.
Anyone remember who played Guido?
[After Joel's Princeton interview]
Lana: So, how're we doin'?
Joel Goodson: Looks like University of Illinois!
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Joel's Father: Sometimes you just gotta say "what the heck?"
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Miles: I don't believe this! I've got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido the killer pimp.
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Joel: Porsche. There is no substitute.
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Joel: [sigh] You know Bill, there is one thing I've learned in all my years... sometimes you gotta say "what the f***." Make your move.
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Joel: It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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Service Manager: Which one of you gentlemen is the U-Boat Commander?
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Joel: You listen to me, buster. You...you... a-hole.
Guido: A-hole?
Joel: I want my stuff back right now.
Guido: Now you listen to me, you little f***. Not only you take my two best girls, you call me names. If I didn't have any self-respect, it wouldn't just be the furniture, it'd be your arms, your legs, your head.
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Guido: Let me give you a little advice so you know. In times of economic uncertainty, never ever f*** with another man's livelihood. Go have fun, now? You know fun, time of your life? Maybe if you follow that, I won't have to come back here.
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Joel's Father: I just got off the phone with the recruiter from Princeton, you know what he said?
He said Princeton could use a fine young man like Joel!
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[last lines]
Joel: My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night. Time of your life, huh kid?
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:46
I'm sorry, did I miss John Wayne's stellar performance as Hamchunk? He wasn't the only actor in that movie. Please do not accuse me of making a statement I did not make.
He's right, you know. He didn't say The Duke is a bad actor; he said that The Green Berets is an "objectively bad movie." Bad acting was listed as one factor that might cause a movie to be deemed "objectively bad," but he did not say that bad acting by The Duke is what causes him to reach this conclusion regarding The Green Berets. He does suggest that Craig Jue's performance left something to be desired.
Like... among other things, despite being objectively bad movies (in terms of acting, storyline, effects or other factors), subjectively you can't stop watching them. That's just one criterion, which could include movies as diverse as The Green Berets and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
I believe a ps.com crime still was committed. :munchin
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:48
"Risky Business", 1983.
Anyone remember who played Guido?
A classic, and Cruise's best film by far.
Joe Pantoliano played Guido.
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 13:52
A classic, and Cruise's best film by far.
Joe Pantoliano played Guido.
Did you have to look it up? :D
Loved the scene where Joel meets Lana, and the train scene as well.
TR
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 13:56
Did you have to look it up? :D
Taking the Fifth on that one, Sir. :D
Roguish Lawyer
01-22-2005, 14:00
"Risky Business", 1983.
Joel: When it came right down to it, I just wasn't attracted to her.
Miles: That should never stop you.
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Jackie: It's what you want. It's what every white boy off the lake wants.
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Miles: Joel, you wanna know something? Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.
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Miles, of course, is a central character in the Revenge of the Nerds series. Anyone know which one?
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 14:01
Taking the Fifth on that one, Sir. :D
I would have thought that the voice would give it away.
I remember him on Hill Street Blues as well.
TR
Did you have to look it up? :D
.........and the train scene as well.
TR
Love the music from that particular scene.
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 14:21
"Big Trouble in Little China, 1986"
Jack: When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
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Wang Chi: Here's to the Army and Navy, and the battles they have won. Here's to America's colors, the colors that never run.
Jack Burton: May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather.
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Jack: It's going to take crackerjack timing Weng.
Wang Chi: Ready, Jack?
Jack: I was born ready.
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Jack: "What? I'm supposed to buy this shit? 2000 years and you can't find one broad to fit the bill? Come on Dave, you must be doing something seriously wrong."
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Girl: "You have a gun, I hope?"
Jack: "I have a knife"
Girl: "A knife, that guy's 12 feet tall."
Jack: "7. Hey, don't worry about it. I can handle it. I took something."
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Anyone tell me who played the girl "Gracie Law" without looking it up?
Gypsy, that was Tangerine Dream who did that song, IIRC.
TR
Gypsy, that was Tangerine Dream who did that song, IIRC.
TR
Thanks TR, I was having trouble remembering who did it.
Airbornelawyer
01-22-2005, 16:55
Not a cult classic - I didn't even remember I had seen it until looking through a plot summary - but does anyone remember a movie called The Fourth War (1990)? Roy Scheider and Jürgen Prochnow as an American and a Soviet (Czech?) colonel facing off in a personal vendetta that could ignite WWIII, with Tim "Venus Flytrap" Reid, Harry Dean Stanton and Dale Dye.
What led me there was a list of Jürgen Prochnow movies. I suppose you could have a Jürgen Prochnow mini-cult:
Das Boot
The Keep
Dune
Beverly Hills Cop II
Judge Dredd
Air Force One
An R. Lee Ermey cult:
The Boys in Company C
Full Metal Jacket
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Saving Silverman
... and throw in Fletch Lives and, if you are a masochist for Seagal, On Deadly Ground
A Dale Dye cult:
Platoon
Casualties of War
Born on the Fourth of July
Under Siege and Under Siege II: Dark Territory (more Seagal)
Mission: Impossible
"Band of Brothers"
... and pretty much every other war movie (and Oliver Stone movie) since Platoon. My biggest beef with Capt. Dye, though, is his willingness to lend his credibility to these movies no matter how negatively they might portray the military.
Rschoeneck
01-22-2005, 17:24
"Big Trouble in Little China, 1986"
Jack: When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
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Wang Chi: Here's to the Army and Navy, and the battles they have won. Here's to America's colors, the colors that never run.
Jack Burton: May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather.
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Jack: It's going to take crackerjack timing Weng.
Wang Chi: Ready, Jack?
Jack: I was born ready.
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Jack: "What? I'm supposed to buy this shit? 2000 years and you can't find one broad to fit the bill? Come on Dave, you must be doing something seriously wrong."
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Girl: "You have a gun, I hope?"
Jack: "I have a knife"
Girl: "A knife, that guy's 12 feet tall."
Jack: "7. Hey, don't worry about it. I can handle it. I took something."
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Anyone tell me who played the girl "Gracie Law" without looking it up?
Gypsy, that was Tangerine Dream who did that song, IIRC.
TR
Kim Cattrall....yum :D
Who could forget. She looked hot all dolled up.
The Reaper
01-22-2005, 17:32
My biggest beef with Capt. Dye, though, is his willingness to lend his credibility to these movies no matter how negatively they might portray the military.
Concur.
TR
Smokin Joe
01-22-2005, 18:49
Way of the Gun ---what other movies has an actor do a one handed press check?
Spaceballs
Grosse Point Blank
Payback
Braveheart
Lethal Weapon (Serious)
Varsity Blues
Long time since I've been here but this thread pulled me in:
-The Third Man
-Permanent Vacation
-Time Stands Still
-Peter Greenaway in general
-but especially The Droughtsman's Contract
Will have to think of some more recent films. Too much wine tonight. :)
billie
Way of the Gun ---what other movies has an actor do a one handed press check?
Ryan Phillipe:"What Do you think?"
Benicio Del Toro: "I think a Plan Is just a List of things that don't happen."
How about:
The Usual Suspects
or
Miller's Crossing
I didn't care for Miller's Crossing as a whole, but the scene in which the '21 Thompson gun w/C drum is the main character is one of my favorite scenes of all time
NDD, do the research, for as I'm concerned John Wayne never made a bad movie.
For " A fist FUll Of DOllars" or " For Few Dollars More" we'll "Hang'em High" at "High Noon".
Films that haven't yet been made but I would love to see:
Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian...
billie
Long time since I've been here but this thread pulled me in:
-The Third Man
-Permanent Vacation
-Time Stands Still
-Peter Greenaway in general
-but espe :D cially The Droughtsman's Contract
Will have to think of some more recent films. Too much wine tonight. :)
billie
billie, Permanent Vacation? wow. That is the one Jim Jarmusch film that I haven't seen yet. Cant find it. Huge fan. Since there is two of us, I suppose JJ films can count as "cult"
:D
these two JJ in particular:
-Down by Law
-Dead Man
also, films by Wayne Wang
-Smoke
-Blue in the Face
films by David Mamet
-Heist
-State and Main
-Spartan
-The Spanish Prisoner
also,
-Baraka
-Charade
-The Wages of Fear
-Aguire, The Wrath of God
-Fitzcarraldo
-The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
-Heat
-The Magnificent Seven
-Once Upon a Time in The West
-True Romance
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-Hero
edit to add:
DDD, I had not read the whole thread and did not see your mention of Buckaroo Banzai. You are not alone!!
I'll add in some "foreign" films, since it only seems to be mainly Americanski films listed thus far. ;)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. (UK) I'm sure most here would have seen it.
Good Bye Pork Pie (NZ- Lad drives a Mini Cooper rather speedily down NZ in order to do...something, can't remember what).
Braindead (NZ)- Peter Jackson, of Lord Of The Sleep fame, did this when he was younger. It's a decent comedy that involves aliens and some dodgy special effects.
jim jarmusch is brilliant, imo. when I saw permanent vacation I remember reading somewhere that he bought up old b&w film to get the grainy quality.
more cult films? I guess I'm partly transmuting cult to obscure...
High Art
Blue Velvet
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Impromptu
a couple of films I can't recall the names of... damn... but will come to me later.
billie
Films that haven't yet been made but I would love to see:
Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian...
billie
Would no doubt make an interesting movie, But It would be highly graphic if it came anywhere close to the book
It would have to be done perfectly, and the graphic scenes would have to be brief and stark and not turned into high drama.
I'm thinking of The Sheltering Sky, the way that was done.
I'm not sure Hollywood could pull it off, so maybe it's best they haven't tried. :/
billie
Roguish Lawyer
01-24-2005, 00:22
I don't know if anyone else likes it, but:
Head Office
NDD, you'd love it. I promise.
The Reaper
01-24-2005, 08:37
Two words:
"Doctor Detroit". :D
TR
SgtUSMC8541
01-24-2005, 10:46
Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 3
The Usual Suspects
Office Space
Roguish Lawyer
01-24-2005, 13:43
Airplane!
My favorite cult movie of all time is by far the Big Lebowski. A movie that I am not quite as fond of but I see gaining that status very quickly is Napoleon Dynamite, it seems to be everywhere right now.
krader
Roguish Lawyer
01-24-2005, 15:43
A movie that I am not quite as fond of but I see gaining that status very quickly is Napoleon Dynamite, it seems to be everywhere right now.
Yep. I saw it. Didn't like it much, but I can see how others would.
I just saw "Shaun Of the Dead" last night, and it is one helluva funny Movie.
Interesting twist on the Zombie Genre
drawbreaker
01-27-2005, 15:08
Gardens of Stone
Snatch
Equilibrium
:cool:
Airplane!Oh, man. How could I have forgotten that one.
Any Mel Brooks films....
esp...."History Of The World Part 1"
It's Good Ta Be Da King !!!! :lifter :lifter
Roguish Lawyer
01-27-2005, 17:06
Any Mel Brooks films....
esp...."History Of The World Part 1"
It's Good Ta Be Da King !!!! :lifter :lifter
They are my people. I am their sovereign. PULL!!!
You look like the piss-boy. And you look like a bucket of shit!
They are my people. I am their sovereign. PULL!!!
You look like the piss-boy. And you look like a bucket of shit!
"Occupation?"
"Stand up Philosopher."
"What ?!?!"
"Stand up Philosopher. I collect and coalesce the philosophic vapors and put them into cognitive thought."
"Oh !!!! A BULLSHIT artist."
.....Groan.....
"Did you Bullshit last week ?"
"No"
"Did you try to Bullshit last week?"
"Yes"
"I like it...I like it....I go out and bust my anus and this is the thanks I get ??? Boy you are nuts...N..V..T..S....nuts!"
Two posts in one day. Wow ;) Maybe I missed it but how about "Pink Flamingos" by John Waters
Ghostrider
01-28-2005, 17:25
Boondock Saints
Office Space
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This is an excellent thread, I hope no one erases it. I now have a reason to go to Block Buster. Two decades ago, I asked a younger colleage what his favorite movie was..."The Big Chill." It was a hit at home and I own it. I have not been in a theater since the Danny Glover's A-6 raid on Hanoi movie was done...1990? Christmas Vacation is a manditory own...Bloody Marys help. I don't do war movies, unless they're in black & white.
I have not been in a theater since the Danny Glover's A-6 raid on Hanoi movie was done...1990?Partially filmed at NAS Whidbey Island. He stopped by the club one night.
CPTAUSRET
01-29-2005, 17:13
Partially filmed at NAS Whidbey Island. He stopped by the club one night.
"Flight of The Intruder".
Not cult but good fun, play it loud!
Terry
frostfire
02-08-2005, 22:44
This one is on the rise, Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Return of the dark, no wire, no slapstick "kung fu" movie (eg. BL movies) and may one day become a cult movie.
This time is Thailand though, not Hong Kong or China or Japan
fans of Bruce Lee may like it
another trivia:
thanks to Bruce Lee, kung fu is well known in the west as those Chinese/Eastern martial art thing. The literal translation of "kung fu" actually goes more towards "skill," as in one can say my kung fu is cooking, shooting, painting etc.
The Chinese character of Wu shu on the other hand, means "war" and "art," which is more prone to the interpretation of martial art.
However, wushu is now known more as "martial" turned into "art", which is an acrobatic/dance adaptation of martial art moves.
Man, I can't believe so few people nailed that one as number one. A cult is a bunch of nuts. When that movie came out it played for months at the movie house on Bragg Blvd by the old K-Mart. On Saturday night's the cult followers would all show up dressed as their favorite characters. It would be a chanting session as they all shouted their lines along with the movie. They would see that movie over and over and over again.
Pete
TerribleTobyt
02-10-2005, 00:19
Night of the Living Dead.
Kwik story. The area 'tween the mess hall and the NCO Cluf at FOB-2 is where they showed some movies at night. One night they showed this movie.
I had alla RT Claifornia yards with me that night. Joe was standing down in Saigon. The yard were gatehred around me, and as the zombies started munching, they crowded closer and closer. They had nightmares for 3 nights.
When Joe came back, he called me a dumb Mo-Fo for letting them see that movie!!
:(
magician
02-10-2005, 11:52
Rushmore.
"What kind of uniform is that?"
"These are O R Scrubs."
"O R they?"
Which pin would you like to wear? Punctuality? Or attendance?
:)
Some have already been mentioned....but...
Wild at Heart
The Boondock Saints
Casablanca
The Bad Lieutenant
magician
02-12-2005, 23:05
oh, man.
how could I forget Wild at Heart?
favorite line: "what do you faggots want?"
:)
162. EXT. CITY STREET - LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING
Sailor continues walking down the street. A GANG OF INSANE KILLER
TEENAGERS on PCP appear and come towards Sailor. They circle around
him, coming in closer for the kill.
SAILOR
What do you faggots want?
That’s all it takes. The gang is on him. Sailor tries to defend
himself, but one big punch to his nose sends him down and out. Blood
162. EXT. CITY STREET - LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING
Sailor opens his eyes and drags himself and his giant swollen nose up on
his feet. The gang still stands around him.
GANG MEMBER
You had enough, asshole?
SAILOR
Yes, I have... And I wanna apologize
to you gentlemen for referring to
you as homosexuals. I also want to
thank you fellas, you’ve taught me
a valuable lesson in life.
(lifts his head high)
LULA!!!!
Sailor turns around and starts running back. The gang watches him go.
begins to pour from his swelling nose.
magician
02-13-2005, 12:02
classic scene, done in inimitable Nick Cage style.
I remember it clearly.
he was wearing a snakeskin jacket, black jeans, cowboy boots.
as the hooligan punks surround him, he pauses, looks around at them, lights a smoke.
then, fully knowing that he is already in for an ass-whupping, he asks, "what do you faggots want?"
easily the best scene in the entire movie.
I hated Willem Dafoe in that flick. Too authentic. Made me shudder.
Roguish Lawyer
03-28-2005, 14:01
classic scene, done in inimitable Nick Cage style.
I remember it clearly.
he was wearing a snakeskin jacket, black jeans, cowboy boots.
as the punks hooligans surround him, he pauses, looks around at them, lights a smoke.
then, fully knowing that he is already in for an ass-whupping, he asks, "what do you faggots want?"
easily the best scene in the entire movie.
I hated Willem Dafoe in that flick. Too authentic. Made me shudder.
I just saw this for the first time. It was weird, because I loved it at the beginning, then gradually started to hate the movie. It just took way too long to finish. By the time I got to the scene at the end, I was on the verge of turning it off.
This was my favorite line. I might even have to get on of those jackets. LMAO
Hey, my snakeskin jacket... Thanks, baby... Did I ever tell you that this here jacket for me is a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?
I just watched "Garden State" and "The Royal Tennenbaums" and found both to be quite good. I only mention them in this thread as I have found there to be a devout fan base for these movies in my area/age bracket.
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Clockwork Orange
Clint Eastwoods Spaghetti westerns
Fist Full of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I have to go with the Big Lebowski. Good acting, good story. Great characters. Great location. "If you think my buddies died face down in the muck...."
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
It's Me BREN gun! :D
Great line
I love it when he opens up with it and deafens everyone :D
Rocky Horror Picture Show (I'm just a sweet transvestite...)
Monty Python (ALL OF THEM)
The Warriors (Warriors, come out to playyyyy)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (A piper is down)
Animal House (Cucumbers are very sensual)
Uncommon Valor (We ARE the team asshole)
Next of Kin (Patrick Swayze as a nedneck in Chicago)
Roadhouse (Patrick Swayze as a redneck bouncer)
Red Dawn (Patrick Swayze as a teenaged CIDG)
The Outsiders (Patrick Swayze as a greaser)
omigod, all this Swayze...I'm going outside to kick my own ass
Roguish Lawyer
08-01-2005, 23:08
Army of Darkness
Just watched it for the first time last night. Freakin HYSTERICAL! Loved it!
SFRADIOMAN
08-01-2005, 23:26
What a trip! I agree with all the movies presented.
Rocky Horror Picture Show is probably number one in cult status. That thing was acted out world wide and in many cases, after hours like from midnight to 4 A.M.
I haven't seen High Noon with Gary Cooper.
Bravo1-3
08-01-2005, 23:39
Just watched it for the first time last night. Freakin HYSTERICAL! Loved it!
"I SAID THE WORDS! Well, most of em..."
All of the Evil Dead movies are outstanding. Also in that vein, 'Shaun of the Dead' is hilarious.
'Boondock Saints' and 'Way of the Gun' are also two exceptional movies. If you haven't seen them yet go, now...
...seriously...
Tranformers the Movie
Donnie Darko
Taxi Driver
Very Bad Things... huzzah Whisper Alley...
An indication of whether or not a movie is a cult classic is when fans organize an annual festival related to the movie. See www.lebowskifest.com. Whether or not you are a fan, remember: The dude abides. ;)
How about:
Clerks
Dancing at the Blue Iguanna
Dodsworth
the best years of our lives
Spartan359
08-02-2005, 10:49
The Longest Day
True Lies (just ditch the bitch!)
Gladiator
Super Troopers
The Reaper
08-02-2005, 11:28
The Longest Day
True Lies (just ditch the bitch!)
Gladiator
Super Troopers
Great movies, not sure that they have cult appeal.
TR
Airbornelawyer
08-02-2005, 11:59
Great movies, not sure that they have cult appeal.
TRI agree about the first three, meow, but how can you say Super Troopers doesn't have cult appeal? Meow.
It has some type of meow appeal; certainly not mass appeal. Meow. I'd call that cult appeal.
Very Bad Things...
That movie was unbelievable. A friend suggested I watch it long ago...I asked what it was about. The only thing she could consistently come up with ... "it's just f***ed up, watch it."
Warrior-Mentor
08-02-2005, 12:57
Animal House "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
OFFICE SPACE "I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday."
Old School "Cuz that's how I roll"
Spartan359
08-02-2005, 13:07
TR, really, you don't consider The longest Day a classic? How about The Green Berets? The Dirty Dozen?
The Reaper
08-02-2005, 13:16
TR, really, you don't consider The longest Day a classic? How about The Green Berets? The Dirty Dozen?
Absolutely. They are all classics.
Look back to the title of this thread. I do not see them as cult movies.
TR
Roguish Lawyer
08-02-2005, 13:24
Absolutely. They are all classics.
Look back to the title of this thread. I do not see them as cult movies.
TR
Haze in the gray.
Spartan359
08-02-2005, 13:25
Roger that. Point taken TR.
Trip_Wire (RIP)
08-02-2005, 13:57
Kelly's Heros a classic :munchin
magician
08-02-2005, 19:18
My favorite line from Old School: "Hey, look, honey! Do you think that KFC is still open?"
Andy Dick was pretty freaky, too.
CommoGeek
08-02-2005, 20:28
Animal House "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
OFFICE SPACE "I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday."
Old School "Cuz that's how I roll"
Was that line from Old School too? I know it was in Anchorman, one of the stupidest movies ever the first time I saw it. Now it is one of the funnier.
Warrior-Mentor
08-03-2005, 00:15
You're right...I'm confusing two cult classics...Anchor Man and Old School "Come on everybody, we're going streakin'"
brewmonkey
08-03-2005, 00:42
All of the Evil Dead movies are outstanding. Also in that vein, 'Shaun of the Dead' is hilarious.
'Boondock Saints' and 'Way of the Gun' are also two exceptional movies. If you haven't seen them yet go, now...
...seriously...
I agree with Boondock Saints. Apparnetly they finally pulled it together and the 2nd one, "All Saints Day" is back in production.
Another one for me would be "The Beast"
CommoGeek
08-03-2005, 03:18
You're right...I'm confusing two cult classics...Anchor Man and Old School "Come on everybody, we're going streakin'"
Those movies are actually very funny once you get past how stupid they are....and that probably makes them funny, the shear stupidity of the characters and actions.
My personal favorites are the Boondock Saints, Point Break, and Office Space.
I found Office Space to be very average. It had its funny moments but the satire was shit.
I agree with Boondock Saints. Apparnetly they finally pulled it together and the 2nd one, "All Saints Day" is back in production.
HELL YEAH!!!
Boondock Saints made me forget about Kennedy for a couple of hours and be proud to be from Boston again...
I found Office Space to be very average. It had its funny moments but the satire was shit.
If you didn't think it was funny you've probobly never worked in an office.
Huzzah S-3.
Another great cult movie I forgot
The Big Hit
I didn't say it wasn't funny- I said it had funny moments and that the satire was crap.
It's a satire film after all, not a comedy.
Ok, I suppose I can give you that.
Although I still disagree with you. I mean, if you want to split hairs all comedy except for slapstick can be considered satire to various degrees.
Two-Lane Blacktop...great movie, funky ending; starring James Taylor, one of the Wilsons from the Beach Boys, Warren Oates & Harry Dean Stanton.
Kahuku Saint
08-08-2005, 03:48
Nobody has yet mentioned "Oxford Blues." By far Rob Lowe's best work; although, Van Dammes debut in "No Retreat, No Surrender" is definitely up there.
For something of a contemporary film check out "Wild Zero". Greaser j-rock superstars Guitar Wolf versus the zombie horde.
lostinthesauce
08-08-2005, 06:55
Well I have a few that I think were great, may or may not fit the criteria.
1. Natural Born Killer
2. Clash of the Titans
3. Tron
4. Highlander
5. Pink Floyd the Wall
6. All time favorite The Neverending Story
7. The Doors
SFRADIOMAN
08-08-2005, 08:32
Another teeny bopper cult movie is the Saturday Morning Breakfast Club that released a new generation of actors who all became very successful. I hang my head but have to admit to watching it several times with my subsatantially younger than me LYB.
I'd add (if they haven't already)
Infernal Affairs (you never specified which country the cult following resided in)
Akira
Porco Rosso
Anything Wallace and Gromit
Solid
Bravo1-3
08-11-2005, 17:15
There's a new Wallace and Gromit movie coming out in October or November: "Wallace and Gromit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". I saw the preview the other day and it looks like its going to be hilarious!
It should be great.
The Italian Job (original) certainly has a cult following, if that hasn't already been listed.
aricbcool
08-11-2005, 17:43
Red vs Blue
More of an internet series, but definitely cult.
--Aric
It should be great.
The Italian Job (original) certainly has a cult following, if that hasn't already been listed.
This man has taste.
"You were only supposed to blow the bluddy doors off!"
(My dodgy Cocney to paper translation)
Oh- Alfie (the original, again) has a cult following.
Hell, I'd say that Michael Caine himself has a very distinct following.
I'm a very big fan myself. He's in my top 5 of favourite actors.
I saw LS&2SB listed and Snatch but how about:
Strange Brew (definitely a cult film, funny as hell)
Cheech and Chong's stuff!
Made
Swingers
One of my fav is This is Spinal Tap. I saw it mentioned before.
"But these go to eleven"
And in Cop circles, Super Troopers is an all-time great, we pull quotes from it all the time while we work.
"Bear fucker do you need assistance!"
aricbcool
08-12-2005, 11:32
And in Cop circles, Super Troopers is an all-time great, we pull quotes from it all the time while we work.
Meow that is a funny movie. :D
I hope this is the correct thread!
It is a rainy Sunday afternoon in Mississippi and my wife and I are watching Quigley Down Under.
Great movie, I can watch the great long shots and my wife can watch Tom Selleck.
We highly recommend this movie to everybody, especially the long gun people on this site.
clapdoc sends.
Broadsword2004
11-18-2007, 19:40
I saw the other night a movie called "Berlin Tunnel 21," about a plot in the early 1960s to dig a tunnel under the Berlin Wall to get some people out. The movie doesn't have a happy ending. It was made in 1981 as a TV movie but I thought it was pretty good.
82ndtrooper
11-18-2007, 22:43
Berlin Tunnel 21 was a decent movie but could have been much better if it was not a made for tv movie. Much could have been done with an "R" rating.
Two movies that haven't been mentioned that I think are fantastic and filled with great but lower tier actors (On the hollywood scale anyway) are
1. The Proposistion. Guy Pierce, John Hurt and a whole lot of faces that you'll recognize in an revisionist western set in the 1800's in Australia. In a semi civilized Australia during this time, it's down right brutal and compelling.
2. Wonderland. Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dillyn McDermot, Josh Lucas, Ted Levine, Eric Bognosian and a whole lot more faces your recognize.
Story of the Wonderland murders in 1981 on Wonderland Drive in Hollywood California in which the legendary John Holmes was supposedly involved in setting up his drug buddies to be killed by a well established club owner and known cocaine dealer named Eddie Nash. I read that all the actors worked for SAG minimum wage which was $650 a week for this film. Ya don't see that too often in Hollywood unless it's actually a decent film with a full cast of decent talent. It's a brutal and visceral look into the life of John Holmes and his spriral downwards with his addiction to heroin and cocain and the company he kept to keep his habit going. It's well done and tells the story from two points of view. One being John Holmes and the other a seedy charachter named David Lynde that lost his girlfriend to the grizzley murders in that apartment on Wonderland Drive. It's a back and forth tempo from both points of view, or lies of the two being questioned in the murders. Kate Bosworth proves that she's just not a pretty little blonde in this movie, but actually has chops for the profession in her role as Dawn Shiller, John Holmes 15 year old girlfriend who is 18 at the time of the murders. It's a brutal movie with some haunting images so it's possibly not for everybody and has a great sound track to boot.
The ending scene with Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth (J.Holmes/Dawn Schiller) is in the car on a desert highway. John is sleeping but dreaming of the murders. There are haunting images being flashed on screen, then suddenly a shrill scream and John awakes to find himself in the car with Dawn. He asks "What time is it" and Dawn reply's "It's six o'clock" to which John doesn't know if it's six am or six pm. He starts the car and tears off down the road after asking Dawn if she is his forever baby, then Gordan Lightfoots song "If you could read my mind" begins playing as the credits roll. This was apparently true according to Dawn Schillers autobiography about her life with John Holmes and the murders. they fled to Florida where authorities would take him into custody after Dawn informed the police of his location.
I loved that song growing up, but since that scene in Wonderland that uses the song as a hint to what John Holmes would see as "If you knew whats in my mind" It's left me with a strange sense of emptiness when ever I hear it played. Strange how the directors can press the images of the mind of John Holmes into a song and leave the viewer with a distaste for such a great classic .
Suicide Club, Battle Royale, 2LDK
Broadsword2004
11-19-2007, 18:32
Berlin Tunnel 21 was a decent movie but could have been much better if it was not a made for tv movie. Much could have been done with an "R" rating.
The thing that REALLY bugged me with the movie was near the end when that guy who had managed to escape at the beginning by driving straight through the barrier with his girlfriend, runs out to find her, meanwhile the tunnel is starting to collapse.
He finds her and they hug and embrace and kiss and I'm thinking, "Gee, well SHUCKS-HOWDY Sherlock, that's all nice and swell but DID YOU FORGET THE ESCAPE TUNNEL IS COLLAPSING!?" If that had been me, I'd have grabbed the girl and run full speed. I can understand people want to embrace, but when you're trying to escape the Soviet Union and your only means of escape is collapsing, you just grab the girl and run like a maniac.
If they'd done that, they would either have made it through or the tunnel would've collapsed on them where they'd have died quickly (rather than end up in a Soviet prison which is likely what happened).
Colors
Manhunter (Anthony Hopkins has nothing on Bryan Cox when it comes to playing Hannibal Lector.)
Ms .45
Nighthawks (IMHO,one of Stallone's best films, surpassed only by Copland.)
Party Girl (Not for nothing is Parker Posey the Queen of the Indies.)
Run, Lola, Run
Sherman's March: A Mediation to the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
White Hunter, Black Heart
Of the films listed earlier, and defining a cult film as a movie that underperformed at the box office and/or was panned by the critics, I prefer:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension
Heartbreak Ridge
Rushmore
Spartan
The Thing
The Reaper
03-26-2009, 07:54
Colors
Manhunter (Anthony Hopkins has nothing on Bryan Cox when it comes to playing Hannibal Lector.)
Ms .45
Nighthawks (IMHO,one of Stallone's best films, surpassed only by Copland.)
Party Girl (Not for nothing is Parker Posey the Queen of the Indies.)
Run, Lola, Run
Sherman's March: A Mediation to the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
White Hunter, Black Heart
Of the films listed earlier, and defining a cult film as a movie that underperformed at the box office and/or was panned by the critics, I prefer:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eight Dimension
Heartbreak Ridge
Rushmore
Spartan
The Thing
Kurt Russell fan?
No Big Trouble in Little China?
TR
TOMAHAWK9521
03-26-2009, 10:55
Kurt Russell fan?
No Big Trouble in Little China?
TR
"OK. You guys stay here and keep the home fires burning. If we're not back by dawn........Call the President"
Slantwire
03-26-2009, 13:24
I'm still wondering how this "Extreme Home Make Over" show get these people to pay increase property taxes.
I guess "Extreme Foreclosures" will be the flavor in a few years. :rolleyes:
From 2005, no less.
Guy, got any lottery numbers for me? :D
Kurt Russell fan?
No Big Trouble in Little China?
TR
TR--
Sir, I like that movie but it had gotten plenty of mention already. I remain disappointed that there was never a sequel.
IIRC, I saw it at a screening for the cast and crew and other industry types and when it was over a lot of people seemed very unhappy--Mako stalked off in sullen silence. All I could think was "Action, adventure, magic, tongue in cheek social commentary, and hot babes! What more could you want from a movie?"
(I think that members of the audience completely missed John Carpenter's subtlety: he was laughing with Asians, not at them.)
In my book, Kurt Russell is under appreciated. I thought he was quite good in Dark Blue.
greenberetTFS
03-26-2009, 14:42
Young Frankenstien
Blazing Saddles
The Longest Day
The Green Berets
Backeroo Bonzai
These are just some,quite a few already named would've have been included.......;)
GB TFS :munchin
Some don't exactly fit the criteria as being "cult" - but these are films we have that we watch over and over in a "cult-like" way:
Amelie
American History X
Behind Enemy Lines
Blade Runner
Body Heat
Bottle Shock
Bullitt
Chinatown
Con Air
Dave
Debbie Does Dallas
Field of Dreams
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Hollywood Knights
Hoosiers
Inherit The Wind
Invincible
Kindergarden Cop
National Treasure
Navy SEALs
October Sky
Our Town
Outland
Phenomenon
Predator
Remember The Titans
SE7EN
Tears Of The Sun
The Green Mile
The Rookie
The Shawshank Redemption
The Firm
The Great Santini
The Quiet Man
The Sand Pebbles
To Kill A Mockingbird
Total Recall
Transporter
Twelve O'Clock High
Uncle Buck
Unforgiven
Victor Victoria
We Were Soldiers
Working Girl
Young Frankenstein
Richard's $.02 :munchin :munchin :munchin
I neglected to mention:
The Limey
Miami Blues (Who knows how far Alec Baldwin could have gone had he learned the most important line in Hollywood: "I'm full.")
Romeo Is Bleeding
Swimming With Sharks
Year of the Dragon (Who knows how far Mickey Rourke could have gone had he learned the most important lie in Hollywood: "Hello, nice to meet you!")
Dozer523
03-26-2009, 16:39
Some don't exactly fit the criteria as being "cult" - but these are films we have that we watch over and over in a "cult-like" way:
Debbie Does Dallas
Oh Thank God, I was afraid I was the only one.:D
Reading this entire thread has been an eye-opener about some of the frequent posters.:cool: I'll add;
A boy and his Dog
Night of the Living Dead
Ferris Buhler's Day Off
Evil Roy Slade
ZonieDiver
03-26-2009, 17:11
I have to add:
The Big Lebowski (Mike Nelson's son is "spot on" as a CA dead head doper!
I have to add:
The Big Lebowski (Mike Nelson's son is "spot on" as a CA dead head doper!
It seems that I like (or get) every other movie by the Cohen Brothers. I just couldn't get into The Big Lebowski experience. Based on the comments in this thread, looks like I need to give it another viewing.
It seems that I like (or get) every other movie by the Cohen Brothers. I just couldn't get into The Big Lebowski experience. Based on the comments in this thread, looks like I need to give it another viewing.
FWIW - that movie didn't do anything for me, either. Maybe I'll try again at some point in the not-so-near future...or not. :rolleyes:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
TOMAHAWK9521
03-26-2009, 19:01
1. Farewell to the King
2. Romancing the Stone
3. A Fish Called Wanda
4. Brotherhood of the Wolf
5. Ronin
6. Top Secret
WRMETTLER
03-28-2009, 11:03
Big Wednesday
1978
director - John Milius
Jan-Michael Vincent
William Katt
Gary Busey
great movie
I forgot to put "Falling Down" on my list. :D
Richard's $.02 :munchin
ZonieDiver
03-28-2009, 12:39
I forgot to put "Falling Down" on my list. :D
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Great movie! "What's wrong with this picture???" :o
Firebeef
03-28-2009, 13:37
Every summer, at Red Rocks Ampitheater in Denver they have "Film on the Rocks". It's a very cool deal, where they usually have a live local band, followed by a movie on stage, with the great views of Denver and the plains as a back drop. The largest ever crowd I have ever seen at Red Rocks was for the showing last summer of "The big Lebowski". I went just to go, hadn't really even heard much about the movie, and I was blown away by the #s of people who showed up. I've never before....even for the Grateful Dead, had to sit, knee to knee with people all the way in the last couple rows of Red Rocks!!
FWIW, I thought the movie was funny, and Beau Bridges "owned" the role of the doper "Duuude"....but wasn't overly impressed, and I would only watch it again if it was on for free and I was bored and really had nothing else to do.
as for my favorites:
1. Wallace and Gromit: The wrong trousers
2. The longest Day
3. Blazing Saddles
4. The first 20 minutes of Full Metal Jacket
5. Young Frankenstein
Every summer, at Red Rocks Ampitheater in Denver they have "Film on the Rocks". It's a very cool deal, where they usually have a live local band, followed by a movie on stage, with the great views of Denver and the plains as a back drop. The largest ever crowd I have ever seen at Red Rocks was for the showing last summer of "The big Lebowski". I went just to go, hadn't really even heard much about the movie, and I was blown away by the #s of people who showed up. I've never before....even for the Grateful Dead, had to sit, knee to knee with people all the way in the last couple rows of Red Rocks!!
FWIW, I thought the movie was funny, and Beau Bridges "owned" the role of the doper "Duuude"....but wasn't overly impressed, and I would only watch it again if it was on for free and I was bored and really had nothing else to do.
as for my favorites:
1. Wallace and Gromit: The wrong trousers
2. The longest Day
3. Blazing Saddles
4. The first 20 minutes of Full Metal Jacket
5. Young Frankenstein
What....no
Ladder 49 or Backdraft
on your list ????? :confused: :rolleyes:
Never been to Red Rocks for their movie night. Gonna have to check it out one night. Just up the road from me.
Firebeef
03-28-2009, 13:44
Ladder 49 is Ok
Backdraft.......not so much
neither made the top 5 of MY list.
Isn't "Mother, Jugs and Speed"one of YOUR favorites????
and besides....Steamboat....next week? or copper or winter park???
anybody........buehler?????
ZonieDiver
03-28-2009, 13:48
What....no
Ladder 49 or Backdraft
on your list ????? :confused: :rolleyes:
Speaking of "Backdraft" - I really like two Ron Howard movies - "Apollo 13" and "Miracle." Even though I know how both end - since they are historical events - every time I see them, I find myself on the edge of my seat at the critical parts, wondering if "they'll make it" or if "they'll win it" - depending on which movie I'm watching.
Ladder 49 is Ok
Backdraft.......not so much
neither made the top 5 of MY list.
Isn't "Mother, Jugs and Speed"one of YOUR favorites????
and besides....Steamboat....next week? or copper or winter park???
anybody........buehler?????
Mother, Jugs and Speed is our ANTHEUM
I think I've worn out 2 DVDs already. :D
If I ever meet Harvey Keitel, he would be treated as a GOD KING. Any man who could bed Rachel Welch in the back of a Cadillac Ambulance....well......We're not worthy....We're not worthy....We're not worthy !!!!
Red Flag 1
03-28-2009, 13:57
FWIW - that movie didn't do anything for me, either. Maybe I'll try again at some point in the not-so-near future...or not. :rolleyes:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Look for the Jimmie Dale Gilmore cameo at the bowling alley.
RF 1
Mother, Jugs and Speed is our ANTHEUM
I think I've worn out 2 DVDs already. :D
If I ever meet Harvey Keitel, he would be treated as a GOD KING. Any man who could bed Rachel Welch in the back of a Cadillac Ambulance....well......We're not worthy....We're not worthy....We're not worthy !!!!
Mother, Jugs, and Speed turned out not to be the movie I thought I was going to see. I don't know how Bill Cosby was talked into doing that movie because it was quite good and funny yet Mr. Cosby has rarely found himself in either. (I'm still trying to suppress memories of The Devil and Max Devlin.:rolleyes:)
Motel Hell (1980) - "Meat's meat, and a man's got to eat!"
"Harold and Maude" Chopping that XKE was priceless! :lifter
Pat
It's kind of hard to draw a line between "Pop-Cinema" and "Cult Films". I didn't even try to do that here. Two of them are already listed: Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange.
I'd have to go with:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magnificent Seven
Dogma
The Lost Boys
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Evil Dead
Army of Darkness
Office Space
Mad Max / The Road Warrior 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Stripes
The Untouchables
Caddy Shack
Reservoir Dogs
Trainspotting
The Big Lebowsky
Easy Rider
Scarface
The King of New York
Godfather 1 & 2
Them
Friday the 13th.
The Seven Samurai
Agree with all but Untouchables.
ZonieDiver
03-29-2009, 15:13
Motel Hell (1980) - "Meat's meat, and a man's got to eat!"
Great movie! "It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters!" :D
A fist Full of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hang Em High
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Escape From New York, "Snake Plissken, I thought you were dead"
Soldier
Grindhouse (double feature) Death Trap
Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2
Dawn of the Dead, original B&W, plus ("X" number of follow up's)
since another revived this thread:
3:10 to Yuma
Blade Runner
The Duelists
Heat
Kontroll
Last of the Mohicans
Master & Commander
October Sky
Tombstone
Unforgiven
--------------
not ones to watch a lot (long run time) but often overlooked:
Empire of the Sun
Das Boot (long version)
Stalingrad
Taegukgi
Just a few that come to mind......
...horse themed probably because I was married to a cowboy....
The Black Stallion (incredible cinematography)
Monty Walsh (pay attention to the train theme)
Smoky the Cowhorse (I once loved a crazy horse named Will James and not because he nearly killed my ex-husband)
Babe (my 2 year old loves it and we had Border Collies plus it is narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne who was the cook in my next pick)
and of course,
The Cowboys (should be mandatory viewing for male youths)
oh... I forgot about The Shootist
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was interesting. Slow running, but interesting.
ZonieDiver
10-18-2009, 21:44
I saw "Used Cars" the other night. I'll say again what I have said elsewhere on this site - Kurt Russell is a genius! (Doubt it? Check out - "Big Trouble in Little China," "Elvis," "Miracle," "Backdraft," "Captain Ron," and - last but far from least - "Used Cars"! (A crappy movie I loved because I LIVED in Mesa, AZ at the time... not much to be proud of!)
(I won't even mention - "Stargate," "Tombstone," - which beat to hell Kevin Costner's big budget "Wyatt Earp" - or the politically abominable "Silkwood."
Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
The Dewey Cox Story
StarWars
mojaveman
10-18-2009, 22:50
I have a fixation with good Westerns.
My favorite is "The Long Riders" which came out around 1980. I also have a small fascination with "Gone with the Wind." I watch it every years.
Just finished watching Outlaw Josey Wales in HD on the big screen.
When old man Chief Dan George said, "....", well you'll just have see it at the 6:00 min running to 6:45. part 6/13.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6K8mwjd60k&feature=related
Rest in Peace old Warrior.
Born July 24, 1899, laid to rest, Sept 23, 1981.
WD
BoyScout
10-18-2009, 23:13
Red vs Blue
More of an internet series, but definitely cult.
--Aric
Alright I just saw this post. I love Sarge and Donut, hated the bomb. It has inspired Chronicles of the Annoying Quest (sort of a World of Warcraft version) which while is not as good as RvB, it's still a good laugh if you like that sort of thing. Another cult version from machinima (movies made from videos games) Tales from the Past III, also a WoW based movie.
I did not see Harry Potter or Twilight listed.
Just finished watching Outlaw Josey Wales in HD on the big screen.
When old man Chief Dan George said, "....", well you'll just have see it at the 6:00 min running to 6:45. part 6/13.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6K8mwjd60k&feature=related
Rest in Peace old Warrior.
Born July 24, 1899, laid to rest, Sept 23, 1981.
WD
Best movie ever. The following line is used at least once a week around here (usually by my stepson, who's full-blood Indian, referencing his mom):
"It's not right this damn woman doing something like this to me...I used to have power."
Red Flag 1
10-19-2009, 18:11
No Country For Old Men.
The Usual Suspects.
Ghost Ship
Anything with John Wayne.
RF 1
No Country For Old Men.
The Usual Suspects.
Ghost Ship
Anything with John Wayne.
RF 1
that John Wayne died in...and don't look it up. Let's see if we can "as a team" figure it out.
I'll go first, (1), The Cowboys. Ever since Bruce Dern shot John Wayne I hated that guy. I was only 5 when the movie came out.
incarcerated
10-20-2009, 01:37
that John Wayne died in...and don't look it up. Let's see if we can "as a team" figure it out.
I'll go first, (1), The Cowboys. Ever since Bruce Dern shot John Wayne I hated that guy. I was only 5 when the movie came out.
The Shootist
The Sands of Iwo Jima
BoyScout
10-20-2009, 01:39
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallens.
WD as for #1, in an interview Dern said that Wanye teased Dern over that sene.
The Shootist
The Sands of Iwo Jima
We're up to (4).
mojaveman
10-20-2009, 10:46
The Duke as Davy Crockett in "The Alamo" 1960.
The Reaper
10-20-2009, 11:15
The Fighting Seabees.
Wake of the Red Witch.
TR
Actually, John Wayne died in 8 films, and a possible 2 others, depending on how you want to look at it.
The ones he most definatly dies in are.....
Central Airport....uncredited role and his 1st film he dies in.
Reap the Wild Wind
The Fighting Seabees
Wake of the Red Witch
The Sands of Iwo Jima
The Alamo
The Cowboys
The Shootist
He was already dead at the start of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Most of the film is a flashback to when he was alive. It is just stated that he died, but we don't actually see him die.
In The Sea Chase, where he plays a German ship commander at the start of WW II, we don't actually see him get off the ship when it's sunk, but in some ways you want to think he did. It's left to you to decide.
I've held onto this list, if I ever found myself on "Final Jeopardy". :D
greenberetTFS
10-20-2009, 13:03
Lets see now,the Duke was in The Green (something or other?)...........:rolleyes::eek::p
Big Teddy :munchin
Duel
Last House on the Left (the first one)
Persona
The Man Who Knew Too Much (the first one)
Shadow of a Doubt
The Secret of NIMH
Steel Helmet
Dozer523
10-23-2009, 11:16
Not a cult movie at all but one I highly recommend (it's on Red box -- why didn't I think of that?) DEFIANCE.
a true story, a different view of the Jews,
Good ideas thoughts about running a clandestine (and BIG) G base.
Leadership. Formal, moral and ascendant. Authority Defining, building, maintainence and transfer.
Watch the end noted too.
frostfire
10-23-2009, 11:32
To End All Wars
Saints and Soldiers
A Midnight Clear
Pan's Labyrinth
Shichinin no samurai
Léon
V for Vendetta
Heat
The Last of the Mohicans
History of Violence
Blood Diamond
District 9 (this will be a cult movie, I'm sure)
Actually, John Wayne died in 8 films, and a possible 2 others, depending on how you want to look at it.
The ones he most definatly dies in are.....
Central Airport....uncredited role and his 1st film he dies in.
Reap the Wild Wind
The Fighting Seabees
Wake of the Red Witch
The Sands of Iwo Jima
The Alamo
The Cowboys
The Shootist
He was already dead at the start of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Most of the film is a flashback to when he was alive. It is just stated that he died, but we don't actually see him die.
In The Sea Chase, where he plays a German ship commander at the start of WW II, we don't actually see him get off the ship when it's sunk, but in some ways you want to think he did. It's left to you to decide.
I've held onto this list, if I ever found myself on "Final Jeopardy". :D
Do we actually see him die in the 'Wake of the Red Witch'? I would say yes, however, we only see him sinking while his spun brass helmet is filling with water. The credits begin rolling and I'm wondering were is his "swim buddy"?.
Dozer523
10-23-2009, 13:49
In The Sea Chase, where he plays a German ship commander at the start of WW II, we don't actually see him get off the ship when it's sunk, but in some ways you want to think he did. It's left to you to decide.
VAS!!!!!
Das DUKE vas spechen die Nazi? niche. nine, nix verstain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmVI0NzkHys&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmegFX5g0vY&feature=related
Utah Bob
02-20-2010, 05:00
VAS!!!!!
Das DUKE vas spechen die Nazi? niche. nine, nix verstain!
He was NOT ein NAZI!! A merchant captain.
And how about Duke in Jet Pilot?:p
He might as well have been dead because the only thing I can see on the screen is Janet Leigh. She could make me defect and become a card carrying, Internationale singing, vodka swilling Red for sure!:D
mojaveman
02-20-2010, 10:19
He was NOT ein NAZI!! A merchant captain.
And how about Duke in Jet Pilot?:p
He might as well have been dead because the only thing I can see on the screen is Janet Leigh. She could make me defect and become a card carrying, Internationale singing, vodka swilling Red for sure!:D
I think the Dukes worst role was when he played Genghis Khan in "Conqueror". I for some reason had difficulty watching John Wayne trying to portray an Asian. :p
Trip_Wire (RIP)
02-20-2010, 18:09
Maybe, not a 'cult' movie; however, I watched a movie on Netflix the other day called "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me." It was based on the true story of a German Officer captured by the Soviets and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia.
The Story is about his escape and trek alone from Siberia to Iran and home to Germany. I thought it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
I think it was a German movie, but Netflix had an english sound track.
If you get a chance, watch it as I think any SF Guy would like it! ;)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8475649402988706203#
armymom1228
02-20-2010, 18:20
Maybe, not a 'cult' movie; however, I watched a movie on Netflix the other day called "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me." It was based on the true story of a German Officer captured by the Soviets and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia.
The Story is about his escape and trek alone from Siberia to Iran and home to Germany. I thought it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
I think it was a German movie, but Netflix had an english sound track.
If you get a chance, watch it as I think any SF Guy would like it! ;)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8475649402988706203#
Thanks TW, I was wondering what to watch this evening.
Am watching BROKEN TRAIL with Robert Duvall.
Cinematography is simply beautiful.
mojaveman
02-20-2010, 18:30
Maybe, not a 'cult' movie; however, I watched a movie on Netflix the other day called "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me." It was based on the true story of a German Officer captured by the Soviets and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia.
The Story is about his escape and trek alone from Siberia to Iran and home to Germany. I thought it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
I think it was a German movie, but Netflix had an english sound track.
If you get a chance, watch it as I think any SF Guy would like it! ;)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8475649402988706203#
Sounds like a good movie TW,
In '93 for the 50th anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad a movie was made by the Germans. I believe it came out the way it did because it was made by them and not us. It was not glamored up by Hollywood like "Valkyrie" was. It followed the true history very closely and despite subtitles it was actually a very good show. I'd recommend it to any serious student of military history.
most of the greats have all been mentioned but im suprised no one has thrown the professional into the list.
Also got to throw the Indiana Jones trilogy out there, and maybe even the young indiana jones series.
greenberetTFS
03-03-2010, 13:52
Wake Island,"The Alamo of the Pacific"...... :cool: Remember this movie as a kid and wished I was older so I could enlist in the Marines............;)
Big Teddy :munchin
Once upon a Time in the West
Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Henry Fonda but most importantly, Claudia Cardinale. She makes me want to go in the garage and work on my time machine.
ZonieDiver
03-03-2010, 15:16
Princess Bride ("incontheivable!")
"I do not think that word means what you think it means..." :D
Green Light
03-03-2010, 17:13
Gallipoli & Breaker Morant (These two movies helped me to keep away from conventional army idiots - never trust them)
Saints and Soldiers
Why We Fight (From Brotherhood of War)
Dozer523
03-04-2010, 08:30
Have fun storming the castle!
Gentlemen,
Couldnt resist :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajeZUwtghsU
Sgt Fonzy
moutinman
03-05-2010, 10:42
Not sure if these have been thrown out there but, but I'd like to add "Das Boot" and "Jeremiah Johnson"
Two of my fav's
The Reaper
03-05-2010, 10:47
Not sure if these have been thrown out there but, but I'd like to add "Das Boot" and "Jeremiah Johnson"
Two of my fav's
"Can you skin Griz?"
"I can skin' em as fast as you can catch' em."
TR
TrapLine
03-05-2010, 12:05
I went through the thread and did not see any mention of one of my favorites:
1977 Paul Newman in Slap Shot.
Maybe it is a regional thing?
Considering several, have not committed.
Any suggestions?
WD
Considering several, have not committed.
Any suggestions?
WDThe Mechanic (1972) staring Charles Bronson
The Offence (1972) starring Sean Connery
White Hunter Black Heart (1990) starring Clint Eastwood
And then there's always James Cameron's best movie, Aquaman (2006). (Even money says that if he wins big on Sunday for Avatar, he's going to have everyone stand in a moment of silence:rolleyes: to commemorate the time when movies were made by people, not by computers.
greenberetTFS
03-05-2010, 12:53
I went through the thread and did not see any mention of one of my favorites:
1977 Paul Newman in Slap Shot.
Maybe it is a regional thing?
Slap Shot was a terrific movie,but I'm a hockey nut ...............;):D:cool:
Big Teddy :munchin
[I]White Hunter Black Heart (1990) starring Clint Eastwood
One of the best Eastwood movies ever, IMO. Also one of his least viewed.
doctom54
03-13-2010, 15:47
Top Gun (best USN recruiting film)
A River Runs Through It (fly fishing increased 10 times after it)
Rambo (made a lot of money for some knife makers)
Vanishing Point (muscle cars)
Just watched Misfits with Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
mojaveman
03-13-2010, 22:44
Tom Laughlin in "Billy Jack" anyone?
I saw it as a kid in the '70s but never realized it approached being a cult classic. The black hat and the martial arts scenes were pretty cool. He was supposed to be an ex GB too. :p
ZonieDiver
03-14-2010, 18:58
Tom Laughlin in "Billy Jack" anyone?
I saw it as a kid in the 70s but never realized it approached being a cult classic. The black hat and the martial arts scenes were pretty cool. He was supposed to be an ex GB too. :p
... and in the sequel, "The Trial of Billy Jack" - the front of the supposed courthouse in which he is to be tried is the high school I was teaching at!
I love Billy Jack! There was a movie prior to the first "Billy Jack" that introduced the character. It was called "Born Losers" - and Billy Jack, the "Ex- Green Beret" shoots a guy with an '03 Springfield.... "right there"... between the eyes. Great low budget, B movie - ala Roger Corman.
Sierra Bravo
03-14-2010, 23:18
cool his stunt double was my first teacher :D
French Connection
Kentucky Fried Movie
This Is Spinal Tap
Just saw The Road with viggo mortensen. Not Great, but will encourage you to buy good boots and read TR's survival threads.